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Justice for Perween
April 3, 2015 Development and Poverty, Economy, Education, Human Rights, Justice, Notable Personalities, Perween Rahman, Water, WomenZubeida Mustafa
By Zubeida Mustafa
THE text message is still saved in my mobile phone. It was sent at 9.30 am on Wednesday March 13, 2013. It was signed "Thanks n Cheers PR". That was the last time I heard from Perween Rahman, director of the OPP-RTI
For years she had made it a habit when in Karachi to read my column in the morning when it appeared in this paper and would send a comment by sms/email or call me up for a brief chat on her way to work. On that fateful day in 2013, less than 12 hours later, she was dead. The following week I wrote, 'Rest in peace little sister'.
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'Najma has gone'
January 14, 2015 Development and Poverty, Economy, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Islamisation, Justice, Media, New, Notable Personalities, Social Issues, Water, WomenZubeida Mustafa
HER entire life was a series of battles she fought for the disadvantaged, the empowerment of women, the right of people to land and the preservation of the environment. Many of these were battles that she won. Others were ongoing struggles, as she never gave up hope. That was Najma Sadeque described as the activist who wore several hats.
Her last battle was against death and this one she lost. "Najma has gone," I was informed by a friend who was in the hospital with Najma when the end came shortly after midnight. With her the courage and inspiration she had instilled in many had also gone, so I thought. Then I knew they hadn't for Najma has left behind a legacy of courage and integrity embodied so clearly in her daughter Deneb Sumbul. A picture of her mother, Deneb's dignity in her hour of grief is something only Najma could instil. Continue reading 'Najma has gone' →
Kalabagh on the backburner
January 25, 2006 WaterRaza Jaffri
Source: Dawn
LAST week, just when the opposition's protest had begun to reach an uncomfortably high pitch, President Pervez Musharraf decided to take the wind out of the anti-Kalabagh lobby's sail by announcing a change in the order of dam building.
In his 90-minute wide-ranging speech, the president announced that all the five dams identified by the government would be built by 2016 but the first to be taken up would be Bhasha.
The controversial Kalabagh dam could wait — though he didn't make it clear when it would be taken in hand. It will be completed along with the others ten years from now.
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Truth about the Abbasi report
January 4, 2006 Economy, WaterRaza Jaffri
THREE months after the chairman of the Technical Committee on Water Resources (TCWR), Mr A.N.G. Abbasi, had presented his report to the president and the prime minister, the Kalabagh dam issue has burst on the scene in a big way.
The president brought this contentious issue to the forefront when he first spoke of forging a national consensus and creating 'awareness' on the KBD. Now he has dispensed with the need for any political understanding and has declared that the dam will be built at any cost.
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Filling a vacuum
July 11, 1995 Archive Edition, Development and Poverty, Environment, General, Notable Personalities, WaterZubeida Mustafa
Wnen I went to call on Safina Siddiqi on her return from South Africa where she had gone to receive UNEP's Global 500 Roll of Honour award on the World Environment Day, she was not home. Her house-help who has been with the family for over 20 years duly informed me that she was somewhere in the neighbourhood. I set out to hunt for her, being familiar as I was with her favourite haunts. Within five minutes I had located Safina. There she was at the roadside supervising the planting of saplings. Her hands were full of soil, for she considers her supervision incomplete if she does not show her personal involvement in the work by joining the gardeners in their task.
That did not surprise me. For that is how I have always found Safina — down-to-earth, unassuming with no airs about her and always ready to pitch in when help is needed. No sooner had I asked her how she was, that her eyes lit up and she went on to give me the details of how she had planted sixty-two saplings further down the road before she left for Pretoria. Continue reading Filling a vacuum →
Allocations fail to match verbal commitments to social sector
June 26, 1993 Archive Edition, Balochistan, Development and Poverty, Economy, Education, Health, Population, Social Issues, Water, WomenZubeida Mustafa
In his budget speech, the Federal Finance Minister emphasised that a key element of the government's economic strategy was "continued priority to development of education, health, nutrition, housing, population welfare and other social facilities". But the thrust of the budget and the performance in the social sectors in the outgoing year as documented in the Economic Survey, 1992-93 belied any serious official commitment to human resource development.
Although some sectors such as health and education are financed and managed mainly by the provinces, the federal budget was a fair indicator of the progress to be expected in these areas of national life. It was plain that in actual fact human development figured low in the government's priorities. There is now greater reliance on the private sector for filling the enormous gap in education and health. Thus of the Rs 257.7 billion federal revenue expenditure only Rs 6.9 billion (2.6 per cent) is to go towards financing the social services. As usual debt servicing and defence will take away the biggest chunks. On the development side, the social sectors will receive a bigger percentage (3.4) but the amount will be smaller in absolute terms (Rs 1.8 billion).
Education has been badly downgraded. The allocations for this sector in both the revenue and development budgets have been reduced. In fact the allocation for education in the Continue reading Allocations fail to match verbal commitments to social sector →
Cities: Life in the world's 100 largest metropolitan areas
May 3, 1991 Administration, Archive Edition, Children and Youth, Culture and the Arts, Development and Poverty, Economy, Environment, Housing, Law & Order, Population, WaterZubeida Mustafa
The most significant modern day demographic phenomenon is the growing level of urbanisation in this century. In the year 1901 only one in ten of the global population lived in cities. By 2000, nearly half of the world's people will.
What is more important than the level of urbanisation is its rapid pace. Take the case of Pakistan. In 44 years the urban population has grown from 15 per cent to 28 per cent of the total.
This change in demographic composition has had a profound impact on society, the national economy and the political culture of the country. It has also affected the quality of life in the cities in a big way because the municipal authorities have failed to keep pace with the growing population in providing the most basic civic amenities to the city-dwellers.
The economy has also not grown rapidly enough to provide jobs to the ever-widening stream of entrants to the urban labour market.
As a result, our cities have emerged as an explosive mass of humanity seething with discontent.
The Washington-based Population Crisis Committee recently studied the world's hundred largest cities, ranging from Tokyo (population 28.7 million in 1989) to Pune, India (population 2.3 million).
The Committee looked into the key indicators which determine the quality of life in a city, namely, public safety, food costs, living space, housing standards, communications, education, public health, noise level, traffic and clean air. Cultural activities, employment and nutritional status were omitted because the data were either inconsistent or carried aclass or regional bias.
Pakistani cities cut a rather sorry figure in this survey. Karachi and Lahore which rank 22nd and 48th population-wise in the world are among the last fourteen in terms of urban living standards. Karachi is 87th and Lahore comes further down at 91st.
Karachi fares most poorly, according to the PCC report, on three counts: living space, communication and health. It could not have scored any less. Lahore's score is equally bad in respect of the first two. Healthcare-wise it is better off but in terms of education it is worse.
The next two banes of Karachi life are noise pollution and traffic. Surprisingly, air pollution (on the basis of measurement of ozone concentration) is not considered to be too bad which makes one doubt the accuracy of UNEP's standards that form the basis of the PCC's assessment.
Another area which makes one sceptical about surveys that depend exclusively on government sources for their data is that of crime. Karachi emerges as a relatively safe place to live in, with only 5.7 murders per 100,000 people a year. Lahore is safer still.
Compared with Cape Town (64 per 100,000), Cairo (56) and Alexandria (49) which have the highest homicide rates, Pakistani cities might be rated as havens of security.
But those who live in perpetual fear in Karachi, know that the police are not always overly cooperative in recording FIRs for murder. Moreover there are crimes other than murder which also make life insecure.
What is certain is that the situation in our cities is definitely not better than what the PCC report calculates it to be. What is to be expected next? With an annual growth rate of seven per cent, Karachi's problems will only multiply.
The city owes its expansion more to migration than natural increase. The people who are now moving over to the urban areas are being forced out of their homes by the growing impoverishment of the countryside.
The pattern of agrarian holding with its bias towards large landlords has left over four million rural households (nearly 24 million people) living below the poverty line because they are landless, are tenants on very small farms or their land has been fragmented because of the inheritance factor.
In the absence of land reforms, this pattern is unlikely to be broken. With no alternative source of employment generation in the rural areas, the exodus to the cities is there to stay.
Additionally the growing insecurity in the interior of Sindh born of rampant crime and lawlessness is uprooting people from the countryside.
What will be the future of this metropolis? If present trends are an indicator, Karachi will be a split city. On the one side will be the millions mired in grinding poverty. Three million of them live in kachchi abadis in conditions of crowding and insanitation. Their number will grow and by the turn of the century half of Karachi's population will be living in illegal squatter settlements.
At the other end of the scale are the affluent classes. For them life in Karachi has its paradoxes. But their wealth enables them to buy all those facilities the civic authorities fail to provide — water (through bowsers), electricity (through generators), healthcare and education (through private hospitals, schools and universities) and transport (through their own fleet of cars). \
But their insensitivity to poverty notwithstanding, the rich cannot escape the reality of the misery of the have-not. Apart from the ugly sights of kachchi abadis creeping up to the walls of the mansions of the rich there is also the congestion on the roads which reduces the flow of traffic to a crawling 17 miles per hour in rush hours (according to the PCC report) and makes the rich rub shoulders with the poor, albeit in different modes of transport.
Most significant is the growing crime rate which should come as a stark reminder of the insidious erosion of urban life. In spite of the protection they seek to buy through private agencies and guards, the fact is that the affluent are more vulnerable to crime because of their wealth. This vulnerability is the price they have to pay for the comforts they can afford.
This class disparity, which is growing and will increase further with the government's privatisation programme, has emerged as the hallmark of Karachi's population.
The civic bodies' failure to provide the basic amenities of life is giving rise to violent discontent. Water riots have become a normal feature of Karachi life in summer and the KESC staff has had to suffer physical attacks from a public suffering from the discomfort of prolonged power breakdowns.
Add to these the problems generated by unemployment and rising cost of food (even daal and roti, the poor man's standard ware is exorbitantly priced) and you have an explosive mixture.
The ostentation of the rich only helps to fuel the seething dissatisfaction of the poor. The vulgar display of wealth by a few is bound to compound the unrest among the many, especially when they find themselves being progressively denied even those basic needs that they could take for granted as their right at one time.
Marx might be dead in Eastern Europe and dying in Soviet Russia. But the class conflict he wrote about continues to live and flourish in Third World cities bursting at the seams..
Source: Dawn 03-05-1991
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HARRISON COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 12:30p.m. Sunday in Harrison County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2013 GMC Acadia driven by Quinton P. Johnson, 16, Bethany, was southbound on MO 13 one mile south of Bethany.
The driver lost control of the vehicle in the slush. The vehicle crossed the center line and struck a 2008 Dodge Ram driven by Colby O. Graham, 32, Bethany, head on.
A private vehicle transported a passenger in the Dodge Billy V. Fisher, 32, Bethany, to Harrison County Hospital.
Graham was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.


