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Kimberly Williams: Making Strides Towards Positive Change
F or Kimberly Williams, Virginia Tech has filled many roles. From 2002 to 2008 it was her university, and recently her place of employment - but it is, and has been, much more. A graduate of the class of 2008, she majored in psychology with sociology and creative writing minors.
She went on to do home-based counseling, worked with the Radford Women's Resource Center, and earned her M.F.A. degree at Cornell University where she taught courses on African-American Science Fiction and Feminist Memoir. Now, she serves as Assistant Director for the VT Black Cultural Center, focusing on its restoration. Virginia Tech was the springboard for Williams's career. Today, she gives back to the community she calls home in hopes of providing others with the opportunities to follow their dreams - just like she did.
Kimberly was raised in an Air Force family; she never stayed in one place for very long. While maintaining friendships was difficult, she was fortunate to visit different places and experience their cultures including Paris and Germany.
Her family prioritized education highly; from a young age, Williams knew college was guaranteed in her future. She has loved for as long as she can remember and aspired to be a poet despite her parents' reluctance towards the idea.
The first time she visited campus she noticed a lot of diverse candidacy and students. Coming from a small high school class, Williams anticipated expanding her community, experiences, and identity. Virginia Tech's beautiful campus and outreach contributed to her final decision to attend, as well as having Nikki Giovanni on the faculty. One of her first memories of attending Tech was noticing the strong sense of community and school pride in the area; the sheer volume of VT gear seen on locals was humorously "borderline cultish."
Unfortunately, Williams felt intense pressure as a minority on campus, especially during a time when tensions regarded affirmative action. Her parents encouraged her to stick it out despite issues like feeling alienated and receiving degrading messages on her door. The Black Cultural Center served as a refuge where Williams felt like she could be herself; there she found like-minded people who shared her struggles and fears. The support system of the Black Cultural Center was so important to her and other students - it was a place where they didn't have to worry about differences and could "just be."
"You know, when you walk past someone, either they don't see you or they walk across the street, so you're navigating between hyper visibility or invisibility. And this is a place where you can just be. That was really important during that time." Kimberly Williams
Despite struggles in the classroom, Williams had several professors and mentors who stood out to her, namely Nikki Giovanni.
The mentors she had helped to open her eyes to social justice and her own potential. One of her favorite memories from her undergraduate years at Tech is when she received the Women's Coordinator of the Year for creating an international women's organization after learning about issues in Sudan. Other fond memories include cooking for friends, enjoying dinner with mentors, and eating turkey legs at football games.
After graduation, Williams transitioned into a home based counseling job for a grueling seven and a half months before transferring to a job at the Radford's Women's Resource Center. Her counseling position taught her perseverance and patience with relationships; she had to navigate through racism and sexism in order to establish a beneficial rapport with her clients.
She then decided to attend Cornell University for graduate school after helpful recommendations from Nikki Giovanni and others. From there, she dabbled in teaching English and working in administration at Hamilton College. It came full circle when she returned to Virginia Tech to work in diversity, working specifically with student advocacy, support, advising, mentoring, and faculty collaborations. While she recognizes that diversity and inclusion at Virginia Tech have a long way to go, she is happy to have the familiarity and community of the university once again.
"The familiarity of coming back here, of being closer to my family, of also being closer to some of my mentors who really got me into the work, who encouraged my writing and who always encouraged me to embed it into my life was something that I really looked forward to, to being here." Kimberly Williams
In the near future, Williams would like to see Tech offer development and support in queer studies, an infrastructure of diversity and inclusion, counseling staff, and fully funded programs for students to study abroad. She envisions incorporating arts into other areas of learning - turning STEM to STEAM. In her experience, if it were not for the support given by mentors and friends, Williams would not be where she is today. Now, she aims to be that same support for students who experience the same struggles she did. It is students that inspire her daily and motivate her to continue giving back.
Experience Kimberly Williams's full interview here!
Date Recorded: March 20, 2017
Interviewer: Ren Harman
Date Posted:October 20, 2017
Editor: Grace Baggett
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100 Best Ballet
Track Count: 100
℗ This compilation (P) 2008 by EMI Records Ltd.
Swan Lake, Op.20: No.10: Scene Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 2:35 GBP 0.99
Swan Lake, Op.20, Act I: 2. Wa Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 7:45 GBP 0.99
Swan Lake, Op.20, Act II, 13. Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 1:27 GBP 0.99
Swan Lake, Op.20, Act II, 13. Christopher Warren-Green, Robert Truman, Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 7:51 GBP 0.99
Swan Lake, Op.20, Act III: 20. Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 3:10 GBP 0.99
Sleeping Beauty, Op.66: Introd Christopher Warren-Green, Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 2:28 GBP 0.99
Sleeping Beauty, Op.66, Act I: Christopher Warren-Green, Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 6:40 GBP 0.99
Sleeping Beauty, Op.66, Act II Christopher Warren-Green, Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 3:32 GBP 0.99
The Nutcracker, Op.71, Act I: Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 3:06 GBP 0.99
The Nutcracker, Op.71, Scene 1 Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 2:27 GBP 0.99
The Nutcracker, Op.71, Diverti Philharmonia Orchestra & John Lanchbery 2:26 GBP 0.99
Eugene Onegin: Polonaise (Act State Academic Mariinsky Theater Choir, Saint Petersburg, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France & Paavo Järvi 4:54 GBP 0.99
Pas de Deux (Act III) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Robert Irving 7:06 GBP 0.99
The Kingdom of the Shades: Con Sydney Symphony Orchestra & John Lanchbery 10:32 GBP Album Only
Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra 5:43 GBP 0.99
Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scen André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra 8:36 GBP 0.99
Cinderella, Op.87, Act I: Pas André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra 3:31 GBP 0.99
Cinderella: Fairies: Spring-Su André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra 6:01 GBP 0.99
Cinderella, Op.87, Act II: Pas André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra 4:50 GBP 0.99
Spartacus highlights: Adagio o London Symphony Orchestra & Aram Khachaturian 9:52 GBP 0.99
The Age Of Gold Suite, Op. 22: Robert Irving & Philharmonia Orchestra 2:15 GBP 0.99
Gayaneh - Suite from the Balle Yuri Temirkanov & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 2:24 GBP 0.99
La Fille mal gardèe: Introduc Barry Wordsworth & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 4:26 GBP 0.99
La Fille mal gardèe: Widow Si Barry Wordsworth & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 2:44 GBP 0.99
La Fille mal gardée, Act II: Barry Wordsworth & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 3:39 GBP 0.99
Giselle: Valse (Act I) Philharmonia Orchestra & Robert Irving 3:56 GBP 0.99
Giselle: Pas de deux (Act II) Philharmonia Orchestra & Robert Irving 4:28 GBP 0.99
Le Corsaire: Pas de deux et Va London Festival Ballet Orchestra & Terence Kern 6:41 GBP 0.99
Faust Ballet Music: Les nubien New Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras 7:00 GBP 0.99
Coppélia: Prelude & Mazurka New Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras 5:35 GBP 0.99
Coppélia: Waltz New Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras 2:55 GBP 0.99
Coppélia: Czárdás New Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras 3:30 GBP 0.99
Gaîté Parisienne: Overture ( Manuel Rosenthal & Orchestre de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo 2:21 GBP 0.99
Sylvia (Suite): Les Chasseress Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras 3:45 GBP 0.99
Sylvia (Suite): Intermezzo & V New Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras 4:20 GBP 0.99
Sylvia (Suite): Pizzicati New Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras 1:51 GBP 0.99
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WASHINGTON — Andrew Wheeler, a former congressional aide and lobbyist who has led the Environmental Protection Agency since his scandal-plagued predecessor resigned earlier this year, has gotten President Donald Trump's nod for the permanent job.
Wheeler's promotion from acting to permanent EPA chief would keep him as a methodical and effective agent in Trump's mission of rolling back environmental regulations that the administration regards as burdensome to business. Environmental groups quickly voiced their opposition.
The grandson of a coal miner, Wheeler told staffers in his first days as the agency's acting head this summer that he was proud of his roots in coal country. In the acting role, Wheeler has a reputation as a more open and cordial boss for employees than Pruitt was, and for producing regulatory rewrites more likely to stand up to court challenges.
Trump announced his plans for Wheeler almost in passing Friday at a White House ceremony for Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees.
The White House said Trump was signaling his intent to nominate Wheeler. The nomination would require Senate confirmation. Senators approved Wheeler as the agency's deputy administrator in a 53-45 vote last April.
Since becoming acting EPA head, Wheeler has advanced proposals that would ease emissions limits for power plants, for cars and for oil and gas facilities, rejecting earlier EPA findings that some of the moves would lead to increased deaths from pollutants.
However, Wheeler also has slowed another Pruitt-era rollback that would have allowed trucks rigged with outdated, dirtier-burning engines to stay on the road.
"Compared to Administrator Pruitt, Mr. Wheeler is better," Sen. Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat and one of the most consistent critics of Trump's EPA, said Friday in a statement after Trump's announcement.
"Compared to Administrators Ruckelshaus or Whitman, he's not doing nearly as well," Carper added. He was referring to William Ruckelshaus, who was appointed by Richard Nixon to head the EPA in 1970 and Christine Todd Whitman, who was appointed to the post in 2001 by George W. Bush.
The EPA did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. Environmental groups condemned the announcement.


