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A Guide To Municipal And Special Elections In Metro Atlanta
On Tuesday, residents of Atlanta will elect a new mayor, a new City Council president, 15 City Council members and nine education board members. In addition, all 10 of Atlanta's municipal court judges have filed for retention, and DeKalb and Fulton counties are hosting special elections to fill the terms of officials who have either resigned from their positions or have died.
Mayor of Atlanta
The mayor of Atlanta is the city's official representative, says atlantaga.gov. The mayor will be responsible for the general management of the city, making sure laws are enforced, appointing department heads, appointing individuals to serve on advisory boards and presenting an annual budget for the City Council's approval.
Two of the candidates who appear on the ballot have dropped out of the mayoral race, but those who are still running are listed below. Read more about each candidate here or click on an individual name to read the candidate's profile and listen to the interview on WABE's "Closer Look with Rose Scott."
- Peter Aman
- Rohit Ammanamanchi
- Keisha Lance Bottoms
- John H. Eaves
- Vincent Fort
- Kwanza Hall
- Ceasar C. Mitchell
- Mary Norwood
- Cathy Woolard
- Glenn S. Wrightson
Laban King and Michael T. Sterling have dropped out of the mayoral race, but their names still appear on the ballot.
City Council President
Mayoral candidate Ceasar Mitchell currently serves as Atlanta's City Council president. His job is to preside at all City Council meetings and to vote if there is a tie, according to the City Council website. The City Council president also appoints chairs and committee members, who can be rejected by a majority of the City Council. The City Council president can step in for the mayor if there is a vacancy of the office or a disability to the mayor. The City Council president is paid $62,000 a year.
Here are the candidates running for City Council president:
- C.T. Martin
- Felicia Moore
- Alex Wan
Atlantans will vote for an additional 15 seats in City Council, including three at-large posts and 12 district seats.
Atlanta Public Schools
Nine district seats are available with Atlanta Public School's Board of Education. According to the board's policy manual, a large part of a board member's job is to address community concerns. Overall, the board "establishes and approves the policies that govern the Atlanta Public School System," its website says.
District 1 candidates:
- Leslie Grant (Incumbent)
- Ade Oguntoye
District 2 candidates:
- Byron Amos (Incumbent)
- Tony Burks
- Keisha Carey
District 3 candidates:
- Adzua Agyapon
- Lewis Cartee
- Michelle Olympiadis
- Antoine Trammell
- Rashida Winfrey
District 4 candidate:
- Nancy Meister (Incumbent)
District 5 candidates (absent from DeKalb County ballot):
- D'Jaris "DJ" James
- Raynard Johnson
- Jatisha Marsh
- Erika Yvette Mitchell
- Bobby K. Montgomery
- Jackye Rhodes
District 6 candidates (absent from DeKalb County ballot):
- Eshe' Collins (Incumbent)
- Patreece Hutcherson
- Donta A. McMichael
- Valrie Walker Sanders
District 7 At-Large candidates:
- Patricia "Granny P" Crayton
- Nathaniel Borrell Dyer
- Kandis Wood Jackson
- Micah A. Rowland
- John Wright
District 8 At-Large candidates:
- Cynthia Briscoe Brown (Incumbent)
- Charlie Stadtlander
- Ben Stone
District 9 At-Large candidate:
- Jason Esteves (Incumbent)
Atlanta Municipal Court
Atlanta Municipal Court judges serve four-year terms, and they must file with the municipal court if they want to serve another term, according to the City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances.
All 10 of Atlanta's municipal judges have served full terms and filed for retention this year. On the ballot, voters can either choose "Yes" to retain the judge or "No, against retention." Here are the judges that have filed for retention:
- Ardra L. Bey
- JaDawnya C. Butler
- Leigh M. DuPre
- Crystal A. Gaines
- Calvin S. Graves
- Terrinee L. Gundy
- Gary E. Jackson
- Christopher T. Portis
- Herman L. Sloan
- Christopher E. Ward
You can learn more about each judge by reading their bios on the Atlanta Municipal Court's website.
Special Elections
Earlier this year, Joan P. Garner, Fulton County commissioner from District 4, died after battling cancer, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
These candidates are running to fill her unexpired term:
- Eddie Lee Brewster
- Kathryn Flowers
- Natalie Hall
- Steven D. Lee
- Reese McCranie
- Josh McNair
Fulton County residents will elect a new Fulton County Commission chairperson at-large to replace John H. Eaves, who resigned to run for mayor of Atlanta.
Here are the candidates running to fill Eaves' unexpired term:
- Robb Pitts (Democrat)
- Gabriel Sterling (Republican)
- Keisha Sean Waites (Democrat)
In August, state Sen. Hunter Hill of the 6th District resigned to run for governor of Georgia, the AJC reported. Here are the candidates vying to complete his unexpired term:
- Leah Aldridge (Republican)
- Matt Bently (Republican)
- Kathy Eichenblatt (Republican)
- Charlie Fiveash (Republican)
- Jaha Howard (Democrat)
- Jen Jordan (Democrat)
- Leo Smith (Republican)
- Taos Wynn (Democrat)
These candidates are running to replace former state Sen. Vincent Fort of the 39th District. Fort resigned to run for mayor of Atlanta, the AJC reported:
- Nick Carlson (Republican)
- Marckeith DeJesus (Democrat)
- Linda Pritchett (Democrat)
- Elijah Tutt (Democrat)
- Nikema Williams (Democrat)
In September, former state Rep. Keisha Waites from the 60th District resigned. Waites resigned to run for chairperson of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Three Democrats are running for her position in the Georgia General Assembly:
- Sparkle Adams (Democrat)
- De'Andre S. Pickett (Democrat)
- Kim Schofield (Democrat)
Former state Rep. Stacey Abrams from the 89th District resigned from her position in August to run for governor of Georgia, the AJC reported. Four Democrats are running for her position in the Georgia General Assembly:
- David C. Abbott (Democrat)
- Monique Keane (Democrat)
- Bee Nguyen (Democrat)
- Sachin Varghese (Democrat)
DeKalb County Taxes
On Tuesday, DeKalb County residents can vote for or against an Equalized Homestead Option Sales Tax (EHOST) to replace the current Homestead Option Sales Tax (HOST). DeKalb County says that 100 percent of EHOST will be used to reduce the property tax for homeowners and rollback millage rates. However, the proposed tax would raise the county's total sales tax from 7 percent to 8 percent, WABE reporter Tasnim Shamma reported in September.
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Over the past couple of years, College Recruiter has undergone a remarkable transformation. As was the case since the dawn of recruitment advertising a few hundred years ago, all of our employer customers were advertising their part-time, seasonal, internship, and entry-level job opportunities with us on a traditional, duration-basis such as $X for 30-days.
Today, virtually all of the postings on our site are pay-for-performance such as cost-per-click and most of those are programmatic, meaning that the jobs we receive and the CPC we receive are based upon pre-set rules created by the employer customers, their advertising agencies, or their job distributors. Hopefully, that quick overview helps to illustrate why I wrote above that our people, process, product, and price have undergone a remarkable transformation.
I thought that readers of this blog would appreciate a little information about what we're seeing happening in the marketplace right now. Some of the traditional, ad agencies are doing a good job in terms of advising their customers as to what CPC's to pay, what jobs to distribute, expectations, etc. Some aren't.
A common theme across almost all ad agencies — but not all — is that the overriding metric of success is minimizing the CPC and/or eCPA. I understand the desire to use objective metrics like that, but I'm also hearing frustration from some on the employer side who are appreciating their reduced costs per and time to hire but concerned about the negative impact these programs are having on their diversity and inclusion hiring efforts and, therefore, the long-term productivity of their workforce.
What a small number of employers and advertising agencies are starting to appreciate is that the lowest CPC and lowest eCPA typically translates into a higher percentage of candidates coming from a smaller percentage of sources, which reduces the diversity of the applicant pool. Note that when I talk about diversity, I'm not just talking about race or gender. I'm also talking about socioeconomic and other such backgrounds. If a disproportionately large number of applicants come from low cost, general aggregators, then the candidate pool will also be general and therefore anything but diverse.
A couple of the ad agencies we work with are segmenting their budgets so they allocate $A to general aggregators; $B to industry-specific, niche sites; $C to geographic-specific, niche sites; $D to college-specific sites; etc. Within each of those groups, they use CPC and eCPA as measures of success, but they don't expect or need the CPC or eCPA for the niche sites to be as low as those from the aggregator sites.
From what we can see on our end, most of the job exports from the advertising agencies are being managed to minimize CPC and eCPA instead of the more nuanced approach that we're starting to see from a small number of other, more cutting edge ad agencies whose clients value a diverse and inclusive candidate pool so much that they're willing to pay for it. Talk can be cheap, but these ad agencies and their customers aren't just talking the talk, but they're also walking the walk.
In this 7-minute video hosted by College Recruiter's Content Manager, Bethany Wallace, Rothberg provides an overview of his upcoming presentation as well as clarification on why metrics matter.
If the video is not playing or displaying properly click here.
Before talent acquisition leaders begin using metrics to measure their success in college recruiting programs, they must first define measurable objectives. Rothberg mentions that this is one of the problems in college recruiting. Rothberg states that most talent acquisition leaders, particularly in college recruiting programs, did not use metrics or data to measure their success until recently.
Generic data points, like average cost per hire, assist in measuring effectiveness. However, putting those metrics into context is even more helpful. If your organization's cost per hire is really low, Rothberg states, then you probably have a pretty effective operation. If your organization's cost per hire is $10,000, and other organizations similar to you are hiring at $5,000, that may be a red flag.
Rothberg is particularly excited about presenting at the 2016 SHRM Talent Management Conference and Exposition because the event is always full of positive energy, with attendees genuinely motivated to grow and become better, regardless of their job title or position within their organizations. For this reason, Rothberg is including information in his presentation about how talent acquisition professionals can get a seat at the table by using predictive analytics. Talent acquisition professionals can use predictive analytics to discuss potential problems and to offer solutions. For example, labor market shortages and impending increases in benefit costs might be discussed using predictive analytics, and proposals about ways to deal with those changes might be made.
Be sure to register for the 2016 SHRM Talent Management Conference and Exposition.
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|SOCIAL SCIENCES: Faculty members from this department and others were honoured recently. From left: Dean Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, Principal Franco Vaccarino, Professors Kirsty Duncan, Andre Sorensen, and Minelle Mahtani, along with incoming chair Ted Relph and outgoing chair John Miron. Missing are Anne-Emanuelle Birn and Michael Lambek. (Photo by Ken Jones.)
It's important to celebrate our academic successes and share
our triumphs, according to Professor Franco Vaccarino, principal of
the University of Toronto Scarborough.
That was the message delivered to faculty and staff members who
gathered on the evening of Thursday, May 29 in Bluff's
Restaurant in the Student Centre for Celebrating Academic
Excellence. The event was designed to congratulate faculty
and staff members who have received academic awards and recognition
from external organizations over the past year. Shining the spotlight
on these awards helps to build pride within the campus community and
recognize the caliber of excellent researchers, teachers and staff
members here at U of T Scarborough, Vaccarino said.
Professor Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, vice-principal (academic) and dean,
introduced the department chairs, who described the achievements of
award recipients and presented recognition plaques to those who were
in attendance. Award winners unable to attend were honoured by their
department chairs or designates, who accepted the awards on their
More photos from the event can be viewed by clicking here:
Those honoured at the event are as follows:
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES - Michelle
Aarts, Canada Research Chair in Signal Transduction in
Ischemia; Maydianne Andrade, Canada Research Chair in
Integrative Behavioural Ecology; Clare Hasenkampf,
Leadership in Faculty Teaching (LIFT) Award from the Province of
Ontario and President's Teaching Award from the University of
Toronto; Herbert Kronzucker, Canada Research Chair in
Metabolic Bioengineering of Crop Plants.
COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES - Lisa Jeffrey,
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada; Balint Virag, Canada
Research Chair in Probability and recipient of the Rollo Davidson
Prize for achievement in mathematical probability theory.
HUMANITIES - Daniel Bender (History), Canada Research
Chair in Urban History; Russell Kazal (History),
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to the Huntington
Library in San Marino, California; Tanya Mars (Visual
and Performing Arts), senior lecturer and program supervisor, Governor
General's Award for artistic achievement in visual and
performing arts; Natalie Rothman (History), Andrew
Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to the Newberry Library in
MANAGEMENT - Liang Chen, Alice L. Beeman Award in
Communications and Marketing for Educational Advancement for Best
Thesis, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES - James
Donaldson, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS).
PSYCHOLOGY - Steve Joordens, Leadership in Faculty
Teaching Award, Province of Ontario; John Kennedy,
Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, Berlin.
SOCIAL SCIENCES - Anne-Emanuelle Birn, (International
Development Studies), Canada Research Chair in International Health;
Kirsty Duncan, (Health Studies), lead author on
reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared
the Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore;
Michael Lambek, ( Anthropology) Canada Research Chair
in the Anthropology of Ethical Life; Minelle Mahtani,
(Geography) Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical
Society; Andre Sorensen, (Geography) Fellow,
University of Tokyo Faculty of Engineering;
THE WRITING CENTRE - Nancy Johnston, Elaine Khoo and Sarah King of Teaching and Learning Services were group recipients of a Certificate of Excellence from the National Council of Teachers of English (U.S.) at its Conference on College Composition and Communication, which recognized the achievements of the Writing Centre.


