Christy Leung-yi with her medal and certificate after winning the Figure Skating Junior Ladies at the Hong Kong Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating Championships in April 2018. She now has her eyes set on qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
While most children tried to drag their parents to the toy store or ice-cream stall, Christy Leung-yi would head straight to the ice-skating rink.
Little did this seven-year-old know, as she gazed upon the spinning figure skaters in awe, that the sport would become a major part of her life and that in nine year's time she would emerge as one of the brightest stars in our figure skating history.
At the 2018/2019 Chinese National Figure Skating Championships last month in Harbin, China, Christy triumphed over 18 contestants from across the mainland to be crowned the national champion. It was a huge breakthrough in her career, and a historic moment for the city, as it was the first gold medal won by a Hongkonger at a national-level figure skating competition.
Christy, now 16, told Young Post that she had briefly entertained the idea of winning the competition, but had just focused on doing her best in the end.
Winning the national champion title is only one of her notable achievements. In 2016, the teen skater made history by taking bronze at the 13th National Winter Games in Xinjiang (新疆); and her ninth-place finish at the 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Taiwan made her the first Hongkonger to reach the top 10 at an international figure skating championship.
After the national championship on the mainland, Christy said that having attained record-breaking success at her age can feel rather overwhelming at times, and that she often worries about failing to meet everyone's high expectations. But ultimately, she understands her genuine passion for the sport is what keeps her going.
"I [feel] a bit stressed out, but I keep reminding myself that I carry on because I love this sport, not to break any Hong Kong record, or to get other people's validation and compliments."
Unlike most student athletes, Christy has since moving from Hong Kong to Beijing and the US, been home-schooled from the age of 10. Because of this, she has a more flexible timetable than other students, which allows her to prioritise figure skating in her life.
"Sometimes, I really want to go to an actual school like a regular teenager, but I know figure skating is the most important thing in my life at the moment, and home-schooling makes it easier for me to balance both sport and education."
After spending four years in Beijing, she moved to Los Angeles, and now is based in the US state of Colorado, where she trains with elite junior skaters from the US, the mainland, and Korea. The decision to relocate to the US came after she suffered from a period of stagnation, where she wasn't able to improve her performance or results.
"I was stuck," she said. "I was bored by my daily training routine and I really wanted to give up."
Christy performs a Biellmann spin.
What stopped her from walking out of the figure skating world was realising how empty her life would be without the sport.
"It would feel like my life was missing something - there's simply nothing else I want to pursue."
As the figure skating prodigy turned 16 last December, she is now officially eligible to compete in senior level competitions. That's why she has her sights set on qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, even if that means potentially starting university later than her peers.
"I'm really looking forward to my first senior world championship in March this year," said Christy, "I'm not sure about university yet, because I want to focus solely on qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics."


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Engineering and Technology	Insights into AI, Robotic & Quantum	Science and Innovation Management	Digital	English	Get-Together	Panel Discussion
Thu | Nov 05, 2020 | 16.00 - 17.00 Europe/Berlin Time
RETHINKING Obstacles: Telepresence and Bridges to the Future
ETH Zürich	| Lora V. Koycheva, Markus Gross, Rafael Hostettler, Chris Luebkeman
Together we will connect the dots from Berlin to Zurich, from engineering to society, and from the present to the future.
Thriving in the face of significant adversity and overcoming obstacles is a unique human ability. Engineering embodies the resilience and inventiveness of the human spirit. It is this spirit that is, perhaps, best represented by the iconic bridges and viaducts of Switzerland. These soaring structures bridge gaps and make new connections – making the improbable possible. Join us and together we will connect the dots from Berlin to Zurich, from engineering to society, and from the present to the future. "Roboy," an advanced humanoid robot developed using artificial intelligence, will create a special and real-time connection to a prominent ETH Zurich and Disney Research speaker. This symposium brings together a panel of unique perspectives – an anthropologist, a roboticist, and a scientist who will showcase how embodied telepresence robotics is already building exciting, unexpected, and unanticipated bridges.
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Lora V. Koycheva
TU München, Roboy Germany
Senior Research Associate
Lora Koycheva became an anthropologist because she likes thinking, dwelling, and acting in multiples – multiple worlds, multiple perspectives, and multi-disciplinary conversations. She is first and foremost drawn to the beauty of complexity and the challenges it presents – key among them the search for the new vocabularies and realities which advanced robotics and Al demand as a change in and for the world.
Markus Gross
Computer Graphics Laboratory, ETH Zürich
Professor / Head
Markus Gross is a Professor of Computer Science and head of the Computer Graphics Laboratory at ETH Zurich, Vice President of Research, The Walt Disney Studios and the director of DisneyResearch|Studios. Gross serves on the boards of numerous international research institutes, governmental organizations and has co-founded more than ten tech start-ups. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored his research with two technical achievement awards and welcomed him as member-at-large.
Rafael Hostettler
Devanthro - the Roboy Company
Born in 1985 with an unsatisfiable curiosity, Rafael Hostettler works towards a simple goal: to stay curious indefinitely. With an MSc. in Computational Science from ETH Zurich he now builds towards bio-inspired humanoid robots as good as the human body – so that at some point they can become our bodies. A logical first step: build robots that are controlled by humans in control suits, and feel as much as their own body as possible.
Chris Luebkeman
Chris Luebkeman's career to date has spanned professions and geographies. His multidisciplinary education (geology, civil engineering, structural engineering, entrepreneurship and a Doctorate in Architecture) was encouraged by his Mid-Western family of educators. His journey included Vanderbilt, Cornell and the ETH in Zurich. He became an academic gypsy teaching courses on Design and on Technology at the University of Oregon, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and at MIT. He joined Arup in London to lead the Research and Development group in 1999 and became a corporate intrapreneur by founding the Foresight, Innovation and Incubation teams. He established the Drivers of Change program and is proud to have been accused by the Guardian to have a mindset "in league with the future". He is deeply passionate about curating constructive dialogue, insatiably curious, relishes the opportunity to discover the opportunities which will be created by change and, perhaps most importantly, to evolve positive solutions to the profound challenges we face today. For twenty years he travelled the globe sharing his observations and insights by leading projects focused on the future for Arup, Arup's clients and for many of the world's leading institutions. For example, he has spoken at TED, hosted conversations at, and for, WEF and keynoted dozens of conferences around the world. He is a member of the nominating committee for the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, the external advisory Board of the URA and of Brain Trust of the Climate Music Project. He returned to the ETH in Zurich in 2020 as a strategic advisor to the President and Executive Board.
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The communities we work with are schools, nurseries, day centres, residential homes, and support groups, mainly within Greater London. We work in schools because early intervention can enable children to develop their emotional intelligence and learn social skills, reducing the risks of more severe problems later. Their needs include families in crisis, social isolation, being on the autistic spectrum, depression, self-harming, and disaffection. We also work with children to help develop their confidence and improve their self-esteem which can be crucial to them accessing learning. We work with older adults to help maintain mental and physical health, generating friendships and a renewed sense of self-worth amongst people who are lonely and depressed. We work with people with learning disabilities, creating a supportive environment where they can learn skills which empower them to lead fuller lives.
The mental health needs which arise from physical or learning disabilities, economic or social deprivation, abuse, dysfunctional families, or old age, such as anxiety, depression, loneliness, behavioural problems, under achievement and confusion, are experienced by over 20% of the general population and a significantly higher number of disadvantaged people. We identify specific needs through directly consulting our service users, as well as consultation with staff who support them.


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Students in after school programs at GIAC (Greater Ithaca Activity Center) created "books" based on what they learn about Martin Luther King, Jr.
People packed the gym of Beverly J. Martin Elementary School in downtown Ithaca to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They also were there to further his vision of a Poor People's Campaign.
It was a movement to "revolutionize" the country's attitude toward the poor and rally them to advocate for better living conditions. After a buffet lunch and brief presentations, those attending the celebration divided into smaller groups to discuss issues and solutions to current societal problems.
Fabina Colon, Director of the Multicultural Resource Center and one of the organizers of the Ithaca event, said it was important to spend time talking to each other about problems the community faces today.
"If we want different solutions we must create different processes. That is, looking at some of the work that the Poor People's Campaign is doing and being in alignment with that," said Fabina Benitez Colon, Director of the Multicultural Resource Center and one of the organizers of the Ithaca event.
Nationwide, organizers are trying to bring about a revival of the Poor People's Campaign with an emphasis on systemic racism, poverty, the war economy and ecological devastation.
"We believe that these four pillars are very important so that we can actually create a multi-pronged approach to addressing these issues in a way that actually focuses on the root causes," said Benitez Colon.
Celebration of the life and work of Dr. King continues in Ithaca. Starting next Monday, there will be a week of activities in Ithaca, across the Ithaca College campus and downtown.


