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. Volume XI Number 15 . . . .April 1, 2005
In this autobiographical account of his youth, Ange Zhang describes his experiences during the Cultural Revolution in China through an economy of words and powerful illustrations and photographs. Young readers will not only get a concise history of that era in China but also an evocative description of what is was like to suffer social upheaval and the destruction of a happy family life.
Beginning in 1966, Chairman Mao's Red Guards purged the country of intellectuals and property owners and destroyed cultural artifacts and books in an effort to replace old customs and thinking with new "reformed" ideas. Ange's father, although a former high ranking official in the Communist Party, was humiliated publicly as a counter-revolutionary. A famous writer, he composed the words for the "Yellow River Cantata" sung by Chinese people all over the world hence the title. His antique Ming vases and paintings were destroyed and his books locked up. His family was ostracized, and Ange became a "black kid" and experienced anger and shame. Skilled at drawing and calligraphy, Ange was asked to make posters for the Red Guards but was not invited to join. Distressed at being an outsider and longing to be a member of the Red Guard, he set up his own Red Guard group and joined the revolution.
Ange describes the dissolution of the ancient Chinese society and the decline of any art that is not revolutionary in nature. With schools closed and with nothing to do, he discovered the books in his father's study. Over the following months, he read banned books by Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens and Leo Tolstoy that transported him from the confusing world. (It is interesting to note that these classic authors are now among the few Western titles available for purchase in English in China. It is also remarkable that this book was printed and bound in China.)
In 1968, 15-year-old Ange is sent along with other students to the countryside to be educated as farmers. Despite the deprivation and backbreaking work on the collective farm, he finds joy in the smuggled books he reads at night. Using oil paints given to him by a friend, Ange rediscovers his talent as an artist and rekindles his hope.
An epilogue describes how Ange made his way back to Beijing to study at the Central Academy of Drama. He eventually became the set designer for the Chinese National Opera Theatre. Later during the Tiananmen uprising, Ange, as a visiting set designer in Stratford, Ontario, was offered asylum by the Canadian government.
The last section in the book is a very readable and succinct history of the Cultural Revolution in China, which helps to explain the context for the young reader.
The bold, angular illustrations, which echo the propaganda posters Ange once made for the Red Guard, are produced with "digital paint" using graphics software. It is the same software that Zhang now uses to animate the TV cartoon about a teenage girl, Braceface for Nelvana. Photographs of the period, including some of his family, help the reader to identify with Ange.
Ange Zhang has illustrated a number of books by Teddy Jam including the recent The Kid Line as well as The Stone Boat and Thor by W.D. Valgardson
For further reading on this subject from a girl's point of view, try Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang.
Jane Bridle is a Youth Services Librarian at the Winnipeg Public Library in Winnipeg, MB.
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Clear Sky Beachside Cafe
Great location right in the middle of Clearwater Beach.
Had a great lunch here last week ... our server Alexa was wonderful ... and the Blueberry Margarita was a hit!
The food was well prepared (especially the grilled octopus). My wife had salmon I had grouper both were very good. Will definitely come back on our nectar trip to Clearwater Beach.
Our server went above and beyond to ensure that my friend with a dairy allergy was able to share the starters with the rest of the group, separating the non-dairy items onto a different plate and providing flatbread for her (instead of the pita, which was buttered). Extremely impressed. Food was great and super reasonable.
The food is usually very good, as we regulars. The only complaint would be that the servers often times make you feel rushed, as I have received my entree before I finished my salad.
Great place! Diverse menu, great staff. Will def go again when we are back in town
We had a very enthusiastic server who took good care of us. Food and drinks were good with one exception. My scallops with spaghetti squash and candies bacon was very sweet throughout the squash, not just on the bacon. The first few bites were good, then it was overwhelming. All in all it was fun and we will continue to come back.
Amazing food and phenomenal service!
We have been there for breakfast. First time for dinner. Very nice place.
Great food at a decent price and a fun atmosphere on the beach!
Food was fantastic!
Outside of the wait this was my best Florida meal i can remember. The shrimp on the plancha , bruschetta,shrimp thai pasta and snapper were delicious. Our server Audriana was super attentive and efficient. Really really highly recommended
Our Christmas dinner was excellent in every way. The restaurant is beautiful and we had a window table right with a great view of the December sunset. I was pleased that I could specialize my entree to my dietary needs, and the food was incredible. I wish we lived close by, but make sure to visit on our next trip to Clearwater Beach.
Menu description was different than what you received on the plate
Excellent food. Terrific service. Loud and vibrant, yet with class. Kitchen closes earlier than bar. Late night flat breads after kitchen closes. Good date night or friends night or even out alone night. Also great breakfast (I hear)
3 breakfasts, one dinner, all amazing.
Get their eggs, French toasts and quiches for breakfast/brunch. Get their pizzas and flatbreads for dinner.
You’ll love it all.
Amazing food, service and atmosphere. I’d recommend this place to anyone I know. I can’t wait for a return visit.
Good menu options - excellent presentation- great flavors!
Always a great experience. Awesome food and the staff are a pleasure to deal with. Highly recommend
Best for breakfast, but always ok. Great remodel job.
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My experience was phenomenal. The service with the knowledgeable waitress with the food menu. Dinner was delicious. The overall experience was great.
We chose to sit outside. They had a musician who was talented but it was so loud that we found it difficult to have a conversation.
I feel like it’s definitely a touristy kind of place. Higher prices with decent food. Our server was great!
Food was great and Juan was an excellent server. Only complaint was that food took a long time to come out of kitchen
Was awesome ! The service was good.
Great food, service, and outside music. We thought about going the next night as well we liked it so much.
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I would highly recommend this restaurant.
I ordered the lobster ravioli and it was phenomenal.
My hairdresser in Indianapolis encouraged me to stop by while I was staying in Clearwater FL because they have the BEST French toast - she was right!!
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Excellent restaurant with great outdoor dining and live music at night. Food was excellent with menu choices to suit anyone. Service was exceptional. Breakfast is fantastic with the best French Toast I’ve ever had. A must do place to try while in Clearwater.
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Appetizers and dinner special (Swordfish) were outstanding. The NY Strip steak was a big disappointment.
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Great location close to the beach, Clear Sky Cafe has a lively atmosphere. You can sit outside, or at the bar (watching the bartenders keep up with the ordered concoctions was fascinating). The grouper sandwich I had was so fresh I thought it might jump out of the bun! Delicious! My wife had the flatbread which she enjoyed. Hopped it off with a slice of key lime pie was the perfect ending to an enjoyable dinner.
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Garmin? Expands its xHD Radar Offerings with New 4kW Open Arrays
Garmin announced two new xHD open-array radar models, which will give mariners high-definition picture quality in a robust yet affordable package. The GMR? 404 xHD and GMR 406 xHD complement the powerful xHD family of open-array radar scanners, which now offer the same high performance in a 4-, 6- or 12-kilowatt scanner.
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Roughly three-quarters of Jewish settlers in the West Bank would be included in redrawn Israeli borders envisioned under U.S.-backed peace negotiations, the lead U.S. envoy told American Jewish leaders on Thursday.
The settlement estimate was among details of a closely held plan to frame a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians this year, a participant in the conversation between Jewish leaders and U.S. envoy Martin Indyk said...
...About 350,000 Israeli Jews live in settlements strung along the long West Bank border. A peace treaty would adjust the lines to accommodate most settlers — with other land swapped to the Palestinians for a new independent state.
Some of the largest settlement blocs — essentially small cities — have long been assumed to be permanently Israeli. But Indyk’s estimate that 75 to 80 percent of settlers would remain inside Israeli lines suggests that many smaller settlements would also be included.
Somehow, I still don't think Shiloh and environs in our Bloc would be included.