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Salary: £20,000 pro rata
What you need: predicted 2:2 degree
Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire and
Farringdon, London
Programme start date: 29 June 2020
Application deadline: CLOSED
We want our customers to be inspired and we're finding bigger and better ways to provide it, using technology to drive innovation and deliver our vision to become the world's leading retailer. As an intern product manager, you will be the voice of our customer from day one, solving customer problems, defining product roadmaps and building products that could affect millions of people across the world for years to come.
You'll quickly discover the variety of products we build, and the scale at which we deliver, is immense. You could be redesigning the grocery home shopping website to improve customer satisfaction or making sure our 100,000 daily deliveries to customers arrive on time, with the right products available for our customers at the shelf.
During your paid 10 week programme, you will have broad responsibilities and every day may be different. From holding workshops with stakeholders, writing user stories, or getting feedback from customers and data analysis, you will prioritise development with evidence based decisions to maximise value for our customers. You will be part of a cross functional teams of software engineers, designers and analysts and work closely with business stakeholders to ensure alignment to strategic goals.
We want our interns that have a curious, creative mind and love solving problems. You will need a strong passion for technology, an analytical mind and be comfortable translating product vision into detailed engineering requirements. Being a team player is key as you'll be working with lots of colleagues across technology to bring your solutions to life. Great communication skills are essential in order to gain support for your ideas and understand the wider business context.
Store experience
We kick off our internship programmes with an induction where you will learn more about our business and your programme plus it's a great opportunity for you to meet your fellow interns. You will then be introduced to your team where you will get to know more about the area you will be working in.
Store experience
You will spend two days out of your ten weeks with us working in one of our stores which you will be able to select from our store list. You will find out more about this at your induction. The time you will spend in store will help you to learn how our stores operate, how they link to your role or project and help you to understand our customers.
You will gain experience from working in a role or completing a project within your team which will help to give you a breadth of knowledge about your area and our business. You will find out more about this during your induction.
We will support your learning with masterclasses, and in addition you will have the opportunity to learn from others and on the job.


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E. Coli or escherichia coli are gram negative, rod shaped, motile or non motile, non spore producing facultative anaerobic bacteria which live in the lower intestine of all warm blooded animals. E. Coli species that are capable of propulsion do so by means of a 'flagella' which is a whip like tail.
Most types of e. coli are absolutely harmless and are part of the normal and necessary flora of warm blooded species. In fact they are very necessary because they produce vitamin K as a bi product of their metabolic activity and by existing in great numbers help by preventing other pathogenic bacteria from colonizing the gut.
Some species of e.coli are pathogenic which means that they can cause desease. The strains that are pathogenic are 0157:H7 and 0111:B4. This particularly virulent capacity was transferred to these e.coli bacteria from shigella bacteria which passed shiga toxin to e.coli by means of bacteriofages which are a type of viral species. Both these strains of e.coli have the capability of transferring their virulent qualities to other bacteria around them by means of their sex pilus which is a needle like protrusion from the side of their body wall by which they insert the DNA codes necessary for the production of virulent qualities into bacteria next to them. One such virulent quality is the ability to resist certain anti biotics.
The very virulent strains of coli such as 0157:H7 and 0111:B4 are capable of causing serious intestinal illness particularly in the very young, old and the immunologically compromised. However it must be stressed that the majority of common e.coli outbreaks are mild and cause only diarrhea and mild temperature increase. More serious virulent cases can cause complications such as hemolytic-uremic syndrome.
E. coli toxins can be heat tolerant or heat labile. This quality makes the boiling of water to kill e. coli unsure and in such a case water should be boiled in a pressure cooker, if available, for at least twenty minutes. Another alternative would be to only drink safe bottled water if possible. E. coli bacteria which escape from the intestine into the abdominal cavity through means of a perforated ulcer, intestinal lesion or a ruptured appendix will cause peritonitis and be life threatening if not treated promptly with antibiotics such as streptomycin and gentamycin to which e.coli are very sensitive. E. Coli which are associated with the intestinal mucosa lawyer can be found in greater numbers in conditions such as Crohns disease, iritable bowel disorder and ulcerative colitis.
E.coli is contracted through contact with contaminated food or water sources in which the content of the gut as come into direct or 'indirect' contact with food or water. Severe cases of e. Coli infection can resemble cholera.
New strains of E.coli are continually being produced by the process of mutation. Some strains may develop traits that are harmful to the host animal. E.coli prefers to reproduce at the temperature of 37 degrees Celsius but some strains have shown the capacity to reproduce at temperatures of up to 49 degrees Celsius.
E. coli has been found in agricultural produce such as spinach. In 2006 there was a famous outbreak of contaminated spinachin the US due to the fact that bovine feces polluted a spinach field which was at the bottom of the hill on which a herd of cattle were kept. In this case all the spinach was recalled and destroyed.
E. coli contamination can be prevented for the most part by maintaining a correct food hygiene policy in the kitchen and by using reputable food suppliers.