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UNC Center for Community Capital researcher presents research on low-income homeowners at Federal Reserve policy summit
Cleveland, Ohio – Homeownership can be less costly than renting for low-income households and may provide them with a greater sense of well-being, even during times of economic upheaval, a UNC Center for Community Capital researcher told policymakers and others convened for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Policy Summit, "A Conference on Housing, Human Capital and Inequality," June 9-10.
The Cleveland Fed's 9th annual Policy Summit draws an audience of several hundred researchers, practitioners, policymakers, funders, elected and legislative officials and bankers from across the Great Lakes region. The 2011 conference focused on housing, inequality, neighborhoods and labor market issues with special attention to the impact of the foreclosure crisis.
Center senior research economist Sarah Riley presented findings from two recent center studies: "Perception vs. Reality: The Relationship between Low-Income Homeownership, Perceived Financial Stress, and Financial Hardship," conducted with research associate Kim Manturuk and executive director Janneke Ratcliffe; and "The User Cost of Low-Income Homeownership," conducted with graduate research assistant HongYu Ru.
The perception research examined how homeowners and renters were impacted by the financial crisis in 2009. Researchers built on the hypothesis that homeownership provides people a sense of stability and control, which decreases the extent to which they feel psychologically stressed as a result of financial hardship. They compared low-income homeowners with renters to determine whether owning a home affected either the degree to which lower-income households actually experienced financial hardship or the extent to which they perceived they were financially stressed. The analysis revealed that, although both renters and owners experienced similar levels of financial hardship, the homeowners were less psychologically stressed overall and reported feeling more satisfied with their financial situation.
The second study, on the user cost of low-income homeownership, examined whether owning a home is less costly than renting for individual low-income households who had purchased their homes with high-quality mortgage products. The user cost of owned housing is a comprehensive measure of all the financial costs and benefits associated with owning a house, such as mortgage interest and insurance, property taxes, home owners association fees, home maintenance, the opportunity cost of holding equity in the house and the amount of house price appreciation.
The center compared the user costs of low-income homeowners to the estimated costs of renting equivalent properties. Researchers found that the median low-income homeowner was financially better off owning than renting during the period of 2003-2010. Moreover, an annualized house price appreciation rate of only 2 percent was all that was necessary to ensure that the median low-income homeowner found it no more costly to own than to rent.
View Riley's presentation.
Mortgage finance is a key area of study for the UNC Center for Community Capital, the leading center for research and policy analysis on the transformative power of capital on households and communities in the United States. Part of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the center offers data and analysis that helps policymakers, advocates and the private sector find sustainable ways to expand economic opportunity to more people more effectively. For more information, visit www.ccc.unc.edu or call (919) 843-2140.
Topics(s): Affordable Homeownership, Housing Policy, Impacts of Homeownership, Mortgage Finance


