Cold Steel Leatherneck Tanto Combat Fixed (6.75 Inch D2 Black Powder Coated Blade) Griv-Ex Handle + Secure-Ex Sheath 39LSFCT
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This tough, combat-ready fixed blade has a distinct and iconic blade style, which has been proven to be exceptionally popular with our brothers and sisters in the armed forces:
The 39LSFCT Leatherneck-Tanto features the classic signature Cold Steel style Tanto blade with a stout reinforced tip for extra strength and durability.
The blade is made from German D2 Tool Steel and finished with a non-reflective, highly scratch resistant black powder coating.
To keep the fingers from sliding forward onto their keen edge, the Leathernecks come with a superior solid steel guard. Made of thick steel with double quillons that are turned slightly forward to provide excellent protection for your hand while offering minimal interference in the use of these knives when performing utility tasks.
The handles are made of deeply checkered Griv-Ex that totally encompasses the Leathernecks extra wide, full tang. They offer unsurpassed gripping power through their palm hugging oval cross section and unique finger trough.
The Leatherneck handle is capped with a thick, machined steel butt cap (not cheap casting or plastic like others on the market today) so they can also deliver frightful blows with the butt or even double in an emergency as a hammer.
To carry the Leatherneck safely and conveniently in all environments, it comes with a sturdy and versatile Secure-Ex sheath, complete with fully detachable and ambidextrous belt loop.
Cold Steel Knives - 39LSFCT Specifications:
- Overall Length:11.75 in.
- Blade Length:6.75 in.
- Blade Thickness:0.19 in.
- Blade Material:German D2 Steel
- Blade Style:Tanto Point
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Blade Finish:Black Powder Coating
- Edge Type:PlainEdge
- Handle Length:5.00 in.
- Handle Material:Griv-Ex
- Handle Color:Black
- Weight:11.70 oz.
- Sheath:Secure-Ex Sheath
- Knife Type:Fixed Blade
- Brand:Cold Steel
- Model:Leatherneck Tanto D2
- Model Number:39LSFCT
- Country of Origin:Taiwan
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Welcome to Eighty Four
Yes, you read that right. "Eighty Four" is the true name of an unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania. No one truly knows where the name of the community comes from. Perhaps the name comes from the year the post office was built — 1884. Perhaps the name comes from its location on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad line — the 84th mile. Either way, this piece of Eighty Four's history is a mystery that delights both residents and visitors.
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Major Highways: I-70, I-79
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Median Home Values: $145,300
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Many home buyers choose to live in the Pittsburgh suburbs because of the affordable homes. According to US Census data, the estimated median value for a home or condo in Eighty Four is just below $150,000.
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Many residents who live in suburbs like Eighty Four commute to the city of Pittsburgh. By car, it is just 30 miles (roughly 40 minutes) from Eighty Four to Downtown Pittsburgh. A park and ride in nearby Washington offers bus service to Pittsburgh.
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Eighty Four lets residents enjoy a rural location with easy access to suburban amenities. Wineries, such as J&D Cellars, are located near Eighty Four, and residents enjoy Pennsylvania's rolling hills and picturesque scenery on a daily basis. Yet all the amenities of the Washington County seat — golf courses, major shopping centers, county services, and the airport — are just minutes away in the city of Washington.
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Housing Element Revised
On December 21, 2021, the City Council adopted the Housing Element for the next eight-year planning period (2021-2029), as required by state law. On January 11, 2022, the adopted Housing Element was submitted to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for a mandatory 60-day review. On March 11, 2022, the City received a letter from HCD with comments and has since revised the Housing Element to be responsive. See Resources to view the HCD comment letter and the Housing Element project timeline.
Click here to review the Certified Housing Element (October 14, 2022) in response to the HCD Comment Letter.
The City greatly appreciates the community’s continued participation and engagement in this challenging and unprecedented update process. As Lomita is required to plan for a significant increase in housing and population, there is a strong commitment to promote new in-fill developments that support community-serving businesses and a variety of housing types. The City’s Housing Element acknowledges the need for policies and programs that provide for the growth of the community with purpose.


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The Cowboys expressed interest on Wednesday about getting some work for cornerback Mike Jenkins in the preseason final.
In the end, they decided against it as they continued to be cautious with a stinger injury that has bothered him since the second week of training camp.
Jenkins, who has now missed the entire preseason, says wanted to play against the Dolphins but guarantees he will be good to go for the season opener against the Jets.
"I'm good," Jenkins said. "We are just waiting on next week. Everything is good."
Jenkins admitted being frustrated with the whole process. As what he thought was going to be a day to day injury turned into one that sidelined him the entire preseason.
He acknowledges that his conditioning might be at its best for the season opener but he says he will be ready to go mentally and physically.
"I'm coming in focused and ready to go," Jenkins said. "The only thing I would say is condition wise, I might not be at my best. You don't get that game conditioning until you actually go out there. But physically and mentally I'm ready to be out there."
While Jenkins says he will be fine, owner Jerry Jones admits concern about his starting cornerbacks.
Neither Jenkins nor Newman played in preseason. Newman has been sidelined with a strained groin.
He is expected be ready for the season opener.
But like Jenkins will be rusty from a lack of action.
Jones said the only thing that makes him feel better about the situation is the outstanding play of nickel cornerback Orlando Scandrick, who the Cowboys consider a third starter.
"It is a concern," Jones said. "It is a big concern. It bothers me. If it weren’t for Scandrick’s outstanding camp and his outstanding, and I mean this, outstanding. I don’t know a player I’ve heard more accolades from his defensive coordinator than Scandrick. And so he’s been a highlight.
"Y’all remember two short years ago it was between him and Jenkins for the starter. And so he has really stepped it up and so that’s good. And Alan Ball has stepped it up. The emergence of Ball. You have a tendency to forget about him a little bit when he’s over there at safety all year long, but one of the reasons we thought he would make an idea safety was because he was such a good in coverage corner with a lot of size or at least height, which is unique. So Ball’s emergence as well as Scandrick has mitigated some of the disappointment of not having Jenkins and not having Terence."

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What is the AnyWay Travel Pass?
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Direct flights cannot be guaranteed, but you will have no more than one transfer at one of our
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and stay at any of these transit locations.
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Your journey must start in Hong Kong.
Where can I fly to?
The destinations we offer are Vienna, Barcelona, London, Geneva, Amsterdam, Milan, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Rome, Venice, Budapest, Stockholm and Oslo.
How much does the AnyWay Travel Pass cost?
The price per AnyWay Travel Pass is HKD 2,488 per route (one way), regardless of destination, date, airline or routing.
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Are the travel dates for the AnyWay Travel Pass restricted in any way?
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20.05.2018 - 27.10.2018.
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This may mean, for example, that your outbound flight is with Lufthansa and your return flight
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Can you promise to send me my travel details earlier than two days before
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Can I have my AnyWay Travel Pass refunded?
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An armed gang in a black BMW robbed two US news crews at gunpoint as journalists reported on a woman's killing.
One of the people in the car pistol-whipped a photographer from KNTV, forced him to the ground, and grabbed his equipment before trying to bundle it into his getaway vehicle, according to NBC.
He then returned to hit the photographer with his gun a second time.
"I thought I was going to hear a click," the photographer said afterwards.
A second news crew from KTVU was live on air when the attack happened, but captured only a handful of stills. A reporter is shown ducking out of shot as events unfold.The man then stole equipment from KTVU as well.
"These are very dangerous people," San Francisco police spokesman Sgt Michael Andraychak told the San Francisco Chronicle. "We need to get them off the street."
There were reportedly two other people in the car. Police said the group were all black men wearing dark clothing. One of them reportedly had dreadlocks.
The car was a black BMW 7 series with upgraded BMW rims and no plates. Police have now released a photo captured by KTVU reportedly showing one of the men, as well as a freezeframe of the gun said to have been used in the attack.


