How does your early childhood center charge tuition fees? Some childcare, daycare and preschool programs charge a fixed weekly or monthly rate. Others charge tuition based on the number of hours or days a child is scheduled. Your Daycare Software should be flexible enough to accommodate the unique billing needs of your child-centered business.
In this article we'll explore how Procare Software® can handle childcare tuition as a fixed fee (like weekly or monthly) – which may be tied to a calendar schedule – and how more complex calculations like hourly, daily, or half/full day can be based on hours scheduled or a child's actual attendance. We'll outline the basic setup here, then see the article on how the Billing Process is Automated to do in minutes what would otherwise take hours.
It's easy to set up a recurring weekly (or monthly) fee with Procare Family Accounting. Each child has their own Billing Box where the regular charges for that child are entered. Fees may even be assigned to a time frame on the calendar. This is done by first setting up one or more schedules for a child with specific calendar dates.
In the child's Billing Box select Standard Billing (all Schedules) to charge a fixed recurring rate that is not linked to a calendar. Or, select a particular scheduled period for which each fee applies. For example you might select a schedule that runs through the spring months at one rate, then choose a future schedule and assign a different rate. This would be helpful if the child was changing from 3 to 5 days a week, or if they were graduating to the next program level.
Choose the Contract billing tab (a recurring contracted amount, not an hourly formula).
Select the Ledger (person responsible) such as a parent or third party agency (subsidized care). You may also assign multiple payers such as divorced parents, or a family co-pay and DHS fee.
Choose a recurring cycle like weekly or monthly and select a description for the fee like "Tuition Preschool".
Enter a comment if you like, for example "5 Days" or "Co-Pay".
The amount will automatically be entered based on the standard amount you charge for that age group or you may enter a custom amount for this child as appropriate.
Fee Varies – Based on Hours, Half/Full Days, etc.
If the amount you charge varies based on the number of scheduled (or attended) hours, or something similar like the number of half or full days, you'll use what are known as Billing Formulas which come standard with Procare Attendance Tracker. You may enter a specific rate (like an hourly rate) for this child or use a default rate for everyone assigned to that formula.
In the child's Billing Box choose the Billing Formulas tab. Note: You may tie a formula (like hourly) to all schedules or to a particular calendar period as described above under "Fixed Fee" billing.
Click the New Formula button and select the Ledger (person responsible) such as a parent or third party agency (subsidized care). Just like weekly contract billing you may also assign multiple payers such as divorced parents, or a family co-pay and DHS fee.
Choose a Description for the fee like "Tuition Preschool".
Select a Formula Name such as "Hourly (Attendance)".
Enter an hourly rate (variable) in the Value box such as $3.75 if the rate for his child is different from the standard rate previously set up in the formula. You could also put this rate in the Comment field if you like – which the parents would then see on their statement.
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The Silver Cloud went under a 3 week refurbishment program in Palermo, Italy, where she was given extensive renovations on a number of areas in an effort to introduce a fresh, contemporary atmosphere onboard.
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Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy: Mastering Media Literacy
Mastering Media Literacy displays the role media can play in merging technology and instruction to give students greater access to knowledge, make learning more meaningful and help students play a more active role in their education, providing tips for incorporating media literacy into the school curriculum. F-12 educators will learn how to use media literacy to enhance learning and create opportunities for deeper understanding of concepts and skills, current events and global issues; prepare students to thrive in a more visually saturated and technology-based world; teach students to evaluate the validity of media and information being shared through different mediums; and design rubrics that effectively evaluate content knowledge and knowledge of technology tools.
Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy: Leading the New Literacies
Leading the New Literacies explores how to shift to digital, media and global (DMG) project-based learning and create engaged, energised and globally competent teachers and students. Using this book, F-12 educators will learn how to bring digital, media and global literacies into their curriculum; examine the effects of school leaders' attitudes as they grapple with the implications of the new literacies; equip students with the skills to think critically about digital sources of information; learn how and where to find new forms of media that students can safely use as learning tools; understand the skills and attributes that characterise global competence and global awareness; and learn strategies and set realistic goals for system-wide implementation of the new literacies.
Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy: Mastering Global Literacy
This book explores how educators can cultivate globally literate learners while becoming globally connected themselves, examining ways to bring global issues into the classroom and personalise them using digital tools. The authors offer strategies for implementing global-awareness studies in the school curriculum, as well as creating new types of 21st century learning environments. Using this book, F-12 educators will understand how our changing world calls for global awareness; gain strategies and recommendations for making global issues relevant; integrate 21st century skills into classrooms; cultivate global citizens able to understand and thrive in contemporary society; and use global competence to stimulate interest in learning, education and careers.
Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy Series (Set of 4)
In the Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy series, editor Heidi Hayes Jacobs and a team of authors from around the globe explore the three new literacies - global literacy, media literacy and digital literacy. Using the four books in this ground-breaking series, educators in every school will be able to bring their classrooms into the 21st century.
Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy: Mastering Digital Literacy
Mastering Digital Literacy explores the wealth of digital tools, applications and technologies that extend learning far beyond the classroom walls. This book strongly makes the case for modernising our students' learning environment - and shows how to do it. Using this book, F-12 educators will learn how to successfully merge digital media with traditional instruction, select video games and align them to unit plans, build a class website and populate it with educational features, and create a social network for students. The integration of 21st century skills in the classroom is essential for empowering student to succeed in today's rapidly changing society.
Media Literacy in the F-12, Updated and Expanded Second Edition
Today's average youth spends over 10 hours a day consuming media. Aided by technology, young people can instantly share and engage with media messages to find answers, get directions, shop or connect with friends. But access alone doesn't lead to critical thinking. Media are texts, designed to be read, analysed, deconstructed and reconstructed. Understanding how to interpret advertising messages, check for bias or avoid stereotyping are among the skills students need to become knowledgeable consumers and producers of media. This book helps educators understand the importance of teaching media literacy and gives them the tools needed to bring this form of literacy into the classroom.
Teaching Graphic Novels in the Classroom: Building Literacy and Comprehension
Teaching graphic novels in the classroom describes different methods teachers may use to begin teaching graphic literature to new readers. The first chapter is dedicated to the history of the medium and runs from the earliest days of comic books through the growing popularity of graphic novels. It includes profiles of early creators and the significance of certain moments throughout history that chart the evolution of graphic literature. Chapters 2-8 focus on different genres and include an analysis and lessons for 1-2 different novels, creator profiles, assignments, ways to incorporate different media in connection with each book, chapter summaries, discussion questions and essay topics. Chapter 9 allows students to create their own graphic novel, with guidance.
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A United Nations report released on Monday suggests that Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes against Palestinian protesters last year. The report shows that Israeli soldiers shot at unarmed Palestinians, injuring over 6,000 and killing at least 189. The investigation also showed that among the Israeli security forces were snipers who killed 32 children, three paramedics, and two journalists.
UN Commissioner Kaari Betty Murungi said, "The Israeli Security Forces committed violations of international human rights and humanitarian law," and that "Some of those violations may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity, and must be immediately investigated by Israel.". Israel claims that the protests were used as cover by terror groups, though the UN commission report showed an overwhelming civilian presence and those who were violent during protests were found throwing rocks, cutting the separation fence, and "launching kites and balloons with burning coals and rags attached to them". It was only in two cases that the UN report found that lethal force by the Israelis may have been justified.
Israeli forces committed violations against Palestinian protesters in Gaza last year that may amount to war crimes, a United Nations report said on Monday.
While the demonstrations were at times violent, with many protesters hurling stones, cutting through the separation fence at points, and launching kites and balloons with burning coals and rags attached to them, the commission found that the use of lethal force against the rotester was neither necessary nor proportionate. Only in two incidents the use of lethal force by the Israeli security forces may not have been unlawful.
Source: Al Jazeera, Barbara Bibbo, Mar.18, 2019. Photo credit to Associated Press.


The hotel owner as well as a German and a Swedish national were also detained in the raid.
Turkish authorities claim that the arrests are justified under law. However, as previously covered on the CIVICUS Monitor, the prolonged use of emergency legislation has afforded Turkish authorities overly broad powers to restrict civic freedoms. The detained activists have been denied access to legal counsel and have not been given a reason for their detention.
"World leaders currently sitting in Hamburg have been remarkably tolerant of Turkey's human rights meltdown. With President Erdoğan now in their midst, this would be a good time to speak out firmly and call for the release of all human rights defenders currently behind bars".
As reported in the most recent Monitor update, Turkish authorities have recently intensified their campaign against international civic groups, such as Amnesty International. Since the failed coup attempt last year, Turkish authorities have systematically targeted independent civil society groups and activists, with an approximately 115,827 individuals detained since July 2016. More information on the twelve detainees will reportedly be released later today.


