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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Photos Wikipedia Commons.
First US Presidential Debate Triggers Mixed Arab Reaction
September 28, 2016 Arab News 0 Comments
By Arab News
By Siraj Wahab and Hani Hazaimeh
The most watched debate in the history of US elections provided few clues to analysts and writers in the Arab world.
The marathon and raucous 90-minute verbal sparring between US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton did not leave the Arab viewer any the wiser.
On some issues, Trump scored high marks and on others, Clinton was the clear winner.
Talking to Arab News on Tuesday, some of the top-ranked and established analysts, writers, columnists, observers, politicians and lobbyists were of the opinion that nobody had actually won or actually lost.
Hisham Melhem, former Washington, DC, bureau chief of Al Arabiya News Channel, felt Trump failed in style, form and content. "Hillary looked good, relaxed, comfortable and in full command of the facts," he said. "Trump looked a little bit frazzled, especially in the second half of the debate. It was obvious that he was physically tired. He accused Clinton of lacking stamina, but in the end, it was he who seemed out of breath."
One of the more disappointing aspects of the debate was the lack of any mention of Syria. "In that 90-minute discussion, Syria was never mentioned once," rued Melhem. "Iran was discussed, Daesh was discussed but not Syria."
According to Melhem, it was a stark failure by the two candidates. "It reflects the fact that neither of the two candidates has any workable plan to deal with Syria," said Melhem.
On the issue of Iraq, Trump spoke against the American invasion, "but tried to hide the fact that he supported it early on and then changed his mind," said Melhem.
On Iran, Trump did reiterate his opposition to the nuclear deal. "However, he did not reveal what he would do to cancel it, especially since the agreement is already being implemented, with the US releasing funds to Iran and Iran shutting down some of its nuclear facilities," said Melhem. "Trump was very vague. He did not present any concrete plan for canceling the deal."
As to who he thinks won, Melhem's verdict was: "Hillary did a much, much better job. Trump's performance was atrocious."
Jamal Khashoggi, renowned Saudi columnist, was particularly taken aback by Trump's assertion that Saudi Arabia, Japan and South Korea should pay for American protection.
"That is a very ambiguous statement," he said. "What does he mean by that?"
He felt the Saudi government should come out with a statement explaining, "We do not have American protection" and "We do not have American bases here like they have in Japan and South Korea."
According to Khashoggi, if Trump wants to deal with foreign policy issues as if he were doing a business deal, "Then that may sound offensive, but it is not a totally bad idea."
"For instance, let us say hypothetically that Trump is the president and we want him to intervene in Syria, for example, and he puts his country on hire and demands $5 billion for the job; that is not bad," explained Khashoggi. "We need clarity on this because he repeatedly said that America is suffering and that those countries whom it supports and provides protection need to pay."
Khashoggi welcomed Trump's criticism of Barack Obama's foreign policies. "We, Saudis agree with his assessment, but then we don't know what Trump is going to do about changing those policies."
"Trump is very keen on fighting Daesh, which is good. But how is he going to do that?" he wondered. "Trump rightly pointed out the nuclear deal that Obama signed with Iran did not touch on issues such as Yemen. That is exactly our argument. Obama just concentrated on the nuclear deal and put aside Iran's bad behavior in the region."
Khashoggi said the worrying thing about Trump was his unpredictability.
His verdict: "Hillary outperformed Trump. She looked more presidential. If I were American, I would put my trust in her."
Mishaal Al-Gergawi, managing director of the Abu Dhabi-based Delma Institute, was very surprised at how well Clinton did.
"I thought she would be put off by Trump. I thought Trump would behave a little more presidential because they say that candidates are more extreme during the primaries but once they win the nomination, they become moderate," he said.
Al-Gergawi said something else worthy of thinking about. "We have had two very ideologically-driven administrations in the US — one led by George W. Bush and the other by Obama. We now need a predictable US president, a president whom we understand, and who will average out Bush and Obama. The problem with Trump is that we don't understand him."
His verdict: "I think Hillary won. She did well. She came out on top. She looked presidential. I want her to win."
Salman Al-Ansari, founder and president of the Washington-based Saudi-American Public Relation Affairs Committee (SAPRAC), said the debate was more focused on domestic issues, "because their primary audience is the American public."
"Yes, they did speak about security issues and combating terrorism, but it was very clear that their main focus is to turn the economy around and create jobs," he said.
Al-Ansari was "a little bit concerned" about Trump's statement that "Saudi Arabia needs to pay the US."
"I am pretty sure that the moment he assumes office, he will realize that Saudi Arabia is actually a real partner that provides value to the United States," he said.
His verdict: "Both of them did great. Nobody won and nobody lost."
Khalil Shaheen, director of research and policies at the Palestinian Center for Policy Research and Strategic Studies (Masarat), said: "The Palestinians and the Arabs have to deal realistically with the results of the US election. Any expected change in US political stances will not stray from US vested interests."
He said the Israeli reaction toward the two presidential candidates should pave the way for the Arabs in general and the Palestinians in particular to decide which of the two candidates better serves, or is more concerned with doing justice to, the Arab causes.
"For the Israelis, Trump is their favorite, especially after his dubious statements during his meeting with Netanyahu that he would recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, and would work to move the US Embassy there," he said.
His verdict: "Undecided."
Daoud Kuttab, an award-winning Palestinian American journalist, said: "The United States is a world leader and it is of immense interest to everyone on the planet who will lead the world's sole superpower. People around the world certainly want to be sure that the person in the White House is stable and not erratic. The 90-minute debate did little to explain the positions of the two candidates on foreign policy issues but it did show clearly that Clinton has a much stronger command of the issues and she has clearly done her homework on both local and international subjects."
His opinion as to who won the debate: "Hillary Clinton."
Nabil Al-Sharif, Jordan's former minister of media affairs and communications, said: "The debate was mostly focused on the internal affairs that are of direct interest to the America voter. We, the Arabs, are part of this world and in light of the enormous developments taking place in our region, we are naturally concerned with the outcome of the US election."
His verdict: "Trump appeared to be shallow and weak while Clinton sounded much stronger."
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Arab News is Saudi Arabia's first English-language newspaper. It was founded in 1975 by Hisham and Mohammed Ali Hafiz. Today, it is one of 29 publications produced by Saudi Research & Publishing Company (SRPC), a subsidiary of Saudi Research & Marketing Group (SRMG).


