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Risk assessments
You need to ensure that reasonable precautions are in place at your church properties to keep them safe for those who use them . To do this, you need to think about what might cause harm to people.
You will then need to decide if the precautions already in place are adequate. If they are not, you may need to identify further action to prevent any danger. When done formally, this is known as a risk assessment.
Where you are an employer, you must complete these and they will need to meet specific requirements. In particular, they must identify the steps you need to take to comply with relevant health and safety regulations.
It is worth remembering that even if you are not an employer but own or control premises, you may still have to complete detailed risk assessments for certain hazards, for example, asbestos. These will have to meet specific requirements and in some cases you may need specialist assistance with this.
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"How do you like them apples?" is an expression that supposedly originated during the first World War, when the Allies' anti-tank grenade was colloquially called a "toffee apple" because of its bulb-like appearance on a stick. The phrase was a taunt against the enemy. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
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- (colloquial, rhetorical question) directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation
- "Our governor has just vetoed a bill that would offer more money to our schools. How do you like them apples?"
- (colloquial, rhetorical question, Ireland, US) Used after an actual or proposed action with which the listener might be displeased. Also used after refuting an argument.
- "I can't give you a raise now; if I did, this whole company would go bankrupt, and you wouldn't have a job at all. Now how do you like them apples?"

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Telstra has officially switched on over 900 ADSL2+ exchanges, amid allegations of spin by the telco over its decision to back down on the issue of regulation.
Some 370 exchanges will be switched on within seven working days, with some locations including Alice Springs getting the speed bump within the next two days.
Another 132 exchanges, including some in Camperdown, Victoria and Loxton, SA, will be ADSL2+ enabled in three weeks, followed by an additional 405 within 200 days, according to the telco.
BigPond users in newly ADSL2+ enabled areas will need to move to more expensive plans to access the higher speed services, which will see up to 2.4 million users now able to access broadband speeds of up to a theoretical maximum of 20Mbps.
While the exchanges have been ADSL2+ enabled for some time, Telstra had been holding off on flicking the switch due to regulatory concerns: the telco had not green-lighted DSLAMs in areas where no competitor operated in case the competition regulator mandated it allow rivals to resell those services.
Telstra said it had been given assurances from the government that "it did not consider a compelling case had been made for regulating third-party access" in the newly switched-on areas, after it received a letter on the subject from Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy. Telstra's CEO Sol Trujillo added in a statement that the telco welcomed the government's "regulatory forbearance".
However, the letter in question does not appear to mark any change in government policy, as Telstra has implied.
Conroy's letter says the regulation of the services is not a matter for the government and that he has checked with the ACCC for their position on the matter.
"Mr Samuel [head of the ACCC] has advised: The ACCC has previously indicated that a compelling case has not been made for declaring and regulating third party access to a wholesale xDSL service (including ADSL and ADSL2+ services) ... Mr Samuel has informed me that this position has been reiterated publicly on several occasions", the letter reads.
It continues: "Given the consistency of the ACCC's statements on this matter, I believe there is a high degree of regulatory certainty in relation to the ACCC's approach to wholesale ADSL2+ services ... I would welcome a decision by Telstra to switch on ADSL2+ services in as many exchange areas as possible."
Telstra could not immediately be reached for comment.
David Forman, CEO of the Competitive Carriers Coalition, said Telstra's decision to enable ADSL2+ was an attempt by the telco to rebuild its relationship with the government ahead of its planned rollout of fibre-to-the-node.
"There's been no change in position from the government or regulator ... what there has been is Telstra giving up a point of blackmail. This is the second example of games of chicken [the first being CDMA] with the government and this is [Telstra] realising the government is not going to give way," he said.


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House Speaker John Boehner, whose incoherent approach to the constitutional mandate that Congress check and balance presidential war-making has so served the interests of the Obama administration's Libya project, steered the House into conflict with itself Friday.
Boehner advanced two proposals (under the sponsorship of the speaker's close allies) relating to the president's decision to involve US forces in an ongoing—if largely dysfunctional—NATO-led assault on Libya.
One proposal would have authorized the president's war of whim.
The other would have cut funding for Obama's latest war, thus bringing the initiative to a swift conclusion.
On the first measure, the House voted 295-123 against authorizing even the limited use of US forces.
On the second measure, the House rejected the funding cut by a 238-180 vote.
So the House has refused to authorize the president's war with Libya.
At the same time, however, the House has agreed to continue funding it.
If the pairing of policies makes no apparent sense, well, welcome to John Boehner's Congress.
The speaker, who has repeatedly steered the House away from moves that would actually hold the president to account, has again shredded the Constitution in order to help the Obama White House maintain an undeclared, unnecessary and unwise war.
Let's be clear about what the different players in this charade wanted with regard to these House votes.
The Obama administration would have preferred House votes to authorize the mission and to maintain the funding. They lost on the authorization, which is embarrassing, but kept the money for the project, which is definitive. So, while the president did not get exactly what he wanted, he survived an accountability moment without really being held to account.
Antiwar forces on Capitol Hill, led by Congressman Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, Congressman Ron Paul, R-Texas, and the rapidly growing bipartisan coalition of congressional supporters of the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, wanted the House to refuse to authorize the Libyan mission and to refuse to fund it. They easily won the lesser goal, in that the authorization resolution was defeated. But things got far more complex when it came to the funding resolution.
Some antiwar members, such as Kucinich, voted for the resolution because the wording seemed to limit funding for the mission. Others, such as Paul, voted against it because they feared the resolution could be read as authorizing some aspects of the current mission.
Only Boehner and the most politically self-serving of his allies favored both the refusal to authorize the war and the continued funding of it. Why? Because the refusal of authorization took a poke at the president, while the maintenance of funding served the agenda of the generous campaign donors associated with the nation's largest military contractors, a crowd that remains enthusiastic about maintaining even the most foolish of fool's missions abroad.
Friday's voting was a cynical exercise organized by Boehner and approved, grudgingly, by the White House. But there was plenty of cynicism to go around. Many Democrats who voted against authorizing the president's war then voted in favor of funding it—a have-it-both-ways combination. And more than a few Republicans with steady records of supporting military misadventures abroad took the anti-war position Friday in hopes of undermining Obama.
That does not mean, however, that everyone involved was a cynic.
A number of members did their best to cast consistent votes against authorizing the president's Libya project and against continuing to fund it. And they backed those votes up with strong statements about the need to end wars of whim and presidential prerogative.
Most of the appropriate antiwar votes came from the core group of members that has stood with Kucinich as he has battled to end this undeclared war of Barack Obama—just as he battled to end the undeclared wars of George Bush.
On the question of whether to authorize the Libyan mission, Kucinich and sixty-nine other Democrats voted "no." They were joined by 225 Republicans.
On the question of limiting the use of US funds to maintain the Libya mission, thirty-six Democrats (including Kucinich and prominent progressives such as Michigan's John Conyers and Massachusetts' Barney Frank) voted "yes," as did 144 Republicans. But it is important to note that a number of antiwar members, including Paul and California Democrat Mike Honda, voted "no" because of their fears that the resolution's language about limiting (rather than eliminating) funding for the Libya mission could be read as a backdoor authorization of the mission.
Paul was particularly blunt in urging his colleagues—especially the Republicans—to oppose any authorization (be it formal or through language allowing some funding) of a continued mission in Libya.
New York Congressman Jerry Nadler, the ranking Democrat on the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee warned: "We have been sliding for seventy years to a situation where Congress has nothing to do with the decision about whether to go to war or not, and the president is becoming an absolute monarch. And we must put a stop to that right now, if we don't want to become an empire instead of a republic."
Nadler was right, as he so frequently is on issues of presidential powers.
Unfortunately, the debate that might have been on this most central of constitutional questions was thwarted by Boehner, who rushed the proposals to votes on a Friday afternoon when Congress is preoccupied with a trumped-up debt-ceiling debate and the mad rush to finish business before the traditional Judy 4 break.
New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, the ranking Democrat on House Rules Committee, decried the "shameful" way in which Boehner and House Republicans forced quick votes with limited debate on the two Libya measures rushed through both bills. "[The] way in which today's measures are being debated shames the dignity, history and tradition of this body," said Slaughter. "I really regret the shameful way this important debate has been rushed through Congress and I apologize to future generations who will look back on the work that we are doing today to try to understand the time."


