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Recycled Father's Day Card
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There is nothing like turning trash to treasure! Recycle Dad's old newspaper to make this great craft for father's day. Dad will appreciate not only that you made him something so personal, but that you saved money and the Earth in doing so!
Tulip Soft Fabric Paint
- BI17212 Night Sky Pearl
- BI15809 Copper
- BI17211 Walnut Pearl
- Aleene's Acid-Free Tacky Glue
- Foil
- Sponge, cosmetic
- Scissors
- Cardstock, black 12" X 12"
- Jute
- Newspaper
- Paper cutter
- Clothespins
- Brown paper bag
Cut cardstock 6" X 12". Fold in half to create a 6" x 6", top fold card.
Cut a 6 " X 6" piece of newspaper (the stock market or sports page is a great choice), lettering for word "dad" (cut 1" outside letters), and a 7" X 7" piece of a brown paper bag.
Squeeze paints onto foil. Dampen cosmetic sponge with water and dip into one paint. Dip and smear, here and there all over the papers. Use a different color in the same way until all paints have been used. Let dry.
Tear edges of brown paper bag to make a 5 " x 5" square. Glue to top of card.
Crumple a larger piece of newspaper and then uncrumble to create a texture. Cut a piece 3-¼"x4-¼". Glue to a piece of slightly larger cardstock. Glue to upper area of card. Refer to picture.
Cut out desired letters. Glue to black cardstock that is slightly larger. Cut out, leaving a slight border. Glue to bottom area.
- Cut a 30" piece of jute. Tie a knot in center. Glue knot to upper left corner on cardstock. Tie knots to fit at each corner. Tie two ends in a knot at bottom right corner. Cut off excess. Glue in a few places between knots.
- Use clothespins to hold knots in place while working on jute. Let dry. Add sentiment to inside, if desired.
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May 09, 2012
I think its cute but you should add more colors to it. It is too copper
May 09, 2012
Blue and copper is one cool comboI tried it
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The man who saved the world
Let me nominate a candidate for the most unsung hero in the world. He is Stanislav Petrov, a 68-year-old pensioner living in obscurity in the Russian town of Fryazino.Â
A nuclear attack could have been imminent
Every human being alive in the world today owes Petrov a debt of gratitude that is beyond evaluation. Before he retired, Petrov was a Colonel in the Soviet Union's Strategic Rocket Forces. Almost exactly 24 years ago, he reported for duty as normal at a bunker outside Moscow.Â
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Ronald Reagan was supervising the biggest defence build-up in peacetime history, having called the Soviet Union the "evil empire". Historians argue that 1983 was probably the most dangerous period in the entire Cold War, with the sole exception of the Cuban missile crisis.
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Roundtable on "Central European Security: The Problem of Reassurance", 17 September 2015, Institute of International Relations Prague, International Visegrad Fund
The roundtable discussed current security context of Central Europe with a view to the crucial problem of reassurance. The speakers (Jan Ruzicka, Lecturer in Security Studies, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, Jiří Schneider, Senior Fellow and Director of Special Projects, Prague Security Studies Institute and Michal Kořan, Deputy Director, Institute of International Relations Prague) analysed the sources of insecurity and efforts to deal with them.
Conference on "Past and present-day lustration: similarities, differences, applicable standards", 7 September 2015, the Institute of International Relations Prague, the Venice Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic,
The IIR co-organized an expert conference on lustration on 7 September 2015. The main focus of the conference has been on the challenges posed by the second wave of lustration that started in the middle of the past decade. Among the speakers were for example Veronika Bílková, Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague and current member of the Venice Commission; Anna Dolidze, Georgian Deputy Defence Minister; Serhiy Holovaty, advisor to the President of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; Hanna Suchocka, former Polish Prime Minister and current member of the Venice Commission and Kateřina Šimáčková, judge of the Constitutional Court.
A public lecture with a subsequent discussion on the topic "A Secure Europe in a Better World?", 6 May 2015, Institute of International Relations Prague
The Centre for European Security of the Institute of International Relations cordially held a public discussion on the future of security in Europe with J. Peter Burgess, Research Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), and Ivan Krastev, Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia. The discussion combined the perspectives of a high-profile public intellectual and a distinguished critical scholar, and it was aimed at both a general audience and policy communities. The format of this discussion exemplifies the mission and purpose of the Centre for European Security, which was launched in December 2014, and which seeks to combine cutting-edge scholarship with policy-relevant outputs and public engagement on issues pertaining to European security.
