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An Amish Easter Wish
Jo Ann Brown
I've always enjoyed Jo Ann Brown's Love Inspired titles for their smooth writing, light touch, and realistic settings and complications. An Amish Easter Wish has all that. It's the second book in the Green Mountain Blessings series, which follows the lives and loves of people connected with the Amish Helping Hands organization who volunteer to help a town's residents rebuild after a disastrous flood. Main characters from the first book play secondary roles in this one, but although I have not read the previous novel, this title stands perfectly on its own.
The residents of Evergreen Corners are still reeling after the flood washed away homes, businesses, lives and dreams. Abby Kauffman comes into town from a nearby Amish community to oversee volunteers at a local church kitchen, which serves regular meals to both residents and volunteers. Abby feels a strong call to ministry here and has remained in town for many weeks, much to her eldest brother's dismay and disapproval. Although she works for altruistic reasons, Abby is also relieved to be away from her home, where a new stepmother has assumed Abby's long-time role as housekeeper. In Evergreen Corners, she can also avoid haunting memories of a near-fatal accident for which she blames herself.
David Riehl is one of the Englischer residents of Evergreen Corners, a talented appliance repairman, known for being able to "fix anything". However, he has struggled for ten months to become a parent to Mikayla, a teen orphaned when her father, David's best friend, died in a car crash. Mikayla rarely speaks to David, but since starting to volunteer with the other teens in town, she can't say enough about someone called Abby. David is ready to applaud the connection until he answers a service call to repair the kitchen's freezer and learns that Abby is Amish. Childhood memories flood in and he recalls leaving his home in a Pennsylvania Amish community to relocate here and parents' anger and regular complaint that they were "chased away" by "closed minds and open mouths." He has grown up with a distaste for the Amish, and his negative reaction to Abby is instinctive and noticeable.
Along with flood damage, Evergreen Corners has another problem. Local teens have begun bullying and harassing the teenaged Amish volunteers, and the project administrator for the town's reconstruction calls Abby and David in to ask for their help. He proposes a formal teen volunteer organization with the aim of blending all the teens into a cohesive group. David and Abby both agree to lead the project, knowing they will need to bring the teens together, confront the bullies, and guide Mikayla through her grief, all the while working though their own differences and fighting a growing attraction.
The author deftly presents two spiritual themes throughout the story. The first focuses on the human tendency to blame ourselves for bad life outcomes over which we had little or no power. Both Abby and Mikayla see their pasts through the lens of their own youthful perspectives and harbor guilt as if they were wholly responsible for events in their pasts. Experience, time, and loving support help them acknowledge the involvement of other people and of other factors over which Abby and Mikayla had no control. The second theme is the guideline Abby lives by – show love to your enemies. Ms. Brown uses the bullies as an example of an 'enemy' who may respond better to kindness than to anger or hate.
The flow of the writing and the clarity of the conflicts and situations each character faces kept me reading. I enjoyed the portrayals of Abby's optimism, kindness and love as contrasted with David's measured reactions and unease around Mikayla; and the bullies and the hurt they inflict adds to the realism of the characters' struggles and the story's outcome. The thing that kept this book from a higher rating was my feeling that the story needed a little more emotional punch; it maintains a detached stance, despite the serious subjects.
However, the clear spiritual themes, the sweet romance, solid character portrayals, and the interweave of plot and romance all come together to raise this book above the average in the Love Inspired line. If you're in the mood for a few hours of uplifting and pleasant entertainment, I recommend An Amish Easter Wish.
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Q: Hide/Show nicEdit using buttons I have the following nicEdit:

Generate Job Overview

        Within this overview, please make note of all necessary information, conditions, expectations and etc to
        better assist Freelancer review.

    <textarea id="createJob" name="area3" class="col-xs-8 col-sm-8 col-md-8 col-lg-8" style="width: 100%; height: 50%;">
    HTML content default in textarea
    </textarea>

    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" onclick="editTextEditor()" style="background-color:#006dcc;">Edit</button>
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" onclick="submitTextEditor()" style="background-color:#006dcc;">Submit</button>

installed using: http://nicedit.com/
I am trying to use a function like so:
function submitTextEditor() {
document.getElementById(".nicEdit-panelContain").style.color = "red";
 $(".nicEdit-panelContain").css("display", "none");
}

function editTextEditor() {
document.getElementById(".nicEdit-panelContain").style.color = "red";
 $(".nicEdit-panelContain").css("display", "block");
}

To attempt to not only hide the panel editing but also make the text readonly.
Not sure how to go about this. The functions above I also tried using the id of textarea "createJob" but no luck. Any suggestions?
I tried referencing how to set nicedit uneditable but didn't work for any examples either

A: I show you, how I did it.
If I will edit a text, I use dblclick but you can use any other action. The objid is a special attribut that I set, you can use the div ID or name.
My niceditconfig.
NicEditconfig:
{
   onClose: function(content, id, instance){
        $('div.nicEdit-pane').hide();
        instance.ne.removeInstance(id);
        instance.ne.removePanel();
        $('#'+id).html($('#'+id).data('oldcontent'));
        $(id).attr('contentEditable','false');
        var container = 'wiki_content_edit-'+$('input#contentid').val();
        $('#'+container).hide();
        $('#wiki_content_viewbox').show().click();
   },
   onSave : function(content, id, instance) {
        $('div.nicEdit-pane').hide();
        wiki_save_content(content);
        var container = 'wiki_content_edit-'+$('input#contentid').val();
        $('#'+container).hide();
        $('#wiki_content_viewbox').show().click();
        instance.ne.removeInstance(id);
        instance.ne.removePanel();
        $(id).attr('contentEditable','false');
   },
   iconsPath : '/img/nicEditorIcons.gif',
   buttonList : ['close','save','fontFormat','bold','italic','underline','ol','ul','link','unlink','image','fileupload','indent','outdent','xhtml','code']
},

$(document).on('dblclick','#wiki_content_view',function(){
       mywiki.editContent('wiki_content_edit_body',$(this).attr('objid'));
});

The editcontent function. I use different div's for viewing and editing.
editContent: function(elm,objid)
{
    var oc = $('#'+elm).html();
    var container = 'wiki_content_edit-'+objid;
    $('#'+elm).data('oldcontent',oc); // backup the old content
    $('#'+elm).attr('contentEditable','true'); // make div editable
    $('div[id^=check]').buttonset();
    $('#wiki_content_viewbox').hide();
    $('#'+container).show();
    createUploader('file-uploader');
    var wikiNicEditor = new nicEditor(mywiki.NicEditconfig);
    wikiNicEditor.panelInstance(elm);
    $('#'+elm).focus();

    var sticky_panelContain_offset_top = $('div.nicEdit-panelContain').offset().top;
    var sticky_panelContainer = function(){
        var scroll_top = $(window).scrollTop();
        if (scroll_top > sticky_panelContain_offset_top) {
        $('div.nicEdit-panelContain').css({ 'position': 'fixed', 'top':0, 'left':0 });
        } else {
            $('div.nicEdit-panelContain').css({ 'position': 'relative' });
        }
    };
    sticky_panelContainer();
    $(window).scroll(function() {
     sticky_panelContainer();
     });
},

I use sticky_panelContainer to have nicedit panel at the top of the page if I have a long text and must scroll.
And here the save and close functions. I use the nicedit buttons and function calls.
saveEditContent: function(elm)
{
  $('#'+elm).focus();
  var wikiNicEditor = nicEditors.findNicEditor(elm);
  var inst = wikiNicEditor.instanceById(elm);
  var bsave = inst.ne.nicPanel.findButton('save');
  bsave.mouseClick();
},

closeEditContent: function(elm)
{
  $('#'+elm).focus();
  var wikiNicEditor = nicEditors.findNicEditor(elm);
  var inst = wikiNicEditor.instanceById(elm);
  var bclose = inst.ne.nicPanel.findButton('close');
  bclose.mouseClick();

  $(window).off('scroll');
},

I hope it will bring you on the right way.