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Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have found that an attenuated version of Clostridium novyi (C. novyi-NT) bacterium can work as a cancer adjuvant therapy by creating an anti-tumor response in rats, dogs and humans.
C. novyi is found in soil, and it naturally thrives in oxygen-poor environments, making it a perfect candidate to lyse tumor cells, which grow surrounded by an hypoxic microenvironment.
In the study entitled "Intratumoral injection of Clostridium novyi-NT spores induces antitumor responses" and published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers injected genetically modified spores of C. novyi intratumorally in companion dogs that suffered from spontaneous solid tumors.
Canine tumors are similar to those of humans due to the heterogeneous genetic background of the host and because they are spontaneous rather than engineered mutations, as is the case with the majority of laboratory mice tumors.
Of a total of 16 dogs, 6 had an anti-tumor response 21 days after their first treatment, 3 showing total clearance of their tumors and the other 3 demonstrating tumor shrinkage by at least 30%.
The majority of the dogs had side effects typical of bacterial infections, like fever, tumor abcesses and inflammation.
The encouraging results in these animals led researchers to treat a human patient who had an advanced leiomyosarcoma, a malignant smooth muscle tumor.
The Phase I clinical trial was conducted at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, with intratumoral injection of C. novyi-NT spores resulting in a reduction of the tumor within and surrounding the bone.
"She had a very vigorous inflammatory response and abscess formation. But at the moment, we haven't treated enough people to be sure if the spectrum of responses that we see in dogs will truly recapitulate what we see in people," Nicholas Roberts, Vet.M.B., Ph.D. and lead author of the study said in a Johns Hopkins press release.
"One advantage of using bacteria to treat cancer is that you can modify these bacteria relatively easily, to equip them with other therapeutic agents, or make them less toxic as we have done here," Shibin Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of oncology at the Cancer Center also added in the press release.
The study of the C. novyi-NT spore injection in humans is still ongoing, however results of this treatment are still not available. "We expect that some patients will have a stronger response than others, but that's true of other therapies as well. Now, we want to know how well the patients can tolerate this kind of therapy," said Dr. Zhou.
A very attractive option is to combine these treatments with radiotherapy or chemotherapy, since the highly hypoxic environment generated after these traditional treatments can boost the response of C. novyi-NT.
Furthermore, using bacteria as a therapeutic agent will elicit a strong immune response that will be directed specifically toward the tumor cells.
These results can pave the way for future clinical trials, since due to its incapacity to grow in normal tissues, C. novyi-NT can eradicate neoplastic tissues in a specific way, only attacking the hypoxic cells in the tumor and leaving healthy tissue around the cancer untouched.
Funding for the study was provided by BioMed Valley Discoveries, Inc., the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research, the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund, the Commonwealth Fund, Swim Across America, the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award for Medical Scientists, Voices Against Brain Cancer, the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, the Johns Hopkins Clinician Scientist Award, and the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke.


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It was 4:30 p.m. this past Monday. I was running on two hours of sleep. I watched many suitcases ride the baggage claim carousel and pulled my bag off when it came around the corner. I grabbed the handle of my suitcase, more than ready to go home, call my mom, shower and sleep.
John, the head faculty advisor, shouted, "I'm going home. I'll see you all tomorrow at 1 p.m."
Wait, what?
Reality hit me hard. We entered the classroom on Tuesday afternoon with two weeks of class ahead of us.
The fun goes on and on, and for good reason. Making a documentary isn't just about filming video, conducting interviews, and gathering information, it's about editing and cutting footage and picking interviews that communicate to our future audience what about our 10-day experience touched us most. In short, we have to sum up our Alaskan adventure in 20-30 minutes. It's an almost insane goal if you think about it.
In order to achieve this goal, we all became friends with Final Cut Pro, if we weren't already. We spent all day Tuesday with our new friend, re-naming and organizing hours and hours of video clips.
We then started to transcribe the dozen or so interviews we conducted while in Bethel. That is, we listened to the video of each interview and typed out word-for-word what the interviewee said. It sounds boring. Listen, pause the video, type and repeat a million times. But I had so much fun.
I think I just got lucky, because the interviews I transcribed were not interviews I had the chance to sit in on while we were in Bethel. I had the chance to transcribe Nelson's interview, which was the most amazing interview we conducted while we were there.
I remember the team coming back from that interview. There were lots of high-fives and the room immediately filled with energy. His interview was a last-minute interview. We took a chance on him and he told us exactly what we wanted to hear and more.
He's the most well-spoken 19 year old I have ever heard, and he has an awesome story. I wanted to be his best friend by the time I was done listening.
I also transcribed part of Anna's interview. She was a senior in high school who is going to study at the University of Minnesota next year. You could tell right away she was really nervous, and I think I had forgotten how often teenagers use the word "like." It made transcribing a bit trickier.
After we were done transcribing, I got to know Final Cut Pro a little better. I made multi-cam clips of the interviews and marked important quotes. It's not much, but I'm glad Final Cut Pro and I got along well.
After that initial work was done, the class was split into essentially two groups: the video team and the writing team. I am part of the writing team, and I've been really excited about the work we've done on writing the story/script.
We arranged all of the noteworthy quotes into categories like subsistence, fishing restrictions, climate change and Yup'ik spirituality, which are all categories that will make up our story. We then cut out all of the quotes into strips of paper and arranged and re-arranged them into a basic and rough script. It's like fitting pieces into a puzzle.
It's hard to believe we got back from Alaska six days ago. Since then, we've put in four full days of work. It was a short yet entirely long week.
The amount of work we still have left is tremendous, so here's to one week more and an endless amount of editing.