The winners of this year's fifth annual AZ awards competition are a collage of some of the brightest ideas from around the world. They reveal a refreshingly optimistic global vision of the not-too-distant future: architecture and design that serves multiple functions and meets diverse needs, and never forfeits beauty. Winning ideas include innovative residential housing in France that uses angles and odd symmetries to best utilize the light and shade of its environment; commercial community centers in Bangladesh that are open and capacious and are built with local materials; a single-family dwelling in Vietnam that borrows ideas from nature in order to work in harmony with it; and minimalist lighting fixtures that are enlightening in every sense of the word.


Recently we received a message to keep moving and not hibernate. Today's message tells us to slow down. It seems like a conflict but it is not. Like anything else we need balance. Additionally, our messages are for many people. Some may need to slow down and some need to get moving. I have to trust that who needs the message will get it.
But I'm in a hurry and don't know why.
Today's message is entirely in the refrain of the song. I'm in a hurry to get things done. I rush and rush until life's no fun. Life is not meant to be drudgery. It is meant to be enjoyed. Yes, we may have some rocks in the road but they are meant to give us pause and opportunity to learn. Everyday we are surrounded by beauty and wonder. It is a shame to waste it by not noticing and enjoying it. We never know what tomorrow will bring, All we know for sure is that we will live and we will die, it is really all we gotta do.
I'm in a hurry and don't know why….this is a big key to today's message. We have to ask ourselves why. Why am I rushing through life? What is driving me? What is important? Is it really what is important? If I didn't have tomorrow, would my choice be the same? No one can answer these questions for us. It is up to us to pause today and answer them.
-Consider how we are traveling through life.
-A video call from Alex…and Moose.


Moving to the ultra conservative southeast US was a very upsetting experience. All kinds of horrible assumptions were made about me to the point of putting me in danger .I had no idea how bad it could get .
Assumptions that I was dangerous, criminal , violent , over sexed .It was like living in a weird carnival , with distorted mirrors everywhere.
Extreme bias and hatred was covered with sugary sweet pleasantries until they tried to entrap me .
Because it was 'faith based' oragnisations were involved , this shattered my faith . I am a Northerner, Non Baptist , and an Italian woman so I was subjected to extremely humiliating and cruel treatment .
Thanks Sarah. Yes, as you and the article point out, assumptions can be made on the basis of labels we attach to people which then mean we don't try to get to know them because we assume we 'already know' what someone who fits our label will be like.
This happens in most of our daily interactions and we rarely question it in ourselves, although it is much more easily seen when we experience it from others.
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We aim to offer same day appointments when requested.
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We are registered with and recognised by all the major health insurance providers.
(located above the Lloyds Pharmacy, a few doors down from Marks & Spencers).
We are located above Lloyds Pharmacy on West Wickham High Street, near M & S. Our front door is between Lloyds Pharmacy and Party Chic.
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Nintendo has released a short video detailing some of Yoshi's Woolly World's Amiibo functionality.
The video shows yarn Yoshis interacting with Mario, Link, and Donkey Kong Amiibo, each changing the pattern to look similar to the character of the figure. No other transformations were shown, but plenty of other Amiibo were shown at the end of the video, which implies that this functionality will work across several figures.
Yoshi's Woolly World is coming to Wii U later this year.


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NEET-PG counselling likely to begin from Sept 19- Officials
PUBLISH DATE 1st September 2022
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The NEET-PG counselling for admission to postgraduate medical courses, which was scheduled to begin from September 1, is likely to commence from September 19, official sources said on Wednesday.
The Union Health Ministry on Monday deferred the NEET-PG counselling to allow the National Medical Commission (NMC) to complete the process of adding new seats.
The ministry is likely to upload the counselling schedule in a couple of days, the sources said.
"...the NEET-PG Counselling, 2022 was scheduled to commence from September 1. However, National Medical Commission (NMC) is in the process of issuing new letter of permissions (LoPs) for the current academic year and the same will be concluded till September 15.
"Hence, in order to include more seats in the counselling for the benefit of the candidates, it has been decided by the competent authority to re-schedule the NEET-PG Counselling, 2022 which was scheduled to commence from September 1," the ministry had said in a notice.
Usually, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Postgraduate), or NEET-PG, is held in January and the counselling starts in March. But on account of the COVID-19 pandemic and the delay in last year's admission process, this year's exam was held on May 21 and results were declared on June 1, a senior official said.
This year's PG counselling is likely to be held for around 60,000 seats. Students who have qualified in the exam will be able to fill their choices with respect to courses and colleges during the counselling process for admission to the all India quota seats, state medical and dental colleges, central and deemed universities.
The counselling will commence for all central universities, deemed universities and 50 per cent of the all India quota and 50 per cent of the state quota of both medical as well as dental colleges simultaneously, officials said.


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Q: What is a good approach for an accounting algorithm? I need to create an accounting algorithm in PHP that computes the following.
I am developing an application for members contributing a fixed amount of money on daily basis. Let's say the daily contributing amount is $200, and members can prepay for given numbers of days.
For instance, if start date of contribution is 2015 April-1 and a member pays $600, the algorithm should distribute the amount from 2015 April-1 to 2015 April-3.
If he pays the next contribution on 2015 April-10 and pays $2000 the algorithm should first pay the deficit from date 2015 April-4 to 2015 April-10 amounting to $1400 then distribute the balance as from 2015 April-11 to 2015 April-13 amounting to $600.
I was trying with the following code, which attempts to add logic to detect when user have overpaid and if overpaid, the algorithm to distribute the amount evenly as described above. And if he had underpaid, the algorithm should add a row in the defaulter row, the last paid date should be picked as recently added row in the contributions tables.
public function actionBackdate() {
        $start = new DateTime("2015-03-1");
        $now=new DateTime();
        $now->modify('+1 day');
        $days = $now->diff($start);
        echo $now->format('Y-m-d g:i a');
        echo "
";
        echo $days->format('%a')." have passed since";
        echo "
";
        $contributionAmount=200;
        $TotalContributed=5400;
        $amountContributed=0;
        $oustandingBalance=0;

        $contributionDetails=array(
                                  "memberid"    =>4,
                                  "payment_mode"=>"CASH",
                                  "payment_for" =>"Chama Daily",
                                  "payment_ref" =>rand(9,9999),
                                  "amount"      =>"",
                                  "currency"    =>"KSH",
                                  "created_at"  =>"",
                                  "updated_at"  =>""
                                  );
        $defaulter=array(
                                  "memberid"    =>4,
                                  "currency"    =>"KSH",
                                  "amount_defaulted"=>"",
                                  "date_defaulted" =>"Daily Contrib",
                                  "fine_amount" =>50,
                                  "note"      =>"Contribution defaulter",
                                  "status"    =>0
                                  );

        for( $i=0;$i<(int)$days->format('%a')+1;$i++){

            //underpayment from expeted contribution amount
            if($TotalContributed<$contributionAmount && $TotalContributed>0 ){
                echo "He had a balance of ".($contributionAmount-$TotalContributed)." at date ".$start->format('Y-m-d g:i a')."
";
                $oustandingBalance+=($contributionAmount-$TotalContributed);
            }elseif($TotalContributed==0){
                // paid 0
                $oustandingBalance+=($contributionAmount-$TotalContributed);
                $defaulter['amount_defaulted']=$contributionAmount;
                $defaulter['date_defaulted']  =$start->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
                $model=new ChamaDefaulter;
                $model->attributes=$defaulter;
                if(!$model->save()){
                    throw new Exception("Error saving details", 1);

                }
            }elseif($TotalContributed<0){
                // he has balance expected
                $oustandingBalance+=$contributionAmount;
                $defaulter['amount_defaulted']=$contributionAmount;
                $defaulter['date_defaulted']  =$start->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
                $model=new ChamaDefaulter;
                $model->attributes=$defaulter;
                if(!$model->save()){
                    throw new Exception("Error saving details", 1);

                }
            }else{
                //Contribution received as expected;
                $amountContributed+=$contributionAmount;
                $contributionDetails["amount"]=$contributionAmount;
                $contributionDetails["date_paid"]=$start->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
                $model=new ChamaContribution;
                $model->attributes=$contributionDetails;
               if(!$model->save()){
                    throw new Exception("Error saving details", 1);

                }

            }
            $TotalContributed-=$contributionAmount;
            $start->modify('+1 day');
        }

        exit("User oustanding Balance is KSH $oustandingBalance");
    }

A: You've asked me to clarify my comment, thus:

A user's balance can go negative, and be made positive by later payments.

