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"To speak or not to speak" – Tagore's confidence in English
July 4, 2010 Jessica Mudditt	2 Comments
The Weekend Independent Magazine, 2 July 2010
In 1921, Rabindranath Tagore wrote a letter from New York to the English historian Edward Thompson. He lamented what he perceived as his unsteady grip on the English language when he wrote, "I began to pay court to your language when I was fifty. It was pretty late for me ever to hope to win her heart."
The witty admission from the great master of words may offer some comfort to those of us who are grappling with a second (or third or fourth…) language. The extract is contained in a charming essay called '"Some qualities of permanence": Tagore's English prose' by Professor Fakrul Alam from the University of Dhaka. It is published in Crossfire, a journal published last autumn by the Department of English at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. Professor Alam's essay reexamines Tagore's works in English with the aim of answering a single question – "How good was it?"
Professor Alam cleverly blends together Tagore's personal estimation of his fluency in English with that of his contemporaries and the wider public, as well as offering his own appraisal. Professor Alam argues that the harshest critic of Tagore's English was Tagore himself. He writes, "Again and again, Tagore denigrated his English prose, or ruefully acknowledged his inadequate command over the language, or apologised for writing in the language at all."
On the one hand, it is difficult to comprehend that the polymath Tagore, who had won the Nobel Prize for literature eight years earlier, was suffering from a lack of confidence in speaking and writing in English. And yet it also seems natural that Tagore, like the majority of humans who learn another language, spoke it with a degree of trepidation. My own confidence in speaking Bangla recently took a battering after I narrowly avoided humiliating myself in public. A friend had given me directions to my local "Swapna" supermarket, which I had never before noticed because I cannot read Bangla script.
"Just ask someone if you can't find it," advised my friend.
"Sure thing," I boasted, and proceeded to rehearse it.
"Not like that," he said, laughing, "You just asked a stranger where your dreams are."
Needless to say, the stakes were vastly higher for Tagore, who travelled around the world giving lectures to large, intimidating audiences. Between 1878 and 1932, Tagore visited more than 30 countries, because, as Professor Alam writes, Tagore believed it was "crucial in familiarising non-Indian audiences with his works and spreading his political ideas." Professor Alam notes that "after [Tagore] began lecturing on the American circuit, he noted wryly in a letter to his daughter Bela how he had been reluctant to appear in the lecture circuit because he was 'absolutely certain' that if he were to lecture in the English language he 'could not possibly keep his dignity.'"
And yet despite his reservations, Tagore succumbed to public demand and his lectures were enormously popular. And ultimately, as Professor Alam notes, "[Tagore] sat down to write his lectures in English happily enough because he believed that it was a "poet's mission to attract the voice which is yet inaudible in the air; to inspire faith in the dream which is unfulfilled; to bring the earliest tidings of the unborn flower to a skeptic world." Nevertheless, like any wise man, Tagore's speeches were reputedly always very well prepared.
Professor Alam applauds Tagore's adroit use of the English language to convey powerful messages on wide-ranging issues. Professor Alam describes the "gently persuasive" nature of Tagore's speeches in China in 1924. In a lecture titled 'Civilisation and Progress,' Tagore used rhetorical flourishes to convince his audience of the merit of his arguments. He asked a Chinese audience, "Why should there remain forever a gulf between progress and perfection?"
Professor Alam then highlights the "uniquely punchy" tone of Tagore's most controversial lectures, which were delivered in the United States and Japan between 1916 and 1917. Tagore criticised the concept of nationalism on the basis that it served the ends of capitalism. As Professor Alam writes, Tagore perceived the nation as a tool deployed by the powerful to oppress the masses, "He accused the West of choking the world through its engine of domination, the nation."
Professor Alam notes the contrasting approach Tagore used to deliver his series of lectures on nationalism, "[Tagore] used sarcasm, invective and irony, and departed completely from the mild mannered or meditative mode that was typical of his previous English lectures." Tagore's love of literature and poetry emerged early in his life — he wrote his first poem at the age of eight. As a young adult, Tagore was already well accomplished in English and he began studying law at University College in London. However he disliked conventional forms of education and he abandoned his studies after being consumed by a passion for Shakespeare. He returned to Bengal without a degree in 1880, but as Professor Alam notes, the experience was valuable, "Tagore was… able to reconcile the rhythms of a consciousness that is Indian with the movement of a mind that has reaped the benefits of a sustained study of skilled prose writers in England…"
Tagore returned to England in 1912 with a bundle of his translated works. He was admired by the most distinguished poets and writers of his time, including W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, Robert Bridges, and Thomas Sturge Moore. Professor Alam writes, "After a literary evening in London, W.B. Yeats said, 'If someone were to say that he could improve [Tagore's] piece of writing, that person did not understand literature.'"
However Professor Alam notes that when Edward Thompson once offered to correct Tagore's poems in English, "Tagore positively balked at the idea, claiming they were "intimately personal" and that every line of his poem should be "as closely his as possible." Professor Alam elaborates on a little-known period of Tagore's later life, when he became defensive about certain translations, "both because of persistent rumours about the extent of help he received from Yeats and Sturge Moore initially, and the dismal reception his later verse translations had been receiving." Tagore wrote in a letter to the British art historian John Rothenstein that despite not attaining perfect fluency, he hoped his works in English had attained "some degree of permanence."
Indeed, Professor Alam contends that "a close reading of Tagore's letters suggests that he was not totally blind to his achievements in the language." Professor Alam also suggests that Tagore must have acknowledged the success of the English versions of his Gitanjali poems, the demand for him in America and elsewhere (both before and after he won the Nobel Prize), as well as the fact that Nationalism and The Religion of Man have remained in print for an exceptionally long time. In light of these achievements, Professor Alam urges the public to study Tagore's prose works "anew" and suggests that "judicious selections should be brought out so that the English-reading world can rediscover the extent of his achievement…"
To further demonstrate his point of view, Professor Alam provides an extended excerpt of the letter Tagore sent to the British Crown surrendering his knighthood in 1919, five years after it was awarded. Tagore was incensed by the massacre of unarmed Indians by British Indian Army officers at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar and used the letter as a means of public protest. Professor Alam states, "From its opening sentence… the letter manages to be indignant and dignified, pained and passionate, and polite and powerful." No one but Tagore could have penned the following statement, "… I wish for my part to stand, shorn of all special distinctions, by the side of those of my countrymen, who, for their so-called insignificance, are liable to suffer a degradation not fit for human beings."
Professor Alam writes, "…. Till the end Tagore had problems with articles, prepositions, etcetera…" However most writers would acknowledge that the process of writing involves a daily struggle to harness the intricacies of language. Few are deluded enough to announce that they have finished learning – but some do, and Tagore's humility is appealing in comparison. As Professor Alam contends, Tagore ought never to have thought twice about his command over the English language, "[Tagore] has everywhere an admirable control over the English language as well as a poet's penchant for rhythm and figures of speech." Yet regardless of how brightly Tagore's genius shone when he wrote or spoke in English, it is most admirable that he simply got on with it. We owe it to him to do the same.
Professor Fakrul Alam is the co-author of "Essential Tagore" which will be published in early 2011.
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The Gamma Cube: a novel concept of gamma-ray telescope
Author(s): F. Lebrun; R. Terrier; P. Laurent; D. Prêle; E. Bréelle; J.-P. Baronick; C. Buy; A. Noury; C. Olivetto; R. Chipaux
There is a large gap in between the Integral and Fermi spectral domains that is unobserved since the end of the CGRO mission and its Comptel experiment. There were many attempts to fill this gap but no proposal succeeded yet to convince a space agency to plan a mission. There are many reasons contributing to this situation but the most important one is that neither mirrors nor present particle tracking devices are effective at these energies. We propose here a novel design allowing particle tracking for a gamma-ray telescope in the 5–100 MeV band. The idea of this experiment is to image the ionizing tracks of charged particles using the light produced in a scintillator. The experiment operates as a pair creation telescope at high energy and as a Compton telescope with electron tracking at low energy. The telescope features a large scintillator transparent to the produced scintillation light, an ad-hoc optical system and a high resolution and highly sensitive imager. We review the requirements for each of these sub-systems and propose an experiment design taking into account the space constraints. We emphasize the numerous conceptual advantages of such a system as well as the identified difficulties.
Date Published: 24 July 2014
Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 91440B (24 July 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2055951
F. Lebrun, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, IN2P3, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
Observatoire de Paris, CEA-IRFU (France)
R. Terrier, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, IN2P3, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
P. Laurent, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, IN2P3, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
D. Prêle, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, IN2P3, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
E. Bréelle, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, IN2P3, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
J.-P. Baronick, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, IN2P3, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
C. Buy, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, IN2P3, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
A. Noury, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, IN2P3, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
C. Olivetto, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, IN2P3, CNRS, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
R. Chipaux, CEA-IRFU (France)
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Tadayuki Takahashi; Jan-Willem A. den Herder; Mark Bautz, Editor(s)


