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Clearly women love to don easy versatile hairstyles on a daily basis that lends a personal individual style to their persona while also maintaining an element of street-style chic look. Mostly, post rinsing Half up Half down Hairstyles comes handy to women as they all clutch it or pin their hair neatly and head over to resume their work or household chores. However, the easy malleable hairstyle has been evolved and we are in love with how beauty bloggers and fashion aficionados have entirely changed the basics of this gorgeous updo. From waterfall to cascading braids and lot more, half up half down is totally trending this season. And we're here to guide you how to style the right.
This kind of hairstyle is oh-so-popular amongst college-goers or young girls who love to flaunt their pretty long locks with a twist. Falling braids and pinning them to fall smoothly caressing the back of a woman is the most enticing sight. We bet you can ace this look by adding curls.
Let your hair do all the talking when you tie them into a dew drop fishtail braid and flip your gorgeous hued hair like a queen. Spill your sass as you weave the plaits from the front till you merge them and down follows a train of fishtail braid with dew drop look-alike.
Don a statement fishtail floral braid that works seamlessly for young girls. You can always twist and turn your hair to achieve this brilliant look, while keeping a few hair strands loose and let them freely fall on your face.
This is quite an easy half up half down hairstyle that you usually wear post shampoo'ing your hair. Carry this anywhere and let the compliments flow. Add curls for a defined dimension.
Add a rich look to your half up half down hairstyle by pulling off a few strands and curling them light to produce soft waves. Now, make a sweet half bun on your crowning glory and let it blend with the waves.


(affiliate links used)! I have a new card showcasing a couple of the products, and a technique I saw showcased by the talented Danielle on one of her Instagram stories.
I applied Rosewood Nuvo Jewel Drops over the Split Chevron Stencil onto the best white cardstock ever, Catherine Pooler's Premium Ultra Smooth White Cardstock. After letting the panel dry, I matted that onto some Smoke Cardstock, then onto a white card base. I finished the card with three, stacked, Thanks cut from Smoke Cardstock and a few Nuvo Jewel Drops.
I have a card up on the Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge Blog for Challenge #18: Watercoloring. Please stop by there to see the full card!
The current challenge ends on January 29th, I hope you have a chance to play along! Check out Where Creativity Meets C9 on Facebook and Instagram!
Back today with my final enteries for the MFT 2018 Crafty Olympics!
Today I have Event 3 - Crafty Biathalon. I chose to work with Masking and Slider.
I started by die cutting a white cardstock panel with the A2 Rectangle Stax Set 1 Die-Namics.
I masked some puppies from Lucky Dog onto stumps and logs from Happy Hedgehogs. I added some Copic dot colored grass and sky.
The corgi dog slides across the bottom log like he is running. I really like the MFT Slider Elements to help create the sliders!
And one last card to round out my entries. This next one is for Event 4 - Speed Cardmaking. I ran right under the wire with this one, clocking in at 19:04, and if it weren't for pre-stamped elements, I probably would have went over.
I started with a white cardbase, which I inked a turquoise sky and added some turquoise splatters. I then colored some stamped and die-cut images from You're Raw-some with Copic Markers and white gel pen details. I then die cut some grass from Grassy Edges and adhered that with the palm tree and dinosaur onto the card base.
I finished with a stamped sentiment from Big Birthday Sentiments and a little banner to match stamped with a sentiment from You're Raw-some.
I love a good crafty challenge and I love the Olympics. MFT has combined both with their MFT 2018 Crafty Olympics! I have two cards today for Events 1 & 2.
The first event is Stamping Slalom - to use three different MFT Stamps in your creation. I combined stamped, die cut and Copic colored dogs from Lucky Dog with birthday items from Happy Hippos and a sentiment from More Essential Sentiments.
The birthday items and one pup were adhered directly to the light green card base, and the other dogs were adhered with dimensional adhesive.
Even 2 is the Freestyle Card - a card with a winter theme.
I started with a Sno-Cone card base, stamping a cute yeti from Beast Friends, then masking it and a snow base, and inking some blue around him. I then colored the yeti with colored pencils, stamped a sentiment from Essential Sentiments, and finished the card by adding some white paint splatters for snow and rounded corners.
It seems that I get asked for masculine cards and/or boy cards more than anything! I pulled out the cute Bunny Buddies Stamp Set from Lil' Inker Designs (affiliate links used) and created a few of these cards to have on hand.
I stamped, heat embossed, watercolored and die-cut the cool bunny from Bunny Buddies. Then I die cut a sentiment from the Happy Birthday Border Die in dark gray paper, and added some patterned paper from the Tribal Chic Patterned Paper Pack. I finished the card with a stamped sentiment from Bunny Buddies and some Nuvo Drops.
Lil' Inker Designs is also having one awesome sale too!
Have you enjoyed hopping along and seeing the awesome inspiration showcasing the Zen Garden Collection (affiliate links used) available from Catherine Pooler Designs!? This collection features eight new inks (Zen Garden Ink Pads) along with stamps, dies, a stencil and cover plate! Today is the third day of the four day hop, so much inspiration can be found.
Today, the Creative Team is showcasing the new stamp set, Eat Sleep Create! I started my card by creating a pale card base and then cut a panel with Ultra Smooth White Cardstock. I then stamped the short brushstroke stamp from Eat Sleep Create with a variety of yellow hued inks (Shea Butter, Tiara, Sauna, and Tiki Torch.) I added a sentiment with Midnight Ink from Eat Sleep Create and then a layered sentiment word from the Create Die. I finished the card with a stamped strip from Eat Sleep Create.
My next card might be my favorite I created from the Zen Garden Collection. It features the beautiful Faithful Flutterings Stamp Set combined with Eat Sleep Create.
I started with a white panel of Ultra Smooth White Cardstock and stamped a series of the bold stripes in Skylight, Seafoam and Mint to Be. I then stamped the shadow stamp of the smaller butterfly from Faithful Flutterings with Spruce and finished the card with stamped sentiment from Faithful Flutterings.
Karen Baker -- you are here!
The day is finally here to show you some projects I made with the absolutely love Zen Garden Collection (affiliate links used) available from Catherine Pooler Designs! This collection features eight new inks (Zen Garden Ink Pads) along with stamps, dies, a stencil and cover plate!
Today, the Creative Team is showcasing the new stamp set, Love Grows! I started my card by creating a white card base with Ultra Smooth White Cardstock. I then stamped a pattern onto a white panel (that I had die cut with the Postage Stamp Dies from the most recent SOA colleciton) with the leaves from Love Grows using new ink colors: Spruce, Seafoam, and my most favorite color from this release- Shea Butter. I bordered the cut panel with two stripes from the Eat Sleep Create Stamp Set stamped in Shea Butter.
I finished the card with a stamped sentiment from Love Grows in Spruce, and then a die cut sentiment from the Thanks Die that I had die cut from White Cardstock and covered with Spruce ink.
My next card features the awesome Doodle Garden Background Stamp and Love Grows!
I stamped the background Spruce ink onto watercolor paper, and then watercolored some areas with Spruce, Shea Butter and Stone Blue Ink. I then added two rows of "scallops" made from a flower bottom from the Love Grows with Spruce ink. I finished the card with die cut sentiments from the Thanks Die and You Word Die.
Karen Baker --you are here!
There's a new Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge and it's all about watercolor, featuring amazing Concord & 9th products, as this challenge is dedicated to the innovative stamp company and their products!
I absolutely love to watercolor. It allows for so much creative freedom, and there are so many great stamps and dies at Concord & 9th that work so well with this medium! I started with the innovate and trendy Stuck on You Stamp Set, doing some stamping and masking with black ink. I colored loosely with watercolors and finished with a sentiment from Many Mandalas.
The challenge is sponsored by the fabulous Concord & 9th and one lucky random entry will receive a $25 gift certificate for a Concord & 9th shopping spree. The favorite entry will be asked to guest design for a future challenge! The challenge runs until February 28th, so there is plenty of time to pull out your favorite Concord & 9th stamps and die and create Plus, new Concord & 9th products were released TODAY and they are fantastic!
You can find Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge on Facebook here, and their Instagram here!
I've been seeing and admiring the vast array of cards celebrating Valentine's Day. Today I'm featuring a set of cards that utilize lovey products outside or after Valentine's Day. Getting more miles out of stamps and dies is always a goal of mine.
I started this card by die cutting the largest heart from Lil' Inker Designs Dual Dotted Hearts Dies from light blue cardstock and used embroidery floss to "connect the dots". I die cut smaller hearts from the Floating Hearts Die and the word sentiment from the Doodled Love Word Die, both from glitter paper, and then finished with a sentiment banner that had been stamped with Sending You Stamp Set.
This next card uses the negative of the heart from the above card. I started with a white card base and adhered a series of washi tape, solid cardstock and glitter paper banners. I then added the heart with dimensional adhesive, some glitter hearts, the Love word die, and some Nuvo Drops.
Lil' Inker Designs has a ton of Valentine's Day products, please check them out and remember, you can use them all year round!