When in 1974 the American Academy of Arts & Sciences awarded Alan Hawkshaw the Best Arrangement Award for 'I Honestly Love You' performed by Olivia Newton John, it was clear that here was a young arranger and composer with a bright future. His skills as a keyboard player are now well known and he has worked with, written and played for many international stars, musicals and television scores. Song-writing also gave Alan the opportunity to collaborate with some of world's best lyricists.
Some of his other awards include the Ivor Novello Award, the prestigious Gold Badge Award for services to the industry, from BASCA (British Academy for Songwriters, Composers and Artists). He was also nominated for a BAFTA (British Academy for Film and Television Awards) for the TV series Love Hurts.
"As indicated by my birth certificate, my dad was primarily involved in the music industry. it was during 'Jokers Wild' that he met Clive Dunn and recorded 'Grandad'. He and his partner Alan Hawkshaw (who signs his emails 'Hawk') were writing and recordings songs. I met Alan when I was about thirteen. He's a hilarious character. My dad, my sister and I went to his enormous house in Hertfordshire. Music had been good to the Hawk, one piece of music in particular. He wrote a thirty-second tune that made him a fortune. Can you guess it?
Here's a clue...Its exactly thirty seconds long Here's another...Du-du...Du-Du...De-de-de-de...Boom!
Yes, that's right, Countdown (I actually met Carol Vorderman once in a lift. i got in and she was standing at the numbers and asked me, "What floor?" If I couldn't make a joke in these circumstances, I'm in the wrong business. "One from the top and four from anywhere please Carol.') Those thirty seconds netted the Hawk a fortune. His house had its own recording studio, swimming pool, snooker room. He gets paid every time it's played, that's every weekday at about 4.56pm.
He actually gets paid by the second, so the longer it takes for people to guess the conundrum, the more money he makes.
You can imagine him in the eighties, turning on the telly at 4.55pm., hoping the contestants can't decipher the conundrum so that he can afford a better holiday.
Countdown aficionados (judging by the number of adverts they have for Tena Lady in the break, Countown is mainly watched by women who pee in their pants) will know that if the contestant buzzes in to guess the conundrum, the clock stops. If they correctly identify the jumbled-up nine-letter word, the game is over. However, if they get it wrong, the clock restarts, which means more money for Alan. You can only imagine the excitement in the Hawk household, whooping and cheering when they guess incorrectly, wild applause, back-slapping and champagne corks popping when the tune reaches its 'De-de-de-de...Boom' climax.
My sister and I loved Alan as soon as we met him. He was a charming and personable man. Within moments of our arriving, he sat at his grand piano and dramatically played various TV themes he had written that we might recognise, including the Grange Hill theme. It's wonderful to see someone so proud of their work, and I have to say his rendition of Countdown was one of the most moving thirty seconds of my life.
We drove for a pub lunch in his new Japanese sports car, in which he played all his own music, announcing, 'I only ever listen to my own music in the car'.
As the pub was about ten minutes away, I remember thinking, 'I'm glad he has an extensive canon of work-otherwise we'd have to listen to Countdown twenty times back to back'. So Alan and my dad were writing music and producing records in the sixties and seventies"
"Right from the start, everyone had a view about the Countdown theme tune, written especially for the programme by the seasoned television composer Alan Hawkshaw. But Alan had almost said no to one of the most lucrative commissions in TV history. The station's head of music, Keith Morgan, had asked him to write it. He was busy with Arthur C. Clarke's new series, but said he could just about manage to squeeze it in. With only a few weeks left until we were in the studio, after hearing nothing, Keith rang Alan to remind him about the theme tune.
Alan told him it was coming along nicely - without admitting that he hadn't actually started working on it properly. Now, with next to no time to write it, he had to come up with something fast. He went to the toilet and started writing the theme tune and then years later, he told us that this was how he'd found the inspiration for the cheerful piddly-piddly-ping at the end as he sat on his enamel throne!
This was a Hawkshaw technique employed many times. He wrote the tunes to Grange Hill and the Dave Allen comedy series on the same toilet seat and the music for Channel 4 News in his bath. Putting them all down on paper later on, as it were.
It was this theme tune - complete with Alan's toilet tinkling at the end - which played out at 4.45 p.m. on 2 November 1982"


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Annemieke and Jeremiah McLane
Saturday, January 16th at 7:30pm
Dutch pianist Annemieke McLane and accordionist Jeremiah McLane, a Vermont-based couple, perform their own arrangements of existing folk-inspired classical music, a repertoire they found fit their diverse musical backgrounds and interest in a wide variety of music. In making these arrangements, Annemieke and Jeremiah have managed to bring out multiple layers of voicing, coloring, timing and emotion, creating a sound that is simultaneously classical, improvisational, exuberant, introspective, and passionate. Their repertoire includes works by Astor Piazzolla, Edvard Grieg, Francis Poulenc, Anton Dvorak, Alan Hovhaness, as well as their own compositions.
Originally from the Netherlands, Annemieke Spoelstra McLane was described as having "great intelligence in pedagogy and is a sensitive performer in well-balanced programs" by Zwolle Conservatory where she earned her Masters in Piano Performance. Annemieke won the National Young Music Talent (Netherlands) for piano-accompaniment, praised for her touch and coloring. She has performed in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In 2004, Annemieke made her way to Vermont and was staff accompanist at the Boston conservatory from 2004-2006. She was pianist for the Vermont Youth Orchestra choruses (2010-2012) and has been pianist for the Thetford Chamber Singers and the Concertanto Singers. Annemieke teaches piano at Saint Michael's College and at her studio, has accompanied the Saint Michael's College chorale (2004-2015) and is now pianist for the Handel Society of Dartmouth College. Annemieke's first album Toccare was released in the fall 2009: "One word for the Schubert: mesmerizing", Seven Days; "One of Vermont's finest pianists", Times Argus.
Jeremiah is a composer, accordionist, pianist and teacher with a diverse musical background including blues, jazz, Celtic, Québécois, French and other roots influenced music. In the early 1990s he formed The Clayfoot Strutters and Nightingale, two bands that have helped shape the sound of traditional New England roots music. He holds a Master's in Contemporary Improvisation from the New England Conservatory of Music and is the founder-director of the Floating Bridge Music Camp. He has been an adjunct faculty member of the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, and of the University of Vermont. He teaches regularly at summer music programs throughout the United States and has performed throughout the United States and Europe, including such venues as the Royal Festival Hall, the Picolo Spoleto Festival, the Carrefour Mondiale de l'Accordeon, and the Philadelphia Folk Festival. In addition to teaching and performing, Jeremiah has also composed numerous pieces for film and theatre. In 2006, he received National Public Radio's "favorite picks" award for his second solo recording, Smile When You're Ready , and in 2013 the French music magazine Trad Mag's "BRAVO" award for his fifth release, Hummingbird . He currently tours with Chicago based Allos Musica and Vermont based Wheezer and Squeezer.
Tickets are $20 with a pre-concert dinner also available for $20. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call (802) 247-4295 or e-mail us for reservations or more information.

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New Era Of Activism Emerges In Wake Of Trump Presidency
Filed Under:Cory Gardner, Donald Trump, Fort Collins News
By Jennifer Brice
DENVER (CBS4)– Thousands of people protested in Fort Collins and Denver on Tuesday, taking out their frustrations of the political climate on Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican representing Colorado.
No matter how you feel about the President Donald Trump White House, there has been a new activism in Colorado. People are writing members of Congress and are protesting outside their offices.
In addition, Colorado's congressional representatives have seen a surge in response both for and against the president's policies.
Hundreds of protesters gathered to show and tell their resistance for Trump.
John Combs of Denver says only since Trump took office has he been actively involved in demonstrations like the one outside Sen. Gardner's office in Denver.
"I've disagreed with past presidents but this is beyond pale," he says.
At Rolland Moore Park, near Sen. Gardner's Fort Collins office, the crowds grew to about 2,500 people.
US President Donald Trump (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Carole Bisbee is 73-years old and this is her first protest.
"I've never been political," she says. "I just had to do something."
Patricia Olson, who is 70, says she too has never marched until now, "My daughter and I marched in the women's march in Denver, but I'm here today for my grandchildren and my children."
The protestors say they are frustrated with Pres. Trump's choices over the last 10 days, including his cabinet choices, a travel ban with Muslim majority countries and the border wall for Mexico.
Protesters in Fort Collins (credit: CBS)
Gardner's office says there have been phone calls and emails in support of the President's policies as well. One of the speakers at the Denver rally told the crowd they plan to protest every Tuesday for the next 100 days.
Jennifer Brice is a reporter with CBS4 focusing on crime and courts. Follow her on Facebook or on Twitter @CBS4Jenn.


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James L. D'Aquisto (Brooklyn, November 9, 1935 – California, April 17, 1995) was an Italian–American luthier who concentrated on building and repairing archtop guitars. He served as an apprentice to John D'Angelico beginning in 1952 and later developed his own distinctive style.

Career
James D'Aquisto was born on November 9, 1935 into a musical Italian family. An aspiring jazz guitarist he visited luthier John D'Angelico's shop in 1951 which lead to him in 1952 becoming his apprentice.

About his routine, D'Aquisto said,

"I was making $35 a week. I was like the runner: I'd go to the stores, pick up the tuners, go get the tailpieces from downtown, take the necks to the engraver, all that. I cleaned the windows, swept the floors, everything—we all did that. On Friday we put away the tools and cleaned the shop so when Monday came the place would be spotless."

Later, he learned the "rough work" of the D'Angelico style.

D'Angelico had a heart attack in 1959 and also parted ways with his long time employee Vincent "Jimmy" DiSerio. As a result he closed the business but soon reopened it after D'Aquisto who was unable to find work, convinced him to do so. After several more heart attacks and having also suffered from pneumonia John D'Angelico died on September 1, 1964 at the age of 59. Following D'Angelico's death the last ten of his guitars were finished by D'Aquisto. D'Aquisto bought the business but a poor business decision lost him the right to the D'Angelico name.

D'Aquisto then continued building guitars under his own name. In 1966 he moved to Huntington, Long Island, then to Farmingdale in 1973, and finally Greenport in 1980.

He felt he would die at the same age as his mentor, and this did occur on April 17, 1995 when he was 59.

D'Aquisto's name is on many guitar models from the Fender "D'Aquisto Elite" "D'Aquisto Ultra" and the Hagström Jimmy. His blue "Centura Deluxe" was the inspiration for the book Blue Guitar. His guitars have sold for tens of thousands of dollars to over $500,000. One of his guitars was the first to be worth a million dollars.