A: I hope you need to make niceEdit to be readonly.
Put a div and add a style pointer-events: none.
on button click, you can enable disable pointer events.
in Page load you need to add this:
 $('.nicEdit-main')[0].removeAttribute('contentEditable');

     <nice edit text area>

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Vietnam imports 8.3 billion USD of equipment from China
12:15 | 25/12/2016 Trade Follow Ven.vn on
Vietnam paid 8.27 billion USD on importing equipment and machines from China in the past 11 months of 2016, according to the General Department of Customs.
Illustrative image (Source: life.edu.vn)
In November, the nation imported 930 million USD in Chinese equipment and machines, the largest out of 45 major goods items importing from China.
The import value in November from China had a year-on-year increase of 1.4 percent, and China was the largest supplier of equipment and machine for Vietnam, accounting for 33 percent of Vietnam's total import value of those products.
In particular, total import value of equipment and machines from China was higher than the total value of 48 major goods items imported from the US at 7.78 billion USD in the first 11 months.
The general department said China was also the largest supplier of all goods items for Vietnam with a total import value at 45.06 billion USD during 11 months.
Vietnam imported from China 5.51 billion USD worth of telephones and their components, computer and electronic products and their components worth 5.36 billion USD, cloth worth at nearly 5 billion USD, and iron and steel worth at 4.01 billion USD.
Of which, import value of telephone and its components from China to Vietnam reduced sharply by 944 million USD year-on-year in the first 11 months.
Instead, the Republic of Korea was the largest telephone supplier in Vietnam, with a total import value at 7.94 billion USD in the 11 months, a year-on-year increase of 26.3 percent.
In the 11 months, Vietnam had total import value of about 157 billion, a year-on-year surge of 3.7 percent, according to the general department.
Of which, foreign direct investment enterprises imported goods worth at 92.75 billion USD in total, a year-on-year increase of 3.5 percent during 11 months. However, in November, import value of FDI enterprises reduced slightly by 0.4 percent to 9.5 billion USD.
Bright future for wood pellet exports: experts
With the trend of green consumption, the demand for wood pallets will continue to rise in the future, experts said.
Vietnam posts trade surplus of 3.6 billion USD in January
Despite decreases in both imports and exports, the country still enjoyed a trade surplus of 3.6 billion USD in the first month of 2023, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Agro-forestry-fishery exports set new record in 2022
Agro-forestry-fishery exports set a new record of over 53.22 billion USD in 2022, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Trade with UK: Record growth, untapped potential
(VEN) - The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) officially came into force on May 1, 2021. The two countries have seen bilateral trade growth despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and the UK is forecast to remain a promising export market for Vietnamese goods.
2022 foreign trade reaches a record high
08:12 | 04/01/2023 Longform
In 2022, Vietnam import and export turnover reached an estimated US$732.5 billion, the highest ever recorded. This is a great effort of ministries and sectors, including the Ministry of Industry and Trade in facilitating the domestic businesses to make effective use of free trade agreements (FTAs) and administrative reform, creating the most favorable conditions for import and export activities.
Garment exports expected at more than US$45 billion in 2023
An important factor underpinning the growth of the textile and garment industry is the growth of the domestic supply of raw materials, which increases year over year.
Three terminal branches of Hai Phong Port JSC in the northern port city of Hai Phong on January 1 welcomed first cargo of 2023.
Vietnam targets textile-garment export growth
06:00 | 03/01/2023 Major exports
(VEN) - Free trade agreements (FTAs), especially new-generation ones, are expected to help Vietnam reach a textile and garment export value of US$45-47 billion in 2023.
The path to fostering green exports
06:00 | 30/12/2022 Trade
(VEN) - Data from the recent Vietnam Export Promotion Forum 2022 organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) in Vietnam show that businesses in various sectors have renewed production to meet green manufacturing standards for exports, enhancing the competitiveness of Vietnamese goods in the international market.
Agro-forestry-fishery exports to UK overcome barriers
(VEN) - The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), effective since May 1, 2021, has created favorable conditions as well as challenges for Vietnamese agro-forestry-fishery exports to this market.
Trade promotion helps export growth
(VEN) - Trade promotion has significantly contributed to Vietnam's export achievements. Vietnam Economic News' Viet Nga spoke with Vu Ba Phu, Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) about the agency's work.
Trade deals: The good, bad and unpredictable
(VEN) - Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) provide ample opportunities for trade. However, since many countries are constantly changing their policies with the aim of sustainable growth, businesses need to be more innovative to effectively penetrate these markets.
Vietnamese goods increase foreign presence
(VEN) - The volume of Vietnamese goods in the global trading system is on the rise, but their competitiveness remains weak. Vietnam Economic News' Hoang Lan spoke about this issue with Deputy Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Domestic Market Department Le Viet Nga.
Global supply chains: Risks and opportunities
(VEN) - At a recent workshop on opportunities and challenges for global value chains (GVCs) held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, domestic and foreign economists agreed that the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected GVCs and at the same time created opportunities for them.
Accelerating year-end exports
(VEN) - Many sectors of the Vietnamese economy achieved impressive export growth in the first three quarters of 2022 and fulfilled their annual export plans ahead of schedule, despite the complex global economic situation. However, signs have emerged of export slowdown in the fourth quarter.
Exporters urged to use int'l distributors
(VEN) - International distributors are opening a world of opportunities for Vietnamese manufacturers and exporters, including new markets, improved consumer access and profitable revenue streams.

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Alcohol Moderation And Active Perspiration: 5 Ads You Should Watch Right Now
After a week watching the best (and worst) video ads on the web, we've picked the five essential ones for you to watch.
This week's round-up includes some great millennial targeting and a powerful/ light-hearted social campaign for alcohol moderation. So without further ado, here is our weekly round-up of the five ads you should watch right now.
Enjoy and have a great weekend!
5. Snickers
Any soon-to-be graduates would be well advised to watch this ad from Snickers, which gives some great advice on what not to do when in a job interview. This follows this hilarious rendition of Adele's 'Hello' from Graduate Jobsite 'GradTouch', which also serves as a stress-buster during this turbulent period for soon-to-be graduates.
4. Penningtons
Yoga is for everyone. That's the message from this ad from activewear label Penningtons, which shows a plus size woman executing some difficult yoga positions with myth-busting text overlaying the video.
Amazon also uses yoga in the latest ad for its mobile app. It shows a woman associating an overweight man doing yoga with a cooked chicken, reminding her to buy a meat thermometer. While slightly amusing, it's a little disappointing that while in 2015 there were a lot of ads encouraging women of all shapes and sizes to not be so self-critical of how they look, this ad seems to do the complete opposite for men.
2. Exxon Mobil
Energy company Exxon Mobil has launched a hilarious social campaign encouraging millennials to become engineers. The campaign features 30-second clips showing what life would be like without the pieces of tech we have grown to love over the years. Other ads include showing what it would be like if the phone had never been invented.
1. Heineken
Now it may seem strange for a beer company to encourage people to drink less. But then this has been a 10-year project for Heineken. The latest ad in its long-running, sensible-drinking campaign is called 'Moderate Drinkers" and, as Gianluca Di Tondo, Senior Director of the global Heineken brand points out, is targeted at a different audience. He said: "The focus has now turned on women and what is important to them. Now It's about moderation becoming an active choice."
Flashy Cars & Word Spars: 5 Ads You Should Watch Right Now
Cruel Tricks & Driving Kids: 5 Branded Videos You Should Watch Right Now
Paramount Gives Us A Fright, While Volvo Whisks Us Away: 5 Ads You Should Watch Right Now
Holiday Blunders And Burger Bummers: 5 Ads You Should Watch Right Now
Super Bowl Special: 5 Ads To Watch Right Now


Social media button installed on the knol. This knol has discussions regarding knol and various issues related to knol including some critical statements. But a discussion board that endured and progressing. Its archives are a must reading for any future historian of Knol. The concept started by Narayana Rao K.V.S.S. The whole work of formatting the board and archiving was done by Kalle Schwarz. And there are many authors who participated in the discussions including knol managers.