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A point you’ll doubtless hear made by Democrats come 2010 if, as expected, the stimulus hasn’t done much stimulating. TARP’s failure has already left the GOP trapped on the deck with Barry O; to the extent that McConnell et al. end up opposing the new bill, it’s just their way of making a late dash for the lifeboats.
Note the point about generational theft, too. The One dropped this near the end of this morning’s speech:
That’s why I’m asking Congress to work with me and my team day and night, on weekends if necessary, to get the plan passed in the next few weeks. That’s why I’m calling on all Americans – Democrats and Republicans – to put good ideas ahead of the old ideological battles; a sense of common purpose above the same narrow partisanship; and insist that the first question each of us asks isn’t “What’s good for me?” but “What’s good for the country my children will inherit?”
Exit quotation: “Bottom line: Obama’s prescription for economic pain will at most be useless in encouraging short-term growth, while ensuring anemic longer-term growth for the next decade (and beyond) at the expense of Obama’s kids and my kids and yours.”

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Evansville PD Seek Help to ID Fraud and Theft Suspects
With the pandemic having such an impact on people's livelihoods, it seemes more and more people are struggling to get by. That being said, there are plenty of resources and help available and it's definitely no excuse to steal from someone else but that's exactly what two people did this week.
The Evansville Police Department is asking for the help of the public to identify two suspects that are believed to have worked together to steal a wallet from a female shopper in one store only to travel to another store where they used the victim's credit cards and racked up a hefty bill.
According to the Evansville Police Department, the two suspects, who were captured on security footage, allegedly worked together to commit the crime. One suspect distracted the victim, who was shopping in our local Meijer store located on North Green River Road, making it possible for the second suspect to steal the victim's wallet from her purse.
But as if theft was not enough for these two sticky-fingered thieves, they felt like committing fraud too. Once they confiscated the victim's wallet, they took her credit cards across town to Walmart where they used the stolen cards to spend more than $1700 - there's no word on what they were buying but whatever it was, I bet it isn't worth the trouble they're going to be in when the EPD catches up to them on charges of theft and fraud.
If the photos aren't quite enough to help you recognize the suspects, the EPD says they were in a black Honda SUV. If you have any information regarding the identity or the whereabouts of these two suspects, you're asked to contact the Evansville Police Department’s Financial Crimes Unit by calling 812-436-7959 or you can leave an anonymous tip via the WeTip Line at 1-800-78-CRIME.

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Daniel "Uncle Sonny" De Coito Jr., 91, of Haleiwa, a retired city Department of Parks and Recreation employee, died in Haleiwa. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by son Roy A., daughters Rawleen N.L. Fisher and Rawlette P. Kraut, brother Frederick and sister Eleanore Vaughn. Visitation: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. Services: 9:30 a.m. Burial: 10:30 a.m. at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Aloha attire. Flowers welcome.
Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased


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Use our Fishing spots with iPhone or iPad using Google Earth or a GPS App
You’ll only need our Google Earth Fishing spots file attached to the email we sent to you. Once loaded, either of these Apps will assist you in finding your fishing spots. The Google Earth App is the top choice for high definition chart viewing and ease of use.
LOAD IT TO GOOGLE EARTH AND GO!
Use our Google Earth file for navigating and viewing your new fishing spots on your Mobile Device right now! Google Earth is an excellent tool for viewing your fishing spots at anytime. See comments on fishing spots or lobster spots, or use as a tool to help you decide where to fish that day.
NEW FOR THIS SEASON! Enjoy our new “Nautical View™” Fishing Chart overlay Maps on many of our fishing spots areas with the free Google Earth App for iPhone, iPad, Android and Droid Mobile Devices! Load your spots right from the email we sent into the Google Earth App and start navigating right now! WARNING: Be sure your mobile GPS settings are all turned “ON” and your location settings are set to “ON” to use Google Earth for GPS navigation and best accuracy. Tap here to get the Google Earth App for iPhone or iPad
GPS Tracks – Mobile GPS Navigation App
The “GPS Tracks” app is a GPS navigation App that’s cheap, works great and found here: TAP HERE TO GET GPS TRACKS FOR YOUR IPHONE OR IPAD (OR SEARCH THE MARKET FOR “GPS TRACKS”) Instructions are below
IMPORTANT: Using and Setting up this App and using the advanced options within this App is solely your responsibility to learn as the methods vary greatly between devices and software versions making instructions nearly impossible to provide for everyone. We do not own or maintain this App, only suggest it. You may use any App you like that will accept a Google Earth KML file.— Thank you.
LOAD YOUR GOOGLE EARTH FISHING SPOTS FILE TO GPS TRACKS
THE GOOGLE EARTH KML FILE IS THE FILE YOU NEED TO IMPORT INTO THE GPS TRACKS APP.
Once you’ve installed the App, you can open the GOOGLEARTH file attachment that we emailed to you using your iPad or iPhone Mail app. This will open your spots right to the GPS Tracks App. Perform the following instructions.
1. To open any of your GOOGLEARTH.kml Fishing spots files from the email attachment, hold your finger on the file for two seconds until a menu appears. To load more than one Google Earth file, do this ‘one file at a time’.
2. Select the “Open with or Open In” option and then select GPS Tracks as the App to open the file. In IOS 6 this process is slightly different in that the menu that appears initially after you hold your finger on the file for two seconds, you should see the option to simply Open in GPS Tracks. (IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO LOAD)
3. It’s your responsibility to learn how to use this app. Play around with the app and its options and learn some about it before using it. The options are different on each platform, so it’s up to you to learn how it operates.
4. LEARN YOUR NEW GPS APP – Please understand we do not own or maintain this app. It’s entirely your responsibility to learn how to use the app and all it’s settings. You can change your dashboard view, waypoint lines and tracks, waypoint colors and much more. See the app settings for all this info,.