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Q: Create ListView with infinite scrolling by provider: setState() or markNeedsBuild() called during build I am trying to create ListView where items are built while the screen is being scrolled. I am trying to add content by using provider.
I get an error "setState() or markNeedsBuild() called during build" when calling notifyListener() inside itemBuilder.
I know the reason is because notifyListener() is called during ListView is built.
My questions are:

*

*is there a workaround to call notifyListener() after or before build?

*if this is not even an appropriate approach, what is the best approach to add content to ListView for infinite scrolling by using Provider?

This is not a duplicate of this post because his ListView widget doesn't have to be built over and over again as scroll happens.
my_app.dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:english_words/english_words.dart';
import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
import 'suggestions.dart';

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MultiProvider(
      providers: [
        ChangeNotifierProvider(
          create: (context) => Suggestions(),
        ),
      ],
      child: MaterialApp(
        title: 'Welcome to Flutter',
        theme: ThemeData(
          primaryColor: Colors.white,
        ),
        home: RandomWords(),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class RandomWords extends StatelessWidget {
  final _biggerFont = TextStyle(fontSize: 18.0);

  void _addSuggestions(BuildContext context) {
    Provider.of<Suggestions>(context, listen: false).addSuggestions();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    var suggestions = Provider.of<Suggestions>(context).getSuggestions;
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text('Startup Name Generator'),
        actions: [
          IconButton(icon: Icon(Icons.list), onPressed: () {}),
        ],
      ),
      body: _buildSuggestions(suggestions),
    );
  }

  Widget _buildSuggestions(suggestions) {
    return ListView.builder(
        padding: EdgeInsets.all(16.0),
        itemBuilder: /*1*/ (context, i) {
          if (i.isOdd) {
            return Divider(); /*2*/
          }

          final index = i ~/ 2; /*3*/
          if (index >= suggestions.length) {
            _addSuggestions(context);
          }
          return _buildRow(suggestions[index]);
        });
  }

  Widget _buildRow(WordPair pair) {
    return ListTile(
      title: Text(
        pair.asPascalCase,
        style: _biggerFont,
      ),
      trailing: Icon(
        Icons.favorite_border,
        color: null,
      ),
    );
  }
}

suggestions.dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:english_words/english_words.dart';

class Suggestions extends ChangeNotifier {
  var _suggestions = <WordPair>[];

  get getSuggestions {
    return _suggestions;
  }

  void addSuggestions() {
    _suggestions.addAll(generateWordPairs().take(10));
    notifyListeners();
  }
}

A: Remove notifyListeners() from addSuggestions();
It is because ListView is being built every time scroll happens. You do not need to use notifyListeners to rebuild the widget inside a widget that rebuilds by itself.

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Home Alwaleed Cultural Network Alwaleed Philanthropies "Global" launches a global initiative to spearhead cross-cultural understanding
Alwaleed Cultural Network
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Alwaleed Philanthropies "Global" launches a global initiative to spearhead cross-cultural understanding
Alwaleed Cultural Network Inaugural Ceremony 08 Dec 2022
Alwaleed Cultural Network, a newly established global network, will promote tolerance and understanding between different cultures, religions and beliefs.
The inaugural ceremony held at Al Diriyah, Al-Turaif Historical District on 08 December 2022 welcomed over 100 guests.
Seven globally renowned educational and cultural institutions across North America, Europe, North Africa and Asia will gather to improve cross-cultural understanding in Saudi Arabia this December.
The Alwaleed Cultural Network patrons of the academic, arts, and culture ecosystem include Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University (USA), University of Cambridge (UK), University of Edinburgh (UK), American University in Cairo (Egypt), American University of Beirut (Lebanon), the History of Science and Pitt Rivers Museums at Oxford University (UK), and Pergamon Museum, Berlin (Germany).
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, Alwaleed Philanthropies "Global", today launched the Alwaleed Cultural Network (ACN), a distinguished global networking platform, to spearhead tolerance and cross-cultural understanding on an economic, specialist, collegiate and cultural industries level in an era of great transformation and diversification in Saudi Arabia and beyond. Leading with an inaugural group of more than seven globally renowned educational and cultural institutions from five countries around the world, Alwaleed Cultural Network's debut convening was held by Diriyah Gate Development Authority at Al Diriyah, Al-Turaif Historical District, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Thursday 08 December 2022.
During the ceremony, HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majed Saud AlSaud, Secretary General and member of the Board of Trustees, Alwaleed Philanthropies, said, "We are deeply grateful to be launching the Alwaleed Cultural Network – gathering patrons of this stature with distinguished philanthropic intel into the world of arts and culture. Alwaleed Cultural Network is an endeavor to actively recognise that culture is indispensable to human existence. Through this initiative, we collectively extend an arm to the world and provide opportunities to those who may not have access to concrete infrastructure and resources otherwise. Alwaleed Cultural Network is a platform for mavericks who want to add value to the everchanging cultural world vernacular. The collaboration is only continuing to grow as we engage in the realm of global cultural discourse for the better good of the next generation of cross-cultural exchange."
Exploring stories of cultural connections, Alwaleed Cultural Network is built on a series of projects and online workshops, whereby current partners unanimously recognise the significant value of working more closely together to increase collective global impact. Pioneering academic and cultural institutions across North America, Europe, North Africa and Asia, all supported by Alwaleed Philanthropies, have come together under one umbrella to promote education, awareness, and Islamic knowledge – recognizing that diverse cultures have remarkable histories and exchanges in common. These institutions are Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University (USA), Center for American Studies and Research, American University of Beirut (Lebanon), Center For American Studies, American University in Cairo (Egypt), Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge (UK), Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding, University of Edinburgh (UK), History of Science Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford University (UK), and Museum of Islamic Art, Pergamon Museum, Berlin (Germany).
The inaugural ceremony welcomed over 100 guests and was attended by His Excellency Dr. Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Samari, General Supervisor of the National Center of Archives and Records, Secretary-general of the King Abdul Aziz Foundation for Research and Archives (Darah); Mr. Jerry Inzerillo, Group CEO of the Diriyah Gate Development Authority; Paola Leoncini Bartoli, Director for Cultural Policies and Development, UNESCO Culture Sector; Professor Mona Siddiqui OBE, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, University of Edinburgh; Dr. Silke Ackermann, Director, History of Science Museum at the University of Oxford; Professor Dr. Stefan Weber, Director, Museum for Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum; Professor Dr. Herman Parzinger President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation; and Dr. Robert Myers, Director, Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR), American University of Beirut.
Speaking of resourceful tools for cross-cultural understanding, a panel discussion took place during the event titled, "Culture as a Tool for Understanding and Development". Moderated by Professor Mona Siddiqui OBE, the panelists, HRH Princess Lamia, HE Dr. Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Samari, Paola Leoncini Bartoli, Dr. Silke Ackermann and Dr. Robert Myers discussed ways in which institutions engage with, and enhance, human culture through education, research and public engagement.
Alwaleed Philanthropies is involved in philanthropic work since the 1980s. It is the main donor to the Islamic art wing at the Louvre Museum in Paris unveiled in 2012 and designed by Italian architect Mario Bellini and French architect Rudy Ricciotti. In 2018, Alwaleed Philanthropies donated EUR 9 million to the Pergamon Museum in Berlin – currently undergoing renovation and is due to reopen in 2026. Alwaleed Philanthropies worked collaboratively with the University of Oxford to launch a new phase of Multaka-Oxford – training over 200 refugees as tour guides across several Oxford museums and improving cross-cultural understanding. Alwaleed Cultural Network is a myriad of projects joining important strategic partners under one umbrella to promote cross-cultural discourse and provide foundational support systems in the global academic and cultural ecosystem.
For more information on Alwaleed Philanthropies and its initiatives, visit alwaleedphilanthropies.org and follow Alwaleed Philanthropies on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
About Alwaleed Philanthropies
Over four decades, Alwaleed Philanthropies has supported and spent more than 4.4 billion dollars on social welfare and initiated more than 1000 projects in over +189 countries, managed by 10 Saudi female members, and reaching more than 1 billion beneficiaries around the world, regardless of gender, race, or religion. Alwaleed Philanthropies collaborates with a range of philanthropic, governmental, and nongovernmental to combat poverty, empower women and youth, develop communities, provide disaster relief, and create cultural understanding through education. It seeks to build bridges for a more compassionate, tolerant, and accepting world.
About Alwaleed Cultural Network
Alwaleed Cultural Network is a hybrid networking platform, propelling cross-border cultural funding and critical global discourse to strengthen academic and cultural aptitude. Established in December 2022, Alwaleed Cultural Network launched with an inaugural group of more than eight globally renowned educational and cultural institutions from five countries around the world. Current Alwaleed Cultural Network patrons of the academic, arts, and culture ecosystem include Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University (USA), University of Cambridge (UK), Georgetown University (USA), University of Edinburgh (UK), The American University in Cairo (Egypt), The American University of Beirut (Lebanon), the History of Science and Pitt Rivers Museums at Oxford University (UK), and Pergamon Museum, Berlin (Germany).
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Small ISPs being forced into niche services
Research shows that the big ISPs are continuing to grow their market share, pointing to a niche future for smaller providers
Written by David Meyer, Contributor on June 30, 2006
Consolidation among large Internet service providers (ISPs) has driven smaller providers into niche, business-centric markets, according to industry observers.
Figures published on Friday showed that 88 percent of the UK broadband market is dominated by the top 10 ISPs, with the top five — in order — being BT Retail, NTL, AOL, Telewest and Tiscali.
In fact, as Telewest, NTL and Virgin.net (at number nine) are effectively one company, the market's dominance by big players is even more pronounced than the figures initially suggest.
And the picture is likely to change even further with the introduction into the market of "free" broadband services from the likes of Carphone Warehouse and Orange (formerly Wanadoo).
According to Point Topic founder Tim Johnson, whose company conducted the ISP survey, it is relatively easy to set up a small ISP through a "pretty decent off-the-shelf offer" from BT.
However, Johnson told ZDNet UK that, while some ISPs have been finding profitability through that approach, the arrival of loss-leading offers of free connectivity could prove fatal to smaller competitors in the domestic market.
Couple that with the resources of the international incumbents buying ISPs — in the UK, witness Spain's Telefonica and Be Broadband, or France Telecom and Wanadoo/Orange — and it's not difficult to see where the pressure for smaller players is coming from.
"What we're tending to see is the big independent ISPs in a market being purchased by an overseas incumbent," explained Jupiter Research's Ian Fogg, "and this is accelerating consolidation in the market. It's relatively small change to buy an ISP if you're an incumbent."
Fogg also suggested that local loop unbundling (LLU) — the process by which BT allows competitors to install their own equipment in its exchanges rather than forcing them to resell its own services — is not having the desired effect of giving customers a greater choice of providers.
"LLU requires capital investment," Fogg said on Friday, "and an inadvertent effect is hastening consolidation in the ISP business in the UK."
However, Fogg also pointed out that LLU was "giving customers greater choice on speed and quality", as smaller providers concentrate on niche markets such as small businesses.
The smaller providers may offer higher speeds or better customer services than the big players, but "maybe at a slightly higher price point" Fogg said. Comparing the current landscape to that of the late 1990s, Fogg highlighted Plusnet as the only smaller ISP that retains mass-market ambitions.
"Going forward in terms of choice," said Fogg, "the big thing to watch for is wholesale DSL from some of the LLU players, because smaller ISPs don't have scale to justify LLU themselves. However, they would like to have a greater choice of the suppliers they use — they would like to be able to pick and choose."
A spokesperson for Ofcom told ZDNet UK that customers were benefiting from "strong signs of competition" in the broadband retail market, but added that it was "too early to say whether LLU is going to mean more providers".
"There's no one provider with 80 percent of the market, and that's the point," he said.


