The HTML page layout structs are very similar but the admin app could be updated to use a content table structure like the view apps. The benefit is that the associated CSS could be used straight up between the 2 apps. As of 7/2011 most of the code can be used but they do differ.
TEST: Make sure admin and view apps look okay on various computers, browsers etc.
TESTING: Look for issues with the page look especially the navigation, header, footer areas of the admin app and view app.
Upon testing done on 6/5, Kim noticed 1) an issue with the date format in the footer of the query builder page and 2) the "Data Chart" line no longer appears in the query criteria selection on the query report page (not sure if that was intentional).


At-Home Workers With Booty Pain: Why Do You Have It And How Can You Get Rid Of It? - How Do You Deal With Your Aches and Pains?
If you experience pain in your buttocks after working long hours on your computer, take action now to get rid of your discomfort. People who sit for prolonged periods of time can experience a number of symptoms, including buttock pain and back pain. Prolonged sitting can also cause piriformis syndrome, which can become worse without treatment. In addition, the syndrome can potentially cause problems with your sciatic nerves and the body areas they support. Here are things to know about piriformis syndrome, how it causes buttock pain and what you can do to stop it.
Piriformis syndrome occurs when the piriformis muscles of your buttocks ache or tighten up from stress, inflammation and pressure. Sitting tends to flatten out the muscles that support your buttocks, thighs and hips, including the gluteus maximus. As the muscles flatten, they become weak and flaccid. The piriformis muscles may need to work harder in order to compensate for the weakened muscle tissues in your buttocks, which can cause them to twitch uncontrollably. The spasmodic piriformis muscles can eventually aggravate the sciatic nerves traveling near them.
Sciatic nerves travel from the lower region of your back, through your hips and down the backs of your thighs. One of the problems with sciatic nerve pain is that it can originate in one area of the body, such as a piriformis muscle, and gradually cause problems in other places, such as your feet and hips. Although the pain usually affects one specific side of the body, it's possible to experience discomfort in both sides. This is most likely why you have pain in both buttocks instead of one.
The pain can eventually spread up your back and to your shoulders and neck. You may notice that your posture seems out of place when you sit down. The muscles in these areas become tired and weak, which forces your shoulders to slouch and neck to arch forward. After awhile, you experience pain all over.
To get rid of your pain and prevent the issues above, make a few changes in how you work at home and on your computer.
What Can You Do to Alleviate Your Pain?
One of the best ways to alleviate your current pain and prevent other issues is to see a chiropractor for care. A chiropractor is a specialist who treats body aches and conditions without medications. Instead, the specialist uses treatments, such as spinal adjustments, water therapy and ice therapy, to remove inflammation from the body. Other treatments may include using equipment that stimulate nerve function and control involuntary movement in muscle tissues.
Before your chiropractic treatment begins, a specialist may examine your hips, spine and buttocks with X-rays. The images may reveal the sources of your pain, such as the exact location of your pinched sciatic nerves or inflamed piriformis muscles. The exam may also involve manually checking the condition and position of your body to find out if you have alignment problems in your posture.
After a chiropractor begins treatment, they may suggest that you change how you work at home. For instance, instead of using a regular work chair, you might invest in an ergonomic workstation that allows you to adjust the height of your computer to accommodate your pain. You may choose to use a chair that features a more supportive back and seat. Placing a footrest or stool beneath your feet to raise or lift your legs may take stress off your buttocks as well. These are just a few things you can do to help you work without pain.
For more information about your buttock pain and where it comes from, contact a chiropractor in your area today.


If you have ever wanted to DJ at Farr Festival now is your chance. Last week they launched their DJ mix competition, giving one lucky entrant the chance to play at set and a pair of tickets to Farr Festival 2017.
The woodland based festival takes place at the height of the British summer (13-15th July 2017). Stage hosts include The Hydra, Red Light Radio + Music From Memory, Mister Saturday Night, Brilliant Corners and more. The lineup itself will be revealed next year.
To enter the DJ mix competition, dig deep and pull out those hidden gems, they're looking for someone who has invested the time and effort to explore the finer recesses of music new and old. Track selection is key. They are not looking for someone to reel off the latest hits from Beatport. Selectors need only apply.
Record a 60 minute mix (vinyl, CD or digital) and upload it to Mixcloud. Musically anything goes as long as it fits Farr Festival's musical ethos. Those who dig a bit deeper and show some individuality always shine through.
Deadline for entries 1st April 2017.
Use the cover art provided here.
Tag your mix "Farr Festival 2017 DJ Mix". If you fail to tag the mix correctly, your entry may be missed.
Follow Farr Festival on Mixcloud.
Send us a link to your mix at tom@farrfestival.co.uk with the subject "Farr Festival 2017 DJ Mix".
Attach a photo of your DJ set-up where you recorded the set.
Write a paragraph explaining your mix, track selection, atmosphere created and anything else you would would like to include.
The winner will win a DJ set at the festival plus a pair of weekend tickets to Farr Festival 2017.
The runner up will win a pair of weekend tickets to Farr Festival 2017.
For inspiration check out the Into The Woods podcast series curated by Inverted Audio for Farr Festival.


