Today I'm sharing three totally unrelated cooking projects: a snake sandwich, popovers and Golden Grahams S'mores.
When I picked Trevor up from school the other day, I asked him what he wanted for dinner. He thought about it for a minute or two, then answered: a snake sandwich. Huh? Apparently one of his kids' cookbooks has an explanation of how to make a sandwich that looks like a snake. Snake isn't one of the ingredients, fortunately.
An unconventional dinner for sure, but tasty. Except for the raisin eyes. I hate raisins, yet Trevor insisted that I get to eat the head.
The next night, I decided to tackle one of the few remaining cooking items on my list of 40 Things: popovers. It's strange that I'd never made them before. They're really easy and I love how they taste. But somehow I never actually made them until now. It was really fun watching them pop and they were absolutely delicious still hot from the oven. I'll definitely be making these again. Goal #28 accomplished!
We invited Trevor's godparents to join us at my inlaws' cabin in Bear Valley over Labor Day Weekend. I wasn't sure if the weather would be cold enough to light the wood stove (it wasn't), so I decided to make some s'mores bars to bring along instead of planning to make actual s'mores. We had some leftover Golden Grahams from Trevor's school birthday treat, so I started with this recipe from Betty Crocker.
I ended up adapting the recipe quite a bit, as I always do. I used about 6 cups of Golden Grahams instead of 8 and dropped the marshmallows down to about 4 cups total, but kept the amount of chocolate chips and corn syrup the same. I reduced the amount of butter slightly, to about 4 T. I used semi-sweet chocolate instead of milk chocolate. I melted the 3 c. marshmallows, chocolate chips, butter and corn syrup in the microwave, added the vanilla, then mixed in the cereal. I let it sit for a minute or so, then stirred in last cup of marshmallows. I spread the mix in a buttered dish.
I just had Golden Grahams for breakfast!! ;) I love love love love his snake sandwich!! That is PRETTY COOL!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!
Thank you for sharing the s'mores recipe! They were super yummy! I'm glad to hear the snake sandwich didn't have snake in it - that would have been a deal breaker for me. Congrats on marking another item off your 40 things list!
Hehe....love the snake sandwich...I love raisins!
Really cute post. I LOVE the snake sandwich. What an inventive idea. It turned out so cute. I was just thinking about your list of 40 things the other day. Popovers was a great thing to add to your list. Yum!


Original Polish ventilation technology distinguishes itself among other by highest heat recovery and filtration efficiency of polluted air.
1) Original Polish ventilation technology distinguishes itself among other by highest heat recovery and filtration efficiency of polluted air. Smog, vehicle exhaust, organic pathogens as molds and fungi have a negative impact on human health. The ventilation system developed by Revolvent eliminates these threats due to its unique features.
The Company completed R&D at the 6 TRL and is searching for an investor to commercialize this technology.
2) The project of ORC micro power station fueled by low-temperature waste heat (TRL 3). The company is looking for an investor who wants to support the R&D project POIR.01.01.01-00-0733/16, already granted by the polish state.
Decentralized ventilation units - the Pivent technology developed by Revolvent S.A.
- easy integration with other systems of intelligent buildings.
- lower investment and operating costs.
Micro ORC power genrator fueled by low-temperature waste heat.
This research and development project is aimed at developing disruptive design of ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) unit, enabling the recovery of waste heat from various sources (heating systems, internal combustion engines, power generators).
Currently we confirmed analytically and experimentally the concept of critical functions and technology, so technology is located on the third level of TRL. Preparations began for technology validation in laboratory conditions.


Een tijdje terug werd ik benaderd door iemand van Blog Expat om een interview te doen over 'expat zijn'. Het interview hiervan kun je samen met een heleboel andere leuke verhalen op de website van Blog Expat lezen. Het is sowieso leuk om ook te lezen hoe andere expats het 'aarden' in een vreemd land ervaren. Je komt tot een hoop verrassende ontdekkingen kan ik je zeggen?! Enjoy!
Een van de veranderingen aan mijn blog was ook het van tijd tot tijd plaatsen van interviews. Hier wordt hard aan gewerkt en als ik de interviews afgerond heb, zul je de antwoorden van andere mama's hier op mijn blog lezen. Dit keer werd ík geïnterviewd en dat vond ik ook erg leuk om te doen!
Voor het volledige interview verwijs ik je graag door naar de site waar het gepubliceerd is, maar je kunt het uiteraard ook hieronder lezen!
How do you make a living (working? Tell us about your experience)?
I used to be a primary school teacher in my native country (The Netherlands). Here in Frankfurt it is very heard to continue my work in the same way as I did. The reason for this was that my level of speech has to be C2 and since it's quite challenging to achieve that, I was forced to find another job to keep myself busy. Now I work as a Dutch Trainer on a freelance base and in addition to that I work on my blog and love photography.
How often do you communicate with home and how?
Almost every day through WhatsApp or by calling each other.
What's your favorite thing about being an expat in Germany?
The city we are living is very international and that makes it very easy and accessible to learn about different cultures without even going on vacation 😉 For example Thai Food in Frankfurt is the best! Quality of living is also one of the things which attracts!
What's the worst thing about being an expat in Germany?
The worst thing for me is probably that I do not have a clear view of the feature. Whether to stay here or move back to The Netherlands. Sometimes it feels like I got stuck in the middle of both and end up indecisive. Because my husband is happy in his work and also offers us lots of benefits, we automatically adjust to this 'certainty'. On the other hand I miss my family a lot, so that's also what makes it difficult.
Family and the fact that I can't express my thought or feelings easily the way I used to.
What did you do to meet people and integrate in your new home?
I followed a German course, went to the gym, did yoga and met with other moms from kindergarten and school.
What custom/ habits do you find most strange about your adopted culture?
Really, I don't understand why all stores are closed on Sundays! For us this is something really strange coming from a country where everything is 'alive' 24/7.
What is a myth about your adopted country?
That German people are closed and formal and that they don't have a sense of humor! We have really funny and openminded neighbors though..haha!
Is the cost of living higher or lower than the last country you lived in and how has that made a difference in your life?
The rent of our house is more expensive than we used to. On the other hand cars, groceries and baby supplies are much cheaper.
What advice would you give other expats?
Make a plan of how long you intend to stay somewhere, save money and stick to it. If you for example just visited your family, it might be a good idea to make a new plan immediately so you both have something to look forward to.
I started my blog in 2016 when I was pregnant with my son. I had the need to write my adventures somewhere and share them. I'm still happy that I took that step, because I got to inspire so many readers and help others. I even build up new friendships through my blog!
Dit waren de vragen die ik voorgelegd kreeg en mijn antwoorden daarbij. Hopelijk vond je het leuk om te lezen! Ben jij wel eens geïnterviewd? Ik lees het graag in de comments!
Leuk dat je een kijkje neemt op mijn blog. Hier schrijf ik over onze grote en kleine avonturen van ons leven in Frankfurt. De liefde voor rennen vormt samen met mijn gezin een mooie (en soms kronkelige) rode draad door mijn leven. Heb inmiddels gemerkt hoe rennen mij positief veranderd heeft en gun jou hetzelfde. Je vind hier mijn gedachten en ervaringen over runs, opvoeding, lifestyle en mijn zoektocht over hoe ik een gelukkige 'expatvrouw' blijf. Enjoy!


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1, カーディナーにおける宗教の問題, 岡田重精, On the problem of religion in Dr. Kardiner, Shigekiyo OKADA, pp.1-22.
2, 満されざる主体(完):カントの道徳的宗教を背景として, 楠正弘, The Imperfectness of "Human-being" as the Subject of Religion Action, Masahiro KUSUNOKI, pp.23-57.
3, イスラエル宗教史における安息日意識の展開, 民秋重太郎, On the Sabbath Day in the History of Israel, Jūtarō TAMIAKI, pp.58-74.
4, 親鸞における個性と伝承:法然・ルターとの比較を通して, 脇本平也, Shinran's religious thoughts, inherited and of his own, Tsuneya Wakimoto, PP.75-104.
5, Franklin Edgerton, The Bhagavad Gītā translated and interpreted. 2 vols., 辻直四郎, Naoshirō TSUJI, pp.105-110.
6, 堀一郎著『我が国民間信仰史の研究』, 棚瀬襄爾, Ichirō Hori; Studies on the developpment of folklore in Japan, Jōji TANASE, PP.111-112.
7, 菅円吉著『理性と啓示-神学における宗教哲学の問題』, 田丸徳善, Enkichi Kan; Reason and Revelation, Noriyoshi TAMARU, pp.113-114.
8, にひなめ研究会編『新嘗の研究 第1輯』, 柳川啓一, ed. by Niname Research; Studies on Niname-ritus, Keiichi YANAGAWA, p.115.
9, 加藤玄智博士編『明治大正昭和「神道書籍目録」』, 戸田義雄, ed. by Genchi Katō; Shintō Bibliography in Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods, Yoshio TODA, pp.115-116.


