This program focuses on developing skills in administrating public, private or non-profit community organizations. Students will gain knowledge of community development methods and will learn strategies for relationship building, community outreach and community leadership. Participants will have the opportunity to enhance their understanding of community-based social policy and public administration, and gain perspectives on social, cultural and political issues.
Students have fifty-two (52) weeks to complete their program requirements, starting from the date of their first course.
Develop and maintain professional relationships which adhere to professional, legal, and ethical standards aligned to social service work.
Identify strengths, resources, and challenges of individuals, families, groups, and communities to assist them in achieving their goals.
Recognize diverse needs and experiences of individuals, groups, families, and communities to promote accessible and responsive programs and services.
Identify current social policy, relevant legislation, and political, social, and/or economic systems and their impacts on service delivery.
Advocate for appropriate access to resources to assist individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Develop and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues, supervisors, and community partners.
Develop strategies and plans that lead to the promotion of self-care, improved job performance, and enhanced work relationships.
Integrate social group work and group facilitation skills across a wide range of environments, supporting growth and development of individuals, families, and communities.
Work in communities to advocate for change strategies that promote social and economic justice and challenge patterns of oppression and discrimination.
Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of a social service program or community outreach organization. Oversee the program or organization's budget and policies regarding participant involvement, program requirements, and benefits. Work may involve directing social workers, counselors, or probation officers.
Every attempt is made to ensure the accuracy of information provided on our website. The College reserves the right to modify any course, program, curriculum, fee, timetable, or campus location at any time.
This course will enable students to assess their current study skills and plan for improvement. Students will practice time-management techniques for successful studying. Students will learn to develop powerful reading skills and practice memory techniques to enhance ability to learn and improve test performance. This course will also help students to develop specific study skills for mathematics and related subjects and implement an action plan to improve them.
This coursee examines organizational design both in terms of structure and in terms of process. Students learn that there are important choices to be made in how an organization is structured. The ways in which departments are organized have an impact on the human service organization as a workplace and as a deliverer of services to the community. The impact of structure is matched by the importance of process, with coordination and communication procedures serving as key aspects of design. As students gain knowledge of organizational design, they become prepared to apply this understanding in practice.
This course describes the opportunities and challenges implicit in the supervisory relationship, focusing on both administrative and clinical supervision. Emphasis is placed on the supervisor's responsibility to provide encouragement, build motivation, increase the mutuality of individual and organizational goals, and enhance the supervisee's level of confidence. After completing this course, students will comprehend the key role of supervision in the over-all management of an organization. They will also realize that the supervisory role is carried out not just by professional human service managers but also by service providers who view themselves as helping professionals.
Even the best-designed program will fall short if it lacks workers who are drawn from a diverse population and who are carefully selected, well-oriented, and offered continuing opportunities for training. This course enables students to recognize the importance of designing jobs and appraisal systems that help the organization meet its goals. The course covers all the key functions in this diverse field, including employment law, labour relations, training and development, pension and benefit plans, occupational health and safety, compensation, recruitment and selection.
Thiscourse emphasizes the idea that budgeting and financial reporting are central factors in successful management. Students learn that the budgeting process, far from being a separate function understandable only by accountants, is an integral part of any manager's responsibilities. The budget, of course, is at its core simply a way to bring goals from ideas into reality and financial reporting is a way to make the information accessible to all stakeholders.
With these ideas in mind, students will begin to see themselves as people who capable of creating program budgets.
Students will examine the stages of the helping process and the ethical and legal obligations that guide the social service work profession. This course provides opportunities to explore critical self-reflective practice to prepare for the social service work field. Students are introduced to the concept of helping as a planned, purposeful process and explores the core helping qualities, values and skills associated with developing and maintaining ethical and effective helping relationships.
In this course, we introduce a number of concepts and conditions that are fundamental to the counseling process. In so doing, we provide a structure for the remainder of the book. Counseling must be viewed within a context. The factors that contribute to that context include philosophy, current theoretical premises, and culture— in other words, the social milieu. That milieu changes as a society changes. And, of course, it changes when one moves from one society or culture to another. In addition, we address helper qualities that are universal, crossing cultures and time. Our ultimate objective is to help you, the student, begin to identify yourself within these parameters and to do some introspection regarding how your personal qualities match those of the professional counselor.
The overall objective of this course is to present the structure of the counseling process and how that structure helps you determine what the counselor should be doing. The beginning point of counseling is a time when you and your client must decide, both independently and mutually, whether this particular pairing of persons and personalities offers the potential for growth and change. Beyond that decision, you must reach agreement on what the problem is; how counseling might assist in changing problematic circumstances; what counseling activities would help produce that change; and, finally, when the helping effort should conclude. This course examines this process from the client's perspective, which will be different from your own.
The second part of this course examines the first of the five stages in the counseling process: establishing rapport and a positive therapeutic relationship. Counselor qualities and behaviors and cliequalities and input that are associated with therapeutic relationships are discussed. The increased likelihood that counseling will be a multicultural experience is recognized as an important factor in forming the relationship. This course addresses relationship issues that will likely be part of that multicultural counseling experience, including the counselor's responsibility for the client's cultural identity and sensitivity as well as his or her own.
Students will examine the process by which the counselor and client can work collaboratively to define what that desirable outcome might or will be. Students will also examine the first of the five stages in the counseling process: establishing rapport and a positive therapeutic relationship. Counselor qualities and behaviors and clienqualities and input that are associated with therapeutic relationships are discussed. The increased likelihood that counseling will be a multicultural experience is recognized as an important factor in forming the relationship. This course addresses relationship issues that will likely be part of that multicultural counseling experience, including the counselor's responsibility for the client's cultural identity and sensitivity as well as his or her own.
In this course, we examine the process by which counselors can assess the client's presenting problems. That process involves the collection of information relevant to problem definition, conceptualization of that information into a cogent picture of the client in his or her world, and consideration of client resources. Cultural factors that affect client perceptions of their world and counselor perceptions of client problems are introduced. Clinical assessment in counseling may occur at an in- take interview prior to assignment to a counselor. Or it may occur during the assigned counselor's sessions with the client. When it occurs prior to counselor assignment, it typically includes paper- and- pencil assessment instruments in addition to information gathering in the interview( s).
There are two approaches to clinical assessment: the psych diagnostic method and the psychometric method. In this course, we shall examine the psych diagnostic approach, which has as its purpose the evaluation of client problems and contextual conditions in order to determine what type of counseling is needed, what types of interventions should be used, and how counseling is likely to progress.
Termination, the fifth and final stage of counseling, is the transition from assisted functioning to counseling- free functioning by the client. In this course, we discuss the dynamics that affect this transition, the counselor's role and responsibilities in seeing that this transition occurs, and the occasional necessity to make client referrals to other mental health professionals. It is important to keep in mind through each of the counseling stages that the ultimate goals of any counseling relationship are success and termination. How this is accomplished is the focus of this course.
This course introduces students to several different tools so that they can become a stronger researcher and can create proposals, reports, or simply find good information and review it. Students will start by learning basic research skills techniques like reading, memory recall, note-taking, and planning. Participants also learn about different kinds of outlines, and how to move to writing, editing, and polishing the final work while sharing how to use different sources such as libraries, journals, and the Internet.
This course introduces students to the purpose, value base, principles, and methods of generalist social work practice. Students will have the opportunity to explore their own personal values and life experiences in the context of social work and the broader society.
This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the role of the law in social work, and to equip them with sufficient knowledge of the law to assist them in their roles as advocates or case managers. Students will learn to recognize when someone's legal rights or their rights to dignity and equality have been violated and how to challenge these violations effectively.
This course will introduce the concept of social agency and the main characteristics of social agencies and describe community-based residential and non-residential organizations, and the community system of care. Students will explore the internal structures and functions of social agencies in terms of strategic and operational frameworks and examine the primary features of organic organizational structures. Students will review the main characteristics of the public, commercial, and voluntary sectors in a social welfare context and examine the alternative service delivery models and implications. This course will describe the expanded service delivery role of the voluntary sector.
This course will introduce students to the concept of poverty and explore definitions and measurements of poverty, and identify at-risk groups. Students will discuss the effects of poverty and examine the programmatic and systemic approaches to poverty. Students will examine a social work approach to working with low-income and marginalized groups.
The dynamics of healthy families and those that are struggling, family scripts and family legacies will be explored in this course. The impact of power relationships and how these contribute to family violence will also be outlined. How families are structured, boundary and attachment issues, as well as cultural issues and traditions will also be examined. How marital relationships can contribute to or detract from children's functioning will also be explored.
This course introduces students to concepts and social issues related to Aboriginal peoples. Students will explore the historical roots of Canada's Indian Act and discuss describe attempts to bridge the divide between government and Indigenous peoples. This course examines Aboriginal approaches to helping, healing, and wellness and identifies issues and achievements of selected Aboriginal groups. Students will review topics and programs related to Aboriginal families and youth and explore the role of social work in the lives of Aboriginal peoples.
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to appreciate and understand the knowledge, attitudes and basic skills that are necessary in the development and delivery of effective social services to a diverse urban population. Students learn about how culture influences their own personal values and beliefs, as well as that of their clients, and how similarities and differences in values and beliefs can lead to conflict. To promote effective interventions that promote advocacy and client empowerment, students examine both the multicultural, as well as the anti-oppression frameworks to service delivery and intervention.