Sure. You will need a payments table, and since you charge on a daily basis, you need to make an entry every day. You could equally have a weekly charge, and then charge every week - it's up to you.
Let us assume you maintain just a payments record, and calculate a balance dynamically when required. Your entries might look like this:
User     Value    Purpose    Date
1        600      Payment    2015-04-03
1        -200     Daily      2015-04-03
1        -200     Daily      2015-04-04
1        -200     Daily      2015-04-05
1        -200     Daily      2015-04-06

You can see here that this user became a member on the 3rd April, and has been charged 200 somethings every day. Their balance can be worked out as -200 (assuming the above is all the records for this user); whether you permit them to take part in member activities during that state is entirely up to you. You might, for example, allow users to default for a certain number of days, or only by a certain amount.
When this user makes a new payment, that gets added in the usual way, which may or may not take them back into credit.

Since payments are subject to disagreement, always add data rows, don't update them - if you lose history then you won't be able to resolve financial disputes

Storing a user's balance is not as important as storing their individual payments - you can calculate their balance from their payments minus their charges, but you cannot calculate their payments from their balance.
Let us assume you don't take my advice, and just use a balance table:
User     Balance    Last updated
1        -200       2015-04-06

Now the user claims they made a payment yesterday, which may or may not be true. You could ask them to produce proof (e.g. a payment gateway receipt) but it is much easier if you can find this information in your own system.

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The Theme Of Ancestry In Alexie's Poem "What The Orphan Inherits" And Rose's Poem "Genealogical Research"
"If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people" (Hanh). The defining of a person begins first from their ancestry. The importance of family is vital in every person's life and the reason for this is because families are the group structure the mostly in every cases tries to be and do the best for each other. Sherman Alexie and Wendy Rose are both poets that have expressed the characteristics of their ancestry and culture in their inspirational and touching poems. Many of them are involved with the critics of personal experiences they have had, and their ideas are portrayed in a meaningful and well structured way. They also describe the way the society views them for being Indians or Indian descendant. To reach a poignant and deep point in the poems, the poets use several literary techniques and imagery in a way that the reader can visualize every description made in the works. Sherman Alexie's poems and Wendy Rose's poems such as "What the Orphan Inherits" and "Genealogical Research" describe the aspects that define an Indian. Sherman Alexie's thematic is usually about the how the Indian society works, whereas Wendy Rose focuses more in personal experiences and her descendants. These two poems have diverse differences and similarities in their treatment of ideas about family.
Both of the poems refer to the vast characteristics of Indians. They demonstrate the facets that make up the Indian culture. Regardless of the different styles of each author, they can both be seen similar because they come from the same ethnic group. The poems tone and mood are very similar since they are both evaluative and personal, but Sherman Alexie's poem is also ironic and sharp. "One hand shades her eyes in case the sun should see the glistening teat that trembles and slides; from the other hand hangs the pouch filled with names" (Rose C). In this part of the poem it is very obvious that Wendy Rose describes how her memories of her ancestors cause her pain because she feels emptiness since they are not with her anymore; this supports the idea that the poem is evaluative and personal. "For bringing us the horse we could almost forgive you for bringing us whisky" (Alexie A). This part of the poem is noticeably a metaphor in which the author describes their conception of useful and useless: they're mostly inclined towards the wrong stuff, but a good offering will almost overlap the vices, even though they always come first, just as is usual with some Native American people. It shows that it is personal and evaluative because they're criticizing their habits and moral values. Evidently, the importance of ancestors and Indian characteristics such as tradition, family, language, alcohol (this characteristic is mostly shown only in Alexie's poem), etc., are shown in both of the poems.
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My almost-three-year-old was falling asleep in bed the other night and asked me to come lay beside her, which I did. It was dusk, and the maple tree outside her window nearly completely fills the view. She looked out the window and said quietly, "There's a ghost out there."
I didn't say anything, and she said it again. "I can see its eyes." She looked at me for a minute, then back out the window. "It's wearing glasses."
I said, "It's probably just a pattern in the leaves."
She said, "It's not a pattern in the leaves! I can see its eyes! I can see its glasses!"
"Do you want me to close the shades?"
Apparently it wasn't scary. I'm not sure what she was talking about. But she rolled over and said under her breath, "NOT a pattern in the leaves."


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Mathematical Models of the Retina and In Silico Experiments: Shedding Light on Vision Loss
MSRI-UP 2017: Solving Systems of Polynomial Equations June 24, 2017 - August 06, 2017
July 07, 2017 (01:00 PM PDT - 02:00 PM PDT)
Speaker(s): Erika Camacho (Arizona State University)
Location: MSRI: Baker Board Room
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Mathematical modeling has been used to study diverse biological topics ranging from protein folding to cell interactions to interacting populations of humans but has only recently been used to study the physiology of the eye. In recent years, computer (in silico) experiments have given researchers invaluable insights and in some cases have re-directed experimental research and theory. In this talk I will give a brief overview of the relevant physiology of the eye as it pertains to Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a group of inherited degenerative eye diseases that characterized by the premature death of both rod and cone photoreceptors often resulting in total blindness. With mathematics and in silico experiments, we explore the experimentally observed results highlighting the delicate balance between the availability of nutrients and the rates of shedding and renewal of photoreceptors needed for a normal functioning retina. This work provides a framework for future physiological investigations potentially leading to long-term targeted multi-faceted interventions and therapies dependent on the particular stage and subtype of RP under consideration. The mathematics presented will be accessible to an undergraduate math audience and the biology will be at the level of a novice (and with a little help from Dr. Seuss).
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Detainee dies in custody. HFHR intervenes in Agnieszka Pysz case
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights wishes to express its concern over the death of Agnieszka Pysz, an inmate of the Warszawa-Grochów Remand Centre. According to press articles and the Ombudsman's inquiry, oversight of the Centre's medical personnel might have contributed to the woman's death.
Death in custody
The tragic event occurred at the Warszawa-Grochów Remand Centre on 7 June 2017, four days after the arrival of the 38-years-old Agnieszka Pysz. Her health had reportedly been rapidly deteriorating from the very moment of her admission. Papers wrote that according to other inmates' accounts, the Centre's personnel had repeatedly been notified about the inmate's problems. However, the doctor working at the Remand Centre decided that she was "faking" a condition. In consequence of the above, an ambulance was called for the woman only on 7 June. She died on the same day.
State officials responsible for detainees' lives
The HFHR has intervened by sending a statement to the Regional Director of Prison Service in Warsaw and the Warszawa Praga-Południe District Prosecutor's Office. In the statement, the HFHR referred to Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right to life, a basic and fundamental human right.
It was emphasised that whenever state officials deprive a person of liberty, they assume responsibility for the life and physical integrity of this person. This responsibility also extends to omissions leading to a death caused by a medical condition. The HFHR further indicated that in the event of a sudden loss of life in circumstances that may arise suspicions as to a possible abuse by prison officers, it is authorities that must show a convincing and satisfactory explanation of the situation.
A particular emphasis was put on authorities' duty to provide immediate medical assistance to a detainee who has found themselves in a life-threatening condition. According to the case law of the ECtHR presented in the statement, the absence of treatment or improper treatment given to a detainee who later dies constitutes a violation of Article 2 of the Convention.
The HFHR also indicated the procedural aspect of Article 2, namely the state's obligation to investigate and resolve each and every case of a loss of life that clearly does not result from natural causes. Such cases require to be investigated ex officio, and – if a need arises – later send to trial, during which all the circumstances of the case must be explained and responsible persons – identified and punished. The statement underscores that such criminal proceedings must be effective.
Detainee's death due to absence of treatment equals Article 2 violation, rules ECtHR
In the past, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has found many violations of Convention's Article 2 resulting from a failure to ensure medical care or assistance for persons deprived of liberty.
"Authorities are obliged to show they have employed all means possible to save the life of a person in their custody. Should they fail to perform this obligation, the ECtHR may rule that a state has violated the Convention provisions that guarantee the right to life", says Maciej Kalisz, a member of the HFHR's legal team.