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MAX ERICKSON
Max Erickson has worked in the events and hospitality industry for over a decade. Currently he works at MacPhail Center for Music managing their events and also started a small business that plans and executes events for corporations, non-profits, weddings, and other celebrations. Max received his Bachelor's degree in Russian Language and Russian Area Studies from St. Olaf College, and he and his husband David have both lived and worked downtown for four years (live in Downtown East and work in Downtown West). He is a strong believer in collaboration and knows that the DMNA has incredible opportunities for constituents to work together to make Downtown Minneapolis a great place for community.
KEVIN FRAZELL – VICE CHAIR
Kevin and his wife, Terri, true empty-nester Baby Boomers, have lived in the Zenith since 2010. They love life downtown and plan to stay a long time!
Kevin has worked in city management for 38 years. He currently serves as the Director of Member Services for the League of Minnesota Cities, providing education, training, support, and advice for city elected officials and professional staff across the state. He holds Master's and Doctoral degrees in public administration. One of his current passions and areas of focus is developing strategies to help cities reduce racial disparities.
Despite being a "professional bureaucrat" Kevin has always been strongly committed to the idea that government and all civic institutions really belong to their citizens. He loves hearing from people and working on ways to help them get involved in making their neighborhoods and communities wonderful places to live.
Kevin serves as the Chair of the DMNA Land Use Committee. And now he couldn't be more excited to bring his skills and passions to the work of the DMNA Board of Directors during a time when downtown Minneapolis seems to get better every day.
PAM McCREA – CHAIR
Born and raised Minnesotan and spent a large part of my life either working or living in Minneapolis. I have three pretty awesome, grown children who are not only smart but have a wonderful social commitment to society.
Most of my career has been in the not for profit world, working with individuals to enhance their lives. (Homeless woman with children, homeless youth, individuals with developmental disabilities, disabled veterans, seniors and families)
Chief Operating Officer, Mains'l Services, Inc. – 10 years
Chief Executive Officer, Good Shepherd Communities – 8 years
Chief Operating Officer, Lutheran Social Services on MN – 4 years
Executive Director, YWCA of St. Paul – 9 years
Community service has always been important to me. Listed below are some of my other professional experiences below:
Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce- CEO TEC
Institute of Black Chemical Abuse (IBCA) Board Member
United Way Council of Agency Executives- Member
City of Eagan – City Council Member
Middle Management Association- Board Member
M.S., Mankato State University – Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
B.A., Mankato State University – Social Work/Corrections
TOMASZ RAJTAR
Tomasz moved to Minneapolis in 1985 from the East Side of St. Paul, and use to work at Dayton-Hudson Corp.
Tomasz has resided at The Archie Givens' Atrium Apartments/314 Hennepin Ave., of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority {MPHA} since 2002. MPHA owns and manages 42 Low-Income High Rises in Minneapolis, totaling 42 Buildings and 5000 Tenants. Tomasz has been awesomely blessed to Serve 4 cycles (or 8 years) Upon the Tenant Organization; Minneapolis High Rise Representative Council {MHRC} as an MHRC Board Delegate, bringing info Up into MHRC from the Atrium Apartments Resident Council to MHRC, and MANDATORY Information back down to the level of the individual tenant while also being a trusted servant of the Atrium Resident Council Officers and the Board or Tenants at-large out of 299 Units/Apartments.
For at Least 4—8 Year Cycles, Tomasz has also been blessed, to chair the MHRC City-Wide Security Advisory Committee, which also has a seat upon the MHRC Executive Committee. These actions/activities have Taught Tomasz, to greater appreciate the diversity within the city of Minneapolis, as well as the needs of low-income renters' or tenants residing within the city of Minneapolis.
LAURIE RICE
Laurie was elected to the DMNA Board in October of 2019. She moved downtown a little over a year ago after living in south Minneapolis for many years. She has had a career in Information Technology Management with Twin Cities based companies. In addition, she has been on several non-profit boards and served on a City of Minneapolis Advisory Committee for workforce issues.
Joey lives at the Crossings, at 121 Washington Ave S, and works as a substation engineer for Xcel Energy. He loves living and working in Downtown Minneapolis, and watching it grow and change.
CARLETTA SWEET – SECRETARY
Carletta is a homeowner at RiverWest Condominium in the Downtown West neighborhood of Minneapolis and co-owner of a small business consultancy also located in the Downtown West neighborhood. She enjoys promoting public and private sector collaborative relationships that foster affordable housing, business development, and cultural as well as educational opportunities for the residents, businesses, employees and visitors to downtown Minneapolis. To accomplish these goals she has been instrumental in forging relationships between the DMNA and:
East Town Business Partnership (https://easttownmpls.org/) on which she currently serves as the DMNA neighborhood representative;
NūLoop Partners (https://www.nulooppartners.org/) on which she currently serves as the DMNA representative and staff;
Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership (https://www.facebook.com/MinneapolisRiverfrontPartnership/) on which she currently serves as the Central Riverfront neighborhood representative;
Above the Falls Community Advisory Committee (http://www.minneapolismn.gov/cped/AFCAC) on which she currently serves as the Central Riverfront neighborhood representative; and
Aeon (https://www.aeon.org/) on which she formerly served as chair.
Carletta's enthusiasm for serving her neighbors to help make their community a great place to live, work, play, eat and shop has not waned since she joined the DMNA in 1998. She brings a rich historical perspective of the issues that impact the downtown community, similar to what she experienced in the late 1980s and early 1990s during the renaissance of the South Loop community in downtown Chicago, Illinois where former warehouses and factory lofts were converted to residential buildings, and new high-rise apartments sprang up on vacant or underused land.
JOE TAMBURINO
Joe is proud to live and work in downtown Minneapolis. An attorney for over 25 years, he and his wife Amy recently returned to downtown after raising three children in the suburbs. He is a partner at his law firm, Caplan & Tamburino, in the Lumber Exchange Bldg. Joe graduated from New York University in 1986 and the University of Minnesota Law School in 1989. Originally from NYC, he fell in love with Minneapolis and remained here to build his life and career.
Joe is a board member of the Italian Cultural Center (ICC) in Minneapolis, an organizer of the annual Italian Film Festival presented by the ICC, an instructor of legal education, and an active board member of his homeowners' association. A frequent legal commentator in print, radio, and TV media, Joe is able to demonstrate his interest in and commitment to current issues facing our state and city. As for downtown, Joe is an enthusiast in all areas from addressing social concerns to attending fun cultural events, enjoying a dinner out, or walking over to Target Field to take in a game.
Joe is honored to be elected to the DMNA board and is looking forward to meeting more neighbors and getting to work!
DIANNE WALSH – TREASURER
Dianne was elected to the DMNA Board at the October 27, 2016 Annual Meeting. She has resided in downtown Minneapolis for twenty years. Prior to that, she and her husband raised two sons in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul.
Dianne retired from the practice of law with Heacox, Hartman, Koshmrl, Cosgriff & Johnson in June of 2015. She had concentrated her law practice in workers' compensation, representing employers, insurance companies, and self-insured employers. She litigated numerous cases, resolved complicated issues through mediation, and counseled her clients regarding procedural, medical, and litigation issues. Dianne maintained the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating throughout her years of practice.
Dianne and her husband reside at the Bridgewater where she is active on various committees including the Pet Committee (of which she is chair), the Communications Committee, and the Bridgewater Neighbors and Friends of the Arts. Dianne is secretary of the Board of Directors of the homeowner's association at her family's lake place. Two days a week, Dianne volunteers at Paul Wellstone International High School working with ESL students to improve their reading, writing, and speaking skills.
Dianne brings to the DMNA strong writing and organizational skills. She is committed to living downtown and developing the downtown area into vibrant residential neighborhoods. Having observed two decades of change in the number of people living downtown, she is aware of the importance of neighborhood communication. Having also worked in downtown Minneapolis for more than twenty years of her practice, she is committed to supporting businesses and employees in the downtown area.


On 5-1-13 FCER responded to a call concerning an orphaned or abandoned 10 day old filly near Sheep Springs, NM. Sheep Springs is about 75 miles from FCER, and located on the Navajo reservation. The foal had shown up at the pens of some tame horses, and the caller thought the foal belonged to one of the wild horse herds in that area. An attempt to re-unite the filly with the wild horses had failed. The foal, which we have named Cricket, had been without food for at least 24 hours. The clock was ticking, and a resolution must be found fast, or she would die. Authorization for the Navajo Nation Rangers was obtained and the filly was released to FCER. Now to get her as fast as possible to medical help. Animal Haven Clinic was on stand by, awaiting our arrival. We met the Good Samaritans in Shiprock, about half the way, and traveled as fast as possible to the vet clinic, getting there right at 5:30 p.m. . Upon arrival Cricket was non responsive, but breathing. The staff at Animal Haven worked on her for the next 3.5 hours. Cricket responded to treatment, became aware of her surroundings, and then wanted to eat. A good sign! Cricket made it through the night and is still with us today - Thursday, May 2nd. We are guardedly optimistic that she will be okay. Now - to get a Nursery ready for her much anticipated arrival, although probably a week away.
Cricket went into renal failure and was euthanized. Although we in the rescue world understand we can't save them all, to see a beautiful young life snuffed out prematurely is still hard to reconcile.


Hi i just wanted to write that I am the greatest of all time and if you had read my journal entries this might be something that I had said before but, the truth is always worth repeating.
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WHH GT 18 (Typ Berlin) ist ein Typ eines standardisierten Wohnhochhauses, der vom Architektenkollektiv Helmut Stingl und Joachim Seifert von 1969 bis 1971 in Großtafelbauweise für das Wohnungsbaukombinat Berlin entwickelt wurde.

WHH steht für Wohnhochhaus, GT für die angewendete Großtafelbauweise, und 18 für die Anzahl der Geschosse. Das Gebäude ist als freistehendes Punkthochhaus oder unter der Bezeichnung WHH GT 18/21 als Doppelhochhaus mit 18 (eine der Doppelhochhaushälften) bzw. 21 Etagen (die andere Doppelhochhaushälfte) mit der Laststufe 6,3 t konzipiert. Je nach Ausführung enthält es 136 oder 296 Wohnungen. Es gehört zu den größten Typenbauten der DDR.