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отзываов: I was looking for a sturdy but affordable trumpet case for my younger brother who is using our grandpa's trumpet. I couldn't pass this up and I'm really happy I got it! Thank you!
отзываов: The bag shipped fast and we got it before the scheduled delivery date. We ordered a red bag and got a maroon/purple bag instead. Deciding on if we will keep it. It seemed a little small but the trumpet and accessories fit just fine. My son liked how light the bag was and it was easier for him to carry. He was concerned that it didn't have enough padding to protect the trumpet from bumps or falls, but we can always switch back to the hard case if needed.


Outlaw country icon David Allan Coe has been sentenced and ordered to make restitution after pleading guilty to obstructing the IRS.
Yahoo! News reports that the 76-year-old country legend was sentenced to three years of probation during a court appearance in Cincinnati on Monday (June 13). Coe was also ordered to pay more than $980,000 to the IRS to cover back taxes, plus interest and penalties.
According to court documents, Coe earned income from at least 100 concerts annually from 2008 through 2013 and either didn't file individual income tax returns during that time, or failed to pay his taxes in full when he did file.
Cincinnati news station WLWT reports that officials claim Coe "willfully failed to pay the income taxes due and owing" when he filed his 2009, 2011 and 2013 tax returns. The singer, best known for hits including "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" and "The Ride," reportedly owes the IRS $388,190.94 for the 2009 income tax year, $35,640.10 for the 2011 income tax year and $42,733.82 for the 2013 income tax year, plus the income taxes plus interest and penalties that are owing.
Prosecutors argued that he also owed back taxes for prior years, but spent his money on other debts and gambling during that time. Coe pleaded guilty in September of 2015 to one count of impeding and obstructing the due administration of the internal revenue laws. Prosecutors say that after he received correspondence from the IRS in 2009 regarding his outstanding taxes, the entertainer began receiving his concert performance fees in cash in a deliberate attempt to avoid paying taxes and avoid his accounts being levied to collect his prior debts. He could have faced three years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.


By Hawaiin Volcano Observatory | Sunday, April 14, 2019, 12:05 a.m.
In February 2019, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) released a preliminary map of lava flow thicknesses for Kilauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption. This map was produced by comparing pre- and post-eruption models of the flow field, a process described in greater detail in HVO's March 7, 2019, Volcano Watch.
First, the August 2018 unmanned aerial systems flights, which collected images to build the lava thickness model, were unable to survey the entire flow due to range limitations of the aircraft. Last month, HVO geologists corrected the deficiency by completing a helicopter photographic survey of the missing areas, mainly flows in the Malama-Ki forest southwest of Pohoiki Road. This will enable construction of another digital elevation model using structure-from-motion techniques, similar to the DEM from the UAS images, with which it will be joined.
It's fairly simple to build a three-dimensional model using SFM software, which automatically analyzes features common to multiple images to determine their relative positions. The tricky part is getting the software to understand where the model should be placed geographically on the globe. Because the feature positions are only relative, the SFM software has no knowledge — initially — of their absolute locations, so the model could be "floating in space" as far as it can tell.
Fortunately, the UAS carried a Global Positioning System receiver that stored latitude, longitude, and altitude data for each image it collected. When the SFM software analyzes these data, it can place the resulting model on the globe. In other words, when a feature is visible in two or more photographs, and we know the geographic location of the UAS when each photo was snapped, it's possible to triangulate the geographic position of the feature on the ground.
Comparison with other lower East Rift Zone DEMs from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) surveys — completed before and during the 2018 eruption — showed that the surface of the SFM DEM diverged by as much as 3 m (10 ft) vertically, even in places not inundated by lava. This meant that some lava thicknesses on the preliminary map were slightly overestimated, while others were underestimated.
The solution devised by HVO geologists to correct these errors has been to complete a ground control survey around the 2018 flow field. Features visible in the UAS images are surveyed on the ground using a high-precision GPS unit, which provides a known latitude, longitude, and elevation at a certain point in the DEM. Each ground control point is then used to "tie down" the surface of the DEM so that it no longer "floats above" or "dives below" the actual ground surface.
Rates of seismicity, deformation, and gas release have not changed significantly over the past week. Deformation signals are consistent with refilling of Kilauea Volcano's deep East Rift Zone magma reservoir. Sulfur dioxide emission rates on the ERZ and at Kilauea's summit remain low and have been steady over the past several months.
Two earthquakes with three or more felt reports occurred in Hawaii during the past week: a magnitude-2.6 quake 27 km (17 mi) west of Pepe'ekeo at 25 km (16 mi) depth on April 10 at 1:11 p.m. HST, and a magnitude-0.9 quake 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Volcano at 7 km (4 mi) depth on April 6 at 6:37 p.m. HST.
Hazards remain at the lower ERZ and summit of Kilauea. Residents and visitors near the 2018 fissures, lava flows, and summit collapse area should heed Hawaii County Civil Defense and Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park closures and warnings. HVO continues to closely monitor Kilauea for any sign of increased activity.
Please visit HVO's website (https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hvo) for past Volcano Watch articles, Kilauea and Mauna Loa updates, volcano photos, maps, recent earthquake info, and more. Call 808-967-8862 for weekly Kilauea updates. Email questions to askHVO@usgs.gov.


"for pioneering contributions that opened new directions in the field of soft condensed matter physics through innovative studies of colloids, polymers, and packing."
After graduating from Stuyvesant High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., Paul Chaikin earned his B.S. in physics from Caltech in 1966, and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971 working with Kondo superconductors. He joined the physics faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1972 and studied thermopower, density waves, and high field phenomena mostly in organic superconductors. The lure of actually seeing the microscopics of a system led him to soft matter. He helped develop techniques to measure elasticity and motion and understand colloidal interactions. Hard and soft matter interests continued after joining the faculty at Penn (1983), the staff at Exxon Research (1983) and the faculty at Princeton (1988). His interests in geometry/topology led to his founding contributions to diblock copolymer nanolithography, and studies of defects, annealing, and pattern formation. He helped demonstrate and explain why ellipsoids pack more densely than spheres. In 2005 he helped found the Center for Soft Matter Research at New York University. His more recent research centers on artificial self-replication, self-assembly, active matter, DNA nanotechnology, topological defects on curved surfaces, and quantifying order far from equilibrium. He co-authored the text Principles of Condensed Matter Physics. Chaikin is a Silver Professor of Physics at NYU, a member of the National Academy of Science and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics (UK). He was an A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow.