If you follow this blog regularly, you may have read about my ol' friend Dietrich. Next month he will celebrate a special birthday. So far so good. But he has a special wish – he doesn't want any presents except some musical presentation on stage of the venue – if you can and if you want. Um. I have a special handycap when it comes to notes and rhythm – although I love music and my knowledge on temporary music may be well above average. Okay, no more swagging from now on. 😉 I can't sing, dance or play any instrument – even if I try to clap my hands in rhythm it doesn't take long and it rather sounds as a kind of applause.
You must know that Dietrich is a multitalent, he can play more than a hand full of instruments, is a master on the guitar (plays Knopfler and Santana like a champ), he can draw and design (what is is actual profession), and supervises CGI-services for international movie productions (for insiders: knows L.A. and New Zealand). On the other hand he is a very humble and friendly chap and an extremely good and trustful friend. So I don't want to disappoint him (although I know that he wouldn't blame me for not singing, dancing, playing).
But last month an idea started to grow in my head. For more than a decade we have been together on photo trips around the globe. When on vacation photographers often shoot behind the scenes how the other photog takes an image. One day I put these kind of shots in a separate category and called it "The Photographer at Work". Until now this our working title for this kind of photos. Why not making a very personal photo book with a selection of the best shots?
The first two attempts to produce this book unfortunately failed. The first failure was my fault: I was too excited and didn't do a proper proofreading. The second was the book company's fault – they used the wrong paper. In my third attempt I turned back to Blurb and produced the book directly from Lightroom – and was satisfied again.
When I handed the book to Dietrich we had a lot of laughs and remembered great times we spent together.
Dietrich takes all what it needs to make a good photo. Here at Laguna Seca race track on a Champ Car weekend.
With hundreds of tourists under Julia's balcony in Verona (left). Doing some landscape shooting at the Oder floodlands in Germany's East.


