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Rooville
"A funny, imaginative look at a small Iowa town and what happens when two worlds and cultures collide, Rooville combines meditation, romance, and small-town politics into an enjoyable debut novel from Julie Long."
—national bestseller Kamy Wicoff, author of Wishful Thinking
"A modern-day tale of Romeo and Juliet with a transcendental twist, Rooville blends fiction with factual tidbits of TM and weather phenomenon to create an enlightening and entertaining story. If you've ever longed to seek the truth by returning to your roots, make Rooville your new mantra!"
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"Long has created a 'perfect storm' of a novel: a quirky cast of characters, a town divided, a narrative voice that is wise, witty, and warm. You'll fall in love with Rooville."
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Rooville is the story of California weatherman Owen Martin, who can't predict the atmospheric pressure he'll encounter when he decides to return to his childhood home in Iowa, which he left after his father died. Thinking he's moving back to the simple life his father intended for him, Owen is stunned to learn that Martinville has become a Mecca for meditators, and the mayor is scheming to turn the family farm into a New Age theme park. Making matters worse, Owen is attracted to the mayor's levitating daughter Trishna instead of the down-to-earth girl he hand in mind. In a town where old beliefs and open minds are clashing like warm and cold fronts, Owen gets caught in a veritable tornado. In the end, he realizes that he can calm the storm and bring the town back together, but he must accept that even the simple life has its compromises and complications.
Author: Julie Long
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"Fast-paced and fun. This heartwarming tale of love and self-discovery is set in a wholly unique locale, with an unexpected hero."
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"Rooville says as much about the laws of attraction as the principles of yoga. Julie Long's delightful romp will have you "rooting" for Weatherman Owen Martin and the unpredictable storms he faces."
—Brigitte Quinn, author of Anchored
Julie Long was born in Fairfield, Iowa, a typical Midwestern town (the kind with a bandstand in town square), which just happened to become the center of the Transcendental Meditation movement. For several years she lived in Southern California (where she never did find the center of town) before opting for the rural life in Western Pennsylvania. Today she lives on a farm with her husband, extended family, and an English bulldog. She coauthored BABY: An Owner's Manual, A Mouthful of Truth, and Fat, Dumb & Lazy. This is her first novel. Visit her at JulieLongWrites.com.
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Fort Hays State University (FHSU) was founded in 1902 in Kansas State, USA. So far, FHSU has been a multi-level, multi-disciplinary school with a scale of about 13,000 students per year, 361 faculties with 28 training rooms.
F HSU is the third fastest growing university in the United States from 2001 to 2011. In particular, at that time, the school only had 5,626 applications registered in the fall of 2001, then the season In 2011, there were 12,802 applications, an increase of 127.6%.
FHSU is part of the Kansas University Board of Trustees, the only school that combines computer technology and telecommunications technology into the educational and workplace environments.
In particular, FHSU is a famous business and start-up school and is one of 13 universities and colleges in the US with 2 accounting students who won the Sells Award in the past 3 years. Students from the school attended the national Financial Planning Challenge from 2001 to 2008, 2010, 2011, always in the top 5, winning the championship in 2001, 2002, 2011; 2nd prize in 2010 and 3rd place in 2003, 2007, 2008.
Our students always reach an average rate of 98% having jobs right after graduation. A great point of FHSU is about the school's location. According to geographic website epodunk.com , City of Hays is the 3rd place for university cities across the United States. Also, the StateUniversity.com website recently ranked FHSU with the safest campus in the state.
On the other hand, FHSU is the lowest-cost school in the region, with all the above strengths, this is a great plus for students who want to study at Fort Hays State University.


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Gran was waiting outside, cloak drawn tight against the wind, with their two horses saddled and looking quite glum and wet. Deryn peered towards the sky…the rain had slowed somewhat, but the clouds were still dark and low in the sky. She put the food in the saddlebag of her stallion, Breck, who snorted his opinion of the venture. "I couldn't agree more" she mumbled, patting his soft, if damp, nose before mounting up. Her grandmother was ready and waiting with her own steed, Millie. The mare was strangely calm and turned to face the path that led into town. "Let's be off then." Gran announced, guiding Millie down the path.
They lived a little farther from the center of Capall, a fairly large town, nestled within rolling green hills, known for its fine wool, vast farms, and horse ranches. The boundaries of the town are marked by low, stone walls and trees that dissect the land into different farming and residential areas, and of course the famed horse ranches. Capall's steeds are renowned throughout the kingdom of Moineir for their fine breeding, strength, and vitality—sought out by soldiers, wealthy merchants, and sportsmen alike.
Once a year, visitors and horsemen flocked to the town for their famous Three Moons Race, a horserace through the Verdillan Hills to the west that spanned across three days. It was a physically trying race, for both the horse and the rider, and not without its dangers. The hills are lush and beautiful but riddled with caves and deceptively rocky slopes that felled more than one rider on their moonlit ride. Deryn and her grandmother raised sheep, but she hoped to compete in the race herself one day and worked often with one of the neighboring rancher families in exchange for training lessons. She remembers the first time they went to the race—the brave riders coming from all over Moineir, their horses tall, strong, and lively as they pawed the ground in anticipation. The excitement as they all set off. She and Gran would go to the inn each night, waiting for news of the riders. Some would come back early, unable to meet the challenge, or injured from a fall. Mugs of ale and hot stew would be waiting for them, for even attempting the race was something to be admired. Then, on the third day, the whole town would gather anxiously at the foothills, waiting for the victors to gallop back to a hero's welcome. The townsfolk would have food prepared from the year's harvest and presented in decorated stalls, the centre of Capall would be filled with coloured banners and music—a true festival. It was the most exciting time of the year, an event that captivated Kyra's imagination since she was young. She was almost ready, she thought, and had been preparing for the upcoming race after the first harvests, much to her grandmother's distress. "Watching the race is one thing" she would complain, "but seeing my own granddaughter compete…are you trying to send me to an early grave, my girl?" But Breck was strong, fast, and surefooted. Loyal, too; Kyra had raised the spotted horse since he was a foal and he won't let anyone else ride him but her. Even now, he was pulling against the bit, wanting to run.
"Gran?" Deryn said questioningly, as Millie began to stray from the path that led into the familiar clusters of wood and stone buildings in the centre of town, and instead towards the hills. Renata turned in the saddle and slowed until Deryn was riding beside her. "We're not going into town, my dear." she said, leaning towards her. "We're going somewhere else, into the hills. Don't worry", she added quickly, noting her granddaughter's concern, "I know the way. We're going to visit a friend. You've never met him, but he's done much for our family. Just follow close behind, and don't let Breck stray." Before Deryn could fumble through the questions growing in her mind, her grandmother faced forward once more and urged Millie into a trot.
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415 Palatia (mednarodno ime je tudi 415 Palatia) je asteroid, ki kaže lastnosti dveh tipov D  in P (po Tholenu), v asteroidnem pasu.

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Asteroid je odkril nemški astronom Max Wolf ( 1863 – 1932) 7. februarja 1896 v Heidelbergu, Nemčija. Imenuje se po Electoral Palatinate, ki je bila pokrajina Svetega rimskega cesarstva na področju sedanje Nemčije.

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Asteroid Palatia obkroži Sonce v 4,66 letih. Njegova tirnica ima izsrednost 0,302, nagnjena pa je za 8,174° proti ekliptiki. Njegov premer je 76,34 km .