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Home » News » Comment » Disability Access to Rail – Creating an Inclusive Society
Transport for All
Disability Access to Rail – Creating an Inclusive Society
By Steven Mifsud, Director of Direct Access Consultancy and an NRAC Access Consultant
The Life Opportunities Survey (Office for National Statistics) identified that 74% of adults with an impairment name at least one mode of transport which they 'do not use at all' or 'use less than they would like' compared to 58% of adults without an impairment. This suggests that disabled people face more (or increased) barriers to public transport use. In the United States, the National Organisation on Disability found that disabled people are four times more likely to lack suitable transportation than non-disabled people.
To use a public transport system successfully, users need to be able to find the route to their desired destination, understand scheduling information, be aware of cancellations or delays and platform changes. Barriers to people with mobility impairments may result in inconvenience, embarrassment, anger or exposure to injury by poorly trained attendees. Accessible design negates the need.
Crossrail Train wheelchair © TfL
Accessible design benefits rail operators by reducing workload and increasing user self-sufficiency which in turn leads to increased use. From an economic aspect, accessibility to rail transport encourages trade, tourism and enables disabled people to access social opportunities including employment. Examples of barriers include the following:
Difficulties experienced when entering stations and boarding trains are exacerbated at times of overcrowding. Disabled people can find it difficult to move around, hold on to handrails, and reach priority seats
Audio announcements are useful (when audible and clear) but inaccessible to deaf people if used on their own
Visual information displays are useful (when updated to match audio announcements) but inaccessible to visually impaired people if used on their own
Passengers travelling at peak times tend to move through crowds purposefully, intent on reaching their destinations quickly. This means they are not always aware of other passengers, in particular those with impairments which are not immediately apparent
Factors which can have physical impacts (such as discomfort, pain or tiredness) or emotional impacts (such as lowered confidence, anxiety or frustration) can affect transport use in a number of ways such as changing the modes used, the time of day journeys are made, and how journeys are planned
Inconsistencies between (and within) modes limit the number of journeys disabled people make which include multiple interchanges. 'Inconsistencies' refers to differences in the design of vehicles, wheelchair access, availability of ramps and information formats
Visual impairment strips at the edges of platforms do not address the issue of gaps between carriages which may confuse those with visual impairment into thinking it is the entrance to the carriage
Disability Access Audit
To address these issues, a Disability Access Audit takes a snapshot of a station at a particular point in time. Using relevant guidance in the country of operation, such as the UK's Accessible Train Station Design code of practice or the Dubai Universal Design Code, an audit will consider:
Plans for concourse and waiting areas prior to departure at terminals and on platforms at other stations to reduce the physical effort needed to transit
The use of way-finding systems to find gates/platforms and amenities e.g.: toilets, refreshments, including the fonts being large enough to be seen at a distance, that there is a high contrast between text and background, distinctive colours are used for signs in contrast to the general terminal colour scheme and placed in overhead locations
The use of electronic displays to provide information if they are updated promptly. Issues to consider are ambient conditions that cause difficulties in reading displays. Daily, seasonal and weather-related variations in light quality and quantity may also impact
How to ensure people understand operating policies – New York City Subway operates both express and local trains; it can be confusing to know when to get off the express and on to a local train
How to reduce the gap between a carriage and platform. This gap should be as small as possible to keep front wheels of wheelchairs, walking aids and visually impaired people from falling through the gap. The Jubilee Line in London uses full- height barriers and Washington D.C. uses platform edges marked with contrasting colours, truncated domes and flashing lights
The benefits of improving disabled access can assist with others – Steinfield (2012) highlighted how eliminating stairs is a good design solution as it increases the speed of boarding and disembarking.
Steven Mifsud is the Director of Direct Access Consultancy and a NRAC Access Consultant who has worked on rail accessibility projects across Europe including for Virgin, Luas, London Underground and Network Rail.
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Set recruitment section yearly Objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Lead the search for talent by sourcing candidates for key/critical senior roles across business lines.
Coach the recruitment team on proper utilization of in-house recruitment tools to reduce reliance on agencies.
Review applications- Screening & shortlisting process.
Follow up with the Hiring Managers regarding the technical interview process and results.
Prepare reports against KPIs, recruitment progress, sourcing channels effectiveness and recruitment process effectiveness.
Ensure selected candidates are introduced to Admin team in a timely manner.


1、It was at a park that I first saw her.
2、It is what you want to do that is very important.
3、It is Lily who he likes best.
1、Lily learns English well,so does Li Ming.
2、Not only does he study well, but also he is friendly with others.
He doesn't seem to be the man (that) he was ten years ago.
The modern aeroplane is not the machine (that) it was when first invented.
She is all (that) a teacher should be.
Even if John were a millionaire which he was not,he would not use a farthing of his wealth to benefit the people.
He looked like a lawyer which he was.
I'm not the fool(that) you thought me.
He is the nicest teacher (that) the students consider him in their school.
1、He is absent today, because/for he is ill.
1、It makes no difference what you read or study if you can't remember it.
He must be sleeping./He can't be reading./ He may/might be reading but I'm not sure.
It must / may / might / have rained last night.
He cannot / may ( might ) not have been at home.


anyone else having problems uploading images?
haha cheers mate. I can't seem to upload any pictures at all. I follow @brumpics on twitter and they put some great ones up fom the 60's 70's and 80's and was going to put them into here.
Must be size of image you are trying to upload.
But also, without their permission, it is dodgy ground copyright wise putting them up.
Feel free to link to them if you want.
For pictures of old Brum visit this site. It is a brilliant site and the atmospheric pictures will bring the memories of days gone by flooding back.
Some of the comments below each picture are rather touching.
With thanks to the late Mr Keith Berry - who left us this wonderful legacy.
cheers for sharing that mate... some great pictures on there!
Once you start looking at the photos on Keith Berry's site you can find the hours just slipping by!
thats taken from the ramp isnt it? and on the corner is now a bit TSB bank. The road the the left has gone.
i could go and take a picture of this in exactly the same spot on my lunch break if you want as i only work down the road from it.
i would have to send the image to fear though for him to upload as i cant seem to do it.
Yes it is taken from the New Street station ramp.
Thank you for the offer, but I'm actually visiting Brum next April to celebrate my 60th birthday so I will see it with my own eyes!
ok mate... well put it this way. You're going to have a little shock! its changed so much!
good job you dont want the pic because fear is unable to upload it for me as he is on holiday.
Enjoy your birthday...,. where do you live now?


While the talk of the town all week long was more about the future of JTIII on the Hilltop, many people, including the Hoyas team could not forget about the task at hand, taking on the 2nd ranked Villanova coming into town, having won its last 8 games in a row. That task proved to be more than a challenge for the Hoyas and their struggling offense.
The game which started out with Nova hitting a quick three pointer was a little lopsided for both teams in the first half. For the Hoyas, they just could not seem to hold on to the ball and the Cats just could not get their normal offensive prowess going.
The big problem for the Hoyas was the second half, or should we say the final 10 minutes of the second half.
Villanova scored on 15 of 17 possessions before taking a shot-clock violation with less than a second remaining, closing out the drubbing with a 32-12 run, which included two huge threes to the excitement of the Villanova bench.
Bouncing back would have been a bit easier if the Hoyas could have found some sort of balanced offense other than Rodney Pryor.
Rodney Pryor scored 21 points for the Hoyas (14-17, 5-13 Big East), who have lost five in a row and will play in the opening game of the conference tournament for the second consecutive year.
So whats next for the Hoyas, who have delivered one of the worst storylines in school history this season. No NCAA Tournament, n0 NIT, no supportive fans, what does that leave for this team? This isn't the NBA where you can say, oh well, we have a draft lottery to look forward to in the off season. This is the Georgetown Hoyas legacy we are talking about.
Barring an unexpected run to a Big East tournament title, where Georgetown would have to face Villanova again in the quarterfinals if it upends St. John's on Wednesday, the Hoyas will be left with a losing record in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1971-73.


Smith, L.B. & Wasshausen, D.C. 1979. Phytologia 44: 245, t. 8.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Begonia sparreana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
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I just loaded up a game.
Went back to Cheat Engine.
Now the Ranger pointers are loaded.
Fixed Instant Training. Everything else didn't break.
Attack speed pointers are already there.
Use GM mode to edit items.
Thought I was being helpful by letting you just paste while CE was opened.
But I guess even the novice user is more familiar with creating a custom script.
Updated the code block and added a second injection point for the script.
Yes, I'm experiencing the black screen as well.
Click on your character's portrait in the top left first.
This opens a little bar on the bottom right.
From there you can open the profile, backpack, and skills.
Not sure why you can no longer see the game world.
Fixed Unlimited Inventory Split and Last Item Moved Pointers.
Looks like the game may actually spin up a new thread to highlight an object.
Don't think I'll be able to highlight everything.
...but that would require me to find a vendor.