Der erste Bau dieses Musters wurde 1971 an der Holzmarktstraße in Ost-Berlin errichtet. Bei der Neubebauung der Fischerinsel wurden modifizierte Typen dieser Serie mit 20 Geschossen errichtet. Ab 1972 kamen sie in fast allen Ost-Berliner Großsiedlungen zum Einsatz. Als Kontrast zu der meist 11-geschossigen Bebauung mit Bauten der WBS 70 sollte das Hochhaus eine städtebauliche Dominante setzen. Es wurde an wichtigen Knotenpunkten oder in der Nähe von Verkehrsmitteln, wie U- oder S-Bahn-Stationen errichtet.

Technische Daten
 Grundprinzip: Leichtbetonbau aus Großtafeln
 Masse der Fertigteile: höchstens 6,3 t
 Querwandsystem, Grundraster 3,60 × 3,60 m
 Außenwände:
 100 mm Beton B 300
 50 mm Schaumpolystyrol
 60 mm Beton
 Innenwände: 190 mm dick, B 300 bewehrt und unbewehrt
 Deckenplatten: Spannweite 3,60 m, 14 cm dick, schlaff bewehrt, B 300
 Gründungsart: Durchlaufende Stahlbetonplatte von 1,00 m Dicke sowie
 60 cm Betonplatte für Installationskanäle
 Monolithischer Teil in Ortbeton: Erdgeschoss von 4,20 m Höhe
 Dachform und Dachart: Flachdach; Warmdach
 Wärmeversorgung über Fernwärme
 Haustechnik und Trafostation im Erdgeschoss
 Zwei Aufzüge und außenliegendes Treppenhaus

Weblinks

 Grundriss des Erdgeschosses
 WHH-GT 18/21 auf einer Website der Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Berlin-Mitte

Plattenbautyp (DDR)
Bauform (Wohngebäude)

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The mission of the Veerni project is to educate rural girls from the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India, one of the most deprived regions of the world.
The Veerni Institute, the operating entity, provides these girls with access to two private schools with high education standards, board and lodging, guidance in their studies, healthcare, sports, arts and crafts, computer training and extra tuition when needed. The girls live together with a dedicated and professional staff and form a large loving family.
Veerni is dedicated to educate all girls irrespective of caste: a wide spectrum of castes and social groups is represented, as the girls come from many villages around Jodhpur. 63% of girls come from the lower castes. The highly represented lower cast is called "Dalit", previously known as "Untouchables".
On average, 40% of the Veerni girls are child brides– betrothed by the age of 11 - but being kept away from marriage and motherhood until at least 18 years old.
95% of them pursue their studies and move on into higher education.
Veerni is committed to help, guide and motivate these girls for a bright future and social responsibilities.
Veerni want to offer them the opportunity to have their voices heard in the rooms where decisions are made. Only then will they be able to take their rightful place in the life of their communities and in their country, which will benefit all of society.


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Heroes of Sustainability: Sarah Susanka
Posted by Dolphin Blue Inc on 26th Sep 2012
In a country that values McMansions, architect Sarah Susanka has a different idea: build better, not bigger.
The England native moved to the U.S. in the early '70s and has remained in the States since. She was baffled when she first arrived as a teenager at the fact that American homes had the same formal living rooms and dining rooms that the English homes had, yet no one used them. "Every time I went over to my friends' houses, they all ate every meal in the kitchen -- at the kitchen table, " she said in an interview with Chris O'Leary. "And I kept looking into those rooms that in my life had always been the heavily used ones and thought, 'Well what do they do with those?' "
After getting a bachelor's degree at the University of Oregon, Susanka earned her master's in architecture at University of Minnesota, all the while working at different architecture firms. Her first book, The Not So Big House, was published in 1998 and laid out her philosophy: quality is better than quantity. Instead of striving for huge and expansive rooms that never get used, building something comfortable, warm, and personalized makes a lot more sense for you -- and the environment.
In addition to her first book, Susanka has written eight bestsellers (with more than 1.2 million copies sold), all of which support the idea that to truly be "at home, " we have to create spaces and lives that reflect who we are, not the Joneses we're trying to keep up with.
Sustainability Values "I always say that the first step in sustainability should be not so big. If you're doing something that is right-sized for you as opposed to overly large, it's going to be something that people will want to look after for the long haul, " Susanka said in an interview with Around the House with KPLU. "It's also more sustainable in terms of its energy use and its consumption of natural materials. And perhaps most important of all, from an architect's standpoint, the structure needs also to be beautiful. When something is beautiful, it tends to be looked after for generations to come. Just look back at the bungalows of a hundred years ago, and you'll see that they've kept their value and their character, because people look after them. That's a big step in sustainability, even though we don't normally think of it that way. "
Getting Creative To see a prime example of Susanka's design principles, look no further than the Not So Big Showhouse at SchoolStreet in Libertyville, Illinois, which demonstrates the ideas that better (not bigger) design in a well-thought-out neighborhood result in successful housing. Design elements such as light to walk toward, ceiling height variety, wall thickness, differentiation of parts, and making less feel like more all come together to create the kind of home that fits our lifestyles €" without being mega-sized.
Learn more about Susanka at www.susanka.com.
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		*
		* \param ch the character to check.
		*
		* \return True if the character is lowercase. False otherwise.
		*/
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		*
		* \param ch the character to check.
		*
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		*/
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		/**
		* \brief Check if the given character is a lowercase character.
		*
		* \param ch the character to check.
		*
		* \return True if the character is lowercase. False otherwise.
		*/
		bool isLower(uint32_t ch) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Convert the given character to uppercase.
		*
		* \param ch the character to convert.
		* \param camel If true, convert characters with a camelCase
		* version (e.g. `NJ` vs `Nj` vs `nj`). If false, convert only
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		*
		* \return The character, converted to uppercase if applicable.
		*/
		uint32_t toUpper(uint32_t ch, bool camel = false) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Convert the given character to lowercase.
		*
		* \param ch the character to convert.
		* \param alternate If true, use whatever alternate lowercase version
		* a character has, if any (e.g. `Σ`→`ς` instead of `Σ`→`σ`).
		*
		* \return The character, converted to lowercase if applicable.
		*/
		uint32_t toLower(uint32_t ch, bool alternate = false) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Check if the given character is an
		* alphabetic character.
		*
		* \param ch the character to check.
		*
		* \return \b True if the character is an alphabetic character.
		* \b False otherwise.
		*/
		bool isAlpha(uint32_t ch) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Convert the given character to its
		* respective numeral value.
		*
		* '0'-'9' give 0-9. from 'A'-'Z' give 10-36.
		* Case insensitive.
		*
		* \param ch the character to check.
		*
		* \return The numeral value of the character.
		* If it is not a numeric character, returns -1.
		*/
		int numeralValue(uint32_t ch) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Convert the given value to its
		* respective numeral character.
		*
		* 0-9 give '0'-'9'. 10-36 give 'A'-'Z'.
		*
		* \param value the value to convert.
		*
		* \return The character numeral for the value.
		* If it is not a numeral value, returns '0'.
		*/
		uint32_t numeral(int value) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Check if the given character is numeric under the given base.
		*
		* \param ch The character to check.
		* \param base The base for this character.
		*
		* \return True if the character is numeric under the given base. False otherwise.
		*/
		bool isNumeric(uint32_t ch, int base = 10) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Check if the given character is alphanumeric.
		*
		* \param ch The character to check.
		*
		* \return True if the character is alphanumeric. False otherwise.
		*/
		bool isAlphaNumeric(uint32_t ch) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Check if the given character is white space.
		*
		* \param ch The character to check.
		*
		* \return True if the character is a white space character. False otherwise.
		*/
		bool isWhiteSpace(uint32_t ch) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Convert a character to UTF-8 encoding.
		*
		* \param c The UTF-8 sequence, returned by pointer. Assumed to be a 4-item array.
		* \param chr The character to convert to UTF-8.
		*
		* \return The number of characters in the UTF-8 sequence.
		*/
		int toUTF8(uint8_t* c, uint32_t chr) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Get the length of the UTF-8 encoding for a character.
		*
		* \param chr The character to convert to UTF-8.
		*
		* \return The number of characters in the UTF-8 sequence.
		*/
		int lenToUTF8(uint32_t chr) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Convert a character from UTF-8 to UTF32 encoding.
		*
		* \param c The UTF-8 sequence. Assumed to be a 4-item array.
		*
		* \return The character encoded as UTF32. '?' if input is not valid UTF-8.
		*/
		uint32_t fromUTF8(uint8_t* c) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Get the character length of a UTF-8 sequence.
		*
		* \param c The UTF-8 sequence. Assumed to be a 4-item array.
		*
		* \return The number of characters in the UTF-8 sequence. Assumed to be valid UTF-8.
		*/
		int lenFromUTF8(uint8_t* c) noexcept;

