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July 6-9th, 2023 · Edmonton Inn & Conference Center
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This is sure to be a show you won't want to miss. Fur-Eh! is proud to present Broadway Tails, a four day production of epic tails and adventures for all ages. Come be a part of our show, as Western Canada's Premier anthropomorphic convention, commonly known as Furries, we invite you to join us this coming July 6-9th at the Edmonton Inn & Conference Center, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. More details to come, so stay tuned!
This is sure to be a show you won't want to miss. Fur-Eh! is proud to present Broadway Tails, a four day production of epic tails and adventures for all ages. Come be a part of our show, as Western Canada's Premier anthropomorphic convention, commonly known as Furries, we invite you to join us this coming July 6-9th at the Edmonton Inn & Conference Center, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. More details to come, so stay tuned!
Pre-Registration for Fur-Eh! 2023 – Broadway Tails is now open!
We have several registration tiers available for you to choose from, each with their own set of perks.
ENSEMBLE – $65
Everyone's part of the show, including you! At the Ensemble Registration level, you'll enjoy access to general admission for all four days of Fur-Eh!: "Broadway Tails" including the Marketplace, Artists Alley, the Gaming room, panels, activities and more!
SWING – $120
You've got a special part in our performance! You get everything at the Ensemble Registration level, but you'll also receive an official Fur-Eh! 2023 T-Shirt and a cashable token valued at $5 for use at the Fur-Eh! Company Store. Early access to the Marketplace and preferred seating for select marquee events in our Grande Theatre is also yours.
UNDERSTUDY – $220
As an understudy, you'll never know when you'll be called on to be a star. You'll receive get what the Swing level gets, but you'll receive a total of three cashable tokens for use at the Fur-Eh! Company Store. A ticket to the Guest of Honour dinner and a ticket to your choice of either the Poutine Social or the Dogs' Breakfast Brunch Buffet is also yours! Finally, there's a limited edition gift only available to Understudy and Diva tiers.
DIVA – $360
The applause is thunderous when you come out for your curtain call because you're a star! As part of our top registration level, you'll receive everything our Understudy level is entitled to, but you'll receive both a ticket to the Poutine Social and a ticket to the Dogs' Breakfast Brunch Buffet. And, for your shopping pleasure, you'll get a total of five redeemable tokens (valued at $5 each) for use at the Fur-Eh! Company Store. But, wait… There's more! You'll also receive a limited edition gift only available to Understudy & Diva tier Guests plus a special gift only available to the Diva Registration level!
As always, registration for our base tier and day passes will be available at the door, prices to be announced at a later date. Higher level tiers are available in advance only, so get them before they're gone!
Notice to Parents/Guardians
Guests aged 16 or 17 at the time of the Convention may attend without being accompanied by a parent/guardian (with signed permission slip). Those attending without a parent/guardian will register at one of the four registration tiers. They will not be permitted to attend any event listed as "18+" regardless of which tier registration they register at. There is no special pricing for those aged 16 or 17 if attending without a parent/guardian.
Minors aged 10 to 17 who will be accompanied by a parent/guardian qualify for a special child rate which is equivalent to the "ENSEMBLE" level. They will be "linked" to the accompanying parent/guardian's registration and will not be permitted in any events deemed "18+" even if accompanied by an adult. To complete your purchase of this special child rate, register the adult FIRST. You will then log out and complete a new registration for the child/children (up to a maximum of 2 per paying, registered adult). The registration system will request the information of the adult that the minor(s) will be accompanied by. You will pay for each registration separately.
Minors under the age of 10 are not required to register in advance online and may be registered at no cost upon arrival at the event with a limit of 2 children per paying, registered adult.
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Pope Francis attacks drug-trafficking
Diana Washington Valdez
Pope Francis weighed in on drug-trafficking and its attendant violence and corruption during his discourse today at the United Nations in New York. This is what he said textually regarding an issue that affects border communities like El Paso-Juarez on a daily basis:
"As I wrote in my letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 9 August 2014, "the most basic understanding of human dignity compels the international community, particularly through the norms and mechanisms of international law, to do all that it can to stop and to prevent further systematic violence against ethnic and religious minorities" and to protect innocent peoples.
"Along the same lines I would mention another kind of conflict which is not always so open, yet is silently killing millions of people. Another kind of war experienced by many of our societies as a result of the narcotics trade. A war which is taken for granted and poorly fought."
"Drug trafficking is by its very nature accompanied by trafficking in persons, money laundering, the arms trade, child exploitation and other forms of corruption. A corruption which has penetrated to different levels of social, political, military, artistic and religious life, and, in many cases, has given rise to a parallel structure which threatens the credibility of our institutions."