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So sorry to say it but I wont be jumping into shark science just yet. For my first day of field specialist training I was doing some inter-tidal surveys with the new interns to watch how a more experienced field specialist teaches it.
For those who don’t know the inter-tidal zone is basically that area where the land meets the sea, its an area where a heap of marine creatures live and its an area that can be very reactive to changes in climate, water quality and anthropogenic impacts.
As it turns out inter-tidal zone of Mossel Bay is in a particularly interesting area because of two large oceanic currents. The Agulhas current comes down the coast from the east and brings warm water. The Benguela current comes from the south bringing cold waters up the west coast of Africa. Mossel Bay sits smack dab in the middle. What this means is that while warm water environments typically have high species diversity but low abundance and cold water environments typically have low species diversity but high abundance. Mossel Bay gets the best of both worlds.
But back to the surveys, we were basically being kids exploring rock pools. But with the crucial distinction that we were writing down everything so it counts as science. What we did was lay out a long rope, then starting at the low tide mark, place a 1m x 1m square on the ground every 2.5m and count all the critters that we found inside.
This may not sound as fun as getting up close with Great whites but its incredibly interesting. In my case, I was particularly amazed by the limpets.
But whats that you ask?
A limpets a type of gastropod. Imagine a snail, except instead of living in a swirly shell, imagine it lives under a dome shell and you’re in the ball park. They look like this.
They spend their lives clinging to rocks in rock pools all around the world and while they look pretty mundane, they’re actually incredible!
Exhibit A: The Brown Limpet
Looks pretty dull, but this little guy can paralyze a starfish! Starfish living in these rock pools eat lots of things including some types of limpet. They manage to get under their shell and flip them over to feast on the unprotected underside. But this limpet carries a special toxin, and when the starfish makes contact with its flesh, it gets paralyzed while the limpet gets to make a sneaky getaway.
Exhibit B: The Star Limpet
I figured these guys needed a little highlighting as they have a tendency to blend into the background a bit. Whats cool about star limpets is these two are actually separated for a very good reason, they’re ultra territorial.
This is because star limpets actually tend a garden or algae all around them. You can see it fairly clearly with the limpet at the top of the photo. It cultivates and maintains an algae crop that it can feed from and if any star limpet dares enter its territory, there’ll be hell to pay! If a territory is invaded, the limpets will fight each other, trying to get their shell over the edge of the other before sucking onto the rock to crunch down on their opponents shell. Hopefully the snail on that top limpets rock is quick enough to escape!
Exhibit C. The Shield Limpet
So there is a fun story about these ones. Back when I interned with Oceans Research last year, during one of the inter-tidal survey sessions, one of the field specialists made an offer to me and a friend. “If you can pull that limpet off the rock, I’ll give you my van” he said. With our heads filled with visions of cheap trips up and down the coast on the weekends, we spent longer then I’d care to admit trying to win the van. I only found out on Thursday just how safe a bet that was for the field specialist when he pointed these out to me.
What I had thought were random markings on the rocks were actually grooves created by shield limpets shuffling around, and then suctioning onto the rock. With that kind of power I finally understood why we never had a shot at the van.
So there you have it
Hopefully you have a new found appreciation for these weird and wonderful critters, feel free to post questions in the comments sections and stay tuned for me next week!


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New York City
The City will provide relief for small businesses across the City seeing a reduction in revenue because of COVID-19. Businesses with fewer than 100 employees who have seen sales decreases of 25% or more and that meet certain other criteria will be eligible for zero interest loans of up to $75,000 to help mitigate losses in profit.
The City is also offering similarly eligible small businesses in the five boroughs with fewer than 5 employees a grant to cover 40% of payroll costs for two months to help retain employees.
NYC small business relief: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/sbs/businesses/covid19-business-outreach.page
The City is providing information for parents on city schools, for businesses on restrictions on operations, and for residents on general tips on how to stay healthy and what to do if they get sick, as well as access to updated information on the current situation.
NYC guidance on responding to Covid-19: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/coronavirus.page
Mayor de Blasio finally responded to demands from parents and educators to close the city’s schools, announcing on March 15 they would close from March 16 to at least April 20. Distance learning began on March 23, and meals for students are available for pick-up at certain schools in each neighborhood around the city.
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/nyregion/nyc-schools-closed.html
Mayor’s Office: https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/151-20/new-york-city-close-all-school-buildings-transition-remote-learning
On the enforcement side, the City presented a plan to Governor Cuomo on March 24, as directed by him on March 22 after seeing crowds of people congregating around the city, especially in the parks, contrary to his orders for social distancing to combat the spread of the virus. Parks has cancelled or limited access to a number of its facilities and services and the NYPD began enforcing social distancing from the 23, according to various reports. Governor Cuomo noted in his March 25 media briefing that the plan also includes provisions for closing some streets in order to provide more room for people to walk at a safe distance from each other. The City announced the first street closures on March 26.
Media reports on March 26 say the Parks Department will remove the hoops from at least 80 basketball courts where young people have refused to stop playing pick-up games.
Parks update: https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/health-and-safety-guide/coronavirus
Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-police-step-up-patrols-to-enforce-social-distancing-11584997999
Street closures: https://abc7ny.com/traffic/4-nyc-streets-closed-to-traffic-open-for-social-distancing-space/6052003/
New York Post: https://nypost.com/2020/03/25/de-blasio-removing-some-city-basketball-hoops-to-stop-games-during-coronavirus/
New York State
Executive Orders by Governor Cuomo
New York State has taken a number of actions in response to Covid-19, including measures to ameliorate the economic impact on businesses and individuals. Some of the major ones include:
Job protection and pay
Rules for protecting workers required to quarantine due to the virus, whether mandatory or precautionary, and who are unable to work, vary depending on the size of the employer. As noted on the Governor’s Office website:
□Employers with 10 or fewer employees and a net income less than $1 million will provide their workers:
□Employers with 11-99 employees and employers with 10 or fewer employees and a net income greater than $1 million will provide their workers:
□Employers with 100 or more employees, as well as all public employers (regardless of number of employees), will provide their workers:
These benefits do not apply to employees who are quarantined but able to work from home. Employees whose employer has closed because of Covid-19 are directed to apply for unemployment benefits.
Empire State Development Corporation business support for producing essential PPE
Governor Cuomo’s staff have been working ceaselessly to purchase necessary supplies. However, there is not enough of anything to meet the need. Therefore, on March 20 the Governor called on any businesses in the state that can produce personal protective equipment (PPE) to do so, and to contact Empire State Development to coordinate on selling to the state. This includes receiving state funding to retool their operations for this.
Governor’s tweet: https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1241040393086685186
Call for support from ESD: https://wlea.net/statement-from-empire-state-development-corp/
ESD Guidelines for PPE: https://esd.ny.gov/guidelines-personal-protective-equipment-ppe
Moratorium on evictions for 90 days for residential and commercial tenants
On March 16 the New York State Chief Administrative Judge sent a memo to court employees in the state suspending non-essential court functions such as eviction proceedings and other pending orders, following Governor Cuomo’s request for a plan from the Court of Appeals Chief Judge to reduce traffic through the court system. Following criticism that this would not in fact stop evictions at this critical time, Governor Cuomo included a 90-day moratorium on evictions for residential and commercial tenants in his March 20 Executive Order (this Order also included a formal one-month extension of the required time period for legally required court actions, following on the Court of Appeals Chief Judge’s plan).
Curbed New York report: https://ny.curbed.com/2020/3/16/21180842/coronavirus-new-york-state-eviction-moratorium
March 20 Executive Order: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-2028-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency
Waiver on penalties and late fees for credit cards, overdrafts, and ATMs
In his March 21 Executive Order, the Governor called on banks to waive penalties, late fees, overdraft fees, and credit card fees for customers. He included in his Executive Order authorization for the Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services to create regulations concerning the restriction or modification of fees. This fell short of an actual order, however, because New York State shares oversight responsibilities with the federal government and does not have sole authority in these matters, so it’s not clear how effective it has been in providing relief to citizens.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced on March 25 it is reducing service on bus and rail lines due to drastically decreased ridership and the need to protect its employees as much as possible while still maintaining public transit service in and around New York City. The MTA has been hit hard by a massive drop-off in revenue. As reported in the New York Times on March 17, it has asked for a $4 billion federal bailout to help it get through this crisis.
MTA announcement: https://new.mta.info/precautions-against-coronavirus
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-subway-federal-aid-.html

