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I feel like my kids have a pretty good concept about the fact that mommy works, and that's just the way it is. They understand why I work. Still, there are good days and bad days with our children.
This week, I attached myself like glue to my daughter, because she expressed her need for mommy time. Rain, who is three-years-old, got quite angry last week. "Mommy, you NEVER pick me up from school." I tried to explain to her that I work on Mondays and Tuesdays. "I try to go into work late so I can drive you to school," I said, "but I can't always pick you up because I work." I made a commitment to her last week: I took a full day off to spend with her. I also promised her I would pick her up from school on Wednesdays and Fridays, so I am making a huge effort to do that.
Something interesting happened the other night. As much as my kids need time, my relationship needs time as well. David and I have really been trying hard to carve out some extra alone time to keep our romance burning and stay committed to each other. We're guilty of allowing each other to be last on the list. The other day, we spent the entire day with the kids. I took them to DWTS on Saturday for a script reading. They love hanging out in my dressing room and exploring the ballroom. I took them to an Operation Smile/ Pottery Barn charity event I hosted. They got to dress up in their costumes (and they were so cute)! It was a great party. There was candy and games (like potato sack races!) and food. I love backyard parties. It was a pretty amazing day. Then, David and I had an early wedding to go to. We brought the kids to that event too!
I was very impressed with Rain's understanding of what I needed. I feel like it is very beneficial for me and her when I take the time to communicate honestly with her on her level, and explain what is going on. She is a very understanding child.
During our date, my 10-year-old texted me about 15 times (no, I'm not exaggerating). "I need you. Call me back, etc." It upset me, because I feel like she was abusing her privilege. When David and I returned, my two oldest were still awake. They came into my bedroom and were quite upset. It was Rain who calmed them down. "Listen, Neriah and Sierra. You know how we need our time with Mommy? Well, Mama and Papa need their time too. So don't be unfair, OK?" David and I looked at each other, trying to hold back laughter. We were so impressed with her. Our three-year-old broke down the situation to an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old. Everyone understood.
I think it's important to listen to your children's needs without ignoring other priorities, like romance. I felt like everyone got what they needed this weekend, which is not a feeling I have often.
The work-life challenge forces a lot of moms to choose one or the other. However, I truly believe everything is possible if you make a strong commitment to your family, yourself and your relationship. It just takes a lot of TLC, effort and patience. But, at the end of the day, everyone will be better for it.


Tejasvi, a lawyer, is also the vice-president of the state BJP Yuva Morcha. He is known for his strong pro-Hinduvta views and often takes potshots at those who oppose PM Modi on social media and in public forums.
Bengaluru: In a surprise move, the BJP has fielded young face Tejasvi Surya from the prestigious Bengaluru South Lok Sabha seat, which was widely expected to go to Tejaswini Ananthkumar, the widow of Union minister Ananthkumar who passed away in November last year. The minister had won six straight terms from Bengaluru South between 1996 and 2014.
However, four days ago the local party leaders started discussing the possibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi contesting from there, thus increasing the curiosity and tension in some camps.
The Congress, which was desperately looking for a suitable candidate, finally fielded party veteran and Rajya Sabha MP BK Hariprasad from there. He had lost to Ananthkumar by 65,000 votes in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections.
The candidature of Tejasvi Surya, who is known for his strong Hindutva views, has shocked the Ananthkumar camp.
Tejaswini on Monday tweeted that for her, it was country first, party second and personal life last. Perhaps, she was aware of the fact that the ticket was slipping away from her hand.
According to local BJP leaders, Tejasvi has been chosen over Tejaswini just to target the family politics of JD(S) and Congress. "Tejaswini is a good candidate. But she is Ananthkumar's widow. She wanted to claim his legacy. Perhaps, our high command thought that it was not appropriate and has picked young face Tejasvi Surya," said a state leader.
Tejasvi, a lawyer, is also the vice-president of the state BJP Yuva Morcha. He is known for his strong pro-Hinduvta views and often takes potshots at those who oppose PM Modi on social media and in public forums. He is an important figure in the state BJP's media management cell and has good equations with the Yeddyurappa camp. His uncle Ravi Subramanya is a three-time BJP MLA from Basavanagudi in the same Lok Sabha constituency.
Meanwhile, Ananthkumar supporters have erupted in anger after the BJP ticket to Tejasvi. The young leader also faced "go back Tejasvi" slogans when he went to seek Tejaswini's.
Tejaswini's supporters blamed both Karnataka BJP leadership and central leaders for the "injustice" meted out to her, adding that they would support her if she decided to contest as an independent candidate.
Bengaluru South is known to be an anti-Congress seat since 1977. In the last 10 elections, the Congress won the seat only once in 1989. Late chief minister R Gundurao had won by a huge margin then. The seat has been with the BJP since 1991. Gundurao's son Dinesh Gundurao is the current president of Karnataka Congress and a five-time MLA from Gandhinagara in Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha seat.
Considered a Brahmin seat, Bengaluru South constituency has been represented by only Brahmins nine times since 1977. Infosys co-founder and Aadhaar founder Nandan Nilekani had lost on a Congress ticket to Ananthkumar in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Since the BJP as a party is well entrenched in the seat, not many doubt yet another win for the saffron party. After all, Tejasvi Surya is also a Brahmin. Will he be the tenth Brahmin to win from there? One has to wait till May 23 for the answer.