The Long Jetty shops have been revitalised recently by an influx of trendy cafes, healthy food and lifestyle shops, fashion boutiques, recycled clothing stores and vintage and antique dealers. Long Jetty is the Central Coast's equivalent of inner city Newtown but without the traffic, parking problems and crowds.
If you love all things retro then you can spend all day browsing the colourful fashion and re-cycled treasure shops like Beautiful Garbage, Webster's Vintage, The Sound Exchange Record Bar or Browse About.
The Glass Onion Society Café offers indoor or outdoor dining and an array of delicious healthy food and excellent coffee served in thick, chunky cups. They offer gluten free and vegetarian options plus a variety of coffees including those made with coconut, almond or soy milk. One of my favourite joints because they make my coconut coffee to perfection!
Common Ground is another popular hangout for locals and visitors alike. It is rated in the Top 5 Cafes on the Central Coast as voted by the 'Beanhunter' website. The delicious food is wholesome, farm to plate and sourced locally where possible. Open daily for breakfast, brunch and lunch they also offer speciality nights like Pasta night on Thursday and Open fire Grill nights on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
You can't go past the Yoga Café if you are a yoga enthusiast. A casual yoga or meditation class followed by a healthy snack in the serene outdoor courtyard will have you feeling on top on the world.
The health food shop "The Raw Deal" offers bulk natural foods plus amazing smoothies, juices and Kombucha on tap. Run by Steve and his friendly staff, the shop is the epitome of conscious living.
Visit the "Made in Hemp" store for a fantastic range of organic hemp seed health and body care products. They also stock quality hemp and bamboo clothes – a must if you are trying to lead a chemical-free life.
In November the streets of Long Jetty come alive with the annual Street Festival – heaps of fun for the whole family and a great opportunity to get your Christmas shopping done early!


To help patients recover and function at their highest level, Weill Cornell Medicine offers physical and occupational therapy as well as speech-language pathology services.
Professional physical therapy takes advantage of the body's own natural healing ability through the use of exercise and activity in a supervised environment. Our carefully-designed programs are overseen by highly-trained physiotherapists. Restoring mobility is a key goal of physical therapy programs, so that patients can return to full and productive lives.
At Weill Cornell Medicine, we offer outpatient physical therapy rehabilitation services at our Upper East Side and Lower Manhattan locations.
Physical Therapy services in the Upper East Side and Lower Manhattan are provided through our close collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian.
Occupational therapists help those who have had an illness or injury relearn the skills of daily living.
In order to maximize independent function in the home and community, occupational physical therapy focuses on self-care training and education, the use of adaptive equipment and compensatory techniques, customized brace fabrication, motor-control training, function-based cognitive and perceptual training, balance and coordination.
Occupational Therapy services are provided through NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in its Upper East Side and Lower Manhattan campuses in New York City.
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Speech-Language Pathology services are provided through NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at its Upper East Side location on East 68th Street.


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Retired Manager of CDS Consulting Co-op Marilyn Scholl is this Week's Guest on Everything Co-op
By: NCBA CLUSA Published: Thursday, April 12, 2018 Share: Print: Subscribe
Marilyn Scholl, retired manager of CDS Consulting Co-op and a 2018 inductee to the Cooperative Hall of Fame, will appear on Everything Co-op on Thursday, April 19. A weekly exploration of the impact and potential of the cooperative business model, Everything Co-op aims to generate interest in and support for the cooperative movement.
Hosted by Vernon Oakes and conversational in format, the show is streamed live at worldcnews.com every Thursday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. EDT. Everything Co-op also airs live in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area on WOL 1450 AM—Radio One's premiere talk radio station.
This week's conversation will explore best practices in cooperative development and highlight Scholl's legendary career as a cooperator beginning at Gordon Park Cooperative in Milwaukee in 1978. Since then, she has played a prominent leadership role in nearly every major development in the U.S. food co-op sector.
Working at the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, Scholl organized education programs and conferences for co-ops. She later led a food co-op consulting team that would become CDS Consulting Co-op, a group of 38 people dedicated to helping co-ops reach their full potential. With the help of National Cooperative Bank and the National Co+op Grocers, Scholl's team created a small grants program for startups that became Food Co-op Initiative, a nonprofit supporting the opening of more than 130 new food co-ops.
In 2004, Scholl led the project team that developed the reorganization plan for the National Cooperative Grocers Association. Today National Co+op Grocers represents 148 co-ops operating more than 200 stores in 37 states.


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Even as Rich Rodriguez and Arizona were in the midst of its hush-hush coaching search, there was recruiting work to be done.
Coaches and other UA staffers flew all over the country to meet with recruits. NCAA rules allowed non-assistant coaches to travel as Rodriguez filled out his staff, so "analysts" Miguel Reveles and Vince Amey hit the road, as did Matt Dudek, the team's director of on-campus recruiting and player personnel.
The coaches returned to Tucson last weekend so they could host a handful of recruits for their official visits.
The big names: Long Beach City College defensive lineman Josh Allen and New Orleans McDonogh 35 defensive back Clifford Chattman.
Others included UA commits such as linebacker Jacob Colacion, running back Russell Halimon and Salpointe Catholic defensive lineman Justin Holt; and targets such as athletes Jessie Britt from Auburndale, Florida, and TaDarryl Marshall from Leeds, Alabama.
The recruits spent the weekend checking out the campus and Tucson; most of them attended Arizona's basketball game against Washington State in McKale Center on Saturday.
Allen, who committed to Arizona in July only to re-open his recruitment in November, told Scout.com that it was "a dope visit" and that he "felt so comfortable there." Allen was hosted by UA linebacker Paul Magloire.
The Wildcats appear to be Allen's top choice, and it wouldn't be surprising if he verbally committed to Arizona sometime soon. Allen is scheduled to visit Washington State this weekend.
Chattman, a 6-foot-5 defensive back and former LSU commit, is arguably the UA's No. 1 remaining target. Arizona impressed Chattman enough that the defensive back put the UA in his "final four" Monday morning, along with Oklahoma, Florida State and Texas A&M.
Britt told the Star that his visit "went great." He decommitted from Western Kentucky, and is now considering the Wildcats, WKU and Massachusetts.
Marshall, a former Tennessee commitment, is scheduled to visit Marshall and Kentucky; he is expected make a decision on signing day.
Colacion, Halimon and Holt came away certain that they made the right decision.
Holt was reunited with UA cornerback, Cam Denson, his former Salpointe teammate.
"It'll be cool to play with him again," Holt said.
Arizona has lost a few recruits in recent days to decommitments.
Defensive end Jake Burton announced Monday night he was decommitting from Arizona and would be signing with UCLA.
Burton, a 6-foot-6-inch defensive end from El Cajon, California, committed to Arizona in July over offers from a number of other teams, including the Bruins.
He's the fifth UA recruit to decommit since New Year's Eve. Quarterback Devon Modster, running back Tyliek Raynor, linebacker Kapri Doucet and athlete Sean Riley are the others. Modster also committed to UCLA on Monday, and Riley chose Syracuse.
Donte' Williams was officially hired as a defensive assistant coach on Sunday from San Jose State, but has already started making moves on the Los Angeles recruiting scene.
In less than two days, he had already offered scholarships to two highly touted prospects: 2017 corner Thomas Graham, a former USC commit; and 2016 defensive back Chacho Ulloa, who recently backed out of a commitment to Stanford.
Ulloa told the Star that he is considering Arizona, in part because of the hirings of Williams and defensive coordinator Marcel Yates. He'll decide on the Feb. 3 National Signing Day.
The Wildcats expect to host as many as 10 visitors this weekend. Among them: Hillsboro, Oregon, linebacker Kaelin Himphill, New Orleans defensive back Jarrius Wallace and UA commit Bryson Cain an offensive lineman from Temecula, Calif. Williams spent Monday night in Oregon visiting with Himphill. Last week, Himphill announced Arizona in his top five, along with Utah, Utah State, Oregon State and San Diego State. He's ranked the No. 12 inside linebacker in the West by Scout.com.
Colacion tore an ACL during his senior season, but said he recently "finally" got off crutches and plans to see a doctor next month to determine when he can start running again.
Two coaches — offensive line coach Jim Michalczik and special teams coach Charlie Ragle flew out to Honolulu to check in on four-star offensive lineman Michael Eletise. It's the fourth time Arizona's coaches have flown to see Eletise in the last two months to make sure their top 2016 recruit was still committed. "We assured them that Michael is 100 percent firm with his commitment," said Eletise's father.