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Summertime… and the modeling was easy. For the cover of apparel and fashion industry trade magazine Earnshaw’s, Gap Kids, Little MisMatched and many more.
Per a wonderful write-up in the Charlotte Observer, here’s how it has gone so far in 2014 for mother of four Terri Murray and her children ages two through nine. In January, she signed the kids up with a local North Carolina agent; in February, she added NYC representation; and in May-June, she and the brood came to town with a nanny in tow for what turned out to be a six-week bookings bonanza. Even the spark for all this is a keeper:
The journey started in January, when Murray’s nine-year-old daughter, Peyton, left a tearful message on Murray’s cellphone. “I want to be on TV. Will you help me?” Peyton pleaded in the message, emotional after watching TV and deciding it was her calling…
“I wanted to teach Peyton that if you have a dream, you go for it,” Terri Murray says. “Why not shoot for the moon? Go big with your dreams.”
Just how sweet did it get this summer for the Murray clan? At one point, Italian Vogue flew in a hairstylist to prepare Peyton for a fashion spread. Murray’s seven-year-old son Chase logged work on Boardwalk Empire, an HBO series pilot and two big-budget movies.
Those two eldest were back in New York in late August for a Lifetime movie and shoot with fashion photographer Gina Kim. Peyton is adding a third agent, in Atlanta. Read the rest of Observer reporter Cristina Bolling’s article here.
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Strasbourg Cathedral de Notre-Dame is known as one of the most beautiful gothic cathedrals in Europe. The Cathedral stands on the exact site of a roman temple built on a little hill above the muddy ground. The first version of the church was starting to be built during 1015 by proposal of Bishop Werner von Habsburg, but fire destroyed most of the original Romanesque building. By the time that cathedral was being renovated (at the end of the 12th century, this time with red stones carried from the nearby mountains of Vosges), the gothic architectural style has reached Alsace and the future cathedral was starting to develop all characteristics of gothic aesthetics. The project of the first cathedral in Alsace was handed to craftsman and stonemasons who had already worked on the also famous gothic cathedral in Chartres.
The magnificent west front of the cathedral and its main entrance was designed by Erwin von Steinbach in 1284. In 1399, Ulrich von Ensingen, the architect of the Cathedral in Ulm, supervised the building of the octagonal base of the spire which was completed after his death by Johannes Hültz from Köln and which soon became the symbol of Strasbourg.
Under the Reformation, in 1521, the cathedral became a Protestant church. After the incorporation of Strasburg into France in 1681, the cathedral was returned to the Catholics and dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
The famous tower was once almost completely destroyed during the French Revolution, inspired by anti-religious believes, some revolutionary leaders ordered its demolition. But, a local locksmith conceived a brilliant scheme of making a huge Phrygian cap made of metal to cover the tower. The bomb shelling of 1870 and 1944 caused some damage of the Cathedral, but after few renovations and the replacements of missing statues, the Cathedral regained its original look.
The cathedral greatly contributes to the history of Gothic sculpture. The façade of the southern cross bar is decorated with the famous Church and Synagogue from the same workshop than produced the remarkable inside pillar of the Angels (1230-1250). While previous façades were certainly drawn prior to construction, Strasbourg has one of the earliest façades whose construction is inconceivable without prior drawing. The statues, dating from the 13th to the 15th century, located above the triple portal of the Gothic façade, depict the Prophets, the Wise and Mad virgins and the Virtues and Vices.
Inside, it is possible to admire the high Gothic styled baptistery made by Dotzinger (1453), the magnificent pulpit decorated with numerous statuettes sculpted by Hans Hammer in 1485, the Mount of Olives in the northern transept by Nicolas Roeder (1498), and the St. Lawrence"s portal dating from the middle Ages.
The cathedral has many other treasures: stained glass windows dating from the 12th to the 14th century, the St. Pancrace"s altar (1522) from Dangolsheim, the 17th-century tapestries forming the Virgin"s wall covering purchased in the 18th century, and finally a very popular curiosity, the astronomical clock set up in its own 17th-century case decorated by Tobias Stimmer and using an 19th-century mechanism devised by Schwilgué. To its left, there are 15th-century mural paintings.The presence of an organ is attested as early as year 1260. There was also two other instruments built and modified in 1291 and 1327. The oldest sections of the actual organ case are not older than 1385.
Clock of Strasbourg cathedralPrincipal work of the Renaissance, this mechanical astronomical clock is an invention put together by various artists, mathematicians and technicians. Swiss watchmakers, sculptors, painters and creators of automatons all worked together to build this amazing automate. The present mechanism dates from 1842 and is especially attractive for the work of its automatons, which, every day at 12.30 pm, all start their show.
The first Strasbourg astronomical clock, L"horloge de Trois Rois, was being built from 1352 till 1354, but it stopped working in the beginning of 16th century.
According to a legend, the local authorities of Strasbourg ordered that the constructor of the Astronomic Clock should be blinded so that he could not try to build something like it ever again. This first clock was equipped with various mechanical details that were very rare in that time, such as calendar and astrolabe, as well as very interesting miniature statues. The main statue of the clock was representing Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus in her arms. In front of her, every hour, the three Kings would step out of their chambers and the music announces the time (this automate is now being shown in the Strasbourg museum of Decorative Arts).
At this moment, astronomical clock offers you a view of different stages of life, which are personified by a child, a teenager, an adult and an old man, who pass before Death. Above this are the apostles who walk before Christ. Their passage is punctuated by the beatings of wings and the song of a large rooster. In front of the clock is the marvellous Pillar of Angels, which, in a very original manner, represents the Last Judgment.References:
The Cathedral of Limburg is one of the best preserved late Romanesque style buildings. It is unknown When the first church was built above the Lahn river. Archaeological discoveries have revealed traces of a 9th-century church building in the area of the current chapel. It was probably built in Merovingian times as a castle and the chapel added in the early 9th century.
In 910 AD, Count Konrad Kurzbold (cousin of the future King Konrad I) founded a collegiate chapter of 18 canons, who lived according to the rule of Bishop Chrodegang of Metz, on the hilltop site. The original castle chapel was torn down and a three-aisled basilica was built in its place. The foundations of this basilica have been found beneath the present floor.
The construction of current cathedral is dated to 1180-90. The consecration was performed in 1235 by the archbishop of Trier. It seems certain that the cathedral was built in four stages. The first stage encompassed the west facade, the south side aisle, the choir and the transept up to the matroneum. This section forms the Conradine church. The second stage consisted of the addition of the inner pillars of the south nave. In this stage the bound system was first introduced. In the third phase, the matroneum in the southern nave was built. The fourth stage included the north side of the transept and the choir matroneum. By this stage Gothic influence is very clear.
The interior was destroyed by Swedish soldiers during the Thirty Years War (1618-48) and reconstructed in a late Baroque style in 1749. The Baroque renovation was heavy-handed: the surviving medieval stained glass windows were replaced; all the murals were covered up; the ribs of the vaults and columns of the arcades were painted blue and red; the capstones were gilded; the original high altar was replaced. The colorfully painted exterior was coated in plain white and the central tower was extended by 6.5 meters.
The collegiate chapter of Limburg was dissolved in 1803 during the Napoleonic period, but then raised to the rank of cathedral in 1827 when the bishopric of Limburg was founded. Some renovations in contemporary style followed: the walls were coated white, the windows were redone in blue and orange (the heraldic colors of the Duke of Nassau) and towers were added to the south transept (1865).
Further changes came after Limburg was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866. It was now the Romantic period and the cathedral was accordingly restored to an idealized vision of its original Romanesque appearance. The exterior stonework was stripped of all its plaster and paint, to better conform with the Romantic ideal of a medieval church growing out of the rock. The Baroque interior was stripped away and the wall paintings were uncovered and repainted.
Further renovations came in 1934-35, enlightened by better knowledge of the original art and architecture. Art Nouveau stained glass windows were also added. A major restoration in 1965-90 included replastering and painting the exterior, both to restore it to its original appearance and to protect the stonework, which was rapidly deteriorating while exposed to the elements.
The interior is covered in medieval frescoes dating from 1220 to 1235. They are magnificent and important survivals, but time has not been terribly kind to them - they were whitewashed over in the Baroque period (1749) and uncovered and repainted with a heavy hand in the Romantic period (1870s) before finally being restored more sensitively in the 1980s.