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Sacramento group harvests fruit from homes for those in need
Goal is to save thousands of pounds of fruit from spoiling by giving it to people who need it
Updated: 8:58 AM PST Jan 5, 2021
Leticia Ordaz
THREE NEWS. DEIRDRE: THE FOG REALLY ROLLED IN. 6:40 NOW. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN FRUITS ARE ABUNDANT ON TREES THROUGHOUT THE CAPITOL CITY. ONE URBAN FARMING OPERATION BASED IN OAK PARK IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE ALL THAT FRESH PRODUCE WON'T GO TO WASTE. TEO: KCRA 3'S LETICIA ORDAZ IS LIVE IN SACRAMENTO WITH THE HARVESTING EFFORT HELPING LOCAL FAMILIES. LETICIA: GOOD MORNING. FIND OUT FARMS HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT A YEAR BUT THEY ARE MAKING A BIG IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE PICKING THIS FRESH FRUIT AND BRINGING IT TO FAMILIES IN NEED. WHEN THEY GET CALLS FROM HOMEOWNERS, VOLUNTEERS HARVEST THE FRUIT. DURING HE SUMMER, THEY -- VOLUNTEERS HARVEST THE FRUIT AND HOLD A MONTHLY FREE FRUIT STAND IN PLACES THAT REALLY NEED IT, LIKE SOUTH OAK PARK. THEY WERE HANDED TO HOMELESS IN THEIR ENCAMPMENT, OR MAKE HOME DELIVERIES TO FAMILIES WITHOUT A CAR ENSURING THAT MORE PEOPLE , HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD DURING THE PANDEMIC. >> IT IS HUGE, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR GETTING VITAMIN C. IT IS REALLY ABUNDANT HERE. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CHALLENGE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT, SO IN THE 952 AREA CODE, WE DON'T HAVE GOOD ACCESS TO PRODUCE. LETICIA: IF YOU HAVE TREES YOU WOULD LIKE HARVESTED OR HAVE -- WANT TO VOLUNTEER, GO TO FIND OUT FARMS.COM AND FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THEIR FREE MONTHLY FOOD STAND
Find Out Farms has been around for one year, but they are already making a big impact in the community.They've been picking fruits from trees and giving them to families who've hit hard times.When they get the call from homeowners, Find Out Farms goes around to backyards with overflowing fruit. Volunteers harvest the fruit and hold a monthly free fruit stand in South Oak Park.The goal is to save thousands of pounds of fruit from spoiling by giving it to people who need it, especially in food deserts.Different organizations such as Sacramento Neighbor hand it out to homeless people or make home deliveries to families without transportation.The harvesting program ensures that more people have access to healthy food during the pandemic. "It's huge, especially this time of the year getting that vitamin C," said Matthew Ampersand from Find Out Farms. "It is really helpful and it's abundant around here. Fresh, healthy food is really important to people's diets, especially when it's a challenge to have access to it. So in like food deserts like the 95820 area code, we don't really have access to fresh produce."If you have trees that you would like harvested, if you would like to volunteer to help pick fruit or to get more information on the monthly free fruit stand, visit findoutfarms.com.
Find Out Farms has been around for one year, but they are already making a big impact in the community.
They've been picking fruits from trees and giving them to families who've hit hard times.
When they get the call from homeowners, Find Out Farms goes around to backyards with overflowing fruit. Volunteers harvest the fruit and hold a monthly free fruit stand in South Oak Park.
The goal is to save thousands of pounds of fruit from spoiling by giving it to people who need it, especially in food deserts.
Different organizations such as Sacramento Neighbor hand it out to homeless people or make home deliveries to families without transportation.
The harvesting program ensures that more people have access to healthy food during the pandemic.
"It's huge, especially this time of the year getting that vitamin C," said Matthew Ampersand from Find Out Farms. "It is really helpful and it's abundant around here. Fresh, healthy food is really important to people's diets, especially when it's a challenge to have access to it. So in like food deserts like the 95820 area code, we don't really have access to fresh produce."
If you have trees that you would like harvested, if you would like to volunteer to help pick fruit or to get more information on the monthly free fruit stand, visit findoutfarms.com.

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MANILA, April 13 ― EcoWaste Coalition is encouraging the public to cut back on wasteful consumption during the observance of the Holy Week.
The environmental watchdog said cutting back on waste can be a form of penance, an act of charity and reconciliation.
It urged the public to observe a "green" Holy Week.
Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez Jr. also encouraged the faithful to spend the Holy Week in a spiritually nourishing and earth-friendly way.
"A green Holy Week is a timely call in response to the wastefulness and greed that is blatantly trashing our fragile environment," he said.
Iniguez, who also heads the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Permanent Committee on Public Affairs, said the theme of this year's Alay Kapwa "Our Neighbor and Environment, Our Responsibility" actually calls for respect and care to both person and the environment.


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Juniper Networks has made changes to its channel management set-up, with David Small taking over as director of channel sales for EMEA.
Small fills the role left by Gert-Jan Schenk, who has taken over from Eddie Minshull as vice-president of operations for EMEA. Minshull moved up to become executive vice-president of worldwide field operations earlier this year.
Small told CRN: "The Juniper channel is maturing. As we bring in technology through new developments or acquisitions, these can fit into our partner programme.
Small previously controlled EMEA channels at security vendor Neoteris, which was acquired by vendor NetScreen in October 2003. NetScreen was then acquired by Juniper in February 2004.
He added that Juniper's partner programme is based on rewarding a diverse set of partners, and not penalising VARs for specialising in one area.
"We have altered our programme to provide benefits for the specific business requirements of resellers," Small said.
Juniper recently revamped its J-Rewards scheme for EMEA partners, which is open to all of Juniper's accredited EMEA Elite, Select and J-Resellers. Points can be earned against sales of Juniper's security, routing and application acceleration products. Incentives include a choice of prizes such as American Express vouchers, cameras, and the option to convert points into charitable donations.


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Madrid Community Schools include both an elementary and middle/high school, both located in town. The school district serves around 600 students and has excellent academic rigor along with the benefits of small town living: teachers who care about their students, easy access to a wide variety of extracurricular activities, and small class sizes. The community also rallies around the Madrid Tigers, especially the football team.
Preschool programs are available through Tiger Tots and Lily Pad Preschool, which are also located in town.
Madrid Elementary School: The Elementary is located near the center of town and has about 400 students in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade.
Madrid Junior and High School: The Junior High and High School is located near the north edge of town and has about 200 students in grades 7-12.


We're riding a Mobile Social with our friends from Austin again, but this time in Vegas during SXSW V2V. If you're in town for the show, or a local, join us. V2V is at the Cosmopolitan and we're meeting at the Bellagio Fountains at 7:00 PM and then riding to the Music Showcases.
Here's what the MoSo looked like last year, including some surfing.