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New Kid on the block: Living Room Care Center Eldoret – a Community of Compassion
Categories: Care and Community Engagement.
The enchanting hills of Kipkorgot, Eldoret welcomed guests from afar and near to a special dedication and thanksgiving ceremony for Living Room Care Centre Eldoret. The colorful event was held on the gardens of the state of the art facility on 1st February 2019.
Built on an extensive land full of exotic, mature trees, the centre will not only provide hospice and palliative care services but will also open its doors to the community and to the people Kenya who will require any other form of medical care.
Living Room International is a Christian based organization whose vision is to create a community of compassion that honors life and offers hope by providing dignity and quality of life to people in Kenya affected by life-threatening illnesses through holistic care and education.
The event was graced by an array of guests which included a team from Little Country Church (USA), Christian Assembly Church (USA), investors from the United States as well as from Uasin Gishu County and the County Government officials headed by the Governor His Excellence Jackson Mandago. Other guests were teams from Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Webuye Teaching and Referral Hospital among others.
Ministers of the gospel from the churches in the United States and Kenya, The Kimbilio Hospice Board, leaders from the County Government of Uasin Gishu and the Director of KEHPCA were given an opportunity to address the guests among other speakers. Patients (often referred to as 'guests') who had received care at Kimbilio Hospice, located along the serene Kipkaren river – Eldoret, gave their testimonials of the care and revived hope they had received. "I am grateful for the care and support received from Kimbilio Hospice. I came as a guest in 2011. I had no hope at all. The love and care I received transformed my life completely," shared Jacob from Kakamega County. Speaker after speaker who had had a chance of visiting Kimbilio Hospice marveled at the compassion with which the staff continued to show to the patients who received care at the hospice at any given time. The Governor quipped that such compassion should be replicated in all institutions of health care. He further thanked the directors and all who were part of the project for bringing the gift of Kimbilio Hospice to Kenya.
Mrs. Julie McGowan Boit, Founder and Director of Kimbilio Hospice spoke on her vision of the center and was very grateful for the support (financial , emotional and spiritual) from all those who have helped realize this dream. Julie's American (including her Father Pastor Dennis McGowan-Living Room International US Director) and Kenya families have been very supportive all throughout, sharing the same vision as she, supported by a very dedicated team working with her to ensure that palliative care is accessible to many in Kenya. Julie hopes that the New Kimbilio Care Centre will also provide a great learning opportunity for health Care professionals locally, regionally and even globally.
In her speech, the Executive Director of KEHPCA – Dr. Zipporah Ali, commended the leadership of Kimbilio Hospice for expansion of services to the Kimbilio Care Centre. With a special mention, she thanked the Board in America and in Kenya, the churches in America who fundraised for the project, the team at Kimbilio which comprised of Bishop David Tarus, Alison Tarus, Juli McGowan, Dr. Brian Albright and the dedicated team members who offered medical and technical support to the patients. She mentioned that services offered at Kimbilio were not only beneficial to the people of Eldoret but also benefited people in far-flung regions and the country as a whole. She felt that there was need to make the Kimbilio Care Centre a Centre of excellence not only in Palliative Care provision but also as training institution for health care workers in the country. She further called on the community of Uasin Gishu to support the Care Centre financially and by offering voluntary services.
As the event came to a close, the guests were invited for a tour of the facility and treated to a sumptuous lunch which was set under the trees at the garden.
Kimbilio Hospice and Care Centre are places you would want to pay a visit, not only to seek medical care but to meet, greet and experience the serenity of the land, the hospitality of the staff and the unmatched compassionate care with which they treat the patients. The Kimbilio Community is a true example of the Bible Verse they often quote "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." Colossians 3:23 – this truly defines their service.
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Trump Regime Immunity Certificates for Mass Vaxxing and Population Control
Global Research, April 16, 2020
Theme: Police State & Civil Rights, Science and Medicine
Orwellian control over the lives and welfare of ordinary people would pose the greatest threat to free and open societies.
They'd no longer exist if the worst of it was imposed, notably by manipulating the public mind to accept the unacceptable for our own good.
Its modus operandi would include mass deception, mass surveillance, tracking our movements, controlling the message, tolerating no dissent, mass subjection to toxic vaxxing, and instituting draconian totalitarian control as the new normal.
Truth-telling would become a criminal offensive, only state approved views permitted. Life as it once was no longer would exist.
Is all of the above where the US, the West overall, and other nations are heading?
Are so-called COVID-19 immunity certificates part of the scheme? Will they be mandated to travel and interact with others in public?
Will schools, airports, rail and bus terminals, stores, theaters, stadiums, other public places where people gather, even doctors' offices, refuse entry to individuals without them?
Will harmful to human health toxic vaccinations, along with antibody testing be required to get one?
With the rarest of rare exceptions, no one elected or appointed to public office should be trusted as a guardian of our rights and welfare, notably not in the West.
Instead of serving public health and welfare, along with fostering free and open societies, policies of US-led Western officials are polar opposite — exploiting and otherwise harming ordinary people so privileged ones can benefit, no matter the human toll.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Anthony Fauci is a front man for steering the US public to mass toxic vaccinations.
Last week he said the Trump regime is considering issuance of COVID-19 immunity certificates for individuals infected by and recovered from the virus.
"The proposal is contingent upon the widespread deployment of antibody tests which the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are in the process of validating in the US," he said, adding:
"Although coronavirus testing thus far has been able to determine if an individual has an active infection, antibody tests report whether an asymptomatic person was previously infected but has since recovered (and immune), potentially allowing them to return to their jobs."
One problem with this scheme is that positive antibody tests would not be able to distinguish between infected individuals and others who recovered from the virus.
A second related problem is the accuracy of tests. COVID-19 PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and antibody tests are producing false positives and negatives — why accurate numbers of infected individuals in the US and elsewhere are unclear.
Does a positive antibody test mean an individual is ill or recovered from illness? It could be either so tests are meaningless.
According to microbiologist Edward Wright, a PCR test aims to "detect the genetic information of the virus, the RNA. That's only possible if the virus is there and someone is actively infected."
The problem with the test's accuracy is that it takes a tiny amount of human tissue, expands it for analysis, but fails to tell how much virus is in a human body, if any.
The most serious issue is the prospect of mandating immunity certificates to force-feed mass toxic vaccinations on unsuspecting people to reenter society freely — unaware that they may be sorry, not safe by injection.
Will we be given a choice between vaccination or loss of personal freedom, unaware that both choices are harmful to human health and welfare?
Mandatory vaccinations to obtain immunity certificates pose serious ethical and scientific problems.
The former relates to the Hippocratic oath of doing no harm. There's more potential harm than good from vaccines, known to contain a laundry list of toxic ingredients that are harmful to human health.
The latter relates to how long positive antibodies in recovered individuals protect from them from possible reinfection. It's unknown.
According to Experimental Medicine Professor Peter Openshaw, "(m)y guess is that the protective immunity will last at least three months. That's the worst-case scenario," adding:
More likely it'll "last between one and five years, but until that time has passed, we won't know for sure."
Britain is considering large-scale antibody testing. Scientists who evaluated test kits found them unreliable.
Professor of Medicine John Bell said they "have not performed well. This is not a good result for test suppliers or for us."
Medical and scientific officials in other countries also reported test failures.
Bell: "We clearly want to avoid telling people they are immune when they are not, and we want all people who are immune to know accurately so they can get back to work."
The US FDA has a Cellex Inc. developed finger-prick blood sample rapid antibody test.
The company cautioned that it should not be used as the sole basis for diagnosis — meaning it can produce inaccurate results.
Without symptoms, there's no way to know if someone is ill or well. No scientifically proved tests exist so far to tell if someone is infected with COVID-19. Reported numbers are guesswork.
Are things headed toward a two-tiered US society? Will low-risk young people wish to contract COVID-19 to have antibodies to the virus on recovery, a passport to reenter the workplace?
Bioethics Professor I. Glenn Cohen said "(t)hat sounds crazy, but if having the antibodies becomes the cost of entering the job market and thus feeding your family, there may be workers who feel pressured into it."
Will parents feel the same way about young children, wanting them exposed to the virus at a young age when symptoms are likely to be milder and recovery sooner?
Years ago, positive antibody tests meant infection was present. So how can the opposite be true now — namely that they show immunity to COVID-19?
A brave new world 2.0 is unfolding. It follows what happened to our detriment post-9/11.
Ahead our choices may be either be to get tested and vaccinated to reenter society publicly or be denied the right to function normally.
Both options are none at all, neither acceptable.
What's coming remains to unfold. What's known suggests things will likely be more unacceptable than already.
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Q: How to get variable outside the TEST-INJECTION? I would like to have an access to variable outside TEST-INJECTION scope. To clarify, what I mean, consider the following example:
DATA lt_doc_import TYPE zcl_za_doc_cleaner=>tt_doc_protocol.
MOVE-CORRESPONDING mo_dc_cleaner->mt_doc_import TO lt_doc_import.