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Martin Guzman is a research associate at the Columbia University Business School, a professor of economics at University of Buenos Aires and a senior fellow at the Center for a New Economy of Puerto Rico. Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University and chief economist of the Roosevelt Institute. Antonio Weiss, a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, led the U.S. Treasury response to Puerto Rico during the Obama administration.
Hurricanes Irma and Maria brought devastation to an island that was already in a deep economic, social and debt crisis. The losses are immense. Hundreds of thousands are depending on external help to meet basic needs. Much of the island is without power and will remain so for months.
In October, President Trump proclaimed that the island's debt will have to be wiped out (which his administration has since walked back). We did the math, and the numbers are indeed correct. Post Maria, there is no capacity for any debt payments in the coming decade, and the entire debt stock will need to be massively written-down to make the island's recovery feasible.
Before the hurricanes hit Puerto Rico, the situation was already dire. The island was suffering the consequences of a decade-long recession and the largest wave of outmigration since the 1950s. The governor declared the $74 billion debt unpayable, and the public pension fund, with about $50 billion in obligations, reached a zero-funding level, unprecedented in the United States. The governor and the island's oversight board — which Congress put in place in 2016 to deal with the island's fiscal situation — recognized the dire circumstances and initiated a form of court-supervised bankruptcy last May.
In March, the oversight board approved a fiscal plan that provided a radical reduction in debt service over the next decade, cutting payments to creditors by about 80 percent. But the plan was silent about permanent debt write-downs and the extent of longer-term debt service, leaving uncertainty over the island's future obligations — even though any realistic forecast of Puerto Rico's output implied that the island would need a substantial debt write-down.
Even before the hurricanes, it was clear the fiscal plan would have to be modified. Without much-needed federal funds, it relied on a draconian path of fiscal adjustment, particularly in the initial years, including unacceptable cutbacks in essential public services, education and infrastructure investments. Absent changes to the plan, the economy would head into a deeper recession that would make a return to growth even less likely.
Hurricane Maria simply leaves no doubt that Puerto Rico's fiscal plan has to be rethought. Revenue will be far lower than expected, and, thus far, the federal response has provided inadequate funding for recovery and reconstruction. Since Maria, more than 200,000 Puerto Ricans have left for Florida, and forecasts project a 10 to 15 percent decline in the island's 3.4 million population. Absent an effective recovery plan, the decrease in tax revenue capacity will become permanent.
Indeed, the only way in which Puerto Rico will be able to pay something to its creditors — even a small amount in the distant future — is through economic recovery. And recovery requires not only that payments for debt service be cut in the short term but also that there not be an overhang of large payments in the long run. Such an overhang would destroy any hope of a return to economic growth.
Linking future payments to Puerto Rico’s future gross national product, as has happened in some sovereign restructurings, could provide a partial solution. But the design of contingent bonds should ensure that the benefits of recovery flow substantially to the people of Puerto Rico and are not siphoned off by legacy creditors.
Those who bought bonds in the hopes of windfall profits should not be protected at the expense of the island, its economy and its future. And they should certainly not be bailed out by U.S. taxpayers. Creditors must finally face reality: Sky-high yields carry sky-high risks. This also means that individual savers, some of whom were misled into investing by brokers who failed to highlight risks, will have to face steep losses.
What is needed now, along with federal funds for reconstruction, is a massive debt write-down in a court of law. Debt relief will seed the basis for a recovery that could lift the economy out of recession, attract young families back to the island and restore hope to the 3.4 million Americans who call Puerto Rico home.
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METHODS: This paper used data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey. The analyses were based on the responses of 3374 ever-married men. Exposure to IPV was determined by men's self-reports of witnessing inter-parental violence in childhood. We used adjusted binary logistic regression models to assess the influence of exposure on husbands' perpetration of IPV and their endorsement of attitudes justifying wife beating.
RESULTS: Nearly 60% of men reported violent behaviour towards an intimate partner and 35.7% endorsed attitudes justifying spousal abuse. Men who witnessed father-to-mother violence had higher odds of reporting any physical or sexual IPV (adjusted OR [AOR] = 3.26; 95% CI = 2.61, 4.06). Men who had witnessed father-to-mother violence were also 1.34 times (95% CI = 1.08, 1.65) more likely endorse attitudes justifying spousal abuse.
CONCLUSIONS: Committing violence against an intimate partner is an all too frequent practice among men in Bangladesh. The study indicated that men who had witnessed father-to-mother violence were more likley to perpetrate IPV, suggesting an intergenerational transmission of violence. This transmission of violence may operate through the learning and modelling of attitudes favourable to spousal abuse. In support of this, witnnessing inter-parental violence was also associated with the endorsement of attitudes justifying spousal abuse. Our findings indicate the continued importance of efforts to identify and assist boys who have witnessed domestic violence and suggest such efforts should aim to change not just behaviours but also attitudes that facilitate such violence.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted involving sexually active women with or without SUI aged at least 21 years old, and their respective partners. Both partners completed the Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS), a 28-item multidimensional measure with separate forms for male and female designed to assess sexual satisfaction of both partners. Spearman rank correlation coefficient was used to analyze bivariate association, whereas multiple regression analysis was used to identify predictors for overall sexual function as measured using GRISS score.
RESULTS: Sixty-six couples with SUI partners and 95 couples with continent partners were recruited. Overall GRISS scores and thus sexual function of men and women were strongly correlated. The correlation coefficient was higher in couples with SUI partners (r = 0.702, P sexual function of couples with SUI partners. In multivariate analysis, poorer sexual function (lower GRISS score) in women, increasing age, and less frequency of sexual intercourse were significant predictors of poorer overall GRISS score in couples (P sexual function is strongly correlated with male partners' sexual function, with a stronger correlation observed in couples with SUI partners. Poorer sexual function in women, increasing age, and less frequency of sexual intercourse are predictive of poorer sexual function in a couple.
METHODS: We conducted 30 semi-structured in-depth interviews with self-identifying GBMSM between the ages of 18-39 in Singapore following a purposive sampling strategy. Interview topics included participants' perceptions of drug use among GBMSM in Singapore, perceptions towards chemsex, reasons for drug use and chemsex, and recommendations to address the harms associated with chemsex in Singapore. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded, and analysed using thematic analysis.
RESULTS: Participants reported that it was common to encounter chemsex among GBMSM in Singapore as it could be easily accessed or initiated using social networking phone apps. Enhancement and prolongation of sexual experiences, fear of rejection from sexual partners and peers, and its use as a means of coping with societal rejection were three main reasons cited for engaging in chemsex. The impact of punitive drug laws on disclosure and stigmatisation of GBMSM who use drugs were reported to be key barriers towards addressing chemsex. Participants suggested using gay-specific commercial venues as avenues for awareness and educational campaigns, and social media to reach out to younger GBMSM.
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the complexities behind chemsex use among GBMSM in Singapore, and the range of individual to institutional factors to be addressed. We recommend that community-based organisations and policy-makers find ways to destigmatise discussion of chemsex and provide safe spaces to seek help for drug use.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sexually active females at least 21 years old with or without stress urinary incontinence and their partners were recruited for study. To assess sexual function the couples completed GRISS (Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction) and a 1-item question on overall sexual experience, "Over the past 4 weeks, how satisfied have you been with your overall sexual life?" Additionally, females completed ICIQ-LUTSqol (International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Quality of Life) to assess quality of life.
RESULTS: For sexual function assessment 66 of 134 couples with (49.3%) and 95 of 176 without (54.0%) stress urinary incontinence were recruited. Females with stress urinary incontinence had lower overall sexual function, lower frequency of sexual intercourse, less satisfaction (each p <0.001) and higher avoidance behavior (p = 0.026). Partners of females with stress urinary incontinence had more problems with erectile dysfunction (p = 0.027), less satisfaction (p = 0.006) and lower frequency of sexual intercourse (p = 0.001) but no difference in overall GRISS score (p = 0.093). Couples with stress urinary incontinence had poorer overall sexual experience (p <0.05). Females with stress urinary incontinence had poorer quality of life than those without stress urinary incontinence (120 of 134, response rate 89.6% vs 145 of 176, response rate 82.4%, p <0.001). Sexual function and quality of life did not significantly correlate (r = 0.001, p = 0.997).
CONCLUSIONS: Stress urinary incontinence in females is negatively associated not only with female quality of life and sexual function but also with partner sexual function.