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Francis J. Narcowich -- Publications
J. Kunemund, F. J. Narcowich, J. D. Ward and H. Wendland , A High-Order Meshless Galerkin Method for Semilinear Parabolic Equations on Spheres, Numer. Mathematik . Published electronically, 2019. doi:10.1007/s00211-018-01021-7
T. Hangelbroek (NSF post-doc, 2010), F. J. Narcowich, C. Rieger and J. D. Ward, Direct and Inverse Results on Bounded Domains for Meshless Methods via Localized Bases on Manifolds, in Contemporary Computational Mathematics - a celebration of the 80th birthday of Ian Sloan , pp. 489-513, J. Dick, F. Y. Kuo, H. Woźniakowski, eds., Springer-Verlag, 2018.
R. B. Lehoucq, F. J. Narcowich, S. T. Rowe (PhD,2015) and J. D. Ward, A Meshless Galerkin Method for Non-Local Diffusion Using Localized Kernel Bases, Math. Comp. 87 (2018), 2233-2258. doi.org/10.1090/mcom/3294
T. Hangelbroek (NSF post-doc, 2010), F. J. Narcowich, C. Rieger and J. D. Ward, An inverse theorem for compact Lipschitz domains in Rd using Localized kernel bases, Math. Comp. 87 (2018), 1949-1989. doi:10.1090/mcom/3256
F. J. Narcowich, S. T. Rowe and J. D. Ward, A Novel Galerkin Method for Solving PDEs on the Sphere Using Highly Localized Kernel Bases, Math. Comp. 86 (2017), 197-231. doi:10.1090/mcom/3097
Fuselier, E. and Hangelbroek, T. and Narcowich, F.J. and Ward, J.D. and Wright, G.B., Kernel based quadrature on spheres and other homogeneous spaces. Numerische Mathematik 127 (2014), no. 1, 57-92. doi: 10.1007/s00211-013-0581-1
Fuselier, E., Hangelbroek, T., Narcowich, F., Ward, J., and Wright, G. Localized Bases for Kernel Spaces on the Unit Sphere. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis 2013 51:5, 2538-2562 doi:10.1137/120876940
T. Hangelbroek, F. J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward, Polyharmonic and Related Kernels on Manifolds: Interpolation and Approximation, Found. Comput. Math. , 12 (2012), no. 5, 625-670. doi:10.1007/s10208-011-9113-5.
T. Hangelbroek, W. Madych, F. J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward, Cardinal Interpolation with Gaussian Kernels, J. Fourier Anal. Appl. , 18 (2012), no. 1, 67--86. doi:10.1007/s00041-011-9185-2 .
T. Hangelbroek, F. J. Narcowich, X. Sun, and J. D. Ward, Kernel Approximation on Manifolds II: The L∞-norm of the L2-projector, SIAM J. Math. Anal. , 43 (2011), no. 2, 662--684.
T. Hangelbroek, F. J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward, Kernel Approximation on Manifolds I. Bounding the Lebesgue Constant, SIAM J. Math. Anal. , 42 (2010) 1732-1760.
F. J. Narcowich, X. Sun, J. D. Ward and Z. Wu, LeVeque type inequalities and discrepancy estimates for minimal energy configurations on spheres, J. Approx. Theory , 162 (2010), 1256-1278.
H. N. Mhaskar, F. J. Narcowich, J. Prestin and J. D. Ward, Lp Bernstein estimates and approximation by spherical basis functions, Math. Comp. , 79 (2010), 1647-1679.
E. J. Fuselier, F. J. Narcowich, J. D. Ward, and G. B. Wright, Error and Stability Estimates for Surface-Divergence Free RBF Interpolants on the Sphere, Math. Comp. , 78 (2009), 2157-2186.
Albert Boggess and Francis J. Narcowich, A First Course in Wavelets with Fourier Analysis, Second Edition , John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-43117-7.
F. J. Narcowich, J. D. Ward, and G. B. Wright, Divergence-free RBFs on Surfaces, J. Fourier Anal. Appl. , 13 (2007), 643-663.
F. J. Narcowich, X. Sun, J. D. Ward, and H. Wendland, Direct and Inverse Sobolev Error Estimates for Scattered-Data Interpolation via Spherical Basis Functions, Found. Comput. Math. , 7 (2007), 369-390.
F. J. Narcowich, X. Sun, and J. D. Ward, Approximation Power of RBFs and Their Associated SBFs: A Connection, Adv. Comput. Math., 27 (2007), 107-124.
F. J. Narcowich, P. Petrushev, and J. D. Ward, Decomposition of Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin spaces on the sphere, J. Funct. Anal. , 238 (2006), 530-564.
F. J. Narcowich, P. Petrushev, and J. D. Ward, Localized Tight Frames on Spheres, SIAM J. Math. Anal. , 38 (2006), 574-594.
Q. T. Le Gia, F. J. Narcowich, J. D. Ward, and H. Wendland, Continuous and Discrete Least-Squares Approximation by Radial Basis Functions on Spheres, J. Approx. Theory , 143 (2006), 124-133.
F. J. Narcowich, J. D. Ward, and H. Wendland, Sololev Error Estimates and a Bernstein Inequality for Scattered-Data Interpolation via Radial Basis Functions, Constr. Approx. , 24 (2006) 175-186. DOI 10.1007/s00365-005-0624-7, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00365-005-0624-7.
F. J. Narcowich, Recent Developments in Error Estimates for Scattered-Data Interpolation via Radial Basis Functions, Numer. Algorithms , 39 (2005), 307-315.
F. J. Narcowich, J. D. Ward, and H. Wendland, Sololev Bounds on Functions with Scattered Zeros, with Applications to Radial Basis Function Surface Fitting, Math. Comp. , 74 (2005), 743-763.
F. J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward, Scattered-Data Interpolation on Rn: Error Estimates for Radial Basis and Band-limited Functions, SIAM J. Math. Anal. , 36 (2004), 284-300.
F. J. Narcowich, J. D. Ward, Preface [Computation and approximation on the sphere], Adv. Comput. Math. 21 (2004), no. 1-2, 1--2.
H. N. Mhaskar, F.J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward, On the representation of band-dominant functions on the sphere using finitely many bits, Adv. Comput. Math. , 21 (2004), 127-146.
F. J. Narcowich, J. D. Ward, and H. Wendland, Refined Error Estimates for Radial Basis Function Interpolation, Constr. Approx. , 19 (2003), 541-564.
H. N. Mhaskar, F. J. Narcowich, and J. D. Ward, Zonal function network frames on the sphere, Neural Networks , 16 (2003) 183-203.
R. A. Lorentz, F. J. Narcowich, and J. D. Ward, Collocation Discretizations of the Transport Equation with Radial Basis Functions, Appl. Math. Comput. , 145 (2003), 97-116.
F. J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward, Scattered-Data interpolation on the Sphere: Error Estimates and Locally Supported Basis Functions, SIAM J. Math. Anal. , 33 (2002), 1393-1410.
F. J. Narcowich, N. Sivakumar, and J. D. Ward, On convergent interpolatory processes associated with periodic-basis functions, Acta Sci. Math. (Szeged) , 68 (2002), 133-161.
H. N. Mhaskar, F. J. Narcowich, N. Sivakumar, and J. D. Ward, Approximation with Interpolatory Constraints, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. , 130 (2002), 1355-1364.
F. J. Narcowich, R. Schaback, and J. D. Ward, Approximation in Sobolev spaces by kernel expansions, J. Approx. Theory , 114 (2002) 70-83.
Albert Boggess and Francis J. Narcowich, A First Course in Wavelets with Fourier Analysis , Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2001. ISBN 0-13-022809-5.
H. N. Mhaskar, F. J. Narcowich, and J. D. Ward, ``Representing and Analyzing Scattered Data on Spheres,'' Multivariate Approximation and Applications , edited by N. Dyn, D. Leviatan, D. Levin, and A. Pinkus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U. K., 2001.
H. N. Mhaskar, F. J. Narcowich, and J. D. Ward, Spherical Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund Inequalities and Positive Quadrature, Math. Comp. , 70 (2001) 1113-1130.
H. N. Mhaskar, F. J. Narcowich, and J. D. Ward, Neural network frames on the sphere; in ``Neural networks for signal processing, X, (B. Widrow, L. Guan, K. Paliwa, T. Adall, J. Larsen, E. Wilson, and S. Douglas Eds.), IEEE, New York, 2000, pp. 175--184.
H. N. Mhaskar, F. J. Narcowich, J. Prestin, and J. D. Ward, Polynomial frames on the sphere, Adv. Compt. Math. , 13 (2000), 387-403.
H. N. Mhaskar, F. J. Narcowich, and J. D. Ward, Quasi-interpolation in shift invariant spaces, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 251 (2000) 356-363.
T. H. O'Donnell, F. J. Narcowich, H.L. Southall, and J. D. Ward, ``Multiple source direction finding with reduced training and increased generalization,'' in proceedings of the Millenium Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 9 - 14 April 2000, Davos, Switzerland; ESA publication SP-444.
H. N. Mhaskar, F. J. Narcowich, and J. D. Ward, Approximation Properties of Zonal Function Networks Using Scattered Data on the Sphere, Adv. Comput. Math., 11 (1999) 121-137.
F. J. Narcowich, R. Schaback, and J. D. Ward, Multilevel Interpolation and Approximation, Appl. Comput. Harmonic Anal., 7 (1999) 243-261.
N. Dyn, F.J. Narcowich and J.D. Ward, Variational Principles and Sobolev-Type Estimates for Generalized Interpolation on a Riemannian Manifold, Constr. Approx. , 15 (1999) 175-208.
F. J. Narcowich, N. Sivakumar, and J. D. Ward, Stability Results for Scattered-Data Interpolation on Euclidean Spheres, Adv. Comp. Math. , 8 (1998) 137-163.
F. J. Narcowich, Recent Developments in Approximation via Positive Definite Functions, in Approximation Theory IX, Volume 2: Computational Aspects, C. K. Chui and L. Schumaker (eds.), Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN, 1998, pp. 221-242.
N. Dyn, F.J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward, A Framework for Interpolation and Approximation on a Riemannian Manifold, Approximation Theory and Optimization: Tributes to M. J. D. Powell ed. by M. D. Buhman and A. Iserles, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U. K., 1997.
F.J. Narcowich and J.D. Ward, Nonstationary wavelets on the m-sphere for scattered data Appl. Comput. Harmonic Anal., 3, (1996) 324-336.
F.J. Narcowich and J.D. Ward, Wavelets associated periodic basis functions, Appl. Comput. Harmonic Anal., 3, (1996) 40-56.
F. J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward, Nonstationary Spherical Wavelets for Scattered Data, in Approximation Theory VIII, vol. 2: Wavelets and Multilevel Approximation, pp. 301-308, Charles K. Chui and Larry L. Schumaker, eds., World Scientific, Singapore, 1995.
F. J. Narcowich, P. W. Smith, and J. D. Ward, Density of Translates of Radial Functions on Compact Sets, in Approximation Theory VIII, vol. 2: Wavelets and Multilevel Approximation, pp. 301-308, Charles K. Chui and Larry L. Schumaker, eds., World Scientific, Singapore, 1995.
F.J. Narcowich, Generalized Hermite Interpolation and Positive Definite Kernels on a Riemannian Manifold, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 190 (1995), 165-193.
A. J. Kurdila, F. J. Narcowich, and J. D. Ward, Persistency of Excitation in Identification Using Radial Basis Approximants," SIAM J. Control and Optimization, 33 (1995), 625-642.
F.J. Narcowich, Grid-free methods of Hermite interpolation with RBF-like functions on a manifolds, pgs. 367-369 in Proceedings of the 14th IMACS World Congress on Computational and Applied Mathematics, I, held at Georgia Tech on 11-15 July, 1994, ed. by W. F. Ames, IMACS, New Jersey, 1994.
F.J. Narcowich and J.D. Ward, Generalized Hermite Interpolation via Matrix-Valued Conditonally Positive Definite Functions, Math. Comp., 63 (1994), 661-688.
F. J. Narcowich, N. Sivakumar, and J. D. Ward, On Condition Numbers Associated With Radial-Function Interpolation. J. Math. Anal. Appl., 186 (1994), 457-485.
A. J. Kurdila and F.J. Narcowich, Sufficient conditions for penalty formulation methods in analytical dynamics, Computational Mechanics, 12 (1993), 81-96.
F. J. Narcowich, N. Sivakumar, and J. D. Ward, ``Estimates on Condition Numbers for Interpolation Matrices Associated with certain Order 0 Radial Functions,'' in Advances in Computer Methods for Partial Differential Equations VII, R. Vichnevetsky, D. Knight, and G. Richter (eds.), IMACS, New Jersey, 1992.
F.J. Narcowich and J.D. Ward, Norm Estimates for the Inverses of a General Class of Scattered-Data Radial-Function Interpolation Matrices, J. Approx. Theory, 69 (1992), 84-109.
F. J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward, Norms of Inverses for Matrices Associated with Scattered Data, pp. 341-348 in Curves and Surfaces, ed. by P.-J. Laurent, A. Le Mehaute, and L. L. Schumaker, Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, CA, 1991.
A. J. Kurdila, J. L. Junkins, L. Kealey, F. J. Narcowich, and M. Bakich, Approximation of Poincaré Sections Arising in Attitude Control, pp. 1721-1735 in Astrodynamics 1991, Part III , ed. by B. Kaufman et al., Univelt, San Diego, CA, 1992.
F. J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward, Norms of inverses and condition numbers for matrices associated with scattered data, J. Approx. Theory, 64 (1991), 69-94.
G. Chen, S. A. Fulling, F. J. Narcowich, and S. Sun, Exponential decay of energy of evolution equations with locally distributed damping, SIAM J. Appl. Math. 51 (1991), 266-301.
G. Chen, S.A. Fulling, F.J. Narcowich, C. Qi, An asymptotic average decay rate for the wave equation with variable coefficient viscous damping, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 50 (1990), 1341-1347.
F.J. Narcowich, Geometry and Uncertainty, J. Math. Phys., 31 (1990), 354-364.
F.J. Narcowich, Distributions of hbar-Positive Type and Applications, J. Math. Phys., 30 (1989), 2565-2573.
F.J. Narcowich, Conditions for the Convolution of two Wigner distributions to be itself a Wigner distribution, J. Math. Phys. 29 (1988), 2036-2041.
F.J. Narcowich and R.F. O'Connell, A unified approach to quantum dynamical maps and Gaussian Wigner functions, Phys. Lett. A, 133 (1988), 167-170.
F. J. Narcowich, ``A Quantum Mechanical Moment Problem'', Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Physics of Phase Space, held at College Park, Md, 20-23 May 1986, Springer Lecture Notes in Physics 278, ed. by Y.S. Kim and W.W. Zachary, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1987.
F.J. Narcowich, The Problem of Moments in the Phase Space Formulation of Quantum Mechanics, J. Math. Phys., 28 (1987), 2873-2882.
F.J. Narcowich and R.F. O'Connell, Necessary and sufficient conditions for a phase-space function to be a Wigner distribution, Phys. Rev. A, 34 (1986), 1-6.
F.J. Narcowich, A Dyson-like expansion for solutions to the quantum Liouville equation, J. Math. Phys., 27 (1986), 2502-2510.
F.J. Narcowich, On the Quantum Liouville Equation, Physica. 134A (1985) 193-208.
F.J. Narcowich, J.D. Ward, and D. Legg, Best Approximation from Stepped Subspaces, Journal of Approximation Theory and its Applications, 1 (1985), 29-49.
F.J. Narcowich and J.D. Ward, Toeplitz-Hausdorff Systems, Linear Algebra Appl., 62 (1984), 183-193.
F.J. Narcowich and J.D. Ward, A Characterization of Essential Matrix Ranges, Bull. London Math. Soc. 14 (1982) 107-111.
F.J.Narcowich and J.D. Ward, Support Functions for Matrix Ranges: Analogues of Lumer's Formula, J. Operator Th., 7(1982), 25-49.
S.A. Fulling and F.J. Narcowich, A basis for local solutions of an elliptic operator, J. Math. Anal. Appl, 86 (1982) 246-267.
F.J. Narcowich and J.D. Ward, A Toplitz-Hausdorff Theorem for Matrix Ranges, J. Operator Th., 6 (1981) 87-101.
S. A. Fulling, F. J. Narcowich, and R. M. Wald, Singularity structure of the two-point function in quantum field theory in curved space-time. II, Ann. Phys. (NY) 136 (1981), 243-272.
F.J. Narcowich, Analytic Properties of the boundary of the Numerical Range, Indiana U. Math. J., 29 (1980), 67-77.
S. Barone, F.J. Narcowich, M.A. Narcowich, Flouquet Theory and Applications, Phys. Review A, 15 (1977) 1109-1125.
F.J. Narcowich, On the Extreme Points of the Interval Between Two Operator, Proc. of AMS, 67 (1977) 84-87.
F.J. Narcowich, R-Operators, II. On the Approximation of Certain Operator-Valued Analytic Functions and the Hermitian Moment Problem, Indiana U. Math. J., 26 (1977) 483-513.
F.J. Narcowich, An Imbedding Theorem for Indeterminate Hermitian Moment Sequences, Pac. J. of Math., 66 (1976), 499-507.
G.D. Allen and F.J. Narcowich, R-Operators, I. Representation Theory and Applications, Indiana Univ. Math. Journal, 25 (1976) 945-963.
G. D. Allen and F. J. Narcowich, On the Representation and Appproximation of the Class of Operator-Valued Analytic Functions, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 81 (1975) 440-442.
G.D. Allen, F.J. Narcowich, and J. Williams, An Operator Version of a Theorem of Kolmogorov, Pac. J. Math., 61 (1975) 305-311.
G.D. Allen and F.J. Narcowich, Convergence of the Diagonal Operator-Valued Padé Approximants to the Dyson Expansion, Comm. Math. Phys., 45 (1975) 153-157.
G.D. Allen, C.K. Chui, W.R. Madych, F.J. Narcowich and P.W. Smith, ``Pade Approximation and Orthogonal Polynomials'', Bull. of the Australian Math. Soc. , 10 (1974), 263-270.
G.D. Allen, C.K. Chui, W.R. Madych, F.J. Narcowich and P.D. Smith, ``Pade Approximation and Guassian Quadrature'', Bull. of the Australian Math. Soc. , 11 (1974) 63-69.
G.D. Allen, C.K. Chui, W.R. Madych, F.J. Narcowich and P.W. Smith, ``Pade Appoximation of Stieltjes Series'', J. Approx. Theory, 14 (1974) 302-316.
F.J. Narcowich, Mathematical Theory of the R-Matrix, I. The Eigenvalue Problem, J. Math. Phys., 15 (1974), 1626-1634.
F.J. Narcowich, Mathematical Theory of the R-Matrix, II. The R-Matrix and its Properties, J. Math. Phys. 15 (1974), 1635-1642.