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Upcoming Volkswagen Polo Plus Hatchback Spotted Ahead Of Its Launch
The Volkswagen Polo, and the Vento, which are the top models by the Volkswagen brand which are accepted and loved at a large scale by Indian customers were recently captured at another test in India. Although, Polo and Vento have a compatible design for Indian automobile industry, the German automakers, Volkswagen is trying to add on more features or to amend and remold the existing ones for the much easier survival and acceptance for their star models-Polo and Vento. The new updates will have a basic goal to match up to new and revised guidelines of Government. Volkswagen has already launched their updated, next generation Polo and Vento in international markets, which has proved to be extremely worth, as the cars are trending.
Related: The Dazzling Decade Of Volkswagen Motorsports Car India Range
The new Volkswagen Polo trim gave its first glimpse to its admirers prior to the launch. This glimpse gave a brief idea over the issues of exterior, interiors and the specifications you can expect if you aim to buy it for international market. The very first difference noticed in the hatchback was its halogen head lamps which replaced the LED projector units seen on trim levels. The Polo Plus have the chrome finished alloys and comes with a blacked out roof along with the blacked out mirror ensuring a classy yet interesting look to the Polo Plus. The exterior of the car suggests that the car will make a huge impact on the industries with its super attractive looks thus keeping the name and standard of the brand high.
Related: Volkswagen Takes Driver-less Tech To Next Level; Adds Highly Automated Cars On Road
Unlike the exterior, the changes observed in interior of the Polo Plus were very revealing and worthy to be noticed. The Polo Plus remains extremely spacious at interiors. The Polo Plus design has replaced the automatic climate control to the manually operated air conditioning system. Not only that, but Polo Plus has removed out all the digital instrument cluster, replacing it with twin-pod instrument cluster. The touch infotainment is still present in the Polo Plus, it may not offer the apple music options which was offered in the higher trims. The changes in interiors are extremely noticeable and significant to be mentioned.
Related: New Volkswagen ID Roomzz SUV Teased Ahead Of Shanghai Motor Show
The technical specifications of the Polo Plus cannot be determined in detail, yet the Polo Plus is powered by a 1.0 litre turbocharged petrol engine resembling with that of the Volkswagen Vento present in Indian markets, The Polo Plus will be offered with a five speed manual transmission and an optional dual-clutch transmission. Thus, this small glimpse of Polo has made the launch of Polo Plus more exciting and awaited for the customers of the Volkswagen.


Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) invites application for the recruitment of Engineering Assistant and Technical Attendant-I posts. Interested Candidates may apply for the said posts before the last date i.e. 10.10.2013.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited is the largest commercial undertaking and India's No.1 Company in Fortune magazine's prestigious listing of the world's 500 largest Corporation, ranked 88th for the year 2013 based on fiscal 2012 performance. IndianOil's Pipelines Division owns and operates the largest network of over 11,163 kms. of crude oil, petroleum product and gas pipelines.
control Engineering from a Govt. recognized Institute.
possess Provisionl Trade Certificate / National Trade Certificate (NTC) issued by NCVT.
Experience: Two years of experience in relevant field (preferably but not essential). Working knowledge of Computer.
Age limit: Candidates age should be between 18 to 26 years as on 30.9.2013.
Selection Procedure: Written Test and Personal Interview of successful candidates from written test. The candidates will have to pass through each stage including medical fitness successfully for being adjudged as suitable for selection.
1. Engineering Assistant- Rs.11900-32000/- monthly (Salary Grade-IV).
2. Technical Attendant-I- Rs.10500-24500/- monthly (Salary Grade-I).
Pipelines Division payable at SBI,Unsani Branch, Howrah (Branch Code: 2134).
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Planks are great, but there's more to developing a solid core. Here's a full-body workout to get you on your way to a stronger core.
A strong core will help you succeed at every different kind of workouts, whether it's running, spinning, CrossFit, boxing, or yoga. That's why it's so important to make sure you're prioritizing core work in your weekly gym sessions (plus, those sculpted abs aren't bad motivation either!).
But strengthening up your core doesn't have to mean that you spend hours doing crunches and planks. In fact, there are a variety of surprising ways to tone your midsection while simultaneously strengthening other muscles, too. Watch this video for a challenging total-body workout from Mahri Relin, founder of Body Conceptions. Bonus: It sneaks core work into every single move.
Don't have time to watch the whole video? Here's a rundown of the routine, plus tips on how to maximize each move.
Jumping knee lifts with elbow to knee: Jump from two legs to one with one knee lifting and crossing the chest while reaching the opposite elbow down to touch the knee. Do 4 jumps on one side, then 4 on the other. Alternate sets of jumping knee lifts with 3 different jump twists.
Twist #1. Swing your arms low from side to side with bent elbows while you twist your body in the opposite direction.
Twist #2. Alternate reaching each arm out and up to the ceiling with your body twisting in the opposite direction.
Twist #3. Extend your arms straight forward and out from your body with your wrists flexed, and twist your arms from side to side with your body twisting in the opposite direction.
"Drive the car": Begin with your arms outstretched while "driving a car" in bigger or smaller circles. Bend your body from side to side with each turn of your arms. Alternate big and small circles with sets of side crunches on one side, then the other.
Side crunch with hip lift: Start with one arm reaching straight up. Pull your elbow down to the side while the same hip lifts to meet the elbow. Repeat 8 times.
Lunge with diagonal arm reaches and toe touches: Start in a deep lunge position with your right leg straight back and your weight pressed forward. Place both hands on your knee, then lift your right arm to cross your chest and touch your elbow to the left knee. Repeat 8 times. Hold both hands in prayer position with your weight remaining forwards as you tap your right foot forward then back into the lunge 8 times. Return to the lunge and repeat the arm cross to the knee 8 times before switching sides.
Wide Second with arm reaches: Start in Wide Second position with the feet a bit wider than hip distance and both legs turned out as you bend down into a squat with the upper body lifted. Start pulsing slightly up and down in this position, first without arms moving, then reaching arms up in a high diagonal. Hold a deep squat as you reach one elbow across your chest towards the opposite knee. Repeat 8 times, then switch arms. Pulse again while slowly lowering arms back down to the sides.
Tap 1: Start in high plank position with both arms straight and wrists directly below the shoulders. Tap the right leg up toward the shoulder outside the right elbow, then back to the plank. Repeat 8 times.
Tap 2: Open the right leg out to the right side. Tap toes across your chest toward the left hand, then return out to the right again. Repeat 8 times.
Tap 3: Start with right leg out to the side. Tap it back toward the other foot and then out the side again. Repeat 8 times. Switch sides.
Rock forward and back with knee pull: Start on your hands and knees with your right leg extended in natural arabesque. Rock your body forward while pulling right knee forward and across your chest. Rock back and extend your leg back to arabesque. Repeat 12 times.
Half plank rock forward with leg lifts: Begin with leg in natural arabesque, then rock your body forward into a half plank position. Keep your body in this position while you pulse your leg up and down, first with a straight leg and then with your leg bent and your knee turned out to the side. Complete both exercises on one leg, then switch sides.


The winners of the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest have been revealed, showcasing some of the most incredible scenes of wildlife, natural wonder, and culture found on our strange little planet.
The grand prize was taken home by Reiko Takahashi for her tail-side photograph (above) of a humpback whale calf cruising the seas off Japan's Kumejima Island, aptly titled "Mermaid." Along with the title and glory, Reiko also pocketed a $10,000 prize.
You can check out a selection of the winners and runner-ups.
The 7th Congress of China Eastern International Photographic Art AssociationOn March 9th, 2018, the 7th Congress of China Eastern International Photographic Art Association was held at Shandong Building. More than 60 members from across the country and province attended the meeting.
Happy Chinese National Day!China's National Day, which is celebrated on October 1st every year since 1949, is to commemorate the founding of the People's Republic of China. On that day, lots of activities are being held nationwide.
Steve Irwin's son is an award winning photographer and these photos show whyPeople often say 'like father, like son,' and it is so unbelievably true in this case. Robert Irwin, the son of Steve Irwin, is following in his late father's footsteps and is helping the world to fall in love with nature.


