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Women Farmers Can Play Big Role in Reducing World Hunger, says New Report
By Joe DeCapua
Women farmers hold the ?key? to sharply reducing world hunger, according to a new report from the humanitarian organization ActionAid.
The release of the report ? Fertile Ground -- coincides with a European Union meeting Wednesday in Brussels to revive efforts to achieve the Millennium Developments Goals (MDGs).
It?s estimated there are about one-billion people who go hungry every day. A Millennium Development Goal is to reduce that number by half by 2015.
Peter O?Driscoll, executive director of ActionAid USA, says there are a number of reasons to invest in women farmers.
?First and foremost, particularly in places like Africa where the hunger problem is most severe, women produce most of the food. In some countries 70, 80 even 90 percent of the food people consume is produced by women small farmers,? he says.
However, he says these women lack the necessary tools and resources.
?Investment in agriculture, investment in land, credit and so forth are simply not available for women farmers. So, what we?re trying to insist is that it?s crucial not only that governments increase the level of spending and investment in agriculture, but that they target it towards women,? says O?Driscoll, adding, ?If you really want to address the problem of hunger, you have to invest in hungry people in helping them to grow their own food,? says O?Driscoll.
Farmers go hungry, too
The ActionAid USA head estimates there are 800-million smallholder farmers around the world, who produce most of the food consumed in their countries.
Regina Jackson, 35, is married with 6 kids in Simo
Regina Jackson, 35, is married with 6 kids in Simotwa village, West Pokot, Kenya. She part of ActionAid efforts to help smallholder farmers.
?But it?s also important to note that when we talk about a billion hungry people in the world, probably 60 percent of those are smallholder farmers and another 20 percent are landless rural workers. So, clearly, the folks who are growing the food are also those who are experiencing the most chronic hunger,? he says.
In Africa, women make up the majority of these smallholder farmers. But O?Driscoll says men and women often produce food for different reasons.
?Men, who have better access to credit and better access to extension services, tend to produce cash crops for market, whereas women actually grow the food that their families will be eating.?
O?Driscoll says it?s now generally accepted that it was a mistake to reduce investment in agriculture over the past 25 years or so.
?There was an idea that if we simply got the government out of agriculture, and allow the private sector to come in, we?d have a more efficient and effective food system. Unfortunately, the results are that number of hungry people has actually dramatically increased over that time,? he says.
In Uganda, Victoria Ddundu, 46, a widow and mother
In Uganda, Victoria Ddundu, 46, a widow and mother of 5, walks with her children in a village in Palisa. Her family relies on the food she grows.
Besides investing more money, the ActionAid official says it should also be more targeted.
?We should be targeting that aid on the kinds of inputs that are most useful to those women,? he says.
This includes access to credit and agricultural extension services, which aim to improve the economic, environmental and social conditions of the farmers.
?Even where extension services are available, they tend to focus on the richer farmers, who have access to markets. They?re not reaching the kind of women who are actually growing the food that people need to escape from hunger,? he says.
Tiny farms
Many women farmers grow food on small patches of land. But O?Driscoll says that land can be made more productive.
?For many years the conventional wisdom has been that these pieces of land are too small and too unproductive and, therefore, not worth farming at all,? he says.
That attitude contributed to a ?dramatic exodus from rural areas to cities.? But things are changing.
?There?s a tremendous body of evidence that investment in sustainable agricultural techniques - in multi-cropping, diversified cropping, in agro-ecological composting and various other forms of low cost, low external input agriculture ? can actually be extremely productive,? he says.
Would investing in smallholder women farmers help achieve the Millennium Development Goal to halve hunger around the world by 2015.?
O?Driscoll says, ?I think as a global community we simply have to take that as an imperative. I think it?s probably now almost?35 years that the international community has been promising to halve the number of hungry people,? he says.
He says the question is not whether it can be done, but how the world commits to doing it.
?As this report makes pretty clear, there is a number of dimensions. One is we do need to see a dramatic increase?in public investment in agriculture. And that means not only from African countries or developing countries themselves?but I think it?s clearly important for the donor community?to step up their giving,? he says.
The EU meeting in Brussels aims to come up with a ?rescue? plan for the MDGs.
Clinton Announces Initiatives to Benefit Women
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has outlined several new initiatives to empower women around the world, through technology training, public-private partnerships and grants, and a planned entrepreneurship summit specifically for women. …
Joe DeCapua