Introducing the new Centre for European Security
As Director Petr Kratochvíl noted when launching the Centre for European Security (CES) at the Prague Agenda Conference, the post-Cold War order and the European security landscape are changing rapidly and significantly, and the EU and its member states face new challenges at home and abroad. It is in this context that the IIR has established its new CES. The Centre will take up the challenge of exploring the new contours of the emerging global security (dis)order from a European – and particularly Central European – perspective. The CES is unique in the region in that it brings together experts from the fields of Security Studies and European Studies and in that it approaches security in the distinctly European ways that have emerged in the last twenty years. The Centre uses academic excellence as the basis for informing policy and public debates on security and is well positioned to provide fresh insight into security in Europe, the security of Europe and the role of the EU and its member states as security actors.
More information about CES here
Presentation of "Russia and the World: 2015 IMEMO Forecast", 29 January 2015, Institute of International Relations, Prague
The Centre for European Security of the Institute of International Relations Prague had the pleasure of hosting Boris Frumkin and Irina Kobrinskaya, two scholars from IMEMO (the Russian Institute of World Economy and International Relations) who presented their institute's annual forecast 'Russia and the World' for 2015.
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Petr Kratochvíl, Von Falken und Russlandfreunden, Zeitschrift Osteuropa, Heft 9-10/2014
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Centre for European Security of the IIR, European Security Spotlight, Centre for European Security of the Institute of International Relations on-line series
We would like to introduce to you the recently launched publication series from the new Centre for European Security (CES) of the Institute of International Relations Prague. The European Security Spotlight series offers timely, concise, policy-oriented insights into European security affairs. Its regular analyses zoom in on events of major significance, assess their strategic implications, and offer policy guidance to relevant decision-makers in the Czech Republic, Central Europe, and the EU as a whole. Drawing on the academic expertise of IIR fellows and affiliated scholars, the purpose of the series is to provide additional context and analytical depth to help readers make sense of the fast-changing security landscape in Europe and its neighbourhood. The first six Spotlights can be found on our website: 'Lebanon – Resilient for Now' and 'The Risks of (Anti-)Muslim Radicalism' by Jan Daniel; 'A Fragile Vote for Europe' and 'Syriza: A Greek Trojan Horse' by Michal Simecka; and 'All in the Same Boat' and 'From Vicious to Virtuous: Transforming the Ukraine Crisis' by Benjamin Tallis.
http://iir.cz/en/static/centre-for-european-security – link to CES page from where all ESS can be downloaded.
http://www.dokumenty-iir.cz/ESS/ESS_1.pdf 'Lebanon – Resilient for Now'
http://www.dokumenty-iir.cz/ESS/ESS_4.pdf 'The Risks of (Anti-)Muslim Radicalism'
http://www.dokumenty-iir.cz/ESS/ESS_2.pdf 'A Fragile Vote for Europe'
http://www.dokumenty-iir.cz/ESS/ESS_5.pdf Syriza: A Greek Trojan Horse?
http://www.dokumenty-iir.cz/ESS/ESS_6.pdf From Vicious to Virtuous: Transforming the Ukraine Crisis http://www.dokumenty-iir.cz/ESS/ESS_3.pdf 'All in the Same Boat'
Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň, Transition Experience 2.0, IIR Policy Paper, December 2014 http://iir.cz/en/article/transition-experience-2-0
After twenty-five years of independent foreign policy making, the Central European countries must rethink their post-communist experience. The Transition Experience 2.0 narrative links the relatively successful development of the region not only to the political rights gained after 1989 but also to the social rights inherited from the socialist era.
6th International Symposium "Czech Foreign Policy", 19-20 November 2014, IIR, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
2014 was already the sixth year in which the Institute of International Relations organized this phenomenally successful symposium on Czech Foreign Policy, traditionally held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. The history of this unique event goes back to 2009. That year's symposium was the first time that there was a presentation of Czech foreign policy aimed at the professional and public community, and it had a slightly different, previously unseen format. The VIth International Symposium was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the 19th to the 20th of November, 2014. Read more
The conference "The Prague Agenda 2014", 4-5 December 2014, IIR, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
The international conference "The Prague Agenda 2014", organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and the Institute of International Relations in Prague was held on 4–5 December 2014.