TEST-INJECTION query_doc_protocol.
  rt_doc_protocol = lt_doc_import.
END-TEST-INJECTION.

DATA(lt_protocol) = mo_dc_cleaner->query_doc_protocol( ).

mo_dc_cleaner->filter_delete_protocol(
  EXPORTING
    it_doc_import = mo_dc_cleaner->mt_doc_import
    it_doc_protocol = lt_protocol
  IMPORTING
    et_doc_import = mo_dc_cleaner->mt_doc_import
    et_msg = DATA(lt_msg)
).

DESCRIBE TABLE lt_msg LINES DATA(lv_msg).
DESCRIBE TABLE mo_dc_cleaner->mt_doc_import LINES DATA(lv_doc_import).

The compiler is complaining, that the variable lt_doc_import is unknown. How to get the variable outside from TEST-INJECTION?

A: Quotation from the SAP documentation on the topic has it that...

Injections cannot access types and objects that are not visible in the location of the specified test seam.
This applies in particular to types and objects of the test class and test method defined in the injection. These types and objects are placed in the location of the statement TEST-INJECTION, but are not visible in the injection.

So unfortunately it is not possible to access the variables that are in the same scope as TEST-INJECTION. You can only access the variables that are also visible in the same scope as TEST-SEAM.

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The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, Episode 78: Juventus able to brave the fog
Despite a foggy, foggy night in Emilia Romagna, Juventus was able to come away with a 2-0 win over Bologna. But unfortunately, as things tend to be with this club right now, what happened on the field is only part of the discussion surrounding Juventus at the moment.
By Danny Penza@djp4cal Dec 20, 2021, 3:00pm CET
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This past weekend, Juventus played a game in such a heavy fog that even the highest of definition televisions would have struggled to give you a clear picture of what's happening on the field. That comes seven days after Juventus played a game right by the ocean and arrived by boat the previous weekend.
Things were better in the fog.
Well, at least the result was. Who knows about the level of the performance.
Juventus, far from a team you would consider to be firing on all cylinders, got back in the win column this past weekend with a grind-it-out kind of 2-0 victory over Bologna. With important players missing via injury, Max Allegri was forced to get a little creative with his starting lineup and tactical choices, but it didn't come back to fully bite him in the backside. (Thankfully.)
So as much as we focus our discussion on the latest Juventus game, there's some off-the-field things to discuss. And unfortunately, it comes from a source that is known to create a scene or two when it comes to his clients and the transfer market.
Sounds fun, doesn't it?
On this week's episode of The Old Lady Speaks Podcast, we discuss:
Our takeaways from the week, including a potential new role for Moise Kean, just how dumb injuries truly are and more than just a quick shoutout to Juventus Women.
Further thoughts that, yes, injuries are dumb.
Thoughts on the win over Bologna in which the fog was quite unreal.
The sudden cloud hanging over the future of Matthijs de Ligt at Juventus in the wake of what the Dutchman's agent, Mino Raiola had to say about things on Sunday.
Some closing thoughts on Juventus Women making the Women's Champions League quarterfinals, a massive step in the progress for both the club in general and what first-year manager Joe Montemurro is trying to accomplish during his time in Turin.
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Japanese emperor's succession rite to follow precedent despite controversy
KYODO NEWS - Jun 20, 2019 - 20:56 | All, Japan
The Japanese government approved Thursday the outline of a ritual to be held this fall to proclaim the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito before international guests, following the style adopted by his father in 1990 despite a controversy surrounding its nature.
In the "Sokuirei Seiden no Gi" starting at 1 p.m. on Oct. 22, the emperor will give a speech from a 6.5-meter-high canopied throne, known as the Takamikura, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will deliver a "yogoto" congratulatory message and lead guests in three "banzai" cheers to wish for the emperor's longevity.
(Then Japanese Emperor Akihito speaks from the Imperial throne in this file photo taken in November 1990, during the Enthronement Ceremony.)
The ritual, for which 2,500 people will be invited, has previously sparked controversy, with critics claiming the emperor's proclamation from a height above the prime minister violates the constitutional principle that the sovereignty of the nation resides in its people.
Emperor Naruhito ascended the throne on May 1, following the abdication of his father former Emperor Akihito on April 30 -- the first Japanese monarch to do so in about 200 years.
Under the latest plan, the prime minister will lead the cheers on the floor of the "Matsu no Ma" stateroom in the Imperial Palace, following the previous example of Emperor Akihito's enthronement.
"We will endeavor to make sure every ceremonial function is conducted immaculately and without incident," Abe said.
When the ritual was conducted in 1928 for Emperor Hirohito, the grandfather of the current monarch, then Prime Minister Giichi Tanaka led the cheers in the yard of the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
(Photo taken on April 17, 2018, shows the Takamikura throne (L))
Emperor Naruhito will wear a dark orange robe called "Korozen no goho," the design of which dates back to the ninth century and is only worn by emperors during important ceremonies. Abe will be dressed in a tailcoat.
Following the 30-minute ritual, the emperor and Empress Masako will parade in the capital in a convertible luxury sedan for around 4.6 kilometers from 3:30 p.m. and take part in four banquets to be held on the same day and three other days.
The government is considering holding the parade around Oct. 26 instead if it rains on the planned date.
In relation to the previous imperial succession, a number of lawsuits contesting the constitutionality of the rites were filed across Japan.
While all of them were dismissed, a 1995 Osaka High Court ruling said doubts remained over whether the staging of the enthronement ceremony breached Japan's postwar Constitution, which bans the state from engaging in religious activities.
The government also decided on Thursday it will put the Takamikura on public display for 20 days each at the Tokyo National Museum between December and January and at the Kyoto Imperial Palace in March free of charge.
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Country Grammar – debiutancki album amerykańskiego rapera Nelly'ego wydany 27 lipca 2000 roku. Album zadebiutował na billboardzie na #3 miejscu później wybił się na miejsce #1.

Lista utworów
 "Intro" (featuring Cedric the Entertainer)
 "St. Louie"
 "Greed, Hate, Envy"
 "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)"
 "Steal The Show"  (featuring St. Lunatics)
 "Interlude"  (featuring Cedric the Entertainer)
 "Ride Wit Me" (featuring City Spud)
 "E.I."
 "Thicky Thick Girl" (featuring Murphy Lee & Ali)
 "For My" (featuring Lil' Wayne)
 "Utha Side"
 "Tho Dem Wrappas"
 "Wrap Sumden" (featuring St. Lunatics)
 "Batter Up" (featuring St. Lunatics)
 "Never Let Em C U Sweat  (featuring The Teamsters)
 "Luven Me"
 "Outro" (featuring Cedric the Entertainer)