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What Could American Gun Control Look Like?
In the wake of another tragic school shooting in the United States last month, gun control advocates have raised their voices louder than ever before. For those of us living in similar industrialised countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, or Australia, it's easy to think of strict gun control legislation as a foregone conclusion. However, implementing new legislation, particularly in a country where this is a highly controversial topic, is not as simple as it may seem to outside observers.
While it is easy to look at the United States and say they should follow the example of our own home countries, in reality, the question of what gun control in America may look like is far more complex. Hypothesising on what this new legislation may entail is a great opportunity to apply critical thinking skills. As you'll see, these skills prompt the same need for evaluation, questioning, and reasoning that American law-makers will need to apply should they attempt to define and legislate on gun control. Here are some of the questions they may need to consider:
What Exactly Should Be Banned?
When discussing gun control, there is a vast amount of room for the interpretation of that term itself. Does gun control mean a complete and total ban of all firearms? Or does it mean limiting the type of firearms available for sale? Does gun control allow for hunting weapons and recreational firearms? How could gun control limit the type of citizen who has the right to bear arms and what governing body has the authority to make those choices?
Many advocates for gun control concede that there is room for the legal possession of hunting rifles but advocate a total ban on automatic assault weapons. However, one must also consider how each weapon is made. Should a ban on automatic weapons include a ban on the sale of individual parts which can be used to modify or build a more dangerous firearm? And if a ban upholds an individual's right to possess a hunting rifle, what is there to stop the individual from using that weapon in an illegal or violent way? In addition, some have recently suggested age- restrictions on purchasing firearms based on the general statistics of perpetrators. Is age-based profiling a form of gun control that citizens are comfortable with? And how likely is it that those generalisations can be dangerously extended to condone racial or gender-based restrictions?
These questions all relate to the overall issue of increased background checks which is supported by many people on both sides of the debate. As then President Obama argued at an Indiana town hall event in 2016, increasing the stringency of background checks and the criteria for responsible gun ownership doesn't inherently pose a threat to the rights of law abiding citizens. However that does beg the question of what criteria should be used to determine whether or not an individual could own and use a firearm legally and safely?
What About Existing Gun Possession?
One question that Americans will have to think about is what to do with the very large number of guns already legally in the possession of citizens. Some may encourage them to follow the examples of Australia, Argentina, and Brazil which have all implemented gun buyback programmes. All three countries offered financial compensation to citizens who surrendered their firearms and studies suggest that these programmes were successful in reducing firearms deaths. However, Argentina's buyback programme which was voluntary and anonymous eliminated only 7% of the country's total number of guns.[i] On the other hand, Australia's buyback programme confiscated 650,000 firearms and coincided with a reduction in the homicide rate by 42% over following years.[ii] In addition, the country's suicide rate fell by 57% in the same time-frame.[iii]
Despite the statistical success of buyback programmes in other countries, similar efforts in the United States have met with mixed results. During a gun buyback programme in Baltimore in 1974, gun homicides and assaults actually rose, though no reason for the increase has been given and there is no evidence that the two were causally linked.[iv] In 1994, a study was done to analyse a 1992 buyback in Seattle which found that the "effect on decreasing violent crime and reducing firearm mortality is unknown."[v] Furthermore, since the right to bear arms is seen as a constitutional right and held as a fundamental value for many of the country's citizens, it is also important to evaluate how a buyback programme might be resisted or undermined by gun advocates. Some people even suggest that a buyback programme would spark increased violence as gun advocates defend their belief in their right to bear arms. On the other hand, small-scale buyback programmes in various states over the years have successfully taken many guns out of the hands of civilians in exchange for financial compensation.
How Will Gun Control Impact The Crime Rate And Mass Incarceration Issue?
Criminalizing the possession of firearms has the potential to increase the crime rate should gun advocates refuse to surrender their weapons. As seen with the War on Drugs, criminalizing certain kinds of behaviour can have a big impact on the legal system, crime rates, and mass incarceration. How will the Judicial Branch deal will a potentially sudden and significant increase in crime as gun-owners hold on to their newly illegal possessions? In addition, how much of the police's valuable resources should be allocated to rounding up firearms and otherwise law-abiding citizens?
Legislators will have to think carefully about how to handle the transition away from a gun-owning citizenry. Since gun ownership is an ideological right for many people, they may choose not to participate in a buyback programme as a statement of their political ideology. Should they do so, would incarcerating these citizens who have chosen to keep their guns as a form of protest turn them into political prisoners?
As we can see, the practical concerns of changing not just the legislation but also the ideology of a nation is extremely complex. While the majority of the industrialized world sees gun control as an essential step to creating a peaceful and safe society, it is important to apply critical thinking to figure out the best possible way to achieve that ideal when changing centuries-old beliefs, rights, and laws.
[i] https://web.berkeley.edu/socrates-and-scholar-retired
[ii] https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/21/17028930/gun-violence-us-statistics-charts
[iii] https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/21/17028930/gun-violence-us-statistics-charts
[iv]https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19741208&id=INFOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6867,3250859
[v] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1403522/
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My gawd, this is soooo cute!
My siblings and I were reminiscing during my mom's birthday and we kind of marathon'd Lea Salonga stuff (mostly Miss Saigon). We found this. Now my sister and I can't believe we actually gushed over how cute Brad Kane was. Looking at it now…he's kind of…um, dorky. We figured it was probably bad 90s fashion so we went and searched for anything recent about Brad Kane.
Apparently, he's now called Caleb Kane (prolly 'cause Brad Kane sounds so common). And he's still…geeky-looking, albeit 2007 style.
Anyone who's seen us knows what's going on between us. It doesn't take a genius to read between the lines. And it's not just wishful thinking or only me who's dreaming. I know what these are symptoms of. We could be in looooooove!
edit: kunwari ka pa eh sing-tanda mo yung kapatid ko. elementary siya niyan.
Dorkiness lang ng 90s yan. We thought he was cute too. Ala ka bang A Whole New World dyan? hwehwehwe.
Pero matindi ha, may faux fencing na nga, voyeuristic pa with those across the street photos. Ayaw ko na!
Sinilip ko yung official site nya, from some angles, he reminds me of Luke Wilson.
hahaha! mas dork kaya siya sa a whole new world na naka-costume sila ni lea.
and i'm not convinced he's a real photographer. mali ang hawak niya sa SLR camera. hahahahaha!
may official site siya??? nge, kelangan makita!
edit: ayan, saw his official site na. crush ko na ulit siya. i like geeky looking guys…just not if he sports the 90s dorkstyle.


Moseying over to casual dining experiences, breakfast style this time, we are heading toward the uniquely named, but acronym-ly referred to IHOP - International House of Pancakes. When you crave pancakes, I suppose this is a great place to head to! Oh! Except, it is off-limits to vegans, unless they are in the mood for a piece of dry toast.
Making this one over is such a pleasure because it still baffles me that eggs and dairy are used in making pancakes; I love to show that pancakes and eggs are not a match made in heaven. Not to mention that all of my kids are pancake fiends.
I decided to remake their self-appointed healthy pancake, Harvest Grain 'N Nut and their special seasonal Pumpkin Pancake. The Harvest Grain has great flavor, although it is not solely made of whole grains, and the pumpkin one was a surprise hit for the family; just enough pumpkin flavor without crossing over into pumpkin pie land.
While maple syrup is a nice addition to pour on the pancakes, IHOP is very worried that syrup alone won't be enough to sweeten your breakfast. To ensure you receive your proper intake of sugar, they add ample amounts to the batter. What I'm saying is, go easy on the syrup. I added flax meal to the pancakes, not because I thought the pancakes needed anything to "bind" them (flour does that), but because it adds nutrition.
Both are easy enough to make, just keep the temperature of the pan on medium to medium-low to allow the inside of the pancake to cook through.
The stacks of pancakes... oh they are glorious.
I've never been to IHOP (I went vegan before they came to Canada) but the commercials with flapjacks being slathered with syrup are hard to miss.
I have posted them so the pancake expert can get stacking :) I worked at IHOP - for an entire week. The ads seem so much nicer than what the chain actually serves; but I guess you can sum that up to commercialism.
Have fun cooking and thanks for visiting.
Yummmmmm. I could eat pancakes (pumpkin or no) for every meal of every day.
I too am always perplexed by why no chain restaurant offers vegan pancakes. They are kind of ridiculously easy to veganize... They don't require any ingredients that wouldn't already be in other products, and the mix could be shelf stable too. Crazy.
What perfect looking pancakes. I really want some now!!