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Students wearing de pramuka (boy scout) uniform studying. This uniform is usuawwy worn on eider Friday or Saturday.
The students pictured above are wistening to a guide at de Trowuwan Museum, East Java whiwst examining a modew of de Jawi tempwe.
Education in Indonesia fawws under de responsibiwity of de Ministry of Education and Cuwture (Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan or Kemdikbud) and de Ministry of Rewigious Affairs (Kementerian Agama or Kemenag). In Indonesia, aww citizens must undertake twewve years of compuwsory education which consists of six years at ewementary wevew and dree each at middwe and high schoow wevews. Iswamic schoows are under de responsibiwity of de Ministry of Rewigious Affairs.
Education is defined as a pwanned effort to estabwish a study environment and educationaw process so dat de student may activewy devewop his/her own potentiaw in rewigious and spirituaw wevew, consciousness, personawity, intewwigence, behaviour and creativity to him/hersewf, oder citizens and de nation, uh-hah-hah-hah. The Constitution awso notes dat dere are two types of education in Indonesia: formaw and non-formaw. Formaw education is furder divided into dree wevews: primary, secondary and tertiary education, uh-hah-hah-hah.
Schoows in Indonesia are run eider by de government (negeri) or private sectors (swasta). Some private schoows refer to demsewves as "nationaw pwus schoows" which means dat deir curricuwum to exceeds reqwirements set by de Ministry of Education, especiawwy wif de use of Engwish as medium of instruction or having an internationaw-based curricuwum instead of de nationaw one. In Indonesia dere are approximatewy 170,000 primary schoows, 40,000 junior-secondary schoows and 26,000 high schoows. 84 percent of dese schoows are under de Ministry of Nationaw Education (MoNE) and de remaining 16 percent under de Ministry of Rewigious Affairs (MoRA). Private schoows onwy comprise 7% of de totaw schoows number.
The emergence of Iswamic state in Indonesia is noted by de accuwturation of Iswamic and Hindu-Buddhist traditions. At dis time, pondok pesantren, a type of Iswamic boarding schoow was introduced and severaw of dem were estabwished. The wocation of pesantren is mostwy faraway from de hustwing crowd of de city, resembwing de wocation of Karsyan, uh-hah-hah-hah.
Ewementary education was introduced by de Dutch in Indonesia during de cowoniaw era. The Dutch education system are Query strings of educationaw branches dat were based on sociaw status of de cowony's popuwation, wif de best avaiwabwe institution reserved for de European popuwation, uh-hah-hah-hah.
In 1870, wif de growf of Dutch Edicaw Powicy formuwated by Conrad Theodor van Deventer, some of dese Dutch-founded schoows opened de doors for pribumi (wit. native Indonesians). They were cawwed Sekowah Rakjat (wit. fowk schoow), de embryo of what is cawwed Sekowah Dasar (wit. ewementary schoow) today. In 1871 de Dutch parwiament adopted a new education waw dat sought to uniform de highwy scattered and diversified indigenous education systems across de archipewago, and expand de number of teacher training schoows under de supervision of de cowoniaw administration, uh-hah-hah-hah. The budget for pubwic schoowing was raised in steps from ca. 300,000 guiwders in 1864 to roughwy 3 miwwion guiwders by de earwy 1890s. Most often, however, de education devewopment were starved of funding, because many Dutch powiticians feared expanding education wouwd eventuawwy wead to anti-cowoniaw sentiment. Funding for education onwy counted for 6% of de totaw expenditure of de cowoniaw budget in de 1920s. The number of government and private primary schoows for natives had increased to 3,108 and de wibraries to 3,000 by 1930. However, spending sharpwy decwined after de economic depression in 1930.
Technische Hogeschoow te Bandoeng, opened as a branch of Dewft University of Technowogy.
Neutrawe Lagere Schoow in Mawang.
Inside a cwassroom of Dutch Native Schoow in Bandung.
For de popuwation in ruraw areas, de Dutch created de Desa Schoows or viwwage schoows system which aimed to spread witeracy among de native popuwation, uh-hah-hah-hah. These schoows provide two or dree years training of vernacuwar subjects (reading, writing, ciphering, hygiene, animaws and pwants, etc.) and served as cheaper awternative schoows. These viwwage schoows, however, received much wess funding dan de priviweged European schoows, dus de qwawity of education provided is often wacking. Despite of its fwaws, de number of Viwwage Schoows reached 17,695 by 1930. The rest of de ruraw education were weft to de work of Christian missionary, which are considered more cost-efficient.
The segregation between Dutch and Indonesian in education pushed severaw Indonesian figures to start educationaw institutions for wocaw peopwe. Arab Indonesians founded Jamiat Kheir in 1905, Ahmad Dahwan founded Muhammadiyah in November 1912, and Ki Hajar Dewantara founded Taman Siswa in Juwy 1922 to emancipate de native popuwation, uh-hah-hah-hah. Pesantrens (Iswamic schoows) were awso mushrooming rapidwy during dis period.
During de cowoniaw period dere was a warge gap between de educated mawe and femawe popuwation, uh-hah-hah-hah. In 1920, on de iswand of Java and Madura out of de 6.5% witerate mawe popuwation, onwy 0.5% of de femawe native popuwation are witerate. Simiwar phenomenon can be observed on de 'Foreign Orientaws' (Arabs and Chinese), wif 26.5% witerate mawe popuwation and onwy 8.5% witerate femawes out of de totaw popuwation, uh-hah-hah-hah. In de outer iswands beyond Java de difference between witerate mawe and femawe popuwation are 12% and 3% out of de popuwation respectivewy. Inspired by a Javanese-born aristocrat Kartini who died young at de age of 25, de Van Deventer famiwy worked to increase femawe invowvement in education and received support from de Dutch government — eventuawwy weading to foundation of Kartini Schoows in 1911.
Schoow tot Opweiding van Inwandsche Artsen or STOVIA, a medicaw university which water become Geneeskundige Hogeschoow in Batavia.
Nederwand-Indische Artsen Schoow or NIAS, a medicaw schoow in Soerabaja.
Rechts-Hoge-Schoow, a waw schoow in Wewtevreden, Batavia.
De Technische Hoge-Schoow, or THS, a technic schoow in Bandoeng and de first fuww-fwedge university in de country (opened in 1920).
Opweiding-Schoow voor Inwandsche Ambtenaren or OSVIA, cowweges for training native civiw servants.
Howwandsche-Indische Kweek-schoow, cowweges for training teachers.
By de 1930s, de Dutch had introduced wimited formaw education to nearwy every province of de Dutch East Indies, awdough by dis period onwy 7% of de popuwation were witerate and 2% were fwuent in Dutch. Around de Outer Iswands beyond Java, to meet demand of schoowing, de Dutch government rewied heaviwy on missionary schoows dat mostwy provide basic and moraw education, uh-hah-hah-hah.
During de Japanese occupation in Worwd War II, de operations of de Dutch education system were consowidated into a singwe operation dat parawwew de Japanese education system. The Japanese occupation marked de deterioration of education in Indonesia, as schoows were organized wif de goaw of creating Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere of infwuence. As a resuwt, schoows began training in miwitary and physicaw driww dat were anti-West oriented. It incwuded indoctrination of Japanese cuwture and history. Students were reqwired to raise de Japanese fwag and sawute de Emperor every morning. The Japanese made schoows wess stratified; despite dis, enrowwment had shrunk by 30% for primary education and 90% for secondary education by 1945.
Under de Japanese and Dutch occupation, most of de educationaw institutions were created to support de needs of de occupying power. There were very few efforts to promote de intewwectuaw advancement of de indigenous popuwation, uh-hah-hah-hah. After Indonesia decwared its independence in 1945, de surviving education system was fragiwe and unorganized. In addition dere was a shortage of teachers, as most of dem had been Dutch or Japanese. Very few Indonesians had experience in managing schoows.
Eager to address de negwect of focused education on native popuwation, de first government of Indonesia had to create a system from scratch and reject de cowoniaw European system. An Act decwared in de 1945 constitution as Chapter 8, articwe 131, cwause 1 dat "every citizen has de right for education". The Ministry of Education, Instruction and Cuwture was founded wif its first minister, Soewandi. The new institution sought to create an education dat is anti-discriminatory, -ewitist and -capitawist to promote nationawism of de new repubwic of Indonesia. It was awso decided dat rewigion deserved a proper pwace and attention under de new repubwic, resuwting in an increased support for Pesantren and Iswamic Madrasah.
Pre-schoow education in Indonesia is covered under PAUD (Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini, wit. Earwy Age Education) dat covers Taman Bermain (pwaygroup) and Taman Kanak-Kanak (kindergarten, abbreviated TK). PAUD is under direct supervision and coverage of Directorate of Earwy Age Education Devewopment (Direktorat Pengembangan Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini).
From de age of 2, parents send deir chiwdren to Taman Bermain. From de age of 4, dey attend Taman Kanak-Kanak. Most TKs arrange de cwasses into two grades: A and B, which are informawwy cawwed kewas now keciw (wittwe zero grade) and kewas now besar (big zero grade) respectivewy. Whiwe dis wevew of education is not compuwsory, it is aimed to prepare chiwdren for primary schoowing. Of de 49,000 kindergartens in Indonesia, 99.35% are privatewy operated. The kindergarten years are usuawwy divided into "Cwass A" and "Cwass B" wif students spending a year in each cwass.
Indonesians are reqwired to attend 12 years of schoow. They must go to schoow six (or five, depending on de institution) days a week from 6:30 a.m. untiw afternoon (usuawwy 2 or 3 p.m.). They can choose between state-run, nonsectarian pubwic schoows supervised by de Ministry of Nationaw Education (Kemdiknas) or private or semi-private rewigious (usuawwy Iswamic) schoows supervised and financed by de Ministry of Rewigious Affairs. Students can choose to participate in extracurricuwar activities provided by de schoow such as sports, arts, or rewigious studies. However, awdough 86.1 percent of de Indonesian popuwation is registered as Muswim, according to de 2000 census onwy 15 percent of schoow-age individuaws attended rewigious schoows. Overaww enrowwment figures are swightwy higher for girws dan boys and much higher in Java dan de rest of Indonesia.
A centraw goaw of de nationaw education system is to impart secuwar wisdom about de worwd and to instruct chiwdren in de principwes of participation in de modern nation-state, its bureaucracies, and its moraw and ideowogicaw foundations. Beginning under Guided Democracy (1959–65) and strengdened in de New Order after 1975, a key feature of de nationaw curricuwum — was de case for oder nationaw institutions — has been instruction in de Pancasiwa. Chiwdren age six and owder wearned by rote its five principwes — bewief in one God, humanitarianism, nationaw unity, democracy, and sociaw justice — and were instructed daiwy to appwy de meanings of dis key nationaw symbow to deir wives. But wif de end of de New Order in 1998 and de beginning of de campaign to decentrawise de nationaw government, provinciaw and district-wevew administrators obtained increasing autonomy in determining de content of schoowing, and Pancasiwa began to pway a diminishing rowe in de curricuwum.
A stywe of pedagogy prevaiws inside pubwic-schoow cwassrooms dat emphasises rote wearning and deference to de audority of de teacher. Awdough de youngest chiwdren are sometimes awwowed to use deir wocaw wanguage, by de dird year of primary schoow nearwy aww instruction is conducted in Indonesian. Teachers customariwy do not ask qwestions of individuaw students; rader, a standard teaching techniqwe is to narrate a historicaw event or to describe a madematicaw probwem, pausing at key junctures to awwow de students to caww out responses dat "fiww in de bwanks". By not identifying individuaw probwems of students and retaining an emotionawwy distanced demeanor, teachers are said to show demsewves to be patient, which is considered admirabwe.
Chiwdren ages 6–11 attend primary schoow, cawwed Sekowah Dasar (SD). As of 2014, most ewementary schoows are government-operated pubwic schoows, accounting for 90.29% of aww ewementary schoows in Indonesia. Students spend six years in primary schoow, dough some schoows offer an accewerated wearning program in which students who perform weww can compwete de wevew in five years.