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3 Tips To Reach More Millennials With Your Social Media Marketing
Chris Zilles
The social media usage habits of millennials continue to change – and so your social media marketing needs to change also. This is necessary in order to keep up with new trends and the constant search for the "Next Big Thing." Here are 3 tips to reach more millennials with your social media marketing.
Tip #1: Experiment with More Than Just Facebook and Twitter
Ok, we get it, Facebook is easy and safe. So is Twitter. But that's not where the millennials are headed these days. If you examine just about any research report on social media habits, it's hard to ignore a major trend: millennials are leaving Facebook and Twitter in droves for newer platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat.
If you're looking to court the young millennial consumer, the place to be these days is Instagram. According to the Pew Research Center, 60 percent of all Instagram users are between the ages of 18 and 29. Compare that to Twitter, where the figure is only 36 percent. So, yes, you can still reach millennials via Twitter, but if you want to go where the momentum is headed, your social media marketing needs to embrace Instagram and Snapchat.
Tip #2: Create New Types of Storytelling Experiences for Millennials
One reason for the popularity of platforms like Instagram and Snapchat is the ability for users to apply lenses and filters on top of otherwise mundane content. With Instagram, it's possible to create Stories. A Sunday summer day at the beach suddenly becomes people want to watch over and over again.
Now brands are getting into the act as well, creating their own stories on social media platforms for users to interact with. The latest trend is the use of augmented reality, or the ability to enhance videos with additional visual elements.
If you want to see where millennial social media marketing is headed, just check out the social media accounts for Taco Bell. According to the company's CEO, Greg Creed, the goal of Taco Bell is to become "America's favorite millennial brand." That means creating new types of raw, unscripted experiences that continually push the envelope. From this perspective, Taco Bell is the "millennial brand" for the cool young kids, while Chipotle is the brand for older adults.
Tip #3: Look for New Ways to Connect with the Right Influencers
Back in the day, the thought among marketing executives was that the best way to connect with consumers was by deploying a bunch of A-list celebrities. You can still see this with the way the big automakers market their cars – they'll typically use big Hollywood celebrities (that is, if you count Matthew McConaughey as a big star) or famous sports athletes to sell cars.
But that's not what millennial marketers do – they look for up-and-coming stars in the worlds of music and entertainment. From this perspective, a DJ – say, David Guetta or Calvin Harris – who might entertain crowds at an event like Coachella is way more influential than a traditional big-name music performer. To its credit, Toyota is one of the big brands that is actually recruiting talent from the world of YouTube celebrities for its marketing.
Those are three big macro-trends changing the world of millennial marketing. Every six months seems to bring a new fad – can anyone say #hashtag marketing campaigns? But there are some big themes that are emerging and a growing number of brands – including both Nike and Taco Bell – that are doing social media marketing right.
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Community Action Agency names new CEO
EOA Staff | February 20, 2018, 04:17 PM
Corwin Macklin
The Board of Directors of the Anne Arundel County Community Action Agency, Inc. is proud to announce the appointment of Corwin T. Macklin as the organization's new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Macklin has been serving as the Interim CEO since September of 2017.
Mr. Macklin comes to Community Action with over 30 years of executive leadership and management experience, and a proven track record of delivering results. He has served at the highest organizational levels for nonprofits, state government, faith-based organizations, and the U.S. Military. He is a transformational leader, seasoned nonprofit executive, and community developer. Corwin has broad-based experience as a nonprofit management consultant in organizational and leadership development, fund development, government relations, administrative operations, program/project management, human resources, and communications.
"As the Agency begins a new chapter in its mission to provide services to the residents of Anne Arundel County, the Community Action Board believes that Mr. Macklin's energy, professional skill set, and leadership experience will be a tremendous asset," stated Leslie N. Stanton, President of Anne Arundel County Community Action Agency's Board of Directors.
Mr. Macklin recently served as Special Assistant to the President and CEO for Family Matters of Greater Washington, Executive Director of World Vision, Inc. for the National Capital Area, National Director of Resource Development for World Vision – U.S. Programs, and Director, Faith-Based and Community Initiatives for the State of Arkansas.
"I am elated about this opportunity to be a part of this Community Action team serving our most vulnerable and disadvantaged citizens in Anne Arundel County and City of Annapolis," said Macklin.
"I look forward to working alongside our Board, staff, volunteers, community partners, and advocates in helping people and changing lives in breaking the cycle of poverty."
Previous to his work in the nonprofit sector, Mr. Macklin served as a commissioned officer of the United States Army in various senior executive and management positions. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, holds a B.S. Degree in Political Science from Hampton University in Virginia, Diploma for Ministerial Training from Agape School of World Evangelism in Arkansas, and has completed Master's Degree coursework in Nonprofit Management from Eastern University's School of Leadership and Development at St. Davids, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Macklin and his wife Regina live in Anne Arundel County. They have three sons and a grandson.
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well spotted NN! The hens will owe you a debt of gratitude.
It's good you spotted the door closing before the girls got inside, NN!
Apparently Neil had closed the door due to having to many hens going broody. He had to go out and had got delayed and was hurtling back as fast as he could just I was trying to get in touch with him. I usually had a quick look at the hens when ever I can and noticed they were stressed. I thought at first it may have been a fox about and then noticed door was closed. I just lost poor Chewbacca to a fox last week. We had to go out early leaving house about five in the morning and I had opened Chewies door as she always has free ranged only being closed up at night. Then we were off..... fox must have come not long after we had left as she was still in her bed and hadnt touched her breakfast. It did eat her and she wasnt just killed for sport. Poor little girl didnt deserve to end it all like that she was such a lovely little hen. G/N and I are missing her so much and we still tend to put little tasty bits aside for her when we are cooking.
Oh NN that is so sad, poor Chewie. Pet ownership has so many sadnesses - it's just as well it's outweighed by all the good things we get from them. Sleep soundly Chewie, hope the scratching at the bridge is good.
Oh NN, I'm so sorry to hear about poor little Chewie. RIP Chewie.