		/**
		* \brief Get whether the characters are in valid UTF-8 format.
		*
		* \param c The character sequence. Assumed to have \b len characters.
		* \param len The characters in the sequence. Characters after the 4th will be ignored.
		*
		* \return True if the sequence is valid UTF-8 format, false otherwise.
		*/
		bool isUTF8(uint8_t* c, int len) noexcept;
	}
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The first beta version of Minecraft PE - 1.1 will be released very soon, where developers will add many new features one of which are parrots. Parrots are neutral mobs living mostly in the jungle and making sounds. This is not the first type of mobs that have been added to make the world more realistic and interesting for research.
Parrots perform almost the same functions as bats in this addon, but it will look different in the next official version of the game.
Parrots can be tamed after you feed them with seeds. There is also the possibility of using a leash, just put it on the parrot and it will fly over your head. Do not be afraid of new sounds, because parrots are very talkative birds.
Install one of the four species of parrots and collect more seeds. Tame a couple of parrots (they can be found in caves, since a new mob replaces bats) and build a special aviary for birds. Tamed parrots can fly away, do not lose sight of them.


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The Tota Pulchra
The following is an excerpted chapter from Beauty: What It Is & Why It Matters, by John-Mark L. Miravalle. You may order the book from Sophia Institute Press here: www.SophiaInstitute.com/Beauty
The Holy Spirit as Artist
A fascinating aspect of trinitarian theology is how, in revealing themselves to the world, the three Divine Persons rely on someone else to reveal them. Thus, the Father is revealed by the Son: "No one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him" (Matt. 11:27). And the Son relies on the Spirit to reveal Him, "no one can say 'Jesus is Lord' except by the Holy Spirit" (1 Cor. 12:3). So, who reveals the Holy Spirit? Is the Holy Spirit the only divine Person to assume His own PR responsibilities?
No. The Catechism explicitly says, "Now God's Spirit, who reveals God, makes known to us Christ, His Word, his living Utterance, but the Spirit does not speak of Himself. We know Him only in the movement by which He reveals the Word to us and disposes us to welcome Him in faith" (687). The Catechism goes on to say that this "divine self-effacement" (what a description!) explains why the world has such difficulty recognizing and accepting the Holy Spirit.
It is no new observation that the Holy Spirit is the Trinitarian Person most mysterious and unfamiliar to our imaginations. We understand what it means to have a relationship with the Father, whose voice is heard in the Gospel. And we understand what it means to have a relationship with the Son, who became tangible in the Incarnation and whom we receive physically in the Eucharist. But how does one form a relationship with a breath, a dove, a cloud, or a tongue of flame?
The Catechism gives us a hint, stating that we know the Holy Spirit only in His "movements," that is, in His effects upon the human soul. Consequently, the greater His effects on the human soul, the better we can know Him. This is exactly why we canonize saints — not just to have models for imitation or intercessory sponsors — but, more fundamentally, so that we can perceive the Holy Spirit in His greatest works: "By canonizing some of the faithful, i.e., by solemnly proclaiming that they practiced heroic virtue and lived in fidelity to God's grace, the Church recognizes the power of the Spirit of holiness with her" (CCC 828).
So, who reveals the Holy Spirit? The saints do. Just as the artist's personality flows into his art, so does the Person of the Holy Spirit flow in and through the great achievements of His grace in the lives of His holy ones (1). They are the stained glass through whom the light of God shines, and since they have less of the "dirt" of sin to block the light, the colors come through with greater clarity, revealing not only the genius but also the character of the Divine Artist. But, of course, there's only one saint with no sin, in which case there's only one saint who perfectly reveals the Holy Spirit. Only one saint allows the light of the Spirit to shine with absolutely no dilution. That one saint is Mary of Nazareth.
In the section on the Holy Spirit, the Catechism refers to Mary as the "masterwork" of the Son and the Spirit's mission (721). Now, who would try to understand a great artist while ignoring his greatest masterpiece? Who would try to familiarize himself with a great composer and pay no attention to his greatest composition? Who would celebrate a novelist, and act as though his most brilliantly executed character was irrelevant? The answer is clear. So why would anyone attempt to grow in his understanding of and relationship with the Holy Spirit without simultaneously drawing closer to the Blessed Virgin, who is the Holy Spirit's supreme self-expression?
It is precisely the notion of beauty that reveals to us who Mary is and who the Holy Spirit is; conversely, "a Spirit-centered Mariology invariably leads to a theology of beauty." (2) Over forty years ago, Pope Paul VI encouraged a focus on what he called "the way of beauty" in understanding this relationship between Mary and the Holy Spirit:
She is the "woman clothed with the sun," in whom all the purest rays of human beauty converge with those rays of heavenly beauty which are of a higher order but which we can nevertheless perceive. Why is Mary all this? Because she is "full of grace," because she is, we may say, filled with the Holy Spirit whose supernatural light shines in her with incomparable splendor. (3)
How do we know who the Holy Spirit is? By seeing the divine beauty that radiates most clearly in the beauty of Mary. How do we know who Mary is? By seeing how her human beauty "proclaims the greatness of the Lord."
The All-Beautiful
Mary is traditionally called the tota pulchra, the wholly fair woman, the all-beautiful, and it should now be clear why.
First of all, if beauty is the manifestation of a spiritual reality in physical form, then Mary expresses not only her own personality but also the Person of the Holy Spirit. We've said that the human form is the most beautiful of all physical objects because it expresses a spiritual person. Mary is a perfect, flawless human person. All her faculties are at peace; her being is proportionate to her nature; all her actions are ordered to their proper ends. Therefore, her physical form expresses the perfection of humanity and consequently, as we've seen, perfectly expresses the Uncreated Grace, who is responsible for making her who she is. So if beauty is the perfection of nature and the incarnation of spiritual truth and goodness in a physical way — well then, that's Mary.
But Mary is surprising too. Her existence isn't just flawless, it's wondrous. By the time Mary appears in the narrative of salvation, we're genuinely surprised when someone is perfectly responsive to God's plan. We've gotten used to the sin, the infidelity and doubt, from Adam and Eve to Zechariah. In fact, during that time, not once does a person respond to an angelic message or directive with explicit acceptance. And then, finally, Gabriel comes to Mary, and she says, unequivocally, yes.
This is amazing! Finally, God finds someone He can work with! This is new! "For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men" (CCC 721).
But what's incomparably more astounding is the way Mary serves as the site for the Incarnation.
Here we come to a theory of the beautiful upon which we haven't yet touched— namely, the joining or coincidence of extremes. It's always surprising to see things we habitually consider remote suddenly brought together. We delight in seeing two colors from opposite sides of the color wheel paired together in a single design. We love to hear a duet in which the male and female voices simultaneously blend and contrast with one another. We enjoy reading about a servant girl unexpectedly married to a prince or a poor miller's son who wins the hand of the princess.
The nineteenth-century philosopher Friedrich Schelling argued that aesthetic intuition offers a glimpse into the entire structure of reality, and that vision is so comprehensive that it expresses itself as the convergence of what is infinitely separated. (4)