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The rate of increase in antibiotic treatment failure was less prominent with the most commonly prescribed antibiotics, researchers find Antibiotics prescribed by GPs in 2012 for four common infections failed in 15% of cases, according to an analysis of data in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink[1].
The researchers examined nearly 11 million prescriptions for antibiotics as a first-line and single treatment for upper and lower respiratory tract infections, skin and soft tissue infections and acute otitis media. To assess treatment failure rates they tracked further prescriptions for antibiotics issued within 30 days or looked for other markers, such as an admission to hospital with an infection-related diagnosis or referrals to infection-related specialist services.
The rate of failure of 15.4% in 2012 is an increase from 13.9% in 1991. Most of this increase occurred after 2000 when antibiotic prescribing, which had plateaued, began to rise again.
We have shown that in primary care, where most antibiotics are prescribed, and in a developed country, the impact of increasing antibiotic treatment failure was not as great as we had anticipated based on evidence reported from hospital settings with more severe infections, they write.
Another interpretation of these data, however, would be that the observed rates are in reality higher because inappropriate or unnecessary prescribing could have attenuated the failure rates.
The analysis also reveals that the rate of increase in antibiotic treatment failure was less prominent with the most commonly prescribed antibiotics and in those recommended for first-line treatment, such as broad spectrum penicillins (e.g., amoxicillin) and the macrolides (clarithromycin and erythromycin).
But there were notable increases in failure rates for certain antibiotics that are usually not recommended as first-line treatments for the four conditions, such as trimethoprim, the cephalosporins and the quinolones. Such drugs, however, might have been prescribed for more severely ill and frail patients who had recently been prescribed a first-line drug or from whom resistant organisms had been previously isolated.
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This was one of the significant days I had in my modelling experience. I got to meet more talented people in the industry. It was my first outdoor photoshoot and it was NERVE-RACKKKIIING! >.< My mom kept messaging me. She reminded me to keep my confidence, always feel sexy and beautiful inside and out. I think she knew how nervous I was.
Thankfully, everything went great. We had a very long day. We started with the make-up at around 10AM, moved to the shooting location which was at Victoria Theatre at around 2PM, and we finished at 7PM-ish. We have done 2 looks for me and 2 looks for my co-model, Hajar.
His name Dan. I loved how he did the photoshoot. He has his own cool way of making the model more confident with the poses and projections. He is also very patient. His post-processing skills of the photo is remarkable. It's not overly touched-up. Feel free to check out his awesome photos at Dahalan Sarlip.
She's Fenty and I must say she tops in my list. She really takes care of the details. She has her own unique ways of taking care of your skin and at the same time achieve great effects. It's really impressive. You can see it yourself from her Youtube Channel: Suzelianah Fenty where does great make-up tutorials which I most of the time refer myself to.
Her name is Hajar. You can't tell that she's new in the industry because her projection skill is just amazing. She's a very stylish person. I just love her fashion statement.
For collaborations, please feel free to contact us. We'd love to work with you. 🙂
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Get French Football News grades the transfer window's of each of the 20 Ligue 1 clubs. Who did the best and the worst business? Read on…
SC Bastia – B+
Bastia have certainly strengthened over the summer, adding some good players on a permanent basis with the likes of Christopher Maboulou, who has impressed early on, and Reims' winger Floyd Ayite. The club's new boss Claude Makelele has also used his links with former club PSG to bring in Alphonse Areola and Hervin Ongenda on-loan and whilst the club lost the services of Wahbi Khazri, the squad as a whole has been improved by the former French international.
Girondins de Bordeaux – A
You have to be delighted with your summer if you're a Bordeaux fan, they've got rid of some dead wood, kept anything of value and added some extra quality to the team. Signing Wahbi Khazri was a good move by Willy Sagnol, dealing with Liverpool to get Tiago Illori on-loan was shrewd should the centre-back show the form he did in Portugal, but using his Bayern Munich links to bring in Diego Contento could top them all at the end of the season.
SM Caen – B+
For a team many predicted to struggle, Caen have done some nice little pieces of business this summer that could give them a real shot at survival. Bringing in Ligue 1 experience in the likes of Remy Vercoutre and Julian Feret will help, whilst Florian Raspentino and Sloan Privat could be great additions should they hit form. They've kept most of their squad from last season and even low key signings like Damien Da Silva have shown promise early on, it's already looking like a good transfer window for Patrice Garande's men.
Evian TG FC – B-
The summer transfer window for Evian was surprising for one reason; somehow, someway, they have managed to keep hold of Daniel Wass. The Danish international was superb last season, especially in the latter half of the campaign and many expected him to move on but keeping him on their books might be the best single transfer window manoeuvre that they have done. Adding Yeltsin Tejeda and Gianni Bruno should help but losing top scorer Kevin Berigaud is a blow that they might not be able to recover from as they struggled to score last season.
EA Guingamp – D
Losing Mustapha Yatabaré so late in the window was a huge blow for a Guingamp side already struggling to find goals. They've brought in Sylvain Marveaux on loan and Lars Jacobsen, who could contribute should they find their old form but that's a risk and not bringing in a goalscorer could be fatal to this team. Without much guaranteed Ligue 1 quality coming into the club, you have to say it's been a below par summer for the reigning Coupe de France champions.
RC Lens – F
This grade might be a little unfair since the club had to fight to even be allowed into Ligue 1 this season but the facts are there for everyone to see, no signings will always spell trouble. It's a shame they never really had a chance after a transfer embargo was placed on the club even after being accepted into the league but without the return of some of their talented loan signings like Alphonse Areola, they are going to struggle and that's simply because they couldn't do anything during the window.
LOSC Lille – C
It's been a bit of a mixed bag for Lille, they haven't really improved but at the same time they have only really lost Salomon Kalou to Hertha Berlin. Whilst his 16 goals will leave a temporary void, fans will be glad that both his frustrating style and his wages will be away from the Stade Pierre-Mauroy this season. They sold Divock Origi to Liverpool but he's back on loan, a great addition should he perform like he did for Belgium in the World Cup, and the club will be delighted to finally have Sebastien Corchia in their ranks. Manchester City loanee Marcos Lopes has show glimpses of real quality but the club might regret not bringing in another proven striker to bolster their misfiring attack.
FC Lorient – C-
Despite the signing of Jordan Ayew from Marseille looking like a fantastic piece of business, Lorient took two body blows late in the window losing both top scorer Vincent Aboubakar and defensive stalwart Bruno Ecuele Manga. They lost some good contributors too, with Jermaine Aliadiere going to Qatar and Kevin Monnet-Paquet joining Saint-Etienne, which could really effect the team later on in the season. They'll have to rely on a combination of youth and some signings from Ligue 2 to fill the gaps, which they have done time and time again, but expect this season to be a bumpy ride.
Olympique Lyonnais – C-
Lyon did a few nice pieces of business this summer, by bringing in the experience of Christophe Jallet which will help the young side and the capture of Lindsay Rose could develop into a very good centre-back, but they haven't added enough to improve significantly. They've lost Bafetimbi Gomis and Jimmy Briand who despite both being very vocal about their desire to leave, they still contributed to the team last season and in reality, they haven't been replaced. A lot of their young players will have to fill big shoes quickly or this team could sink but bringing in new manager Hubert Fournier could be excellent business.
Olympique Marseille – C
On paper, it looks like a really odd summer for Marseille. Romain Alessandrini impressed in his two years at Rennes and Michy Batshuayi shows a lot of promise but they both play in positions where the team already had quality. They've lost Mathieu Valbuena cheaply, despite his desire to leave and his dip in form last season they practically gave him to Dynamo Moscow and his quality will be missed despite the replacements brought in. They only brought in a defender on deadline day and whilst Doria could be a great addition, they needed more reinforcements at the back rather than more attacking options for Marcelo Bielsa to play with.
FC Metz – C
It's difficult to judge just how Metz will do this season and that task only becomes more difficult when you look at the business they did in the transfer window. They lost top scorer Diafra Sakho to West Ham but brought in Modibo Maiga on loan, who was poor in England but has a track record of scoring goals in French football. N'Daw could be a good signing, but players like Sergey Krivets from BATE Borisov and the two players brought from Argentina are unknown quantities that could go either way so that's why they get the middle-of-the-line grade.
AS Monaco – D-
The project grinded to a halt this summer as Monaco lost their best two players and failed to bring in any big names to replace them. James Rodriguez has gone to Real Madrid, Radamel Falcao is off on loan to Manchester United and the team's world class quality in the final third has simply vanished in one window. The experience of Eric Abidal has gone too, new signing Aymen Abdennour was atrocious in the first few games and the defence still looks as leaky as it had been at the back-end of last season. Tiemoue Bakayoko might turn out to be a terrific signing and getting Fabinho back on loan was a positive, but there is no denying the team have taken a big step backwards this summer.
Montpellier Herault SC – C-
MHSC knew they would be losing their favourite son in Remy Cabella but expectedly losing Benjamin Stambouli so late in the window dealt the team with a blow they might not recover from. Kevin Berigaud should bring them more goals coming from Evian and if he can't, then they have Lucas Barrios who could be a very good signing should be find the form he had back at Borussia Dortmund, but he remains a high-risk pick. They should have added an extra midfielder to take the weight off Morgan Sanson's shoulders but at least they have actually tried to replace players unlike some other teams in Ligue 1.
FC Nantes – E
A transfer embargo continues to block Nantes from signing players. They desperately needed to find a replacement for Filip Djordjevic who joined Lazio on a free, so someone made the decision to sign Itay Shechter on a permanent deal after the Israeli international failed to score in a loan spell last season. Johan Audel has never been prolific and despite signing some key players to new contracts, this team will have a real fight on their hands to stay up this year.
OGN Nice – D
Claude Puel's men were dreadful towards the end of last season, finishing just above the drop zone and this summer won't have filled their fans with optimism that they won't struggle again. They've lost a lot of talent, with David Ospina, Timothée Kolodziejczak, Nemanja Pejcinovic and Cristian Bruls all off their books they needed replacing and the club have failed to do so. Souleymane Diawara will add some experience to the defence but he's past his best, Nice will have to lean on their youngsters if they are to avoid the drop this season rather than the players brought during the transfer window.
Paris Saint-Germain – B
It's the same old story in Paris, move on a few older names and bring in a few fresh faces that will add to any hopes of challenging for the Champions League. Alex, Jeremy Menez and Christophe Jallet have all gone and in comes David Luiz, who should be a good signing bar a few likely hairy moments. Serge Aurier was another excellent addition who will add to the squad but the team will be disappointed to have lost the promising Kingsley Coman on a free to Juventus.
Stade de Reims – C-
Reims lost a few key pieces this summer, one being their manager Hubert Fournier to Lyon and the other being midfield general Grzegorz Krychowiak to Europa League champions Sevilla, but they aren't out for the count yet. They've brought in two ex-Liverpool players in David N'Gog and Chris Mavinga on loan with both looking like good moves, especially if the former finds his shooting boots. Capturing Benjamin Moukandjo on a free looks like a good move too but in hindsight, not finding a ready-made replacement for their Polish midfielder could prove to be a big mistake.
Stade Rennais FC – C
Philippe Montanier's side have brought in more players than any other team in Ligue 1 which could be a risk but then again, if you throw enough darts you're bound to hit something. There has been a few clever buys, Christian Brüls was great for Nice last season and Sanjin Prcic has shown a lot of promise in the past, alongside a few like Gelson Fernandes and Habib Habibou that could go either way. Mexer looks like a contender for bargain of the summer should he continue his early season form but the team has lost some real quality in Alessandrini, Bakayoko and French U21 right-back Dimitri Foulquier and that arguably undermines the positive moves they made.
AS Saint-Etienne – C+
Les Verts can be content with their summer business, bringing in some extra quality whilst only letting go of players they knew were heading out of the door. Prized asset Kurt Zouma has returned to new club Chelsea, Brandao has gone but other than a few other loan signigns leaving, the squad as a whole hasn't been weakened. Kevin Monnet-Paquet will add something to the team out wide, Kevin Theophile-Catherine is an excellent loan signing from Cardiff and should Ricky van Wolfswinkel regain form, he could create a dangerous partnership with Mevlut Erding that could terrorise Ligue 1 defences.
Toulouse FC – D
The club knew they were going to lose two big players this summer, Abdennour headed to Monaco and Aurier left for PSG, but they haven't brought in enough to restore some hope to the Toulouse faithful. Dragos Grigore and Marcel Tisserand were brought into to fill the void but will need time to settle and should Tongo Doumbia revert back to the version we saw at Rennes he could be a big contributor. Their best piece of business was probably holding onto Wissam Ben Yedder but without too much guaranteed improvement, he might be on his way come January.