In a changing worldwide installments group, Swift – one of the world's biggest monetary exchange informing mediums – has confronted new reactions from the individuals who say it has neglected to stay aware of the requirements of the worldwide budgetary market. One might say that Swift is under an assault.
In particular, some trust Swift has turned out to be wasteful in the settlement of cross-outskirt installments, because of its powerlessness to oversee continuous settlement for any exchange sum and its absence of straightforwardness in settlement hazard and installment status.
To address this, Swift has presented its Global Payments Innovation (GPI) Initiative, which – as per Swift – will take into consideration same-day accessibility of assets for business-to-business exchanges inside a similar time zone, installment following end-to-end, secured settlement data and enhanced directness of expenses.
The principal platform, which went live in January of this year and is being used with 12 banks – including the Bank of China, Citi, Danske Bank and ING – will concentrate only on business-to-business installments. Swift has additionally guaranteed to facilitate improvements to its installments framework, conceivably including the joining of an appropriated record innovation in future rollouts.
This move to change its worldwide administration, nonetheless, might be short of what was expected, in its endeavor to discover upward settling the worldwide installment freedom and installment bottleneck, especially for non-bank clients.
One statistic officially chipping away at these issues is the present and previous bitcoin remitters, new companies that are utilizing different blockchains to move cash universally today. One such firm, Align Commerce, has made an impression in the fintech world because of its $20.25m in subsidizing.
While the corporate area of the worldwide market – evaluated at $15.7tn in 2014 – can arrange expenses to 1% to 2% of the aggregated sum of the installment, little and average measured organizations and individual to-individual exchanges could see an additional charge of up to 15%.
This arrangement of 'shrouded charges' can influence those minimum fit to manage it the hardest. Should a client hail from an underserved or underbanked group, he or she might not have admittance to paths that would some way or another take into consideration improved cross installments, for example, utilizing a transnational bank to exchange the installment utilizing their foundation.
This leaves customers and independent ventures inclined to universal cash transmitters, for example, Western Union and SwiftPay, whose exchange charges can be both extravagant and erratic.
The development of bitcoin settlement organizations – which permits shoppers to make borderless exchanges at a low, controlled cost – has alleviated this issue on a little scale. While Swift has guaranteed to help make cross-outskirt installments more straightforward with the GPI, it offers no alleviation in regards to cost for clients that have no entrance to charge transaction.
Hong Kong-based Bitspark is one of the biggest bitcoin settlement administrations serving Southeast Asia, and regardless of the absence of footing, it feels it has the best long haul even if for a different market.


Archives|GUGGENHEIM AWARD FOR 15 SCHOLARS; Fellowships Will Enable Them to Continue Research Work in Varied Fields. VASSAR PROFESSOR ON LIST Memorial Foundation Was Endowed With $3,000,000 by Former Senator Guggenheim and His Wife.
GUGGENHEIM AWARD FOR 15 SCHOLARS; Fellowships Will Enable Them to Continue Research Work in Varied Fields. VASSAR PROFESSOR ON LIST Memorial Foundation Was Endowed With $3,000,000 by Former Senator Guggenheim and His Wife.


Syrian refugee children in a Lebanese school classroom.
LONDON, Aug 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — More than half the world's school-age refugees are excluded from education as host nations struggle under the weight of growing humanitarian crises, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Four million refugee children around the world do not attend school, an increase of half a million from a year earlier, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in a report.
"Education is a way to help young people heal, but it is also the way to revive entire countries," said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
Take Action: Call on world leaders to fund education in emergencies for kids everywhere.
"Based on current patterns, unless urgent investment is undertaken, hundreds of thousands more children will join these disturbing statistics."
The UNHCR said there were nearly 20 million refugees under its mandate, which excludes about 5 million Palestinian refugees, by the end of 2017 as the number of displaced people worldwide grew.
More than half were children and 7.4 million were of school age.
Only 61% of refugee children attend primary school, compared to more than 90% of all children, said the report.
The figure is even lower for older children, with less than 1 in 4 secondary-age refugees in school. Just 1% attend higher education, compared with more than a third of young people globally.
More than 500,000 refugee children were newly enrolled in school last year, but the rapidly growing refugee population means the proportion missing out on education has not shrunk.
Katherine Begley, a senior technical adviser for education at humanitarian agency Care USA, said schooling was a vital step in helping refugee families rebuild their lives.
"Education protects and education empowers," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"It provides opportunities to cultivate friendships and supports work to establish a routine that children who are coming out of traumatic circumstances need as quickly as possible."
What little education is available is often in poorly constructed temporary shelters or in the open air.
Social and cultural conventions mean girls are especially likely to miss out — a major concern, said Francisca Vigaud-Walsh, senior advocate for women and girls.
"We need to break this cycle by reducing the barriers to schooling," she said.
"Less education increases vulnerabilities to forced marriage, exploitation, and even trafficking in refugee contexts."
To address the problem, the UNHCR said refugees should be enrolled in mainstream schools rather than specially created ones, offered extra support, and barriers to enrollment such as requirements for identity documents should be removed.


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Brazilian Parliament Heading for Key Vote on Crypto Regulation Bill
cryptonews.com 15 April 2022 14:37, UTC
An ambitious private member's bill that seeks to regulate the Brazilian crypto market could be approved by the National Congress before the end of the first half of this year – with MPs set for a key vote on Tuesday next week.
The original bill was authored by Senator Flávio Arns of the Podemos Party and has already passed the Senate. It has also been merged with a second crypto bill that has previously been approved by the Senate Economic Affairs Committee. The second bill was authored by Senator Irajá Abreu.
Globo reported that Congress hopes the merged bill will be passed by June, and Abreu was quoted as stating:
"By uniting the [bills], we have accelerated the approval of this cryptocurrency milestone. There is a market demand for a more secure business environment and the need for criminal classifications that will seek to prevent fraud. [This] will also bring Brazil up to speed with international agreements [on crypto regulation]."
The bill proposes creating a "registry" of politicians and public servants to help fight crypto-powered money laundering.
Not everyone appears to be happy with the bill's rapid progress through the legislative system, however. Some Senators have called for more time and wider consultation prior to a vote.
But its architects stated that there would be room for "improvement" at a later date. Instead, they claimed that both market participants and the Banco Central (the central bank) had joined calls for faster regulatory rollouts.
The terms of the bill seek to define cryptoassets as "a type of fully digital money that is issued by private agents, sold exclusively through the internet."
The bill makes it clear that while coins would not be considered illegal, they clearly "operate outside the rules of business and the Brazilian financial sector" – with jail terms mandated for new crypto-related fraud offenses.
As such, crypto exchanges and brokerages will be regulated, but not to the point that free "enterprise and competition" are compromised, the authors claimed.
As has been the case in many other countries, crypto exchanges – as well as brokers and wallet providers – would be obliged to separate their own and their customers' assets, manage risk, guarantee the security of sensitive customer data and answer to a regulatory body appointed by the government.
But, critically, the architects have spoken of creating a "simplified procedure for obtaining operating licenses" – a suggestion that they want to avoid situations, as has been the case in nations like Japan, whereby firms are forced to wait months for their license applications to be considered.
The bill also includes a number of incentives for crypto miners, including import tax breaks for mining hardware importers.