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Characteristics cultivator Agrostar AS 1050 H. Width tillage, min 35.00 - width tillage, max 89.00 cm. Depth of cultivation 25.00 cm. Engine type petrol. The number of cylinders of the engine 1.00. Motor power 5.44 hp. Type of gear toothed. Engine power 4.00 kW. The direction of rotation of cutters direct. Number of gears 1.00 back. Number of cycles four-cycle. Maximum speed back 1.00 km/h. Weight 73.00 kg. Engine model Honda GX-160. Manufacturer Agrostar. Class easy. Type walk-behind tractor. Maximum speed 11.00 km/h. Gearbox speed manual. Fuel tank capacity 3.60 L. Displacement 163.00 cc. Number of gears 2.00 forward.


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In Orbit Around a Red Dwarf Star
Planet TOI-1231 b orbits a red dwarf star some 90 light-years away from Earth and is oddly reminiscent of our own Neptune – that is, a gaseous world with a potentially rich atmosphere, ripe for study. The planet is more than 3 ½ times as big around as Earth and warm by Earthly standards at 134 degrees Fahrenheit (57 Celsius). But astronomers say it is one of the "coolest," comparatively small planets known to date, and in a prime position for the components of its atmosphere to be teased apart by space telescopes.
Red dwarf stars are smaller but longer lived than our own Sun – with a year, once around the star, that is 24 days long. But the planet stays relatively cool despite its close orbit because its star also is on the cooler side. Though not habitable due to its size, the planet could offer scientists one of their first chances to capture a "bar-code" type reading of the atmosphere of a temperate, Neptune-sized exoplanet – a planet orbiting another star. This will allow comparisons with similar worlds elsewhere in the galaxy, bringing potentially deep insights into the composition and formation of exoplanets and planetary systems, including our own.
Using data from Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, this exoplanet was discovered by an international team of astronomers led by Dr. Jennifer Burt, an exoplanet researcher at NASA's JPL, and Professor Diana Dragomir, an exoplanet researcher at the University of New Mexico.
NASA, science, space, TOI-1231, universe

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Wiaczesław Władimirowicz Burawczikow (ros. Вячеслав Владимирович Буравчиков; ur. 22 maja 1987 w Moskwie) – rosyjski hokeista, reprezentant Rosji.

Kariera klubowa
  Krylja Sowietow Moskwa (2004-2005)
  Chimik Mytiszczi (2005-2006)
  Ak Bars Kazań (2006-2010)
  CSKA Moskwa (2010-2013)

Wychowanek Krylji Sowietow Moskwa. Od 2010 zawodnik CSKA Moskwa. Od połowy 2013 związany dwuletnim kontraktem. W sierpniu 2013 z uwagi na problemy zdrowotne z sercem przerwał karierę.

Uczestniczył w turniejach mistrzostw świata do lat 17 edycji 2004, mistrzostw świata juniorów do lat 18 edycji 2005, mistrzostw świata juniorów do lat 20 edycji 2006, 2007.

Sukcesy
 Reprezentacyjne
  Srebrny medal mistrzostw świata juniorów do lat 20: 2006, 2007

 Klubowe
  Złoty medal mistrzostw Rosji / Puchar Gagarina: 2009, 2010 z Ak Barsem Kazań
  Puchar Mistrzów: 2007 z Ak Barsem Kazań
  Puchar Kontynentalny: 2008 z Ak Barsem Kazań

 Indywidualne
 Mistrzostwa świata do lat 18 w hokeju na lodzie mężczyzn 2005:
 Pierwsze miejsce w klasyfikacji strzelców wśród obrońców: 3
 Pierwsze miejsce w klasyfikacji asyst wśród obrońców: 4
 Pierwsze miejsce w klasyfikacji kanadyjskiej wśród obrońców: 7
 Skład gwiazd turnieju

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Wiaczesław Burawczikow – profil na stronie KHL

Hokeiści Krylji Sowietow Moskwa
Hokeiści Atłanta Mytiszczi
Hokeiści Ak Barsu Kazań
Hokeiści CSKA Moskwa
Ludzie urodzeni w Moskwie
Rosyjscy hokeiści
Urodzeni w 1987

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Testimonials — Jeff Wilkinson, R.A.
"Jeff Wilkinson was the architect on my project which involved an entire redo of the interior of a 1840, 3000 square foot house of historic significance. The house had been divided into apartments with two kitchens, suspended ceilings, and a closed-off third floor. I desired a single family home, retaining the historic features, but bringing up to modern day standards. Because I was doing this project long distance for much of the time, I appreciated Jeff's frequent check-ins on design points, flexibility in scheduling meetings, and thoroughness in design details. He worked hand in hand with me in selecting contractors to fit my specific needs and, then, hand in hand with the contractor in achieving the desired results. What could have been a high stress experience was, in fact, a pleasure throughout. I can sincerely say that the end product, which is now my residence, exceeded all expectations."
"Jeff was the architect on my project. I enlarged a bedroom over a garage and added a bathroom on the upper story; converted the two car garage downstairs to an indoor/outdoor family room. Jeff did an awesome job incorporating the renovations into the architecture of the existing house. The new look is completely integrated with the house. He also brought on board a contractor who worked with him and worked out all potential problems that can occur when remodeling an older home. I was extremely satisfied with his work and professionalism."
"I worked with Jeff for one year planning the House in Poughkeepsie, New York. The details on the plans were exceptional. My firm built the house which took two and a half years to complete. The customer was delighted with the final Product. The proportions of the rooms were perfect. The mouldings and trim spectacular. Every time I drive by I say this is the perfect house for me and my family. Oh that's right it is my house."
"Jeff Wilkinson provided us with outstanding work on a large scale renovation of a Stanford White designed Carriage House. He allowed us to retain the character of the original structure, while making it into a wonderful home. I highly recommend his work."


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Kei studied Theatre, Film and English Literature at university in York, graduating in 1999. His directorial career began in Lincoln with Other Voices Theatre Company, which he co-founded. During his time with the company, he directed productions such as Loot and Abigail's Party.
In 2003, Kei became Production Director at Blackfriars Arts Centre. His professional productions there included Educating Rita, Teechers, Talking Heads, and several pantomimes including Puss in Boots which he also wrote. He was also responsible for community and youth theatre, directing a variety of productions including A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stepping Out, A Murder Is Announced and Bugsy Malone.
As a freelance director, he has worked with a number of organisations on a variety of projects. These include the Shakespeare for Schools Festival for the BBC, Sheringham Little Theatre's pantomime, various Stage Experiences for ATG at the Liverpool Empire and Grimsby Auditorium and a touring production of The Miracle by Lin Coghlan with a cast of older teenagers from Stamford Senior Youth Theatre.
Kei lives in Lincolnshire with his husband, their chocolate Labrador and two pet rats. He enjoys watching Carry On films, Stephen Sondheim musicals and the birds in his garden. In his spare time, he is a primary school teacher.


Fashion Revolution #insideout is a bold reminder to all of us that much of the clothing we wear is the product of many individuals' undervalued labour, @Fashion_Rev urges us to be less disposable and more responsible in our attitude to clothes shopping. In the last year we have witnessed how corporations like Starbucks and Amazon have been put in the spotlight by consumers who believe these companies should behave more responsibly when it comes to paying tax. But how often do we consumers put the spotlight on our behaviour, and ask ourselves how to be responsible with the choices we make. After all, in the same way citizens support politicians and their proposals with votes, we consumers support businesses and their practices with cold hard cash.
When the Rhana Plaza collapse struck last year, killing over a thousand workers, the adverse conditions in the factories that produce the clothes you buy on the high street were exposed. A year on from the disaster, what have we learnt? Have you started to question the source of your fashion, it's ethics, and it's sustainability? We hope so. Today marks the first ever Fashion Revolution Day, where we urge everyone to turn the way they think about clothes #insideout, be more conscious and consider the efforts of people who have played a part in your clothes production. This week, Emma from Back of the Wardrobe invited Cloak and Swagger to collaborate with the incredible people listed below in honour of Fashion Revolution Day #insideout, styling each lady's look to bring a new lease of life to undervalued closet pieces. Keep an eye out for our very own @Abadesi. We hope the shoot inspires you to re-use an old wardobe piece before buying a new one.


