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Paul Antoon Jacobus Hermans (Hasselt, 22 augustus 1898 – aldaar, 20 maart 1972) was een Belgisch-Limburgse kunstschilder.

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Paul Hermans werd geboren als zoon van Paulus Hermans, een Hasseltse uurwerkmaker wiens zaak gevestigd was in het huis De Gekroonde Haen (later De Fezanthaen genoemd) in de Nieuwstraat (anno 2010 Koning Albertstraat). Zijn moeder was Ludovica Vandenhoudt, een naaister-kleermaker. In 1923 verhuisde de familie naar de Ridderstraat 34 waar Paulus Hermans vanaf dan de kost verdiende als opticien, een van de vier die de provincie telde.

Een van de vier technici in dienst volgde les aan de plaatselijke tekenacademie en geraakte bevriend met de zoon des huizes. Onder zijn invloed en die van een leraar van het Sint-Jozefscollege van Hasselt ging Paul lessen volgen bij Lucien Nolens, een leerling van Djef Anten. Nolens zag het talent van Hermans en verwees hem in 1919 naar Brussel waar Paul zich inschreef aan het Hoger Instituut van Schone Kunsten waar hij zowel dag- als avondonderwijs volgde. Bij Constant Montald volgde hij een cursus in monumentale kunst. In deze beginperiode was Hermans gefascineerd door de Franse schilder Camille Corot van wie hij het subtiele gebruik van groene tinten leerde.

Zijn algemene ontwikkeling bewees hij door een speciale prijs anatomie en biologie te behalen aan de Vrije Universiteit Brussel, de prijs Pirenne voor antieke tot hedendaagse geschiedenis, een brevet in heraldiek, egyptologie en voor de geschiedenis van Meden en Perzen.

Zijn einddiploma (1923) behaalde hij met grootste onderscheiding met bijzondere prijzen in schilderen, tekenen, in de decoratieve en vrije kunst en de gouden medaille van koning Albert en koningin Elisabeth.

Eerste Brusselse periode
Paul Hermans vond een onderkomen in Sint-Joost-ten-Node waar hij naast een bakkerij zijn eerste schildersatelier inrichtte. Zijn grootste plezier vond hij als hij samen met zijn vrienden kon fuiven, tot ergernis van de hardwerkende bakker die de feestjes verstoorde door zijn sierpluimvee het atelier in te jagen. Uiteindelijk moest Paul opkrassen en op straat gezet. Zijn leven als bohemien, op de rand van het excentrieke koesterde hij. Hij weigerde een aanbod om als docent te werken aan de academie waar hij was afgestudeerd. Als individualist wilde hij niet in de leefwereld van een academie-professor stappen maar de kunst beoefenen omwille van de kunst.

Hermans en Van Ruysdael
Periodes van commercieel succes wisselde hij af met dagen met slechts water en brood. Hij aanvaardde een bestelling van een malafide kunsthandelaar om een imitatie te maken van een bekend kunstwerk van Salomon van Ruysdael. De schilderij moest de handtekening van Van Ruysdael dragen die overschilderd moest worden met een niet identificeerbare handtekening. Het doek werd per schip naar Amerika verzonden om het daar te verkopen. Een vennoot van de handelaar waarschuwde de douane per telegraaf dat een originele Van Ruysdael onder een valse naam naar Amerika werd verscheept. Het doek werd in beslag genomen en de authentieke handtekening van Van Ruysdael werd ontdekt. Een vonnis erkende het doek als een originele Van Ruysdael, waardoor de koper graag de invoerrechten en de extra geheven belasting voor frauduleus import betaalde. Musea in Amerika boden tegen elkaar op om de schilderij aan hun patrimonium toe te voegen.

Hermans en zijn public relations
Hermans had enkele opdrachten uitgevoerd voor de militaire eenheid in Brussel waar hij zijn dienstplicht had vervuld. Dat zorgde ervoor dat hij bekendheid kreeg in hogere kringen en hij vertoonde zich graag op recepties en privéfeesten. Hij onderhield uitgebreide briefwisseling met mensen uit de mondaine wereld, ook als een poging om op die manier sociaal meer status te verwerven. In 1924 kreeg hij van de Belgische staat een reisbeurs naar Italië aangeboden. In Florence ontdekte hij uitgebreid het werk van Michelangelo en Rafaël Santi. Het werk van Rembrandt maakte zo een grote indruk op hem dat hij twee jaar lang niet meer spontaan schilderde.

Tweede Brusselse periode
Hermans vond opnieuw een vaste verblijfplaats in Brussel, in de Berckmansstraat 49. Pas toen de Tweede Wereldoorlog uitbrak keerde hij definitief terug naar Hasselt waar zijn ouders voor hem een plaats voor een atelier voor hem reserveerden. In Brussel kon hij zijn contacten onderhouden en gemakkelijker naar het buitenland reizen. Aanvankelijk voelde hij zich aangetrokken tot de stijl van Willem Vogels, een voorloper van het impressionisme, later was het vooral Paul Cézanne die een stempel drukte op zijn tot 1930 getekende en geschilderde werken. Gouverneur Hubert Verwilghen gaf hem (en James Thiriar) in 1928-29 opdracht om kostuums en praalwagens te ontwerpen voor de optocht ter gelegenheid van het honderdjarig bestaan van België. In 1932 en 1934 stelde Hermans tentoon in Brussel, waren zijn werken te zien op de biënnale van Venetië en in Kopenhagen.

De Vlaamse expressionisten en Hendrik Breitner
Hermans geraakte vanaf de jaren 1930 onder de invloed van Vlaamse expressionisten zoals Constant Permeke, Léon De Smet en Albert Saverys maar zonder de voor hen karakteristieke donkerbruine tonen. Van Maurice Utrillo en Maurice de Vlaminck leende hij de harde lijnen zonder schakering. Limburgers apprecieerden aanvankelijk zijn stijl niet maar later veranderde die houding.

Tijdens een studiereis naar Amsterdam in 1932 leerde hij het werk van George Hendrik Breitner kennen en werd gefascineerd door zijn landschappen, portretten en naakten. Hij gooide wat hij van de Vlaamse expressionisten had geleerd overboord en temperde zijn donkere tonen. Daar ontstonden zijn werken "Amsterdam", "Avond in Volendam", "Amsterdamse grachten" en "Dordrecht". De tonaliteit van zijn schilderijen verschoof naar matgrijze impressionistische tinten. In de vooroorlogse jaren exposeerde hij in Hasselt, Brussel, Antwerpen en Verviers.

Parijs, Hasselt en Brussel
Diverse invloeden bepaalden ten slotte Hermans' definitieve stijl. Zijn onderwerpen koos hij uit alles wat indruk op hem maakte. Vanaf 1938 bezocht hij regelmatig Parijs, ontmoetingsplaats van kunstenaars, waar hij zijn geestesgenoten ontmoette. Ook hier kon hij feesten en fuiven. Alhoewel hij sinds zijn studieperiode Brussel had uitgekozen als vaste verblijfplaats, was hij regelmatig in Hasselt te zien. Zijn eeuwige glimlach, humor en melancholische natuur maakte hem tot volksfiguur die kon wenen in het bijzijn van anderen als zijn gevoelens werden geraakt. Door de oorlogsomstandigheden moest hij vanaf 1941 Brussel en daarmee ook reizen naar het buitenland opgeven. Het verbod van de Duitse bezetter om nog te exposeren was een bijkomende domper op zijn kunstenaarsleven.