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Bunny 'Striker' Lee, Jamaican reggae producer, dies aged 79
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
# Americas
# Jamaica
# Reggae
Prolific reggae and dub pioneer worked with decades of stars from John Holt and Slim Smith to Beenie Man and Buju Banton
Jamaican producer Bunny "Striker" Lee, who helped cultivate rhythms of reggae and dub working with many of the island's biggest stars, has died aged 79.
His cause of death is not known, but he was reported to have suffered kidney disease in recent months. DJ David Rodigan was among those paying tribute, saying: "The reggae world has lost another iconic figure; Bunny "Striker" Lee was unquestionably one of the most charismatic and inspirational record producers in Jamaican music with a phenomenal catalogue of hits. He drove the music forward across the decades & will be sorely missed."
Lee was born Edward O'Sullivan Lee in 1941 in Kingston, Jamaica, and began his career as a record plugger, sourcing tracks for radio stations. A trained electrical engineer, he also began producing and, after working with various labels, set up his own, Lee's. He helmed hits by John Holt, Slim Smith, Delroy Wilson, Peter Tosh, Horace Andy and more from the mid-1960s onwards, often licensing them to other labels like Island Records.
Lee's rhythms would help to move Jamaican music from the ska and rocksteady styles towards the distinctive tempo and bounce of reggae. Do the Reggay by the recently deceased Toots Hibbert may have cemented the genre's name, but Bangarang, a Lee track recorded with Stranger Cole, is regarded by many as the first reggae song. Lee had a UK Top 10 hit in 1969 with Max Romeo's raunchy reggae track Wet Dream, which spent 25 weeks on the chart.
Working with producer and engineer King Tubby in the early 1970s, he also helped to pioneer the echoing, eerie sound of dub with its focus on drums, bass and studio effects. The massively prolific Lee was also one of the first producers to work with Bob Marley's band the Wailers, as well as with other, later Jamaican stars including Sly & Robbie, Beenie Man and Buju Banton.
Lee, who also received the nicknames Striker and the Gorgon, was known for his snappy dress sense including a signature yachting cap: "People like to see you looking clean," he reasoned in 2015. "You have to dress to match what you are doing. Cleanliness is godliness, so you always have to look good." A documentary about his life, I Am the Gorgon, was released in 2013.
Reggae label Trojan Records described him as "massively influential" and "pioneering", while Ali Campbell and Astro from UB40 tweeted: "RIP Bunny Lee. We lose another legend. Sleep easy."
Ben Beaumont-Thomas is music editor of the Guardian
Bobby Digital: Jamaican reggae producer dies aged 59
Producer who worked with artists such as Shabba Ranks, Garnett Silk and Morgan Heritage was a maverick of the dancehall era
David Katz
Jamaican reggae vocalist Bob Andy dies aged 75
Socially conscious singer's hit version of Young, Gifted and Black reached No 5 in the UK charts with duo Bob and Marcia
Toots Hibbert, pioneering reggae star, dies aged 77
Frontman of Toots and the Maytals helped make reggae globally famous
12, Sep, 2020 @7:40 AM
'Original raggamuffin' Jah Stitch, pioneering reggae vocalist, dies aged 69
Sound system toaster, DJ and selector, known for his understated delivery and immaculate dress died in Kingston
Bunny Wailer, last surviving founder member of the Wailers, dies aged 73
Reggae artist and three-time Grammy winner found worldwide fame alongside Bob Marley in the early 1970s
Lee 'Scratch' Perry, visionary master of reggae, dies aged 85
Producer and performer who worked with Bob Marley and pioneered both dub and roots reggae styles dies in hospital in Jamaica
U-Roy, legendary reggae toaster, dies aged 78
'The originator' of toasting on record helped revolutionise soundsystem culture in Jamaica – and inspire the birth of hip-hop
Laura Snapes
The brilliant Bunny Wailer pushed reggae forward on his own terms
The Jamaican star, who has died aged 73, returned to his roots after global fame with Bob Marley to deepen and diversify reggae with a powerful sense of creative freedom
Lloyd Bradley
Bunny 'Striker' Lee: the deal-maker whose kindness shaped the sound of reggae
Lee was the Mr Fixit of his community as well as the reggae scene and his ear for a hit drove the genre's global explosion
UN adds reggae music to list of international cultural treasures
Jamaica's distinctive beat has furthered 'international discourse on injustice', says Unesco – while devotees praise it for breaking down colonial race barriers
29, Nov, 2018 @3:52 PM

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Die Schule für Gestaltung St. Gallen SfG ist eine Abteilung des Gewerblichen Berufs- und Weiterbildungszentrums St. Gallen (GBS St. Gallen) und ist eine Bildungsstätte für gestalterisch-künstlerische Grundausbildungen und Weiterbildungen.

Rund 1600 Schüler bzw. Studenten werden an der 1783 gegründeten Schule von 160 Dozenten unterrichtet.