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Fulcrum has been named one of 33 finalists of the 2016 Helios Apollo Awards, which honors executives in greater Washington that work to promote employee development.
Fulcrum was chosen as a finalist in four categories including employee assimilation and onboarding, employment brand, employee mentorship or coaching and employee recognition, Fulcrum said Monday.
“It is always an honor to be selected as a Helios finalist,” said Fulcrum CEO Jeff Handy.
“We are honored, and are looking forward to – once again- participate in this truly prestigious annual event,” he added.
Honorees are selected from 300 nominations graded by a panel including industry experts, chief human resource officers and previous Apollo Award winners, the report said.
Fulcrum has previously won the Apollo Award in June 2014 under the “Tessera” category.


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Homend History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Homend is an old Anglo-Saxon name that was given to a person who was a person who worked as a servant for Hugh.
"The forms would suggest ‘servant of Hugh’ and the surname may sometimes have this meaning, but such a combination as a personal name is rare or unique. In late Old English times names in -mann were popular and new combinations were formed."
Early Origins of the Homend family
The surname Homend was first found in Huntingdonshire, where there were two records for the family found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273: Gilbert Houman; and Henry Houman.
Matill filia Hiweman was found in Wiltshire c. 1248 and Hugeman de Assinton was listed in Suffolk in the 13th century. In Huntingdonshire, Willelmus filius Howman was registered there in the Hundredorum Rolls and later, William Hiweman was found in Wiltshire c. 1248. Humphrey Huueman was found in Suffolk in 1277.
Early History of the Homend family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Homend research. Another 67 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1653, 1518, 1585, 1664, 1724 and 1777 are included under the topic Early Homend History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Homend Spelling Variations
The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Homend has been recorded under many different variations, including Homan, Homans, Howman, Hoeman, Hownam and others.
Early Notables of the Homend family (pre 1700)
Distinguished members of the family include John Howman (1518?-1585) of Feckenham, Worcestershire, the last abbot of Westminster. He "was the son of poor peasants named Howman. The parish priest early discovered his abilities, and through the influence of...
Migration of the Homend family to Ireland
Some of the Homend family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Migration of the Homend family
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Homend or a variant listed above: William Hoeman, who sailed to Massachusetts with his family in 1635. Among the other family members who followed this first settler were: John Howman, who sailed to Virginia in 1637.
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Labile quod opportunum
Motto Translation: That which is opportune is quickly gone, or opportunity soon slips by.

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Intact Financial Co. (TSE:IFC – Get Rating) – Stock analysts at National Bank Financial raised their Q2 2023 earnings estimates for shares of Intact Financial in a research note issued on Monday, May 22nd. National Bank Financial analyst J. Gloyn now expects that the company will earn $3.17 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $3.03. The consensus estimate for Intact Financial’s current full-year earnings is $13.11 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Intact Financial’s Q3 2023 earnings at $3.22 EPS, Q4 2023 earnings at $3.67 EPS, FY2023 earnings at $13.12 EPS and FY2024 earnings at $13.74 EPS.
Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on IFC. Scotiabank increased their price objective on shares of Intact Financial from C$220.00 to C$225.00 in a research report on Friday, April 28th. TD Securities lowered their price objective on shares of Intact Financial from C$235.00 to C$225.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 8th. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Intact Financial from C$235.00 to C$220.00 in a research report on Friday, April 28th. National Bankshares increased their target price on Intact Financial from C$240.00 to C$242.00 in a research note on Tuesday, May 2nd. Finally, Raymond James increased their target price on Intact Financial from C$229.00 to C$233.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Intact Financial presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$223.33.
Intact Financial Stock Up 0.3 %
In related news, Senior Officer Charles Brindamour sold 30,000 shares of Intact Financial stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$195.00, for a total transaction of C$5,850,000.00. Corporate insiders own 0.24% of the company’s stock.
Intact Financial Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 15th will be issued a dividend of $1.10 per share. This represents a $4.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 14th. Intact Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.19%.
About Intact Financial
Intact Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance products to individuals and businesses in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, rest of Europe, and the Middle East. It offers personal auto insurance; insurance for motor homes, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles; personal property insurance, such as protection for homes and contents from risks, including fire, theft, vandalism, water damage, and other damages, as well as personal liability coverage; and property coverage for tenants, condominium owners, non-owner occupied residences, and seasonal residences.
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'It's Hard Work': Reflections on Conscience and Citizenship in the Catholic Tradition
Journal Catholic Legal Studies, Vol. 47, pp. 317-342, 2008
27 Pages Posted: 12 Nov 2008
Which voter's guide gives the most reliable account of Catholic social teaching? The first part of this essay compares Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the document issued by the United States Bishops' Conference in November 2007, with the Catholic Action Answers' Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics. It argues that Serious Catholics fails to captures the tradition's nuanced intersection between moral values and their practical implementation in the sphere of politics; and that Forming Consciences serves as a more complete and helpful guide for Catholic voters. The essay then focuses on the Forming Consciences discussion of the concept of "intrinsic evil." Exploring the questions that arise when this concept is placed at the core of an analysis of political responsibility, it considers the extent to which this structure leaves enough space to give due priority to address socio-economic maladies that would not fall within the definition of intrinsic evil. Then essay concludes with an acknowledgment of the need for an emphatic expression of Catholic social teaching and values in public life, and queries whether the intrinsic evil framework may be reconciled with effort toward fruitful and constructive dialogue about the role of religious values in a pluralistic democracy.
Keywords: 2008 Presidential Election, Catholic social teaching, voting, conscience, Roman Catholic Church, intrinsic evil, non-negotiable, moral theology, politics, prudence, cooperation with evil, Pope John Paul II, Veritatis Splendor, economic justice, prophecy, casuistry, abortion, torture, faithful citize
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Newcastle Central is also served by an underground station on the Tyne & Wear Metro system.
The station was built with 3 curved, arched spans which were the first of their kind and this design was copied by other stations.
Newcastle Central was designed by John Dobson in collaboration with the great Tyneside engineer Robert Stephenson, who was the son of George Stephenson the "Father of the Railways". Robert Stephenson also was responsible for the Newcastle High Level Bridge, which was the first combined road and rail bridge in the world. Photos of that structure can be seen here.


