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This Statistics Explained article is outdated and has been archived - for recent articles on non-EU countries see here.
Data extracted in October 2014. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database. No planned update.
This article is part of an online publication EU-Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - statistical overview (archived) and focuses on the external trade relations between the EU-28 Member States and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. Due to the dominant role of Russia in the CIS (in 2013 78.1 % of EU-28 imports from the CIS stemmed from Russia and 70.6 % of EU-28 exports to the CIS ended in Russia), most of the relations examined are not broken down by CIS country. In such cases, the CIS aggregate is considered.
Figure 1: Share of EU-28 imports from CIS, by country, 2013
Source: Eurostat (ext_lt_intertrd)
Figure 2: Share of EU-28 exports to the CIS, by country, 2013
1 Main statistical findings
1.1 Trade relations between EU-28 Member States and the CIS
1.2 External trade relations at country level
1.3 Commodities traded between EU-28 Member States and the CIS
1.4 Most common products traded between EU-28 Members States and the CIS
2 Data sources and availability
2.1 Methodology / Metadata
3 Context
5 Further Eurostat information
5.1 Publications
5.2 Main tables
5.3 Database
5.4 Dedicated section
5.5 Source data for tables and figures (MS Excel)
Main statistical findings
Trade relations between EU-28 Member States and the CIS
Germany was the most important trade partner to the CIS; Italy, the Netherlands and Poland followed
In 2013, EU-28–CIS trade (EUR 433 billion) made up 13 % of the total extra-EU trade. Imports from the CIS represented 15.7 % of the extra-EU imports and the EU exports to the CIS made up 9.8 % of the total extra-EU exports. In order to identify the most important trade partners to the CIS among the EU-28 Member States, EU-28 imports from the CIS and EU-28 exports to the CIS are broken down by Member State.
Figures 1 and 2 illustrate that four EU-28 Member States (Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland) were involved in more than half of the value for both trade flows between the EU-28 and the CIS, while Germany accounted for 17.7 % of EU-28 imports (EUR 46.7 billion) from the CIS and 28.4 % of EU-28 exports (EUR 48.2 billion) to the CIS. France, Finland, Spain, Belgium and the United Kingdom were also significant trade partners.
The EU-28 presented a trade deficit (EUR – 93.8 billion), which was the case for all major EU Member States traders except for Germany (exports to the CIS exceeded imports from the CIS by EUR 1.5 billion).
The share of imports from the CIS (or exports to the CIS) in the total value of imports (or exports) performed by a country is a measure of trade dependency to the CIS. As far as the share of imports from the CIS was concerned (Figure 3), Lithuania was by far the most dependent EU-28 Member States (32.3 % of total imports), followed by Bulgaria (21.3 %), Finland and Greece (19.0 % each). The CIS also accounted for the 31.6 % of exports from Lithuania and 21.4 % of exports from Latvia (Figure 4).
Figure 3: Share of EU-28 imports from the CIS in total imports, by country, 2013
Source: Eurostat (ext_lt_intertrd) and COMEXT (DS-018995)
Figure 4: Share of EU-28 exports to the CIS in total exports, by country, 2013
External trade relations at country level
EU-28 exports to the CIS were more diversified than imports; Russia led in both trade flows
Russia accounted for 78.1 % of the total EU-28 imports from the CIS (EUR 205.9 billion) and 70.6 % of total EU-28 exports to the CIS (EUR 119.8 billion). Consequently, the majority of significant trade relations between the EU-28 and the CIS at country level involved Russia (Tables 1 and 2).
According to Table 1, 51.9 % of total EU-28 imports from the CIS were performed solely between seven EU-28 Member States (Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Finland, France and Belgium in descending order of trade value) and Russia. France, Germany and Italy also presented significant imports from Kazakhstan (55.8 % of all EU-28 imports from Kazakhstan), while Italy accounted for 48.6 % of EU-28 imports from Azerbaijan.
Table 1: EU-28 imports from the CIS, by country, 2013 (1)
(million EUR)
Source: COMEXT (DS-018995)
Table 2 shows that EU-28 exports to the CIS at country level were generally more diverse than the imports, even though 21.3 % of the total EU-28 exports to the CIS were performed between Germany and Russia. Ukraine was an important EU-28 exports destination (EUR 23.9 billion), with Germany, Poland, Hungary and Italy contributing 56.6 % of the total EU-28 exports to Ukraine. Germany also accounted for 26.6 % of EU-28 exports to Belarus and 29.0 % of EU-28 exports to Kazakhstan, while Poland accounted for 21.1 % of total EU-28 exports to Belarus.
Table 2: EU-28 exports to the CIS, by country, 2013 (1)
Commodities traded between EU-28 Member States and the CIS
The EU-28 imported mineral fuels from the CIS and exported machinery and transport equipment, chemicals and other manufactured goods