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Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training (MHRT) Program (T37)
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) invites applications for the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training (MHRT) awards. The Program supports research training activities in minority health and health disparities research for individuals from diverse backgrounds, including groups underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research, at domestic institutions and/or at specified foreign low and middle income (LMIC) locations.
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Systems for Action: Systems and Services Research for a Culture of Health
Systems for Action is a research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that builds a Culture of Health by testing new ways of connecting the US's medical, social, and public health systems.
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Time-Sensitive Obesity Policy and Program Evaluation
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) establishes an accelerated review/award process to support time-sensitive research to evaluate a new policy or program that is likely to influence obesity related behaviors (e.g., dietary intake, physical activity, or sedentary behavior) and/or weight outcomes in an effort to prevent or reduce obesity. This FOA is intended to support research where opportunities for empirical study are, by their very nature, only available through expedited review and funding.
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Social Media and Democracy Research Grants
The longstanding study of media effects on democracy and elections has taken on new resonance with the rise of social media platforms, the dramatic change in the business model of traditional news media, changes in advertising infrastructure, and increasingly globalized and interconnected communications. Recent revelations about the unintended disclosure of industry data and spread of disinformation across national borders make clear the need to better understand the impact of social media on society.
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Kauffman Knowledge Challenge
The 2018 Kauffman Knowledge Challenge: Insight to Impact supports activities aimed at improving our basic understanding about entrepreneurs and the levers, tools and methods that can advance entrepreneurship in the United States. The goal of the Knowledge Challenge is to produce tangible insights for entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship program and policy design, ecosystem builders and researchers.
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Intimate Partner Violence Initiative
The Intimate Partner Violence Initiative is issuing a second call for proposals from researchers working on randomized evaluations in low income countries.
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National Research Competition
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) invites proposals for its National Research Competition. This competition provides funds for both collaborative and individual research projects in the humanities and social sciences in or on any country of Eurasia or East-Central Europe. The primary scholar on either a collaborative or individual project must be a US citizen and hold a PhD degree. In addition, applicants must have completed any previous NCEEER grants received before they may apply for a new grant.
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Archaeology and Archaeometry
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The landscape of jobs and work is changing at unprecedented speed, driven by the development of new technologies that have moved from the factory floor to an expanding array of knowledge and service occupations. These changes promise benefits to the Nation in the creation of new industries and occupations, increased productivity, opportunity for innovation, and sustained global leadership. But there are risks as well.
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Rugby is a sport played by 2 teams of 15 players each, in which a ball is moved with the hands and feet. First played at Rugby School in England in 1823, the game flouted the rules of the day governing football by allowing players to take the ball in their hands. The oval ball was adopted in 1851. The first club, Guy's Hospital, was formed in 1843, and it was only in 1871 that the first rules were codified, under the name of Rugby Football. In 1877, the number of players went from 20 to 15, and in 1886, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales founded the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB), which established the rules of play. England became a member four years later. In 1895, a split led to the creation of the Northern Rugby Football Union and 13-a-side teams. The game became an Olympic sport in 1900, at the Paris Games, and remained so until 1924. In 1910, The first Tournament of Five Nations brought together the four IRFB member teams and France, which only joined the federation in 1978. The first World Cup was organized jointly by Australia and New Zealand in 1987 and women had their first own World Cup in 1991. In 1995, high level rugby players acquired professional status.
The first recorded game of rugby in Canada took place among artillery men in Montreal in 1864 and that same year, Trinity College, Toronto, published the first set of rules for the game of rugby in Canada. In 1868, the Montreal Football Club formed the first club and in 1874, the first North American international game took place in Cambridge, Massachusetts between McGill and Harvard Universities. Later that year, Ontario and Quebec played the first inter-provincial match.
In the early 1900s, rugby competition generally took place between the closest geographical neighbour and for British Columbia the main competition came from the West Coast of the United States. British Columbia hosted the first visiting international side, the New Zealand All Blacks in 1906, but before that in1902 a Canadian representative team toured the British Isles. (W 8, L 13, T 2).
Across Canada, rugby surged in popularity prior to WW1, but that soon dissipated with the advent of war, and from 1914 to 1919 only British Columbia and Nova Scotia enjoyed sufficient numbers to arrange matches on a semi-regular basis. Elsewhere, rugby disbanded in favour of a more concerted war effort although some games did occur to help boost morale amongst servicemen and civilians.
Rugby in Canada continually battles against a harsh climate, an immense geographical size, and a relatively low population and faces competition from gridiron football – a game developed from rugby – ice hockey, basketball, soccer and other recreational sports. Since 1945, however, provincial Rugby Unions have experienced marked growth and the Rugby Union of Canada, which dissolved because of World War II, reformed in 1965. In 1991 Canada became an International Rugby Board member and today, rugby in Canada involves 100,000 people, with 220 men's clubs, 80 Women's clubs, and nearly 900 high school teams.
Male Rugby was included in the Canada Games for the first time at the 1981 Canada Summer Games in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
The competition shall be governed by the Laws of the Game of Rugby Football at Under 19 level, as framed and interpreted from time to time by the International Rugby Football Board. Where possible, final games will be 70 minutes but the length of the games may vary depending on the schedule (ie. if a team plays more than one game per day, the total minutes played by that team must not exceed 80 minutes for that day). Seedings are based on the results of the 2004 Under 18 National Championships.
Competition Format: 2 pools. After round robin play in pools, teams will be ranked 1 to 8 for Quarter Final Play. Ninth place finisher in Round Robin play will be joined by the Losing quarter final teams, the bottom five teams will play a Round Robin format to determine final placing 5 to 9.
Advantage Law – Allows play to proceed after an infringement in the case of the non-offending team receiving an advantage.
Attacking Team – The team in possession of the ball.
Backs – Players who spread out and attempt to run the ball delivered from a scrum or lineout.
Dead Ball Line – The limit to which a try can be scored beyond the goal line.
Defending Team – The team not in possession of the ball.
Drop Kick – A kick made after the ball has reached or bounced off the ground. Worth three points if it clears the goalposts; also used to restart play after a score or certain other occasions.
Forward Pass – A violation that usually results in a scrum to the non-offending side.
Forwards – Players who pack in a scrum or throw and jump in a lineout.
Free Kick – A relatively minor law violation that allows the non-offending side to restart play in an unopposed fashion. Opponents must retreat 10-meters and wait for the non-offending team to kick the ball through the mark. A free kick cannot be taken for goal.
Infringement – A breaking of a law.
Intercept – To catch a pass intended for a member of the opposition.
Knock on – The accidental hitting of the ball from the hands or arms toward the dead ball line. Results in the same scenario as a forward pass -- a scrum to the non- offending team.
Lineout – Restarts play after the ball goes out over the touchline. The team that didn't touch the ball last has the throw-in.
Mark – The place where the referee signals play will be restarted. For example, the referee marks where the scrum will take place, or where the penalty has occurred.
Offside – Players in front of a member of their own team who was last in possession of the ball, or in front of established lines at a scrum. Lineouts of loose play are said to be offsides. In some instances, one can retreat to an onside position without penalty; other times the infraction is automatically a violation.
Pack – Forward unit of a team, engages in scrum and lineouts.
Penalty – Awarded after a serious infringement of the laws. Offenders are required to retire 10-meters while the opposition is given possession to restart play unopposed. Many times the non-offending team will attempt a kick at goal, worth three points.
Put in – Rolling the ball down the center of the scrum tunnel.
Ruck – A ball-winning activity following a tackle and release; a ruck is formed if a player from both teams is in physical contact over the ball.
Scrum – A way to restart play where a bound group of players form a tunnel with the opposition.
Set Piece – A term for scrums and lineouts.
Support Players – Players who position themselves to increase the ball transfer options of the ball carrier.
Tap Kick (or "Tap Move") – A gentle kick to oneself, followed by a pick up, used to restart play after either a penalty or free kick is awarded.
Throw in – Throwing the ball down the middle of a lineout.
Touchline – The side boundary of the field (sideline).
Try – Forcing the ball onto the ground with downward pressure over the opposition's goal line.
22-Meter Line – Balls kicked out of bounds from behind the "22" restarted by a lineout where the ball went out; balls kicked out of bounds from in front of the 22 are restarted by a lineout where the ball was kicked. The exception is a ball kicked out of bounds immediately after a penalty has been awarded; the lineout is held where the ball went out and the non-offending team retains the throw-in.
Any tied scores at the end of regulation play will stand. There will be no over-time during round robin play.
For Knock-out rounds (quarter-final, semi-final, medal games, or final standings): the winning team shall advance according to the schedule. The losing team shall continue according to the schedule to compete for final placing.
For Round Robin play: Any tied scores at the end of regulation play will stand. No overtime will be played in the round-robin.
The standings at the completion of the round robin will be determined by the ranking of the teams according to points awarded.
If, at the conclusion of the round robin, there is a tie between two or more teams based on points awarded; the team with the better win/loss record against the team(s) with which they are tied shall be deemed to be higher(est) in the standings.
Should there still be a tie, the team which scored the most tries against the team(s) with which they are tied, shall be deemed to be the higher(est) in the standings.
Should there still be a tie, the team which scored the most converted tries against the team(s) with which they are tied, shall be deemed to be the higher(est) in the standings.
Should there is still a tie, the team with the highest net score (points scored less points against) amongst the tied teams shall be deemed higher (est) in the standings.
If there is still a tie then the above process is repeated using all the games played during the round robin.
If they still remain tied, the team which scored more points from all games played during the round robin than the other team(s) involved shall be deemed to be higher(est) in the standings.
Should they continue to be tied, the highest place team shall be determined by whomever had the least amount of points scored against them in all games played during the round robin.
If there is still a tie, the team that has scored the most goals (converted tries) in all games in the round robin, shall be deemed higher(est) in the standing.
If there is still a tie, the team that has scored the most drop goals in all games in the round robin, shall be deemed higher(est) in the standings.
If there is still a tie, the team that has scored the most penalty goals in all games in the round robin, shall be deemed higher(est) in the standings.
Note: In the event that more than two teams are tied and the above process reduces the tied teams by one or more; then, in order to break further ties, the process shall commence again, from the beginning.
The team scoring the greatest number of points during a match shall be declared the winner of the match.
A tie will result in 2 additional Non Sudden Death periods. These periods will be for a maximum of 5 minutes each. A coin will be tossed prior to the commencement of the over-time period, by the referee, in order to designate ends. There will be a five-minute break between regulation time and over-time. There will be a one-minute break between over-time periods at which point the teams will change ends.
The IRB Directive (6th May 2004) identifying a maximum of 90 minutes of play per day for under 19 players remains paramount in regards to the application of tie-breaking protocols and scheduling issues where either of the teams involved are scheduled more than one game on any day.
or, if more than 90 minutes would have been played by either team before the additional overtime periods have concluded.
If a tie still exists, the team scoring the most tries during the match shall be deemed to be the winner.
If a tie still exists, the team scoring the most converted tries during the match shall be deemed the winner.
If a tie still exists, the team scoring the most drop goals during the match shall be deemed the winner.
If a tie still exists, the team scoring the most penalty goals during the match shall be deemed the winner.
If a tie still exists, each team shall name one player as its kicker and these two players shall commence kicking at goal from the centre of the 22-metre line. A coin will be tossed to decide which player shall kick first. Each player shall attempt three (3) kicks. After three (3) successive kicks, each from the 22 metre line, the referee may, at his/her discretion, move the kickers a further ten metres back and the kickers shall commence at this point. The competition shall continue as before, until a winner is declared. The team whose kicker succeeds, when the other fails shall be declared the winner. The kicker for each team must be selected from players on the field at the end of the game, prior to going to Kicks as a final Tie Breaking method.
Ball – The ball is made of treated leather or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) so that it is water and mud resistant. It must be constructed of four sections, and conform to regulation dimensions. Originally round, it took its oval form when an egg shaped pig's bladder was first used.
Dress – Thick shoulder pads are not permitted. However, the referee may authorize the wearing of soft protective equipment (padding, foam rubber, or a similar soft material) that complies with strict technical specifications.
Jersey – The number worn on the back of the jersey corresponds to the player's position on the field.
Rugby shoes – The cleats may be of leather, plastic, rubber, or aluminum. They must not exceed 18 mm in length.
A referee and 2 assistants ensure that the rules of play are respected on the field. They penalize all rough play or dangerous behavior by a series of sanctions: free kicks, penalties, and yellow and red cards. They also penalize any unsportsmanlike conduct that goes against the rules and does not constitute fair play, such as insults or obstruction. All unsportsmanlike conduct results in a penalty.
Yellow card – A yellow card is handed out in the case of rough play or dangerous behavior. It constitutes a warning, and results in a 10 min expulsion. A player who receives a second yellow card is expelled for the rest of the match.
Red card – A red card is handed out in the case of especially rough play or dangerous behavior, or if a player has repeatedly contravened the rules. It results in the player's immediate expulsion.