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Soldier wins gold at World Championships
August 17, 2009
- USAMU Soldier wins gold medal at World Championships
- Victory comes exactly one year to the day when Hancock won Olympic gold
- USAMU produces two medalists at this years Worlds
FORT BENNING, Ga. - It may be wise to make sure you are in the presence of U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Soldier Spc. Vincent Hancock next August 16.
Hancock reigned over the entire field of competitors Sunday and won the gold medal in Men's Skeet at the 2009 International Sport Shooting Federation Shotgun World Championships in Maribor, Slovenia. The victory came exactly one year to the day when Hancock won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Hancock was at the top of his game. The World and Olympic record-holder hit 149 out of a possible 150 targets in the qualification round and scored a perfect 25 in the finals, foiling the efforts of those chasing him for the gold, including teammate Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Dulohery, who also earned a berth in the final round of six competitors and finished in fourth place overall.
"It was great," Hancock said. "It felt like the old me. It had been a long time coming since the Olympics."
Hancock and Dulohery, along with U.S. teammate Frank Thompson, made up the gold medal-winning Men's team, setting a world record with a score of 366 out of 375 in the process.
The USAMU maintains displaying its proficiency in shotgun shooting. The unit produced two Olympic Gold Medalists in 2008 and, including silver medalist Spc. Jeff Holguin in Men's Double Trap, now has two medalists at this year's World Championships. The USAMU continues to take lessons learned in competition and translate that to success on the battlefield by raising combat readiness throughout the Army.

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The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 1, July 1897 - April, 1898 Page: 28
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The Comanches, more numerous and powerful than all other
tribes combined, roamed the great plains, from Oregon southeast-
ward nearly to the Gulf of Mexico. Their language is a dialect of
the Shoshone, spoken by the Bannocks of Montana and the Piutes
of Southern California. They were ferocious savages, but their
tribe was particularly well organized.
Three tribes of the thirty spoke, each, a language peculiar to it-
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The first and worst of these was the Carankawa, inhabiting along
the coast from Galveston westward--a tribe of cannibals, noted for
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speech between them.
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though there was no resemblance between their savage tongues.
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'Homesteading' could tackle England's 700,000 empty homes
Published by Max Salsbury for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Communities, Development
Shelter issues wake-up call over Scotland's empty homes
The process of 'homesteading' should be brought back to return some of England's 710,000 empty homes back into use, new research has concluded.
Homesteading is a process where vacant properties are sold at a discount to people who renovate them to create their own homes. The concept was popular in the '70s and '80s but has fallen almost entirely out of use over the last 20 years.
The new independent research from the University of Sheffield in collaboration with the charity Empty Homes looked at how the number of empty homes in England could be reduced through the scheme.
Due to the shortage of housing stock in the UK, Empty Homes believes it is time for a national homesteading program to be introduced.
In particular, the researchers argue that homesteading could make a real difference in the north where local authorities continue to hold a significant number of empty properties as a result of the housing market renewal programme - a scheme that aimed at tackling low demand housing through acquisition and demolition in 11 northern areas.
These houses would have been demolished but the demise of the programme meant that they were spared as councils no longer had the funds to demolish them.
With little public money available to bring them back into use, homesteading could offer local authorities a positive and sensible way forward in dealing with these empty properties.
In 2012, Empty Homes helped Stoke City Council develop a homesteading programme for two areas of the city where houses had previously been acquired for clearance. The ‘Houses for £1’ programme was launched in early 2013, allowing people to buy houses for £1 on condition they renovated them and lived in them as their sole home.
The programme made 35 houses available for sale, and proved popular with several thousand applications being received from prospective purchasers.
Similar schemes have subsequently been launched in both Liverpool and Oldham.
The research found that homesteading:
• Was simple to understand for council officials, the media and the wider public.
• Was being undertaken by a small but growing number of enthusiastic local authorities, social landlords and practitioners.
• Was the subject of massive local demand.
• Provided social landlords with an affordable and high-profile means of bringing empty properties back into use to meet local housing needs.
• Provided opportunities for relatively low-income households to become homeowners.
David Ireland, Empty Homes chief executive, said: “We know that Homesteading works. There is a clear demand from prospective homeowners for empty homes and this research shows that there are many things which policy makers can take on board which will enable a major expansion in the scale of homesteading in the UK.
“We hope that this research will provide the spring-board to enable thousands of empty properties to be brought back into affordable use. We will continue to push for a national homesteading programme to be introduced.”
The research recommends that policy-makers should consider:
• Further encouragement of homesteading via the government’s empty homes funding with explicit targets for homesteading in each local authority area.
• Publication of national guidance on homesteading for elected members, local authority officers, mortgage-lenders and prospective homesteaders, incorporating case studies and best practice advice.
• The completion of further research to better understand the profiles and motivations of actual and potential homesteaders.
Lee Crookes and Win Greenhalgh, authors of the report, said: “There are over 710,000 empty properties in England alone and with over 1.2 million people on housing waiting lists throughout England, it makes total economic and social sense to introduce a scheme such as homesteading into the ‘housing toolbox’ of local authorities. All the research shows that homesteading works – it is now down to policy makers and politicians to support and extend the use of homesteading as part of their broader efforts to tackle the problem of empty homes.”


China to invest $1000 bn in infrastructure in next 5 years
China has decided to pump in $1,000 billion to speed up infrastructure growth and boost industrial expansion in the next few years.Updated: May 12, 2016 19:23 IST
Its economy might be slowing but China has decided to pump in $1,000 billion to speed up infrastructure growth and boost industrial expansion in the next few years, the government has announced.
A three-year action plan focussed on improving infrastructure has been launched, state media reported, adding that more than $720 billion will invested in projects across China.
The plan is to rapidly expand infrastructure where it is needed in the next three years, officials said.
“The plan, jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the ministry of transport, aims to improve the rapid transit net, basic traffic net and urban transit net, establish an integrated transportation network and better leverage the fundamental role of combination advantage and network efficiency,” state-run China Daily newspaper said in a report on Thursday.
The NDRC is China’s top planning body and frames the country’s future economic plans.
The ambitious plan, according to the newspaper, is pretty specific: It includes 303 projects covering railways, highways, waterways, airports and urban rail transit, with 131 projects in 2016, 92 projects in 2017 and 80 projects in 2018.
Massive investment will be pumped into 54 highways, 50 airports and 10 waterway projects. More than 2,000 km of new railway lines will be added, the report said.
The government will focus on boosting the economy of northeast China, with more than $246 billion being readied for investment in the region that has seen some of the slowest industrial growth in recent years.
“Home to numerous heavy industrial companies and state-owned ranches, the NE region reported some of China's slowest economic growth rates in the first quarter of this year, with even a negative growth in Liaoning Province - the first economic contraction among the country's provincial economies in the past seven years,” a state media report said.
The report said at least three industrial cities in the region witnessed negative growth rate last year: Daqing, known for its enormous oil field managed by the China National Petroleum Corp, and Jixi and Qitaihe, home to coal mines affiliated to debt-laden state-owned Longmay Group.
The new plan for the region will be different from 2003 plans, since those targeted the livelihood of local residents while the new plan aims to transform the local development model, an official said.
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ISTANBUL (WOMENSENEWS)–Muhammed fled the violence of her home in Syria last year, escaping also the limitations of the refugee camps. She now sleeps with her children in the parks and mosques here.
Turkey, a vocal critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has continuously maintained an open door policy for refugees like Muhammed since the beginning in March 2011 of the deadly Syrian conflict. On safer ground, many refugees say, however, that they struggle, without money, jobs or, often, places to stay. Some describe tensions with the police and local people.
“Police drive their cars against us, they go through all of our belongings, even on our bodies, to steal our money,” Muhammed, who asked not to use her last name for fear of retribution, told Women’s eNews through a translator in a park near Aksaray metro station in Istanbul.
Muhammed is just one of around 750,000 Syrian women and children who are estimated to be flocking to Turkey from Syria. The city currently hosts more than 67,000 Syrian refugees, according to Huseyin Avni Mutlu, Istanbul’s governor. However, many Syria refugees came to Turkey without identification papers, making it difficult for authorities to know the exact numbers. A recent report by Kemal Kirisci of the Brookings Institution, quoting MazlumDer, a human rights nongovernmental organization, said their numbers have exceeded 300,000 in Istanbul.
Local people at first received the Syrian refugees in sympathy, but Turkey’s biggest city seems to be reaching the limits of its generous policy towards its “guests.” Recently Mutlu said that a new measure will send Syrians who are begging in Istanbul’s streets–a familiar sight–to refugee camps against their will.
“If people of this neighborhood welcomed us, we wouldn’t experience any of these troubles,” said Muhammed, referring to numerous altercations with the police, some centered on Syrians illegally selling products, such as tissues, in the city.
Ceylan Ozbudak, a Turkish political analyst and journalist based in Istanbul, told Women’s eNews in an email interview that the language barrier also makes it difficult for Syrian women to adapt to life in Istanbul, and to find work.
“Despite having borders with Arabic speaking nations, the number of people who can speak Arabic in Turkey is lower than in Europe or the U.S.,” Ozbudak said.
“Turks do not help us because they do not understand the language we speak,” agreed Muhammed, who has to support her family alone while facing a new life of a refugee. “They don’t understand the process we have been going through.”