The aim of this international conference, the fourth of this kind, was to further discuss the issues related to the "Prague Agenda" announced by US President Obama in April 2009. The prospects and challenges related to the 2015 NPT Review Conference as well as regional aspects of the nuclear disarmament in the Middle East and Asia were in focus. Non-proliferation, nuclear disarmament and security were among the main topics discussed. The whole world should be able to secure its space against potential nuclear threats. Europe is mostly in danger in this respect because of the increasing possibilities of Middle Eastern countries gaining nuclear materials and technology. Read more
A public lecture in cooperation with Forum 2000: "The Internal Balance of Power in Current Russia and the Opposition´s Chances to Reach Out to the Society", 14 October 2014, IIR, Forum 2000
Forum 2000 in cooperation with the Institute of International Relations presented a public lecture with the title "The Internal Balance of Power in Current Russia and the Opposition's Chances to Reach Out to the Society" by Professor Andrey Zubov who is a Russian historian and political scientist, a Doctor of History, and a former Professor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).
Read more here.
The international conference sponsored by the International Visegrad Fund on "The Visegrad Group in the Post-Lisbon EU: Getting Closer to Move Further" took place on 30 April 2014 and is co-organised by IIR, HIIA, PISM, SFPA
(The Institute of International Relations in Prague in cooperation with the Polish Institute of International Affairs, the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and the Slovak Foreign Policy Association). The event will take place on Wednesday, 30th April 2014 and sumed up the findings of a two and a half year project carried out with the support of the International Visegrad Fund. The conference also expanded the horizon so that all the relevant themes were considered through the prism of the 10 year anniversary of the EU membership of the V4 countries.
Zoltán Gálik of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs in Budapest; Agata Gostynska of the Polish Institute of International Affairs in Warsaw; Roderick Parkes of the Polish Institute of International Affairs in Warsaw; Anita Sobják of the Polish Institute of International Affairs in Warsaw and Tomáš Strážay of the Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association in Bratislava appeared among the distinguished speakers. Report.
The Institute of International Relations organised a public lecture with a subsequent discussion by Graham Avery – a Member of St. Antony's College, University of Oxford; a Senior Adviser at the European Policy Centre, Brussels; and an Honorary Director General of the European Commission. The lecture will was held on April 29 in the IIR.
The panel discussion was organised together with the Directorate General for Enlargement of the European Commission.
The sustainable social development of South East Europe is crucial not only for the political and social stability of the region, but also for the entire European Union. The objective of this event was to present, assess and mutually learn from the diverse experiences of the donors and implementers of EU and bilateral projects, notably those under the umbrella of the EU's Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and the transition policy and development cooperation of the Czech government. The ultimate goal of the event, which as held on 24 April 2014 at the IIR, was to find synergies between the European and Czech instruments in this context. Among the speakers were Henk Visser (Programme Manager, Unit D3, Regional Programmes, DG Enlargement, European Commission) and Namik Hadzalic, the LOD Capacity Development Coordinator.
Mats Braun, The Europeanization of Environmental Policy in the New Europe – Beyond Conditionality, Ashgate Publishing, April 2014
Prior to the European Union (EU) 2004/2007 enlargement there were several predictions that this event would hamper progressive decision-making within the EU on environmental policy. It was believed that the new member states had adopted EU rules as a consequence of the EU's conditionality and consequently they would rather slow down the reform speed in the field after accession.
In this book, Mats Braun offers an up-to-date account of how post-communist member states have handled policy initiatives in the field of environmental policy after accession. Using detailed case studies of how Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania dealt with two different EU policy initiatives – REACH and the Climate-Energy Package – he explores whether social norms and the process of socialization can help us understand why the track record of the new member states in the area of environmental policy is more varied than was originally envisaged prior to the enlargement.
The book will be presented to the public in the Institute of International Relations on 23 April 2014.