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Australia wildfires: communities must stay vigilant, urges UN weather agency
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
Firefighters in Queensland, Australia, tackle a blaze which is threatening local communities.
As Australia's "catastrophic" and deadly wildfire emergency continues, UN weather experts on Tuesday echoed Government warnings for people to remain vigilant in the face of the fast-moving threat and tinderbox conditions.
In Geneva, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) noted that dozens of fires are raging, affecting around six million in eastern New South Wales state, and southeast Queensland, amid reports that three people lost their lives in the fires at the weekend.
"Apart from the immediate physical threat…when authorities issue a message of catastrophic fire danger, the message there is basically, "Get out, get away,'" Clare Nullis, spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), told journalists.
No rain forecast
Citing Australia's Bureau of Meteorology description of the situation as "evolving and dangerous", Ms. Nullis said that conditions were likely to remain dry, with little to no rain forecast.
Australia's #StateofClimate report 2018 by @BOM_au and @CSIRO: "There has been a long-term increase in extreme fire weather, and in the length of the fire season, across large parts of Australia."#ClimateChange is contributing to these changeshttps://t.co/h2SIHX9p6T pic.twitter.com/g3KBIRULKB
— WMO | OMM (@WMO) November 11, 2019
"The fires are due to a combination of factors including low soil moisture, heat and importantly, wind direction and wind speed," she explained.
New South Wales has declared a state of emergency as parts of the state - including the Greater Sydney area and Queensland - face a "catastrophic" fire danger, which is the highest level of warning.
Although bush and grassfires are common in Australia, the emergency is linked to increasingly warm temperatures over the course of the last century.
Climate change 'is contributing'
"According to the Bureau of Meteorology of Australia, it's been the second warmest January to October on record for Australia as a whole, and these are records going back 110 years," Ms. Nullis said, adding that the number of days falling into the category of "fire weather days" has increased.
"The most extreme 10 per cent of fire weather days - which is how they measure the fire index - has increased in recent decades across many regions…There has been an associated increase in the length of the fire weather season and climate change including increasing temperatures, is contributing to these changes."
According to WMO, many at-risk communities face winds of 60 to 80 kilometres per hour (37 to 50 miles per hour) and temperatures in the mid to high 30s Celsius (around 95 Fahrenheit).
Although a cool weather front that is forecast may ease fire dangers, "a combination of dry and gusty winds and a shift in wind direction will mean people in the impacted areas will need to remain vigilant", Ms. Nullis insisted.
Between 1967 and 2013, major Australian bushfires resulted in over 8,000 injuries and 433 deaths, close to 50 per cent of all fatalities from major Australian natural disasters, excluding heatwaves, Australian Government figures show.
Over the same period, bushfires cost approximately $3.2 billion.
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Top climate scientists issued a report on Sunday showing that over the last several years, sea-level rise, planetary warming, shrinking ice sheets and carbon pollution have accelerated; a sobering call to action for political leaders headed to New York for summit-level climate change talks tomorrow at the United Nations.
Decades of progress 'can be wiped out overnight,' UN chief laments at climate session in Yokohama
"Little undermines development like disaster," UN Secretary-General António Guterres told attendees at a thematic session on Africa and climate change, on day two of the Tokyo international Conference on African Development (TICAD), now in its seventh year.


Bentinck is a Primary School. It is situated in the district of Hyson Green in the City of Nottingham. It caters for pupils between the ages of three and eleven. Built in 1880, the school has a long tradition of history in the Education Service in Nottingham. A fine historic building, it is a landmark for Nottingham Residents old and young, many of whom are past pupils.
The building is extremely well maintained and includes an ICT Suite, Science Room, carpeted hall and Office Suite. Outside there is a large playground, our own football pitch and a community multi-use games area. Children enjoy their midday meal in our dining room.
Our Foundation Classes accommodate children between the ages of three and five years old.
Our Key Stage 1 classes are for pupils aged between five and seven years.
Key Stage 2 children remain at Bentinck until they are eleven years old. The children then transfer to a number of different Secondary Schools at the end of Year 6.
Our school has a very high turnover of pupils. Many children join the school from abroad and may speak no English when they arrive.
At Bentinck we provide a disciplined and stimulating environment for all children to learn and succeed. We all believe that the staff, parents and Governors should work together to make children's learning experience happy, successful and exciting. Emphasis is placed on the highest standards of work and conduct in an atmosphere of trust.
If you are considering admitting your child to Bentinck Primary & Nursery School, it is advisable that you visit us and look around the school. Once your child has started at Bentinck, you are always very welcome to come into school. We ask you to telephone our Office before you arrive so that we can arrange for someone to be available to help you and answer any questions that you may wish to ask.


