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ATLANTA - SEPTEMBER 26: Steve Stricker hits his tee shot on the eighth hole during the third round of THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, the final event of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedEx Cup, at East Lake Golf Club on September 26, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
It's a tough assignment, trying to take down Goliath when all you have in your hand is a tiny pebble and no slingshot. That's how veteran Steve Stricker, hampered by injury, had to feel trying to challenge long-bopping Dustin Johnson on the rolling, wide-open former pineapple field known as Kapalua Resort's Plantation Course. When healthy last season, Stricker gave up roughly 25 yards in average driving distance to Johnson (285.4 to 310.2). On Tuesday, he gave up even more. Yet with guts and guile, Stricker hung in there as best that he could, sending a tremor through Johnson when he stood over a 25-footer on the 13th green with a chance to pull even with five holes to play. "I really expected him to make it," Johnson said. "When Steve stands over a putt, you kind of always expect it to go in." But Stricker missed, and Johnson would answer one hole later with a bold driver play at the 292-yard 14th hole and a deft little pitch-in for eagle he bumped in from 52 yards. Game, set, m...
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I am curious to see if any of the ladies on this forum know anything about PMDD or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder? Every month around the same time I "lose it". It has happened since I was probably 15. I Wikipedia'd this and I have every one of the symptoms listed. I do believe I do suffer from Panic Disorder as well since the attack that started this was not in that time frame but I do wonder if it makes that disorder just that much more difficult to deal with at certain times. Every time I bring it up to my regular physician or therapist they blow it off but seriously, 18 years of experience make me believe there is something to it. Not to mention a family hystory of it. I bet if the doctors did take a minute to look back at when I have come in to emerg in attacks or called them with them, they would notice the pattern as well. Any others out there seem to have a "flare" with a pattern like that?
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Yes, I have heard of it and had it (also endometriosis), since I was in high school. I definitely feel that hormones can play a huge part in anxiety & agitation. It might be good to find a doctor who can do blood work to check on your hormone levels and see if there is a solution for it.
Sorry to sound like a hypochondriac, but the two things you have mentioned are things I have and/or did have. Best Regards, Norell
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I can't say I know much about PMDD since I've only just started seeing stuff about it on TV recently, but from how it is described, I'm sure I have it every month. I can get really off balance emotionally, crazy anxious and/ or depressed, the whole 9 yards. The emotional stuff is awful, and then there are all the physical symptoms, yuk!
And I have found that doctors do really tend to blow off anxiety stuff with me since i have a "history" of it. It's as if no one really wants to get to the bottom of what makes me the way I am, except me..
Anyhow, i know it is frustrating.
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It still could be thyroid. Hypothyroidism doesn't always show up on the blood tests. I've had it all my life. (Hashimoto's thyroiditis)
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As far as the PMDD, I hate to add another doctor to your list, but it might be a good idea to check with someone who specializes in PMDD and endometriosis. I had all the same symptoms from the age of 15 on. If it s endometriosis, that could be causing a lot of your tummy trouble.
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Hmmm... never heard of it before now. Just went and read the Wikipedia article. I have major issues with the whole regular PMS-thing. I think it's patriarchal bullcrap. I think it's normal to not be able to function "normally" just before and during menstruation. I think the old cultures had it right where we didn't have to do much of anything during those times. I have many of those symptoms, but I'm not totally sure of the timing. Especially because over the last year my cycle has been all over the place. One thing I noticed is that mental-health diagnoses are often grey. PMDD sounds quite related to Anxiety Disorders. It would be hard to say I think whether you have either or both. If you could find someone who specialized in PMDD I think that could help clear things up, which could lead to better treatment. Please keep us updated if you pursue this. I think it could be relevant for quite a few people here.
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I've always been extremely moody about the week or so before my period. And now that I have panic disorder it becomes almost unbearable right before. I start to get very anxious and this is when I have the most panic attacks. I've also mentioned it to my doctor and psychiatrist and it just kind of got brushed aside. I keep a diary keeping track of my anxiety and it is ALWAYS significantly worse right around the time my period is due. So I think there is a definite relation.


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Mr Lusambo has been detained along with presidential office chairperson for party mobilisation Chiwele Maimisa and Scorpion Kadobi.
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On Friday last week, MMD Lusaka Province youth chairperson Watson Mtonga appeared in court on three counts of occasioning actual bodily harm on Major Kachingwe, MMD sympathiser Gregory Chifire and MMD national youth chairperson Tobias Kafumukache.
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Lusaka Province police chief Joyce Kasosa said in an interview yesterday that the trio had been detained pending being slapped with a charge before court appearance.
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Last week Haiti design fellow Schendy Kernizan recorded another entry to his burgeoning Video Blog for Students Rebuild. But this time he didn't have to say very much–when the words could be sung so much better! Kirra Elisabeth, a Haitian student at the Pétioville school of Cours Privés Edme, which has been helping Global Nomads conduct our interactive video conferences around Port-au-Prince, heard about the Youth Rock the Rebuild Haiti benefit concert in California and humbly offered an overseas contribution. Kirra wrote and performed the tentatively-titled "We Know We'll Get There" a cappella with a duo of back-up singers. The video was broadcast at YRR last Sunday.
If you missed any of the concert, which featured some pretty talented young musicians, you can catch up with the archival footage on Justin.tv. Justin.tv streamed Sunday's event live, netting a number of view totaling in the hundreds of thousands! Kudos to all the bands who, despite the holidays, event conflicts and finals week, came out and connected for
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Officials announced the discovery in Superior Thursday. City workers discovered telltale signs of EAB when removing a dead tree last week: D-shaped exit holes and S-shaped tunnels under the bark. City employees sent samples of the insects to the state Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, which confirmed the bugs to be EAB.
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UPDATE: TV Line has announced that Blaine (Darren Criss), Brittany (Heather Morris) and Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) will be singing lead vocals.
It's official: We now know that Glee will be performing "Call Me Maybe" during the Season 4, Episode 1: "The New Rachel Berry."
However, other details about the performance are still being kept under wraps. We don't yet know which character(s) will be performing Carly Rae Jepsen's summertime pop hit, but — as always! — we have a few guesses.