De zorg voor zijn zieke moeder deed hem in 1941 terugkeren naar Hasselt (Ridderstraat 24, anno 2010 54). Hij verloor stilaan het contact met zijn vriendenkring en kunstenaars en vereenzaamde. Ook na de dood van zijn moeder in 1956 bleef hij in zijn geboortestad. Een opsteker was een retrospectieve tentoonstelling die in 1956 in de zaal "Onder de Toren" werd georganiseerd.

Tien jaar lang bleef hij het huurgeld voor zijn optrek in Brussel betalen alhoewel hij er nog amper kwam. In 1966 zegde hij dan toch het huurcontract op en haalde de schilderijen en de inboedel op.

In 1968 reisde hij voor de laatste keer naar Parijs. Bij een reis naar Portugal besefte hij dat verre tochten te zwaar werden. Toen men het huis in de Ridderstraat verkocht begon zijn zwerversbestaan. Een tijdlang woonde hij op een kamer in het pension Schoofs aan het Stationsplein. Hij liep een beenbreuk op toen hij door een auto werd aangereden op de hoek van de Schiervellaan en de Bampslaan. Na zijn herstel vond hij onderkomen in een appartement aan de Maastrichterstraat 109/3. Hier ging hij weer voor een korte periode schilderen. Hij moest later weer opgenomen worden, ditmaal in het universitair Bordet-ziekenhuis in Brussel waar zijn gehoor werd beschadigd door een operatieve ingreep.

In 1971 bracht de Limburgse gouverneur Louis Roppe hem de boodschap dat hij de Provinciale prijs voor Schone Kunsten kreeg. Hij werd uitgebreid gevierd in de zaal Onder de Toren op 13 januari 1972. Het dankwoord kon hij zelf niet meer uitspreken. Op 24 februari moest hij opnieuw naar het Virga-Jesseziekenhuis waar hij op 20 maart overleed. Zijn laatste doek "Achter de grote Moffert" maakte hij in december 1971.

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Maeve, I might suggest double-checking the "printer's devil" expression. It was my understanding that the term referred to the compartmentalized wooden tray that holds all the little metal letter stamps used in a printing press. If that tray got tipped over and the letters spilled the printer would need hours and hours reorganizing the tray (having a devil of a time in the process).
This was told to me when my grade-school class trip visited a recreated colonial American village; the man working the old-time printing press told us that was where the term "printer's devil" came from.
I know from experience what a devil of a job it is to sort out pied type, i.e., moveable type that has been mixed up. I had the happy fortune to work in a letterpress print shop as an undergraduate. I wasn't allowed near the huge rotary press or the hot linotype machine, but I set type for headlines using a composing stick, and printed my own stationery on the little platen press.
I was also called a "devil" by the elderly shop manager. It was a sad day when we got our first offset machine and saw the beginning of the end.
The "compartmentalized wooden tray" is called a type case. There's an "upper case" that holds the capital letters, and a "lower case" that holds the small letters. Yep, that's where we get the terms uppercase and lowercase. The small letters are placed in the lower case because they're the ones most used and the lower case is easier to reach. One of my least favorite jobs was going through the compartments looking for pied type.
The etymology for printer's devil offered by the man in the colonial village is one I've not been able to find in any printed reference I've consulted.
One of my favorite reference books is an 1898 edition of Brewer's The Reader's Handbook that I acquired years ago in England. This fat little red book is now broken in two from the use it's had from me. I learned only recently that the erudite old gentleman also produced a Dictionary of Phrase & Fable that first appeared in 1870.
The 80 or so "devil" references in my library copy of the Dictionary's eighth edition cover four closely-printed two-column pages.
The devil only knows how many more "devil" expressions are in the seventeenth edition that I just ordered for myself.
No, I don't recall that expression for an exclamation point.
We did have a "Second Coming" font: type so big it was being saved to set the headlines for the Second Coming!
I was once a "print devil" and still involved with the trade as a Linotype Machinist/Mechanic.
There's so many different facets to this trade – sometimes it's mind boggling.
I love that there is actually a Second Coming type for when Jesus returns. Too bad I won't get to see it ~ When He comes back for us I am gone!!
Back when I set hot type, we called the "compartmentalized wooden tray" a California Job Box. I have no idea why.
I was always told the saying, "Mind your 'Ps' and 'Qs'" referred to how easy it is to mix up these lowercase letters.
and then there's this one . . .


St Davids is the smallest city in the UK, famous for its magnificent 12th century cathedral and ancient Bishop's Palace. It is situated in a hollow, out of sight of pirates, some fifteen minutes walk from the Pembrokeshire coastal path, and is a centre for artists and naturalists, including bird-lovers.
Attractions include boat-trips, swimming, surfing, diving, rock climbing and golf, and there are many good restaurants in the city.
To read more about St Davids, please click here.
Until 2009, the cottage was the home of the late Nancy Bayly nee Howell, a well-known and much-loved figure in the area - the cathedral flag flew at half-mast for her funeral, and the Lifeboat Association provided a guard of honour. Her family have lived in and around St Davids for several centuries. They were particularly interested in ornithology, and Captain Howell's egg collection was bequeathed to the National Museum of Wales.
Nancy left her cottage to her nieces and nephew, who spent many holidays with her when they were children. She would be very happy to know that her cottage was being used by holiday-makers, and would want them to have a wonderful time.


Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 AM - 5PM. Closed on Kenyan Holidays.
Taxi companies like Uber, Little Cab, Mondo Ride and Taxify are well established to cater for your transport needs within the City.
Public shuttle buses are available for transport to Westcom Point. The No.23 Matatu/Shuttle, can be picked in the Central Business District. It will drop you off at the Shell Petrol Station (opposite Safaricom). From there, walk along Mahiga Mairu avenue straight to the Westcom Point building.


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~ The Gustav Klimt Museum
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Dear visitors!
We thank you for your interest in our exhibitions in the Klimt Museum from 2012 to 2022. The Klimt Museum is closed since October 17, 2022.
However, you can still explore the Klimt Artist Trail, which we developed in 2003. You also have the opportunity to visit the Klimt Garden in Schörfling or to discover Klimt's picturesque places from the lake side with a cruise on the Attersee.
Further information on Klimt's presence at Lake Attersee can also be found in our book "Gustav Klimt. Summer Sojourns on the Attersee 1900 - 1916" published by Verlag Christian Brandstätter, Vienna 2015.
Sandra Tretter & Peter Weinhäupl
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The world-renowned artist on Lake Attersee
Comparable to Claude Monet's Giverny, Paul Cézanne's Provence and Egon Schiele's Krumau, the Attersee was a place of unique artistic activity for Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). The world-renowned artist regularly spent the summer months between 1900 and 1916 in this region, preferably holidaying on the turquoise lake with his life partner Emilie Flöge (1874-1952).
Already in 1883 a travel guide on the Attersee mentioned that one would have to be a "highly capable painter", if one wanted to "come close to determining the colors of the lake". In 1900 Gustav Klimt managed to capture the shades of the Attersee so masterfully in a painting that the art critic Ludwig Hevesi called it a "frame full of lake water". Gustav Klimt would ultimately be inspired by the Attersee to create the vast majority of his more than 50 known landscapes, which continue to delight art enthusiasts from all over the world.
In 2003 an Artist Trail was dedicated to the famous holiday guest in the Salzkammergut, while the Gustav Klimt Center opened in 2012 in Kammer-Schörfling in close proximity to the avenue of Schloss Kammer once painted by Klimt. In 2019, the Klimt Garden was opened in the immediate vicinity of the museum.
A visit to the Klimt Center, a walk along the Klimt Artist Trail or a boat ride on the Attersee will allow you to retrace Klimt's steps and explore his impressive motifs on land or from the lake.
In 2022, the Klimt Museum, which was awarded the Austrian Museum Quality Seal, celebrated its 10th anniversary and the 160th birthday of the world artist with the special show "A Summer Like Back Then."