Albumy muzyczne wydane w roku 2000
Albumy Nelly'ego

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Cowboys Slip to Third in NCAA
A season inside Oklahoma State Cross Country, part IV
By Noah Gallagher Shannon
The Oklahoma State University Cowboys have won three of the last four NCAA titles in men's cross country. If they notch a fourth title this fall, as many fans and coaches predict, they'll cement their place among perennial powerhouses like Colorado, Stanford and Wisconsin. But unlike these storied programs—many of which have taken more than a decade to amass their wins—the Cowboys' ride at the top is only a recent phenomenon.
What's behind their meteoric rise?
In this exclusive series, Running Times joins the Cowboys through the 2013 season as they try to defend their 2012 NCAA title.
Part I: Sangre Road
Part II: The Calculus of Cross Country
Part III: Doubt Comes to Stillwater after the Big 12 Championships
Part IV: It Comes Down to the Mud
The wind chill is 19 degrees and the Cowboys are peeling layers. They're shaking out their bare limbs against the biting cold, readying themselves to race. The 30 other teams here today, Saturday, Nov. 23, to contest 2013's NCAA championships in Terre Haute, Ind., are doing the same. Tom Farrell's skin is pink and mottled from the wind, but he's oblivious to it. Like Kirubel Erassa, expressionless behind Oakley shades, he's marooned in his own thoughts. This is the moment the Cowboys have been training for and dreaming of for 97 days. No one talks. There's a tightness living in the air between each breath.
Kneeling on his shirt to avoid the icy mud, Shadrack Kipchirchir triple, then quadruple knots his spikes, just to make sure. Assistant coach Bobby Lockhart does the same for Shane Moskowitz, whose hands are too numb for the job. A combination of steady rain and plunging nightly temperatures over the last two days have left LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, host of 10 of the last 12 title meets, in a thawing, muddy disarray. No one wants to lose a shoe.
The PA squawks to life: "Five minutes, men."
Dave Smith, OSU's head coach, swaddled in a black hoodie and parka, saunters toward his men, clapping slowly. Farrell joins in, drawing toward him. The rhythm increases. They chant "O-S-U" to the beat. The others move in to join them. The chugging of the chant and clap increases, faster and faster, rumbling like an engine. At the crescendo it suddenly ceases. Smith leans into the huddle: "Proud of you guys, the way you've worked. This is the icing on the cake. Stay calm. Execute." The men jog to the starting line.
The Cowboys huddle up just before the start of the NCAA cross country championship.
About 30 minutes from now, after 10,000 meters of running, the NCAA will crown 2013's national champion. Northern Arizona is ranked No. 1, according to the final coaches' poll. Voters on Letsrun and Flotrack, though, have OSU winning a fourth title in five years. Lurking in the background of everyone's mind, especially Smith's, is Colorado, No. 3 in the final poll. Unlike last year, where Smith was confident no one could touch the Cowboys, this year he has his doubts. Asked if it's because of a summer injury that curtailed Moskowitz's training or Joseph Manilafasha's poor performance at Big 12s, he says, "I don't have to look very far for things to worry about." But none of that matters now.
"Two minutes."
The pop music playing over the PA stops. The starter walks to the middle of the field. Thousands of parents, reporters and spectators lining the green chain-link fence suddenly hush. The only sound is that of the flags over the finish line whipping in 20 mph gusts. The sun is an orange blur behind thin clouds. All the runners are completely still. The scene appears to vibrate at a very low frequency.
Smith is jogging up the course toward the 1K mark as the gun sounds. His breathing is constricted in the cold. Assistant coach Mason Cathey asks him if he's nervous. "This is the best part," Smith says, grinning behind orange sunglasses. "I'm calm now."
With the starting area compressed, only Tom Farrell (left) and Kirubel Erassa can stand on the line.
Yesterday was a different story.
It's the morning of Nov. 22, the day before OSU's NCAA title defense, and the Cowboys are surveying the quiet scene. They stare out the bus windows, shaking their heads. The Cowboys are a mere 24 hours from the season's culmination, but they don't like what they see.
Zipping up his rain gear, Farrell files out of the bus. A stiff wind whistles down out of the northwest, and the rain seems to hang there in the low sky. The 12 other OSU runners, all wearing matching black tights and tops, follow the senior out. The gravel lot is empty and cold. To the west and south are dark fields of corn and country roads that stretch to the horizon.
Ahead of them, on 280 acres of grown-over landfill, lies LaVern Gibson course. Its gentle topography of hills and woods is a soggy mess: muddy, pock-marked, with standing water and mounds of sand. The largest puddles are staked off with orange ribbon. The start/finish straight, which sits down in a shallow swale, is almost totally underwater in spots. The runners are quiet.
A gator surges by, interrupting the silence. It's barely visible in the gloom save for its yellow headlights. A sheet of muddy water sprays out in its wake. Suddenly the runners spring to life, toe-walking and splashing through the puddles. They joke with each other as they jog the course. "Not as bad as it looks," Farrell says, running through a boggy depression.
Smith is less positive. Seeing the course in such dismal condition puts doubt back in his mind, when just the week before, their victory at the Midwest regional championships had squeezed most of it out. That day, the five scorers, led by Farrell, finished seventh through 11th, with a 6-second spread. And although the pace was less than hot, his men showed poise, particularly Craig Nowak, which suggested he'd shaken off his poor performance at the Big 12s and was ready for nationals. "Nowak: best thing that happened to us in the last few weeks," Smith says. Now the course conditions seem like the worst.
That evening in his hotel suite, Smith, seated cross-legged in muddy jeans and a gray hoodie, mulls over his amended race plan. "With mud," he says, "you're running a longer race; it's 11K now." Based on results from 2004 and 2006, when there were similarly wet conditions, he figures the pace will be about a minute slow. "That means right around 31 minutes for All-American," he says. That puts his lead guys—Farrell, Kipchirchir and Erassa—in the 15:20s for 5K, and the rest in the 15:40s.
But he's quick to qualify what might seem like a purely pace-based plan. "You just have to have that instinct," he says, "to know that at some point the race becomes more about what place you're in." Mud cripples that instinct in many runners, however. "It's a wild card, this weather," he says, running a hand through his hair.
Smith's worst anxiety, though, is that track specialists like Farrell and Erassa, who "prance up on their toes," making mud-running especially taxing, wouldn't actually be able to run the pace he prescribes. He worries if they go out slow they'll just struggle in the muck anyway and won't be able to move up. But he also worries they'll get impatient and start to spin their wheels too soon. "It takes discipline, it takes confidence," he says, "to go out that slow, in those mushy conditions, and actually move up late."
The trend thus far on muddy championship days is not on Smith's side, either. "Mark Wetmore [coach of Colorado] has done this before," he says, holding the results from '04 and '06, when Wetmore won in muddy conditions. "Beat teams he shouldn't have on paper." Smith uncrosses and recrosses his legs. "Last two times it was muddy, Colorado won." He looks at the floor. "There's a lot of scenarios where we don't win.
Brian Gohlke (436) on his way to a 91st-place finish.
Twenty-four hours later, one of those scenarios begins to unfold.
As the field surges away from the starting line, Erassa, OSU's No. 1, and Moskowitz, their probable No. 5, slip and fall in the mud and struggle to get upright. "I had to steeple them," Kipchrichir says later, referring to his two teammates. They would never really recover. Standing water on the starting line had forced officials to compress team boxes from the normal 2.5 meters to about half that. This left teams crunched and elbowing as the gun went off.
By 2K, there's more bad news. The Cowboys are buried way back in the 253-man field, while NAU and Colorado have their packs jostling near the top 60 runners. "Not today," Smith says, shaking his head.
"Still lots of running to go," Lockhart says, as he hurdles a bush on his way over to the 4K mark. The LaVern Gibson course is bean-shaped, with two inner loops, which allows for spectators to dash back and forth across the grassy acreage to watch the race at various points.
Early tallies from the press box have BYU, ranked No. 5 going in, out to an early lead. But on muddy days, where the loose footing and uphill slogs bleed a runner's reserves, this is a tactical disadvantage. In 2004 and 2006, when Colorado won in similar conditions, they did it in the last 2K. Their men were patient, waited until the strain of running in the mud caught up with the fast starters, and then hammered past them. (It's not a coincidence that three of the top four finishing teams at the 2013 championships turn out to be Mountain Region teams. Altitude-trained kids tend to be better at running slow but hard in difficult conditions.)
At 4K, Farrell and Kipchirchir are banging away with the lead group up front, hovering between 15th and 30th place, open-mouthed, with mud on their faces. But still there's no sign of Erassa. Lockhart finally spots him, but Erassa isn't moving up. He's stuck in the 70s. Nowak is similarly bogged down, back in the low 100s, where he's running now with Gohlke. At 5K, OSU's No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 are all well back from those of CU and NAU. Manilafasha is even farther back and losing ground quickly.
Meanwhile, Edward Cheserek, a freshman from Oregon, is shadowing defending champ Kennedy Kithuka as they make their way up the long hill from 6K to 7K. Suddenly, as they disappear behind a knoll, the PA shrieks with feedback and the announcer says Cheserek has pulled even with Kithuka and is stamping down on the pedal. By 8K, he's got a 100m lead and is glancing over his shoulder to make sure the previously undefeated Kithuka is buried.
In the last 2K, Farrell passes a few guys, leading the Cowboys with a 16th-place finish, earning his fourth All-American award. Kipchirchir loses six places, but still manages 31st. Nowak gobbles up 29 places in the last 2K, but crosses the line in only 62nd. Erassa, who was neck-and-neck with Nowak entering the last 800m, falls back to 83rd. Gohlke is OSU's fifth in 91st. Smith's scorers are across the line. Now he wonders if it'll be enough.
Shadrack Kipchirchir recovers after the race. He finished 31st.
The last 97 days of the cross country season suddenly compress themselves down into five chaotic minutes. Smith needs to find his runners. But it turns out near impossible in the mess of fans and parents.
As the last stragglers are still lurching over the finish line, the throng of spectators surges from the course, slipping and falling in the mud and wet grass, over to the tented team area. They're trying to find their loved ones and friends, figure out who's won and lost, but most of all, get out of the weather.
Faces and hands are beet-red from the gusting winds. Pants are mud-caked from the knee down. A portly official in an earflap hat tries to untangle a soaked power cord from a spectator's ankle. Two are pushing a gator out of a bushy ravine.
There's been no official mention of the day's winner. A few hundred meters from the tented area, officials are checking the computerized scores, tallied from chips tied to the athletes' shoes. But down in the muck, no one seems to know what's going on.
Amid the frenzy, Smith finds his runners sitting next to the press tent. Varying unofficial tallies have NAU and Colorado as winners. Smith is pecking at his iPhone with gloved hands, trying to pull up results. There's no whisper of the Cowboys' finish yet.
His seven runners are still struggling to recover from the polar mud bath. Farrell splays out on a dry patch of grass, hands over his eyes. Kipchirchir leans against the white tent, anxiously tugging a pair of black tights on over his crusty shoes. Erassa, whose spikes are being undone by a kneeling teammate, stares out at the woods to the south. There's dried mud in Nowak's hair. Everyone else is sitting down, talking quietly about the race. They know they've lost, even if no one else does yet.
"Here we go," Smith says and turns. None of his runners move. He pivots over to the Colorado team and the Buffaloes crowd around behind him. They erupt in cheers and fall over each other in the muck. "Congratulations, you guys," Smith says. He forces a smile as he walks away.
The final scores: CU, 149; NAU, 169; OSU, 230; BYU, 267. It's the highest point total ever by a winner. Only nine of the past 75 champions have scored more than 100 points, in fact. Asked what the difference was today, Smith says, "We didn't execute; they did," nodding toward the CU team. It wasn't exactly dominant, but it was all theirs.
As the Cowboys wait in the cold for the award ceremony to start, Smith and Lockhart immediately begin to strategize for next year. It doesn't look good. How in the world are they going to beat a Colorado team that returns all seven (and adds All-American Jake Hurysz) and a NAU team that returns six, when they lose Farrell, Kipchirchir and Manilafasha? "We'll be fine," Lockhart says. "We always are."
"But we're going to have to get somebody," Smith says, "from overseas or transfer or something." Lockhart, the recruiting coordinator, shrugs and screws up his mouth. "You better get on it," Smith says, slapping him on the back.
A coach from an opposing team clasps Farrell on the shoulder and congratulates him on his fourth All-American award. "You don't do it for the individual awards, mate," he says with a wincing smile. Next to Farrell, Erassa stays hidden in his hood and glasses, eyes on the ground. Kipchirchir and Manilafasha are gazing off in the distance at nothing at all. Not a lot of words pass between the men.
OSU is called to the award stand to collect their third-place trophy. Farrell leads the 13 Cowboys, dressed for the last time that season in their matching orange and black. On the stand, Farrell hugs each member of his team as they funnel past. The disappointment is palpable. Smith cradles the trophy for the photo, but few smile.
"You always feel like you kinda let the guys down when we don't win," Smith says, "like maybe we should have done something different, or tweaked this or tweaked that." He pauses. "But when you look at it and you got beat by 80 points, there would have to be a major change to make that different." What that is, he doesn't care to guess.
Smith and his men knew all along, since the first day on Sangre Road, that they would need a little luck to win. They knew that even after 97 days of training and an undefeated season, all that really mattered was who performed better on that particular Saturday in November. So today, no excuses are heard. No one considers any what-ifs. No one points a finger or lays any blame. They snap their photos and quickly file down the stairs, back down into the mud.
Check back in early December for the last dispatch from Stillwater, Okla. The Cowboys will reflect back on the 2013 season and what went wrong. They'll discuss the highs and lows, where they go from here and what it means to be a Cowboy.
Noah Gallagher Shannon was a multitime Colorado state champion in cross country and track and ran at the University of Wisconsin. Gallagher Shannon's work has appeared in Slate and New York Times Magazine, among others. He lives in New Mexico.
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Are worst-case climate scenarios less likely, as media reports of a new scientific paper suggest?
Reading the media reporting of a new scientific paper released on 22 July, it was easy to get the impression that some "worse-case" climate warming possibilities are now off the agenda. "So this is good news?" a friend emailed. "No" was my answer.
It would be a grave mistake, and an illustration of how media reporting can get complex climate stories wrong, to find good news in this research.
The research in question is "An assessment of Earth's climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence". Climate sensitivity is the amount of warming to be expected from a doubling of the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report found the range was 1.5 to 4.5 degrees Celsius (°C).
As warming approaches 1.5°C, talk of a carbon budget for the Paris targets is delusional
There's a lot of delusional talk about how much "carbon budget" (or new emissions) are allowable that would still keep global heating to the Paris target of 1.5 degrees Celsius (°C). The reality is that over the last year, global average warming was already close to 1.5°C, based on a true, pre-industrial baseline.
And the warming already in the system may well be enough to take the planet past 2°C, without any more emissions. The propositions pushed by governments, big business and many large climate movement NGOs that we have a "carbon budget" available for the Paris targets runs contrary to the evidence and suggests a world of politically convenient make-believe.
Figure 1: Global warming July-to-June, illustrated here with a
1981-2010 baseline. Image by CarbonBrief.
According to CopernicusECMWF, globally, the twelve-month period from July 2019 to June 2020 was 0.65°C warmer than the 1981-2010 average (see chart above).
Then 0.63°C should be added to these values to relate recent global temperatures to the pre-industrial level defined as a late 19th century baseline.
So warming for the period July 2019-June 2020 is 1.28°C, compared to the late19th century, for which instrumental temperature records are available from 1850. This ties with the warmest year on record.
But there was also warming from the start of the industrial revolution and the use of coal from the mid-eighteenth century, up to the end of the nineteenth century. That figure ranges up to 0.19°C, according to Importance of the pre-industrial baseline for likelihood of exceeding Paris goals.
And new research published last year found that gaps with missing data in the observational temperature record are responsible for an underestimation of the global warming between 1881–1910 and 1986–2015 by 0.1°C.
Adding up all those components takes the warming over the last year, from a true pre-industrial base, very close to the lower end of the 1.5-2°C Paris goal, whilst recognising there is some uncertainty about warming in the pre-1850 period.
Canberra unprepared for climate upheavals that will rock the nation
By David Sprat, first published at RenewEconomy
Covid-19 should teach us the value of being fully prepared for catastrophic risks, but on climate disruption risks the Australian Government is walking blindfolded off a cliff.
Unprecedented bushfires, Covid-19 and climate warming all raise the question of the preparedness of governments to deal with catastrophic risks, and what allows nations to successfully respond to big crises.
Those lauding the Australian Government for its pandemic response overlook the fact that, early on, this nation may have been on the disastrous "herd immunity" policy path. On 15 March, the Chief Medical Officer defended keeping schools open because "if they (school children) are getting infected and they're perfectly well, whilst they might spread it, it also creates a herd immunity". Australia appears to have changed course due to the stronger advocacy by State premiers, and the alarming early evidence from Italy and Spain about the consequences when the virus takes hold of a population.
In his recent book, Upheaval: How nations cope with crisis and change, geographer and anthropologist Jarod Diamond concludes that the key predictors of success in facing crises are "acknowledgment rather than denial of a crisis's reality; acceptance of responsibility to take action; and honest self-appraisal", plus the "presence or absence of a shared national identity" which can help a nation's people recognise shared self-interest and unite in overcoming a crisis.
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I hold a broad range of interests in relation to the natural world and how it functions alongside the human component, with my current focus being the biology and ecology of the marine environment. In particular, I am interested in the biological role of the oceans in moderating climate, and how particular biologically-driven, or ecological, processes may be expected to change under a changing climate.
In addition, I have previously held positions with public, private and voluntary sector organisations with a focus on climate change mitigation and/or adaptation, specifically working on domestic energy efficiency and implementation of renewables as energy generation and resilience technologies.
I have skills in research planning and delivery; project management; providing high level political briefings; financial and budgetary management; strategy and policy development; and staff management.
I am currently working on a PhD to investigate the active flux of carbon in the Southern Ocean and its sensitivity to climate change, in a collaboration between the British Antarctic Survey and the University of East Anglia.
In particular I am looking at the role of vertically migrating zooplankton in mediating an active transport of carbon from the surface ocean to the interior, through two primary modes of flux: respiration of carbon dioxide and the production and sinking of faecal pellet organic carbon.
My research is focussed on a transect of differing oceanic regimes in the Scotia Sea section of the Southern Ocean and will look at experimental data and samples collected on fieldwork campaigns in the Southern Ocean, as well as looking at historical samples of zooplankton community composition and structure.
I am on the BAS Student Symposium 2015 Committee and help to coordinate webinars for the EnvEast DTP students.
I have represented BAS at the Cambridge Science Festival 2015 and am actively looking for opportunities to increase my outreach by taking my science into schools.