In 2006, D'Aquisto was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. His tools and work bench, passed down to him from D'Angelico, were given to the National Music Museum.

In 2011, guitars by D'Aquisto were included in the 'Guitar Heroes' exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

D'Aquisto flat top guitars

D'Aquisto flat top guitars are a group of sixteen guitars made by D'Aquisto.

He made sixteen flat top guitars from 1973 to 1984. He made two types, a grand auditorium and a dreadnought. He believed the large oval sound hole produced greater projection than the typical round sound hole.

He numbered his guitars from 101 to 116. Number 101 was a non-cutaway auditorium as well as number 111, which he made for Laurie Veneziano and Janis Ian. Numbers 102 to 110 were his dreadnoughts. From 112 to 115, are some of his most beautiful auditorium guitars and the only flat tops he made with a cutaway. Each is a radiant blond color. He used European spruce tops and European maple back and sides for all his flat tops. Ebony for the fret board, bridge, bridge pins, and headstock overlay. D'Aquisto also made a few nylon-string flat top guitars.

See also
 John D'Angelico

References

External links
 National Music Museum exhibit and history
 Long Island Hall of Fame
 D'Aquisto Foundation

1935 births
1995 deaths
American people of Italian descent
People from Brooklyn
American luthiers

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Baylor-UConn canceled after Kim Mulkey tests positive for COVID-19
January 5, 2021Updated 8:06 PM UTC
Thursday's game between No. 3 UConn and No. 6 Baylor was canceled, and Baylor began restricting team activities after coach Kim Mulkey tested positive for COVID-19, the school said on Tuesday.
The Baylor program and medical staff are conducting additional COVID-19 testing to determine the length of restricted activities, the school said.
In a statement, Mulkey said she was exposed to a family member who tested positive on Dec. 25 and immediately self-quarantined. She tested positive on Monday.
If she has no symptoms, she will return to the team on Jan. 15.
"While I am disappointed and hate to be away from the program, Baylor women's basketball is in good hands with our coaches and support staff," Mulkey said. "The safety of our student-athletes is paramount and will take precedent over any basketball activity during this pandemic."
What this means for Baylor
Chantel Jennings, senior WNBA and women's basketball writer: The Bears, like more than 20 other teams nationally, will now enter quarantine and competition pause as the program ensures that no other Tier 1 individual contracted COVID-19. The length of the pause will depend on testing. However, it seems unlikely that the Kansas or Kansas State matchups will happen just based on timelines.
What this means for UConn
Charlotte Carroll, Connecticut beat writer: This matchup was going to be UConn's first top-10 matchup of the season after a Louisville game was canceled along with a potential Mississippi State contest. Coach Geno Auriemma said practices the last few days have been different as players prepared to face a top opponent. Whether UConn is able to fit in another game before Saturday's matchup vs. Providence remains to be seen, but Auriemma said there is a plane on hold to fly somewhere. But the coach joked there's a better chance the Huskies face the media.
(Photo: Jasen Vinlove / USA Today)
Jan 5 — Kim Mulkey issues a statementRead More
Chantel Jennings
Sr. Writer, Women's Basketball
Compiling the list of the now 20 women's programs that are on competition pauses makes me wonder which program will become the first to follow the Duke women's basketball program. The Blue Devils announced the end of their season on Dec. 25, which feels both like an eternity ago and like yesterday. By the end of this month it seems almost certain there will be a longer list joining Duke.
Women's college hoops Power Rankings: Kentucky climbs, Texas cracks top 20
The Wildcats were the only team this week to record two wins over top-25 opponents, while several others also made statements.
10 players and coaches to watch in women's basketball in 2021
From the potential No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft to the biggest X-factors in free agency, here's who we have our eyes on this year.