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Gender can significantly influence trends in literacy and educational attainment. The reasons behind these trends can range from economic status to social power structures and socially constructed gender norms in society. A country study on Nepal’s out-of-school children identified seven barriers to education – poverty, social exclusion linked to caste and ethnicity, disability, migration, child labour and trafficking, social norms and gender biases, supply constraints such as school infrastructure and staffing, language, emergencies and civil strife, governance, and financing bottlenecks.
This article focuses on some of these indicators – poverty, social exclusion, disability, social norms, and gender biases – to illustrate gendered differences in primary and secondary education in the Koshi basin. The analysis is based on the available data in the Koshi Basin Gender Portal, Nepal’s most recent census (2011), and a review of relevant literature.
Over the past 70 years, in each decadal census year, Nepal’s national literacy rate has increased by 10.64%, with male literacy rate increasing by 11.27% and female literacy rate by 8.09%. Although literacy rates have increased, students continue to drop out 1 of school. In 2012/13, the dropout rate of students at primary level (grades 1-5) was 5.2%. Recent figures show a decrease in primary level dropout rates, which currently stands at 3.6% According to the Government of Nepal’s Flash Report (2011-12), the dropout rate for lower secondary level decreased from 6.5% to 4.4% and from 6.9% to 3.7% for the secondary level 2.
There are numerous contextual reasons for the dropouts, which can be more of a process than a single occurrence, with multiple interconnected components rather than just one proximate cause. Poverty, economic hardship, socio-economic status and geographical barriers could be the reasons behind the remarkably high dropouts among Dalits and marginalized students. The data (Table 1) shows differential dropout rates for male and female students in different levels of education. Socio-cultural factors relate to how girls and boys are treated and valued in the society and how people behave in social relations and networks and social classes. Therefore, multiple factors interplaying with poverty could pull girls out from schools in places where gender inequality already persists, like in Nepal. However, somewhat similar rates of male students dropping out of schools in Nepal is attributed to the increased demand for agriculture labour due to higher male outmigration. The high level of dropout in secondary level might be due to poverty as parents from the lower economic background mobilize their children in economic activities to support their families.
The literacy rate of the Koshi basin districts (64.5%) is slightly lower than the overall literacy rate of the country (65.9%). However, the basin has a higher female literary rate (55.9%), compared to the national rate (44%), but this is still significantly lower than the male literary rate (71.6%) and national rate (73.6%). The female population (51.4%) is also higher than male population (48.6%) in the basin area. However, the percentage of females currently not going to school (16.8%) is higher than the percentage of males currently not going to school (13.1%).
The Koshi basin has a high dropout rate (6.5%) compared to the national rate (5.4%). 20 of the 27 districts in the basin have a higher dropout rate, with the exception of urban centres such as Kathmandu and Bhaktapur.
The economic status of the family, early marriage, lack of access to schools, and parents’ reluctance to invest in higher education are some of the constraints young girls face in the Terai region of Nepal, which accounts for 8 of the 27 districts in the basin. Districts such as Rautahat, Sarlahi, Mahottari, Siraha, Dhanusha and Bara – all in the Terai region, have low literacy rates compared to other districts.
Around 25% of Nepal’s population live below the absolute poverty line. In the Koshi basin, Kailali district has the highest number of people living below the poverty line, followed by Saptari, Rautahat, Siraha, and Bara.
The data reveals clear linkages between poverty and literacy rate, out-of-school children and population not going to school. Rautahat, for example, is the poorest district in Nepal and which also has the lowest literacy rate, highest OSC and the highest percentage of girls not going to school among districts in the basin. These four districts also have the lowest literacy rate and the highest rate of poverty rates in the basin. In addition to these districts, Sarlahi, Mahottari and Dhanusha also have a high percentage of out-of-school children compared to other districts in the basin.
Children from ethnic, religious, linguistic, racial, or other minority groups are less likely to enrol in school, more likely to repeat a grade, and more likely to dropout than children from majority groups. Muslims are the major religious group in two of the poorest districts in the basin, Rautahat, and Bara. Muslims have often been excluded from social, economic, educational, and political institutions, which is reflected in their low literacy, high poverty rate and low representation in civil service, police, military, and other institutions and decision-making bodies. Furthermore, heavy domestic workload on women, social pressure for early marriages, and cultural demands for girls to be at home during religious ceremonies are some of the other barriers to the education of girls among the Yadav community.
According to the 2011 Census, 30.6% of children with special needs in Nepal are currently out of school. The Koshi basin districts have a significant population of children with various types of disabilities and special needs such as blindness, deafness, hearing impairment, speech impairment, and intellectual disabilities. The census data (2011) shows a higher rate of disability among men (4.6%) than women (3%) and this too may reflect gender discrimination that reduces the survival chances of girls and women with disabilities, and limited identification of those disabilities among these groups. Women with disabilities are also more likely to be deprived of education than men. Furthermore, due to Nepal’s poor social security system, people with disabilities receive limited social protection. Even the services that are available are often confined to urban centres leaving rural populations with little or no help in dealing with special needs, treatment and rehabilitation, and rural women with a greater burden of caregiving for family members with special needs.
Division of labour in household and agricultural work, control over household income, decision-making positions in society and community institutions, and even participation in formulating national policies and plans are different for men and women. These gendered roles affect the rights, responsibilities, opportunities, and capabilities, including access to and treatment in school. The traditional roles and expectations for girls and women also shape their own perceptions regarding their roles in society, households, decision-making, and mobility.
Furthermore, there is still a prevalent cultural belief in many areas of Nepal that girls’ education is less important than of boys. While the average mean age of marriage of females in Koshi basin is 20.8, for males it is 23.8. Early marriage can be considered both the cause and consequence of school dropouts. Girls who have dropped out of primary education or failed to make the transition to secondary schooling are more vulnerable to the social, cultural, and economic forces that perpetuate early marriage.
This case study shows that dropout and out-of-school rates in Nepal are high, especially among young women and girls, mainly in poor districts, which includes the Koshi basin districts. Many factors that result in dropouts and out-of-school children, such as poverty, disabilities, social norms, and practices that discriminate girls and women, and social structures that perpetuate this discrimination, are still widespread in many districts.
To address the discriminatory social norms and structural barriers that perpetuate gender and social inequality, there is a need to better understand and analyse the driving forces behind dropouts from a gender and social inclusion perspective. Fundamental changes in social norms and values attached to education in general and girl children in particular at the family and community level, along with policies and programmes at the national level that consider the rights and needs of girl children, can contribute to national efforts to achieve the Agenda 2030 goal of decreasing school dropouts through access to quality education. This is crucial for gender empowerment and for equal participation of women in all spheres of society.
1 Drop out is defined as any student who leaves school for any reason before graduation or completion of a programme of studies without transferring to another elementary or secondary school (Bonneau 2006; Devkota & Bagale 2015)
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So it’s “yes” to women bishops after a struggle lasting more than 20 years – or 2,000 depending on when you want to start the clock. But how much difference will it really make?
The first worry has to be whether after all that fuss any women will actually be appointed. The Anglican Church in Ireland voted for women bishops 20 years ago and only appointed one last year; the Anglican Church in Scotland voted in favour a decade ago, and still hasn’t got any.
The problem is that the most senior bishops – “diocesan bishops” – can’t be directly appointed by the church authorities, only “suffragan bishops” can be. So the first women bishops will be suffragans and that could happen within the year. But suffragans are just assistants to a (male) diocesan bishop, so that’s not going to shake the status quo.
What’s needed are female diocesan bishops and, even more importantly, some who can sit in the House of Lords. Parliament is going to get impatient if the current all-male bench of 26 bishops doesn’t start to include some women before too long.
But the process of appointing diocesan bishops is long, cumbersome, and conservative. First you have to get your name on a long list. Then you have to go through a committee that makes a shortlist. If you make it to that list, you then have to go before a committee with diocesan representatives.
Not only are there are opponents of women bishops at every step of the way, but recent appointments of bishops have been notably “safe” and “predictable” according to the Revd Professor Martyn Percy, principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon. Even if a woman does eventually get appointed, he says: “the chance of a genuinely radical woman being appointed remains remote.”
Then there’s the problem of numbers. There are some impressive senior church women around, many as deans of cathedrals, but there won’t be that many bishops’ jobs for them to fill. The sociology of organisations tells us that numbers matter. A minority group is under pressure to conform and not appear “ungrateful”, it is marginal to informal decision-making networks. And its members are likely to be treated as representative of all members of their kind.
Poor record on equality
Nor is the Church of England’s record on equal opportunities encouraging. It managed to win exemptions from the equality legislation that applies to other public bodies and its record of employing women is worrying. Analysis I carried out last year found that even though women have been ordained for two decades now, only a third of paid clergy are female compared with half of the unpaid clergy. And things are getting worse not better, with declining numbers of younger women coming forward to be ordained.
The trouble is that the more the Church has stalled on granting women equality and the more concessions it has made to opponents, the more out of step with society and obviously sexist it has become. And once you become one of the last boys’ clubs in town, you’re likely to attract people who like it that way – the start of a vicious cycle.
But that’s also why women bishops are so important – symbolically at least. The vote could be a turning point. The episcopal glass ceiling has been shattered, and a woman can do what their opponents have most dreaded: ordain men priests and exercise “headship” over them.
I asked a colleague in Denmark what difference he thought it would make, because the Church of Denmark is one of the few remaining state churches like the Church of England, but it has ordained women since 1948, and bishops since 1995.
The advantage, my colleague tells me, is not that their women clergy are feminist (few are), but “simply that they are women – like half the population and the majority of church members”. Without female pastors, he says, it’s unthinkable that the Church would have retained 78% of Danes as paying members, and maintained its status as one of the most trusted of all Danish institutions.
Just as in England, women at parish level in Denmark have contributed a lot in terms of intelligence, imagination, hard work and pastoral gifts. He concludes:
If you want to have sectarian ‘male’ Christianity keep women out of office. If you want to make Christianity a (possible) joy for all people, include women as leaders at all levels.
The thing that’s distinctive about state churches is that they exist to serve the whole of society, not just a small number of religiously committed people. For most of its history, that’s how the Church of England saw itself. In recent decades, however, it’s been dominated by people who wanted it to become an exclusive “sect” rather than an open, liberal church. The maintenance of male privilege was a major element in their strategy.
The fact that they have finally lost that battle is a significant victory for those who want to see the Church of England regain lost respect and serve the whole nation again. But there’s still a long way to go.