Vít Beneš, Mats Braun, contribution to the publication Differentiated Integration in the EU – From the Inside Looking Out, CEPS, 28 January 2014
Vít Beneš and Mats Braun contributed to the new CEPS publication on the external dimension of the multi-speed, multi-tier European Union. The publisher, the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), is among the most experienced and authoritative think tanks operating in the European Union today. The authors include (apart from Mr. Beneš and Mr. Braun) Steven Blockmans, Richard Corbett, Elaine Fahey, Ester Herlin-Karnell, Theodore Konstadinides, Adam Łazowski, Claudio Matera, Juan Santos Vara and Csaba Törő.
The IIR together with the Polish Institute of International Affairs and the partners of the project organized an expert workshop held on March 12 at the IIR. The workshop consisted of three panels: "Disentangling the Sovereign and Banking Crises", "The Banking Union and the Future of the Eurozone Integration" and "Doing Business Inside and Outside the Banking Union". Among the participants were Endre Domonkos, an Associate Professor at the Budapest Business School, Georgy Ganev from the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Bulgaria and Patryk Toporowski from the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) in Poland. More information can be found here.
The IIR together with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung organized an international conference held in the Great Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. The conference provided an insight into the rise of populism in the European Union, which is now, before the elections in the European Parliament, a topic of special importance. The keynote speakers were Petr Drulák, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, and Ernst Hillebrand, the Head of the Department for International Policy Analysis of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Berlin, and among the other speakers appeared Bálint Magyar, a former Minister of Education in Budapest, Tanja Binder, a member of the "Wahl-O-Mat" scientific team in Germany, Kai-Olaf Lang from the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin, Josef Janning, a Mercator Fellow at DGAP Berlin, and Agata Gostyńska from the Polish Institute of International Affairs in Warsaw. More information can be found here.
The Challenges of Qualitative Comparative Analysis
A seminar on "The Challenges of Qualitative Comparative Analysis", 9. December 2013, the Institute of International Relations (IIR), Prague.
On 9 December the IIR hosted a seminar with Professor Carsten Q. Schneider from the Central European University, Hungary on "The Challenges of Qualitative Comparative Analysis". The seminar was divided into two parts: "The Challenges of Qualitative Comparative Analysis" and "Doing Qualitative Comparative Analysis". The seminar was part of the project entitled The Cooperation Network for Research of the Non-European Areas (RESAREAS). More information available here.
Gender in Development and Post-Conflict Peace-Building
A conference on "Gender in Development and Post-Conflict Peace-Building", 5 December 2013, the Institute of International Relations (IIR), Prague and the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Prague.
On 5 December the IIR hosted a public lecture entitled Gender in Development and Post-Conflict Peace-Building. The keynote speaker of this conference was Claudia von Braunmühl, an Honorary Professor of International Relations at Freie Universität Berlin. The lecture addressed gender in development and post-conflict peace-building because while each of these policy areas has its own characteristic features, overarching gender stereotypes and patriarchal attitudes operate in both of them. More information available here.
International Symposium "Czech Foreign Policy"
The V. International Symposium "Czech Foreign Policy", with a specific focus on "Democracy and Democratization", 12 -13 November 2013, the Institute of International Relations (IIR), Prague and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
This year the Symposium focused on the support for democracy in Czech foreign policy. After the domestic views were presented and some newly elected Czech politicians voiced their opinions, foreign experts spoke about how our support for democracy is viewed by those living in other countries. Apart from many well-known Czech participants such as Karel Schwarzenberg (Member of the Parliament, TOP 09, former Minister of Foreign Affairs) the conference welcomed the following speakers, among others: Adrian Basora, the Director of the Project on Democratic Transitions at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia and a former US ambassador to Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, and Charles Gati, a Professor from Johns Hopkins University who presented his new publication Zbig: The Strategy and Statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski at the conference. More information available here.
On 12 and 13 November IIR together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted fifth year of symposium on Czech foreign policy.
Since May 20, 2013 the Institute of International Relations, Prague has a new director, Petr Kratochvíl. His research interests cover theory of international relations, European integration, Central and Eastern Europe, the religion-politics nexus and international political philosophy. He has published about a hundred monographs, edited volumes, book chapters, and articles, among others in Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of International Relations and Development, Europe-Asia Studies, and Journal of Communist and Post-Communist Studies.