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Die Liste mittelalterlicher Steinbrücken in Deutschland umfasst Brücken, die im Mittelalter (ca. 500–1500 n. Chr.) auf dem Gebiet der heutigen Bundesrepublik Deutschland errichtet wurden.

Tabelle der mittelalterlichen Steinbrücken

Siehe auch
 Liste römischer Brücken
 Liste mittelalterlicher Brücken in Frankreich
 Geschichte des Brückenbaus

Einzelnachweise und Anmerkungen

Mittelalterliche Steinbrucken in Deutschland
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working, playing and learning. Thus, offering a well-balanced lifestyle in a suburban living.
The Northtown community will be done in 3 phases, where cluster neighborhoods will be developed to address varying lifestyles of the community.
playgrounds, playing courts are well within a 5 to 10 minute stroll. Hence, promoting a healthy and green lifestyle.
Northtown is the only subdivision in Davao City with a 911 sub station outside its perimeter.


Recently I need to reinstall Windows XP. I know it will take some times to install services packs and IE7, Windows Media Player etc. Is it possible to make a CD that includes these things, so I won't be bothered by installing them after finish the Windows XP installation?
1. Install Nlite and Wmp11 slipstreamer, you may need to install .NET Framework V2.0 first.
3. Run Nlite, in the welcome page, select language.
5. In "Presets" window, use one of the previous settings (if you have) or just click "next" button.
6. In "Task Selection" window, click "All" button, then click "Drivers" button, which means I don't integrate particular drivers to this CD, because I may use this CD to install my uncle's computer that has different video card and sound card.
7. In "Service Pack" window, select the sp3 file "WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe",Nlite will automatically extract and integrate sp3 to the xp distribution folder(c:\winxpSp3).
After the integration, the version number has been changed.
9. In "Components" window, I simply selected "Movie Maker" and "Music Samples" because I never use them. You can remove more unused components if you want to.
10. In "Unattended" window, you can provide answers to all of the questions that xp normally asks during the installation.
In "General" tab, enter the Product key, I also turn off firewall and Hibernate because I have Symantec firewall and I think Hibernate is useless.
11. In "RunOnce" tab, you can add some commands here, and they will be executed on first user logon. Think about this, if I put a Trojan horse here, and release this combination CD to Internet, someone download and install it, what happens? Haha, you're on my control.
12. In "Users" tab, enter password for Administrator. I also added a user for daily uses, it is not good to log on as administrator all the time.
13. In "Regional" tab, select the Time zone.
15. In "Options" window, I only changed the "TCP/IP patch" to 100, it will certainly speed up my emule and BT.
16. In "Tweaks" window, I selected to show "My document icon" and "My computer icon" on desktop; there're so many items you can select.
18. When the process go through Windows media Player installer, Nlite will automatically run wmp11 slipstreamer to extract and integrate wmp11 to distribution folder.
19. Next window is making Bootable ISO, you can either create image or burn it directly, I suggest creating an image, and then you can test it using Vmware or Virtual PC. Enter a label name, click "Make ISO", select the location of ISO file.
20. Now you have a bootable ISO image of Windows XP SP3+IE7+WMP11! Before you burn a CD with this image, you'd better test it with Vmware or Virtual PC, because exception is not predictable, install it in a Virtual machine, and see if it runs well.