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When ripples make waves
Brandon's oars slice through the water like a knife through jello. In his kayak, he glides effortlessly; on land, things are a little tougher. Brandon is an ex-police officer and amputee who lost his leg due to complications from his lifelong struggle with Systemic Lupus.
This hasn't kept him from kayaking, canoeing, running, biking, martial-artsing, rock-climbing, and general superhero-ing, of course.
When Brandon was diagnosed as a child with Systemic Lupus, he wasn't expected to ever play sports or even walk. "Fine by me," young Brandon thought, "I don't want to walk. I want to run."
So he ran in the direction of his dreams, which led him to the Army. In college, he enrolled in the school's ROTC program with the hopes of becoming an officer. His body had other plans for him, however, and he was forced to accept a medical discharge as he faced complications from Lupus along with multiple heart attacks.
But one door closing means another one is opening. Brandon has always known one thing for sure: he wants to serve his community and make an impact on the world. He wanted to make some waves. Undeterred by his conditions and struggles, he decided to join the police force. But just when everything was coming together, it fell apart again.
This time is wasn't just his body seeking to bring him down; he suffered an injury in the line of duty, which was only exacerbated by having Lupus. These two forces did everything they could to knock Brandon down, but as soon as he healed from the amputation, you can bet he got right back up!
Just like most heroes, Brandon needed support if he wanted to start making waves in his community again.
Since Brandon recognized that playing sports reminded him of how powerful and capable he truly is, he wanted to share that confidence with other athletes like himself. That's why he founded the nonprofit Athlete with disAbilities Network Northeast. As an amputee with a chronic condition, Brandon was presented with an opportunity to inspire and influence an entire demographic that he might not have had access to otherwise.
That demographic, coincidentally, includes (just to name a few insane accomplishments) former first responder, Paralympian, and Chive Charities board member Charles Swearingen.
Charles knows more than anyone that the empowerment sports and competition provides is invaluable. "As a Paralympian, or a para-athlete at any level, all you want is to go out there and compete, to feel human..." Charles told me. "For Brandon to be able to give back like he's doing..that's pretty powerful, and it speaks volumes about what he can accomplish."
While his non-profit is beneficial for others as well as himself, sometimes Brandon just needs a loving paw to hold. His previous service dog, Dyson has been more than happy to be there for Brandon all these years. In fact, Dyson saved Brandon's life not once, not twice, but three times by performing the actions he was trained for when Brandon was going through an adrenal crisis.
Can dogs be canonized? Because Dyson should be the Patron Pup of Good Boys.
All Good Boys turn into Old Boys someday, though, and Dyson is no exception. He served honorably, and now that he's slowing down and becoming startled by loud noises, it's time for Dyson to retire. And that's where we come in:
Chivers, meet Valor. The latest addition to Brandon's family is more than just an adorable dog (although he is most certainly that). Valor is being trained to save Brandon's life and support him at every turn. But that's not all. Valor will be living up to his name by taking on a second job.
Just like dad, Valor feels called to serve. He will be helping Brandon get back to work as a K9 handler while he uses his sniffer to save lives as a bomb-sniffing dog.
Brandon could have asked for so many things, and we probably would have gone to hell and back to make it happen for him. All he wants, though, is to be able to serve again, and he knows he needs a trusty furry friend by his side. You amazing donors funded $10,000 for an Explosive Certification SetKit, Detection Handler Course & Detection Dog Trainer Course, and an MKT Dog Vest for Valor.
This is the ripple effect in glorious action. Your donations haven't just helped Brandon; a donation with Chive Charities has the potential to change the world in ways you can't even imagine. Brandon and his dog will literally be saving lives, and YOUR DONATIONS helped make that happen!
A donation might feel like a drop in the bucket, but the ripples caused by that drop spread farther than you would guess. When a community comes together to take action, those ripples turn into waves. Start making waves with a monthly donation to Chive Charities HERE!
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Dhoom machale song is from Dhoom 3 (2013) and it is sung by Aditi Singh Sharma.It stars Katrina Kaif and Aamir Khan in leading roles. This song is penned by Sameer Anjaan and composed by Pritam Chakraborty. It is produced by Aditya Chopra. This song was released on 20 Dec 2013.


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Cranbrook, BC (January 30, 2019) – The City of Cranbrook is disappointed to hear that the Kootenay ICE Hockey Club has decided to leave the community, as indicated in the announcement by the team ownership group Tuesday.
The City is proud of its residents and the business community for getting behind and supporting the Kootenay ICE during the franchises' 20-year history in Cranbrook. The Kootenay ICE provided many memorable moments for its fans here in Cranbrook. However, Cranbrook will continue to be a strong hockey town and will find other ways to continue to provide hockey excitement in our community.
There will be various business and financial details that the City will work through during the remainder of the season. The City is looking at opening discussions with the Kootenay ICE management on behalf of taxpayers. The City will take the opportunity to reflect and look forward in order to plan for the future, taking time to fully explore opportunities which will work best for the community.
Until further information on the details are confirmed, the City of Cranbrook will not be providing further statements.


View from the Sky Bar at Zepplin located at the 46th floor of Le Luk condominium B Tower at W-District Sukhumvit Soi 69. See location tag. Open from 18:00 to 2:00. Besides a great view of almost 360 degrees they serve a great cocktail collection and a small Thai & Western menu. Prices are not cheap ... actually expensive. But the service is great & the cocktails fantastic.
Update 2018 : I think it is nowadays called Cielo Sky Bar & Restaurant. Open from 17:00 to 24:00.


This week, we held a movie screening of 'Cinema Paradiso' in UCC. The unpredictable weather didn't put a damper on the event; the students' love for great films and authentic Italian cuisine brought everyone together for an enjoyable Thursday night in. Our promise of free pizza was fulfilled in good faith and we all enjoyed our fill of some very tasty pizza, courtesy of Pizzamore, College Road, Cork. We were impressed with the variety of pizza that Pizzamore provided, and everyone left in good spirits – even if a few pounds heavier! 😉 Complimenti e grazie, Pizzamore! You have reignited our love for handmade Roman pizza and we'll be back soon.
We hope that those who came along for the movie night were entertained. We have more events planned for the remainder of the semester so we hope to see you again soon. As always, keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages for regular updates.
Wednesday, 6th November saw the Italian Society join forces with Europa Society and French Society in UCC for an intercultural social night. We had a great night at the Old Bar on campus chatting with so many people from all over. Although most of our committee members were comfortably happy in the familiar setting on their home turf, the Old Bar seemed to be transformed into a cultural hub – such was the high level of cultural intermingling in the place. The Old Bar was an intimate choice for the social night, and we had so much fun hearing interesting and entertaining stories from visiting students (many of them experiencing the ERASMUS programme) from within Europe. We had the pleasure of speaking to students from Italy, France, Spain and, of course, Ireland. The night was a resounding success and a perfect example of how a group of like-minded individuals with an interest in culture and a passion for languages can come together on what was a truly enjoyable evening. It was especially lovely to see new friendships forming in front of our eyes, as we know how difficult it can be for those spending time away from home.
Thanks to Caroline Sheehan from Europe Society, Enda O'Riordan from French Society, and, of course, our Italian Society auditor Ciara Murphy, for their work in planning and preparing for the social. A big thank you is owed to The Boot (www.theboot.ie) for their delicious platter of salami, ham, mortadella olives and cheese. We're so looking forward to our next night out of music, mingling and making lots of new friends!
You can find out more details of our future plans on our regularly updated Facebook and Twitter pages.