Conference on "The National Perspectives on the Future of the EU",10 October 2013, Institute of International Relations, CERI–Sciences Po, Paris and CEFRES
On 10 October the IIR together with CERI–Sciences Po, Paris and CEFRES hosted an international conference at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, entitled "The National Perspectives on the Future of the EU". The conference provided insight into Czech, Polish, German, French and British views of the future development of the EU. Keynote speakers at the conference included Christian Lequesne, Director, CERI-Sciences Po, Paris; David Cadier, Fellow, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London ; Piotr Maciej Kaczyński, Policy Adviser, European Parliament, Brussels; Barbara Lippert, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin; Thomas Raineau, Université Paris IV – Sorbonne, IRICE, Paris; and William Paterson, Honorary Professor of German and European Politics, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University, Birmingham, Petr Kratochvíl, Director, Institute of International Relations, Prague and Vladimír Handl, Researcher, Institute of International Relations, Prague. Here you can consult the event's website.
Conference on "German Federal Elections 2013 and German-French Tandem in Europe – Implications for German-Czech Cooperation",14 October 2013, The Institute of International Relations and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
On 14 October the IIR together with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung hosted an international conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prague, entitled "German Federal Elections 2013 and German-French Tandem in Europe – Implications for German-Czech Cooperation". The aim of the conference was to analyze the role of German-French tandem in the EU in the context of the euro zone crisis and the radical change in German energetic, this all in connection to federal elections, which were held on 22nd September 2013. Among the speakers were: Nico Lange, Deputy Head of Department Politics and Consulting, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin, Stefan Heinlein, ARD-Studio Prague; Barbara Kunz, Head of "European Dialogue" Section; Foundation Genshagen, Elsa Tulmets, CERI, Paris, Professor William E. Paterson, Aston University, Birmingham, Vladimír Handl, Institute of International Relations, Prague, Felix Christian Matthes, Öko-Institut, Berlin, Member of Energy Advisory Group of European Commission for Energy Roadmap 2050. Here you can consult the event's website.
Petr Drulák, Šárka Moravcová (editors), Non-Western Reflection on Politics, Peter Lang edition, 2013, ISBN 978-3-631-64354-9.
"Recent rise of the non-Western parts of the world makes the need for a genuine global dialogue more urgent than ever before. To take an effective part in it, the West needs to face a conceptual challenge. The Western understanding of the political world is based on such deeply ingrained concepts as power, politics, statecraft, cooperation, multilateralism, dependence, identity or human rights. The Westerners tend to wrongly assume that everyone else is bound to share these concepts. This book shows that the reality is different. Investigating African, Asian, Islamic and Latin American political thinking, the book introduces non-Western concepts of politics as well as non-Western readings of seemingly familiar Western concepts. By doing this, it points to the obstacles to the global dialogue as well as to opportunities which may be exploited."
Contents: Petr Drulák: Introduction: For a Global Dialogue – Arlene B. Tickner: Core-Periphery Knowledge Exchange: The Case of Latin America – Francis B. Nyamnjoh: Politics of Back-Scratching in Cameroon and Beyond – Petr Kratochvíl: Islamic Democracy: A Contradiction in Terms? – Petr Drulák: Chinese Political Metaphysics: The Book of Changes – Šárka Moravcová: The Liberation Project: A Mexican Experience – Petr Skalník: Chieftaincy and Political Culture: The Case of Ghana – Miloš Mendel: Dar al-Islam, Dar al-Harb and Hijra: Classical Paradigms in Modern Arab World – Wang Fan: Chinese Traditional Culture and East Asian Security Cooperation – Miroslav Jurásek: Dependence Theory: Comparing Latin America and Africa – Zora Hesová: Human Rights and Islam: Constitutional Debates in Egypt and Tunisia – Michal Kolmaš: Multilateralism: United States and Japan – Šárka Moravcová: Conclusion: Between Traditionalism and Westernisation. More information on the book.