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Rio: Gold, Glory and God
by Bill MuehlenbergPosted on Aug 22, 2016 Mar 26, 2021
The Summer Olympics at Rio are now history (although the closing ceremony is still taking place as I write). There was plenty of gold on offer, and plenty of glory, but what I want to emphasise here is the fact that to a great degree, there was also plenty of God on display as well, as various athletes gave God the ultimate glory for their success.
Quite a few athletes were not shy about praising God and giving him the credit for what they were able to achieve. I will single out quite a number of these folks in a moment. But it was not all glorious and glamorous at the games of course. Crime in Rio seemed to be a regular problem, with even various athletes being victims.
And some athletes were suspended or disqualified for different reasons, including because of drug testing results. Indeed, large hunks of the Russian team never even made it to Rio because of doping problems. Examples of poor sportsmanship – to say the least – could be seen throughout the Olympics as Muslim athletes treated Israeli athletes very poorly indeed.
And nights of wild partying by some athletes after their events have led to some bad outcomes, including police investigations about lying and duplicitous US swimmers. And a number of Australian athletes and medallists faced disciplinary measures or even lost a chance to join in the closing ceremony because of similar excesses and misdemeanours.
So it was not all very glorious with the best of human abilities and achievements at times matched by some rather poor performances and attitudes. But it was a remarkable 16 full days, with plenty of records broken and plenty of medals distributed.
The final tally showed a few countries doing very well indeed. Here are the top five nations, with gold, silver, bronze and total medal count:
USA 46, 37, 38 = 121
Great Britain 27, 23, 17 = 67
China 26, 18, 26 = 70
Russia 19, 18, 19 = 56
Germany 17, 10, 15 = 42
Australia finished in ninth place with 8, 11, 10 = 29
And Brazil, the host nation, finished in 13th place with 7, 6, 6 = 19
All up there were 306 medal events held. We had plenty of amazing stories of Olympic greatness, but so many of them included a clear spiritual element. Just consider people like Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter who won 9 gold medals in three Olympics, winning all of his events three times over.
As one article said about his faith: "Usain Bolt's faith in Jesus Christ has always played a prominent role in his life and success. His parents, Wellesley and Jennifer Bolt, instilled him with a devout Christian faith. Bolt prays before every race, and immediately praises God when he's finished. His strong Christian upbringing equipped him with the desire, discipline and dedication to become the Olympic legend he is today."
Michael Phelps also did remarkably well, winning more gold than any other human being in history, and likely keeping that honour for some time to come. I wrote him up earlier: billmuehlenberg.com/2016/08/11/phelps-gold-standard/
In that article I wrote about how he overcame depression and suicidal tendencies to re-enter the games, and he did so because of a Christian friend who gave him a best-selling Christian book. His was just one story of many, where God featured so prominently.
Another swimmer who blew away the crowds – and the record books – was American swimmer Katie Ledecky who won 4 gold and a silver. Just before the Olympics she said this, "My Catholic faith is very important to me. It always has been and it always will be. It is part of who I am and I feel comfortable practicing my faith."
And what about Simone Biles who won four gold medals and a bronze at Rio? She was an unwanted child who was abandoned by her father and drug-addicted mother. But she was adopted by a Christian family in Texas, and went on to become one of the best athletes at the Olympics.
Then we have the American female hurdlers who were quite open about giving credit to God for their 1-2-3 sweep. The trio had held a prayer circle in the morning before the 100 metre race and sought God's blessing. One of them, Brianna Rollins, posted this: "Faith, you only need a mustard seed of it. God got you!" She also said, "I want to break world records and win gold medals, but I also want to be known as the athlete who glorified God by reaching my full potential."
Or consider South African track star Wayde van Niekerk who won a gold medal in the 400 meters race. After the win he said, "I lunged for the finishing tape and immediately afterwards got down on my knees and thanked God and then my family for their support." He also said, "Jesus did it".
American swimmer Maya DiRado, who won four medals (two gold, a silver and a bronze) said this just prior to the Olympics: "Knowing that I'm a child of God and that his love for me is determined by nothing I can achieve or do on my own has given me a quiet confidence. . . . I think God cares about my soul and whether I'm bringing his love and mercy into the world. Can I be a loving, supportive teammate, and can I bless others around me in the same way God has been so generous with me?"
And millions would have seen Neymar weeping for joy after he kicked the winning goal in a penalty shootout to give Brazil Olympic gold over Germany. When the team later mounted the award podium he proudly displayed a headband with the words "100% Jesus".
Mention can also be made of American Helen Maroulis who won a gold medal in women's wrestling. She took a strong stand for Jesus Christ, and as she walked into the arena and stepped onto the mat, she said over and over again, "Christ is in me, I'm enough". Just hours after winning her gold medal, she also posted a photo online with Psalm 115 in the caption: "Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory, for the sake of Your steadfast love and Your faithfulness."
Then there was the Fijian rugby sevens team which won the nation's first gold and then broke into song, singing a hymn of thanksgiving. One line from the song of praise was this: "We have overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of the Lord." One of the Fijians said, "First of all, I thank the Lord, he has been our source of strength… We reminded each other how God had taken us through the last two years and that the same God that we serve is here with us in Rio."
And consider American Gwen Jorgensen who won gold in the Olympic triathlon. She said this: "I really think you just have to keep God as your focal point and know that he is always number one. When you do that, it will help you to gain perspective on everything in life—not just endurance sports."
And we can mention Ethiopian gold medallist Almaz Ayana who broke a 23-year-old world record in the 10,000 metres track competition. She was suspected by some of her colleagues of drug cheating. To this she replied: "I am crystal clear. No. 1, I've been training specifically (for this event). No. 2, I pray to the Lord. The Lord has given me everything, everything. And No. 3, my doping is Jesus. Those are the reasons."
Of course not every Christian won a medal at Rio, and sometimes God was glorified much more without a victory. Consider the amazing story of American Christian Abbey D'Agostino. Many would have seen her inspirational performance while running in a 5,000-metre qualifying round.
Tragically she got tangled up with New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin, and both women fell to the ground. She got up to continue the race, but when she saw Hamblin still on the ground in pain, she went back to help her up, and urged her to go on. They both finished the event, but D'Agostino had to be carried out in a wheelchair.
She said this about the event afterwards: "Although my actions were instinctual at that moment, the only way I can and have rationalized it is that God prepared my heart to respond that way. This whole time here, he's made clear to me that my experience in Rio was going to be about more than my race performance — and as soon as Nikki got up I knew that was it."
And there are even stories of great Christian faith involving those who did not even make it to Rio. Consider that of American 1500 metre runner Sarah Brown who discovered she was pregnant while preparing for Rio. She and her husband/coach knew that abortion was not an option, and that the baby must come first.
As she posted on Instagram: "Today wasn't the fairytale ending you dream about. But then again, this journey never really was about an ending, it's a beginning, A new chapter as a family of three. Thanks for all the support & you can bet you will continue to see this mama run #runmamarun"
Yet it was her faith that made the difference here. As part of her bio, we read this: "Sarah believes that her running talent is a gift from God and needs to be used for something more than her own personal gains." So she has missed out on a chance for medals, but has a much greater gift with a healthy daughter.
But as for those who did make it to the Olympics, there were many other such stories of faith that can be told. Under the outstretched arms of the magnificent Christ the Redeemer statue, we saw numerous Catholics giving the sign of the cross. I even saw one Cuban marathon runner carrying a small banner with the words "Love Jesus" as he crossed the finish line (in 46th place or so).
One site has a collection of 32 such great faith stories from Rio. You can see it here: www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2016/august/olympic-profiles
As great as all the human achievements were, and all the gold medals, the real glory must go to God. These games have come and gone, but God lives forever, and so do we. It is vital that in our life now we give glory to God, so that we can enjoy his presence forever.
That is the only race that really matters in the end. Thank God for those athletes who have known about what true winning means, and where all the glory must go.
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8 Replies to "Rio: Gold, Glory and God"
Peter Jackel says:
We were enjoying all the references to Christ (e.g. the head band "100% Jesus"). Was nice to see folks so unashamedly vocal about their faith – and the Fijians were simply brilliant!
Matthew Mikulovic says:
I was also glad to see some athletes giving God glory in what they were doing…
As for Usain Bolt… he is an amazing athlete… winning 9 gold medals. I have seen him doing the cross on his chest and kissing the sky before and after his races. However he has apparently been videoed at a Rio club dancing with a girl whilst being in a 3 year relationship with another. The dancing does appear quite crude.
One thing is to profess your faith in Christ, and another is to live it… otherwise your testimony is useless, and that is another reason why Christianity is on the ropes sometimes…
Tina Kong says:
Yes! The name of Jesus be glorified forever & ever! I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh praise the name of our God! He is the Rock, His works are perfect & all His ways are just!. Glory, glory to the name of Jesus!
Others trust in horses & chariots but I trust in the name of the LORD! He gives us strength & victory. I was watching some of the events and I was amazed that the athletes openly proclaimed their faith. God rocks!
Patricia Halligan says:
God Bless them for their Christian witness to the world. Of course we didn't hear about that from the godless MSM but as Matthew says Christianity has to be lived as well as proclaimed.
Richard Ragster says:
Herein is the very best of the 2016 games' highlights. What a treasure! Thank you Bill for taking the time… For the Kingdom, For the King!
Ken Caithness says:
Yes Bill, our high jumper, Elanora Paterson, in her video clip also thanked God and felt so blessed to be able to represent our country.
Heathermary Dellaca says:
Thank you Bill for this information of believers in the Olympics very heart warming, I will share with friends.
Thank you for all you do for the kingdom of God.
Thanks Heathermary.