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One of the most popular destinations for NY residents when moving internationally is the beautiful capital of the UK. With numerous architectural landmarks and vast green spaces, moving from New York to London can be, without a doubt, a great decision for all Americans who are looking for a change of scenery.
By Kate Holland in How-to July 19, 2022
How to Move to a New City and Adapt Quickly – Tips From a Global Nomad
Are you considering a move to another country? If so, there are some things you can do to help ease the transition and adapt quickly. Before you start preparing, it's important to know how to move to a new city and adapt quickly to make the transition smooth.
How to Prepare for Movers – Ingenious Hacks That Will Make Your International Move Easy
Moving internationally is a complicated process with numerous activities you must complete if you want things to go without a hitch. Learning how to prepare for movers is one of these tasks. If done correctly, it can speed up and improve the efficiency of the entire process, so it shouldn't be too difficult.
When searching for information on how to get a job in a new city, one of the first terms that might appear is "networking." What does this term mean? It is basically the process of meeting people within your field of expertise who can assist with valuable information and help you climb the career ladder.
By Lucy Lucas in How-to July 12, 2022
How to Choose a Moving Company for International Relocation
Although theoretically possible, moving internationally without professional help is extremely difficult. The good news is that there are thousands of relocation companies available out there, but not everyone meets the professional standards. Hence, it is crucial to know how to choose a moving company. Knowing that your belongings will be in safe hands during such a long journey will calm your nerves a lot.
By Kate Holland in Country Guides July 11, 2022
Moving to the United Kingdom – Different Kinds of Culture Shock in Different Areas
People are relocating all the time. Some are even moving abroad – for a chance at a different life with family, for love, to study and grow. Some to grasp the world in their hand, and some to enrich their career. But if you think that moving to the United Kingdom will be just like staying in the US because of the language, think again.
By Gemma Collins in Moving Fundamentals June 30, 2022
An Expat Guide to the International Moving in the Summer
What season is best for moving? You'll hear from many professional movers and people with such experience that moving in the summer is the best. But what if, on top of that, you're relocating overseas? Here's a guide on how to move in summertime across the globe and live to tell the tale.
By Lucy Lucas in Country Guides June 27, 2022
Get Ready for Moving From Los Angeles to London – 5 Things You Should Know
The wondrous capital of the UK is one of the most popular destinations for Americans (including LA residents) to move to for a reason, and here are the things you should know when moving from Los Angeles to London. When moving overseas to Europe, you have to be aware that there will be a lot of differences that will affect your everyday life, and it is a good idea to come prepared in order to adapt more quickly.
How to Live on Your Own in a Foreign Country – A Guide to Adjusting
Moving internationally to start an independent life requires courage, and it is natural that you are experiencing a certain degree of anxiety. However, take comfort in the fact that many people before you have already been in this situation, and you can learn how to live on your own from past experiences.
By Anastasia Hill in Moving Preparation June 20, 2022
Top 5 Tips That Make International Last-Minute Moving Easier
Last-minute moving is one of the most stressful things a person could plan, especially if you're relocating internationally. This is why you need to follow a strict plan and go through every required step. Moves can be very challenging, so there must be thousands of questions rolling up in your mind. If you're not sure what to do, the following five tips should help make things a little bit easier.
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There are so many resources online today (this month,this year and ongoing) We as viewers are so spoiled. A simple example is the games available at chessbomb.
look at whites kings knight. After great maneuvers it ends up on g4. Whats it doing there? Oh Bd7 pure entertainment. Not all of his games went well. He ventured a Dragon and got caught in the opening. Then he got too creative and played a bad Kings Gambit and the rest was a horror story. But mostly pure entertainment from his games. And Id like to hear the story of his daily adventures. Hopefully he will publish them somewhere.