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Education plays a vital role in the development of human potentials Accordingly, Rockford Convent Sr. Sec. School came into being in 2002 with a motive to create an excellent environment in education. The school has affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi. The school is sponsored and managed by B.R. Memorial Educational Society (Reg.) which was founded by Shri Laxmi Narayan Dagar in the memory of his Late father Shri Bhola Ram. This educational society is registered under the societies Registration Act 1860. The school has affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi. The Society is the apex body of his institution and its Executive members are well versed with the education code and expertise in various field. Education plays a vital role in the development of human potentials. The school is located in a clean green area of 2 acres build with all the modern amenities and has a plan to construct a new building with all the modern amenities. The educational institution is designed in such a way as to provide a high quality education with a futuristic view of modern techniques.
It is a co-educational institution with an aim to overall development of students i.e. physical, mental, emotional and social development of the students thereby increasing sense of self-discipline, integrity and inculcation of human values.
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add a dachshund to the dog catergory >:z
george 3 ár síðan • updated by Gil Sideman 3 ár síðan • 2
add a dachshund to the dog category >:z
Under review
Noted & added to our list, thanks!
We've recently been focusing on adding wild animals previously not represented in Voki.
Polar bear, Manatee, Lion and Tiger just added, with others to follow.
It may be some time before we revisit dogs ...
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Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 2005
5.30am Children
Hedgehog in the Fog (Repeat)
5.40am Famous Fred (Repeat)
6.05am The Mousehole Cat (Repeat)
6.35am Film : Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998)
animation with the voice of John Goodman
8.05am The Treacle People Christmas Special
can Santa find the fogbound village of Sabden?
8.25am Ivor the Invisible
animation of a Raymond Briggs story (Repeat)
8.55am T4
Bender and Fry enlist for military duty (Repeat)
9.30am Friends
Rachel is desperate to find a date for the ball (Repeat)
10.00am Joey
Joey is excited about his audition for a TV show (Repeat)
10.30am 50 Best Popworld Moments of 2005
11.25am Friends
Ross fails to impress Elizabeth's father (Repeat)
12.00 The Simpsons
Day of the Jackanapes (Repeat)
12.30pm Film : Benji the Hunted (1987)
children's canine adventure
2.10pm Film : The Karate Kid (1984)
starring Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio
4.25pm Film : Snow White (2001)
starring Kristin Kreuk, Miranda Richardson
6.10pm News including Sport ; Weather
6.15pm Film : A Christmas Carol (1999)
starring Patrick Stewart , Richard E Grant (TV Movie)
8.00pm Gordon Ramsay's Christmas F Word
9/9 (Repeat)
9.00pm The Unseen Spike Milligan
rare archive footage and insights from family, friends and colleagues
10.00pm Father Ted
A Christmassy Ted (Repeat)
11.10pm Avid Merrion's XXXmas Special
11.55pm Film : Carrie (1976)
starring Sissy Spacek
1.45am Film : The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Première
starring Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand
3.50am Wild Things
double bill of wildlife documentaries
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 2005
5.20am Children
The Heron and the Crane
a children's fable (Repeat)
5.30am So Many Santas (Repeat)
5.40am The Selfish Giant
animation of the Oscar Wilde tale (Repeat)
6.05am Little Wolf's Book of Badness
animation (Repeat)
6.30am Film : Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Land of the Misfit Toys (2001)
7.50am Father Christmas
animation of Raymond Briggs's story (Repeat)
8.15am The Bear
animation (Repeat)
8.50am T4
Fry bumps into an old girlfriend from 1999 (Repeat)
9.20am The Simpsons
can Krusty be reunited with his dad? (Repeat)
9.55am Friends
Monica panics Chandler with wedding plans (Repeat)
10.25am Friends
Phoebe helps Chandler pick a wedding ring (Repeat)
11.00am T4 Poll Winners' Party (Repeat)
1.05pm The Simpsons
New Kids on the Blecch (Repeat)
1.35pm The Simpsons
Hungry Hungry Homer (Repeat)
2.00pm The Fourth King
charming animated tale
2.30pm The Snowman
animation (Repeat)
3.00pm Jamie Oliver's Alternative Christmas Message
3.10pm The Simpsons
Bye Bye Nerdy
3.40pm Film : Singin' in the Rain (1952)
starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds
5.35pm Judith Weir : Armida and Other Stories
6.35pm Armida
opera, the latest work from the British composer Judith Weir
7.35pm Channel 4 News including Sport ; Weather
7.50pm Tsunami ; Where Was God?
9.50pm Avid Merrion's Christmas Message
10.00pm Film : Jerry Maguire (1996)
starring Tom Cruise
12.35am Avid Merrion's XXXmas Special (Repeat)
1.30am Transworld Sport
2.20am Raw Britannia
an anarchic mixture of drama, comedy and documentary
3.20am Wild Things
double bill of wildlife documentaries
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 2005
5.00am Children
So Many Santas (Repeat)
5.05am The Hoobs
double bill (Repeat)
5.55am Film : The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
7.30am Mornings
Rachel desperately tries to get to London (Repeat)
8.00am The Morning Line
turf news ahead of racing at 1pm
8.55am T4
Fry mistakenly eats some intelligent worms
9.25am The Simpsons
Homer and the kids have nightmares (Repeat)
9.55am The Simple Life : Interns
Paris and Nicole get a job at a car repair centre (Repeat)
10.30am Hollyoaks
the gang meet up to celebrate Christmas Day
11.00am Friends
Joey's name is used in a crossword puzzle (Repeat)
11.30am Friends
Ross is upset when Rachel's mum moves in with them (Repeat)
12.00 Destiny's Child : a Family Affair
1.00pm Racing
from Sandown Park and Wetherby
3.05pm Film : The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
starring Gene Hackman
5.10pm Deal or No Deal
5.55pm The Simpsons
The Mansion Family
6.25pm Hollyoaks
6.55pm Channel 4 News ; Sport ; Weather
7.00pm Jamie's School Dinners
1/4 (Repeat)
8.00pm The Worst Christmas Jobs in History
presented by Tony Robinson
9.00pm The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
presented by Jimmy Carr, teams include Jonathan Ross, Sharon Osbourne, Gordon Ramsay, Rob Brydon
11.10pm Without a Trace
22/23 John Michaels
12.10am The Priceless Evening
an evening of music from London's Café de Paris including Athlete, James Blunt, the Corrs, Texas, K T Tunstall (Repeat)
1.40am Raw Britannia
projects made by young British film makers
2.40am Coming Up Pillow Talk
tragic romantic comedy short (Repeat)
3.05am Coming Up Birds Eye View
3.30am Wild Things
double bill of wildlife documentaries
5.05am Switched
a Texan cheerleader swaps with an ambitious actor from California
Holiday Tuesday 27th December 2005
5.30am Children
Grabbit the Rabbit (Repeat)
5.40am The Hoobs (Repeat)
6.05am Film : Muppets from Space (1999)
7.30am Mornings
Emily flees during the wedding reception (Repeat)
8.00am Just Shoot Me
the magazines risqué covers are targeted
8.25am Will & Grace
the pals befriend a stylish couple (Repeat)
8.55am T4
the crew crash land on a planet full of women (Repeat)
9.25am The Simpsons
Mr Burns sells the power plant (Repeat)
9.55am The Simple Life
Interns, an ad agency beckons (Repeat)
10.25am Hollyoaks (Repeat)
11.00am Friends
Monica's cooking is panned in a newspaper (Repeat)
11.30am Friends
Rachel's pregnancy goes beyond her due date (Repeat)
12.00 The Week They Elected the Pope
1.00pm Racing from Huntingdon and Wetherby
3.15pm The Gift
3.25pm The Wonderful World of Whiteley
tribute to Richard Whitely
4.25pm Countdown Special : Richard Whiteley's Gift (Repeat)
5.10pm Deal or No Deal
5.55pm The Simpsons
Saddlescore Galactica (Repeat)
6.25pm Hollyoaks
6.55pm Channel 4 News ; Sport ; Weather
7.00pm Jamie's School Dinners
2/4 (Repeat)
8.00pm The Year the Earth Went Wild
10.00pm The Ghost Squad
7/7 Colour Blind
12.00 Film : Taxi Driver (1976)
starring Robert De Niro
2.05am Teenage Gambler
a report on four youngsters' addiction to gambling
3.05am The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (Repeat)
3.25am Wild Things
double bill of wildlife documentaries
4.55am Switched
a 15 year old Florida boy spends a weekend with an Arizona beauty queen (until 5.20am)


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Artist Reception: Friday, May 9 from 6pm to 8pm
The exhibit runs through June 7, 2014.
Amy Myers' intricate large-scale works on paper originate out of her fascination for the understanding of theoretical physics. The daughter of a physicist, Myers grew up immersed in the language and discourse of searching and theorizing a problem. It lead her into creating work that explored the ideas of structure within the universe and how structure can give way to chance and chaos.
Myers drawings seek understanding to these questions through a continuous stream of thought. Her progression while calculated and specific, like the science she favors, is guided by creating new possibilities, or directions while in mid flow. The intuitive decisions she makes within the drawing are expanded upon, like a theory. Every mark created becomes a part of the process, whether negated, or expanded on. Some of her marks are left alone, stranded, almost as if waiting to be picked up again, leading to a new direction, a new theory or phrase.
Working within a "train of thought" Myers' drawings often create an interwoven symmetrical design pattern that appears like a mirror image. This dualism can call into play the science and the philosophy of life, questions she often poses, or seeks to understand. Within this context a sub-context emerges. Her drawings often take on organic shapes, most often the female form. Myers attributes this to the intimacy she develops with the paper and the medium. Drawing is a tactile gesture, in the course of finishing a piece she touches the paper thousands of times, guiding her hand within the fluidity of the mark, moving in close to create the minute details within its structure. This physicality in form relays a spirituality, an opposite, dualistic counterpart to the structure of the science the drawing is based on.
Amy Myers currently lives and works in New York. Her large scale works can be found in the collections of American Express, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Gallery Hours:
- Wednesday through Saturday: 11am to 7pm
RandallScottProjects is located at 1326 H Street NE, 2nd Floor. For more information call 202.417.4872 visit www.randallscottprojects.com or contact them at email@example.com.