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Wheelchair-bound get into hunt
Thread: Wheelchair-bound get into hunt
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By CHUCK MARTIN
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Ryan Stillion patiently waits for a deer during the annual Wheelin' Sportsman event held in Morgan County.
John Henry of Lakewood looks for signs of deer during the annual Wheelin' Sportsman event held in Morgan County.
Disabled hunters who want to find out about participating in next year's hunt can contact Dave Dingey at (740) 962-1205 or Brian Cox at (740) 962-1215.
McCONNELSVILLE -- Forty-four disabled hunters arrived Friday for the second annual National Wild Turkey Federation Wheelin' Sportsmen Ultimate Team-Up event. By Saturday evening, only eight had bagged a whitetail deer, but there were no unhappy faces in the crowded banquet hall at the Morgan County Fairgrounds.
To John Henry, 73, of Lakewood, the hunt has been a success. Just being out, enjoying the day and having the opportunity to hunt makes it one. As for getting a deer, he was looking forward to this morning's hunt. A drive that sent some deer into the range of other hunters didn't help him Saturday, but Sunday's drive was to be in the other direction and he was optimistic.
"This event is being run beautifully this year," he said. "It's twice as large as last year."
He was accompanied by a friend, Fred Elliot of Vermilion, who said, "It feels real good to help someone else; it gives life more meaning."
One of the three hunters who were successful Saturday was Marion Lee Birkey of Cleveland, who shot a nice 10-point buck in the afternoon. Five deer were taken Friday.
"We saw it in the morning," Birkey said, "but it was 75 yards away, and we thought it was only a six-pointer. When they staged the drive in the afternoon it came back out of the tangled growth. When it got to a safe angle, I took the shot."
The Marine veteran was appreciative of everything that went in to staging the hunt.
"I want to thank Morgan County for the use of this facility -- having a hot shower this morning -- and I appreciate everybody, the local people and organizations, who put this on," Birkey said.
This was also the second year he has attended. He shot a big doe last year.
His guide this weekend was John Bechtel, also of Cleveland, who found out about the hunt through a cousin of AEP Forester Brian Cox. He credited Cox with picking out a good spot and getting it ready for the hunt.
Also on hand for the event was Kirk Thomas of Alabama, who founded the Wheelin' Sportsmen program in 1996. He explained that he was coming in from a hunt in 1992 when a freak accident occurred.
"A tree fell on me," he said. "I had friends and family who helped me to get out and hunt and fish, but I started to think about it and would ask other people with disabilities that I met whether they hunted or fished, and they usually said no. They had no opportunity or no support."
The idea of the Wheelin' Sportsmen events came to him at 2 a.m. one morning. He enlisted family and friends to put on a fishing event.
"We thought if we had 150 show up it would be a success," Thomas said. "We had 456 show up. After that, it got bigger and bigger."
In 2000 the National Wild Turkey Federation came to him with the proposal to take the program nationwide and now it sponsors hunting, fishing, shooting and outdoor education events nationwide.
He first came to McConnelsville three years ago to meet with Gary Kaster, the AEP supervisor in McConnelsville, about the possibilities for an event here. He wasn't able to come to the event last year, but what he has seen this year, he said "has been phenomenal."
"There are 56 million disabled Americans, our largest minority," Thomas said. "They just want a chance."
Events like this give them a chance to enjoy the activities they might otherwise have had to give up.
Shane McGrew, president of the Wolf Creek NWTF Chapter, co-sponsor of the event with AE and the Ohio Division of Wildlife, said, "It's really going great. It has grown tremendously.
"If it wasn't for all the public support and volunteers, we couldn't do it."
Kaster and Dave Dingey, Recreational Programs director for AEP, pointed out the many sponsors who donated money, door prizes and raffle items.
Dingey especially wanted to note the support of the large number of volunteers, including those who prepared the food and all the guides.
He also singled out all the support Whitetails Unlimited provided. Three local taxidermies Daniels Taxidermy in Roseville. Dixon's Taxidermy in Stockport and Baxter's Taxidermy in New Lexington will each mount a deer from the weekend hunt. Whitetails Unlimited will pay for mounts of any other deer the hunters take this weekend.
One of those deer that may be mounted was taken Friday by Robert Bowman of Malta, who was the first hunter to check in a deer Friday, a small buck. He was back out again Saturday and will be out again today.
"We didn't see any deer all day Saturday," he said. "They just weren't moving."
cmartin@nncogannett.com
Originally published Sunday, November 9, 2003
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A Bold Influence: Laura Lombardi
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With a background in sculpture and illustration, New York jewellery designer Laura Lombardi's collections are as artistic as they are bold. Working with new, recycled and found materials, Laura designs earrings, necklaces, cuffs, and rings which mirror the organic shapes of the body and pay homage to a vintage aesthetic.
Earrings and bracelets with interlocking circles, cascading drop earrings, sculptural hoops and delicate chokers are some of the key pieces in Laura's collection.
Laura describes her artistry as "a raw industrial style balanced with elements of classical art and design. Each piece is distinctive, and should be worn and defined fluidly by the wearer."
Whilst studying sculpture at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in Boston, Laura worked part-time at a jeweller. Her love and curiosity in the craft grew from here, with the intricacies and fluidity of jewellery design crossing over into her sculptural works and eventually taking over.
Working from a small studio space in Brooklyn, Laura draws inspiration from living in New York as well as her Italian heritage. She is very focused on her material selection, as they are the starting point for the designs and stimulate her creative visions. Her ideas evolve from the material's original purpose, tactility, and shape which beautifully translates through to the final design.
Working with raw, everyday materials recontextualized, Laura's jewellery is bold and robust yet incredibly light and smooth. She works with a variety of precious metals including vintage, new and gold-plated brass, white bronze, 14Kt gold and sterling silver. The beauty of working with vintage materials and reclaimed metals is that every design is unique, with ever-evolving patinas, which add character and individuality to each piece. The warm golden hues of the brass, bronze, and gold are eye-catching, designed to tenderly coexist with the body as if each piece was deliberately designed for its wearer.
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12.00: Go back to Sapa Global Hotel for refreshing, then have lunch at Hotel, check in at the hotel and take short relax.
11.00:Check out and clear bills. Have lunch at the hotel and time at leisure on your own.
Free time in the afternoon before the driver will come to take you to the train station at roughly 5pm, then you will have dinner at a local restaurant near the station. Take the night train and 6 am the next day, you arrive Hanoi. Trip end!


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Stockport Exchange Redevelopment
We are pleased to be part of Muse Developments team, selected as Stockport's development partner. Stockport Council bought the site in order to create a gateway from the train station to the town centre.
The development includes a high quality office quarter, an attractive public realm area, a hotel, retail units, ease of access to the town centre, and improved car parking for the station.
For Phase 1 of the development we were involved in the design of a new 1,000 space multi-storey car park.
For Phase 2, which is now complete, we were involved in the design and construction of a 50,000 sq ft office block, 115 bedroom Holiday Inn Express Hotel, new pedestrianised public space outside the train station, and a new reconfigured road layout to improve station access.
The next stage of the development Phase 3 is No.2 Stockport Exchange, a new six-storey Grade A office. It will incorporate environmentally friendly design features such as a green roof, photovoltaic panels, LED lighting and ultra-low water consuming fittings. Features include the use of natural daylight and enhanced fabric minimise the building's carbon emissions, creating a reduction in its indirect impact on climate change. Our analysis of the scheme included the consideration of connecting the development to Stockport's proposed heat network.
All the buildings have been designed to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating.
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How to Drink Champagne Like Bill Murray
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Want to drink Champagne like Bill Murray? Well, the first thing you'll need to do is stock up on ice, grab a pint glass, and a garbage bag. And pick up a case of Champagne while you're at it. Murray tells Dazed:
I learned how to drink champagne a while ago. But the way I like to drink champagne is I like to make what we call a Montana Cooler, where you buy a case of champagne and you take all the bottles out, and you take all the cardboard out, and you put a garbage bag inside of it, then you put all the bottles back in and then you cover it with ice, and then you wrap it up and you close it. And that will keep it all cold for a weekend and you can drink every single bottle. And the way I like to drink it in a big pint glass with ice. I fill it with ice and I pour the champagne in it, because champagne can never be too cold. And the problem people have with champagne is they drink it and they crash with it, because the sugar content is so high and you get really dehydrated. But if you can get the ice in it, you can drink it supremely cold and at the same time you're getting the melting ice, so it's like a hydration level, and you can stay at this great level for a whole weekend. You don't want to crash. You want to keep that buzz, that bling, that smile.
Are sommeliers everywhere squirming because Murray drinks it on ice in a pint glass and proclaims Champagne "can never be too cold"? High sugar content? Is he drinking demi-sec? Is he talking about Champagne or sparkling wine?
So many questions. Grape Collective is happy to discuss this further with Murray. We'll bring the garbage bag.


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Russia, the largest country in the world by area, had a population of 147.2 million according to the 2021 census, or 144.7 million when excluding Crimea and Sevastopol, up from 142.8 million in the 2010 census. It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the world, with a population density of 8.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (22 per square mile). As of 2020, the overall life expectancy in Russia at birth was 71.54 years (66.49 years for males and 76.43 years for females).

From 1992 to 2012, and again since 2016, Russia's death rate has exceeded its birth rate, which has been called a demographic crisis by analysts. Subsequently, the nation has an ageing population, with the median age of the country being 40.3 years. In 2009, Russia recorded annual population growth for the first time in fifteen years; during the mid-2010s, Russia had seen increased population growth due to declining death rates, increased birth rates and increased immigration. However, since 2020, due to excess deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's population has undergone its largest peacetime decline in recorded history. In 2020, the total fertility rate across Russia was estimated to be 1.5 children born per woman, which is below the replacement rate of 2.1 and about equal to the European average.

Russia is a multinational state, home to over 193 ethnic groups nationwide. In the 2021 Census, roughly 71.7% of the population were ethnic Russians, 16.7% of the population were ethnic minorities and 11.6% did not state an ethnicity. According to the United Nations, Russia's immigrant population is the world's third largest, numbering over 11.6 million; most of whom are from other post-Soviet states.

Population
Demographic statistics according to the latest Rosstat vital statistics and the World Population Review in 2019.
 One birth every 22 seconds
 One death every 13 seconds
 Net loss of one person every 30 seconds
 One net migrant every 4 minutes

Note: Crude migration change (per 1000) is a trend analysis, an extrapolation

Fertility
Between 1993 and 2008, there was a great decrease in the country's population from 148 to 143 million. There was a huge 50% decrease in the number of births per year from 2.5 million in 1987 to 1.2 million since 1997, but the current 1.58 fertilty rate is still better than those of the 1990s.

At the beginning of 2022, 320,400 babies were born between January-March, 16,600 fewer than January-March 2021. There were twice as many deaths as there were births, deaths were 584,700 people. The birth rate was 8.9 new babies per 100,000 inhabitants, the lowest crude birth rate since the year 2000.

Russia has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world with 1.58 children per woman in 2021, below 2.1 children per woman, which must be the number reached in order to maintain its population. As a result of their low fertility for decades, the Russian population is one of the oldest in the world with an average of 40.3 years.

Historical fertility rates

The total fertility rate is the number of children born to each woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation.