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Hamilton County Prosecutors Indict Prolific Serial Killer Samuel Little for Cincinnati Murders
Little has confessed to strangling two women in Cincinnati decades ago
By Nick Swartsell on Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 10:41 am
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Hamilton County Prosecutors today indicted Samuel Little after he confessed to murdering two women in Cincinnati.
Authorities recently received eerie clues about those crimes: portraits drawn by the prolific serial killer who says he strangled the women.
Last year, 78-year-old Little confessed to 90 murders across 11 states, including at least six in his native Ohio, as he sought a prison transfer. Little was already incarcerated for three murders in California when he made the confessions. He was convicted for those murders and sentenced in 2014 to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Among his many confessions, Little indicated he killed Cincinnati native Annie Lee Stewart, who lived in Over-the-Rhine, and dumped her body in a Columbus suburb in 1981. He also says he murdered another unidentified black female of indeterminate age in OTR sometime around 1984. Little says he disposed of her body somewhere in a 20-minute drive of the neighborhood — possibly under a billboard with an ad for Kool brand cigarettes.
Little says he killed the women while living in a halfway house in Northern Kentucky.
Prosecutors say they are working with the Hamilton County Coroner's Office reviewing autopsy records to determine if a body matching that description turned up in the area at that time.
If convicted of the crimes, Little will face 15 years to life in prison. Little agreed to plead guilty as long as prosecutors don't seek the death penalty.
He also faces other charges. Cuyahoga County Prosecutors brought indictments Friday for two of three murders Little says he committed in Cleveland. One occurred in 1984, when Little left a Cleveland bar with a 21-year-old woman named Mary Jo Peyton, took her to a nearby factory, strangled her and threw her body down a stairwell. Employees from a nearby business discovered her two days later. Little says he killed again in Cleveland in 1991, when he picked up a 32-year-old woman named Rose Evans. He took her to a vacant lot, strangled her and covered her in two tires. A passerby found her body later that day.
Among the other Ohio women Little says he killed: a woman he met in Columbus, killed and dumped in Northern Kentucky in 1984.
Little, a one-time boxer who beat and strangled his victims, did more than just tell authorities about those murders. He drew disturbingly-detailed portraits of each victim.
Little drifted from state to state for years after dropping out of high school in Lorain, Ohio.
He had numerous brushes with the law during that time, including stints in prison.
Authorities charged Little with the 1982 murders of two women in Mississippi and Florida, but he was acquitted. He moved to California, where he was arrested and convicted in 1984 of beating and kidnapping two women who survived their encounters with him. He served roughly two-and-a-half years in prison for those crimes and was released in 1987.
Little's luck ran out in 2012, when he was arrested at a shelter for those experiencing homelessness in Louisville, Kentucky and extradited to California, where the FBI says he was wanted on a narcotics charge. Authorities then began matching up his DNA with unsolved murder cases. That is how the Los Angeles Police were able to pin him to three murders there between 1987 and 1989.
That led to other connections, including a killing in Texas for which Little was later convicted. When agents from the FBI, Department of Justice and Texas Rangers went to interview Little about that killing in 2018, he was hoping to move from the prison he was at in California to a different facility. That, authorities say, got him talking.
"He went through city and state and gave Ranger (James) Holland the number of people he killed in each place," FBI Crime Analyst Christina Palazzo said in a news release. "Jackson, Mississippi — one; Cincinnati, Ohio — one; Phoenix, Arizona — three; Las Vegas, Nevada — one."
All these years later, it is unclear what Little's motive was for the murders. Of the 90 killings Little has confessed to, authorities have been able to link him conclusively to 34. Others remain uncorroborated.
That doesn't necessarily mean Little made them up, authorities say.
Little often targeted vulnerable women engaged in sex work or struggling with addiction problems, law enforcement officials point out. Sometimes, bodies believed to belong to his victims went unidentified and their killings uninvestigated.
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Dialogue Conflict and crisis, ancient wisdom tells us, brings to our doorstep both (1) danger and (2) opportunity.
The choice is ours to (1) persist in perilous, obsolete ways or (2) enter into dialogue to discover new opportunities together.
Abraham and Opportunity In ancient times, there was a covenant -- a promise. If Abraham would leave the old, he'd become the seed of a great nation. And there were conditions to be fulfilled -- detach from what was less than the highest.
Our ancestor, Abraham, had the faith and courage to lead his people out of the old, into a new experience and higher social intelligence -- out of Ur, idol worship, greed, and alienation, and toward a new place, a land of milk and honey for all.
Abraham faithfully let go of his precious sons, Ishmael and Isaac, for the sake of a higher good. He courageously risked slaying his beloved Isaac. His dear Ishmael was to walk out of his father's sight and life, only to be temporarily reunited arm-in-arm with his brother, Isaac, at the moment of their father's funeral. Today, history has brought the sons and daughters of Abraham back to the land that birthed them. There is danger; and there is a rich opportunity to discover a creative life together.
What courage is required to avert danger? We must adopt the courage to initiate, to create opportunity, to move into the new experience and "land" of relationship and dialogue -- to once again invite one another into our tents. And the courage to surrender to stillness, listening, and openness, to be receptive to new insights and ideas for our shared future.
What is Dialogue? It is a balance of advocacy and inquiry.
Advocacy is reasoning with supportive data.
Inquiry is suspension of reason and exposing your mental models and heart,
giving the other person a "window to your reasoning" and to your humanity.
Good dialogue....
is an exchange of ideas and experiences
that is so active, effective, and highly charged that it
leaves none of the participants unchanged.
means learning to suspend one's opinions and judgments in order to
truly listen to one another.
requires staying in the dialogue,
even when one's closely held beliefs are challenged.
requires all participants to contribute from where they are -- even half-formed ideas.
can result in divergent views converging,
discovering a new social intelligence.
Trialogue New Social Intelligence Me You Trialogue is the true meeting of persons, faithful and open to the presence of a higher social intelligence, "a way through," a greater reality of the world into which we are born. It is an event that transcends language and finds, as it is entered into, expression in openness and love. Trialogue, as introduced by British scholar, Josef Boehle, is a way to cooperation and community, in our precious diversity. It is fundamental to human development, and to survival itself.
You can read more about communication, dedication, and Dialogue Guidelines: Changing Confrontation to Cooperation.
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Alberta First Nation says more deformed fish were caught
First Nations people who live downstream from the oilsands in northern Alberta say they have caught more deformed fish in Lake Athabasca and will be sending them away for testing.
The Canadian Press · Posted: Jun 01, 2012 4:35 PM MT | Last Updated: June 1, 2012
Natives who live downstream from the oilsands in northern Alberta say they have caught more deformed fish in Lake Athabasca and will be sending them away for testing.
Pictures of two fish, a sucker and a northern pike, were distributed by the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation on Friday. The band has long called for better protection of the region's water.
Chief Allan Adam said he is concerned that changes to the Federal Fisheries Act will favour industrial development over the protection of fish.
This undated handout photo shows a deformed fish on Lake Athabasca. People who live downstream from the oilsands say they have caught more deformed fish, which will be sent for testing. (Canadian Press/Handout from Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation )
The pike, which Adam said was caught near the community on Wednesday, appears to have a red lesion running down its back and more lesions on its belly. The sucker, which Adam said was also caught Wednesday, was found floating near-death on the surface. It is missing a lot of its scales.
"It ain't natural, no," Adam said in a phone interview from the fly-in community, which is on the southwestern end of Lake Athabasca near the provincial boundary with the Northwest Territories.
"At this point in time we are trying to determine what the cause of it is, but when I show it to some of the elders here in the community, they say for a fact that all of their life ... they haven't seen stuff like that happen to fish."
In 2010, the band showed off deformed fish caught in the lake to back a call for further study of water quality downstream of the oilsands. Pictures of the fish beamed around the world and became a rallying point for critics. The move came right before a tour of the region by heavyweight Hollywood director James Cameron and the First Nation was a focus of his visit.
Dave Ealey with Alberta Environment noted that there are a number of different conditions that can cause abnormalities in fish from parasites to oxygen depletion. Looking at the picture of the pike, Ealey wondered if it might have been injured escaping a net.
"I wouldn't say that it's not natural," Ealey said. "These things, they do happen naturally and we want to be able to assess which situations are as a result of human activity and which are basically showing us the normal range of unusual conditions that fish express."
There have been fish tales from the region before.
In 2008, a goldeye was caught on Lake Athabasca that appeared in a photo as if it had two mouths. While it was initially suggested the fish was an example of how pollution can mutate wildlife, a University of Alberta biologist eventually determined that the second jaw was actually the fish's tongue that was pulled through its mouth by ligaments contracting during death.
Alberta is increasing its pollution monitoring in the oilsands region after its old approach came under criticism by scientists both at home and abroad.
Just this week, the government confirmed it has moved forward on a plan for the number of monitoring sites to be increased by more than 50 per cent in the next three years. The new approach includes looking for hazardous chemicals ignored under the old plan and extending the geographic reach into Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories.
Also this week, a study done by two Environment Canada scientists was publish in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring. Looking at all available monitoring data — some that went as back as far as 1978 — the researchers found that mercury levels have decreased in several species of fish in the Athabasca River and Lake Athabasca.
The report's abstract concedes that the data was gleaned from studies with different methodologies and recommends future monitoring of mercury in fish be more rigorous.
The Fisheries Act changes were woven throughout the federal government's budget implementation bill and come in two steps.
One provision comes into effect immediately. It maintains some protection of fish habitat, but gives Ottawa more leeway to allow exceptions. The second phase is to come later and will allow industrial development as long as fish deemed important for commercial or aboriginal use or for a sports fishery aren't actually killed.
Critics say that favours industrial development and resource extraction over the protection of fish habitat. Under the current system, if companies want to mine or drill or run a pipeline, they have to ensure they don't disrupt fish habitat. If they do, they must provide a new habitat for the fish.
Habitat is not the main concern under the new provisions. They look at the fish themselves.
Federal ministers say they need the new rules because too much development is held up by legislation that protects ditches, puddles and minor streams.
Ealey said the province is willing to examine the fish caught in Fort Chipewyan this week.
Adam said the fish will be sent to a Canadian Co-operative Wildlife Health Centre in Calgary for analysis.
Unusual northern Alberta fish didn't have two mouths, scientist finds


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KayPee – Football Time (Prod By Puffy Tee)
Posted on April 27, 2018 by blingz
Kator Prince aka MC kaypee who hails from Ughelli south local government, in delta state, Nigeria, he is a graduate of computer science education, from The University, of Benin ,he is a prolific entertainer who started displaying his muli-talent in the church of God mission's choir as a chorister , drama co-ordinator.
On gaining admission in to the University of Benin in 2003 he excelled in the world of entertainment by showing his versatility as a musician and MC/comedian.
His first contact with professional music was under the direction of Timothy Aluko aka Altims now ace producer of MAVIN RECORDS and PUFFY TEE producer of numerous hit songs in Nigeria one of which is yahoozee, his talent was noticed by fans when he gave a five star performance at the Glo naija sings in 2010, then went on to co-star alongside Julius Agwu at kas 11-11-11 album lunch concert at landmark event center in 2011.
His creativity and the love for the game of football is the inspiration of his latest football anthem titled "FOOTBALL TIME" produced by ace producer PUFFY TEE.
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Rohingya refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh, 1992
In 1992 more than 250,000 Rohingya refugees fled forced labor, rape and religious persecution at the hands of the Burmese army. With the assistance of UNHCR and non-governmental relief agencies, the Bangladeshi government sheltered the refugees in nineteen camps in the vicinity of Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh. Many have since returned -mainly under pressure of the Bangladesh Government- but as the Burmese intimidations continue new groups of Rohingya's keep looking for a save shelter in Bangladesh, like in 2017 and 2018.
I was the first journalist present in Teknaf on the first day when the refugees arrived.