Kurse / Vorbereitung
Die Schule bietet gestalterische Vorkurse für Jugendliche im Vorbereitungsjahr für gestalterische Berufe. Erwachsene können sich in Teil- oder Vollzeit auf weiterführende Schulen im Bereich Gestaltung, Design und Kunst vorbereiten (Propädeutikum).

Berufliche Grundbildung
Die Schule für Gestaltung St. Gallen bietet im Rahmen der Grundbildung den Unterricht für zwölf Berufslehren mit Eidgenössischem Fähigkeitszeugnis (EFZ) an:

 Bekleidungsgestalter
 Bekleidungsgestalter im Couture-Lernatelier
 Fotomedienfachfrau / Fotomedienfachmann
 Grafiker
 Grafiker an der Fachklasse Grafik
 Medientechnologe
 Interactive Media Designer
 Polydesigner
 Polygraf
 Printmedienpraktiker
 Steinbildhauer
 Steinmetz

Höhere Fachschule für Künste, Gestaltung und Design
Als Höhere Fachschule (HF) für Künste, Gestaltung und Design bietet die Schule berufsbegleitende Lehrgänge an, in denen der eidgenössische HF-Abschluss "Diplomierter Gestalter" in den Fachrichtungen Fotografie, Visuelle Gestaltung, Produktdesign und Interactive Media Design erworben wird.

Weblinks
 Website Schule für Gestaltung St. Gallen
 Veranstaltungen

Einzelnachweise

Sankt Gallen
Bildung (Kanton St. Gallen)
Gegründet 1783

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The app is mightier than the sword.
Did you know you can perfect your French writing skills without staring at an empty notebook or blank word processor page?
There are lots of unique French apps designed to improve your written grammar, sentence construction and vocabulary, all on your phone.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with a little good-old fashioned pen-to-paper practice—but sometimes you need to shake things up.
Plus, these apps let you focus on specific writing skills or even point out your mistakes.
Here are six French writing apps that you can use to improve your written language from the palm of your hand.
I can't tell you how many times I used dictations to teach English to my students in France. The exercise was initially met with groans 100% of the time, only to become the favorite activity of the day.
It's the same in French. This is where you test your writing abilities against your comprehension. The trouble for most French learners is that they don't have a native French speaker available to read out a long paragraph on a moment's notice. Well, now you don't need one.
Just download Dicatado, an app that'll read any French text that you input. And because you are the one finding the text, this app is totally customizable to your level. French news sites are particularly useful (France24, Le Monde or Le Figaro are good starts, but there are a few more popular ones as well) because they're relevant, engaging and the language is straightforward.
Copy and paste a section of any article you find interesting, insert the text into Dictado and start your dictation! You can even adjust the speed as you get more advanced.
When you're finished, bust out that red pen and correct yourself like you would in any classroom. Remember, dictations seem like a chore at first, but they're really an amazing exercise to improve your French writing. Dictado allows you to reap all the benefits of dictations and leaves you with no excuses to put it off!
You may already be familiar with the web version of Linguee. It's essentially a dictionary that gives word-for-word translations (sometimes even well-known idiomatic phrases). Linguee has one key advantage over similar apps, though: it provides context.
If you insert a word in English that you want to translate in your French writing, it'll give you two columns. The first column will be a list of full-length English sentences that include the word you're trying to translate. Then, you'll have the corresponding French sentence on the other side. This is incredibly valuable!
For example, say you want to translate "a long time" into French. Some translators will simply give you the basic translation as longtemps or long moment. But this doesn't take your context into account. With the Linguee app, you can see the difference in the phrases depuis longtemps (for a long time) and il prend beaucoup de temps (it takes a long time).
Seeing the context allows you to go beyond the word-for-word translation and figure out which context applies to what you're writing. For grammar nerds, it allows you to break down how the same word can function as an adverb, noun or adjective and then use that word accordingly.
This handy app is sure to help you break through any vocabulary barriers in your French writing.
Many beginners put off writing practice because they don't feel they have enough words in their stockpile to write with. FluentU solves that problem in the most entertaining way possible.
With FluentU, you'll boost all your language skills including writing with authentic French videos—like movie trailers, music videos, inspiring talks and more—that've been transformed into personalized lessons. Each video comes with clickable captions providing an instant definition, pronunciation, visual learning aid and example sentences for any unfamiliar word.
After you're done watching, FluentU's Learn Mode is where you'll get your writing practice along with reading, listening and memory drills. FluentU shows you multimedia flashcards and exercises where you'll need to write new words in context. It's an absorbing way to start using French words in context while getting your spelling, noun genders and grammatical agreement on point.
The videos are organized by genre and learning level, so it's always easy to find something that works for you. Plus, FluentU suggests new videos based on what you've already learned for a totally personalized experience.
You'll find everything from this funny look at nightlife in France to this advanced discussion between two philosophers. Since you're watching real videos that French speakers actually watch themselves, you're boosting your cultural knowledge and getting familiar with the language as it's used in real life. Check out the full video library for free with a FluentU trial.
We should all thank our lucky stars for French Canadians. Not only did they give us Céline Dion and Justin Trudeau, but they also gave us poutine, amazing hockey matches and Antidote, one of the best programs to correct your French writing.
The version that you download on your computer is unreal. It has a dictionary with context, translations, a conjugation tool and helpful writing guides for reference, plus it lets you know when there's an awkward construction in your syntax. In other words, Antidote does it all.
The app version of Antidote is, sadly, a bit more limited but still one of the best on the market. It doesn't correct your French texts like the computer version, but it still has all the helpful writing and style guides plus the dictionary to help you out.
As you're writing your original French text, you can read through helpful hints on the Antidote app to make sure your word order, vocabulary and conjugations are spotless. It's a bit pricier than the other apps (running roughly $14) but totally worth it if you're serious about taking your French writing to the next level!
Okay, so now you've done your dictations and written your original French paragraphs, but you want to take your skills to the next test: writing with natives.
Check out HelloTalk, a social media platform that allows you to text message and chat with people from around the world. You can use this app to start live chats with real Frenchies, many of whom are more than happy to correct you when you've made a mistake. Plus, you can participate in the online discussion boards where there are loads of people trying to improve their writing just like you.
The best part? It's totally free and very accessible. You can carry on writing messages to native francophones throughout the day at your convenience, just like you would text a friend.
This is very helpful because, as in English, there are two types of French writing: formal and informal. Chatting with natives will allow you to catch up with some of the more informal French lingo like MDR (mort de rire — LOL), BJR (bonjour — hello) or A+ (à plus tard — see/speak to you later!).
Some purists may say that this isn't "true" French (again, like they do in English) but this type of writing is a very common part of everyday French life. Just keep in mind that if you're trying to write like Jules Verne, you should probably avoid phrases like Mr6 (merci — thank you) in your stories.
italki is another conversational app that allows you to speak with strangers but, from my experience, has some benefits over others like it. First, this is an app that allows you to find language professors around the world. That means that you're connected with real human beings and you can set up paid lessons to help improve your French writing from anywhere on your schedule.
Like Antidote, this option may cost you a bit more in the short-term, but will be very helpful if you're serious about improving your writing. As the old adage goes, you get what you pay for. There are thousands of qualified tutors you can choose from based on your budget, language needs and ratings from previous students. There are many specialized French tutors that can teach you French writing for specific contexts, like exam prep or the business world.
You can pay per lesson so there's no major financial commitment before you're ready.
But, you're also more than welcome to make new friends and chat for free on italki. The discussion boards are very active and have a ton of interesting topics every day. Since you're trying to improve your writing you should absolutely be contributing to these forums.
There's even a Notebook feature where you can get your French writing corrected by native speakers in exchange for making corrections in your native language.
You have plenty of helpful language lovers who'll correct you along the way with no judgments… after all, we're all in the same boat here!
Okay, you may never quite reach Victor Hugo status, but you can certainly improve your French writing skills from the convenience of your smartphone! The bottom line is that you'll only improve so much as you consistently work toward your goal. And with these six French writing apps, you'll be learning to write French the right way (and maybe even saving some trees in the process!).