Since Darren Criss (Blaine) is the one who hinted that "Call Me Maybe" might be on Glee's musical radar this season, we can't help but wonder if he will be the one singing it.
However, looking at the latest Glee photos from New York City is giving us the sneaking suspicion that new guy Brody (Dean Geyer) and Rachel (Lea Michele) might be the ones to tackle this tune, instead.
On August 11, Dean tweeted, "NYC is amazing!! And filming my first musical number for glee with@msleamichele.. Rock and roll baby. Or I guess more like POP and roll :)" It's not much to go on, but we'd say "Call Me Maybe" certainly qualifies as a pop tune.
Also, take a look at the way he's singing to her during the August 11 filming. Will Brody — who we already know is "definitely interested" in Rachel and won't give up on chasing her — taking on Carly Jae's role in the Glee version of the song?
Call him, Rachel! Maybe. (Or don't. Because we still aren't ready to see you end things with Finn.)
Yet, as much as Rachel and Brody's facial expressions seem to fit the song, we aren't convinced they'll be the only ones performing it. It's always possible that Glee might be splitting the tune between both Lima and NYC. Blaine and the New Directions could sing part of it at Mckinley, while Brody and Rachel might perform the other half while prancing around New York City.
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Kristin Kreuk says there won't be an easy way out for "Beauty and the Beast" fans if the show doesn't get a second season.
The CW series starts its last run of new episodes for the current television year Thursday (April 18), with work comrade Evan ( Max Brown) coming clean to police detective Catherine Chandler (Kreuk) about his feelings for her. As she films the season finale this week, the former "Smallville" actress confirms story threads will be left untied ... and she's hoping for a network pickup that would resolve them next season.
"It's different, to be honest," Kreuk tells Zap2it about winding down her series' season without knowing whether there will be another.
"On 'Smallville,' we were pretty much sure every single year that it would be going again. It's a different environment when a crew doesn't feel as stable, but we have a really wonderful team. Nobody knows anything for sure, but everyone's staying positive. And I think we're proud of the work that we've done."
That includes the development of Catherine's relationship with the beastly yet hunky Vincent ( Jay Ryan), her self-appointed protector with whom she's finally become romantically involved.
"I don't think any of us, including the producers, thought we would go there this season," Kreuk allows. "I feel like them in a relationship is a little more interesting in some ways than them out of a relationship. Their love was clear almost from the start, so I like the struggles they go through in a relationship -- as opposed to the struggle of, 'Are we going to be in a relationship or not?'"
Expect those struggles to continue right up to the last minute of the last scheduled episode Thursday, May 16. "The fans may not like this," Kreuk says, "but there's no way it could be simply a series finale. If we don't get picked up, there's going to be a massive cliffhanger that they're going to have to deal with. Huge cliffhanger."
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Ravinia Music Director James Conlon Leads CSO with Star Soloist Joshua Bell and More, Now thru 7/29
At 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 29, Ravinia Music Director James Conlon leads an all-Tchaikovsky program with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and piano virtuoso Denis Matsuev. The concert includes Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36; Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23; and the annual Ravinia presentation of the "1812" Overture, which includes live cannons timed to the music.
Since his triumph at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1998, Matsuev has collaborated with the world's greatest orchestras, appeared in numerous recitals and become laureate of the prestigious Shostakovich Prize in music and state prize of the Russian Federation in literature and arts.
Prior to the concert, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on July 29, Ravinia will host a special family space on the north lawn, where families can engage in activities that include music-related crafts, storytelling and an "instrument petting zoo" where kids can experience and play instruments.
Adults over 21 years of age can experience Ravinia's Wine Club, a partnership with Ravinia and Terlato Wines including formal wine tastings at 3:30 p.m. before the 5 p.m. concert. Pavilion packages include entry to the tasting and a reserved ticket for $80-$50, and entry to the tasting and a lawn ticket for $20.
Also on July 29, the festival will also host its second annual informal free teen night pre-concert get together for high school students from 3 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. "Cannon Ball 2012" will include free snacks, refreshments and activities in the Santa Fe Tent.
This event is part of Ravinia's summer-long high school student CSO concert attendance contest through which students not only can gain free lawn access to any CSO concert throughout the season by showing their school I.D. at the box office, but also win points for their high school. At the end of the summer, Ravinia will tally the points, and the school that accumulates the most points will win a $5,000 grant for its music programs from the Ravinia Associates. Students can win double points for their school on this special July 29 date. To RSVP for the pre-concert teen party, students can visit Ravinia.org and click on "Cannon Ball." Visit www.ravinia.org/ClassicalYouthInitiative.aspx for more information.
The CSO performs an orchestral showcase of favorites under the Maestro Conlon's baton at 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 26. The concert will feature three pieces from Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette; the Overture to Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco; Dvorák's Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 2; Mendelssohn's The Hebrides ("Fingal's Cave"); and the Overture to Rossini's Guillaume Tell.
Soloists from the CSO appear in an intimate Martin Theatre concert at 8 p.m. on Monday, July 23, led by Conlon and featuring soprano Rachel Schutz in her Ravinia debut. This concert includes Bach's "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWC 1051; Zemlinsky's Maiblumen blüten überall; and Mendelssohn's Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20. Welsh-born Schutz made her orchestral debut in 2006 with the Boston Pops Orchestra and returned to tour with the orchestra in 2008. She has performed at Carnegie's Zankel Hall, the Ojai Festival, Stony Brook Opera and The New Opera Company and is a two-time Tanglewood Music Center fellow and Santa Fe Opera apprentice artist.
Violin virtuoso Joshua Bell returns to perform with the CSO at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 25. The program will include the Overture to Barber's The School for Scandal, Op. 5, and Violin Concerto Op. 14; Shostakovich's Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70; and Ravel's Tzigane Concert Rhapsody. Bell, who debuted with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 14, is a Grammy Award-winner and a Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame inductee.
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 at 8:33 am in coyotes.
Why does shooting always seem to be the first (and last) response by government agencies to wildlife encounters?
Bay City News Service (BCN) reports that "two city-dwelling coyotes were shot and killed late Sunday night, following a Saturday morning attack on two leashed, large Rhodesian ridgeback dogs in Golden Gate Park."