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Rule 400(b)(4): Opening the Door to Efficiency in First Legal Service
Lenders in Pennsylvania foreclosures have traditionally endured the unpredictable nature of employing a sheriff to serve a defendant. Common service delays create conciliation and mediation continuances and forestall judgment entries in likely uncontested matters. However, recent changes to the rules of civil procedure have opened the door for expanded use of private process service (PPS), paving the way for potentially shorter timelines between first legal and judgment.
In the Encompass case, the Pennsylvania appellate court interpreted federal law to allow defendants to remove their case to federal court, as long as they filed a removal notice before receiving service of process. Coined as "snap removal," this interpretation created an effective avenue for Pennsylvania defendants to further exploit the usual delays in service through the sheriff, which under Rule 400, was mandatory for most civil actions in all counties except Philadelphia.
In response, the Committee for Pennsylvania's rules of civil procedure submitted for approval PA Civ. Pro Rule 400(b)(4), permitting a "competent adult" to efficiently serve in-state defendants sitting in complete diversity, thereby reducing the opportunity for them to seek snap removal. (Complete diversity for purposes of the rule means the lender/plaintiff is incorporated or headquartered in a state other than Pennsylvania, while at least one defendant is a resident of the Commonwealth.) The state Supreme Court approved the amendments, which took effect on April 1, 2022.
Although initially designed to combat snap removal, a reasonable interpretation of Rule 400(b)(4) permits the use of PPS to serve defendants in most civil actions where diversity exists, eliminating the need to employ the local sheriff. Because PPS meets the legal definition of "competent adult," mortgage lenders can take advantage of the option whenever complete diversity is established. Moreover, with the ability to serve defendants through a PPS, a facet of the foreclosure process is made significantly more efficient.
Indeed, the adversarial nature of civil litigation will generate pushback arguments against a plaintiff-centered reading of Rule 400(b)(4). For example, one might be that the rule was not intended for foreclosure or that the mortgaged property location determines venue, and therefore, diversity is not applicable. At the same time, local sheriffs will naturally want to protect against a challenge to their service monopoly. However, any restrictive interpretation cuts directly against the rule's purpose, which is to end procedural delay, and is antithetical to the plain language of the rule.
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Citrus zest is a wonderful ingredient to have up your sleeve to add brightness and nuance to a variety of dishes, sweet and savory. It's best to use organic fruit, but if you only have conventionally-produced citrus, make sure to wash off their waxy coating before zesting. Use a fine grater to gently scrape the zest off the surface of the fruit, being careful not to go too deep into the white pith, which can be very bitter.
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ENSURING A VIOLENT FREE ELECTION
– Dr.Kofi Konadu Apraku- Chairman of Security Committee NPP)
Dear Interior Minister,
With less than two weeks to election 2012, many Ghanaians are deeply concerned about the lack of clear cut transparent election security plans that will assure us of the peace we all so ardently desire. A crescendo of voices rising from religious bodies, non-governmental organisations, traditional rulers, academics, students, businesspeople, professionals, workers and others throughout Ghana are demanding peace from political parties participating in this years' Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
In response, many parties have pledged their commitment to peaceful, violence free elections. The New Patriotic Party's commitment to a peaceful election is unshakeable and unambiguous. It is worthy to note however, that primary responsibility for ensuring and sustaining the peace before, during and after the election is primarily an internal security matter within the constitutional mandate of the Ghana Police Service.
It is in that context that the NPP deems it necessary to state unequivocally that the entire country's consistent and constant calls for peace depend on demonstrably fair and impartial policing of the electoral processes before, during and after December 7, 2012.
The traditional role of the Police in election 2012 has become even more crucial in the light of the Electoral Commission's reaction to alleged security infractions that may have contributed significantly to tilting the scales in some voting areas in the 2008 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. When provided copious evidence of electoral violence consistent with an agenda to deprive NPP polling agents and monitors of access to certain polling stations in a region declared virtually 'no go' for the NPP, the Electoral Commissioner maintained that vote validity from his perspective did not include an evaluation of potential criminal violence.
Needless to say, this statement literally construed could mean getting the vote onto the Electoral Commission's desk in any way possible. Coming from a political culture where not so long ago, the mere sight of a security uniform could send shivers of fear through entire communities, complicated by a sense of regime security where the security services appear unwilling to police the governing party, there is a growing sense of alarm that the NDC is planning and preparing to execute measures to maximise their votes and minimise that of their opponents, especially the NPP through any means, foul means not excepted.
Most of the NDC diabolical plans that were rumoured to happen during the registration period in Ashanti and the Brong Ahafo regions indeed happened. Today, it is again rumoured that the Ashanti, the Eastern, and the Brong Ahafo regions, perceived to be the traditional strongholds of the NPP, would be subjected to all kinds of violence, intimidation, harassment and electoral manipulations, including cutting off electricity supply, shortage of voting materials and supplies, late start of voting, and other administrative delays, all calculated to reduce voter turnout in these regions on election day.
Judging by the accuracy of the rumours in respect of the voter registration, every peace loving Ghanaian must take these rumours seriously and demand of the Ministry of Interior that they do not happen. Given the Electoral Commission's position that it will accept and tally results irrespective of how the numbers are procured, it is imperative that the Police hierarchy assures all Ghanaians that it is not only up to the task of providing a fear free election but that it is prepared to also clamp down hard on any acts aimed at marring the beauty of the democratic electoral process, no matter the source of the potential disturbance.
Unfortunately, that appears not to be the case so far. In Akwatia, NDC tugs masquerading as Jihadists unleashed mayhem on their political opponents and destroyed personal property in broad daylight in the presence of hundreds of Police Officers who did not act to maintain the lawful peace because the goons belonged to the ruling Party, the NDC. Similarly, in Chereponi, an armed man caught on national television shooting at NPP supporters who was arrested and sent to the Police Station has had no charges pressed or any action taken against him. Again, in the Atiwa Constituency bye-election, the NDC National Women's Organizer deliberately drove her vehicle through a crowd of NPP supporters, injuring several people who were hospitalised for several months. She was neither arrested nor prosecuted.
The registration exercise witnessed massive acts of unprovoked violence. In Greater Accra, NDC party activists roamed the streets of Odododiodio constituency with impunity, brandishing machetes and other offensive weapons, in the presence of the Police and intimidating people and disrupting the registration process, ultimately assaulting an NPP Parliamentary Candidate. All this happened in broad day light, and yet no one was apprehended, arrested, or prosecuted. Similar acts of violence, intimidation and harassments were also recorded at Trobo Amasaman, Krowor, Klottey Korle, and Dome Kwabenya in the Greater Accra region.
In the Ashanti Region, out of thirty nine constituencies, ten recorded episodes of violence, intimidation and harassments over the registration period. In Brong Ahafo, twelve constituencies out of the twenty four constituencies recorded various forms of violent incidents. Similar acts of violence and intimidation were recorded in the Volta, Eastern and the Northern regions. Most of these attacks against NPP supporters were duly reported to the police but not a single case was vigorously investigated, and prosecuted.
The Biometric Registration exercise gave many opportunities for the Police to test their readiness. Unfortunately, events then gave very little reason to grow confidence in the ability of the Police Service to collectively protect every person and party organisation involved in the election. Too many incidents of too little too late being done about major acts of violence and impunity instigated by identifiable people puts the integrity of the Police on line. Interestingly, whenever a Police Officer in the line of duty has acted impartially, the Police hierarchy have not always given clear backing and affirmed the authority of such Officers. In Tafo-Pankrono, the District Police Commander was in turn commended and then publicly chastised and disowned by the Police hierarchy for taking a bold stance against motor cycle riding macho men whose sole object was the disruption of the registration exercise.
Such is a situation that reflects selective justice. Selective justice is no justice and therefore unbecoming of a desire for peace. Allegations filed by the NDC against the NPP are acted on with alacrity. For example, at Asutifi South, Asunafo South and Tain constituencies in the Brong Ahafo region, NPP Parliamentary Candidates were immediately arrested by the Police when their NDC counterparts filed Police reports alleging registration violations. Several similar incidents of selective justice were recorded in the Ashanti region.
The danger of continued selective application of justice in a volatile political environment of heightened competition, demands that the Police Service rise above the fray, break decisively with the negative culture of politicization of state security agencies and approach the upcoming elections with complete professionalism as the only way to meet the aspirations of public calls for peaceful elections.
It is in that context that this letter is written. The NPP, as a major participant in the election and identifying with the fears and anxieties of millions of Ghanaians, demands sound, impartial and effective policing from now till after the election. The Police Service, in its leadership of electoral security must demonstrate an unshakeable commitment to impartiality and send strong signals that the macho menace will not be tolerated. This will go a long way to ease the fears of Ghanaians and ensure a violence free and fair election.
From media reports, the Police Service appears to have inaugurated election security task forces. The Armed Forces are also reported to be providing some support. What we, as participating political parties are not being told is how the on-going arrangements will assure national security on Election Day even if not before. This statement is because the run in to the Election Day has not been distinguished by confidence boosting policing. Very recently, it was reported that a young man was brutalised, assaulted at Tetteh Quarshie Interchange by several persons associated with the NDC. Upon arriving at the Airport Police Station, an Aide to the President, Mr. Baffoe Bonnie is reported to have driven in and secured the release of the NDC thugs whilst the bleeding victim was locked up for several hours and denied medical attention in spite of strenuous efforts to get him some vital medical care.
Furthermore, every day, reports of violence against NPP supporters from across the country, are received, many of which are reported to the Police but are disregarded. In Sefwi Wiawso of the Western region, NPP supporters at the Sefwi Wiawso Womens Nurses Training College who were attacked during the biometric registration were again beaten mercilessly during the visit of the President to the town on an unproven allegation that one student had thrown water at the President. One of the students had to be evacuated to the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. Incidents of unprovoked acts of violence, intimidation, and harassments, and provocations by NDC supporters against NPP supporters have been recorded in Yendi, Nandom, Navrongo, Nadowli/Kaleo, Dafflama/ Busie/Issa, Sissala East and so on.
Increasingly, some constituencies are been declared "no go" areas to the NPP. Asutifi South is one such constituency. As recent as November 9th NPP constiteucy executives, including the Chairman, Oppong Appiah, Organizer, Musa Isaka, and senior member of the Party, Mrs. Cecelia Amaoh, a former Ambassador were attacked for distributing bicycles to NPP supporters without any provocations by tugs led by Abdulai Naba, the brother of Collins Dauda, the Member of Parliament for the constituency and also the Parliamentary Candidate. The tugs seized seven bicycles and destoroyed the instantly. The matter was reported to the Dadieso Aba police station. Like the many others listed above, no arrest has been made.
In the current situation, a significant confidence booster ahead of the election would be a closed door briefing of all the participating political parties. Questions that need to be addressed include the role of the Special Forces, the leadership and authority of Regional and District Security Committees, REGSEC and DISEC respectively, the conduct of security personnel at polling stations and the integrity of the early ballot to be cast by Election Day workers. Again, the situation whereby District Chief Executives and Metropolitan Chief Executives, who may be Parliamentary Candidates in this year's elections also head the District Security Committee DISEC and the Regional Minister who heads REGSEC, should not be tolerated since these individuals have vested interests in the decisions made by these Committees.
In that regard, best practice during the NPP era, to avoid such conflict of interests, was to enable and empower district and regional police commanders serve as the respective chairmen of the security committees. It is important that the Police Service engage the parties in these matters to enable consensus and assure Ghanaians of Police Service capacity to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections.
Going forward, the NPP believes that the Police Service and indeed, the other security agencies supporting the Election Task Force have as much of a stake in free, fair and peaceful elections as has the entire population. A security posture that advises and adopts a 'hands off' approach to the ruling NDC party election machine does not guarantee the peace. Instead, the Police have a chance to proudly deepen institutional credibility and capacity locally and worldwide by putting the law above all persons and party colours. Such an approach can only bring glory as the true choice of the people will be legitimised by the fairness of the election environment which can only be assured by the quality of policing.
Indeed, it may be time to demystify issues bordering on National Security and the Inspector General of Police may have the singular honour and historical recognition of leading the process of inclusive democratic policing of the ballot. The 4th Republican Constitution supports such a process given that the security agencies are under civilian control in a framework that emphasises that the maintenance of National Security is a shared responsibility involving all citizens but spearheaded by the State's Security Agencies. That is why with less than three weeks to the elections, the NPP is urging the Police hierarchy to invite the major participating parties to at least inform them of broad plans, programs or actions to be put in place to ensure peaceful elections.
Once again, the NPP pledges to work fully with all the security agencies in order to accomplish a shared national security strategy to protect lives and property for peace and prosperity. Selective justice or political discrimination in the administration of justice in our country should be done away with and there is no better time to start than now.
Dr.Kofi Konadu Apraku
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Honorable PM, Shri. Narendra Modi unveiled his game changing campaign "Stand – Up India" on August 15, 2015 to promote entrepreneurship at root level for economic empowerment and job creation. The launch of Stand-Up India was planned to coincide on 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar. The scheme would benefit at least 2.5 lakh borrowers through 1.25 lakh bank branch network located across the country.
About 96% small and micro business enterprises are mainly owned by individuals who have no formal institutional credit. There is absolutely no network of lenders as the MSME space is exists without any symmetry in approach. Apart from this, small business owners do not have financial literacy that is required to access Institutional Loans. Looking at these scenarios, the Government of India took a decision of bringing these potential entrepreneurs and financial institutions together on a single platform via means of Stand-Up India in order to achieve the agenda of Make in India. The Government of India threw the challenge to leading technology providers to develop the digital platform in 30 days, considering all odds and evens.
ESDS took full charge of the situation. ESDS' team analyzed the requirements and carefully took decisions on technology foundation on which Stand-Up India would be laid. Since Stand-Up India is a dynamic platform, the team was always alert about security measures to be taken for management of sensitive data. Work began towards developing a stand- alone interactive portal. The technical support team analyzed the traffic patterns proactively and decided to implement eNlight cloud solution which could handle infinite set of visitors and sporadic traffic on the portal. For security measures the website/portal was audited for with Malware, Trojan, and Vulnerabilities with ESDS MTvScan – A complete security as a service. On completion of work, a highly secure and scalable solution for Stand-Up India was ready to go live. Stand-Up India was amazed to see how ESDS could deliver the solution in record time.
The Government of India acquired a digital solution, which is holding more than 1 lakh bank branches seamlessly. With the help of ESDS' technology solution, Stand-Up India is facilitating bank loans to SC/ST/Women borrowers through a centralized platform i.e. Stand-Up Mitra. Through PMMY (Pradhan Mantri Loan Yojana), backed by ESDS, the Government is facilitating the micro units and providing them with sufficient funds, reducing time-to-market. eNlight-hosted Stand-Up India auto-scales resources whenever there is an uneven spike in traffic.