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Fitch Ratings says in its newly published Global Economic Outlook that it expects the global economy to strengthen gradually.
The ratings agency expects improvements in the second half of 2013 and beyond as the US gathers steam and the Eurozone approaches a cyclical turning point. However, the agency has cut its 2013-2014 growth forecasts for all four of the BRIC nations. Its latest forecasts for world gross domestic product growth are 2.4 per cent in 2013, 3.1 per cent in 2014 and 3.2 per cent in 2015 (weighted at market exchange rates).
For the major advanced economies, Fitch forecasts weak growth of just 0.9 per cent in 2013 before accelerating to 1.9 per cent in 2014 and 2 per cent in 2015.
"Several of the largest emerging markets are experiencing strains from spill-overs from advanced economies and China, difficult policy trade-offs, a declining impact from credit growth and structural bottlenecks. Therefore growth differentials will narrow between advanced economies and emerging markets over the forecast horizon," says Gergely Kiss, director in Fitch's Sovereign team. Nonetheless emerging market growth will continue to far outstrip the pace in major advanced economies and to strengthen from 4.8 per cent in 2013 to 5.2 per cent in 2014-2015.
Fitch estimates that 2012-2013 will see the second weakest BRICs' growth after 2009 since the Russian crisis in 1998. It forecasts China to grow by 7.5 per cent in 2013 and 2014, followed by 7 per cent in 2015. The agency has also cut its growth forecasts for other major emerging markets. Downward revisions for India, Brazil and Russia total 0.8pp, 1.1pp and 1.7pp for 2013 and 2014, respectively.
The US private sector's positive growth momentum is supported by the housing market recovery, improving household balance sheets, strong corporate profitability and loose monetary conditions. Fiscal drag, stemming from tax increases and spending cuts due to the sequester, is a near term downside risk. GDP growth will accelerate from 1.9 per cent in 2013 to 2.8 per cent in 2014 and 3 per cent in 2015 as the pace of fiscal consolidation eases.
The Eurozone remained mired in recession in the first quarter of this year for a record sixth consecutive quarter, and leading indicators for the second quarter 2013 are mixed. Nonetheless, Fitch expects a weak recovery to start in the second half of the year and gradually strengthen in 2014-15 as gains in competitiveness and country and cross-sectional rebalancing bear fruit, fiscal consolidation eases and credit channels are repaired. It forecasts GDP to contract by 0.6 per cent in 2013, before growth of 0.9 per cent in 2014 and 1.3 per cent in 2015.
Fitch maintains its expectations of a modest and gradual recovery in the UK. UK GDP growth forecasts are unchanged at 0.8 per cent in 2013 and 1.8 per cent in 2014, followed by 2 per cent in 2015. Progress with balance sheet adjustment of the private sector, including the reduction in the household debt to income ratio, and the prolonged period of accommodative monetary policy stance will gradually translate into strengthening of private demand. However, fiscal consolidation will remain a drag on the economy over the medium term.
'Abenomics', the reflationary economic policy strategy in Japan, will buoy growth in the short term, though its medium term success is less certain. Fitch forecasts growth of 1.8 per cent in 2013 as fiscal and monetary stimulus provides an initial boost to confidence, before moderating to 1.5 per cent in 2014 and 1.2 per cent in 2015 as the impetus fades.
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Gender equality, a priority at the heart of Orange's equality policy
07/03/2019 Paris 10:27 GMT
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The workplace equality policy and the efforts made by Orange over many years to achieve workplace gender equality, make Orange a reference in this area.
This includes the implementation of commitments made in the agreements signed with social partners. But above all, every day, this is achieved through the commitment of every employee and manager to promote equality. The score of 94 out of 100, which Orange has just achieved for gender pay equality, illustrates this commitment.
"Orange has made workplace gender equality a priority and a strategic focus for several years. We are very proud to see that the efforts made have enabled Orange to become a model company in this area! This encourages us to continue our policy and our efforts, which, to be effective, must be maintained over time," said Valérie Le Boulanger, Head of Group Human Resources.
The workplace equality policy implemented by Orange is based on four pillars:
Promoting a balanced representation of women and men in all Group professions, in particular technical professions:
- to achieve this, Orange supports the recruitment of women to fill technical positions through classes for female technicians, project managers and engineers. After a 6 to 12-month work-study course, the women are put forward for vacant positions within the company. In total, 436 women at Orange have benefited from these classes since 2012, and 104 are currently in training.
- Orange employees are also committed to raising the awareness of young women in schools about technical and digital jobs, through various schemes including the Capital Filles non-profit organisation.
Facilitating women's access to leadership roles and their representation at every level of the company:
- 1/3 of the members of the Executive Committee are women, demonstrating Orange's strong commitment to this point.
- Orange fosters women's career development within the company with specific support and training programmes, so that they integrate every level of the company, especially management positions.
- The Group's talent pool, which contributes to the top 1000 positions in the Group, is made up of 50% women.
Establishing equal pay: as part of its social dialogue, every year Orange devotes specific budgets to eliminate unjustified pay gaps between men and women and to help greater numbers of women access senior positions.
Allowing employees to achieve a good work-life balance:
- Orange promotes telework, which enables employees to achieve a better work-life balance. Over 8,000 employees already benefit from this work organisation.
- In the 5th agreement on workplace gender equality and work-life balance signed in January 2018, Orange went even further with several new measures: a new parenthood guide taking into account social developments, the extension of the paid leave gifting scheme, and the provision of a "my loved ones and me" platform for employees who are family caregivers.
Orange raises the awareness of all its employees about the issues of workplace equality and the fight against sexism via a digital visa focused on the subject. Almost 6,000 employees have already followed this course.
Marie-Paule Freitas ; mpaule.freitas@orange.com
Mathilde Boistay ; mathilde.boistay@orange.com
Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators with sales of 41 billion euros in 2018 and 148,000 employees worldwide at 30 September 2019, including 88,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of 268 million customers worldwide at 30 September 2019, including 209 million mobile customers and 21million fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 26 countries. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies, under the brand Orange Business Services. In December 2019, the Group presented its new "Engage 2025" strategic plan, which, guided by social and environmental accountability, aims to reinvent its operator model. While accelerating in growth areas and placing data and AI at the heart of its innovation model, the Group will be an attractive and responsible employer, adapted to emerging professions.
Orange is listed on Euronext Paris (symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol ORAN).
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Q: ImageView Disappears when trying to Set the Width and Height programmatically Here is my code
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and yeah I tried using the FrameLayout Params too (as my ImageView is in a FrameLayout), something like this img.setLayoutParams(new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(w,h)), didn't work
Well what Im trying to do is irrespective of the Image/Image SIZE being downloaded, I want to create an ImageView with w:h = 16:9 ratio. What is the problem with my logic? I tried doing an img.requestLayout() too, didn't work, moved the code to onAttachWindow(), didn't work. Whats the problem here? Would really appreciate any help. Thanks.