Skin cancer radiation treatment means using ionizing radiation to treat the cancerous skin and also to control cells that have become malignant, and it can often also be used in instances when cure is not possible and thus will act as a means to control the disease and provide symptomatic relief. In some cases, skin cancer radiation treatment may also is used for therapeutic treatment especially in cases where the patient needs survival benefits rather than curative.
In fact, skin cancer radiation treatment may often is the primary treatment when tumors have developed, and sometimes it can be combined with surgery as well as chemotherapy though the precise treatment intent can vary between curative, neo-adjuvant, adjuvant as well as therapeutic or even palliative depending on the type of tumor and its location and nature as too the patient�s general state of health.
Skin cancer radiation treatment is generally applied to where the tumor is present and involves use of x-rays that will help kill of the cancerous cells and this type of treatment can be used on all parts of the body. In fact, there are now newer skin cancer radiation treatments available and the latest one is known as External Beam Radiation that allows the doctor to focus the radiation to exactly where the cancerous cell is present and not to affect the healthy tissues.
The effectiveness of skin cancer radiation treatment is the greatest when the disease is diagnosed at an early stage and treatment is begun when the disease has not progressed and therefore can prevent the cancer from spreading or turning invasive. There no doubts that skin cancer radiation treatment is very effective and this is most noticeable in the case of large lesion on a patient�s nose or lips and even eyelids, and is the last resort for patients that cannot have surgery performed to remove the skin cancer. Once applied, skin cancer radiation treatment helps in destroying the tumor cells and unless use of External Beam Radiation is undertaken, some of the surrounding healthy tissue also gets destroyed in the process.
Skin cancer radiation treatment is in fact one of the last responses that the medical practitioner would apply to treat melanoma and it is a form of treatment that may take several sessions to complete the treatment, though you should also be aware of some side effects that may even mean having topical redness and dry skin as well as rashes breaking out, though these are not permanent and will soon disappear. Nevertheless, you may also experience your skin color changing which can even take place a few years following such treatment.


Microsoft has decided to revolutionize the user interface of the Windows Operating System(again). In the upcoming Windows Operating System, the most striking change, according to me is the new look of the Explorer, The first time I saw it, I could not believe my own eyes. Everyone is going minimal these days. Putting an Omnibar, removing clutter, keeping most used buttons and trashing the rest and so on. Then I first saw this.
I instantly dismissed this as one of the thousands of fan site creation or something like that. But Googling around I found out that this was absolutely authentic! In the process I found this.
Honestly, I never hated the ribbon as long as it was kept for applications like Office etc. But now that it is in Explorer, Windows Explorer, I take a strong exception to it.
Just one look at it is enough to make me go nuts. What were they thinking? For people with small screen sizes this HUUUGEEEE toolbar alone will take up a lot of space. I don't know how Windows 8can be "Touch friendly". To make it worse, the buttons are arranged into multiple tabs.
For example, to share, you need to go to the Share tab to do things.
However of all things I found the new View Tab the most annoying, no more a drop down menu that neatly shows you different viewing options. Instead you get this.
For me it was actually quite horrifying.
Now since the Microsoft team is working very hard for their designs, it can't be all bad. Well, it actually isn't. Some of the positive features for having a ribbon is that you can integrate more options in the space. Yes, its is also a negative aspect for most of the users who will simply be overwhelmed by the plethora of options available. But still I found a few things which can come in handy.
Like the File Menu, or what is left of it gives an option to open a Command Prompt Window.
Also the Disk Tab was nice.
But the best feature of the Ribbon UI is that it can be hidden! Lol! So I found this most to my liking.
Which means I can still free up the space for my screen real estate, make it look as clutter free as possible and keep hoping for the best. But overall, I have been quite disappointed.
I fervently hope, the guys working out there "Respect the Explorer" and come up with a simpler version of Explorer, even if they have to keep that Ribbon. In any case I wish them all the luck.


You may have a wireless notebook or network at home and want to know more about what you can do with it. No matter what you're looking for, free Wi-Fi software downloads are an appealing choice for your needs. There are several products out there to help you with expanding what you can do with any Wi-Fi network you find, whether it be at home or at any Wi-Fi hotspot around the world.
Before connecting to a Wi-Fi network, especially a public network, it is imperative to be sure you're protected from anyone else connected to the network. There is a free software application called LucidLink, which detects the security settings of the network you're connecting to. It also features configuration assistance, showing you how to configure your network and how to tell if there is a security risk.
Another free download is called Airsnare. It is a monitoring system that alerts you to unknown requests to join the network. It also alerts you if your Wi-Fi network has been hijacked externally by someone such as a neighbor or another mystery hijacker with unscrupulous intent. It is a great application for those situations where you need to connect to a public network but want to keep an eye on the other connections. It can be configured to run in the background and alert you to any strange activity. It can also be configured to decide what gets monitored and what does not.
A free Wi-Fi software download called ZoneRider gives you the option to start selling Internet service to your neighbors if you want. You can get paid for becoming a Hotspot in ZoneRider's network. Just keep in mind that if you want to do this, you need to check with your ISP to make sure you are not violating the Terms and Conditions of your service agreement.
WiPeer is a useful Wi-Fi based peer-to-peer application which allows you to instantly perform certain networking tasks with other Wi-Fi users near you, provided they also have the software installed. Easy to set up, the software gives users who have Wi-Fi enabled laptops and desktops options such as sharing files, playing games or even chatting on a private peer-to-peer network without the need for any access point.
There are many more applications available on the Internet. It is easy to search for and find Wi-Fi software downloads to enhance your wireless network experience, no matter what aspect you are interested in pursuing.