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Szigeti (Miklós) Kilián (Szombathely, 1913. április 19. – Győr, 1981. december 25.) bencés szerzetes, pannonhalmi főiskolai tanár, a rendi kórus vezetője.

Apja Szigeti János vasúti irodakezelő. A szombathelyi premontrei gimnázium hat osztálya után jelentkezett bencésnek Pannonhalmán. Az érettségi után, 1931-ben szerzetesként kapta a Kilián nevet. Latin-történelem szakos tanári oklevelet szerzett.

1938-ban Kelemen Krizosztom főapát Rómába küldte ki Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra egyházzenei pápai főiskolára, ahonnan négy év múlva egyházzenei doktorátussal tért haza. Ezt követően egész életét Pannonhalmán töltötte: gimnáziumi énektanár, főiskolai tanár, a rendi és a gimnáziumi kórus vezetője volt. 1950 után a székesegyház őreként két harangot is öntetett a bazilika részére és ő készíttette a Szent Benedek-kápolnában látható Jézus Szíve-szobrot.

1947-49 között a budapesti Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Főiskolán orgonatanulmányokat folytatott. Pannonhalmi munkásságának sajátos terméke a Rosa mystica című kéziratos kötet, amelyben lelki írók és misztikusok műveit fordította. Az 1946-ban megjelent Opus Dei bencésdiák-imakönyv énekes részét ő szerkesztette. Munkásságának elején magyar középkori liturgia-történettel foglalkozott. Életének utolsó időszakát az orgonatörténet és az orgona-építés munkálati tették ki.

Halála után jelent meg Münchenben a Dissertationes Hungaricae ex Historica Ecclesiastica sorozatban Pfeiffer János veszprémi kanonokkal közösen készített könyve: A veszprémi székesegyház zenéjének története.

A régi orgonákat hatalmas szorgalommal kutatta, és szakértővé lett az orgonaépítés területén is. Megkezdte a Régi magyar orgonák könyvsorozat megjelentetését. 1974-ben Kőszeg, majd Győr, Szombathely, Pécs és Eger városok orgonái következtek. Szeged régi orgonáiról írt monográfiája már halála után jelent meg. Munkája során több mint egy tucat új orgonát tervezett, javított. Pannonhalma környékének régi orgonáit az ottani Millenniumi Emlékmű épületében gyűjtötte össze.

1981. karácsonyán a győri kórházban halt meg. Szigeti Kilián olyan ember volt, akiben a képességek, a szorgalom és a szívós akarat harmóniában volt a gyakorlati, derűs életvitellel. A diákok szerették, órái mindig életszerűek voltak. Olyan tanár volt, aki akarva, akaratlanul nevelt.

Zeneszerzőként is jelentőset alkotott; a II. vatikáni zsinat szellemében írta meg az 1966-ban megjelent Missa Hungaricát, amely világos dallamvezetése, könnyű megjegyezhetősége és egyszerű kisérete miatt hamar a magyar katolikus templomok egyik legnépszerűbb népénekes miséjévé vált. 1977-ben a Szent István Társulat adta közzé másik népénekes miséjét, a Missa Brevis Hungarorumot. Sok zenei előadást tartott, felállította és gondozta a pannonhalmi Musicothecát, (kottatárat). Azon jeles bencések közé tartozik, akik a kapott talentumaikat jól kamatoztatták.

Szigeti Kilián írta "A 200 éves szombathelyi egyházmegye története." című tanulmánykötetben a "Szombathelyi egyházmegye zenéjének története" c. fejezetet, amely különlenyomat formájában is megjelent az Egyházmegyei Hatóság kiadásában.

Művei
Jubilate! A gregorián ének kézikönyve; Magyar Kórus, Bp., 1948
Kántorképző tanfolyam; s.n., Pannonhalma, 1964
Missa Hungarica; Szent István Társulat, Bp., 1966
Régi magyar orgonák. Kőszeg; Zeneműkiadó, Bp., 1974
Régi magyar orgonák. Győr; Zeneműkiadó, Bp., 1977
Missa Brevis Hungarorum; Szent István Társulat, Bp. 1977
Régi magyar orgonák. Szombathely; Zeneműkiadó, Bp., 1978
Régi magyar orgonák. Pécs; Zeneműkiadó, Bp., 1979
Régi magyar orgonák. Eger; Zeneműkiadó, Bp., 1980
Régi magyar orgonák. Szeged; Zeneműkiadó, Bp., 1982
Pfeiffer János–Szigeti Kilián: A veszprémi székesegyház zenéjének története; Molnár Ny., München, 1985 (Auróra könyvek)

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1913-ban született személyek
1981-ben elhunyt személyek
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The Li-2 operated on an aerial survey training flight from Tashkent-Yuzhny. After a technical stop at Dzhusaly the aircraft headed for Turkestan, but the crew members were not aware of the strong wind drift which caused the aircraft to stray off course to the left by 72 km. The aircraft impacted the slope of Mount Mynzhilgi (Bessaz) in the Karatau range (Southern Kazakhstan region) at 2,050 metres (126 metres below the summit).


Off the Air With Jeremy: Getting Better All the Time?
All right, I've just got to vent about my recent experience with the doctor. I've only worked one day this week due to my bronchitis. On Tuesday I was told I would need to be out for two days and be on meds.
Well, the doctor in the little doc-in-the-box place I went to put me on steroids, and by the next day I felt like I could lift a pickup truck! So I went back to work a day early.
Baaaad mistake! By 9PM that night my producer Todd and I knew that I had slightly overdone it. My body was needing rest, but I just couldn't sleep!
The next day I took more meds, and again I was bothering my boss, producer, our web team and everybody else with ideas and things that needed to be addressed. My boss said very nicely, "I think you should get some rest."
But yesterday was the worst yet. I can't rest because of the steroids -- so how am I supposed to get better? I feel like crud, but I absolutely hate being away from you and everything involved in the show. I hope I'm not contagious, because no matter what, I'm going to be there tonight at 7PM! I have a pair of tickets to give away to our huge Taste of Country Music Festival!
I hope this blog made some kind of sense, since I am in bed and on meds as I'm typing it. What makes you feel better when you're sick?


DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE YOUR BEST PUBLICITY?
I WILL ALSO TELL YOU WHY PERSONAL BRANDING IS DIFFERENT - AND TRULY EFFECTIVE - WHEN YOUR'E WONDERFULLY WEIRD.
Growing up I always felt invisible. Small and insignificant.
Who would care about me? And I thought people around me saw that too.
A grey mouse with a lot of books, lost in thoughts. Unable to keep my clothes clean or my hair neat.
When we long to be a success as an entrepreneur, think we're invisible AND at the same time feel this deep urge to make a change we NEED to find out what sets us apart.
We need to know How the World Sees us. We need to communicate with the right people.
This is me age 2 years. I always felt this photo must have been 'taken by accident'. Who's that child?
But years later I found out 'the world' loved this vibrant part of me.
When we stay invisible we don't achieve anything.
Being Wonderfully Weird is awesome, but there's a huge downside too.
*1. We think we know nothing.
Even though we studied Law, Architecture, took countless courses and read the entire library before we were 12 years old.
* 2. There is no box for us.
3. We feel, see and hear everything.
* 4. Because we always feel different we think we look 'strange' and invisible.
We simply can't believe people see us as beautiful, smart, intelligent, successful.
I felt box-less, unseen and clueless for years. But you know what?
The world sees something completely different.
They are fascinated by your quirky nature.
They love how you don't fit any box.They wished they were more like you!
Did you see the images of me as a child?
That's me somewhere between 2 and 9. Can you see how incredibly shy I was?
Me neither. But I was AM Super Sensitive!
Wonderfully Weird means you can be loud mouthed AND sensitive, read Science books AND Fun Romance novels, love classical music AND Metallica. You don't need to fit any box.
We simply have to be 100% ourself.We all have unique traits that set us apart. Our Authentic Persona.
Wouldn't it be great to find out How the world sees you?
The best by product? It will help you gain confidence. Big Time!
Do you think you're Wonderfully Weird too? And want to become visible? Download the Wonderfully Weird Personal Branding Checklist.