Three years of junior high schoow (Sekowah Menengah Pertama, or SMP) fowwows ewementary schoow. Some schoows offer an accewerated wearning program in which students who perform weww can compwete de wevew in two years.
There are academic and vocationaw junior high schoows dat wead to senior-wevew dipwomas. There are awso "domestic science" junior high schoows for girws.
After compwetion, dey may be attend dree years of high schoow (Sekowah Menengah Atas or SMA). Some high schoows offer an accewerated wearning program so students who perform weww can compwete deir wevew in two years. Besides high schoow, students can choose among 47 programmes of vocationaw and pre-professionaw high schoow (Sekowah Menengah Kejuruan or SMK), divided in de fowwowing fiewds: technowogy and engineering, heawf, arts, craft and tourism, information and communication technowogies, agro-business and agro-technowogy, business management. Each reqwires dree years of study. At de senior high schoow wevew, dree-year agricuwturaw, veterinary, and forestry schoows are open to students who have graduated from an academic junior high schoow.
Speciaw schoows at de junior and senior wevews teach hotew management, wegaw cwerking, pwastic arts, and music.
Students wif disabiwities/speciaw needs may opt to be enrowwed in a separate schoow from de mainstream cawwed Sekowah Luar Biasa (SLB, wit. Extraordinary Schoow).
The Indonesian education system is de fourf wargest in de worwd wif more dan 50 miwwion students, 3 miwwion teachers, 300,000 schoows. Primary to high schoow wevew is compuwsory. Primary and middwe schoow is free, whiwe in high schoow, dere are smaww fees. The compwetion rate for Indonesian primary schoows is high. In 2011, de net enrowwment rate for primary education is about 95.55%, but de enrowwment rate is decreasing for middwe schoow to 77.71% and for high schoow to 57.74%. Whiwe de tertiary-education participation is even wower – about 27.1% – dis number is stiww qwite high compared to oder ASEAN member states. For de same year, de survivaw rate for primary, middwe, and high schoow as de fowwowing numbers: 95.3%, 97.68%, and 96.8%. The higher de percentage of survivaw rate means dat fewer students at certain education wevew who drop out. Awdough de Indonesian government has achieved significant improvement in education sector, dere are stiww many chawwenges dat shouwd be addressed, incwuding funding, management, eqwity, and education qwawity.
Teacher-training programs are varied and graduawwy being upgraded. For exampwe, in de 1950s anyone compweting a teacher-training program at de junior high schoow wevew couwd obtain a teacher's certificate. Since de 1970s, however, primary-schoow teachers have been reqwired to have graduated from a senior high schoow for teachers, and teachers of higher grades have been reqwired to have compweted a university-wevew education course. Remuneration for primary- and secondary-schoow teachers, awdough wow, compares favourabwy wif dat in oder Asian countries such as Mawaysia, India, and Thaiwand. Student–teacher ratios compare satisfactoriwy wif dose in many Asian nations: They were 23.4 to 1 and 18.8 to 1, respectivewy, for primary and secondary schoows in 2004; dat same year, de overaww averages for Asia-Pacific countries were 22 to 1 and 18 to 1, respectivewy.
By 2008, de staff shortage in Indonesia's schoows was no wonger as acute as in de 1980s, but serious difficuwties remain, particuwarwy in de areas of teacher sawaries, teacher certification, and finding qwawified personnew. In many remote areas of de Outer Iswands, in particuwar, dere is a severe shortage of qwawified teachers, and some viwwages have schoow buiwdings but no teachers, books, or suppwies. Providing textbooks and oder schoow eqwipment to Indonesia's 37 miwwion schoowchiwdren droughout de far-fwung archipewago continues to be a significant probwem as weww, especiawwy in more remote areas.
The schoow year is divided into two semesters. The first commences in Juwy and ends in December whiwe de watter commences in January and ends in June.
The secuwar and nationawist emphasis in pubwic schoows has been resisted by some of de Muswim majority. A distinct and vocaw minority of dese Muswims prefer to pwace deir chiwdren in a pesantren (Iswamic boarding schoow) or Iswamic schoow. Usuawwy found in ruraw areas and directed by a Muswim schowar, pesantren are attended by young peopwe seeking a detaiwed understanding of de Quran, de Arabic wanguage, sharia, and Muswim traditions and history, as weww as more modern subjects such as Engwish, madematics, and geography. Students can enter and weave de pesantren any time of de year, and de studies are not organised as a progression of courses weading to graduation, uh-hah-hah-hah.
Awdough de chief aim of pesantren is to produce good Muswims, dey do not share a singwe stance toward Iswam or a position on secuwarism. Some pesantren emphasise de autonomy of modern students to dink for demsewves and to interpret scripture and modern knowwedge in a way dat is consistent wif de teachings of Iswam. Oders are more traditionaw and stress de importance of fowwowing de wisdom of ewders, incwuding deir teachings on science, rewigion, and famiwy wife. Awdough de terrorist bombings in Kuta, Bawi, in 2002 raised suspicions about wheder pesantren promote extremist views, de majority of dese schoows in Indonesia are deowogicawwy moderate, refwecting de views of de Indonesian popuwation as a whowe. For dose who opt for a pesantren education, a sixf-grade eqwivawency certificate is avaiwabwe after successfuw compwetion of a state test.
For students to adapt to wife in de modern nation-state, in de 1970s de Muswim-dominated Department of Rewigion (now de Department of Rewigious Affairs) advocated de spread of a newer variety of Muswim schoow: de madrassa. This kind of schoow integrates rewigious subjects from de pesantren wif secuwar subjects from de Western-stywe pubwic-education system. Awdough in generaw de pubwic bewieves dat Iswamic schoows offer wower-qwawity education, among Iswamic schoows a madrassa is ranked wower dan a pesantren, uh-hah-hah-hah.
Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (MI) is de Iswamic schoowing awternative to SD, fowwowing a curricuwum wif more focus on Arabic and Iswam. Madrasah Tsanawiyah (MTs) is de Iswamic schoowing eqwivawent of SMP. Madrasah Awiyah (MA) is de Iswamic schoowing eqwivawent of SMA whiwe Madrasah Awiyah Kejuruan (MAK) is de eqwivawent of SMK.
The higher education institution is categorised into two types: pubwic and private. Bof are supervised by de Ministry of Research, Technowogy and Higher Education, uh-hah-hah-hah. There are four types of higher education institution: universities, institutes, academies, and powytechnics.
Indonesia's institutions of higher education have experienced dramatic growf since independence. In 1950 dere were 10 institutions of higher wearning wif a totaw of about 6,500 students. In 1970, 450 private and state institutions enrowwed about 237,000 students. By 1990 dere were 900 institutions wif about 141,000 teachers and nearwy 1.5 miwwion students. By 2009 dere were 2,975 institutions of higher education and more dan 4.2 miwwion students. Of dese institutions, 3 percent were pubwic, wif 57.1 percent of de student enrowment, and 97 percent were private, wif 42.9 of de student enrowment. Entry to state universities depends on de nationwide entrance examination (SNMPTN and SBMPTN). Even dough government subsidies finance approximatewy 80 to 90 percent of state-university budgets, universities have considerabwy more autonomy in curricuwum and internaw structure dan do primary and secondary schoows. Whereas, tuition in such state institutions is more affordabwe dan private-university tuition, enabwing attendance by students from rewativewy modest backgrounds, facuwty sawaries are wow by internationaw standards. Lecturers often have oder jobs outside de university to suppwement deir wages.
Private universities are generawwy operated by foundations. Unwike state universities, private institutions have budgets dat are awmost entirewy tuition-driven, uh-hah-hah-hah. A onetime registration fee (which can be high) is determined at de time of entry. Universities wif a rewigious affiwiation may receive donations or grants from rewigious organisations. The government provides onwy wimited schowarship support for students wishing to attend private universities.
Most of de 6,000 foreign students studying in Indonesian universities haiw from Mawaysia. In particuwar, dey are in de fiewds of medicine, pharmacy, witerature, humanities, Iswamic studies, and engineering. The majority are sponsored by de Mawaysian government. These students are dispersed across Indonesia in awmost aww pubwic universities such as Universitas Sumatera Utara, Universitas Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University, Bandung Institute of Technowogy and in private institutions such as Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana (UKRIDA).
Foreign universities can operate in Indonesia, but dey are reqwired to co-operate wif wocaw universities. A finaw and binding Constitutionaw Court has rejected a judiciaw review proposed by six students to refuse foreign universities to operate in Indonesia.
As of January 2015, de Internationaw Schoows Consuwtancy (ISC) wisted Indonesia as having 190 internationaw schoows. ISC defines an 'internationaw schoow' in de fowwowing terms "ISC incwudes an internationaw schoow if de schoow dewivers a curricuwum to any combination of pre-schoow, primary or secondary students, whowwy or partwy in Engwish outside an Engwish-speaking country, or if a schoow in a country where Engwish is one of de officiaw wanguages, offers an Engwish-medium curricuwum oder dan de country's nationaw curricuwum and is internationaw in its orientation, uh-hah-hah-hah." This definition is used by pubwications incwuding The Economist.
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Excluding the "countdown" audio and music score during the second launch video – all the elements of this presentation were produced by AmericaSpace and its affiliates. Alan Walters, Mike Killian, Jason Rhian, Matt Gaetjens as well as Mike Barrett & Jeff Seibert with Wired4Space.com and Lloyd Behrendt with Blue Sawtooth Studios contributed to make this presentation possible.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – AmericaSpace has been working for months to get video from the launch pads of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to show the world the wonder of launch. It is not an easy task. The timers will activate the cameras one way or another. If there are slips or scrubs? You get a ton of video showing a pretty rocket sitting on the pad venting excess fuel.
Everything has to go just right. The angle has to be right and the type of equipment one uses – can wreak havoc on whether-or-not you get the "prize" – precious video and audio showing a launch vehicle thundering off of the launch pad. AmericaSpace has been to get everything just right. For the launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket with its U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System-1 or MUOS-1 communications satellite – everything gelled.
This was in large part thanks to the patience of Alan Walters and the assistance of Mike Barrett and Jeff Seibert of Wired4space.com. Like Blue Sawtooth Studios, Wired4Space has opted to work collaboratively with AmericaSpace – and the results can be seen in this video package.
Video is not the entire picture however. Primarily, most media outlets set up still camera remotes to capture the launch. AmericaSpace is no different. Alan Walters, Mike Killian and Seibert all put remotes into place. Still remotes, like their video cousins, can be tricky beasts. But they have quirks all their own.
Generally still remotes are activated by sound or light (primarily sound) which, given how much noise and light a rocket launch makes, this seems ideal. These triggers can be too sensitive, being set off by wind – and filling the camera's memory card with tons of pictures of the launch vehicle on the pad. Or? They can be not sensitive enough and even a rocket going off right in front of it – isn't enough to activate them. Florida's turbulent weather also can wreak havoc on cameras that sit exposed along Florida's Space Coast.
Setting up remote video and still cameras is a gamble and just because you get it right once – does not mean that you will get the same result next time. Time-and-again professionals meet with frustration as they chase rockets. Then? There is that one time when everything works out perfectly – and it is all worth it. For the crew at AmericaSpace and its affiliates MUOS-1 was a "picture-perfect" launch.