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Let's stop with the hyperbole.SEC. GATES: First of all, I would say unlike the Pentagon Papers, one of the things that is important, I think, in all of these releases, whether it’s Afghanistan, Iraq or the releases this week, is the lack of any significant difference between what the U.S. government says publicly and what these things show privately, whereas the Pentagon Papers showed that many in the government were not only lying to the American people, they were lying to themselves.
But let me – let me just offer some perspective as somebody who’s been at this a long time. Every other government in the world knows the United States government leaks like a sieve, and it has for a long time. And I dragged this up the other day when I was looking at some of these prospective releases. And this is a quote from John Adams: “How can a government go on, publishing all of their negotiations with foreign nations, I know not. To me, it appears as dangerous and pernicious as it is novel.”
When we went to real congressional oversight of intelligence in the mid-’70s, there was a broad view that no other foreign intelligence service would ever share information with us again if we were going to share it all with the Congress. Those fears all proved unfounded.
Now, I’ve heard the impact of these releases on our foreign policy described as a meltdown, as a game-changer, and so on. I think – I think those descriptions are fairly significantly overwrought. The fact is, governments deal with the United States because it’s in their interest, not because they like us, not because they trust us, and not because they believe we can keep secrets.
Many governments – some governments deal with us because they fear us, some because they respect us, most because they need us. We are still essentially, as has been said before, the indispensable nation. So other nations will continue to deal with us. They will continue to work with us. We will continue to share sensitive information with one another.
Is this embarrassing? Yes. Is it awkward? Yes. Consequences for U.S. foreign policy? I think fairly modest.
Do I agree with all of the information that has been released by Assange? NO. Leaving names on sources in A-stan was irresponsible.
However, having said that, we need to stop overreacting here.
My concern, in all of this, is that there is a fine line between classifying materials and reports to protect our armed forces, and classifying an inordinate amount of information about how our government works, to the point that we are hiding crucial information from the citizens of this country. We are at a point now when so much of what is being done is being classified that it is making it impossible for the average American to make reasonable judgements about the people in positions of power. And, that is NOT GOOD.
We are well over the line into a level of secrecy that has the potential to do our country real damage. Nothing that has been released by Assange is going to make the world fall down around our ears, and we need to stop pretending that he's actually endangered us. He hasn't.
It's far more dangerous to have a government that has lost its accountability to its citizens, and that's far closer to where I think we've found ourselves at this point in history.
Our policies on classified material, frankly, need to be rewritten with the goal of creating greater transparency and accountability in government. This is a gift at a time when it is drastically needed, and we should look at it in that light.
That's my opinion, anyway.
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So what your article states is there might be something in there that may be used against the troops, but no-one knows for certain, realy convicing arguument you got there.The department does not yet know in detail what Wikileaks has published, but officials say they expect the same sort of documents the organization put on the Internet in July about the conflict in Afghan. WikiLeaks posted 77,000 documents from the Afghan database online in that breach of national security.
"To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by rights to hand down to them."~ Theodore Roosevelt (Message to Congress, Dec. 3, 1907)
You don't read do you. My link explains how it works. Give it a read and then let me know if you are still confused.
Also how can he be a traitor if he has no obligation or duty to the US to begin with?
For your viewing pleasure - Merriam Websters defination of traitor
Your right, my bad. Manning, or whatever his name is needs to hang as a traitor, Assuage, needs a bullet in his head as an enemy of the state, who is providing the enemy with information that puts our troops at greater risk than they already are.
Matthew 10:34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
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Wavell Hinds, we are told, will be flying off to India to meet with the senior West Indies players this weekend in a bid to resolve what now seems to be an unresolvable problem. I don't envy him.
The players, led by the combative Dwayne Bravo, are apparently not in the mood for small talk and conciliatory speeches. Nothing besides the reinstatement of their share of the sponsorship money looks likely to appease them, and since the WICB is insisting that it will stick to the signed contract it has with WIPA, it appears that Wavell Hinds might as well stay home.
Depending on who you talk to about this issue, Wavell Hinds is either a fair, well-intentioned WIPA representative who is hell-bent on looking out for the vast majority of first-class players, or he had acted impulsively and hoodwinked the senior players at that now-infamous WIPA meeting in Trinidad earlier this year. He must either be praised or criticised, hoisted on to a pedestal and seen as the epitome of excellence for all to emulate, or he must pack his bags and go.
When this issue first hit the headlines, most people with whom I spoke were squarely in WIPA's corner, seeing the players as nothing more than money-hungry mercenaries. In many corners, this view has remained, but as time has elapsed, Bravo and crew have come in for more sympathy, with more questions being asked of the top brass of WIPA.
It seems clear to most objective onlookers that Bravo & Company either were not aware of the exact nature of the proposal at that meeting, or they understood the proposal, but were assured that even if they lost that sponsorship money, it would be made up somewhere else. It seems reasonable to believe that if they knew they would be losing money of the magnitude they are losing now, they would have been up in arms from then, and wouldn't wait till they were stuck on tour in India.
If we accept that as a logical deduction, it begs the question, if the senior players weren't sure of the new arrangements, or if they were promised significant make-up elsewhere which hasn't been forthcoming, isn't that the fault of the WIPA hierarchy?
A lot of things in this intriguing saga would make for a classic drama on the big screen. For one, these leaked emails between the parties involved seem nothing short of sinister. Somebody, somewhere, on both the players' and WIPA's side, wanted these emails to be made public.
Both sides obviously want to sway the public with their version of events. Both camps have refused to be interviewed about the matter publicly, which gives the impression that they don't want to wash their dirty laundry in public, and yet the correspondence between the two could be read on the Internet within days of being written! Am I the only one who finds this amusing?
We keep hearing about a third party that's pulling the strings behind the scenes. We are hearing of private phone calls from this third party to first-class players asking them if they were willing to sign no-confidence documents against the WIPA president. This cloak-and-dagger stuff only needs popcorn and a drive-in!
It's not only Wavell's reputation that's at a crossroads; West Indies cricket's is too. Barry Wilkinson, of Line and Length fame, told me on radio that the players would never strike while in India, so this tour is safe. Too many of the players depend on IPL contracts to fatten their bank accounts and they wouldn't do anything on Indian soil that would jeopardise their chances of being signed at the next IPL auction. I'm completely sold on that, and the players' words that they are playing on in India as a show of 'good faith' may be nothing more than well-placed political platitudes. That 'good faith' may not extend to the South African tour later this year, for the simple reason that upsetting the South African cricket authorities has no direct bearing on their pockets.
So we await the next move, or the next 'private' email, or the next big announcement. Who needs the excitement of on-field West Indies cricket when the behind-the scenes activities are so riveting?
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I'm sick with this! Nets are gonna MUCH better in the east. Definitely challenging the heat
I dunno, there's a lot of changes that will have to coalesce really quickly. Aging stars, rookie coach. I don't think any of these moves will put them past the Heat, Pacers, or Bulls. I'm thinking a 4/5 seed and the NBA gets to drool over a Knicks-Nets playoff series.