Swans are large water birds talked about in both ancient mythology and modern stories. The fable The Ugly Duckling is probably the best known story featuring a swan. This article will answer the question what do swans eat and look at nine amazing facts about swans.
First, let's look at what swans eat. Well, swans eat many types of aquatic plants including sedges and pond weed. However, swans have also been known to eat a variety of different insects, aquatic beetles, snails and fresh water shrimp. So now you know the answer to the question what do swans eat. Now let's look at nine interesting and educational facts about swans.
Fact 1: Swans are often considered as a symbol of love due to their usually lifelong lasting exclusive relationships.
Fact 2: The Black Swan is the animal found on the Western Australian (an Australian state) flag.
Fact 3: The Sydney Swans are an Australian AFL team. They use a swan as their mascot.
Fact 4: Many swans make very loud noises when they are flying. Mute Swans, however, are nearly always silent and rarely make any noise when flying.
Fact 5: All swans also make loud hissing and grunting noises when they are angry or agitated.
Fact 6: Mute Swans do not travel very far from their homes. Occasionally, during the winter months, Mute Swans can be seen migrating to warmer climates.
Fact 7: The Trumpeter Swan was hunted very heavily during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The population of Trumpeter Swans neared zero for many years, but they have since recovered and several thousand Trumpeter Swans live in parts of Canada and Alaska.
Fact 8: Like ducks, Trumpeter Swans fly in V-shaped flocks when they migrate in winter.
Fact 9: The Whooper Swan is the national bird of Finland.
Essential tips to help you raise swans easily and correctly from swan raising experts!
Swans will eat popcorn and bread. However, you should only give them plain popcorn- not the flavored popcorn.
I'm afraid I don't know anything about looking after a mute swan and I couldn't find any information on Google. I would advise ringing a local pet store or animal shelter who might be able to give you the proper advice.
Swans used to be eaten by royalty in England. However, very few people (if any) eat swans now.
Mute swans are a species of swan that are native to Asia and parts of Europe. They are called 'mute' swans as they make less noise than other swans.
I think swans should live a long and good life because I love them alot.
What do Australian Black Swans eat? As far as pellets or swan food are concerned. I have been feeding it bread but I want to feed it right, you know.
Black swans mainly eat algae and weeds. They occasionally eat insects. I would suggest going to a pet shop that sells algae and ask them what types of algae a black swan is more likely to eat.
I once had a swan called flipper foot, he loved to eat grass and crusts from my leftover toast.