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Tag Archive: Polaris
AI Is Helping Us Combat The Economic Problem Of Human Trafficking
When we think of human trafficking, we often think about the despondent faces of women and children who live in slums all over the world. What if human trafficking is much closer to home than we think? In 2019, Markie Dell, stood on the TEDx stage to recount her experience of being a domestic human trafficking victim. She was an awkward teenager who was groomed by a girl that she befriended at a birthday party. She was subsequently kidnapped, drugged, sexually violated, intimidated at gunpoint into dancing in strip clubs for an entire year.
She didn't know that she was a human trafficking victim until a police officer handed her a book called, "Pimpology". Then, she knew that she was being human trafficked.
According to the Polaris Project, most human trafficking victims are trafficked by their romantic partners, spouses, family members, including parents. In the U.S., in 2018, there were 23,078 survivors identified and 10,949 cases of human trafficking. Even then, these cases are often drastically underreported.
Barbara Amaya ran away from home at the age of 12 after family members would not believe her reports of abuse from her own family. She was picked up at Dupont Circle, Washington DC by a couple that sold her to a human trafficker in New York. The trafficker reprogrammed her and trauma bonded with her. He kept her for 10 years working for him.
In her TedTalk, she said, "Does it matter, if it's one person or a million? Are you not going to care because it's a lot of children versus just one?"
To read the full article by Jun Wu on Forbes: Click Here
Advocates Fight Traffickers Who Continue To Thrive Despite Pandemic
CLEVELAND (CNS) — Advocates fighting human traffickers are alerting children, parents and vulnerable adults that the coronavirus pandemic has pushed traffickers into new venues, potentially endangering more people to being exploited.
Seemingly innocent online venues are becoming popular places for sex traffickers to groom unwitting children and entice adults facing financial turmoil because of the pandemic. The danger is leading the advocates to call for funding of anti-trafficking programs in any new federal legislation in response to the public health crisis.
The pandemic's impact on labor trafficking is less certain, but the advocates warn that people desperate for work may be prone to employment schemes in which they are cheated out of promised wages.
What is known, according to the Polaris Project, which operates the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, is that buyers of sex are as active as ever, pandemic or not.
"Anecdotally, we have heard from survivors that trafficking victims are now being forced to participate in remote, web-based sexual activity or pornography and that the marketplace for those activities has grown," the organization said in an April 17 post on its blog at polarisproject.org. "It's important to remind buyers of these materials that a person on a webcam or in a pornographic video is as likely to be a trafficking victim as a person selling sex in any other environment."
That poses dangers for children especially, said Jennifer Reyes Lay, executive director of U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking.
"With the restrictions and limited mobility and physical distancing, the fear is that particularly children, but anyone who can be a potential victim, is going to be more targeted through online sources," she said.
"Electronic communications and social media networks have become more important than ever," Lay told Catholic News Service. "We are trying to think of creative ways to reach people and get the message out while they're at home."
Tracking the inroads of traffickers into new online venues is difficult. They are able to move silently through online sites frequented by children, who are spending more unsupervised time surfing the internet while at home. Once identified, traffickers quickly move on, hiding out in cyberspace waiting for the next young person to show up.
Concern among the advocates largely rests in online pornography.
"There is a huge demand for pornography online right now," said Hilary Chester, associate director for anti-trafficking programs with Migration and Refugee Services of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "People (traffickers) are going to try to meet that demand. There are real concerns about people being coerced into it, not realizing they are being recorded."
While it is difficult to track the emerging trends in the actions of traffickers, experience has shown they are adept at maneuvering around their trackers and their motivation is money.
"Once they realize somebody's on to them, they've switched," said Charity Sister Sally Duffy, a member of the End Slavery Cincinnati, an anti-human trafficking coalition.
Tori Curbelo, manager of education, training and advocacy for LifeWay Network in Forest Hills, New York, described traffickers as opportunistic.
"Their services follow supply and demand," she explained. "Our hunch is the more demand, the more traffickers will try to meet the needs of individuals online."
The chairmen of three USCCB committees recently called on Attorney General William Barr to "confront the ongoing harms wrought by the pornography industry and to protect its victims."
In an April 30 letter, they urged Barr to enforce obscenity laws, open criminal investigations of pornography producers and website owners, and carry out "national leadership in encouraging states and localities to develop rigorous policies against the industry."
Pornography, they said, is the "antithesis" of Pope Francis' reflection during a March 27 prayer service in the throes of the pandemic in Italy that "affirmed our common 'belonging as brothers and sisters' in the midst of crisis" deserving of human dignity and respect.
To read the full article by Dennis Sadowski on Catholic News Service: Click Here
Airbnb Expands Pledge To Fight Human Trafficking Amid Hospitality Industry Struggles
Airbnb is expanding its commitment to fight human trafficking with anti-trafficking nonprofit Polaris as the hospitality industry faces a series of lawsuits claiming it's not doing enough to curb the crime.
The work is pressing: Nearly 25 million people worldwide are victims of human trafficking, according to Polaris. Human trafficking can include everything from sexual exploitation to forced labor.
Of 383 U.S. sex trafficking cases that listed where a commercial sex act took place, 81.5% were at a hotel, according to a 2018 study from the Fairfax, Virginia-based Human Trafficking Institute.
Airbnb has reportedly seen a variety of sex trafficking crimes at rentals: A runaway teenage girl coerced into sex acts; a 29-year-old man arrested following an underage girl found at a rental in Utah; and an alleged increase in cases in Toronto.
A chief problem in tackling human trafficking is that it is a data-poor field. "What we know about is likely the very tip of the iceberg in all forms of trafficking," Caren Benjamin, chief communications officer at Polaris, told USA TODAY. Polaris has operated the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline for over a decade and worked on nearly 11,000 cases of human trafficking in 2018.
Airbnb's new plan is an expansion of work that started in 2018, when the company worked with Polaris to create a training curriculum for Airbnb's safety agents and crisis managers across the world. These employees handle safety concerns regarding reservations — whether trafficking allegations or weapon concerns, they are trained to deal with sensitive situations. This 2018 effort included training on everything from spotting signs of exploitation to how to best work with law enforcement.
To read the full story by David Oliver on USA Today: Click Here
Traffickers Exploiting Student Visas At Global Level, Reports Reveal
International students are at risk of workplace exploitation, and even more alarmingly according to a series of reports, of student visa routes being targeted by human traffickers.
Reports by the US Department of State, Polaris and The Times of London paint a picture of human traffickers are using student visas on a global scale to take advantage of vulnerable people.
A US Department of State report – the 2019 Trafficking in Persons – released last June found that student visas are potentially used to traffic people in Australia, France, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, Taiwan, Cyprus, the Philippines and Tunisia.
"Whatever way traffickers can find to organise transport into the country for which there is no legal way in – as in the case with Vietnamese students in the UK – they will use," Jakub Sobik, communications manager at UK-based NGO, Anti-Slavery, told The PIE News.
Soubik was referring to The Times' investigation published in November which reported that gangs were using Tier 4 visas to traffic Vietnamese girls into the UK via independent schools.
"They [traffickers] will also make use of anything that allows them to control people," commented Sobik.
"While education might not be the largest mechanism to recruit or entice people, it is certainly a method that is used," he confirmed.
To read the full story by Will Nott on The PIE News: Click Here
A Simple Debit Card Can Help Fight Human Trafficking, U.N. Banking Group Says
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Dozens of banks have signed up to a U.N. program to offer trafficking survivors accounts and debit cards, organizers said on Friday, providing tools they may lack if their captors stole their financial identity or ruined their credit.
The banking coalition, launched during the annual General Assembly meeting of the United Nations this week, includes a dozen leading banks in Austria, Canada, Great Britain and the United States.
It aims to help survivors who find traffickers hijacked their financial identity for money laundering or other crimes and spoiled their credit record.