The Province of Loja is located in a mountainous coastal region in southern Ecuador, bordering on northern Peru. It covers 10,793 km2, equivalent to 4% of the country's land area. Altitudes vary from 140 to 400 m, with temperatures ranging between 0 and 22°C and annual rainfall between 380 and 774 mm. Soil fertility is low and water content deficient; only 26% (280,000 ha) of the area is suited for agriculture and 40% for livestock, with similar restrictions. The remaining 35% resembles deforested soils—very fragile and vulnerable and unsuitable for economic activities other than conservation.
The project was implemented by the Department of Agricultural Sciences, National University of Loja, Ecuador. The project philosophy was based on the use and exploitation of ancestral skills and the centennial tradition of planting and harvesting of opuntia and cochineal crops. A site accessible to local farmers was selected for the experimental phase with 2 criteria: suitability for healthy and vigorous growth and longevity (about 30 years) of plants that would serve as barriers; and exhibition of an ecotype highly receptive to cochineal productivity, as this was identified as one of the main future sources of income, including fruit and forage production.
Rehabilitation of degraded hillsides through cultivation of opuntia as fences or barriers in association with other crops.
An increase in production and agricultural productivity through improved soil fertility.
Increased income for farmers, particularly during drought, from sales of the edible opuntia fruits and cochineal—important elements in food processing and dye, the value of which has increased considerably in the international market in the past few years.
Appropriation of useful skills in the search for alternative livelihoods in Loja, with the aim of promoting a new economic climate and sustainable development.
The project strategy had 2 main components: alliances with the different groups in the regional community; and the involvement of producers in the utilization of the technology.
One group of alliances with various institutions helped to make the proposal viable. These alliances facilitated the incorporation of different social actors in the implementation of the project, including the communal, academic, political, and governmental sectors. For instance, technical schools and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) present in the region adopted the technology as part of their educational curriculum, teaching students to implement pilot areas on their respective campuses. NGOs, on the other hand, spread the project concept, taking advantage of their strong links with the community. Another important institution in the alliance was the Church, which was instrumental in diffusing the technology among farmers, whereas the alliance formed with the Ecuadorian army resulted in their helping farmers to plant opuntia in many localities close to soldiers' camps, despite border conflicts.
Farmers were also involved through direct mobilization and participation. The project implementer, the National University of Loja, visited the entire province, identifying the characteristics of the productive systems and the environmental conditions of individual and communal properties and opuntia with the farmers. Farmers met periodically to discuss their problems and other important matters.
Environmental sustainability. The project area provides evidence of the feasibility of producing opuntia and cochineal species on very steep slopes, varying from 30 to 58%, a significant fact in the battle against desertification. Initial data showed that soil rehabilitation was directly related to improved levels of humidity and water retention capacity. If this is confirmed in the long term, the technology will broaden the ability of the farmers to manage opuntia together with other crops. The technology diffused by the project seems well adapted to existing environmental conditions and has proven to be a good ecological alternative in strengthening agro-ecological practices. In the last phases of the project, as part of its strategy of replicability, economic value was assigned to native species and an "agro-ecological model" adopted as the starting point for environmental sustainability.
Economic sustainability. There are no economic data to evaluate the results of the project. However, it can be inferred from interviews and observations that levels of uncertainty with regard to generation of income have diminished. The project has elements of efficiency (use of resources with reduced environmental impact) and impartiality (attention to current and future generations of farmers).
Sociocultural sustainability. The project respects traditions and ancestral skills, including a demonstration that innovation is possible by rediscovering the potential of an agro-ecological model compatible with community culture and values. The new aspect of sociocultural sustainability has to do with the capacity of the people to control their lives and maintain community identity.
Political-institutional sustainability. The dimension of sustainability reflects interinstitutional coordination and alliances between groups with a common vision of an agro-ecological project. This process is just beginning. Although it will take many years to show its real potential, the first steps have been taken. Replicability is a question of time and perseverance.
Decisions based on project proposals, and doubts or questions from farmers, establish the scope of commitments through a mechanism of agreements between communal authorities and public organizations that support the project. Signature of such agreements is preceded by ample discussion within communal organizations. This procedure has the advantage of clearly defining commitments and distribution of responsibilities.
The agreements imply an acknowledgment of the objectives and the resources available to the parties in facing problems caused by eroded soils and steep slopes. They also imply the participation of communal institutions in a joint program of promotion and production of opuntia as well as cochineal and land conservation and determine the contribution of different parties.
The project has used 2 soil resource-related social institutions to promote its objectives. One is communal properties, whose ownership and resources are shared by all members of the community. Another is inherited family properties, localized generally in the neighborhood of the communal properties. The project has succeeded in calling attention to farmers and their forms of ancestral organization by initially studying the production systems of each local community and environmental conditions. Some community groups participate in the project as a direct effect of the demonstration zones promoted by professionals and university students, whereas others establish planting of opuntia and cochineal on existing farmlands, supported by other initiatives.
Social cohesiveness stems from the communal custom of meeting on the first Sunday of every month to discuss problems, with the aim of organizing shifts for the use of water and the management of other common resources. Community authorities have used this opportunity to replicate the messages of the project. This has increased interest among rural families in adopting project proposals.
At least 10 communities participated in the cultivation of opuntia and cochineal crops within the framework of the project, and around 50 others were interested. Community organizations and local NGOs predict a greater impact as the influence of the project reaches more than 1000 farmers. The combination of activities including demonstration sites, undergraduate theses, meetings, field days, visits to community properties, and publications has raised awareness among certain sectors of the regional community and promoted the diffusion of the technology. Synergy between the actions of community organizations, the university, NGOs, and the Provincial Council has been achieved.
Communities already perceive project benefits, and those that participate in other initiatives influenced by the agro-ecological perspective and the proposed technology have better control over their lives. For example, farmers expressed their satisfaction with the extra income received from the cochineal, the retention of soil in the opuntia plantations, and fruit consumption as part of the family diet. Above all, farmers noted that the project recognizes the value of ancestral skills and practices. Opuntia and cochineal are part of the cultural patrimony of these peoples (Figure 3). Their use strengthens self-esteem among older members of the community and represents an opportunity to keep younger members from abandoning the region. The possibility of income throughout the year increases levels of certainty about the future of the family, decreases anxiety during lengthy droughts, and could eventually reduce emigration.
The opportunity to obtain opuntia seeds (suckers) for annual increase of density on each farm.
Laboratory support for the improvement of soils, which retain a greater percentage of potassium, phosphorus, and nitrogen as a result of cultivation of opuntia. The productivity of other crops such as maize has also improved.
The recycling of organic residues as fertilizer for opuntia, especially manure from goats, cuye (guinea pig), chickens, cows, and pigs.
A greater awareness of the importance of vegetation, especially those few trees and shrubs that withstand the long droughts and furnish firewood.
The participation of government agencies in financing field work days on a national scale.
The technological possibility to reduce the impact of desertification in a high-risk region.
Updated information on the diversity of productive systems and arid ecosystems that characterize the region.
A change in credit systems by including loans for planting opuntia and harvesting cochineal.
The participation of women's organizations in the production of opuntia and cochineal in a communal society traditionally organized around men.
Increased applications for technical assistance and information.
Greater interest among undergraduate students at the University of Loja in research on various issues related to project objectives.
Greater dissemination of the project approach among different organizations.
This project has demonstrated that it is possible, with scarce financial resources and the efforts of many years of agro-ecological research, to increase awareness of responsibility for survival strategies among diverse social actors, and, in the long term, among the poorest population groups. It is gradually becoming sustainable in environmental, economic, sociocultural, and political terms.
The dissemination of a technology in the context of a local development model is closely connected to its simplicity, cultural adaptability, and a low level of investment. The process of dissemination and replicability cannot require external institutional or financial instruments, at least not in the case of traditional populations. Future plans could include initiating a databank on specific productive systems in the region and their environmental conditions.