The purpose of this study was to identify leadership characteristics employees expect ideal leaders to have in small and medium Commercial enterprises (SME) in Taipei, Taiwan and to compare this with the perceptions of the leaders themselves.
A random sample of SMEs in Taipei was generated, from which 255 leaders and 699 employees participated. These were considered "General SMEs" while Efficient SMEs" were from the largest corporations in Taipei and this group had 11 leaders and 59 employees. Respondents completed the Checklist of Admired Leaders (Kouzes & Posner, 2002) in both an actual and ideal format, selecting seven out of the 20 most admired characteristics. In the former sample the percentage of male leaders was 78 percent and male employees were 35 percent and in the latter group of the percentage of male Leaders was 73 percent and employees was 41 percent.
Cronbach's alpha coefficients (internal reliability) for the actual leader characteristics from employees were .95 and .88 for leaders. Factor analysis revealed three factors (labeled interpersonal relationship, personal quality and professional quality) from employees' perspective and five factors from the leaders' perspective (interpersonal relationship, professional attitudes, personal ethics, creativity, and personal desire).
Most important ideal leader characteristics of General SME employees were Forward-looking (74%), Broad-minded (58%), Caring (54%), Fair-Minded (54%), Honest (50%), Intelligent (49%) and Inspiring (44%). These were also the top seven for Efficient SME employees with slightly different percentages: Forward-looking (78%), Honest (68%), Caring (63%), Fair-Minded (58%), Broad-minded (53%), Intelligent (52%) and Inspiring (44%). The only significant difference between these two groups was for honest.
Most ideal leader characteristics of General SME leaders was Forward-Looking (72%), Broad-minded (53%), Honest (50%), Determined (49%), Fair-Minded (44%), Ambitious (44%) and Caring (43%). For Efficient SME leaders the most important were Forward-Looking (91%), Honest (73%), Broad-minded (54%), Fair-Minded (54%), Competent (46%) and Caring, Dependable, Loyal and Mature (all with 36%). There were no significant differences between these two groups on the list of characteristics.
Between employees and their leaders in General SMEs there were significant differences between Caring, Fair-Minded, Inspiring and Intelligent. Intelligent was the only difference between employees and their leaders in Efficient SMEs.
The only significant difference between SMEs' employees based on employee educational level was for Forward-Looking, with this increasing in importance as a function of educational level. No differences were found on the basis of "growth area of employees" and the only difference on the basis of religion was found on Broad-minded. Respondent age accounted for significant differences on Broad-minded, Honest and Inspiring. Fair-minded was the only characteristic significantly different by gender, with a higher percentage of females selecting this than males.
There were no significant differences between SMEs' leaders on the basis of educational level, growth area of leader, or religion. Age accounted for differences on Broad-minded, Fair-minded, and Inspiring.
All in all, there was considerable overlap between employees and their leaders in these characteristics for their ideal leader. This was not the case when thinking about their actual leaders. For instance, General and Efficient SME employees significantly differed on all 20 leader characteristics. However, no differences were found between General and Efficient leaders. Thirteen characteristics of actual leaders differed significantly between General employees and their leaders (ambitious, loyal, supportive, broad-minded, dependable, cooperative, imaginative, caring, honest, forward-looking, inspiring, competent and fair-minded) with employees rating these all lower than leaders. Efficient SME leaders rated four Characteristics (self-controlled, independent, intelligent, and courageous) all significantly lower than their employees.
The gender of General SME employees accounted for significant differences in mature, supportive, courageous, imaginative, caring, and determined. Educational levels accounted for differences in honest and fair-minded; the latter characteristic was the only one that differed on the basis of growth area. Religious background contributed to differences on supportive, imaginative, caring, forward-looking, Inspiring, competent, and fair-minded. General SME employee age accounted for significant differences on loyal and honest.
No significant differences were found in the actual leadership characteristics regarding gender for Efficient SME employees. Educational differences for this group were found on mature, loyal, supportive, broad-minded, courageous, imaginative, caring, determined, forward-looking, Inspiring, Competent and fair-minded. Neither growth area nor religion accounted for any significant differences, while age contributed to differences in the characteristics of intelligent and dependable.
The gender of General SME leaders contributed to significant differences on ambitious and caring. Education, religion nor age accounted for any differences in this category.
The gender, religion or age of Efficient SME leaders did not account for any differences. Educational level explained three differences (independent, broad-minded, and caring) and growth area accounted for only one difference (competent).
Comparing responses to the most ideal leadership characteristics with those from the actual list revealed differences for General SME employees on broad-minded, caring, honest and inspiring but not on forward-looking, fair-minded, or intelligent. The only ideal versus actual leader characteristic difference for Efficient SME employees was on forward-looking (ideal > actual). The differences were all significant between actual leader characteristics as seen by General SME leaders and ideal leadership characteristics perceived by employees (ideal > actual). For Efficient SME leaders their actual leadership characteristics were significantly different from their employee's ideal characteristics on broad-minded and inspiring (ideal > actual).
The differences between General and Efficient SME employees on the actual leadership characteristics, as measured by the three extracted factors, were all significantly different (efficient > general). The same pattern was found on the five extracted factors on the actual leadership characteristics.
"Taiwanese culture has a preference for a leadership that emphasizes vision and relationship" (p. 188).
"Efficient Employees selected honest and caring more frequent than did General Employees" (p. 193), but generally "employees had the same expectation for the Ideal Leadership Characteristics" (p. 193).
"The leaders [from General and Efficient SMEs] had the same expectation for the seven most frequent selections of Ideal Leadership Characteristics" (pp. 193-94).
"Employees from the Greater Taipei Area selected an Ideal Leader's Characteristics more broad than did other areas. Employees from isolated or deficient areas had more frequent selections of 'honest' and 'forward-looking'" (p. 196).
"Efficient Leaders displayed the 20 Leadership Characteristics better than did General Leaders, and were perceived by their employees as being stronger leaders" (p. 202).
"Efficient Leaders displayed these 20 Leadership Characteristics well in their companies, so employees perceived their Actual Leadership Characteristics to be higher than the leaders stated themselves to display" (p. 205).
"Female employees scored their leaders' Characteristics lower than male employees did" (pp. 205-06).
"No significant differences in Actual Leadership Characteristics based on the gender of Efficient Employees" (p. 209).
"The Actual Leadership Characteristics perceived by employees were significant differences between General and Efficient SMEs. Efficient Leaders displayed Leadership Characteristics better than General Leaders in their companies, so the human relationship of Efficient SMEs was more positive than General SMEs" (p. 225).
The dissertation contains a Chinese-language version of the Checklist of Admired Leaders (Kouzes & Posner, 2002).