"Having access to legitimate financial services is something many people take for granted," said Sara Crowe, director of data analysis at the U.S.-based anti-trafficking group Polaris, in a statement.
"For too long, survivors of trafficking have faced challenges like having to cash checks at places that deduct large fees because they can't get a basic checking or savings account."
The scheme is among a number of projects proposed by the Liechtenstein Initiative, a year-long effort to harness the might of the global financial industry in the effort to battle human trafficking.
To read the full story by Ellen Wulfhorst on Thomson Reuters Foundation: Click Here
Hotel Industry Unites On New Campaign To Fight Human Trafficking
WASHINGTON – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) launched a new national campaign to unite the industry around a single, comprehensive approach to fight human trafficking. The No Room for Trafficking campaign builds on the hotel industry's long-standing legacy and commitment to combat human trafficking. Already each year, thousands of hotel employees are trained. With this campaign, AHLA builds on the industry's record by convening the entire industry with the goal of training every hotel worker.
"No Room for Trafficking sends a loud and clear message: we will not tolerate human trafficking in the hotel industry," said Chip Rogers, president and CEO of AHLA. "Thanks to our dedicated associates, our industry already has a strong record of combatting trafficking and supporting survivors. There is still much more to do, and our commitment to training and education will continue to make a difference."
The hotel industry has long recognized the critical role it plays in ending the scourge of human trafficking, and through innovative techniques and employee training has played an instrumental role in identifying, reporting and stopping instances of human trafficking.
AHLA kicked-off the campaign at a strategic roundtable today bringing together industry leaders, government partners, law enforcement and national trafficking prevention partners to underscore the industry's efforts around human trafficking.
Since trafficking networks often rely on legitimate businesses – many in the tourism supply chain – to sustain their illicit and illegal operations, hoteliers are uniquely positioned to identify and disrupt this terrible practice. Hoteliers can play an important role in combatting trafficking through raising awareness, improved coordination with law enforcement, and ongoing workforce training.
The No Room for Trafficking campaign outlines four core pillars to bring the hotel industry together and build upon current efforts:
Elevate issue awareness through increased education, resources and training for all hotel employees;
Assess protocols, procedures, and technologies to confirm training effectiveness and employee vigilance;
Educate by developing strategic intervention and disruption strategies to identify and report suspected trafficking situations; and
Support by furthering partnerships with leading national human trafficking and law enforcement organizations to establish industry standards and support survivors.
As part of the campaign, AHLA is providing new resources and materials for members, including the following:
Action Plan for hoteliers to implement that includes training staff on what to look for and how to respond; displaying human trafficking indicator signage; establishing a companywide policy; ongoing coordination with law enforcement; and sharing success stories and best practices.
Companywide anti-trafficking policy template for members who may not already have a policy in place that incorporates key elements and recommendations from AHLA partners End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT-USA) and Polaris.
Strategic partnerships with leading national prevention partners including ECPAT-USA, Polaris, Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST), SafeHouse Project, the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and many others.
Member Resource Guide that provides information on ways to implement the AHLA action plan, including where to access employee training and partner resources, downloadable signage, strategies to connect with law enforcement, ways to report instances of trafficking and how hotels can support survivors.
In addition, AHLA in partnership with the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), will host a series of regional events throughout the year leading up to Human Trafficking Prevention Month in January, to raise public awareness and facilitate collaboration with policymakers, law enforcement and hoteliers on best practices for policies, procedures and training to enhance our human trafficking prevention efforts.
To read the full story by Vicky Karantzavelou on Travel Daily News: Click Here
Stand Up For Powerless Women: Advocates For Sex Trafficking Victims Are Few And Far Between
March 8 is United Nations-designated International Women's Day, which has roots in the fight for better and safer working conditions in the U.S. This year, many global corporations are marking the day with events celebrating women's education and parity in the workplace.
While many professional women are exalted, let's consider thousands who aren't, including those who are commercially sexually exploited and trafficked right here in New York City.
The charging of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution after twice visiting a Jupiter, Fla. "rub and tug" massage parlor shone a bright light on a world of commercial sexual exploitation.
Astoundingly, according to the anti-trafficking group Polaris, the U.S. is home to some 9,000 such establishments, and experts say many of the women who staff them are exploited and trafficked.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as modern-day slavery involving use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain labor or commercial sex acts.
That's what's happening in many massage parlors across the U.S., says Irina Tsukerman, a New York-based human rights attorney. "There's no way to know without investigation whether a place is legitimate, or if someone is a trafficking victim in any individual case, [but] absolutely, a lot of them have been abused and deceived."
The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements raised awareness of sexual harassment in Hollywood and beyond. But the outrage for women on the lowest rungs of the economic and educational ladder is far harder to find.
Shandra Woworuntu of Queens-based Mentari USA, who is dedicated to helping women escape commercial sexual exploitation (advocates reject words like "prostitution" as dehumanizing), and receive job training, survived the massage parlor underworld herself.
Trafficked at age 24 from Indonesia with the promise of a job in the hotel industry, Woworuntu was held at gunpoint and sexually trafficked in "many places up and down I-95."
To read the full story by Heather Robinson on The Daily News: Click Here
Help Victims Of Sex Trafficking Start New Lives
(CNN)About 4.8 million people worldwide — roughly the population of Ireland — became victims of sex trafficking in 2016, according to the International Labour Organization.
Sex trafficking is commercial sex induced by force, fraud or coercion or performed by a minor.
Though US figures can be hard to pin down, 7,255 sex trafficking victims were identified in 2017by the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
Countless victims simply can't reach out. But you can help.
Help victims escape
Learn to recognize the signs of trafficking. If you suspect someone is a victim, call 1-888-373-7888 or text "help" to BeFree, 233733. This call center is operated by the nonprofit Polaris and provides immediate support and local and national resources, 24 hours a day. You can submit anonymous tips online here.
Aid their transition to a new life
When victims can escape a trafficker, they don't have many options. Some only have their clothes and limited job skills. They often lack social or family support and have nowhere to go.
Compounding that, experience in the commercial sex industry leaves some victims with alcohol and drug addictions and some with criminal records.
To read the full story by Christopher Dawson on CNN: Click Here
Not in our Neighborhood: Emergency Nurses Respond to Human Trafficking
Can a blanket question about personal safety be effective in identifying cases of human trafficking or domestic violence?
Renea Wilson, MSN, RN, CEN, director of the emergency department (ED) at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kan., didn't think so. She believed her hospital was treating patients who were being trafficked and felt her department could do more to intervene.
Wilson's instincts proved correct. Polaris, a Washington, D.C.- area nonprofit dedicated to the global eradication of human slavery, has identified Topeka as a hotspot for human trafficking.
The U.S. Department of Defense reports that human trafficking — transporting people across state or international lines, typically for forced labor or sexual exploitation — is one of the world's fastest growing crimes, and the health care community is moving to respond. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in June released new diagnostic codesfor designating suspected and confirmed cases of trafficking, and the American Hospital Association has made human trafficking one of the four pillars of its Hospitals Against Violence campaign.
Aware of this kind of nationwide attention, and motivated by the needs of her community, Wilson spearheaded an effort in 2015 to do a better job of identifying and responding to victims of human trafficking and of domestic violence as well. Elements of the initiative included staff education, coalition building, and development of a personal safety screening tool.
To read the full story on Campaign for Action: Click Here