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Kay Voigtmann (* 1968 in Zeulenroda) ist ein deutscher Illustrator.

Nach dem Schulbesuch nahm er eine ungeliebte Lehre und ebensolche Arbeit als Feinmechaniker in Gera auf, 1987 schloss er diese ab. Er gehört zum Kreis um das Klaushaus, Verein für Kunst und Kultur, in Gera und betreute dort vor allem die Literaturreihe Spätlese und verschiedene Ausstellungsprojekte. Von 1997 bis 2002 schloss sich ein Studium an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig an. Dort waren seine Lehrer Karl-Georg Hirsch, Hildegard Korger, Volker Pfüller und Albrecht von Bodecker. Sein Studium beendete er mit einem Diplom der Fachklasse für Illustration bei Pfüller, mit den Illustrationen (17 Allgraphien) zu Burkhard Spinnens Lego-Steinen und ist seit 2002 freischaffend in Gera tätig.

Zwischenzeitlich entwarf er das Grafikdesign für die Pralinen Geheimratsecken, zusammen mit Joachim B. Schulze, die auch zum Patent angemeldet wurden. 2001 illustriert er zusammen mit seinem Künstlerkollegen Erik Buchholz aus Gera, mit 17 Steindrucken, den Text "Mr. Neitherkorn und das Schicksal" von Ingo Schulze, dieser Band ist die 107. Veröffentlichung der Edition Mariannenpresse und erschien in einer Auflage von 100 signierten und nummerierten Exemplaren. Danach folgte der um 12 Geschichten und Zeichnungen erweiterte Band Burkhard Spinnen "Lego-Steine" der durchgehend mit den liebenswürdigen "Kartoffelmenschen" von Kay Voigtmann illustriert wurde. Diese Zeichnungen visualisieren nicht nur den Text, sondern fügen ihm nicht selten einige stimmige Details hinzu, erschien 2004 bei Schöffling & Co. Verlagsbuchhandlung Frankfurt/Main.

In seinen Zeichnungen und Illustrationen haben skurrile Wesen ihren Auftritt, diese bewegen sich in sonderbaren Räumen, Welten und Szenarien, die jenseits des Hier und Jetzt erscheinen und sie sind auch Anlass sich mit seinen Gestalten in anderen Welten zu begeben und sich dort zu bewegen – es sind Orte, in denen Geschichte aber auch Geschichten fabuliert werden. Texte sind dem Künstler immer Inspirationen für seine Arbeiten.

In Stichwort Folge 1 Heft 5 2004, Herausgegeben für den Leipziger Bibliophilen – Abend e.V., illustrierte Voigtmann, Jens Sparschuhs ---- vom Tisch mit neun ausdrucksstarken Zeichnungen und zwei beigefügten Kupferstichen. Die Auflage beträgt 100 nummerierte und signierte Exemplare.

Diesem folgte, in der Edition Büchergilde Jens Sparschuhs experimenteller Reiseroman Waldwärts-Geschichten, die je mit einem Buchstaben des Alphabets beginnen. Jens Sparschuh erzählt 26-mal von A bis Z  eine Geschichte, die kongenial und auch eigenwillig von Kay Voigtmann illustriert sind. So kommen alle Worte des Dichters zu ihrem Recht und werden durch skurril, filigran und detailreiche Zeichnungen seiner Kartoffelmenschen in ihrer Wirkung verstärkt. Das Buch wurde als eines der schönsten Bücher 2004 ausgezeichnet.
2005 erschien in einer Auflage von 100 Exemplaren bei der Galerie Thoms, signiert und nummeriert ein von Kay Voigtmann mit 7 Zeichnungen illustriertes Künstlerbuch zu Nicklas Quintens Text "Auktion, es ist Auktion".

Im Herbst 2009 illustrierte Kay Voigtmann abermals für die edition Büchergilde die Anekdotensammlung Stichelreden. Die von ihm gestalteten Figuren mit langgezogenen Gliedmaßen und eigentümlichen Proportionen unterstreichen darin die gesammelten Gemeinheiten aber auch Menschlichkeiten berühmter Literaten und Gelehrter wie Balzac, Ibsen, Swift oder Hegel.

Diverse Ausstellungen begleiteten das Schaffen dieses Künstlers.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Arbeiten von Kay Voigtmann unter* http://www.galerie-thoms.com/

Illustrator (Deutschland)
Deutscher
Geboren 1968
Mann

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Janette Deacon (MA, PhD Cape Town), studied archaeology at the University of Cape Town, graduating in 1960. Her PhD was awarded in 1982. She edited the South African Archaeological Bulletin from 1976 to 1993. In 1989, she was appointed as Archaeologist at the National Monuments Council and was involved in the drafting of the National Heritage Resources Act. After retiring at the end of 1999 she served as Chairperson of Heritage Western Cape and between 2000 and 2011 arranged a series of courses and workshops on rock art conservation and management for the Southern African Rock Art Project and the Getty Conservation Institute at World Heritage sites in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. She was awarded an Honorary D.Litt. by UCT in 2016.


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package betahouse.model;

public class Organization {
    private Integer id;

    private String organizationName;

    private Integer leaderId;

    private Float money;

    public Integer getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(Integer id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getOrganizationName() {
        return organizationName;
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The Fort stands as a symbol of the British rule, facing the sea It is the first British fort build around1653 by the British East India Company. The structure of the fort is a fine example of 17th century British military architecture, built in 1966. It has a 20 feet thick wall. It has the country's tallest flagstaff is over 300 years old. The 24 black Charnockite pillars are those reclaimed by the British in 1762 of the original 32 which once formed the colonnade of the present Secretariat building.
Within the fort, a number of other early buildings still stand of which St. Mary's Church is the most interesting. It was consecrated in 1680 and is the oldest Protestant Church in the East. The church contains several antiquities, not the least being the oldest British tombstones in India and memories of weddings in which Clive and Elihu Yale, benefactor of America's Yale University, Arthur Wellesley who became Wellington and Warren Hastings were present for weddings held here. Opposite the Church is the Pay accounts office. It was formerly Robert Clive's house commemorates the Empire-builder who first learnt his trade here. It is open to the public.
Other buildings of importance in the Fort are the Old Government House, the Banqueting Hall (now called Rajaji Hall) built by Golding ham for the Governor's official entertainment during the Clive period. The foundations of Indian Army and Civil Service, the land survey by Colin Mackenzie, and the archaeological, botanical and zoological surveys were all laid at Fort. St.George. Now Fort St. George houses Tamilnadu Secretariat and the Legislative Assembly.


This course will examine the notions of race and ethnicity from a sociological perspective. More specifically, these concepts will be presented from a comparative-historical perspective in the development of race and ethnicity structures in societies. We will analyze different focusing on the relationship between race and social structures as well as the possibilities or impossibilities of social action that agents have (or not) in specific social settings. We will also focus on the implications in everyday life. Although this course will be centered primarily in the role of race and ethnicity as "master status", we will also study the interconnection of race with class and gender.
This course is divided into three sections. The first will be a comparative-historical analysis of the race and ethnicity. My objective is to provide a large theoretical and temporal background to the study of race and ethnicity. The second section is a comparative analysis of race in three different societies: South Africa, Brazil and Europe of European Community. In the third section we analyze structure of the United States from a racial perspective by studying the components of racialization.