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LATROBE, Pa. – Let's get to it:
JEFF HOGAN FROM LAKELAND, FL: Do the Steelers have a roster spot open for a return specialist or would Diontae Spencer have to make the team as a wide receiver?
ANSWER: Diontae Spencer's most direct path to a roster spot would be by showing he has above-the-line capability both as a receiver and as a returner. In the preseason opener, Spencer caught two passes for 17 yards, returned four punts for 52 yards and one kickoff for 35 yards. And the new reality in the NFL is that since kickoff returns have been all but eliminated by the plethora of touchbacks, there is limited need for a pure return specialist. Finally, there is the presence on the roster of Ryan Switzer, a reliable returner but a big part of the receiving corps and a favorite of Ben Roethlisberger, which is not an insignificant factor. That said, it wouldn't be impossible for Spencer to make the 53-man roster strictly as a return specialist, but for that to happen he better bring back a couple of kicks for touchdowns during this preseason.
WADE AGES FROM THE WOODLANDS, TX: How are the practice squad players chosen? Do they use the same strategy as they say they use in the draft – best player available as opposed to picking players based on need?
ANSWER: I don't really understand the "best player available" vs. need reference, but I'm still going to try to answer the question. Or to be more accurate, I'm going to allow Coach Mike Tomlin to answer the question: "(The practice squad) serves multiple purposes. Sometimes it's a developmental squad. Sometimes there's a guy with upside but he's not even close to being ready to play, and so he's camped (on the practice squad) for a season. Some guys are just on the outside looking in for whatever reason. They didn't pan out within their group, and that's a means of continuing to do business with them. And if something happens positionally or within the team that would give them an opportunity to be elevated and play, then they're viewed in that way. Different people have different statuses. People are on that list for a variety of reasons. The big thing is you've done enough things and you've got enough traits that we want to continue with you. That's what's important."
JEFF NICHOLS FROM SAULT STE MARIE, CANADA: I have always been curious about how NFL teams travel. If a team is flying, does it require multiple planes because of the weight of the equipment? Also, planes aren't exactly comfortable for an average-sized person, so who would get the seats with more leg room?
ANSWER: There are airplanes big enough to carry an entire NFL team, including equipment, across the country and do it non-stop. When the Steelers traveled to Oakland last season, for example, it was on one plane and it was a non-stop flight. And the airplanes NFL teams charter are big enough and have enough seats where players are not required to sit three across in a row. Standard procedure is for two plays to sit in a three-seat row, and so that provides a bit of extra room. But for men such as Alejandro Villanueva (6-foot-9, 320 pounds) or Zach Banner (6-8, 360 pounds), it's cramped. No question about it.
JORDAN FALCO FROM CEDAR RAPIDS, IA: How do you feel about our cornerbacks moving forward as the regular season approaches? What are you exited about, and hoping to see?
ANSWER: Over the last few years, the Steelers have gone about trying to upgrade their talent at cornerback, and as we get closer to the start of the 2019 regular season, I see the cornerbacks as a representative group that has an interesting combination of talent and experience. On paper. There isn't a lot of depth at the top of the depth chart, and by that I mean I don't believe the group could withstand a long-term injury to a front-line player, and there are also several examples of guys who must turn their potential into production for the unit to be a part of a defense that can help the team contend for a championship. Artie Burns has been doing some nice things at practices daily, as has Cam Sutton. But those two guys have to translate that into games and translate that into games on a consistent basis. There's still a lot of preseason left, which means a player such as Brian Allen has time either to ascend and grab a roster spot by the throat or disappear. Rookie Justin Layne has an intriguing skill-set, but right now he doesn't look to be ready to play in an NFL regular season game, but there's a lot of preseason left. And that unit, along with the linebackers and the safeties, have to figure out a way to create more takeaways.
ELIJAAH BARNETT FROM DARBY, PA: Is it possible for Ulysees Gilbert and Devin Bush both to start at inside linebacker? What could be some pros and cons of the scenario?
ANSWER: It wouldn't be against any NFL rules for Devin Bush and Ulysees Gilbert to start at inside linebacker, nor would it be illegal. But it has no chance of happening in 2019, because there are absolutely no pros to having two rookies start at inside linebacker, and the No. 1 con would be that the Steelers would have two rookies starting at inside linebacker. And while I understand your excitement over Gilbert's performance in the second half of the preseason opener, that was the second half of the preseason opener. Gilbert still has to make the 53-man roster because at this very minute, that is not a sure thing.
DONNIE BROWN FROM VAN BUREN, ME: With teams typically dressing two quarterbacks on game day, does Zach Gentry make sense as an emergency quarterback?
ANSWER: As Elijaah Barnett did in the previous submission, you are assuming that one week into the preseason a day three draft pick is a lock to make the 53-man roster. That is a mistake. Zach Gentry made a nice catch in the end zone against the Buccaneers, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. And another thing: the last time Gentry played quarterback in a real game was in high school.
VINCE LAMARCA FROM OVIEDO, FL: Why in the world is there overtime in the exhibition season?
ANSWER: I have no idea. A preseason game going into overtime should be against the terms of the Geneva Convention.


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$8 Million for The Catholic University of America
Renovated Building to be Renamed in Honor of Father McGivney
The Knights of Columbus will provide an $8 million grant to The Catholic University of America (CUA) for the renovation of a prominent building on the university's campus. The announcement was made April 28 by CUA president Father David M. O'Connell, C.M. during the annual American Cardinals Dinner in Washington.
The donation, which is the largest the Order has ever made to the university, will be used to renovate Keane Hall, a 35,000-square-foot limestone building located on CUA's central mall. Built in 1958, the modern-classical structure was the university's original physics research facility.
Renovations are expected to last two years. Once completed, the building will be renamed McGivney Hall in honor of Father Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus. McGivney Hall will serve as the new home for the North American campus of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, a graduate school of theology affiliated with the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome as well as CUA. It currently occupies administrative and classroom space at CUA's national seminary, Theological College, across Michigan Avenue from the main campus.
"The Knights of Columbus enjoys a long and well-regarded relationship with Catholic University," said Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, who is a member of CUA's board of trustees and the vice president of the John Paul II Institute.
"In keeping with that relationship, as well as with the Order's desire to support and promote Catholic higher education, I am pleased to make this grant on behalf of our 1.7 million Knights and their families, and I share Father O'Connell's confidence that it will enhance the mission of Catholic University and the Pope John Paul II Institute for many years to come."