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Trade smart
| The European | 12 October 2018
The fintech sector has been gaining momentum for some time, borne out of a desire to simplify financial systems and make financial services more accessible. From bringing personal banking to remote areas of Africa to innovating the worlds of private equity and hedge funds, fintech is causing a wave of disruption all round.
Technology is enabling fintech firms to provide these services in a new way, often by cutting out the middle man and going straight to the end-user. The rise of smartphones is perhaps one of the biggest drivers of the fintech revolution, with mobile apps providing the perfect channel through which fintech innovators can deliver their services at a low cost.
With the rise of fintech comes the democratisation of financial services, opening services that were previously inaccessible to regular consumers, such as investing and money management.
Fintech and trading
One interesting area within the financial sector that fintech startups have disrupted is trading. Twenty years ago, to start investing, a full-service broker was needed, who would then offer advice and invest money on the individual's behalf. This would of course cost a lot of money and was only available to those with a high level of capital. In theory this meant that unless a person had a business degree, a wealth of knowledge, or significant financial resources, it was almost impossible to start trading.
However, a sector which has traditionally had a high barrier to entry for consumers is now part of the fintech revolution, with a new wave of consumer-focused trading and investment apps spreading throughout the financial sector. The most innovative among these are leveraging data and using advanced machine-learning to give their users targeted, bespoke and personalised information to help their trading.
Capital.com is a prominent example of a fintech company that holds this philosophy to its core, as Capital.com CEO Ivan Gowan explains: "The company has its eyes set on what has traditionally been the exclusionary world of financial trading and aims to encourage broader user participation through simplification, education and powerful technology."
Capital.com's CEO, Ivan Gowan
Since April 2016, backed by $25m in private investment, this leading fintech company has grown a talented, international team and developed trading software solutions and mobile applications, with a focus on making the world of finance more engaging and useful. Capital.com now has 1,000,000 app installs, with clients using the platform in more than 53 countries.
The company's key offering is a web and mobile-based platform for trading contracts for difference (CFDs). Traders are able to choose from a wide range of markets to trade, including cryptocurrencies, forex, shares, commodities, and indices. If a client searches for a financial product in the app but doesn't find it, this is tracked, and this particular asset can then be added to the platform. Traders also can enjoy powerful execution, tight spreads and zero commissions on trades.
Education, action, education
While the democratisation of the financial sector means that more people can access trading platforms and services through intuitive mobile apps from the comfort of their living room or while they're on the train, it also means that consumers need to be better educated about the risks of trading.
"One of the major educational barriers is the cognitive bias faced by every retail investor," explains Mr Gowan. "These biases affect how people enter and exit the market and can prove very difficult to shake off without the perspective and help of a third party. Disposition bias, for example, leads to traders closing profitable trades early without maximising the potential gains, and holding on to losing positions for too long in the hope the performance turns around."
This is where Capital.com steps in, aiming to improve their users' trading performances by showing them what they are working against. To do this, the platform has an embedded behaviour analysis tool, which works to detect clients' trading biases and recommends personalised educational content to help them trade smarter. Powered by machine-learning, it delivers tailored news feeds, analysis, and educational materials based on users' in-app behaviour. The aim is to provide useful technologies to help users make informed decisions about their trading, rather than relying purely on human instinct.
In line with its efforts to broaden participation, Capital.com has created a separate educational app, Investmate, which provides training for new and budding traders, allowing them to learn the basics of finance and make a safe entry into the market. Investmate delivers an expansive range of introductory trading courses on financial instruments, derivatives and CFDs, as well as a course on understanding the risks of trading.
"We are totally committed to offering personalised education alongside an award-winning trading platform, which really sets us apart from our competitors who are encouraging users to learn only through 'copy trading', that is, following other investors and replicating their trades in real-time. This approach does little to strengthen the trading skills of beginners and leaves users at risk of taking positions they wouldn't otherwise make. By monitoring and analysing their performance, behaviour patterns and biases, we can provide tailored educational content based on current market trends and risks, through our machine-learning-based platform, putting our traders in a good position to trade independently and make strong returns," says Mr Gowan.
However, the mission does not stop there. Clients are also educated through a series of webinars, courses, articles and daily video market updates by David Jones, Capital.com's Chief Market Strategist and industry expert. The company believes that with greater understanding, investors will become more responsible, informed, and successful in their trading ambitions.
Regulatory excellence
As the company works to convert novice investors into successful investors, it recognises its responsibility to protect its users throughout their trading experience. Capital.com is a strong advocate of consumer protections with a responsible and ethical stance towards positive client outcomes. Capital.com was the first CFD trading provider to become fully compliant with the new European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) regulations, which were labelled by its competitors as "draconian".
The new measures imposed by ESMA include the introduction of negative balance protection to prevent traders losing more money than they invested, the additional protection of an individual trade closeout rule, and stipulated maximum levels of leverage, which reflect the volatility of each asset class. In addition, ESMA has mandated that advertising cannot include financial incentives related to the opening of an account and must feature a specific risk warning which indicates the historic trading success rate.
Mr Gowan explains Capital.com's view of the new regulatory landscape: "Our belief was that ESMA's regulations were well overdue, and that responsible CFD trading providers should have already implemented many of them, as nuanced intervention from regulators can be instrumental in creating a level playing field between consumers and CFD providers and help to improve client outcomes. We implemented the changes well in advance of the deadline as part of our efforts to ensure full transparency and legitimacy for our clients."
The key ESMA measure was the reduction of leverage limits. The regulations stipulated that CFD trading providers must set maximum leverages across different asset classes, from 30:1 for major currency pairs down to as low as 2:1 for cryptocurrencies.
Once implemented, the company went one step further to assess the impact on their clients. The results were extremely positive, finding that the introduction of lower leverage rates has resulted in significant improvements for client outcomes. The study found that traders using lower leverage limits traded more successfully and were significantly less likely to face a margin call, with the rate falling from 30% in the months before Capital.com introduced the ESMA limits to just 5% in June. The study also found that the size of the average loss fell by over 80%.
Far from harming the industry as many predicted, lower levels of leverage for new traders look likely to ensure a more sustainable CFD market, as more successful traders engage with their chosen platform for a longer period of time. CFD providers that struggle to operate in this enhanced regulatory environment are encouraging traders to take unsustainably high risks, and if they cannot survive in a market that works better for the consumer, then the market is better off without them. The ESMA regulations ensure that more experienced and more sophisticated traders should be able to make informed choices about leverage levels, but novices can now trade with greater confidence following the implementation of these measures.
While these measures are a great starting point for retail investors, truly responsible CFD trading providers should be focusing on educating and informing their customers, to help them further improve their trading skills. This should include giving them insights on the markets they are actually interested in, rather than blinding them with random commentary. Capital.com's ambition is for its users to enjoy trading CFDs over the long term, and the best way to ensure this is by delivering a great user experience and by helping them to trade successfully.
Transparent trading
However, delivering a great user experience requires an entirely customer-centric approach. CFD trading platforms can be complex and difficult to navigate, limiting understanding and putting users at unnecessary exposure. Responsible trading providers inform their users of all the risks associated with their trades and go the extra mile to provide a rewarding experience for their customers, encouraging traders to make significant gains or walk away with minimal damage.
Mr Gowan says: "Our ethos is that our customers should always be able find the information they need, so that they can make informed and reliable decisions about their trading. Good trading platforms must provide a broad range of data to their users, while ensuring that all presented information is useful and easily understood. We believe that this is critical to making retail trading more sustainable, as it ensures that traders with any level of technical knowledge are aware of all exposure and can get the best possible insight into trading conditions."
This translates into Capital.com's customer-centric approach, with its easy-to-use platform designed to help clients trade the markets with peace of mind. The company prioritises clients in the execution of orders, provides negative balance protection, which stops the balance going below zero, and exclusive services tailored to clients' needs, including a Personal Manager and SMS alerts. The Capital.com expert support team is available 24/7 in 13 languages via phone, social media, the website, and email, ensuring constant customer support.
The company is also set to expand its sights with the continuous introduction of new markets for traders, system improvements for making the experience better, and continuing its emphasis on customer service.
Capital.com has exciting plans to develop internationally, expanding into new jurisdictions, while at the same time building and enhancing the trading platform. To realise these ambitions and the potential of Capital.com, the company required a strong top management team with deep experience and specific knowledge of the industry.
CEO Ivan Gowan joined in January 2018, helping to establish the business as one of the leading responsible CFD trading providers in Europe. Throughout his career, Mr Gowan has built award-winning customer centric platforms and he now leads Capital.com's efforts to put the user experience at the very core of its service, providing strategic direction to continue delivering significant customer growth.
David Jones leads Capital.com's market analysis and education efforts and is a qualified technical analyst with extensive experience in financial markets, having begun his financial career in the 1990s as a currency analyst.
Ying Panagotiou, Head of Trading, started her career as a dealer in Finotec Group in 2006. Having spent more than a decade in different areas in the finance industry, she brings to Capital.com deep insight in the forex and CFDs trading domain, and ensures its customers enjoy the best possible trading experience.
Dmitry Ogievich, Head of Development, leads Capital.com's technical team to ensure a customer-centric approach from all the company's products and services, and deliver a fantastic customer experience.
Mr Gowan concludes: "Our leadership team works together to expand our customer base, attracting new users through innovative product features and high-performance trading. We are also leading efforts to achieve Capital.com's core strategic vision: to offer the very best customer experience, through intuitive and high-performance products and services, and to help our users to trade responsibly and successfully, managing their risk and enjoying the trading experience."