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Group Show at Centre Pompidou-Metz
Artists: Richard Artschwager, Alex Bag, John Baldessari, Vanessa Beecroft, Sadie Benning, Bernadette Corporation, Kathryn Bigelow, Bless, Henry Bond, Angela Bulloch, David Byrne, Leos Carax, Maurizio Cattelan, Roman Cieslewicz, Larry Clark, Francis Ford Coppola, Stan Douglas, Marguerite Duras, Peter Farrelly, Peter Fend, Abel Ferrara, Marco Ferreri, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, General Idea, Liam Gillick, Jean-Luc Godard, Felix Gonzalez Torres, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Dan Graham, Group Material, Herzog & De Meuron, Thomas Hirschhorn, Carsten Höller, Winnie Holzman, Jonathan Horowitz, Pierre Huyghe, IFP, Cameron Jamie, Bernard Joisten, Neil Jordan, Pierre Joseph, On Kawara, Mike Kelley, Abas Kiarostami, Karen Kilimnik, Takeshi Kitano, Rem Koolhaas, Harmony Korine, Stanley Kubrick, Peter Land, Louise Lawler, Ange Leccia, Marc Leckey, David Lynch, Robert Mapplethorpe, Chris Marker, Paul McCarthy, Allan McCollum, Anne-Marie Mieville, Nani Moretti, Matt Mullican, Jean Nouvel, Cady Noland, Philippe Parreno, Raymond Pettibon, Richard Prince, Rob Pruitt & Walter Early, Harold Ramis, Pipilotti Rist, David Robbins, Éric Rohmer, Ugo Rondinone, Allen Ruppersberg, Julia Scher, Collier Schorr, David Shrigley, Michael Smith, Sonic Youth, Ettore Sottsass, Steven Spielberg, Georgina Starr, Sturtevant, Philippe Thomas, Leslie Thornton, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Lars von Trier, Rosemarie Trockel, Tsai Ming-Liang, Jean-Luc Verna, Peter Weir, Christopher Williams, Wong Kar-wai, Rémy Zaugg, Robert Zemeckis, Heimo Zobernig
Venue: Centre Pompidou-Metz
Exhibition Title: 1984-1999. The Decade
Curated by: Stéphanie Moisdon
Date: May 24, 2014 – March 2, 2015
Note: A document listing the texts contained in the library vitrine can be downloaded here.
Left to Right: Bernadette Corporation, Angela Bulloch
Library Vitrine Right: Liam Gillick
Library Vitrine
Vitrine: Dominique Gonzalez Foerster, Bernard Joisten, Pierre Joseph, Philippe Parreno, Stéphanie Moidson personal collection, Vanessa Beecroft, Marina Faust, Eric Troncy, Lily Van Der Stokker, Sylvie Fleury Stack: Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Stack: Felix Gonzalez-Torres Left Vitrine: Rosemarie Trockel Right Vitrine: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Bernard Joisten, Pierre Joseph, Philippe Pareno, Stéphanie Moidson, Vanessa Beecroft, Marina Faust
Left to Right: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Allen Ruppersberg
Pierre Huyghe (1962), La Toison d'Or, 1993. 15 épreuves chromogènes. Courtesy Pierre Huyhes, Galerie Marian Goodman, New York, Esther Schipper, Berlin.
Bench: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Henri Bond and Liam Gillick
Wallpaper: M&M (Paris)
Karen Kilimnik
Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Scénario du film Passion, 1982, BVU, PAL, couleur, sonore (53'19) Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris
Left to Right in Foreground: Paul McCarthy, On Kawara
Object: Peter Fischli and David Weiss Photos, Left to Right: Allan Mc. Collum, Anonymus, Phiippe Thomas, Edouard Mérino
Objects: Peter Fischli and David Weiss Photos, Left to Right: Allan Mc. Collum, Anonymus, Phiippe Thomas, Edouard Mérino
Left to Right (approximately): Paul McCarthy, Pierre Joseph, Pierre Joseph, Maurizio Cattelan, Pierre Joseph
Photos: Christopher Williams Object: Dan Graham
Left to Right (approximately): Robert Maplethorpe, Raymond Pettibon, Collier Schorr, Harmony Korine, Jean-Luc Verna, Louise Lawler
Left to Right: Louise Lawler, Christopher Williams
Photos at Center: David Robbins
Vitrine: Herzog & De Meuron Video: Sadie Benning
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Images courtesy of ADAGP; BLESS Berlin; Centre Pompidou-Metz; Esther Schipper, Berlin; Air de Paris, Paris; Le Consortium, Dijon; and the artists.
Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture paints the portrait of a generation of nomads, born between 1965 and 1977. These are the Baby Busts, the kidults, as opposed to the Baby Boomers. "X" refers to the anonymity of a new cultural category, conscious of its own burst and of the end of heroic tales. Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit is the obsession and soul of this generation of individuals whose life was marked by the advent of the Internet, the end of history and militancy, and the transition from the reproductive age to that of "unlimited" access.
This generation is also the first to revive, in art, remembered stories of pioneers and explorers, all kinds of spectres and holograms, disincarnated toons, images of man's first steps on the Moon and Armstrong's distorted voice. Together they define new ways of relating to the world; new forms of experimentation, transgression and re-appropriation which go against earlier (counter-) revolutions.
Over recent years, the generation question has been repeatedly raised on a global scale. Various publications, exhibitions and debates try to pinpoint the critical moment when informal networks of artists, independent curators, galleries, art centres, schools and magazines were formed. These situations laid the foundation for a new exhibition vocabulary, a new way of making art and being contemporary, where were growing play areas, real-time movies, times liberated from productivity.
1984-1999 tackles a decade that defies definition and disaffirms past attempts to do so. Beyond decennial retrospectives and compilations, it is a biographical space composed of objects, sounds, voices, images, reflections and sensations. Imagined by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, a major international artist, the exhibition scape presents itself as an intermediate space, between city and nature, inside and outside, day and night.
The exhibition does not attempt to recreate an era nor to sanctify an ideal and lost age, but seeks instead to bring up to date the forms and procedures which anticipated today's artistic creation. Working from a survey of some of the 1990s' central figures, its purpose is to collect objects and sources which survived and inspired the decade, and to create new, non-hierarchical arrangements between art, literature, film, music, architecture and design.
The exhibition is the mirror-image of the spirit of the 1990s, defined by François Cusset as "a world where 'young people' – those at least who reached adolescence in the mid- 1980s – faced with an abysmal critical void had to reinvent a means of desertion and inner exile, and make this void in some way inhabitable by shaping counter-worlds and more or less temporary autonomies – a dissolved world where being sad becomes a stand-in connection with the world and is even, as one of them says, 'the only way not to be completely unhappy'."
A work edited by François Cusset (intellectual historian and lecturer in American Civilisation at Nanterre University) accompanies the exhibition.
Stéphanie Moisdon, art critic and independent curator
Scenography based on an artistic project by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Link: Group Show at Centre Pompidou-Metz
Tags: Abas Kiarostami, Abel Ferrara, Alex Bag, Allan McCollum, Allen Ruppersberg, Ange Leccia, Angela Bulloch, Anne-Marie Mieville, Bernadette Corporation, Bernard Joisten, Bless, Cady Noland, Cameron Jamie, Carsten Höller, Chris Marker, Christopher Williams, Collier Schorr, Dan Graham, David Byrne, David Lynch, David Robbins, David Shrigley, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Éric Rohmer, Ettore Sottsass, Europe, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, France, Francis Ford Coppola, General Idea, Georgina Starr, Group Material, Group Show, Harmony Korine, Harold Ramis, Heimo Zobernig, Henry Bond, Herzog & De Meuron, IFP, Institution, Jean Nouvel, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Luc Verna, John Baldessari, Jonathan Horowitz, Julia Scher, Karen Kilimnik, Kathryn Bigelow, Larry Clark, Lars von Trier, Leos Carax, Leslie Thornton, Liam Gillick, Louise Lawler, Marc Leckey, Marco Ferreri, Marguerite Duras, Matt Mullican, Maurizio Cattelan, Metz, Michael Smith, Mike Kelley, Nani Moretti, Neil Jordan, On Kawara, Paul McCarthy, Peter Farrelly, Peter Fend, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Peter Land, Peter Weir, Philippe Parreno, Philippe Thomas, Pierre Huyghe, Pierre Joseph, Pipilotti Rist, Rémy Zaugg, Raymond Pettibon, Rem Koolhaas, Richard Artschwager, Richard Prince, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Rob Pruitt & Walter Early, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Zemeckis, Roman Cieslewicz, Rosemarie Trockel, Sadie Benning, Sonic Youth, Stan Douglas, Stanley Kubrick, Stéphanie Moisdon, Steven Spielberg, Sturtevant, Takeshi Kitano, Thomas Hirschhorn, Tsai Ming-Liang, Ugo Rondinone, Vanessa Beecroft, Winnie Holzman, Wolfgang Tillmans, Wong Kar- wai