Two teens are accused of having destroyed a public menorah displayed in Ronkonkoma.
The culprits in the vandalism of a Ronkonkoma public menorah may have been found. Suffolk County police arrested two minors yesterday, December 4th, after an investigation by Hate Crimes Unit detectives led to two 15-year-old boys from Lake Ronkonkoma.
The Raynor County Park menorah had two of its arms ripped off and bulbs from the top of the display were broken on Monday of this week. According to the Ronkonkoma Chamber of Commerce, the damage cost would cost roughly $2,000 to repair and likely would not be fixed before the end of Hanukah.
Police did not identify the teens they believe were responsible for the destruction, but noted that the investigation is still ongoing. The boys were charged with Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree as Juvenile Delinquents, and were issued field appearance tickets for a future appearance in Family Court before being released back to their parents.
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Is a performance/essay-based project, considers narrative as an essential tool, using narration from its theatrical foundation. The project probes the narrative patterns of myth, history and ideology, by employing a variety of aesthetic forms: from cinematic and documentary strategies to Audiovisual; from oral storytelling to religious rhetoric. Personal anecdotes are interwoven with historical events, where real and imagined protagonists, crystallising collective desires into fictitious personae. What emerges is a speculative historiography that relies as much on conspiracy theories, play and drama component convention, as on fact; where historical truth unfolds as an encounter between an event and its manifold mediation.
Since 2014 I started a long-term project engages various subjects found within "the locomotion" and travel literature as a foundation for serendipity inspection through several currencies of the mobility action as "exile, forced migration, exclusion, diaspora, ostracism, and mercenary tourism, etc.
Conceptually the project in a position of re-reading and re-examining the dilemma of [historical materialism Vs clash of civilisations] through different social phenomena such as religion, gender and nationalism, and how these relate to issues such as reconstructing identity, utilise stories from the medieval era as a paradigm to understand contemporary issues.
What are the renegades in our contemporary issues? How can we define the poetic gesture in the Apocalyptic era? How can we live the permanent crises? The questions are inspired by an urgency created in a world entangled in power, politics and crisis.
In the aspect of form, the project depends on several notions as chaos, awkward order and disproportion rhythm, appropriates several mediums and forms as performance and moving an image, as well as the format brought to the fore by documentary theatre, essay, laboratory display and opera/hip-hop.


When embarking on a public relations activities or a campaign it is important to set goals and measure performance against these goals.
Understanding expectation is essential, discussions on PR objectives against budget are vital. Expecting certain outcomes makes measuring success simpler. PR measurability is always part of the planning process, so following project completion achievement can be analysed.
The seven Barcelona Principals are a step towards setting global standards to measure public relations.
Businesses and organisations have to justify every penny they spend and it is essential builds PR plans that meet expectations and can be measured.
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L'épreuve du saut en hauteur sans élan aux Jeux olympiques de 1900 s'est déroulée le  à la Croix-Catelan à Paris, en France. Elle est remportée par l'Américain Ray Ewry.

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  IAAF Statistics Handbook - Games of the XXXI Olympiad Rio 2016, sur le site de World Athletics

Hommes 1900
Saut en hauteur sans élan


Scientific school of Cultural-Historical Psychology, associated with the names of L.S.Vygotsky, A.N.Leontyev, A.R.Luria, A.V.Zaporozhets, D.B.Elkonin and V.V.Davydov currently attracts attention of many representatives of the international scientific community. Preservation and development of this tradition all over the world defines several important directions of work, including elaboration of a unified system of concepts, support of joint projects and research in the field of professional training of specialists for the system of education and social sphere.
Despite more and more Russian and foreign scholars applying the ideas of L.S.Vygotsky in their research, interpretation and understanding of the theoretical and methodological basis of this scientific approach often remains incomplete. Thus, turning to the original texts of L.S. Vygotsky and his followers represents one of the priorities in international psychological studies. This trend determines the common interests of Russian and foreign researchers and creates the necessary basis for joint discussions and scientific projects.
– Theoretical and experimental research of learning and development.
The ISCAR Summer University is aimed at future professionals in the field – academics, researchers, educational specialists, teachers, psychologists, who are interested in psychological and pedagogical research of childhood development and education.
The 8th ISCAR Summer University aims at investigating the perspectives of interdisciplinary research in the framework of cultural-historical and activity theory as a way to deal with various problems that emerge in modern education. Following the tradition of the previous ISCAR Summer Universities held in MSUPE since 2010, international experts in the field of socio-cultural-historical approaches will be invited to participate, and a range of activities will be scheduled. The 8th ISCAR Summer University will also address the issues concerning future careers of PhD students (post-doc positions, research funding etc.).
The participants` research abstracts of participants will be published in a "Collection of abstracts" digest. Authors of the best presentations will be given the possibility to publish their work in the journal "Cultural-Historical Psychology".
Please, be informed that all presentations are video recorded, and videos are uploaded to the Summer University website for open access.
•CV (Full name, gender, place of residence, university, research supervisor, title of dissertation and year of study, place of work and any other related information, a portrait photo from 800kb to 3000kb). Please, provide information about scholarships and/or about the funding of your research project/PhD Dissertation as well as information about participation in other PhD Events/ Conferences/ Workshops.
Applications, which do not conform to the above requirements, or are submitted after the deadline will not be accepted for review!
•list of references should be given in the end of the abstract and should not exceed 15 items.
Number of participants: The Summer University can only host a limited number of 24 participants.
Fees include academic program and tuition; accommodation in a standard double or triple room with bathroom facilities for the nights of Monday to Saturday inclusive; meals in dining area from dinner on Monday to breakfast on Saturday; transfer.
Travel costs should be covered by the participants. Participants are welcome to contact the organizers in case they need an invitation letter to apply for extra funding by their national agencies.
•First come – first served!
Venue: The main events of the ISCAR SU 2019 will take place at a picturesque suburban vacation house in Moscow area. Host institution is Moscow State University of Psychology & Education.
The application materials (motivation letter, abstract of research project, CV) as well as all participation-related issues should be sent to summer.university.msupe@gmail.com A confirmation will be sent to your e-mail.