NOTE: Rhodesian ridgebacks weigh 70-85 pounds ("The New Encyclopedia of the Dog"). Coyotes typically weigh 18-44 pounds ("Mammals of California").
Basically, the coyotes bit one of the dogs, causing "minor injuries."
Officials said this "marks the first encounter in San Francisco with aggressive coyotes in recent history."
It will also be the last encounter of any kind that anyone will have with coyotes in San Francisco if the state Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife executioners have anything to say about it.
It would be a shame if this one negative encounter resulted in the deaths of all future coyote visitors to this beautiful Baghdad by the Bay.
Although the coyote "threat" in Golden Gate Park has calmed down since the executions (gee, I wonder why), BCN has a revealing quote from Rose Marie Dennis, director of public affairs for the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department:
"It is not a foregone conclusion either way that there aren't going to be additional concerns of additional animals."
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"We're going to kill any additional coyotes with an additional BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! when we find them."
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LAGOS, Nigeria A video posted online Monday apparently shows seven French hostages kidnapped from northern Cameroon, with a masked militant claiming the radical Islamic group Boko Haram from neighboring Nigeria holds them.
The video, posted to YouTube and mentioned on a jihadist website, shows one of two French men reading a statement, with a woman in between them. Four children sit on the ground near them, flanked by two masked militants wearing camouflage uniforms and holding rifles.
A masked militant in front says in the video that Boko Haram kidnapped the French hostages, a family of three adults and four children who were taken from outside a national park in Cameroon's Far North Region on Feb. 19. A black banner in the background, bearing the images of the Quran flanked by two Kalashnikov assault rifles, also resembles a symbol previously used by Boko Haram.
The man says the kidnappings came due to the French military intervention in northern Mali, where its troops have fought with Malian soldiers against Islamic extremists who took over the north in the months following a coup last year. The man also threatens the Nigerian and Cameroonian government, calling on them to release their imprisoned members.
"Let the French president know that he has launched war against Islam and we are fighting him everywhere," the man says in Arabic. "Let him know that we are spread everywhere to save our brothers."
The man threatens to kill the French hostages if the group's demands are not met.
The Associated Press could not immediately confirm the video's authenticity Monday, though it shares similarities with some Boko Haram propaganda videos published in the past.
However, in this video, the man speaks entirely in Arabic, while other Boko Haram videos have its leader Abubakar Shekau also speaking the Hausa language of Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north. Boko Haram has not published a video featuring hostages before. The video appears to have been filmed outside, as prayer mats hung in the background sway in a breeze.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement that "for us, these images are horribly shocking. They show cruelty without limits." He said France is fully mobilized to free the hostages but "verifications needed in these circumstances" are under way.
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault of France told journalists his country's intelligence services are analyzing the video and "examining the nature of the demands."
The French gas group GDF Suez last week identified the captives as an employee working in Yaounde, the Cameroon capital, and his family. The group was vacationing in the north, a company statement said without elaborating. Cameroonian and Nigerian soldiers continue to search for them in the arid, rural border region the two countries share in West Africa.
Waza Park, a natural wildlife reserve in Cameroon's Far North Region attracts mainly foreign tourists. But the area often suffers from raids by bandits lurking in Cameroon, Chad and neighboring Nigeria, who abduct locals for ransom. A local witness told the AP he saw gunmen on motorcycles abduct the tourists on Feb. 19.


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III. Treatment of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Malta detains all age-disputed cases pending age determination, and applies a very low threshold for disputing the age of children. As a result, children may be detained for weeks or months, despite alternative available facilities. During detention, children are detained with adults, without any accommodation for their young age, and with no access to school. Once determined to be children—and released to other accommodation—children do not receive adequate legal representation. Under international and European standards, unaccompanied children should never be detained for reasons related to irregular entry, and pending age determination the person claiming to be a child should be treated as such until the determination is complete.
Detention of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Malta detains all unaccompanied children whose status as children is in question, pending age determination. The age determination procedure can take some months, leaving children in detention for long periods. Among those we interviewed who were children at the time of the interview or who were children upon arrival in Malta between 2008 and 2011, the maximum time in detention was seven months (for a child in 2011). Among those we interviewed detained between 2008 and 2011 who Malta ultimately determined to be children, the average time in detention was 3.4 months.[137] A 2009 study by the Maltese National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (funded in part by Maltese government funds) found an average detention time of 1.6 months for the 10 unaccompanied minors in their focus group.[138]
International law states that unaccompanied children should not be criminalized for reasons related to their immigration status or illegal entry,[139]and article 37(b) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) mandates that the detention of children "shall be used only as a measure of last resort." Furthermore, the Commissioner for Human Rights for the Council of Europe has stated that, "as a principle, migrant children should not be subjected to detention."[140]
Best practices indicate that, pending age determination, the person claiming to be a child should provisionally be treated as such.[141] Malta should treat children pending age determination as children, and detain them only as a measure of last resort. While placing migrants pending age determination in the unaccompanied minor facilities is not appropriate, there is no reason why they could not be released to alternate facilities to prevent prolonged detention of children.