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Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead Has Cancer
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — The bass player for the Grateful Dead has bladder cancer. Phil Lesh announced his condition on the Facebook page of his California restaurant and concert hall. Lesh says he was diagnosed earlier this month — and says he has been undergoing test at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. He says he will have the tumors removed — but feels "very fortunate" that that doctors feel the tumors aren't aggressive and that there's no sign they have spread.


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Acrylics acquisition in China: Arkema sets up...
Acrylics acquisition in China: Arkema sets up joint venture with Jurong Chemical
Corporate - Finance - Products
Arkema and Jurong Chemical, China's leader in acrylic acid, announce the creation of Sunke, a joint venture in which Arkema will have a majority interest, comprising the assets of Jurong's acrylic acid production site in Taixing opened in 2012. This acquisition, in the wake of Arkema's recent startup of its coating resins and Coatex production plants on the Changshu site, will enable the Group to accelerate the development of its Coating Solutions segment in China and in Asia and to assist its customers in particular in fast-growing markets such as superabsorbents, paints, adhesives, water treatment, etc.
It represents a new milestone in Arkema's growth strategy and the achievement of its 2016 targets, in particular by strengthening the Group's position in high growth countries. Finally, it provides the Group with a highly competitive acrylic monomer industrial footprint in Asia. Production capacity for Arkema initially will be 160,000 t/year for a $240 M investment, with the option to raise it without delay to 320,000 t/year for a further $235 M investment.
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Howard rules out troop withdrawal
February 22, 2007 — 6.20am
A defiant Prime Minister John Howard today ruled out a withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq as he played down the importance of Britain's pullout plan.
The Australian government today put a positive spin on Britain's decision to start cutting its force of 7,100 troops, arguing it was because security had improved in their stronghold around Basra, in southern Iraq.
Mr Howard has spent weeks lashing Labor over its plan to begin withdrawing Australian troops from Iraq - only to have one of the original coalition war partners now do the same thing.
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd challenged Mr Howard to follow the British lead.
"My challenge to Mr Howard is what is your policy for winning the war in Iraq and what is your exit strategy for Australian troops?"
But the government initially defended the British move as a reduction in troops, not a withdrawal.
"The British government are reducing their troop numbers in Iraq ... they're not withdrawing," Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
"They will be leaving several thousand troops in Iraq and the important point to make here is the British are not withdrawing from Iraq."
But he later admitted the British plan could be seen as a withdrawal.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has told US President George W Bush of his plans, which will reportedly see a first contingent of 1,500 troops leave Iraq in a matter of weeks.
A further 1,500 are set to follow by the end of the year, according to media reports in Britain.
Mr Blair was expected to detail his plans late tonight (AEDT).
Apart from the political fallout, the decision could have an impact on the 550 or so Australian troops based at Tallil in Dhi Qar province, who rely on the British for help with medical evacuation and treatment.
The British decision contrasts with the Australian government view that the time is not right for coalition forces to be leaving Iraq to insurgents.
Mr Howard caused a stir earlier this month when he attacked US presidential hopeful Barack Obama over his plan to have American troops withdraw by March 2008.
However, there was no Australian government criticism of the British plan.
Mr Howard said the British were leaving because conditions had stabilised in Basra.
"Under this proposal of the British it will still be 10 times what we have. I think to keep it in perspective, we ought to remember that," he said.
"A reduction has been in the wind (a while), and the reason I understand Mr Blair will give is that conditions have stabilised in Basra.
"I don't think it follows from that that there should be a reduction in our 550. I mean you have got to maintain a critical mass and to do the job according to our defence advice, you need that."
Australia is, in fact, bolstering its contribution in Iraq, sending up to 70 more non-combat military trainers within coming months.
Defence Minister Brendan Nelson says the British move is a sign of progress in southern Iraq.
"Under no circumstances should anybody interpret the British (decision) ... as any kind of cut and run," he said.
Dr Nelson denied that the British policy was at odds with America's plan to send an extra 21,500 troops to Iraq, mainly to Baghdad.
"People ought to remember that 60 per cent of the violence comes from Baghdad and al-Anbar province, where al-Qaeda is particularly active," he told ABC Radio.
"The rest of Iraq is quite different".
Australia currently has about 1,450 personnel in the Middle East, including about 900 inside Iraq.
Michael Fullilove, the Lowy Institute's program director for global issues, said the British troop decision would be hard to reconcile with the line being run by the government.
"Canberra has been running an argument that it is not possible to be a good ally and undertake (any kind of withdrawal)," he said.
"Yet (Tony Blair), Mr Bush's most important international ally is doing just that."


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Mr. Daniel has worked as a contractor at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, primarily focused on attitude control tasks for the Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite. He also worked on the Indostar communications satellite for a precursor company to Orbital ATK. He spent 15 years as a specialist for the multibody dynamics simulation code ADAMS (Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems) modeling applications such as space mechanism deployments and attitude control of flexible spacecraft.
Mr. Daniel was a civilian Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the United States Naval Academy for five years where he taught classes such as Spacecraft Systems, Spacecraft Design, Attitude Dynamics and Control, Astrodynamics I, and Aerospace Structures I.
Prior to his graduate studies at Georgia Tech, he received an undergraduate degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.