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Ms. Mirman had her first multi-million dollar verdict in 1985 on behalf of a woman assaulted and raped in her own house, as a result of the contractor's failure to properly install the locks on her outside door. Ms. Mirman enjoys the highest ranking of 10 from Avvo, is a Super Lawyer, and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. She is licensed to practice in New York, New Jersey, California, Connecticut, Florida and Washington, D.C., as well as in the Federal Courts of New Jersey and the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
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In addition to being a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and serving on its Executive Board for the past several years, Ms. Wachsman is the President of the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus, Inc. Ms. Wachsman is also on the Board of the Brooklyn Women's Bar Association and just finished a two year term as a Vice President. Ms. Wachsman is also a member of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York and is a Co-Chair of its Legislation Committee. For the past two years, Ms Wachsman has served on screening panels for the judiciary including the Court of Appeals.
Ms. Wachsman graduated from The American University in 1992 and began her career as a licensed commercial real estate broker. While working during the day as a paralegal Ms. Wachsman returned to school and received her J. D. from New York Law School in 2000 and graduated number twenty (20) in her class.
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Mr. Zaremba teaches the litigation of construction site accidents, chairing a CLE course for the NYSTLI and is also a published author, having had articles featured in the New York Law Journal and the Legal Intelligencer. Mr. Zaremba has also sat on the Court of Appeals Judicial Screening Panel for the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
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The books the forty bears are reading hold a clue to the owner's identity and the quiz sheet also has handy hints to help solve the riddle.
So can you guess who is reading How To Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell or The Trouble with Animals by Jeremy Strong?
If so join Year 7 students Clare Savage and Chloe Smith (pictured left) and pick up a quiz sheet.
Entry is 50p and the winner will be announced on Friday (with prizes for every correct entry).
Also as part of Children in Need Day the Academy is having a Dress Down Friday tomorrow (November 20th). A £1 fee will be collected by staff at the turnstiles when students arrive.


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Neuroscientist James Fallon accidentally discovers he is a psychopath, writes book about it.
Grey area: Compared to a control brain (top), James Fallon's brain (bottom) shows decreased activity in areas of the frontal lobe linked to empathy and morality – patterns that have been linked with psychopathy
Neuroscientist and University of California at Irvine professor James Fallon came to an uncanny discovery back in 2005 after coming to study brain scans of people suffering severe psychiatric disorders.
At the time whilst studying the brain images of serial killers he also happened to come across one particular brain scan that obviously portended towards the pathological. Curious to find out whose brain scan the image belonged to he came to find out that in fact it was his own.
Unwittingly James Fallon had come to discover he too was a psychopath.
Went on totell James Fallon via the smithsonian: "I was looking at many scans, scans of murderers mixed in with schizophrenics, depressives and other, normal brains,"
"Out of serendipity, I was also doing a study on Alzheimer's and as part of that, had brain scans from me and everyone in my family right on my desk."
"I got to the bottom of the stack, and saw this scan that was obviously pathological," he says, noting that it showed low activity in certain areas of the frontal and temporal lobes linked to empathy, morality and self-control.
By this stage, the then 50 years old Fallon had envisaged himself to be a well adjusted middle aged man with a distinguished career in academia and a loving family.
Fallon had been raised by supportive parents, married his high school sweetheart, Diane and had three children.
But that day, upon learning the shocking truth about himself, Fallon would go on to a quest where he would question his own identity.
Rather than hiding the unsettling discovery, James Fallon went public with it, delivering a TED talk on the subject and sitting down to a lengthy interview with NPR.
The neuroscientist has since penned a new book called The Psychopath Inside, in which he seeks to explain how a happily married father of three could also be a psychopath with the same genetic features that mass murders have been known to possess.
Reflected Fallon: 'I've never killed anybody, or raped anyone,'
'So the first thing I thought was that maybe my hypothesis was wrong, and that these brain areas are not reflective of psychopathy or murderous behavior.'
Standout: Brain imaging scans of Fallon and his family reveal that only one ¿ the professor's (far right) ¿ has large black areas indicating a low level of brain activity called orbital hypofrontality
At the time James Fallon underwent a battery of genetic tests, which showed that he had an innate predisposition for aggression, violence and low empathy.
What set Fallon apart from a Charles Manson or a Ted Bundy type, however, is that while he has difficulty feeling empathy for others, Fallon does not act on his aggressive tendencies.
In retrospect, the revelation that Fallon had a lot in common with homicidal maniacs did not come as a complete surprise: the 58-year-old professor happens to be a distant relative of at least seven alleged murderers.
The scientist is related to Thomas Cornell, who was hanged in 1673 for slaying his mother in the first case of matricide in the colonies, UC Irvine's online magazine, ZotZine, reported.
Fallon's other infamous kin is Lizzie Borden, who was put on trial but acquitted in the grisly hatchet murders of her father and stepmother in 1892.
Research has yet to define what exactly makes a person a psychopath. In fact, psychopathy has such a wide variety of symptoms that it does not even appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Fallon believes that thanks in large part to his upbringing and support from his extended family, he has been able to channel and tamp down his innate psychopathic leanings.
'I'm obnoxiously competitive. I won't let my grandchildren win games. I'm kind of an a**hole, and I do jerky things that piss people off,' he admitted. 'But while I'm aggressive, but my aggression is sublimated. I'd rather beat someone in an argument than beat them up.'
According to Fallon's theory, his ability not to act on his psychopathy is rooted in the unconditional love that his parents had given him.
James Fallon explained that his mother had had several miscarriages before finally welcoming him into the world, so to his parents he was a golden boy who was dotted upon.
'I had a charmed childhood; I was never abused. No one's done anything bad enough to turn me into a killer,'
'It shows that your genes are not a jail sentence.'
Around the time puberty hit, Fallon's parents noticed that he was starting to show some unsettling traits, and so the family rallied around him, he told NPR, steering the troubled adolescent away from a potentially perilous path.
In the wake of the stunting revelation about his genetic makeup, Fallon has been consciously altering his behavior and making efforts to think about other people's feelings – something that does not come naturally to him.And
And then there was this comment on the web that made me wonder as well:
The inability to feel empathy doesn't make you a psychopath, it makes you a sociopath. What makes a sociopath a psychopath is child abuse and neglect.
A human brain is programable, that's why we go to school for 20+ years. If you program it with positive reinforcement, toward 'ethical' behaviors, then a sociopath simply becomes a very rational and usually successful person. If you use negative reinforcement, such as abuse or neglect, then the sociopath, lacking any instinct for empathy, learns to defend and compete for survival.
Ruthlessness, risk taking, and a lack of emotional connection can create excellent competitors, especially in refined fields like Science or Finance. Using that success for ethical ends is a choice, but free-will requires the ability to reflect upon oneself and the universe, and those who are not properly nurtured never get the guidance to understand these deeper levels of existence. That 'parenting' is necessary to shortcut the longer path to ethical behavior, experience = wisdom.
Those who are instinctively kind and empathic may find it difficult to grasp the rational justifications for social justice, personal liberty, and the value of enlightenment, because they FEEL these profound connections passionately, irrationally, and so don't realize the underlying logic of their needs.
A criminal psychopath can have an inferior I.Q. and be unable to adapt to social norms, but the brains and genes of sociopaths could not exist unless there were evolutionary benefits to them. So, I conclude that there is more than one way to discover ethical behavior: through empathic feelings and through rational thinking. Both are available to most Human Animals, but for some only one path, or the other, exists.