Low Threshold for Disputing Age
Malta's trigger for questioning the age individuals claim to be, and thus detaining them, is low: interviewees reported seeing children as young as 12 detained while undergoing age determination procedures.[142] When migrants arrive by boat in Malta, the Malta Police Immigration Section takes virtually all of the passengers to detention.[143] Even if unaccompanied children identify themselves as children during this initial contact, they will most likely still be taken to detention. According to the Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers (AWAS) and Detention Services, only age disputed cases are detained, with those who are "visibly" children released from detention within 24 hours[144] and placed in the care of AWAS.[145] In practice, however, the cut-off for those who are "visibly" children is around 12 to 14 years old, with children who appear older presumed to be adults—and detained—until an age determination is carried out.[146]
For example, on April 30, 2012, Human Rights Watch met with three boys detained in an immigration facility who said they had been taken straight into detention after arriving by boat two days earlier. Two of the boys, aged 15 and 16, were visibly children according to Human Rights Watch's assessment: we were able to walk down a crowded hallway inside the detention facility and identify them by sight, having no previous knowledge of children detained in that facility. On the day of arrival, all three boys said they told the arresting authorities their birthdate during a routine data collection, but none were provided with information about procedures to establish that they are minors.[147]
Their experience is similar to that described by other interviewees. Bello E., who said he was 16 when his boat was intercepted near Malta, reported, "Before we knew it, we were in detention … I tried to tell I was 16. They didn't accept it, they sent me back into Safi [detention center] … I had not committed a crime. Why was I in prison?"[148] Labaan X., a Somali who said he came to Malta in 2008 when he was 15 years old, and was 18 years old when we interviewed him, described to Human Rights Watch what happened after arriving: "I got off the boat and went straight to detention. I said I was a child. But I spent three months in detention before they put me in a home for young people."[149]
Detaining Unaccompanied Children with Unrelated Adults
Detained migrant boys are routinely held, pending age determination, in overcrowded conditions with unrelated adult men. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) indicates that, in exceptional cases where children are detained, they should receive care appropriate to their age, including ability to contact family, appropriate medical treatment and psychological counseling, and access to education.[150] Detained children do not have access to education or any other care related to their age.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights oblige states parties to separate adults from children in detention, [151] and the Committee on the Rights of the Child reinforces that this obligation specifically applies to migrant children in detention. [152] The European Court of Human Rights held in Mubilanzila Mayeka and Kaniki Mitunga v. Belgium that the prolonged detention of an unaccompanied child jointly with adults amounted to inhuman or degrading treatment, in part because such detention conditions were not adapted to the extreme vulnerability of the unaccompanied child, causing "considerable distress" and "serious psychological effects." [153]
Seventeen-year-old Stéphane K., an Ivorian who was 16 when he arrived in Malta in 2011, was detained in one room with 200-300 adult men. "The room wasn't that big—we had bunk beds," he told Human Rights Watch.[154] Kibreab A., an Eritrean who arrived in Malta at the age of 17 in 2009, said he was detained with unrelated adults for five months before being moved to a children's facility. He complained to Human Rights Watch that the room in detention was small for the 50 people that were staying there.[155]
Children may be exposed to periodic violence in detention facilities when detained with adults.[156] While some children reported that they did not feel unsafe while detained with adults, others reported instances of exploitation and violence. Ghedi H., who was detained with adult men in 2008 when he was 17 years old, said, "Sometimes … adults would take my food because there's not enough."[157] Abdi M., a Somali migrant who was detained at the same time as Ghedi, and who was 17 years old when detained, related what happened to him at the Safi detention facility:
Every day a big man from Mali came and said, "Give me your food." And one day I said no, and he hit me. I was out on the floor [unconscious] for half an hour. I told the soldiers but they said, "We don't care." No one helped me, I just cried and went to sleep.[158]
During Human Rights Watch's visit to Maltese detention facilities in April 2012, we met with three boys who were housed with adults in a detention center for single men. Two of the boys, who reported their ages as 15 and 16 years old, were visibly scared. Amr S., the 15 year old, said, "It's very difficult to live here at Safi. I'm afraid to live where people might hit me… I don't have anyone to take care of me."[159] Edgard O., a 26-year-old Ivorian man who was detained in the same facility as the boys, commented: "To be honest with you, I was a little bit concerned to see they were here [the boys.] Fifteen years old—he doesn't deserve this."[160]
Lengthy and Incomplete Age Determination Procedures That Prolong Detention
Age determination procedures in Malta can take several months, leaving children in detention pending the outcome. AWAS has, to its credit, instituted a relatively sophisticated age determination procedure in the roughly 10-year period that unaccompanied children have been arriving by boat. Nonetheless, the procedure needs several improvements—including a reduction in processing time (including the time taken for medical testing), increased provision of information to incoming children, and a process by which children can be released from detention pending age determination.
According to the CRC, age determination should be prioritized immediately after arrival in the country, and that the best interests of the child should be a guiding principle in these proceedings.[161] Furthermore, children should never be detained for reasons related to their immigration status. Malta's lengthy age determination procedures, in combination with routine detention of children in age disputed cases and low threshold for disputing age, stands in opposition to these principles.
Labaan, the Somali boy who arrived in Malta at 15 years old in 2008, said: "I had to wait for three months in detention. Two months before they [AWAS age determination officials] questioned me."[162]Kibreab A., who was 17 when he arrived in Malta from Eritrea in 2009, told us he was detained for five months before being released to a children's home.[163] After leaving the Ivory Coast and traveling for several months, Stéphane K., an Ivorian boy, told Human Rights Watch he was 16 when he reached Malta in 2011. He was detained for seven months awaiting age determination, which he described as deeply disturbing: "For someone [at that age] to be in detention, it's not normal. Seven months of detention, it's not normal. Shut in, I can't go out. It's not normal."[164]
An NGO staff member who routinely works within the detention centers told Human Rights Watch that in 2008 and 2009 some asylum procedures actually moved more quickly than age determination procedures. Accordingly, some adult asylum seekers who arrived at the same time (and even on the same boat) as children awaiting age determination were released from detention while the children remained behind bars.[165] This could have the effect of discouraging children from disclosing their age for fear that it could extend their period of detention.
Age determination in Malta is conducted by an age assessment team from AWAS composed of a social worker, psychologist, and a coordinator.[166] Most unaccompanied children arrive without identity papers, such as passports and birth certificates. Maltese authorities rely on medical testing—in particular, bone x-rays—where initial interviews by the age assessment team are inconclusive.[167] However, medical examinations used to determine age are problematic because they are subject to margins of error of up to five years.[168] In addition, radiological testing is unnecessarily intrusive; the Separated Children in Europe Program, a coalition of Save the Children and UNHCR, asserts that such testing must be avoided and non-invasive medical testing, such as physical development assessments, should be used instead.[169] In cases where Maltese authorities turn to medical testing, they use the result as one factor in a multidisciplinary assessment.[170]
In Malta, medical testing can add months to the age determination process.[171] Christophe G., a 17-year-old Ivorian who arrived in Malta when he was 16 in 2011 and spent a total of six months in detention, reported: "After the [x-ray] machine, I waited [in detention] for one or two months more, it was one month after that that my friend left, and then one month more, so two months more total."[172] The Committee on the Rights of the Child emphasizes that, when children are in immigration detention, "all efforts, including acceleration of relevant process, should be made to allow for the immediate release."[173]
On a more positive note, a group of children was detained for a very short period in early 2012. Dalmar H., Nadif K., Korfa A., and Erasto M., all Somali boys aged 17, said they were detained for two weeks when they arrived in the same boat in January 2012.[174] However, fewer migrants cross the Mediterranean during the winter months, because of worse weather conditions than in the summer; this is not representative of a fundamental change in Malta's policies.