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S. 1008, the Climate Change Strategy and Technology Innovation Act of 2001 ...
By United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
effective ways to reduce greenhouse gases, along with a significant increase in funding. In addition, the Senate may want to consider establishing stable funding for research and development. The Senate may also want to consider increasing the emphasis on publicprivate partnerships, which have yielded some of the greatest federal R&D successes in years past.
Third, under the Byrd-Stevens bill, the Climate Change Response Strategy will be required to incorporate mitigation approaches to reduce, avoid, and sequester greenhouse gas emissions. This is an extremely important provision, and will force us to take a hard look at our policy choices.
We believe that it will be extraordinary difficult, if not impossible, to muster the kind of sustained effort needed to reduce, avoid and sequester greenhouse gas emissions without the force of legally binding commitments. There is little incentive for any company to undertake real action unless, ultimately, all do, and are in some manner held accountable. Markets, of course, will be instrumental in mobilizing the necessary resources and know-how; market-based strategies such as emissions trading will also help deliver emissions reductions at the lowest possible cost. But markets can move us in the right direction only if they are given the right signals. In the United States, those signals have been neither fully given nor fully accepted.
Three decades of experience fighting pollution in the United States have taught us a great deal about what works best. In general, the most cost-effective approaches allow emitters flexibility to decide how best to meet a given, binding emissions limit; provide early direction so targets can be anticipated and factored into major capital and investment decisions; and employ market mechanisms, such as emissions trading, to achieve reductions where they cost least. To ease the transition from established ways of doing business, targets should be realistic and achievable. What is important is that they be strong enough to spur real action and to encourage investment in development of the technology and infrastructure needed to achieve the long-term objective.
A good first step is to get our house in order by immediately requiring accurate measurement, tracking and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the government could enter into voluntary enforceable agreements with companies or sectors willing to commit to significant reductions.
While such efforts can help get the United States on track, the long-term emission reductions needed can be achieved only with a far more comprehensive—and bindingstrategy. Alternative approaches should be closely studied, and the results publicly debated. But much of the analysis thus far suggests that a "cap-and-trade" systemwhich sets an overall cap on emissions and establishes a market in carbon credits--can provide the private sector the certainty they need coupled with the flexibility and incentive to achieve emission reductions at the least possible cost.
An effective Climate Change Response Strategy will incorporate these and other mitigation measures.
As a side note, I should point out that congressional debate over the mitigation measures should start now, and not await completion of the strategy - especially since the debate will take some time to resolve. As Senator Byrd said when he introduced his bill, "[t]his legislation is intended to supplement, rather than replace, other complementary proposals to deal with climate change in the near term on both a national and international level."
In closing, Mr. Chairman, the Byrd-Stevens Climate Change Strategy and Technology Innovation Act of 2001, if enacted quickly and implemented in a serious manner, will provide an excellent foundation for climate change policy in this country. Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of it.
The Role of Energy Technology in
Stabilizing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations
Statement to the
Senate Committee on
Senior Staff Scientist
Battelle Memorial Institute
Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee for the opportunity to testify here this morning on the potential contribution of energy technology to addressing the issue of global climate change. My presence here today is possible because the US Department of Energy, EPRI and numerous other organizations in both the public and private sectors have provided me and my team at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) long-term research support. Without that support much of the knowledge base upon which I draw today would not exist. That having been said, I come here today to speak as a researcher and the views I express are mine alone. They do not necessarily reflect those of any organization.
My observations today draw upon the work that was conducted under the Global Energy Technology Strategy Program to Address Climate Change, an international, public/private sector collaboration' advised by an eminent Steering Group2. Analysis
1 Sponsors of the program were: Battelle Memorial Institute, BP, EPRI, ExxonMobil, Kansai Electric Power, National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan), New Economic and Development Organization (Japan), North American Free Trade Agreement-Commission for Environmental Cooperation, PEMEX (Mexico), Tokyo Electric Power, Toyota Motor Company, and the US Department of Energy. Collaborating research institutions were: The Autonomous National University of Mexico, Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnment et le Developpement (France), China Energy Research Institute, Council on Agricultural Science and Technology, Council on Energy and Environment (Korea), Council on Foreign Relations, Indian Institute of Management, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria), Japan Science and Technology Corporation, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Germany), Stanford China Project, Stanford Energy Modeling Forum, and Tata Energy Research Institute (India).
2 Richard Balzhiser, President Emeritus, EPRI; Richard Benedick, Former US Ambassador to the Montreal Protocol; Ralph Cavanagh, Co-director, Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council; Charles Curtis, Executive Vice President, United Nations Foundation; Zhou Dadi, Director, China Energy Research Institute; E. Linn Draper, Chairman, President and CEO, American Electric Power; Daniel Dudek, Senior Economist, Environmental Defense Fund; John H. Gibbons, Former Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President; José Goldemberg, Former Environment Minister, Brazil; Jim Katzer, Strategic Planning and Programs Manager, ExxonMobil; Yoichi Kaya, Director, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Government of Japan; Hoesung Lee, President, Korean Council on Energy and Environment; Robert McNamara, Former President, World Bank; John
conducted at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as well as in collaborating institutions around the world during the first phase of research supports four general conclusions:
1. It's concentrations of greenhouse gases that matter. For CO2, it is cumulative, emissions by all countries, over all time that determines the concentration-not emission by any individual country, no matter how great, or any individual year; Technology is the key to controlling the cost of stabilizing the concentration of greenhouse gases;
There's No "Silver Bullet." That is, no single technology controls the cost of stabilizing CO2 concentrations under all circumstances. Managing the cost of stabilizing the concentration of greenhouse gases, at any level, requires a portfolio of energy R&D investments across a wide spectrum of technology classes-from conservation to renewables to nuclear to fossil fuels, to hydrogen systems and fuel cells to biotechnology, to natural and engineered carbon capture and sequestration and advanced fossil fuel energy systems, and undertaken by both the public and private sectors.
Energy Technology Development Is One Part of a Larger Comprehensive Strategy. While technology is pivotal when it comes to controlling the cost of stabilizing the concentration of greenhouse gases, it is only one of four major elements that are needed in a comprehensive program to address climate change. including:
Reduction of scientific uncertainties,
Adaptation to climate change, and
A credible, global commitment that greenhouse gas concentrations
will be limited, as well as
Energy technology R&D.
1. It's Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases That Matter. The United States is a party to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). The FCCC has as its objective the "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system." (Article 2) This is not the same as stabilizing emissions. Because emissions accumulate in the atmosphere, the concentration of carbon dioxide will continue to rise indefinitely even if emissions are held at current levels or even at some reduced level. Limiting the concentration of CO2, the most important greenhouse gas, means that the global energy system must be fundamentally transformed by the end of the 21" century. Given the long life of energy infrastructure, preparations for that transformation must start today.
Mogford, Group Vice President, Health, Safety and Environment BP; Granger Morgan, Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University; Hazel O'Leary, Former Secretary, US Department of Energy; Rajendra K. Pachauri, Director, Tata Energy Research Institute; Thomas Schelling, Distinguished University Professor of Economics, University of Maryland; Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Pryadarshi R. Shukla, Professor, Indian Institute of Management; Gerald Stokes, Assistant Laboratory Director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; John Weyant, Director, Stanford Energy Modeling Forum; and Robe White, Former Director, National Academy of Engineering.
A popular myth is that the world is running out of fossil fuels and will therefore make a natural transition to an energy system based on renewables and conservation during this century, thus leading to a natural limit on cumulative carbon emissions. The reality is that while the most attractive grades of fossil fuel resources may be limited, fossil fuels as a class are abundant and hold the potential of remaining the core of the global energy system throughout the century ahead.
Growth in population and incomes can be expected to require a concurrent growth in the demand for energy services. It is this growth in demand for energy services coupled with the abundance and usefulness of fossil fuels that is anticipated to lead a continued growth in cumulative global emissions of carbon to the atmosphere throughout the 21st century. Given these two facts, research designed to enable the continued use of fossil fuels while simultaneously addressing the climate issue is particularly attractive.
Limiting cumulative global emissions implies that the global energy system, not just the United States energy system, must undergo a transition from one in which cmissions continue to grow throughout this century into one in which emissions peak and then decline. Coupled with significant global population and economic growth, this transition represents a daunting task even if an atmospheric CO2 concentration as high as 750 ppmv is eventually determined to meet the goal of the Framework Convention— though the concentration that will prevent "dangerous" interference with the climate system is not yet known.
2. Technology is the key to controlling the cost of stabilizing the concentration of greenhouse gases. Stabilizing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will require a credible commitment to limit cumulative global emissions of CO2. Such a limit is unlikely to be achieved without cost but that cost will in large measure be shaped by the character of the energy technology options available to limit cumulative global emissions of CO2.
It is not well recognized that most long-term future projections of global energy and greenhouse gas emissions and hence, most estimates of the cost of emission reductions, assume dramatic successes in the development and deployment of advanced energy technologies that occur for free. For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change developed a set of scenarios based on the assumption that no actions were implemented to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The central reference case that assumes "technological change as usual" is called IS92a. This central reference scenario assumes that by the year 2100 three-quarters of all electric power would be generated by non-carbon emitting energy technologies such as nuclear, solar, wind, and hydro, and that the growth of crops for energy (commercial biomass) would account for more energy than the entire world's oil and gas production in 1985. Yet with all these assumptions of technological success, the need to provide for the growth in population and living standards around the world drive fossil fuel emissions well beyond 1997 levels of 6.6 billion metric tons of carbon per year to approximately 20 billion metric tons of carbon per year. Subsequent analysis by the IPCC as well as independent researchers serves to


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Bryson was one and I think he was the tie to Columbia. And there were a couple of people that Paul had met who had given him some money for research and so he had them on the board. He was always picking up interesting and strange people.
Along about this time I was beginning to fade because my life was so chock full of demands by CBS that I didn't have much time to give to Paul. But during this period, as an example of the kind of association we had, there was the Orson Welles broadcast --
Right. The Mars invasion.
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The invasion from Mars. And the night that I was listening to that, on Sunday evening at home, I knew that -- without knowing anything about what was going on in the studio -- I knew that this presented a research opportunity. And there were going to be a lot of questions about it so Ruth and I came in before the broadcast -- I think we listened to the end of the broadcast in the car. We came in and I tried to organize a nationwide study that I could put into the field the next day. I believe I called Paul to see whether he had any ideas about questions that we might ask that I didn't think of, and told him that when we finished with the research, all the raw data, all the questionnaires and so forth, I'd be glad to give them to him for whatever purpose he might make of them. This was a study done by personal interviews so we knew a lot more about the respondents than you do with telephone interviews. There weren't that many telephone homes in those days anyway, but that's beside the point.
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Business Beat: Dr. Dan Boehne Moves Dental Practice to DP, Opens Dana Point Endodontics
Dr. Dan Boehne, DDS, recently relocated his office from San Clemente to Dana Point. Aside from his endodontics practice, Boehne is well-known as a surfboard shaper at his family's business, Infinity Surfboards. Photo: Jacob Onofrio
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Originally operating out of San Clemente, Dr. Dan Boehne's endodontics office moved to Dana Point Harbor this past November, and has officially been established as Dana Point Endodontics.
Dana Point Endodontics specializes in dental services such as root canals and periodontal surgery. This new location acts a monumental step for Boehne, drawing in both old and new clients from around the area.
A biology major from University California Irvine, Dr. Boehne began his dental career with UCLA's Flying Samaritans, a volunteer group that provides free medical care in Baja California, Mexico. He says he liked the "immediate effect" he saw when it came to helping people with dental issues.
Boehne is also known for his work at Dana Point's own Infinity Surfboards. A native to the sand and surf of Orange County, he said his work as a surfboard shaper and his dental work have gone hand in hand throughout the years.
"I grew up shaping surfboards and working with my hands," Boehne said. "Dentistry seemed like a good fit."
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Wavelengths: Life is a Cabernet