carrying a price of around $5,456, it sold like hot cakes. The cellphone became iconic and was nicknamed "The Gorba" after the then Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev used it to to generate a call from Helsinki to Moscow during a press conference in October 1987. The next year brought a period that was rough for the company as it seen sharp drop in profits owing to intense price competition in the consumer electronics markets, and its own chairman Kari Kairamo committed suicide apparently because of anxiety. The brand new leaders brought changes, dividing the company into six units: mobile phones, consumer electronics, cables and machinery, information, telecommunications, and essential industries, while divesting other units like flooring, paper, rubber, and ventilation systems. Transform in focus - mobile phones In 1990's, the top leaders of Nokia chose to focus solely on the telecommunications market, and consequently, the business's information, power, tv, tire, and cable units were sold off in the very first couple of years of the decade. In 1991, world's first GSM call was made by the then Finnish prime minister, Harri Holkeri. Unsurprisingly, it was made using Nokia gear. The next year, the firm's first hand-held GSM cellphone Nokia 1011 was launched. The device allegedly had a talk time of 90 minutes and might store 99 contact numbers. It was known as Mobira Cityman 2000. A few years later, the organization established its 2100 chain of mobiles, which were also the first to feature the iconic Nokia Melody ringtone. In 1996, Nokia 9000 Communicator was launched. The all in one phone, which carried a cost of $800, enabled users to send emails, facsimile, and browse web, besides offering word processing and spreadsheet capabilities. Though the mobile managed to generate a committed following, it absolutely wasn't commercially successful.. In the same year, the company also established the Nokia 8110 slider mobile. World leader The spectacular success of the 6100 series of Nokia - the company sold nearly 41 million cellular phones in 1998 - helped the business surpass Motorola and become the world's top cellular phone maker for the reason that year. It is worth mentioning the Nokia 6110 was the primary phone that came with all the classic Snake game pre-installed. Nokia's net sales increased over 50% year-on-year, operating profits shot up almost 75%, and stock price sky-rocketed a whopping 220%, leading to an increase of market capitalization from almost $21 billion to around $70 billion. The year 1998 also saw the company found the Nokia 8810, its first phone without an outside antenna. The main was also among the first phones of the Nokia with chrome slider shell.
device portfolio was changed. On the other hand, iPhone sales sky-rocketed during precisely the same period by around 330%. 2009 found Nokia laying off 1,700 workers worldwide ., the year Later in the year, the fighting firm that was Finnish eventually acknowledged that it was slow to react to the change in the market, which was being taken over from the likes of Apple and BlackBerry, and impacted by novices like Samsung, HTC, and LG. The next year, Stephen Elop - who was formerly head of Microsoft's business software division - was named as Nokia's new CEO. He was also the very first non-Finnish leader of the firm. Job cuts continued, although 2010 found a rise in profits for the firm. Elop became famed for a speech which he delivered to Nokia workers in early 2011, wherein he compared the company's market position to your man standing on a "burning platform." Quite clearly, the situation of the business was going from bad to worse. Determined compete with competitions and better to come from the continuing disaster, Nokia announced a strategic partnership to make the latter's Windows Phone its mobile OS that was primary. After the announcement, there were rumors that Microsoft is in discussions to get the giant that is Finnish that is struggling. Nevertheless, at that point in time, Elop rubbished them as "baseless." Meanwhile, Apple overtook Nokia in smartphone sales in Q2, 2011. The first fruit the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft bore were the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 smartphones, which were pronounced later in 2011. While the former (revealed below) targeted the higher end of the market, the latter was aimed at lower end-customers. Though by selling over a million units of these devices in only a few months the business managed to beat market expectations, job reductions continued. Meanwhile, within an attempt to save more expenses, the business also announced that it'll close its earliest factory in Finland and change its production to Asia, which had become its largest market by then - all of this happened in early 2012. This was followed by another round of job cuts, changing around 10,000 workers this time. Later that year, the organization launched Windows Cellphone 8-powered Lumia 920 main, which got mixed reviews - bulkiness as well as mainly criticized for its large size. In November 2012, the smartphone became best-selling phone of the week on Amazon, and also topped Expansys' chart during precisely the same interval in the united kingdom - still it never quite reached the blockbuster sales the business needed to come back to profitability. Finally, the year 2013 brought some great news as Nokia returned to profit six quarters of bleeding money. However, earnings dropped significantly owing to the failure to produce any dent in the smartphone marketplace of the company. In September that year, Nokia announced it is selling its Devices & Services division to Microsoft. The deal, which saw CEO Stephen Elop return to Microsoft, additionally included the Finnish company's patents and mapping services, although it excluded the Nokia's Chennai factory in India along with the Masan factory in South Korea. The sale formally completed in April 2014.
Decision The unwillingness to embrace radical change when it was demanded the most of the Finnish company was probably the biggest reason that brought down the mobile giant. The firm took way too much time to embrace the revolution that was smartphone and when it finally did it made way way too many errors in its strategy. Nokia attempted to compete simply by adding touch to the legacy Symbian - a patch that didn't deliver the fluid user experience of its own competitors at that time. Afterward the substitution to Windows Phone was announced way before there was actual hardware ready - a move that developer interest will be boosted by Elop expected, but ended up mainly killing Symbian sales 7 months before Nokia had an option to offer. Two blunders of that magnitude, together with the great delay in bound to touchscreen were enough to cost the business 's dominant position in the marketplace that is quickly moving. Yet, that doesn't take away the fact that Nokia remains a tremendous part of mobile phone history that will never be forgotten.
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The history of the work of the Russian Red Cross Society's local branches in Manchuria
DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v3.4.2016.30d
Victoria V. Romanova
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
On the basis of archival documents, the formation process and activities of the local branches of the Russian Red Cross Society (RRCS) in Manchuria are examined. The branches were created in the late 19th to early 20th centuries during a period when the Russian Empire, as well as other countries, pursued an expansionist policy toward China. The first organizations emerged in Port Arthur and Dalian after Russia received a lease on the Kwantung Peninsula in 1898. They were engaged in collecting funds, opening hospitals and organizing nursing societies. In connection with the beginning of the Boxer Rebellion in China, which Russia participated in suppressing, and the unpreparedness of the RRCS leadership to quickly expand its activities in this regard, the work of local organizations was very important. After the Russian-Japanese War and the resulting loss of Kwantung, they ceased to exist.
In this regard, the role of the Harbin branch grew. It was established in 1901 in this city which had become the center of the Chinese Eastern Railway (CER) under construction. Founded during the Boxer Rebellion, the Harbin branch of the RRCS was considered to be provisional by the society – it existed for about 20 years. For most of its history, it was headed by Camille Horvath, the wife of CER's head, D.L. Horvath, and daughter of the famous Russian artist and architect A.N. Benois.
The local Red Cross organizations in Manchuria were quite active – both during the periods of military operations in which Russia participated and in peacetime. This can be explained, first of all, due to a sense of ethnic and religious solidarity among the Russian population living in a foreign civilization and cultural sphere. In addition, the financial means of the local Russian officials, military members, railway workers, and a large number of representatives of the business class was much higher than in European Russia.
Keywords: Russian Red Cross Society, local organizations, Manchuria, donations, nurse
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Sunjong, cesarz Yunghui (ur. 25 marca 1874 w Seulu, zm. 24 kwietnia 1926 tamże) – ostatni cesarz Korei, z dynastii Joseon.

Zarys biografii

Wstąpił na tron w 1907, po abdykacji ojca – Gojonga. Panował do aneksji Korei przez Japonię w 1910. 22 sierpnia tegoż roku za namową Lee Wan-Yonga podpisał traktat aneksyjny swojego kraju.

Był dwukrotnie żonaty. Pierwsza żona – Sunmyeong, córka jednego z przywódców arystokracji koreańskiej Min Tae-ho, zmarła przed intronizacją męża. Drugą żoną była Sunjeong, ostatnia cesarzowa Korei. Oba małżeństwa cesarza pozostały bezdzietne.

Cesarze Korei
Władcy Korei z dynastii Joseon
Odznaczeni Orderem Chryzantemy
Odznaczeni Orderem Leopolda (Belgia)
Urodzeni w 1874
Zmarli w 1926
Ludzie urodzeni w Seulu

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I did a blog post a long time ago about D&D Fantasy Miniatures – In Origami! It was pretty popular and I was asked for instructions on how to make an Origami Dragon. Well ask and yee shall receive – eventually!
I've put together a playlist of video tutorials for Origami Dragons all by jonakashima and tadashimori. I've put them in order of length, so the first one is the shortest and simplest to make (6 minutes) and the last one is the longest and most complicated (about 2 hours). So the tutorials go from Beginner to Advanced, and you can pick which you want to do based on your level of skill – or work through them all!
The Origami Dragon Tutorials are embedded below or you can click here to view the playlist.
Also, here are a couple of simple origami dragon diagrams both based on a bird base, one standing, one in flight.
I hope this is useful and you'll soon be making an army of fire-breathing monsters out of paper. Only don't actually make them breath fire as it's incredibly bad for their health!
Oh and if you do make any of these I would so LOVE to see your pics!