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The two types of designers we encounter – Fashion Followers vs Fashion Creators & the in betweens
There are usually 2 types of Fashion Designers those who play in – between. They can be categorised as
Fashion Trend/Forecast Followers
Fashion Creators
The ones who play In – Between
So when one is buying a from a fashion designer, you can be aware of what one is buying depending on one's own interest. The ones who follow certain fashion designers, they can also be aware of whom they are following and how they do it.
Where can I start?
95% to 98% Brands and more than 50% of designer labels are fashion trend/forecast followers. It promises you a certain marketability of the product. I have already written about this in detail in my older blog – The Fashion Design Process – Concept to Design. These designers follow the local/global trends and produce their products heavily inspired by understanding the upcoming trends.
Usually, Fashion trends follows an evolutionary cycle. Like, if cartoon prints are the vogue of the season, an upscale of pop culture might be the next big thing, and so on, and; once people are tired of products that look busy/cluttered, slowly the shift happens towards more simplifying the products in the next season.
These designs are part of my Spring Summer 2017 runway Collection. I had predicted a bit of translucency would be the next big trend which would probably carry on for another 2-3 years with variations in terms of prints or surfaces. Nowadays we can see the play in transparency/translucency in a big way from many brands.
Trends also have a life cycle – initially products are designed with latest trends in mind and are first done by major high-fashion labels which are usually worn by the higher echelons of society, who are also the initial promoters of the trend like celebrities, socialites, etc. Slowly variations of the hit trends trickles down to Pret Brands, at this point, catering to the high paying masses. At the third level, the trend trickles down to the masses in cheaper variations and has the highest acceptability. And finally, the slow death of the trend as it trickles down lastly, in cheaper variations towards the discount racks and discount shops.
So, from the captions from the above Image gallery, we can see this trend in it's third level. Mass acceptance! This is the area that most businesses/brands cater to. Whereas, the first level are products done by Couture/Haute-Couture Labels. The second level by Pret – High-Fashion houses. The last level is when it comes down shops which cater to steal deals and don't have a brand identity of their own – Thrift Shops!
Now, these league of designers are those who love to play with fire. Sometimes, they can also be termed artists – they exist to create and they wish to tread the unseen path!
These designers love to create new inventions in terms of details like the style of a pocket or collar that has never been seen or exists, or a surface being an experiment altogether or even in terms of the silhouette. It can just be a small detail or probably the whole ensemble itself!
They love to display their artistic/thoughtful creations and hope that the style gets absorbed by the fashionable world.
Here are some of my original collections from the present season which, for me is an artistic expression. I love to play with Pattern and interesting surfaces!
The Ones who Play In-Between
Now I don't know how to categorise this set of designers! But largely, its like the gene theory, the kid gets the more dominant gene depending on the mother/father and ends up behaving like that. The designer wishes to play safe and make marketable products; and yet! wants to allow his/her design principles to be evident(please note, not dominant), or the other kind, who wishes to experiment in his/her strengths and yet still have a trendy marketable product, but his/her own signature style/design principles is more dominant in the product. Its almost a game of balances, whether the balance shifts towards being a fashion follower or whether the balance shifts towards being an inventor or creator. But largely, many High-Fashion/Pret/Couture houses follow this principle.


What are Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for pesticides? A short explanation.
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In the wake of the recent glyphosate discussion, it became clear that there are some misconceptions on what "Maximum Residue Levels" (MRLs) for pesticides actually are, and whether or not they have any toxicological basis (see comments to this post).
So, here's a brief overview.
That is, the setting of an MRL is driven by two assessments: good agricultural practice (GAP, as defined in Article 2 (2a) of Regulation 396/2005) and the toxicological evaluation of the pesticide in question.
MRLs are thus driven by the toxicological properties of the pesticide in question. They are intended to be sufficiently low, so that the consumption of food with pesticide residues at or below the corresponding MRL is safe even for vulnerable consumers (e.g. infants, but also vegetarians).
If EFSA concludes that, based on the available toxicological information, the expected residue is not safe, the pesticide is not allowed on the European market. End of story.
This toxicology-driven setting of MRLs would imply that substantial amounts of pesticides with a comparatively low toxicity (according to our current toxicological understanding) would be acceptable. In order to avoid this, MRLs are additionally adjusted to the lowest value that is technically achievable, i.e. to the residues levels that can be achieved when working according to good agricultural practice.
Finally, the MRLs are set to the lowest concentration that can still be determined by state-of-the-art chemical-analytical techniques, if the use of a pesticide according to good agricultural practice would not result in any measurable pesticide residues. The MRL then basically serves as a check on whether farmers and food producers have worked according to best practice.
"MRL" is the maximum concentration of a pesticide residue (expressed as mg/kg), recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission to be legally permitted in or in food commodities and animal feeds. MRLs are based on GAP data and foods derived from commodities that comply with the respective MRLs are intended to be toxicologically acceptable.
The toxicity of the pesticide and its break-down products.
How much of the pesticide is applied and how often.
How much of the pesticide (i.e., the residue) remains in or on food by the time it is marketed and prepared.
All possible routes of exposure to that pesticide (residues on each crop use, as well as exposure from drinking water and residential exposure).
We perform dietary risk assessments to ensure that all tolerances established for each pesticide are safe. These assessments account for the fact that the diets of infants and children may be quite different from those of adults and that they consume more food for their size than adults. We address these differences by combining survey information on food consumption by infants and children with data on pesticide residues to estimate their exposure from food. We also estimate exposure of other age groups such as women of reproductive age, ethnic groups and regional populations.
We then combine information about pesticide exposure (from food, drinking water and residential uses) to infants, children and other subgroups with information about toxicity to determine potential risks posed by pesticide residues. If risks are unacceptable, we won't approve the tolerances.
Searching for the EPA's MRLs doesn't seem to be as straight forward as searching for the European and FAO values. Please check the details here https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-tolerances/how-search-tolerances-pesticide-ingredients-code-federal-regulations. The US EPA is also sponsoring access to the international MRL database at https://www.globalmrl.com/home/, which provides the US MRLs (Haven't tried it myself yet).
This text is just supposed to give an overview of the important definitions, the aims and protection goals for setting MRLs and how the regulatory procedure is set up. I do not comment in this post on whether or not I think that the process works as intended.
EU Parliament (2005) Regulation (EC) NO 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1–16 Available online here. The consolidated version with all annexes is available here.
You ignore your own references and continue to claim MRLs are primarily a toxicology-driven standard rather than a regulatory one. It is not that toxicology is not considered in establishing MRLs, is that the primary function of MRLs is to regulate the use of pesticides in a way that ensures "reasonable certainty of no harm." An MRL exceedance does not make "reasonable certainty of harm" inevitable. While there have been exceedances reported by FDA in their Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program, in the past five years, there has not been a single recall issued by the FDA based on an exceedance which was more than just of regulatory concern.
As you document, an MRL is established by determining the amount of residue that remains on food after application using good agricultural practices of the highest legal rate. That residue is then considered in the context of "…dietary risk assessments to ensure all tolerances established for each pesticide are safe." That is not the same thing as claiming all MRL exceedances are unsafe. It is entirely possible that the amount of residue identified through that process is orders of magnitude less than what can be said to ensure a reasonable certainty of no harm given those dietary risk assessments.
