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Our Faculty.
Political Science & International Relations Department
Timothy Carter
Visiting Assistant Professor of International Relations
tcarter@drew.edu
Tim earned his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Rochester. He joined the Department in August 2016 where he teaches courses on international relations, environmental security, and US foreign policy. Prior to Drew University, Tim taught at Villanova University and Wayne State University.
Tim's research focuses on explaining the violence in contemporary insurgent wars. His research is driven by questions concerning the intersection of violence and physical geography, notably weather and climate. His past research examined how variability in inclement weather affects the distribution of conflict violence in civil wars, and his current research projects examine how climate change affects the dynamics of counterinsurgent military operations.
"Weather, Terrain and Warfare: Coalition Fatalities in Afghanistan," Conflict Management and Peace Science 30:3 (2013): 220-239.
"The Timing of Conflict Violence: Hydraulic Behavior in the Ugandan Civil War," Conflict Management and Peace Science 32:4 (2015): 370-394.
Debra Liebowitz
Associate Dean for Curriculum and Faculty Development and Professor of Gender and Women Studies, Political Science and International Relations
dliebowi@drew.edu
Debra J. Liebowitz is a Professor of International Relations and Women's & Gender Studies, and the Associate Dean for Curriculum and Faculty Development, in the College of Liberal Arts at Drew University (Madison, N.J.). Her work focuses on gender, political organizing, global governance and the United Nations' human rights system.
Her most recent scholarship includes, "Due Diligence and Gender Violence: Parsing its Power and its Perils" in the Cornell International Law Journal 48:2 (2015) (with Julie Goldscheid); "Gender Equality Oversimplified: Using CEDAW to Counter the Measurement Obsession" in the International Studies Review, (December 2014 with Susanne Zwingel); "Comprehension Obscured: Feminist Ideas and Policy Directives," in Politics & Gender (2013).
She has worked for the past 20 years doing gender and human rights related-training and research at the United Nations. In this capacity she has trained women's rights activists from more than 60 countries on how to use the UN's human rights system to advocate for political change at home. She has worked closely with IWRAW Asia Pacific, a Malaysia-based international women's rights NGO, and is a member of their International Program Management Team. She is currently on the advisory board for Association for Women's Rights and Development's (AWID) FundHer project and is also part of the Due Diligence Project on gender violence and international human rights.
Education: BA University of Oregon, 1988; MA Rutgers University, 1996; PhD Rutgers University, 2000
Jason Jordan
Associate Professor of Political Science
Jjordan1@drew.edu
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After earning his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Jason taught at Florida State University in the departments of Political Science and Public Health. He joined the faculty of Drew in 2011 where he teaches courses on European politics, political economy, and research methods.
Broadly, Jason's research focuses on the politics of the mature welfare states of Europe and the United States. His early work explored why levels of support for the welfare state vary across countries, pointing to a number of factors including the influence of religion and so called "policy feedback effects." More recently, his research examines the consequences of significant cross-national differences in the levels of political knowledge for public opinion and voting.
Jordan, Jason (2018) Political Awareness and Support for Redistribution. European Political Science Review 10 (1): 119-137.
Jordan, Jason (2016) Religion and Inequality: The Lasting Impact of Religious Traditions and Institutions on Welfare State Development. European Political Science Review 8 (1): 25-48.
Jordan, Jason (2014) Religious Belief, Religious Denomination, and Preferences for Redistribution: A Comparison across 13 Countries. West European Politics 37(1): 19-41.
Jordan, Jason (2013) Policy Feedback and Support for the Welfare State: Universalism and Support for the Welfare State across Three Policy Areas. European Journal of Social Policy 23 (2): 134-148.
Jinee Lokaneeta
Chair and Professor of Political Science and International Relations
jlokanee@drew.edu
Jinee Lokaneeta received her PhD from the University of Southern California (USC). Prior to USC, she taught Political Science at Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, India. Jinee completed her Bachelors, Masters and Mphil in Political Science at Delhi University. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi in 2014 and the Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley in fall 2009. She was the Book Review Editor of Law and Society Review from 2013-2016. She is the current President of Consortium of Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs.
Her areas of interest include Law and Violence, Political Theory (Postcolonial, Feminist and Marxist theory), Transnational Law, Jurisprudence, and Cultural Studies. She joined Drew University in 2006.
She is the author of Transnational Torture: Law, Violence, and State Power in the United States and India (New York University Press, 2011, Orient Blackswan 2012) and the co-editor with Nivedita Menon and Sadhna Arya of Feminist Politics: Struggles and Issues (in Hindi). Delhi: Hindi Medium Directorate, 2001. Her most recent book is The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India (University of Michigan Press, March 2020).
Hyper links for the books are :https://nyupress.org/9781479816958/transnational-torture/ and https://www.press.umich.edu/9729771/truth_machines
"Rule of Law, Violence and Exception: Deciphering the Indian State in the Thangjam Manorama Inquiry Report." Law, Culture and the Humanities, 2017. DOI 10.1177/1743872118761349
'Sovereignty, Violence and Resistance in North East India: Mapping Political Theory Today: A commentary on "Bare Sovereignty: Homo Sacer and the Insistence of Law"' by Peter Fitzpatrick, Theory & Event, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2001), Theory & Event, Vol. 20, No. 1, January, pp. 76-86, 2017.
"Torture and Detention in India: Challenges to Prevention" (with Amar Jesani as second author). Does Torture Prevention Work? 501-548. Edited by Richard Carver and Lisa Handley, (funded by Association for the Prevention of Torture, Geneva) Liverpool University Press, 2016.
"Debating the Indian Supreme Court: Equality, Liberty, and the Rule of Law," 2015. Law, Culture and Humanities. DOI:10.1177/1743872115596158
"Violence." Oxford Handbook on Feminist Theory. Edited by Lisa Disch and Mary Hawkesworth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199328581.013.50
Professor of Political Science
pmcguinn@drew.edu
Patrick J. McGuinn is Professor of Political Science and Education at Drew University and a Senior Research Specialist at the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE). He holds a Ph.D. in Government and a M.Ed. in Education Policy from the University of Virginia and has held fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the Rockefeller Institute for Government, the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University, and the Miller Center for Public Affairs. Patrick's first book, No Child Left Behind and the Transformation of Federal Education Policy, 1965-2005, (Kansas, 2006) was honored as a Choice outstanding academic title. He is also the co-editor of The Convergence of K-12 and Higher Education: Policies and Programs in a Changing Era (Harvard Education Press, 2016) and Education Governance for the 21st Century: Overcoming the Structural Barriers to School Reform (Brookings Institution Press, 2013). Patrick has published many academic articles and book chapters and has produced policy reports for the Brookings Institution, the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for American Progress, the New America Foundation, and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He is a regular commentator on education policy and politics in media outlets and was recognized as one of the nation's top Edu-Scholars by Education Week for the past ten years.
Patrick's research interests are in national politics and institutions, education and social welfare policy, American political development, federalism, and the policymaking process.
The Convergence of K-12 and Higher Education: Policies and Programs in a Changing Era
(Harvard Education Press, October 2016)
Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century: Overcoming the Structural Barriers to School Reform (Brookings Institution Press, 2013).
No Child Left Behind and the Transformation of Federal Education Policy, 1965-2005 (University Press of Kansas , June 2006)
Sangay Mishra
Assistant Professor of Political Science
smishra@drew.edu
Sangay Mishra specializes in immigrant political incorporation, transnationalism, and racial and ethnic politics. His work engages with political participation of South Asian immigrants in the United States as well as countries of origin with a particular focus on immigrants from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. He has also been analyzing the experiences of Muslim American communities with law enforcement agencies. Before joining Drew University in 2013, he was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Lehigh University, PA. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He served as the co-chair of Asian and Pacific American Caucus of the American Political Science Association from 2014-2016.
His book, titled Desis Divided: The Political Lives of South Asian Americans was published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2016 and Sage India in 2017. The book was awarded the best book on Asian America (2017) by the American Sociological Association's section on Asia and Asian America.
Focusing on Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi American communities, Desis Divided analyzes features such as class, religion, nation of origin, language, caste, gender, and sexuality in mobilization and shows how these internal characteristics lead to multiple paths of political inclusion, defying a unified group experience.
Read "An Indian immigrant is murdered in Kansas. It's part of a spike in hate crimes against South Asians." Washington Post/Monkey Cage, March 7, 2017.
Watch podcast on New Books Network; interview on KPFA by Sonali Kolhatkar; Read Excerpt and Review on the Aerogram.
He teaches courses in American Politics and Political Theory including Introduction to Political Theory, Race and Politics; Politics of Immigration; Cultural Diversity and the Law; Muslims and the West; and Latino Politics.
"Combatting Suspicion, Creating Trust: Interface of Muslim Communities and Law Enforcement in the Post-9/11 United States." (Co-authored with Jinee Lokaneeta),Polity (Forthcoming).
Desis Divided: The Political Lives of South Asian Americans (2016), University of Minnesota Press.
"Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization: South Asians in the Post-9/11 U.S." 2013. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 13 (2).
Philip A. Mundo
pmundo@drew.edu
After earning a PhD in political science at the University of California – Berkeley and spending several years working at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., Phil Mundo joined the Drew faculty in 1986. He teaches courses on American Politics and Public policy and has directed Drew's Washington Semester Program and the London Semester Program.
American government, public policy, environmental policy and energy policy.
"Business Influence in State-Level Environmental Policy" in M. Kraft and S. Kamieniecki (ed.) Business and Environmental Policy: Corporate Interests in the American Political System (MIT Press, 2007) [with B. Rabe].
National Politics in a Global Economy: The Domestic Sources of U.S. Trade Policy (Georgetown University Press, 1999).
Interest Groups: Cases and Characteristics (Nelson-Hall Publishers, 1992).
Phoebe Tang
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Mengxiao (Phoebe) Tang
mtang@drew.edu
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Phoebe Tang received her Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California in 2018. Before coming to the U.S., she earned her B.A. and M.Phil. in Beijing and Hong Kong, respectively. Phoebe joined the Department as a Visiting Assistant Professor in August 2019 and teaches courses in comparative politics, Chinese politics, authoritarianism, contentious politics, and public health. Prior to Drew, she taught briefly at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Phoebe's research interests broadly concern state-society relations in authoritarian states, especially political participation, social contention, and environment and health policies, with a regional focus on China and other developing nations.
Tang, Phoebe Mengxiao. (2018). ""Project Battle" or "Policy War"?: Protest, Advocacy, and the Outcomes of Environmental Contention in China." The Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 3-40. Chen, Feng and Mengxiao Tang (2013), "Labor Resistance in China: Typologies and Their Implications." Asian Survey, 53 (3): 559-583.
Carlos L. Yordán
Associate Professor in International Relations
cyordan@drew.edu
Carlos earned his PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics. At American University, he completed a MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies and a BA in International Studies. He joined the Department in August 2005. Prior to Drew University, Carlos taught at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Hamilton College. He also was a Visiting Scholar at Cornell University's Peace Studies Program and a Visiting Fellow at Rutgers-Newark's Division of Global Affairs.
Carlos is interested in three research areas. First, he examines the legal and political ramifications of humanitarian interventions and post-war peace-building efforts. Second, Carlos is interested in contemporary debates on U.S. foreign policy. Third, he is researching the emergence and the evolution of post-9/11 global counter-terrorism strategies. He is especially intrigued by terrorist organizations' financing efforts and how global governance networks have encouraged states, especially in the Arab world, to adopt new counter-terrorism financing laws and regulations.
"Towards Deliberative Peace: A Habermasian Critique of Contemporary Peace Operations," Journal of International Relations and Development, 12.1 (2009): 58-89.
"Microfinancing Terrorism: A Study in al Qaeda Financing Strategy" in M. Cox (ed.) State of Corruption, State of Chaos: The Terror of Political Malfeasance (Lexington Books, 2008) with T. Koker, 167-180.
"Why Did the U.N. Security Council Approve the Anglo-American Project to Transform Postwar Iraq?: The Evolution of International Law in the Shadow of the American Hegemon," Journal of International Law and International Relations, 3.1 (2007): 65-94.
"America's Quest for Global Hegemony: Offensive Realism, the Bush Doctrine and the 2003 Iraq War," Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, 53.2 (2006): 125-157.
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This first stage of the mountain-building event known as the Caledonian Orogeny mainly affected the Grampian Highlands.
The Grampian Event occurred when a chain of volcanic islands formed by the closure of the Iapetus Ocean, collided with the edge of what is now the Grampian Highlands. The collision took place between 480 million and 460 million years ago.
The Dalradian rocks of the Grampian Highlands that we see today are the eroded roots of the ancient mountains that the Grampian Event created.
Highland Border Complex rocks are found along the line of the Highland Boundary Fault.
Molten rock formed and pushed its way into the deformed rocks of the Grampian Highlands both during and after the Grampian Event.
At least some of the molten rock erupted as volcanoes at the surface. The most famous example is Glencoe's caldera (cauldron) volcano, the remains of which form the glen's dramatic scenery.
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An event in support of the independent Baltic media to take place in Riga