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'It's a very tragic situation': Nigel Farage's sadness after death of the pilot who threatened to kill him after election day plane crash
Justin Adams was found by police at home in East Sussex last month
He was flying a plane that crashed in Northamptonshire in May 2010
Mr Adams later accused UKIP leader Nigel Farage of 'ruining his life'
He was given two-year community order for threatening Farage in 2011
By Steve Nolan
Published: 21:09 EST, 6 December 2013 | Updated: 09:17 EST, 7 December 2013
A pilot who was at the controls of a plane that crashed injuring UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been found dead.
Justin Adams, 48, was found by police at his home in Eastbourne, East Sussex, last month - and Mr Farage today revealed he was 'very sad' after hearing of the news.
Mr Adams was the pilot who was flying a light aircraft carrying Mr Farage on election day in May 2010 as part of a political stunt when the plane crashed into a field in Brackley, Northamptonshire.
Found dead: Pilot Justin Adams (left) - pictured with UKIP Leader Nigel Farage (right) - shortly before the crash in 2010, at Hinton-on-the-Hedges, near Brackley, Northamptonshire
An investigation later found that a banner attached to the plane had become entangled causing the plane to crash. Both Mr Farage and Mr Adams needed hospital treatment for their injuries.
After learning of Mr Adams' death, Mr Farage said today: 'It's a very tragic situation and I'm very sad about Mr Adams' passing.'
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The pilot, who was left suffering from depression following the crash accused Mr Farage of 'ruining his life' following the crash.
Despite being cleared of any blame, Mr Adams was angry that the investigation took so long to complete and claimed that it was behind the break up of his marriage.
He also claimed that his business failed because he could not make an insurance claim until the inquiry was concluded and that he was forced to live with his elderly mother and 'incarcerated' in her house.
Injured: Mr Farage narrowly escaped death after his plane crashed to the ground in Northamptonshire in 2010
Fortunate escape: Mr Farage was being flown on election day in May 2010 as part of a political stunt
A year after the crash, Mr Adams was sentenced to a two-year community order for five counts of threatening to kill Mr Farage. He made the threats directly to Mr Farage and through a 999 operator.
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The light aircraft that crashed at Hinton-in-the-Hedges airfield, near Brackley, injuring UKIP leader Nigel Farage and the plane's pilot
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Pilot who threatened to kill UKIP leader Nigel Farage after election day plane crash is found dead
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Home inFocus Borders, Nations and Conflict (Spring 2014) The Real Realpolitik
Borders, Nations and Conflict (Spring 2014)
The Real Realpolitik
Stephen Bryen • Spring 2014
Iraq is in turmoil; Egypt is an outcast to the United States and starting to buy weapons from Russia; Iran is ascendant and increasingly aggressive; and the allied effort in Afghanistan is close to collapse. America has little or no credibility or influence. China is growing stronger, the Russians are assertive and brazen in Crimea, and our allies are increasingly uncertain and uneasy. Why?
The legendary Hans Morgenthau, master of realpolitik, would say the United States has not pursued its national interest or applied a wise policy in support of those interests. This, in the end, is a policy and a moral failure, wasting economic and human resources and risking of lives of millions of people around the globe. Political realism, at its best, and Morgenthau was its best, was different from realpolitik in one crucial way: under its adherence to the wise and constructive use of power was a profound moral message. You are not a great power because you can launch drones from afar, or mow down your enemies with flying gunships. You are a great power when you articulate strategic objectives aimed at preventing aggression and upheaval, and using force, if needed, to drive home the point.
America is a superpower, and as a result has a responsibility it probably does not want but cannot escape. Our government's inability to find a coherent foreign policy and execute it in a clear and sensible manner stokes the isolationism coursing through the country. We need to re-think what we are doing and get it right; Morgenthau can help.
Morgenthau postulated a theory of how nations behave, or should behave, based a modernized form of older, German thinking on international politics known as realpolitik. In its essence, realpolitik means that international politics is primarily based on military and industrial power and not on moralistic ideas. A key modern example is Richard Nixon's decision to recognize the People's Republic of China. Prompted strongly by Henry Kissinger (often wrongly cited as the originator of realpolitik), the Nixon-China embrace came at the expense of Taiwan, which was not asked, but was simply de-recognized.
The embrace of China was to try to balance the hostile Soviet Union. For Nixon and Kissinger, the fact that China was at the time more extreme in its Communist views than the Soviet Union was of little importance. The Nixon-Kissinger goal was to tighten the noose around the USSR. Nixon and Kissinger had earlier pushed the idea of "detente" with the Soviet Union, thinking that the U.S. could use its economic power to dissuade the Russians from confrontation. But the Russians had other ideas, and continued their military build-up featuring the famous SS-21 mobile short-range nuclear missile aimed at Western Europe. With "detente" largely shredded and our European allies flirting more and more with the Soviets to avoid Russian political and military pressure, the China card was a way for the U.S. to draw off some of Russia's military forces from Europe, especially nuclear missiles, which the administration hoped would shift to face China.
China was well aware that it was being used, but the benefits were considerable. The key to China's future as a growing power was Western technology, especially American microelectronics and computer technology. China also was promised arms cooperation. In the early 1980's, the Reagan administration jumped on the opportunity to help China modernize its arms industry, supplying important aerospace and underwater systems, including advanced torpedoes.
The Tiananmen Square massacre put an end to burgeoning U.S. and European military cooperation with China, although some of the Tiananmen sanctions (on nuclear power plants and equipment and on space launch) were later substantially eased.
But the transfer of advanced dual-use technology persists even today, long after the strategic idea behind it ceased to exist. The need to offset Soviet power evaporated with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the disintegration of the Russian empire (something Putin is working tirelessly to restore). The Tiananmen sanctions never addressed the transfers of critical technology to China. By the time sanctions were imposed, trade with China was was too lucrative for the U.S. and its European partners to sacrifice trade for any principle of democracy or human rights.
Political realist Morgenthau and his predecessors would cringe looking at Western policy toward China, because of its clearly self-defeating and risky nature.
The Chinese understand that they need continuing access to Western technology for both civilian and military development. For that reason, China uses the benefits of trade as a lever to extract advanced technology from the West, especially from the United States. China has a huge cyber espionage operation to learn as much as possible about American weapons systems (including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter) and to apply the technology to similar local programs. The U.S., afraid that China might stop "investing" in U.S. Treasury bonds and other financial instruments, does little to stop it.
A current analogous case is Iran. The U.S. unilaterally lifted some sanctions on Iran claiming that the lifting of sanctions would lead to a comprehensive deal to stop Iran's nuclear bomb building program.
The notion was flawed from the start because of the difficulty of verification and the fact that some "military" installations were off limits. The deal did not include delivery systems, especially long-range missiles, which Iran continues to develop. And the sanctions, once lifted, created a frenzy of trade and business activity with European and American companies flocking to Iran to set up deals. And the State Department, which steadfastly had urged its European allies to restrain themselves from running to do deals in Iran, officially "encouraged" U.S. aerospace companies to apply for licenses to ship jet engines for Iran's air fleet, the same air fleet that ferries supplies and troops in Syria.
Morgenthau would be appalled. Iran is an expansionist country causing havoc in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, and expanding its influences far and wide, including in the Americas. Iran continues to threaten Israel. The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps was quoted by Iran's Fars news agency saying Iran's military has its finger on the trigger to destroy Israel as soon as it receives the order; the capacity to execute is irrelevant. In fact, Iran's policies are not moderate and do not lead to any regional accommodation. The U.S. nuclear proposal fails to take any of this into account, and so is strategically flawed and destabilizing.
Morgenthau explained political realism as "national interest defined in terms of power," while guarding against two fallacies: concern with motives and concern with ideological preferences. The core idea is that a rational international actor will follow the real interests of the state and, to a somewhat lesser degree, the real interests of the international community. An outside observer should be able to discern a country's national interests and goals in its foreign policy, and how that aligns with national power defined in both military and economic terms. In short, it is possible to observe whether a country has a rational policy, or one that deviates from rational.
At present, there are questions about the goals and objectives of U.S. foreign policy. But if we follow political realism and Morgenthau's prescription, we should be able to detremine what our policy actually is, and whether it is coherent and aligned with our fundamental interests.
It is, of course, entirely possible to have a disastrous foreign policy even if it is coherent and aligned with our interests. The U.S. has been grappling with this problem since the middle 1970's, if not before, but it came into greater focus with the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Before Iraq, the most important and costly conflicts in which the U.S. was directly involved were Korea and Vietnam. In the former, the U.S. and its allies were unable to achieve anything more than a truce, which has remained in effect since 1953. General MacArthur and President Truman had a serious argument over Truman's approach to the war. Although at one point the U.S. considered using nuclear weapons against China and even went so far as to transfer authority to the Army for their use, the real flash point was over MacArthur's vision of challenging the Chinese and pushing them out of Korea altogether, and Truman's vision of negotiated deal. Ultimately, Truman relieved MacArthur from command.
While Korea ended in a stalemate, Vietnam ended in a defeat for the United States. Despite constant support for North Vietnam by the USSR and China, the U.S. did not attack China or even propose the idea. Instead the U.S. tried to defeat North Vietnam through conventional battles on South Vietnamese territory, and an extensive bombing campaign aimed at supply routes (the Ho Chi Minh Trail) into South Vietnam from North Vietnam, Laos and a corner of Cambodia. Operating in heavily foliated areas and using networks of underground bunkers as storage depots, the North Vietnamese were able to continue supplying their forces operating in the South. After Kissinger negotiated an accord with the North in Paris, the ARVN (South Vietnam's army) had to carry on the fight alone. In April 1975, Saigon fell.
Both the Korean and the Vietnam wars were limited because bigger players were either involved or lurking in the background. Was either conflict in the U.S. interest? Surely stopping China's operation in Korea, which would have resulted in all of Korea in Chinese hands, was the correct policy. Keeping South Korea free was an important message that has, since that war, helped restrain China.
Vietnam is different. While the U.S. was worried about a domino effect (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and more), the U.S. defeat and its aftermath did not work out the way we feared. Cambodia fell to the indigenous Khmer Rouge even before South Vietnam collapsed. Today, the U.S. has reconciled with communist Vietnam, and while Cambodia is still poor, it has a multi-party government. Laos is a socialist, single party country, poor, and with a poor human rights record. In sum, the U.S. investment in Vietnam, and in supporting Laos and Cambodia, was not really in the U.S. national interest. American willingness to fight there, and involve its allies (South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines), had no positive result for the United States and even less for the victims.
Both Korea and Vietnam were so-called "limited" wars because of the threat of outside power intervention. However, neither the war in Afghanistan nor the war in Iraq is limited by any threat of outside intervention. Both are one-sided wars in the sense that it is a big power (and its allies) against far less powerful countries.
The first Iraq war was caused by Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, which threatened Saudi Arabia, threatened oil supplies and supply systems to the U.S. and to America's allies, and thus ensured that the United States would intervene. Had the U.S. taken a pass, a chaotic situation might have destroyed the global economy. Intervention thus made sense from the point of view of vital American interests and in terms of global stability. What made less sense was to let the first Iraq war end without putting an end to other potential threats coming from Iraq in the form of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and delivery systems that could threaten the entire region. While the U.S. and the allies took steps to "manage" Saddam, the better solution would have been to topple the regime when they had the opportunity, replace Saddam with a government chosen from Iraqis in exile, and then leave.
American leaders instead confused themselves, their supporters, and the public. The result was a geopolitical blunder and a much longer conflict that did not serve either American or regional interests. It paved the way for al-Qaeda and for Syrian and Iranian trouble making. Per Morgenthau, the blunder seems to have been caused by a faulty moral idea—that allied destruction of Iraqi forces, particularly the bombing of retreating Iraqi forces along the Kuwait-Iraq highway (dubbed the Highway of Death) was an improper use of force. Thus President George H. W. Bush, on advice from his National Security Adviser, Gen. Colin Powell, declared a ceasefire on February 28, 1991.
Letting Saddam Hussein off the hook set the stage for related tragedies, including the decimation of the southern Shiite Marsh Arabs, whose revolt was encouraged by the United States, which then abandoned them to Saddam's helicopters and poison gas. The U.S. would return to Iraq, defeat the army, remove Saddam, and replace his regime with the costly and bloody American occupation. Disbanding but not disarming the Iraqi Army in 2003 was another faulty moral idea that encouraged the rise of militias full of armed, unemployed, and humiliated young men.
In at the end, the U.S. would pull out, abandoning the rest of the country as it did the Marsh Arabs twenty years earlier, this time creating a power vacuum that Iran quickly filled.
The U.S. could have done better, avoiding the occupation, strengthening bases in the area and stabilizing the region with a rapid action force. The U.S. could have created an independent Kurdish state—an area with significant oil resources and with a pro-American outlook. But lacking a strategy, and violating the fundamental principle of political realism, the U.S. wasted human and economic resources and failed to confront its emerging enemy, Iran.
Similarly in Afghanistan, in a war that has virtually no strategic importance, the U.S. has invested its prestige, and that of its coalition allies, in trying to stabilize a corrupt government. It has failed to stop either al-Qaeda or the Taliban, the latter being well-positioned to grab power after the U.S. and its allies leave. In the meantime, with very limited rules of engagement and unclear objectives, our forces continue to take casualties—including from "friendly" Afghan forces—and burn scarce resources.
The big picture is that the U.S. is not acting as a great power or following the basic rules of political realism as laid out by Morgenthau. From the mistakes the U.S. continues to make in the Middle East, in North Africa, and elsewhere, it is not surprising that foreign leaders no longer look to Washington for guidance and help—or even with respect.
Morgenthau did not live to see all this; perhaps it is best.
Stephen Bryen, Ph.D. is a former Under Secretary of Defense.


