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Sylviane Ainardi (ur. 19 grudnia 1947 w Ugine) – francuska polityk i samorządowiec, działaczka komunistyczna, eurodeputowana w latach 1989–2004.

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Z zawodu nauczycielka. Zaangażowała się w działalność Francuskiej Partii Komunistycznej. Była członkinią komitetu centralnego PCF. Zasiadała w radzie regionu Midi-Pireneje oraz w radzie miejskiej Tuluzy.

W wyborach w 1989, 1994 i 1999 z ramienia komunistów uzyskała mandat posłanki do Parlamentu Europejskiego V kadencji. Należała do Konfederacyjnej Grupy Zjednoczonej Lewicy Europejskiej i Nordyckiej Zielonej Lewicy, pracowała w Komisji Polityki Regionalnej, Transportu i Turystyki i innych. W PE zasiadała do 2004.

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Działacze Francuskiej Partii Komunistycznej
Francuscy posłowie do Parlamentu Europejskiego
Francuscy samorządowcy
Urodzeni w 1947

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Jadavpur University to increase engineering seats
June 2, 2018 Education
Jadavpur University (JU) has decided to increase the number of undergraduate engineering seats to 1,273 this session from 1,137 in 2017-2018 academic year. The seat hike will be under the reserved OBC category. Also, around 5% of the increased seats will be under the total fee waiver quota. All reserved seats that will remain vacant will be deserved and made available for general students.
"More students will get an opportunity and can avail quality education at JU. Amid the poor employment scenario, those passing out from branded institute like JU will get a stand a better chance," said Partha Pratim Biswas, professor of construction engineering department.
However, there is a concern as well. "When seats are being increased, proper infrastructure needs to be developed and existing ones need to be improved. The physical infrastructure, teacher-students ratio plays a vital role in a technology institute. Class, laboratories, equipment, maintenance will get affected with increasing number of students. Once the intake increases, its an opportunity on one side and is also a challenge on the other to maintain academic standard to excel further," added Biswas. The university has decided to revamp placement cell and business incubation activities to accommodate more students. The class size will also play a very important role, he added.
"We are increasing laboratory instruments. However, faculty shortage remains a concern. Guest lecturers and contractual teachers will not be sufficient. Remedial coaching has been proposed for first-year students only for those finding it difficult to grasp the subjects. Internship will be extended from six to eight weeks," an official said.
The engineering faculty has proposed to divide first-year students into two sets. "Classes will be structured in such a way that one set of students will be taught eight subjects and the second set will be given lectures on eight completely different subjects. From the second semester, it will be opposite," another teacher explained.
"Last year, the university was caught in a dilemma after a few reserved seats in engineering remained vacant. This year, we will ensure that all vacant reserved seats are de-reserved at the right time to ensure no vacancies," said JU vice-chancellor Suranjan Das said.
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Vivo Funtouch OS 9.1 teased, likely to debut next week
Abdul September 14, 2019
Vivo has already teased a couple of products to launch in China on September 16th. However, the company's software account, Funtouch OS just shared a video teaser for a new version Funtouch OS 9.1 coming soon. Dates have not been mentioned but it isn't hard to predict that we'll see it on the flagship NEX 3 going official on Monday. The company has also teased new TWS earphones to launch on the same day.
Vivo is one of the most uninspiring Chinese OEMs when it comes to software updates. Even its sister concern, OPPO, which doesn't have a very good track record itself, can be considered ways ahead in that regard. Hence, this new Funtouch OS announcement is certainly astonishing but most welcome. The other confusing thing is that some Vivo handsets like the Vivo Z1X (India) and Vivo Z5 already come with Funtouch OS 9.1. Hence, it remains to be seen if Vivo changes anything with this so-called new version. All latest Vivo handset come ready with Android 9.0 Pie. So perhaps, we could see an update roadmap for Android 10.0 with regards to the company's latest product portfolio.
Vivo's FuntouchOS 9 was released with the vivo X27 in March this year, with 72 new features, 55 interactive optimizations, and 263 UI improvements. Vivo also introduced a true system-wide dark mode, new icons, Always-On Display, and many other features with the update.
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An Android enthusiast since I had a Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro. I love writing about the latest in smartphones. When not writing, I will be looking for something to devour, preferably, an all cheese Margherita Pizza. Playing football in the evening is a holy ritual, I never miss it.


The media is in full damage control, trying to underplay any Islamic motives for the Pulse gay nightclub atrocity in Orlando over the weekend.
They even seem willing to admit that the Islamic State may have influenced the killer (so long as it's called "ISIL," in order to make the connection to Islam less obvious.) This video should clear things up, since his beliefs were made clear on September 11, 2001.
What can you expect when his father is a Taliban supporter.
Let's hope they don't dismiss the father in this story.
Yes, Mr. Raymond, it appears in his comments on this thread and others that Nathan W is a passionate supporter of Islamic terrorism. He is complicit in the insidious war against the Judeo-Christian ethos and Western civilization. Islam is at war with Western civilization and wishes to overthrow—blatantly or through more subtle means—Western culture. Nathan W is cheering the Islamic barbarians on.
The title to this article is flat out wrong. The video in no way whatsoever even suggests it, let alone proves it.
Is the title calculated to incite violent sentiment towards Muslims?
If you think anything is "clear" about his beliefs from that video, then your willingness to accept vague innuendo as truth has gone through the roof.
Among other things, they don't even ID the person who claims to have been his classmate. And the classmate doesn't even say anything in particular about what he believed.