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A public and, at the same time, veiled love declaration. Lovely.
Chapter 15.1 — Doting (1)
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Tune of Yong'an's success was somewhat beyond expectations. Jia He had just submitted the script for the final episode of that drama adaptation from the novel, and then Director Jiang was already calling her. The general tenor of the conversation was simply that he wanted to film a sequel for Tune of Yong'an. Sprawled on the bed, still a little groggy, Jia He responded with "mm-hmm, mm-hmms" and "uh-huh, uh-huhs." Then, tossing the phone aside, she flopped back into Yi Wenze's embrace and carried on sleeping.
It was a full minute later before she was finally able to link those few sentences together.
And then, she clutched Yi Wenze's arm and began swinging it. "A sequel! The thing I hate most is sequels."
The eyelashes of the person in front of her fluttered, but he did not open his eyes, instead reaching his arms out and circling her tightly in them. "Good morning, my wife." His breath brushed against her ear. Practically without making a sound, he sealed away her voice behind his lips. However, before long, her mobile phone started ringing again. Pulling one arm out from the covers, she groped around for quite some time before she was able to answer the call.
On the other end, Qiao Qiao was chortling. "Congratulations. The discussions for a sequel have started, and you can start the ones about your price, too. I'm totally relying on you to make me a famous producer."
Jia He was nearly unable to gasp in a breath. With all her might, she tried to make her voice sound normal. "I'll call you… in a bit."
Qiao Qiao was astonished. "It's so early, but you're busy already? That's not like your normal schedule."
Jia He clenched her teeth together tightly, already unable to utter anything. Very soon, the person on top of her took her phone from her. Yi Wenze's voice was mild and polite, carrying a slight apologetic tone in it as he stated, "My wife is doing some morning exercise. She'll call you in a little bit."
Right as the call was being hung up, Jia He's ears were nearly deafened by Qiao Qiao…
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When they had completed their "morning exercise" and Jia He wanted to fall right back into a slumber where she was dead to the world, she at last remembered that she had a meeting to attend today. Therefore, she could only grit her teeth and drag herself out of bed. "What am I going to do? How am I going to write this sequel? We've already gotten to marriage and having babies and political stability has been achieved in the land. What, am I going to have to write in a homewrecker of some sort?" Rapidly, she organized and sorted through in her mind the most frequently used plotline patterns of the highly popular domestic dramas. And then she cringed.
If I'm really going to have to write something like that, you must as well just kill me.
"How much for one episode now?" He grabbed some clean clothing. While he turned on the faucet, he lowered his face and kissed her.
"Around eight or nine thousand [RMB], I guess. We still haven't formally talked about it." Jia He nudged him away slightly, her face so red it could dye cloth. "We're talking about something serious and proper here."
Amid the sound of gus.h.i.+ng water, the water level in the bathtub slowly rose, layer after layer of waves slapping against the white porcelain, steam suffusing outward. He bent at the waist and looked at her, smiling tranquilly. "Honey, this is an extremely serious and proper matter."
He was practically forcing her to her doom here. Terribly bashful, Jia He shoved him into the bathtub. "Didn't we just finish morning exercise? …" Once the words came out, though, she ended up choking herself on them. Immediately, she threw open the door and fled from there, lest she be pulled into "trouble."
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After he returned to Beijing, there was a period in which Yi Wenze was actually quite idle, and every day he very dutifully cameod as Jia He's personal chauffeur. The only thing was that every time, she would force him to pull over at a spot far away from her destination and not allow him to show his face. Eventually, even Wu Zhilun mocked Yi Wenze that a very thorough job was being done of keeping his beauty hidden away in a golden house. In fact, the person feeling most suffocated was Jia He. Every day Yi Wenze was like a shadow that followed her, such that this entire time she had been unable to do the things she wanted to…
Not until Yi Wenze went to do a studio photoshoot for a magazine interview was Jia He freed to have a genuine shopping excursion.
When Yi Wenze came home in the evening, she was sitting on the couch, her eyes blinking, and beside her was a large pile of bags.
He was still standing in the front entryway changing his shoes, but Jia He was already eagerly pulling out a selection of big and small… boxer shorts and socks. "I bought a ton of stuff for you." While prattling away, she even mentioned the sizes.
Quietly watching her until she had finished spreading everything out in display, Yi Wenze finally asked with a smile, "You were busy the whole day with buying this stuff?"
"Obviously. I'm so tired." With a pair of scissors, Jia He removed the tags from each item. "I know you always just wear antibacterial underwear, but no matter how I look at it, I just find it weird. In my whole family, only my uncle has the same habit, because he's a surgeon. For him, though, it's because he's worried about getting dirty during surgeries. For you, it's better to just be a little more normal."
Unexpectedly, he bowed his head and let out a chuckle. Then ambling over, he sat down next to her, slipped an arm around her, and pulled her against his side. "How do you know my size so well?"
We've lived together for such a long time already. Of course, she did not state these words aloud and only folded everything up neatly. "Every day after you shower, just toss your dirty clothes into the baskets beside the was.h.i.+ng machine. Remember to sort and separate them first. I'll wash them in batches for you." She broke out of his embrace and, hugging that mound of shorts and socks, ran into the bedroom.
Sitting there on the couch, he unconsciously reached for his cigarettes, but after thinking briefly, he abandoned that idea and picked up the remote control to turn on the television instead.
When Jia He stepped back out, she saw him intently watching the television screen. Simply from hearing the lines that were being spoken, she already knew what it was. Walking over, she took a seat beside him. This was actually her first time seriously watching something that she had written… "You don't find it weird? You know, watching something you acted in?" She was very curious. Didn't Yi Wenze feel awkward?
She was the person who wrote this, and just listening to these lines that were oozing cheesiness left and right already made her feel like blus.h.i.+ng.
He was the one who had had to actually act it out. When he saw himself acting out a totally corny plot point here and another totally cheesy one there, wouldn't he feel weird?
"I'm thinking, what were you feeling when you wrote this?" He was absorbed in his ruminations. On the screen, he was holding Liao Jing in his arms, his voice tender as he delivered a long chunk of arousing, touching lines…
Hugging a throw pillow, Jia He hemmed and hawed for some time before finally answering, "I don't know. The plot needed it." Oh no, oh no. She was able to recite it all. The kiss scene was coming…
All of a sudden, the screen went completely black.
Because the lights had just turned off, Jia He's eyes were momentarily unadjusted to the darkness. And then he was already wholly seizing her in his kiss. Still occupied with thinking about that kiss scene that was to follow, though, her heart felt a little uncomfortable. However, when she tried to push him away, he had already very naturally locked her in his embrace. Jia He gave a humph. "Don't try to bribe me with your beauty. There will be no love scenes in the sequel."
So mad, so mad! You just had to act that so tenderly and lovingly…
She heard him say, "My friend is having a concert. He's invited me to be a special guest in it."
You just go ahead and change the topic now, you.Jia He continued in her resentment. A sequel, a sequel. I don't want to write a sequel…Just thinking of Yi Wenze's kiss scenes made her heart sour with jealousy. She felt so awful she wanted to die.
"This will be his premiere performance in the Mainland." Yi Wenze spoke in a low voice. "Would you like to go watch it?"
Nestled wordlessly in his arms, Jia He silently chanted,Humph. I don't care at all. Don't even think about trying to use a concert ticket to try to bribe me. But a little ripple of excitement still went through her. It had been so very long. He had released a couple of alb.u.ms when he first started in the entertainment industry, but had not sung since then. After a long moment, the tickle in her heart was unbearable and she finally, of her own accord, wagged her tail at him. "Give me three tickets."
Then, catching him off guard, she planted a kiss on him. She reflected on that for a bit. Nope, that still wasn't enough to help her vent. So she kissed him another two times.
Wu Zhilun was right. If outside of the home he kissed someone one time, she would seek compensation by helping herself to a hundred times. Eventually, that discomfort in her heart would stop.
Yi Wenze gave a slight lift of his brow. "Can we consider those as your invitation to me?"
What was meant by "lighting a fire and burning yourself in it"? This! She absolutely asked for it!
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It was only when the tickets were in her hand that Jia He realized whom Yi Wenze had been talking about.
Qiao Qiao gave her a big thumbs-up. "Man, you're good. Do you know what kind of price these tickets have rocketed to now? And you actually got three."
Pursing her lips out, Jia He purposely played dumb and only tossed a glance at her. Well, look who my man is.
Xiao Yu gave a very mournful pat to her shoulder. Finding yourself a celebrity has a whole pile of drawbacks and just a teeny bit of benefit. And here you're still all happy and enjoying yourself.
As Qiao Qiao and Xiao Yu had arrived a little late, the three did not have time to have dinner first. From the takeout window of the Starbucks near the entrance, they bought coffee and cake, and then holding those in their hands, they mixed in with all the pretty girls, young ones and old ones, and shuffled into the concert venue. They had already taken their seats when Jia He saw that all around were people waving glow sticks, and she realized that the three of them, the old people that they were, had forgotten all the must-have gear for going to a concert.
She elbowed Qiao Qiao. "Go out and buy a few of the biggest glow sticks and bring them back."
Qiao Qiao was in the middle of drinking her coffee. "Why are you always ordering me around?"
"I provided the tickets; of course you're going to do all the hard labour." Jia He took a glimpse at Xiao Yu, who was calm and poised. "If you're able to persuade Xiao Xiao to do it for you, then you do as you want."
Qiao Qiao was depressed. "I can't afford to cross someone who drives a car with a white license plate[1]. It's better for me to just order myself around."
After Qiao Qiao stepped outside, Jia He finally noticed the new tattoo on Xiao Yu's back. Gaping in astonishment, she exclaimed, "You really went and got the tattoo?" Xiao Yu only gave an "mm" and did not speak. Very wisely, Jia He chose to bury her head and drink her coffee in silence. Behind them, there were a few fans chattering away about their speculations on whom the special guest tonight might be. As Jia He listened on and off to them, she looked at Xiao Yu. "I'll say, it's been twelve years, but that guy of yours still isn't giving you any sort of response?"
Xiao Yu lowered her head, tore open the plastic packaging of a bun, and took a bite. "My love for him is given willingly and voluntarily. He is under no obligation to return it."
"How about"—Jia He blinked her eyes—"I matchmake you with Wu Zhilun?"
"Didn't you say his looks are like a woman's and he's a boozer?" Xiao Yu had a look of "You're basically forcing things."
Fuming, Jia He ripped open her own plastic packaging. "I honestly want to write an anonymous letter to your guy. If the prince doesn't hurry up and kiss her, Sleeping Beauty is going to become a vegetable from excessive sleep."
Xiao Yu had just taken a sip of coffee and nearly sprayed it right back out.
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When Qiao Qiao returned, the band on the stage had already started the warm-up act. Stuffing glow sticks into her two friends' hands, she immediately joined in with the crowd, standing and shouting a name. Jia He watched her in embarra.s.sment. Prior to coming, Qiao Qiao had still been saying that she did not like this singer, but now so quickly she had gotten herself into the mood.
However, in this sort of atmosphere and also because, with everyone standing, the two of them really could not see anything if they stayed in their seats, Jia He and Xiao Yu had no choice but to follow suit and rise to their feet as well. They listened to five songs in a row before things settled down and people took their seats again.
The person on the stage gave a little cough into the microphone. "All of you must have been guessing for a long time who the special guest this time is. If it weren't for the fact that he's currently in Beijing, I really would have had a hard time getting him here."
The tip of Jia He's heart gave a quiver. Her arm received a jab from Qiao Qiao. "The whole venue is going to shake. Just how many years has Yi Wenze not sung?"
Jia He answered absentmindedly, "Many years. I practically can't remember."
In the s.p.a.ce of these few sentences between them, someone walked out from one side of the stage carrying a guitar.
Because that person had stepped out from a shadowy area and there purposely was no spotlight on him, besides the frontmost few rows of the floor seating, everyone further back did not have a clear view of him. For a moment, all that could be heard was a scream from someone in the front. The stands, though, were quiet, for, unable to clearly hear what that voice in the front had said, all the people were holding their breaths as they speculated.
Until he stepped into the spotlight. Before he had even picked up the microphone, the venue was flooded with ceaseless shrieks and completely erupted into roiling excitement.
Countless glow sticks accompanied countless people as they yelled, "Yi Wenze, I love you!"
He picked up the microphone. "I love all of you, too." Saying this, he finally gave a faint smile. "I haven't stood on this type of stage for a long time. It seems I'm not really used to it."
Screams. And more screams. Even Jia He felt a bit as if her blood was boiling with exhilaration. She had wholly transformed into a delirious fan.
Beneath the spotlight were those two figures. On the big screens on either side was a close-up shot of him.
Grinning, the headliner of this concert put an arm around Yi Wenze's shoulder and humorously worked the crowd, the general gist of his words being about Beijing's local culture, sights, and customs, or some interesting and fun things he had encountered on his way here. While Jia He was merrily listening away, the conversation on the stage had already s.h.i.+fted directions and become good-natured teasing of Yi Wenze. "Did your girlfriend come today?"
Yi Wenze sat down, lowering his head to tune the guitar, and answered in a warm voice, "She's here."
After a brief, but profound silence, what exploded out were even louder screams. Even Qiao Qiao threw her hands over her ears and shouted in protest, "This is insane, just insane!" In this instant, it was as if something had slid into the very deepest reaches of Jia He's heart. She was rooted to her spot, gripping her glow sticks, nearly unable to hear Qiao Qiao's teasing.
"This song wasn't written by me, but it's very suitable for tonight. I'm giving it to all of you, and to her."
He bowed his head. There was only the pure accompaniment of his guitar, no other sounds.
"If we will not see the sun tomorrow,
What will this world become?
In this very last moment,
Let me hold you tight.
Hold you, hold you, I'll hold you.
If life truly is ever changing,
I am willing to face it openly and unperturbedly,
With you by my side,
With you giving me strength.
Hold you, hold you, I'll hold you…"[2]
His voice was very mild and also very clean, but still it held down the atmosphere of the entire stadium, containing it.
This was a concert, yet it was too quiet, so quiet it was like he was sitting directly in front of you, very casually singing this song.
[1] In China, license plates with a white background are reserved for those in the police force, military, or armed police.
[2] This song is called《抱着你》"Hold You."
So, anyone else transported right back to , when Jian Bianlin played the piano and the song for Chu Jian?
The version of "Hold You" linked in the text is the one Mo Bad Fei Bad had in mind when she wrote this scene. It is a cover, sung by Chang Chen-Yue (Zhang Zhenyue).
《抱着你》Hold You
如果明天看不见太阳
If we will not see the sun tomorrow
整个世界会变成怎样
在最后这一刻
In this very last moment
让我紧紧抱你
Let me hold you tight
抱着你抱着你我抱着你
Hold you, hold you, I'll hold you
如果生命果真是无常
If life truly is ever changing
我愿坦然面对而不慌
I am willing to face it openly and unperturbedly
有你在我身旁
With you by my side
有你给我力量
With you giving me strength
你的眼神充满爱和光
Your eyes are filled with love and light
让我不畏惧明天黑暗
And thus I am not fearful of the darkness of tomorrow
烦恼忧愁悲伤
Worries, distresses, sorrows
一切都不重要
None of these matter
我只要抱着你抱着你抱着你
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Die 39. kanadische Unterhauswahl (engl. 39th Canadian General Election, frz. 39e élection fédérale canadienne) fand am 23. Januar 2006 statt. Gewählt wurden 308 Mitglieder des kanadischen Unterhauses (engl. House of Commons, frz. Chambre des Communes). Nach einem Misstrauensvotum waren vorgezogene Neuwahlen ausgerufen worden. Die Konservative Partei des bisherigen Oppositionsführers Stephen Harper löste die Liberale Partei von Premierminister Paul Martin als stärkste Kraft ab und bildete eine Minderheitsregierung.