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Q: Using Husky with Docker when no Node.js is available in local Working with Docker, I'm trying to make Husky work when there is Node.js in the container but no on the local machine.
As it will be triggered with git commands, with the info from here: "if you're running git commands in the terminal, husky will use the version defined in your shell PATH", and this other: "Husky will source ~/.huskyrc file if it exists before running hook scripts. You can use it, for example, to load a node version manager or run some shell commands before hooks."
Could something like changing the PATH so it points to the Node.js that is in the container be a solution? If so, how could be done?
Thanks in advance!

A: If I understand you right, I've solved the issue in two steps:

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*by sharing git from the host with the guest

# at docker-compose.yaml
version: '3'
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    app:
        build:
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        volumes:
            - /usr/bin/git:/usr/bin/git
            # installing dependencies missing at guest (in my case, guest debian, host ubuntu)
            - /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre2-8.so.0:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre2-8.so.0

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# at .husky/pre-commit

#!/bin/sh
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# instead of only npx lint-staged
docker exec great-app npx lint-staged

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News > 12th Annual Wine, Chocolate and Cheese Community Fundraiser!
12th Annual Wine, Chocolate and Cheese Community Fundraiser!
Please join us for our Twelfth Annual Community Fundraiser for the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation highlighting academic excellence at B-CC High School and the Foundation programs that help our students succeed.


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Ferae Naturae Definition:
Latin: wild in nature; usually in reference to wild animals such as monkeys or lions.
Related Terms: Domitae Naturae, Mansuetae Naturae, Domestic Animal, Animal, Wildlife, Wild Animal
See also Legal Definition of Wild Animal.
Other examples taken from cases: bees, rats, foxes bears and wild geese.
In Diversified Holdings, Justice Wallace wrote:
"In the beginning, Genesis said mankind should have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
"However, as society became more sophisticated and man brought certain animals into a state of subjection, under English law at least it was considered appropriate to distinguish between those animals which under normal circumstances are usually found at liberty, animals ferae naturae, and those animals which are generally tame, living in association with man, animals mansuetae or domitae naturae.
"Domestic animals are the subject of absolute ownership, with all the rights, duties, privileges and obligations that legal relationship entails.
"Animals ferae naturae are not the subject of absolute ownership, although a qualified property in such animals might be acquired by taking or taming them or while they are on one's estate. An action for damage resulting from the trespass of animals existed only in the case of those animals in which a right of property could exist at common law. "
In common law, the owner of an animal ferae naturae is strictly liable for damages caused by his/her animal. This, contrary to animals mansuetae naturae (tame by nature) for which the owner is liable only if she/he had knowledge of the tame animal's propensity for wild behaviour.
Osborn writes in his Concise Law Dictionary (1954):
"As regards animals ferae naturae (of a wild nature), the owner keeps them at his peril and is liable for any injury which they may do unless the person to whom the injuries done brings it on himself."
Justice Clifford of the United States Supreme Court wrote in Spring Company:
"Certain animals ferae naturae may doubtless be domesticated to such an extent as to be classed, in respect to the liability of the owner for injuries they commit, with the class known as tame or domestic animals.
"But inasmuch as they are liable to relapse into their wild habits and to become mischievous, the rule is that if they do so, and the owner becomes notified of their vicious habit, they are included in the same rule as if they had never been domesticated; the gist of the action in such a case, as in the case of untamed wild animals, being not merely the negligent keeping of the animal, but the keeping of the same with knowledge of the vicious and mischievous propensity of the animal."
Many jurisdictions have done away with the ferae naturae/mansuetae naturae nomenclature. England, for example, by its Animals Act 1971 prefers the plain language terms of dangerous or nondangerous species.
Statute law has also intervened to prescribe unique liability law for the actions of dogs and trespassing livestock such as horses and cattle.
At common law and in civil law, it was also held that no person can claim a beast or bird ferae naturae as property except only for so long as the animal is confined, although in some cases, marking the animal may conserve property rights notwithstanding the absconding from captivity.
William Blackstone wrote, in his Commentaries, and at page 393 of Book II, Chapter 25:
"In all these creatures, reclaimed from the wildness of their nature, the property is not absolute, but defeasible; a property that may be destroyed if they resume their ancient wildness and are found at large. For if the pheasants escape from the mew, or the fishes from the trunk, and are seen wandering at large in their proper element, they became ferae naturae again, and are free and open to the first occupant that hath ability to seize them."
Animals Act 1971 (England)
Animals (Scotland) Act 1987
Diversified Holdings v R, 99 DLR 3d 652 (BCSC, 1982)
Duhaime, Lloyd, Canine Ferae Naturae: The Statutory Elimination of Naturally Fierce Dogs
Duhaime, Lloyd, Legal Definition of Animal
Duhaime, Lloyd, Legal Definition of Domestic Animal
Duhaime, Lloyd, Legal Definition of Mansuetae Naturae
Duhaime, Lloyd, Legal Definition of Scienter
Spring Co. v. Edgar, 99 US 645 (1870)
Williams, Thomas, A Compendious and Comprehensive Law Dictionary Elucidating the Terms and General Principles of Law and Equity (London: Gale and Fenner, 1816)
Duhaime's Animal Law Dictionary
Duhaime's Tort and Personal Injury Law Dictionary
Justinian's Great Decision


By Richard Rollinson | This paper was given to a conference organised by the Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care.
But not on this occasion. It's been on my mind and in my mind a great deal. So I thought about why there is this difference, and the answer came quickly. I have devoted my entire adult working life, either directly or indirectly since 1974, to residential child care and treatment, and this is a conference hosted by the Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care and entirely focused on residential child care.
And here is a group – in the largest part not forced by duty or obligation to be here, but wanting to be here – because we are like-minded, at least in so far as we have a positive regard for such provision. I suspect that we also share an intense curiosity about children and young people who come into residential care and how we can help them live, learn, change, grow and, not infrequently, heal, and not just be hotelled or warehoused.
So, today and tomorrow residential child care is centre stage and in the spotlight, and right now so am I (so to speak)! Such a responsibility; such an opportunity! Part of me wants to go all "Fidel Castro" on you and, dressed in combat fatigues, declaim from a balcony for 6 or 7 hours I as you stand attentive below while I tell you about all the things I've been thinking about for the last six months.
However, fear not. Taking my fantasising largely in rein, I realise that I've got to use as my model Willie Wonka, who greeted Charley and the other Gold Ticket winners by saying, "Welcome, my friends. We must away. There's so little to do and so much time to do it in! No, wait; turn that around." So, with a lot to say and little time in which to say it, where do I begin? Where better than, like Mr. Wonka – with the children?!
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Richard Rollinson qualified in Social Work at Oxford in 1983 and has since secured an M. Sc in Orgainisational Consulting at Ashridge Business College/Middlesex University. He lectured on the Health and Social work courses at Reading Universify for 5 years. From 1991 he was Director of the Mulberry Bush School in Oxfordshire and then joined the Peper Harow Foundation in September 2001 until 2005. For quite some he was Chair of the Charterhouse Group of Therapeutic Communities and of its Research committee. In July 2011, he became Executive Director of the Planned Environment Therapy Trust.