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Even Without Paris, Business Will Leave Trump Behind on Climate Change
The United States has retreated from the global Paris Agreement. But companies from Facebook to WalMart are already invested in climate action.
President Trump has followed through on his campaign promise to retreat from the Paris Agreement. Now, the United States has joined Nicaragua and Syria as one of only three countries in the world to stand apart from the historic global pact, signed just last year.
"We're getting out, but we will start to negotiate, and we will see if we can make a deal that's fair, and if we can that's good, and if we can't that's fine," the President said in an announcement at the White House Thursday afternoon. "The Paris Climate Accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries."
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10 Years After An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore May Actually Be WinningArrow
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It's a dark day for Mother Earth. Only China exceeds the United States in carbon emissions. Without the United States, the rest of the world will have a much tougher time meeting the Paris Agreement's stated goal of preventing global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Back home, pulling out of the agreement removes incentives for the United States to crack down on emissions and, among other things, enforce tighter emissions standards in the automobile and coal industries. But while President Trump's decision is alarming to climate advocates—and, you know, anyone who likes to breathe clean air and live above sea level—it would be hard to completely derail the country's drive toward curbing emissions. The private sector is already deeply invested.
From Facebook to Wal-Mart and now even Exxon (until recently helmed by Trump's Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson), businesses increasingly view sustainability as critical to their bottom lines. "I don't think this is going to diminish by one iota the commitment by the private sector in the US to do what makes sense from a business standpoint and from an environmental standpoint," says John Holdren, President Obama's former senior advisor on science and technology.
The tech industry has naturally been out front on this issue. Facebook's data centers, those energy-gulping engines of the knowledge economy, are now powered by 100 percent clean and renewable wind energy. The company aims to power all of its operations with at least 50 percent clean and renewable energy by next year. Facebook also negotiates renewable energy tariffs on behalf of itself and other businesses and has open sourced its data center designs for other tech companies to build atop. Meanwhile, Google expects to run its entire global operation, including data centers, on 100 percent renewable energy this year. The new Apple Park is already running on 100 percent renewable energy. Last year alone, Apple reduced its carbon emissions by nearly 585,000 metric tons.
And while President Trump framed this decision as an effort to protect American workers, Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO of General Electric, one of the top employers in the country, was among the loudest voices advocating to stay in.
"As a company we think that climate change is real," Immelt recently told students at Georgetown University adding that the withdrawal is "not going to change one thing that we do regarding energy efficiency...and I think all business is going to feel the same way."
But the private sector's commitment to sustainability extends far beyond tech. In April, Walmart announced its plan to remove one gigaton of emissions from its supply chain by 2030, the equivalent of taking 211 million cars off the road for a year. And just this week, Exxon shareholders overwhelmingly voted in favor of the company sharing more transparent information about the impact of climate change on its business.
"The irony of all the president's posturing is that on the economics of this issue, the train has already left the station," says Brian Deese, a former senior advisor to President Obama and current senior fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School.
Energy is a cost just like any other for these conglomerates. Now that the price of renewable energy sources like wind is drastically declining, the leap to cleaner energy is above all a simple cost-saving strategy for businesses. That's to say nothing of the good PR that comes with adopting sustainable practices. "The incentives to act are going up, just as renewables are getting cheaper," Holdren says. "By reducing their carbon emissions, businesses are saving money, they're building their brands, and they're attracting consumers that want to buy from businesses that are acting in the most sustainable way."
It helps that some of the country's most forward-looking businesses when it comes to climate action are based in California and New York, which make up some of the largest economies in the world. Governors and local leaders in both states have committed to double down on sustainability goals with or without the White House's support and may be inclined to provide even more financial incentives to businesses that help them reach those goals. "I am optimistic you'll see more action, not less, out of cities, states, and businesses," Deese says.
Still, while both Deese and Holdren say progress will continue, they concede it will do so at a much slower pace. Particularly troubling is the impact this administration's retreat from climate action could have on investments in basic energy research. President Trump's initial drastic budget cuts threatened to eliminate the ARPA-E program, which invests in advanced energy research, including batteries and biofuels. There are, of course, ongoing efforts in the private sector to fund that research. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates co-founded the Breakthrough Energy Initiative in 2015 to invest in technology that addresses climate change. And Tesla's Elon Musk is in the midst of building his electric vehicle and battery empire. There are ample indications corporate investments in this space are growing, but none of them can yet compete with the might of the federal government, which currently funds roughly half of all basic research.
Following the President's address, Musk announced he is leaving the White House's advisory councils, despite previously defending his decision to work with the White House.
In a direct Twitter message to WIRED, Musk said that even without the government's help, "we will do everything we can to build great electric cars, batteries and solar. Unfortunately, it will be against massive political headwinds on a very uneven playing field."
This global agreement gives governments around the world a chance to stand up for the businesses in their own backyards and know that their fellow signatories will listen. "The risk is that the world will move forward in a way that doesn't reflect US corporate interests," Deese says.
The United States, in other words, has just walked away from the bargaining table where the framework for the future will be created.
Issie Lapowsky is a senior writer for WIRED covering the intersection of tech, politics, and national affairs. Lapowsky covered startups and small business as a staff writer for Inc. magazine before joining WIRED, and before that she worked for the New York Daily News. Lapowsky received a bachelor's degree from... Read more
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Mark Updegrove on the Role of Patience, Passion, and Public Opinion in Effective Leadership
Article by George W. Bush Presidential Center May 15, 2015 // 7 minute read
This week in Austin, participants in the Presidential Leadership Scholars initiative are meeting at the LBJ Presidential Library. The program is a shared undertaking by the presidential centers of Lyndon Johnson, George H.W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush. Previously, the scholars have met at Mount Vernon and the centers of Presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush. In each setting, they have studied presidential decisions and heard from participants in administrations as well as leading academics, all as a way to help the prospective leaders learn how to face the challenges they and the nation will one day encounter.
As the PLS program unfolds, this blog is talking with leadership theorists, historians, and former administration officials about elements of effective leadership. In this interview, Mark Updegrove, director of the LBJ Presidential Library, discusses the role of patience, passion, and public opinion in leadership. An author and historian, Updegrove explains how each of these impacts the decision-making of leaders.
What is the role of patience in effective leadership? Lyndon Johnson passed major civil rights and domestic legislation, but he also knew he had to wait for the right moment to act.
If you look at LBJ's leadership, patience was paramount. While he was intent on passing certain pieces of legislation—like the Voting Rights Act of 1965, for example—he knew the timing had to be right.
Despite his fierce desire to ensure voting rights for all Americans, he sensed instinctively that he couldn't get the Voting Rights Act through Congress so soon after passing the Civil Right Act in 1964. But after civil rights demonstrators were brutalized by Alabama state troopers in Selma, Alabama, as they attempted to march to Montgomery, in March of 1965, Johnson seized the moral imperative to get reluctant lawmakers to pass the bill. He didn't let the crisis go to waste.
Where did his sense of timing come from?
It came from knowing lawmakers as well as he did. He had spent years in Congress getting to know his fellow members. He had an acute sense of what motivated them and how and when he could get them to move on certain issues.
Turn this around, what is the role of impatience? Whether in political office, an executive suite, or a university post, a leader may only have so much time to achieve his or her goals.
You have to be impatient as well. Ronald Reagan is a great example. He had a few major things he wanted to accomplish and concentrated on them. One of them was overcoming the Soviets in the Cold War. He became impatient with our strategy of détente with the Soviet Union, and set out to hasten the demise of the Soviet empire. And he set his agenda accordingly.
He didn't worry a lot about the little things, but focused his time and energy on the big things he wanted to see through. You need to do that as a leader. It becomes problematic when you have too many things on an agenda.
Also, as leaders we can get consumed by daily routines and unexpected events. We need to guard against distractions that take our eyes off the ball.
What role does passion play in leading people? Lyndon Johnson's passion for civil rights was born out of his own experiences in the Texas Hill Country. Yet too much passion can cause problems, like clouding one's judgment.
Passion is very important. Passion can motivate those around you to rally around your vision. It can convey that you care deeply about an issue and that it's meaningful.
You can see Lyndon Johnson's passion at certain moments in his presidency. You see what drives him. In many cases it was personal. It relates to his history.
In his most enduring speech—and perhaps his most important—he gave a plea for voting rights in a televised address before Congress, on March 15, 1965. In it, he relates his experience as a teacher in Cotulla, Texas, a job he took in his early twenties to raise money to finish college. He taught poor, disenfranchised Mexican-American students, and through them, saw the scars of poverty, bigotry, and injustice. In the speech, he said that he never expected to be in a position to wield the power to help those students and those like them throughout the nation. But, as he said, "Now, I do have that power—and I'll let you in on a secret: I mean to use it."
But passion also can get in the way.
There are times when passion is vital, and times when being dispassionate is the most prudent course.
Here's a good example of dispassion being the right approach: George H.W. Bush as the Soviet Union began to crumble. For a good Cold Warrior, as Bush was, it must have taken great restraint not to dance on the fallen Berlin Wall—at least metaphorically—and proclaim American victory in the Cold War. But he knew that doing so might compromise Mikhail Gorbachev's leadership, which could result in Gorbachev being toppled by hard-liners trying to preserve the Soviet Empire.
As a result, the Cold War ended with a whimper, not a bang. George H.W. Bush's dispassionate leadership helped to ensure that.
To what extent do leaders have to court public opinion?
At times leaders need to go against public opinion, knowing that it's the right thing to do and hoping the public will eventually see the wisdom of the decision, and at times they have to trust the will of the people.
How do they know the difference?
A leader has to follow his or her instincts. Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon is an example. Ford knew that the public opposed a pardon of Nixon. But he also knew that we had to get the legal fate of Nixon behind us, if we were to move to more pressing issues like a foundering economy.
When the pardon was granted, Americans opposed it two to one, and it cost Ford the presidential election of 1976 to Jimmy Carter. Still, he never doubted that it was the right thing to do—and history has proven him to be right.
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Light and Hope for Puerto Rico by Sarah Gibbons
Hurricane Maria survivor Salvador Gabriel Colon, the 15-year-old son of Presidential Leadership Scholar alum Marta Colon, has launched a crowdfunding campaign called "Light and Hope for Puerto Rico" with the help of PLS alumni.
PLS: A Motivation to Conquer Limitless Heights
Brad Israel shares his personal perspective as a participant in the 2017 class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars program.
PLS: A Magic Result
Jenifer Sarver, Principal of Sarver Strategies, shares her personal perspective as a participant in the 2017 class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars program. Read Sarver's interesting self-reflection and find out what role sweet potato sliders played in her unforgettable and life-changing experience.
PLS Gifted Me a Profound Journey
Gabriel Albornoz, Director of the Department of Recreation in Montgomery County, Maryland, shares his personal experience as a participant in the 2017 class of Presidential Leadership Scholars (PLS).