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (SITC Section 3) imported by Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Poland, Spain, Greece and Estonia made up 53.1 % of the total EU-28 imports from the CIS (Table 3). The share of these goods on total EU-28 imports from the CIS was 75.5 %. Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC (SITC Section 9) were the second most common class of commodities imported from the CIS (7.9 % of the total EU-28 imports from the CIS, 4.2 % for Germany solely and 1.1 % for Poland). Belgium, Italy and Germany also imported significant amounts of manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (SITC Section 6) from the CIS.
EU-28 exports to the CIS were diversified among SITC commodity classes as they were among EU Member States. Machinery and transport equipment (SITC Section 7) was the most common commodity class exported to the CIS (45.4 % of total EU-28 exports to the CIS, 15.8 % for Germany solely, Table 4), while chemicals and related products (SITC Section 5), miscellaneous manufactured articles (SITC Section 8) and manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (SITC Section 6) were also relevant exports (17.0 %, 11.8 % and 11.3 % of total EU-28 exports to the CIS respectively). Germany and Poland were major suppliers of all of these four commodity classes and also presented significant amounts of exports of food and live animals (SITC Section 0) to the CIS.
Table 3: EU-28 imports from the CIS by commodity section (SITC 1-digit), by country, 2013 (1)
Table 4: EU-28 exports to the CIS by commodity section (SITC 1-digit), by country, 2013 (1)
Most common products traded between EU-28 Members States and the CIS
Products exported to the CIS were far more diverse than the products imported
Table 5 shows that the share of petroleum and petroleum products (SITC division 33) in the total EU-28 imports from the CIS for the major trading EU-28 countries ranged from 52.9 % (Belgium) to 85.5 % (France). Other products represented significant shares of their total imports from the CIS for specific EU Member States, namely natural gas for Italy (22.9 %, SITC Code 34), non-metallic mineral manufactures for Belgium (22.5 %, SITC Code 66) and coal, coke and briquettes for the United Kingdom (13.6 %, SITC Code 32).
It is evident that EU-28 Member States exported various products to the CIS countries. The distribution of the main exports for the EU-28 as a whole was quite similar to that for Germany, while for the rest of the major trade partners there was a greater variety. Among others, Italy and Spain exported articles of apparel and clothing accessories (11.8 % and 7.3 % of their exports to the CIS respectively, SITC Code 84), the Netherlands exported office and automatic data-processing machines as well as telecommunications, sound-recording and reproducing equipment (13.8 % and 7.9 % respectively, SITC Codes 75 and 76), France exported essential oils, resinoids and perfume materials (7.6 %, SITC Code 55), Finland exported paper (10.9 %, SITC Code 64) and the United Kingdom exported non-monetary gold (9.2 %, SITC Code 97).
Table 6 shows that 39.1 % of the natural gas and 28.4 % of iron and steel (SITC Code 67) imported from the CIS by the EU-28 was destined to Italy. Germany accounted for 32.3 % of the EU-28 imports of non-ferrous metals (SITC Code 68) and Belgium accounted for 91.5 % of the EU-28 imports of non-metallic mineral manufactures from the CIS, while the United Kingdom accounted for 25.4% of coal, coke and briquettes imports (SITC Code 32) and Spain for 30.5% of cereals and cereal preparation imports (SITC Code 04).
As far as EU-28 exports to the CIS were concerned, Germany led the exports for the most common products, with the exceptions of articles of apparel and clothing accessories (Italy led with 37.7 % of total EU-28 exports to the CIS, Germany followed with 20.1 %) and telecommunications, sound-recording and reproducing equipment (the Netherlands led with 17.2 %, Germany followed with 13.3 %).
Table 5: EU-28 imports from the CIS and EU-28 exports to the CIS by SITC division (1), by country, 2013
Table 6: EU-28 imports from the CIS and EU-28 exports to the CIS by SITC division, by top 5 countries, 2013
Data sources and availability
All data presented in this publication were taken from COMEXT, Eurostat's database containing statistics on trade in goods. These data may differ from those produced by the national statistical services of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and provided by the Interstate Statistical Committee of the CIS (CIS-STAT).
Methodology / Metadata
In the methodology applied for statistics on the trading of goods, extra-EU trade (trade between EU Member States and non-member countries) statistics do not record exchanges involving goods in transit, placed in a customs warehouse or given temporary admission (for trade fairs, temporary exhibitions, tests, etc.). This is known as 'special trade'. So the partner will be the country of final destination of the goods.
Dutch imports from CIS partners are over-estimated because of the 'Rotterdam effect' where goods destined for the rest of the EU arrive, and are therefore recorded in harmonised EU external trade statistics, in Dutch ports. This then has a negative effect on the imports from the CIS partners of those EU Member States to which the goods are re-exported as these shipments would be recorded as intra-EU imports from the Netherlands rather than extra-EU imports from the CIS partners. To a lesser extent, Belgian trade figures are similarly over-estimated.