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Q: Is there a reason not to run bash as root? I just noticed that on OS X 10.6.4 root's shell is set to /bin/sh.  Is there a security issue or something with running Bash?

A: Ubuntu uses dash as the default system shell for speed instead of sh. I guess if it is indeed sh, then it is probably the same reason.
There are good reasons here why bash is not really the best choice as the default system shell: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh

A: Isn't /bin/sh Bash?
Do a 'ls -lisa' in /bin. Then do a './sh -version' in the directory and sh will identify itself as the GNU bash.

A: I believe that for Unix compatibility reasons, the default root shell is /bin/sh.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne_shell
At one point, /bin/sh was a zsh shell, I believe. Apple changed it to bash because zsh wasn't POSIX compliant or somesuch.
EDIT:
The Makefile sourcecode, showing that /bin/sh is built from bash source.
EDIT #2:
Bored, I checked. It looks like Mac OS X 10.1.5 was the last version to use zsh for /bin/sh. It was changed to bash in 10.2.

A: Setting root's login/interactive shell to /bin/bash has no affect on shell scripts that have #!/bin/sh as their shebang line. For those scripts whatever file acts as /bin/sh whether it's a standalone executable or a symlink or hard link will be used to interpret that script. Likewise for scripts run from the command line in this manner: sh script.
It's perfectly fine to set the root user's interactive shell to be /bin/bash.


Back when I turned 21, I had reached the legal age for everything that was legal. I thought to myself, there isn't really anything else to age for so why not stay 21.
It was a silly notion. But I think I was somewhat serious.
As the years passed I kept that mindset. I wasn't counting the years past twenty-one. I was twenty-one.
Occasionally, my body would rudely remind me that several years had passed but I would ignore the thought. I still thought of myself as twenty-one. I embraced a youthful mindset. I snatched at quotes that verbalized that line of thinking.
I am pretty sure I didn't really fool anyone. But me. I somehow have believed that I am younger. I know this is so because occasionally I am shocked when I catch my reflection in the mirror.
But I am convinced that I am happier and maybe a bit younger because of this mindset.
I think there are other attitudes that can keep us youngish. Gratitude for instance. Gratitude lifts our spirits. How can that not keep us young?
Aging well truly is never about longevity but about the amount of life we put in our years.
Generosity is another youth inspiring mindset. I have observed how much people enjoy giving by their reluctance to receive. We would much rather give than receive wouldn't we? As we are blessed by our giving to others the pains of aging fade.
I am not sure that one can go back and reclaim youth by deciding to be twenty-one again. But I am sure that it is never too late to grow in gratitude and generosity.


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O26 Power 13: New Year, New Order, Same Teams on Top
Posted by Tommy Lemoine on January 4th, 2017
With 2017 now upon us and conference play ramping up, let's take a step back and reexamine the best of the best across the O26.
1. Gonzaga (14-0) – West Coast. Despite its cast of untested newcomers, chemistry and balance have not been an issue for Gonzaga this season. The Bulldogs have cruised to a 14-0 start behind a lineup whose top six scorers all average between 9.3 and 13.8 points per game. In fact, only two players—Nigel Williams-Goss and Przemek Karnowski—get more than 30 minutes per night, thanks largely to the effectiveness of bench players like Zach Collins (10.5 PPG, 5.2 RPG) and Killian Tillie (4.6 PPG). Mark Few's club has been equally excellent on both sides of the ball, ranking among the top 12 nationally in both offensive and defensive efficiency. That well-roundedness helped the Zags notch three neutral court victories over KenPom top-30 opponents, giving them a non-conference resume that should hold up very well in mid-March. A win or two over Saint Mary's would only strengthen the cause. The Zags are once again a legitimate Final Four contender.
UT Arlington surprise win at Saint Mary's opened eyes across college basketball. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
2. Saint Mary's (12-1) – West Coast. Since its jarring, 14-point home loss to UT Arlington on December 8, Saint Mary's has held five straight opponents under 0.90 points per possession. That's a positive sign for a unit that has often struggled to win games when its offense goes cold. The Gaels—with victories at Dayton and Stanford—have also proven their ability to win on the road, which is not something they could claim last season (the NCAA Selection Committee took notice). With one of the nation's elite point guards (Emmett Naar) and a center, Jock Landale, who currently ranks second in KenPom's Player of the Year standings, it's hard to imagine this team slipping much in WCC play. January 14, Saint Mary's first tilt with Gonzaga in Spokane, can't come soon enough.
3. Wichita State (12-3) – Missouri Valley. The Shockers' 100-66 dismantling of Bradley on New Year's Day perhaps best captures this team's identity. Sixteen different players saw action (Wichita State leads the country in bench minutes); ball movement was crisp (25 assists on 34 made baskets); and the physicality was unrelenting. Put simply, Wichita State is going to pummel a whole bunch of inferior opponents in Missouri Valley play. With an already-tenuous at-large resume, however, one major question remains: can the Shockers avoid losing more than one or two games in the conference? With Illinois State and Missouri State both surging, nothing is guaranteed.
4. Dayton (11-3) – Atlantic 10. The Flyers can't catch a break. First, Bradley transfer Josh Cunningham tore an ankle ligament two games into the season. Then, with reserve Darrell Davis already sidelined, Charles Cooke (18.7 PPG, 5.7 RPG) –Dayton's top scorer and rebounder—suffered a lower back injury against LaSalle that subsequently kept him out versus Saint Bonaventure on Tuesday night. The good news? Archie Miller's resilient group hit 14 threes and still managed to thump the Bonnies in their own gym. A win over Rhode Island on Friday would put Dayton in the early conference driver's seat. A healthy Cooke would help.
The Rams need a healthy Hassan Martin. (Mark L. Baer-USA TODAY Sports)
5. UT Arlington (12-3) – Sun Belt. The Mavericks didn't merely beat Saint Mary's in early December—they dominated the Gaels in their own gym. The 14-point beatdown marked Saint Mary's worst home loss since March 1, 2014, the product of dreadful shooting and outstanding ball-line defense on the part of UT Arlington. The Mavs' balance, depth and experience—they are the 14th-most experienced team in college basketball—has enabled the Sun Belt favorites to reel off 11 straight victories. With Kevin Hervey rounding into form (16.5 PPG, 12.0 RPG last four games) and zero road contests against KenPom top-200 opponents until February 18, expect that streak to continue.
6. Rhode Island (10-4) – Atlantic 10. An uneasy feeling began to set in after Hassan Martin (16.1 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 3.9 BPG) missed his fifth straight game over the weekend, especially for a program that hasn't reached the NCAA Tournament since 1999. In Rhode Island's first game without him on December 10 against Houston, the Rams surrendered 1.22 points per possession—their most since March 3, 2015. Luckily, the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year returned against Saint Joseph's on Tuesday night, blocked four shots, and helped his team win by 30 points. The Rams own wins over #22 Cincinnati, Belmont and Old Dominion, with no bad losses to their name. A victory at Dayton on Friday would go a long way towards a drought-ending March.
7. UNC Wilmington (13-2) – Colonial Athletic. The Seahawks missed an opportunity at Clemson on December 28 and will now have to blow through their CAA schedule in order to receive at-large consideration — which isn't necessarily out of the question. UNC Wilmington ranks 48th overall in KenPom, largely the result of hyper-efficient offense near the basket: Kevin Keatts' uptempo unit ranks seventh nationally in two-point percentage (57.5% 2FG). In fact, sophomore forward Devontae Cacok—who has made 59 of his last 65 shot attempts—leads the country in offensive rating (149.2 ORtg). The Seahawks' trip to defensively-stout College of Charleston on January 19 will be fascinating.
Reggie Upshaw scored 34 points again UAB on New Year's Day—a good sign for the Blue Raiders. (Photo: HELEN COMER/DNJ)
8. Virginia Commonweath (11-3) – Atlantic 10. The Rams appear to have their mojo back. After a poor home loss to Georgia Tech on December 7, VCU has since won five straight games, including a home triumph over Middle Tennessee State and road wins at Old Dominion and George Mason. JeQuan Lewis has firmly established himself as the team's leader in the process, averaging 19.4 points and 4.0 steals per night. The Atlantic 10 is without a clear front-runner this season, so there is no real reason to think VCU cannot still make a title run.
9. Middle Tennessee State (11-3) – Conference USA. Losing a close game at VCU is understandable but an eight-point home loss to Georgia State? That's disappointing, especially for a team well on its way to at-large consideration. Luckily, the Blue Raiders are still really good, evidenced by their eight KenPom top-150 victories. If Sunday's victory over reigning Conference USA champion UAB is any indication, Middle Tennessee State remains on track to rule the league this season. Whether it can reach March without any other unforeseen hiccups, of course, remains to be seen.
10. Valparaiso (11-3) – Horizon. Any hope for an at-large bid likely fell by the wayside after Valparaiso's double-overtime home loss to Santa Clara on December 22. Which is a shame, because with wins over Alabama, BYU, Rhode Island and Missouri State, the Crusaders were beginning to make a strong case. Still, with Alec Peters (25.0 PPG, 10.4 RPG) putting up monster numbers and shooting more efficiently, Matt Lottich's group remains the clear Horizon League favorite. This Friday night's home game against top challenger Oakland will be an interesting bellwether for both teams.
The Mountain West may be a mystery, but Cameron Oliver's talent is not. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
11. Brigham Young (11-4) – West Coast. Despite injuries to starters Elijah Bryant (14.2 PPG at Elon in 2014-15) and Kyle Davis (8.8 PPG), BYU has won six of its last seven games, including a home win over Colorado. Beating Saint Mary's in Moraga this Thursday might be a stretch, but—with Bryant eyeing a January return (Davis' career is over)—the fast-paced Cougars still remain on track to finish third in the WCC. Forward Eric Mika (20.2 PPG, 8.9 RPG) is a legitimate WCC Player of the Year candidate.
12. Nevada (12-3) – Mountain West. The Mountain West is a one-bid league this year, and Nevada might be it despite losing at Fresno State on Saturday. There aren't many inside-outside duos better than Cameron Oliver (14.9 PPG, 7.2 RPG) and Marcus Marshall (20.9 PPG), an offensively-gifted tandem that perhaps give the Wolfpack an edge over league favorite San Diego State. The Aztecs visit snowy Reno on Wednesday night, so we should learn more about this race very soon.
13. College of Charleston (11-4) – Colonial. With teams like Chattanooga, Monmouth and San Diego State slipping, it's time for College of Charleston to get some love here. The Cougars have played five straight road games dating back to December 15, going 4-1 and holding their opponents to 0.87 points per possession on average in the process. That's stingy. Earl Grant's unit boasts a top-30 defense and should challenge UNC Wilmington atop the CAA standings.
ALSO CONSIDERED: Illinois State (Missouri Valley), San Diego State (Mountain West), Chattanooga (Southern), Monmouth (Metro Atlantic), Arkansas State (Sun Belt), East Tennessee State (Southern), Saint Bonaventure (Atlantic 10), Davidson (Atlantic 10), Akron (Mid-American), Oakland (Horizon).
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1-year-old remains hospitalized following accident
Abigail Fingalson was air-lifted to MeritCare Hospital after the accident and initially was in critical condition, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
By news@inforum.com
A MeritCare nursing super-isor said Sunday that the family had not given permission to release a condition report.
Blake Fingalson, 23, and Constance Fingalson, 21, both of Detroit Lakes, were in the car along with the 1-year-old girl. They suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Scoreboard for Sunday, Jan. 29
'This isn't something that's out of our control:' Local nursing student advocates for affordable insulin