As Christians know, the greatest convergence of opposites, the joining of the most radical extremes, happened when God became man, when the infinite was joined to the finite, when the Creator became a part of creation. And Mary is not only the place where this unequaled convergence occurs; she is, in some sense, the supreme witness to it. The simplest and strangest way of expressing the fact that the Eternal Lord took on human nature is to say, "Mary is the Mother of God." As the medieval antiphon says, "To the wonderment of nature, you gave birth to your creator."
From the earliest life of the Church, Marian art manifests the mystery of the Incarnation. As St. John Paul II says,
The traditional iconography, which shows Mary with the child Jesus in her arms and does not picture Joseph beside her, constitutes a silent but firm statement of her virginal motherhood and, for that very reason, of the Son's divinity.
This image, therefore, could be called the icon of Christ's divinity. In other words, we see Christ with a human mother, and we are assured that He's human; we don't see Him with a human father, and we remember that He's divine. Chesterton makes the same point in regard to statuary:
You cannot chip away the statue of a mother from all round that of a new-born child. You cannot suspend the new-born child in mid-air; indeed you cannot really have a statue of a new-born child at all. Similarly, you cannot suspend the idea of a new-born child in the void or think of him without thinking of his mother. You cannot visit the child without visiting the mother; you cannot in common human life approach the child except through the mother. (6)
The Italian Mariologist Bruno Forte rightly sees our Lady as the synthesis of multiple aesthetic approaches:
The mystery of the Virgin Mother brings together heaven and earth, the Wholly Other and the Wholly Within. Just as in the experience of the beautiful the whole is revealed in the part, or by means of the harmony of forms, or through the eruption and the evocation of otherness and newness, so in Mary the entirety of the Mystery can be perceived as present. (7)
If you want the surprise of a lifetime, the astonishing consummation of all unlooked-for unification, when the Infinite built a bridge to the finite — you're going to have to look to Mary.
Mary and Christ and the Splendor of Humanity
We've seen how Mary makes manifest the beauty of the Holy Spirit, as well as the beauty of the Incarnation. But we should also highlight the way Mary manifests the beauty of human nature.
What a shame it would be if we saw what the perfect man looked like but not the perfect woman. But as it is, when God's perfect love for us took on human form, it took the form of a man— Jesus Christ. And when our perfect love for God took on human form, it took the form of a woman — the Blessed Virgin. And unless these two figures remain the fixed standard for what humanity should be, for what we are called to be, it will be impossible to preserve our faith in human nature.
Human nature is warped with unfathomable ugliness. It tears itself apart every day, discovers new cruelties, weaknesses, and per- versions. Postmodern man, with no direction, destiny, or purpose, can only follow arbitrary impulses while he passes the time, waiting for death. An aimless, impulsive life isn't very pretty.
Now, man is the most interesting thing on earth; humanity is the most fascinating subject in art, as in everything else. So what model will artists select in their representations of the human person? Are we bundles of instincts, sparks of pain and pleasure that eventually taper off and dissipate? Or are we all potentially Christ? Are we all potentially Mary? Are we designed to share the destiny they've already accomplished?
Interestingly, Pius XII's answer to postmodernism was to define the dogma of the Assumption:
While the illusory teachings of materialism and the corruption of morals that follows from these teachings threaten to extinguish the light of virtue and to ruin the lives of men by exciting discord among them, in this magnificent way all may see clearly to what a lofty goal our bodies and souls are destined. (8)
In other words, if you want to know what it actually means to be human, look at Mary.
Historically, Mary and Jesus are the most popular subject matter in representational art. They have, moreover, taken on the forms of every culture and place. Every race has been represented by Christ; the clothing of every culture has been worn by Mary.
So, what's the takeaway for Catholic morality? Morality is nothing other than discerning and following the proper way of fulfilling the human person. Morality is simply how people become the people they were made to be. Depicting Christ and Mary under every admirable aspect, presenting them with every honor that any culture can bestow — this is a way of showing humanity how to be fully human. Such art shows us how to live.
Art dedicated to our Lord and our Lady isn't simply an exercise in taste or in refined religious sensibility; it can make us delight in being human again and give us the impetus to strive for our own happiness. Anything that helps us appreciate the beauty of Christ and His Mother is a profound service to the Church and the world. That kind of work can save people.
(1) On the beauty of the saints, see Saward, The Beauty of Holiness.
(2) Johann G. Roten, S.M., "Mary and the Way of Beauty," Marian Studies 49 (1998): 110.
(3) Paul VI, Address to the International Mariological-Marian Congress, Rome, May 16, 1975.
(4) "Every aesthetic production proceeds from an intrinsically infinite separation of the two activities, which in every free act of producing are divided. But now since these two activities are to be depicted in the product as united, what this latter presents is an infinite finitely displayed. But the infinite finitely displayed is beauty." F. W. J. Schelling, System of Transcendental Idealism, trans. Peter Heath (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1978), 225.
(5) John Paul II, General Audience, May 23, 1990.
(6) G. K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man (Middletown, DE: Rough Draft Printing, 2016), 107.
(7) Bruno Forte, Maria, la donna icona del Mistero: Saggio di mariologia simbolico-narrativa (Milan: Edizioni Paoline, 1989), 16, 18, translation mine.
(8) Pius XII, Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus deus (November 1, 1950), no. 42.
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In the world of today, the roles that are played by telephones systems cannot be replaced by any other system. It has come to the rescue of lots of things that were undone those past times or they seemed too hard in ancient times. Technology has improved recently and it is not the way it was in the past since there are phones that were never there in the past. This article will be of help to you since it will give some of the key facts that you need to know about telephone systems.
The first thing is the ease of communication in different places. It is so easy to communicate recently than in the past due to the installation of telephone systems everywhere in the offices and so you can manage to talk to people far away from you. This will be so easy and so you will not struggle at any given cost to solve the office issues. This has not been the case before and you should point it out as one of the developments.
How the telephone systems are installed and maintained is the second thing that you should understand. You should ensure that you get a specialist to install your systems for clarity and confidence that they have been installed in the right way. There will be no regrets at all if the services are offered by an expert because you will not do it twice. The maintenance as well should be provided when necessary so that you do not regret about any service that was done in the wrong way. Testing whether the telephone system works again and in the right manner should be done also.
The other thing that you need to know is the distributor of the phones or any other telephone system that you might be in need of. Once you are sure that you are dealing with an honest person who is the distributor of telephone system you will be better placed once you buy them than when you have no idea. For you to be sure that you are dealing with someone who can be trusted then you will have to look at the brand of the goods and get to know from where there are produced from.
You should be sure about the cost of the phones sold by different distributors as they are produced by different companies before going to the market for purchase. You might be in need of a telephone system for your office or your business and should know the cost first so that you can know the range of your pocket. There is no way that you will buy a telephone system that is very much costly yet its service is just like the other cheap office or business phones.