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Written: Written not earlier than May 9–10, 1913
Published: First published in 1924 in Lenin Miscellany I. Sent to Capri. Printed from the original.
Source: Lenin Collected Works, Progress Publishers, [1976], Moscow, Volume 35, pages 97-98.
Translated: Andrew Rothstein
Transcription\Markup: R. Cymbala
Public Domain: Lenin Internet Archive. You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work, as well as make derivative and commercial works. Please credit "Marxists Internet Archive" as your source. • README
Dear A. M.,
How do you stand about a little article or a story for the May issue of Prosveshcheniye? They write to me from there that they could publish 10–15 thousand (that's how we are marching ahead!), if there were something from you. Drop me a line whether there will be.[1] Then Pravda reprints it, and we get 40,000 readers. Yes ... the affairs of Prosveshcheniye could begin to prosper; otherwise there does not exist, devil take it, a single consistent journal for the workers, for the Social-Democrats, for revolutionary democracy; nothing but rotten sour-pusses of one kind or another.
How is your health? Have you rested, and will you be taking a rest in the summer? It is essential, my word on it, that you should have a good rest!
Things are not too well with me. The wife is down with goitre. Nerves! My nerves are also playing me up a little. We are spending the summer in the village of Poronin, near Zakopane. (My address is: Herrn Wl. Ulianow, Poronin, Galizien, Austria.) It's a good place, and healthy. Height about 700 metres. Suppose you took it into your head to pay us a visit? There will be interesting workers from Russia. Zakopane (seven versts from us) is a well-known health resort.
Have you seen Demyan Bedny's Fables?[2] I will send them if you haven't. If you have, write and say what you think of them.
Do you get Pravda and Luch regularly? Our cause is going ahead—in spite of everything—and the workers' party is being built up as a revolutionary Social-Democratic party, against the liberal renegades, the liquidators. We shall have cause to celebrate one day. We are rejoicing just now at the victory of the workers in Petersburg over the liquidators when the Board of the new Metalworkers' Union[3] was elected.
And "your" Lunacharsky is a line one!! Oh, what a fine fellow! Maeterlinck, he says, has "scientific mysticism".... Or Lunacharsky and Bogdanov are perhaps no longer yours?
Joking apart. Keep well. Send me a couple of words.
Rest as well as you can.
Ulianow, Austria. Poronin (Galizien).
How did you find the jubilee number of Pravda?[4]
[1] In the May 1913 issue of Prosveshcheniye there are no works by Gorky, but the June issue contains his story "Krazha" ("The Theft").
[2] Bedny, Demyan (Pridvorov, Y. A.) (1883–1945)—outstanding Soviet poet, joined the Bolshevik Party in 1912. In 1911 he had begun contributing to the Bolshevik newspapers Zvezda and Pravda. His poems and fables were fired with the spirit of the class struggle against the capitalist system and its defenders. During the period of foreign intervention and civil war Bedny went to the front as a poet-agitator.
[3] The elections of the Board of the Petersburg Metalworkers' Union took place on April 21 (May 4), 1913. The meeting was attended by nearly 800 people and another 400 were unable to get in because there was no room. The Bolsheviks submitted a list of candidates for the Board that had been published in Pravda No. 91 and was distributed among those present. Despite the liquidators' demand that candidates should be elected "irrespective of trend", the majority of the meeting voted for the Pravda list; 10 out of the 14 successful candidates for the Board were Pravda nominees.__PRINTERS_P_579_COMMENT__ 37*
[4] Reference is to Pravda No. 92, April 23, 1913, which contained Lenin's articles "Anniversary of Pravda" and "A Few Words on Results and Facts".


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Leandro Penna is set to marry Katie Price.
The voluptuous UK model, who only recently got divorced from Alex Reid, after getting divorced by Peter Andre not long before that, showed off her huge, sparkly, pink, heart-shaped diamond engagement ring this week.
Last night, she tweeted: "Wooo hooo so excited." Woo.
Katie's spokesman confirmed the engagement, telling The Sun: "It's true, they are engaged. Leandro proposed to Katie while they were away skiing recently and she said yes. They told her children but intended to keep it secret for a while."
"They are both very happy. No wedding arrangements have been made and they are both relaxed about that for the time being."
Katie Price and Leandro Penna, a model from Argentina, first met at Elton John's Oscars party last year. The mother of three has certainly been through a roller coaster in the romance department. Let's hope the third time's the charm?
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WASHINGTON -- The Potomac River has shaped history. It's also an awfully nice place to go for a hike. Both these aspects of the river are explored in a new book.
Cocktail aficionado Garrett Peck -- author of " Prohibition in Washington, DC: How Dry We Weren't" and leader of D.C.'s "Temperance Tour" -- has turned his attentions to the Potomac in his new book, "The Potomac River: A History and Guide."
The Huffington Post caught up with Peck to find out his favorite under-discovered spots on the river, how much of the Potomac's development was dependent on slavery and lots more.
The Huffington Post: Your book is a great mix of stories about events that have taken place along the Potomac, stories about some of the interesting personalities who have been involved with the Potomac, and a guide to things to do along the Potomac. What's your favorite story, who's your favorite personality, and what's your favorite Potomac-related activity?
Garrett Peck: Thanks much! I'd have to say my favorite activity is simply walking or hiking. It's something that anyone can do, and you don't need special equipment beyond a good pair of shoes. I packed a great number of hikes into the book in my attempt to get readers out and exploring the Potomac River.
Favorite personality? I'd say that George Washington looms larger over the Potomac than any single person -- he lived along the river (Mount Vernon, perhaps the most recognizable building on the Potomac), saw the potential to develop commerce along the river, surveyed Alexandria as a teenager, and picked the site of the nation's capital that bears his name.
Another personality that I'm really intrigued by is John Brown. He's been called the father of American terrorism. His failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry in October 1859 proved to be one of the decisive actions that split the South from the Union and led to the Civil War. Following Brown's footsteps makes Harpers Ferry an especially valuable place to visit. And I find it fascinating that just three years later the Battle of Antietam was fought so close by - the battle that led to the Emancipation Proclamation. This corner of America is profoundly filled with history that changed the course of our nation.
The Potomac River
HuffPost: How much of the Potomac's development was dependent on slavery? How much of it was dependent on George Washington?
GP: Much of the lower Potomac's economy (the Tidewater and Piedmont) was dependent on slave labor from the colonial era until the end of the Civil War. The big reason for this was the tobacco farms, which used slash-and-burn growing techniques that were environmentally devastating, depleted the soil and sent a tremendous amount of silt into the river.
George Washington also had a significant impact on the economic development of the river. He brought Maryland and Virginia together to sign the Mount Vernon Compact in 1785, where the states agreed to share the river for economic development and navigation (even though the river entirely belongs to Maryland). The compact is still considered law.
HuffPost: What are some of the great under-explored areas along the Potomac?
GP: I hit hundreds of sites along the river. The major places deserved and got their own chapters: places like Antietam, Harpers Ferry, Great Falls, the D.C. Potomac shoreline and Mason Neck. But there are so many obscure places that you've probably never heard of and that are totally worth visiting. Places like the Accokeek Creek Site in Piscataway Park, where the Piscataway Indians used to bury their dead, the Seneca quarry, the Exorcist stairs in Georgetown, and the Mallows Bay Ship Graveyard.
HuffPost: You seem really fond of Glen Echo Park. What makes it so interesting to you?
GP: Glen Echo is really a cool place. The only amusement park in the national park system and wonderfully restored to its 1940s Art Deco prime. I guess I love the place so much because it is so fun the photograph. The quirky angles, the colorful buildings, the amazing Dentzel carousel. The Civil Rights Movement sit-in at the carousel makes the park especially poignant, and I'm glad that it has been preserved. It's a neat arts center now - they park offers art classes, dance competitions, birthday parties, and even hosts weddings - gay and straight.
HuffPost: How would the National Mall have been different if Pierre L'Enfant's plan for it had been enacted? Was L'Enfant involved with other parts of the Potomac's development?
GP: Pierre L'Enfant envisioned a National Mall that was a lot smaller than today's Mall -- and one that had a much different Washington Monument at its core, but the fact that we even have a Mall is entirely because of L'Enfant. He was only on the job for one year, but his vision had a lasting impact.
L'Enfant wasn't involved in other parts of Potomac River development, other than to acquire the Public Quarry on Government Island near Aquia. This provided the sandstone for many of the capital's public buildings.
HuffPost: You write about the Potomac's important place in the D.C. area's economic history. Is the river still important?
GP: The Potomac was once a major shipping route, but it is a shallow river. As the river silted up, large ships could no longer come up the river. Georgetown and Alexandria declined as ports. Baltimore had a major advantage in that the B&O Railroad terminated there -- and it had a deepwater harbor. Today there isn't much shipping on the Potomac. The biggest contributor to our local economy is that the river provides 90 percent of the drinking water for the five million people of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. This is surface water -- not ground water from wells.
HuffPost: You write in your book that "there is still hope" for the Anacostia River. What does that mean? Hope for what?
GP: The hope is that the health of the Anacostia River will improve. It is currently inundated by suburban runoff and combined sewer overflows (CSOs) that release sewage into the river after thunderstorms. D.C. Water is making a major investment to improve the infrastructure that will largely eliminate CSOs.
HuffPost: Do you have a favorite place along the Potomac?
GP: I covered hundreds of historic sites in the book, but the one that takes the prize for most historic and has the most spectacular scenery is Harpers Ferry. I love that place. And nearby is my favorite town along the Potomac, Shepherdstown, which has a nice mix of historic old town and a thriving restaurant scene -- all in a town of 1,500 people. As for places that are close to Washington, I'd pick Great Falls - I often go there to hike, and it's a favorite spot to take visitors to D.C. People are always amazed that we have this huge natural waterfall just twenty or so minutes from downtown.
HuffPost: Why is there only one ferry that still crosses the Potomac?
GP: There were once hundreds of ferries operating on the Potomac. They fell out of favor as they were replaced by bridges where there was enough river traffic. White's Ferry is the last operating ferry on the Potomac. It links two areas that are still largely rural: Loudoun County, Virginia, and Poolesville, Maryland -- deep in Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve.
Let's hope that this area remains rural. For this reason, we cannot allow another Potomac River crossing to be developed in this area. It will put enormous development pressure on an area that has been designated as rural. You build a road, a highway or a bridge, and surely development will follow.
HuffPost: Did you learn anything surprising while researching this book?
GP: My biggest surprise was learning about the Seneca quarry. It is in essence a "lost" site. It's there, but you have no idea that it exists -- there are no signs or anything to indicate that the quarry that provided the bright red sandstone for the Smithsonian Castle is right along the Potomac and C&O Canal.
It is 22 miles upriver from Washington, just a couple hundred feet west of the Seneca Aqueduct (also built with Seneca redstone) and immediately north of the C&O Canal turning basin. This is historically a significant quarry for the Washington-area: a great number of buildings were constructed with Seneca red sandstone in the decades after the Civil War, especially around Dupont Circle.
Today the site is covered with sycamore trees, wild roses and poison ivy. The site is so fascinating to me that my next book is a history of the Seneca quarry.