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Ya gotta make it because you're having a dinner party or company. Or maybe you have a very simple side like a sauteed chicken breast or oven baked salmon. Or maybe because it's a full moon. Or not a full moon. Or it's a Monday. Or not a Monday. You get the drift. Make it for whatever reason – just make it.
I can't even remember who I stole this Easy Cheesy Broccoli Skillet off of! I think it might be one of the little cooking videos my Sis is always posting on Facebook. They make me crazy coz I usually look at those posts right before bed and I swear they make me hungry! I gotta get with it and do some videos myself! I keep saying that! But this Broccoli Side is absolutely amazing over the top deliciousness, video or not.
I hope I'm not spoiling anyone's diet, here. Heck, you'll probably gain weight just by looking at the pics! That's why whatever you're serving it with should be not too over the top itself unless you're in all out party mode. But doesn't that Broccoli look good in my favorite red skillet in all that cheese? There's a little cream in there, too, I'm afraid. It's like a Broccoli Cheese Soup but in a more concentrated form.
I could see doubling this recipe and using it for a Thanksgiving or other dinner party side, too. As long as you've got a burner and the oven available. The Easy Cheesy Broccoli Skillet is actually only in the oven for about 10 minutes and that cheese is so molten hot (I don't know if you can actually see the steam in the pics – it looks like grey smudges) that it will stay warm for a beat, so it can wait a bit before serving. I burnt my poor little tongue on the first bite!
Easy Cheesy Broccoli Skillet is incredibly simple and absolutely fool-proof. It's not like all those dishes where you have to make a roux or a white sauce and so on. The broccoli is sauteed until crisp-tender, a little garlic is added, then the cream goes in (you don't even stir it) and it's topped with cheese. Pop it in the oven, like I said, for 10 little minutes. Done.
I do want to note that I didn't use quite the full amount of broccoli so mine looks a bit cheesier. I had a craving for Lo Mein the day before and stole some if the broccoli destined for this dish to put in it. What can I say!! I was only short about a cup. But with the full amount of broccoli, it wouldn't be quite so over the top decadent. Or maybe a cup of broccoli doesn't make all that much difference, lol!
The recipe calls for three kinds of cheese. I look at it like this: one for flavor, one for melty stretchy, gooiness and one to rule them all. That last is Parmesan, the king of cheese, right! And that's gotta be the worst Tolkein pun, ever. But the Parm goes on top so it gets nice and golden brown and delicious. I used part Mozzarella and part Cheddar but you could go more down home with a Colby Jack mix or maybe a little more sophisticated with a white Cheddar and something like a bit of bleu cheese. Anything your heart desires will work as long as it will taste good with the Broccoli.
Did you know that fresh broccoli is almost always cheaper than frozen? If you hit a good sale on the frozen (stock up on frozen veggies in the fall – they're usually at a low) and have coupons that might vary. But you need to keep in mind one critical factor that no one ever tells you. Generally, for every pound of frozen broccoli you buy, you will end up with 10 ounces of broccoli and six ounces of water. Doubt me? You can do the same experiment. Thaw out a pound and measure that green water left behind after you remove the broccoli. The green is a lot of the nutrients, too, all gone to waste. That's some pretty expensive water.
So shop well for your broccoli. I used to shave the stems before cutting them, now I just cut them thinly on the diagonal and I always toss them in to cook two or three minutes before the florets. They're really the best part if you just give them a bit of a headstart.
When reheating this dish, do so very gently, especially when using the microwave. If not, the cream and cheese will separate and leave you with pools of oily substance. You can stir it back together and it will taste ok, but it IS off-putting. Try the defrost or 70 percent power button.
In a large oven-proof skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add the broccoli stems and cook for two to three minutes, stirring now and then. Add florets and cook for another three or four minutes, stirring as necessary until tender/crisp but still bright green. Add garlic and cook for a minute longer. Season with salt and pepper, keeping in mind the cheese will add a bit of saltiness.
Remove skillet from heat and pour heavy cream over broccoli. Do not stir. Top first the Cheddar and Mozzarella, then top those with the parmesan. Bake until cheese is bubbly and broccoli is tender about 10 minutes. If the cheese hasn't properly browned, place under broiler for a minute or two.
I'll be posting Easy Cheesy Broccoli Skillet and co-hosting at Fiesta Friday Blog Party #238 with Mikaela @ Iris and Honey. If you have a minute, do stop by and check out Fiesta Friday and Mikaela's very lovely site! I know you'll love them both!!
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Thanks much! We LOVED this cheesy goodness!
Great recipe. I love cheesy broccoli dishes. Also a useful tip regarding re-heating, but I doubt there'd be any left to reheat in our house.
Thanks Ron! Sorry I missed your comment. And this is so good, it's hard to not just devour the whole thing like a pack of hungry wolves, lol!
Thanks. This is one of my fave dishes this year, I think!
Cheese and broccoli are a match made in heaven and this looks delicious! We have a head of broccoli in the garden that needs harvested and our cheese drawer stays well stocked. This is happening!
Yes, I know you'll love it – well, what's not to love, afterall!
Looks delicious and it is keto friendly. Win/win!


Thanks to Mark and Tami for a great Ohio show. Got to meet old friends and make new ones.
Saw some good bargains. Good attendance and they were buying.
Looking forward to next year, nuber 9.
Thanks again Mark, another good show.


One of the things I constantly struggle with in Christianity is the balance between humility and faith – of being a servant while also believing that goodness will provide, of taking responsibility while accepting grace, etc. Gandalf (and other characters in the LotR) really seems to strike that balance and express it well.
What impresses me about Gandalf, one of the truly and attractively GOOD characters in literature, is that there is nothing servile in his service. His whole life is an expression of the freedom that I try to express here.
If God were less than what He is, then defiance against Him might be justified… the spirit of rebellion is, I think, also a spirit of fundamental misunderstanding, at least in most humans. To rule, to have control, is alluring, and like most alluring things, it is nothing but an illusion. Saruman is a slave, and has made himself so. A slave to Sauron, a slave to his own desires and his own fears. "Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it." He who would be his own master, only succeeds in becoming his own slave.
In The Problem of Pain, that I've been reading, Lewis talks about the first sin, the Fall, and how it is, at its foundation, this desire to be one's own master.
The link that you make between the desire to become one's own master and becoming a slave to that desire is really important. We also see that this desire to be one's on master is also competitive. We seek to achieve mastery at the expense of others.In his life of loving service Gandalf achieves a freedom that is beyond Saruman's understanding. I think it is also important to say that another thing that links Saruman, Sauron and Milton's Satan in "Paradise Lost" is that they perceive reality to be shaped by the exercise of power over others. That means that they perceive God's love to be God's weakness and something they can exploit. That God's power and love might be one and the same thing is something they simply cannot and will not understand.