By Estonian World / October 7, 2019 October 9, 2019 / Leave a Comment	/ Business
The Baltic Times, a Riga-based independent monthly newspaper published in English, is hosting a fundraising event in the Latvian capital to support the independent media; Estonian World's editor-in-chief Silver Tambur is also due to speak at the gathering on 10 October.
Gene Zolotarev, the publisher of the Baltic Times, told Estonian World that his paper had been committed to support a democratic society – in which the independent media is a crucial part of – since his publication was founded in 1992.
Zolotarev, who will give a welcome speech at the event, said that in recent years, the paper had sponsored an essay contest for young journalists to promote the importance of independent journalism, as "an important building block" of any democratic society.
"During the programme, which will take place over a gourmet sit-down dinner, we will honour several journalists who have made a tangible impact on the development of independent Baltic media. A special musical treat will also await the guests," he said.
"The proceeds of the event will go to help young journalists – the winners of the Baltic Times essay competitions – as new aspiring beacons of truth and transparency in our society," Zolotarev noted. "The gala will bring together many of the leaders who will shape the future of the Baltic region, including senior government officials, diplomatic dignitaries and top businesspeople. Last year, over 45 ambassadors, senior diplomats, state officials and business leaders attended."
Lithuanian journalist Linas Jegelevičius; Elena Sheinina, the editor-in-chief of the VIP Lounge magazine; and Silver Tambur, the editor-in-chief and cofounder of Estonian World, will all speak at the function.
Individual tickets for the gala are €95 each (or €180 for two), and Corporate Sponsor packages are available for €3,000 as a Gold Sponsor (includes a table for 10 and 10 lifetime subscriptions to the Baltic Times) and for €2,000 as a Silver Sponsor (seating for six and and lifetime subscriptions to the Baltic Times). To reserve tickets, please contact Tatiana Linde.
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Estonian World is a global independent online magazine, founded in London in 2012 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. The magazine has editorial representations in London, Chicago and Tallinn, and contributors all over the world, on every continent. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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Faith in Fakes, Large and Small
'We are giving you the reproduction so you will no longer feel any need for the original. But for the reproduction to be desired, the original has to be idolised.' 1
— Umberto Eco, Hyperreality, 1986
At a glance, artist Bridgette Ashton's latest works such as Fake Ginger Jars (2021 – ongoing) and Artificialia (2018 – 2021) could appear as a departure from her earlier ones, The Lost Cave (2015 – 2017), Worth's Folly (2018), and Margate Subterranea (2011 – 2013), which are relatively monumental and situated in the public sphere. Her recent projects come in smaller multiples, with roots in domestic collectibles. Though they are different in scale, something reads on the opposite ends of the same thread, whether that is intentional or subconscious.
Before delving into the witty observations and sophisticated provocations Ashton explores in her practice, it is important to note how she ridicules with grace and humour one of the most bizarre phenomena of the modern world: the act of tourism and souvenir collecting.
The chronicle of the Lascaux Cave replicas in southwestern France is an exemplary case study of hyperreal tourism for Ashton. After a short spell as a tourist attraction from 1948 to 1963 since its rediscovery in 1940, the complex faced a critical conservation challenge. The parietal wall paintings covering the interior and ceilings of the Upper Palaeolithic caves rapidly deteriorated due to the sudden influx of visitors in those 15 years causing pollution which destabilised the environment.
The solution was a series of exact replicas displayed in the cave's vicinity, just 200m away from the original, titled Lascaux II, Lascaux III and Lascaux IV, made with the same materials believed to be used 19,000 years ago. During cultural critic and philosopher Umberto Eco's own pilgrimage to the United States in search of hyperreality in the 1980s, he came to the realisation these replicas, such as those of Lascaux no longer pretend to be imitating reality. Eco contends: 'within its magic enclosure it is fantasy that is absolutely reproduced'.2 This is precisely what Bridgette Ashton is revealing in her earlier large scale sculptural works of touring replicas.
For The Lost Cave Requiem (2015) Ashton looks back on the performing history of the Banqueting Hall Cavern in Porth/Whipsiderry (north Cornish coast), where soprano Clara Novello sang concerts during exceptionally low tides from the 1890s until the 1930s. To simulate what we might call today a fully immersive sensation of attending a concert in a dark and immense cavern, Ashton created architectural maquettes and sculptural propositions that imitated the cave's volume, along with 'cut-out-and-keep' souvenir kits that allude to tourists' obsession for miniature keepsakes. Visually, it is clear that these reproductions were not made in the total likeness of the caverns themselves; psychologically they evoked a level of credibility at the same level as fakery.
Preceding this was Margate Subterranea (2011 – 2013), through which Ashton similarly played with the idea of touring replicas, this time for three underground attractions in Margate, namely The Vortigern Caves, the Clifton Baths Estate and the Shell Grotto. As much as the purchasing power and the active decision to enter these sites of 'iconic reassurance'—another name Eco gives these spatial replicas —may lead one to believe that the agency lies in the consumer's hands, the visitor may just find themselves passively participating in the fantasy.
They end up playing a role void of individual initiatives. Through prints that draw out the manipulative nature of tourist advertisements and sculptures that suggest the promise of fantastical experiences, Ashton gently exposes the reconstructed truth within these sensations.
'It is no longer a question of imitation, nor duplication, nor even parody. It is a question of substituting the signs of the real for the real.'3
— Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 1981.
An examination of modern tourism is not complete without discussing the subsidiary culture of souvenir manufacturing and collecting, its link to the wider history of collecting and, in the philosophy of sociologist Jean Baudrillard, the system of objects. Following years of exploring public sites of attraction, Ashton found in herself a desire to work with more intimate objects.
'There is a distinct intimacy of something one can physically possess and hold in one's hand'.4 Citing artist Richard Serra's use of art historian George Kubler's concept of prime object, Ashton explains why her works on replicas of small collectibles are her way of disrupting preconceived notions of taste and values in modern material culture.
Artificialia (2018 – 2021) is a sculptural and digital project that disentangles hidden relationships between physical objects and illustrated materials, minerals and mineralogy, collectors and collections, science and decoration, and ultimately, value and authenticity. In her research, Ashton came across museum mineral collections in the British Museum (London) and Sedgwick Museum (Cambridge) that are presented in a matter-of-fact tone. She also found fake specimens in Cornwall and Wales where their lack of authenticity does not make them less 'valuable' and are in fact objets d'art on a par with their counterparts in museums.
Ashton's bold and almost mischievous combination of plinths and minerals in ceramics, fake gold leaf and cardboard demonstrates their fixation on assigned values and opens up a new way of seeing those relationships which are embedded in collecting. Historic diagrams of Cornish minerals from author J H Collins not only informed the accompanying linocut prints but also formed the basis for Ashton's 3D models after processes of moulding, casting and glazing. Although it might mean that these specific ceramic minerals are not truly faithful to type, Ashton's methodical, careful and laborious approach speaks further to her questioning of how and why we assign value to what objects and materials.
The artist's latest ceramic work, Garniture/Ginger Jar (2020 – ongoing), (referencing sets of decorative objects popular from the late 17th century all through the 19th century) probes deeper into the collector's domestic treasures. It is particularly resonant with this country's passion for taste-making through collecting. As Baudrillard claims, nostalgia for origins and the obsession with authenticity are the two distinct features of the mythology of collecting antique, decorative objects.5 Ginger jars originated from around 200BCE China, however the term itself is a Western invention. At the height of Chinoiserie in the 18th century, Chinese ceramics like the ginger jar became sought-after decorative objects. It created a new export industry on the southern coast of China where ceramists produce specific designs tailored to European tastes for merchants to bring back home as souvenirs.
As Ashton shrewdly notes, they are intrinsically inauthentic, just like the jars she creates. Fantastical creatures with ormolu made not of gold on bases made of cardboard, yet as a set of garnitures, they strengthen each other's credibility and sense of certainty. Once collected, these objects become mental precincts that are abstracted from their function and thus defined by their relationship with the collector: they become 'my property and my passion'.6
These pieces, to Ashton, can be understood together and in their own right. Regardless of the scale and subject matter she explores in each project, the visual and material qualities are always layered with meaning. Unlike in a hyperreal tourist attraction, her works take an active role. They invite viewers' participation in deciding what kind of relationships they might form with these replicas. A tourist, a spectator, or a potential collector? With this rich language under one's belt, the relationship will be one of playful collaboration.
1. Umberto Eco, 'Travel in Hyperreality', Faith in Fakes, (London: Vintage, 1998, p. 19).
2. Ibid, (p. 48).
3. Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation. Trans. Sheila Faria Glaser. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1994 p. 1-2).
4. See Richard Serra and Hal Foster, 'Prime Objects', Conversations about Sculpture. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018, pp. 91-111) and George Kubler' seminal book in art history, The Shape of Time.
5. Jean Baudrillard, The System of Objects, (p. 80).
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Sensing the Palimpsest of Memory
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The coffee pot that will feature the coffee machine you buy is typically made of glass yet numerous are made from Pyrex. A coffee pot constructed from Pyrex is really durable as well as will certainly not break if it is gone down.
Some family members have a coffee pot that have actually survived generations and also is taken into consideration a household antique.
This coffee pot could belong of the family members china service and might be ceramic. The ceramic coffee pot frequently reflects the china pattern selected an older family member. Some silver tea solutions that are handed down from generation to generation may include a coffee pot. Some of these tea solutions may be pewter rather than silver.
Some high-scale dining establishments and coffee franchises make use of ornamental carafes as a coffee pot. Some of the art deco coffee pots may look more like a vase than a coffee pot. This sort of coffee pot may have a style as well as might be a lot more vivid that a standard coffee pot.
This kind of coffee pot could brew coffee and is offered from the coffee pot. The coffee pot is made of stainless steel that maintains the coffee hot.
Online auction websites and also retail stores a coffee pot for almost any kind of preference. If you are looking for a collector's item, look for a coffee pot at an antique store.
A coffee pot is usually more than simply a container for your java. Whether you need a sensible coffee pot or you have a household heirloom, your personal private preference will certainly identify your coffee pot.
Gravity funnels steamed water through the coffee pot until it comes in call with coffee grounds.
The majority of commonly the family members coffee pot in today's homes is the pitcher that is connected to the coffee manufacturer. Some high-scale dining establishments and coffee franchise business use decorative pitchers as a coffee pot. Some of the art deco coffee pots could look more like a vase compared to a coffee pot. The coffee pot is made of stainless steel that keeps the coffee hot.
When walking down the coffee aisle of a lot of grocery stores, you will locate a coffee mill that customers utilize to grind coffee beans. A coffee grinder has likewise come to be a preferred home appliance as the popularity of coffee as well as various other coffee drinks has actually increased in the last twenty years. Even the a great deal of coffee shops has not diminished the demand of several coffee enthusiasts to grind their very own beans in a coffee grinder.
A coffee mill will grind baked coffee beans into premises that are either great or coarse. By grinding your own coffee, you select just how you desire the premises.
A coffee mill can create fine or moderate premises which are best for traditional coffee makers. Those who like coffee will wish to grind the beans right into a fine grounds, which resembles sugar or salt. Coarse coffee premises are good for percolators or vacuum brewers.
A coffee mill can be found in 2 major types. The first sort of coffee grinder makes use of revolving metal blades. These blades on the coffee grinder chop up the coffee beans.
The bladed coffee grinder allows the consumer to manage the kind of premises. The type of premises the bladed coffee grinder makes depends on how long you grind the beans.
Another type of coffee mill utilizes a grinder wheel. Several people say this type of coffee grinder enables you more control as to the kind of premises you make.
The expense of the burr mill relies on the type of wheel, whether it is flat or conical. The burr coffee mill with the conical wheel revolves slowly as well as the coffee mill will clog less.
You can selected a coffee mill that operates in two various methods. The hands-on coffee mill features a crank on its side. You have to removal the crank on the coffee mill to grind your coffee.
Yet if you do not want to do that much work to have fresh ground coffee, you will want to purchase an electrical coffee grinder. The electric coffee mill is the most popular coffee grinder on the marketplace today. Several electric coffee mills are small and also affordable so you can carry them anywhere to grind your best cup of coffee.
The advantages to grinding your personal coffee with a coffee grinder are many. You could grind coffee that fits your preference as well as not rely upon pre-packaged coffee grounds.
A coffee grinder could be located in many stores and online auction sites. A coffee mill will certainly range in rate from about $20 to a number of hundred bucks. The coffee beans could be acquired at a grocery store or at a specialty coffee bar.
Exactly how you desire your coffee to taste as well as the sort of coffee you make will determine the sort of coffee mill you will have to buy. The sort of brewer you utilize making your coffee will additionally figure out the sort of coffee grinder.
When walking down the coffee aisle of most grocery store stores, you will certainly find a coffee grinder that consumers use to grind coffee beans. Even the big number of coffee stores has not decreased the requirement of lots of coffee enthusiasts to grind their own beans in a coffee grinder.
A coffee grinder could create great or medium grounds which are best for standard coffee makers. The electric coffee grinder is the most popular coffee grinder on the market today. Lots of electric coffee mills are tiny and cost-effective so you could lug them anywhere to grind your perfect cup of coffee.