I did not claim anywhere in this post that "MRLs are primarily a toxicology-driven standard". As I make abundantly clear, MRL setting uses two lines of evidence: GAP & toxicological assessments. Actually, three lines of evidence, if one counts those MRLs that are set using analytical limits of detection (in the EU system).
Consequently, the role/impact of the toxicological assessment is different, depending on whether the MRL was set driven by GAP, toxicology or analytical chemistry.
What is the term "toxicological reference" supposed to mean? Obviously, a value that is used in a regulatory context, such as a MRL, is a legal limit. However, that doesn't mean that it cannot also be driven by the toxicological assessment of the compound. It's not either a legal limit or a toxicologial reference (whatever that exactly means). It's both. As explained in the detail in the post above.
The rest of you comment states some arbitrary facts from the report that you found on EFSA's homepage, which don't add to the discussion. Yes, EFSA has published a report on the results of the EU pesticide monitoring (they actually do that annually). Yes, 84341 samples were taken. Yes, 2366 MRL exceedances were found. Yes, 204 RASFF notifications were filed. So what?
But you have one point. The national monitoring programs are indeed targeted. However, that obviously holds true also for the amounts of pesticides found in organic food. My comparison between conventionally and organically produced food therefore still holds.
If you would read instead of cherry-pick, you would have come across the following sentence in the EFSA report, just above your quote: "In these analyses, EFSA put specific emphasis on MRL exceedances as these findings may give indications of agricultural practices not in line with the legal provisions or potential consumer risk." Which, again, supports the arguments laid out in my post.
We agree that a food item in which a pesticide is found at a concentration below the MRL is considered safe according to our current understanding of the pesticide active ingredient in question, and under the assumption that this pesticide would be the only chemical a consumer is exposed to, via food, water, air and other consumer products (e.g. plasticis, cosmetics and personal care products). How do you then call a food item in which the pesticide concentration exceeds the MRL? And how do you think a regulatory authority should react on such a finding?
I am going to end a discussion that is turning largely pointless, as you constantly dodge questions that you find uncomfortably challenging. Your preconceived notion that MRLs can simply be ignored, because they are supposedly not rooted in a toxicological assessment simply doesn't fly. See for example the simple summary from the EU's Directorate General for Health and Consumers (now: Directorate for Health and Consumers) (I've pointed you that that flyer before).
You simply call it a food item with an MRL exceedance and perform an individual risk assessment, which is exactly what the regulatory authorities do in the EU. MRL exceedances are then judged against reference values. ARfD and ADI are reference values, MRLs are not.
POTENTIAL consumer risk. Yes, exactly, "potential" risk is not "actual" risk without further analysis. "Potential risk" does not equal "unsafe" within current EU regulatory language. There were 2,366 cases of potential risk (MRL exceedances) and 204 cases of actual risk (RASFF notifications) in 2015. Using your logic, one could say there were 84,341 cases of potential risk prior to residue analysis, therefore, all food is unsafe. That EFSA quote does not support your argument.
I never said that MRLs can be ignored or that toxicological considerations are not a component of MRLs. What I did say is that one cannot conclude that a pesticide residue renders a food item unsafe based on MRL alone, that a food item is only considered unsafe after the described individual risk assessment. That's the "so what" with regard to 204 RASFF notifications.
My specific objection from the start has been that your claim, "…3% means that you eat roughly 30 food items per year that contain unsafe levels of a pesticide." is inaccurate and greatly exaggerated to the point of fear mongering about the safety of food in the EU.
You have finally admitted that your 3%, 30 food items claim is not supported by the evidence, but say that doesn't change the fact that there are more unsafe residues on conventional food than on organic. In presenting those incorrect 3%-30 statistics, you made a claim about the overall safety of the food supply, not just the relative difference between conventional and organic. Misrepresenting those statistics by an order of magnitude or more is not a trivial error.
Your argumentation with RASFF notifications doesn't work here. RASFF is only concerned with acute risks, not with chronic risks. MRLs, however are supposed to ensure that even long-term consumption of a food item does not lead to an exceedance of the ADI. Which is why RASFF notifications are driven by the term "serious risk" (i.e. risk of acute health effects, even after short-term exposure).
What I did say is that one cannot conclude that a pesticide residue renders a food item unsafe based on MRL alone, that a food item is only considered unsafe after the described individual risk assessment.
Of course can one conclude that, and on very good grounds. It all hinges on the definition of "risk" and "safe". The fact is, an MRL exceedance implies that the concerned food item is not qualified as safe for human consumption without further study. I call that "unsafe" – you might call it "a food item with MRL exceedance". I call driving a car with 100 km/h through a residential area "unsafe" – you might call it "a car with speed limit exceedance".
In the case of MRLs, further evaluation (which I guess is what you call "risk assessment") might then end up with the conclusion that the MRL exceedance for this particular food item might in fact be quite acceptable, or it might conclude that the consumption would lead to an exceedance of the ARfD (and consequently a RASFF notification) – and anything in between.
You have finally admitted that your 3%, 30 food items claim is not supported by the evidence, but say that doesn't change the fact that there are more unsafe residues on conventional food than on organic.
That is, 3% of food items from conventional production that were sampled across Europe contained pesticide residues above the safe level . It's up to you to decide whether that is a lot or only a small fraction. Assuming three meals per day, 3% means that you eat roughly 30 food items per year that contain unsafe levels of a pesticide. Eating organic foods means that this happens only 7 times a year.
So, I certainly stand by the first sentence. But you are correct, the third sentence implies that the monitoring of food items reflects the average consumption, while, as you pointed out, monitoring is biased towards food commodities that are know to be potentially problematic. The number of food items of an average consumer that exceed their respective MRL is therefore lower (by an unknown margin). I don't get how you end up with "an order of magnitude".
And, although of course details are relevant: let's not forget that the post's main line of argumentation was that one cannot compare conventional and organic agriculture without considering pesticide use. This whole debate is a minute side-show. The fact remains that organic food contains a lower percentage of MRL exceedances.
Again, MRLs are not "supposed to ensure that even long-term consumption of a food item does not lead to an exceedance of the ADI," they are a legal limit to regulate the use of pesticides and ensure the pesticide is used properly and within the bounds of its label. Only after a risk assessment is completed and a residue is considered within the context of ARfD and ADI, is a particular residue considered to pose a risk to consumer health or not. That can seem like a subtle distinction, and it is one that is often misunderstood, but nevertheless, that is the case.
Regulatory authorities either conclude an exceedance is likely to pose a consumer health risk or it does not, and that determination is only made after the authority performs an individual risk assessment on a case-by-case basis. There is no regulatory language that justifies calling a residue, even an MRL exceedance "unsafe" before a risk assessment is completed. If you do that, you are making up your own set of standards and terminology. As the latest report indicates, only about 10% of MRL exceedances were determined to pose a consumer health risk.
I never challenged your claim of a difference between conventional and organic, I only challenged your inaccurate and exaggerated claim about those in the EU consuming an average of 30 food items each year with residues above the safe level and your claim that MRL exceedance represents a toxicological data point that defines food as being unsafe. Considering the conservative assumptions that overestimate exposure in residue reports, and considering the way in which sampling is targeted, EU food is likely to be far more safe than you suggest.
What can be said is that MRL exceedances increase the probability of a residue posing a consumer health risk, but that is not the same thing as saying every food item with an MRL exceedance is unsafe.
As for your main line of argumentation: What if the incidence of unsafe residue on conventional was less than 1 and on organic, it was some fraction of that? Yes, there is still a difference, but I think it would result in a very different public perception compared to 30 versus 7.
Considering how the public is constantly bombarded with misinformation and unsupported claims about pesticides, your 3%-30 claim can truly be perceived as fear mongering, intentional or not. For a scientist such as yourself, I would think getting the details right would represent more than a minute side-show.