The Community Integration and Habilitation Waiver (CIHW) program provides Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services to participants of any age residing in a range of community settings as an alternative to care in an intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disabilities or related conditions. The CIHW serves persons with an intellectual/developmental disability, intellectual disability or autism who have substantial functional limitations. However, entrance into services under the CIH Waiver occurs only when an applicant has been determined by the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services (DDRS) to meet priority criteria of one or more federally approved reserved capacity categories, a funded slot is available and DDRS also determines that other placement options are neither appropriate nor available.
When priority access has been deemed appropriate and a priority waiver slot in the specific reserved capacity category met by the applicant remains open, participants may choose to live in their own home, family home, or community setting appropriate to their needs. Participants develop an Individual Service Plan (ISP) using a person centered planning process guided by an Individual Support Team (IST). The IST is comprised of the participant, their Case Manager and anyone else of the participant's choosing but typically family and/or friends. The participant with the IST selects services, identifies service providers of their choice and develops a Plan of Care/Cost Comparison Budget (CCB).
The CIHW provides access to meaningful and necessary home and community-based services and supports, seeks to implement services and supports in a manner that respects the participant's personal beliefs and customs, ensures that services are cost-effective, facilitates the participant's involvement in the community where he/she lives and works, facilitates the participant's development of social relationships in his/her home and work communities, and facilitates the participant's independent living.


Many female face problem when they try to conceive. In Ayurvedic view this problem occurs due to imbalances of vata, kapha and Pitta dosa. So you need to take treatment to balance these dosa and you also need to strengthen and prepare your reproductive system.
Pitta phase: Ovulation until bleeding. (Progesterone is high and is secreted by the corpus luteum—prepares endometrium for implantation and breasts for milk secretion).
Vata phase: Apana vayu (the downward descending wind) pushes the men-strum down and out, therefore emptying the contents of the womb.
Balance kapha during the proliferative phase by eating a nourishing soups that strengthen the blood and enhance ovulation- include beetroots, aloe vera, shatavafi, nettles and whole grains in your diet.
Balance Pitta during the last phase of the cycle by keeping off foods that might aggravate heat and stress in your body, i.e. coffee, chocolate, alcohol. Increase your yoga practice, have lots of warm baths and clockwise abdominal massage, and increase organic triphala and organic aloe vera in your regime to keep the pelvic region uncongested.
Drink tea made from organic fennel seeds, liquorice, saffron and fresh ginger.
Ensure that there is no obstruction in the pelvic cavity; this means making sure you are not constipated and have no pain during ovulation or menstruation. Use organic triphala and organic aloe vera to help with this.
Daily abdominal self-massage with warm organic sesame oil followed by a warm shower or bath. Focus on a clockwise abdominal massage for 5 minutes a day.
Take organic aloe vera juice throughout the cycle from day 7 until day 21 to cleanse and nourish the tissues.
Drink organic rose water regularly as it prepares the uterus for implantation.
which contains herbs that regulate ovulation and promote a healthy cycle.
Use the insight of Ayurveda into the phases of the menstrual cycle to promote your health.


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Gov. Greitens charged with felony computer tampering
The charges come after Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced his office had evidence Greitens used an electronic donor list for political fundraising.
Author: Kayla Gaffney
Published: 5:50 PM CDT April 20, 2018
Updated: 4:05 PM CDT April 21, 2018
ST. LOUIS – Missouri Governor Eric Greitens is facing charges for felony computer tampering.
Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner charged Greitens with two counts of tampering with computer data for misusing a charity donor list, belonging to The Mission Continues, to solicit funds for his campaign for governor.
Greitens founded The Mission Continues in 2007.
According to the probable cause statement, prosecutors said Greitens disclosed the list over a computer and because the value of the list is more than $500, it's a felony.
The charges come after Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced Tuesday that his office had evidence Greitens used an electronic donor list for political fundraising.
Friday evening, Greitens posted a response to the charges on his Facebook page:
"Two months ago, a prosecutor brought a case against me. She claimed she had evidence of a crime—but she's produced none. She said her investigator would find the truth. Instead, her investigator lied under oath and created false evidence.
She is wasting thousands and thousands of taxpayer dollars to do all of this. Her original case is falling apart—so today, she's brought a new one. By now, everyone knows what this is: this prosecutor will use any charge she can to smear me.
Thank goodness for the Constitution and our court system. In the United States of America, you're innocent until proven guilty. In the United States of America, you get your day in court. And when I have my day in court, I will clear my name. People will know the truth.
The latest charge is about my work at the Mission Continues. When I came home from Iraq after service as a Navy SEAL, I started the Mission Continues to help veterans. In the seven years I ran that organization, we helped thousands of veterans, won national awards for excellence, and became one of the finest veteran's charities in the country.
Those were some of the best years of my life, and I am grateful every day for the chance to help the men and women I served with. I stand by that work. I will have my day in court. I will clear my name. This prosecutor can come after me with everything she's got, but as all faithful people know: in time comes the truth. And the time for truth is coming."
Statement from Attorney General Josh Hawley
"St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner reviewed the evidence turned over to her by my office and determined that there is probable cause to file criminal charges against the Governor. The Office stands ready to assist the Circuit Attorney's Office where appropriate and if needed. These are serious charges—and an important reminder that no one is above the law in Missouri. Like all criminal defendants, Governor Greitens is presumed innocent under the law until proven guilty."