A: It seems the only problem with your code is this line:
 int h = w * (9/16);

The (9/16) is being performed as integer division, so it's resulting in 0. Change it to:
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Alumni Offerings
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The Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program selects exceptional candidates with a strong personal commitment to the Jewish community, a record of demonstrated excellence in academic achievement, and the potential to assume significant professional leadership roles in the North American Jewish community. All Wexner Fellows/Davidson Scholars will participate in four years of Fellowship-wide Institutes and gatherings*, regardless of funding status, as follows:
Orientation (first year): May 4-6, 2020
Leadership learning calls (first year): monthly peer consultations, by phone
Summer Institute (every year): August 23-28, 2020; mid-late August 2021, mid-late August 2022, mid-late August 2023
Winter Institute (every year): January 19-22, 2020, January 17-20, 2021, January 16-19, 2022, mid-late January 2023
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          }
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      }
    }
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Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on the Sixth National Report of Maldives to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity was held today at Champa Central Hotel. This Report on Biological Diversity is prepared under national obligation to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Maldives became a party to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992.
This report is incorporated with the targets in terms of sustainable management of biological diversity and critical information on the implementation and progress of National Biodiversity Action Plan. It also includes the technical and scientific challenges faced in terms of implementing the National Biodiversity Action Plan.
This workshop was held with 30 participants from both private and public sector. These include Government institutions and non-governmental Organizations (NGOs).


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Kuro is a young man on his quest to become the Shadow Blade. He must seek the teachings of the last remaining ninja master. You will guide him through challenging levels, around countless traps, sneaking past enemies or right over their dead bodies. You have to be fast, be stealthy, be aware of your environment. You have to be a ninja.
Dead Mage is an independent game studio, with a few PC and mobile titles under the belt. Shadow Blade for iOS and Android is published by Crescent Moon Games.
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So in short: we believe that health is the greatest wealth, and happiness comes from peace of mind.
How does Sampoorna Yoga work?
A typical yoga class traditionally starts with some invocation to remind the practitioner that hatha yoga does not just address the physical body. It is a spiritual discipline. This creates an athmosphere of powerful calmness in body and mind.
Breathing exercises are done at the beginning to wake up the energy and make it flow smoothly. They remove tiredness and energetical blockages, establish a healthy breathing pattern, energize and clean the breathing organs and the entire system and balance the activating and the calming component of the nerval system. The mind becomes calm, steady and awake.
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"Light of the World": Men's Chorus Concert is December 9 at 4 pm
In December, the St. John's Men's Chorus will be sharing its light with others.
"Light of the World" is the theme of this year's Men's Chorus Christmas concert, set for 4 pm Sunday, Dec. 9, in the sanctuary.
"It's no secret thing that things feel a little dark in our community and in our world," says Director Jason Harwood. "Jesus is the light of the world, and I've always loved Advent and Christmas when we do readings from the first chapter of John, as well as from Isaiah, 'the people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.' I knew there had to be a program we could build around this."
It's a Christmas concert, Jason says, but it will include many selections from the Advent season. "The whole theme of the light in the darkness was really meaningful to me. Even though we feel we are in a moment of despair, it is going to be OK. The light is going to come."
Jason explains that the Advent pieces will center around waiting for the light, and Jesus as the light of the world.
"We are creating a sense of anticipation and hopefulness," he says. "We'll have some big numbers at the end that will explode and say yes! — we have arrived at Christmas."
As usual, the concert will include solos, duets, vocal ensembles, instrumentalists, and the St. John's handbell ensemble.
The choir is in a time of transition, says Randy Overcash, who serves as vice president. Some longtime members have retired, and the choir lost Frank Goodnight in the spring, who was a key recruiter, Randy says. "It will take time to build things back up."
"We are redefining ourselves," he adds. "The guys are continuing to get used to Jason. I thoroughly enjoy the rehearsals. We've had some good and productive rehearsals, and it's going to lead to a very good concert."
Jason concurs.
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A freewill offering will benefit Meals on Wheels.
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"The guys wanted to do a Cinco de Mayo theme," Jason admits, "and I told them, 'That is not gonna work.'
"But you never know."
President Dennis Rogers invites all interested men ages high school and up to join the Men's Chorus.
"We are certainly eager to have other men join us — from St. John's, and from the community," he says. "This is not just a St. John's group. This is a community chorus."