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Amid Migrant Crisis, Tensions Between Spain and Morocco Escalate
Dismantling Morocco's strategy, from the firmness in the defense of national interests, and on the basis of understanding, dialogue and respect, should be Spain's main objective.
Tension between Spain and Morocco escalated again to alarming levels, after last week more than 10,000 irregular immigrants, among them 1,500 minors, entered the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta through different points of the border perimeter. A record number that is unprecedented in the history of the European Union's southern border.
According to the Spanish press, the Moroccan authorities are said to have relaxed controls on the flow of illegal immigrants seeking to reach Spain, which led to a massive influx of illegal immigrants into this country.
But for the Moroccan ambassador in Spain, Karima Benyaich, there are acts that have consequences, "and they have to be assumed", in clear insinuation to the recent decision of Spain to give medical attention to the leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, the number one enemy of the Moroccan regime, who is admitted in a Spanish hospital in Logroño. A gesture which has displeased King Mohamed VI.
From these declarations, the massive and uncontrolled exodus has begun to have serious political implications, interpreted by some analysts as a form of diplomatic punishment by the Moroccan regime to Spain.
Tension between Spain and Morocco once again escalated to alarming levels, after more than 10,000 irregular immigrants, including 1,500 minors, entered the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta through different points of the border perimeter last week. (Image: EFE)
How did this 45-years-long disagreement come to this point and what should be put into perspective?
The historical irresponsibilities contracted by Spain at the origin of the process of decolonization of Western Sahara, the delay on the part of the UN in making its promises on a referendum of self-determination come true, Morocco's territorial and nationalist ambitions and its biased reading of the 1975 Hague Tribunal ruling to refuse any resolution that includes an option for the territory's independence, the ambiguous positions of the Polisario Front – a captive movement between sectors of the international left and the political interests of Mauritania and Algeria – have complicated the progress of a peace process.
But these are not the only drawbacks.
The existence of a powerful pro-Moroccan lobby in the United States -Trump recognized Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara in 2020 and Biden has no plans to reverse the position taken by the United States- coupled with a weak Spanish Executive committed to the communist allies in its cabinet, contribute to straining Spain's relations with its Maghreb neighbors and to generating more instability and insecurity in the North African region.
The price of concessions
To what extent do the ambiguous positions of the Spanish government turn domestic politics into a hostage of the long-delayed Sahara issue, manipulated by Rabat?
Toledo, Dec 16, 01.- The Secretary General of the PSOE, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (left), is greeted by supporters on his arrival at the traditional Christmas lunch held by the Socialists of Toledo, before leaving this afternoon to Morocco, where he will be received by King Mohamed VI and the Prime Minister of that country. (Image: EFE)
The first concession made by Spain to Morocco in recent times dates back to 2001. Then, the Socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, in his capacity as head of the opposition, met with Mohamed VI, ignoring the warnings of the Popular Party government, in the midst of a complex diplomatic crisis with Rabat.
Zapatero was photographed with the Alaouite king in the Royal Palace, in front of a map in which Western Sahara appeared as part of the kingdom. The news appeared the next day on most of the front pages of the world's newspapers.
In 2004, Zapatero arrived at the Moncloa Palace, and Morocco knew that from then on the Socialist president would shamelessly assume – as he also did years later with the dictatorial regime of Nicolas Maduro – the role of front man in Europe for Moroccan tyranny.
As the newspaper archives do not forgive, in September 2010, Zapatero once again played his role of accomplice. At the United Nations headquarters, the former president shook hands with Mohamed VI after the Moroccan security forces launched a repressive escalation in the Agdamyn Izik camp (on the outskirts of El Aaiun), which left a pitiful toll of several dead, missing and hundreds of detainees.
Although it is difficult to glimpse the exact intentions of King Mohamed VI in this violent dispute, the Ceuta crisis leaves many questions unanswered, especially due to the lack of foresight and passivity of the Sanchez government.
Perhaps what we have seen so far is the tip of the iceberg of a more serious future diplomatic confrontation between Morocco and Spain. According to all forecasts, the Moroccan monarch is moving his pieces to generate another escalation in which he will employ new diplomatic and tactical weapons, while the social and political landscape within Spain and Morocco, as well as the balance of power in the region, have changed.
We are probably now in a momentary cooling-off phase. The Alaouite monarch is studying the border points in order to choose another juncture favorable to his half-placist aims.
What will Mohamed VI gain from a new migratory crisis?
Zapatero was photographed with the Alaouite king in the Royal Palace, in front of a map in which Western Sahara appeared as part of the kingdom. The news appeared the next day on most of the front pages of newspapers around the world. (Image: EFE)
The dictator manages a perverse logic with several objectives. One of them is to condition Sanchez -via his government partners- not to support morally or materially the political dissidence, nor the Polisarios, and to demand from the European Union -this will be taken care of by the socialist MEPs- that other democratic nations are genuflecting when it comes to condemning the violations of fundamental rights during the repression of the opponents.
When will the next negotiation scenario take place? Surely, when Spain will have to face another migratory blackmail like the one the Canary Islands and Ceuta have had to endure recently.
But I do not think that next time Mohamed VI will be satisfied with little. Depending on the level of submission of the Executive of Sanchez and his proactivity to solve the root of the problem, the Moroccan despot will try to force new concessions to his pressured interlocutors.
Rabat is wary of the political weight of Podemos and the separatists in the coalition government. Their leaders openly support the Polisario Front and are supporters of the 1995 UN resolution in which the Security Council "reiterates its commitment to the holding, without further delay, of a free, fair and impartial referendum for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara."
The defense of national interests
The first proof that no one in the PSOE, let alone Pedro Sanchez, has publicly come forward admitting weaknesses in the handling of the conflict with Morocco has been a communiqué issued this Sunday by the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs warning that the "background of the crisis is a question of hostile ulterior motives of Spain with respect to the Sahara", considered "a sacred cause of the entire Moroccan people".
The harsh statement also points out that "the Kingdom of Morocco deplores the attitude of Spain" for welcoming on its territory Brahim Ghali, "leader of the separatist militias of the "polisario", prosecuted for serious war crimes and grave violations of human rights".
Said and done. On Tuesday night, the leader of the Polisario Front and president of SADR, Ghali left Spain on a flight to Algeria, after having been discharged from a hospital in Logroño where he was hospitalized.
Algerian President Abdelmayid Tebune (l) and Algerian Army chief General Said Chengriha (c) visit Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali (r) at a military hospital in Algiers. The leader of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali returned last night "safe and sound", according to sources of the movement, to continue his recovery from his illness in Algeria, a country that remains silent and considers the crisis a bilateral affair between Spain and Morocco. (Image: EFE)
The Spanish government could have made a firm disavowal of Morocco's offensive against the Polisario leader, but did not dare to do so. Once again, Sanchez has not only offered a weak and hesitant image to defend the cause of this independence movement that aspires to the liberation of its territory, but has become an accomplice of Mohamed VI's strategy to criminalize Spain.
In this context and taking advantage of its honeymoon with Biden, Morocco will seek to certify sovereignty over the Sahara, the reinforcement of its military supremacy in the area and an "overlapping of waters with the Canary Islands and the mutual claim of an extension of the continental shelf to 350 nautical miles", which would mean a new delimitation of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), according to a recent report by the Institute for Security and Culture.
It is evident that the Executive of Sanchez is at the mercy of political and diplomatic crossroads that he no longer controls.
Will Sanchez fall into the next big trap prepared by Morocco, following the example of his ill-fated advisor Zapatero? Everything seems to indicate yes, taking into account the strategy followed in recent years by the Spanish left to let all kinds of Moroccan aggressions and declarations go unpunished, in exchange for "safeguarding" good relations.
Should this happen, Spain -and therefore the European Union- will be subjected to an unprecedented migratory blackmail from Rabat. And the worst thing is that the American government will firmly support it.
If the migration policy of the Socialist Government is erratic and inconsistent, that of the European Union is conspicuous by its absence. The suppression of the internal borders between the main countries of the European Union has as compensation a greater demand for control of the external perimeter, a task in which Spain should assume an enormous responsibility.
The migratory flow between a region like the Maghreb – dominated by violence, epidemics, corruption and wars – and an affluent Europe – also immersed in an internal debate on the commitment to mandatory solidarity and the urgency of closing its borders – seems inevitable. But it is not inevitable that this phenomenon should be brought about by blackmail and the positioning of forces, instruments unworthy of democratic nations.
The dangerous escalation of tension in recent days on the southern border once again brings to the forefront a major scenario of discrepancies in the face of which Brussels – but above all Spain – will have to adopt all the necessary measures of reprobation.
Dismantling Morocco's strategy, from the firmness in the defense of national interests, and on the basis of understanding, dialogue and respect, should be Spain's main objective. Not to do so is to sow insecurity and, in the end, to accept the hegemony of authoritarianism over freedom.
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position: Eminent Scholar
dept: Department of Management
e-mail: bconnelly@auburn.edu
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At Auburn since 2008
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2008
MBA, Indiana University, 2004
MSEE, Johns Hopkins University, 1994
BSEE, Rutgers University, 1987
Professor Connelly's research explores how corporate governance structures, such as shareholders and boards, affect competition and strategic outcomes. Some of the key theoretical mechanisms that underlie his work include signaling theory, social network theory, and tournament theory. Dr Connelly is Editor-Elect of the Journal of Management and Associate Editor at the Academy of Management Journal. He has published in journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Global Strategy Journal, Strategic Organization, and the Journal of Management Studies. His work is often cited in media outlets, such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. In recent years, he has won awards for research, teaching, and service. Dr Connelly teaches Strategic Management to undergraduates and masters students and is also involved in teaching and mentoring in the PhD program. He has two decades of experience in engineering and international business with companies such as Westinghouse and Hughes. During this time, he has lived and worked in England, Asia, and throughout the United States.
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2 SC gov hopefuls consider Confederate flag move
Sunday, May. 30, 2010
By JIM DAVENPORT
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Only two of the six Democrat and Republican governor hopefuls say they would consider moving the Confederate flag that flies in front of the South Carolina Statehouse.
The flag has been in place since 2000 after a deal was brokered to move it from the Statehouse dome and House and Senate chambers. Now the banner flutters beside a monument to Confederate soldiers, in view of a busy intersection in the capital city.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Robert Ford played a key role in the flag compromise and likes the flag where it is. The other two Democrats – Education Superintendent Jim Rex and Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheheen – are open to talking about moving it.
The four Republicans running said they doubt there's support to move the flag again.
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Wrexie Leonard, född 1867, död 1937, var en amerikansk astronom.