It is three years since we were entertained by The Trocks at the Theatre Royal. We were impressed by the comedy elements at first but then it dawned on us that these are really good dancers who have amazing strength and agility. Needless to say, we were keen to see them again on World Ballet Day.
That's enough of the official blurb. The US based group are currently touring the UK, with just 2 dates in Newcastle, as part of the Dance Consortium.
The show begins with the customary announcements about the cast changes. At this point the concept that they are a "Russian ballet company" comes across with a number of made up names. Nina Notgoodenov was unable to appear it seems.
The first act, Les Sylphides, is a fairly tame warm up of what is to follow. Throughout the piece, some fairly subtle incidents happen. At this stage it is more a comedy of errors as someone is knocked into or misses their cue. Quickly one appreciates both the quality of the dancing and the accuracy of the comic timing. For this is no slap dash compendium of loosely arranged skits. No, this show has the sharp choreography of, say, Les Dawson misplaying the piano. Indeed all of the right notes are there but not necessarily in the right order that you'd expect. The precision of the routines results in many good laughs throughout the show.
The show is made up of 3 thirty-minute acts and 2 intervals. Act 2 begins Harlequinade Pas De Deux – featuring Nina Enimnimynimova (Long Zou) and Boris Dumpkopf (Takaomi Yoshino) is an opportunity for the two performers to shine with both their dancing ability but also their comedy routines. It is clear that both aspect of the show move up a gear.
La Trovatiara Pas De Cinq has a North African feel as Eugenia Repelskii (Joshua Thake), Guzella Verbitskaya (Jack Furlong,Jr) and Helen Highwaters (Duane Gosa) run rings around their male counterparts Mikhail Mypansarov (Roberto Vega) and Sergey Legupski (Kevin Garcia). The addition of knives as props gives plenty of opportunity for more capers.
Act two then ends with Olga Supphozova (Robert Carter) in Dying Swan. Releasing a pound of feathers from under the dress as the majestic swan comes to the end of its life gives opportunity for milking both the moment and the applause.
Act three sees the performance style become more French during Paquita. This reaches a climax with individual performers performing many spins or being graceful as the ensemble at one level. At other, the comedy elements reach a peak too.
At the end of the day, the cast, and crew, worked really hard to pull together some amazing moves with sharply observed comedy. Watching some large lads spinning around like a doll on a music box is impressive in itself. To time the spin to arrive in a comedic situation is genius.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is very entertaining. It has tight choreography and regularly funny moments. Sharply observed, it is a show that I'd happily watch again. Recommended.
The Trocks plays at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tuesday 2nd – Wednesday 3rd October 2018. Tickets are priced from £17.50 and can be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 08448 11 21 21 (calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company's access charge).


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Reviewing the bank stress tests – July 2011
As was seen during the stress tests carried out in July 2010, the latest ones published by the European Banking Authority on the 15th of July 2011 do not include a proper measure of market systemic risk. This hinders their credibility.
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RECALLING THE STRESS TESTS PUBLISHED IN JULY 2010
About a year ago, on the 23rd of July 2010, stress test results were being expected for 91 banks present in the Euro Zone. The aim of those tests was to assess whether those banks would meet liquidity requirements in supposedly very adverse scenarios. Faced with a string of unfavourable hypothetical conditions, the banking institutions needed to show that they could retain a solvability ratio above 6%. Under Basel 3 regulation, this minimum requirement will be lifted to 7.5%. The latter would correspond to a minimum core capital ratio of 4.5% and a security cushion requiring an additional 2.5% meant to absorb losses in highly adverse economic conditions.
The results were quite reassuring in the sense that only 7 banks out of the 91 tested failed to meet the standards set (Among those were 5 Spanish savings' banks, 1 German Landesbank and 1 Greek bank). We now know that these tests were worth nothing since their credibility was shattered 4 months later when the Irish banks started failing. Following the spread of the European sovereign debt crisis, an 85 billion euro bailout plan was executed for Ireland during November 2010 out of which 35 billion were aimed at recapitalising Irish banks despite the fact that the latter had been successful at the tests. Within this amount, 10 billion were immediately put to use to ensure the banks' survival while the remaining 25 billion were set aside as emergency funds. These reserves were quickly drawn down when in March 2011, the 4 main Irish banks (Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, EBS and Irish Life) required an additional 24 billion euro recapitalisation effort. Tailor made stress tests (those of July 2010 having shown their ineptitude) would later indicate
We all know that the banking stress tests could not display catastrophic results because we would have then entered a negative self fulfilling spiral
Mory Doré
If the markets are convinced that the banking system is not properly capitalized and more importantly if they feel that the strongest states, the IMF, the European Union and the emergency funds which were recently created prove unable to act quickly and decisively in providing liquidity to the banks, then we run the risk of facing a vicious circle. The latter would start with banks being unable to lend to the economy and invest in financial markets due to insufficient capital. This would lead them to an unstable situation in terms of resources (bank run risk, interbank market paralysis and the incapacity to issue on the bond market) which would consequently lead to a collapse of the real economy and in the value of all categories of financial assets (with the exception on the most secure sovereign bonds and to a lesser extent safeguarded securities such covered bonds and land secured bonds). Further provisions would then have to be included in the banks' accounts causing further dwindling of capital and consequently new threats on the solvability of banks.
The whole point then is to find the right equilibrium when carrying out this exercise. Credibility is key and this implies being transparent while reassuring the markets on the measures which will be applied. The least that can be said is that this new exercise (carried out during the month of July) does not tend towards this equilibrium.
NEW STRESS TESTS CARRIED OUT DURING JULY 2011
The European Banking Authority has announced on Friday the 15th of July that it will publish the results of the new banking stress tests. These tests will once again cover 91 banks holding 65% of the European banking assets. Spain is the most highly represented country with 25 banks followed by Germany (13) and Greece (6). 2 scenarios have been elaborated, the first one being a base case scenario built around the main current macroeconomic forecasts and the second one being focussed on hypothetical deteriorations of the economy. This would include a 1.5% European GDP contraction in 2011, a 15% collapse of European bourses and real estate markets and an increase in the cost of interbank refinancing. No sovereign default is however considered.
The results are quite encouraging since the European Banking Authority has indicated that only 8 banks had failed the tests imposed to the 91 European Banks (Failing equalled displaying a core tier one ratio lower than the 5% targeted) . The failing institutions which consisted of 5 Spanish banks, 2 Greek banks and 1 Austrian bank needed only 2.5 billion euros to reinforce their solvability. Let us remind that 16 banks which include 7 Spanish banks have narrowly passed the tests since their core Tier one ratio is within a 5% - 6% range.
This looks very surprising considering the fact that recapitalizing efforts needed to be quite significant back in 2010 when market conditions were somehow pacified. This is illustrated by the Irish aid programme but also the Portuguese 78 billion euro support package which included a 12 billion aid to Portuguese banks. This does not include state guarantees aimed at facilitating bond issues on medium term maturities by several banks which would be unable to do so without them.
First of all, we did not include the possibility of a full blown liquidity crisis similar to that of September 2008 and also the risk of a sovereign default was not considered
The results prove to be satisfactory because the systemic risk has been voluntarily left out. This creates a dilemma. If this type of risk is seriously considered, a counterproductive self fulfilling prophecy will take place whereas if it is not, credibility will suffer and trust will not be safeguarded. This is likely to happen during the next two weeks.
Applying more credible stress tests therefore implies that the systemic dimension of market crises is taken into account and that strong political and institutional answers are associated to them. These will help in preventing any self fulfilling prophecy from happening (we are currently working on a paper dealing with this phenomenon which came back to prominence regarding the behaviour of rating agencies).
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SYSTEMIC DIMENSION OF CRISES
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This brings us back to considering two types of recent systemic events in the history of financial markets. They are banking systemic risk leading to a general liquidity crisis and sovereign systemic risk with its consequences on portfolio provisioning for banks and insurance companies.
First of all, no one imagined a liquidity crisis that could compare itself to that of September 2008. We can remember how it paralysed the whole interbank market and how central banks had to fill in for the markets by injecting unlimited amounts of liquidity. The stress tests have indeed indirectly taken into consideration liquidity risk with hypotheses of rising liquidity costs. However, if liquidity has been stressed pricewise, it has not been the case in terms of volume. It is on this last element that a bank's resistance can be truly tested. The same can be said of banks which have carried out the efforts to set up mechanisms allowing their liquidity to be assessed both quantitatively and qualitatively in extreme market conditions that would negatively impact their balance sheet. It is therefore necessary to assess a number of elements such as:
Reserves of highly liquid securities which are secured or very well rated belonging to the bank as well as the ability of these securities to be easily traded even in adverse market conditions.
The bank's refinancing capacity on the markets or when seeking a central bank which requires being able to assess the value of immediately usable collateral (IOUs eligible to ECB tenders ; mortgage debts and community debts that can be backed against secured bond issues)
Stability in immediately accessible resources and long term savings on the balance sheet that has been collected from clients. (Credible stress situations imply that inert credit flow is met with resource depletion in the balance sheet as well as a slight bank run)
If liquidity has indeed been "stressed" pricewise, it has not been the case in terms of volume. This latter dimension is however the true criteria on which a bank's resistance can be truly tested
Secondly, with those stress scenarios the other major systemic element consisting of a sovereign default has not been included due to liquidity and / or solvability crisis reasons. Only sovereign portfolios that are part of trading books and which have subsequently a direct impact on results have been included. However, these portfolios only represent a small share (15% - 20%) of sovereign debts held by banks. Positions which have not been classified under trading activities but under what is labelled as the banking book (80% - 85% of state loans held) will, under IFRS rules, find themselves within the AFS accounting category and labelled as "available for sale" and HTM (Hold to maturity). Compared to fair value or trading classification, falls in portfolio value will not directly impact results even when these falls happen to be significant
It happens that a default or what could be described as a credit event (several interpretations can carried out on this term) on a "fragile" euro zone country would most likely force a banking institution to relegate sovereign securities as bad debts including those in the banking book. In that case, all the positions held on this issuer would negatively impact the net result due to the increase in provisions for long lasting depreciations. It should therefore no longer be taboo to stress this type of scenario especially since we know that a partial default of Greece has become inevitable by the end of 2011 and that other debt restructuring measures will most likely need to be taken in peripheral countries (what is the limit of that periphery?) in 2012- 2013.
Mory Doré , July 2011
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21세기 디자인 환경에서는 기능을 대신하여 사용자 측면에서의 감정적 내용에 대한 중요성이 확장되고 있으며, 제품의 비물질적 특성을 중시하는 경향을 보이고 있다. 이른바 디자인 함축적 특성에 대한 내용이 요구되고 있으며, 사물의 부재중인 구조로 평가되는 인식적 차원에서의 기능이 중요하게 되었다. 실제로 소비에 있어 기술적 내용과 제조 기업의 이미지보다 제품을 마주하는 순간에 야기되는 감정 ,즉 대상으로부터 파생되는 인상(印象)이 소비의 중요한 단서로 작용하고 있음이 밝혀졌다. 디자인 대상에 내제된 함축성은 곧 정보(Design Information)로 인식되고 있으며, 디자인 분석내지는 시장에서 소비자 반응을 확인할 수 있는 중요한 단서가 될 수 있는 것이다. 또한 디자인은 주관과 객관적 관계를 통한 상호과정에서 추론되는 사고의 결과이며, 소비자(사회 구성원)들의 육체와 심리적 욕구에 상응하는 대상에 해당된다. 따라서 본 논문은 디자인 함축적 정보에 대한 분석을 통해 디자인 개발이나, 시장 분석을 위한 도구로서 의미를 지니고 있다.
본 연구에서는 인지공학자인 도널드 노먼(D.Norman)의 일상용품 심리학에 작용하는 요인들을 중심으로 디자인 대상에 대하여 인지적 관계를 규정하였다. 이에 근거하여 조작과정에 작용하는 행위와 요소와 연계하여 의미공간과 대립적 양극성의 용어를 설정하였다. 또한 디자인에 내제된 함축적 정보를 규명하기 위해 디자인관련 학부생과 대학원생 50인이 통계과정에 참여하였으며, 의미론적 차별법을 활용하여 결과를 도출하였다. 또한 논문의 결과는 디자인 사조 또는 개별적인 디자인에 대한 함축적 정보 탐색에 활용될 수 있으며, 이에 근거하여 디자인 분석과정, 시장조사, 디자인 평가 그리고 디자인 개발방향 설정단계에서 활용될 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.
In design environment of 21C, the importance of emotional context in user experience is extended and it shows a tendency for putting stress on nonmaterial feature of product. Therefore, the implicative design features are required and the functions of cognitive level that rated as a metaphysical structure become more significant things in design. In practice, it was revealed that the emotion which is occurred when users meet a product, in other words, the impression which is derived from objects is affected as an important clue for consumption instead of technical contents and manufacturing firms' images. The implicative design features is became and accepted as design information and it can be an important clue for design analysis or for verification of consumers' reaction. In addition, design is an idealistic result that is inferred from mutual process via the relation of subjective and objective point of view and it is as an object for improving both physical and psychological satisfaction of consumers (members of society). Therefore, this study is for building a new tool for design development or market analysis via examination and verification about implicative design information. This study established recognition relations regarding design object focused on factors that affect products consumption psychology which is verified by Donald Norman who is a cognitive engineer. Furthermore, in the same way, this study defined terminology of semantic space and oppositive polarity in terms of the act and factors that interact in control process. The fifty students those are studying graduate and postgraduate school in design area are participated in this research for examining implicative information in design therefore, this study produced results by semantic approach. The results of this study can be used for search of implicative design information regarding the trend of design or independent design and it also can be applied for design analysis process, market research, design evaluation, and design development planning.