Ursache
Grund für die vorgezogene Neuwahl war ein Misstrauensvotum am 28. November 2005. Die Opposition war sich einig, dass die liberale Regierung von Premierminister Martin korrupt sei und entzog ihr das Vertrauen. Am folgenden Tag traf sich Martin mit Generalgouverneurin Michaëlle Jean, die das Unterhaus auflöste und eine Neuwahl ausrief. Sie legte den 23. Januar 2006 als Wahldatum fest (Wahlen im Winter sind in Kanada ungewöhnlich). Der Wahlkampf dauerte fast acht Wochen und war der längste der letzten zwei Jahrzehnte. Durch die Weihnachts- und Neujahrsferien (mit entsprechend geringerer Aufmerksamkeit der Bevölkerung) wurde er praktisch in zwei Teile getrennt.

Aktuelle politische Ereignisse, allen voran die Untersuchungsberichte der Gomery-Kommission im Zusammenhang mit dem Sponsoring-Skandal, schwächten die Liberale Partei erheblich. Ihr wurde vorgeworfen, kriminelle Handlungen begangen zu haben. Im ersten Bericht der Kommission, veröffentlicht am 1. November 2005, war von einer "Kultur des Anspruchsdenkens" die Rede. Obwohl die nächste Wahl turnusgemäß erst 2009 hätte stattfinden müssen, wollte die Opposition die Veröffentlichung des zweiten Teils des Untersuchungsberichts, die am 1. Februar 2006 vorgesehen war, nicht länger abwarten. Alle drei Oppositionsparteien – die Konservative Partei, die Neue Demokratische Partei (NDP) und der Bloc Québécois – sowie drei von vier Unabhängigen unterstützten das Misstrauensvotum, das mit 171 zu 133 Stimmen erfolgreich war.

Meinungsumfragen
Vor und während des Wahlkampfs ergaben Meinungsumfragen schwankende Zustimmungswerte für die regierenden Liberalen und die oppositionellen Konservativen. Nach der Veröffentlichung des ersten Teils des Gomery-Untersuchungsberichts im November 2005 fiel die Zustimmung für die Liberalen. Wenige Tage später konnten sie sich auffangen und die Verluste wieder wettmachen. Nach der Wahlankündigung hatten sie im Dezember einen leichten Vorsprung gegenüber den Konservativen. Erneute Korruptionsvorwürfe als Folge von Ermittlungen der  Royal Canadian Mounted Police führten gegen Jahresende zu einem Aufschwung bei den Konservativen zulasten der Liberalen, der auf einen möglichen Regierungswechsel hindeutete. Die Zustimmungswerte für die NDP stiegen leicht an, während sie beim Bloc Québécois leicht sanken; bei der Grünen Partei blieben sie während der Dauer des Wahlkampfs weitgehend unverändert.

Auswirkungen
Die Wahl ergab eine konservative Minderheitsregierung mit 124 Sitzen. Obwohl die Konservativen 25 Sitze zugelegt hatten, fehlten ihnen 31 Sitze für die absolute Mehrheit, weshalb der neue Premierminister Stephen Harper in der folgenden Legislaturperiode auf die Unterstützung anderer Parteien angewiesen war. Die Liberalen verloren 32 Sitze und wurden erstmals seit 1993 wieder in die Oppositionsrolle gedrängt. Als Folge der Wahlniederlage trat Paul Martin als Parteivorsitzender zurück; im Dezember 2006 wurde Stéphane Dion zu seinem Nachfolger gewählt. Während die NDP um zehn Sitze zulegen konnte, verlor der Bloc Québécois drei Sitze, blieb aber weiterhin mit Abstand stärkste Kraft in der Provinz Québec.

Die Wahlbeteiligung betrug 64,7 %, was gegenüber der Wahl von 2004 eine Zunahme von 3,8 Prozentpunkten bedeutete.

Ergebnisse

Gesamtergebnis

Ergebnis nach Provinzen und Territorien

Weblinks
 Elections Canada (Wahlbehörde)

Siehe auch
 Wahlen in Kanada

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Deinacrida fallai is a species of insect in family Anostostomatidae. It is endemic to the Poor Knights Islands, off northern New Zealand. This sizeable species belongs to a subset known as giant weta (Deinacrida), which comprises some of the largest insects on Earth. Deinacrida fallai can have an overall length of 20 cm or 10 cm not inclusive of legs and antennae. One female was weighed at 49 grams.
They are usually found on Meterosideros excelsa (Pohutukawa), epiphytes, Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knights Lily, Rhopalostylis sapida (Nikau palm) and Cyathea dealbata (Ponga). Like other giant wetas they are thought to be primarily vegetarian, and invertebrates only form a minor part of their diet. They stayed well-hidden during the day and emerged at night to feed.
Deinacrida fallai are arboreal but they do venture to the ground for oviposition. The female lays eggs with her ovipositor in soil under forest litter. The young hatch at night. The first instars are green and as they mature their colour changes to a dull yellow by the fourth instar stage. Adults are a pale brown with dark brown lower hind limbs, a line of black markings on its back and black stripes along the flanks.
Like all insects, Deinacrida fallai have to moult their hard exoskeleton in order to grow. A moulting female usually hangs upside down upside down and emerges from the exoskeleton. Once emerged she then eats her old skin, recycling the chitin while her new skin hardens. Chitin is a long-chain polymer fibre that hardens and makes up 50% of the insect's exoskeleton cuticle.
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Q: How to show and ajax loader gif using Angular js I am currently using angular.js, and would like to know how to incorporate the $('#loading').show(); fimctopm onto my onclick function.
here is my html:
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Angular.js function that gets triggered:
subscriptionControllers.controller('redirectController',['$scope','$location','$window',
function($scope,$location,$window){
    $scope.redirect = {};
    //lets leave all the query params in the redirect object
    //page can access anything it wants
    $scope.redirect = ($location.search());
    console.log('Loading redirect page ', $scope.redirect.state);
            //have tried adding $('#loading').show(); here but doesn't work
    if($scope.redirect.state =='success'){
        console.log('setting location to subscribed');
        $location.path('/subscribed');
    }else{
        $location.path('/error').search({code:$scope.redirect.state,message:$scope.redirect.error});;
    }
}
]);

Also tried adding it with $scope('#loading').show();

A: You can use a simple ng-show method for hiding an showing your ajax loader gif.
here's an example:
HTML:

LOADING...