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Journalists Barred From China Event Promoting Investment in Kushner Companies Project
By Reuters On 5/7/17 at 7:28 AM EDT
Ivanka Trump and her husband, White House adviser Jared Kushner, sit in the front row for a joint news conference at the White House in Washington on April 5. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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Organizers barred journalists on Sunday from a publicly advertised event in Shanghai to attract Chinese investment in a U.S. real estate project linked to the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law in exchange for immigrant visas.
The two-tower luxury apartment complex in New Jersey, One Journal Square, is being developed by KABR Group and the Kushner Companies, which until recently was headed by senior White House advisor Jared Kushner, the husband of Trump's daughter Ivanka.
The developers are seeking to raise $150 million, or 15.4 percent of funding for the project, from investors through the EB-5 visa program, according to marketing materials posted by the event's organizer, immigration agency Qiaowai.
The controversial EB-5 program allows wealthy foreigners to, in effect, buy U.S. immigration visas for themselves and families by investing at least $500,000 in certain development projects.
"Sorry, this is a private event," said a man stopping journalists from entering a function room on Sunday afternoon at the Four Seasons Hotel in Shanghai.
Guests at the event said Kushner's sister, Nicole Kushner Meyer, spoke for about 10 minutes, including about her family's humble roots.
According to The New York Times, Meyer attended a similar event in Beijing on Saturday and told the audience of about 100 people the project "means a lot to me and my entire family."
Jared Kushner, whose White House portfolio includes relations with China, sold his stake in Kushner Companies to a family trust early this year. His lawyer said in a statement in March that Kushner was fully complying with ethics rules, removing himself from active participation in his prior businesses and divesting assets.
A Kushner Companies spokeswoman declined to comment in a New York Times article about the Beijing event published on Saturday.
The Times story said Meyer did not respond when asked if she was concerned about possible conflicts of interest facing her brother. Journalists from the Times and Washington Post were removed from Saturday's Beijing event, the newspapers reported.
One potential investor, Sophie Xing, said a "very important" factor in her decision to attend Sunday's event was the fact that the project was a Kushner Companies investment and that Trump's son-in-law's sister would be showing up in Shanghai.
"Actually I really don't know how close they are but I felt that this was a pretty good project," she said.
In a promotional text message seen by Reuters, Qiaowai made note of Meyer's relationship to Trump and called her the event's "heavyweight honored guest."
Qiaowei representatives at the event declined to answer questions from journalists, and calls to its listed phone number went unanswered.
Qiaowei is also known as QWOS. Its promotional materials for the project, which it also calls Kushner1, advertise the prospect of putting money in under the federal EB-5 program.
The program is popular among wealthy Chinese looking to shift assets abroad or move overseas, but it has come under fire in the United States.
Some U.S. lawmakers have called for changing or abolishing the EB-5 program, but the scheme was recently renewed by Congress until September 30.
Potential investor Xing said a Kushner representative who spoke on Sunday stressed that EB-5 rules could change after September to raise the minimum required investment.
Another person who attended Sunday's event, Liu Guoqi, was mindful of the potential rule change. Liu said he had been to previous pitches for EB-5 investments but had concerns about the risks.
"The whole thing may change later this year so we feel that there isn't much time left," he said.
In the United States, the EB-5 program has also sparked concerns about possible scams. Some immigrants have been burned by misrepresentations made about the program by promoters, both inside and outside the United States. Many have lost not only their money but their chance at winning U.S. citizenship.
Trump has vowed to clamp down on illegal immigration.
In addition to Beijing and Shanghai, the road show for One Journal Square was scheduled to hit the Chinese cities of Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Wuhan, according to Qiaowai's marketing materials online.
It calls the Kushner family a "famous real estate clan", and touts EB-5 immigration as "peace of mind."
Qiaowai's Chinese-language marketing material describes the project as "supported by the government, created by a star developer," and says the project is its 87th EB-5 program.
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Free iPad App from IBM Reinvents Iconic '60s Era Exhibit on History of Mathematics
April 5, 2012 | Written by: IBM Research Editorial Staff
At the cusp of NASA's first moon mission, the 1964 World's Fair in New York City inspired thousands of young people to study math and science and pursue careers in engineering. IBM's exhibit at the Fair — Mathematica: A World of Numbers…and Beyond — encouraged future generations to appreciate math and create the next generation of computing.
To mark the impact of math on the world and pay tribute to the 1960s-era exhibit, IBM has created an iPad app, Minds of Modern Mathematics, available for free (and ad-free) at the App Store.
The Mathematicaexhibit was created by famed husband-and-wife design team Charles and Ray Eames, and the app is being released during the centennial year of Ray Eames' birth. IBM designed the app together with the Eames Office, which works to preserve the legacy of Charles and Ray Eames.
The iPad app is a vintage-meets-digital interactive recreation of the massive 50-foot-long timeline poster from IBM's World Fair exhibit that traces hundreds of artifacts, milestones and giants of math from 1000 AD to 1960.
For students, teachers, and tech fans of all ages, the app illustrates how mathematics has influenced advances in art, science, music and architecture. Users can click through more than 500 biographies, historical achievements and images culled from the original Mathematica exhibit as well as a high-resolution image of the timeline poster.
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The app also includes a collection of short films, known as the "IBM Mathematics Peep Show," produced by the Eameses. It's a series of playful two-minute animated lessons on mathematical concepts, from exponents to symmetry.
Mathematics remains essential to IBM's technological innovation. As demand grows for real-time analysis of information gathered from sensors in roads and power grids and other sources of "big data," IBM mathematicians are working on everything from the Jeopardy!-winning computer Watson, to astrophysics, weather forecasting and genomics, to easing traffic congestion and power consumption in cities around the world.
IBM, which maintains the largest mathematics department in industry, expects the app to be used in classroom settings and beyond to spur interest in education and careers around STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
So what happened to IBM's original Mathematica exhibit? It is still on display at the New York Hall of Sciencein Queens, NY, and the Museum of Science, Boston.
A smaller-scale poster is still on the walls of hundreds of schools and universities around the world and stands as an example of
IBM's and the Eames' vision for interactive learning and design.
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Sharon Wilson is the Head of Industrial Strategy at BAE Systems, and she'll be at Hybrid World Adelaide's Tech Conference this year to share her insights.
"Most people think of defence jobs as being really boring engineering jobs or blue-collar workers building ships," says Wilson.
At the Tech Conference she'll talk about how advanced technologies changes production methods at BAE Systems, and how that will impact jobs of the future.
Watch the video below to hear directly from Sharon Wilson.