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"Genetic Algorithm for k-Connected Relay Node Placement in Wireless Sensor Networks", In: Second International Conference on Computer and Communication Technologies (IC3T-2015), pp. 721-729, 2015.
"Energy Efficient Clustering and Routing Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks: GA based Approach," Wireless Personal Communication (Springer), vol. 83, issue 3, pp. 2403-2423, 2015.


Just like Volkswagen's Bentley and Audi's Lamborghini, BMW's Rolls-Royce is entering the premium SUV game, ready to ferry oil-rich princes and the hardest of Wall Street's power lords to their appointed rounds.
Autobild reports the premium SUV — currently dubbed the Cullinan, whose namesake comes from the 3,000-carat diamond — will debut in 2018, and will be priced between the Ghost and the Phantom at €275,000 ($340,000 USD).
Power for the aluminum SUV is expected to come from 6.6-liter V12, which may be directed through the all-wheel drive system found in the BMW 7 Series to the wheel/tire combo from the upcoming X7. A PHEV variant of the Cullinan is also in consideration.
As for where the SUV will turn up, the United States and the Middle East are potential markets.


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Biologist Henrik Jensen releases a house sparrow in Namsos, in an area where house sparrows are confirmed to exist. Photo: Thomas Kvalnes, NTNU
Why aren't house sparrows as big as geese?
A group of researchers spent twelve seasons making some house sparrows bigger and others smaller. Their experiment yielded some important answers.
Why are house sparrows (Passer domesticus) the exact size they are? Why aren't they hummingbird size or as large as geese?
It sounds like a strange question to ask, but it's actually an overarching question of evolution. It may be able to tell us something about how we adapt to changes in the environment. Our planet is changing and we need to change with it.
Why have we evolved as we have? Evolution theory says that we've adapted to our conditions. So sparrows are probably as big as they should be, according to their living conditions.
But can we prove that? Researchers have run experiments in laboratories, but never in nature. Could it be done?
Fiddled with evolution
This is the first time ever that researchers have moved birds to cause artificial selection in a wild population. Photo: Henrik Jensen, NTNU
A group of researchers at NTNU wanted to attempt that exact experiment. First they would tamper with evolution to see if they could change the size of the sparrows. They would do that by capturing wild birds on islands and rejecting individuals with undesirable characteristics.
After releasing the selected birds back into the wild, the researchers wanted to see if their size would revert back to normal through evolution's natural selection process.
"It's the first time in the world that anyone has conducted artificial selection on birds from a wild population," says Thomas Kvalnes, a postdoctoral fellow at NTNU's Department of Biology.
Three Norwegian islands – Leka in Nord-Trøndelag county and Vega and Hestmannøy in Nordland county – have good house sparrow populations. The islands are far from isolated, but sufficiently measurable and limited in size that they are almost ideal locations to perform this type of experiment.
Researchers first wanted to fiddle with evolutionary processes to see if they could change the size of the house sparrows. Photo: Henrik Jensen, NTNU
Researchers have been tracking these populations since 2001, so they have come to know the habitat conditions well.
Size is significant
On Vega, researchers wanted to make the birds smaller and on Leka they wanted to make them bigger. Hestmannøy was left alone as a control group to ensure that no other variables came into play.
"In winter, before the breeding season, we caught all of the sparrows on Leka. We borrowed a barn where we closed in all the sparrows," says Kvalnes.
A few did escape, but the researchers caught about 90 per cent of the sparrows.
Then the researchers measured the birds' tarsus – the longest part of the foot on the sparrows – between the toes and the leg. The length of this bone reflects the birds' overall body size. From these measurements, the researchers arrived at an average length.
Blood tests were carried out at the same time, so that researchers could determine the genetic relatives of the birds. The birds were banded.
The researchers carried out the same procedure at Vega and Hestmannøy. About 100 to 300 birds were collected at each place.
Banished from home
The largest birds collected on Leka stayed on their island, while the smallest birds collected on Vega were kept on that island. On Hestmannøy, researchers released all the sparrows back onto the island as soon as they had collected the data.
Researcher Ingerid Julie Hagen (formerly at NTNU, now at NINA) releases a bird that has been selected to remain in Leka. Photo: Henrik Jensen, NTN
The rest of the birds from Leka and Vega were transported far away on the mainland, to Namsos and Overhalla, far enough so that they couldn't get back to the islands and breed with the remaining birds there. Between 55 and 65 per cent of the birds were removed from their islands.
In this way, the biggest birds on Leka ended up breeding with each other, as did the smallest birds on Vega.
The researchers repeated this process every year from 2002 to 2005.
Bird size changed
As the researchers had thought, the latest generation of birds became larger on average than the previous one. On Vega the birds became smaller, and on Hestmannøy the size remained stable.
"This change was reflected in the genetic breeding value of the birds," says Kvalnes.
Using blood tests, the researchers could see which birds were related to and had bred with which others. They could also discern which individuals were best at passing on their genes.
Sparrows that had flown in from other places and had bred on the three islands could also be detected and adjusted for by the researchers.
Many genes affect body size. We don't know exactly how many, but we do know that gene composition is a factor in the birds' phenotype – that is, the sparrows' observable characteristics.
The changes in average size of the birds couldn't be explained by natural variation. Photo: Thomas Kvalnes, NTNU
The researchers had gone in and artificially changed the genetic composition of the bird populations, thus changing their size.
"The changes were much bigger than could be explained by coincidence," says Kvalnes.
The fact that the birds in nearby Hestmannøy did not change indicates that the changes cannot be explained by other conditions, such as temperature variations or altered access to food.
Complete release
But this has been the case for farmers and dog breeders for hundreds of years. They have chosen their animals based on external characteristics and ended up with cows that give more milk and dogs with useless noses and bad hips. Everyone figured these would be the results in this part of the experiment.
The next part of the experiment that was perhaps the most important. What would happen once the researchers stopped tampering with natural selection?
Between 2006 and 2012, the measurements continued, but the sparrows were then released and could breed as they pleased.
Back to original size
This phase also went as researchers predicted.
The average body size on Leka shifted downward toward the original. The size of the Vega birds went up.
Within a brief period of time and only a few generations, everything is returning to the way it was before scientists went in and artificially selected birds for breeding. This was reflected in the breeding value.
The experiment is so remarkable that the reputable journal Evolution has now published an article on it.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evo.13277/full
That's nice for the researchers. But what can the experiment tell the rest of us?
What does it really say?
Among other things, the experiment reveals that sparrows actually have an ideal size adapted to the conditions they live in. Why they are exactly that big, we don't know, but several things may play in.
House sparrows are exactly as big as should be. Photo: Thomas Kvalnes, NTNU
"If they grow big enough, it may be easier to keep warm in the winter," says Kvalnes.
Large individuals stay warm more easily than small ones. This is due to the fact that the body surface area is smaller relative to the volume, so less heat escapes. Perhaps that's exactly what's needed to survive the winter?
But at the same time, it's no benefit to be too big, either. Maybe you then become a more vulnerable catch for birds of prey? So far these are mostly speculations. We don't actually know for sure.
What we do know is that the bird populations changed very quickly. This can tell us something about how adaptable the sparrows are.
Theory of evolution works
Climate changes, altered access to food and other conditions can change the selection pressure. This changes the basic assumptions along with which individuals have an advantage when it comes to breeding and passing on their genes to the next generation.
House sparrows are very adaptable. This probably applies to many other species as well – perhaps a reassuring thing on a planet that is undergoing so much change.
But the overall message is this: The researchers tested the theory of evolution, predicted the results and things went as expected.
The sparrows tell us that the theory of evolution actually works outside the laboratory as well.
Not bad for an experiment that set out to answer an apparently weird question.
Source:Reversal of response to artificial selection on body size in a wild passerine. Thomas Kvalnes, Thor Harald Ringsby, Henrik Jensen, Ingerid Julie Hagen, Bernt Rønning, Henrik Pärn, Håkon Holand, Steinar Engen, Bernt-Erik Sæther. First published: 20 June 2017. DOI: 10.1111/evo.13277 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evo.13277/full
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A better outlook for Brazil
Brazil's approach to Covid-19 has been a disaster, but the crisis may now have passed the peak, says Cris Sholto Heaton.
by: Cris Sholto Heaton
Cities such as Rio de Janeiro have seen some of the world's worst Covid-19 outbreaks
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Whether your view about how to manage Covid-19 leans more towards Sweden or New Zealand, most people agree that Brazil has seen a catastrophe. The disease has spread widely, overwhelming the healthcare system in many areas. There have been 4.78 million confirmed cases (the real number is far higher) and 143,000 reported deaths. If the average age of the population wasn't so young (around 33 years), the consequences would have been even worse. Yet it's possible that Brazil has suffered so badly that it's closer to the end of crisis than many other parts of the world. This is obviously not a cause for celebration. But it is a point that investors may want to watch because it may provide insight into how quickly countries that are struggling badly with Covid-19 could get back to normality.
One of the worst-hit areas is Manaus, a city of 1.8 million in the Amazon. Covid-19 spread especially rapidly there, probably due to cramped conditions. Almost 2,500 deaths have been recorded (the real figure will be higher), equal to 0.14% of the population. But cases and then deaths began to decline sharply in June and had almost vanished as of early September. And a recent study* suggests that between 44% and 66% of people may have been infected and developed antibodies. This is striking because even the upper end of this range is lower than the number of people that models suggest would be infected when the virus spreads in an uncontrolled way (the study estimates up to 89%). This might support the idea that the pandemic can ease from a crisis to a severe problem at lower levels of immunity – through infection or vaccination – than worst-case scenarios suggest (see below).
Before jumping to conclusions, note that Manaus has seen an uptick in cases in recent days. It remains to be seen if this the start of another wave or a small outbreak that can be contained (we must expect outbreaks for years to come). But if – and it's a huge if – Covid-19 has burned out, it might offer an idea of what may happen in the rest of Brazil. Both daily cases and deaths are now declining on a national level, although the trajectory and the mortality rate in Manaus imply that deaths will be well over 200,000. This may suggest the end is at least visible, in which case Brazil's IPO boom (see page 6) and the fact that the market has rebounded from its March lows (even if it is down 35% for the year) isn't entirely baffling. The Covid-19 crisis has followed several years of economic misery. It could now be that Brazil has hit a very grim bottom and is set to recover.
*Covid-19 herd immunity in the Brazilian Amazon, Buss et al (pre-print, not peer-reviewed)
I wish I knew what these epidemiological data are, but I'm too embarrassed to ask
The infection fatality ratio (IFR) is the number of people who die of a disease divided by the number who become infected. The average IFR for Covid-19 is estimated to be 0.5-1% (possibly towards the lower end). The true figure is still highly uncertain since deaths are often well documented but total infections are not. The Covid-19 IFR varies greatly by age, so demographics means countries can have very different IFRs.
The case fatality ratio (CFR) is the number of deaths divided by the diagnosed cases. CFRs will be affected by how much testing and detection takes place. With Covid-19, CFRs in almost all countries are far higher than IFRs because most cases are not recorded.
The mortality rate is total deaths in a specific period of time divided by population.
The basic reproduction number (Ro) is the average number of people that each infected person will go on to infect in a population where everybody is susceptible to the disease. Ro is affected by the conditions in which people live and their behaviour, so it will vary between outbreaks. The typical Ro for Covid-19 is unclear, but probably between two and four. As people become immune, the number that each person infects falls. This is measured by the effective reproduction number R (or Re or Rt) at that time. It is calculated as R = s × Ro, where s is the share of the population still susceptible.
The herd immunity threshold is the proportion who must be immune for disease to stop spreading. In a homogenous population that mixes randomly, this is equal to (Ro − 1) ÷ Ro (eg, would be 60% if Ro was 2.5), but may be lower if some people are more likely than others to catch it. For Covid-19, some models suggest the threshold may be closer to 40%, but this is not proven.
The attack rate is the proportion who end up infected in a specific period of time. If spread is uncontrolled, it may overshoot the herd immunity threshold.
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Penrod Nunatak () is a nunatak 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Abbey Nunatak, lying at the west side of Reedy Glacier just north of the mouth of Kansas Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jack R. Penrod, builder with the Byrd Station winter party, 1957.

Nunataks of Marie Byrd Land


As aquaculture keeps to extend there's a want for better wisdom of medicinal remedies either for the prevention and remedy of illness and for the commercial husbandry of fish. This ebook, the 1st of its variety, is written for a global readership. It is a reference handbook for somebody concerned about the choice of drugs for management to fish. it's going to even be worthwhile to directors occupied with the felony keep an eye on of aquaculture. the 1st half covers concerns which impact all medicine's equipment of administering medicines to fish, a few of the features of defense and the appropriate laws in international locations with vital aquacultural industries. next elements evaluate the variety of obtainable medicinal elements and current present wisdom of the pharmacology and equipment of use for every. specific awareness is given to defense concerns - for the fish, for the individual administering the drugs, for the shopper of medicated fish and for the surroundings.
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Jaczewski (1958) notes that, in a sample of 67 bulls, only 3 lived beyond 20, the oldest being 23 at the time of death. In contrast, 11 out of 66 cows passed the 20-year mark, 4 lived beyond 25 years and the four oldest all made it to the age of 26. In the free-ranging population, the oldest marked female lived to be 24—far beyond the maximum of 18 noted for marked bulls. Overall, then, females can be said to pass the 25-year mark only rarely, while bulls rarely exceed 20 years of age. Bison in the wild have shorter lives than those in Reserves, although the determination of age using teeth and horns is obviously a less exact science than reference to known dates of birth.
These outline sketches present two markedly different animals. The back of the bison has a "carplike" shape, while that of the aurochs is flat. The forequarters of the bison are covered with long hair, and markedly long hair in the lower part of the neck, creating the so-called beard. In the aurochs, only the forehead bore a tuft of red hair known in old Polish as the "aurochs-lick" (turzy wicher). The tail of the aurochs ends in a distinct "brush". The horns of the bison and aurochs in the two diagrams are very similar.
Furthermore, the share of genes of individual founders is extremely unequal in the two lines. The genes of M 45 PLEBEJER and F 42 PLANTA are nevertheless predominant in both lines, constituting over 80 % of those in the Lowland line, and half in the Lowland-Caucasian line (Olech 2003). 3 The Genetic Status of the Contemporary Population The small number of founders ensured a high degree of relatedness among members of the first generations, and hence extremely far-reaching inbreeding of their progeny.