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More taunts to the Democratic base
Emanuel drops another F-bomb on a progressive ally, while Alan Simpson blames some veterans for our budget woes
By Joan Walsh
Published September 3, 2010 2:03AM (EDT)
In this April 11, 2010 photo, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel walks along a driveway at the White House in Washington. Emanuel says "it's no secret" he'd like to run for mayor of Chicago someday. Emanuel made the remark during an interview on Charlie Rose's PBS talk show, which aired Monday April 19, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)
Another day, another disappointment for progressive Democrats. We learn from former auto-industry car czar Steve Rattner that Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said "Fuck the UAW" during tough takeover talks – just like he called progressives "fucking retarded" for contemplating primary challenges against conservative Democrats.
And former Sen. Alan Simpson, the Republican appointed by our Democratic president to chair his "fiscal commission" – I love the way it's become commonly known as the "catfood commission," since so many members favor cuts to Social Security, raising the old specter of seniors eating catfood -- has stepped in it again. Fresh from disparaging Social Security as "a cow with 310,000,000 tits," on Wednesday Simpson complained that American military veterans exposed to Agent Orange are hurting the country by using the program established to help them with health troubles related to the wanton use of that defoliant in Vietnam. [UPDATE: I got carried away with the number of tits in Simpson's quote. Thanks to readers for dialing me back.]
"The irony (is) that the veterans who saved this country are now, in a way, not helping us to save the country in this fiscal mess," Alan Simpson, co-chair of the White House's fiscal commission, according to the Associated Press.
No, Mr. Simpson, the irony is that a Democratic president elected with 8.5 million more votes than Republican John McCain put you in charge of his fiscal commission, and now, as his party heads into midterm elections, it's facing a profound "enthusiasm gap" between fired-up Republicans and the Democrats who elected President Obama, largely because the president, even while getting much of his agenda passed, has so frequently caved on core issues (I talked about this today on MSNBC's "The Ed Show; video below.)
If you haven't seen it already, Public Policy Polling today released a report showing that in 10 key races – governor and senate races in Illinois, Florida, Missouri, Pennsylvania and North Carolina – the Democrats' woes aren't about Obama supporters peeling off to back Republicans; they're due to the likelihood that many won't vote at all, and turnout won't be anything like it was in 2008. Now, midterm election turnout almost never matches that for presidential races, but there is likely to be a particular drop this year.
But it's of some concern that three of the groups with whom the president's ratings have dropped most precipitously are Latinos, young(18-t0-29) voters and white union members. Those groups gave Obama two-thirds of their votes in 2008, and they've all registered sizeable dips in their approval of Obama since then, as well as in their stated intention to vote. I hadn't realized this: In 2008, 57 percent of white men favored McCain, but 57 percent of white male union members favored Obama. Even after all that talk about "racist" white working class voters only going for Hillary Clinton, the union vote came through for Obama, but its support is waning as the president appears paralyzed on a plan to attack unemployment.
Panic not, there's a lot of time before November. I get all the emails from Organizing for America, so I know they're working hard to mobilize their voters, and maybe they'll turn things around before November. Labor Day opens the traditional political season, and President Obama is spending it with the AFL-CIO, where he'll probably have to make amends for his staffers who've used the F-word about their union allies and also called them stupid for spending money to try to beat Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas. But maybe he'll find the partisan, populist voice he had last Labor Day in Cincinnati – and maybe this time he'll keep it.
Speaking of Labor Day, on Monday I'll have an interview with Jefferson Cowie, author of the best book I've read in a long time: "Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class." Come prepared to read about the death match between unions and the New Left that devastated progressive politics through today, as well as about John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever," Bruce Springsteen, and where disco fits in the story of class struggle. Watch for it!
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Malaga Megayacht Marina Gets Go Ahead
Dated: February 8, 2021
MALAGA may soon be home to some of the world's most expensive yachts after permission was granted to build a megayacht marina in the city.
Pier One, which had until recently been home to smaller yachts, has now been cleared ready for work to start on a megayacht marina in Malaga's port area.
According president of the Port Authority Carlos Rubio, the General Directorate of Coasts has now given permission for the works, although the Port Authority is still waiting for an Urban Planning Works licence to be granted before construction starts.
Councillor for Land Management Raul Lopez said the licence should be approved, "as soon as possible," and work could begin in mid-February.
He said: "The workers have everything ready to start as soon as they obtain the authoristions," before adding the council hoped the marina would be open to receive its first guests next summer.
The works will include building two breakwaters to prevent motion within the marina, one measuring 30 metres long and the other 50 metres long.
Once complete, the marina will be able to host yachts of between 30 and 100 metres in length, while a 745 square metre building will also be opened to serve as a reception and services building.
A luxury restaurant is also planned in a building at the end of Pier One. According to Councillor Rubio, plans to repurpose the building as a luxury restaurant are, "very advanced."
He added: "In a month everything could be ready to go."
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An update on Kevin Thomas and could fans see three safeties on the field?
Any update on Kevin Thomas? Is he going to have surgery? Any chance he will play this season? Also, I heard that Anthony Gonzalez was being held out of minicamp. Did he reinjure himself or was it just precautionary?
-- from Patrick, Mount Vernon, MO
Coach Jim Caldwell announced last week that Thomas had surgery to repair the knee injury he sustained during the rookie minicamp. He indicated the surgery went as planned, but did not elaborate. The fact the Colts have yet to place Thomas, their third-round draft pick, on the injured reserve list is an indication they hope he is able to return at some point this season. Of course, that could change. Gonzo was one of several prominent players who was held out of the recent minicamp. Others included Dwight Freeney, Donald Brown, Jerraud Powers, Kelvin Hayden and Melvin Bullitt. Caldwell declined to address any of those situations. He basically said he wasn't going to start giving medical updates during the offseason. My best guess - and that's all it is - is the Colts are staying true to form and being very cautious with players who are dealing with injuries or are still in the midst of rehabilitation from injury or offseason surgery. Gonzo went through some of the earlier OTA work and looked fine.
Considering our depth at safety (assuming we can keep Bob Sanders, Antoine Bethea and Melvin Bullitt healthy), do you think it would be possible to have three safeties on the field at the same time when we are in the nickel defense?
-- from Doug, Long Beach, CA
Anything's possible. Ex-offensive coordinator Tom Moore always believed in finding a way to get the best players on the field. I'm sure that holds true on defense as well. Ideally, it's best to have an additional cornerback in the nickel formation. A corner generally is more effective in coverage than a safety. But if the third safety is more effective than the third corner, play the safety. Injuries at corner also could impact whether coordinator Larry Coyer decides to dip into his depth at safety or corner when the Colts use an additional DB.
I see Robert Mathis is skipping the OTAs and minicamp and wanting a new contract. I don't recall this being 'normal' for the Colts. What do you think the chances are of the Colts renegotiating his contract (which I realize wouldn't be until after Peyton Manning's contract is done)? And if he misses all this time how do you think it will effect him and the team?
-- from Adam, Lancaster, PA
It's well known that Mathis and Reggie Wayne not only skipped the voluntary OTAs but the mandatory minicamp. Each has two years remaining on his contract and each wants the team to renegotiate that contract. Team president Bill Polian has made it clear that's not going to happen any time soon. First, there's the uncertainty regarding the NFL's labor situation. No one knows what a new labor agreement will look like, even if it will contain a salary cap, which makes it difficult for teams to do new contracts. Secondly, did I mention Wayne and Mathis have two years remaining on their deals? I can't remember the last time the Colts addressed a player's contract when he had two years remaining. I seriously doubt either Wayne or Mathis will be hindered by missing the offseason work with the team. Wayne always works out at the University of Miami and reports to camp in great shape. I assume Mathis is being just as diligent.


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Professor Allen has taught at Cazenovia since 2000 and has been director of the Accounting Program since 2002. She was previously on the faculty at Ithaca College, Fachhochschule Wiesbaden (Germany) and at Loyola College in Maryland. Prior to her work in higher education, Dr. Allen was employed as a staff accountant at PNC (Philadelphia National Corporation) the holding company of the Philadelphia National Bank.
B.S.B.A. Accounting, Bucknell University
M.B.A., Syracuse University
PhD, University of Tennessee
Member- Beta Gamma Sigma: Business Honor Society and the Women in Transportation Award.
Professor Allen has several articles published in refereed journals.
Professor Allen has practical experience as a staff accountant.
She has worked in the area of financial reporting required by the SEC and other government agencies monitoring foreign investment.
While at the Fachhochschule Weisbaden she developed the International Business Program's English language component.
While at Cazenovia, she has attended seminars and worked on the accreditation of the Business Management's programs by the International Association of Collegiate Schools of Business.


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Q: how to set languages for gnome-text-editor spell checker? I have a 22.10 Ubuntu system, system language is German. How to add German to gnome text editor? I have 5 flavors of English language, four of them I don't want to see, but I can't find any possibility to add some other languages for the spell checking.

A: Ok, somehow gnome-text-editor uses enchant for spell checking. Enchant looks for another spell checkers on system like hunspell, aspell, etc. The system is scanned for dictionaries and if they are present use them.
So I had to install hunspell-de-de to get German language into gnome-text-editor. That was not so difficult.

A: Author of Text Editor here.
Spell checking in GNOME Text Editor is provided by "Enchant 2". Enchant is itself an aggregator of spell-checking back-ends.
It supports a number of back-ends such as Hunspell, Aspell and others. So you'll want to install German support for one of those engines and Text Editor will pick it up on the next restart.
I don't use Ubuntu, so I can't give you the exact names of the packages you'll need to install.


medium heat. Toss periodically to brown.
After 5 minutes add the sliced zucchini, chopped red onion and minced mushroom. Season to taste with celery salt and dried oregano. Stir to combine everything and let cook until onions are to desired consistency and zucchini is still slightly firm.
Split mixture between two bowls and serve for lunch as the main dish or serve smaller portions with a salad or more veggies.


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–Sara Speer Selber
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Thursday, November 10, 2016, 6pm | The Astorian
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What if we all were free to be, like a child? Who would you be? An artist? An astronaut? Now, imagine if every child had a teacher who allowed them to be curious, confident, and creative. In a world where rules and standards dominate our educational conversations, WITS is a powerful solution for igniting creativity in our community. We invite you to support the WITS Free to Be Gala. This event has grown so much that we are heading over to The Astorian, an industrial-chic venue in the heart of the Washington Avenue Arts District. We will celebrate the stories of children, hear poetry performances, present Houston's new Youth Poet Laureate, and play games together. Most importantly, this event will be FUN with proceeds benefiting the WITS work of engaging children in the art of writing.
We will honor Sara Speer Selber with the Free to Be Award. Sara is a former WITS parent, collaborator, and social justice advocate. She passionately promotes poetry and spends each day making a meaningful difference for the people and places of Houston. As the former leader of AIDS Foundation Houston, Sara partnered with WITS to launch Camp Hope, the first camp for HIV-positive children. That was 20 years ago; and today Sara is even more fiercely committed to WITS as a champion of performance poetry for teens.
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His Eminence (may Allah prolong his life) welcomed a delegation from the office of His Eminence Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad Taqi Al-Mudarisi in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. His Eminence (may Allah prolong his life) offered a number of directives and parental advice. He talked about the reality of Islam and the challenges and conspiracies directed by it.
For his part, the delegation thanked the reception of His Eminence (may Allah prolong his life) and his advice and guidance.


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