Restore Ministries International is a Bible based, non-profit ministry, providing relief to churches in need around the world.
From our home base in Middle Georgia, where we operate a local food bank and disaster center, RMI is positioned to respond when a disaster strikes around the world, such as a hurricane, earthquake, tornado, flood, or fire. Our mission is to support churches, missionaries, and ministries both to assist in the repairs to their facilities, and to help them show the love of Christ to their communities in their greatest time of need.
With an experienced staff, the ability to mobilize thousands of volunteers, a surplus of disaster relief supplies, and the equipment and tools necessary to begin immediate relief work and repair, Restore Ministries International is there to support the local churches, missionaries, and ministries around the world when disaster strikes.
Greg grew up in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. He accepted Christ at his home when he was 5 after a church activity. He grew up in a pastor's home and was heavily involved in ministry. After high school, he began a construction company where he specialized in flooring and tile installation while still serving in his local church. Greg has served as a youth pastor and deacon. He surrendered to full time service when he was 32, sold his company, and joined the staff of a local church where he served in a multi-million dollar renovation program. In 2005, he responded to the disaster left by Hurricane Katrina and Restore Ministries was born.
Robin was raised in a Christian home in Pennsylvania. She accepted Christ at the age of 14 at a summer youth camp. Robin was also heavily involved in local church ministries. She and Greg met in 1986 and were married in 1988. They raised 3 children, Ashley, Alex, and Brandon.
Greg and Robin live in Milledgeville, GA where they are members of Emmanuel Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Phil Rogers.
Restore Ministries International was born out of a 2 week short term missions trip in response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. After driving busloads of relief supplies from his local church in Tennessee, Greg decided to spend a couple of weeks in the heart of the disaster zone of Hurricane Katrina attempting to save local church buildings from further damage after the storm. As other groups of volunteers from churches around the country began to plan their trips, it became obvious that someone needed to help organize those groups in order for them be effective in their relief work in this unprecedented disaster zone.
RMI was born during the next 12 months while facilitating that work. A massive relief center grew from scratch on the property of Calvary Baptist Church in Bay St. Louis, MS. Millions of dollars of clothing and food were distributed from donations around the country. RMI helped to direct thousands of volunteers, gutted hundreds of homes, rebuilt Calvary Baptist Church, and saw hundreds come to Christ during their response to Katrina.
Since then RMI has responded to disasters across the globe including Hurricane Matthew in Haiti (2016), West Virginia Flood (2016 ), Haitian Earthquake (2010), Hurricane Ike in Texas (2009), Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana (2009), Hurricane Wilma in Florida (2006), Hurricane Wilma in Bahamas (2006), Hurricane Rita in Texas (2006).
In addition to the disaster relief responses, RMI has built relationships with missionaries, national pastors, orphanages, schools, volunteers and relief organizations across the globe. They have also taken part in church building, restoration, and improvements across the U.S. while not in disaster zones.


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Everyone who gushed over 'The Alchemist' still totally enlightened
Anyone who has ever read and gushed over Paulo Coelho's 1988 novel "The Alchemist" is still totally enlightened and has achieved his or her dreams, according to a study by the Nathaniel Dubbles Institute for Higher Consciousness.
Mary Piggott, 26, a former barfly once described as "irredeemably pathetic" by her family, read the novel in 2009 and immediately understood that the universe was conspiring to help her invent a new vodka cocktail. At least four bars in Ohio now serve a drink named after her. Piggott is believed to be living in the Himalayas where she is a level-six yogi and part-time barmaid.
Jonathan Birkin says he used to surrounded himself with writers and artists, but after reading Coelho's allegorical tale, he understood that his Personal Legend was to sell accounting software. The 36-year-old got an MBA and stopped hanging out with homeless poets. He's now a regional sales manager in Orlando and is married to a lovely woman with thick black hair. Their two children are widely admired for having very white teeth.
Illinois resident Tony Bedford says that after reading "The Alchemist" he had a dream in which he was Santiago, the novel's treasure-seeking protagonist, and was told by the titular sage where to obtain towers of gold bricks. Although Bedford is currently serving six years in prison for an armed robbery inspired by his dream, he insists that he now understands that the gold in his dream was metaphorical, as was the bank vault.
"Literally everyone who ever described 'The Alchemist' as a 'must-read' and 'life-changing' is still living in a state of total illumination," the study concludes. "If you haven't read it, then you're probably living in the dark and you don't even own any healing crystals."