In many of the following years, Russia had the highest total fertility rate in the world. These elevated fertility rates did not lead to population growth due to the casualties of the Russian Revolution, the two world wars and political killings.

Historical crude birth rates

Age structure

Median age

total: 40.7 years. Country comparison to the world: 51st
male: 37.6 years
female: 43.5 years (2021 est.)

Life expectancy

total population: 71.54 years for a child born in 2020, decreasing from 73.34 in 2019
male: 66.49 years (2020)
female: 76.49 years (2020)

Infant mortality rate

total: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)
male: 5.0 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)
female: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)

Vital statistics

Before WW2

After WW2

Current vital statistics

2022

2023

All numbers for the Russian Federation in this section do not include the Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk, which Russia annexed in September 2022 and which are currently partly under Russian military control. The annexation is internationally recognized only by North Korea.

Immigration

In 2006, in a bid to compensate for the country's demographic decline, the Russian government started simplifying immigration laws. New citizenship rules introduced in April 2014 allowing eligible citizens from former Soviet republics to obtain Russian citizenship, have gained strong interest among Russian-speaking residents of those countries (i.e. Russians, Germans, Belarusians and Ukrainians).

There are an estimated four million undocumented immigrants from the ex-Soviet states in Russia. In 2012, the Russian Federal Security Service's Border Service stated there had been an increase in undocumented migration from the Middle East and Southeast Asia (Note that these were Temporary Contract Migrants) Under legal changes made in 2012, undocumented immigrants who are caught will be banned from reentering the country for 10 years.

Since the collapse of the USSR, most immigrants have come from Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, from poor areas of China, and from Vietnam and Laos.

Worker migration
Temporary migrant workers in Russia consists of about 7 million people, most of the temporary workers come from Central Asia (mostly from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan), South Caucasus (mostly from Armenia and Azerbaijan), East Asia (mostly from poor areas of China, from Vietnam and Laos). Most of them work in the construction, cleaning and in the household industries. They primarily live in cities such as Moscow, Sochi and Blagoveshchensk. The mayor of Moscow said that Moscow cannot do without worker migrants. New laws are in place that require worker migrants to be fluent in Russian, know Russian history and laws. The Russian Opposition and most of the Russian population opposes worker migration. The hate of worker migration has become so severe it has caused a rise in Russian nationalism, and spawned groups like Movement Against Illegal Immigration.

Emigration

The fourth wave of Russian emigration took place after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 when people began migrating from Russia in large numbers.

The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to considerable emigration, with over 300,000 Russian citizens and residents are estimated to have left Russia by mid-March 2022, at least 500,000 by the end of August 2022, and an additional 400,000 by early October. The total number of political refugees, economic migrants, and conscientious objectors is thought to be more than 900,000. In addition to evading criminal prosecution for opposing the invasion, and fear of being conscripted after President Vladimir Putin's 21 September 2022 announcement of partial mobilization, those fleeing voiced reasons such as disagreement with the war, the uselessness and cruelty of the war, sympathy for Ukraine, disagreement with the political roots of the war with Ukraine, the rejection of killing, and an assessment that Russia is no longer the place for their family.

Occupied and annexed regions

Russia has encouraged or even forced people in occupied or annexed regions to become Russian citizens, a procedure known as passportization. This includes the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts of Ukraine, and South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.

Employment and income

Unemployment, youth ages 15–24

total: 16%. Country comparison to the world: 83rd
male: 15.3%
female: 16.9% (2015 est.)

Health

Russia's constitution guarantees free, universal health care for all Russian citizens, through a compulsory state health insurance program. The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation oversees the Russian public healthcare system, and the sector employs more than two million people. Federal regions also have their own departments of health that oversee local administration. A separate private health insurance plan is needed to access private healthcare in Russia.

Russia spent 5.32% of its GDP on healthcare in 2018. Its healthcare expenditure is notably lower than other developed nations. Russia has one of the world's most female-biased sex ratios, with 0.859 males to every female, due to its high male mortality rate. In 2019, the overall life expectancy in Russia at birth was 73.2 years (68.2 years for males and 78.0 years for females), and it had a very low infant mortality rate (5 per 1,000 live births).

The principal cause of death in Russia are cardiovascular diseases. Obesity is a prevalent health issue in Russia; 61.1% of Russian adults were overweight or obese in 2016. However, Russia's historically high alcohol consumption rate is the biggest health issue in the country, as it remains one of the world's highest, despite a stark decrease in the last decade. Smoking is another health issue in the country. The country's high suicide rate, although on the decline, remains a significant social issue.

COVID-19 pandemic

Russia had one of the highest number of confirmed cases in the world. Analysis of excess deaths from official government demographic statistics, based on births and deaths and excluding migration, showed that Russia had its biggest ever annual population drop in peacetime, with the population declining by 997,000 between October 2020 and September 2021, which demographer Alexei Raksha interpreted as being primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ethnic groups

Russia is a multinational state, with many subnational entities associated with different minorities. There are over 193 ethnic groups nationwide. In the 2021 census, roughly 71.7% of the population were ethnic Russians, and the remaining 16.7% of the population were ethnic minorities with 11.6% not stating an ethnicity. In 2010, four-fifths of Russia's population originated from West of the Ural Mountains — of which the vast majority were Slavs, with a substantial minority of Finnic and Germanic peoples. Turkic peoples form a large minority, and are spread around pockets across the vast nation. Various distinct ethnic groups also inhabit the North Caucasus. Other minorities include Mongolian peoples (Buryats and Kalmyks), the Indigenous peoples of Siberia, a historical Jewish population, and the Koryo-saram (including Sakhalin Koreans).

According to the United Nations, Russia's immigrant population is the third-largest in the world, numbering over 11.6 million in 2016; most of which are from post-Soviet states, mainly Ukrainians. There are 22 republics in Russia, who have their own ethnicities, cultures, and languages. In 12 of them in 2021, ethnic Russians constitute a minority:

Languages

Russian is the official and the predominantly spoken language in Russia. It is the most spoken native language in Europe, the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, as well as the world's most widely spoken Slavic language. Russian is the second-most used language on the Internet after English, and is one of two official languages aboard the International Space Station, as well as one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

Russia is a multilingual nation; approximately 100–150 minority languages are spoken across the country. According to the Russian Census of 2002, 142.6 million across the country spoke Russian, 5.3 million spoke Tatar, and 1.8 million spoke Ukrainian. The constitution allows the country's individual republics the right to establish their own state languages in addition to Russian, as well as guarantee its citizens the right to preserve their native language and to create conditions for its study and development. However, various experts have claimed Russia's linguistic diversity is rapidly declining.

Religion

Russia is a secular state by constitution, and its largest religion is Christianity. It has the world's largest Orthodox population. As of a different sociological surveys on religious adherence; between 41% to over 80% of the total population of Russia adhere to the Russian Orthodox Church. Other branches of Christianity present in Russia include Catholicism (approx. 1%), Baptists, Pentecostals, Lutherans and other Protestant churches (together totalling about 0.5% of the population) and Old Believers. There is some presence of Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism; pagan beliefs are also present to some extent in remote areas, sometimes syncretized with one of the mainstream religions.

In 2017, a survey made by the Pew Research Center showed that 73% of Russians declared themselves as Christians—out of which 71% were Orthodox, 1% were Catholic, and 2% were Other Christians, while 15% were unaffiliated, 10% were Muslims, and 1% followed other religions. According to various reports, the proportion of Atheists in Russia is between 16% and 48% of the population.

Islam is the second-largest religion in Russia, and it is the traditional religion amongst most peoples of the North Caucasus, and amongst some Turkic peoples scattered along the Volga-Ural region. Buddhists have a sizable population in three Siberian republics: Buryatia, Tuva, and Zabaykalsky Krai, and in Kalmykia, the only region in Europe where Buddhism is the most practised religion.

Education

Russia has an adult literacy rate of 100%. It grants free education to its citizens under its constitution. The Ministry of Education of Russia is responsible for primary and secondary education, as well as vocational education; while the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia is responsible for science and higher education. Regional authorities regulate education within their jurisdictions within the prevailing framework of federal laws. Russia is among the world's most educated countries, and has the third-highest proportion of tertiary-level graduates in terms of percentage of population, at 62%. It spent roughly 4.7% of its GDP on education in 2018.

Russia has compulsory education for a duration of 11 years, exclusively for children aged 7 to 17–18. Its pre-school education system is highly developed and optional, some four-fifths of children aged 3 to 6 attend day nurseries or kindergartens. Primary school is compulsory for 11 year-olds, starting from age 6 to 7, and leads to a basic general education certificate. An additional two or three years of schooling are required for the secondary-level certificate, and some seven-eighths of Russians continue their education past this level. Admission to an institute of higher education is selective and highly competitive: first-degree courses usually take five years. The oldest and largest universities in Russia are Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University. There are ten highly prestigious federal universities across the country. Russia was the world's fifth-leading destination for international students in 2019, hosting roughly 300,000.

Urbanized areas

Russia is one of the world's most urbanized countries, with roughly 75% of its total population living in urban areas. Moscow, the capital and largest city, has a population estimated at 12.4 million residents within the city limits, while over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 20 million residents in the metropolitan area. Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely within Europe, the most populous urban area in Europe, the most populous metropolitan area in Europe, and also the largest city by land area on the European continent. Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital, is the second-largest city, with a population of roughly 5.4 million inhabitants. Other major urban areas are Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, and Chelyabinsk.