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The School currently has 4 800 students at it two campuses; the historic campus in Lille and at Paris at La Défense, Europe's biggest business hub. Bachelor, Master of Science and Postgraduate Programs at IÉSEG are taught in English.
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Workshop on security and privacy for location-based services
The advent of ubiquitous devices equipped with positioning capacities such as smartphones has lead to the growing development of location-based services (LBS) and the massive collection of the mobility data of individuals. However, learning the location of an individual is one of the greatest threat against his privacy as it can be used to deduce the points of interests characterizing his mobility, to predict his past, current and future locations or even to discover his social network. Thus, it is important to develop privacy-preserving version of location-based services that still provides the same functionalities while giving privacy guarantees for the users of such systems. Security is also an crucial issue in such context, especially if the location data is acquired through a smartphone that might be vulnerable to security attacks and malware. Moreover, being able to verify the authenticity of the position claimed by a particular entity is also a fundamental requirement for applications personalizing the service they provided to the location of the user.
The workshop is open to anyone interested in the privacy and security issues raised by the development of location-based services. Participation is free, but due to space limitations, please email tim.schwartz@dfki.de and sgambs@irisa.fr regarding your attendance as early as possible.
Location: DFKI GmbH, Room Turing (Campus D3 2, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany)
Information on how to reach DFKI
08:30 - 08:40 | Opening, introduction and agenda
08:40 - 09:20 | "Secure and privacy-preserving location and services", Athanasios Giannetsos (KTH)
09:20 - 10:00 | "Privacy preserving ID management for location-based services", Dimitre Kostadinov (Alcatel-Lucent)
10:00 - 10:40 | "EU legal foundation and patent research on security and privacy in location-based services", Denise Paradowski, Roland Vogt, Tim Schwartz (DFKI)
10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee break
11:00 - 11:40 | "Smartphones: Privacy Standpoint", Jagdish Achara (Inria)
11:40 - 12:20 | "Understanding and controlling the privacy risks linked to location sharing through our smartphone", Sébastien Gambs (Université de Rennes 1 - Inria)
12:20 - 13:20 | Lunch on the spot
13:20 - 14:20 | Round table on future security and privacy challenges for location-based services
14:20 | Closing of the meeting
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The discovery of Muscovite Russia in Tudor England
Stéphane Mund
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Russian Philosophy in European Philosophy
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The True Place of Astrology Among the Mathematical Arts of Late Tudor England.Richard Dunn - 1994 - Annals of Science 51 (2):151-163.
Classical Republicanism in Tudor England: The Case of Richard Beacon's Solon His Follie.Markku Peltonen - 1994 - History of Political Thought 15 (4):469-503.
Rhetoric and Real Property in Tudor England: Thomas Starkey's "Dialogue Between Pole and Lupset".A. R. Buck - 1992 - Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature 4 (1):27-43.
Opposition Drama and the Resolution of Disputes in Early Tudor England: Cardinal Wolsey and the Abbot of Chester.Tim Thornton - 1999 - Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 81 (1):25-47.
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Knowledge and attitude towards menopause and hormone replacement therapy in Chinese women
A cross-sectional study was conducted between May 2011 and April 2012 in Shanghai, China.
The structured questionnaire addressing sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge and prevalence of menopausal symptoms, and knowledge and attitude towards hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and its use were investigated.
A total of 3619 women aged 40–65 years were included in the analysis.
The majority of the women had knowledge of menopause.
Symptoms were prevalent in 16.1% of premenopausal women and in 49.3% of peri-, post- and surgical-menopausal women. Back and joint pain, sleeplessness, fatigue and sweating/hot flushes were frequently reported. HRT awareness among women was 3.5% and was related to menopausal, working and marital status; 75 (2.1%) women had used or were using HRT, of which 57.3% used HRT with a doctor's prescription and 29.3% experienced side-effects from the use of HRT.
Most Chinese women had knowledge of menopause and thought menopausal symptoms should not be treated.
The awareness of HRT was poor and influenced by menopausal, working and marital status.
Chinese health-care providers have to assume responsibility for educating women about menopause and HRT use.
Jin F, Tao M, Teng Y, Shao H, Li C, Mills E. Knowledge and attitude towards menopause and hormone replacement therapy in Chinese women. Gynecol Obstet Invest 2014 Sep 25. Epub ahead of print http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25277502