{{car.name}}

<button ng-click="clickMe()" class="btn btn-primary">CLICK ME</button>

JS:
$scope.clickMe = function() {
    $scope.loading = true;
    $http.get('test.json')
      .success(function(data) {
        $scope.cars = data[0].cars;
        $scope.loading = false;
    });
  }

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Direct imaging of an asymmetric debris disk in the HD 106906 planetary system
Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/814/1/32
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We present the first scattered light detections of the HD 106906 debris disk using the Gemini/Gemini Planet Imager in the infrared and Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/Advanced Camera for Surveys in the optical. HD 106906 is a 13 Myr old F5V star in the Sco-Cen association, with a previously detected planet-mass candidate HD 106906b projected 650 AU from the host star. Our observations reveal a near edge-on debris disk that has a central cleared region with radius ∼50 AU, and an outer extent >500 AU. The HST data show that the outer regions are highly asymmetric, resembling the "needle" morphology seen for the HD 15115 debris disk. The planet candidate is oriented ∼21° away from the position angle of the primary's debris disk, strongly suggesting non-coplanarity with the system. We hypothesize that HD 106906b could be dynamically involved in the perturbation of the primary's disk, and investigate whether or not there is evidence for a circumplanetary dust disk or cloud that is either primordial or captured from the primary. We show that both the existing optical properties and near-infrared colors of HD 106906b are weakly consistent with this possibility, motivating future work to test for the observational signatures of dust surrounding the planet. © 2015. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..
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New Mexico firefighter threatens to sue over DWI arrest
by: Gabrielle Burkhart
Posted: Aug 25, 2021 / 05:40 PM MDT / Updated: Aug 26, 2021 / 09:26 AM MDT
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico firefighter arrested for DWI is now threatening to sue the Sheriff's Office over the situation. He claims his rights were violated. But, did he cross the line once the cuffs came off?
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KRQE News 13 obtained video footage showing what the fight is about. "I hope your lapel camera's f*** rolling, mother f*** all you guys! I ain't worried about it," Tyler Bass shouted from an Otero County Sheriff's Office holding cell after his DWI arrest in December 2020. Bass is an Alamogordo firefighter.
"What's up n****. I did this s*** boy!" Bass is heard shouting at Otero County Deputy Carlos De La Cruz, who had just arrested him for DWI. "It's not what you know, it's who you know, mother f***," Bass added.
Footage from two Otero County Sheriff's deputies obtained by KRQE News 13 shows what led up to those moments in the holding cell, and what led to Bass' arrest. Dash camera video from Deputy Carlos De La Cruz shows the deputy pulling over a truck and trailer around 3:30 a.m. in December. Bass, 27, was behind the wheel of the pickup.
"I observed the aforementioned vehicle swerve into the inside southbound lane and readjust into the original lane of travel," the deputy wrote in his report. "NOTE: the flatbed trailer did not have functioning brake lamps and/or safety lamps."
"How you doing, bud?" Deputy De La Cruz said at the beginning of the traffic stop. "Good, and yourself?" Bass replied.
"Good, good, Deputy De La Cruz, Otero County Sheriff's Office. The reason I pulled you over is that your trailer doesn't have any lamps on it," said the deputy.
"It doesn't? I have the lights on," Bass replied, and opened the driver-side door to try and step out. "Have a seat," Deputy De La Cruz instructs him.
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Bass asked to check his trailer's brake lights, but the deputy wanted to know if he'd been drinking."You been drinking tonight, man?" Deputy De La Cruz asked. "No, I have not," said Bass. "If you look right now, it's connected to the truck, it should be connected."
The deputy checked Bass' ID and plates. Lapel camera footage shows De La Cruz tell another deputy on scene, "I can't tell if he's been drinking or not, dude."
The second deputy on scene chatted briefly with Bass' passenger. "We were driving around the Polaris," Bass' passenger said.
"Let me ask you a question," De La Cruz told Bass. "Do I have the opportunity to check my trailer and make sure?" Bass replied. "You can get the opportunity when I'm done speaking," said the deputy. "Matter of fact, step out for me real quick," De La Cruz added.
At that point, the deputy told Bass he noticed him swerving, and informed him he was going to administer a field sobriety test. "We're about to conduct some field sobriety tests, Mr. Bass," said the deputy. "The reason I am is because you swerved on the middle of the highway near mile marker 73. Then you slammed on your brakes, then you turned on Dog Ranch."
"So the reason why you pulled me over," Bass pointed to his trailer's brake lights. "And I also pulled you over because of your tail lamps, yes sir," said the deputy.
"Go ahead and stand right here with your feet together, hands to your side," De La Cruz instructed. "How much did you have to drink tonight?"
"I haven't not had none," Bass replied. "You haven't what?" De La Cruz asked. "I haven't had not none," Bass said.
The sobriety test began, and that's when Bass claimed to know the deputy. "Do you want your other officer over here?" Bass said. "Obviously, because we have a…"
Bass turned to the other deputy on scene, "So real quick, he used to f** my lady, so we have an altercation, so I would appreciate it if you would…" Bass said. "Mr. Bass," De La Cruz said.
"Watch my eyes and everything," Bass asked the other deputy. He asked the other deputy to observe the field sobriety test as Bass and De La Cruz lost patience with each other.
At one point, De La Cruz was explaining a field sobriety test, and appeared frustrated when Bass tried to begin the test before he was instructed to do so.
"You're gonna take a series of nine steps, heel to toe," De La Cruz instructed. "One -" Bass began. "Not yet, I didn't tell you to start," said De La Cruz.
Bass started complaining about the cold weather and said the tests were taking a long time. That's when things took a turn.
"Demonstrate on this line for me because it's f**** I'm shivering too," said Bass. "Go ahead and turn around for me," said De La Cruz.
At that point, De La Cruz placed Bass under arrest for DWI, before completing the field sobriety tests. "Let me do the test," Bass said. De La Cruz informed Bass he was under arrest for DWI and was not complying with instructions. "How much did you have to drink tonight man? You reek of alcohol," De La Cruz told Bass.
The deputy asked Bass' passenger if Bass had been drinking that night. The passenger replied, "I know he had one for sure."
Deputy De La Cruz asked if Bass would take a breathalyzer test. "Ok, ok, I do not agree. Go ahead and shut the door and I'll have a right to the attorney," said Bass.
KRQE News 13 called the Otero County Sheriff's Office and asked if Deputy De La Cruz did indeed know Bass. News 13 was told a preliminary inquiry showed the deputy did not know Bass previously, and the Sheriff's Office wouldn't comment further due to pending litigation.
In February, the District Attorney's Office dismissed Bass' DWI case, "In the best interest of justice." Bass is now threatening to sue over the arrest.
The district attorney's office told News 13 Bass' case was dismissed due to a lack of evidence. Without a completed field sobriety test or results from a breathalyzer, prosecutors said the office didn't have much of a case to pursue charges.
Bass' attorney filed a tort claim with Otero County, claiming there was no probable cause for his stop or arrest.
Bass joined the Alamogordo Fire Department in May 2018. According to his employee file, it doesn't appear Bass was disciplined for the latest arrest. The Alamogordo Fire Department referred inquires from KRQE to their city attorney, who said they won't comment on personnel matters.
Bass declined to comment for this report. His attorney, Cammie Nichols, told News 13 Bass wants all this behind him. She sent the following written statement:
"Tyler Bass and Carlos de la Cruz absolutely knew one another, because de la Cruz had been in a relationship with Tyler's fiancée, a relationship de la Cruz was trying to rekindle. For this reason, Tyler did not trust de la Cruz or his motives for the stop."
Cammie Nichols, Tyler Bass' Attorney
Bass is still employed with the City of Alamogordo. De La Cruz is still an Otero County deputy.
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Here's to the moments when you realize the simple things are wonderful and enough.
It seemed as if I'd been stripped of all the complexities of life … eventually, I mean. After I calmed down and settled into the routine of group home life, all of what felt like monumental burdens — all of the "important" things of life — seemed to roll off my back. This is not to say that I suddenly found myself in perfect condition, but just that my focus was turned to smaller, more ordinary, daily matters.
There was a time to get up in the morning, and I had to get up at that time if I wanted to eat breakfast. We had to take our medicines at around 7 a.m., and then day treatment began at 9 a.m. and last till 1 p.m. We had two home group sessions in the afternoon, around 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Each of us had an assigned daily chore. We had outings two or three times each week. Those who wanted to went to church Sunday morning.
Life was regulated and, all-in-all, simplified. As I shared before, I had no contact with family and friends during my first few weeks in the Samson group home. I also stopped watching the news … or caring at all about what was happening in the world. As odd as it may seem, and even pathetic, nevertheless I simply could not shoulder the burden of war in Afghanistan and the Middle East, Trump and the Wall, the economy, etc.
My prayers became very short, meditative, and inaudible. I never cracked open the holy Scriptures, nor did I even peruse devotional literature, not even the spiritual classics. Again, all of this was simply too much for me to bear mentally and emotionally. Point in fact, I had been trying to read an inspirational book my eldest sister gave me, but, despite being well-written, I had to put it down. For some reason, it caused anxiety.
My overall situation, though, was not bleak. During these first few months I began to see the simple beauties and graces of life and the world around me: the birds, different varieties of trees, the squirrels and foxes, the pond out back of the home, the opossums and racoons… Even the blue sky looked bluer and more wondrous, and in a turnaround from my past dislikes, I even began to enjoy the rain.
"Simple things relieve the eyes," says Mehmet Murat Ildan. "Simple things ease the mind; simple things simple things create meditation; simple things are simply miraculous!" And to this I add my hearty "amen!" Never before did I realize just how precious life really is as it is seen and experienced in what we all too often call the ordinary and mundane, and even consider boring.
What an absolute fool I'd been, chasing vain and empty dreams when the priceless, multifaceted, awe-filled dream of life was unfolding all around me, day after day, in all of its regal splendor! But I had been like Don Quixote, charging windmills all of my life … all of my existence, I should say, because I don't know that I'd really ever actually lived before this point in time.