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Animated gifs and animations of ball web buttons to share on social networks, download or send to other phones for Whatsapp, Line or Skype. 3D colored spheres style that are specifically designed for web design. They are circular buttons of different colors, so choose the one that best suits the design of your website. It is a very attractive way to draw attention to a button that is important to your website. These animated icons make visitors feel attracted to press the buttons they are striking. If you want to customize your site, or want to have some movement, this is a good way to go.


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APC are delighted to be the Platinum Sponsor for the 20th International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization (ISIC20) which takes place 3-6 September 2017 in UCD, Dublin.
ISIC20 is organized by the Working Party on Crystallization (WPC) of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE). It aims to provide a unique opportunity to meet and exchange ideas and report on the latest research results and applications, in the company of scientists & engineers of all disciplines, both academic & industrial, from around the world.
Conference Theme
Crystallization takes place in most physical, biological, and chemical systems, and is exploited today in thousands of applications, from production of commodities to that of pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, and fine chemicals. Research is active on a broad range of topics from fundamentals to applications, and has led to new results and products in recent years. These developments of crystallization processes from molecules to devices lead to a better control of product quality and sustainable process.
Conference Venue
ISIC20 will take place at the O'Brien Centre for Science in University College Dublin (UCD). Located in the suburbs of Ireland's capital city, UCD is the largest of the colleges which form the National University of Ireland and one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities
APC have a speaking slot on "API Particle Formation: Technological Approaches to Forming Unique API Characteristics". We will also present a poster on "The Development of Integrated Continuous Drug Substance Processes". For the duration of the conference, we will have an exhibition stand located on the first floor of the O'Brien conference centre.
If you would like to schedule a meeting with our delegates @ ISIC20, please email email@example.com to arrange a suitable time.
For further details on ISIC20 please visit the conference website below:
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Building a Global Network for Sustainable Responsibility – the Lucerne Summer University: Ethics in a Global Context
June 4 - 8, 2018
"Building a Global Network for Sustainable Responsibility – the Lucerne Summer University: Ethics in a Global Context" is organized under the patronage of UNESCO and enables those active in the fields of science and research to examine moral questions and ethical topics of today and tomorrow in a global context – beyond the boundaries of academic fields, cultures, traditions, religions and world views – and to search together for solutions and the possibilities of implementing them. This involves critical analysis, constructive discussions and the consideration of different perspectives.
Photos: © Roberto Conciatori
- Relation between ethics and law
- Global inequality and poverty
- Climate change
- Global justice and human rights
- Escape and migration
- Finance and economy
- Digitalization and robotization
- Artificial intelligence
- Biomedicine
The detailed program of the "Lucerne Summer University: Ethics in a Global Context 2018" can be found here: Program LSUE 2018 (pdf)
Abstracts of the lectures can be found here: Abstracts LUSE 2018 (pdf)
The faculty of the "Lucerne Summer University: Ethics in a Global Context" is both interdisciplinary and international. It follows a hands-on approach and brings together experts from international organizations, science and research, business, arts, and interfaith and intercultural dialog, 2018 including the following:
- Rabbi Jehoschua Ahrens, Co-Initiator of the Orthodox Rabbinic Statement on Christianity and SNSF PhD student, University of Lucerne
- Prof. Dr. Rana Alsoufi, Assistant Professor for Islamic Theology, University of Lucerne
- Jakob Brossmann, Director of the multi-award-winning film "Lampedusa in Winter"
- Prof. Dr. Boudewijn de Bruin, Professor of Financial Ethics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen
- Nia Cuero, Head of Institutional Partnerships of Wasser für Wasser (WfW)
- Joel Dickenmann, Co-Director Switzerland of Wasser für Wasser (WfW)
- Samia Haimoura, Founder and CEO of SEON
- Prof. Dr. Jennifer Herdt, Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Divinity and Professor of Religious Studies, Yale Divinity School, Yale University
- Cilia Kanellopoulos, Head of Social Innvoation, Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications
- Prof. Dr. Adrian Loretan, Chair of Canon Law and Law-and-Religion; Co-Director of the Center of Comparative Constitutional Law and Religion, University of Lucerne
- Fatima Mukaddam, Federal Excellence Scholar at the Chair of Canon Law and State-Church Law, University of Lucerne
- Prof. Dr. Manfred Nowak, former UN-Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Vienna, founder of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights and Secretary General of the European Inter-University Institute for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice
- Prof. Dr. Laura Palazzani, Professor of Philosophy of Law and Biolaw, Lumsa University in Rome; Member of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee; Member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies of the EU Commission
- Rob van Riet, Director of the Climate Energy Program at the World Future Council in London. He coordinated the WFC's Disarmament Program from 2010 to 2018 and served as UK Coordinator for the international network of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament from 2011 to 2018
- Stefania Schenk Vitale, Interpreter of the multi-award-winning film "Lampedusa in Winter"
- Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He serves as special advisor to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the objectives of sustainable development and is Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
- Prof. Dr. Bruno Staffelbach, Rector of the University of Lucerne
- Martina Tollkühn, Dipl. theol., Scientific Assistant at the Chair of Canon Law and State-Church Law, University of Lucerne
- Prof. Dr. Florian Wettstein, Director of the Institute of Business Ethics at the University of St.Gallen, Vice-President of the International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics (ISBEE) and Editor-in-Chief of the Business and Human Rights Journal (BHRJ) published by Cambridge University Press
- Prof. Dr. Robert Vorholt, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, University of Lucerne
- Reto Wyss, Member of the Government, Canton Lucerne
Partner Universities
Thanks to its solid foundations in the Institute of Social Ethics ISE at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Lucerne and the patronage of UNESCO, «Building a lobal Network for Sustainable Responsibility – the Lucerne Summer University: Ethics in a Global Context» benefits from international partnerships with a range of different universities, including:
- Yale University (USA)
- Asian Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies Chennai (India)
- Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies Nairobi (Kenya)
- University of Cape Town (South Africa)
- University of Sydney (Australia)
- University of Tokyo (Japan)
Service partners
Apostroph Group
Hotel Waldstsätterhof
STA Travel Luzern
Turkish Airlines
The "Lucerne Summer University: Ethics in a Global Context" is realized in collaboration and under the patronage of UNESCO.
Prof. Dr. theol. lic. phil. Peter G. Kirchschlaeger
Director of the Lucerne Summer University: Ethics in a Global Context; Professor of Theological Ethics; Director of the Institute of Social Ethics ISE
Juliette Wyler
Coordinator Lucerne Summer University: Ethics in a Global Context
T +41 41 229 52 27 – juliette.wyler @ unilu.ch
University of Lucerne
Faculty of Theology
Institute of Social Ethics ISE
Frohburgstrasse 3
P.O. Box 4466
6002 Lucerne, Switzerland


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Was going to give blood to get my blood type. Got in the car. Then mom explained that they took a whole BAG instead of a vile like at the doctor. Ummmm. No. Back you vampire!
I am hiding my veins from all blood suckers. Test kit from Amazon, here I come. (o,..,o)
My friend: " It's an insubstantial amount. Painless. Physiologically cannot make you faint. Don't be a baby."
Me: "I am a coward This is a fact. But I live with it."