Kratochvíl, Petr (editor), The EU as a Political Actor: The Analysis of Four Dimensions of the EU's Actorness, Nomos Publishers, June 28, 2013, isbn-10: 3832972234, isbn-13: 978-3832972233
To innovatively explore various facets of European integration is the aim of a new book "The EU as a Political Actor: The Analysis of Four Dimensions of the EU's Actorness" edited by Petr Kratochvíl. The unifying theme of the book is the EU´s actorness in international affairs. In this new publication edited by Petr Kratochvíl four individual dimensions of its actorness are explored – the EU´s legitimacy, its external recognition, its attractiveness, and its power to frame policy. These four dimensions are explored both theoretically and in the context of several empirical case studies. The book will be of utmost interest to both practitioners and students of European integration. You can consult the book here.
Public lecture "The Arab Spring: The Moroccan Perspective", 10 June 2013, the Institute of International Relations (IIR), Prague. A public lecture and a subsequent discussion with Abdelilah Benkirane, Prime Minister of Morocco.
Ondřej, Ditrych, To Catch a Fogle, Institute of International Relations, Prague, May 2013, available here.
New, special issue of Perspectives, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2012, is dedicated to the fascinating theme of Europe, seen from the "outside".
This special issue includes contributions on this topic from leading scholars from China, India, Brazil, Russia, Japan and Turkey. These countries were chosen in order to provide a variety of perspectives and reflect inherent European interests.
More information and editorial from professors of the University of Oxford, Hartmut Mayer and Jan Zielonka, you can read on the website http://www.perspectives.cz!
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Elsa, Tulmets (ed.): Identities And Solidarity In Foreign Policy: East Central Europe and the Eastern Neighbourhood, Institute of International Relations, Prague 2012.
The concepts of identity and solidarity have become particularly relevant in the context of regional integration. However, larger comparative approaches to the foreign policy identity of EU members remain rare, even after the EU's Eastern enlargement in 2004/07. There is even less work on solidarity in foreign policy. The core idea of this publication is thus to investigate the link between identity and solidarity in the foreign policy of members of the European Union (EU), in particular its East Central European (ECE) members. Although many publications account for an interest in ECE foreign policies, only few analysts have tackled them in a comparative perspective. In fact, the study of ECE policies was so far constrained by the political agenda of accessions to the EU and the fi eld of foreign policy remained underestimated.
In collaboration with CERI–Sciences Po, Paris the IIR arranges a one day conference with the heading – "Germany in Europe: Franco-Czech Reflections". Venue – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czernin Palace), The Mirror Hall, Prague.
Please find more information on the programme here.
In collaboration with the EPIN Network, CEPS and EUROPEUM, the IIR arrange a one day conference with the heading – On top of it all: A mid – life crisis in the EU? Political dynamics in Europe 2012. Venue – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czernin Palace), The Mirror Hall, Prague.
The calendar of IRR Events – Conferences, Lectures, Seminars, Roundtables is available here.
The conference was co-organised with the Polish Institute of International Affairs, the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and the Slovak Foreign Policy Association. The conference was sponsored by the International Visegrad Fund (IVF) and it is part of the project The Visegrad Group in the Post-Lisbon EU: Getting Closer to Move Further led by the IIR. The project is dedicated to enhancing academic, diplomatic, political and public policy cooperation of the four Visegrad countries (V4), with participation of the IIR, HIIA, PISM and SFPA and with support of the IVF.
Lecture on "What Made the OPCW Successful?" by H.E. Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 16 February 2015, Institute of International Relations in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Centre for European Security of the Institute of International Relations organized a lecture with a subsequent discussion with H.E. Ahmet Üzümcü, the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The topic of the lecture was "What made the OPCW successful?". The lecture dealt with the work of the OPCW in Syria, but it also touched upon other topics. A video from the lecture and the following interview with H.E. A. Üzümcü are now prepared for viewing.
Lecture on Europe, Israel and the Challenge of Radical Islam by Dr. Dan Schueftan, the Director of the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa, 18 February 2015, Institute of International Relations in cooperation with the Embassy of the State of Israel
Dr. Dan Schueftan is the Director of the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa, the Director of the International Graduate Program in National Security at the same university, a Visiting Professor (2012-2014) at the Department of Government at Georgetown University in Washington DC and a lecturer at the Israel Defense Forces National Defense College. In his lecture, he talked about radicalism, with a special focus on the radicalism in the Arab world and its recent religious form. The event was opened by H. E. Gary Koren, the Ambassador of Israel to the Czech Republic, and chaired by Petr Kratochvíl, the Director of the Institute of International Relations Prague. A video from the lecture and selected photographs are now prepared for viewing.