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New Plan for Sub Launched Conventional Ballistic Missile for PGS Mission?
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Pentagon Unveils New Plan for Conventional Submarine-Based Ballistic Missiles Jan. 27, 2012
By Elaine M. Grossman Global Security Newswire
A U.S. Navy 2010 rendering of plans for modifying the bow of new Virginia-class attack submarines, allowing them to carry two sets of six Tomahawk cruise missiles. The Defense Department might use the same launch tubes for fielding a new conventional ballistic missile aboard future Virginia-class vessels (U.S. Navy image). WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Defense Department plans to develop a new conventional ballistic missile for fielding on attack submarines, according to major budget decisions announced on Thursday at the Pentagon (see GSN, Dec. 23, 2011). "The Navy will invest in a design that will allow new Virginia-class submarines to be modified to carry more cruise missiles and develop an undersea conventional prompt strike option," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said at a press conference. Obama administration national security leaders -- like their Bush administration predecessors -- have touted the idea of developing conventional military technologies that could attack urgent targets without having to resort to nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. The capability could be used against terrorist leaders spotted at a safe house or a North Korean ballistic missile being readied for launch, officials have said by way of example. If the new submarine-based missile plan goes forward, it would be the third such proposed system to receive prompt-strike developmental emphasis. Earlier Pentagon plans for long-range submarine- and ground-based missiles have faced some serious political and technical challenges over the past months and years.
Three main options are now under consideration for pursuing the attack submarine-based capability, Global Security Newswire has learned. Under one possibility, a newly designed intermediate-range ballistic missile could be fielded in two new launch tubes designed initially for carrying Tomahawk missiles aboard the Virginia-class vessels. A second, more ambitious option would be to install in the attack submarines a so-called "four-pack" missile launcher designed for the Trident D-5 nuclear-armed ballistic missiles on future Ohio-class replacement submarines, also known as SSBN(X). Potentially three of the 32- to 36-inch diameter midrange missiles could fit in each of the four Trident-sized tubes, giving the Virginia-class boats a capability to launch as many as 12 of the conventional ballistic missiles. This alternative would require a major modification to the attack submarines, namely the addition of a "humpback" midsection behind the sail to accommodate the four-pack launch tubes of significantly greater length than the new Tomahawk canisters, according to defense sources. A third option -- seen as yet more costly and ambitious -- would be to adopt a design for an even wider Trident-capable launch tube for humpback installation on the attack submarines. This would potentially allow for the medium-range missiles to be larger and have longer range, sources said. Budget pressures could force the Pentagon to stick with the first option -- assuming that lawmakers are even willing to entertain that possibility, according to Hans Kristensen, who directs the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists. The relatively small size of these attack submarines, relative to the large Ohio-class "boomer" vessels, could accommodate only a limited-range ballistic missile if the boat's basic design contours are to remain unchanged, he said. However, any of these options for fielding a prompt-strike capability aboard submarines is almost certain to spark objections in Congress, which has consistently rejected earlier submarine-based concepts that the Defense Department proposed for conventional ballistic missiles.
Lawmakers have generally supported the idea of non-nuclear "prompt global strike," Pentagon nomenclature for the ability to attack an enemy anywhere around the world on just one hour's notice, without resorting to atomic war. Retired Gen. James Cartwright, who served until last year as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, argued in 2005 that advanced conventional-weapon technologies could allow the nation to "drastically" reduce its nuclear arsenal. One military expert subsequently estimated that conventional munitions were capable of destroying up to 30 percent of targets in the nuclear combat plan (see GSN, May 28, 2008).
However, the U.S. Congress, Russian leaders and many nuclear strategy experts warned that fielding conventional ballistic missiles on nuclear-capable submarines could be a potentially destabilizing way to carry out the strike mission. According to this view, Moscow or Beijing might mistake a ballistic missile launch from a submarine for a nuclear salvo, and set loose a devastating response. Citing these concerns, Capitol Hill repeatedly denied funding for an earlier plan to swap out the nuclear payloads for conventional warheads on a limited number of Trident D-5 ballistic missiles aboard Ohio-class submarines (see GSN, Sept. 22, 2010). In response, the Defense Department in 2008 shifted its main emphasis in the conventional prompt global strike effort to developing an Air Force ground-based weapon called the Conventional Strike Missile (see GSN, Sept. 3, 2008). The maneuverable weapon system was imagined as a hypersonic dart that would initially boost aboard rockets but transition to flight just inside the atmosphere and glide into its target at Mach 20 speeds (see GSN, June 24, 2011). Lukewarm Air Force support for development of the strike missile, though, and flight test failures by a developmental front-end system -- the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 -- have thrown into question whether the Pentagon would continue to invest in the ground-based approach, according to defense insiders (see GSN, Aug. 18, 2011). "Throughout this 10-year process, the Air Force has never gotten enough money to flesh out their designs," said one retired service officer, ruing the failure to fully explore simpler weapon technologies that might have resulted in a fielded system by now. "The Air Force money [for this] is actually DARPA money," and the research agency's strong role in the effort resulted in highly ambitious technology objectives that proved challenging to attain, according to the former official, who requested anonymity in discussing a politically charged issue. Before his military retirement, Cartwright last July indicated that if a prompt global strike system is needed urgently to address an emerging threat, ICBM rockets could launch simple conventional payloads at high speed against virtually any target. "I mean, we use cement to test with today," Cartwright said. "It makes a very big hole." Other fairly straightforward options eyed under the Air Force missile effort have involved off-the-shelf munitions installed on the front end of the hypersonic boost-glide missile, according to officials.
Panetta's effort to reduce the defense budget by $487 billion over the next decade -- mandated by a deficit-reduction law passed last year by Congress -- has affected more than just the Air Force missile, according to defense insiders. The entire conventional prompt global strike initiative will be getting significantly less funding than anticipated, sources said. In internal Defense Department deliberations, the multiservice prompt global strike effort lost roughly two-thirds of its projected budget for fiscal 2013 through 2017, GSN has learned. Congress funded the multiservice Pentagon account for prompt global strike at $180 million in fiscal 2012. Of that amount, the Pentagon directed $10 million to the Navy to study the medium-range missile concept, according to defense sources.
An intriguing twist to Thursday's announcement is that the Pentagon leaders and documents referred to the new submarine-based missile effort as "a conventional prompt strike option," dropping the word "global." That more-limited description dovetails with reports that the missile would be designed with intermediate range, generally understood to be about 1,800 to 3,500 miles of flight.
That contrasts with a long-range missile, such as today's nuclear-armed ICBMs, capable of hitting targets on the other side of the world from bases in the continental United States. It appears that the midrange missile would continue to use prompt global strike funding, though the fate of the Army-, Air Force- and DARPA-led efforts in the president's upcoming fiscal 2013 budget remains unclear.
Cheryl Irwin, a Pentagon spokeswoman, would not address directly any implications that funding the submarine missile design effort might have for the seemingly ailing Air Force-DARPA Conventional Strike Missile. "This budget will focus this development on a submarine-launched option," she said in written response to a reporter's questions. "There are other efforts that are ongoing."
Asked whether fielding the missile aboard submarines might raise the same hackles on Capitol Hill and elsewhere that the earlier Trident-modification effort did, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said differences in the technology should afford the new approach broader acceptance. Compared to the prior Trident missile-based concept, "the technology and therefore the trajectory that would be required to deliver it" would be different for the medium-range missile being sought today, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman told reporters at the Thursday event. "There's [also] the speed at which these delivery systems can move." He added: "You can lower the trajectory and therefore avoid the confusion you're talking about in terms of it being mistaken for an ICBM with a nuclear warhead." Dempsey also alluded to additional factors that could differentiate this new missile from existing nuclear-armed weapons, but did not identify them. Kristensen was skeptical that the new missile, if placed aboard a stealthy attack submarine, would ease concerns about potentially destabilizing ambiguity during a crisis.
"Even a conventional intermediate-range ballistic missile launched from a converted Virginia-class attack submarine could be misinterpreted because its compressed trajectory would look much like a nuclear D-5 launched in a compressed trajectory as part of a first strike," he told GSN. "And it's still unclear to me why it is so important to have a conventional ballistic missile against terrorists and rogue states, given the overwhelming firepower that we deploy today." In a document released on Thursday, titled "Defense Budget Priorities and Choices," the Pentagon characterized its decision to invest in the submarine-based capability as part of its effort to "rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions." Defense leaders debuted this regional shift in U.S. focus earlier this month as part of new military strategic guidance, based on force draw downs in Iraq and Afghanistan and mandates to reduce Pentagon spending over the next decade (see GSN, Jan. 6). Offsetting some of the budget reductions proposed over the next fives years totaling $259 billion -- compared to previous spending plans for the same time period -- defense leaders said in the newly released document that they "increased or protected investment in capabilities that preserve the U.S. military's ability to project power in contested areas and strike quickly from over the horizon."
Among these focused investments would be to develop a new stealth bomber to replace today's fleet of nuclear- and conventional-capable long-range aircraft. The new Asia-Pacific emphasis -- which many defense experts interpret as largely a response to China's rising role in the region -- "requires an Air Force that is able to penetrate sophisticated enemy defenses and strike over long distances," Panetta said at the Thursday news briefing. "So we will be funding the next-generation bomber, and we will be sustaining the current bomber fleet." No previously unanticipated U.S. nuclear reductions would be included in Obama's fiscal 2013 budget request, said Ashton Carter, the deputy Defense secretary, in a follow-on press conference. The White House is "considering the size and shape of the nuclear arsenal in the future," he said in response to a question about whether further atomic cuts must await new negotiations with Russia following last year's New START agreement. "When those decisions come, we'll factor them into our budget," Carter said. The spending plan does foresee a two-year delay in a Navy effort to replace its Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, which Carter said would reduce schedule risk in what had previously been an "aggressive" developmental plan, "maybe even verging on optimistic" (see related GSN story, today). Prior expectations had the new submarine first being deployed in the 2029.
Along with these nuclear-capable strike systems, the Pentagon will also "design changes to increase cruise missile capacity of future Virginia-class submarines" and design "a conventional prompt strike option from submarines," the document states. If the simplest of the three options for giving the attack submarines a ballistic missile capability is embraced, launch tubes being built for Tomahawk cruise missiles on the stealthy underwater vessels could do double duty as launchers for the new medium-range ballistic missile.
A redesigned bow for new Virginia-class subs would allow for the emplacement of two launch tubes, each of which is expected to accommodate six Tomahawks, according to Defense Department documents. A 2010 Navy briefing on its submarine development and fielding plans depicts the location of the two tubes, each capped by a lid, in front of the submarine sail. Each launch tube could be fitted with at least one -- maybe more -- of the new medium-range ballistic missiles, permitting a total of two or possibly additional ballistic missiles in each modified submarine, defense sources told GSN. The Navy is currently buying Virginia-class attack vessels at a rate of two per year. Procurement is in a series of "blocks," with incremental upgrades expected in each block of submarines, according to a fiscal 2011 Pentagon report on test and evaluation. Eight Block 3 submarines, beginning with the 11th Virginia-class hull built, will for the first time feature the new, wide-diameter launch tubes. The two wide tubes replace 12 narrow vertical launch tubes for launching the same number of Tomahawks. The design for next set of boats in the series, Block 4, has not yet been finalized. Irwin, the Defense Department spokeswoman, would not say on Thursday how much the new-design ballistic missile might cost, how many of the weapons could be procured or how soon they might be fielded. A "sea-based prompt-strike missile is in the early stages of development" so these details "are not yet available," she said in the written responses. With the new design and procurement of U.S. ballistic missiles typically running into hundreds of millions of dollars or more, Kristensen was skeptical that Congress would embrace the Pentagon initiative at a time of budget restraint. The Pentagon could face yet another roughly $500 billion in reductions if lawmakers are unable to negotiate an alternative to the budget "sequester" process by the end of this year.
"Congress is very unlikely to pay for an entirely new ballistic missile," the longtime defense analyst said. In fact, the new submarine missile initiative appears to be based on an initial design concept first discussed under the Pentagon's conventional prompt global strike effort several years ago, he noted (see GSN, March 20, 2008). For her part, Irwin hinted in response to questions that basing the missile aboard the Virginia-class submarines is not the only option under consideration. "The development is not service specific," she said. "The current focus is a submarine variant, but we are very early in the R&D process."
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Safety a top focus of DA's 'Bristol County Celebration of Seniors'
Linda Murphy Lifestyle Editor @HNFastFood
FALL RIVER — Speaking to a roomful of seniors at White's of Westport, Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn offered the following tip: "Don't answer your phone unless you know who is calling."
Now in its fifth year, the DA's "A Bristol County Celebration of Seniors" event drew close to 600 attendees from throughout the region to the annual breakfast and resource fair.
As seniors ate the last bites of their breakfast Friday morning, others milled about in an adjacent room taking in the resources from the more than 90 businesses and agencies offering information on legal matters, health care, insurance and more. "I think it's wonderful to know where we have options to do things," said Linnea Assad, at one booth.
Amelia Gomes and Stella Lopes, two sisters from New Bedford, and their friend, Phyllis Rozario, said it was nice to see a lot of familiar faces at the breakfast.
"I believe all citizens of Bristol County, and especially our seniors, need to feel safe and secure in their communities," said Quinn.
Nationally, Quinn said, 5 million people are victims of elder abuse and one-third of that abuse is financial. "Through prosecution and prevention we hope to reduce this. This conference is about knowing the resources that are available so we can avoid having people become victims of abuse," he added.
Five years ago, Quinn said he assembled a Financial Crimes Unit in the District Attorney's Office to deal, in part, with the financial abuse of seniors.
Kathy Devine, director of the Prescription Advantage program with the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, echoed Quinn's sentiments related to senior safety. Her office, she said, offers a toll-free, seven-day-a-week hotline for senior abuse of all types including physical, sexual, financial, neglect and self-neglect.
In 2018, more than 34,000 calls were placed to the hotline and, of those, more than 4,000 came from Bristol County residents.
Shifting the focus to senior health care needs, Dave Webster, president of the Massachusetts plan Senior Whole Health, told the group the plan offers a lot of supplemental benefits to Medicare and Medicaid. "We have care managers in all the local communities and they speak over 40 different languages," he said.
The exorbitant cost of prescriptions is one of the top priorities for AARP Massachusetts, said Director Mike Festa as he updated the crowd on AARP legislative efforts. Additionally, he said the organization is focused on securing tax breaks for caregivers and the issue of the state's senior residents who are not financially ready for retirement.