Leonard var anställd som sekreterare hos astronomen Percival Lowell och började 1896 med hjälp av observatoriets teleskop undersöka planeten Mars. Teckningarna som hon skapade vid dessa tillfällen publicerade hon 1907 i tidskriften Popular Astronomy. Vid större observatorier fick kvinnor först 50 år senare tillåtelse att delta i forskningen.

En krater på Venus har fått sitt namn efter henne.

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Four towns locked down as Spain announces package to tackle coronavirus
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain placed four towns under quarantine on Thursday and announced measures to tackle the economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic, which the country's hoteliers described as a "tsunami" threatening the survival of their businesses.
Catalan authorities began locking down four towns around the village of Igualada – 49 km (30 miles) north of Barcelona – after a significant outbreak in the area, top regional police official Eduard Sallent told reporters.
Access to Igualada, Vilanova del Cami, Santa Margarida de Montbui and Odena will be blocked from 2300 GMT, the first such restriction imposed in Spain since the outbreak began.
A Catalan government spokesman said around 70,000 people would be affected by the quarantine.
Spain, which initially did little in response to the outbreak, changed tack this week after infections soared. It ordered a ban on flights from Italy and warned against domestic and foreign travel.
Schools and universities will be closed across the country for at least two weeks, while the prison service cut back visiting rights across its facilities.
On the economic front, funds will be directed to central and regional health authorities, prices of drugs and medical equipment will be capped, and the tourism sector will also receive financial support.
The bulk of the 18 billion euro package announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez goes towards allowing small businesses to make split or delayed tax payments over the next six months.
"These are difficult moments but we will overcome then," Sanchez told a news conference. "We will overcome this with unity and responsibility from all.
Spain's coronavirus death toll rose to 84 on Thursday, a rise of nearly 80% overnight. Spain has the second-highest coronavirus tally in Europe behind Italy.
In Madrid, which has nearly 1,400 cases, the regional health authority said it would take control of private hospitals and convert some hotels into medical centers ahead of an expected jump in infections.
Occupancy rates at Spanish hotels have fallen dramatically, with some left empty, and there are "no new bookings" due to the coronavirus epidemic, a top official at Spain's hotels federation CEHAT said.
"A tsunami has arrived. A meteorite has fallen on us and we have to see how we survive," CEHAT Secretary General Ramon Estalella told Reuters.
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Spillville
During his time in the United States, Dvorak initially planned to travel back to Vysoka in Bohemia for the first summer holiday. His assistant, the Czech-American Josef Kovarik, however, suggested that he might like to spend the vacation in his home town of Spillville in the state of Iowa. From the mid-19th century onwards, a large number of immigrants from Bohemia, especially from around Tabor and Ceske Budejovice, began to settle in this region in the hope of acquiring their own land and greater freedom across the Atlantic. Dvorak took to the idea of spending some time in the company of his fellow countrymen and so, in the spring of 1893, he called his four remaining children who had stayed behind in Europe to come and join him in New York and, after the end of the school year, on 3 June, the entire family, including Kovarik, set out on their long train journey into the American interior, travelling a distance of two thousand kilometres.
The village of Spillville was named after its founder Joseph Spielmann (who died four years before Dvorak's arrival) and, at the time the composer stayed there, it had a population of about 350 predominantly Czech-speaking inhabitants. By 1860 the community boasted two public buildings which they had constructed themselves: a school and St Wenceslaus church.
The Dvoraks were accommodated in a building which was later to become the Bily Clock Museum; today it houses a permanent exhibition open to the public devoted to Dvorak's stay in the community. The family had the whole first floor with six rooms at their disposal; Kovarik stayed at his parents' house. The composer immediately fell in love with the place. He wrote back home to his friends in Bohemia:
"You probably know that the children arrived safely in America. As soon as they got here, we left New York for Spillville for our summer holidays. It's a Czech settlement. There are Czech church services and a school – so it seems as if we were in Vysoka."
That Spillville had become something of an "American Vysoka" for Dvorak is borne out by the fact that his daily routine here essentially copied the pattern he had adopted in Vysoka: he would get up early in the morning and go out for a walk in the countryside, he attended morning Mass in the local church and liked to play on the organ there. Dvorak later remembered:
"I liked to be among these people and they all liked me as well, especially the elderly citizens, who were pleased when I played 'O God, we bow before Thee' or 'A thousand times we greet Thee' for them on the church organ."
In the morning Dvorak would usually work on his compositions, after lunch he mostly spent time with his family (they also went on a number of excursions in the region and sometimes they were taken to more remote villages in a carriage driven by the priest, Tomas Bily, whom Dvorak was particularly fond of), and in the evening the composer would converse with the locals about the trials of their early life in America.
The summer holiday of 1893 spent far from the bustle of the big city was undoubtedly one of the happiest periods in the composer's life. The tranquility that Dvorak felt, surrounded by people from home and, after long months of separation from his other children, by his entire family, was also reflected in his compositions. During his time in Spillville Dvorak wrote two sunlit works which now count among the most popular pieces of the international chamber repertoire: String Quartet No. 12 in F major with the subtitle "American", and String Quintet No. 3 in E flat major. In both cases this is clearly music of Dvorak's "American" period, moreover, inspired by his stay in Spillville: apart from the characteristic pentatonic flavour typical for his American oeuvre, the quartet also incorporates the song of the scarlet tanager which Dvorak would hear on his walks to Turkey River; in the fourth movement we might detect echoes of the organ from the local church. In the quintet we will hear the sound of the Native American drums that accompanied the ritual song of the Iroquois Indians who visited Spillville with their herbal remedies. Dvorak was enchanted by the performances they gave to promote their wares and, for the duration of their stay in the village, he apparently attended every one.
In the middle of August the Spillville idyll was disrupted by the arrival of a group of Chicago Czechs who had come to invite Dvorak to the event "Czech Day", held as part of the World Fair in Chicago. Dvorak was asked to conduct a concert of his works which was being organised for the occasion. Although he initially didn't want to leave Spillville, he finally agreed to take part. After returning from Chicago he barely had two weeks of holiday left. The family departed for New York on 16 September, leaving Spillville far behind.
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Sciwind Biosciences Acquires Global, Exclusive Rights to Develop and Commercialize Sanofi's GIP Receptor Agonists for the Treatment of Metabolic Disease
HANGZHOU, China and SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Sciwind Biosciences Co., Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative therapies to treat metabolic disease, announced today that it has signed a global, exclusive license agreement with Sanofi to develop and commercialize Sanofi's long-lasting glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor agonists, with the lead candidate currently under preclinical development.
In the terms of the agreement, Sanofi granted exclusive worldwide rights to Sciwind to develop, manufacture and commercialize Sanofi's GIP receptor agonists for all applicable indications. GIP receptor agonists have shown potential to enhance treatment efficacy of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists in treating obesity and diabetes as well as to improve their overall safety and tolerability profile. Sciwind plans to develop the lead GIP receptor agonist as part of combination with its GLP-1 peptide candidate, XW003 which is currently being evaluated in Phase 2 studies, for the treatment of diabetes, obesity and NASH.
"We are excited to enter this agreement with Sanofi as we advance our goal of building a portfolio of best-in-class treatments for patients living with metabolic disease around the world," said Dr. Hai Pan, founder and CEO of Sciwind. "We look forward to the opportunity to combine Sanofi's long-lasting GIP receptor agonist with Sciwind's GLP-1 drug candidates which we hope will lead to development of more efficacious and better tolerated combination therapies for metabolic conditions."
About glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP)
GIP is a peptide hormone with multiple effects on metabolism, including increasing insulin secretion, regulating pancreatic b cell function, and modulating lipid metabolism. In combination with glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, GIP modulation has shown promise as a strategy for promoting weight loss and treating type 2 diabetes and reducing incidence of gastrointestinal-related adverse events.
About Sciwind
Sciwind Biosciences is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on discovering and developing innovative therapies to treat metabolic disease. Its product pipeline consists of potentially first-in-class and best-in-class drug candidates. Sciwind has developed multiple proprietary technologies, including oral peptide and inhaled protein therapeutics delivery platforms and identified a series of drug candidates based on these core platform technologies. For more information, visit www.sciwindbio.com.
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import hex.ModelMojoWriter;
import hex.glm.GLMModel;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

/**
 * MOJO support for GBM model.
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public class XGBoostMojoWriter extends ModelMojoWriter<XGBoostModel, XGBoostModel.XGBoostParameters, XGBoostOutput> {

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  public XGBoostMojoWriter() {}

  public XGBoostMojoWriter(XGBoostModel model) {
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