Before reading this page you will need to have a copy of the training chart (and a real one if possible).
GPS is currently the most popular, quickest, easiest and most accurate way of finding your position at sea away from land. However, you should never rely on your GPS totally as you never know when the battery will go flat or it will stop working.
Below as some things to consider when using a GPS and some quick handy hints.
Navstar GPS (Global Positioning System) or GPS for short, is the name given to the US Navy's satellite positioning system which since the mid-1990s has been opened up for civilian use around the world.
In its simplest form, a GPS receiver will give you a position as a Long and Lat. displayed on a screen.
A GPS unit can be a handheld unit, generally with a small screen and powered by small batteries or a 'fixed' unit on a vessel generally with a larger screen and powered from the vessels main power supply.
GPS is currently the most popular GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) which is the generic term for any satellite navigation systems that provide autonomous positioning with global coverage.
A chartplotter is a GPS unit with a built-in chart. It has the advantage of allowing you to see your position instantly as a symbol on the screen. As with a normal GPS, it can be a handheld or fixed unit.
A chart plotter should not be used without a paper chart as a backup as you never know when the batteries might fail.
The picture below shows the Navionics chart plotter that can be purchased for the iPhone or iPad.
You can view an online version of the Navionics charts (with reduced features) using Navionics Webapp.
– XTE: Cross Track Error (distance away from the straight line course).
There are other technologies that can work alongside GPS to make it more accurate but in most cases 15m is very good.
Having said this you will never know when you have a position outside the 15m of the correct position and GPS alone is still beaten in by traditional methods in particular situations.
Out of the sight of land GPS is hard to be beaten. In a pilotage situation when navigating down a narrow channel a carefully choose transit can beat GPS every time.
Vector Charts are made up of a finite number of data points which allow you to zoom in and out while, in theory, only displaying the information that is needed for that particular level of zoom.
For example, when full zoomed out only the basic outline of the coast and major lights are shown. As you zoom in more and more details is displayed which would have otherwise cluttered the chart when fully zoomed out.
Most modern chart plotter do the zooming with ease but you must make sure you have not turned off any important layer of information.
Raster Charts are rare on leisure chartplotters. They are digital scans of a chart which cannot simply pixel late if you zoom too far. You will require a larger scale chart of the same area if you wish to see more detail.
When talking about Datum in terms of electronic navigation don't confuse it with Chart Datum which is used to determine the depth of water on a chart.
This type of datum determines where the lines of latitudes and longitude are. Traditionally each country or region had its own way of deciding where the lines of latitude and longitude were. They mostly have the same basic concept ie. the Equator or there about is zero latitude and Greenwich, London or there about is zero longitude but when put alongside each other each datum is slightly different. In some cases these differences were significant however in most cases within a few hundred meters.
Why do we need to know about Geodetic Datums?
In the time before accurate electronic navigation these differences did not matter. For example, in the UK the traditional datum was OS36 (Ordinance Survey 1936) and all charts of the UK published in the UK used this datum.
It did not matter because as long as all the landmarks local to your position were in the correct place relative to each out you could use a compass and basic tools to plot your position on a chart. If you were to travel across a sea mass and moved from charts drawn in one datum to charts drawn in a different datum you would never notice the differences using traditional methods as they were relatively small.
In the age of GPS there had to be a standard Geodetic Datum that would work everywhere around the world. That datum is WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984) and is the default datum for GPS.
Therefore, if your GPS is outputting a position in WGS84 the chart you use must also be in WGS84. In the last few year the charts in the UK have progressively been transferred to WGS84. Admiralty charts drawn in WGS84 are easy to spot as they will have "WGS84 POSITIONS can be plotted directly on to this chart" in large print in the margin (see picture).
If you have a chart without these words in the margin check for the datum in the small print below the title on the chart. If it is not WSG84 it is normally possible to change the settings of your GPS so that it outputs your position in you charts datum.
So what is ETRS 89?
Some charts within Europe use a datum called ETRS 89, for all practical navigation purpose this can be considered the same a WGS84. In fact the 1989 they were the same but as Europe move away from North America at an average rate of 2.5cm a year ETRS 89 is stays static relative to Europe. You might also see that chart updated in Europe (including the UK) at stated in ETRS 89.
Chart plotter – friend or foe?
Everything you need to know about Satellite Navigation Systems.
Practise this methods in the real world and be ready to use this along side Course to Steer calculations.


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Учасниця Олімпійських Ігор 2012, 2016 років.
Призерка Чемпіонату світу з водних видів спорту 2015 року.
Призерка Чемпіонату світу з плавання на короткій воді 2014 року.
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Spiritual Science in the Third Millennium
Intellectuality versus Anthroposophy
By Pietro Archiati
Can there be such a thing as spiritual science today? Should faith and spirit remain as purely private concerns - or, as traditionally, preserves of the Church? When Rudolf Steiner founded anthroposophy in the early twentieth century, his intention was to create a fundamentally scientific approach to the spirit. His basic works detail methods for developing spiritual consciousness, allowing the individual to replicate the results of his research. This key aspect distinguishe ... Can there be such a thing as spiritual science today? Should faith and spirit remain as purely private concerns - or, as traditionally, preserves of the Church? When Rudolf Steiner founded anthroposophy in the early twentieth century, his intention was to create a fundamentally scientific approach to the spirit. His basic works detail methods for developing spiritual consciousness, allowing the individual to replicate the results of his research. This key aspect distinguishes anthroposophy from the wealth of spiritual teachings, sects, cults and religions within the modern cultural milieu. But did Steiner fail in his endeavour to build a scientific path to spiritual knowledge? Is anthroposophy just another 'theory' based on intellectual thought, to be analysed and dismissed? Up to now, academia has largely ignored Rudolf Steiner's work. In 2013, however, the first volume of a new series - a critical edition of Rudolf Steiner's writings, edited by a professor of the largest religious university in the USA - was published by a respected German academic press.Taking this concrete case as an illustration, Pietro Archiati argues that academia, with its in-built bias towards the atheistic assumptions of materialistic science, will almost inevitably misrepresent Steiner's work. Anthroposophy is a spiritual science, whose metamorphosing nature requires penetration of its essence for true understanding. Presenting a broad exploration of the critical questions outlined above, Archiati's exposition works not only as a critique of a specific new edition of Steiner's works, but also as an introduction to key tenets of anthroposophical methodology and thought. 'When, in the case of a flower, the coloured blossom appears, this does not come as a correction of a faulty green leaf. It is, on the contrary, a further metamorphosis of the plant, which, without the existence of the green leaf, would not have been able to arise. Rudolf Steiner was always comparing the arising of his spiritual science with the evolution of a living organism.' - Pietro Archiati
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Presenting a broad exploration of critical questions, Archiati's exposition works not only as a critique of a specific new edition of Steiner's works, but also as an introduction to key tenets of anthroposophical methodology and thought.
Can there be such a thing as spiritual science today? Should faith and spirit remain as purely private concerns - or, as traditionally, preserves of the Church? When Rudolf Steiner founded anthroposophy in the early twentieth century, his intention was to create a fundamentally scientific approach to the spirit. His basic works detail methods for developing spiritual consciousness, allowing the individual to replicate the results of his research. This key aspect distinguishes anthroposophy from the wealth of spiritual teachings, sects, cults and religions within the modern cultural milieu. But did Steiner fail in his endeavour to build a scientific path to spiritual knowledge? Is anthroposophy just another 'theory' based on intellectual thought, to be analysed and dismissed? Up to now, academia has largely ignored Rudolf Steiner's work. In 2013, however, the first volume of a new series - a critical edition of Rudolf Steiner's writings, edited by a professor of the largest religious university in the USA - was published by a respected German academic press.Taking this concrete case as an illustration, Pietro Archiati argues that academia, with its in-built bias towards the atheistic assumptions of materialistic science, will almost inevitably misrepresent Steiner's work. Anthroposophy is a spiritual science, whose metamorphosing nature requires penetration of its essence for true understanding. Presenting a broad exploration of the critical questions outlined above, Archiati's exposition works not only as a critique of a specific new edition of Steiner's works, but also as an introduction to key tenets of anthroposophical methodology and thought. 'When, in the case of a flower, the coloured blossom appears, this does not come as a correction of a faulty green leaf. It is, on the contrary, a further metamorphosis of the plant, which, without the existence of the green leaf, would not have been able to arise. Rudolf Steiner was always comparing the arising of his spiritual science with the evolution of a living organism.' - Pietro Archiati
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SUNDANCE 2020: Human Rights Docs "The Fight,""The Dissident" Receive Standing Ovations.
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Sundance Documentaries Asking Us To Join The Fight For Free Speech
A still from The Fight by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman and Eli Despres, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Sean McGing.
Two documentary films premiered Friday at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival to long-standing ovations setting the stage for the bitter 2020 election. Front and center are world leaders going rogue. First, was the 11:30 am premiere of The Fight. Filmmakers Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, and Eli Despres (Weiner) take an inspiring and deeply emotional inside look at four civil rights cases the ACLU takes on to fight the Trump Administration.
Filmmaker Elyse Steinberg was on the steps of the Brooklyn courthouse in 2017 when ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt argued in court that the Muslim ban was unconstitutional. This moment sets the stage for The Fight. Throughout the 96-minute documentary, the filmmakers follow five ACLU lawyers, including Lee Gelernt, who, following his victory, is fighting family separation at the border. Brigitte Amiri, who represents a minor who is in custody of the Office of Refugees Resettlement and is blocked from having an abortion. Joshua Block and Chase Strangio who are fighting the transgender military ban. And Dale Ho, who challenges the proposed inclusion of a question about citizenship on the 2020 census.
As The Fight interweaves these cases, we get to see the heartache of the lawyers and the clients they represent. There are moments of humor — technology is no friend of Lee Gelernt of Joshua Block — and we are comforted in incredibly heart-wrenching moments when children are reunited with their parents after months apart. We celebrate small victors and some big ones too, like Dale Ho winning his case. We're left with the understanding that there are still so many more fights. There are more children separated from their parents, transgender people aren't allowed to enlist in the military, and nine states have made abortion "illegal."
The Fight also touches on their controversial decision to represent Nazis, Westboro Baptist Church, Milo Yiannopoulous, and helping the "United the Right" protests to secure a permit to rally in Charlottesville in 2017 that led to the death of counter-protestor Heather Heyer. What might be most interesting about this was the internal battle of ACLU lawyers. Not everyone agrees with the ACLU's approach to represented these fringe groups, while others say it is essential to protect everyone's right to free speech.
Following the screening producer, Kerry Washington called the lawyers "our Avengers." The lawyers who were all on hand to take questions fro the audience responded that it's their clients who are willing to come forward and attach their names to these cases are the real heroes. All we know, following The Fight, is that there are many heroes among us trying to ensure we are protected. But, real change will only come when the people push back. Will they in 2020? It's time to fight.
Academy Award-winning Bryan Fogel (Icarus) premiered The Dissident about Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was critical of his beloved Saudi Arabia and the new Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's policies to an audience that included former secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. On October 2, 2018, Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul and never came out. His fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, dissidents around the world, and his colleagues at the Washington Post are left to piece together clues to his brutal murder and the global cover-up. It is an intimate, at times hard to watch portrait of a man who sacrificed everything for the freedom of speech.
The Dissident provides us with exclusive access to the Turkish government's evidence and Khashoggi's close friend and fellow Saudi dissident, Omar Abdulaziz. Abdulaziz, who has been organizing fellow dissidents, provides the viewer with an inside look at the mind of the Saudi Crown Prince and the plans he and Khashoggi had to show the world who the new Crown Prince is. This, Abdulaziz says, is what got Khashoggi killed. The film also touches on the Saudi Crown Prince's relationship with Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, and his relationship with Pegasus, spyware, that may have been used by the Saudi's to expose Bezos affair last year.
Throughout the film, we see how the Saudi Crown Prince uses foreign leaders like Donald Trump, the media, social media, and thousands of paid hackers to change the narrative. Immediately following the screening, the Wall Street Journal ran a headline: Breaking News: Prosecutors have evident Jeff Bezos' girlfriend gave texts to her brother, who sold them to the National Enquire, people familiar with the matter say. This is counter to the allegation the film makes that it was the Saudi Crown Prince that was behind it. In many ways, we are left questioning everything. What is the truth? Is this another like from the Saudis?
During his Q&A Fogel made note to say that they are looking for a distributor who will not censor the film in the Arab world and let the world judge for themselves. His passionate plea is to encourage an international distributor to take on this film that is deeply critical to one of the most powerful countries and one of the most dangerous world leaders.
By just judging these two films that premiered at Sundance this year, 2020 is sure to be a politically charged but through it all there are many who are fighting the good fight, putting everything on the line. We are asked repeatedly if we are going to sit on the sidelines or whether we are going to step up and join them.
We highly suggest you watch both of these documentary whenever they make it to one of the streaming service they are bound to end up on.
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Shyamon Jayasinghe, a Peradeniya University graduate in Philosophy, worked as a public servant in Sri Lanka specializing in Management. He subsequently worked in Australia where he is now domiciled. A frequent commentator on social and political issues in Sri Lanka, he is renowned for his role as the Narrator (POTE GURA) of the original production, in 1956, of Ediriweera Sarchchandra's theatre classic Maname.