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Hi Everybody, it's a pleasure to be here with you today. Good for you that your eyes and ears are open to see and hear these changes. For those of you who might not be convinced, may GOD open your eyes to the truth here and now. When I first learned of these changes a few years ago, I didn't want to believe it. I'm an Exorcist / Spiritual Deliverance Minister and I travel all over, helping people to move forward in life.
It was after performing a spiritual deliverance for a lady in Scotland that I had first heard of the Mandela Effect. She sent me a link asking if I'd heard of this. I quickly scanned over and nearly deleted the message. However, I felt that GOD was telling me to stop and take a look at the video that she had sent to me.
I have spent many years in serious biblical studies and I know the scriptures very well. The first scripture that was in question was Isaiah 11:6. This one one of the most well known scriptures in the entire bible, it's the one that states that the Lion shall lay down with the Lamb. There are songs, paintings, statues, sculptures, figurines, posters and other things created in reference to this scripture.
When I saw the first change that the guy in the video was showing, I paused it and grabbed my 4 King James bibles, plus my Holman Christian Standard Bible and opened them to Isaiah 11:6.
To my absolute shock and disbelief, the scripture had been changed in all of them! One of my bibles is over 159 years old, and the scripture was changed in that too. Now take a second and think about what I just said. Five bibles in my home, in my possession were supernaturally changed!
It's one thing if there's a change made at the publisher, but it becomes supernatural when our personal bibles are altered in such a way, that they are changed in our possession. I was both stunned and shaken to the core because I knew Isaiah 11:6 so well. How on earth could it have been changed? What type of technology has the type of capability to be able to do that?
After seeing Isaiah 11:6 changed in all of my bibles, I nearly fell out of my chair.
It now says : The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
I collected myself and went back to watching the rest of the video, as several more scriptures were pointed out as being altered. The next one was Matthew 6 :9-13, which is better known as The LORD's Prayer. This scripture is the most well known in the entire bible. I have been reciting it everyday of my life since 2008 and I know it like the back of my hand.
In my mind I wanted to believe that all of this could be easily explained as a huge misunderstanding, mixed in with conspiracy theory. Psychologists describe the disconnect between our memories and realities as a "Confabulation." The term describes a disturbance of memory, which can result in the production of fabricated or misinterpreted memories, even despite contradictory evidence. It could also happen as a result of brain damage.
So based on the description of Confabulation, how could thousands of people from around the world suddenly have misinterpreted memories and or brain damage at the same time? That surely doesn't sound right to me.
Now I ask you how can this phenomena be happening? It's one thing if a book comes out with edits and changes, but to have personal items in your home that have been suddenly edited is beyond my comprehension. Furthermore we see that these changes are not just bible verse changes, but sweeping changes to our very reality as we know it.
This is not possible by our comprehension and understanding of the way things work in life. Let's consider this : We as human beings use only a small percentage of our brain, and if this is true then there's a whole other world around us that we can't see, hear or feel.
Is it possible that the devil is using this against us by a supernatural manipulation of space, time and history? We may never know the answer to that. However, I firmly believe that it is in fact, fallen angel technology in the way of CERN and D-Wave Quantum computers that are contributing to this phenomena.
I'm going to present to you a very long list of biblical, along with worldly changes as well.
I was recently made aware of this change : The famous Bob Hope song "Thanks for the Memories" is now Thanks for the Memory!
Genesis 8:11 used to say that the dove brought back to Noah and Olive Branch and now it's Olive Leaf.
Judges 16:19 used to tell the story of Delilah cutting Sampson's hair and now it says that she called a man in to shave off seven locks of his hair!
Ecclesiastes 2:4-6 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Ecclesiastes 2:4-6 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made gardens and parks for myself and planted every kind of fruit tree in them. 6 I constructed reservoirs of water for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees.
The LORDs Prayer :
Our FATHER who art in Heaven
THY will be done on Earth as it is done in Heaven
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us of our trespass
as we forgive those who trespass against us
and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil
For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forevermore!
Now it reads this way
Our FATHER which art in Heaven
THY will be done in Earth as it is done in Heaven
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us of our debts
as we forgive our debtors
There's a big difference in that because we don't live IN earth! Who has been replaced with Which. Trespass and Trespasses has been replaced with Debts and Debtors.
The next change of scripture that I saw on the video was Job 21:24. It previously said :
Job 21:24 His body is well fed and his bones are moistened with marrow.
Take a look at it now :
Job 21:24 His BREASTS are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
My question here is, why would this scripture be altered in such an unatural way? Men don't have breasts full of milk, so what would the purpose be for stating that? Some people think that the Mandela Effect has been caused by our universe merging with a parallel universe. I truly don't know what has caused it, but I do know that it's real. I also see that there's intent to mock GOD by stating that men have breasts full of milk.
Genesis 4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond IN (on earth changed to in earth) the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Genesis 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a BOTTLE of water and he gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
(Originally was skin of water)
Genesis 40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the BUTLER of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
(Originally was cup-bearer)
Genesis 49:4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my COUCH (Originally was Bed)
Exodus 13:12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the MATRIX, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD'S. (Originally was Womb)
Leviticus 21:20 Or crookbackt, or a DWARF, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
(Originally was Hunchback) The word Crookbackt does not exist in the English language.
Numbers 11:12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a NURSING FATHER beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
(Originally was Nursing Woman)
Numbers 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an UNICORN. (Originally was OX)
Ruth 4:4 And I thought to ADVERTISE thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. (Originally was Tell thee)
2nd Samuel 18:27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.
(Originally was Looks to me)
1 Chronicles 22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries:
(The words were Built, Exceedingly Great)
1 Chronicles 28:17 Also pure gold for the FLESH-HOOKS, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver. (Originally was Forks)
Ezra 9:8 And now for a little SPACE-GRACE hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
(Originally was Grace)
Here's the way the scripture originally read :
Job 33:20 So that he detests bread and his soul despises his favorite food.
This is how it reads in the KJV now :
Job 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
.Psalms 71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
Psalm 71:6 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) I have leaned on You from birth; You took me from my mother's womb. My praise is always about You.
Isaiah 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the Mufflers.
(Originally was Veils)
Isiaiah 7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt.
(Originally was Whistle)
Isaiah 11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Isaiah 11:8 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) An infant will play beside the cobra's pit, and a toddler will put his hand into a snake's den.
Isaiah 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Isaiah 14:29 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Don't rejoice, all of you in Philistia, because the rod of the one who struck you is broken. For a viper will come from the root of a snake, and from its egg comes a flying serpent.
Isaiah 16:11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.
Isaiah 16:11 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Therefore I moan like the sound of a lyre for Moab, as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.
Jeremiah 8:17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 8:17 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Indeed, I am about to send snakes among you, poisonous vipers that cannot be charmed. They will bite you. This is the Lord's declaration.
Jeremiah 24:2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very NAUGHTY figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. (Originally was Bad figs)
Ezekiel 24:23 And your TIRES shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. (Originally was Turbans)
Ezekiel 27:28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
(Originally Countryside and Sailors)
Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses
(Originally was Forgiveness)
Daniel 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses
(Originally was Righteousness)
Zachariah 2:6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD. (Originally was Get up)
Matthew 9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old BOTTLES: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the BOTTLES perish: but they put new wine into new BOTTLES, and both are preserved.
(Originally was wine-skins)
Matthew 14:8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. (Originially said: give me John the Baptist head on a Platter)
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
(Originally was Always)
Matthew 26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, SLEEP ON NOW AND TAKE YOUR REST: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. (Originally was Wake now)
Mark 2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old BOTTLES: else the new wine doth burst the BOTTLES, and the wine is spilled, and the BOTTLES will be marred: but new wine must be put into new BOTTLES. (Originally was Wine-skins)
Luke 17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his STUFF in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. (Originally was Possessions)
Luke 17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two MEN in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
(Originally said a man and a woman in one bed, now says two men!)
Luke 17:35 Two women shall be GRINDING TOGETHER; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
(Originally said Two women shall be grinding grain together at the mill)
Luke 21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; (Originally was Rumours)
Luke 23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a GORGEOUS robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
(Originally said Purple Robe)
John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (Originally was Test)
John 8:33 They answered him, WE BE Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? (Originally said We Are)
John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and AM KNOWN OF MINE.
(Originally said I am the good shepherd and know I know My sheep, and they know Me)
Acts 4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
(Originally said "The Lame Man")
Acts 22:25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn't even been found guilty?
Here's the way it reads now
Acts 22:25 And as they bound him with THONGS, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? (Originally said Flog)
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, CHARITY, these three; but the greatest of these is CHARITY. (Originally said Love)
Philippians 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:8 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) For God is my witness, how deeply I miss all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Philemon 1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Philemon 7 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
Hebrews 11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the Aliens. (Originally said Foreigners)
Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus
This is how it reads now
Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought AGAIN from the dead our Lord Jesus
Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and GIRT=BRA about the PAPS=BREASTS with a golden girdle.
(Originally said Gold sash across his chest. This is now describing Jesus in drag)
Cliff Notes is now Cliff's Notes
Mahatma Ghandi is now Mahatma Ghandhi
Mr. Olympia in 1976 and 1981 Franco Columbo is now Franco Columbu
Wizard of Oz : Scarecrow has a silver gun now and The Tin Man's head funnel now has a handle...........
Mr. Rogers theme song "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood" is now "It's a beautiful day in This neighborhood."
Berenstein Bears is now Berestain Bears