The gods of this century are subtle and masked under many disguises of good. We can be so busy striving to fulfil our desires that we do not make the time to pray and develop a relationship with God.
V. O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is Your Name in all the earth!
R. O the depth of the riches of the Wisdom and of the Knowledge of God.
Lord, have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Blessed Trinity hear us. Adorable Unity, graciously hear us.
From all evil Deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From all pride, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
From all love of riches, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
From all uncleanness, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
From all sloth, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
From all inordinate affection, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
From all envy and malice, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
From all anger and impatience, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
From every thought, word, and deed contrary to the Holy Law Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
Through Your almighty power, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
Through Your generosity and loving kindness Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
Through the riches of Your goodness and love, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
Through the depths of Your wisdom and knowledge, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
Through the mysteries of Your perfections, Deliver us O Holy Trinity.
We sinners We pray for You to hear us.
That we may serve You alone, We pray for You to hear us.
That we may worship You in spirit and in truth, We pray for You to hear us..
with all our soul, and with all our strength, We pray for You to hear us.
as ourselves, We pray for You to hear us.
That we may faithfully keep the Holy Commandments, We pray for You to hear us.
That we may never defile our bodies and souls with sin, We pray for You to hear us.
virtue to virtue, We pray for You to hear us.
Blessed Trinity, We pray for You to deliver us.
Blessed Trinity, We pray for You to save us.
Blessed Trinity, Have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy, Christ Have mercy, Lord, have mercy.
R. And worthy to be praised, and glorified, and highly exalted forever.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit we adore You in the Trinity as the one God in three Persons. Increase our faith, hope and love to worship, adore, praise and serve You in the greatest Mystery of our faith.
God the Father Creator of all, Jesus Son of God and Redeemer, Holy Spirit the Sanctifier pour out Your Divine Threefold Blessing upon us. Through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
Jesus enlightens us through these Titles in Honour of the Holy Trinity to discover the mystery surrounding the inner life of God which was unknown in previous ages.
He teaches us that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit were present in the creation of the world, for our salvation, for the sanctification of all, to restore our lost friendship with God.
Jesus brings us for the first time the Good News of a new relationship with the one God in three Persons. This mystery is the greatest mystery of our faith and consequently brings to mankind the greatest blessings of intimacy with God.
We are all created in God's image and likeness male and female and we each become the temple of a Living God sharing in this intimacy. We lost that intimacy after giving into the temptation to follow other gods or believe we could be god for ourselves.