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U.S. Taxation of International Shipping and Air Transport Activities (Portfolio 6740)
This Portfolio discusses the three tax regimes to which nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations that conduct shipping or air transport activities within the United States may be subject.
The three tax regimes this Portfolio discusses are: (1) the general provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for foreign persons with certain modifications; (2) a "reciprocal exemption" provided by §§872(b) and 883; or (3) the similar, but different, exemption available under many U.S. income tax treaties.
This Portfolio sets forth in detail the U.S. tax rules applicable under each of the three tax regimes, including in particular the requirements that must be satisfied to qualify for an exemption under either §§872(b) and 883 or an applicable U.S. income tax treaty. In this regard, particular emphasis is given to Treasury Regulations issued in 2003 that make it substantially more burdensome for foreign corporations to claim the reciprocal exemption provided by §§872(b) and 883.
This Portfolio also discusses the U.S. tax rules applicable to income earned by U.S. persons from international shipping and air transport activities. Of particular importance are provisions designed to prevent deferral of U.S. tax on such income through the use of controlled foreign corporations and limitations on the ability to use such income to utilize excess foreign tax credits.
In addition, the Portfolio discusses various excise taxes and September 11th Security Fees.
I. Overview
II. Income Taxation — Inbound: Before the 1986 TRA
III. Income Taxation — Inbound: The 1986 TRA and Beyond
IV. Income Taxation — Inbound: A More Detailed Examination of the Reciprocal Exemption
V. Income Taxation — Inbound: Income Tax Treaties
VI. Income Taxation — Outbound
VII. Miscellaneous
Peter Glicklich
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Roberts & Holland LLP