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Category: 19th century opera
234. La tempesta (Halévy)
Halévy's Shakespearean opera for London.
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233. Une nuit blanche / Les deux aveugles (Offenbach)
Opening night at the Bouffes-Parisiens.
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230. Pepito (Offenbach)
Offenbach's first opera.
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Every year as temperatures begin to cool I feel the urge to re-organize and re-decorate the interior of our home. I know that for the next several months our time will be spent mainly indoors and I dream of having a cozy and comfy place for us to hibernate. The following home decorating blogs are a few of the places I can go for instant inspiration.
1. Kim at Savvy Southern Style shares beautiful images of her own home. An empty nester, she often repaints her furniture and even hosts a linky party called .
2. I simply adore Melissa's style which she showcases at 320 Sycamore. She has an amazing ability to transform a space into something I would never have imagined. Check out her entryway before and after.
3. My Romantic Home.This blog makes me want to stop over at her house for a tea party. She also hosts a linky party each Friday. Her latest one had 397 people link up!


Chicago-based Golub & Company, an international real estate investment and development firm, announced the acquisition today of 300 South Wacker, a 36-floor, class A office building, in a partnership with Boston-based real estate private equity firm Alcion Ventures. The new owners plan to expand on a 2014 renovation of the building with a focus on tenant experience and amenities.
A team from Golub, led by Adam Short and Ania Najder, along with Alcion Ventures negotiated the transaction. The seller, Beacon Partners, was represented by JLL. JLL's Managing Director Keith Largay also arranged financing for the deal through Deutsche Bank on behalf of the purchaser. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The 536,000-square-foot property, originally built in 1971, boasts unobstructed 360-degree views of downtown Chicago and is located directly on the Chicago River. The building also features smaller footplates of 16,000 square feet, allowing small to mid-size companies to occupy full floors. Other amenities include 24/7 staffed security, a 17-car executive parking facility, a new destination dispatch elevator system, and a fitness center. Planned updates will focus on the lobby, indoor and outdoor common areas, and a new tenant amenity lounge.
Founded in 2004, Alcion Ventures is a real estate investment manager with extensive experience of generating risk-adjusted returns for institutional investors through the active repositioning of assets across property types. Alcion's senior team have worked together for almost two decades resulting in a disciplined, thesis-driven investment strategy that leverages a deep network of relationships and targets seven major North American cities. Based in Boston, Alcion invests on behalf of major U.S. and international institutional investors including public and private pensions, endowment and foundations and high net worth individuals. For more information, please visit www.alcionventures.com.
Since its founding more than 55 years ago, with three generations of professionals working in the business, Golub & Company has built a strong reputation as a trusted co-investor and developer with its many institutional and private capital partners. It's a reputation based on track record; Golub and its affiliates have owned, leased or managed more than 50 million square feet of commercial, mixed-use and multifamily real estate properties, including 45,000 residential units, valued in excess of $10 billion located across the United States and internationally. Access more information by visiting www.golubandcompany.com.


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VIPER-F40 Official Fan Book
Contains a few pages of main character biographies and design sketches, followed by a storyboard and screencap synopsis of every scene in VIPER-F40. The final few pages include a short interview with author P-Warrior and images of related merchandise and sale posters. The book also includes an A3-sized Raika poster and Sogna Official Trading Cards 83, 84, and 85.
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ඒඅයිඑම්එල්, භෙවත් කෘත්‍රිම බුද්ධි අධිකය භාෂාව, යනු එක්ස්එම්එල් සදහා නිර්මාණයට යොදා ගන්නා උපභාෂාවකි.
එක්ස්එම්එල් උපභාෂාවක් වන ඒඅයිඑම්එල් භාෂාව දියුණු කරනු ලැබුවේ රිචඩ් එස්.වොලෙස් විද්‍යාඥයා විසිනි ඒ 1995 සහ 2002 යන වසර අතරය.
එක්ස්එම්එල් භාෂාවේ මූලිකාංග කිහිපයක් ඇත. මෙහි වැදගත්කම ගැන තවදුරටත් විස්තර පහත ඇත.
When this category is loaded, an AIML bot will respond to the input "What is your name" with the response "My name is John."
The AIML pattern syntax is a very simple pattern language, substantially less complex than regular expressions and as such not even of level 3 in the Chomsky hierarchy. To compensate for the simple pattern matching capabilities, AIML interpreters can provide preprocessing functions to expand abbreviations, remove misspellings, etc.
The first category simply answers an input "what is your name" with a statement of the bot's name. The second category, however, says that the input "what are you called" should be redirected to the category that matches the input "what is your name"--in other words, it is saying that the two phrases are equivalent.


really my thing, but it's fun to go out and try new places. That night we went out to Gallery Place to the Regal Cinema to see The Bling Ring. The movie was fantastic! I may be a little biased because I am a huge Emma Watson fan. Sunday I made a journey to Ben's Chili Bowl. WOW! It was by far the best food I have had in DC. I had a chili dog and chili cheese fries. I loved it, and so did my wallet!
This week I worked on building a new Spectroscope. When built the same way, I had the exact same issue as last week with the spectra overlapping. I tweaked it a bit and angled the CD, used as diffraction grating and 'wa-lah!', it works! I noted when angling the CD 15 degrees in the direction of the eye piece the spectra separate and it looks the way it should. I made modifications to my worksheets and had a few of the other interns proof-read my work. In addition to building an identical version of my first spectroscope I worked on a different type that uses a cereal box instead of a larger box. This one worked well the first time without any modifications.
The AIP Development Board met Thursday and I was able to speak to Dr. Katharine Gebbie with NIST. Her list of accomplishments is astonishing. The reception was lovely. Tonight, Friday, we are meeting with the SPS Executive Committee; we are having dinner, and going toThe Capitol Steps show tonight.
Life in the dorm has been a lot of fun! Ro, Darren, Caleb, Nicole, and I bought a Groupon ticket to a Pirate Ship ride on the Potomac. It was a blast, despite the 90 degree weather. When I was planning my summer in DC I made a list of all the traveling I wanted to do on the weekends. I wanted to make a trip to New York, Hershey, PA, Baltimore and a few other places. Now, it has been a full month and I haven't made it out of the city yet! There is so much to do in DC it's unreal.


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Assistant Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia.
Developing country entrepreneurs face family pressure to share income. This pressure, a kinship tax, can distort capital allocations. I combine evidence from a lab experiment-which allows me to estimate an individual-level sufficient statistic for the distortion-with data I collected on a sample of Kenyan entrepreneurs, to quantify the importance of the tax. My data reveal high kinship tax rates for a third of entrepreneurs in my sample. My quantitative analysis makes use of a simple structural model of input allocation fitted to my data, and implies that removing distortions from kinship taxation would increase total factor productivity by 26%, and increase the share of workers in firms with five or more employees from 9% to 56%. These effects are substantially larger than those coming from credit market distortions, which I estimate using a cash transfer RCT. My analysis also implies strong complementarities between kinship taxation and credit constraints.
Does pressure from relatives to redistribute income reduce labor incentives? I use data from a modern agricultural firm in Lubumbashi, DR Congo, to test this effect. By directly estimating the income-sharing pressure workers face using a lab experiment, I measure the size of this distortion and describe how it correlates with worker ability and position in the firm. Using data on worker productivity, combined with results from the lab experiment, I estimate the cost of kinship taxation in terms of lost output for the firm, and evaluate policies aimed at attenuating these costs. Varying the observability of output and earnings separately allows me to measure the effect of social sharing pressure on effort separately from other effects of social comparison.