First, and foremost, I am a Christian, deal with it.
I think God is the ultimate source of wisdom.
I am not a credentialed expert.
I will eventually be a credentialed expert.
I am working on Bachelor's in psychology.
I will be working on my Master's in counseling.
I will probably tell you stuff about my life and experiences. I may change names, times and other stuff to protect people.
I do not claim to have all of the answers.
I do not wish to do anyone harm.
I desire to help where help is wanted.
You can take my advice or leave it.
If you decide to take my advice, the results are your responsibility, not mine.
If you don't take my advice, the results are your responsibility, not mine.
For now, I am just me, sharing what I know to help you.


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I appreciate Jada Pinkett Smith's efforts to turn T.I.'s horrific "protection" of his daughter's hymen into a "teachable moment," but not even Jada can jam sense into T.I's tiny brain. While visiting Red Table Talk to clear up his controversial comments about accompanying his daughter to the gynecologist to ensure her virginity is intact, he instead doubled down. The most shocking revelation is his insistence that when a woman loses her virginity, she immediately becomes and adult, and with that, comes adult responsibilities. This sounded more like a threat than an education, as if living in T.I.'s house as a non-virgin means more chores, and demanding job, and a clearly defined life plan. When T.I. asked the "purpose of a father," it was more of a statement than a question, insisting his desire to be "involved" is cloaked with love, and if he doesn't have a say in his daughter's choices, he's then just a man who "donates sperm and pays for things."
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Ellen Pompeo Challenges Media Following 'Red Table Talk' About Race
Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo visited Jada Pinkett Smith's groundbreaking Facebook series, Red Table Talk, for an honest conversation about raising bi-racial children. Toward the end of that extremely important talk, Pompeo was asked fishbowl questions, one of which was about her current relationship with former series star Patrick Dempsey. True to form, that one soundbite was picked up by the media, including The Today show, and Pompeo rightfully objected.
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The New York Post Viciously Attacks Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith launched the hugely popular Red Table Talk on Facebook as a vehicle for honest conversation. While many other talk shows present the same premise, this might be the most authentic of its kind. I knew it would take off while watching Jada reminisce with Will Smith's first wife about the tumultuous start to their journey, followed by unconditional love for one another now. In fact, the power couple have long been pioneers of co-parenting, publicly insisting that it's possible to get everyone in a room together for the holidays — on behalf of their children. So what could be negative about such a talk? Just ask the New York Post.
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GIRLS TRIP Review– You Must See This Film
Sit down, white boys. The Flossy Posse has arrived, and your members-only club is tired. Girls Trip is the answer to high-concept comedies that can't survive the script (see Bad Moms). The film stars self-help author Ryan (Regina Hall), gossip blogger Sasha (Queen Latifah), single mother Lisa (Jada Pinkett Smith) and hilariously loose-lipped Dina (standout star Tiffany Haddish). Time has forced them apart, but when Ryan gets invited to New Orleans on business, she brings the group together for a much-needed reunion.
It goes without saying that a female-led cast is already a coup. It also goes without saying that an all black cast is an even-more-welcome addition to the Cinemasphere. In a previous, scathing review of Bad Moms, I made it clear that the content was obviously written by white men, and the escapades therefore represented the antics of some Brentwood b*tches that had far too much time on their hands. THIS is not THAT. In a scene that can nearly sum up this message, Sasha visits the French Quarter, where she sees some drunk men on a makeshift zip-line and says, "That's some white-boy sh*t right there." Elizabeth Davelli (Kate Walsh) delightfully adds to this idea as Ryan's white agent whose uncomfortable use of slang made me rethink writing #Slay on Instagram.
Girls Trip was written by Kenya Barris (black-ish) and Tracy Oliver (The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl) and directed by Malcolm D. Lee (The Best Man films). This is important. First, it's important to diversify the brains behind this business, because without that diversity, we won't get to see fresh, original art. Sure we've seen drunken antics a million times, but have we seen Tiffany Haddish deliver delicious profanity about the hidden usages of a grapefruit (you'll have to see the film)? These women know how to execute an exceptional script. And most importantly, they know how to adequately represent the heart of the film minus the pretty little bow. It didn't just hit the mark, it kicked the door open.
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1Japan Community Healthcare Organization Yugawara Hospital, Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan.
2Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.
3Laboratory for Symbolic Cognitive Development, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
4Department of Brain Sciences, Center for Novel Science Initiatives, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.
5Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.
6Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.
7Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
8Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
9Comparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.
10Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.
11Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.
12Molecular Biology Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan.
13Department of Physiology, Kansai Medical University School of Medicine, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan.
14Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan.
15Unit on Neural Systems and Behavior, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan.
Japan Community Healthcare Organization Yugawara Hospital, Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan.Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.Laboratory for Symbolic Cognitive Development, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
Department of Brain Sciences, Center for Novel Science Initiatives, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.
Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Comparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.
Comparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan.
Molecular Biology Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan.
Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.
Laboratory for Symbolic Cognitive Development, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
Laboratory for Symbolic Cognitive Development, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan.Department of System Neuroscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.Department of Physiology, Kansai Medical University School of Medicine, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan.Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan.Unit on Neural Systems and Behavior, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan.
Atypical neurodevelopment in autism spectrum disorder is a mystery, defying explanation despite increasing attention. We report on a Japanese macaque that spontaneously exhibited autistic traits, namely, impaired social ability as well as restricted and repetitive behaviors, along with our single-neuron and genomic analyses. Its social ability was measured in a turn-taking task, where two monkeys monitor each other's actions for adaptive behavioral planning. In its brain, the medial frontal neurons responding to others' actions, abundant in the controls, were almost nonexistent. In its genes, whole-exome sequencing and copy number variation analyses identified rare coding variants linked to human neuropsychiatric disorders in 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 2C (HTR2C) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP)–binding cassette subfamily A13 (ABCA13). This combination of systems neuroscience and cognitive genomics in macaques suggests a new, phenotype-to-genotype approach to studying mental disorders.
Medial frontal neurons and gene variants show the existence of an autism-like psychiatric disorder in monkeys.