Information on commodities exported and imported are presented according to the Standard international trade classification (SITC) at a more general level (1-digit — Tables 3 and 4) and a more detailed level (2-digit — Tables 5 and 6).
Some products classified under SICT 9 are subject to confidentiality: in order to suppress the nature of the commodity involved, all or part of the trade is allocated to a confidential product code.
In this statistical article: 1 billion = 1 000 000 000, 1 million = 1 000 000.
International trade in goods (ESMS metadata file — ext_go_esms)
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has become a significant trading partner of the EU-28 in recent years, with imports and exports growing from EUR 130 billion in 2002 to EUR 434 billion in 2013 (+ 195 %). In 2013 EU-CIS trade represented 13 % of all EU trade (intra-EU and extra-EU), while in 2002 the share was 7 %.The trade balance has been negative since 2002, and it has been increasing, with the EU having imported EUR 94 billion from the CIS, more than it exported in 2013.
EU imports from the CIS represented 16 % of all extra-EU imports and EU exports to the CIS amounted to 10 % of total extra-EU exports.
Russia has a dominant position amidst the CIS countries and represents the lion's share of both EU-CIS imports (78 %) and EU-CIS exports (71 %).
CIS-EU - statistics on international trade by CIS country
Africa-EU - key statistical indicators
Further Eurostat information
EU-27 trade in goods with the Commonwealth of Independent States, 2000–2010 Statistics in focus 40/2011
Main tables
International trade, see:
International trade data (t_ext)
International trade long-term indicators (t_ext_lti)
International trade short-term indicators (t_ext_sti)
International trade detailed data (detail)
EU trade since 1988 by SITC (DS-018995)
Dedicated section
Source data for tables and figures (MS Excel)
CIS-EU — statistics on international trade by EU Member State Excel file
Interstate Statistical Committee of the CIS
ISIC rev.4 classification
DG Trade — policy — countries and regions — Russia
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I'm late to the party but that is how we roll. It's been a CRAZY December and the 1 year we had 90% of our Christmas Decorations up the first week of December we almost had to take them ALL DOWN for pest control. Thankfully we were able to keep a lot of it intact.
This year we got a real tree. We founnd a great deal for $20 at a little tree stand we passed one weekend while running errands.
Here is my advent wreath. We got the base at Michaels and found some pretty decor to glue onto it. Then the candles came from Hobby Lobby.
One of my favorite Christmas Decorations is the Nativity. I like to move the different pieces throughout the house throughout Advent (although they are all together for this picture).
You mean you don't have a cat in your manger?
Pierre aka Agent P used to sit on this shelf all the time before baby Jesus stole his spot. He has revolted by sitting in front of baby jesus anyway. It's okay because there were Tabby cats in the Manger. That is how they got their M 😉 don't believe me? We found it on wikipedia. That means it has to be true!
Last but not least this year my sister decided it would be "fun" to make Gingerbread houses. On Black Friday Home Depot had these cute kits on sale for $8 so I bought 2 of them and last night we decided to make them. Here is what we came up with. I feel like a #PinterestFailed experiment.
I think our Gingerbread Houses have "Character." In the end all it matters is we had fun making them and we learned not to eat the candy/icing that comes with the houses because it gives you a tummy ache.
One of my favorite parts of Christmas is all the baking we do. This year we made butter cookies, Italian Cookies, and Homemade Raviolis (for Christmas Dinner). We always have a lot of fun making everything and this year I even bought an awesome electric cookie gun that made making the butter cookies SUPER EASY plus I didn't waste as much dough as I usually do! Winning!!
Hope you enjoyed a tour of our Christmas Decor here are some other random christmas photos I have found over the past month.
Christmas Tree Sculpted Butter – Because it isn't Christmas without it!
2 weeks ago I headed down to Disney for my last trip until I can afford to pay for an annual pass again. Hopefully by 2014 or 2015 we'll get to go back. But Disney does an AWESOME job at decorating for the holidays. Here is a collage of some of the photos I took.
WARNING: Not responsible for the seizures this video may cause.
Another show we saw was the Candlelight Processional in Epcot. This was the most beautiful show I have ever seen. They have choirs sing Christmas songs in between sections of the bible reading of the Christmas Story. Here is a youtube video of the full show. It is rather long but really beautiful.
Oh my gosh, the cat part had me laughing so hard!!! Love the monorail!
Ah! I can't get over the Christmas tree butter!!! I have never seen that before!
What kind of weird people *don't* have cats in their mangers?!?!?!?!?!?