PURPOSE. To map the collagen orientation and relative distribution of collagen fibrillar mass in keratoconus corneal buttons. METHODS. Structural analysis was performed by obtaining synchrotron x-ray scattering patterns across the samples at 0.25-mm intervals. The patterns were analyzed to produce two-dimensional maps of the orientation of the lamellae and of the distribution of total and preferentially aligned lamellae. RESULTS. Compared with normal corneas, in keratoconus the gross organization of the stromal lamellae was dramatically changed, and the collagen fibrillar mass was unevenly distributed, particularly around the presumed apex of the cone. CONCLUSIONS. The development of keratoconus involves a high degree of inter- and probably intralamellar displacement and slippage that leads to thinning of the central cornea and associated changes in corneal curvature. This slippage may be promoted by a loss of cohesive forces and mechanical failure in regions where lamellae bifurcate.
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Merrill Lynch's Option Volatiltiy Estimate (a yield curve weighted index of the normalized implied volatility on 1-month Treasury options which are weighted on the 2, 5, 10, and 30 year contracts) and the TYVIX 10-year volality index both spiked recently.
So let's see how far The Fed will keep on pushin', perhaps too hard.
Yes, Jay Powell & the Drecks from Washington DC are doing the "tighten up." But should they slow down?


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Information about Metro Bank, information on identity theft and payday loans.
Money was one arguably the most important invention for development to take place. Money has been independently invented at one time or another in each important civilization in the history of the world. There is also remarkable similarity in how the concept of money has evolved in different times in history and in different parts of the world.
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Counterblasts is Verso's renowned series of punchy, polemic titles attacking the apologists of neo-liberalism and Empire. From Hitch to Bono, no sacred cow or globe-trotting celeb is immune to the excoriating verdicts of these often amusing, always trenchant books.
To mark the latest in the Counterblasts series, Japhy Wilson's book on Jeffrey Sachs, we're offering the chance to win all the books in the series to one lucky entrant. We will also be offering a copy of Jeffrey Sachs to three runners up. Other books in the series include The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power), Unhitched: The Trial of Christopher Hitchens, The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, The Impostor: BHL in Wonderland, and Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil?
Jeffrey Sachs is famous for forging the doctrine that came to be known as 'shock therapy'. Shock therapy is both an economic and political strategy, which entails the sudden implementation of a set of reforms designed to shock an economy from one based on state planning to that of free markets. To read more about the strange world of Jeffrey Sachs, check out our abridged extract from Wilson's book.
To enter the competion simply answer this question: On 2 January 1992 in which country was Jeffrey Sachs' programme of shock therapy implemented?
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Meetings for the committee that deals with issues primarily related to the incinerator will now be available for viewing online.
It appears at long last the region will begin to record and live stream meetings of the Energy From Waste-Waste Management Advisory Committee.
It was almost a year ago when regional council set the wheels in motion for the meetings to be recorded, however, as noted at the latest meeting by Clarington Councillor Joe Neal, it has yet to begin. The main responsibility for the committee is the Durham York Energy Centre and receives and reviews all reports pertaining to the incinerator.
"[The resolution] went to the advisory committee and they adopted it after considerable discussion," Neal says.
Neal, along with Oshawa Councillor John Neal, put forth a motion to adopt the committee's recommendation, which passed by a vote of 25-1, with Pickering Councillor Kevin Ashe as the lone vote against.
John Neal said, especially in the winter months, it is difficult for some residents to make it to the evening meetings, which are held at the region's headquarters in Whitby.
Suggesting the recording/streaming of meetings would add to the "transparency" of the committee, Joe Neal suggested a number of high-priority topics, such as increasing capacity at the Durham York Energy Centre and anaerobic digestion, will be discussed heavily by committee members this year.
In terms of expenditures, it was estimated recording the meetings would cost the region $300 an hour per meeting (plus overtime costs for employees). The EFW-WMA committee generally meets four times annually.
Commissioner of works Susan Siopis noted that some employees of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) who work with the committee have voiced uneasiness about having to speak on camera.
"It's not their usual forum," Siopis said.
However, Oshawa Councillor Amy McQuaid-England said those ministry employees would need to learn to live with the situation.


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CA Cops Detain and Assault Man for Video Recording Police Parking Lot
California Cops Detain and Assault Man for Video Recording Police Parking Lot from Public Sidewalk
A man who was video recording from a public sidewalk outside a California police station was confronted by a cop, who "asked" him to sit down on the sidewalk while grabbing his arm, threatening to arrest him for the crime of recording police cars, which is not a crime.
But the man with the camera, whose YouTube username is Robbie Estabrook, remained calm, refusing to sit while telling the cop to stop assaulting him.
Oxnard police officer Thomas Payn claimed he was not assaulting him while maintaining a firm grasp on his arm.
But the definition of assault is exactly what he was doing as specified by California Penal Code 240:
1.The defendant did something that was likely to result in the use of force against someone else;
2.The defendant did so willfully;
3.The defendant was aware of facts that would lead a reasonable person to believe that this act would directly and probably result in force being applied to the other person; and
4.When the defendant acted, s/he had the ability to apply force to the other person.
Payn also gave the old "please get that out of my face" in regards to the camera, even though it was him who walked up to the man and got into his face.
More cops showed up, each of them trying their own method to get the man to provide his identification.
First, Oxnard police officer Brian Bishop strode up, trying the "nice" approach while trying to get him to sit.
"You're being detained and I'm not sure why yet," he said.
"This officer is giving you a lawful command and he is detaining you, so please …." he said while motioning for the man to sit down.
"I'm asking you politely to please comply."
"Why am I being forced to comply," the man with the camera responded. "I'm on a public sidewalk."
"Do you have any probable cause?"
Bishop then lost his temper and assaulted him, grabbing his arm in an attempt to force him down.
"Get that camera out of my face and sit down," he said while getting in the man's face.
"Stop assaulting me," the man said, refusing to be forced down to sit.
Then a third cop stepped in, a Sergeant R. Vazquez, who told him it was "suspicious circumstances" for the man to be recording vehicles in a police parking lot from a public sidewalk, giving up on forcing him to sit down.
"All we want to know is what is going on here and what your purpose is," the sergeant said. "And if you don't want to sit down, you don't have to sit down," he added.
"My purpose is to photograph you," the man with the camera said.
At this point, at least seven cops were surrounding him, who was with a couple of friends, but they had agreed to sit down from the beginning.
One plainclothes cop pulled out his phone to take a photo of the man while the sergeant then asked to see his identification.
But the man refused to provide that, so the sergeant walked away as the other cops stood around, wondering what to do next.
Eventually, another sergeant approaches, putting his face right in the man's face, telling him to get the camera out of his face.
But only after he was sure to turn on his own body camera before approaching.
He did, however, say the man was free to go, bringing up the old "there's a lot of terrorism in the country" excuse to justify detaining him against his wishes for video recording a police parking lot.
But usually terrorism involves guns, bombs and other lethal weapons. Not cameras.
Call the Oxnard Police Department at (805) 385-7600 or leave a comment on its Facebook page.
WATCH: Chicago Cops Taser Man Four Times in Front of his Kids for Recording them
Texas Deputy Grinds Live Streamer's Face into Asphalt for Man's "Safety"
Synagogue Security Guard Shoots 1st Amendment Auditor Standing on Sidewalk in LA
Colorado Cops Disciplined for Detaining Journalist Videoing Arrest of Naked Man
EditorJoshua Brown
VIDEO:California Cop Snatches Phone from Woman, Fearing it to be Weapon
Video: Florida Sheriff Deputies Punch Man and Woman for Recording an Arrest
NYPD Bans Recording in Precincts to Keep Citizens from Berating them on Video
EditorStevenson Benoit
Is It Against the Law to Not Give Your ID to a Cop?
EditorShawn Randall Thomas
Man with Cane Arrested while Recording Cops after Police Feared Cane was Weapon