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Lahore: PTI Punjab President Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry said that Multan’s constituency decision by the election tribunal asking for thumb verification and the NA-68 decision admitting that instead 7,789 casted was a confirmation of what PTI had been saying all along that massive fraud and rigging had been conducting by the presiding officers returning officers working under the instructions of the governments and its collaborators.
He said that after one year of pressurizing and protesting ECP has said that NA-154 was one of the four seats PTI has been demanding to be opened from one year as massive amount of rigging evidence discovered in it with opened bags and opened seals and it is justice that now the petition had been accepted and sent to NADRA for thumb verification. He said that PTI demanded that all those involved in NA-154 delayed and tampering of the material should be immediately punished and without punished them we are letting crime to flourish.
PTI Punjab General Secretary Dr. Yasmin Rashid said that the how can ECP say that there was a printing error of 7 thousand votes in one polling station and even it was a printing error why have they not cancelled the results on the basis of that because it was been that these errors would be found everywhere NA-68 won by PM Nawaz Sharif was completely faked and rigged.
She demanded ECP and election tribunal to find out why the presiding officer was who admit the writing error and changed the election results and punish him for this crime. She demanded that all seats of which were under petition opened so that more and more fraud could be exposed so that the claim PTI of the fake government mandate is correct.
She said that the NA-118, NA-154 and NA-68 results are a proof of the election being completely manufactured by the RO’s and presiding officers under the instruction of the PML-N machinery. She said that PM should now have the courage to forward and said that like Chairman Imran Khan says that NA-68 should be opened up and its recount should take place.
She said that the government was so afraid that its corruption and rigging should be exposed that’s why they have suppressed the petitions of PTI but now that they were being exposed nothing can stop from the truth to be exposed.


WASHINGTON, D.C. April 3, 2018 – The Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), has instituted strict quotas as part of immigration judges’ individual performance evaluations, a shift that strips away the independence held by judges who are making high stakes decisions about whether a person will be deported.
“For years, the immigration court system has been strained past the breaking point, too often denying immigrants, even children, a fair chance to present their claims,” said Jeremy McKinney, AILA Secretary. He continued, “The system is so flawed that it’s being mocked by late night comedians like John Oliver‘s show this past Sunday. Congress just appropriated more money to fund the immigration courts, but instead of working to improve structural flaws, the Administration is weakening its foundation. These unprecedented numeric quotas are so onerous that many judges will rush through cases to protect their own jobs. Decisions in immigration court have life or death consequences and cannot be managed like an assembly line. This policy adds another cog to the administration’s deportation machine that seeks to rapidly remove massive numbers of people at the expense of due process. This push to compel judges to complete cases is new and dangerous and is the latest example of why the courts need independence.”
Karen Lucas, Director of the Immigration Justice Campaign, a joint effort of AILA and the American Immigration Council, added, “We can’t forget that this is a system that already lacks basic procedures to ensure a fair hearing, like the right to legal counsel if you cannot afford one and, in many cases, the right to a bond hearing. The impact of these quotas will fall hardest on the most vulnerable and isolated individuals: detained immigrants, often including those seeking protection from persecution in their home countries. Placing time constraints on judges will pressure them to reach decisions without allowing sufficient time for evidence to be secured, for interpreters in rare languages to be obtained, and perhaps most important, for legal counsel to be found. Data shows detained immigrants who have legal counsel are ten times more likely to be granted asylum or other relief from the court. Forcing immigrants to move forward without an attorney eliminates any meaningful chance at a fair day in court. We should not sacrifice due process for speed and make an already rushed deportation process even more unfair.”