Karate Kid Bandana change : The orange and white bandana of the Japanese Rising Sun is now blue and white...........
I love Lucy : Ricky never said "Lucy You got some splainin to do" Yet I personally remember him saying that to her many times in episodes of I Love Lucy.
Burns and Allen : "Say goodnight Gracie" This was the sign-off at the end of George Burns' shows with his wife Gracie Allen in 1958.
However in this reality it never took place. George never said "Goodnight Gracie." He now looks at her and says "Say Goodnight!"
Star Trek : "Beam me up Scotty" was never said! This is another one that I personally remember hearing many times in Star Trek episodes.
Interview with a Vampire is now Interview with the Vampire
Sex in the City is now Sex and the City
Crocodile Dundee : "That's not a knife, this is a knife" He now says : "That's not a knife, that is a knife" I watched that movie many times over the years and I clearly remember him saying, "That's not a knife, this is a knife!"
Laurel and Hardy "This is another fine mess you have gotten us into" is now "This is another fine mess you have gotten me into." I watched many re-runs of this series when I was a kid and I clearly remember him saying "This is another fine mess you have gotten us into."
Snow White : "Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all" is now "Magic mirror on the wall!"
Field of Dreams : "If you build it, they will come." is now "If you build it he will come."
Forrest Gump : "Mama said life is like a box of chocolates." is now "Mama said life was like a box of chocolates."
Jaws : "We're going to need a bigger boat." is now "You're going to need a bigger boat."
Star Wars : "Luke I am your father" is now "No I am your father"
Looney Toons is now Looney Tunes
The Monopoly Man is no longer wearing a monacle!
The word Judgement is now spelled Judgment?
Johnny Walker is now Johnnie Walker
Absolute Vodka now Absolut Vodka
JCpenny is now JCPenney
Home Depot is now The Home Depot
Depends underwear is now Depend
Victoria Secret is now Victoria's Secret
White-out is now Wite-out
Febreeze is now Febreze
Herbal Essence is now Herbal Essences
Redi Whip is now Reddi Wip
Caldwell Banker is now Coldwell Banker
Cup O Noodles is now Cup Noodles
Chic-fil-A is now Chick-fil-A
Sketchers is now Skechers
The creator of the Charlie Brown cartoons was named Charles Schultz. Now it's Charles Schulz
Pete Townsend is now Pete Townshend
Ed McMahon was known for two things :
1. He was the famous side-kick for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.
2. He was the presenter of sweepstakes winners for Publishers Clearing House. The Mandela change is that he's listed as being the presenter for a "Rival" sweepstakes company called American Family Publishers. I can personally tell you with 100 percent certainty, that I watched Ed McMahon present check after check to overjoyed sweepstakes winners for Publishers Clearing House. Furthermore, I have no recollection of American Family Publishers?
Please look at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYrjrlMh_Rg
The Smithsonian Institute is now Smithsonian institution
Franklin D Roosevelt His middle name was Delanor and it's been changed to Delano
DEA=Drug Enforcement Agency now is Drug Enforcement Administration
The Statue of Liberty is no longer on Ellis Island, but on Liberty Island
Grand Central Station is now Grand Central Terminal
Now the first supposed attack on American soil took place on July 30, 1916. This was supposedly carried out by the Germans in New Jersey on Black Tom Island.
Thank you all and GOD bless............
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SA vehicle sales | September sees surprise uptick in new vehicle sales
GRIM OUTLOOK: South Africa's auto industry has been negatively affected by the poor Range exchange rate and sluggish economy, resulting in increased vehicle prices. Image: iStock
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The sales statistics for September 2019 are in and there's been a slight increase in numbers for a few segments.
Recent monthly sales figures this year has seen a decline on year-on figures, however, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) said that the slide in the performance of the overall new vehicle market continued into September 2019, but that the volume passenger car segment reflected an unexpected but welcome uptick, largely supported by strong sales to the car rental industry.
Naamsa confirmed that the aggregate domestic new vehicle sales, at 49 191 units, reflected a decline of 439 units or 0.9 % from the 49 630 new vehicles sold in September last year. Monthly export sales had registered a modest decline compared to the high base level of the corresponding month last year but the upward momentum remains strong.
Overall, out of the total reported industry sales of 49 191 vehicles, an estimated 37 707 units or 76.7% represented dealer sales, an estimated 18.9% represented sales to the vehicle rental industry, 3.1% to industry corporate fleets, and 1.3% to government.
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Modest increase
The September 2019 new passenger car market reflected a welcome surprise on the upside and, although only modest, increased by 358 cars or 1.1% to 33 139 units compared to the 32 781 new cars sold in September 2018. The car rental industry continued to support domestic volumes, accounting for a substantial 27.3%, or more than one out of every four new cars sold, in September 2019.
Domestic sales of new light commercial vehicles, bakkies and mini-buses at 13 473 units had recorded a decline of 894 units or a fall of 6.2% from the 14 367 light commercial vehicles sold during the corresponding month last year.
Sales in the medium and heavy truck segments of the industry reflected a mixed performance and at 790 units and 1 789 units, respectively, reflected an increase of 97 vehicles or an improvement of 14%, in the case of medium commercial vehicles, and, in the case of heavy trucks and buses, at 1 789 units, the exact same number of vehicles were sold the year before.
The September 2019 export sales number at 35 657 vehicles reflected a decline of 1 097 units, or 3.0%, compared to the high base of 36 754 vehicles exported in the same month last year. For the first nine months of the year, vehicle exports, at 297 065 units, are now 47 050 vehicles or 18.8% higher than the corresponding period last year and well on track to achieve another record in 2019.
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Louisiana Admitting Privileges Project
Principal Investigator: Kari White
Funded by: University of California San Francisco
In Louisiana there are only three facilities that provide abortion care, and state laws regulating the delivery of care may make services difficult to obtain. One of these regulations, which requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the facility where they provide care, was initially blocked from going into effect since it is nearly identical to a Texas law that the US Supreme Court ruled was unconstitutional in 2016. The State of Louisiana has challenged a lower court's decision, and in February 2019, the US Supreme Court issued a stay that has temporarily halted the law from going into effect. If the admitting privileges law is enforced, at least two, if not all three, of Louisiana's remaining abortion clinics may close. By examining the current landscape of access to abortion care in Louisiana, we will be able to assess the potential impact of the law if it does go into effect. This research also would enable us to leverage the infrastructure we create to evaluate quickly the actual impact of the law on women's access to care.
Interagency Collaboration on Maternal and Child Wellbeing
Principal Investigator / Mentor: Robert Crosnoe
Co-Principal Investigator / Mentee: Haley Stritzel
Funded by: National Science Foundation
The majority of child maltreatment reports received by child protective service agencies in the United States come from professionals such as teachers, healthcare providers, and social workers. Data sharing between the child welfare system and other institutions thus facilitates the investigation of and intervention in cases of child maltreatment. One consequence of this collaboration, however, is that families may avoid institutions that provide necessary resources out of fear of coming into contact with the child welfare system. This project analyzes under what circumstances institutional engagement is associated with a greater likelihood of child protective services involvement, as well as how child protective services involvement is related to future institutional engagement. This project utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative portion of project will analyze data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study (FFCWS). Currently available FFCWS data follow nearly five thousand children and their families from the focal child's birth to age fifteen, with an oversampling of children born to unmarried mothers. Statistical techniques such as generalized linear models will be used to estimate associations between child welfare system involvement and service utilization. In addition, the project involves in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 40 social service employees.
Contraception in Community Colleges in Texas: A Randomized Control Trial
Prinicpal Investigator: Kristine Hopkins
Funded by: University of California
In the US, young women aged 18–25 experience high rates of unintended pregnancy and
have limited knowledge of contraception or their pregnancy risks. UT Austin will subcontract with UCSF to conduct the Texas component of a cluster randomized trial to test an intervention to increase awareness of contraception and health protective behaviors among students in this age group in community colleges. During the subcontract period, UT Austin will recruit 6 community colleges in Texas to serve as study sites, which will be randomly assigned to intervention or control groups. The intervention group will receive: 1) a one-day, CME-accredited training on contraception for staff and clinicians at the campus health center (if applicable) and at network referral partners, and 2) student education on birth control. The control group will receive student nutritional education on the impacts of sugar on health. UT Austin will recruit 75 students at each site for a total of 450 student participants. Students will be eligible to participate if they are female, aged 18–25, enrolled in the first year of community college, at risk of pregnancy (sexually active, not pregnant and not sterilized), do not want to become pregnant in the next year, and willing to be contacted for follow-up data collection. UT Austin will collect data from student participants through self-administered questionnaires at baseline and will support follow-up data collection efforts, including online surveys every 3 months and home pregnancy tests every 6 months following baseline. UT will also facilitate provider surveys made available by the UCSF team. The UT team will follow up with providers to encourage high response rates.
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The objective of the proposed research is to provide one of the first in-depth analyses of how the Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic has affected and potentially continues to affect reproductive processes in Brazil. These analyses will include investigations into how different types of physical and social exposure to the virus shape women's desires for pregnancy and contraception, contraceptive use and sexual frequency, prenatal healthcare use, abortion, and pregnancy and birth outcomes. Understanding women's reproductive responses to ZIKV exposure is key to developing a nuanced understanding of the effects of population health shocks on family health and health disparities more broadly, and is especially important to consider in a developing country context where vast inequalities in healthcare access, unintended pregnancy, and morbidity and mortality persist. The specific aims of this project will be to: (1) collect longitudinal data on physical and social ZIKV exposure, reproductive processes, and potential mediators; (2) estimate the extent to which sociodemographic, municipal, and state characteristics affect women's physical and social experiences of ZIKV exposure; and (3) investigate how and why reproductive intentions, behaviors, and outcomes vary with ZIKV exposure.
Demography, Health, and Contraceptive Use of Repeat Teenage Mothers
Principal Investigator: Julie Maslowsky
Nearly 1/5 of the 230,000 annual births to teen mothers in the US are repeat births (births to a teen mother who already has one or more children), the large majority of which are unintended. Repeat teen mothers are a high-risk group of adolescents; they are more likely to drop out of high school, are less likely to be employed, and more likely to have mental health problems, and start prenatal care later or receive no prenatal care more frequently compared to first-time teen and older mothers. They also experience higher incidence of preterm birth, low infant birth weight, and infant mortality compared to both first time teen mothers and older mothers. Despite the vulnerability of these mothers and their children, they have been notably understudied compared to first-time teen mothers. The demographic composition of this population, their health profile, their knowledge and attitudes toward contraceptive are not well documented. We also lack understanding of the processes by which teens choose their contraception, knowledge that is necessary to inform appropriate education and facilitate uptake of effective contraception among teen mothers wishing to prevent a repeat birth. The proposed research has 3 aims: 1. Characterize the US repeat teenage mother population with regards to demographic characteristics, reproductive health, and contraceptive use and compare this population to first time teen mothers and older mothers (ages 20-25). 2. Identify individual factors that influence teens' desire to use long acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) in high- and low-access states, Colorado and Texas. 3. Identify knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and perceived accessibility regarding postpartum contraception, particularly LARCs, among teens.