by Jane Felipe Beltrão Translated by Jayane Maia Reviewed by Matheus Lucas Hebling
Originally published in Portuguese April 23, 2020 link
In times of a pandemic, I am concerned that discriminatory positions are gaining strength. And I think the anti-discrimination/anti-racist struggle needs to take action!
After all, racist discrimination manifests itself through many formulas and brings with it subterfuges that impose on others a History that denies political and social rights and maintains the hierarchies sown with the African Diaspora.
One is mistaken whether thinks that discrimination and racism only manifest themselves against black people when it is something insidious and corrodes social structures from inside as if it were a drill that penetrates the wood to make it hollow, fragile. Racist discrimination is associated with other social markers of difference that are used not to show the beauty of the plurality of being diverse, but to point out differences as inequalities.
We have to react and we must do so vehemently, because often the racism associated with gender discrimination and the “ageism” drives away both the older ones, as well as the children and young people, causing “adult-centrism” to disallow and disrespect the older ones. After all, they would have lost the ability to be heard, and the children and young people because they are not mature.
After all, what is ageism, age bias, or generation gap? These words are uncommon in the usual Portuguese, but they refer to a category that indicates to be related to discrimination by age, or of generational matter, towards against people or groups, based on age, no matter if the target of the prejudice is children, young people or old people. It is a powerful way to alienate people, disallowing their actions, preventing them from exercising their rights, a fact that in itself suggests unspeakable violations of human rights. Put yourself in people’s shoes!
Most of the time, age comes to us through games, jokes, and even “incarnation”, as we people from Pará say – actions that today are known by Anglicism bullying – and, we ourselves, discriminated by the disrespectful expressions, are not aware of the recreational racism, as taught by Adilson Moreira (2019). Think with me, when we received in our message boxes, now during the COVID-19 Pandemic, images trapping old people in cages; replacing the plaque of “old” with the “stubborn” inscription, it is revolting. After all, what the prejudiced people translate as stubbornness is the expression of our autonomy and the possibility of preserving it.
But amazingly, some of us still reproduce the images, laughing at ourselves. Similar situations are reproduced by adults about children and young people.
Some time ago, I saw an image that I found demeaning, a man who, I believe, not being able to cuddle a small child, let himself be photographed lying down and having the child trapped by a wide and pierced bowl beside him, a bowl where to put clothes to air. I was horrified! The examples are described to make you think how blindfolded we are to racism. It is necessary to wake up.
Returning to the pandemic that plagues us and weighs the effects of such attitudes, there are many. The people who are the target of the “incarnation” – children, young or old – may feel resentful, despised, inferior. Avoiding prejudiced and discriminatory attitudes is an act of citizenship, especially when all are weakened by the interruption of routine.
Our daily lives are difficult due to the fear of being reached by the coronavirus, especially because we hear people talking about “risk groups” every day and inside the perspective put old people, indigenous people, but the authorities forget to inform that we elderly people and indigenous peoples are not dangerous people, but people who, when contracting this devastating virus, are more likely to have a complex illness. And, perhaps because of this, in the hour of the difficult choices, of knowing who occupies the bed with possibilities of cure, as the doctors have said, it is not worth occupying a bed with an old person, after all, they will die faster than a young person.
It is true, the chance of someone over the age of 60 dying, before someone over 40 is plausible, but think of the cruelty, the massacre, the extermination that today is called genocide. It is necessary to reflect on this racist way of treating people and populations who are socially important. What used to be called ethnic cleansing, we can now call age cleansing, or to be as cruel as those who discriminate, it is age cleaning.
Children and young people are said to be asymptomatic, and issues of social distance are not mentioned drastically about this age group. Isn’t the lack of attention to the treasure represented by children and young people also a form of racism? Of course, I answer yes. Because of the social distance that, in some places, can be called abandonment, is reaching shelters for children and young people who may be being flogged by the coronavirus. And the world did not realize, or these precarious lives do not require mourning, as taught by Judith Butler (2017).
By endangering human existence, we are practicing racism. Think that the list, of the few cases mentioned, can be exponentially increased. I suggest that you think about the situation of prisons, young blacks, homeless people and so many other people that can be brought to light to demonstrate that the lives of these vulnerable human beings matter little to the State since they are not worthy to stay or wear mourning for them. And the relatives of these people, often, do not even have a chance to bury and cry their loved ones, such as the brutality with which the State snatches this possibility from them. And yet, we have not reached the most drastic moment of the pandemic.
Let us be anti-discriminatory/anti-racist and, in the chorus, say, as Zélia Amador de Deus (2020), “… we need to fix the world!” The world is not upside down just because of the pandemic, it has been unsettled for a long time. COVID-19 reaches all people and the only possible answer, to mitigate the effects of the Pandemic, is the social distance, because we are responding for the lack of charge from the authorities that, in Brazil, decreed the bankruptcy of the Unified Health System (SUS) and, at the same time, we have to rely on SUS, as the private network also does not respond to the demands of coronavirus time. Notice the paradox.
Even if you doubt what I say, “stay at home”! The order is to avoid the worst! However, be careful, it is not only the elders who need to be at home, it is essential that society – and here not only includes people, but institutions and companies – the effort is social and it has implications for rights and obligations, especially since it is not known how, nor how big an impact the virus will be in Brazil.
Jane Felipe Beltrão is a professor at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). Scholarship holder of research productivity from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) level 1B. Email: firstname.lastname@example.org
To read more about anti-racism:
Amador de Deus, Zélia. 2020. Caminhos trilhados na luta antirracista. Belo Horizonte: Autêntica. (Coleção Cultura Negra e Identidades)
Butler, Judith. 2015. Quadros de Guerra, quando a vida é passível de luto? Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira.
Moreira, Adilson. 2019. Racismo Recreativo. São Paulo: Sueli Carneiro/Pólen.