See also
 Demographic history of Russia
 Demographics of Siberia
 Demographic crisis of Russia
 List of federal subjects of Russia by total fertility rate
 List of federal subjects of Russia by life expectancy
 Genetic studies on Russians
 Health in Russia
 Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East
 Russian cross
 Russian nationality law

Census information:
 Soviet Census
 Russian Empire Census (1897)
 Russian Census (2002)
 Russian Census (2010)
 Russian Census (2021)
 List of cities and towns in Russia by population

Notes

References

Further reading
 Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Aging Populations: Russia/Eastern Europe. In: P. Uhlenberg (Editor), International Handbook of the Demography of Aging, New York: Springer-Verlag, 2009, pp. 113–131.
 Gavrilova N.S., Semyonova V.G., Dubrovina E., Evdokushkina G.N., Ivanova A.E., Gavrilov L.A. Russian Mortality Crisis and the Quality of Vital Statistics. Population Research and Policy Review, 2008, 27: 551–574.
 Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina, G.N., Ivanova, A.E. 2005. Patterns of violent crime in Russia. In: Pridemore, W.A. (ed.). Ruling Russia: Law, Crime, and Justice in a Changing Society. Boulder, Colorado: Rowman & Littlefield Publ., Inc, 117–145
 Gavrilova, N.S., Semyonova, V.G., Evdokushkina G.N., Gavrilov, L.A. The response of violent mortality to economic crisis in Russia. Population Research and Policy Review, 2000, 19: 397–419.

External links
 Igor Beloborodov, Demographic situation in Russia in 1992–2010 (report at the Moscow Demographic Summit — June 2011)
 Nicholas Eberstadt, Russia's Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications (National Bureau of Asian Research Project Report, May 2010)
 Edited by Julie DaVanzo, Gwen Farnsworth Russia's Demographic "Crisis" 1996 RAND
 Jessica Griffith The Regional Consequences of Russia's Demographic Crisis  University of Leicester
 Results of population policy and current demographic situation (2008)
 Interactive statistics for all countries, site of United States Census Bureau.
 2009 World Population Data Sheet  by the Population Reference Bureau
 Population density and distribution maps (text is in Russian; the topmost map shows population density based on 1996 data)
 Ethnic groups of Russia
 Problems with mortality data in Russia
 V. Borisov "Demographic situation in Russia and the role of mortality in reproduction of population", 2005 (in English)
 Choice between mass migration and birth rate increase as possible solutions of depopulation problem in Russia (in Russian)

Social groups of Russia


Efforts to improve quality of life, prevent falls, and improve collaboration between the hospital and the skilled nursing facility (SNF) were recognized with Quality Improvement (QI) awards during AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine's annual conference.
The QI awards program, administered by the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, an affiliate of AMDA, recognizes outstanding projects through two awards: the QI Award and the Quality Improvement and Health Outcomes (QIHO) Award.
The QI Award honors a program designed to encourage the development of innovative projects that have a demonstrable impact on the quality of PALTC. The 2019 award went to Marissa C. Galicia-Castillo, MD, MSEd, CMD, professor at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA, for "Collaboration Between a Skilled Nursing Facility and a Heart Hospital: Preventing Heart Failure Readmissions to the Acute Care Hospital".
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Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a new official re-mastered edition of Curved Air's classic album "Air Cut". Originally released on the Warner Bros. label in 1974, "Air Cut" featured a new line-up of Curved Air featuring Sonja Kristina (vocals, acoustic guitar), Mike Wedgwood (bass, vocals), Kirby Gregory (guitar), Eddie Jobson (keyboards, violin) and Jim Russell (drums).
Although original members Darryl Way, Francis Monkman, and Florian Pilkington Miksa had departed, Sonja Kristina assembled a new group drawn from some immense talents, including those of eighteen year old Eddie Jobson. Perhaps one of Curved Air's most progressive albums, "Air Cut" featured some outstanding compositions such as 'The Purple Speed Queen' and the ten-minute epic 'Metamorphosis'.
This new edition of "Air Cut" has been re-mastered from the recently located original master tapes for the very first time (with previous CD editions being taken from vinyl transfers). The illustrated booklet restores the original album artwork and features an essay by Malcolm Dome and exclusive band interviews.


I wondered, in last week's post about Pete's Greyrock Six Pack, what awesome running adventure he would dream up next. Well, I didn't have to wait long before the answer came, and not from Pete: this time, Nick was the impetus behind the Crosier Mountain Triple-Bagger, a three-part run using all three Crosier Mountain trailheads.
I didn't have time to summit all three trails, so I planned a "Crosier Mountain Double" instead, summiting from the Garden Gate and Rainbow trailheads, sadly depriving myself of the fun of the trail up from the Glen Haven trailhead. I and 12 other trail-running crazies met early Saturday morning at the Garden Gate trailhead, and by 5:40, we were off! The group spread out according to pace, but one cool aspect of the triple-summiting was that on certain sections, runners' paths crossed, so I was rarely alone on the trail.
The Garden Gate segment is the longest, at about five miles, but the scenery changes so often that you hardly notice the miles go by.
The trail starts with a few short switchbacks up a meadow, then a few more switchbacks in a forest, and then flattens out a bit in a meadow before climbing again. At about 2.5 miles, you reach a really cool area with lots of boulders and rock formations, followed by a short downhill section before the final climb up Crosier Peak. Near the top, I fell into step with Brian, and talking about the upcoming Bighorn 50-mile race, which we're both running in a few weeks, the time flew by and we soon found ourselves at this sign, which marks the three-way split between the summit trail, the Garden Gate Trail, and the trail that descends toward the Glen Haven and Rainbow trailheads.
This sign, and a cairn at the side of the trail, mark the spot where you turn left to summit.
The summit, at 9,250 feet, isn't all that high, but it offers an impressive vista of higher peaks. Panning left to right, you can see Mt. Meeker, Longs Peak, Storm Peak, McHenrys Peak, Thatchtop, Taylor Peak, Otis Peak, Hallett Peak, Flattop Mountain, Stones Peak, Sundance Mountain, Mt. Chiquita, Ypsilon, Fairchild, Mummy Peak, Hagues, Dunraven, and Stormy Peak.
We were really lucky that it was such a clear day. Brian and I also snapped a photo of ourselves "looking totally epic" at the top, but alas, it and three or four other photos I'd taken on the way up seem to have been deleted when my camera slipped from my hands later on, partway down the Rainbow trail.
The trail descending toward Rainbow meanders through fairly dense forest.
Pasque flowers lined the trail.
Tagging the Rainbow trailhead. Time to climb again!
Heading back up toward the summit, a beautiful dusky grouse crossed paths with me a couple times. This climb was steeper, but much shorter than the Garden Gate ascent, and somehow felt a lot easier. The sun came out and before long I was back at the three-way intersection to Crosier's summit. Here, I started to feel the effects of all the morning's climbing; this last half-mile push to the top definitely felt tougher the second time around! I met Chris, who was coming down from the summit. It's amazing how a few encouraging words exchanged between runners can help you push to the top!
I snapped a final summit pic & headed back to the parking lot.
That's Fairchild, Mummy, Hague's, Rowe, & Dunraven peaks that you see just off my left ear.
It was an awesome, awesome morning. Thanks, everyone, especially Nick, who managed to finish his "Crosier Triple Bagger" not long after I finished my double. I'll definitely make this a springtime tradition, and plan to do the full triple next year.
Pete put together this elevation profile of the triple, re-posted on Nick's blog. Very cool!