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CLASS Notes, August 2020
By any stretch of the imagination, 2020 has been a dramatic and historic year. A global pandemic. Racial injustice. Social protest. Our present realities have focused consciousness and have consumed our attention in new ways. Closer to home, the college has sought to respond to these challenges and re-invent university education under incredible circumstances, altering the fundamental means by which we teach our students. An enormous amount of energy has gone into welcoming them back and serving their needs. Our goal has been to maintain our tradition of academic excellence while balancing community health and safety needs. The road before us is tough, but we have amazing students, faculty and staff. And we are committed to our collective well-being. Over the past few weeks, as I have met with students and their families, I have been overwhelmed by their hopeful spirit and commitment to our institution's future. In times of pestilence — to evoke the novelist Albert Camus — we learn that there are more things to admire in people than to fear. These are words to take to heart. I hope the stories below help substantiate that belief in our readers. I wish you all health and comfort at the start of the new semester.
The 2020 Borah Symposium, scheduled Sept. 28 and 29, provides participants the opportunity to hear from two global leaders, including Nobel Laureate Beatrice Finn and former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell. The keynote lectures will be delivered exclusively online and on the Borah Symposium & Foundation Facebook page.
The Theatre Arts Department's Greenroom Chats bring theater professionals from around the world to U of I students via Zoom. The chats begin at 1 p.m. local time and Zoom links are provided on request. Read more.
The History Department is in search of a temporary lecturer to teach American Studies 301 for the Fall 2020 semester. See the posting.
U of I History Professor Dale Graden's essay, "The Cape Lopez Africans at Maranhao," was published in The Journal of Atlantic Studies as part of a larger series dedicated to slavery and the slave trade, emancipation and abolition in the Atlantic and Indian oceans. The series includes one-minute author interviews.
U of I Assistant Professor of History Rebecca Scofield was among interviewees on a panel for a PBS documentary on Idaho women's suffrage called, "Ahead of Her Time. Women's Suffrage in Idaho." Katherine Aiken, a U of I emerita professor of history, was also part of the production.
The Lionel Hampton School of Music welcomes Giselle Hillyer as assistant professor in the strings faculty. Hillyer has performed nationally and abroad as a violinist and violist, including solos with the Washington-Idaho Symphony and recitals in Idaho and Washington. Diane McGarry is the school's new administrative specialist. Diane previously served in the School of Journalism and Mass Media. Kelly O'Neill is the school's new communication specialist.
Paulette Brook, a Ph.D. candidate in the department of history, won the Carlos Schwantes award, the department's highest award for outstanding graduate students, and Bethany Symonds won the Kent Hackman Award, which recognizes the department's outstanding seniors.
Associate Professor of English and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs in the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences Diane Kelly-Riley has been appointed as interim vice provost for faculty. She replaces Torrey Lawrence, who accepted the position of interim provost and executive vice president.
Professor Gustavo Castro-Ramirez, D.M.A., Lionel Hampton School of Music, has been invited to present his research at the National Opera Association Annual Convention in January 2021.
An article by Theatre Arts Assistant Professor Sarah Alice Campbell, titled "'La conjura de Xinum' and Language Revitalization: Understanding Maya Agency Through Theatre," was recently published in the spring 2020 Journal of American Drama and Theatre.
Aiken Receives Award
University of Idaho History Professor Katherine Aiken received the state's highest distinction for her impact in public and professional service, volunteerism and philanthropy in her field. Read More.
Sarathchandra Earns Teaching Award
Dilshani Sarathchandra, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Idaho, was recognized with the Early Career Award for Innovation in Teaching Sociology from the Pacific Sociological Association for her innovative and creative approaches to teaching and her commitment to mentoring students. Read More.
Best Wishes to CLASS Retirees
During the 2019-20 academic year, eleven staff and faculty members retired from the University of Idaho. CLASS would like to recognize and thank each of them for the impact they made on generations of Vandal students and alumni. Combined, this retiree group dedicated more than 300 years to the University of Idaho.
Virginia Babcock, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 28 years of service
Kim Barnes, Department of English, 20 years of service
Pamela Bathurst, Lionel Hampton School of Music, 20 years of service
Patti Heath, Lionel Hampton School of Music, 38 years of service
Steve Meier, Department of Psychology and Communication Studies, 33 years of service
Carol Padgham Albrecht, Lionel Hampton School of Music, 31 years of service
James Reid, Lionel Hampton School of Music, 42 years of service
Lee Sappington, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 39 years of service
Steve Smith, School of Journalism and Mass Media, 8 years of service
Richard "Rick" Spence, Department of History, 34 years of service
Janice Todish, CLASS Administration, 37 years of service
Share stories of these retirees at class-fan@uidaho.edu or consider thanking your favorite faculty or staff member by making a gift in their honor online.
Aug. 24 - Fall Session classes begin
Sept 4 – Greenwood chat with playwright Idris Goodwin, 1 p.m.
Sept 6 – Virtual Student Recital: Catherine Anderson, piano, 4 p.m., LHSOM Facebook page
Sept 7 – Labor Day, University of Idaho closed
Sept 8 – Black Lives Matter Speaker Series with David Pellow, 6:30 p.m.; visit here
Sept. 10 – Percussion Day Concert, 7:30 p.m., LHSOM Facebook page
Sept. 11 - Greenwood chat with director Lavina Jadhgwani, 1 p.m.
Sept 18 – Greenwood Chat with Amy Rose Marsh, Concord Theatricals, 1 p.m.
Sept 25 – Greenwood Chat with directors, performers Juan Cabello and Geralldy Najera, 1 p.m.