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[Personal information has been redacted.]
[The excerpt below is from the section of the article that pertains to the Baha'i Faith]
[Newspaper:] Ettelaat
[Date:] Saturday 5- 2- 1360 [25 April 1981]
[Issue No:] 16411
Court Hearing for the Chairperson of the Baha'i Assembly of Karaj Commenced Deliberations
Branch One of the Central Islamic Revolutionary Court has commenced proceedings to consider the file of Farhang Mavaddat, who is accused of being a Baha'i and active in the promotion of this false and perverse ideology. H Gilani is the presiding judge.
First, the indictment issued against the accused was read, stating that:
Farhang Mavaddat, son of Feizollah, born in 1304 (1925); religion Baha'i; Iranian citizen; married with children; no criminal record; resident of Karaj; has admitted that he was employed after graduation as a chemist in the sugar factory of Abkuh, and was later employed in factories and companies in the private sector. He is one of the active leaders of the perverse Baha'i sect and has served for 10 years as the chairman of the Baha'i Assembly of Karaj until 1359 [1980]. He has been very effective and active in propagation of this perverse ideology, and has made significant financial contributions to the office of the Baha'i Assembly and the Nawnahalan Company.
Subsequently, the charges set against Farhang Mavaddat in the indictment were read as follows:
1. Intellectual and financial support of Bahaism, and promoting Bahaism with intent to divert public opinions;
2. Effective efforts in the Baha'i Assembly of Karaj by being its chairman for ten years;
3. Participation in the publication of a provocative journal of a counterrevolutionary nature against the Islamic Republic of Iran;
4. Keeping a number of cassette tapes with contents in violation of public virtues and Islamic standards.
Subsequent to reading the indictment, Hojatoleslam Gilani, presiding religious judge, began to exhort the accused, saying, "It is my humanitarian obligation to ask you to study other schools of thought and remind you that you are not being put on trial solely on the charges of being a Baha'i."
The accused, in response to the exhortations and statements of the religious judge, said, "As you have indicated, we firmly believe in the exalted Quran. I have, in fact, three copies of the Quran in my home, one of which is always within my reach. I have visited the holy places, including Karbala, many times."
The trial prosecutor then asked the accused to identify his stocks in different companies. In response, the accused listed the following:
15 x 10 tuman in Kermanshah Milk Factory;
30,000 tuman in Kermanshah Sugar Factory;
190,000 tuman in Karaj Sugar Factory;
200,000 tuman in Mazandaran Textile Factory; and
12,000 tuman in the Nawnahalan Company
The prosecutor then asked the accused about his family. To which the accused replied, "I have a wife and three children. My wife used to work in the Customs Office, but I believe they have discharged her. Two of my children are studying in America, and another one in Austria."
In regard to other items on the indictments, the accused stated, "Until 1359 (1980) I was a member of the Baha'i Assembly, but I have never distributed any publication against the Islamic Republic. Concerning the tapes, I must mention that you may play all of them right here, and if you find in these tapes anything except classical Iranian music, then you may execute me."
The prosecutor then asked the accused to elaborate on that item of indictment which relates to "intellectual and financial support of Bahaism." The accused stated, "We needed funds to maintain the cemetery and buildings of the Baha'i community; therefore, we asked people for their financial support. In regards to Baha'i children's classes, I must say that there were classes held, but the attendance in these classes was limited to my children and their friends, and no discussion ever took place except on the topics of development of virtues and high moral standards."
The presiding judge again emphatically said, "I give you counsel to study other ideologies and schools of thought and choose the best". The court then began its deliberations in order to issue final verdict.


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To me this is the last straw. The clean-up of Moldova's judiciary is not an optional extra. It is an absolute must if the rights of citizens are to be protected and the country is to have any chance of joining the European Union.
It appears, however, that the AIE has no further mechanisms to use in its attempts to make progress on Justice. The constitution gives the judiciary self-governance and independence, and Constitutional Court rulings have extended these freedoms in such a way that the judiciary is not even accountable to the people of Moldova or their representatives.
Now recall the impasse over the election of the President of the republic. Elitist Europeans, such as Miszei and Buquicchio don't want the President elected by the people and don't want the people to have their say on the issue through a referendum, a position very similar to that of the communists. The Constitutional Court is contributing to the mess through a 1999 decision which ruled that referendums are only consultative and therefore the constitution can only be changed in Parliament.
Also recall the immunity that Voronin and many other communist wrongdoers enjoy as members of parliament, and the fact that a vote of a super-majority of deputies would be required to lift it.
Then think about the intractability of the resolution of the Transnistrian conflict, and the lack of levers that the Moldovan government has at its disposal to make progress in this area.
The bottom line is that MOLDOVA MUST HAVE A NEW CONSTITUTION. Why? Because
- The current crop of compromised Constitutional Court judges needs to be replaced by people who truly believe in the sovereignty of the people and the rule of law. A mechanism should be put in place to provide supervision to and require accountability from the CC judges.
- The leadership of the mainstream judicial system also needs to be rolled, and the system reformed such that a credible international institution (e.g. the ECJ) becomes Moldova's highest court.
- Parliamentary immunity needs to be restricted to only the three top office-holders and represent only a deferment of legal culpability (rather than an avoidance). In this way, those that committed crimes during the communist era can be held accountable.
- The impasse over the election of the President should be resolved by handing this task back to the people from whom it was stolen in 2000.
- Neutrality should be conditional on Moldova not having foreign troops on its soil.
I believe the moves 1-5 above would be sufficiently popular for a constitutional referendum to pass. Were a referendum to be held, there would be screaming from the Communists, the CC, Buquicchio and Miszei, but frankly, who cares? The AIE government is accountable only to the people of Moldova. The Constitution describes them as sovereign and says that referendums have supreme legal power.
I simply don't see any other way to move forward and make Moldova a modern, democratic state.