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Papua New Guinea's Porgera gold mine has been making a significant contribution to the local community and the country's economy for the past 27 years, representing 10% of total PNG exports.
Located in the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea, about 130 kilometres north-west of Mt Hagen and 600km north-west of the capital Port Moresby, the mine has been in production since 1990 and has contributed more than PGK3.4 billion (US$1 billion) in taxes.
Since the first gold pour more than 143 million tonnes of ore has been mined in both the open pit and underground producing more than 20 million ounces of gold.
The open pit mine is 500 metres deep and approximately 30 million tonnes of ore is excavated each year and delivered to the crusher either as direct feed or via adjacent run-of-mill (ROM) pads depending on metallurgical blending and material handling requirements. Crusher feed is based on blending the highest grades available to maximise the gold output.
Lower grade material that is not fed directly into the mill is stockpiled depending on the cut-off grade required.
Competent waste rock is disposed of in waste dumps at Anawe and Kogai while semi-competent and incompetent waste is disposed of in two erodible dumps at Anawe and Anjolek.
Electricity to the mine is supplied by the PJV Hides Power Station located in the neighbouring Hela Province while a lime plant 7km from the mine site provides lime for neutralisation and water is supplied from a reservoir at Waile Creek which contains 7 million cubic metres of water.
The Porgera Joint Venture (PJV) is jointly owned through an equal partnership between Barrick Gold Corporation of Canada (47.5%) and Zijin Mining Group Company Limited of China (47.5%) with the remaining 5% owned by Mineral Resources Enga (MRE) Ltd - a consortium consisting of the Enga Provincial Government and the Porgera Special Mine Lease (SML) landowners.
Barrick (Niugini) Limited ("BNL"), an independently managed company incorporated in Papua New Guinea, manages the Porgera Joint Venture and operates the Porgera open pit and underground gold mine on behalf of the PJV partners, producing about half a million ounces of gold a year. The current life of mine is 2028.
Since the start of production in 1990 the Porgera gold mine has paid more than PGK562 million in royalties, PGK265 million in compensation, delivered PGK224 million in the Government-owned Tax Credit Scheme, more than PGK4.9 billion to PNG businesses, and PGK1 billion to Porgeran businesses The mine employs a talented workforce of 3,300 employees, comprising local Porgerans, Engans, other PNG nationals and expatriates.
About 94 percent of the workforce are Papua New Guineans and since 1990 more than PGK136 million has been invested in skills development of national staff.
One of the cornerstones of the Porgera mine operation is the Learning and Development Framework, specifically designed to develop the skills and knowledge of the mining employees to enable the mine to stay at the forefront of technical advancement and change.
The Agri-kids project is part of PJV's Food Security Program.
PJV has trained 83 employees as trainers and assessors to enable them to attain the National Certificate Two (NC2) and NC3 qualifications, recognised by the Papua New Guinea National Training Council.
These qualifications are highly regarded in PNG and provide management with the confidence that training and assessment is benchmarked against national and international best practice for competency based training and assessment.
While operating in a socially responsible manner is critical for maintaining PJV's licence to operate a mine in PNG, the company places a great deal of importance on social responsibility and is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it lives and works by creating opportunities to generate greater value and foster sustainable development.
The Porgera mine site comprises the Special Mining Lease (SML) and the Leases for Mining Purposes, the mining easements (water lines routes, dams etc) as well as the public easements (airport, townships etc). The mine's footprint covers the mining areas as well as communities along the Lae-Porgera Highlands Highway, the Hides (Hela Province) to the Porgera power transmission route and the riverine tailings disposal system.
The SML was negotiated in 1989 between PJV, the seven land-owning clans, the Enga Provincial Government and the PNG Government.
PJV places a great deal of importance on Community Relations and benefits are targeted to provide the best outcome for local communities and include: more than PGK1.9 billion in operations contracts to Porgeran and Engan businesses; PGK6.5 million contribution to support the National Government's 2018 earthquake relief efforts; more than PGK43 million in donations by way of financial support and/or in-kinds, goods or services; since 2010 agriculture training has been provided for more than 3,000 farmers with more than half participating in the PJV food security program; financial literacy training (Personal Viability, Start and Improve Your Business) has been delivered to more than 265 local businesses; since 2016 permanent employment opportunities for 187 locals have been made available through a Job Ready Program; supporting and promoting local and provincial sports with an annual donation of more than PGK150,000 to Enga Mioks Rugby League Club; supporting and promoting PNG culture through a donation of PGK150,000 towards the Enga Cultural Show; as well as the Special Mining Lease Supplementary Water Project.
Community health is vitally important in PNG and PJV has provided logistic support with airlifting to conduct medivac services, medical patrols and deliver medical supplies into remote parts of the Engan community as well as working in partnership with the Enga Provincial Government to re-establish hospital services in Porgera.
The company also provides school fee assistance to under-privileged households and has donated building materials for the construction of school infrastructure to assist in providing better educational outcomes for the local region.
PJV has partnership programs with relevant government bodies such as the National Road Safety Council and District Health and international non-profit organisation such as Rotary to raise awareness on issues such as illegal mining and road safety and deliver school supplies and resources to more than 6,000 local students.
Despite many operational and social challenges; the mining operations and related activities have created opportunities and benefits for the communities.
Gender inequality is a major social, economic and political issue in Papua New Guinea and helping to move some of the barriers to women's equality demands a concentrated and targeted approach from national leaders and companies.
PJV works closely with established women groups such as the Porgera District Women's Association and Porgera Women in Business to provide commercial and income generating opportunities, business development training and pathways to empowerment. This work includes business planning and support, facilitation of service and machinery contracts with PJV and identifying opportunities for expansion outside of the Porgera Valley.
Following the earthquake in the Hela Province in February, 2018, PJV delivered five 40 foot (12 metres) containers of emergency relief supplies to the Disaster Coordinating Committee, as well as support to the Mission Aviation Fellowship to assist with delivery efforts. This was in addition to the PGK6.5 million financial support to the national government's relief efforts.
PJV continuous to support sports at the local, national and international level.
The Porgera Joint Venture is aware of the sensitivity of the PNG environment and the fact that the country has more than 5% of the world's biodiversity and is committed to good environment stewardship at the mine. Positive outcomes are being achieved through the implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS) that was certified to the ISO 14001 standard in December 2012, and recertified in 2015 and 2018.
The EMS helps to drive environmental performance by ensuring a systematic approach to environmental management and continual improvement in the areas such as biodiversity, conservation, climate change, mine closure, water, energy and waste disposal. Certification to ISO 14001 provides assurance the right environmental programs and controls are in place and are being applied consistently and effectively in reducing environmental impacts.