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Defeating Ebola Together Week 2: Symptoms of Socio-political Disorder "The Inadequacy of Healthcare Systems and the Importance of Peripheral Services"
One question that is often asked today is: why were we not able to respond to this outbreak like we did to previous Ebola outbreaks?
The epidemics in the DRC and in Uganda caused about 350 and 470 deaths, respectively.
So now people are asking: why didn't something similar happen this time, in West Africa?
There is one key difference.
with low population density and a fairly low degree of mobility.
Also, the healthcare systems proved effective.
This is why the epidemic that struck these three countries has continued to spread.
are not maintained, the entire system falls apart.
but also with a great deal of other patients who no longer receive care when healthcare facilities close down as workers give in to panic and refuse to work.
restore healthcare systems, especially peripheral services, to working order.
This means people need to have access, at the very least, to protective clothing and disinfectant, and workers' salaries must be paid.
These are the main goals in terms of reopening healthcare facilities.
but for all those who work in healthcare facilities.
malaria, at-risk pregnancies, etc., can be treated again.
And of course, Ebola patients will receive much better care as well.
The healthcare systems in all three of these countries are very weak.
from long civil wars and are just starting to rebuild their healthcare systems.
need to be built throughout the country.
In the area where the outbreak first struck, there was virtually nothing.
to begin to be strengthened.