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Q: How can I add a progress bar to md5deep? I would like to implement a command line progress bar using pipe viewer or dialog GUI tool for the md5deep command.
I tried the following :
pv file.md5 | md5deep -X - -r Destination
I was not able to get the progress bar working. There is an option in md5deep where you can get the ETA by doing the following:
md5deep -eX file.md5 -r Destination

This option determines the ETA for each file and it is not possible to determine how long it might take for the entire directory. Any suggestions to implement a progress would be appreciated

A: This is not particularly elegant, but it might do the trick (not using md5deep, but rather md5sum: however, every file is recursively listed and passed to md5sum,anyway):
$ tar cf - .   | pv -s $(du -scb . | tail -1 | cut -f1) | tar tf - | xargs  md5sum  > /tmp/md5.txt 2> /tmp/md5.err.txt

...note that this is not technically tracking progress of the md5sum, but rather tracking progress of tar/untar, then passing the file to md5sum after the fact.  The progress is only approximated by taking the size (du) of the directory to be processed; if the last file to process takes an hour, it'll report 100% for the duration of the processing of last file.  (I imagine something similar could be done by using something other than tar.)  And it is subject to all the limitations of tar/xargs in terms of filenames (spaces, etc). (As I said, not elegant.)

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New York: NYKSTER, an Internet-based trading platform, is in its second week as the largest online Kink exchange in the U.S. and is gaining traction in New York City, according to industry analysts.
The New York-based Kink site, which was founded in 2007 and offers a range of sexual services including BDSM and kink, has been attracting a large audience of male and female users, who use it to trade stocks and currencies, the industry's biggest markets.
Its popularity has accelerated as it has grown in recent years.
The site, run by a team of five people, has a user base of more than 40 million users, according a report by The Wall Street Journal last week.
Its surge is likely a result of its easy to use interface, which includes a built-in broker, a mobile app and video conferencing.
Kinksters, who have a reputation for not paying any brokerage fees, are also attracted to the platform because of its simplicity and ease of use.
The platform is open to the public, with no hidden fees, and users can trade stocks, commodities and other financial products in minutes.
The userbase has grown by about 300,000 users in the past three months, according the WSJ report.
In fact, the company recently launched a live chat program to allow users to exchange their Kink trades in real time.
Kinks are also known for a number of high-profile events that have attracted thousands of people to the exchange.
On Oct. 31, for example, hundreds of participants gathered at the Exchange Building for the Kink Meetup, an event organized by Kinkstarrative, a group of kinksters that runs a website, the website, and a social media platform.
That same month, the Kinks were featured in a feature for The New York Observer.
Kinkystock is one of the most prominent kink sites in New Jersey, which is about 1,300 miles north of Manhattan, according Tokely, who added that the company is expanding in other states.
She said that Kinkstock has expanded to other cities around the U: "We have a couple of states where we're really doing well, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York."
In addition to trading stocks and commodities, kinkster use is also increasingly targeted at kink lovers who have trouble maintaining monogamy, said Lisa Gazzaniga, founder of the online kink forum Kinkfantastic.
"Many kinkstarters feel that they have no one else to turn to," she said.
In a recent post on Kinkforum, a website for members of the kink community, Gazziniga listed several reasons why people might not be attracted to kink and said that the best thing a kink lover can do is to not be shy about expressing his or her preferences.
"I believe that there are many, many kink people who are willing to give up monogamy if it means they can meet someone new and experience their sexuality in a new way," she wrote.
Gazzinaga noted that people who do have monogamy can still find love in their own bodies.
"I think the only difference is that the new people are a lot more receptive to the new idea of kinky sex," she added.
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Do you drum it, strum it or stroke it?
"This is the Eigenharp - described by its developers as 'the most expressive electronic musical instrument ever made'".
"Top rated tabs and chords"
"JGuitar's harmonizer allows you to easily identify chords and scales that will sound good when played together. The harmonizer comes in two flavors. In the chord to scale flavor, you input chords and the harmonizer will tell you what scales will sound good when played with them. In the scale to chord flavor, you input scales and the harmonizer will tell you what chords will sound good when played over them."
"The Interactive Circle of Fifths [...] is a tool designed to help musicians to: figure out the key of a piece of music; easily transpose music to a different key; compose new music; [and] understand key signatures, scales, and modes..."


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Türkiye Güneş Enerjisi Pazarının, Sanayisinin ve Kullanımının Gelişimi
This study presents investigations on solar energy market, industry and utilization in Turkey. Current developments and situations in solar energy sector are discussed. Turkey is located in a convenient region in terms of solar energy. Solar energy and its application did not see enough interest by industrialists, investors and users until the Renewable Energy Law (REL). Solar energy applications, which are limited only by thermal applications, have increased significantly with REL and PV applications have begun to be used and widespread. Because the Turkish State has supported renewable energy and its applications with this law. Besides these positive developments, some negative developments have affected the progress of the sector in the negative direction. Substantial increase in foreign exchange has affected the industrialists and investors. Some important companies have finished their production operations.
This paper consists and investigates two main sections of solar energy. There are solar thermal and PV applications. The number of solar collectors, which are sold in Turkey, is investigated for solar thermal applications. Domestic and imported solar collectors are considered. Also, installed solar PV capacities are researched for solar PV applications. Also, some updated news from solar energy market and sector have been given in the paper.
Results show that there are about 18 million m2 solar collector for heating applications. According to this value, it is estimated that there are approximately 7-9 million storage units. The contribution of these systems to the national economy is about 700-800 million dollars. Solar thermal application sector is almost closed. There are almost no imported solar collectors in Turkey. After 2004, vacuum tube solar collector imports increased. Turkey has 78,788.50 MW installed electricity power. 1.1% of this installed power is derived from solar energy. The installed solar power generation plant is 898.9 MW with February 2017. This capacity has been reached with a serious increase in the last four years. There are many databases for solar PV systems. However, there is no clear information and database for solar thermal application. In order to obtain the numbers of solar thermal collector and storage unit, it is necessary to resort to indirect means such as raw material suppliers. In this study, we used the glass cover supplies' statistics and official imported solar collector amount to get the number of solar thermal systems.
The recent developments about the solar energy sector (both PV and thermal application) have been examined by comparing to last ten years. The reader will be provided with summary and compact information related to the solar energy sector in Turkey.
Necdet Altuntop Erciyes Üniversitesi'nde Makine Mühendisliği Bölüm Başkanı ve Enerji Dönüşümleri Araştırma ve Uygulama Merkezi Müdürü olarak görev yapmaktadır. Ana çalışma alanı enerji depolama, güneş enerjisi ve güneş enerjisinin ısıl uygulamalarıdır. Uzun bir dönem Uluslararası Güneş Enerjisi Topluluğunun (ISES) Türkiye kısmının (GÜNDER) yönetim kurulu başkanlığını yürütmüştür. Şu anda Enerji Verimliliği Derneği (EVD), Türk Tesisat Mühendisleri Derneği (TTMD), Makine Mühendisleri Odası (MMO) ve TEMA vakfında aktif olarak görev almaktadır.


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Utilitarianism may well be the most influential secular ethical theory in the world today. It is also one of the most controversial. It clashes, or is widely thought to clash, with many conventional moral views, and with human rights when they are seen as inviolable. Would it, for example, be right to torture a suspected terrorist in order to prevent an attack that could kill and injure a large number of innocent people?
In this Very Short Introduction Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer provide an authoritative account of the nature of utilitarianism, from its nineteenth-century origins, to its justification and its varieties. Considering how utilitarians can respond to objections that are often regarded as devastating, they explore the utilitarian answer to the question of whether torture can ever be justified. They also discuss what it is that utilitarians should seek to maximize, paying special attention to the classical utilitarian view that only pleasure or happiness is of intrinsic value.
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer conclude by analyzing the continuing importance of utilitarianism in the world, indicating how it is a force for new thinking on contemporary moral challenges like global poverty, the treatment of animals, climate change, reducing the risk of human extinction, end-of-life decisions for terminally-ill patients, and the shift towards assessing the success of government policies in terms of their impact on happiness.
3. What should we maximize?
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek is a Polish utilitarian philosopher, working as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Lodz. She is the author of several articles in Polish and English on Henry Sidgwick, utilitarianism, bioethics, and philosophy for children, and, with Peter Singer, has co-authored The Point of View of the Universe: Sidgwick and Contemporary Ethics (OUP, 2014). She is currently working on a book on happiness.
Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, a position that he now combines with the position of Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. An Australian, in 2012 he was made a Companion to the Order of Australia, his country's highest civilian honour. His books include Animal Liberation (1975; Bodley Head, 2015), Practical Ethics (1979; CUP, 2011), The Life You Can Save (Picador, 2010), and The Most Good You Can Do (Yale University Press, 2015).