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Web: www.porgerajv.com
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Queensland's tough youth justice measures will disproportionately impact Indigenous youth
Advocates say the council of attorneys general are supressing submissions made to them supporting a raise in the age of criminal responsibility. (www.aliciaphotographe.fr)Source: www.aliciaphotographe.fr
Elders have slammed Queensland's new youth justice measures as 'punitive', 'outdated' and a 'knee-jerk' reaction that doesn't address the root causes of juvenile offending.
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11 Feb 2021 - 9:01 AM UPDATED 11 Feb 2021 - 9:01 AM
Queensland's tough new justice measures targeting juvenile offenders have been slammed by advocates and Elders, who say they will disproportionately affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.
Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services CEO Shane Duffy told NITV News on Wednesday that the measures were a knee-jerk reaction that do not address the root causes of why young people offend.
"They're not dealing with the reasons why these young people have slipped into the position they're in," he said.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Source: AAP
The measures include the reversal of the presumption of bail for offenders who commit serious offences.
Parents and guardians will also have to provide assurances that bail conditions can be met before young people are released.
A trial will also roll out in several communities, including north Brisbane, Logan, the Gold Coast and Townsville, with courts able to order 16 and 17-year-old repeat offenders to wear a GPS tracker.
Townsville Elder Gracelyn Smallwood said the use of GPS trackers may not be effective.
"GPS trackers does not decrease crime," she said.
Dr Smallwood said the measures as a whole are "punitive" and "outdated".
"Criminologists have said it can be a badge of honour for young people. We are grateful that it's only 16 and up because little 10-year-olds are also being locked up," she said.
"It's a violation of human rights for 10-year-olds to be locked up. They're little babies."
'Community has solutions'
The new measures come just months after the Queensland state election last October, where youth justice was a hot policy point.
The LNP Opposition promised to trial a strict curfew for children in Townsville and Cairns.
The Labor Party also took a 'tough on crime policy' to the election, announcing a boost to the police force with more than 2000 police personnel to be added over the next five years.
But the QLD Premier did not endorse the curfew idea put forward by the LNP at the time.
Mr Duffy said while this approach may win elections, it was not the way to tackle youth offending.
"Tough on crime wins elections," he said.
"But they're faced to the wrong end of the spectrum. We need to focus on the access of all Queenslanders, but particularly our mob, to services."
Dr Smallwood agreed, saying governments needed to invest in community-led solutions.
"Every community has their own solutions," she said.
"All the Elders here are in favour of justice reinvestment and if you go to any community, they've got local solutions to local problems but they're not being funded."
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Following the success of Kickstarter.com and IndieGoGo.com, crowdfunding platforms around the world have taken off. There is big money involved. By mid-2014, Kickstarter had already raised more than $1 billion for projects hosted on the site in just 4 years. Now, regional platforms are trying to get in on the action to unleash the potential of crowdfunding in emerging markets, especially in North Africa.
There are four crowdfunding platforms looking to open the market in North Africa. One is Zoomaal, the established crowdfunding player focusing in the Arab world. The rest are new players coming from the Maghreb region.
Zoomaal is now looking to hire two country managers, one based in Egypt and one in Morocco, to develop their business in North Africa, according to founder and CEO Abdallah Absi. They have already hosted a number of successful projects in the region, like a pop-up museum and an agriculture and women's empowerment initiative, he added.
CoFundy is a general French crowdfunding platform and is at an earlier stage of development than Zoomaal. It has hosted several successful projects since it launched end of 2014. Right now it is active in Tunisia, where the team is based, and Morocco but plans to expand to Algeria in the near future and, eventually, to test the market in West Africa.
Smala & Co is a Morocco-specific platform registred in France that hosts projects related to the environment, social entrepreneurship and culture. "We aim to propose an alternative and ecologic solution to finance innovative and creative projects," co-founder Arnaud Pinier told Wamda.
One of the projects funded on Smala & Co was L'éco-dôme du Jardin Ibn al-Awam, an urban garden and community space in a marginalized neighborhood in Casablanca. Few projects have reached their goals so far. L'éco-dôme project for instance only raised 1,084 € (1,188 USD), a mere 21% of their goal.
The last platform is JumpStart Africa. Yet to be launched, the platform is registred in the U.S. but based in Morocco and looking to host projects in all 47 countries in Africa. For now, JumpStart Africa is open to all kinds of projects, but they are considering pivoting their model to focus specifically on crafts because a large number of projects submitted are not mature enough to attract funders, according to CEO Ahmed Zrikem. "It's been a challenging phase getting campaigners to build proper campaigns," Zrikem said. This is a problem all four projects are facing.
All admit that it has been challenging to launch the crowdfunding concept in North Africa. Absi said that more than 94% of projects submitted to Zoomaal do not go live due to incomplete content, poor video quality, unrealistic goals and vague project descriptions.
To address the challenge, Zoomaal, CoFundy, Smala & Co and JumpStart Africa are focusing on capacity building activities and providing support to promising projects to build effective campaigns. "Our role is to deliver project owners the best practices and workshop methods as key factors of successful campaigns," Pinier of Smala & Co said.
The second major challenge of crowdfunding in North Africa is processing payments. "Legal frameworks in Tunisia and Morocco are still misaligned with the requirements of the crowdfunding world," Fares Belghith of CoFundy explained.
Credit cards in these countries cannot be used on global websites such as Zoomaal, CoFundy, Smala & Co, and Jumpstart Africa, Absi added. PayPal does not work in Tunisia and was only recently allowed in Morocco. And people are not used to making payments online.
To solve this problem, Zoomaal has developed the ability for people living in the same country as the project holder to process offline payments through in-country wire transfer, or check or cash exchange that makes it easier for people in North Africa to back projects. Smala & Co also offers similar services.
As a result, CoFundy is targeting diaspora communities as a source of funding, a strategy that Zoomaal and Jumpstart Africa also use. "Forty-five percent of funding on Zoomaal comes from Arab expats, mostly residing in US, UK and France," Absi said. As for Jumpstart Africa, it is looking to tap into organizations and university networks in North America and Europe that focus on Africa as potential sources of funding.
JumpStart Africa also gives project founders the option to open a bank account in Delaware, USA, which has low tax rates. Within 20 days of their projects getting funded, Zrikem said, project leaders will receive a MasterCard or Visa from JumpStart Africa that will allow them to access their funds.
In order for crowdfunding to have a real future in North Africa, according to Belghith, financial regulations are going to have to change. "[That] requires us to pursue an effort of lobbying… with the different governments in order to achieve more suitable legislations for crowdfunding," he said.
Despite the challenges they face, all of the platforms are pushing forward because of the belief that crowdfunding in North Africa holds the potential spur local innovation and attract non-traditional revenue sources to the region.