Several cooperative and participative enterprises in the French construction sector will soon be able to display the Worker Cooperatives BTP (Construction and Public Works) label on all of their documents. This label has been granted to the sector in recognition of the positive evaluation of good practices in the field, which has been awarded by a labelling committee comprised of representative stakeholders from the entire building and public works sector.
The first Labelling Committee is now ready after almost one year of work. The Federation of BTP Scopand the relevant Direction of Afnor certification, a body which specialises in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) related initiatives, have been working on the launch of this label since June 2015. Applicants are required to complete four stages in order to receive the label: awareness-raising, self-evaluation, AFAQ 26000 evaluation and, finally, validation by the Labelling Committee.
The BTP Worker Cooperatives CSR label is the fruit of a close partnership which was initiated in 2012 between the Federation of BTP Scop and Afnor Certification, as well as work carried out collectively between the cooperatives and their stakeholders. It has been established with the General Commission for sustainable development, which has closely monitored its formulation and development.
A large number of Worker Cooperatives and Scic are already engaged in CSR-related actions. In order to improve the promotion of this approach amongst their members and the public at large, Scop has launched a dedicated webpage on its website which includes an information brochure regarding CSR, a practical guide, a list of good practices within the movement, contact details of experts….To find out more, visit www.les-scop.coop.
More information may be found on the BTP Scop Federation's website.