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2nd child sex abuse lawsuit filed against ex-sheriff, Warren County
By Steve Novak | For lehighvalleylive.com
Edward Bullock leaves court in Flemington on June 9, 2015
Former Warren County Sheriff Edward Bullock hides his face outside the courthouse in Flemington on June 9 after a trial on child sex assault charges was scheduled for July 20. (Steve Novak | For lehighvalleylive.com)
A new lawsuit alleges Warren County knew about an ex-sheriff's sexual transgressions with young boys and allowed it to happen -- the second such civil action to be filed in three years.
While the document does not mention him by name, the accusations closely mirror criminal charges faced by former sheriff Edward Bullock, who is scheduled to be tried this month.
The lawsuit, filed June 22 in state Superior Court in Belvidere, references "John Doe 1" as being the county sheriff in 1988 and '89, and pleading guilty in 1992 to a criminal charge of official misconduct related to sexual allegations -- both of which match Bullock's history.
Notice of the first lawsuit, which preceded the criminal charges the 86-year-old Ocean County resident now faces, was filed in 2012. It claims the victim, identified only as W.M., was a 10-year-old boy who was repeatedly abused and raped at least once by a county employee in 1987 and '88, including while being transported by the employee to a county-run youth shelter in Oxford Township.
RELATED: Man claims he was sexually abused as a child by Warren County Sheriff's Department employee
New, but similar, allegations
The most recent lawsuit has much of the same claims. This victim, identified as C.C., was 14 and 15 years old and under the county's care during four encounters with the sheriff, the lawsuit says.
The first incident began with the sheriff selecting C.C. from a group of boys being held in a cell at the Warren County Courthouse, bringing him back to his office and giving him backrubs, the lawsuit says. The sheriff volunteered to drive the teen to the Warren Acres juvenile detention center, parked the car on the side of the road and fondled the boy, the document alleges.
Former Warren County Sheriff Edward Bullock faces trial July 20 on sexual assault charges. He could be sentenced up to 90 years in prison if convicted. (Express-Times File Photos)
The abuse allegedly became more sexual with each encounter. C.C. reported it to a Warren Acres employee, the lawsuit says, but was yelled at and told to "stop looking for attention."
After another dealing with the sheriff, the teen ran away from the shelter after realizing "the staff either did not believe or would not take action to prevent further abuse," the lawsuit says. He was eventually detained by police, had another court hearing and was again driven to Warren Acres by the sheriff, who sexually abused him on the way, the suit alleges.
The teen later tried to commit suicide by swallowing all the pills in a bottle, was hospitalized and sent to a behavioral health center, the lawsuit says.
The suit seeks various damages. It levies five claims against the sheriff, including sexual abuse of a child and battery and assault. It also accuses Warren County in four counts, including negligence. The sheriff's actions, the suit alleges, were well-known to county employees.
"It's what the county knew, what they didn't know, what they should have done to protect these kids," said C.C.'s attorney, Brad Russo.
RELATED: Accuser's relative curses at Ex-Warren County sheriff in child molestation hearing
Criminal case up first
In the criminal case, Bullock faces three counts each of aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault when his trial begins July 20. He could face a sentence of up to 90 years in prison if convicted.
Bullock remains free on $100,000 bail.
Russo, the attorney who represents the plaintiffs in both lawsuits, said the civil cases by judge's order will not proceed until the criminal charges are concluded. When that is done, the civil cases may be consolidated, he said.
First Assistant Prosecutor Michael McDonald said the criminal case is moving forward. Bullock's attorney, Brian Corley White, could not be reached for comment.
The county's attorney, Joseph Bell, also did not return a call, and Freeholder Director Ed Smith declined to speak about the most recent lawsuit.
Bullock resigned in 1992 after admitting he tried to curry sexual favors from a state trooper posing as a teenage boy in a sting operation. He pleaded guilty to sex-related official misconduct and served nine months in the Hunterdon County jail.
Bullock reportedly told state investigators he had sexual contact with eight juvenile boys he met at Warren Acres but was never charged with any wrongdoing related to it.
Edward Bullock, ex-Warren County sheriff, held on bail
Gallery: Edward Bullock, ex-Warren County sheriff, held on bail
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Swedish MP: Erdoğan is against me because I fight for Kurdish rights
The Swedish MP Amina Kakabaveh said that the Turkish president Erdoğan is against her because she fights for Kurdish rights. If the Swedish government concedes to Erdoğan, she will vote against it at the coming annual budget session.
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Swedish MP Amina Kakabaveh spoke to Voice of America Kurdish after Turkish President Erdoğan requested her extradition.
Kakabaveh said that Erdoğan was against her because she fought for Kurdish rights, and that his extradition request was strange in this modern age, particularly as she was an Iranian Swedish parliamentarian, with no connections to Turkey.
She added that she has been a parliamentarian in Sweden for over 14 years and that she will not bow to threats, noting that the elections are still around 100 days away in Sweden, so she still has the right to be heard as an MP and to vote in the parliament. If the Swedish government concedes to Erdoğan, she will vote against in at the coming annual budget session.


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Інститут богословських наук Непорочної Діви Марії — вищий навчальний заклад Кам'янець-Подільської дієцезії Римо-Католицької Церкви. Інстит передусім призначений формації мирян для служіння у різних церковних середовищах. Вивчення богослов'я відбувається у чотирьох спеціалізаціях, які охоплюють катехизацію, працю з сім'ями, засоби масової комунікації й сакральну музику.

Історія

Інституту розвинувся з катехитичних курсів (1992—1997 рр.) започаткуваних єп. Ян Ольшанський (1919—2003) для мирян у приміщенні Вищої Духовної Семінарії Святого Духа в Городку. 30 липня 1997 року катехитичні курси стали спочатку Богословсько-Катехитичним Інститутом, а згодом Інститутом Релігійних Наук, де студенти вивчали богослов'я у чотирьох спеціалізаціях: катехитично-педагогічна, подружньо-сімейна, музично-літургійна і суспільні комунікації. Першим ректором було призначено о. Андрія Мацьонга (1997—2007), який у 1998 році зумів підписати умову про співпрацю із Папським Латеранським Університетом у Римі. З 2012 року Інститут Богословських Наук Непорочної Діви співпрацює з Люблінським Католицьким Університетом Йоана Павла ІІ.

Ректори
 о. Андрій Мацьонг (1997—2007)
 о. Владислав Зарічний (2007—2012)
 о. Віктор Білоус (2012—2018)
 о. Олег Жарук (з 2018)

Джерела

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Навчальні заклади Римсько-католицької церкви в Україні
Кам'янець-Подільська дієцезія РКЦ
Засновані в Україні 1997