Tom Worobec is Editor and Anchor for Automotive News TV.
Tom Worobec is the editor of Automotive News TV (ANTV) and anchor of ANTV's afternoon newscast, AutoNews Now. A graduate of Central Michigan University, Tom began his career as a television news journalist in the Traverse City, Mich., market before moving to Grand Rapids, Mich.
After more than a decade in the television news business, Tom moved into the corporate world, eventually serving as director of corporate communications and media relations at Oakwood Healthcare System in Dearborn, Mich. Tom has been with Automotive News and its parent company, Crain Communications Inc., since 2007.


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package org.apache.sysds.test.functions.builtin.part2;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.apache.sysds.api.DMLScript;
import org.apache.sysds.common.Types;
import org.apache.sysds.common.Types.ExecType;
import org.apache.sysds.hops.OptimizerUtils;
import org.apache.sysds.runtime.matrix.data.MatrixValue;
import org.apache.sysds.test.AutomatedTestBase;
import org.apache.sysds.test.TestConfiguration;
import org.apache.sysds.test.TestUtils;

import java.util.HashMap;

public class BuiltinMulticlassSVMTest extends AutomatedTestBase {
	private final static String TEST_NAME = "multisvm";
	private final static String TEST_DIR = "functions/builtin/";
	private static final String TEST_CLASS_DIR = TEST_DIR + BuiltinMulticlassSVMTest.class.getSimpleName() + "/";

	private final static double eps = 0.001;
	private final static int rows = 1000;
	private final static int colsX = 200;
	private final static double spSparse = 0.01;
	private final static double spDense = 0.7;
	private final static int max_iter = 10;

	@Override
	public void setUp() {
		TestUtils.clearAssertionInformation();
		addTestConfiguration(TEST_NAME, new TestConfiguration(TEST_CLASS_DIR, TEST_NAME, new String[] {"C"}));
	}

	@Test
	public void testMSVMDense() {
		runMSVMTest(false, false, eps, 1.0, max_iter, ExecType.CP);
	}

	@Test
	public void testMSVMSparse() {
		runMSVMTest(true, false, eps, 1.0, max_iter, ExecType.CP);
	}

	@Test
	public void testMSVMInterceptSpark() {
		runMSVMTest(true, true, eps, 1.0, max_iter, ExecType.SPARK);
	}

	@Test
	public void testMSVMSparseLambda2() {
		runMSVMTest(true, true, eps, 2.0, max_iter, ExecType.CP);
	}

	@Test
	public void testMSVMSparseLambda100CP() {
		runMSVMTest(true, true, 1, 100, max_iter, ExecType.CP);
	}

	@Test
	public void testMSVMSparseLambda100Spark() {
		runMSVMTest(true, true, 1, 100, max_iter, ExecType.SPARK);
	}

	@Test
	public void testMSVMIteration() {
		runMSVMTest(true, true, 1, 2.0, 100, ExecType.CP);
	}

	@Test
	public void testMSVMDenseIntercept() {
		runMSVMTest(false, true, eps, 1.0, max_iter, ExecType.CP);
	}

	private void runMSVMTest(boolean sparse, boolean intercept, double eps, double lambda, int run,
		ExecType instType) {
		Types.ExecMode platformOld = setExecMode(instType);

		boolean oldFlag = OptimizerUtils.ALLOW_ALGEBRAIC_SIMPLIFICATION;
		boolean sparkConfigOld = DMLScript.USE_LOCAL_SPARK_CONFIG;

		try {
			loadTestConfiguration(getTestConfiguration(TEST_NAME));

			double sparsity = sparse ? spSparse : spDense;
			String HOME = SCRIPT_DIR + TEST_DIR;
			fullDMLScriptName = HOME + TEST_NAME + ".dml";
			programArgs = new String[] {"-nvargs", "X=" + input("X"), "Y=" + input("Y"), "model=" + output("model"),
				"inc=" + String.valueOf(intercept).toUpperCase(), "eps=" + eps, "lam=" + lambda, "max=" + run};

			fullRScriptName = HOME + TEST_NAME + ".R";
			rCmd = getRCmd(inputDir(),
				Boolean.toString(intercept),
				Double.toString(eps),
				Double.toString(lambda),
				Integer.toString(run),
				expectedDir());

			double[][] X = getRandomMatrix(rows, colsX, 0, 1, sparsity, 2);
			double[][] Y = getRandomMatrix(rows, 1, 0, 10, 1, 3);
			Y = TestUtils.round(Y);

			writeInputMatrixWithMTD("X", X, true);
			writeInputMatrixWithMTD("Y", Y, true);

			runTest(true, false, null, -1);
			runRScript(true);

			HashMap<MatrixValue.CellIndex, Double> dmlfile = readDMLMatrixFromOutputDir("model");
			HashMap<MatrixValue.CellIndex, Double> rfile = readRMatrixFromExpectedDir("model");
			TestUtils.compareMatrices(dmlfile, rfile, eps, "Stat-DML", "Stat-R");
		}
		finally {
			rtplatform = platformOld;
			DMLScript.USE_LOCAL_SPARK_CONFIG = sparkConfigOld;
			OptimizerUtils.ALLOW_ALGEBRAIC_SIMPLIFICATION = oldFlag;
			OptimizerUtils.ALLOW_AUTO_VECTORIZATION = true;
			OptimizerUtils.ALLOW_OPERATOR_FUSION = true;
		}
	}
}


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Alex Sayz: Thank you Gotland! Over and out.
Thank you Gotland! Over and out.
After almost 3 weeks I'm on my way home. I had the best time and a great experience. We'll be back bigger and if possible better.
A great surprise was this girl Anna. I was amazed that she could the lyrics of every single TopDJ release. Big up for lightening the nights.
I have had contact with Alex Lewerentz for a while but never got the chance to meet him in person.
Alex, Daniel Pereux and John de Sohn put up a great show the only the day I was free. Thanks for the party boys.
Anyhow at the terminal in a crappy weather and waiting for the boat home.
Wash the clothes, pack a new bag and off to Malmö to play at Slagthuset with Ministry Of Sound on Friday and Banhof, Ängelholm on Saturday.