Despite the relatively quick release of children in January 2012, there does not appear to be any permanent detention policy change.[175] AWAS has made clear attempts to take policy steps to shorten the process, including by setting internal benchmarks for preliminary interviews with children within 10 working days of arrival, and by participating in training initiatives through common European mechanisms.[176] But as long as Malta continues to detain children pending age determination, any delay in the procedure prolongs the violation of children's rights.
Lack of Screening, Reliance on Self-identification, and Lack of Information on Procedures
Children lack adequate information about the age determination process (including whether documents are accepted and whether there is an appeal). Some migrants who request an age determination procedure are seemingly ignored: interviewees reported telling authorities they were minors but never receiving age determination. Other children never request an age determination because they lack information on the procedure.
For example, Perry O., a Ghanaian migrant, said he traveled to Malta shortly before he turned 17in 2008. He reported that he told the detention guards that he was 16 years old, but he was never interviewed by AWAS or given a medical test to determine his age. He did not know if the guards ever reported his claim to AWAS.[177] Chris K., from Nigeria, said he was 17 when he arrived in 2007. He reported: "I told them I was a child but they still put me in detention for 10 months. I told the police when I came in."[178] Like Perry, Chris said he never received an interview with AWAS and does not know what happened to his claim.
A number of interviewees chose not to inform authorities that they were children, often on the advice of fellow migrants. Ousmane H., from Mali, said: "I came when I was 17. I spoke no English, I had no-one who could understand me. I was told by a Somali guy not to reveal my age."[179] Bello, a Nigerian migrant who said he reached Malta when he was 16 years old, had a similar story: "The captain told all the people on my boat not to say we were below 18."[180] Bello later tried to report his real age:
Before we knew it we were in detention. They just record your details, you don't know what we're supposed to do…. When I got information from immigration, I rushed back to say I'm 16. I went back to the security to tell them I was a child … They didn't accept it; they sent me back into Safi [the detention facility].[181]
There is no appeal of the age determination process within AWAS (and while an appeal to the Immigration Appeals Board is possible, it is rarely done), nor is there any clear guidance on whether documents are accepted.[182] Cherif M. reported that he was 17 when he arrived in Malta in 2011. He waited one month in detention for his initial interview with AWAS, he said, and was rejected: "A friend faxed my photocopied birth certificate from Chad. AWAS wouldn't take it."[183]
The government should do more to provide children with reliable information about the age determination procedure. Children receive no guidance on the content of the procedure, whether documents will be useful, or whether they can appeal. Malta has taken considerable steps in providing information to migrants about the process for asylum, including by conducting information sessions to every incoming migrant. It could easily do the same for the age determination process.
Lack of Legal Representation in Asylum Proceedings and in Challenging Detention
Unaccompanied migrant children in Malta receive little or no legal representation, either in requesting asylum or in challenging detention in age-disputed cases. The Maltese government relies heavily on non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations, including the Jesuit Refugee Service and UNHCR, to provide counseling to unaccompanied migrant children and other vulnerable migrants in detention. However, this is insufficient to meet the government's obligations to provide children in asylum proceedings with legal representation.
Children involved in asylum procedures should, in addition to the appointment of a guardian, be provided with legal representation, according to the CRC.[184] The lack of representation in first instance proceedings means it is harder for children to understand the proceedings and present their case. For example, Labaan said he struggled to understand the asylum procedure: "I had three interviews with two different people. It made me confused."[185]
Each unaccompanied child in Malta is, at the conclusion of the age determination procedure, assigned a guardian when the Minister for Justice, Dialogue, and the Family issues a care order for the child, at the direction of the Children and Young Persons Advisory Board.[186] According to the CRC, the guardian's job should be much broader than that of a legal representative (as above, for asylum proceedings or to challenge detention): the guardian, who need not be a lawyer, should be consulted on all actions taken for the child in order to ensure that the child's "legal, social, health, psychological, material and educational needs are adequately covered.[187] Nonetheless, this is not a substitute for legal representation.
The Maltese government has made considerable strides in asylum processing in the 10 or so years since it started receiving significant numbers of asylum applications, and now has one of the fastest processing times and lowest backlogs in the EU. Simultaneously, those responsible for first instance decisions in the Office of the Refugee Commissioner have undergone training on the specific needs of children seeking asylum through the EU-sponsored European Asylum Curriculum, and the Refugee Commissioner has urged his staff to view children's cases in light of child-specific forms of persecution and appropriate credibility standards. While the Maltese government is to be commended on these steps, children applying for asylum still do not enjoy the requisite assistance.
As noted above, in meeting with Human Rights Watch, the Refugee Commissioner stressed that Malta has one of the highest rates of asylum applications per capita in the industrialized world—20.1 applicants per 1,000 inhabitants—and that even those not granted asylum still tend to receive other forms of protection. He pointed to this as a reason why it is not necessary for all migrants to be provided with legal representation in the first instance. [188] While this may be a valid argument for adults, provision of legal representation to unaccompanied migrant children is required by law, and necessary to protect the interests of this vulnerable group. Such representation is unlikely to be financially burdensome: there are approximately less than 100 unaccompanied children who claim asylum each year.
Likewise, unaccompanied migrant children who are detained for illegal entry do not receive legal representation. According to the European Court of Human Rights in Louled Massoud, the Maltese legal system lacks the necessary "effective and speedy remedy" for challenging the lawfulness of immigration detention. Article 37(d) of the CRC mandates that children deprived of their liberty should have prompt access to legal assistance, and the Committee on the Rights of the Child has emphasized that this specifically applies to unaccompanied migrant children in immigration detention.[189]
[137] Human Rights Watch interviewed 11 boys who went through the age determination procedure and were determined to be children. The average time in detention (pending age determination) for these boys was 3.4 months. In a letter of March 9, 2012, and ensuing emails, Human Rights Watch repeatedly requested data from the Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers on the duration and outcomes of the age determination procedures.