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Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Building in New York City with Terreform ONE
The Monarch Sanctuary (Lepidoptera terrarium) will be eight stories of new commercial construction in Nolita, NYC. Programmatically, the building space will mostly contain retail and office life. Yet central to its purpose is a semi-porous breeding ground, way station, and sanctuary for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). It is a pioneering building – one that aims to be ecologically generous, weaving butterfly conservation strategies into its design through the integration of open monarch habitat in its facades, roof, and atrium. Not just a building envelope, the edifice is a new biome of coexistence for people, plants, and butterflies.
The monarch butterfly of North America is a threatened species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services is currently assessing whether the monarch needs to be granted "endangered species" status, while the monarch population erodes due to the combined forces of agricultural pesticides and habitat loss. Monarchs are a delicate presence in New York City, migrating each year from Mexico and Florida to the city's precious green spaces to lay their eggs on the milkweed plant.
This project will vitally serve as a large-scale Lepidoptera terrarium. A permeable vertical meadow, the Monarch Sanctuary is a double-skin facade integrated with an open garden that serves as a crucial way station and habitat for the at-risk butterfly. It will bolster the Monarch's presence in the city through two strategies: open plantings of milkweed and nectar flowers on the roof, rear facade, and terrace will provide breeding ground and stopover habitat for wild monarchs, while semi-enclosed colonies in the atrium and street side double-skin facade will grow Monarch population. The insects will have fluid open access to join the wild population, enhancing overall species population numbers.
Our connection to the community of NYC is essential. The prime location will attract attention and educate the public on Monarch extinction. It has a total area of 30,000 square feet and is to be located in the heart of Nolita, between Soho and the burgeoning art district along the Bowery, and a few blocks west of the New Museum. The site is just around the corner from the Storefront for Art and Architecture and currently exists as two plots occupied by small residential buildings, which will be combined into a single property.
Although it is a relatively small commercial building by New York standards, the building will present a striking public face and a powerful argument in favor of a diversity of life forms in the city. It will face Petrosino Square, a small triangular paved public park, named after a fallen NYPD lieutenant. The façade of the Monarch Sanctuary building will add a lush vertical surface to the edge of the square.
The double-skin street facade, with a diagrid structure infilled glass at the outer layer and with "pillows" of EFTE foil at the inner layer, encloses a careful climate - controlled space, 3' deep and 7 stories tall. This "vertical meadow," the terrarium proper, serves as an incubator and safe haven for Monarchs in all seasons. It contains suspended milkweed vines and flowering plants to nourish the butterflies at each stage of their life cycle. Hydrogel bubbles on the EFTE help maintain optimal humidity levels, and sacs of algae help purify the air and the building wastewater. Solar panels on the roof provide renewable energy to assist in the powering the facilities. Butterflies can come and go as they need from inside the building skin system and roof.
Other features of the project are equally in service of the insects. LED screens at the street level provide magnified live views of the caterpillars and butterflies in the vertical meadow, which also connects to a multi-story atrium adjacent to the circulation core. Interior partitions are constructed from mycelium, and additional planting at the ceiling enhances the interior atmosphere and building biome. Hovering around the building, a few butterfly-shaped drones take readings and maps of the immediate microclimate. They return every few minutes to recharge, and their combined real-time data works to maintain the butterfly health.
The building is intended to serve as an object lesson in enhancing the urban environment with green technologies, including plant life and other creatures, in designing for other species, and in conveying images of new possibilities for the urban environment. This project alone will not save the Monarch but it will crucially raise awareness about our much-loved insect residents.
Principal Investigator: Mitchell Joachim.
Project Management: Vivian Kuan.
Advisors: Nina Edwards Anker, Lisa Richardson.
Architects / Designers: Christian Hubert, Nicholas Gervasi, Maria Aiolova, Kristina Goncharov, Yucel Guven, Zhan Xu, Larissa Belcic, Shahira Hammad, Deniz Onder, James Leonard, Zack Saunders, Xinye Lin, Sabrina Naumovski, Theo Dimitrasopoulos, Jules Pepitone, Dan Baker, Daniel S. Castaño, Aidan Nelson, Aleksandr Plotkin, Kristian Knorr, Sophie Falkeis, Rita Wang, Michael Brittenham.
Consultants: Bednark, Anouk Wipprecht, Simone Rothman.
Sponsors: BASF, Intel, RNR Foundation, Future Air.
Client: Kenmare Square LLC. Jackie Jangana, and Andrew Kriss.
Nature - Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial Exhibition Team:
Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim, Vivian Kuan.
Nicholas Gervasi, Xinye Lin, Theo Dimitrasopoulos, Jules Pepitone, Dan Baker, and Bednark Studio.
Monarch Sanctuary™ Patent Pending.
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Ronan O'Gara
Imprint: Transworld Ireland
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Ronan O'Gara is one of the greatest sportsmen Ireland has ever produced. A brilliant kicker both from the hand and at penalty goals, a sublime orchestrator of play from the out-half position he has made his own, and a cool head in the pressure-cooker of club and international rugby, the list of the Cork man's achievements goes on and on. The leading points scorer in Irish rugby history, the Six Nations and the Heineken Cup. The architect of two amazing Munster triumphs in Europe. The man whose last minute drop-goal sensationally won the Grand Slam in 2009, Ireland's first for 61 years.
In his candid, illuminating autobiography, O'Gara tells the story of those many on-field successes and, with brutal honesty, the darker days as well, most notably at the 2007 World Cup. He tells the inside story of Ireland's disappointments in France, and responds to the allegations about his personal life that made front-page news that autumn. Ronan O'Gara: My Autobiography is the unforgettable story of a rugby player at the top of his game, of a life lived to the full, and of a passionate and proud representative of the people of Cork and Ireland.
Munster's recent story is compelling and O'Gara has been a central figure. With the assistance of Denis Walsh, this is a sweetly struck penalty of a book: revealing and hard-nosed
Robert Kitson, Guardian
Perhaps the finest sports book of the year and among the best Irish sports biographies ever written... a deeply rewarding portrait of a great sportsman
Michael Foley, Sunday Times (Ireland)
O'Gara is fascinating on both the mental and physical mechanics of the rugby kick... His candour means that he does not avoid discussing the darker aspects of his personal life
Leo McKinstry, Sunday Telegraph
Candour is a defining characteristic of O'Gara's and pervades his autobiography... a compelling read
Hugh Farrelly, Irish Independent
Basically it's the book O'Gara hoped it would be and that's the genius of it. Nothing is off limits, his world is laid bare and people are left to make up their own minds about the subject... He is brutally honest in his observations, is very hard and unforgiving on himself and tells it like it is. It is a hallmark of the man... It's all O'Gara
Conor George, Evening Echo
Ronan O'Gara: Unguarded
Ronan O'Gara was born in 1977 in California and brought up in Cork. He was a star player at Presentation Brothers College, University College Cork and Cork Constitution, and soon became a key member of the Irish national rugby squad. Since making his international debut in 2000, O'Gara has gone on to win a record 128 caps and score more points for Munster and Ireland than any player in history. He was the leading points scorer in the Six Nations championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007, capturing the Triple Crown with Ireland three times, and the Grand Slam in 2009, and won the European Cup with Munster in 2006 and again in 2008.