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Raya and the Last Dragon Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have returned and it's up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the last dragon in order to finally stop the Druun for good. However, along her journey, she'll learn that it'll take more than dragon magic to save the world—it's going to take trust as well. From directors Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, co-directors Paul Briggs and John Ripa, producers Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho, and featuring the voices of Kelly Marie Tran as Raya and Awkwafina as Sisu. Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Raya and the Last Dragon" will debut simultaneously on Disney+ Premier Access and in theatres on March 5, 2021. Directed By Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada Written By Qui Nguyen, Adele Lim Produced By Osnat Shurer, Peter Del Vecho Cast Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina
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Marley & Me: What is it?
When I went to Blockbuster yesterday afternoon, I had no intentions to write a post about Marley & Me. But this movie is such a curious oddity, in ways one might not expect from a film touted as "The Perfect Family Comedy!" (Mark Allen, CBS, DVD cover).
First of all, the movie is about writing and narrative form. Here are Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson in one scene, proofreading a piece of writing together:
I can (almost) imagine screening this moment in a classroom in order to model collaboration. Aniston and Wilson play married newspaper columnists. The film, intermittently narrated by Wilson in plucky voice-overs, follows their careers and the escapades of their dog Marley, who Wilson's character writes about in his columns. But as the movie unfolded, I was constantly uncertain whether I was watching a story about Wilson's character the writer, or whether I was watching what Wilson's character was watching in order to write stories. In other words, the film is so layered with embedded subplots and hovering meta-narratives that it begins to take shape as an intricate chiasmus. The movie jerks back and forth between narrative points-of-view, but it turns out that all these layers exist on the same plane, even as they appear to loop around continually, adding texture and turns. The movie, frankly, stretches and twists the brain by employing quite sophisticated plotting mechanisms. Toward the end, it turns out that we're back at the beginning; the movie has mostly been an elaborate analepsis, or flashback of sorts.
The movie also participates, albeit awkwardly, in the genre of the epic: Wilson and Aniston's characters are on a familiar journey toward that mythic place called The American Dream, yellow lab and Honda Odyssey minivan included. However, this is an epic landscape without gods or fate. In fact, Marley & Me forwards a radically secular sense of contemporary culture. Mentions of God and Christian theology are brief, sardonic, and during a vacation in Ireland (thus also exoticized). Near the end of the film, a young child speaks of Heaven, making this idea seem infantile. On the other hand, the film makes its audience intensely aware of the passing of time, and the passing of life—i.e., mortality. Marley & Me is about impermanence, enjoying things while they last, and writing about it all. And then making a movie about all these things. If this sounds like a tall order for an allegedly simple feel-good movie, it is. Furthermore, the movie is definitively not a comedy. It is a tragedy. But perhaps what makes the movie 'postmodern'—to use a potentially vapid term—is precisely its ability to conflate, confuse, and compact an incredible amount of narrative material in 115 minutes of something called entertainment.
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package com.barbarum.tutorial.code.number;