You love to stroll through the galleries of museums and admire the exhibits? Fashion designers inspire you and you care about the history of big fashion houses? You love to travel and are already planning your city trips for the coming year? Then the following fashion exhibitions of 2019 are worth a visit! Browse through the 11 most beautiful current and upcoming fashion exhibitions in 2019 and be inspired to a museum visit.


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Cagliari is tastes and flavours. Cagliari is cuisine. In its countless recipes, Cagliari is the Mediterranean essence that meets the Sardinian soul. Luce Nova keeps a special place for the taste, the flavour and the fragrance of Sardinian cuisine. A healthy and refined one that prefers the territory products. Luce Nova is at a short step from one of the most important food markets in Italy, San Benedetto. It is the biggest indoor fish market in Europe.
There you can find anything you may look for; taste our cheeses, true pride of the whole Island; experience the uniqueness of our food coming straight from our land and sea; get overwhelmed by our folklore and by our love for our Island which, you will find, is quite tangible.
We are also close, just a few metres, to several restaurants which offer masterful preparations employing exactly those products and values. The traveller who chooses Luce Nova's hospitality is offered our agreements with the restaurants of the area, such as Rapsodia. This will allow him/her to experience the original aspects of the Island and the city's cuisine and will strengthen the link that will certainly grow – we are quite positive about it – between you and Cagliari and Sardinia.


Pizza parties are a weekly occurrence in my house. They are a great way to celebrate a Friday night with my family, or to entertain guests.
Adults and children alike love making their own pizza. When we are having friends with children over, I love to have this kind of meal.
Whether you are making pizza for a crowd or pizza for two, it is an easy way to entertain. I love that I can get all of the cheeses and toppings ready ahead of time and have everything ready for my guests.
I like to have the usual suspects as sauces and toppings on hand – like tomato sauce and Wisconsin Mozzarella cheese – though I also like to add some new flavors and Wisconsin cheeses to the mix. A delicious and creative pizza party is pretty ease – all you need to do is take a look around your pantry and fridge for inspiration. Below is one of my favorite creative pizza creations – Thai Peanut Pizza with Wisconsin Monterey Jack cheese.
lime wedges (optional)Let dough come to room temperature, covered, for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 500°F.In small saucepan, combine peanut butter, hoisin, honey, rice wine vinegar, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, soy sauce and sriracha. Cook over low heat until peanut butter melts and mixture is smooth, stirring occasionally. Take off heat and set aside. Sauce will be very thick.Roll dough into 13-inch circle on well-floured surface. Transfer to baking sheet and spread peanut sauce evenly over dough. Top with Monterey Jack, carrot, red pepper and red onion.
Bake for 12 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted. Sprinkle with cilantro and peanuts. Serve with lime wedges if desired.
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BENNINGTON -- A local man who used false labels to claim the meat he sold from his poultry farm in Buskirk, N.Y. was "free range" and "farm raised," when in fact it was bought from other wholesalers, told investigators he did so because a flood that killed 1,000 of his chickens forced him into dire financial straights.
Craig Acton, 44, of Bennington and owner Hoosic River Poultry, pleaded guilty in August to a felony charge of fraudulently using a United States Department of Agriculture legend on meat products he sold through his farm at New York City Greenmarkets. Acton was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court Northern District of New York by Chief United States District Judge Gary L. Sharpe to serve two years on probation and complete 50 hours of community service.
Assistant District Attorney Daniel Hanlon said Acton would purchase meat from other legitimate suppliers then use a false USDA label to re-label it as being from his farm and qualifying as organic or farm-raised so it could be sold at a higher price. Hanlon said there were no allegations that the meat was unsafe, but USDA inspection standards are high for safety reasons as they look at proper storage and handling of meat.
According to court filings, on June 29, 2011 the USDA received a tip from a hotline that alleged Acton had repackaged meat and sold it at New York City Greenmarkets. The meat from Hoosic River Poultry was being marketed as farm-raised, free-range chickens with no medications or hormones added. Acton admitted to creating the labels himself and said he would purchased about $1,200 in meat per week and sell it in New York City for $5,000.
Acton told investigators he started the farm in 2006 and was aware of and understood the regulations he would be under. Sometime in 2010 Acton's then-girlfriend, who assisted him on the farm, was stricken with Lyme disease and could no longer help him. Around that time a flood killed 1,000 chickens on the farm, putting in dire financial straits, Acton told investigators. He said he intended to stop the repackaging practice once he had recouped his losses.
A sentencing memo was filed by Acton's attorney, Assistant Federal Public Defender George E. Baird Jr., who wrote Acton has expressed remorse for his actions and is sorry he sold customers a product different from what he was marketing. "Without undermining the seriousness of Mr. Acton's conduct in this case, it is important to note that the meat that was repackaged was always done properly and under sanitary conditions, it was refrigerated during transport, and as a result Mr. Acton never feared the product would cause anyone to become ill."
Court records indicate Acton no longer runs the farm and is employed elsewhere in Bennington County.


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Think working around anaerobic threshold on these, they aren't lactic endurance intervals.
Notes: Ate a little too close to training today. I was feeling it in my upper chest during these intervals. Overall however, I gave a very good effort and was happy with row pacing and output on the KB swings and Burpees. I was able to recover between efforts effectively. I really love and hate these intervals.