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The challenge of surfing is much like the thrills and wipe-outs we experience as business owners. The sting of the cold ocean feels like a challenge we all face. I hate it, but I love it! As business owners, the drive to build something in which
The challenge of surfing is much like the thrills and wipe-outs we experience as business owners. The sting of the cold ocean feels like a challenge we all face. I hate it, but I love it! As business owners, the drive to build something in which
Gail Backal was a full-time product manager at Kodak and part-time photographer who couldn't find a stylish option to lug around her photo equipment while still looking chic. Seeing opportunity, Gail launched Jill-e Designs, the first company to design camera bags just for women. Poised to celebrate its ten-year anniversary
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Grade 6
New Brunswick
Home it's where I like to play.
Where you can be yourself.
You can eat, you can play
And do whatever you want.
In the morning when you
Wake up your mother calling you.
"Come here your breakfast is done."
Your father can show something new.
When you are going to the bus your
Mother and father can say you goodbye.
Home it's where I can be warm.
You can play with your dog or cat, they are so cute.
When I am going to sleep my pets always coming with me.
When I am laughing my father and mother are always
Smiling. My cat always meowing and calling to eat.
My dog is barking and always too quick.
The home and the family are the best in the world.
Because you always lucky with them.


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On offer is a superb, original 1893 - 1894 manuscript diary fully handwritten in a notepad with meticulous, small, perfectly legible script authored by Native American woman Loanda Augustina Lake Warren. The note pad, whose back cover is missing, is inscribed along the top cover Loanda Augustina Warren 1893 and on the bottom Loanda Augustina Lake Warren - Feb 10 1894. [Loanda once lived Kansas, as is evidenced in an 1879 - 1880 diary we list separately [Seller ID #0002062] where we believe among other jobs she served as a Postmistress for a time. Later after her husband's death in 1889 she returned to her home in Upstate New York largely in the towns of Chautauqua, Charlotte's Center and near Fredonia. We believe she was of the Seneca or Iroquois tribe.] Loanda excels as a diarist not only describing life but in providing page after page of local history and genealogy. She is inordinately involved with the fabric of her community each day of the 158 pages intimately detailing and describing her life from the mundane, endless chores and also the joys of life. She shares with her diary the feelings she has towards her neighbors and her lot in life given she not only deals with life as a Native woman but one who was for the most part happily married to a white man until his death in 1889. Here are some snippets: "Jun 3 A pleasant day but a thundershower near 6 o'clock pm. Warmed potatoe, cooked an egg, made butter gravy & a graham spider cake. Read the Old Oaken Chest by S. Cobb…studied puz. in Farm & Home. Called on Mrs. Simmons & Green. Ks went away this PM & I had a good time alone. Made my bed and swept & dusted my bedroom. I have mental pain caused by nervousness and my poor selection of tenants & the unfriendliness of the human animals that judge me. I don't know how to right myself so must trust to the balm of time & my trust in my invisible friends." "I dreamed of seeing and speaking with Ma & A.W. I am so glad. Wish I could meet them in dream land very often. Yes, wish I could know there is a soul life. I think there is, but oh if I could know." "Vesta is making a foolish parade I think and I fear I shall not like her". "Vesta was rather numerous with her wants." The 9 x 6 inch pad has some nibbling to an edge or two and missing the back cover but is complete and overall G+.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, LOANDA AUGUSTINA LAKE WARREN, ABORIGINAL PEOPLES, FIRST NATIONS, NATIVE PEOPLES, INDIANS, INJUNS, WOMEN INDIANS LIVES, LATE 19TH CENTURY, NATIVE AMERICANS, SENECA, IROQUOIS, GENDER STUDIES, WOMEN'S STUDIES, RACISM, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS, ADDISON WOODS WARREN, CHAUTAUQUA, CHARLOTTE'S CENTER, FREDONIA, UPSTATE NEW YORK, AMERICANA, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AUTHORS, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, JOURNAL, BIOGRAPHY, AUTO BIOGRAPHY, SOCIAL HISTORY, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHED, PERSONAL, SIGNED, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, ARCHIVE, DIARY, DIARIES, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, DOCUMENT, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, MANUSKRIPT, PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO, ATTO, VELINA, DOCUMENTO, MANOSCRITTO, HECHO, VITELA, DOCUMENTO, MANUSCRITO, PAPEL,
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Judging from the gallery and videos, the Graphite – LifeExplorer is a great tool to model protein and DNA :
The Graphite-LifeExplorer modeling tool to build 3D molecular assemblies of proteins and DNA from Protein Database (PDB) files. Atomic DNA can be modeled from scratch or reconstructed from simulation.
I didn't get the Mac-Version to work on my machine (Mac OS X 10.6.8) it works only for OS X 10.7.+ (got it running on 10.7.3) – it's definitely worth keeping an eye on:
shared by Damien Larivière via LinkedIn/Molecular Modeling in Life Sciences.


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HONOLULU — A dog that was found buried in the sand and severely sunburned in Hawaii is on the mend.
PAWS of Hawaii said the dog, now named Leialoha, was found buried in the sand by a good Samaritan.
The animal rescue group said when they got to Leialoha she was swollen, sunburned and missing almost all of her fur.
Leialoha was rushed to a veterinary clinic where after treatment they suspected she would "bounce back."
Leialoha was placed in a foster home where she continues to get better every day. Her new foster family said she has started leaving her kennel to see what is for dinner.
Hawaii News Now reports that Honolulu police are looking for the person who left Leialoha buried in the sand.


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Artist in Residence Sarah Taylor Silverwood – Week 3
This week I have been to the Museum Collections Centre, I've been taking photographs on the roof of the gallery, and I ran a 'Big Buildings' drawing workshop. It has been really busy but full of inspiration and I've made a start of the final work I'm producing for the residency.
I want to produce a view of Birmingham inspired by some of the topographical views in the collection. When looking through these works, I have been trying to work out what angle they are taken from. It is difficult to find a good viewpoint (often people use a bit of artistic license to get what they want in) so I have been trying to find the perfect spot to draw from. The new Library of Birmingham has some fantastic views, so I climbed to the 9th floor to see what part of the landscape I could get in:
It wasn't quite the right angle, and I wanted to get something that looked out from BMAG if possible. The BMAG security team took me up onto the roof of the gallery. The views are incredible, especially looking back at the library – you can see the tiny figures in the roof garden.
Alongside finding the right viewpoint I wanted to explore more of the work in the collection so spent a day at the Museum Collections Centre (MCC). It is a treasure trove of incredible things, from buttons to computers:
I am particularly interested in the work of Samuel Lines, so Jo-Ann Curtis (Curator) showed me this sketch done in preparation for making the painting below. It seems much less restrained than some of the more finished pieces.
Henry Harris Lines, eldest son of Samuel Lines, is a brilliant draughtsman and also uses Birmingham as the subject for his work. These two pieces depict the city which is very different from today but still holds some recognisable features:
The formality and style of some of these prints of Birmingham architecture is something I'd like to replicate in my drawing:
Finally I asked if we could look at some trade cards used by Birmingham based industries. They are beautiful objects in themselves, each full of intricate detail and typography. The importance of industry to Birmingham's heritage is something I'd like to bring in to the new work. Thanks to Jo-Ann for a great day exploring the collections at MCC.
Finally, thank you to everyone who came to the Big Buildings Workshop on Saturday 12th October! We had over 100 visitors in 2 hours and they created some beautiful artworks. Below are a few photos of the giant window landscapes:
And people also made their own big buildings to take home. Maisy Kate Neal made a drawing of the Council House and Art Gallery, and then collaged over it.
This is my final week at BMAG. On Wednesday I am running a final Open Studio from 1-4pm. Come and find out more about the Artist in Residence programme and the new artwork I am making. Also there is an opportunity to be a part of my new work. I am asking members of the public if I can photograph them to draw from. Thanks to all the members of the public who came to be photographed last week, this is Shengwei posing for hers:
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(editor's note: Serena used Dishes Mother Used to Make (1942). This was from a series of thematically linked cookbooklets published in the 40s.)
For the dinner, I was assigned bread. My girlfriend says it because I'm a baker but I really don't feel like one. I can't even say that I enjoy baking because usually it stresses me out. I think I just like foods that fall under the category, baking.
So with my limited baking skills, I embarked on Parker House Rolls from Dishes Mother Used to Make. I picked them because no one I asked had made them and I thought it would be funny.
I ran into trouble right away when the recipe asked me to stir the yeast, salt, sugar and shortening in warm water until the shortening melted. I don't know a ton about baking but I do know that water the called for lukewarm would not melt the shortening and water hot enough to melt shortening would certainly kill the yeast. Perhaps this would have worked with cake yeast but I was using packaged yeast. I doubt it though. So I melted the shortening in the microwave on low and set it aside to cool a bit. I rebelled a bit here and mixed up the water, sugar and yeast and waited for the yeast to bloom. Them I added the shortening and salt and finally the flour. I viewed the result with great skepticism. It was really, really wet and didn't resemble anything I would call dough. With a shrug I covered it and waited for it to double in bulk. This brings me to the weirdest part of this recipe; I was to add an egg after this first rise. So, I have a big, wet yeasty mass and I am supposed to stir an egg in? Whatever. I stirred in the egg, complained to Terri and left the thing to double again.
I spent the rising time wondering what I was going to make when the rolls inevitably failed. After the second rise, the mixture was only slightly less wet and I had to shrug both shoulders when I dumped this soupy mixture on the counter to "knead" it. By "knead" they must have meant, "add tons and tons of flour until soupy mixture become something resembling dough." So "knead" I did. With lots of swearing and expressing of disgust and indignation. WTF, was, I believe, heavily featured as in, "WTF is this?" "WTF am I supposed to do with this mess?" Purely rhetorical questions since Terri was no longer answering me at this point.
Here was my second bit of trouble. The instructions were not clear about how to turn the dough into a "pocketbook." What did this mean exactly? After parsing each word of the recipe and staring at the picture I decided to cut the dough into squares and fold it to form a pocketbook. No way was I going to try a biscuit cutter on that mess. I went ahead with pressing a dull knife into the middle of each one although I was really just going through the motions. The knife depression disappeared almost as soon as I made it. I brushed the dough with butter (the saving grace as it turns out) and folded them in half onto their sides and then I "pinched" the sides. By "pinched" they must have meant, "push the sloppy wet sides of the roll together until the melted butter nearly stops leaking out." Then I put some more butter on them as instructed. Here again there was not actually quantity of butter listed so I used my judgment.
I let them rise again. I really wish I had some guidance from the recipe about how long to let them rise. Without this information, I just called them good when they had puffed up a bit.
I put them in a preheated 400 degree oven and baked them until they had some color, about 20 minutes. I was enormously relieved when I took them out and they resembled a bread product. I served them at room temperature. They got good reviews at the dinner, which was a surprise. I have to say it must have been the butter.