import com.barbarum.tutorial.code.BasicTestCase;
import com.barbarum.tutorial.code.number.PalindromeNumber;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

public class TestPalindromeNumber extends BasicTestCase {

    @Test
    public void testIsPalindrome() throws Exception {
        Assert.assertEquals(false, PalindromeNumber.isPalindrome(-11));
        Assert.assertEquals(false, PalindromeNumber.isPalindrome(-1));
        Assert.assertEquals(true, PalindromeNumber.isPalindrome(0));
        Assert.assertEquals(true, PalindromeNumber.isPalindrome(11));
        Assert.assertEquals(false, PalindromeNumber.isPalindrome(10));
        Assert.assertEquals(true, PalindromeNumber.isPalindrome(121));
    }
}

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7:30 pm EST, November 24, 2018
Netflix's 'The Christmas Chronicles' review: Kurt Russell has a blast playing Santa Claus
If there's one takeaway from Netflix's The Christmas Chronicles, it's Kurt Russell giving us a sexy Santa Claus that could actually go down as a new holiday classic.
Perhaps the highest profile Christmas movie offering from Netflix this year is The Christmas Chronicles, starring Kurt Russell as an edgy, hip and notably slimmed-down Santa Claus. He continually makes the point that the commercialization of St. Nick has really unfairly packed on the pounds. Russell is having so much fun in the role, really hamming it up and delivering plenty of grizzly charm, that his rendition of Santa Claus might be among the best we've seen in the movies.
Before we meet this new Claus, we're introduced to the siblings at the center of the holiday adventure about to unfold. Teddy (Judah Lewis) is the older brother troublemaker, and his younger sister Kate (Darby Camp of Big Little Lies) catches him on tape stealing a car with his friends. After scrolling through previous years of family Christmas footage taken by her mom (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) featuring her late dad (Oliver Hudson), Kate sees a glimpse of an arm placing a present underneath the tree. She's convinced it's none other than the big man himself and talks her brother into camping out on Christmas Eve night to catch him again in the act, of course using the carjacking footage as leverage.
Netflix's 'The Christmas Chronicles' gives a new take on Santa
by Kendall Ashley
The two get more than what they bargained for, when they not only see Santa Claus but also all the reindeer and his sleigh, and they inadvertently catch a ride with him in the sky. Once airborne, we only hear Kurt Russell's booming voice calling out the reindeers' names, his beard and red hat whipping in the wind as Teddy and Kate hang on tight in the back. Kate decides to introduce herself, which startles our Santa, sending the sleigh careening out of control. The following high-flying sequence had me thinking Dunkirk wishes! Just kidding, but it actually is surprisingly effective and thrilling.
For a movie called The Christmas Chronicles, it really only has one setting, and that is on the streets of Chicago. After this sequence, the movie becomes quite literally grounded. With Santa's hat blown off his head rendering him unable to travel through time and space, he's stranded with the two kids as they find a way to get Santa back to where he belongs before the sun comes up and Christmas is ruined. The journey takes them to a pub and then to, well, jail. And that's it, really. After stealing a car to help Santa get to where he needs to go, a pair of Chicago police officers throw Santa behind bars. There, however, he makes the best of his situation and magically turns the joint into a jailhouse blues club, donning sunglasses and belting a tune.
The best part about this iteration of Santa is the way he knows intimate details about every person he crosses paths with. For example, a hostess (played by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Vella Lovell) at the pub they stop into is taken aback by Santa's recounting of all her childhood wishes and what she asked Santa for. He does this to other patrons throughout the pub, calling them by name and reminding them of gifts from their past. The most important instance of this is with one of the Chicago police officers who only wants to hear from his ex-wife for Christmas, and Santa knows this. It doesn't convince him to pull Santa out of the slammer — but almost.
The only character who journeys outside the bounds of Chicago is Kate who must enlist the help of Santa's elves to make sure he gets back to the business of Christmas. Now the elves here aren't real-life actors, but rather CGI Smurf-looking things who speak Elvish. And unfortunately, they aren't nearly as fleshed-out as they could be. They're basically Minions-lite. Also disappointing is while Kate does make it to the mythical North Pole, we hardly spend any time there at all, and certainly not with Santa because he's too busy singing blues bangers behind bars.
Even if The Christmas Chronicles descends into conventional story beats and chooses the less interesting route when given the opportunity to do otherwise, it's still enjoyable holiday fare and easily something that could've been successful theatrically. There are some inexcusably lazy jokes, too, (especially a quip about fake news), but the movie glides on the sheer joyous energy of Kurt Russell's rendition of Santa Claus. You can tell he's having a blast with it, and that feeling is stupidly infectious.