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Calculation of the relief
The amount of relief awarded will be calculated as follows:
- A = Amount of increase in bill for the eligible property (after Transitional and other reliefs have been taken into account)
- T = Total increase in the bills of all eligible businesses (after Transitional and other reliefs have been taken into account)
- F = Funding available in year for the scheme in the relevant year (this amount is calculated each year by the Council, taking into account conditions imposed by the Government on the funding)
We will award the relief by applying a discount to your rates bill.
How to apply
We sent letters out to identified businesses in the borough with information about the new scheme. If you did not receive a letter, but think you may be eligible for the relief, you are still encouraged to apply.
To apply, you must download and complete the application form and return it, as soon as possible, to:Wandsworth Council
Business Rates Service
PO Box 65993
Wandsworth High Street
Your application must reach us by 31 December 2017. Applications received after 31 December 2017 will not be considered.
Applications received by 30 September 2017 can expect a preliminary discount to be applied to their account in November 2017. Applications received after that date but before the final deadline of December 31 2017 can expect a discount to be applied to their account in February 2018.
Early applicants may receive a secondary discount in February depending on the level of take up of the scheme.
Future years’ entitlements to relief will be included in your bill. No further application is necessary.
Statement of notice of loss of relief in the future
The scheme will be in place for 4 years. The amount of funding available in each year will reduce significantly over that period meaning that the amount of relief available to successful applicants will reduce each year. No relief will be available after 31 March 2021.
Changes of circumstances
Should any change in the circumstances of the business affect any of the eligibility criteria above, such as a revaluation on appeal, then any relief payable under this scheme will be adjusted accordingly.
Whilst we do not anticipate that any businesses likely to receive Discretionary Relief under this scheme will breach the state aid rules, we are required by the Government to seek confirmation from businesses that this is the case. State aid is usually in the form of grants, loans or tax breaks.
Find out more about state aid.

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2018 Ssangyong Rexton Teaser Sketches Revealed Ahead of World Debut. The upcoming Ssangyong Rexton is set to debut at Seoul Motor Show next week. This seven-seat SUV is the production version of
Ssangyong XAVL Concept’s Teaser Revealed Ahead of Debut. Ssangyong will debut some new models at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show which starting on March 7th, and one of them is Ssangyong XAVL Concept.
Ssangyong Q200 Pickup Spotted Testing, Probably Will Debut in 2018. Ssangyong’s 1-metric ton pickup truck, Actyon Sports, actually has pretty remarkable performance. The machine is good, and the price
2017 Ssangyong Musso Offers Cheap Pickup. Replacing the Korando Sports model, the new 2017 Ssangyong Musso is reported to provide the cheap truck with enough nice power to provide excellent service.
SsangYong LIV-2 SUV -- A manufacturer from South Korea, named Ssangyong announced some new photos of the new SsangYong LIV-2 SUV model. They also say that this model will arrive in dealerships next
2016 Ssangyong Tivoli XLV Offers Maximum Function in Minimum Budget. Yes, after the standard Tivoli trim, this automaker officially announces the new 2016 Ssangyong Tivoli XLV along with its complete


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Nilo Zamiri is a passionate artivist, poet,
cultural project manager,
street dancer in the style of Popping,
and a Hip Hop educator and speaker.
Of Iranian descent, Nilo was raised in primarily working class immigrant communities of Gothenburg, Sweden, and spent 10 years living in the Bay Area in Northern California. Her diverse migrant background has given her the opportunity to hear and learn from stories from all over the world, informing her artistry and drive for social change. She's passionate about migrant & racial justice, anti-imperialism, youth & womxn empowerment, and solidarity building.
She is also the founder of Boom Bap Ave, a passion project focused on social justice & Hip Hop culture through events, media, and education.
Nilo has been a speaker, moderator, and workshop facilitator for Pinterest,
Rock the School Bells, Not Your Habibi,
Hip Hop for Change and more.
She is currently based back in her hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, as of August 2021.


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Queens, N.Y., Supreme Court Judge Richard L. Buchter (pictured above) broke down in tears after sentencing a former housing court officer and assistant girls basketball coach Kerbet Dixon (pictured) to at least 25 1/3 years behind bars for sexually abusing two young relatives in 2008 and 2009, according to the New York Daily News.
Dixon was convicted in March on felony charges of hoarding hundreds of child pornography images and sexually assaulting his wife’s nieces, ages 10 and 14, in the home that he shared with his spouse of 25 years and their three children.
The 50-year-old Dixon, who was touted in court by his defense attorney as being a highly respected Father, foster parent, and court officer with more than 20 years of duty under his belt, was then brought down to the lowest depths by Buchter as he sat on the bench passing judgement on the defendant whose vile acts moved him to tears.
“In 27 years on the bench, I have not seen a more repulsive case,” Buchter said, his voice rising according to the New York Daily News. “Justice is a poor replacement. . . . The lengthy prison sentence I propose will not restore the sweet innocence of the child.”


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Queen of Bones follows twin siblings Lily (Butters) and Sam (Tremblay) who live at a remote homestead with their widowed father, Malcolm (Freeman), a violinmaker in 1931 Oregon. When Lily and Sam find an Icelandic spell book in the cellar, they begin to suspect a connection between their mother’s death and dark forces in the woods. They then embark on a dangerous mission to force their father and his friend, Ida May (Schilling), to reveal the truth.
Having one of the most infectious personalities in all of Hollywood, Taylor Schilling is a Golden Globe nominated and Screen Actors Guild award winning actress who is a massive ball of energy and talent. Known for her roles as Piper Chapman in “Orange is the New Black” and most recently as Erica Gauthier in “Pam and Tommy,” she is keeping as busy as ever as she meets with ODDA from her East Williamsburg, Brooklyn Airbnb in between shooting scenes for the new Apple TV+ drama “Dear Edward.” As a fellow Bostonian myself, Taylor and I started off talking about our shared “New York City is the only place to be” pipeline before diving into her playing a character who played a vital role in the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape scandal and our shared obsession with her dog Tank. How would I sum up Taylor in four words? Perhaps the same as what she called me: “You’re a fucking doll.”
VINCENT PERELLA. Hi Taylor! To start, as a native Bostonian myself, can you tell me about growing up there and right outside the city?
TAYLOR SCHILLING. I grew up in West Roxbury and then I did a few years in Wayland for middle school, which is west of Boston. I was lucky to get a lot of life experience in terms of different schools and different people in kind of like a wacko teenage way. It laid a foundation for me to feel very brave and chase things I wanted to do. I experienced Boston as this sort of potpourri of different locations. I had spent some time at a boarding school for the arts and that sort of plugged me to the Huntington Theater in the city. Once there, I felt really in my scene being around the theater/art people. Once I found that community, it led me directly to New York City.
New interview of Taylor Schilling on ‘The Fearless Podcast with Bamby and Maria’
In this episode, actress Taylor Schilling from the acclaimed Netflix series Orange Is the New Blackjoins hosts Bamby Salcedo and Maria Roman to talk about how her recovery and how learning to trust the journey has taught her that nothing is broken and there is nothing to fix. These life lessons show up in her work as an artist, and this episode is full of memorable moments that will inspire you.
This episode was recorded on March 13, 2022. In the episode, you will hear about Catherine Nakhabi Omanyo. You can read more about Catherine Nakhabi Omanyo here.