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    out, err = capsys.readouterr()

    assert re.search(r"how old is the Brooklyn Bridge", out, re.DOTALL | re.I)

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Home // Buckeye Dairy News // VOLUME 23, ISSUE 5 // Answering Farmers' Questions About the Pandemic in 2021
Dr. Gustavo Schuenemann, Professor and Extension Veterinarian, and Jeffrey Workman, Extension Program Coordinator, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University
COVID-19 has certainly dominated the headlines and many of our daily conversations since March, 2020. For those directly involved in production agriculture, our lives and routines may have been disrupted, but our daily business and responsibilities of farming and raising livestock never stopped.
Times like these should remind everyone of the importance of having a robust food production system to ensure a nation's food security. Below are the frequently asked questions we receive when visiting farms.
To answer these questions, we should look at the unbiased science. The challenge with looking at the science regarding COVID-19 is that portions of the science do not yet exist, or are not yet confirmed through replication and hard evidence. Time must pass in order to generate data.
Science is evolving as researchers around the world continue to study and learn more to create unbiased new knowledge that informs all of us. Answering one research question may lead to several new research questions, or the correct answer backed by science is no longer relevant moving forward as the virus has changed.
The "gold standard" that we typically use in the U.S. for sharing information and making decisions regarding public health are the recommendations coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC develops and changes their recommendations based on the available scientific data at any given time.
There are coronaviruses on my farm — is this the same as COVID-19?
No, there are animal coronavirus infections that are caused by different strains of coronavirus, such as calf diarrhea, winter dysentery in cows, and bovine respiratory disease complex (shipping fever). To prevent losses, producers vaccinate their animals to protect against diseases caused by coronavirus.
When and how will the COVID-19 pandemic end?
We can't yet say exactly when the pandemic will end, but we do know that the pandemic will essentially be over when the individuals who make up the population achieve some level of immunity which ultimately stops the spread.
How do you get immunity?
Immunity may be natural, or infection-induced, in which a person is infected with the virus and recovers. Immunity can also be vaccine-induced in which a vaccine helps the body to produce antibodies. Individuals who make up the population must achieve immunity to stop the spread and ultimately end the pandemic.
What is herd immunity?
Herd (or group) immunity occurs when a large portion of the population (or herd) has some level of immunity to a virus. This means if someone who didn't have enough immunity becomes exposed and infected, the likelihood of them passing it on to someone else is much less because the majority of their contacts in their surroundings already have immunity.
When a virus infects an individual, the individual either recovers or succumbs, and the virus can only survive by spreading to another host individual. We see in other viruses, such as the measles and mumps, in which the US population already has herd immunity, there are occasional small, isolated outbreaks, but the virus is unable to develop into a pandemic.
Is immunity a sure thing?
Typically, immunity from most viruses is never 100%. For example, we achieve immunity from the chickenpox virus through natural infection or vaccination, but there are still a few cases of reinfection identified worldwide. Influenza (flu) viruses have the ability to mutate, adapt, change, and jump across species.
As the flu virus changes, a person who has been vaccinated over several years, and also has some infection-induced immunity, may still become infected. However, they have some immunity that lessons the severity of their infection and results in a faster recovery.
Why should I get vaccinated?
The safest way to achieve some degree of immunity against COVID-19 is through vaccination. The current COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to be as high as 94% effective at preventing COVID-19 hospitalizations. The Delta variant is the newest strain of concern because it appears to be more contagious and severe than earlier strains of COVID-19. All indications thus far are that individuals who are fully vaccinated have protection from the Delta variant. It is important to keep in mind, if we learn that immunity wanes over time, or that the virus has significantly changed so that the current vaccine-induced immunity (or infection-induced immunity) is no longer effective, there could be recommendations for booster shots or other vaccine formulations at some point in the future. Individuals should choose whichever vaccine is available and they have the opportunity to receive. Current efficacy percentages reported are developed from subsets of people, and the true efficacy numbers will become much more valid and reliable as datasets become much larger and time passes.
Keep in mind that the efficacy of the annual influenza vaccines is typically only 40 to 60%. All three COVID-19 vaccines have been found to be safe and effective. Everyone is biologically different and side effects vary. The reward (immunity or some degree of immunity from COVID-19) outweighs the risk (potential vaccine side effects).
To conclude, the safest way to achieve immunity or some degree of immunity is by becoming fully vaccinated (individuals need both doses of a two-dose series). If an individual doesn't achieve immunity that fully prevents infection, they may achieve a degree of immunity that decreases the severity of symptoms and duration.
We all do personal risk assessments and consider the risk-benefit ratio each and every day without even thinking about it. There is risk in getting up in the morning and going to work. There is risk in driving a vehicle, operating machinery, flying on an airplane, and so on. Essentially everything we do in life has some degree of risk, but when individuals determine the benefit or reward outweighs the risk, they must carry on and move forward. Talk to your doctor or health care provider to discuss the best option for you and your family.