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Ohio State Projected As Seven Or Eight Seed In NCAA Tournament
By Braden MolesMarch 12, 2022 (12:11 pm)Basketball
After finishing the season losing four of its last five, Ohio State's seed projection is beginning to drop according to a number of publications.
ESPN's Joe Lunardi is the most optimistic of the bunch, having the Buckeyes slotted in as a No. 7 seed in the East (Philadelphia) Region. This would have Ohio State matching up with No. 10 Miami, with the winner set to take on either No. 2 Auburn or No. 15 St. Peter's. Baylor is the No. 1 seed in that region, with Gonzaga, Arizona and Kansas as the other ones.
CBS Sports' Jerry Palm and USA Today's Shelby Mast and Scott Gleeson, meanwhile, have Ohio State down to a No. 8 seed in their brackets.
Palm has Ohio State taking on No. 9 North Carolina in the Midwest (Chicago) Region, with the winner set for a date with No. 1 Baylor or No. 16 Jacksonville State. He has the same one seeds with the exception of Kentucky, who he has slotted in for Kansas.
USA Today's bracket has the Buckeyes in the East (Philadelphia) Region, taking on No. 9 Seton Hall. The winner will play No. 1 Kentucky or the 16 seed to make it out of the First Four, either Alcorn State or Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Arizona, Baylor, Gonzaga make up their one seeds.
While experts don't agree on the seeding, they generally agree on which Big Ten teams are in. Lunardi and USA Today both have nine conference teams set to participate, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers and Wisconsin. Palm, meanwhile, has Michigan and Rutgers as two of his first four out.
Ohio State was as high as a six seed just weeks ago, but now will enter the tournament as a middle seed against a similar opponent, with either the No. 1 or 2 seed in their region waiting if they pull off a win.
Regardless, the Buckeyes will find out their fate on Selection Sunday, beginning on CBS at 6 p.m. The First Four games will take place March 15-16, and first-round games will begin on March 17-18.
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VATICAN CITY, JAN 5, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Rodrigo Mejia Saldarriaga S.J., director of the Galilee Center in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, as apostolic vicar of Soddo-Hosanna (area 65,000, population 7,000,000, Catholics 250,000, priests 56, religious 74), Ethiopia. The bishop-elect was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1938 and ordained a priest in 1969 . He succeeds Bishop Domenico Crescentino Marinozzi O.F.M. Cap., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same apostolic vicariate, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Leopldo C. Jaucian S.V.D., superior general of the Verbite central province in Manila, Philippines, as bishop of Bangued (area 3,975, population 236,545, Catholics 198,497, priests 38, religious 38), Philippines. The bishop-elect was born in Santa, Philippines in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1988.
- Appointed Bishop Isabelo Caiban Abarquez, auxiliary of Palo, Philippines, as bishop of Calbayog, Philippines (area 5,069, population 689,087, Catholics 654,632, priests 61, religious 81), Philippines.
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German pilots establish the "Pilot Information Assistant - PIA" project
by Ship&Offshore DVV Media Group - published on 5 September 2019 -
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German pilots establish the "PIA" project for innovation and new information technologies
In 2010, German pilots launched the Pilot Information Assistant (PIA) project with the aim of searching for technical innovations that would support pilots' day-to-day work and increase safety on the seawater routes. The ambitious goal was, for the first time, to gather all 9 brotherhoods of the German sea and harbour pilots with their different needs and for a common and therefore uniform and above all cost-efficient development of a PIA information system and a corresponding so-called Portable Pilot Unit (PPU). The devices should not simply consist of a notebook or tablet PC, which represent the position of their own and the surrounding ships on an electronic nautical chart. The pilots needed more important additional functions via the originally defined rudimentary function of a PPU. The devices used today also have an extensive information and communication platform. As a consequence, the pilots explicitly designate their PPUs as "PIA devices" and no longer with the internationally accepted term "PPU", because the modern PIA devices can do much more.
So far, every single pilot got his information from many channels himself. They had to carry a lot of information such as pilot and port regulations with them in paper form. In the future, a software platform on the PIA device should automatically collect, process and electronically provide all relevant, and especially updated information, such as temporary nautical warning messages, to pilots from various channels. The PIA devices should also make the pilot more independent of the on-board ship electronics and sensors. As this varies in qualitative terms, the pilot now has his own independent system available to verify the information provided by the ship on the bridge and enrich it with their own data.
In the Autumn of 2011, the decision of the PIA Panel to implement the concept was submitted to the North German software service provider TRENZ AG. Its solutions based on its own development tool easyLogic was dedicated in terms of the speed and flexibility of software development. "For us pilots it was important to have a service provider who took up our ideas of a PIA solution, refined with its own ideas and IT know-how and consistently implemented software and solutions. As we often broke new ground and many approaches had to mature during development, a quick and easy prototyping was important. The willingness of our partner from the maritime information technology to help in the preparation of some ideas in order to convince the pilot associations of an implementation with a prototype was also helpful", Says Wolfgang Bülter, Managing Director of the Pilotage NOK II Kiel / Lübeck / Flensburg and head of the PIA working group.
The first PIA devices were delivered to the pilot association NOK II in Spring 2012 and the handling of devices and the associated software was tested in practice in the Kiel Canal (NOK). Here the first completely new and powerful tablet PCs (Samsung Slate PC-7) with Windows operating system were used. The hardware was supplemented by the possibility of data communication via mobile radio, a GPS mouse and a pilot plug. Through the pilot plug, the PIA device can be connected directly to the ship's electronics on the bridge to receive, process and visualize further information via Bluetooth.
The user interface of the PIA software has been kept as simple as possible. As a software developer, TRENZ AG relied on an independent interface that enables intuitive operation of the software for all user groups, regardless of whether they are tech-savvy or inexperienced. All controls are sufficiently large and coloured to ensure safer operation even in adverse conditions. Of course, the software offers a night view.
The software installed on the PIA device consists of an extensive communications platform that integrates not only electronic charts and a ship database but also an information system - with many electronic documents and up-to-date traffic and weather data. In this case, various data such as tides, water levels, current authority information or even lock waiting times are collected from a variety of sources and made available through a central server. The headquarters of the pilot associations also maintain some additional information manually in the system. Each PIA device is equipped with WLAN as well as an integrated SIM card for mobile communication. With an existing radio connection, the controller's device synchronizes all relevant information from the PIA server and makes it available both online and offline. Thus, the pilot with the PIA device always has all the data and information that is important for its piloting, even if there is no connection to the central server temporarily.
During the course of the project, the original Samsung Tablets among others, which were used initially, were replaced by Panasonic's ruggedized tablets (Toughpad G1), which better withstand the harsh operating conditions of heat, cold and moisture. The devices easily survive a drop of just over one metre in height during operation. In Panasonic, a dedicated hardware manufacturer was found, who always accompanied the project supportively. Positive for the cost of the PIA project is the fact that all pilot associations could agree on a device manufacturer with a choice of 2-3 devices. This streamlined the logistics process of procurement and, above all, the support of the PIA devices.
On the PIA devices comes either a navigation software from SevenCs, specially developed for the German pilots' functions and even maps and software from the Nautical publications are used. Ship positions in the nautical chart are displayed via AIS over IP.
At the heart of the PIA information platform is a ship database, which currently contains information from approximately 17,000 ships. In addition to the electronic pilot card, this also includes detailed information on the number, performance and functionality of the various propulsion and manoeuvring systems on board. The constant maintenance of the data within the large community of German pilots ensures a good quality of information. If the PIA system detects the AIS signal of a hitherto unknown ship, it is automatically created in the database with all data to be determined autonomously by the PIA server and identified as a new data record for further processing.
In addition to the technical hurdles to be overcome in the context of such a project, there are always financial, legal, social and political tasks to master. The PIA project was launched with the ambitious goal to gather all 9 German pilot associations over time for a joint collaboration on the project. A uniform hardware and software platform that can be operated economically generates many synergies between the pilots.
Further expansion stages of the PIA system will follow in the future: Currently, TRENZ AG is working with some pilot associations on the development of an electronic pilot certificate, which contains all billing-relevant data of the pilot certificate, meets the documentation requirement and with electronic signatures on the PPU ensures legally secure and completely paperless processing. Immediately after signing, the electronic pilot certificate is made available for further paperless processing in the administration of the respective pilot association. The electronic certificate will be used in the first pilot association in 2014.
In addition, TRENZ AG works together with the German pilots on an ETA system, initially on the Kiel Canal and its inlets, which will be made available to the local pilots. Based on historical AIS data, the ETA system predicts the probable rates and speeds of the vessels in each pilotage area from the current AIS situation map depending on i.a. ship size, weather conditions and tidal times. The system uses different algorithms and a so-called neural, self-learning network. Thus, for several hours in advance, a forecast for the traffic, for example, at the locks of the NOK or the inlet of the Elbe can be made. Particularly problematic situations of encounter of large ships can thus be predicted and planned. The anticipated rates and ETA times of the vessels in the area are continuously updated in real time. The ETA system also provides a good basis for deciding on an optimal time window for sensitive manoeuvres, such as turning a large ship in the fairway, by pre-simulating a future traffic condition picture.
The PIA project of German pilots is a great maritime success story and ensures greater safety and efficiency on German shipping routes. Thus, with no exceptions, all of the approx. 890 German maritime and port traffic controllers could be gathered for use of the PIA system and its PPU. The entire maritime economy benefits by optimizing the interaction of individual ships. The increasing international interest in the system proves that the German pilots are using one of the world's leading systems for supporting pilotage, in whose development all pilot associations have played a significant role. In the next step, the exchange of data and information with other European pilots is conceivable for the future.
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Over the past few months, Google has been incredibly active. The company has had comical auction bids, several rounds of product closures, as well as a visual redesign of current products and launches of new products. This has all been since co-founder Larry Page's return to the company in an attempt to make Google profitable and relevant again.
The latest Google product to fall victim to the redesigned interface is Google Reader. This one won't just be a refresh to make it look like the rest of Google - there will be a lot of features removed, and some new ones added. On the list of things going is: friends, Reader sharing and favoriting (starring). You also will not be able to share subscriptions with friends (partially because friends are going away). All of these features will be replaced by integrations of the Google + brands; the +1 button and Google+ social networking.
How does Google plan to handle the inevitable objections? Hit the break ot find out.
We all know that the era of hard drives is coming to an end, replaced by the quicker, more power-efficient solid state drives. Between a technology shift and a number of conspiracies and scandals, Samsung and Hitachi have decided to close up shop on their hard drive businesses and sell them off to the competition.
The problem here is that the competition is few and far between. In fact, as of right now, there are only 4 companies manufacturing hard drives: Hitachi, Samsung, Western Digital and Seagate. Because of this, Western Digital has agreed to purchase Hitachi's business for $4.3 billion and Seagate will pickup Samsung's business for $1.375 billion. Clearly the, now, big 2 believe there is still enough of a market to shell out a combined $5.675 billion to lock-in the industry.
Why would they spend the money instead of just letting these guys fail? Hit the break to find out.
I would imagine that by now everyone has heard about Apple's iPhone 4s, and its acquired voice command software, Siri. Siri has been such a hit that Android developer Dextra has released a new app for Android entitled Iris. The company obviously has a great sense of humor because the name is an anagram, which stands for Intelligent Rival Imitation of Siri and is, itself, Siri spelled backwards.
All of the fun being poked at Apple aside, the software itself is a lot more fun than Siri. While Iris may not be as productive, she certainly can hold a conversation like no other artificial intelligence, Smarter Child included. Rather than trying to schedule an alarm when you say something, Iris will respond with appropriate conversational responses. For example, "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck" results in "A woodchuck could chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck obviously." Even her response to "Who are you" is met with a joke about Siri.
Sure, using voice to do calculations between cities and such is fun, it is definitely not the productive, useful system that Siri is. If you have an Android phone and enjoyed interacting with Smarter Child and his friends on AIM, give this app a try. If you're looking for something to be productive, however, you might want to look elsewhere.
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From their announcement of a possible IPO a couple of months ago to looking for a new suitor, Zynga has been trying to expand from being just the "Facebook game company." This week, the company decided to officially say that it will be transitioning into a self-sustained machine that will no longer be tied as strongly to Facebook as it was before. Instead, Zynga will start to sell its line of games straight to online or mobile platform users.
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Given the prolonged economic downtown the U.S. has been experiencing since 2007 it comes as a surprise to me that a Lithuanian company called Etronika not only seems to have their mind on their money and their money on their mind but also wants to make money fun, like Monopoly, by associating it with Kinect for the Xbox 360.
At CTIA, the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications, this week, Etronika showed off their new Kinect banking application by demoing that it can do all the things you would expect a banking application to do: like transfer money between accounts, view statements for credit/debit cards on file, pay bills, monitor exchange rates and the like. They also showed that you can transfer information from your Xbox 360 to your smartphone with the flick of a wrist... pretty cool. Check out the attached video to see for yourself how Etronika might have single handedly solved the U.S. financial crisis.