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Regional headquarters: Holy Rosary Convent, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Regional Leader: Sister Bernadette Ezeabasili
Holy Rosary Sisters, PO Box 1296, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Email: berna_ezeabasili@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: 00232 7685 9282
Vocation Contact number: +23278585450
Email: anthus19@yahoo.com
also: Sister Ngozi Nnabuo 00232 7637 6015 Email: njeat200@yahoo.com
Welcome to our Page!
Holy Rosary Sisters in Sierra Leone
Final Profession of two Holy Rosary Sisters October 2020
Sister Amarachukwu and Sister Roseline make their final FIAT to their God on October 10th 2020. "I am the handmaid of the Lord."
"Your heart is full of love, the divine love poured into it by the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ. Your whole soul is flowing over with light and gladness and joy caused by the presence of God who from all eternity has chosen you." Bishop Shanahan.
Holy Rosary "Old Girls" continue to be loyal to their school
Presentation and hand-over of hand-wash equipment donated by the Sisters Humanitarian Network International formed by some Old Girls of Holy Rosary Secondary School, Kenema. A fine Pedal Tank to facilitate hand washing. A most valuable contribution to health during Covid 19.
A Visit of support and Encouragement. In the latter part of 2019 Sister Franca Onyibor visited three of our West African Regions, including Sierra Leone. She describes her time in Sierra Leone with appreciation for the country, the people and the sisters, while we in turn were encouraged and energised by her visit.
Sr Franca Onyibor Congregational Leader
Franca tells her story: "I bade goodbye to Liberia on the 11th of November. Sister Felicitas brought me to the Sierra Leone border where I was warmly met by Sisters Bernadette Ezeabasili and Mary Eriken. It was a long journey from the Liberian border to Bo where we had a brief stop-over for lunch and then onwards to Freetown arriving at 9pm that same day.
From God to Man
"On the way we stopped to buy some bananas. I chuckled when Hassan, our able driver, asked the lady selling whether the bananas were 'from God to man'. The lady said, 'no' and then proceeded to show him the real bananas 'from God to Man'. These are the ones that are left to ripen naturally without using artificial means!
"In our community in Freetown, I witnessed the devastating impact of this year's flood on the house and other surrounding houses. Another challenge the sisters face is air pollution from the nearby factory and the electricity plant. I went to visit the nearby rubbish dump which was also part of the air pollution the Sisters and their neighbours were experiencing. I saw to my surprise that people were actually living at the site of the rubbish dump; buying and selling. Many of them were trying make a living going through raking every dumped rubbish to isolate recyclable materials like plastics, broken gadgets, etc. I am told that they sell these to the trucks taking them to Guinea where these materials are exported and recycled. While the recycling is noteworthy, I was pained seeing these men and women raking rubbish dumps to eke out a living, oblivious to the fact that they are daily inhaling the poisonous gas emanating from the decomposed rubbish which is a health hazard. To this day, that sight still haunts me.
"However I was also met by the good news of the impact of the "Fullness of Life Program", targeted at teenage girls to empower and encourage them to complete secondary education and resist early pregnancy and child marriage. In the postwar, post-ebola situation girls have been very vulnerable both to child-marriage and teen-age pregnancy, instead of being allowed to grow up and finish their education and be prepared for life."
In Freetown also is St Monica's Women's Bakery, where top-class bread and cakes are produced!
The women's Bakery
Franca continues her journey
"My next visit was to Bo, to Qeen of the Rosary Secondary School. This school has been in the forefront of Girls' education for over 60 years and the Old Girls society have been active in helping bringing it back to its original glory.
"I was happy to hear the good news of QRS in Bo which set an example for the whole country by successfully stamping out exam malpractice. And in 2019 they were also the best performing girls' school in the School Certificate exam in the whole country. I learnt from Sister Ngozi Nnabuo, the principal, that this was made possible due to the school's commitment to capacity building among the staff so that they stood together to withstand the pressure and stop exam malpractice. They also motivate the students to tap into their highest potential.
QRSS Bo
This year's grads
Best performing school
Next stop Kenema!
"At Holy Rosary Secondary School, Kenema, I watched with amazement two short plays presented by the students in preparation for the First Lady's visit to inaugurate the 'Hands off our Girls' program. This program is aimed at prosecuting adult men who lure teenage girls in secondary schools and end up sexually assaulting them. The plays evoked in-depth discussion on this topical issue. In general, I am touched that in most of the ministries in the region, reaching out to vulnerable girls remains paramount. "
The Junior students
Senior students
The dedicated staff
While in Kenema Sr Franca also visited St Mary's Technical and Vocational School where young women learn practical skills that will enable them to earn a living. She was also welcomed to Our Lady's Girls' Hostel where there is decent and secure accommodation for them.
St Mary's Hostel
Women's empowerment is best illustrated in Kpatema in the six community- based women's groups, working for sustainable agriculture and self-reliance. Starting with 20 acres the women are growing the best quality cassava, which is used for making garri and starch, and is even being exported to the UK and US. A mobile grater and mobile drier, adapting to local conditions, visits the villages to help with the work.
Holy Rosary Peace and Counselling Centre, Bo
Our aim is to empower vulnerable girls and women to realize their human dignity and facilitate change, self-reliance and sustainability in families and communities. This year, 2015, 113 girls are receiving training in tailoring, hair-dressing, catering, auto-mechanics and welding, as well as counselling, and several have returned to formal education. We maintain links with their families while they are training. We also conduct workshops and counselling in communities, and provide support for 43 girls towards their accommodation and medical needs.
We also work to provide opportunities for healing and reconciliation for war-affected young men and women and restore personal integrity and mutual trust. We offer on-going youth development training to 94 youth at week-ends, and have held 10 workshops in communities since the Ebola outbreak was contained. Mediation, advocacy, home visitation and regular monitoring are built into our service. We work in close co-operation with out Donors, BZM and Missio, whose support is highly appreciated.
The Pastoral Centre in Bo has also opened its radio station "Sermon on the Mount Radio" which is extremely helpful for the purpose of evangelisation and also spreading the news about girls' education.
Sister Bernadette Ezeabasili recounts how she attended a conference on catachetics and pastoral outreach attended by pastoral workers from 26 countries. Only 6 of these gave their reports verbally; the rest used media to give their messages. From that she saw the value of radio and determined to start it in Sierra Leone. It is a popular medium for reaching out to people with programmes on Bible Week, Catechists Week, Lives of the Saints, as well as broadcasting Mass and religious services.
Sisster Franca rounded up her visit to our region, summing up her impressions as follows:
"Sierra Leone's Gift to the World"
"The depth of cooperation and mutuality that I witnessed between Christians and Muslims in Sierra Leone is for me, Sierra Leone's gift to the world. The Bishops that I met, some of the priests and religious have Muslims in their families. They all live in peace and mutual respect. Here, Religion is a source of unity, not division. I am hopeful that our sisters serving in Sierra Leone will continue to harness this precious gift and to nurture it. "
Thank you, Sister Franca, for your visit!
In 2019 Holy Rosary Secondary School, Kenema, celebrated the golden jubilee of it foundation, while Holy Rosary School, Bo, celebrated Diamond! These were great occasions for the coming together of many, many past students, and rejoicing of the present students as they vie to imitate and surpass the achievements of their mothers and grandmothers.
The party in Kenema!
Students also prepared for the sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist and we rejoice with them as they grow in faith.
We thank all our supporters, here in Sierra Leone and overseas, and pray for God's continued blessing on all of you. You are, as always, part of our Mission.
From the Misean Cara Report on the Holy Rosary presence during the Ebola epidemic:
This report seeks to give an account of the responses implemented by the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary (MSHR) in Sierra Leone to the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic, based on qualitative data from interviews with survivors and extensive focus group discussions with the Sisters who led their organisation's response.
As the crisis unfolded during 2014 and 2015, the Sisters took action in the various settings in which they worked: their two girls' secondary schools in Bo and Kenema, their counselling centre and pastoral centre, and additional outreach work carried out in rural communities and in liaison with other agencies such as local hospitals and health centres. Much of this work was concerned with countering false rumours and beliefs about Ebola with correct information and guidance on how to limit its spread and look after those affected. Another part of the work was the giving of practical help, such as cleaning and hygiene materials, and also food to those most in need. Finally an important element was psychosocial counselling to help people who had lost family members overcome fear and desperation and rebuild hope for the future. The findings suggest that the various strategies used by the Sisters were effective because of the way they all contributed to an integrated approach. Their work to change attitudes and question false rumours linked with their work to provide correct information and practical advice. Both of these contributed to changes in behaviour and practices, which were in turn helped by the provision of hygiene equipment and cleaning materials. Meanwhile early detection led to increased chances of survival for those suffering from Ebola. Practical material support to families while in quarantine, and psychosocial support and counselling, helped them and their families find ways through the ordeal.
The Missionary Sisters' approach thus embodies many of the key characteristic of the Missionary Approach to development as understood by Misean Cara, particularly the long-term commitment of the Missionary Sisters to the communities in which they lived and worked, leading to sensitive and effective interventions; the holistic approach that valued the whole person and their intrinsic human dignity; and the cultivation of spiritual and psychosocial resilience to help people overcome crises in their communities. Although this study considered just one context-specific response to the Ebola crisis, many of the lessons learnt can be effectively put to use in other emergency or humanitarian crisis situations.
The full report can be read on www.mshr.org under DEVELOPMMENT.
Copyright Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary
AWARD TO HOLY ROSARY SISTERS FREETOWN (RE – EBOLA WORK)
By Sr. Elizabeth (Liz) N. Onwuama
Award to Holy Rosary Sisters for their support during Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, since Ebola epidemic ended, the 8th of June each year is celebrated as the commemoration of the Ebola Survivors' Day. This is because it was the date in 2015 the first Ebola survivor person was recorded. On the 8th of June this year (2017), it was celebrated in Prot Loko, in the Northern Province and Certificates were awarded to individuals and organizations who helped in various ways during the Ebola crisis. I was also there to receive a certificate of merit on behalf of the Holy Rosary Sisters, Freetown, which read: "Certificate of Merit presented by; The Sierra Leone Association of Ebola Survivors To Holy Rosary Sisters Freetown In Recognition of your Excellent Support in the Fight Against Ebola and Reintegrating Ebola Survivors into their Communities".
Among those distributing the Certificates were:
A) The Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children Affairs – Hon Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden
B) The National Coordinator of Sierra Leone Association of Ebola Survivors (SLAES), Mr. Abdul Kaim Bar and C) The National President of SLAES Mr. Yusuf Kabba. The last two names were Ebola Survivors who founded the Association in order to help others be accepted back in their communities.
I thank God for the award. For me, I will say I received the award not only on behalf of the Holy Rosary Sisters in Freetown. But, firstly for all our Sisters in Sierra Leone then. It was a very difficult time for us to take such challenging risk to remain in the country to help our people but we did so at the expense of our lives. Secondly, for the Holy Rosary Sisters in the Congregation for their tremendous Spiritual and Financial support. The candles you lighted praying for us and your family, community and Parish fund raising for, as well as individual donations to our Region did not go in vain. Tanki yu! (Thank You).
It is true that, Ebola is now a History of the past but the survivors still need to be taken care of especially medical wise and other aspects that will help them rebuild their lives. …………………………………………………………….
Holy Rosary Sisters first came to Sierra Leone in 1948 at the invitation of Bishop Ambrose Kelly CSSp, then bishop of Freetown and Bo. Their mission was, in the light of the gospel, to bring education especially to women, and to provide health care, to mothers and children and the population in general. They did this in Freetown, Kenema, Bo, Pujehun and further afield, living and working peacefully with both Christians and Muslims.
Between 1991 and 2002 the country was engulfed in civil war. The hospitals and schools became targets of attack and some had to be vacated. Thousands of people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands were forced from their homes and became refugees in Guinea. Holy Rosary sisters moved with the refugees. (See mshr.org page on Liberia, under Regions)
When the war came to an end and the sisters returned with the people, there began the long task of building life anew. Schools and hospitals were reopened and slowly rebuilt. There was great need for Counselling, Trauma Release and Healing Management, and for skills training for young women who had lost out on education, to help them earn their living.
In 2014 another calamity befell the country with the outbreak of Ebola.
"This laid a very heavy toll on us," the sisters report, "with so many precious lives lost. For safety reasons all burials are now done in the Ebola way. Whether one dies of Ebola or not, one is buried by the Ebola Team. This can be very traumatic, as we all like to give our dear ones a befitting burial. The government declared a state of emergency and quarantined the whole country to help check the spread of the disease. As a result, prices of food and commodities soared. We were able to help by supplying food to communities that were cut off. The death of many medical personnel left us more shattered as the hospitals became understaffed. The international community responded by sending medical volunteers: we thank them, and also our sisters, friends and supporters, for their unwavering prayer, care and support. This had helped a great deal to make easy our option to stay with the people in difficult times, and to bring relief and comfort to those affected by the disease."
"The joy of the gospel fills the hearts of all those who encounter Christ, a joy ever new, a joy that is shared." Pope Francis
Sister Chinyeaka C Ezeani presents her valuable new book on interculturality in religious life.
A new book on Interculturality and the Religious life has just been written by Sr Chinyeaka C Ezeani, published by Pauline Publications Africa.
"Taking seriously the prayer of Jesus that all may be one (John 17:21), Sister Chinyeaka tries in this book to articulate clearly the challenges as well as the beauty of living as people from different cultures in religious life. The underlying assumption in her work is that it is possible and necessary to appreciate the beauty that each culture brings. This requires continuous to conversion to the heart of Christ, and prayerful attentiveness to biases and complexes that tend to support mischaracterization of other cultures. " (From the
Sister Chinyeaka
Interculturality: A blessing in different colours!