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Study in Qatar
Welcome to Study in Qatar section. Here you will find a List of Top and Best Universities in Qatar, Study abroad options, Scholarships, Colleges, Programs, Courses, Institutes for studying MBA, Business Management, Engineering, Hotel management, Arts & Design, Films & Media, Science & Technology, Animation, Computers & IT and many more programs for studies in Qatar.
You will find why study in Qatar, the eligibility and admission procedure for study in Qatar, cost of tution and living, student visa requirements, scholarships available from different Qatar Universities and Government and list of Top Universities in Qatar for studies in Qatar.
You will also find articles on Study in Qatar, blogs, questions and answers, university reviews, forums, etc. to make informed decisions for studying in Qatar.
Top Universities in Qatar
Northwestern University in Qatar
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Why Study in Qatar
Qatar provides education at every level, from elementary school to university level education.
Its extensive Universities boasts some of the world's best educational courses, mostly all housed in state-of-the art facilities. This melting pot of academic excellence encourages the professional and personal development of all of students, from pre-school education to university level and beyond university. Qatar is an Islamic country and is just a size of New York City with a less population. Studying in any of the Qatar University will be good for those who are interested in exploring Islamic culture as universities in Qatar follow Islamic rules and regulations on daily basis.
Admission Requirements for Study in Qatar, Qatar Universities Eligibility Criteria, Application Process, Procedure for Study in Qatar
Students can apply online directly for admission in any undergraduate courses or a higher education courses in any of the relevant universities of Qatar. Moreover a student must be passed out from the recognized university of their respective countries.
Student Visa Requirements for Study in Qatar
Studying in Qatar and applying for visa in Qatar is a simple procedure. After getting the clearance from the university where the applicant has applied for further studies, student can apply directly to the Qatar consulate. After filling in forms through online or directly one must need these documents to be attested with his visa application form. The documents necessary to submit for Temporary residence permit
1. University letter requesting residence permits (Letter of mediation)
2. The letter confirming that you have been accepted
4. A passport and its copy
5. 3 photos (passport size)
6. Proofs of sufficient means of support
Cost of Studying in Qatar, Living Costs, Tuition Fees for Study in Qatar
Studying masters in Qatar would cost an individual around 4500-7500 QAR (US $1=3.9 Qatari Riyal). Also if a student wants to pursue study in undergraduate courses than the fees and charges would be around 4000-6500 QAR. Apart from that accommodation charges in Qatar is around 1000 QAR after sharing a flat. Whereas it's 3000 QAR per month to rent an apartment, after which there are extra expense such as food, traveling, entertainment, health etc. would cost an individual around 1500-2000 QAR per month.


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Her name was Nora Kate Cartee but my sister and I knew her as "Mama," because that's what our Mother called her.
Kate was 16 years old when she married John Andrew Jolly on March 30, 1904. He died July 30, 1910, leaving her and their four small children penniless. They moved into her childhood home with her widower father in Anderson, South Carolina where she single handedly raised the two girls and two boys. Their small farm and garden supplied their food, and "Mama" made all their clothes on a Singer sewing machine....operated by "foot power."
of their own. My Mom didn't dwell on her childhood poverty but brought it up a few times, usually around Christmas to let my sister and me know how fortunate we were and how grateful we should be for all the presents we had under our tree compared to her typical gift each December 25th of...one orange.
The reason I know the exact dates of those events of over 100 years ago is that Mama's "Family Bible," which I so carefully brought up to Virginia and stored away when we cleaned out my Mother's home in Charlotte, had a few pages in the middle designed for the owner's Family Records.
A hundred years of Births, Marriages, and deaths are all there...but as I was looking through that old tattered book for perhaps an underlined verse or two or maybe a personal notation in the margin...I could find nothing that might give me some insight as to how she and millions of other Americans coped in those harsh days before modern medicine and miracle drugs.
The family records were the only handwritten notes there.. I found no hint of a message or clue that might suggest the secret of her strength.
Only an orange at Christmas for the kids makes me sad enough, but just imagine what parents like Mama went through when their children got sick. It was worrisome enough for us, even though we knew the antibiotics would almost certainly pull them through if necessary. Something as simple as strep throat, which was called scarlet fever back then, was a major cause of death.
It a shame the book is in such terrible shape. It was like that when my Mom brought it up from South Carolina after Mama died.
suddenly occurred to me that Mama's "secret" had been staring me in the face all along.
It was that tattered book itself!
and she literally wore it out.