Freetown, June 17, 014 (SLENA) – Health and Sanitation Minister, Miatta Kargbo has described the outbreak of the Ebola killer disease as another war that calls for the attention of every Sierra Leonean including Parliamentarians.
Presenting the current status of the outbreak in the Well of Parliament, Madam Kargbo reiterated the commitment of the government and partners to contain the disease, describing the situation as a natural war that needs the moral support and responsibility of all well-meaning citizens of Sierra Leone.
The Minister lauded the sacrifices made by health professionals, pointing out that in the process of saving the lives of other people some past away. A tragedy the Minister described as pathetic in the event of saving life.
She denied claims of health workers abandoning their duty stations and enumerated instances where her staff worked under threat and crisis they could not stand due to community resistance in giving out the necessary cooperation in managing the situation for referrals and treatment.
Commenting on the Kailahun situation, Madam Kargbo said most of the cases where from Kailahun and more attention was given the district including other high risk districts like Kono, Kenema, Kambia and Port Loko. Surveillance, contact- tracing, and other interventions have been strengthened, and sensitization intensified in the Kailahun district, its immediate environs and other areas. "Before now, Kailahun had 14 Surveillance Officers but with the current trend 300 Volunteers have been recruited bringing the number to 314 to enhance effective surveillance system", the Minister said.
Apart from the sensitization of Parliamentarians in the wake of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Religious Leaders, Tribal Heads in the Western Area, Bike Riders, Motor Drivers Union, Traders, Paramount Chiefs and Media Practitioners have been sensitized and given orientation to help create the necessary awareness and education on the prevention of the disease.
The Minister spoke on the closure of schools in Kailahun and the risk of children contacting the disease, pointing out that the continuity of schooling is a risk, whilst the closure is a life saving intervention.
Some of the challenges and lessons learnt, the Minister said include negative press report that could be disastrous, strong resistance from communities, escapees from treatment and observation units, total support for nationwide awareness raising campaigns and the resources for health promotion and logistics for case management.
Number of cases tested as of March 2014 was slated at 193, confirmed cases 83, 20 deaths and 10 survivors as of June 16, 2014.
The Parliamentarians described some utterances in some radio stations and newspapers as disastrous to the fight to contain the disease, and reiterated their total commitment and willingness to collaborate with the Ministry, its partners and Inter-Ministerial Committee to make the necessary impact.
The Parliamentarians in their contributions lauded the Ministry for the hard work since the outbreak in Guinea, and pledged to go to their various constituencies to sensitize their people. They call on all and sundry to put aside partisan, regionalism noting that the current crisis is a core task for Sierra Leoneans.