Texas Policy Evaluation Project
Principal Investigator: Joseph E. Potter
Additional Investigators: Kristine Hopkins, Co-Investigator; Daniel Powers, Co-Investigator; Daniel Grossman, Principal Investigator, Ibis Reproductive Health Subcontract; Kari White, Principal Investigator, Unversity of Alabama at Birmingham subcontract
Funded by: Anonymous foundation
Website: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/txpep/
Begun in Fall 2011, Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) is a collaborative group of investigators who evaluate the impact of legislation in Texas related to women's reproductive health passed in the 82nd and 83rd legislative sessions. Study areas include policy changes related to the provision of family planning and abortion care in Texas. Our current research projects include studying the impact of the Supreme Court decision on abortion access in Texas, the effects of HB 3994 in restricting judicial bypass for teens seeking abortion care without parental consent, as well as the impact of the new and reorganized state family planning programs and the Medicaid rule change permitting reimbursement for immediate postpartum provision of long-acting reversible contraception.
The Effects of Stressful Exposures on Pregnancy Among Late Adolescents
Principal Investigator: Abigail Weitzman
The proposed research will be one of the first in-depth investigations of the effects of an extreme form of neighborhood violence, specifically homicide exposure, on adolescent pregnancy in the United States. The analysis will examine how homicide exposure affects the risk of pregnancy and will further identify underlying mechanisms including changes in aspirations for and expectations about the future, perceived behavioral control, relationship dynamics, and sexual behavior and contraceptive use. The specific aims of this project will be to: (1) assess how young women's aspirations, expectations, and perceived behavioral control evolve alongside their exposure to homicide (2) examine how young women's relationship dynamics, sexual activity, and contraceptive use, evolve with homicide exposure and (3) investigate how the risk of adolescent pregnancy changes following homicide exposure. To achieve these aims, the proposed study will integrate geo-referenced administrative data on the date and location of homicides with time-varying information from RDSL panel data on young women's aspirations for and expectations about future education, employment, and family formation; relationship dynamics; sexual activity and contraceptive use; and pregnancy status.
Collaborative Research: International Migration and Fertility: Towards a Multidimensional Understanding
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Migration and fertility are two major components of social and demographic change; the proposed research represents one of the first efforts to explore the association between international migration and fertility that combines data from both sending and receiving countries using a propensity score matching approach. To date, most studies have been limited to the use of data sources collected primarily in receiving countries and have typically compared migrants to native-born residents of the receiving country, rather than to residents of their country of origin with whom they share a common background. Because migrants often have higher fertility than native-born populations of low-fertility countries, it may appear that there is little association between migration and fertility. However, this may only be the result of comparing migrants to native-born women in receiving countries rather than women in sending countries who are similar in observed characteristics. Moreover, limited research explores whether migrant fertility is high due to high desired fertility, high unmet need for family planning, or other factors. In contrast, the proposed project integrates cross-sectional data from the Trajectories et Origines (TeO) survey and the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to create a novel data set that allows for matching highly similar African and Asian respondents who did and did not migrate from sending countries to France. This enables us to: (1) Investigate the association between international migration and fertility by comparing migrants in receiving countries to similar non-migrants in sending countries; and (2) Explore the association between international migration and underlying reproductive desires and behaviors that could help explain why migration is associated with fertility, including fertility desires, contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning, employment, and partnership formation.
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How I Travel: Jose Cortes of A2A Safaris
By Oliver Giles May 14, 2019
The co-founder of A2A Safaris shares his travel tips and tricks
In 2002, Jose Cortes teamed up with Victor Dizon to launch A2A Safaris, the first travel agency to specialise in organising African safaris for clients travelling from Asia. Since then, A2A has arranged thousands of safaris to destinations ranging from the deserts of Namibia to the rainforests of Rwanda, while also expanding their reach to offer tailor-made trips to Latin America and Antarctica. Here, Jose reflects on his most memorable journeys, including multiple visits to the Altiplano in South America and an unforgettable hike up an active volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Last trip?
Zakouma National Park in Chad in Central Africa. It is one of the most remote parks in the world. To give some perspective, over 35,000 tourists visit Antarctica every year while this protected area of the park we stayed at hosts less than 100 tourists a year.
Zakouma lies along this geographic belt called the Sahel, which runs for almost 4,000 kilometres across the African continent, just below the Sahara Desert and above Africa's forests and savannahs—it's home to sub-species of lion, giraffe, buffalo and many other animals not found anywhere else.
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Lions in Zakouma National Park in Chad. (Photo: Jose Cortes)
Next trip?
Argentina's Puna Desert. The South American Altiplano—which Bolivia, Chile and Argentina share—is my special place. I have explored the Bolivian and Chilean sides extensively but the Puna is a lot more inaccessible.
The Puna Desert spans 180,000 square kilometres, which is almost 180 times larger than Hong Kong! Almost all of it lunar or Martian-like with deserts, pumice stone fields, volcanoes, salt pans and high-altitude lagoons.
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The Salvador Dalí Desert on the Altiplano in southwestern Bolivia. (Photo: Jose Cortes)
Right now it would probably be spending time with the Suri tribe in southern Ethiopia to observe their stick fighting ceremony, which is practiced at the end of a successful harvest. Unfortunately with the current drought, it's hard to tell when the next one will happen.
The Suri are the cousins of the more famous Mursi tribespeople, who are best known for their lip-plates but who also practice the art of body painting. At the festival, all these full-on body-painted warriors high on cow's blood trying to impress women with the most elaborate lip plates.
I love wildlife and at the top of my list is the okapi, or forest giraffe, an animal with a giraffe's head on a zebra's body. It is shy, elusive and nearly impossible to see in the wild because it is endemic to the forests of northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, an area considered unsafe to visit at the moment.
See also: Uncovering Ancient Rituals And Secrets In Ethiopia
A Mursi tribes-person in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia. (Photo: Jose Cortes)
What do you love most about traveling?
The heightened sense of curiosity and wonder. And meeting like-minded travellers, many of whom end up being lifelong friends.
What's your most memorable travel experience?
Climbing and sleeping on the rim of Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After hiking almost six hours in mountain gorilla (and rebel guerrilla!) country, staring down into a huge lava lake was mesmerizing.
I could see matter and particles getting formed right before my eyes. I was definitely hypnotised and had to remind myself to take photos of the lava. The experience was so surreal and profound.
Mount Nyiragongo in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo: Jose Cortes)
Hiring a helicopter in Ethiopia's Danakil Depression, the hottest place on earth and home to the most beautiful sulphur lakes, salt towers and active volcanoes. I'm addicted to aerial photography and was looking forward to photographing the otherworldly landscapes from the air. The pilot was the worst I've had in over twenty years and it was like having an Uber driver take us from A to B, with no knowledge and passion about the area we were flying over.
It was like going inside the Louvre for the first time and walking at full speed and only covering five percent of the museum without stopping, ignoring the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo and other works of art.
Ethiopia's Danakil Depression, the hottest place on the planet. (Photo: Jose Cortes)
One place you'd visit over and over again?
Botswana. I have been visiting since the '90s and I make sure to visit the Okavango Delta at least twice a year because it is the one of the most dynamic places on earth and the scenery and the wildlife experience is different every month of every year, dictated by the annual floods and by seismic activity.
It has all my favorite animals in huge numbers—elephants, lions and wild dogs. And some of the most beautiful and iconic safari camps and lodges can be found there.
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Three things you always travel with?
My camera, a headlamp and two or three carabiners.
A leopard and her cub in Botswana. (Photo: Jose Cortes)
What do you normally read on the plane?
Nowadays I go for biographies, particularly of early explorers like Shackleton, Scott, Stanley and Livingstone. I also love books on African and Latin American dictators because they help me understand and learn the plight of the people in the countries I spend most of my time in nowadays.
Favourite travel companion?
My wife, Kitty, who's been a trooper literally going to the ends of the earth with me and oftentimes facing up to wild animals, extreme temperatures, motion sickness, altitude sickness, AK-47s and most recently RPG-7s.
Whatever you can think of, she's dealt with it. I'm not sure she'd vote for me as her favourite travel companion—she's probably had enough "no pain, no gain" adventures with me!
Jose's wife, Kitty, on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. (Photo: Jose Cortes)
Aisle or window seat?
Aisle. I have a relatively small bladder.
Favourite travel app?
Photopills. It's the Swiss Army knife of Photo apps with sun and moon paths, rise and set times, Milky Way and star photography tools and a host of other widgets.
Your best travel tip?
Get out of your comfort zone.
Any tips on overcoming jet lag?
Spend the first few hours in your destination outdoors—I believe our brains rely on nature's light and dark cycles.
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Jose Cortes gets up close and personal with a snake. (Photo: Jose Cortes)
What are the latest travel trends?
Transformative travel where people come back more aware about themselves and about our planet; conservation-oriented travel; exploration and expedition travel; and lastly cultural travel with a focus on the human element, such as meeting vanishing tribes and experiencing their culture.
These issues are getting more and more important to millennials and subsequent generations. They all feel they are inheriting a world that is in bad shape and the more they see these vulnerable people and places the better they can understand them.
What's your Instagram account?
I post on the @a2asafaris account—most of my photos are tagged #josecortesphotography.
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Although one of Executive Director Bob Zimmerman's first priorities was to get CRWA's volunteers to monitor chemical water quality starting in 1995, water quality is much more complex than measuring water temperature or counting the number of bacteria that are present. To better represent CRWA's holistic view of water quality and watershed management, we developed a protocol for monitoring biological indicators of water quality, such as streambank vegetation and the diversity an d abundance of organisms that live on the stream bottom, including worms, snails, clams, and insects. Our science staff have been training new cohorts of volunteers to collect these data every summer since 2013. This year, we saw scuds, or side-swimmers, aquatic sowbugs, and blackfly larvae in Cheesecake Brook in Newton. Volunteers who were trained on June 23rd will be conducting water quality monitoring throughout the summer. Space is still available; anyone interested in volunteering should contact CRWA's Rita Barron Fellow, Lisa Kumpf at lkumpf@crwa.org.
We have been especially excited to have the opportunity to engage with school groups in this work. We are deeply grateful to Dr. Lisa Lobel for adopting our monitoring site on the Muddy River in Boston with her students at Wheelock College and look forward to working with students from Simmons College and UMass Boston this year. To read more about CRWA's collaboration with Wheelock College, please visit the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement's website.