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I like the cat bookends.
I especially like to comments I get with my 'Scarf Necklace'. I picked up Vol 2 the evening before our monthly dinner. That afternoon I set out to make the scarf using an out-of-date necklace that has been sitting in my jewellery box for well over 30 years. It was layers of chain and many times I had thought of sending it to GoodWill. In no time at all I had a show stopper for my outfit.
Now it is resurected in my 'Scarf Necklace' and I get nice comments each and everytime I wear it. It definitely adds the umph to my tops.
I like the crumb catcher in vol. 2! I can't wait to see vol. 3!!
I do have those issues and looked through some of the 'memory' section…but I like them ALL! Each project and idea has a unique character that I love about it. I would love to have all THREE volumes!
The crumb catcher and tee time!
I would like to share a story with you about one of the projects in Vol. 2 which for such a small project it had a HUGE impact!!!!!! Smart Storage"…….at the time my craft room was a drab room!!!! It had an unpainted concrete floor; unpainted cabinets of which 3 of these Cabinets had NO DOORS. Even the sheetrock walls were unpainted. Sitting in the middle was an old scrapbooking desk of my daughters (the modular type…..ie just a big pile of mostly cubes with slide in narrow shelves), some closet storage items which had found there way there as unwanted in the closet, an old library card file so deep in dust you could not really tell what it was along with a lot of other "relics" previously in my parents home (now deceased), not quite knowing what to do with them yet not ready to let go of them. Even the walls were even just bare sheetrock. I make LOTS of your storage containers in various sizes and used co-ordinating ones in the cabinet where there were no doors, then made a smaller version for the desk…….rearranged the desk to make a sewing desk with lots of "smart storage" for all my tools then after shortening the desk length by putting cubes back to back I had a large cutting area (plus my counter top over cabinets) Everything is the same height, countertop, which is great as my chair is on rollers so I can just roll from one are to the other. Previously I almost hated to go into the room it looked so helpless & purchasing that many matching baskets was out of the question due to the cost. Your articles helped me take an unwanted drab room into a beautiful quiet sanctuary of my own, I decorated in hues of blue and white mostly with just a few dabs of other for color. It is so peaceful I now LOVE spending time there!!! Wow, thanks so much for the GREAT Projects!!!!! I still can't believe that mostly just for the price of a magazine issue I got a GREAT ROOM!!!!!
I like Ruffled Wristlet from Volume 2.
Is it possible to still get a paper copy of volume 1?
The cupcake apron. A little bit of nostalgia.
The tee shirt,and I really like the line skirt. It was easy to make.
I like the Divine A-Line skirt!
I love retro projects, love to give them as gifts.
LOVE ANYTHING WITH RICK RACK. THE CAT BOOKENDS ARE TO CUTE.
I liked "trim the tee" with rick rack. A very versatile project!