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Friedman Kaplan Client FlightSafety International Forms Joint Venture with a Textron Inc. Company to Provide Flight Training Services
Friedman Kaplan client, FlightSafety International Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, has formed a joint venture with TRU Simulation + Training Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company. The new company will provide training services for Textron Aviation's broad product line of business and general aviation aircraft. It will offer training for 48 aircraft models at 16 locations, using a fleet of 89 simulators.
FlightSafety International Inc. is the world's premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. It operates the world's largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
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If there is a Light-Sport Aircraft that can be put in the "best kept secret" category, it might be the Trail, designed and manufactured by Groppo Avio of Italy.
The high-wing, tailwheel airplane with the foldable wings is still somewhat unknown in the United States, said Steve Bensinger of Lone Palm Aero in Bushnell, Fla., the southeast distributor for the Trail.
Can you imagine ordering an aircraft off the Internet, then learning to fly it by trial and error without knowledge of physics, weather or airspace?
That's what's happening when people buy Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), also referred to as drones or unmanned aerial systems (UAS). These non-commercial RPAs can range in size from under five pounds and about the dimensions as a six pack of soda to ones that weigh more than 50 pounds and are larger than a medium-sized suitcase.
The private pilot had logged 175.7 hours, including18.1 hours in the Cessna 182 prior to the crash. He obtained an abbreviated weather briefing, filed an IFR flight plan and took off on a cross-country flight to Fredericksburg, Texas.
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NDO - General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong highlighted the crucial role of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) in Vietnam's industrialisation and modernisation drive at a meeting with its leadership on July 7.
He said trade and industry would help the country achieve faster growth and become wealthier.
The Party chief stated that the MOIT has faced a great deal of challenges in recent years as a number of ministry officials had committed serious violations, damaging its reputation and the morale of its staff.
Nevertheless the ministry has been working hard to overcome the difficulties, fulfil its assigned tasks and make notable contributions to overall economic development, extolled General Secretary Trong.
According to Minister Tran Tuan Anh, the MOIT is a pioneer in streamlining its bureaucracy with a significant reduction of sub-departments, business regulations and administrative procedures.
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Long-Time Ugandan Leader Gets Backing for 2016 Run
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Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni said US troops would help gather intelligence against rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army. (AP)
Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni said US troops would help gather intelligence against rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army. (AP)
RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's ruling party chose the country's long-serving president to be its unopposed candidate for elections in 2016, eliminating the potential challenge of internal rivals who could threaten the leader's nearly 30-year grip on power.
A statement late Tuesday from the ruling party, whose senior officials have been holding a retreat, said President Yoweri Museveni remains the party's "driver" and that "anybody else can wait." The statement slammed Museveni's rivals as a danger to "party cohesion" and urged them to "shelve" their presidential hopes for the sake of party unity, without naming them.
The decision to back Museveni is the culmination of months of an apparent power struggle between the president and his ambitious premier who once was one of his closest allies. As secretary-general of the ruling party, Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi's influence is only eclipsed by Museveni.
Museveni, who took power by force in 1986 following a guerrilla war, is now expected to run again in 2016 when his current term expires. But he faces pressure within and outside his party to preside over the country's first peaceful transfer of power since independence in 1962. A seasoned politician who has held senior government posts over the years, Mbabazi is seen by his supporters as a viable alternative to Museveni.
It now appears Museveni's allies are trying to remove any threat posed by Mbabazi, one of at least three senior party officials frequently mentioned as potential Museveni rivals in upcoming elections. At the ongoing retreat, ruling party members were asked to sign a resolution endorsing Museveni as the only one qualified to lead the party. More than 200 officials — including Mbabazi —signed the petition, according to a copy of the document released by the ruling party. That resolution is expected to be later ratified by a larger meeting of ruling party members.
"We are safer with a driver who has not only demonstrated ability as the founding leader of the revolution that liberated Uganda but also managed to keep the country together, given its turbulent political history," the petition said. "This driver is none other than President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni."
Some analysts predict Mbabazi may lead a splinter faction within the party if he is ousted from his post as premier.
Mwambutsya Ndebesa, a professor of political history at Uganda's Makerere University, said the unexpected move to endorse Museveni as sole candidate was "orchestrated to frustrate all possible contenders" for the presidency. That decision now silences internal debate about Museveni's possible successor, he said.
Mbabazi was cited in a letter written last year by a Ugandan military general who warned that high-ranking Ugandan officials who opposed the political rise of Museveni's son could be targeted for assassination. Gen. David Sejusa, who is now exiled in London, has since launched a political party opposed to what he says is Museveni's increasingly authoritarian rule.
Museveni has denied he is grooming his son, an army brigadier who heads the country's special forces, to replace him as president.
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Golconda (, Golla Konda «Colina del pastor») es una fortaleza y ciudad abandonada, situada a 11 kilómetros de Hyderabad, en el estado indio de Telangana. Tanto la ciudad como la fortaleza están construidas sobre una colina de granito de 120 metros de altura. Los orígenes del fuerte datan del año 1143 cuando la dinastía hindú de los Kakatiya  gobernaba la región, conocida por la producción en sus minas de algunos de los diamantes más famosos del mundo, como el Koh-i-Noor, el diamante Hope o el diamante Nassak.