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The Philadelphia Union responded to two straight 4-0 road losses with a resounding 5-1 over a hapless D.C. United squad in the nation's capital. While United weren't helped by the 40th minute dismissal of Junior Moreno for a foul on Kacper Przybylko, truthfully the Union were well on top of the match when D.C. still had 11 players on the field.
Most importantly for the Union, Marco Fabian had his best performance of the season, notching two goals and an assist while running the United defenders ragged. Jamiro Monteiro returned from injury to play over a half hour of solid soccer on his return, though Warren Creavalle put in an admirable shift starting on the left side of midfield in Monteiro's place.
Andrew Wooten made his first start and looked decent paired up top with Kacper Przybylko.
Player Ratings
Andre Blake – 6
Quiet night for the Union goalkeeper. Made a fantastic stop to deny Steven Birnbaum's header only for the follow up to be knocked in by Frederic Brillant for United's lone goal.
Ray Gaddis – 6
Better performance from Gaddis who looked well off the pace last time out against Montreal. Thought Ray was still culpable for a few mistakes, though United couldn't make the Union pay as Montreal and Real Salt Lake did last month.
Jack Elliott – 7
Strong in the air and confident on the ball, good shift for Elliott.
Aurelien Collin – 6
Taking Auston Trusty's place, the veteran looked serviceable. Was decent in his ball winning ability and in the air, though beaten for pace a few times as D.C. looked to play over the top most of the night. Absolutely deserved a yellow card for a body check that most Philadelphia Flyers would have been proud of.
Kai Wagner – 8
Back after serving a one game suspension, Wagner picked up where he left off. A solid shift in which he added his sixth assist of the season on Fabian's first goal with a great ball across and even better timed overlap down the left.
Haris Medunjanin – 8
Solid performance for the deep lying midfielder. Sprayed the ball around at will through a porous United team. Did well to shoot from distance (something I criticized last week). Ended with an assist and a secondary assist.
Warren Creavalle – 8
One of the strongest performances from Creavalle since joining Philadelphia. The holding midfielder was active in pursuit and very much disrupted D.C. ever trying to maneuver through midfield. Only thing you could knock him with his was that a few times he found himself in glorious positions in the final third and wasn't willing to take on a shot.
Alejandro Bedoya – 9
Great strike to open the scoring, a tricky low shot that found its way through traffic and bounced in off the post. And another match of tireless running down the right side. I'm adding a point for the Union captain using his voice, quite literally, to make an important statement about gun violence.
Marco Fabian – 8
Man of the match type performance in what was Fabian's strongest performance in a Union shirt. The goals (and assist) were nice, even if the second one took a deflection, but the midfielder was all over the pitch and dictating play for most of his 80 minutes on the pitch.
Kacper Przybylko – 6
Decent performance for Przybylko who became the first Union player to 10 goals on the season. Will be disappointed with skying his penalty into Row Z, but rebounded nicely with a cool finish in the second half.
Andrew Wooten – 6
Decent performance from Wooten in his first start. Had some nice moments in possession and linked play well, but looked a tad rusty and occasionally not on the same page as his teammates.
Jamiro Monteiro – 7
Good to see Monteiro back out there, getting a little over a half hour of time after replacing Creavalle. He looked a little rusty in spots and misplayed a few passes, but still ended with an assist and found himself involved all over the midfield.
Ilsinho – 7
Replaced Wooten on 69 minutes. Did well to operate on the ball and keep United on the back foot. Notched an assist on Picault's goal.
Fafa Picault – 7
Came off the bench for a 10 minute cameo in place of Fabian and found the target with a nicely placed half volley to add a little extra gloss to the scoreline.
Man of the Match – Marco Fabian
The DP midfielder had his best match of the season, scoring twice and assisting Bedoya's opener. Shout out to Bedoya too though, who is gaining support as a rare write-in candidate for MLS Player of the Week.
Geiger Counter
Armando Villarreal – 7
Got the important call right, sending off Moreno and giving the penalty kick for a clear foul on Przybylko to deny a clear goal scoring opportunity. Hard to argue any of the Union's four yellow cards of the night.


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Signs banning people from smoking and drinking alcohol were put up at Block 42 Telok Blangah Rise after Stomp reported on how a resident was frustrated at litterbugs who repeatedly left cigarette butts and beer cans at the void deck.
In a report published on Dec 10, a Stomper told Stomp about the mess some residents and visitors leave after meeting to smoke and drink.
Apart from being an eyesore, she described how unhygienic and smelly the void deck can be.
"The ashes really stink when they get wet," she said.
"Also, when people drink under the block, they will just go to the corner to urinate near the discarded beer cans.
"It's so disgusting!"
Another Stomper, who is also a resident of the same block, alerted Stomp to the signs banning smoking and the drinking of alcohol that were put up on Wednesday (Dec 19).
"I must salute the authorities for acting fast on handling the situation," he said.
Stomp checked back with the first Stomper who said that she is also aware of the new signs.
"They're really big, you wouldn't be able to miss them," she said.
She also thanked Stomp and said that she has noticed a remarkable difference in cleanliness at the void deck since the story was published.
"I really think that the change is a result of the article," she said.
However, both Stompers are concerned about the livelihood of the owner of the nearby provision shop.
"Because the signs don't explicitly say drinking is banned from 10.30pm to 7am, people are avoiding enjoying beers and such from her shop altogether," one resident said.
"I heard last night she was crying because she was losing business.
"From what I understand, her husband has diabetes and she is the sole breadwinner so she works 24/7 and never takes a break.
"It's not fair to her."


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I did not get any sleep last night, and now I know why married people coined the inspirational verse "Always kiss me goodnight…" and have it sewn on decorative pillows to be sold for fifty bucks a pop at Z-Gallerie.
Dan & I went to bed in complete silence after a long day of trading occasional insults and dirty glances. Instead of having our beloved pillow talk, soft kisses, hugs, and spooning (gawd how I love to spoon) we both lay on opposites of our queen sized bed, flat on our backs and stared blankly at the ceiling. White noise is terribly annoying , I figured out, and my much needed draping of the leg did not go over Dan's warm body but instead over a king size pillow dividing our sides of the bed right down the middle. So I tossed and turned, sick to my stomach about us not making love but instead choosing war… and wondering if he is sad about the very same thing.
I watch the sun creep up from my window and a glimpse of my sleeping lamb in daylight made feel like such a bitch for not letting it go yesterday. I inched my way into his sleeping arms played with his hair, stoked his soft breathing face, and I know this weird, but I inhaled large quantities of Dan scent. I absolutely love the way he smells. I got up and went to class as usual with thoughts about the stupid way we chose to spend the weekend, I couldn't wait to see him later on in the afternoon to officially call a truce. I called him on the way home from class but he did not pick up and I assumed he was already on his way to school. So, I waited at home for him with television and wedding board forums to keep me from watching the clock.
An hour late he finally storms in the house and his body language is obviously signaling that he is not happy. I asked how an exam went for him, and he snarled back at me "brutal, I woke up late and you can guess how my morning has been. What time did you wake up?" Pause. Hmmm. "7… my class is at 8." I finally answer and my pissed off meters are starting to rise. He literally scoffs at my reply and says it would have been considerate of me to wake him up this morning. Wtf? His alarm was going off as I walking out of the door AND I called his cell phone to which he did not fuking answer. I just stare at him cooly and fight the urge to chunk the remote at his stupid face. What a jackass. Then he turns his back to me to answer a phone call!!! Get this… I am listening to him give relationship advice to a friend. Is he kidding? What a joke.
So the war continues! I was going to make the first step and smooth things out with him but all of that sentimental nonsense is out the window. No dice. No fuking way. If I were him I'd get his shit together in time for his birthday this weekend and quick, because he will be looking quite pathetic when his mother is the only person who gives a damn that he was ever born.
Happy fuking Monday yall.
**Interesting fact of the day**
Dan was once published in a Marine Corp cookbook for his famous snickerdoodles… I'm serious.