My name is Andrea. I am no stranger to creating with my hands!! Every since I was a child, I would draw and play with beads and fabrics. I first started making and drawing clothing and jewelry designs as a hobby at 15 or so while modeling for community events and shows. In my early 20"s "real life" set in, I landed my first corporate job and became a mother. Still, my passion for crafting and doing it "my way" never changed. Twenty years later, I decided to take "the plunge" as sell my crafts full time.
By working closely with a few experienced jewelry designers such as Pam Older & Kimina Baylli, esp Kim who showed me all the in's and outs of becoming a female vendor is a predominately male vendor world. I learned how to improve my jewelry making and was encouraged to sell my work. I became a sidewalk street vendor in the Bronx, Soho and the East 14th Street in 2006, followed by opening my first online shop at Etsy.com in June 2007 with my hammered metal, beaded, wire wrapped and semi precious stone jewelry designs under the Nyblaque name. I later incorporated handmade greeting cards and peacock feather earrings. By 2008 I included peacock feather stem sets and surplus beads and handmade jewelry findings which eventually evolved my shop into an artisan emporium.
The year 2009 paved the way for SwanRiverStone- my eco friendly, minimalist bohemian jewelry and accessory shop. SwanRiverStone grew into AshanteCulture from 2012-2015 as the inspiration to create more Afrocentric, Native American and Caribbean designs for jewelry, hair and the home. As much as I love what i do a long break was needed. I have immersed my time with my family,blog about other artisan sellers and participate in green workshops, community work and participate and advocate in charity/fundraiser events"
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Born Farrokh Bulsara in Tanzania to Pakistani parents, Freddie Mercury set off to London just after he turned 16 years old. In 2002 he landed the 58th place in the top 100 famous British people. While the Rolling Stone magazine gave him a top place in the list of the greatest singers of all time.
Sufferer of Aids, the British musician died following pneumonia on 24 November 1991. Freddie kept his passion going up until is death. He had only publicly announced that he was a carrier of the virus the day before he died.
Freddie Mercury was a brave man in his last days as the band's lead guitarist Brian May revealed in the book entitled 'Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury': "He never asked for sympathy from anyone else. He was a very strong person and always liked to be in control of his own destiny."
"There was no drama, no tears in his eyes," May said. "He was incredibly self-contained. We didn't feel we could speak about it to anyone."
With a drawn face and an unusually skeletal appearance in these rare photographs, it is difficult to recognize the signer who used to be full of passion and vibrancy.