El 10 de septiembre de 2010 el conjunto «Los Monumentos Qutb Shahi de Hyderabad: Fuerte Golconda, Tumbas de los Qutb Shahi, Charminar» fue inscrito en la Lista Indicativa de la India —paso previo a ser declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad—, en la categoría de bien cultural (n.º. ref 5573) como bienes que simbolizan el reinado de la dinastía Qutb Shahi.

Historia
Desde 1512 Golconda fue un reino independiente hasta 1687 que fue tomado por las tropas del emperador mogol Aurangzeb. Capital del sultanato medieval de la dinastía Qutb Shahi (c.1518–1687). Situada en Golconda hasta que a finales del siglo XVI se trasladó a Hyderabad.

La mayor parte de las construcciones que aún se conservan datan de los siglos XVI y XVII. Su impresionante estructura fue capaz de resistir dos sitios prolongados por parte de las hordas mogoles.

El conjunto de Golconda consiste en cuatro fuertes distintos, con una muralla exterior de 10 kilómetros de longitud y con 87 bastiones semicirculares. Aunque la mayoría de las edificaciones se encuentran en la actualidad casi derruidas, la fortaleza acogía diversos palacios y mezquitas cuyos restos aún son visibles.

La entrada se efectúa a través de la Puerta de la victoria (Fateh Darwaza). Esta puerta está recubierta de púas para evitar el ataque de los elefantes. En el denominado Gran pórtico la acústica permite oír una palmada a un kilómetro de distancia. Esta característica se utilizaba para avisar a los habitantes del fuerte de los posibles peligros. La ciudad fortificada fue famosa en el negocio del comercio de los diamantes gracias a las minas de esta piedra preciosa que se encuentran en sus alrededores, por lo cual la fama de sus tesoros es legendaria.

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Monumentos de India
Arquitectura de India del siglo XII
Yacimientos arqueológicos de India
Bienes inscritos en la Lista Indicativa de India

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Stressing that the right to family life applies to everyone, including refugees and migrants, the Assembly today called on member States to develop common guidelines to implement the right to family reunification. "Families must not be torn apart and they should not be prevented from reuniting after an often dangerous departure from their country of origin," the parliamentarians said, adopting a resolution based on the report by Ulla Sandbæk (Denmark, UEL).
The adopted text emphasizes that people fleeing persecution or war have the right to international protection and their separated family members as well. Consequently, States should ensure consistency in granting refugee status to members of the same family, according to the Assembly.
Noting that family reunification was often hindered by the fact that the whereabouts of family members were unknown, the Assembly recommended that national authorities register all migrants upon arrival, and share such data with other member States, in particular through the EU Schengen Visa Information System.
PACE also proposed that the Committee of Ministers develop guidelines for the application of the right to family reunification, as well as mutual legal assistance and administrative co-operation between member States and with third countries.
In a separate resolution, based on the report by Gabriela Heinrich (Germany, SOC), the Assembly stated that, because of the role that migrant and refugee women played within their families and communities, investing in their integration enabled the creation of a solid basis for the integration of future generations.
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"Migrant and refugee women should also be given information on the cultural norms and expectations of the host society, to help them identify their roles, responsibilities and available opportunities," the parliamentarians said.