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The Bacon Presidential Library Vol 4: George Washington Anguish & Farewell
George Washington: Anguish & Farewell (1793-1799)
-James Thomas Flexner
Little Brown & Company
My first biography of George Washington finally drew to a close after a month-long reading of James Flexner's four-volume series. After reading nearly 1,900 pages on the life of Washington, I feel like I might have an inkling of what to expect in the next books I have chosen to read about our first president. Already, many of the myths and legends often taught to us in our youngest years have been easily dispelled. There was so much more to the man than the literally legendary cutting of the cherry tree and the wooden teeth. This series was one of the most difficult of the list, and I'm glad I started here. If I can make it through Flexner's biography, I can get through the rest.
George Washington: Anguish & Farewell (1793-1799) covers Washington's life from the start of his second term as president until his sudden death in 1799. Volume three, which showcased the build-up to the presidency and his first term, seemed to focus on the people who surrounded Washington. In this volume, the reader gets more analysis of the man himself, including a nice wrap up that attempts to define his place in history without all the polishing and veneration. There is even a chapter on his relationship with the idea of slavery, which we will get to later in this review.
Flexner continues to explore Washington's life in all its glory, and all its ugliness. The blemishes on a long and distinguished career sometimes are lost, but Flexner culls them from the record and explores the impact each had on Washington. Time and time again, Washington put the needs of the fledgling country over his own. He understood the precedent that had been created and how he needed to walk a careful line between the factions that were pulling at him and at the very fabric of the United States.
Moreso in this volume, George Washington seems more melancholy and reflective. As he aged and matured, his outlook on life was modified. He was still careful to weigh all his options, often driving his critics to madness while waiting for him to finally come to a decision. His longing for home and wife at Mount Vernon was equaled only by his sense of duty. Occasionally, even in his twilight years, the impetuous young man would rear his ugly head and threaten to resign posts awarded to him by President Adams. Despite his slowly eroding power after the presidency, he still was formidable enough for a stubborn John Adams to relent at least partially.
Although Washington eschewed political parties, during his time, he saw the government pulled into two directions by the Federalist and Democratic-Republican factions. He carefully attempted to appease both sides with decisions that either party could find some positivity in. However, as the two sides grew more vocally separate, it was more and more difficult to achieve. The ensuing turmoil saw Washington's character being impugned by the respective newspapers of the parties. The vitriol spewed towards Washington kind of destroys the image of "our beloved and unanimous president."
At the end of the book, Flexner takes the time to draw his conclusions about Washington on that particular volume's focus. With this final edition, the author not only analyzes his final years, but also of George Washington across his entire life. A whole chapter at the end is dedicated to Washington's view on slavery and his actual ownership of other human beings. Considering the times we are currently living in, this part of Washington's life cannot be overlooked.
I feel it's important to look at the evolution of Washington's view on slavery. It definitely changed as he matured. In his early years, he was not averse to keeping slaves in order to run his expansive farm holdings. He felt that he would not be able to afford farming without them. He was apt, as he grew older, to keep families together, even when he needed money to keep the farms running.
Finally, he began to believe that owning slaves was morally wrong. He wished to free all his slaves, and instituted a plan where if he sold certain farms to others, the buyer would be committed to hiring the former slaves who had worked that particular farm, and pay them a comparable wage. This plan ultimately failed, but it shows an evolution in his thinking. Furthermore, Washington was fully prepared to free all his slaves and did so in his will at the time of his death in 1799. He was the only Founding Father to do so, and he wrote and spoke often of his desire to end slavery often over the course of his final years.
In today's society, there seems to be only a black and white way of looking at things. George Washington owned slaves. Therefore he's evil. Yes, he owned slaves. Yes, owning slaves is evil. But the true measure of a man is how his thinking changes over time. Did his views on slavery change? Yes. Did he try to make amends for those transgressions at his death? Yes. None of this changes the fact that, yes, he owned slaves, and it does not excuse it. But it does show that his opinions were changing and evolving. Perhaps had he lived a little longer (he was only 67), he could have had more influence regarding these changing views on the country? He was, despite the rhetoric in his second term, still a very respected man. His voice carried weight.
Throughout James Flexner's writing, George Washington appeared as much more than the myth. His failures defined him just as much as the victories. In some cases, he grew stronger from those mistakes. In others, it was a failing that would haunt him for his entire life. Flexner's research paints the picture of a man that many of us can relate to. He learned. He loved. He fought. He cried. He was a human being just like the rest of us. This clearer look at our first president made me take a closer look at the birth of our nation and the people who helped define it. Instead of near-deities, we see people who struggled just as we do. That makes the story of our early years that much more special. They were trying to build "a more perfect union." They knew that they weren't perfect, and neither are we. We can only strive to inch closer to that goal.
Craig Bacon is glad the first biography is finally done. Maybe the list can start getting shorter now.
Next Up: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
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Woodland mayor expresses pride in 'Yolo Way' |…
Woodland mayor expresses pride in 'Yolo Way' | Another View
Mayor Rich Lansburgh
By Rich Lansburgh | Woodland City Councilman
April 5, 2020 at 4:43 a.m.
While this COVID-19 catastrophe continues to evolve almost hourly I wanted to focus on Woodland.
The other day Woodland resident Dave Wilkinson sent me some old Daily Democrat articles which are more than 100 years old.
In the fall of 1918 there was a worldwide flu epidemic that resulted in millions of deaths. In 1918 our own city leaders gathered to make plans to deal with the outbreak just like we are doing today in response to COVID-19.
One article headlines "Civic Bodies Complete Plans to Guard Public Health from Epidemic." The key phrase there is guarding the public. Even then city leaders were concerned about protecting our citizens. Like today, during the 1918 epidemic the City of Woodland closed the library and other public facilities.
Schools were closed and people were encouraged to stay home. Here we are over a hundred years later and we are doing the same thing but in a larger scale.
As mayor, besides the responsibilities that come with the office, I feel tremendous pride in my city. I also feel that our residents are unified in providing protection for all during this COVID-19 outbreak just like Woodlanders did in 1918.
In another 1918 Democrat article there was a portion detailing how the community made plans for "destitute persons," who I can only presume were the down-and-out residents, perhaps even homeless, who called Woodland their home.
What this tells me is that there is documentation that our community has been helping people in need for a very long time whether times were good or bad. Working on providing solutions to the "destitute" is not new to Woodland. It is merely recognizing that some humans need help. In the Nov. 4, 1918, edition a Daily Democrat the article reads, "In strong affirmative the people of Woodland have answered the old biblical query, 'am I my brothers keeper?'
The article continues "yet one more instance has been proven the fact that the 'Yolo Way' is more than sounding brass and tinkling cymbals."
If you are not familiar with the phrase sounding brass and tinkling cymbals it comes from 1 Corinthians 13:1 where the apostle Paul is telling the masses that if you simply say you are charitable, but don't act on it, then you are just making noise. I don't see Woodland that way at all. I see the good work our residents are doing every day, every hour. I see Woodlanders doing it the Yolo Way.
The other day I went on social media for input on examples of Woodlanders helping out during this crisis.
I can't mention every single one but I can highlight a few. Such as Juan Barajas of Savory Café who spends his days and nights assisting local businesses and restaurants stay afloat; Mike Gill, representing the local Sikh community, who have generously offered free meals to anyone in need; Pauline and Cesar Torres who are tirelessly doing what they can to get the word out about the DAPIT app which greatly helps local businesses; Ryan Smith of SORD who provided the curbside parking signs for downtown restaurants providing curbside service; Tom Heaton, a local farmer, who is using his connections to procure N95 masks at his expense; Stephen Chaudhry who is offering free patrol services to downtown businesses; Scott and Danielle Caster of Pizza Guys who are providing pizza to Dignity Health workers; Josh Hilliard and F.I.R.E. Foundation for shoring up medical supplies; our school district teachers who are busy getting alternative classes to the kids; School District staff who continue to provide free lunches to our needy children; and local developer, Jim Donovan, who has graciously donated the use of 40,000 square feet of space just in case we need a makeshift hospital.
I know there are hundreds of other examples of Woodlanders and local businesses doing their part to help others. Even the Daily Democrat is doing their part by not charging people for their on-line COVID-19 articles and updates.
That is a tremendous public service. I wish to publicly thank all of you for chipping in and for sheltering in during this crisis. I thank you for doing more than sounding brass and tinkling cymbals.
Let's keep it up Woodland and continue doing it the Yolo Way.
Rich Lansburgh is mayor of the city of Woodland.
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Rockingham County Schools' Notice of Award for Head Start program for Rockingham County!
Rockingham County Schools & Board of Education received Notice of Award for Head Start program from Office of Head Start in Washington, D.C. for Rockingham County!
For Immediate Release: July 10, 2019
Contact: Karen Hyler
khyler@rock.k12.nc.us
RCS Notice of Award:
Rockingham County Schools Early Learning Head Start Program
Rockingham County, NC - Rockingham County Schools and its Board of Education are pleased to
announce that it has received the Notice of Award for the Head Start program from the Office of
Head Start in Washington, D.C. for Rockingham County.
"We are extremely pleased to have the opportunity to oversee the daily operations and educational
programming of the county's Head Start program. We know that children who have early learning
experiences are better prepared academically and socially/emotionally to enter our kindergarten
classrooms," says Dr. Rodney Shotwell, Superintendent. The Rockingham County School Board
determined last September to apply for the grant and district level staff submitted the grant
application in early February, 2019. Mrs. Paula Rakestraw, Vice Chair of the Board of Education,
noted that the process seemed to move slowly but that she trusted that it would lead to a good
outcome for students and their families. In late June, the school district received word that it would
be notified in July as to whether the school district would be granted Head Start oversight. On July 5,
2019 the Notice of Award was provided to Dr. Shotwell from the Office of Head Start. Dr. Shotwell
spoke to Representative Mark Walker on July 9 and thanked him for his support in this endeavor.
The school district is currently working to ensure a smooth transition for the families and staff of
Head Start. Dr. Cindy Corcoran, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Support Services,
recognized the hard work of all involved to ensure that the Head Start program continues to support
the currently enrolled students, their families and the community. The school district is looking
forward to supporting and leading the Head Start Program in the 2019-20 school year.