The long lost snitch washcloth was discovered today at the bottom of a knitting bag. No word yet as to why the snitch didn't appear in the bag the last 3 times it was searched. Possibly it was in fear of bludgers.
The pattern is from InsanKnitty. I left off the HP and centered the snitch motif, and also changed the back wing a little to look a little bigger, just a few stitches different. If I had it to again I'd move a couple purl stitches on the front wing too. The shape is kinda weird.
But C doesn't mind, she thinks it's sooper cool.
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Problems with Facts about Rohingya Statelessness
Nick Cheesman
Dec 8 2015 • 1584 views
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Anyone who's seen anything in the news lately about the plight of the Rohingya, a self-identified Muslim minority living on the border of Myanmar with Bangladesh, is likely to have read something to the effect that they "have been stateless since they were collectively stripped of their citizenship in a 1982 citizenship law that recognized 135 ethnic groups". Journalists, human rights defenders and scholars variously iterate statements about how this law specifically took away the citizenship of hundreds of thousands of people.
In fact, Myanmar's citizenship law contains no reference to the 135 ethnic groups that today make up the country's official "national races". Nor does it include any specific sections to deny Rohingya citizenship. The law does privilege people belonging to certain loosely defined racial categories over others—that is to say, people classed as ostensibly being among the original, pre-colonial inhabitants of the country. But the present-day statelessness of Muslims in the west of Myanmar is essentially a result of de facto, rather than de jure, measures.
To make sense of how the 1982 law privileges some groups and excludes others, and with what consequences, we need to compare it with its predecessor, the 1948 Union Citizenship Act. The earlier law incorporated provisions giving special recognition to a non-exhaustive list of ethnic groups, then designated "indigenous races" and later national races, namely "Arakanese, Burmese, Chin, Kachin, Karen, Mon or Shan races and such racial groups as have settled in any of the territories included within the Union as their permanent home anterior to 1823AD".[1] It acknowledged the general right to citizenship of these categories of people, but it did not limit citizenship to them. On the contrary, it stated that any person whose forebears had lived in Burma, as Myanmar was then officially known, for at least two generations would be deemed a citizen. And it went on to offer a range of other conditions that would suffice for citizenship. In other words, although race did feature in the 1948 law, it was not prominent. Whether a person was a member of a "national race" or not was largely incidental to the question of citizenship prior to 1982.
The insignificance of ethnic or racial categories for the purposes of determining Burmese citizenship before 1982 is obvious from a glance at identity documents issued in the period. The original National Registration Card or "green card", which the government began to issue in 1952 under the 1949 Union Residents Registration Act, contained no space to identify whether a person was a member of a national race or not. Nor, for that matter, did it indicate what their race or religion was. No government department throughout this time even had authority to issue a document certifying that a person belonged to a specific racial or ethnic category.
The 1982 law turned the contents of its predecessor on its head by making ethnic identity, which is to say, membership in a "national race" category, the primary basis for citizenship. It achieved this result in two steps. First, it declared, similar to its forerunner, that, "Kachin, Karenni, Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Arakanese, Shan and other national races and ethnic groups who resided in an area of the state as their permanent home anterior to 1823AD are Burmese citizens."[2] But unlike in 1948, it offered no other avenues via which a person may become a full citizen.
Second, the 1982 law individualized this provision in a way not done previously, by declaring that, "All persons born of the national races, or all persons born of parents both of whom are of national races are citizens."[3] Whereas in the prior law the person's individual claim to citizenship was independent from their ancestry, in 1982 not only were individual claims and lineage bound together but also questions of ethnicity preceded and determined a person's status as a citizen.
Because the contents of the 1982 law appear to have the effect of automatically denying citizenship to certain categories of persons, like Muslims of South Asian descent, writers on the topic conclude that the law stripped Rohingya of their citizenship. But this conclusion is inattentive to the law's contents, and misconstrues the type of regime with which we are here concerned.
The 1982 law was not retroactive. Its regressive, racialist contents notwithstanding, it clearly provided that nobody who already had citizenship would lose it, unless they had acquired it by deceit. This provision should have functioned to prevent mass statelessness by enabling existing documented citizens to transfer over to the new regime without having to prove their lineage under the latest rules. But at this point we move from questions of the law's contents to its application, and to the character of the regime responsible for its enforcement.
After the 1982 law passed the legislature, initially not much happened. Burma's bureaucracy embraced it with characteristic creative inertia, doing nothing. Nor did officials move to put the law into effect having completed and issued a set of procedures for its implementation, over a year later. Work to exchange the old green cards for new pink Citizenship Scrutiny Cards appears only to have begun in 1985. Even then, it seems to have been conducted lethargically and without fanfare. It was not until a new military junta with a renewed appetite for ridding the country of alleged foreigners took power in 1988 that the law got enforced with vigour.
Given that the Muslim population of western Burma was probably among the better-documented frontier groups in the country at the time, the re-registration process should not have presented unusual difficulties for many of its members. Limited available evidence suggests that people expected to hand in their green cards and after a time get new pink ones instead. But, registration officers apparently acting on orders from superiors to stamp out the use of fake identity documents in the border region adopted the expedient of declining to re-register most Muslims. If in 1990 you were living in a township on the border of Bangladesh and were designated "Bengali", you would not receive a pink card. Furthermore, those people who had submitted green cards with their applications to obtain the new pink ones did not have their green cards returned to them, but instead were issued with Temporary Registration Cards, or "white cards".
The issuance of white cards to those people who had surrendered their old green cards is intelligible only when interpreted in terms of a regime for which departure from domestic law is both routinized and unproblematic. Under the 1949 registration law and rules that followed in 1951, these cards were intended, as their name suggests, as temporary documentation. They were supposed to be issued when somebody needs to submit further evidence to get a green card, or loses a card and applies to get a new one issued but requires an interim document. They were never intended as alternative permanent documents for non-citizens residing in Myanmar, for whom yet another type of certification exists. Nevertheless, white cards were from the early 1990s until end of March 2015 treated as proxy identification for people denied citizenship who nevertheless were born, have lived, and will likely die in Myanmar.[4]
Thus, the process of rendering stateless hundreds of thousands of people on the border of Myanmar with Bangladesh was not achieved by complying with the terms of the 1982 Citizenship Law, even though its contents were in their general intentions inimical to the interests of the affected population, but rather, through their breach and selective application.
Having been denied citizenship wholesale, people identifying as Rohingya logically started making political claims to get it back: logically, because existing juridical arrangements in Myanmar encourage if not compel people to make political claims that they constitute distinctive ethnic groups, precisely because to belong to a national race is under the 1982 law both the gold standard for membership in the political community "Myanmar" and also a guarantee of membership. Yet Rohingya who make such claims risk giving umbrage to those groups who already are counted among national races, who resent the idea that Muslims of South Asian descent might also be included in their numbers.
Tension between the inherent logic of juridical arrangements that push people to make political claims to a salient ethnic identity and the stiff opposition that those claims encounter among the majority of Myanmar's population drives the physical and structural violence against Muslims in Myanmar's west. To be Rohingya is to ascribe to an identity that is both politically and juridically off-limits. A person who identifies as Bengali is perfectly entitled to present their credentials and make an individual claim to citizenship under the terms of the 1982 law. But assertions of a collective right of people who identify as Rohingya to political membership by virtue of being a national race are not tolerated.
Yet, the Citizenship Law itself concedes to the politically intolerable. The law stipulates that the peak executive body in the country has the authority to determine whether or not an ethnic group constitutes a national race. The procedures for implementation of the law also recognize that apart from the eight major national race groups listed in the law, "Many other races and ethnic groups that are national races remain."[5] On paper, the law holds open the possibility that yet more groups than the 135 currently designated as national races might one day be added to their number.
The Rohingya political claim to be among the national races, and hence to be entitled to citizenship as a collectivity, rests on this possibility. But to make the claim, they must also subscribe to the racialized logic of the 1982 citizenship regime. Consequently, rather than question the premises that inhere to citizenship in Myanmar, Rohingya advocates elide them. Rather than oppose the underlying premises of the arrangements for citizenship on the basis of ethnicity, they challenge only the proposition that Rohingya are not included in the 135 groups to which citizenship automatically accrues. Ironically, and tragically, the surpassing symbolic and juridical power of "national race" identity is for the Rohingya at once their problem and their solution.
[1] Union Citizenship Act, No. 66/1948, section 3. The year 1823 was the year immediately prior to the first Anglo-Burmese law.
[2] Citizenship Law, No. 4/1982, section 3. Author's translation.
[3] Citizenship Law, section 5. Author's translation.
[4] The cards were annulled via President's Office Notification 19/2015, 12 February 2015. New interim cards have since been issued.
[5] Procedures Concerning the Citizenship Law, Council of Ministers Notification No. 13/83, paragraph 9. Author's translation.
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Dr. Nick Cheesman is a research fellow in the Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University, and author of Opposing the Rule of Law: How Myanmar's Courts Make Law and Order (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
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While the Chief Commissioner of Australia is at the World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia USA, our new Under 30 Deputy Chief Commissioner, Luke Saunders is acting in the role, making him the youngest ever member to head our organisation.
At 27 years of age, Luke is the youngest ever Acting Chief Commissioner of Australia and the first young person to be appointed to the role. His temporary appointment follows a 21-year membership of the organisation, starting as a Joey Scout in 1997 and progressing through to Cub Scout, Scout, Venturer Scout and Rover Scout sections in the Scouts Australia NSW Branch.
"Over the last 21 years Scouting has provided me with life-changing experiences that are unmatched in any other youth movement in Australia and provided me with the training, skills and opportunities to excel in the role of Acting Chief Commissioner of Australia," says Luke. "This appointment demonstrates Scouts Australia's strong commitment to being a Movement of young people led by young people where adults play an important role supporting our young people to succeed at the challenges they take on."
"The Youth Program in Scouting is adventurous, fun, challenging and inclusive to all and provides the framework to foster the development of young people in achieving their full potential as individuals to be active change makers in their local communities. I am excited and inspired by the progress our young people make every day in their communities and I hope this appointment is the catalyst to inspire and encourage other young people to achieve their goals and strive for new heights."
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I came across some good articles on note taking on devices that are worth sharing.
Below are a collection of technology resources.
Here are the slides from the February 2015 parent presentation on cell phones. We'll be doing another presentation in March.
Click here to view the cell phone presentation slides.
Here are a few good aritcles pertaining to keeping kids safe online.
One of the skills we try to teach our students is effective communication. In the 21st century, effective communication can be done in a variety of ways. It can take place in person, over the phone, via email, and also text. iMessage is a communication app that is found on the iPad that can help students communicate with other students as well as their parents. We have started seeing students misusing this form of communication and sending large numbers of messages to others in the class. These messages have become disruptive. We strongly encourage you to monitor your child's use of this app. We are trying to keep your child safe from any unwanted messages. Information detailing how to disable the app and also disable it through parental controls can be found on our parent technology page.
If you want to disable the app, here are the instructions.
Instagram is an online photo-sharing social networking app that lets its users upload pictures, apply photographic filters on them, and share them on other social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. While it is nice to share photos with others, please make sure your child understands that pictures you post online are public and will be online forever. Users can comment on photos, which may cause issues related to the app.
We had Executive Director of IROC (The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell Phone Communication) give three great presentations to parents and students on internet safety. His underlining theme to each presentation was "public and permanent". Richard used real life examples of celebrities and students to show our students (and parents) that everything on the internet is public and permanent. He used these examples to make sure everyone understood that anything you put on the internet is going to be public and permanent. We look forward to having him back for more presentations and in the meantime, he encouraged us to visit his website for more resources including a risk assessment. This cyber safety risk assessment is a great way to start the conversation at home. Here are the links.
As we continue to integrate technology into the curriculum, we also want to make sure we continue to educate our students and parents on how to be safe and responsible online. We feel this is even more important with the addition of iPads. We have discussed important topics such as cyberbullying, social media, identity theft and being safe online over the past few years.
Backing up the iPad – There are two ways to back up your iPad.
1. iCloud will back up your iPad apps as well as allow you to track it in the event it gets lost. Please use this link for the instructions.
2. You can also back up to a computer. This will backup the files, pictures, and notes on your iPad. Click HERE for information on syncing for the first time.
Here is a great article from Apple that talks about both backup methods.
As a reminder, the student iPads will be filtered exactly like our current computers are filtered while on campus. However, when they leave campus, they will no longer be filtered.
There are a few options for those who want to filter the internet on the iPad regardless of location. Below are links to some apps that will allow you to do this. Please note that you need to disable Safari.
We want to remind everyone that your children (and you) should disconnect from your iPad, computer, TV, or any other technology a few hours before you go to bed.


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