The school offers admission only to children for Nursery. Registrations for Nursery will be from 7th, January 2019.
There is no vacancy for classes LKG to Grade III for the session 2019-20. However, you may give an application personally at the school reception along with a copy of your ward's latest report card. Meritorious and specially talented children at various state/national levels in the field of sports, dramatics etc. would be given preference in case of any vacancy.
Children who attain the age of 3 Years 1 Day as on 1st April 2019 are eligible for admission to Nursery.
The school follows a simple and transparent admission process, strictly in accordance with the criteria and guidelines issued by state government and the Government of India. Students are selected through a draw of lots. Preference is given to students whose siblings are studying in Mind Tree School, Sector 1 or Mind Tree School, Panjokhra and to the children of the teaching staff.
The prospective students will be informed through SMS.
Admission fee for the general category must be deposited in the bank between 4th & 5th February, 2019.
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Pixel 4a: It's Google's time to shine (Update: Video!)
The universe is conspiring in helping Google achieve success.
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The sixth phone in the Pixel family will launch very soon, and I think that, despite the bleak circumstances, it will be Google's most successful release yet.
Of course, there's no guarantee that the Pixel 4a will be a home run. Google has showed us, repeatedly, that just because it can launch great products it doesn't mean it will. Messaging apps come to mind…
But the Pixel 4a has a lot going on for it. The leaks point to a refinement of the same recipe that Google used last year with the Pixel 3a, our Editors' Choice for best phone of 2019.
Read: Google Pixel 4a: Everything we know so far
More importantly, timing may play out in Google's favor this time around.
For one, everyone has been increasing prices. Just as it was lamenting that people were holding on to phones for "too long," the industry somehow decided that the best solution was to get greedy.
Mainstream phones that cost $1,400? It's ludicrous and nobody's even bothering to deny it anymore, except maybe for some bigwig at Samsung, Huawei, or Oppo. Oh, and a special shout-out to Qualcomm and the big carriers – their eagerness to make 5G happen has helped inflate phone prices across the board.
Timing may play out in Google's favor this time around
Sensibly priced phones shine against this background of excess. How else could Apple, the poster child of fat margins, get rave reviews for a $400 revamped iPhone 8?
Like the new iPhone SE, the Pixel 4a will stand out through restraint, in terms of specs, design, and, of course, price tag. At $400 or so, it will easily pass the "good enough" test for most people who, despite what the industry seems to think, are not made of money. It will be a breath of fresh air.
The global coronavirus crisis has thrown all bets off. Amid the uncertainty, people are even less likely to spend $1,200, $1,000, or even $800 on a phone. Some may put off buying a new phone until things begin to resemble normalcy again. But batteries will still die, displays will still break, people will still lose phones. For those who need a new device, cheap phones will make a lot more sense compared to pre-pandemic days.
Read: Survey says: Uh oh, most fans prefer the OnePlus 7T to the OnePlus 8 series
As more people move their professional and social lives online, Google will have another unexpected advantage. Where Apple and Samsung dominate physical retail and carrier channels, Google has always focused on online sales. At the very least, social distancing will hinder Google less, compared to the incumbents.
Ironically, Apple has helped set the stage for the Pixel 4a. Not for Android fans or tech connoisseurs, but for the rest of the world. You can get a great phone for $400 – that's the message most people should get from the iPhone SE coverage. And if Apple can do it, so can Google. It may not have Apple's stellar reputation and mindshare when it comes to phones, but Google comes close in terms of prestige. That is crucial, because only prestige can make a 2017-era design look desirable in 2020.
Even before its launch, the Pixel 4a is Android's best answer to Apple's sneak attack on the mid-range
Google's reputation and prestige are based on its supremacy in apps and web technologies, rather than consumer electronics expertise. The one exception is cameras, where the Pixel 4a can really shine. If it can beat the iPhone SE and more expensive Android devices, it will become the automatic recommendation to anyone looking for a great cheap phone with a good camera. Not to mention the most affordable ticket to exclusive Google features and services.
Read: Camera shootout: OnePlus 8 Pro vs Galaxy S20 Plus vs Huawei P40 Pro
Even before its launch, the Pixel 4a is Android's best answer to Apple's sneak attack on the mid-range. It's a segment that's poised to grow, for all the reasons we discussed above. The Pixel 3a was Google's best-selling phone last year, and in 2020 the company can build on that foundation with the Pixel 4a. If this phone is the success I envision it to be, it could inject new purpose in Google's phone strategy, which has been a bit aimless in the last couple of years. Perhaps the rumors of a "mid-range" Pixel 5 are another sign of a change in focus.
I may still eat my words a few months from now, but right now I'm optimistic about the Pixel 4a. How about you?
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Vital for web developers to know about security threats
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The popularity of social networking sites seems ever-increasing. in just one year, Facebook has grown by 270 per cent and now boasts over 52 million users worldwide. This zeal for all things interactive has seeped into the online community's consciousness and, as a result, organisations and businesses are clamouring to implement their own Web 2.0 functionality.
While such an increase in web traffic is a boon for the industry, it does have its downsides. Interactive sites use open source Ajax coding, which gives malware writers considerably more points of entry than traditional HTML coding. The problem is further exacerbated when web developers don't possess enough security knowledge to deal with new advances in the industry, and unwittingly leave sites — and the end-user — open to attack.
So what threats are web developers now facing? As mentioned, Ajax is a key cause of increased security breaches on the web. A traditional web application can be compared to a house with just one front door and no windows, in that it offers only one point of attack. On the other hand, an Ajax application constantly exchanges small amounts of data between the browser and the server, which creates many points of input. The inputs provide more opportunities for attack; as well as the front door, the house has numerous windows, all providing a break-and-entry point.
Of course, it's this open source technology that enables the interactive functions on a website to exist, and it would be ridiculous to suggest erasing such functions to retain a secure website. Instead, the security industry must share its knowledge with web developers so that precautions are taken to prevent Ajax-based sites being hijacked.
Targeting Web 2.0 sites
Web 2.0 technology has exploded so fast that it has been impossible for the IT industry to keep up. Right now, 71 per cent of UK office workers aged 28-29 access Web 2.0 internet sites at least a few times a week, and it's these sites that have gained the most popularity with phishers and hackers. In March 2007, for example, Google's Online Security blog noted that the number of page views generated on phishing sites increased fivefold, with 95 per cent targeting MySpace. Holes in security mean that sites such as MySpace have turned into goldmines: the injection of a simple CSS code into a profile is all it takes to infect the page, so that wherever a user clicks, even on what appears to be a Legitimate link, they're redirected to a phishing page.
Many users have the same login credentials for social networking accounts as they do for banks and web-based mail. This creates a domino effect and enables a user's online identity to be fully compromised. If web developers are unaware of how to prevent such security breaches, the web will grow increasingly unsafe and, as a result, the positive aspects of the Web 2.0 revolution will be seriously undermined.
One successful hacker — Lithium — has been quoted as saying: "Lazy web developers are the reason I'm still around phishing." However, the blame cannot be laid solely at the door of web developers. On the contrary, it's the training they receive that's a major part of the problem. It seems that the provision of security training varies from course to course, with some teaching very little on the subject at alit Web development courses should teach would-be developers that the key to ensuring consumer confidence in the web is to make a site as invulnerable as possible from its conception. To do this, developers should make sure that all input is sanitised and all points of input are as secure as possible. Up to date advice on security best practice, technical documentation and free, secure source code can be found at the Open Web Application Security Project (owasp.org).
Within the next year, it's likely that the IT community will see more incidents of Ajax-borne threats, which should hopefully be enough to developers' awareness of this issue.
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For ABC Wednesday, brought to you by the letter "L." Also at my poetic café where the chairs are really comfy, Poets United! Check out both sites for contributors and you'll find some groovin' work, including photographers and storytellers.
Great alliteration here, Amy! Hilarious! You come with something that's refreshing! It brings life's burden to a close! Great write!


Barcodes can get generated and printed directly from NuORDER. Barcodes can then get utilized when using the ipad.
1. Go to the Admin section under Product Catalog Settings and select Barcode Management.
2. In Barcode Settings, you can assign a 'Barcode Title', 'Barcode Subtitle' and 'Barcode Field'.
Barcode Subtitle: An additional title to appear above the barcode. This can get selected from the drop down. A custom field can also get applied here.
Barcode Field: Select a field that will create the barcode number. NOTE: If you use UPC's - they will automatically scan as long as the UPC's are uploaded in the product data.
Let NuORDER Take Care of it for you: NuORDER will generate a unique code for each style. So if this is toggled on, you do not have to select a barcode field.
1. Go to the Admin section under Product Catalog Settings and select Barcode Printing.
2. In Barcode Printing, you can filter and select the barcodes then 'Generate Labels'.
Search: You can search by style number to select barcodes individually.
Filter: Utilize the filters to bulk select barcodes.
3. Generate the labels, an email will get sent to you so you can print the labels.
4. All you need are Avery 5155 labels which can be purchased online or from any office supply store and you'll have your own barcode labels in no time!


Have I mentioned yet how much I love the morning coffee ritual in Italy? We wander out of the portico of our B&B and get a hearty "Buon giorno!" from Antonio.
This morning the ritual was made extra special – as we sat sipping our drinks, a British tour group came in and attempted to overtake the shop, without so much as a nod to Antonio. This clearly angered him, and he refused to serve them – totally the opposite of the gracious service we received every morning.
Timothy joined us at the bar to finish our tour of Lecce which had been cut short by the weather. We wandered through hidden squares, heard the story of St. Irene's, and went into the Cathedral (busy with yet another wedding). Timothy is a wealth of knowledge, and somewhat of a nerd in the very best sense of that word.
Stephanie and Janet went off on their own to explore the newer part of Lecce and shop while the rest of us met up with Silvestro and Carolyn at the market to buy supplies for dinner.
We returned to school to make lunch, which was a HUGE fish soup, incredibly good, and I surprised even myself be eating the tentacle portions of the squid. We rolled out pasta and shaped them into maccherone so they would have a chance to dry a bit before dinner. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed making pasta by hand, and love both the taste and the denser texture of the pasta made with barley flour. At the conclusion of lunch, Giuseppe announced that would be our last lesson with him as he was leaving to go visit friends and family. We all bid arrivederci, sad not to be seeing him again (you can see why from the photos!).
I made the mistake of visiting Antonio for another espresso macchiato after lunch which meant I was unable to nap, so instead I wandered through the town of Lecce, photographing the beauty it had to offer.
I loved this photo of an older Italian man strolling through the park in the center of the city.
Although much of our week was focused on olive oil, this was the only photo of any actual olives growing that I captured.


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