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*Labels should be where the black bars are, but with a Title and a subtitle.

*OnClick on objects.

Does anyone here have any experience with something similar?
Would really appreciate some advise.
Thanks!

A: You may use ng2-charts library which is powerful library for build charts.
Here you can find example of code for horizontal bar chart: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-vpd3ce
Line public lineChartType = 'horizontalBar'; define type of your chart.
In html part you should add such code:
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    [options]="lineChartOptions"
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Full documentation you can find here https://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/
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One of the major aspects of online marketing for younger people involves word of mouth. MarketingProfs reported that about half of all Millennials turn to others before making a purchase. According to Nielsen, Millennials are not alone in this tendency, as 92 percent of people trust word of mouth or the recommendation from friends or family above all other sources of advertising, and 70 percent said they trust consumer reviews posted online.
Another point MarketingProfs made about younger people is their likelihood to be always connected online. A Pew Internet Project survey found that 67 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 24 now own an internet-enabled phone, and 71 percent of Americans who are 25 to 34 years old now have a smartphone. An online marketer should seek to connect with younger people on an increasing number of internet-enabled devices but also across multiple online platforms, MarketingProfs said.
The article also said that for social media marketing campaigns to work, they need to function more as a conversation and less like a message from a soapbox. For example, while a business may use Facebook solely for talking about itself, a quality online marketing effort will instead seek a conversation on social media as a way to connect with younger people.
Other considerations to make when marketing to younger people are also aspects to take into account when talking to members of the general population, including aiming for customer loyalty and treating consumers with respect, the MarketingProfs article said.
Email can enhance an enterprises' marketing services and can be one of the most effective ways for a company to promote brand awareness, a September Business 2 Community article stated.
A branding consultant looking to develop a comprehensive SEO and online marketing strategy can use successful advertising campaigns as inspiration, according to one author.
To help explain some of the most common terms used in online marketing consulting, here are definitions of some of the most common-used acronyms.


The Mission of the Cherokee County Arts Council is to promote and increase access to all forms of art in our county! We promote all kinds of arts programming in the region through our newsletter and on our events calendar and encourage community members to participate in arts productions and events as much as possible!
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1. Tell me what you think of love--is it overrated or underrated?
I think it's misunderstood. People want the floaty magic feeling but the everyday effort escapes them mainly because they underestimate how much effort can be involved. It's a very important part of life.
One would not be as much fun without the other! Dog is a bigger presence in our lives but Cat does work for a living here, so I had better be diplomatic.
3. If you could have either a helicopter or a bulldozer to play with for a day...which?
Bulldozer, after some careful consideration: because we have fields, and a very bumpy lane.
Thesaurus. I love words and they don't even need to be in any particular order.
6. Can you name all of your primary school teachers?
Mrs Ashley, Mrs Stephens, Mr Kennedy, Mr Kavanagh, Mr Sadka; all from Junior school (for children aged 7-10.) Before that, they were interchangeable bossy people, before that, there was the Super Lady.
7. Are we alone in the universe?
We are the universe. I'm one of those 'everything is made of energy' people.
8. What do you think when you look up at the stars?
9. Are you a little bit "off" when the moon is full?
I am excited by the sight of a fat moon, but I don't think it makes me cranky. Not compared to what might happen if we ran out of decent coffee.
10. Does the Cadbury bunny really lay eggs?
Our Rabbit lays lots of little round objects. With a bit of photoshop we could start a tourist attraction.
1. What is your favourite festival?
2. Camper van or boat?
3. If magic or advanced technology allowed it, would you choose to explore space or the oceans?
4. What memory brings you happy tears?
5. What piece (or style) of music makes you dance?
6. Did you get into any school fights?
7. Is the universe friendly?
8. Close your eyes, listen, name the first three sounds you notice. What does that tell you?
9. Do you favour drinking from a particular cup or glass and why or why not?
10. Have you ever deliberately worn knickers over your tights?
5. I was always a fan of the dictionary. I have an old Webster, 1,000+ pages, copyright 1901. Words are beautiful!
7. Everything is energy; I agree.
4.Thinking about things we did with our children before they were grown and gone.
5.Zydeco, some rock--with a good base drum.
7. The universe lacks emotion. It just is. Like nature...no sympathy for the weak, no malice toward the malevolent, and no joy for the happy or fortunate among us.
Penn's Colony sounds like an excellent local celebration!


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Memex Automation Appoints Robert Chafee as New Director
November 25, 2013 /0 Comments/in Press Releases, Recent News /by Memex
BURLINGTON, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Nov 25, 2013) – Astrix Networks Inc. (TSX VENTURE: OEE), operating under the trade name Memex Automation (the "Corporation"), is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Chafee as a Director of the Corporation.
Mr. Robert E. (Bob) Chafee is an accomplished entrepreneur, business owner and advisor. He has been involved in the mining, trucking and manufacturing industries since 1957, originally in Elliot Lake, Manitouwadge and Sudbury as well as in Northwestern Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia and the Yukon.
Chafee currently serves as the Chairman of Tonolli Canada Inc. and is involved in the directorship and ownership of; Club Coffee; Morrison Lamothe; Etobicoke Ironworks Ltd.; Andamios Atlas, a scaffold and shoring rental and manufacturing company in Mexico; Volume Tank Transport; Wingex Transport; TCS Transport; Armbro Transport; Hardrock Mining Company, a Sudbury based supplier of specialty drill steel products. He served as a past Director of Veris Gold Corp (formerly Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.), Tagish Lake Gold Corp, Igeacare Systems Inc. and Healthanywhere Inc.
Chafee's past business achievements include building Antamex International Inc. from $15 million to $120 million as Chairman and CEO. He also led the expansion of Mathews Equipment from a regional to a national construction and rental equipment company that was then sold to Hertz Equipment Rentals.
Chafee is a member of Muskoka Lakes Golf and Country Club, The Oaks Club, and Griffith Island Club.
About Memex Automation
Memex Automation is the leader in real-time shop-floor-to-top-floor technology solutions. Memex's flagship product MERLIN delivers Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) metrics in real-time, enabling manufacturers to enhance production and increase income and profits from operations. MERLIN has earned the 2013 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation Leadership. Since 1992, Memex has partnered with 280 dealers worldwide to provide a variety of manufacturing connectivity products and services to over 12,000 customers globally. For sales information, call +1 (905) 635-1540, email salesgroup@memex.ca, or visit http://www.memex.ca.
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