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Let me be clearer, then: the issue is that it introduces effects to JS that can't be described *in terms of JS*. It violates the run-to-completion model of the language without appealing to the turn-based concurrency model we use everywhere else in the platform. On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Chris Wilson <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > In addition, I'd ask that you be more explicit than calling this problem > "data races", because there's clearly some explicit effect you're trying to > prevent. Any asynchronously-programmable or event-driven system can enable > developers to introduce race conditions. > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Noah Mendelsohn <email@example.com>wrote: > >> >> >> On 7/29/2013 7:05 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Noah Mendelsohn<nrm@arcanedomain.**com<email@example.com>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >Again, I have no informed opinions on the specific merits, just >>>> suggesting a >>>> >useful role the TAG might play to clarify for the many members of the >>>> >community who are less expert on this than you are. Thank you. >>>> >>> >> I'm not sure we call out data races anywhere, it's something we just >>> don't do. >>> >> >> Well, my recollection may be faulty, but I think that one of the reasons >> the TAG took the trouble to formalize things like the architecture document >> was the belief that it's easier to ask skeptics to stick to rules that have >> been written down, and especially those that have garnered formal consensus >> through something like the Recommendation track. >> >> Whether it's worth taking a guideline on data races all the way to Rec >> I'm not sure, but it seems that it would be worth setting it down formally, >> perhaps in a TAG Finding/blog post/Recommendation or whatever will get the >> right level of discussion, consensus building, and eventually attention. >> >> Certainly, of the many things that have come up recently relating to >> APIs, this one seems deeply architectural and very much within the TAG's >> remit. >> >> Noah >> >> >Received on Friday, 2 August 2013 00:43:32 UTC
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EU fisheries agreement a violation of international law
The EU fisheries agreement with Morocco is in violation of international law, and must be stopped.
Press release from MEP Åsa Westlund (S&D),
and Jens Orback, Secretary-General of Olof Palme International Center.
The Swedish Social Democratic party has since the beginning claimed that the EU fisheries agreement with Morocco violates international law, and now the European Parliament's Legal Service has confirmed it clearly.
"The European Parliament can stop this agreement, and we will do what we can to make this happen. The EU is bound to follow international law, and therefore it must cancel the fisheries agreement", Åsa Westlund, Member of the European Parliament, said.
"The previous Swedish government voted as the only EU state against the fisheries agreement in 2006, with reference to international law. Now it is clear that we were right. It would be a catastrophe if the new Swedish government change the Swedish position", said Jens Orback, Secretary General of Olof Palme International Center.
13 July 2009, a statement was issued by the European Parliament's Legal Service that questioned whether the agreement is in accordance with international law.
It is clear that EU vessels fish in the Economic Zone belonging to Western Sahara. International law is clear that income accrued from economic activities exploited on occupied land must be of benefit to the people of that territory. This is a precondition for the agreement to be in line with international law. Another criterion for exploitation of natural resources to be legal according to international law is that it takes place in accordance with the wishes of the Saharawis.
"We are critical to the fact that the Legal Service did not also investigate whether the fisheries is in line with the wishes of the Saharawis. We see this as a clear reason as to why the agreement is not in line with international law", said Åsa Westlund.
For more information, contact:
Åsa Westlund: (+46) 70-569 01 44
Kristoffer Strömgren, political advisor at the European Parliament: +32 478 -94 28 32
Laila Naraghi, press secretarty, Olof Palme International Center : +46 70-66 00 515
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The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: What We Learned So Far Today
Less than a day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, there are several big developments:
在众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)宣布对特朗普总统进行弹劾调查不到一天后,事态有了几个重大进展:
• A call log released by the White House shows Mr. Trump pushing the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to consider investigating former Vice President Joe Biden.
• 白宫公布的通话记录显示,特朗普敦促乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelensky)考虑调查前副总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)。
• A Justice Department official told The Times that after a whistle-blower raised concerns, two top intelligence officials referred the complaint for a possible criminal investigation into the president's actions. The Justice Department concluded that there was no basis for a criminal investigation into Mr. Trump's behavior.
• 一名司法部官员告诉时报,在一名举报人提出担忧后,两名高级情报官员提交了这一投诉,要求对总统的行为进行可能的刑事调查。司法部的结论是,没有对特朗普的行为进行刑事调查的依据。
• In the call, Mr. Trump alluded to American aid, while not explicitly linking his request to unfreezing it, the document shows: "I will say that we do a lot for Ukraine. We spend a lot of effort and a lot of time."
• 在通话中,特朗普提到了美国的援助,但没有明确将他的请求与援助解冻联系起来,文件显示,他说:"我要说的是,我们为乌克兰做了很多。我们花了很多努力和时间。"
The five-page document distributed by the White House includes a cautionary note indicating that it was "not a verbatim transcript" but instead was based on "notes and recollections of Situation Room Duty officers" and national security staff. Senior administration officials said voice recognition software was also used.
The scandal so far
Here's what we know.
• Mr. Trump urged Mr. Zelensky to investigate Mr. Biden and his younger son, Hunter — both directly and through Rudolph Giuliani, one of Mr. Trump's personal lawyers. Mr. Biden is a leading candidate to be the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nominee.
• 特朗普敦促泽伦斯基调查拜登和他的小儿子亨特——除了直接调查,还通过特朗普的私人律师之一鲁道夫·朱利安尼(Rudolph Giuliani)进行调查。拜登是竞逐民主党2020年总统提名人的领先候选人。
• As vice president, Mr. Biden pushed the Ukrainian government in 2015 to fire its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, whom the U.S. and other Western nations saw as an obstacle to reform because he failed to bring corruption cases. At the time, Mr. Biden's son sat on the board of a Ukrainian energy company, Burisma Holdings.
• 时任副总统的拜登曾在2015年敦促乌克兰政府将总检察长维克多·绍金(Viktor Shokin)撤职,由于没有发起腐败检控,此人被美国和其他西方国家认为在阻碍改革。当时,拜登的儿子是乌克兰能源公司布里斯玛控股(Burisma Holdings)的董事。
• Mr. Trump and his allies have insinuated, without evidence, that Mr. Biden was trying to protect the company from prosecution. An investigation into him, even if it were unfounded and turned up no evidence of a crime, could damage his campaign prospects by suggesting wrongdoing.
• 特朗普及其盟友在没有证据的情况下暗示,拜登当时在保护该公司不受起诉。即便在毫无事实依据的情况下发起一场调查,没有发现任何犯罪证据,也可以暗示存在不法行为,从而损害他的竞选前景。
• The White House froze more than $391 million in military assistance to Ukraine this summer; it had been intended to help Ukraine defend itself from Russian territorial aggression. Mr. Trump has given conflicting explanations for the freeze.
• 今年夏天,白宫冻结了对乌克兰逾3.91亿美元的军事援助;该援助原本旨在帮助乌克兰抵御俄罗斯的领土侵犯。特朗普对冻结计划给出了自相矛盾的解释。
• An intelligence official filed a whistle-blower complaint last month about the president's actions. The inspector general for the intelligence community deemed the complaint "credible" and "urgent" and forwarded it to the acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, under a law that says such complaints must be shown to Congress within a week.
• 一名情报官员上月检举了总统的行为。情报部门监察长认为这一投诉"可信"、"紧急",并将其转交给国家情报代总监约瑟夫·马奎尔(Joseph Maguire)。根据一项法律,此类投诉必须在一周内提交国会。
• Mr. Maguire refused to share the complaint with Congress, saying the Justice Department disagreed with the inspector general's conclusion that its subject matter was covered under the law that requires disclosing such complaints to Congress.
• 马奎尔拒绝同国会分享这一投诉,称司法部不同意监察长的结论,认为投诉的主题不在要求向国会披露的法律限制范围之内。
• The complaint's full details remain a mystery, as does the whistle-blower's identity.
• 投诉的全部细节仍然是谜,举报人的身份也未知。
What's next?
• Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement on Tuesday that the House was beginning an impeachment inquiry was momentous, but practically, it didn't change very much. In fact, the House Judiciary Committee had already opened a related inquiry in July.
• 众议院议长南希·佩洛西于周二宣布,众议院将启动弹劾调查,这一消息意义重大,但实际上,它并没有带来太大变化。事实上,众议院司法委员会已经在7月展开了相关调查。
• Six House committees are pursuing investigations of political malfeasance. They will bring that evidence to the Judiciary Committee, which could then recommended articles of impeachment to the full House.
• 六个众议院委员会正在对政治渎职行为展开调查。他们将把证据提交给司法委员会,然后司法委员会可以向众议院全体成员建议启动弹劾条款。
• There's a distinct possibility that the House, now controlled by Democrats, will vote to impeach President Trump.
• 目前由民主党控制的众议院很有可能投票弹劾特朗普总统。
• But when the case goes to the Senate, the president has an advantage. With the chamber under Republican control, and a two-thirds vote needed to remove him from office, that seems unlikely to happen, at least for the moment.
• 但当此案提交参议院时,总统有一个优势。由于参议院由共和党控制,需要三分之二的选票才能让他下台,这种情况似乎不太可能发生,至少目前是这样。
What are the Republicans saying?
Republican lawmakers and the president stuck to their position that Mr. Trump didn't offer Mr. Zelensky any inducements or threaten him. "From a quid pro quo aspect, there's nothing there," said Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Some Republican leaders tried to shift attention to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, accusing her of "trying to weaken the president."
共和党议员和总统坚持他们的立场,认为特朗普没有向泽伦斯基提出任何引诱或威胁。南卡罗来纳州参议员林赛·格雷厄姆(Lindsey Graham)说,"什么交换条件也没有。"一些共和党领导人试图将注意力转移到众议院议长佩洛西身上,指责她"试图削弱总统"。
Impeachment 101
Impeachment does not remove a president from office; it's more akin to an indictment on charges of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." Here's the process:
• House committees that are investigating the president on impeachable offenses will send their strongest cases to the Judiciary Committee.
• 正在调查总统可弹劾罪行的众议院委员会将把最严重的案件提交司法委员会。
• If the evidence is deemed sufficient, the House holds a floor vote on one or more articles of impeachment.
• 一旦判定证据充分,众议院将就一项或多项弹劾条款进行全院表决。
• If a majority of House members vote to impeach, the case moves to the Senate, which holds a trial and then votes on whether to convict the president. A two-thirds majority is required to remove the president from office.
• 如果众议院多数成员投票赞成弹劾,案件将移送参议院,参议院将进行审讯,然后投票决定是否宣告总统有罪。将总统赶下台需要三分之二的多数票。