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Thai Exports Climbed 17.5% In November to $5.35 Billion
Updated Dec. 23, 1999 6:35 am ET
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Finance Ministry said Thursday that the country's exports amounted to $5.35 billion in November, up 17.5% from the same month a year ago.
The country's exports totaled $53.17 billion from January to November, up 6.7% from the same period last year, the Finance Ministry said.
Imports in November amounted to $4.78 billion, up 40.7% from a year ago, the ministry said, while imports during the first 11 months of the year amounted to $45.05 billion, up 15.8% on year.
Indonesia Posts 1.6% Annual Inflation, Ending Fears of a Deflationary Trap (Dec. 1)
Thai Exports Rose 18% in October, Boosting the Manufacturing Sector (Dec. 1)
The trade surplus in November totaled $572 million, compared with $1.16 billion a year ago, while the trade surplus in the first 11 months totaled $8.12 billion, compared with $10.95 billion a year ago.
The trade data released by the Finance Ministry was provided by Thailand's Customs Department, and based on goods that have passed through Customs.
The Finance Ministry said top export items in November included computers and computer parts, electrical appliances, integrated circuits, garments, rubber and rubber products, rice, canned food, plastics and plastic products, jewelry, and frozen shrimp.
Top import items in November included electric tools, chemical products, integrated circuits, machinery, metal products, computers and parts, steel, cars and vehicles, and scientific equipment.
Thailand's central bank, the Bank of Thailand, whose data are regarded as more official, will release trade and monetary data for November at the end of this month. The central bank's trade data will exclude any goods in transit, and will take into account only exports whose ownership has been transferred from Thais to foreigners.
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Finance Ministry said Thursday that the country's exports amounted to $5.