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Americana Roots: Dalton Domino
September 10, 2021 Tim Newby Americana Roots, Columns 0
Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts who have yet to reach the UK's shores. From Lubbock, Texas is Dalton Domino who exists between the introspective, thoughtfulness of Connor Oberst and Bright Eyes and the dirt under the fingernails sound of country-lifers like Ray Wylie Hubbard and Guy Clark.
Name: Dalton Domino.
For Fans Of: Ray Wylie Hubbard, Guy Clark, Conner Oberst
Hometown: Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Website: https://www.daltondomino.com/
Discography: '1806' (2015), 'Corners' (2017), 'Songs from the Exile' (2019), 'Feverdreamer' (2020)
Background: "I picked up a guitar because I moved around a bunch as a kid," explains singer-songwriter Dalton Domino. "It was the only consistent thing I had. An instrument and a song were the only things that made 100% total sense to me. There wasn't ever really a starting point, it's just something that has always been there." For Domino that has translated into his songwriting that falls between the introspective, thoughtfulness of Connor Oberst and Bright Eyes and the dirt under the fingernails sound of country-lifers like Ray Wylie Hubbard and Guy Clark.
Hubbard in particular has been an important inspiration for Domino who has at times struggled to find his place in the crowded Texas music scene. He has long been recognized for his songwriting, but how to present that has at times been a challenge. Early on he had the typical big-country stage show with two lead guitar players flanking him. Recently he has incorporated a more stripped-down approach, working in keys and acoustic guitar. Lately he has taken the stripped-down approach even further playing a house show tour with just him and his acoustic guitar to intimate crowds in living rooms. This approach has seen a refocus on his music and has brought to life the power of his words. Through all of that there was the sage advice of Hubbard. "Ray Wylie Hubbard is the guy I always call when I need advice. We met a few years ago when I was getting sober and grew really close. He's an incredible mentor whether it be in your personal life or as a songwriter. I'm grateful for him," says Domino.
With influences like Bright Eyes and Guy Clark, Domino's music is reflective of the world around him and highly personal at times taking on topics of addiction, loss, and where do we go next. His music and songwriting has a chameleon-like ability to take on any number of guises, existing on multiple levels. "Sometimes I want it loud and fast, sometimes I want it weird, sometimes I just want it stripped," says Domino. "There's never really a time where I'm like, 'I wanna make this' and then plan to do that. It's just whatever mood I'm in."
For Domino it's the power in his words that drives his music, the ability to connect on an emotional level. He explains, "Typically I like starting out with an opening line. Then the groove. After that the melodies seem to fall in place. Then the lyrics. But it's not always the same. It really depends on the song. My advice is to just be honest. If that's how you feel, then that's how you feel. Pandering is for assholes. Don't do it. Unless they pay you a whole lot."
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Author of books, writer of words, enjoyer of good times. Often found with a beer in hand and barefoot at a festival somewhere. Author of 'Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound & Its Legacy' (2015), 'Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival! (2019). New book 'Pete Browning: The Life & Troubled Times of a Forgotten Legend' due out in 2023. Follow him on twitter @Tim_Newby9 .
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Portia de Rossi accuses Steven Seagal of sexual harassment Featured
Actress Portia de Rossi has accused actor and producer Steven Seagal of sexual harassment.
The Arrested Development actress, who is married to US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, made the allegation in a tweet posted on Wednesday night.
She alleges that during a film audition Mr Seagal told her "how important it was to have chemistry off-screen" before unzipping his trousers.
Mr Seagal's manager told BBC News that the actor had no comment.
The 65-year-old is best known for his action roles during the 1980s and 1990s, including Under Siege and Flight of Fury. He was given Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin in 2016.
Several other women have come forward to accuse Mr Seagal of inappropriate behaviour and harassment, including the Good Wife actress Julianna Margulies and model Jenny McCarthy.
He is the latest person in Hollywood to stand accused of sexual harassment or sexual assault after women began coming forward about producer Harvey Weinstein.
Harvey Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex made against him.
In the tweet, Ms de Rossi said her complaints about Mr Seagal's behaviour were dismissed at the time by her agent.
She did not specify which movie the audition was for, or in which year the incident allegedly happened.
The Australian-American actress has been married to television host Ellen DeGeneres for nine years.
Ms DeGeneres shared Ms de Rossi's tweet with her 75 million followers on Thursday with the caption: "I am proud of my wife".
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Shares of Dutch semiconductor manufacturing firm NXP (NASDAQ:NXPI) soared today after news was leaked out of Beijing signaling a possible final approval of the takeover bid from US-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM). Shares traded up as high as 5.9% during today's session; just a day after prices slumped after a disappointing earnings statement.
Qualcomm originally announced its $47 billion dollar NXP-acquisition intent in November 2016. The US gave its own approval in April of 2017 and since then every major regulatory body has approved the deal except for China.
Since the Trump administration has been challenging President Xi over the $400 billion trade surplus that China enjoys over the US, Chinese regulators have chilled the deal and haven't moved it forward for months. This could be perhaps a secondary retaliation as Qualcomm is an American company, at least that's what Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf believes.
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf has led the company since 2014.
However today some unknown sources out of Beijing said that Chinese officials are again considering the deal's approval and that final word should be breaking out soon.
NXP Semiconductor, previously known as Philips Semiconductors pre-2006, claims itself as the world's 5th largest non-memory semiconductor supplier as of 2016. The firm is rather large, employing 45,000 with annual revenues of $9.5 billion USD (2016). The company's emphasis is chips that help power security, ID, automotive, and IoT. An interesting fact, NXP was the co-inventor (along with Sony) of NFC technology. The firm also manufactures the chips found in passports and other electronically secured assets.
Qualcomm, perhaps a little bit better known, powers many different smartphones including the main chipset that drive Samsung's popular Galaxy S phones. The company did over $22 billion USD (2016) and this merger will easily be the firm's biggest – the next largest move Qualcomm has ever made would take you back to the $3.1 billion 2011 acquisition of Atheros, a developer of wireless chipsets.