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Lesson 2: Is evolution science?
All scripture is taken from the New International Version. Zondervan Bible Publishers
Before we ask, is evolution science we need to ask what is evolution?
Evolution is the belief that all life comes from (evolved) from a lower form of life. Example – bats evolved from shrews, birds evolved from reptiles and man evolved from apes. Life started in a pool of chemicals and all life evolved from that pool. This process took millions of years and involved all forms of life. There are two terms used; macro evolution and micro evolution. Macro evolution is one form of life changing into another form, a fish changing into an amphibian. Micro evolution is different species of the same kind of animal; Polar Bear, Black Bear and Brown Bear. Another name for micro evolution is natural selection and this type of evolution is based on true observational science. We see numerous species of bears, but they are all 100% bears. Macro evolution is not bases on science because nobody can see one form of animal changing (evolving) into another form.
Most scientists believe in evolution, but the belief does not make evolution science.
Pretend you are writing a new dictionary. You need to write a definition of science. What would that definition be?
Science is the study of God's creation by means of observation, repeatable testing with the same results and detailed logs that other scientists can confirm. True science is in the present, observable and testable.
If a scientist want to conduct a study in a certain subject, he will do a series of experiments, repeating those experiments and getting the same results. He will write down in great detail the study and how he did the experiments. He will put this in a science journal where other scientists can read what and how he did his study. Other scientists will do the same experiment and if they come up with the same results will verify the original experiment. That is real science.
https://answersingenesis.org/media/video/science/nature-of-science/
Because evolution is not observable or testable and because it was supposed to happen in the past, we cannot call it science. In fact, evolution goes against real science. Here's why:
First, it breaks certain scientific laws.
In the Middle Ages most people in Europe believed that rats and flies came from garbage and mice came from stored grain. People saw that there were always rats and flies in the garbage dumps and mice seemed to be in with the stored grain. There was a man named Frances Redi and in 1668 placed some garbage in a sterile jar under a screen and watched. What do you think happened? Nothing! The conclusion? Rats, mice and flies came from parent rats, mice and flies. A new scientific law was put into place. It's called the law of biogenesis. Bio means life and genesis means beginning. Biogenesis is known as one of the most universal laws of science: life comes from life. Evolution requires that we break that most basic scientific law. If you go back far enough evolution demands that life came from nonlife. Another law that is broken: The First Law of Thermodynamics states that energy and mass cannot originate from nothing. Evolution demands that energy and mass can indeed come from nothing.
https://answersingenesis.org/media/video/evolution/evolution-refuted/
Every gene contains DNA that has an incredible amount of information that makes each one of us who we are. Evolution cannot work because new genetic information is needed whenever a higher form of life appears. In order for a fish to grow legs, new information must be encoded into the DNA. For a reptile to grow feathers, new information must be encoded into the DNA. For an ape to evolve into a human, new information must be encoded into the DNA. This new information must be added or replace old information with new instructions to grow legs, feathers, or human traits. Information has to come from information and science cannot give an example of information not coming from information. Nowhere in science can new information arise by itself. No one has ever witnessed this. God has to be the creator, there is no other option.
If evolution is not true and not based on true science, why do people believe it?
We are all sinful from birth; it is in our hearts to not want God. Simply put, we don't want a God telling us what to do. A belief in evolution allows mankind to choose what is right and wrong.
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness
and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since
what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it
plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities –
his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being
understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
People want to sin, but not feel guilty because of a holy God that tells us that what we are doing is wrong.
https://answersingenesis.org/media/video/science/eyes/
You will meet people, really smart people, who are convinced that evolution is science and believe with all their heart that it is true. We have to decide for ourselves who is more trustworthy; an perfect God who has given us His Word, or sinful people.
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,
which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather
than on Christ.
There are Christians who believe in evolution because most scientists believe it. These are true Christians but they don't trust the Word of God as they should. God was there at the beginning and He shared with us through the Bible the methods of how He created. These Christians want to believe the Bible, but they also want to believe the scientists. We have to remember that scientists are sinful and make mistakes, but the Word of God is perfect. Someone has to be right and someone has to be wrong. We know for certain that our God is the one who is right.
Watch short video clip. www.icr/thatsafact Scroll down to next page; find "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made."
You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens and all
their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You
give life to everything and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
Just because most scientists, teachers and a lot of people believe in evolution, does not make it science or true. Satan loves to steer people away from God and evolution is a great way to do that. There is only one person who was there at the beginning who knows and has written about it – that person is God. We need to know that the Bible is truth and have confidence in that truth. If people believe something that is different than what we find in God's Word, those people are wrong, plain and simple. And remember that sinful man is hostile towards God's Word.
…the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
Since there is no science to back up evolution, people use misinformation to convince us that this flawed theory is true.
There was an article in the April 1979 issue of "National Geographic" magazine that was about finding, under several layers of rock, very old, but modern human footprints. The tracks of many animals were also found there in a cement like mix of volcanic ash and mud that was laid down during a volcanic eruption. There were tracks of modern Guinea Fowls, Giraffes, Elephants, Ostriches and man. An artist was hired to paint a picture of the scene. All of the animals he painted were modern animals just like the footprints demanded. However, the pictures of the humans were ape like. Even though the footprints were those of a modern human, the scientist believed that the picture of an ape man would be correct. If the scientist and artist did not believe in evolution, he would have painted modern humans because of the modern human footprints.
Watch short video clip. www.icr.org/thatsafact whale evolution.
People have tried to recreate evolution but failed.
In 1980 researchers wanted to show the world that mutations do indeed tell us the picture of evolution. They purposely mutated the genes in thousands of fruit flies spanning 600 generations. These mutations that would be essential for the fruit fly to evolve into any other creature merely resulted in dead or deformed fruit flies.
In 1988, an evolutionary biologist began growing bacteria in an effort to prove that evolution was true. He wanted to show the world that he could produce evolution in the laboratory. More than 50,000 generations later the experiment continues. The finding: the bacteria are still bacteria, the same kind of bacteria that he started with back in 1988.
When evolution was first thought up, it was assumed that the cell was a simple mixture of chemicals; add up the right mixture and you have the beginnings of life. We now know that the cell is very complex, with working parts and information that flows from the DNA to proteins. The cell is like a working city with different parts doing different jobs, each working together perfectly. The cell could never have evolved because if one part did not evolve along with the other parts, you could not have a cell. The entire cell had to be there as a whole at the beginning.
Watch short video clip. www.icr.org/thatsafact. Scroll to Cell Origins.
Back in the 1800's when evolution was gaining in popularity, a man by the name of Ernst Haeckel wanted to help this theory by proving we are all nothing but animals in our mother's wombs. He drew a chart of embryos that showed that most embryos look very similar. The problem? The chart was made up, a fraud, a lie. Embryos from different animals are very different; in fact, Professor Haeckel was fired from teaching because of this misinformation.
How can people claim that evolution is science?
It is all based on how you define the word science. In the Merriam – Webster dictionary 2018 science is defined: the state of knowing: knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding. With that definition you can make the claim that evolution is science. But the 1983 Merriam – Webster dictionary has the same wording as the 2018, except that it has these words: knowledge covering general truths or the operations of general laws as obtained and tested through scientific method. With those words you can't make evolution science. Do you understand what happened? By adjusting the meaning of the word science in the 2018 addition, evolution could be called science.
Watch short video clip. www.creationminute.com. Scroll to "What is the Evolution Formula?"
What did Darwin get right?
Charles Darwin was a young naturalist when he visited the Galapagos Islands in the early 1800's. For several weeks Darwin explored the islands taking notes and collecting specimens, especially birds. He noticed that a number of the islands had 1 or maybe 2 species of finches and that those species had developed their unique traits there, adapting to the specific conditions on each island, rather than arriving in their present form from somewhere else. Darwin was correct when he observed different variations within a created kind. His findings were based on observations in the present. What was the most intriguing was the different beak sizes among the different species. And the fact that the beak sizes would change over the generations of finches due to food changes because of droughts or excessive rain. What Darwin saw was natural selection at work producing slight changes to a species to help survive in a given environment.
Here is where Darwin was wrong. He thought that what he saw in natural selection, slight changes within species, would change species to a completely different kind of animal over long periods of time. Darwin's assumptions in the case of the finches are often shown in science textbooks as an example of evolution in action, or the same process that brought about small-scale changes in finches, if given enough time, can bring about large scale changes that results in a completely different kind of animal.
If Darwin knew anything about information in the DNA and that you cannot add information to the DNA that evolution requires (fish adding information in the DNA to grow legs to evolve into a land animal), then he would not even have thought about one animal evolving into another animal. No matter how much time you have, information cannot be added to DNA. Darwin needed to stay with his observations on finches' beaks and attribute that to natural selection, something that is seen.