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Internet Filters: A Public Policy ReportInternet filters are crude and error-prone because they categorize expression without regard to its context, meaning, and value. Yet these sweeping censorship tools are now widely used in companies, homes, schools, and libraries. Internet filters remain a pressing public policy issue to all those concerned about free expression, education, culture, and democracy.
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I am writing today to voice my strong dissent to a bill pending introduction by Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) titled the "Deleting Online Predators Act" or DOPA. This particular bill is not only ill-conceived; it is a blatant attempt to mine political capital from the recent negative media coverage of social networking Web sites like MySpace.com.
Under the current version of the bill, any "commercial Web sites that let users create public 'Web pages or profiles' and also offer a discussion board, chat room, or e-mail service" would be made inaccessible to underage students in schools. In essence, this would mean that countless millions of Webpages would be restricted, the vast majority of which contain legitimate, potentially useful content for the classroom. It also means that those resources would be in effect excluded from use by teachers who might otherwise choose to include them in their lessons.
No doubt, many of our children who connect with their peers or friends using social networking sites, chat rooms, Weblogs and other Web tools put themselves at risk by publishing personal information or provocative pictures of themselves. It's a dangerous practice, one that has a long-term impact as a part of an "online portfolio" that many do not even realize they are building. Banning these sites from schools, however, does nothing to ameliorate these dangers; in fact, it could have the opposite effect as students may see them as "forbidden fruit" to be accessed only when not in the company of an adult. What happens when the child leaves school and goes online at home or at a friend's house? Without having been taught techniques for safe web interactions, that child will be at greater risk.
Think of the predators that children encounter at the mall, in churches, and (it shames me to say it) in our schools - should we ban access to those places as well, or would it be better to teach students how to act in a safe manner and recognize predatory behavior?
As the Web becomes more and more a part of the way that kids communicate and socialize, I would submit that we need to focus on educating them in the most effective and safe ways to use these technologies. Banning them is a reactionary response, not a reasoned one. And it is a response whose ultimate motives are spurious at best. Why not, instead, focus our discussions on how best to prepare the millions of new teachers who will be entering the classroom in the next five years to deal with these issues, or on reaching out to parents to make sure they are well versed in overseeing their children's use of the Internet?
We are faced with teaching children how to be effective citizens in a global economy. In this economy, they must be able to collaborate with people around the world through the use of software programs such as those you are considering banning. It is essential that students become effective global citizens while they are still in school as they participate in online science projects, history projects, writing workshops, and more through the use of tools such as blogs and wikis.
Mr. Holt, the "genie is out of the bottle" in terms of these technologies, and no legislation short of complete regulation of the Internet is going to protect our children from the potential harm. Instead of "deleting online predators,' this bill will simply delete our ability to effectively prepare our students for a life that will more and more be intertwined with the Web.
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Clear the codes, see if they come back. I have them not come back after clearing before.
Weirdest thing happening when I try to clear it.
The code reader goes: Connecting to ABR module and cycles through that, ABS, and SRS.
As it cycles, the code pops up on my dash, and disappears a few seconds later. Then I go to clear codes and it pops back on. Even while my dash is illuminated with the codes, the reader says "no codes" after I read again.
The code goes away everytime I turn off the car and returns at 12MPH.
I have the same intermittent issue with my EPS module. Do you have a tune? If so, do you have a hand held?
Loading OEM tune and completing a couple drive cycles fixed it once for me. Could have just been a coincidence though.
No tune or handheld here unfortunately.
These modules are in a hostile environment. I think the heat shield is too small and there's not enough vibration dampening. Another **** poor AMG design fail.
Jesus. So here goes, what, another grand? Is the fix just to buy a new module?
Find someone that has the Star diagnostic tool.
Use the parts software to determine the part number of the module you have. Use the part number to determine which other Mercedes have the same module.
Buy the module used, cheap, for instance from ebay from a vendor that offers a return in case of malfunction.
The owner somehow gets the star to do offline re-coding of the module that you found and Voila!.
Or, bring the used module to the dealer, somehow get the dealer to re-code it, pay approximately $150 (example on this board) and Voila!
I am guessing that overall, you could end up saving 30% maybe more of the price of a new one. Of course there's the chance that this replacement module will also crap out in a hurry.
But ebay seller are going to charge cheap prices for electronic modules, because these require a qualified buyer, something that they just don't get.
Pretty much what the dealer does. $495.65 is the cheapest I have seen it in the US and then you need it coded to your VIN.
Mine magically started working again and has been fine for a couple weeks. But I don't doubt it will start faulting again. I was going to cut the top off the cover to expose the PCB. I know some places do repair them so it may be something obvious that can be fixed.
Last edited by Jasonoff; 09-27-2016 at 07:24 AM.
Well damn. So this part needs to be reprogrammed via STAR?
I just can't believe this is a coincidence. Either removing the battery terminal tripped something and it'll go away with driving, or it vibrated to much or something when I used my electric ratchet to tighten down the valve cover bolts.
I'm going to give it some time before pulling the trigger on the new part.
Last edited by AMG3.2; 09-27-2016 at 12:48 PM.
All the W204 series have a secondary battery, except the C63.
I randomly bumped into a thread of w203 people where removing the battery and backup battery cause some type of module to go bad.
The procedure for the transmission oil replacement is posted in the forum with attaching an external source to the battery, so that the battery amperage supply doesn't drop too low.
I wondered why, as having the engine charge it afterwards should be no big deal. This was also for a 2011E350, which may or may not have the backup battery too.
Btw the Wis for the C63 does not mention the external source for the battery in the transmission oil change procedure.
I drove mine for a solid month while it was faulting to trouble shoot. It fixed itself after a few drive cycles on OEM tune.
Flashed back to the tune, was fine for 2 wks then started faulting. Made a dealer appt to do the star diagnostic and it magically started working again.
EDIT: RE Vladds post, maybe try giving your battery a charge overnight.
Last edited by Jasonoff; 09-27-2016 at 01:31 PM.
I'm gonna run by a shop this evening and run STAR on it to see what's acting up. One of the local Benz shops said he'd run it free of charge so let's see whatsup.
I'll update the DIY side of things with tools and whatnot needed later, but have a question regarding validating whether my job is actually holding.
How will I know if I haven't compromised the headgasket? Any signs I should be looking for? I'm constantly checking for coolant in the dipstick as that would look super milky. So far I've driven the car about 10 miles and pretty hard up to about 5k (playing it safe), and all looks to be well, but anything else I should be looking for?
So far, no sweet coolant burning smell. But, since I opened the cooling system, inherently there will be air in the lines. So far I've squeezed the radiator lines to try to move any air to the reservoir. That being said, after how many miles or time should I see coolant usage in the reservoir level off?
Also, the sucking noise I was complaining about on startup was actually the valve cover gasket on the passenger side. When installing this one, it's very hard to install the cover while not tapping the cam covers and therefore moving the gasket out of place. Turns out, the oil leak was actually due to a gasket misplacement. Fixed it and all seems well now. No more leaking or sucking noise upon engine shut down.
You get the chemical head gasket test kit from Pep Boys. It's a container that has a chemical in it that is blue and is to be bolted on top of the filler neck of the coolant.
You run the car without coolant cover and with this thing on top and if the liquid turns yellow there's a problem.
It checks for exhaust gases in the antifreeze and can detect way before the pressure pushes the coolant out of the overflow.
I have the kit at home and used it on a BMW e36 that had "magic" coolant disappearance problems. This thing stubbornly indicated there was no head gasket problem and in the end turns out it was leaking inside the firewall where the heater valve is.
Or just do a pressure test on the cooling system. I wouldn't want some foreign chemical floating around in my cooling system.
Take a look at how this works, the video is not mine.
The vapors from the car bubble through the liquid. The liquid never goes into the car, you can see that the level stays unchanged. Just like the guy in this video, I did also not use the additional hookup for vacuum, because then there could be contamination, but just like him, the test worked even without it.
Pressure testing brings up the life span of the radiator. The radiator is not only affected by mileage, but also years of operation. It could have no effect, or maybe some.
Unless you can get from the WIS the operating pressure of the cooling system and use that value or slightly below.
Last edited by Vladds; 09-27-2016 at 06:30 PM.
Nice! That's way less intrusive to the system.
Got the pressure tester and fluid. Will test when engine cools down. Fingers crossed.
Also, got my ESP module code read and cleared via STAR and it went away... Looks like my Autel wasn't clearing it properly.
It's fine lol. If you removed one at a time, it's going to be fine. Calculate how much clamping force 9 bolts have, where's the gasket going to go?? Simple physics.
Fluid would change color to yellow/green if exhaust vapor was entering cooling system. This is the fluid after about 4 minutes of testing. Directions state to test for 2 mins.
So... I think I actually pulled this off.
Merc, thanks for your help along the way. You and Jasonoff really helped me out through this.
Last edited by AMG3.2; 07-20-2017 at 11:27 AM.
Nice dude. Lifter tick gone and that hissing noise too?
Hissing noise was a stupid mishap with the valve cover gasket. read above a little more, Went into detail on what happened. All is fixed.
Here is my post, about the head bolts. My heads where removed completely and machined and new gaskets installed.
I am just getting ready to do my 1000km engine flush and oil change.
Last edited by andrew c230k; 09-27-2016 at 11:54 PM.
Damn. Took a few days away and a whole lot has happened.
Great work 3.2, and excellent job forum members!
Do the heads separate easy?
on stud blocks that have limited work room in the bay, to separate the heads it can be hours and hours of work, the studs "cement" the heads into position.
Also, Andrew, I thought Mercedes antifreeze was blue. Did your car have green antifreeze in the first place?
I just had my head bolts and head gaskets replaced however they install new tappets and its still ticking after 15 miles of driving.


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AM-1235 (1-(5-fluoropentyl)-3-(naphthalen-1-oyl)-6-nitroindole) is a drug that acts as a potent and reasonably selective agonist for the cannabinoid receptor CB1.
AM-1235 is a cannabinoid receptor agonist with Ki of 1.5nM at CB1 compared to 20.4nM at CB2. While the 6-nitro substitution on the indole ring reduces affinity for both CB1 and CB2 relative to the unsubstituted parent compound AM-2201, CB2 affinity is reduced much more, resulting in a CB1 selectivity of around 13x. This is in contrast to other related compounds such as AM-1221 where a 6-nitro substitution instead confers significant selectivity for CB2.
Main article: Pharmacokinetic data of JWH-018 are generally applicable to AM-1235.
AM-1235 metabolism differs only slightly from that of JWH-018. AM-1235 N-dealkylation produces fluoropentane instead of pentane (or plain alkanes in general). It has been speculated that the fluoropentane might function as an alkylating agent or is further metabolized into toxic fluoroacetic acid. This is not true since fluoroalkanes do not act as alkylating agents under normal conditions and uneven fluoroalkane chains metabolize into substantially less toxic fluoropropanoic acid.
^ Deng, Hongfeng (2000). Design and synthesis of selective cannabinoid receptor ligands: Aminoalkylindole and other heterocyclic analogs (PhD. Dissertation). University of Connecticut.
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Skye Gravestones | St. Columba's Isle, Snizort.
This small island in the River Snizort is an ancient and important religious site in the west of Scotland.
In this beautiful spot, known as Eilean Chaluin Chille, the Island of Columba's Church, was the cathedral church of the Bishops of the Isles 1079-1498.
It is just seaward of the road bridge across the river. Access is off the minor road to Tote & Crepigill from the main Portree-Dunvegan road.
Apparently very few people visit this area which is a pity as it is very interesting with many knights, kings, and people of note buried here.
Added by Ian McLean on 21 March 2018.
I hope to visit there 6-9th August we are from New Zealand. My 3x great Grandfather lived and died 1874 at 50 Tote House he was 92, his name was Martin Martin wife I believe was Isabella daughter Janet Martin. What I really would like to know is if the house is still standing.
Added by Sandra Havler on 01 July 2018.
Suggest you contact the archives in Pprtree.
According to the census, Martin Martin was a sizeable farmer rather than a crofter, so there's a good chance that his house would survive.
Added by Roddie Macpherson on 02 July 2018.