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import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;

import lejos.pc.comm.NXTCommLogListener;
import lejos.pc.comm.NXTConnector;

public class USBCom {

	private static volatile USBCom instance;
	private NXTConnector con;
	private DataInputStream dis;
	private DataOutputStream dos;
	private boolean isConnected = false;

	private USBCom(){
		con = new NXTConnector();
		con.addLogListener(new NXTCommLogListener(){
			public void logEvent(String message) {
				System.out.println("USBCom Log.listener: " + message);
			}

			public void logEvent(Throwable throwable) {
				System.out.println("USBCom Log.listener - stack trace: ");
				throwable.printStackTrace();
			}
		});
		//connect();
	}

	public synchronized void sendString(String output){
		try {
			dos.writeUTF(output);
			dos.flush();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			isConnected = false;
			System.out.println("Failed to send" + output);
			stopConnection();
			connect();
		}
	}

	public synchronized String receiveString(){
		String s = " ";
		try {
			s = dis.readUTF();
			return s;
		} catch (IOException e) {
			isConnected = false;
			System.out.println("Failed to receive");
			stopConnection();
			connect();
			return "FAIL";
		}
	}

	public synchronized void sendInt(int output){
		try {
			dos.writeInt(output);
			dos.flush();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			isConnected = false;
			System.out.println("Failed to send" + output);
			stopConnection();
			connect();
		}
	}

	public synchronized int receiveInt(){
		int i = -1;
		try {
			i = dis.readInt();
			return i;
		} catch (IOException e) {
			isConnected = false;
			System.out.println("Failed to receive");
			stopConnection();
			connect();
			return -1;
		}
	}

	public synchronized void sendFloat(float output){
		try {
			dos.writeFloat(output);
			dos.flush();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			isConnected = false;
			System.out.println("Failed to send" + output);
			stopConnection();
			connect();
		}
	}

	public synchronized float receiveFloat(){
		float i = -1;
		try {
			i = dis.readInt();
			return i;
		} catch (IOException e) {
			isConnected = false;
			System.out.println("Failed to receive");
			stopConnection();
			connect();
			return -1;
		}
	}

	private static ReentrantLock getInstanceLock = new ReentrantLock();

	public static USBCom getInstance(){
		if(instance == null){
			getInstanceLock.lock();
				if(instance == null){
					instance = new USBCom();
				}
			getInstanceLock.unlock();
		}
		return instance;
	}

	public boolean isConnected(){
		return isConnected;
	}

	public synchronized void connect(){
		if (!con.connectTo("usb://")){
			System.err.println("No NXT found using USB");
			isConnected = false;
			return;
		}
		dis = new DataInputStream(con.getInputStream());
		dos = new DataOutputStream(con.getOutputStream());
		isConnected = true;
	}

	public synchronized void stopConnection(){
		try {
			dis.close();
			dos.close();
			System.out.println("Closed data streams");
		} catch (IOException ioe) {
			System.err.println("IO Exception Closing connection");
		}
		try {
			con.close();
			System.out.println("Closed connection");
		} catch (IOException ioe) {
			System.err.println("IO Exception Closing connection");
		}
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Bob Schrier of AutoGraphics writes about digitisation and posits that it should be perceived as a core service of libraries. I do agree with the him in that digitisation is indeed something libraries could (and perhaps should, with an emphasis) consider as an offering that both makes sense considering the mission of (public) libraries, community needs and the existing and conceivable competences and capabilities of libraries. At the same time, however, I am not entirely convinced that it would be a good idea to dub digitisation as a core service at least in the long run. At the moment digitisation could undoubtedly be a significant offering and a feasible service but it remains to be seen how long time this state of affairs should and would remain. I am not saying a definite no to Schrier's proposal but in order to avoid establishing unnecessary and potentially harmful orthodoxies I would probably define the core service in terms of helping library users to access and maintaining access to both their personal and publically available information and knowledge. In this respect digitisation is at the moment a potentially powerful instrument for delivering that service but widens the understanding of the principal problem, that of the availability and accessibility of information in the widest possible meaning (comprising entertainment, bildung, learning, professional needs, social, cultural, heritage-related and emotional aspects).


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Kolky (), also Kolki (, , , ) is an urban-type settlement in Lutsk Raion of Volyn Oblast in Ukraine, located in the historic region of Volhynia. Kolky has a population of

Kolky is located on the confluence of the Styr and Rudka rivers, 51 kilometres north-east of Lutsk.

History

First time mentioned in 1545. The place has the urban-type settlement status since 1940.

A local underground administration was organized in Kolky by Ukrainian partisans during the Second World War.

The Jewish population was important before World War II, around a third of the total population (724 members in 1921, 860 in 1937). The German army occupied the city at the end of 1941. 50 Jews were murdered by the Ukrainian police during the summer of 1941. In October 1941, Jews were forced to live in a ghetto. In July 1942, the Jewish population was massacred by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans, members of Sicherheitsdienst and Gendarmerie and by Ukrainians, members of the local police.

Also local Polish population fell victim to genocide. On June 13, 1943, dozens of Poles were burned alive in the local Catholic church by the Ukrainians as part of the genocide of Poles in Volhynia.

The heraldry and the gonfalon are adopted in 1997. The bell is a symbol of the defensive role of the city throughout history. The linaceae is a local resource.

Notable people
 Tadeusz Piotrowski, Polish mountaineer, was born in Kolki
 Family of Esther Safran Foer, writer and mother of Jonathan Safran Foer

See also
Kolky Republic

References

External links
  Official website
  Topographic map
  Road map

Urban-type settlements in Lutsk Raion
Holocaust locations in Ukraine


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En kreisfri by er en by i Tyskland med samme status som en  kreis eller landkreis. Tyskland er delt ind i 402 kreise, som består af 295 kreis/landkreise og 107 kreisfrie byer.

Baden-Württemberg

Bayern

Berlin

Brandenburg

Bremen

Hamburg

Hessen

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Niedersachsen

¹ efter Göttingenloven fra 1964 er Göttingen en del af landkreis Göttingen, men er fortsat  styret som en kreisfri by.
² efter Hannoverloven er Hannover regnet som en kreisfri by.

Nordrhein-Westfalen

¹ efter Aachenloven er Aachen regnet som en kreisfri by.

Rheinland-Pfalz

Saarland
Saarland har ingen kreisfrie byer. Byen Saarbrücken var tidligere en kreisfri by, men blev en del af Stadtverband Saarbrücken i 1974.

Sachsen

Sachsen-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein

Thüringen

Se også
Landkreis

Tysklands geografi

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Yash Raj Films "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" does "Extraordinary" Business over the Second Weekend!
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After grossing a record breaking Rs.90 crores in its first week worldwide, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has crossed beyond a phenomenal Rs.30 crores gross in its second weekend. This is by far the highest collection, even surpassing Dhoom:2 and Chak De India, both of which did outstanding business in their second weekend.
The total collections for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in India over the second weekend are around Rs.15 crores net (i.e. gross collections of Rs.24 crores). The total gross collections for all overseas markets, where it continues with its tremendous opening week performance, during the same period are over $1.5 Million (i.e. around Rs.7.5 crores).
In fact, the gross figures for the first 10 days are a staggering Rs.120 crores and more, making Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi by far the biggest hit of 2008. With the long Christmas and New Year weekend ahead, the message of "extraordinary love", togetherness and harmony of the film should drive the collections to making Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi the biggest blockbuster of all time.
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Shah Rukh Khan starts shooting for "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi"
Celebrate Shah Rukh's birthday on 2nd Nov with "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi", aditya chopra
The Soundtrack of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi fulfils all expectations
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi's Theatrical Trailer to hit theatres on November 14, 2008
"Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" becomes First Indian Film to receive extensive same day release in Europe
"Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" Prints
"Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" is the highest opening weekend grosser ever for Yash Raj Films!
"Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" catches the eye of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences (Oscar) Library
Record opening week for Yash Raj Films' "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi"!
"Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" starts the Awards Season in style
"Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" features in iTunes Top 10 Charts
"Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" is the highest grossing film of all-time for both Yash Raj Films & Shah Rukh Khan!
'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' DVD/VCD Released
Shah Rukh Khan Meets the Online Contest Winners of "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi"
'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' DVD Contest Winner has a lucky day
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi wins Grand Prix of Peace Category at the 2nd Okinawa International Movie Festival.
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