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A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend a bunraku performance. Bunraku is traditional Japanese puppetry. The puppets are about three feet tall, and three people orchestrate the movements of each. Two are covered head to toe in black garments. One of these moves the feet and the other moves one of the arms. The third person wears black but makes no attempt to cover his or her head. This person controls the head and the other arm. With a lot of practice, the three of them working together are able to make movements that are and reminiscent of an actual person and in their skillful hands, the puppet comes to life. Off to the side a woman might play the koto, a Japanese instrument rather like a lute, and someone else might read from a book, providing both narrative and a voice for the characters.
The date of the performance came around and I opted to go. I had heard about this Japanese art when I was studying scrabble words and thought it worth while to watch once, it pleases the locals when the ex-pats engage in their culture, the performance was being sponsored by a friend of mine, and there was a chance I would get to see some of my students. Besides, it was free and close to my house!
Unfortunately none of my students were there. I later learned that the Japanese used in bunraku performances is old and difficult for kids to understand, on par with a performance of Shakespeare in the States, and most of the people in the building sported white hair. Nonetheless, it was interesting enough. I appreciate all of the work that goes in to synchronizing movements when three people have to work as one, and this truly can be considered an art form.
Having only a rough knowledge of Japanese, much less the Shakespearan-era Japanese, most of the time I was left to guess what the plot was. For the first scene this was quite easy, as it was an intricate dance that two puppets performed. The second performance was done by a solo artist and the puppet mostly complained about how cold he was. The fourth performance attempted to incorporate some of the local cultural landmarks and the items Fukushima prefecture is known for, a move which endeared the company to the crowd. The third performance… the third performance bothered me. The post-performance discussion with other ex-pats led to a consensus that the two characters had committed suicide. After all, there are only so many reasons to jump off of a cliff. One coworker stated that the river god forgave them and they came back to life. Overall, it was supposed to be a happy piece. I think.
Here is the problem: I am never going to be okay with suicide. An ex-pat learns to fight battles, to stop viewing some issues as being a big deal when they really aren't. There are plenty of things that aren't right or wrong, just different. However, I am also a Christian and I do believe there is right and wrong in this world. And suicide is something I consider to be wrong.
Understand this: I don't cast this judgement lightly. I say this as someone who has been there and has felt the temptation to give up and end it all. What changed for me was when three separate alumni from my college committed suicide in the course of nine months. All three were two years younger than me. One was a friend, one was an acquaintance, and one was a friend of a friend. As news came in over the course of months I didn't mourn for these men so much as I mourned the senselessness of their deaths. The friend, Stephen, was someone who had been there for me on some bad days. The acquaintance, Luke, had given me a ride to the summer camp where we both worked. For him that might not have been a big deal, but it was one of those circumstances where I didn't find a ride until a few days before I left, and he was literally an answer to prayer, and I have never ever forgotten that. And the friend of the friend, Gabe, had been there for my friends on their bad days. I looked at all three of these men and realized they would never again get to impact someone's life. I'm not belittling the pain they experienced that caused them to make their decisions to end it all. I understand that pain. But I also see the other side.
In Japan suicide is often considered a thing of honor. The shame is too great, and to end the shame – to preserve honor – people commit suicide. But who is this really honoring? I was taught that honor, true honor, means to elevate others, to consider them better than yourself, to go out of your way to serve them. I came to Japan excited to learn how to honor others. And in some ways the Japanese excel at this. They are the first to jump in and lend a hand, whether that is shoveling snow after a snow storm or washing dishes after a party or tearing down the decorations after graduation. But in other ways, their sense of honor makes my stomach turn. A person who commits suicide does not honor others; he only honors himself. When he removes himself from this earth he ends the chances to honor others or to honor those who raised him by doing something great. And no matter how long I live in Japan, you will never be able to convince me that suicide is honorable.