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Hunting programs prepare rookie well in 1st hunt
If you hear only the short version of Elizabeth Puishis' hunting story, you might think this 14-year-old student at De Pere Middle School just got lucky Aug. 14 in Vilas County when she arrowed a black bear the first time she bowhunted.
Puishis, the daughter of Julie and Shawn Puishis of De Pere, climbed into her tree stand about 3 p.m. two Fridays ago and settled in. About 75 minutes later, she drew her bow, aimed at the bear that walked in and released her deadly shot. The bear's death run lasted mere seconds and ended 80 yards away.
Sounds easy, right?
Well, if so, it was only because Puishis capitalized on 13 weeks of archery practice in simulated bowhunting setups; two trips to her hunting site to learn how to bait bears; and several hours of classroom presentations on hunting safety, tree-stand safety, bear anatomy, shot placement, bear-management biology and bear-hunting regulations.
But before she even started practicing in May, Puishis had to write an application essay to participate in the state-sponsored Learn to Hunt Bear Archery Program. The program is conducted by the middle school's Redbird Archery club and its five archery coaches: Matt Secora, De Pere; Mark Macco, Green Bay; Mark Love, De Pere; Tony Wiegert, De Pere; and Micah Bootz, Green Bay. The club coordinates the program with the Department of Natural Resources, which provided about 20 special bear permits statewide this year for the Learn to Hunt program.
Puishis also was a fairly experienced archer by the time she began practicing with her hunting bow in May. With her coaches' direction, she and about 225 classmates participated last year in De Pere's National Archery in the Schools Program, a class that introduces youths to archery. The school has offered NASP since 2008, usually running it from October through May, and sending over 100 of its top archers to a statewide competition each spring.
The state's Learn to Hunt program is designed for beginning hunters ages 10 and older. Its adult mentors/organizers must pass a background check, coordinate the program with a DNR biologist and conservation warden, and limit each class to a specific bird or animal. The hunts often take place outside the state's general hunting seasons, but must be OK'd by the DNR.
Participants are generally teens who would otherwise have little chance to hunt that particular bird or animal. For instance, even though Shawn and Julie Puishis have taken Elizabeth squirrel hunting and brought her along for deer hunts, neither of them hunts bears.
This is the fourth year Secora and the other archery coaches have offered the Learn to Hunt Bear Archery program. Last year's student bowhunter, Lynaya Spang, also shot a bear when she got her chance in August 2014. Bear hunters might recognize her name, because the DNR chose a photo of her with her bear for the cover of its 2015 Wisconsin Bear Hunting Regulations pamphlet.
Puishis is the seventh participant in De Pere's Learn to Hunt Bear Archery program to get a bruin. The other successful archers were Morgan Foss, Erika Carter, Ian Brittain, Falynne Gerisch and Drew Marquis. In addition to Puishis, this year's group of bear-hunting archers included Faith Oswald and Grace Gonzales, who were planning to hunt again this weekend.
Puishis, Oswald and Gonzales joined their coaches on two trips to Vilas County in late July and early August to visit sites they would hunt, and learn how to place baits such as candy and pizza crusts so they're accessible only to bears. The day of Puishis' hunt began with a lesson on bear anatomy, shot placement and more practice.
"They wanted us to get a feel for what it would be like," Puishis said.
She said her bear first appeared about 5 p.m. "It came in really slow and took its time, but then it walked away without giving me a good shot, so we kept waiting," she said. "Then it came back in a second time. I was extremely excited. My heart was pounding. Coach Matt helped by telling me when to stand up, when to draw the bow and shoot. He guided me through it. We knew right away that I made a good hit. It let out a huge roar and ran off, and then we heard it go down. We started texting everyone. It all happened so fast that I hardly remember anything about it. I was shaking afterward. It was unbelievably shocking and exciting."
Rather than track and retrieve the bear themselves, coach and pupil left the woods to wait for everyone else to finish hunting. The group then returned to Puishis' stand about 9 p.m., found the blood trail, followed it to the bear, celebrated a bit, and then dragged it out and field-dressed it.
Puishis said she intends to go bear hunting again, but first plans to hunt deer with her father this fall. She also said she enjoyed the stew that Secora made with her bear meat. "It was very good," she said.
What did her parents think of her hunting bears? Julie Puishis said she felt a little nervous about it, but she also knew the archery/bowhunting coaches and felt confident in how they prepared Elizabeth. "We knew nothing about bear hunting, but they're good coaches and we felt comfortable about the process they follow," she said. "Elizabeth was excited to try it, and so we encouraged her."
Learn to Hunt program
To learn more about Wisconsin's Learn to Hunt program, visit the DNR's website (dnr.wi.gov) and type "learn to hunt" into the search window. Or go directly to http://dnr.wi.gov/education/outdoorskills/lth.html.


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Hello, readers. Sunday already? Wow. I know that the US and Canada have a 3-day weekend, which is always delightful to me on Sunday night when I know I don't have to work in the morning.
How's that Halloween candy stash coming along? Still got your mini Butterfingers and Twix and Reese's cups? I do, along with Tootsie Rolls, and I don't mind telling you that the pile is slowly diminishing. Hey, it's brain food for when I'm writing.
And speaking of brain food, the hubs and I discovered American Horror Story a few weeks ago and have been marathoning it ever since. We finally finished Season One last night. Season Two has already started and is waiting on the DVR for us. That's a pretty twisted show. Love it!
Hope your Sunday is filled with candy, like mine probably will be.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
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Daniella Zalcman (American, b. 1986) is a documentary photographer based in London and New York. She is a multiple grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, an International Women's Media Foundation fellow, and member of Boreal Collective. Her work often focuses on the legacies of Western colonization.
Zalcman's ongoing project, Signs of Your Identity, has received the FotoEvidence Book Award (2016), the Magenta Foundation Bright Spark award (2016), the Magnum Foundation Inge Morath Award (2016), the Arnold Newman Prize (2017), and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (2017). She graduated from Columbia University with a degree in architecture in 2009. The Open Society Moving Walls Grant will support the expansion of the Signs of Your Identity project to include the United States, where 59 Indian residential schools still operate today.
Daniella Zalcman
Beginning in the 1870s, the Canadian government operated a network of Indian residential schools that separated Indigenous children from their parents to weaken cultural and family ties and forcibly assimilate them into Euro-Christian Canadian culture. Indian agents hired by the government would take children as young as two or three years old from their homes and send them to church-run boarding schools. Teachers at these "residential" schools punished the children for speaking their Native languages or observing any Indigenous traditions. School staff also routinely sexually and physically assaulted the children and, in some extreme instances, subjected them to medical experimentation and forced sterilization.
The last residential school closed in 1996. The Canadian government issued its first formal apology in 2008. Former residential school students—with the Assembly of First Nations and Inuit organizations—have sued the government and churches, resulting in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, the largest class-action settlement in Canadian history. The agreement called for compensation and the establishment of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
The lasting impact of these residential schools is immeasurable. So many children died while in the system that it was common for residential schools to have their own cemeteries. Languages disappeared and sacred ceremonies were criminalized and suppressed. The Canadian government has officially termed the residential school system a cultural genocide.
Signs of Your Identity combines portraits of survivors layered with images that reference their memories attending residential schools. The work honors the 80,000 living survivors and their path to personal and formal reconciliation.
—Daniella Zalcman, October 2017


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The Rammal Award 2009 rewards Fondation René Touraine for the development of the Genode rmatoses in Mediterranean Network
Thanks to the involvement of every partner of the Genodermatoses in Mediterranean network, the Rammal Award 2009 rewards Fondation René Touraine.
The Rammal Award, created in memory of the great Lebanese physicist Rammal Rammal (1951-1991), is awarded each year to an personality (or an organization) who or which has elevated the level of scientific exchanges in Mediterranean area.
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When Development Becomes Visible
Is know-how real know-how and succeeding real succeeding, if you cannot concretely measure these? This is something I have been thinking about for over a decade now. Actually, this has been on my mind since my graduation when I finished my university studies and stopped receiving grades from the work I did.
Measuring succeeding
When a learner completes an exam or a course, it is straightforward to measure the level of the success via numerical evaluation (I'm not going to take a stance on how well the given grades describe the actual know-how of the learner). In the work life, for example in the sales, the level of the success is measured and evaluated based on the given sales objectives. Numbers indicate concretely whether you have succeeded or failed. How about when it comes to the work tasks, where it is impossible or irrelevant to measure the success with numerical measurements? When someone succeeds numerically, the focus is usually taken away from the potential need for further development in the know-how. When someone succeeds it may create an illusion of know-how and for those, whose single work tasks end with less glorious success stories (e.g. due to external factors), are easily connected with having a lack of know-how and need for further development.
Development and learning in organizations
In organizations measuring the learning and development of employees is frustratingly often left solely as the supervisor's task. How about, when the supervisor has tens or in worst case hundreds of subordinates, whose know-how should be monitored and managed? When we think about the supervisor's workload as well as the company employees, the situation can become unbearable from both points of view. If the workload of the supervisor is too high, it is obvious that the know-how of the employee is not monitored and guided on as unique level as it should be. Furthermore, in this case also the organization itself suffers since it does not get a full potential out of its experts, as their know-how and development have not been recognized. Furthermore, the career paths have not been created in a way that they would respond to the expertise potential in the best possible way.
The situation becomes unbearable when thinking about the manager's workload as well as the single employees since it is obvious that in this case the know-how of the employee is not guided and followed on a unique enough level. Furthermore, also the organization itself suffers in this case since it does not get a full potential out of its experts as the know-how and development has not been recognized and the career paths do not respond to the existing expertise potential in the best possible way.
Approximately 90% of the learning happens outside official training, classrooms and large seminar halls. Then what is the most effective way to learn? Is it effective, if the employee travels from Joensuu to Helsinki in order to attend a lecture, or if the employee watches a YouTube video shared by one of the coworkers, or if the employee writes own wiki articles? At least, when traveling there will be a recording left to the company bookkeeping and one can also add the training to own CV. Correspondingly, the informal learning, which contains e.g. the collaborative learning from colleagues, is often completely overlooked and not documented in organizations. Documents related to this cannot even be found from the bookkeeping since this form of learning is completely free.
Learning today
The traditional Learning Management Systems can help you to get started with the development and monitoring. However, what if instead of separate courses and training we would focus on how well our employees share their know-how inside our organization as well as on which ways of learning actually support the learning the most. It is 2015 and technology can aid us in doing everything previously mentioned and, moreover, it can aid us in making everything completely visible. For example, a learning solution Valamis supports the collaborative learning and encourages learners for own activity as the information creators. With the help of Valamis, it is possible to monitor and follow-up which of the methods result in the best learning results and what kind of learning content makes the learning the most effective. Valamis also encourages the users towards informal learning and sharing of the content, which makes it easier to recognize the hidden talents inside the organizations.
Today learning happens everywhere and only the sky is the limit to how well we use the know-how inside our organization. However, it is out of special importance, that there is genuine interest in us towards the matter. Moreover, we need to believe that the most useful know-how relies within our organization both now and in the future.