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Predicting Future Price Moves In Cenntro Electric Group Limited (CENN)
Cenntro Electric Group Limited (NASDAQ:CENN) does about 6.00M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 5224287 shares change hands in Monday trading. The company now has a market cap of 140.53M USD. Its current market price is $0.56, marking an increase of 6.18% compared to the previous close of $0.53. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $3.00 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $0.26. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $0.565 and a low of $0.524.
Cenntro Electric Group Limited (CENN) has a 20-day trading average at $0.4548 and the current price is -81.39% off the 52-week high compared with 114.73% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $0.5549 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1.2438. If we look at the stock's price movements over the week, volatility stands at 9.08%, which increases to 16.66% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 57.41 to suggest the stock is neutral.
The current price level is 24.89%, -0.71%, and -55.38% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the CENN price moving above the 50-day SMA on January 23. Cenntro Electric Group Limited (CENN) stock is up 4.59% over the week and 109.81% over the past month. Its price is 26.89% year-to-date and -78.02% over the past year.
Outstanding shares total 261.26M with insiders holding 38.29% of the shares and institutional holders owning 8.23% of the company's common stock. The company has a return on investment of -6.20%. The beta has a value of 1.26. Price to book ratio is 0.61 and price to sales ratio is 12.60.
According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, iShares Russell 2000 ETF has reduced its position in Cenntro Electric Group Limited (CENN) to 4,248,546 shares, mirroring a recent drop by -1.03%. iShares Russell 2000 ETF dumped 44347.0 shares of Cenntro Electric Group Limited common stock bringing its total worth to about $1.87 million at the end of recent close, SEC documents show. iShares Russell 2000 ETF isn't the only investment manager who changed stakes and is followed by iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF, which sold off 12155.0 shares to end up with 1,889,028 shares worth $0.83 million. Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund raise their holdings by 2.11% in the company over the course of the most recent quarter. It now holds a 0.56% position in Cenntro Electric Group Limited thanks to 1.46 million shares amounting to $0.64 million.
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NATION SETS TO BENEFIT AS UN ELEVATES RESIDENT COORDINATORS
ZIMBABWE: UNITED NATIONS/SABANEWS/14/2/19 SABANews 1
HARARE – The new economic, socio and political dispensation in ZIMBABWE enjoys nonstop support from the global community, with the latest show of solidarity coming from the UNITED NATIONS itself.
The world body has retained NEPALESE national BISHOW PARAJULI in the economically devastated SADC country with his more than 33 years of experience in a variety of development areas.
Mr Bishow Parajuli presenting his credentials at State House (Pic. UN)
A Statement by UN Mission Communications Specialist SIRAK GEBREHIWOT says Mr PARAJULI gained expertise in humanitarian, diplomatic, fund raising, coordination and management issues in ASIA, EUROPE, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA and the MIDDLE EAST.
He became UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in SEPTEMBER 2014, but this THURSDAY he has presented his credentials, as the most high-ranking UN Representative, to President EMMERSON MNANGAGWA at State House in HARARE.
Mr GEBREHIWOT says the development is in line with events of ONE JANUARY 2019, when the UN System launched a global change for an improved and new Resident Coordinator System and UN Country Team – putting countries at the forefront.
He says UN Secretary General ANTONIO GUTERRES has made the appointment of Mr PARAJULI as part of efforts to implement this ongoing UNITED NATIONS reform agenda.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (Pic. Reuters)
The world body adopted Resolution 72/279 at the 72ND session of its General Assembly to strengthen the authority and leadership of the Resident Coordinators as the highest-ranking representatives of the UNITED NATIONS development systems.
The envoys are to lead sustainable-development-focused UN country teams and system-wide accountability on the ground for implementing the UN Development Assistance Framework, as well as supporting countries in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
However, the promoted UN Resident Coordinator and the refreshed UN Country Team remain focused on sustainable development, with the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions as their principal objective.
Mr GEBREHIWOT says the emphasis is consistent with the integrated nature of the 2030 Agenda, and in line with the UNITED NATIONS Development Assistance Framework.
With his new mandate, Mr PARAJULI will lead alignment of both UN agency programs and inter-agency pool funds for development with national development needs and priorities, as well as with the UN Development Assistance Framework, in consultation with the State.
Secretary General ANTONIO GUTERRES has also recently issued a statement to UN member nations on the rollout of the UN System Reform.
He says countries will be able to count on impartial and empowered Resident Coordinators – fully devoted to the needs required to fulfil the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, drawing on experience, skills and knowledge across the UN system.
Mr GUTERRES says UN Country Teams on the ground will now be better able to tailor their presence, capacities, skills sets, and overall responses to priorities of the host nations.
Before Secretary General GUTERRES appointed him to lead the newly reformed UN System in ZIMBABWE, Mr BISHOW PARAJULI has been UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative in ZIMBABWE since 16 SEPTEMBER 2014.
Mr Parajuli and President Mnangagwa pose for a photo with UN staff (Pic. UN)
He has led UN cooperation with the government, donors, civil society, communities, the media, and other partners to new heights; including a new strategic engagement under the 2016 to 2020 UN Development Assistance Framework, focusing on SIX national priorities.
The priority areas are poverty reduction, social services, gender equality, HIV and AIDS, food and nutrition security, and good governance, and they have led to the successful mobilization of 400-MILLION US dollars yearly for the past THREE years.
Results from the schemes include resilience building for 830-THOUSAND people in 23 rural districts, giving cash and food aid to TWO-POINT-TWO-MILLION vulnerable people, as well as introducing climate smart agriculture.
The development partners have further helped expand agro-businesses and irrigation infrastructures, as well as linking women to domestic and regional markets.
ZIMBABWE also now has independent institutions, including the Election Commission, the Human Rights Commission, the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, and the Gender Commission.
The UN Mission statement says the established authorities are meant to promote peace, reconciliation, and contribute to efforts to enhance democracy and human rights in the SADC country.
It says the world body has helped the nation to fulfil its reporting obligations to human rights mechanisms like the Universal Periodic Review, and to implement rights recommendations and development goals, with a view to enhance human rights and development.
The UN has also been actively engaged on national initiatives to end child marriages and gender-based violence, ensuring access to education of children with disabilities and providing books to TWO-POINT-FIVE-MILLION pupils.
Women in rural Masvingo Province working on UN sponsored community projects (Pic. UN)
It has further helped more than 300-THOUSAND poor households – especially child headed – with cash transfer consistently, and more than THREE-POINT-SIX-MILLION people in rural and semi-urban areas have received water and sanitation services.
In response to the HIV pandemic, more than ONE-MILLION people have been successfully put on antiretroviral treatment, allowing them to lead a productive life and make the country ONE of the leaders in such efforts internationally.
The world body says it has been responding proactively to emerging humanitarian crises caused by recurrent droughts, floods and outbreaks such as cholera and typhoid in the country.
The UN has worked with ZIMBABWE and development partners to find lasting solutions by building national capacities for disaster risk management, early warning systems, as well as resilience building of communities to withstand shocks and effects of climate change.
The repositioning of Mr PARAJULI as the most high-ranking UN Representative comes as ZIMBABWE is reeling under biting AMERICAN and BRITISH economic sanctions that have left the country on its knees and facing opposition-led social unrest./Sabanews/cam
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Social Biases George T. Jackson Psych/555 Social Psychology October 24, 2011 Diana Dobier Social Biases A social bias is a prejudice attitude aimed at a particular race, culture, ethnic group, religion, or sexual orientation. People with limited vision often form negative opinions toward a group of people without knowing who they are. People have to be careful with the thought process because it can lead him or her to make a judgmental statement toward an individual, or a group of individuals, without the person realizing that the statement or comment was prejudicial.
In this paper the concept of social biases, a definition of the concept of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination shall be provided. An explanation of the differences between subtle and blatant biases, a brief description of the impact of biases on the lives of individuals, and finally two strategies that an individual can use to overcome social biases will be discussed. Concept of Social Biases Social biases are very harmful to any group of people because it instills hatred and fear.
Causing individuals to act out and treat anyone different from him or her in a negative and condescending manner.Social biases have been around for many years, and will continue to exist as long as there are individuals who remain fearful and refuse to let down his or her guards long enough to embrace the difference races, cultures, and ethnic groups. Concept of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination Prejudice is an attitude or a belief directed toward an individual or group of individuals who are different. Prejudice entails an emotional reaction toward a group of individuals on the basis of a person's feelings about a particular group, (Fiske, 2010).Example during slavery African Americans were not allowed to read and write because the Caucasians believed they were smart enough to comprehend anything other than doing manual labor. Stereotyping is the generalization about others, which leads to a predictable characteristic of other people.
Stereotypes only represent one aspect of an individual that is usually the negative aspect. Stereotypes also cause an individual to make a harsh statement toward individuals without recognizing the damage those words can cause.Example someone who accuses Middle Eastern men to be terrorists has made a negative stereotype against these people, when every Middle Eastern men are not terrorists. Discrimination is the ill treatment or denying of some ones rights because of his or her race, creed, color, sexual orientation, disability, and ethnic background. Fiske, (2010) "discrimination entails acting on the basis of one's stereotypes, and prejudices denying, equality of treatment that people wish to have.
" Discrimination wears many faces and can take on different forms that can be overt and subtle.This behavior can be very hurtful to various groups, organizations, and individuals. Example A person is denied housing because he is an openly gay individual. Subtle and Blatant Bias Any individual on any given day can display subtle biases; these biases are generally automatic, meaning they are done in a manner that can be unbeknownst to the individual who has acted upon them. Subtle biases bring discrimination to the surface while exposing the true nature of certain individuals.
Examples Mexicans drink a lot, have babies, and take jobs away from us, I really hate Mexicans.Blatant biases are more aggressive acts toward an individual or a group of individuals, such as hate crimes against African Americans, Asians, Middle Eastern, and homosexuals. Blatant bias is a result of direct conflict over tangible resources (Fiske, 2010). When an individual displays blatant biases he, or she is favoring one group over another, by causing physical, mental, and emotional pain on the target of his or her discontent. Impact of Bias on the Lives of Individuals Biases can have either a negative or positive impact in the lives of people.
When an individual is told that he or she will never amount to anything or that he or she will never be able to escape the pains of the past, then he or she can use those negative remarks as the motivating factor to rise above his or her situation. By becoming the very thing people said he or she will never become. People often use labels, categories, and stereotypes, when defining others. People have made inappropriate jokes, negative comments about other individuals and try to justify the behavior, by saying, "I mean no disrespect, or I am not trying to offend anyone. When they have offended someone, and disrespected themselves by making the statement.
Biases happen too often and assumptions about individuals, or a group of individuals by people who have limited knowledge about the ethnic group or the cultural background. Another way that biases can impact an individual's life is by destroying his or her self-esteem. Example a child is overweight and he, or she is constantly teased, this can cause the child to be uncomfortable, and eventually he r she will become withdrawn and slip into a state of depression.When negative words and racial slurs are thrown around so liberally, they cause a sense of mistrust and uncomfortably for the individuals being mistreated, and misrepresented by the way, society sees them (Fiske, 2010). Strategies to Overcome Social Biases One strategy that can be used to help people overcome social biases is education. People should be educated in the areas of ethnic and cultural diversities. Once an individual is made aware that most cultures and ethnicities share more similarities than differences, there will be less biases and more celebration of the cultures within society.
The only way an individual can understand the plight, and struggle that other cultures and ethnic groups experience is by understanding who those individuals are. Another strategy that can be used to overcome social biases is a coming together of the classes, meaning people of wealth and substance should take the opportunity to see how people with limited resources can survive. A wealthy man decided he would show his son how poor people had to live. So he and his son went to stay with his poor brother.When they arrived at his brothers house the wealthy man took his son all around the community and the poor people were working in their fields, plowing, and doing their daily chores. When it was time to go to bed the poor man and his wife gave up their bedroom for his brother and his son slept in the room with his five cousins.
The next morning at breakfast everybody helped to set the table, make the food, wash dishes and went off and did their chores. The wealthy man and his son left to go home while riding home the wealthy man asked his son do see how the poor live.His son said yes, they know how to share, and everybody takes turns helping one another, and they have a slumber party every night. The boy went on to say I wish were poor, then you and mother would not argue as much, and we could sit down and have meals together like a family. The wealthy man was shocked because his son saw that being wealthy meant more than possessing money. Conclusion Social biases have the potential to rob people from experiencing life on a new level.
People will take their negative comments, and prejudices out on any individual or group of individuals who are different from him or her.Social biases are always aimed at ethnic groups, cultures, religions, sexes, and anyone who does not fit into societal norms. In this paper the concept of social biases was analyzed, along with the definition of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination was discussed. An explanation of the difference between subtle and blatant biases, a description of the impact that biases can have on the lives of individuals, along with two strategies that an individual can use to overcome social biases were provided. References Fiske, S. T.
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Isoproturon ist eine chemische Verbindung aus der Gruppe der Harnstoffderivate.