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Thursday, June 26, 2008
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From morning I was anxious on July26, 2008 . I was contacting to Anindita , my friend . But she was unable to talk to me. I said prayers and recited from the Holy Quran . I could not eat my supper properly. I dressed myself up and eagerly waited for Ammu . When I touched my granma's feet in obeisence she burst into tears . I thought that my tension has touched her also . My uncle suggested us to leave the house after watching the news at TV . I turned on the TV and watched one of my friends. I left the house at once.
When I reached the school I heard the news that some of the students had already got their result . I was glad to hear that our main day shift had done a marvellous result. I could also heard that none of us had missed A+ . At about 3.15 o'clock , one microbus containing our Mohsin sir and Shah Alam sir , was trying to enter the school compound. Our result sheet was in the hand of Mohsin sir but because of student's noise and bustle , he could not say a word . Out of excitement , Shah Alam sir opened his mouth and said that our school stood second in the merit list and all science students had got A+ except three students .
After that we managed to enter the school with great difficulty and it was a disgusting situation when I went to find my roll number on the notice board . But when I found it, my mind cheered up . It was really an extra ordinary feeling . I can't describe it in word .
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L. Mawby
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Summary: When visiting Leelanau Peninsula, be sure to stop at L. Mawby, a winery producing only sparkling wines. About 60 percent of the wines are produced using the Cuve Close Method and 40 percent are bottle fermented. According to Larry Mawby, "this is the only winery on the planet that makes sparkling wine from Vignoles." Autumn is a busy time of the year as visitors plan visits to coincide with fall colors.
If you enjoy champagne and sparkling wines or are interested in learning about how the different flavors of sparkling wines can vary L. Mawby is a must stop. Look for the large sign showing a bottle of sparkling wine in a hand at the entrance to L. Mawby. The winery produces two lines of sparkling wine. The traditional method sparkling wines are the L. Mawby brand. The grapes are all from the Leelanau appellation and the L. Mawby line consists of six sparkling wine styles. The M. Lawrence wines are produced as non-appellation sparkling wines using the Cuve Close Method. Secondary fermentation takes place in pressurized tanks.The M. Lawrence line began in 2003.
The L. Mawby vineyards started in 1973 after Larry Mawby researched the area. They were the second vineyard to begin in the area. Wine production began in 1978. Larry decided to produce sparkling wines in 1984. Beginning with the 2003 harvest the winery produces all sparkling wines. The area produces good grapes for sparkling wines. Currently there are 18 acres of vineyards and the winery produces 8,000 cases of sparkling wine. Grapes grown in the L. Mawby vineyards include Seyval, Chardonnay, Regent, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Gris, Vignoles and Pinot Noir. They purchase some grapes from other vineyards on Leelanau Peninsula and Old Mission Peninsula.
According to Larry, sparkling wine is seeing an increase in sales. People are learning that sparkling wines pair very well with dinner. Sparkling wine does not need to be just a celebration drink. "Sometimes the food makes the wine taste better and sometimes the wine makes the food taste better." One can experiment with tasting a sparkling wine before eating a food and tasting a sparkling wine after eating food. Larry enjoys having picnics and showing people that sparkling wine can match a three-course meal.
We enjoyed tasting several sparkling wines from the two lines. Sandpiper was a blend of several grapes including Seyval Blanc and Regent. It was fruity and cleansing with many small bubbles. This sparkling wine was in the M. Lawrence line and had a secondary fermentation in the cuve close method. Cremant was made from 100 percent Vignoles grapes and is in the L. Mawby line. It was barrel fermented and aged. It was dry, aromatic, with a full mouth feeling and had a long aftertaste. The L. Mawby Blanc de Blanc was made with Chardonnay and Pinot Gris grapes. It was dry and flavorful. The L. Mawby Blanc de Noir was made from Pinot Noir grapes and was also dry and crisp.
In order to help keep track of the wines you are tasting, small circular paper tags are placed on the wine glass stem with the name of the wine. This is a great idea as it makes it easy to track the wines you taste. Wine flights are offered. Two to three sparkling wines are served with cheese and crackers. The labels at the bottom of the glasses help to identify the wines.
L. Mawby is making a name for itself. Currently they ship sparkling wines to New Jersey, Illinois and California. The winery also exports to Denmark. Merchants and good restaurants are supportive of Michigan wines.
When planning a visit to L. Mawby, remember Saturdays in the fall tend to be busy. If you want to take an opportunity to relax and enjoy the sparkling wines available, plan to visit on another day.
L. Mawby
4519 South Elm Valley Road
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Henkel KGaA, the maker of Purex detergent and Dial soap, said third-quarter profit rose 7.7 percent as acquisitions fueled growth in the United States.
Net income increased to 195 million euros (US$234 million) from 181 million euros a year earlier, Henkel said yesterday. Revenue climbed 13 percent to 3.14 billion euros, lifted by a 32 percent gain in North America and advances of more than 10 percent from Eastern Europe and Latin America, the Dusseldorf, Germany-based company said.
Chief Executive Ulrich Lehner, 59, bought brands including Soft Scrub last year and completed the US$2.9 billion purchase of Dial Corp. Those products help Henkel compete with Procter & Gamble Co, its biggest rival, by giving the 129-year-old company a greater share of the North American market. The region produced five times as much sales growth than Europe in the third quarter.
"There had been doubt recently if they could make their growth target for this year, and these concerns have now been put to rest," said Silke Stegemann, an analyst at Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz. "There were no skid marks in the quarterly earnings from the increased raw-material costs."
Operating profit will increase almost 20 percent this year, while sales will gain 3 percent to 4 percent, Henkel reiterated.
Organic growth, which excludes swings from acquisitions or sales, rose 5.8 percent in the third quarter, bringing organic growth after nine months to 3.7 percent and the company to the upper end of its 2005 target.
Earnings per share will be unchanged after gains from assets sales weren't repeated, Henkel said. Henkel's plan for 2008 is to achieve sales growth of between 3 percent and 4 percent a year excluding acquisitions and to have an operating margin of 12 percent by then. Earnings before interest and tax as a proportion of sales stood at 9.5 percent at the end of the third quarter, Henkel said.


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Anniversary Present is a short comedy about marital dysfunction. The film begins with matrimony but quickly leads into the decline of a young couple's union and a sudden fit of jealousy that results in the complete and utter destruction of their brand new red sports car. Juxtaposing metal crushing intensity with the high stakes of love, Anniversary Present will give insight into what makes the modern marriage keep ticking.
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Liane Balaban as Sandra Dobbs
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Guy Godfree as Crew
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Evelyn Stevens is the new Women's UCI Hour Record holder – having ridden 47.980km over sixty minutes at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center Velodrome today. We've got pictures and more detail coming soon – so stay tuned – but we simply couldn't wait to share the news.
The Boels Dolmans rider surpassed the previous record of 46.882km, set by Bridie O'Donnell just last month, by over 1,000 metres to take the record at the 333-metre cement track.
Read our interview with Evelyn Stevens for more about the life of this amazing rider
Stevens is the fourth woman to take on combat with the Hour record since the UCI rule change which allowed the use of more modern bicycles, whilst eight men have tried their hand. The attempt was announced only last month, at the Boels Dolmans team launch.
The 32-year-old came to cycling much later in life, having first enjoyed a career on Wall Street – her strengths have always been in solo and endurance events. As well as being a five time UCI World Champs medalist, she competed in the 2012 Olympics, and we're told is now looking to medal in Rio.
Ever approachable, ever appreciative Evie said in an interview following her amazing feat: "The coolest thing about today is all the support."
The incredible effort comes on the same day that Boels Dolmans rider and World Champ Lizzie Armitstead soloed to the win in her first race wearing the rainbow jersey at Omloop het Nieuwsblad, in Ghent, Belgium, with team mate Chantel Blaak in second.
We've got pictures and an hourly account of Evelyn's preparation leading up to the big effort coming soon – stay tuned!


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Enhancing the Livelihoods of Lebanese farmers and Syrians working in Lebanon
This project aims to improve the livelihood conditions of 150 farmers and Syrian refugees working in agriculture and to build the capacity of 50 SMEs by installing a drip irrigation network along with providing technical training to Lebanese farmers and Syrian refugees. The expected outcome is that more farmers effectively use water from drip irrigation schemes. This project is implemented by the Center for Development Democracy and Governance (CDDG) and funded by LWR.
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11, December 2017
Tool or Weapon? The Politics of Policy Making, Gender Justice and Social
Change in the Caribbean
Michelle V. Rowley and Deborah McFee
Peer Reviewed Essays
How can the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Transform the
Economic Empowerment of Women in the Caribbean Subregion?
Sheila Stuart
Reflections on American Philanthropy in the Caribbean and the
Influential Role of Caribbean Women
Patricia L. Rosenfield
Women/Gender and Development in Trinidad and Tobago and Post-Genocide
Rwanda: Complicating Human Security, Carving out a National Gender
Policy Response to Violence Against Women
Deborah McFee
Should we Still Hope? Gender Policy, Social Justice, and Affect in the
Michelle V. Rowley
Silence, Invisibility and Social Policy: Putting the Pieces Together
with HIV Positive Youth
Tracie Rogers
Legitimizing Virtual Constituencies: How Csos Are Using Digital
Technologies to Enlarge the Space for Citizen Participation in Women and
Gender Issues in the Caribbean
Simone Leid
Gender Dialogues
Enduring Sexed and Gendered Criminal Laws in the Anglophone Caribbean
Tracy Robinson and Arif Bulkan
Rethinking Gender Mainstreaming in Development Policy and Practice
Jane Parpart and Deborah McFee
Intersectionality and Imagery in the Caribbean Context
Dominique Hunter
Nineteen Eighties Hymns Amilcar Sanatan. For the IMF and IBRD and
Ministers of Finance
Amilcar Sanatan
Caribbean Feminist Disruptions of International Public Policy, Human
Security and the ATT: An Interview with Folade Mutota
Deborah McFee
Social Media and Feminist Social Change in the Caribbean: An Interview
with Ronelle King on #LifeInLeggings
Amilcar Sanatan
Professor Patricia Mohammed: Reflections on Policy Making
Gabrielle Hosein
Book Review
"Negotiating Gender, Policy and Politics in the Caribbean: Feminist
Strategies, Masculinist Resistance and Transformational Possibilities",
by Gabrielle Hosein and Jane Parpart
By Tonya Haynes
Film Review
Des Femmes et Des Hommes—A Missed Opportunity
By Jewel Fraser
Never Asking for It
Kervisha Cordice