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KATHMANDU: Gyanmala Bhajan Khala located at Swayambhu has been inaugurated after carrying out reconstruction. It was damaged by the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated the Khala amidst a program organized in Kathmandu today.
It was established in 1994BS and bhajan (hymn) is recited here since its establishment. Teachings of Gautam Buddha have been taken to people through Gyanmala hymn.
On the occasion, President Bhandar
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The Microsoft Company has released a new seeing AI app for visually impaired
The Microsoft Company has released its new seeing AI app which is a smart phone based application and utilizes the computer vision for describing the world to the visually impaired person. By downloading the seeing AI app, the users will be able to point out the camera of their phones at a person and it will communicate them who they are and how they are feeling. The users can also point the camera to a product and it is going to tell them what it is.
The prototype of this app has already been showed off by Microsoft
All this is done by utilizing the artificial intelligence technology that is running on their smart phones. The prototype of this app has already been showed off by the Microsoft this year. The company has called this app as the talking camera for all those people who are visual impaired. The seeing AI app utilizes the artificial intelligence and also the camera of either the iPhone or the iPad and describes the world around it.
The camera can now recognize the texts, objects and the people around
The camera is capable of recognizing the texts, objects and also the people around it. Well this application will be turning the visual world into an audible experience. It is so simple to use and it is just the way one is actually pointing a camera towards various kinds of objects and people. The app can also recognize the saved friends and it is also in a position to describe the people on the basis of their age and also the demeanor.The application can also read the text that it can detect aloud.
It is also able to scan and read the documents
Apart from this, it is also able to scan and read the documents, can help in formatting and can also look at the money for the identification of the specific denominations. While doing shopping with in the store, the seeing app can scan the barcodes and it will be helping the users to shop. Till now seeing app is available in few countries of the world but the Microsoft Company is actually looking forward to expand it to the other additional countries too in future.
This free of cost app has already been released for iOS users
This free of cost app has been released for the iOS users and it will be helping the visually challenged to see the world like never before. The user just has to hold on his smart phone and he will be all ready to hear the world around him. This tool has been designed for the visually challenged community and the app will be able to describe the people, objects and the texts around. Microsoft Company is competing with the various technology giants in making its mark in the field of artificial intelligence.
The most powerful feature of seeing AP is the money recognition tool
The most powerful feature of seeing AP is surely the money recognition tool and it can differentiate the bills and the coins as well making it easy for people to shop. This smart app also communicates the user in which direction he has to turn the camera for the better capturing of the objects. The company has taken a big leap in the field of AI by developing this Seeing App with a keen focus on solving the big problems of the health care sector.


Samsung’s recently unveiled Galaxy Note 3 will be landing on T-Mobile soon, along with the Galaxy Gear smartwatch. T-Mobile customers will be able to take advantage of the Simple Choice rate plans and the JUMP early upgrade program.
While T-Mobile hasn’t announced pricing or availability, a sign up page is live for T-Mobile customers who would like to receive updates about the Galaxy Note 3.
If you’d like to sign up for updates, head here to sign up. PR e-mail follows below.
Samsung’s next big thing – the Samsung Galaxy Note® 3 – is arriving soon and only T-Mobile, America’s Un-carrier, can give customers Samsung innovation combined with wireless’ boldest offers out there – the Simple Choice Plan and JUMP!(TM) program. With the success of last year’s Note II, the next generation is sure to exceed expectations and we can’t wait to bring the stylish premium smartphone to our customers.
The Note 3 isn’t the only new Samsung device coming to T-Mobile soon. We’re also expecting to launch Galaxy Gear (sold separately) – Samsung’s companion smart watch that gives Note 3 customers the freedom to untether themselves from their smartphone and do things that they never thought possible on a wearable mobile device.
Stay tuned for the latest, including when the Note 3 and Galaxy Gear will be available and how much they will cost, by signing up on our pre-registration page.


The Cubs are working on an extension for manager Lou Piniella, who in his first two years as manager, has put a top of the line team on the field everyday. Not only has he worked with players Jason Marquis, Derrek Lee, Felix Pie, Geovany Soto, and many more, but his late game calling and solid staff has put the Cubs way over the top. Cubs President Crane Kenney told the Chicago Sun-Times that talks have been tabled till the offseason, but an extension is definitely in the works.
The Sun-Times also says that Cubs GM Jim Hendry might also have an extension in the works. While he has traded away many of his best prospects, smart draft choices and good free agent signings has made this club one of the best, from top to bottom. Both are well deserving of extensions.
Some other players with the Cubs in need of extensions include: Mark DeRosa, Carlos Marmol, and Geovany Soto.


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GridGames.ID – PUBG Mobile is a Battle Royale genre game that is popular among teenagers to adults. The PUBG Mobile game now has 400 million downloads worldwide.
Quoted from leaked @pubgm_leak weapon skins, clothes and attractive vehicles, making players impatient for the release of Royale Pass Season 9.
Also Read: Score! Here are the Distribution Points in PMCO Fall Split – SEA League 2022
And now, on September 13, 2022 PUBG Mobile Season 9 was officially released. Plus, now PUBG Mobile Season 9 has the RP Point mission that every PUBG Mobile Indonesia player has been waiting for.
The team from PUBG Mobile Season 9 is Warriors Unite.
Here are some rave reviews from Tencent Games.
1. Welcome to the Opening Royale Pass Season 9.
Season 9 PUBG Mobile
Royale Pass Season 9 starts from September 2022 to November 2022, there are 8 weeks to complete the mission.
Mission after mission will appear every week every Thursday.
2. Rewards From Previous Tier
Royale Pass Season 9 Rewards
Previous Tier prizes will be obtained for those of you who are actively playing on PUBG Mobile Season 8.
The prize contains 1600 Silver Fragments, Name Tag Season 8.
3. Reset Previous Tier
Previous Season Tier
PUBG Mobile Season 9 resets the previous tier. So, all PUBG Mobile Indonesia player tiers will be reset or equalized.
The latest tier is reset to Platinum IV. Not only tiers are reset, your K/D will also be reset from 0.
Also Read: Epic! This is the PMCO Fall Split Group Division – SEA League 2022
This makes PUBG Mobile players flock to buy UC to buy Elite Upgrade and Elite Upgrade Plus.
The following functions have Elite Upgrade and Elite Upgrade plus.
Elite Upgrade Plus Seaosn 9
If you buy the Elite Upgrade there are many benefits.
First you will get 100 prizes through ranking up and unlocking elite missions. You can get Elite Upgrade for 600 UC.
But there is something more interesting if you buy Elite Upgrade Plus you will get a direct gift equivalent to 10,000 UC.
PUBG Mobile Season 9
In addition to getting the same prize on the elite upgrade, you will also get a Dacia Infected Grizzly Sedan, an Oraconian Champion Backpack, Exclusive Elite Pass Plus. You can buy Elite Upgrade Plus for 1800 UC.
Come on, hurry up and log in and complete your mission to get interesting skins.