Gewinnung und Darstellung
Isoproturon kann aus Cumol durch Nitrieren in der para-Stellung, Reduktion zum 4-Isopropylanilin, Umsetzung mit Phosgen zum 4-Isopropylphenylisocyanat und dessen nachfolgende Reaktion mit Dimethylamin gewonnen werden.

Eigenschaften
Isoproturon ist ein farb- und geruchloser brennbarer Feststoff, der wenig löslich in Wasser ist. Er zersetzt sich bei Erhitzung. Er ist sehr stabil gegenüber Licht, Säuren und Basen. Beim Erhitzen in starken Basen erfolgt hydrolytische Spaltung.

Verwendung
Isoproturon wird als Wirkstoff in Pflanzenschutzmitteln (Harnstoffherbizid) verwendet. Es wird als Herbizid bevorzugt für Winterweizen, Wintergerste, Roggen, Sommergerste und Sommerweizen gegen Ungräser (Acker-Fuchsschwanzgras, Gemeiner Windhalm, verschiedene Rispengräser sowie Kamille und Vogelmiere) angewendet (jeweils als Vor- und Nachauflaufherbizid). Wenig bis gar nicht wird Isoproturon für Sommergerste und Hafer, Kartoffeln, Raps, Zuckerrüben oder Mais angewendet. Der jährliche Verbrauch in Deutschland liegt bei über 1000 Tonnen.

Zulassung
Isoproturon war in der DDR zwischen 1980 und 1994 und ist in der BRD seit 1975 zugelassen.
Mit Wirkung zum Jahresbeginn 2003 war Isoproturon in der Europäischen Union für Verwendungen als Herbizid zugelassen. Außer in Dänemark und Finnland waren isoproturonhaltige Präparate in allen EU-Mitgliedsländern sowie der Schweiz (z. B. unter den Handelsnamen Arelon und Azur) zugelassen.

Nachdem die Europäische Kommission entschieden hatte, die am 30. Juni 2016 endende Genehmigung für Isoproturon als Pflanzenschutzmittel nicht mehr zu verlängern, wurde die Zulassung in Deutschland zum 30. September 2016 widerrufen. Nach dem Widerruf galt eine Abverkaufsfrist für Lagerbestände bis zum 30. März 2017 und eine Aufbrauchfrist bis zum 30. September 2017. Es wurde in den Jahren 2000 bis 2002 regelmäßig in deutschen und niederländischen Flüssen nachgewiesen.
In Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz waren Pflanzenschutzmittel (z. B. Arelon, Azur) mit diesem Wirkstoff zugelassen. Isoproturonhaltige Präparate waren in allen EU-Mitgliedsländern zugelassen, außer in Dänemark und Finnland.

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Stolziet is een mineraal met de chemische formule PbWO4 (loodwolframaat). Het werd in 1845 ontdekt en vernoemd naar de Tsjech Joseph Alexi Stolz. Stolziet vormt tetragonale kristallen.

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Come sit down a bit and tell me — how do you unwind?
It's been a really crazy week. I didn't feel the 3-day weekend. This week, I left for work before the sun came out and would leave work when the stars were out. Basically, I had absolutely no dose of Vitamin D from the sun this week. Craziness.
This week was also the week when Timmy started getting up in the morning earlier than usual, watch me prepare for work and hold on to me oh so tightly, crying and begging me to stay home. Oh how my heart breaks everytime he does that.
So yeah, it's been a really tough week. How was yours?
Monday was so tough I ended the day with a Whiskey Sour.
And I don't even drink.
I ask again: How do you unwind?
Do you go online and surf the net? Do you grab a cup of coffee, escape to a quiet corner in a coffee shop and catch up on reading? Do you party with friends till the wee hours of the morning? Do you hide under the covers and catch up on much-needed sleep?
I usually play The Sims 3 to unwind. But since my personal computer conked out two weeks ago, I had to resort to other ways. So I went back to reading again, since I went on a little pause mid-August. Too much stress. But I'm back on reading mode, thank goodness.
The Whiskey Sour picture above — I don't usually drink alcohol. I can't even recall the last drop of alcohol I had before the whiskey sour. But my sister was making one at that time and she asked me, "Do you want a taste of my whiskey sour or you want your own?" Without hesitation, I said "I want my own!" One was enough.
Another way I unwind is to write. But I've been so busy I haven't even had time for that!
This week has been so crazy, but the truth is, it's been mighty productive. Sometimes you have just to reframe how you're looking at things so you don't get pulled down too much.
Because yeah, no matter how busy you are, it's ultimately YOUR choice whether you get sucked into the vortex of self-pity and misery. OR you get sucked in a little bit (that's permissible) but pull yourself out and chill. Sometimes with a Whiskey Sour (which I quite enjoyed).
So yeah. Life is pretty awesome. Chuck the to-do lists for now. It's a Friday night. The to-do list can wait till Monday.
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Been pushing myself too hard these days too, I know. And haven't been reading enough to keep my sanity, so I'm getting cranky na. Must really find time soon! ASAP!
Bawal ang cranky! 😉 Hope you've found reading time already!
Unwind?! Hahaha! I guess for a mom like me who does all the household chores, the only "unwinding" time for me is every night after I have taken a shower, go to bed, either read a book, play with plants vs Zombies 2 (which I am currently addicted to), or write what's on my mind. I guess these things will work. Hehehe! Happy Friday to you.
Happy Tuesday to you! Naku it's really hard to unwind when you're a Mom, but we need pockets of sanity!!!
I had a tough week last week as well. As mothers, it's tough to unwind because you're constantly thinking of what to do next but for me, it's probably watching an episode or two of my favorite show, reading a book or going to Spin class. Actually, the Spin class I usually do twice a week when I work from home so it's a good way to energize yourself and not worry about mommy duties.
I should find my equivalent of your spin class. I've been thinking about going back to the gym. It's remained in my head only though, har har!
Laundry days/nights have been my unwind/relax/reflect time especially when I became a mom. Watching the clothes whirl somehow makes my mind free from all worries, fears and piles of things to do at home and work. But I'm still looking forward to reading (books or e-books) as my ultimate unwind time.
The laundry calms me too! I like hearing it whirl, but my son gets annoyed by the sound. Haha. Reading is still my ultimate unwind time, just like you. Here's to more reading time for us!
Hope you had a lovely weekend where you got to rest and spend some downtime with your family. And may this week be a bit easier for you.
I take a walk, Lots of it! I sometimes go to some place where I can walk and do a bit of sightsee after work. If I don't have the luxury of outdoor walking, I have a treadmill at home where I walk/briskwalk/jog while watching TFC or listening/singing along to music.
I cook! I find that on some days, cooking up a dish helps me in getting rid of stressed nerves. Being in my kitchen gives me comfort while I create something yummy and have a drink of wine.
My weekend was so lovely I didn't want it to end! Thank you for asking.
This week is looking to be even more stressful than last week, but I'm facing it with a big smile and a steel heart. Haha!
Thanks for sharing how you unwind. I should go on more walks like you. What's keeping me from walking is the amount of work. But yes, you're right, that will help me unwind indeed!