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Q: win32com codes working on Python webserver but not on Apache server I am working on Python and using win32com library to make ADODB connection or writing to file or sending outlook messages. The problem is that the code is working fine when I am hosting it on built-in Python webserver but throws error when I am hosting it on Apache webserver
Here are the pieces of code where it is throwing error:
169     conn = win32com.client.Dispatch(r'ADODB.Connection') # Making an ADODB connection
170     conn.CommandTimeout = 7200 # To set the time out time of the connection
171     DSN = "Data Source=DDSP; Database=DDSP; Persist Security Info=True; User ID=" + TDUserName + "; Password=" + TDPassword + "; Session Mode=ANSI;"
conn undefined, global win32com = <module 'win32com' from 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\__init__.pyc'>, win32com.client = <module 'win32com.client' from 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.pyc'>, win32com.client.Dispatch = <function Dispatch>
C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py in Dispatch(dispatch='ADODB.Connection', userName=None, resultCLSID=None, typeinfo=None, UnicodeToString=None, clsctx=21)
 93   """
 94   assert UnicodeToString is None, "this is deprecated and will go away"
 95   dispatch, userName = dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch,userName,clsctx)
 96   return __WrapDispatch(dispatch, userName, resultCLSID, typeinfo, clsctx=clsctx)
 97   dispatch = 'ADODB.Connection', userName = None, global dynamic = <module 'win32com.client.dynamic' from 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.pyc'>, dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName = <function _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName>, clsctx = 21
C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py in _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(IDispatch='ADODB.Connection', userName='ADODB.Connection', clsctx=21)
113         else:
114                 userName = str(userName)
115         return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
116
117 def _GetDescInvokeType(entry, default_invoke_type):
global _GetGoodDispatch = <function _GetGoodDispatch>, IDispatch = 'ADODB.Connection', clsctx = 21, userName = 'ADODB.Connection'
C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py in _GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch='ADODB.Connection', clsctx=21)
 90                         IDispatch = pythoncom.connect(IDispatch)
 91                 except pythoncom.ole_error:
 92                         IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(IDispatch, None, clsctx, pythoncom.IID_IDispatch)
 93         else:
 94                 # may already be a wrapped class.

IDispatch = 'ADODB.Connection', global pythoncom = <module 'pythoncom' from 'C:\windows\system32\pythoncom27.dll'>, pythoncom.CoCreateInstance = <built-in function CoCreateInstance>, builtin None = None, clsctx = 21, pythoncom.IID_IDispatch = IID('{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}')

<class 'pywintypes.com_error'>: (-2147024770, 'The specified module could not be found.', None, None)
  argerror = None
  args = (-2147024770, 'The specified module could not be found.', None, None)
  excepinfo = None
  hresult = -2147024770
  message = ''
  strerror = 'The specified module could not be found.'

For opening Excel Workbook:
def PreProcessLogger(reqNum, reqType, reqMail, reqIP, reqDate, reqTime, paraLogFile, PDRP, CIAG, CIAY):
    xlapp = win32com.client.Dispatch(r"Excel.Application")
    wb = xlapp.Workbooks.Open(logfilepath + '\\' + "Request Log.xlsx")

For the last line it is throwing error as:
<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: Excel.Application.Workbooks
      args = ('Excel.Application.Workbooks',)
      message = 'Excel.Application.Workbooks'

and for sending Outlook message for the following code:
def ErrorMailer(recipient, cc, queryNum, error):
    olapp = win32com.client.Dispatch('Outlook.Application')
    msg = olapp.CreateItem(0)
    msg.to = recipient
    msg.cc = cc
    msg.subject = 'Error in the query no. ' + str(queryNum)
    mail = 'Query number ' + str(queryNum) + ' resulted in error'
    mail += '\nThe error text is ' + str(error)
    msg.body = mail
    msg.send

It is throwing below error on the last line :
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "E:/CasualUserInterface/CUI - Deployment Package/Test Webapp/webapp/cgi-bin/generate_list.py", line 34, in <module>
olmail()
  File "E:/CasualUserInterface/CUI - Deployment Package/Test Webapp/webapp/cgi-bin/generate_list.py", line 32, in olmail
    msg.send
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 511, in __getattr__
    ret = self._oleobj_.Invoke(retEntry.dispid,0,invoke_type,1)
com_error: (-2147467260, 'Operation aborted', None, None)

To mention again, the code is working fine on Python webserver, but throws up these errors on Apache webserver
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks


It won't be long now before the next holiday beckons. Yes, it is already almost here. Seniors preparing for 2014 will, once again, marvel at how quickly 2013 has passed. One more year in our collection will have made its mark on us. One more series of upheavals will have impressed us with the challenging changes that come with the flipping of the calendar. We will reflect on those events and episodes which give us pause and raise our concerns.
We will be faced with the need to encourage courage. We will lean on the hope that the war drums will not beat so loudly. We will anticipate squeezing some positives out of the many negatives that confront us daily. We will trust our choices and management of our lives will have been wise and prudent. We will earnestly pray that fewer natural disasters will affect our land and its people.
2014 awaits us with all the blank pages that it makes available to all of us to make choices that will be good for us. There are, of course, no warranties or guarantees that come with those choices. We will need to employ our best judgment, hope for the most favorable outcome, anticipate that those who make decisions in our behalf will do so with integrity and sanity.
We will seek to make this new moment, one of our best. We will practice behaviors which will help us have better outcomes. We will look to the horizon, anxious to see a rising sun promising a new day. We will meet the rain clouds with a welcome that assures a better environment.
And when we have done all that, it will be January soon. And we will need to go through the rituals of change that that moment presents us. We will need to reinvigorate our sense that we are here to make a difference. We are here to improve on the days we are given. We will be met with new challenges and opportunites to draw from each new day, new occasions to live a full and fruitful life.


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The Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium (TARCC) is a collaborative Alzheimer's research effort funded by the State of Texas. Established by state law in 1999, initial Consortium medical school members included Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, University of North Texas Health Science Center, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The original four-member medical institutions and James W. Hinds, Chair on behalf of the Council, executed a Memorandum of Understanding creating the Texas Consortium of Alzheimer's Disease Centers on August 17, 2000 (PDF available here.) In June 2005, following initial state funding, these four Consortium members began their work on establishing a comprehensive research cohort of well characterized subjects to address better diagnosis, treatment, and ultimately prevention of AD. In September 2009, TARCC was expanded to include the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Membership was expanded in 2013 to include Texas A&M Health Science Center and again in 2015 with the inclusion of the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School as participating member sites. In February 2018, the Council added University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to TARCC membership. In 2019, TARCC membership expanded to include The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. TARCC is now comprised of 10 Texas medical institutions, 9 public and 1 privately funded.
In 2014, while continuing the research cohort, the Texas Council on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders launched the inaugural Investigator Grant Program for TARCC as part of the state-funded Darrell K Royal Texas Alzheimer's Initiative. This program provided financial support to Texas researchers to promote novel research and discovery towards understanding biological mechanisms, improving diagnosis, and developing therapies for Alzheimer's disease.
In 2018, with a mature database of over 3,600 cases accumulated by TARCC investigators across the state from the research cohort, the Council approved a transition from a cohort surveillance model to a grants-based program. The TARCC Investigator Grants Program aims to support the best science in the state while enhancing TARCC cohort data utilization and scientific productivity.
The well characterized TARCC research cohort (the Texas Harris Alzheimer's Research Study) contains longitudinal clinical, neuropsychiatric, genetic, and blood biomarker data on 3,670 participants diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and normal control participants. These data include an average of four annual visits for each subject, with a total of 14,655 visits. Analysis of the longitudinal data set enables TARCC investigators to model changes in cognitive function over time, allowing identification of factors that affect not only risk, but disease progression. A unique strength of the cohort is the enrollment of the largest number of Mexican American participants in an ongoing Alzheimer's disease research study wherein original TARCC cohort cohort subjects continue to be seen as part of an Investigator Grant approved in 2018.
TARCC has greatly increased Texas' capacity to advance research and discovery to improve early diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Alzheimer's disease. The Council relies on the scientific and medical training and the expertise of the TARCC Scientific Director, the Steering Committee, and the medical institutions they represent to set the research agenda for Texas' state appropriated funds.
Funding: The vision of the Texas Legislature of a world without Alzheimer's disease provided $2 million in start-up funding for TARCC in 2005. This appropriation was used for TARCC's first two years of operations, including organization of the Steering Committee, establishing specific aims, participant recruitment, data collection and data management. In 2007, Texas lawmakers nearly doubled the state's initial investment to $3.9 million. In 2009, state lawmakers approved $6.85 million in funding for TARCC to build on its early work, recruit more participants (including those diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment), and launch a new research focus into the impact of AD on Hispanics. In 2011, the Legislature appropriated $5.23 million for AD research. And in both the 2013-2015 and 2015-2017 biennia, the largest state appropriation to date for Alzheimer's research in Texas was secured - $9.23 million for each biennium. The state appropriation for AD research in 2018-2019 was $6.41 million but was restored back to the $9.23 million level for the 2020-2021 biennial budget.
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I am working with OLAP cubes in Excel 2010. I'm new to this so please forgive me if I'm not entirely clear in what I'm asking, I just don't really know all of the right terminology!
I'm trying to build reports based on invoice data in the cube, the problem I'm having is that where I want to see invoice date I have two options to choose from. For certain invoice types the field I want is "Transaction Date" and for others I want "Document Date" what I have had to do as a workaround to get the correct date is to put a formula alongside to say =IF([Document Date]="",[Transaction Date],[Document Date]). I wanted to try and do this inside the pivot table, as obviously the pivot table will grow and I don't want the end user to have to remember to fill the formula down to the bottom of the pivot table. Another problem is that because I am limited to the number of fields I can add to the report (after I put so many in I get a memory allocation failure), this is wasting space having to put two separate date fields in.
I got this extension which lets me add my own custom measures to the pivot table and have been able to do simple calculations based on values only, but I have no idea if it's even possible to do what I want here, let alone how to go about doing it!