[138] European Migration Network (Maltese National Contact Point), "Unaccompanied Minors in Malta: Their Numbers and the Policies and Arrangements for their Reception, Return and Integration," Valetta, Malta, May 2009, http://www.mjha.gov.mt/MediaCenter/PDFs/1_EMN-Unaccompanied%20Minors%20Study%20FINAL%20VERSION%20(c).pdf (accessed July 6, 2012), p. 16.
[139] UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment No. 6, para. 62.
[140] Council of Europe, Commissioner For Human Rights, Positions on the Rights of Minor Migrants in an Irregular Situation, Position Paper (2010)6, Strasbourg, 25 June 2010, available at: https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1654377.
[141] Save the Children, UNHCR, UNICEF (Separated Children in Europe Program), Statement of Good Practice, 4th Revised Edition, D5 and D6 (2009).
[142] Human Rights Watch interviews with Abdi M. and Ghedi H., Valetta, April 27, 2012.
[143] Human Rights Watch interview with Supt. Sandro Zarb, International Relations Unit and Supt. Neville Xuereb, Immigration Department, Malta Police, Floriana, Malta, May 1, 2012.
[144] Human Rights Watch interview with Supt. Sandro Zarb, International Relations Unit and Supt. Neville Xuereb, Immigration Department, Malta Police, Floriana, Malta, May 1, 2012.
[145] E.g. Human Rights Watch interview with Lt. Col. Brian Gatt, Commander Detention Service, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Safi Barracks, Safi, Malta, April 26, 2012.
[146] Human Rights Watch interview with Supt. Sandro Zarb, International Relations Unit and Supt. Neville Xuereb, Immigration Department, Malta Police, Floriana, Malta, May 1, 2012.
[147] Human Rights Watch interviews with Amr S., Khaled M., and Hossein D., Safi, Malta, April 30, 2012.
[148] Human Rights Watch interview with Bello E., Marsa, March 13, 2012, and follow up interview, Marsa, April 25, 2012.
[149] Human Rights Watch interview with Labaan X., Marsa, Malta, March 13, 2012.
[150] General Comment No. 6, para. 63.
[151] CRC, art. 37(c), ICCPR, art. 10(b). The CRC only allows the joint detention of children and adults if it is in the child's best interest. Ibid.
[152] "Special arrangements must be made for living quarters that are appropriate for children and that separate them from adults[.]" UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment No. 6, para. 63.
[153] European Court of Human Rights, Mubilanzila Mayeka and Kaniki Mitunga v. Belgium (Application no. 12178/03), Judgment of October 12, 2006, available at http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/45d5cef72.html (accessed June 7, 2012), paras. 58, 103.
[154] Human Rights Watch interview with Stéphane K., Marsa, Malta, March 15, 2012.
[155] Human Rights Watch interview with Kibreab A., Marsa, Malta, March 14, 2012.
[156] There have been periodic riots at the detention facilities to which detained children were exposed. Human Rights Watch interview with Lt. Col. Brian Gatt, Commander Detention Service, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Safi Barracks, Safi, Malta, April 26, 2012. See also International Commission of Jurists, "Not Here to Stay: Report of the International Commission of Jurists on its Visit to Malta on 26-30 September, 2011," May 2012, http://documents.icj.org/ICJMaltaMissionReport-Final.pdf (accessed June 6, 2012), pp. 20-21 (discussing a particularly serious riot on 16 August 2011 spurred by notification of deportation to some detainees, and noting the use of tear gas and rubber bullets to subdue the violence).
[157] Human Rights Watch interview with Ghedi H., Valetta, Malta, April 27, 2012.
[158] Human Rights Watch interview with Abdi M., Valetta, Malta, April 27, 2012.
[159] Human Rights Watch interview with Amr S., Safi, Malta, April 30, 2012.
[160] Human Rights Watch interview with Edgard O., Safi, Malta, April 30, 2012.
[161] CRC article 8, General Comment No. 6 para. 31 (a).
[162] Human Rights Watch interview with Labaan X., Marsa, Malta, March 13, 2012.
[163] Human Rights Watch interview with Kibreab A., Marsa, Malta, March 14, 2012.
[164] Human Rights Watch interview with Stéphane K., Marsa, Malta, March 15, 2012.
[165] Human Rights Watch interview with NGO staff member, Birkirkara, M February 27, 2012.
[166] Human Rights Watch interview with Sarah Borda Bondin, Service Manager, Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers, Ministry for Home and Parliamentary Affairs, Sliema, Malta, April 30, 2012. Good practices in age determination—a challenging field—are multidisciplinary; UNHCR and the Committee on the Rights of the Child have both recommended that states not base age determinations solely on the child's physical appearance, but also consider psychological maturity and the margin of error of medical exams, and to give the child the benefit of doubt.United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), "Guidelines on Policies and Procedures in Dealing with Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum" (hereafter UNHCR Guidelines), February 1997, http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=search&docid=3ae6b3360 (accessed September 1, 2008), section 5.11; General Comment No. 6, para. 31 (i).
[167] Human Rights Watch interview with Sarah Borda Bondin, Service Manager, Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers, Ministry for Home and Parliamentary Affairs, Sliema, Malta, April 30, 2012. Many other European countries also use medical testing to determine the age of unaccompanied migrant children, though the science is inexact. "Methods for assessing the age of migrant children must be improved," Council of Europe press release, CommDH018(2011), August 9, 2011, https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1818617&Site=DC (accessed May 12, 2012).
[168] "Age determination is an inexact science and the margin of error can sometimes be as much as 5 years either side." Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Health of Refugee Children: Guidelines for Practitioners (London: 1999), p. 13. Pediatricians have further argued that it amounts to a violation of medical ethics to expose children to radiation in X-rays for non-medical purposes. Ibid., pp. 13-14
[169] Separated Children in Europe Program, Position Paper on Age Assessment in the Context of Separated Children in Europe, 2012, p. 9.