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Villages in Wandoor taluk, Malappuram district
List of villages in Wandoor taluka or tehesil is listed below. Please click on a village link to view every detail of the village. Wandoor is under the Malappuram district in the state of Kerala in India.
Edavanna
Edavanna Edavanna is a Village in Wandoor Taluk in Malappuram District of Kerala State, India It belongs to North Kerala Division It is located 22 KM towards North from District head quarters Malappuram 12 KM from Wandoo...
Karuvarakundu
Karuvarakundu Karuvarakundu is a Village in Wandoor Taluk in Malappuram District of Kerala State, India It belongs to North Kerala Division It is located 35 KM towards East from District head quarters Malappuram 16 KM fr...
Mambad
Mambad Mambad is a Village in Wandoor Taluk in Malappuram District of Kerala State, India It belongs to North Kerala Division It is located 33 KM towards North from District head quarters Malappuram 16 KM from Wandoor...
Pandikkad Pandikkad is a Village in Wandoor Taluk in Malappuram District of Kerala State, India It belongs to North Kerala Division It is located 22 KM towards East from District head quarters Malappuram 13 KM from Wando...
Porur Porur is a Village in Wandoor Taluk in Malappuram District of Kerala State, India It belongs to North Kerala Division It is located 22 KM towards East from District head quarters Malappuram 5 KM from Wandoor l...
Thiruvali
Thiruvali Thiruvali is a Village in Wandoor Taluk in Malappuram District of Kerala State, India It belongs to North Kerala Division It is located 24 KM towards North from District head quarters Malappuram 5 KM from Wando...
Thuvvur
Thuvvur Thuvvur is a Village in Wandoor Taluk in Malappuram District of Kerala State, India It belongs to North Kerala Division It is located 30 KM towards East from District head quarters Malappuram 11 KM from Wandoor...
Trikkalangode
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Wandoor Wandoor is a City in Wandoor Taluk in Malappuram District of Kerala State, India It belongs to North Kerala Division It is located 27 KM towards East from District head quarters Malappuram It is a Taluk head quar...
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In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills (Paperback)
By Jennifer Haupt
This is an epic of hearts broken, scars healing, and the everyday and extraordinary choices people have to make. Brace yourself, open the cover, and allow yourself to be transformed.
(This would be great for discussion for book club!)
— From Tegan
In 1968, a disillusioned and heartbroken Lillian Carlson left Atlanta after the assassination of Martin Luther King. She found meaning in the hearts of orphaned African children and cobbled together her own small orphanage in the Rift Valley alongside the lush forests of Rwanda.
Three decades later, in New York City, Rachel Shepherd, lost and heartbroken herself, embarks on a journey to find the father who abandoned her as a young child, determined to solve the enigma of Henry Shepherd, a now-famous photographer.
When an online search turns up a clue to his whereabouts, Rachel travels to Rwanda to connect with an unsuspecting and uncooperative Lillian. While Rachel tries to unravel the mystery of her father's disappearance, she finds unexpected allies in an ex-pat doctor running from his past and a young Tutsi woman who lived through a profound experience alongside her father.
Set against the backdrop of a country grieving and trying to heal after a devastating civil war, follow the intertwining stories of three women who discover something unexpected: grace when there can be no forgiveness.
Jennifer Haupt went to Rwanda as a journalist in 2006, a decade after the genocide that wiped out over a million people, to explore the connections between forgiveness and grief. She spent a month travelling in the 10,000 hills with a guide, interviewing genocide survivors and humanitarian aid workers, and came home to Seattle with something unexpected: the bones of a novel. Her essays and articles have been published in O, The Oprah Magazine, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, Travel & Leisure, The Seattle Times, Spirituality & Health, and many other publications. In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills is her first novel.
"Jennifer Haupt's In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills is both an evocative page-turner and an eye-opening meditation on the ways we survive profoundly painful memories and negotiate the complexities of love. I was deeply moved by this story." —Wally Lamb, author, I Know This Much Is True
Finalist - Historical Fiction —Foreword Indies
"This blazingly original novel is about the illusions of love, the way memory can confound or release you, and the knotted threads that make up family—and forgiveness. Profound, powerful, and oh, so, so moving." —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author
"There are villains and horrible atrocities with far-reaching effects, but as Haupt examines events through different perspectives, the focus is on healing rather than revenge and anger. This debut novel is a good choice for those seeking tales of hope after adversity, and it may prove popular with book clubs." —Bethany Latham, Booklist
"Jennifer Haupt takes readers on a journey that spans from the turmoil of Civil Rights Era Atlanta to an orphanage in Rwanda born of unspeakable tragedy. Haupt guides both the survivors in this hopeful story that transcends race and cultural differences and readers toward the courage to believe in love again. An important story reminding us that when a crime is unforgivable, only grace will do." —Susan Henderson, Founder, LitPark blog and author, Up From the Blue
"This astonishing debut novel about an American woman's search for her father in Rwanda knits together intricate, complex stories of love and the destructive forces of society that tear families apart. Haunting and delicately told, Jennifer Haupt enters the heart of Rwanda's darkest hour and shows us where to find the light." —Jessica Keener, author, Strangers In Budapest
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Mr. Terry O'Sullivan
Terry O'Sullivan became the tenth General President of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) on January 1, 2000, and is dedicated to growing his union's membership and market share. O'Sullivan's mantra is "organize or die." Under his leadership, the union also has significantly expanded its efforts in, and commitment to, member activism, capital strategies, grassroots politics, labor-management cooperation, journeyworker upgrade training, apprenticeship, and leadership education. Recognizing that labor and management share many of the same concerns and interests, he has built alliances with a wide range of owners, contractors, and business groups.
In 2011, O'Sullivan led delegates at the union's 24th International Convention to pass a resolution that significantly increased LIUNA members' investment in political action. The resolution has raised more than $15 million per election cycle to ensure that elected officials hear the voices of LIUNA members in the halls of Congress, and "Feel the Power" of LIUNA at the ballot box. The union's PAC has raised its profile, and is now one of the top PACs in the country, working to help elect politicians who support issues of importance to the proud men and women of LIUNA.
In 2006, O'Sullivan led delegates at the 23rd International Convention to pass one of the most important resolutions in the union's history, devoting to LIUNA's organizing efforts 25 cents for every hour worked by a Laborer. This has enabled the union to invest more than $80 million per year in its organizing efforts – more than almost any other union in North America.
A fiery orator who is never afraid to speak his mind, Terry O'Sullivan can rally and inspire a crowd of Laborers one moment, then meet with top corporate leaders the next. He is equally at home on a construction site as he is in a board room.
Terry O'Sullivan and LIUNA have taken leading roles in pushing for comprehensive immigration reform, long-term highway funding, repeal of the ACA's so-called "Cadillac Tax," pension reform, fair postal reform, and many other issues of importance to LIUNA members and their families. O'Sullivan is an outspoken and unapologetic advocate for a diverse, realistic, all-of-the-above energy policy that meets North America's energy needs safely and responsibly. He is a staunch and ardent supporter of the critically important, but long-delayed, Keystone XL Pipeline.
Terry O'Sullivan currently serves as the Labor Co-Chairman of the Laborers' Training and Education Fund, LIUNA's national training arm. General President O'Sullivan also holds the following labor and industry leadership positions:
• Member of the Governing Board of Presidents of the Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD), AFL-CIO
• Member of the Executive Council and Executive Committee of the AFL-CIO
• Board Member and former Chairman, CEO, and President of the Union Labor Life Insurance Company (ULLICO)
• Labor Chairman of American Income Life (AIL)
• Chairman of the National Heavy and Highway Coalition
• Board Member of the National Infrastructure Alliance (NIA)
• Member of the Management Committee of Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM)
A long-time, vocal supporter of Sinn Féin and its work to secure a peaceful, just, and united Ireland, Terry O'Sullivan serves as President of New York Friends of Ireland and Chairman of DC Friends of Ireland.
Prior to becoming General President, Terry O'Sullivan served as LIUNA Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager, and Assistant to the General President. Before that, he served LIUNA in many positions, including Chief of Staff, Staff Assistant to the General President, Administrator of the LIUNA Tri-Funds, Assistant Director of the LIUNA Construction Department, and Administrator of the West Virginia Laborers' Training Center. A proud native of San Francisco, California, he joined LIUNA in 1974, and is a long-time member of LIUNA Local Union 1353 in Charleston, West Virginia.


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Пелаге́ївка — село в Україні, у Шишацькій селищній громаді Миргородського району Полтавської області. Населення становить 217 осіб. До 2015 орган місцевого самоврядування — Великоперевізька сільська рада.

17 липня 2020 року, в результаті адміністративно - територіальної реформи та ліквідації Шишацького району, село увійшло до складу Миргородського району Полтавської області.

Географія
Село Пелагіївка знаходиться за 2,5 км від смт Шишаки, за 1 км від села Першотравневе. По селу протікає пересихаюча Балка Безіменна з загатою. Поруч проходить автомобільна дорога .

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Посилання
 Погода в селі Пелагеївка

Села Полтавської області
Населені пункти Миргородського району