The UNU-ISP StEP Initiative co-organized Ethiopian E-waste Management Project was launched at a meeting in Addis Ababa in April 2013.
Construction waste in Africa is rarely accounted for. On the contrary, in developed nations such as United States construction waste accounts for about one third of all refuse nationwide. However, sensitizing people on how to utilize construction waste in Africa can go a long way to helping the .
Problems of Solid Waste Management in Indian .
International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 3, Issue 3, March 2013 1 ISSN 2250-3153 ijsrp Problems of Solid Waste Management in Indian .
Dilla Landfill Site Environmental Impact Assessment .
Proper design/selection, construction, and management of the solid waste landfill (and upgrading of solid waste collection networks) would mitigate such negative impacts. The main sections of the EIA include overview of the legal and institutional frameworks, description of the project and the environment, impacts assessment, identification of .
Hygiene and Environmental Health: 19. Liquid Waste .
Hygiene and Environmental Health: 19. Liquid Waste Management Study Session 19 Liquid Waste Management Introduction. In general, in Ethiopia the management of liquid waste is poor.
Future Megacities - Solid Waste Management in Addis .
Watch video · Future Megacities - Solid Waste Management in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. from crossdocs. 4 years ago . The project is a research and demonstration project of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the research program "Research for the Sustainable Development of Megacities of .
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Financial sustainability in municipal solid waste .
Study Session 1 Introduction to Sanitation and Waste .
Study Session 1 Introduction to Sanitation and Waste Management Introduction. All humans produce wastes of various types; for example, urine and faeces, wastes from washing and cooking, and solid wastes produced at home and in workplaces, schools, hospitals and other public buildings.
World Bank-financed waste management projects address the entire lifecycle of waste. . supporting waste sector planning and construction of two landfills. The capital city, Ouagdougou, now collects an average of 78% of waste generated, which is significantly higher than the 46% average in Sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more about the World Bank's work on solid waste management .
VIDEO: Ethiopia's 50 MW Waste to Energy Plant Nears .
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Municipal solid waste management in Addis Ababa. Uploaded by . Tekahun Basha Abo. IS PRIVATIZATION AN OPTION FOR A BETTER MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ADDIS ABABA? By Tekahun Basha (2007) 1 ABSTRACT In an attempt to analyze the baffled Municipal Waste Management of Addis Ababa and its multifaceted problems and to propose an improved way of waste management.
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Ethiopia's mountain of waste becomes a new energy .
It is a towering mountain of waste, a 50-year-old dumpsite, in the outskirts of Addis Ababa, locally known as Koshe, an Amharic word meaning "dirty". However, this heap of waste will be a thing of the past with the construction of its first ever waste .
segregation, recovery, reuse, recycle at source, address in detail the management of construction and demolition waste. And whereas, the draft rules, namely, the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2015 with a separate chapter on construction and demolition waste were published by the Central Government in the Ministry of .
For Environmental Health Students Human and Other Liquid Waste Management Kebede Faris, B.Sc., M.Sc.; Tadese Alemayehu, B.Sc.; Mamo Wubshet, B.Sc.; Dejene Hailu, B.Sc. Jimma University In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia .
Construction and Demolition Waste Management: .
Waste Management in Ethiopia. By Matthew Cheever. To download a pdf of this chapter (857 KB), please click here. View Chapter 5 Presentation Table of Contents: Research Highlights Executive Summary Introduction Methods Institutions Results Discussion Conclusion Works Cited Appendices. Research Highlights. Waste management is a major problem in Ethiopia.
Construction Waste: Waste generated by construction activities, such as scrap, damaged or spoiled materials, temporary and expendable construction materials, and aids that are not included in the finished project, .
Solid waste management challenges for cities in .
Solid waste management is a challenge for the cities' authorities in developing countries mainly due to the increasing generation of waste, the burden posed on the municipal budget as a result of the high costs associated to its management, the lack of understanding over a diversity of factors that affect the different stages of waste management .
Solid Waste Recycling in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: .
Solid waste management is a major challenge facing the cities in the developing world. The commercial recycling of organic waste into a valuable organic fertiliser called "Bio-compost" is new in Addis Ababa and it is having a noticeable impact on improved organic waste management and urban agriculture. Solid Waste Recycling in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Making a business of waste management .
Enda Ethiopia ñ Preceup. Research Component . THE CYCLE OF WASTE IN ADDIS ABABA. Draft. March 1999 . 1. Addis Ababa . Unlike the other African cities of colonised countries, Addis Ababa is characterised by its spontaneous growth as an indigenous city with very little impact of external forces.
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Tower Hamlets election complaints – official MPS statement
Officers from the Specialist Crime and Operations Directorate have received a total of 84 complaints of electoral malpractice in relation to the borough of Tower Hamlets.
Following a thorough assessment of all complaints, it has been determined that in the majority of cases there is no evidence that any criminal offences have been committed.
A number of complaints received relate to alleged behaviour of campaigners at polling stations in Tower Hamlets on 22 May and these are currently being assessed in conjunction with our partners. There was a strong police prescience on polling day with an officer posted to each polling station on the borough. We are also working with our partners to deliver a robust policing plan concerning the Tower Hamlets by-election on 3 July.
There are currently eight investigations ongoing in relation to Tower Hamlets. These refer to one allegation of failing to put a correct imprint on election literature; one of making a false statement about a candidate; four of false declarations on nomination papers; and two relating to postal voting.
Two arrests have been made in connection with these ongoing investigations.
On 13 May a 38-year-old man was arrested in Tower Hamlets on suspicion of an offence under the Representation of the People Act 1983 in connection with an allegation of potential false declarations on nomination forms. He was taken into custody and subsequently released pending further inquiries. Next due on a date in late June.
On 3 June a 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud in relation to postal vote applications. He was taken into custody and subsequently bailed to return pending further inquiries. Next due on a date in mid July.
In addition to the eight investigations outlined above, officers are investigating a further six election-related offences Met-wide.
These relate to four allegations of false declarations on nomination papers; one allegation of bribery; and one of forgery.
In relation to the above investigations, on 13 May a 33-year-old man was arrested in Enfield on suspicion of an offence under the Representation of the People Act 1983 in connection with an allegation of potential false declarations on nomination forms. He was taken into custody and subsequently released pending further inquiries. Next due on a date in late June.
Three further males have been interviewed under caution – two in connection with allegations of making a false statement on nomination forms; and one for forgery.
All allegations are being assessed by a dedicated team of seven specialist officers experienced in investigating allegations of this nature. They continue to work closely with the Electoral Commission and would encourage anyone who wishes to report an offence to contact their local police or call 101.
Does arrest over 'car boot full' of voting forms indicate industrial scale fraud?
PwC audit into Tower Hamlets Council. Examples of delayed information requests
Tower Hamlets elections – details of allegations against Mayor Lutfur by High Court petitioners emerge
Tower Hamlets Mayoral election – you get two (yes two) votes
OFFICIAL: There is NO announcement on Tower Hamlets Mayoral count
Lutfur Rahman re-elected as Mayor of Tower Hamlets for four more years
Tower Hamlets Mayoral election – Secondary Choice voting explained by Thin Tail the squirrel
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Common Tern diving for fish, Shadwell Basin, E1 (photos)
Save Our Surgeries march in Wapping (photo special)


"By the year 2000, American colleges and universities will be lean and mean, service oriented and science minded, multicultural and increasingly diverse---if they intend to survive their fiscal agony" ("Campus of the Future," TIME, April 13, 1992).
If our educational institutions are to remain competitive, it is essential that our students be prepared to enter a society that is increasingly dependent on advanced technology. Therefore, students must be exposed to advanced computer tools in our science and mathematics courses--even in introductory courses--to prepare them for a world where computers play an important role.
In the 10 years since Mathematica was introduced, it has already had a significant impact on the way physics is taught and how research is performed. This presentation will review our experiences during the last five years to integrate Mathematica into the physics curriculum at SMU, starting from the introductory-level courses up to the graduate level. By examining canonical problems from the undergraduate curriculum and contrasting the standard solution "before Mathematica" with the modern standard solution "after Mathematica," we will also examine how Mathematica allows the student to better focus on the underlying concepts. To be specific, I will consider two examples.
The double pendulum is a topic that is generally treated as an "advanced" topic, but with Mathematica the solution is elementary. Additionally, using the animation capability of Mathematica, it is trivial to animate the final result, allowing students to discover results on their own by varying the amplitudes of the separate normal modes.
Boundary value problems in electrostatics is a topic that beginning students find overwhelming. With the power of Mathematica, it is easy to show these solutions are quite straightforward--especially with the help of the different coordinate systems built into Mathematica. When students finish the problem with pen and paper, they have only a set of formulas that may mean very little. With Mathematica's 2D and 3D graphics, we can plot the final solution to verify visually that the boundary conditions are satisfied. This technique encourages the student to think about the solution and not simply grind out the math.
For the lower-level courses, it was the user-friendly interface and the intuitive graphics capabilities of Mathematica that encouraged and tempted the student to experiment with different methods of solving problems. The tedium of the algebra or calculus no longer was an impediment. For example, in 1993 we added Mathematica as a component of our calculus-based introductory physics course. The students were given an initial tutorial at the beginning of the semester and then assigned problems from their text that were particularly well suited to the capabilities of Mathematica. With intermediate-level courses, the students were able to delve deeper into the capabilities of the program in solving more complex problems.
It is said that there are only two problems in physics that can be solved exactly: the Kepler problem of an orbiting mass and the simple harmonic oscillator--everything else is perturbation theory. With Mathematica we were not limited to analytic perturbation theory, but could easily devise numerical solutions to real-life problems that were not solvable using traditional analytic methods. Examples include projectile motion with air resistance, simple harmonic motion with a damping force, and chaotic double-well systems.


Handmade Wooden Inlay Silver Ring : LOVE2HAVE in the UK!
This domed profile handmade wooden inlaid ring has a beautiful inlay that takes up almost the entire width of the ring. As the wood comes inlaid into the silver, the silver protects the wood from wearing away unlike a wooden ring made entirely from wood only.
It measures 6mm wide, and the silver is sterling silver. The inlay measures 4mm wide and made from Oak. The Oak is inlaid in the centre of the ring and contrasts nicely with the silver. As the Oak ages and darkens it will create more contrast with the silver. The silver has an overall matte finish with a polished inner for that extra comfort and is all handmade here in the UK. A lovely rustic ring with a wooden inlay and your first choice for a wooden wedding ring.


Camp registration for summer of 2019 will open in March 2019. Summer Camp hours will be 8:15 a.m-3:15 p.m with extended care available. Summer camp is open to those who will be going into our Preschool 2's program through those entering into the fifth grade. The activities listed below include each of our age groups.
NEW FOR SUMMER 2019–We will be accepting registrations for CURRENT Child of God Students through 8th Grade.
We are looking forward to having a wonderful time this summer at camp! We hope you will be able to join us in the fun.
**If you are enrolling in Summer Camp the week of VBS, you will automatically be registered for the VBS program. If you are ONLY WANTING to do VBS, our VBS registration will be available shortly after Easter. You can find the link by clicking on "Church" and it will be located on the main page under the "Welcome" message.
Our certified Child of God teachers also spend time throughout the summer doing special activities with each of the age groups. These may include teaching art, music, P.E., or other special interest topics that will engage the campers.
We would love to see your camper join us this summer!
If you have any questions about the summer camp program please contact our Camp Director, Michelle Franklin at summercamp@coglcs.com or by calling the school office at 636-970-7080.