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This Crab Clones Its Allies by Ripping Them in Half
It wields sea anemones like boxing gloves; if it loses one, it makes another by bisecting the remaining one.
WHO WANTS SOME? Courtesy of Yisrael Schnytzer
The American novelist S. E. Hinton once said, "If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky." By that logic, boxer crabs are the luckiest creatures alive because they can turn one good friend into two by tearing it in half.
These tiny, inch-long crabs carry sea anemones, holding them in place with special hooks on the inner edges of their claws. With their crowns of wavy tentacles, the anemones look like pom-poms, and the crabs like cheerleaders. But those tentacles also pack powerful stings, and a quick jab from them is often enough to ward off an attacking fish. Hence the name: boxer crabs.
Most crabs gather food with their powerful claws, but boxer crabs have adapted so thoroughly to holding anemones that their claws are now feeble, delicate tweezers rather than powerful, crushing pincers. Instead, they rely on their anemones. Some species use the anemones like cutlery, dabbing them onto morsels of food and then bringing them over to their mouths. Others wait for the anemones to passively ensnare food, which they then scrape into their mouths with their front legs. If you remove the anemones, as Yisrael Schnytzer and his colleagues from Bar Ilan University have repeatedly done, the crabs struggle to gather enough to eat.
The anemones, however, flourish apart from the crabs. When Schnytzer freed them from the crabs' grasp, their colors got brighter, their tentacles became longer, and they more than doubled in size. Left to their own devices, they can grow far bigger than the crabs that once held them. In the words of Schnytzer's colleague Ilan Karplus, the crabs cultivate "Bonsai anemones," deliberately stunting their growth to keep them at a manageable size.
On the left: a boxer crab, facing left and holding two sea anemones. On the right: an anemone that grew without any influence from the crabs.
(Courtesy of Yisrael Schnytzer)
But how do the crabs get their anemones in the first place? In 1905, zoologist James Edwin Duerden, in what remains the most thorough account of boxer crab habits, noticed a clue. He wrote that "there appeared to be evidence" that these crabs will tear a single anemone in two to provide one for each claw. Karplus saw similar signs a few decades ago. He noticed that if he took away one of a crab's two anemones, and came back a few days later, it would once again have two anemones—albeit smaller ones.
He and Schnytzer have now caught several crabs in the act of dividing their partners. It takes around 20 minutes, and the technique is simple: The crab grabs the anemone in both claws, stretches it outwards, and uses its legs to slice through the middle. And since anemones can regenerate their bodies, each half eventually became a complete animal in its own right. The crab, by bisecting its partner, also clones it.
This explains why wild boxer crabs, even very young ones, almost always have two anemones. As long as a crab can get is claws on one, it can easily make a second. And if it has none at all, as Schnytzer found, it can steal a fragment from another crab. "It's remarkable that these anemones are such a crucial commodity that small, juvenile crabs will actually initiate fights with larger crabs to steal their anemones—and will often win," says Kristin Hultgren from Seattle University.
These kinds of fights must happen a lot in the wild. The particular species of boxer crab that Schnytzer studied carries a species of sea anemone that has never been seen on its own in the wild. And yet the crabs always have them, so maybe they all steal them from one another.
Is this how the anemones reproduce? Perhaps partly. But they seem to fall into at least three distinct genetic lineages, and if they only reproduced by crab-cloning, the entire population would be genetically identical. "That suggests the anemones do reproduce on their own," Schnytzer says. "You can imagine that they could release sperm and eggs into the water, and still breed [while] being held by the crabs."
It seems that the anemones—their food stolen, their growth stunted, and their bodies regularly torn in two—get very little out of their co-existence with the crabs. "Then again, we've never found them free-living," says Schnytzer. "If they can't manage on their own, presumably they need the crabs for something."
Randy Brooks from Florida Atlantic University, who has studied the relationships between sea anemones and other animals, says that some species are only found on the shells of hermit crabs. Those anemones, Brooks found, are capable of reproducing by splitting themselves in half, so perhaps the boxers are only accelerating a process that their anemone partners would naturally undergo. "I've always wished I could work with the boxer crabs," Brooks says.
Ed Yong is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers science.


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Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act: Revocation Provisions
Backgrounder
The Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act which received Royal Assent on June 19, 2014, included new grounds to revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens who are convicted of terrorism, high treason, treason or spying offences, depending on the sentence received. The changes also enable the government to revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens for membership in an armed force or organized armed group engaged in armed conflict with Canada.
The technical amendments to the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act under the Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act will allow the revocation and related provisions to come into force earlier than anticipated. These changes will help protect the safety and security of Canadians, and honour the contributions and sacrifices of those who serve Canada by ensuring those who are convicted of such crimes against Canada do not benefit from Canadian citizenship. Revocation is an important tool to safeguard the value of Canadian citizenship and to protect the integrity of the citizenship program.
New revocation grounds
The amendments will enable the government to revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens who are convicted of terrorism, high treason, treason or spying offences, depending on the sentence received.
Amendments will also provide the authority for the Federal Court to revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens for membership in an armed force or organized armed group engaged in armed conflict with Canada.
New revocation process
Previously, the citizenship revocation process generally involved three steps: the Citizenship and Immigration Minister, the Federal Court and the Governor in Council. Under the new model, the Governor in Council will no longer have a role, resulting in a faster, more efficient process.
Under the new revocation process, the majority of revocation cases will be decided by the Citizenship and Immigration Minister, or his delegate. This will include cases involving residence fraud, concealing criminal inadmissibility, identity fraud or convictions of terrorism, high treason, treason or spying offences, depending on the sentence received.
However, given that war crimes and crimes against humanity cases raise complex issues of fact and law, these more exceptional cases, along with other cases involving security, other human or international rights violations and organized criminality, will be decided by the Federal Court. In these revocation cases decided by the Federal Court, the court could also be asked to make a finding of inadmissibility as well as deciding on the revocation. This will allow for a removal order to be issued earlier in cases involving serious inadmissibility.
In addition to the above listed cases, decisions on revocation of citizenship for membership in an armed force or organized armed group engaged in armed conflict with Canada will also be decided by the Federal Court. There will be a permanent bar against granting citizenship for individuals whose citizenship has been revoked because they were members of an armed force or organized armed group engaged in armed conflict with Canada. Those convicted of terrorism, high treason, treason or spying offences, depending on the sentence received, will also be permanently barred from acquiring citizenship.
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Rishi Sunak opens much-needed 'Changing Places' toilet for the severely disabled in Great Ayton
Monday, 18 March, 2019
Rishi Sunak has opened the first fully-accessible Changing Places toilet in the Great Ayton and Stokesley areas
The new facility at the Yatton House Centre is suitable for people with complex needs who cannot use standard disabled toilets. It has extra space, an adjustable changing bench and hoist.
He did so as Mr Sunak prepares to launch a Government consultation on proposals that similar essential facilities have to be included in all new large publicly-accessible buildings and significant redevelopments. Currently, building regulations guidance only recommends that Changing Places toilets are provided.
Mr Sunak said: "This is a very important facility for an area that has previously had no fully accessible Changing Places toilet.
"As I launch the next stage in the process of getting more of these facilities installed around the country, I am very pleased that the Yatton House Society decided to include this in their ambitious refurbishment programme.
"It will make a real difference to lives of many people with complex needs, giving them the dignity they deserve."
Mr Sunak, who is Local Government Minister, is supporting the more than 250,000 people in the UK whose daily lives are affected by the lack of Changing Places.
Mr Sunak was alerted to the issue in 2017 when he visited the Dales School at Morton on Swale, near Northallerton. Parents of students at the school, which caters for young people with severe and complex learning needs, told of the difficulties they faced when going out as a family.
They explained how the lack of suitable toilet and changing facilities at the majority of leisure destinations and attractions made a trip out most families took for granted difficult or impossible.
The Yatton House Changing Places toilet has been created as part of the first phase of restoration and extension programme at the centre, which provides day centre services for people with learning and/or physical disabilities.
The £150,000 refurbishment included a new entrance with ramped wheelchair access, reception, IT lounge and repairs to the roof. The second phase of the work will update other parts of the centre and introduce a new teaching lounge.
The new Yatton House Changing Places toilet is now listed on the national online Changing Places map http://changingplaces.uktoiletmap.org/ which helps users find the facilities.
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This episode continued our conversation with Travis Hellstrom — if you missed part one, click here — about his life after Peace Corps. Travis has become a successful author and entrepreneur since returning from Mongolia. He's launched The Optimist Program, started Advance Humanity, and written several books on a variety of topics, which can be found here.
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