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Le Colibri madère (Eulampis jugularis) est une espèce d'oiseau-mouche (famille des Trochilidae), dont le protonyme est Trochilus jugularis.

Répartition
Cet oiseau peuple les Petites Antilles dont la Guadeloupe et la Martinique.

Nom vernaculaire
Madè en Guadeloupe.

Description
Le mâle est de couleur noire avec de nombreux reflets, sa gorge est d'un rouge profond et le dessus de sa tête est vert.

Voir aussi

Références taxonomiques

Trochilidae

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Oh Miranda! (Chrysoula Tzavelas; 2003; TADS 3).
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HomeUncategorizedHon. Rosaline Smith addresses IPU Side Event at on-going 59th CSW Session at the UN
Hon. Rosaline Smith addresses IPU Side Event at on-going 59th CSW Session at the UN
March 14, 2015 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU Uncategorized 0
The Hon. Rosaline Smith of Constituency 103 in the Western Urban, is one of Sierra Leone's delegates at the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women ( CSW ) , presently going on at the United Nations in New York.
During the present session, the Hon. Smith was a member of a panel which consisted of a Moroccan, two MPs from the British Parliament , a representative of the International Parliamentary Union ( IPU ) and a Namibian, who acted as the Chairlady. The panel considered how Parliament relates with civil society, the youths and the grassroots.
On March 10, 2015 the Hon . Smith addressed a side event held by the International Parliamentary Union ( IPU ) , on the topic : EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION : Paving the way for young women in decision-making " .
We bring you the address :
Mr. Chairman,
Representatives of the IPU and other UN Agencies,
Colleague Members of Parliament,
Members of various Women's Groups,
NGOs, Civil Societies and Women's Groups,
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,
I bring you warm greetings from the women and girls of Sierra Leone, specifically those who survived the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and those currently in quarantined homes.
I am honoured with this opportunity to share my personal experience as a young female parliamentarian in a male dominated parliament. I must thank the organizers for convening this event and I am particularly delighted to meet with so many women and men from around the world who have made achieving gender equality and promoting women's empowerment a priority.
Sierra Leone has a population of about six million people, about 52% of which are women. Our 124-member Parliament comprises 12 Paramount Chiefs and 112 ordinary members. It saddens me to state here that we have only 15 women in our current parliament, which is a mere 13.3% female representation. However, the good news is that the current government has made significant progress in promoting women's empowerment and gender mainstreaming programs in both the formal and private sectors. In recent times, the country has set out policies and mapped out structures that continue to enhance the status of women across the board. Though there are still many challenges, I firmly believe that with demonstrated political will and commitment, sustained collaboration with the relevant stakeholders as well as the increasing awareness, resilience and perseverance by our women folk, we are on track in achieving the goals contained in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
Mr. Chairman ,
For most people, getting into politics usually springs from being born into a political or wealthy family. For me, though from a poor family background, I got my inspiration from the values I inculcated from my late mother, by the way she cared for our community members who were not even blood related to her. Additionally, people who usually make donations to charitable organizations equally fascinated me. In that connection, I have made a lot of endeavors in the area of charity and community development projects such as awarding of scholarships, construction of water wells, foot-bridges over dangerous waterways, donation of furniture to schools and active participation in grass-root development organizations. All of these did not only earn me recognition by the political leadership at both local and national levels, but also motivated the voters to elect me as their Parliamentary Representative.
Mr. Chairman , Distinguished Delegates :
Women form the majority of voters in Sierra Leone and in that respect we need our voices to be heard; we need significant political space and opportunity to contribute in governance. Unfortunately, we have huge challenges, particularly with regard to the provision of the much-needed financial resources, the unwillingness of political parties to give women proportionate space and the absence of adequate encouragement from our male counterparts to forge ahead with our political aspirations. Although women are the backbone of political groups, we still remain limited in our political representation to the extent that a good number of our women are merely playing the roles of campaigners and voters. Less attention is paid to women's voices, their experiences, their values and their political demands. The desired change of this attitude and situation must start with our political parties, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve the minimum 30% quota in a male dominated society and its parliament.
There has been a lot of advocacy for the need to increase female representations to elective positions towards attaining the minimum 30% quota. This increase, as we are all aware, will not only provide increased opportunity but also raise the level of confidence of women in advocating and actively contributing in policy decision making on issues directly affecting their lives. I am pleased to state that some encouraging progress is being realized in my country, in the area of appointment of women to policy decision making positions in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial arms of government, as well as in the university, the Army and the Police. This development provides motivation and inspiration for our younger female generation. Our own generation MUST ensure the enhancement of further progress in this direction for the benefit of posterity.
Mr. Chairman , Distinguished Delegates,
I will not conclude my presentation without talking about the Ebola outbreak in our sub-region and its attendant consequences on the development and empowerment of women, with specific reference to Sierra Leone.
Despite progress made in the last several years, maternal mortality is still a key challenge in the entire healthcare system. This has been compounded by the outbreak of the Ebola virus, which continues to threaten the health of women and their families. Women have been the most affected by the disease, largely owing to the fact that they are the primary caregivers in their families and are the majority of healthcare personnel. The magnitude of the outbreak has pushed the already fragile health system beyond its limits, making access to health care of any type even more difficult.
Ebola appears to be very dangerous for pregnant women, not only because uninfected women are unable to gain access to health centers for routine antenatal or delivery care, but also because pregnant women who contract but survive the disease are highly likely to suffer miscarriage.
Let me conclude by calling on all our development partners to recommit ourselves, collectively, to further strengthening our existing partnerships and networks so we could bequeath a legacy of equal opportunity and a level playing field for our younger generation to find the required space to collaborate with their male counterparts as equal partners at the school and university, in the workplace as well as in all sectors of governance.
THIS IS ACHIEVABLE and, with firm determination, WE CAN DO IT. We should not wait for the space to be given to us; WE MUST CARVE OUT OUR SPACE. YES, WE CAN AND WE MUST!!
LET US BE GO-GETTERS.
I thank you for listening
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Caption: A small waterfall flows over the rocks near the base of Lincoln Brook in Warren, VT.
I had arrived at the falls around noon on what was a relatively sunny day with some clouds. I had left my camera in the car because capturing a photo at this time of day is usually impossible. Midday sunlight is generally too harsh for landscapes, especially in the woods where you end up with chaotic shadows and light that create distractions in a photo. But as I walked along the falls, something incredible happened. A cloud covered the sun, and the harsh light and shadows were replaced with an even smooth light that transformed the scenery into something magical.
I ran back to the car and grabbed my camera gear and then returned to the falls – timing my photos with the movement of the clouds across the sun. Fortunately, there were enough clouds in the sky that I had several opportunities to take photos as the light changed from harsh to smooth and back again.
Lesson learned: Even at midday you can get great light in the right conditions. Transient cloud cover can smooth out harsh light and transform a scene into something completely different.