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Joe Biden administration announces United States' diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Jason Patt
The Joe Biden administration will stage a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. White House press secretary Jen Psaki made the announcement on Monday:
Jen Psaki announces that the Biden administration won't send diplomatic representation to the Beijing Olympics given the PRC's "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity" pic.twitter.com/Cpsn0IZiRd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 6, 2021
The United States will not send any government officials to the Olympics in February because of China's human rights abuses. However, American athletes will still be competing. The Biden administration doesn't want to penalize those athletes, so they will still get the chance for Olympic glory.
The 2022 Winter Olympics are set to begin on Feb. 4 and run through Feb. 20. This diplomatic boycott had been expected as the United States continues to try to figure out how to grapple with its relationship with China.
There has been plenty of controversy surrounding America's relationship with China, including when it comes to the sports world. As one example besides these Olympics, the NBA views China as an important market as the league tries to continue to grow the game globally, and there was a lot of hubbub in recent years when Daryl Morey's infamous Hong Kong tweet drew backlash from China. The NBA lost a lot of money because of it.
More recently, Enes Kanter Freedom has been rampaging against China, calling out a number of people in the process. That includes LeBron James, Jeremy Lin and others.
It's certainly a complicated issue, and we'll see if this diplomatic boycott of the Olympics has any impact moving forward.
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Kathmandu: New President of Nepal will be elected today after political parties failed to come up with a consensus candidate till Sunday's deadline. According to PTI, the presidential election will see a direct fight between Nepali Congress leader Kul Bahadur Gurung and CPN-UML's Vidya Devi Bhandari. Nepal Workers Peasants Party's central member Narayan Maharjan withdrew his candidature Tuesday.
The new President will succeed incumbent President Ram Baran Yadav who was elected as the first President of Nepal in 2008 after the country was declared a Republic.
Officials said, polling for the Vice-president's post has been re-scheduled for Saturday. Madhesi leader of the Nepali Congress Amiya Kumar Yadav has been named as the candidate for Vice-President.
With the promulgation of the Constitution on the 20th of last month, it was required to elect a new President within a month of the commencement of the Parliament session.
As per the schedule finalised by Parliament, the political parties were given a deadline till October 25th to come up with consensus candidates for the posts of President and Vice President, which they were unable to.
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The positions are available for professionals and experts in the field of democracy and voting regulations. These positions are crucial to the process. If you are interested in applying, you will need to meet a few qualifications. The introduction to the election commission of Pakistan is for those who want to enter the Government sector, and for those already in the government sector. The election commission of Pakistan reflects the voting system for Pakistani citizens to vote in the national elections.
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The Election Commission of Pakistan is an autonomous and constitutionally established body, with five commissioners who are appointed by the President of Pakistan. The task of the Commission is to conduct, supervise, and maintain the elections in accordance with the Constitution and laws. The Commission is composed of a Chief and four other members. The Chief is appointed by the President of Pakistan and the other four members are appointed by the President on the advice of the Chief.
The Election Commission of Pakistan works at the national level and encompasses the union council and provincial level electoral management. The commission handles general elections, delimitation of constituencies and the electoral rolls, monitoring, and regulation. The Election Commission of Pakistan is responsible for national-level electoral management, while there are different electoral bodies for the district level. The commission is chaired by a Chief Election Commissioner.
In Pakistan, the Election Commission of Pakistan is the constitutionally designated body to oversee the electoral process in the country. The Commission is mandated to conduct and supervise general elections, organize and conduct direct and by-elections, run the national voter's database, and educate citizens about their rights as voters.
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