What do you get when you cross a Freddie Mercury birthday with a Foo Fighters gig? A fucking SUPER GROUP! Foo Fighters brought a rock ‘n’ roll fantasy to life during a gig over the weekend at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in Buckinghamshire, England.
The band brought John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin and Roger Taylor from Queen on stage to perform a cover of “Under Pressure”.
“Now look,” Grohl told the audience sitting atop his guitar throne. “I don’t know if y’all have ever seen a supergroup. This is a ‘super duper group.’ I don’t even know what to say because this kind of shit doesn’t happen every day.”
Taylor Hawkins performed the late Freddie Mercury’s vocals while Mr Grohl covered the Bowie parts.
Here is some decent fan footage from the show for you to crank up:


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Comment on the UNFCCC COP24 in Katowice, Poland and the inconsistency between the proposed Greek Energy and Climate Plan with the ambition needed to mitigate climate change.
Statement on the need for the Greek Capacity Mechanisms to comply with the recently agreed new EU rules on the electricity market.
Analysis by Nikos Mantzaris following the conclusion of the trilogue negotiations on the new EU electricity market regulation and the new rules for capacity payments to coal power plants.
The Green Tank participated in the day conference entitled “ Demonstration of good practices to minimize impacts of wind farms on biodiversity in Greece”, which was jointly organized by the Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES) in Greece and Nature Conservation Consultants (NCC) on December 13, 2018.
On December 3, 2018, the Green Tank submitted detailed comments to the public consultation on the draft National Climate and Energy Plan (NCEP) organized by the Ministry of Environment and Energy.
Comment regarding the CO2 levy and the continuous operation of the Amyndeo lignite power plant beyond its legal hours of operation.
Opinion piece by Nikos Mantzaris regarding shortcomings of the PPC lignite sale.


The UN’s highest court on Wednesday threw out a bid by the tiny Marshall Islands to sue India for failing to halt the nuclear arms race, saying it lacked jurisdiction. “The court upholds the objection to jurisdiction raised by India… and finds that it cannot proceed to the merits of the case,” judge Ronny Abraham told the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
After the hearings at the tribunal based in The Hague, the Marshalls said it will now “study the ruling” which is final and without appeal. “Obviously it’s very disappointing,” Marshall Islands lawyer Phon van der Biesen told reporters.
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With a population of less than 70,000 people, Marshall Islands had said in March that the world’s nine nuclear weapons states have violated various obligation to negotiate in good faith to dismantle their nuclear arsenals. In a landmark 1996 advisory opinion, the court said that using or threatening to use nuclear arms would “generally be contrary to” the laws of war and humanitarian law.
Marshall Islands was a US protectorate until 1986. It was the site of 67 nuclear tests by 1958, the health impacts of which linger to this day. Marshallese minister Tony deBrum had said that several islands in the country were vapourised and others are estimated to remain uninhabitable for thousands of years. He described seeing the sky ‘aflame’ from a test 200 miles away as a nine-year-old boy.
“Many died, suffered birth defects never before seen and battled cancer from the contamination,” he added.
The other nuclear powers – including declared powers China, France, Russia and the United States and undeclared nuclear states Israel and North Korea have not responded to the suit the islands filed last year. Lawyer for the Marshall Islands Phon van den Biesen had opined earlier, “It is a shame that the other six nuclear armed states have decided that for them there was no need to respond.” “Once the threshold to the use of nuclear weapons is crossed, the law will be a joke and justice will be just a relic of the past,” Biesen had said.


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A series of new poly-functionalized fused naphthyridine derivatives were synthesized via a three-component reaction of aldehyde, 2-aminoprop-1-ene-1,1,3-tricarbonitrile and enaminone in EtOH using EtONa as a base. During these reaction processes, the domino construction of fused naphthyridine skeleton with concomitant formation of two new pyridine rings was readily achieved via base promoted three-component reactions in a one-pot operation. The procedures are facile, avoiding time-consuming and costly syntheses, tedious work-up and purifications of precursors.

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The talk from most people I've spoken to this week has been regarding the late spring and the fact that not much is showing at present. Personally I think that we've become so used to spring arriving early over previously years that when a normal spring arrives, like this one in my opinion, we seem to forget how it once was.
The general consensus, reading various forums, is that spring is in fact running 3 weeks to a month late compared to recent years. The coldest winter since 1981 has kept the natural world locked up tight, substantially setting back the blossoming of trees and spring flowers, and delaying the emergence of hibernating insects such as bumblebees, and red admiral and peacock butterflies.
Over the last 15 to 20 years, spring has advanced considerably because of the warming climate – according to the Met Office, Britain's average temperature has increased by a full degree centigrade since 1970 – and by mid-February in most years, blossom and spring flowers are in evidence, as well as butterflies on warm days. But this year the natural world is only just awakening. At the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for example, where a friend of mine works, the million or so Crocus tommasinianus which form a quite spectacular carpet of pale violet began to flower on Friday – whereas they were out in early February last year.
At Brandon Marsh we are now beginning to see the faintest signs of spring emerging with Celendine (pictured) and Daffodil, plus the Bluebells of New Hare Covert now appearing above the windfall. On a birding front we still await the first call of Chiffchaff, probably sometime this week, and the arrival of Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, usually located in Horsetail Glade. Today 2 welcome arrivals of Redshank appeared on East Marsh Pool and as in previous years will hopefully breed. Bittern sightings have been less prolific but 1 on Teal Pool Bund showed briefly yesterday. A Brimstone butterfly was also reported on the reserve today and yesterday I recorded 2 Kingfisher skimming across East Marsh Pool. The real spring is definitely in the air but for someone who's as impatient as me it can't come quickly enough.

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Background: A major challenge to outbreak control lies in early detection of viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) in local community contexts during the critical initial stages of an epidemic, when risk of spreading is its highest (“the first mile”). This paper documents how a major Ebola outbreak control effort in central Uganda in 2012 was experienced from the perspective of the community. It asks to what extent the community became a resource for early detection, and identifies problems encountered with community health worker and social mobilization strategies. Continue reading →
This article discusses the role of rumors in everyday Acholi life in war-torn northern Uganda. These rumors concern various health threats such as HIV and Ebola. The rumors are closely associated with the forces of domination that are alleged to destroy female sexuality and women’s reproductive health and, by extension, Acholi humanity. Moreover, the rumors are stories that say something profound about lived entrapments and political asymmetries in Uganda and beyond.


Mega Star Chiranjeevi enjoys a huge fan following among all sections of movie lovers. His fans go to any extent and ensure that Mega Star breaks all records. Chiranjeevi also delights his fans by interacting with them, celebrating with them and also helping them when they are in dire states.
It is known that Chiranjeevi's birthday falls on August 22 and fans always have big celebrations. It is coming out that mega fans already started mega birthday celebrations 100 days ahead. Akhila Bharatha Chiranjeevi Yuvatha performed a special pooja at the famous Kanipakkam temple and inside talk is fans will organise blood donation camps, eye donation camps and also Annadanam to the runup to the celebrations.
Chiranjeevi is currently staring in Acharya, Lucifer remake and line up a couple of crazy projects. Fans can expect a mega blast from the makers of Chiranjeevi's films on Aug 22.