An East Texas man has pleaded guilty in Upshur County to felony drug charges. Reportedly, 49-year-old James Curtis Thompson, of Avinger, was found with nearly 14 grams of methamphetamine, digital scales, and other paraphernalia after a traffic stop by Gilmer Police. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.


Introducing the Curve Digital/Roll7/Failnaut OlliOlli SkateJam!
To celebrate the launch of Roll7's OlliOlli on Xbox, Wii U and 3DS, Curve and Christos Reid are hosting a 2-day game jam! We're encouraging developers of all skill levels to come to the London Southbank University and code a game with us!
If you can't make it down, feel free to develop your game remotely and submit to our Itch.io Game Jam Page.
The theme of the Jam will be 'skate'. Seems obvious, right? But we're welcoming even the loosest definition of the term. How you want to define a 'skate' game is up to you.
Want to create a first person shooter where you travel the map on a skateboard destroying your enemies with concentrated blasts of pure raditude? Sure thing.
Want to code the world's first Twine-based skate trick attack game? GO FOR IT.
Where: The Curve OlliOlli Skatejam will be held at the London Southbank University. Working closely with Christos "Failnaut" Reid and lecturers at the uni, we will be hosting the jam in the LSBU's largest game dev lab, which comes prepped with pretty much anything you would want to develop in.
Of course, PC availability might be limited, so feel free to bring along your own equipment and jack into the electrical veins of the lab. We've got power a-plenty.
Our friends at Unity are also offering trial licenses for the entire duration of the event for anyone bringing their own laptops.
If you can't make it to London for the jam, we'll also be allowing online entries through our Itch.io page.
When: We will be meeting to brief participants on the jam on the evening of Friday 27th February. Then, we'll meet up on the morning of Saturday 28th and steam on through 'til Sunday 1st March!
We've teamed up with GameMaker Pro and Unity to offer the winning coder or team their choice of license!
The second place dev or team will receive the other license(s).
The first place team or individual will also receive a handsome Xbox One console each, courtesy of our very good friends at Microsoft!
The winning online attendees will be given a 3DS or 3DS XL console (your choice) each!
All games created during the jam will be featured on this site afterwards with nice words written about them. Is there really a better prize than nice words?
Check out the spiffy site that we put together.
And then sign up at our equally spiffy EventBrite page!


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The Italian oil and gas company Eni is going to plant huge forests to compensate for its CO2 emissions. Eni wants to plant a total of 81,000 square kilometers of forest in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Ghana, writes the British newspaper Financial Times. That is about twice the size of the Netherlands.
The forests are not the only environmental measure that the Italians take. They also want to reduce flaring and reduce methane leaks. Flaring is a practice where gases produced during the refining of oil are burned, should be banned by 2025. Methane gas emissions must then be reduced by 80 percent.
Oil and gas companies are increasingly feeling the need to take measures to reduce their carbon footprint. At the same time, the companies continue to produce more fossil fuels. They say they do this to meet the growing demand in developing countries.


Olivia Yokubonis is a singer-songwriter based in Orange County, California. A passion that thrived quickly at a young age has now been transformed into a vision for life. Olivia has made her way across the nation serving many churches and ministries over the years, from Passion City Church in Atlanta, to the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, landing in California with Circuit Riders. She now focuses her time on writing her own music tailored to the mainstream music industry. Her vision and desire is to no longer allow the industry to codify God and determine where His Spirit is and isn't, and to see the music industry live in the fullness that comes with loving Christ.


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Back to the Future 2 Censor on Netflix!
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Published on 18 February 2020, 01:59 +00:00
Name of Zeus! They hit Back to the Future ! For a few hours now, French Internet users have been angry with Netflix because is , a reworked version of Retour vers le Futur 2 which is available on the platform. We explain the reasons for this censorship.
After the controversy following the censorship of some episodes of South Park, Netflix is again in turmoil for having censored Back to the Future II. Platform users have noticed that a scene has been edited. It's only a few seconds, but for fans of the franchise, it's really a scandal to rework this Robert Zemeckis classic.
The scene in question is on video just above, when Marty thinks he has retrieved the Sports Almanac, but discovers that it's only the cover and that it hides a naughty magazine called Oh There.
In the Netflix version the cover has been cut off during editing. A break that has just been spotted by Internet users, but which had already been made 3 years ago when the Back to the Future trilogy was already available on Netflix. A surfer had already noticed it and reported it, but at the time it hadn't made so much noise. The question now is, why this censorship? This is not censorship for explicit content because the young woman is not naked and is wearing a nightie on the cover. The real reason would be a question of law.
A Copyright Issue
The magazine Oh There There is a fictitious magazine created for the needs of the film, but the magazine inside the film is a real magazine. It is number 29 of Paris Sex Appeal, released in December 1935 in France. The young woman on the cover is Venetia Stevenson, muse of the American magazine Swank in 1955. Copyright issues are here. The publishing company Swank US still exists today and would be ready to attack the producers of Back to the Future and the people who would broadcast the scene. That's why Netflix decided to suppress the cover of the magazine Oh There There. They decided to be far-sighted and thus avoid having to give money to Swank US for the broadcast of the sequence. This is why the footage is cut at Netflix, but not at Amazon Prime Video.
Once again it's just a small break in the movie, but the fans don't like to have their Proust madeleines touched up again. Remember the different polemics when George Lucas dared to retouch the original Star Wars trilogy…
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The Africa-America Institute (AAI) is pleased to announce that Anne Kabagambe, an international development and finance professional with over 30 years of senior leadership roles in international organizations and development banking, has joined AAI's Board of Trustees.
Ms. Kabagambe has served with the United Nations, the City of New York and Third World Trade Institute. She recently completed a 10-year assignment as Chief of Staff & Director of Cabinet at the African Development Bank in Tunis, Tunisia and Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. She worked with the team that formulated the Bank's long-term strategy as well as its responses to the 2009 global financial crisis and the 2014 Ebola epidemic.
A national of Uganda, Ms. Kabagambe holds a Master's Degree from Columbia University's School of International Affairs in New York City, and another Master's Degree in Public Policy from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She has a Diploma in Strategic Public-Sector Negotiations from the JFK School of Government, Harvard University and another Diploma in Leadership & Management from the Cranfield School of Management, UK.