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College teachers to refuse FBISE duties
Islamabad, April 18: College teachers have decided to refuse any assignment of the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education in the forthcoming examination of intermediate (HSSC) 2013.
The situation arose on Wednesday when representatives of college teachers visited the office of the controller of exams.
A participant of the meeting said Federal Government Colleges Teachers Association (FGCTA) had met with Shaheen Khan, Chairperson of FBISE, on Tuesday to voice certain concerns.
The meeting was held in a pleasant atmosphere, as Shaheen Khan heard the concerns and promised to see into the issues personally. She also asked the representatives to see the controller of exams.
"When the representatives of the college teachers visited the Controller of Examinations on Wednesday, he behaved in an indecent manner. The issue flamed up when the controller of exams ignored the concerns of the teachers," the participant said.
The controller had refused to assign duties to the teachers according to their seniority, claiming that he could not manage the seniority in 700 exam centres.
Another teacher said it was illogical to hold three practical sessions in the subject of Statistics, whereas other science subjects such as Physics and Chemistry only held two sessions per day despite having more students.
"The Controller of Exams is not even willing to listen to the concerns, and refuses to consider the issue," he added.
A teacher of statistics said, "It is unjust; FBISE has scheduled three groups of practical exams in a single day, and each group works in the labs for 2 hours. There is a gap of one hour only, making it a lengthy and tiring exercise."
A teacher from H-8 College said teachers from far flung areas were invited and a large sum was paid as Traveling Allowance and Daily Allowance (TA/DA).
This was being done to oblige relatives of different officials of FBISE, which damaged the exams system and raised questions on the credibility of the board.
President FGCTA Professor Tahir Mahmood said college teachers had always extended their cooperation to the FBISE in various assignments regardless of the low remunerations.
"The teachers are completely free to accept or decline assignments offered by the FBISE. There is no legal obligation because they are not employees of the board. They have to consider their own availability and choice," he said.
However, Tahir Mahmood said when this point was raised in front of the Controller, he threatened to cancel affiliation of the colleges with the FBISE.
Professor Deedar Ali Baloch, General Secretary of FGCTA, said, "A meeting of FGCTA officials was held soon after the visit to FBISE, and it was decided that college teachers would not accept any assignment offered by the FBISE until the Controller was replaced and penalised for his behaviour."
Chairperson FBISE, Shaheen Khan said that she would not allow any officer of FBISE to humiliate teachers.
"I will personally look into the matter and will resolve the issue. During the meeting, I had recognised the issues and suggested that the FGCTA meet the controller examination Mr Tariq Pervaiz," she said.
"The controller doesn't have the authority to cancel affiliation of any college. All genuine demands of teachers will be accepted," she added. Dawn
FDE okays schools in sectors F-17, B-17
Islamabad: Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) on Monday granted permission for construction of four schools in sector F-17 and B-17 of Multi Professional Cooperative Housing Society (MPCHS).
According to a press release issued here, MPCHS will provide required space for the construction of boys and girls schools and FDE will bear construction and other educational expenses to make these institutions operational.
The construction of these model schools will benefit the children living in the sectors and adjoining areas.
The people appreciated the construction of girls' school because they have to go far away for their education purposes.
The sector B-17 is located between GT road and the motorway while F-17 is on Fatehjung road at Motorway Interchange and near new International Airport.
In these sectors, the work of development has almost completed.
The new International Airport is in its final stages of constructions that will be operational in the coming year. App
NBF book festival from 20th
Islamabad: National Book Foundation (NBF) has planned a three-day book festival with slogan 'back to book - read for life' to mark the National Book Day (NBD) being held on April 22.
The celebrations will kick off at NBF head office on April 20 and end on April 22.
Well-known writers, poets, intellectuals, columnists and leaders of civil society will participate in the festival.
Talking to media, the Managing Director of the NBF, Mazharul Islam said it was for the first time in the history of the country that prominent writers and intellectuals would communicate with their readers and answer their questions.
The purpose of this activity is to cement the bond of friendship between the general public and the book.
He said this was the fourth consecutive mega book event being celebrated by the NBF at the national level. According to the MD NBF, the event is aimed at making people book lovers.
Colleges affairs being run on ad hoc basis
Islamabad: The two largest postgraduate colleges of the capital, Islamabad Model Postgraduate College, H-8 and Islamabad Model Postgraduate Commerce College H-8/4, have been without principals since April 5.
Besides, women colleges of F-7/2 and G-10/4 have acting heads and I-8/3 Degree College's principal is going to retire in July.
But the ad hocism in the educational institutions hardly made any difference for the Ministry of Capital Administration and Development (CAD) and Federal Directorate of Education (FDE).
An officer of CAD requesting not to be identified said that the offices of principals of both H-8 Colleges fell vacant on April 5 on the retirement of Professor Kazim Hussain and Professor Raja Abdul Hafeez.
Since then no one has been given even acting charge to run the colleges affairs. As a result the academic and administrative issues are piling up.
A faculty member of Commerce College said total chaos ruled his college as there was no one to keep proper check on the its affairs. In fact, the colleges were in total mess.
"Students come with their parents to college get their routine issues resolved but returned in disappointment and frustration when they learnt that the person concerned was not available as no body could tell them whom should they meet," he said.
A senior officer of FDE requesting anonymity said that the biggest women college of the city (F-7/2 College) was also running on ad hoc basis.
"Principal of Islamabad Model Postgraduate College for Girls, F-7/2, Rehana Shabbir retired in October 2012. Acting charge of the college was given to Ms Talat Samiullah (BPS 19) and she has been running college since then," he said.
"Vice principal of G-10/4 girls college, Durdana Asrar, was promoted in basic pay scale 20 a month ago, due to which she was appointed as principal of F-7/2 College but she will leave the college on April 14 after attaining the age of superannuation," he said.
"The vice principal of G-10/4 College, Dr Musarrat Parveen, is in BPS 20 but she has been running the college as acting principal," he said.
"Principle of Girls Degree College I-8/3 Hamida Metlo is going to retire in July 2013 but there is no senior teacher in the college who could replace her so CAD should nominate some one who will fill the seat," he said.
Professor Deedar Ali Baloch, General Secretary Federal Government College Teachers Association (FGCTA) remarked that postgraduate level colleges had been left at the mercy of CAD.
Discussing the situation of H-8 Colleges, he said the apathetic attitude of CAD had affected the studies of students, overall discipline, and the smooth working of all the sections of the colleges.
Professor Tahir Mahmood, President FGCTA said that in a meeting with Secretary CAD in January, he had informed her about the retirement dates of the principals and other issues.
She had assured that principals would be posted in time but the promise remained unfulfilled.
DG FDE Dr Shahnaz A Riaz said that she had instructed Director Federal Government Colleges Mehmood Akhtar Malik to give acting charge of principles to senior most faculty members in both the colleges of sector H-8.
"As far as appointment of fulltime principals is concerned, I have requested CAD to take immediate steps and appoint principals in the colleges," she said. Dawn
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COMPASSIONATE CLIMATE ACTION: You CAN Handle the Truth!
You know what? We're in a no-analogue Catch-22. Psychologists tell us not to tell people the full truth about the climate change emergency because they won't be able to handle it and will shut down and not do anything. But if we don't tell people the full truth, they're not going to do anything anyway! I've recently asked readers and friends for advice on how to handle this conundrum. Below is some of the feedback I've received, and then I'll give you my new take on all of this.
Unknown shared this: "I say go ahead and tell the whole truth, don't sugar coat it. You'll get people more scared, but maybe a little fear is what we need -- along with a heaping dose of reality. People are still WAY too self-absorbed, or worried about which celebrity is divorcing who, or which sports team scored higher than another. They need to realize that none of that matters at all, that their world is crumbling around them and they're too blind (or busy watching television) to see it."
So, truth as wake up call! That resonates with me. Unknown finishes with "So bring it on, sister!"
"Back in the days of Simon Charlie's Festival of the Sun, there were always people showing up and taking too much of the wrong thing ... bikers on tequila, kids on shrooms, acid, whatever ... and you know, my learning then, which has not changed much over the years, was and is that people get through their freak-outs if someone will just invest the time and energy to talk to them, calmly, openly, compassionately, in a way that lets them know you are not going to up and leave them stranded there."
And patients who have just received a terminal diagnosis don't jump into action -- they have to digest the news and grieve a bit first. Then, however, according to my husband-the-doctor, they are ready to jump into action, to do whatever it takes to change their prognosis or prepare for the end.
My husband-the-doctor and I have had many conversations about the psychology of climate change communication. There is just a small handful of psychologists who have driven the don't-tell-the-truth-about-climate-change agenda here in North America (and in the UK, too, I think). We suspect these psychologists weren't alive before World War II, so they haven't witnessed how the people in our culture can rally together when necessary. Nor have they worked in medicine to witness the courage of people who discover they are terminally ill.
It's not that people (in our culture/society -- it's frustrating when psychologists talk about "people" as though they mean the whole human species when their research has dealt only with Americans; and even there, check out the Yale study Global Warming's Six Americas) can't handle the truth. It's that people need someone -- their doctor, a Winston Churchill, their president or prime minister, a Climate Reality Project leader, ahem -- to be there for them once they've absorbed the truth.
Furthermore, the truth does need to be the full truth (for example, the history of the denial machine) so that cognitive dissonance doesn't set in. You know, "the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change." In other words, if people finally come to see the urgency of what really needs to happen in the world but still don't see their leaders taking action, that's going to mess with their minds unless they understand all the forces at work to keep us embroiled (pun intended!) in the fossil fuel economy.
And finally, here's my epiphany for the week (keeping in mind that sometimes my epiphanies are things I figured out long ago and then forgot about ;-). When "common knowledge" says that people can't handle the full truth about the climate change emergency, that they'll shut down and become immobilized, there are quite likely two flaws in that thinking.
First, it's quite possible that the researchers (including the armchair variety) who tell us this are simply projecting their own fears and attitudes onto the rest of us.
Second, that view of the human spirit forgets that we've really only been taking people to the door to peer in.
We haven't yet been taking people right in, inviting them to sit down, and introducing them to the emergency in a way that allows them to calmly get to know it.
We haven't yet asked them to feel deeply the plight of others in more climate-change-vulnerable regions of the world -- or their own country.
We haven't yet put a box of tissues on the table next to them and encouraged them to cry their pain or sing a song of lament (the lost art in our society of passionately expressing our grief or sorrow) that will surely bubble up once this new knowledge is deeply understood -- and felt.
And we haven't yet urged the perfectly natural anger that parents will feel once they realize their children's future is literally at risk because we're not willing to make the switch to cleaner, safer, healthier, more peaceful and more equitable perpetual energy technologies.
So no, unlike Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, we do not have the right to tell our fellow citizens that they can't handle the truth. We've never given them the chance.