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In November 2021, Arizona representative Paul Gosar was censured and stripped of his committee assignments in the House for posting an anime video that showed him killing New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
He did not apologize:
Here was Ocasio-Cortez's response:
I don't know if Gosar apologized privately to Ocasio-Cortez. But they appear to still have a working relationship. Today the cameras caught Gosar chatting with Ocasio-Cortez. They both oppose Kevin McCarthy's candidacy for Speaker of the House.
Gosar & Gaetz chatting with AOC after McCarthy fails to secure the votes he needed to become Speaker.
2023 is weird already
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According to reports, Gosar was concerned that the Democrats would stop showing-up for votes on the speakership, thus making the quorum smaller and giving McCarthy and easier path to victory. Ocasio alleviated Gosar's fears. The Democrats will continue to show-up and vote for Hakeem Jeffries, keeping the threshold for the election of a Speaker. at 218 votes.
Here is John McCormack at National Review:
So what brought the two together on the House floor today? Ocasio-Cortez told National Review that "apparently Kevin McCarthy was making a claim that there's a possibility that some Democrats could" not cast votes "in order to lower the threshold" of votes McCarthy needs to win the speakership, "and some of the Republicans who are holding out were wondering if that was true. And I said, 'Absolutely not. I was not going to walk away.'"
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Planta is a surname of Swiss origin.

List of people with the surname
 Albert Planta (1868–1952), Canadian senator and financial agent
 Claudio von Planta (born 1962), Swiss cameraman
 Andrew Planta (1717–1773), Swiss pastor and librarian of the British Museum
 Elizabeth Planta (1740/41–1823), governess of Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne and her children, daughter of Andrew Planta
 Joseph Planta (librarian) (1744–1827), Swiss Principal Librarian of the British Museum, son of Andrew Planta
 Frederica Planta (1750–1778), governess and English teacher for the children of George III and Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, daughter of Andrew Planta
 Sir Joseph Planta (1787–1847), British diplomat and politician, son of the librarian Joseph Planta

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Christian Kabasele, est un footballeur international belge, né le  à Lubumbashi au Zaïre. Il évolue actuellement au Watford FC au poste de défenseur.

Biographie
Christian Kabasele commence sa carrière à Eupen.

Le 27 janvier 2011, Malines confirme que Kabasele rejoint le club en prêt. Il fait ses débuts le 12 février lors de la victoire 3 à 1 contre Westerlo, en remplaçant Jonathan Wilmet. Il marque son premier goal pour Malines lors du match contre le Lierse gagné 2 à 1, le 8 avril.

Le 22 août 2011, Kabasele rejoint le club bulgare de Ludogorets Razgrad en signant un contrat de 3 ans. Le 19 novembre 2011, il marque son premier but pour Ludogorets à la dernière minute lors de la victoire 2 à 0 contre Kaliakra Kavarna dans un match de championnat. Un an plus tard, il quitte la Bulgarie, déçu, il a notamment dû supporter des insultes racistes de la part du public local qui lui crachait sa haine en lui lançant des bananes.

Le 16 août 2012, Kabasele fait son retour à Eupen en signant en contrat de 2 ans. Là-bas, l'entraineur l'installe sur le terrain en tant que défenseur et plus comme attaquant à la suite de la blessure de Diawandou Diagne.

Ses bonnes prestations à Eupen attirent l'attention de Genk, équipe limbourgeoise pour laquelle il signera en 2014.

À la suite de ses performances réalisées pendant la saison 2015-2016 en Jupiler Pro où il était le seul joueur de champ à avoir joué tous les matchs de championnat ainsi que de Coupe de Belgique dans leur totalité, il est engagé par le club anglais de Watford FC pour les 5 ans à venir pour un montant de transfert d'environ 7 millions d'euros.

En avril 2019, Kabasele a été victime de commentaires racistes sur les réseaux sociaux, avec ses coéquipiers Adrian Mariappa et Troy Deeney.

Carrière internationale
Bien que né au Zaïre, Kabasele s'est retrouvé en Belgique dès son plus jeune âge et pu choisir dans quelle sélection il désirait évoluer.

En janvier 2015, il refuse une proposition de la République Démocratique du Congo de se joindre à l'équipe pour la CAN 2015 car il espère toujours pouvoir être sélectionné pour la Belgique.

En mai 2016, il est sélectionné par Marc Wilmots pour être dans la liste des 23 belges qui participeront à l'Euro 2016 en France à la suite des forfaits de plusieurs joueurs notamment Vincent Kompany, Nicolas Lombaerts ou encore Björn Engels. Il fait ses débuts en équipe nationale lors d'un match amical contre les Pays-Bas le 9 novembre 2016.

En mai 2018, il a été une nouvelle fois préselectionné dans le groupe belge pour la Coupe du monde de football de 2018 en Russie. Il n'a toutefois pas été retenu dans le groupe des 23 joueurs définitifs.

Statistiques

Liste des matches internationaux

Palmarès
 Ludogorets Razgrad
 Vainqueur du Championnat de Bulgarie de football 2012-2013

 Vainqueur de la Coupe de Bulgarie en 2012

 Watford Football Club

 Finaliste de la Coupe d'Angleterre de football 2018-2019
 Vice-champion d'Angleterre de D2 en 2021.

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Footballeur belge
Joueur du KAS Eupen
Joueur du KV Malines
Joueur du PFK Ludogorets Razgrad
Joueur du KRC Genk
Joueur du Watford FC
Naissance en février 1991
Naissance à Lubumbashi


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McLaren revealed the all-new 2020 GT supercar
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McLaren celebrates the 20,000th car leaving the assembly lines. This is a significant milestone for the luxurious British sportscar and supercar company, and the lucky vehicle was a Chicane Grey 600LT Spider. The staff enjoyed celebrating this accomplishment at...
McLaren GT teaser comes with an official reveal date
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Finally, the McLaren GT teaser comes with an official reveal date. This is the first view of the silhouette without being wrapped in camouflage. Previously, McLaren released a few official photos of the camouflaged GT, but now the disguise...
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McLaren gives the world a peak of the new Grand Tourer sporting light camouflage. Last month at the Geneva Motor Show, the automaker announced the upcoming luxury car, stating that it would not be part of any current McLaren...
Lego created a full-size McLaren Senna
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Lego created a full-size McLaren Senna. They fully invested in the collaboration with the automaker. This brick masterpiece was built using 467,854 individual pieces, that's 200,000 more than what Lego used to create the life-size 720s. The Bugatti Chiron...
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Don't miss the McLaren 720S Spider at the Geneva Motor Show. McLaren Special Operation (MSO) upgraded the 720S Spider, but is not a production unit, but just another example of what MSO can imagine through customization. There is really...
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Andee Oehm - February 25, 2019
McLaren will debut the haunting 2019 McLaren 600LT Spider by MSO at the Geneva Motor Show. McLaren loves to show off the designs from its McLaren Special Operations (MSO) division. The roadster received a visual upgrade. The automaker displayed...
McLaren will not produce an SUV
McLaren will not produce an SUV. McLaren is committed to the preservation of its quality vehicle design. Many carmakers who produce supercars have a lineup of SUVs and crossovers, that is not in the future for the automaker. Design...


This white Duck Necklace is almost fully 3 Dimensional. We made it with a flat back so it would nicely lay flat and not flop around. We have not realized the necklaces don't flop that much so fully 3 D is a great possibility. See our Fully 3D Blue Jay Necklace.
14Kt Gold Filled Necklace can be size, 18", 20", or 24" length.
We create custom orders. We have made many different animals and can make any bird of your desire.