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Kiernan, Kevin. 2011. Electronic Beowulf 3.0. London: British Library. DVD-ROM. ISBN 9780712351010. $45/£25.
Grant Leyton Simpson
Electronic Beowulf 3.0 is the second physical release of Kiernan's edition, the initial 1999 release being the first (Electronic Beowulf 2.0 was a freely available download that provided enhanced browser compatibility). The release, programmed by Ionut Emil Iacob, consists of a single DVD, designed for both Windows and Mac OS X and a short manual (Supplemental materials are available at the project's website, http://ebeowulf.uky.edu/studyingbeowulfs/overview). It is the first release of a major Old English electronic edition since Bernard Muir's 2006 Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry. For a time leading up to its release, it was known as Electronic Beowulf Student Edition. This new update offers Old English researchers and students a wealth of resources—and beautiful new high-resolution images—in a package that functions on modern web browsers.
Keywords: Beowulf , electronic edition , scholarly editing , usability
How to Cite: Simpson, G.L., 2013. Kiernan, Kevin. 2011. Electronic Beowulf 3.0. London: British Library. DVD-ROM. ISBN 9780712351010. $45/£25.. Digital Medievalist, 8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/dm.47
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§ 1 Electronic Beowulf 3.0 is the second physical release of Kiernan's edition, the initial 1999 release being the first (Electronic Beowulf 2.0 was a freely available download that provided enhanced browser compatibility). The release, programmed by Ionut Emil Iacob, consists of a single DVD, designed for both Windows and Mac OS X and a short manual (Supplemental materials are available at the project's website, http://ebeowulf.uky.edu/studyingbeowulfs/overview). It is the first release of a major Old English electronic edition since Bernard Muir's 2006 Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry. For a time leading up to its release, it was known as Electronic Beowulf Student Edition. This new update offers Old English researchers and students a wealth of resources—and beautiful new high-resolution images—in a package that functions on modern web browsers.
§ 2 Though delivered on disc, the edition's software implementation is rooted in the technologies of the web. It should be noted that there is no technical reason that this edition needed to be released on disc rather than being hosted on the web (save perhaps the speed at which the high resolution images would load). The interface, which consists of a frame-heavy HTML document that hosts JavaScript code and a Java applet for navigation, is rather dated.
Figure 1: The edition's interface, opened to the beginning of Beowulf.
At the time of the release of the first edition, Java applets were a popular way to implement consistent dynamic interfaces on the web, as early JavaScript implementations were notoriously inconsistent between browsers. It is unfortunate, however, that the interface was not updated to contemporary standards. In fact, the Java applet itself has not changed significantly since Electronic Beowulf 1.0: a comparison of the decompiled Java code from both versions shows that differences consist chiefly of light refactoring done to make the code more readable. There is no need for a modern application built upon web technologies to use Java (or Flash or Silverlight, for that matter) to accomplish even the most complicated tasks, much less the simple navigational tasks it is used for in this case.
§ 3 The interface has been simplified and users are now taken right into the Beowulf portion of the Nowell Codex after clicking through a splash screen. This is a welcome change. It is clear that pains have been taken to provide a more attractive and usable design. More work in that direction would have been appreciated. The graphic design elements are a bit dated and the body font, Arial, is just not attractive enough to bear reading for any extended length of time. Navigating the edition can be a challenge. For example, the usability of the forward and backward buttons is marred by the fact that they subtly shift positions to accommodate a text box directly to their left. This text box contains the name of the current leaf (or page, in the case of some of the supplementary materials) and the lines of the poem on that page. When the length of that string changes, it can push the buttons to the right. Depending upon where on the button the user has pushed, he or she could find him or herself clicking on a different button. For example, clicking on the leftmost part of the forward button when the current leaf being shown is "Edition 132r, 92-113," means that the cursor is now on the back button when the text changes to "Edition 132v, 113-134." This reviewer found himself alternating between the two sides of this leaf for several clicks rather than advancing. In addition, it is not very clear what certain buttons do, which limits the learnability and memorability of the interface; that a square means "show textual notes" and an oval means "conjectural emendation" is not self-evident.
Figure 2: Navigation buttons (circled, top left hand corner) move slightly as pages turn (see video capture available here).
§ 4 There is a wealth of material to explore on the DVD-ROM. The whole of Cotton Vitellius A. Xv. is available in image form, along with both a transcription and an edition of the poem. The images have been greatly improved and now bear much close scrutiny at high resolution. Images of the Thorkelín transcripts and Madden's and Conybeare's notes recorded in their copies of Thorkelín's edition of the poem are also included. The text of the edition proper is encoded in HTML rather than in TEI, which is a missed opportunity. A TEI-based edition could have had rich information about the poem encoded directly into the text of the edition in a format that others could have mined and made use of in ways not explicitly accounted for by the editor. The "student edition" heritage of this release can be seen throughout the edition's new features, which include definitions for and parsing of individual words, as well as translations and metrical analysis of each line (this review was conducted using the latest versions of Firefox, Chrome, and Safari on Mac OS X Lion, and the latest version of Internet Explorer on Windows 7. The Java code was inspected using Emmanuel Dupuy's Java Decompiler. Chrome users will find that most of these features do not work in that browser.). These features are invaluable to those studying the poem for the first time. As generations of users of Klaeber's glossary have learned, having confirmation of one's interpretation of a word is quite helpful in the process of reading this challenging poem. Kiernan and Iacob's contextual information about each word is a generous gift to those whose paper copies of Beowulf show a great deal of wear to the back pages.
§ 5 At a retail price of $45/£25, adding it to one's research collection is an easy decision. This price point also makes it possible to assign it in graduate seminars. The high-resolution manuscript images alone are worth the cost. This reviewer only wishes the interface were attractive and usable enough to do justice to the beauty of those images.
Simpson, G.L., 2013. Kiernan, Kevin. 2011. Electronic Beowulf 3.0. London: British Library. DVD-ROM. ISBN 9780712351010. $45/£25.. Digital Medievalist, 8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/dm.47
Simpson GL. Kiernan, Kevin. 2011. Electronic Beowulf 3.0. London: British Library. DVD-ROM. ISBN 9780712351010. $45/£25.. Digital Medievalist. 2013;8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/dm.47
Simpson, G. L. (2013). Kiernan, Kevin. 2011. Electronic Beowulf 3.0. London: British Library. DVD-ROM. ISBN 9780712351010. $45/£25.. Digital Medievalist, 8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/dm.47
Simpson GL, 'Kiernan, Kevin. 2011. Electronic Beowulf 3.0. London: British Library. DVD-ROM. ISBN 9780712351010. $45/£25.' (2013) 8 Digital Medievalist DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/dm.47
Simpson, Grant Leyton. 2013. "Kiernan, Kevin. 2011. Electronic Beowulf 3.0. London: British Library. DVD-ROM. ISBN 9780712351010. $45/£25.". Digital Medievalist 8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/dm.47
Simpson, Grant Leyton. "Kiernan, Kevin. 2011. Electronic Beowulf 3.0. London: British Library. DVD-ROM. ISBN 9780712351010. $45/£25.". Digital Medievalist 8 (2013). DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/dm.47
Simpson, G. L.. "Kiernan, Kevin. 2011. Electronic Beowulf 3.0. London: British Library. DVD-ROM. ISBN 9780712351010. $45/£25.". Digital Medievalist, vol. 8, 2013. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/dm.47
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Daily Update: Mar. 26, 2014
Reading between the lines, authorities have determined the child kidnapping reported Sunday afternoon at Town Creek Apartments never happened.
The child apparently hid inside an open water meter box and couldn't get the door back open. After being found, she said someone put her in the hole and police were contacted. Police had doubts but had to investigate, found nothing credible. Child was examined with no injuries related to her story found. There was no kidnapping.
Around noon on Monday, DFCS took the child and two siblings into foster care. That action wasn't related directly to what happened, but resulted from DFCS checking into the girl's family situation as a result of her claims.
LPD did their job here and followed protocol by calling in the GBI. The only place where they can be faulted is in not releasing a statement to the community earlier to calm people down and head off some of the false stories that started circulating, on social media and elsewhere.
Channel 9 and Channel 12 both reported similar stories blaming social media for getting the community stirred up, but some speculation and fear could have been headed off if officials had made a statement earlier.
The latest wild, raucous party at Cherokee Farms over the weekend devolved into a drunken, stoned mess – as usual. At least one underage attendee of "MasqueRAVE 2014" ended up so drunk those around him thought he had died.
Violence, public intoxication, and people stoned to the point of needing medical care: more "progress" LaFayette doesn't need – although nobody stole any busses or vandalized a church this time.
Even some guests at the event began asking why local law enforcement won't put a stop to parties at Smokey Caldwell's farm – a question also being asked by those who live around the glorified wannabe Yasgur's Farm.
Supporters of Sheriff Wilson should ask him why he and his deputies who provide paid "security" for these events continue to turn a blind eye to what goes on out there.
An unexpected, somewhat heavy (but quick) snow fell on Walker County yesterday. For once the snowfall did not result in any significant traffic issues, power outages, or school cancellations.
School WILL be cancelled all next week — for Spring Break, not winter weather.
Last week GA General Assembly caved on the battle to remove national Common Core standards from public school curriculum in the state. A bill originally calling for the standards to be pulled ended up creating a committee to "review" the standards and back-door more of them in.
Common Core isn't just about "teaching standards" it's about values, the content of what's taught, and the state sharing information on students with the federal government.
When the session started in January, legislators were committed to extracting the fed. from Georgia schools. By the time it ended in March, they were making the problem worse. Final passed education bill also removed some language that would have helped charter schools.
For several years, GA gov't has been criticized over using funds collected for one purpose to do something else unrelated. The state's "tire recycling fee" is an example often used – money taken for recycling old tires actually goes to the state's general fund and doesn't pay for tire disposal at all.
A bill continuing tire disposal fees was renewed several weeks ago, but Rep. Tarvin was one of only 30 legislators who actually cast a vote against it. One example, at least, of the stuff he should be doing for us in Atlanta.
New state law requires hospitals and other medical facilities to report nurses who develop drug addiction. (Why wasn't this a law before?)
Georgia legislators failed to pass a bill allowing marijuana-derived oil to be used for medical treatment. Meanwhile in Alabama, similar legislation was approved and is heading to the governor's desk.
What went wrong in GA? State Senators attached an unrelated measure to the bill, and Representatives weren't willing to sign off on them both. State Rep. Allen Peake, who wrote the original bill in GA, says it was "highjacked" by the Senate, and their efforts were playing "gamesmanship with the lives of Georgia families."
Government sources verify unusual aircraft activity in the area during the last week is related to military training.
Training exercises will continue around East Armuchee and Chattahoochee Nat'l Forest through this Thursday.
Late Monday night, Walker County fire crews responded to a house fire on Furnace Creek Rd. in Vilanow. The occupants escaped safely, no official word so far on damage or cause.
Foster child who died on New Years in Catoosa County did not receive medical treatment for some seven hours after falling. The child's DFCS report also shows evidence of abuse and neglect before she passed away.
This story has been kept rather quiet.. Four former employees of GA Department of Revenue down in Atlanta have been indicted for taking bribes to print illegal, invalid car titles.
The first "Community Healthcare Outreach" will be held tomorrow morning at Lowell Greene Rec. If you, or someone you know, needs a health screening, blood pressure check, diabetes info, or the other services offered you should probably check this out.
Hutcheson "has no choice but to grow" – spends half-million dollars on new equipment to draw in more doctors and patients, despite nearly $70 million in debt.
Latest local arrests.
Tennessee has failed to remove itself from Daylight Saving Time.
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Lisa Goff said: 2014.03.26 16:44
Nurses weren't reported for drug abuse because of a peer to peer program that included treatment for drug abuse and a monitored return to work. All without civil penalties. The Nurse could only keep her license if she went through the program. At least that's the way it is in most states. Most definitely in Tennessee, where I practiced.
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