text: Euro zone bank stocks dipped to near four-year lows on Thursday due to fears that a possible departure of Britain from the European Union would worsen their already dim prospects. A regional index of euro zone banks fell to its lowest level since August 2012, while shares in Deutsche Bank hit a record low. The slide underscores the challenge facing Europe's lenders, which are already grappling with billions of euros of loans that may never be repaid as the region's economies remain in the doldrums and unemployment stubbornly high. Broader European financial stocks fell 1.4 percent bringing year-to-date losses to 27.5 percent, making them the region's worst performing sector. Chart: Analysts said the latest share price dip was down to next week's referendum in Britain on whether to leave the EU, with some polls suggesting the chances of a 'Brexit' are increasing. "The global economic and political outlook is dark," said Chirantan Barua, an analyst with Bernstein. "Brexit is fuelling uncertainty and will have ripple effects across Europe. With so much uncertainty, why would you buy a bank stock now?" Others echoed this view. "The uncertainty is regarding the future of the UK in Europe but also probably regarding the future of Europe," said Barclays head of euro zone research Philippe Gudin de Vallerin. "There is still some worry about banks and the extent to which banks have really been cleaned up and the possible reaction of banks to a UK exit." The problems facing Europe's banks, however, go far deeper than Brexit. It has proved exceptionally hard, for instance, to kick-start borrowing in the euro zone because confidence has sunk to a low ebb and bad loans from the past are piled high. Earlier this week, Yves Mersch, one of the European Central Bank's top officials, summarised the problems of the sector after the financial crisis. "We all want stability, but we should not want the stability of the graveyard."

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Philip Hammond visiting Georgia
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Philip Hammond, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, arrived in Georgia with 2-day visit.
Hammond will meet with Prime Minister Kvirikashvili to show support for Georgia and its Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
According to the British Embassy, during his visit, the Foreign Secretary will have talks with the Prime Minister, members of the Georgian government and the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament. He will lay the wreath at the Heroes Memorial in Tbilisi.
He will attend the Young Politicians Forum that will bring together future leaders from the South Caucasus region.
British foreign minister visits Cuba in first such trip since 1959
Britain's foreign minister arrived in Cuba on Thursday in the first such visit since 1959, to hold talks on cooperation in "financial
No sign Putin has changed strategy on Ukraine: UK foreign minister
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday he had detected no change in Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategic intentions towards Ukraine, despite
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Partner schools of Demirel College address government not to extradite Mustafa Emre Çabuk
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Representatives of Ministry of Refugees to meet with Mustafa Emre Çabuk tomorrow
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Netflix drops its latest most unfortunate series today, on Friday 13th.
A Series of Unfortunate Events is based on the book series by Daniel Handler under the pen name, Lemony Snicket. The first book was published in 1999 and the series consists of 13 books. A film adaption was also released in 2004, starring Jim Carrey and Emily Browning.
The series follows the three Baudelaire children — Violet (Malina Weissman), Klaus (Louis Hynes), and baby Sunny (Presley Smith) — after the loss of their parents in a mysterious fire. The children are then sent to live with their closest relative, the awful Count Olaf, played by Neil Patrick Harris. Throughout the series, the children face trials and tribulations in an attempt to uncover their dark family secrets.
Throughout the show, the events the children face are recounted by Snicket himself, played by Patrick Warburton.
Check out Neil Patrick Harris sing the series’ theme song and warning viewers to ‘look away’ from this most dreadful show.


Senior Cory Leo’s capstone aims to provoke discussion about an unfamiliar culture: hip hop
by Katherine Dominek, ’19
“There’s always this aha moment when you are listening to a track for a sample. When you hear it you know exactly what you want to do with it.”
Senior Cory Leo, a self-described “producer and sometimes rapper,” had his first “Eureka!” during the summer of 2017 while touring abroad with a band of student musicians.
“There was a song I had on a playlist on that trip that I had been listening to,” Leo said. “The track behind it had this chorus sampled into it. I just really liked the sound of a full choir being used. It really gave the track a lot of soul.”
Wanting to make something similar, Leo found a muse in a rendition of the gospel song “Behold, How Good” by a symphonic choir traveling with him.
“The very last chord of that song stuck with me every time I heard it,” he said.
Using a recording of one of the choir’s performances and synth percussion software, Leo put together his first instrumental track: “Behold.”
Leo produces music online under the pseudonym Chordonic, a blend of the musical term chord—meaning multiple notes played simulaneously—and -onic, a suffix used to name acids. His art is reflected in his name, as Leo contrasts the sharp beats of hip hop with the smooth melodies of contemporary jazz when mixing instrumentals.
“Jazz just sounded right to me,” Leo said. “Any given classic hip hop artist you can think of has used a Miles Davis or a Sonny Rollins or a Dave Brubeck track to sample from, [and] I was like ‘I got to get back to the roots.’”
Leo founded Upper Arlington’s Hip Hop Club last year with hopes of directly sharing the culture with students by inviting local musicians to speak. At the time, he did not envision it as being the basis of his capstone project, which is to discover how being exposed to a new culture impacts one’s worldview.
“[Most speakers] are part of a culture that has not saturated Upper Arlington whatsoever,” Leo said. “So I thought, ‘Well, UA needs a little something different. Why not expose [hip hop to] some of the people that are going to be the future of UA, and see what happens?’”
As part of his capstone, Leo also released his debut album Crisis Averted on July 7. The album features 8 songs and was made in collaboration with multiple Columbus-based artists, including UAHS senior Dylan Davis, aka Myle$ Davi$.
Leo rapped about resisting negative societal pressures in the opening track and accepting uniqueness. He said: “Got a mind on the same grind as those who are inclined / To set difference aside and take collective pride.”
Hip Hop Club meets once a month in room 119. For more information, follow @uahiphopclub on Instagram.


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OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION "PAINTING THE CAT" AT VĂN MIẾU – QUỐC TỬ GIÁM
On the afternoon of January 17, the Center for Cultural and Scientific Activities Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám in collaboration with the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies and the TiredCity Creative Company held the Opening Ceremony the Exhibition “Painting The Cat". The exhibition aims to convey a positive message about the Year of the Cat for the Lunar New Year 2023 through the story and unique nuances of the character, "The Cat". This exhibition will bring interesting and fun things to the community of people who love creativity during the New Year.
The exhibition “Painting The Cat” is a continuation of the Illustration Challenge and Fundraising Campaign which is held annually by TiredCity and Vietnam Local Artist Group (VLAG) to support the Rescue and Help Organization for street children, children with disabilities, and children with special circumstances across Vietnam (The Blue Dragon Children's Foundation). For three weeks, the Challenge has received more than 900 applications with hundreds of illustrations of different colors, styles and expressions. This resulted, not only in a large amount of money being contribured to Blue Dragon through the main fundraising publication ''The Cat Calendar 2023'', but also marked the community's interest in children living in difficult circumstances.
The exhibition displays nearly 80 works selected after the illustration challenge. No distiction was made of ability, age or style, in order to present the potential of the young Vietnamese artist community to the public.
The exhibition "Painting The Cat" will take place from January 17, 2023 to February 28, 2023 at two locations: the Special National Landmark of Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám and the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies.
Tác phẩm ‘‘Ngũ mèo lên mâm’’
Tác phẩm ‘‘Dọn nhà đón Tết’’