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Downtown Grounds Coffee Shop hit-and-run suspect arrested
By Tresia Bowles | July 20, 2018 at 4:51 PM CDT - Updated August 23 at 4:11 PM
DERIDDER, LA (KPLC) - The suspect who ran into the patio at Downtown Grounds Coffee Shop and left the scene in DeRidder has been arrested, according to Deputy Chief Christopher Rudy with the DeRidder Police Department.
The owner of the shop received an alert from the security system that a yellow Ford F150 struck the front patio on July 18 around 8:30 p.m., says Rudy. Afterward, the driver, James I. Martin, 60, of Rosepine, headed north on U.S. 171.
Rudy says on July 19, DeRidder officers received information that the pickup truck stopped at a local restaurant. An employee reported the vehicle to police.
With the assistance of the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office, officers located Martin at his residence along with the truck, Rudy says. The truck had damage consistent with the surveillance video.
Martin was charged with one count of hit-and-run driving. He is booked into Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office jail.
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Tresia Bowles is a Digital Content Producer for KPLC. She's a true Georgia peach from Fayetteville, Georgia, and graduated from Valdosta State where she reported.
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The construction of landfill site is assisted by the Asian Development Bank and Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City.
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The Sub-Metropolitan City has also planned to make organic manure from the garbage and keep it for sale.