[170] Human Rights Watch interview with Sarah Borda Bondin, Service Manager, Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers, Ministry for Home and Parliamentary Affairs, Sliema, Malta, April 30, 2012. Good practices in age determination are that medical examination is just one possibility for assessment, along with personal interviews, searches for documentation, and psychological evaluation. Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Unaccompanied Children in Europe: Issues of Arrival, Stay and Return, Rapporteur: Ms Mailis Reps, Estonia, Section 3.2.2, para. 30, available at: http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc11/EDOC12539.pdf.
[171][171] Human Rights Watch interview with Sarah Borda Bondin, Service Manager, Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers, Ministry for Home and Parliamentary Affairs, Sliema, Malta, April 30, 2012.
[172] Human Rights Watch interview with Christophe G., Fgura, Malta, May 3, 2012.
[173] General Comment No. 6, para. 61.
[174] Human Rights Watch interviews with Dalmar H., Nadif K., Korfa A., and Erasto M., Marsa, Malta, March 15, 2012.
[175] Human Rights Watch interview with Alex Tortell, Director of the Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers, Ministry for Home and Parliamentary Affairs,, Valetta, Malta, March 14, 2012.
[176] Human Rights Watch interview with Sarah Borda Bondin, Service Manager, Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers, Ministry for Home and Parliamentary Affairs, Sliema, Malta, April 30, 2012.
[177] Human Rights Watch interview with Perry O., Sliema, Malta, March 16, 2012, and follow up, Bugibba, Malta, April 28, 2012.
[178] Human Rights Watch interview with Chris K., Marsa, Malta, April 25, 2012.
[179] Human Rights Watch interview with Ousmane H., Sliema, Malta, March 14, 2012.
[180] Human Rights Watch interview with Bello E., March 13, 2012.
[181] Human Rights Watch interview with Bello E., Marsa, March 13, 2012, and follow up interview, Marsa, April 25, 2012.
[182] Human Rights Watch interview with Sarah Borda Bondin, Service Manager, Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers, Ministry for Home and Parliamentary Affairs, Sliema, Malta, April 30, 2012.
[183] Human Rights Watch interview with Cherif M., Safi, Malta, May 3, 2012.
[184] General Comment No. 6, para. 33.
[185] Human Rights Watch interview with Labaan X., Marsa, Malta, March 13, 2012.
[186] Human Rights Watch interview with Mario Friggieri, Refugee Commissioner, Valetta, Malta, April 27, 2012; Republic of Malta, "Irregular Immigrants, Refugees, and Integration: Policy Document," 2005, p. 21.
[187] General Comment No. 6, para. 33.
[188] Human Rights Watch meeting with Mario Friggieri, Valetta, Malta, April 27, 2012.
[189] General Comment No. 6, para. 63.


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Small startups as well as big-name western companies have flocked to the metropolis of 14 million people, attracted by cheap labour costs and favourable government investment policies and hoping to tap into China's rapidly expanding consumer market.
And the Silicon Valley dream is becoming reality as the city, already a hi-tech manufacturing hub, seeks increasingly to become a magnet for software development and innovation.
Between one-third to one-half of the iPads sold worldwide are assembled in Chengdu, while computer giant Intel makes up to half of its chips in the city.
Far from the booming coastal regions, Chengdu can offer perks through the government's "Go West" development programme, with incentives for startups such as one-year interest-free loans.
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Chengdu is also developing a nearby "Software Park" as the city aims to go beyond manufacturing and become a centre of innovation.
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The application is being developed for pre-schoolers between one and three years old, the age at which children in Chengdu begin to toy with computer technology.
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Britton joins the energy company on 1 February from her role as strategic marketing director at insurer Axa UK, having previously held the position of head of marketing at Norwich and Peterborough Building Society.
She replaces Kevin Peake, who left Npower in August following 11 years with the brand, before subsequently joining Aviva as interim brand, sponsorship and corporate responsibility director.
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Last year, Npower rolled out a loyalty programme offering to reward consumers with exclusive deals from brands to which it provides energy services. The 'In Good Company' scheme provided deals from Caffe Nero, the Football League and the National Trust.
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| Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Tuesday in an article says that national reunification is the lifetime desire and behests of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and supreme task of all Koreans.
The article praised them as the eternal sun of the nation and lodestar for national reunification who worked heart and soul to the last moments of their lives to bring Koreans a reunified country.
They laid solid foundations for independent reunification of the country and eternal prosperity of the nation with their outstanding idea and through their energetic leadership, the article notes, and goes on:
These undying feats will shine long in the history of the country.
The Koreans' efforts to carry out their last instructions for national reunification are the most sacred struggle and a patriotic cause which are bound to emerge victorious.
It is the firm determination and will of Marshal Kim Jong Un to build on this land the most powerful country in the world by the concerted efforts of the Korean nation free from any interference by outsiders.
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When I was in grade school, from the time I stepped off the bus in the afternoon 'til sunset, my neighborhood was my entire world, and the possibilities were limitless.trentwalton.com
I believe my work counts most when I'm looking for new trails and feel brave enough to blaze them. I know that the minute I dismiss new discoveries or ideas because the way forward isn't clear is when I've lost my sense of wonder for web design. I hope like hell that never happens.
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One of my favorite documentaries is Jiro Dreams of Sushi, which tells the story of 85 year-old sushi master, Jiro Ono, who has spent his life honing his craft at a 10-seat restaurant in a Japanese subway station.trentwalton.com
Now that we have thousands of options whose quality varies greatly, I realize just how important it is to support type designers, enabling the creation of more, high-quality fonts and therefore better websites. The type designer's role is instrumental to the success of our work.
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I have a big monitor that sits on a big desk, which is littered with stacks of paper the same way my iMac is littered with stacks of apps. I see corners of windows everywhere, peeking out and siphoning shreds of attention away from the task at hand. This need to navigate from one app to the next has facilitated my evolution into a multitasking machine. Not since the arcade edition of Street Fighter II have I mastered so many gestures and key commands.
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Whether it's determining if a design might paint you into a corner when things begin to scale or how best to code a new feature out, getting help saves time and money. Don't be afraid to reach out to teams with specialized experience, whether in the form of production work or introductory consulting.
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Because the things we build rarely take one shape these days, it's key to keep in mind that our processes and teams probably shouldn't either. The time of neatly organized process charts and workflows is behind us. Building for the web has become a journey with infinite potential for forks and bumps in the road.
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I should be focused on making things truly scalable by thinking twice before I used pixel values in my CSS. Perhaps that's what RWD really should be defined as in the end—sites built on a fully-flexible foundation enhanced by media queries.
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So, how will the retina change the shape of the web, and do we need to rush to update everything we've ever built? Of course not, part of building for the web is accepting that everything is in a constant state of flux—there isn't enough time and money in the world to "fix" the internet every time a company releases a new technology.
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Ideas of Marchtrentwalton.com
To me, there's something sacred about reading a blog post on someone else's site. It's like visiting a friend's house for a quick meal 'round the breakfast table. It's personal— you're in their space, and the environment is uniquely suited for idea exchange and uninterrupted conversation. In many ways, we should be treating our blogs like our breakfast tables. Be welcoming & gracious when you host, and kind & respectful when visiting.
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The first is using media queries to adjust the width of a container, whether for the entire site or just a column of text. For example, I might start with a site container width of 98% for single column mobile narrow views, then gradually bump it down to 80% for full-width large screen views. Media query breakpoints and percentage amounts are, of course, dependent on the content and typefaces involved.
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Police have eradicated about 80 thousand marijuana plants in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest over the last two years. So why is that National Forest a hot bed for pot farmers?
Suzanne Florie with the National Forest says campers and hikers are being warned to avoid any type of farms they may stumble across this summer. She says growers may be armed and anyone who runs into any signs of a farm should leave, try to mark the location by landmarks or waypoints and notify law enforcement.


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Top down integration testing is an incremental integration testing technique which begins by testing the top level module and and progressively adds in lower level module one by one. Lower level modules are normally simulated by stubs which mimic functionality of lower level modules. As you add lower level code, you will replace stubs with the actual components. Top Down integration can be performed and tested in breadth first or depth firs manner.
- Driver do not have to be written when top down testing is used.
- It provides early working module of the program and so design defects can be found and corrected early.
- Stubs have to be written with utmost care as they will simulate setting of output parameters.
- It is difficult to have other people or third parties to perform this testing, mostly developers will have to spend time on this.
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In �The Story of an Hour,� Kate Chopin describes to her readers a young woman�s response to her husband�s death, or at least his presumed death. The opinions readers will draw from this story will vary from person to person due to personal experiences. The experience and wisdom that I have gained through the trails and tribulations of my life help me to understand, relate, and even despise Mrs. Mallard�s character. On one hand, I feel pity for Mrs. Mallard. I think she felt trapped in a situation that she found to be inescapable. She felt lonely, restless, and did not know how to help herself. Yet, on the other hand, I do not feel sorry for her character. Almost immediately after finding out that her husband is dead, she rejoices at her newfound freedom. I think that her actions portray in her a selfish and cowardly nature.
The story takes place in the late nineteenth century, a time when women had very limited rights. Mrs. Mallard, a young woman who has a bad heart, plays the main character in this story. She receives news that her husband has been killed in a railroad accident. Mrs. Mallard is shocked and bewildered by the death of her husband. However, the feeling of bewilderment is only a temporary feeling that quickly leads to an overwhelming sense of freedom. A freedom she has desperately longed for. Yet, shortly after receiving the news of her husbands death there is a knock at the door. Upon opening the door, she discovers that her husband is not dead, for he is standing in the doorway alive and well. Mr. Mallard�s appearance causes his wife to die. �[T]he doctors � said she [has] died of heart disease � of joy that kills� (12). However, I believe that she dies because she realizes that she will never be free. In addition, I believe this fact disappoints her to the point where she seems to feel that life is not worth living without freedom.
I think Mrs. Mallard felt trapped in her marriage, a marriage where communication no longer existed. I believe this caused her to feel very alone and restless in her marriage. In the late nineteenth century, women basically had little or no rights. It was thought that women�s sole purpose in society was to marry, have children, and to care for their family and household. Women of this era were not allowed to satisfy their own wants and desires. Therefore, we can assume that Mrs. Mallard got married at a young age. This fact, along with the crumbling of her marriage caused her to feel lost in a world where she knew not even herself. The fact that she was unable to experience life for herself resulted in her yearning desire for independence. These explanations contributed to Mrs. Mallard�s overwhelming enjoyment of her newfound freedom.
I know how it is to feel trapped in a relationship that is going bad. One feels there is no reasonable way out; this can cause a person to become lonely and impatient for independence. The fact that I have experienced a similar situation enables me to relate to the character of Mrs. Mallard and can justify the feelings of sympathy and compassion I have towards her. In addition, I know how exciting it is to be able to experience life, adventures, and independence. In this way, I understand Mrs. Mallard�s irrepressible feeling of joy at her newfound liberation.
On the other hand, I feel that the instant happiness that Mrs. Mallard finds in her husband�s death is disturbing. This instant joy portrays the character of Mrs. Mallard as insensitive, selfish, and cowardly. The fact that Mrs. Mallard spent no more than a few moments mourning the presumed death of her husband depicts her character as heartless. She almost instantly converts her train of thought from mourning the death of her husband to rejoicing in her new life and newfound freedom. This conversion of thought shows the selfish aspect of her character. The fact Mrs. Mallard did not try to work out her problems with her husband exposes the cowardly side of her character. Instead, she just ran away from them, which simply increased the distance between her and her husband. I believe that simply facing up to the problems at hand and trying to work through them could eliminate this distance. In addition, Mrs. Mallard�s death reflects her cowardly characteristic. Although, Mrs. Mallard did not directly take her own life I do believe that indirectly she choose death as an escape from an unhappy life; a life where she had no freedom and was involved in an unhappy marriage.
�Each reader�s judgement of Mrs. Mallard and her behavior inevitably stems from his or her own personal feelings about marriage and the influences of societal expectations (14).� Thus, not every person that reads Kate Chopin�s, �The Story of an Hour� will feel both pity and dislike for Mrs. Mallard�s character as I did. This fact does not mean that the way I interpreted the story is wrong or right � it is just how I perceived it. Many factors influence the way individuals interpret stories or �things� in general. These factors include everything that shape people, such as life experiences, attitudes, age, gender, and so on.


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