After decades of discussions, the EU offered very little to mitigate its democratic deficit. Now, faced with three imminent crises (the debt crisis, the euro crisis, the banking crisis), the "EU leaders" do not seem to bother with the questions of the democratic accountability and legitimacy of the EU's / eurozone's "economic governance". This paper tries to revisit the democratic deficit debate. Some of the contributors to the debate conceptualized the democratic deficit as an imbalance between executive and legislature. But the conceptualization of the democratic deficit applied in this paper is different. In my conceptualization, I follow an iconic phrase uttered by Abraham Lincoln: "Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people". On a more abstract level, a system of government is legitimate if those who are governed (government of) correspond to those who govern (government by). A democratic deficit occurs if a people are governed (government of the people), but they themselves do not govern.
Please read the entire publication here.
Ondrej Ditrych, Karabakh's Twenty Years Crisis: The EU Should Do More, policy paper, the Institute of International Relations, 21.5.2014.
Karabakh's Twenty Years Crisis: The EU Should Do More is a new policy paper by Ondřej Ditrych. Twenty years have passed since the armistice in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict was concluded. The EU, while designing an ambitious agenda to create a ring of peaceful and prosperous states in its neighbourhood, has so far eschewed more direct engagement in this matter. This policy paper argues that it should eschew it no longer, and outlines how it can do so without an excessive commitment on its part. Read more.
Petr Kratochvíl, Tomáš Doležal, The Ideational Clinch of the Roman Catholic Church and the EU: The Europeanization of the Catholic Clergy's Discourse?, article, Journal of Language and Politics, 22 May 2014.
This article by Petr Kratochvíl and Tomáš Doležal was published in the impacted Journal of Language and Politics. The article explores the so far largely ignored question of the political relations between the European Union and the Roman Catholic Church. It analyses the deeper mutual ideational influences of the two entities, asking whether there has been a convergence of views about several basic political notions between the Church and the EU. Read more.
Conference "Prague Agenda 2015", 14-16 October 2015, the Institute of International Relations Prague, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Metropolitan University Prague, Charles University in Prague and other partners
The aim of the 5th Prague Agenda conference organized on 14-16 October 2015 in the Czernin Palace of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic is to further discuss the issues related to the "Prague Agenda". This year's conference will focus primarily on Nuclear Deterrence: Enduring Concepts and Current Debates, NPT Review Conference 2015: Lessons and Future Prospects and also on Emerging Nuclear Powers. The event will include a closed expert workshop that will examine the ways in which debates on disarmament, deterrence and non-proliferation are framed and the consequences this has, as well as a parliamentary conference, open to all, on Eliminating the Risks of Nuclear Weapons – a part of the Annual Assembly of the international network of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND). We are proud to announce that among the distinguished speakers will be: Jacek Bylica, Principal Adviser and Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament, European External Action Service; Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London; Anne Harrington, Research Fellow, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zürich; Patrick Morgan, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Irvine; František Janouch, Nuclear physicist, Chair of the Charter 77 Foundation, Czech Republic; Marek Jukl, President, Czech Red Cross; Kingston Reif, Director for Disarmament and Threat Reduction Policy, Arms Control Association, USA; Ward Wilson, Senior Fellow and Director of the Rethinking Nuclear Weapons Project, British American Security Information Council.
The Institute of International Relations organized a presentation of policy papers by Tomáš Dopita and Anes Makul with a subsequent discussion on "What Should the New European Commission Do About the Western Balkans?".
The Czech Republic has been one of the foremost supporters of the enlargement process in the Western Balkans. However, recently the public support for enlargement has decreased significantly in the EU and the Czech Republic alike, and the newly elected President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker declared that no further enlargement will take place over the next five years. Moreover, while the current enlargement policies work well with most of the Western Balkan countries; Bosnia and Herzegovina is left to fail in this respect because it is not able to speak with a single voice. Can it be that the European public could block enlargement to the Western Balkans for much longer than "only" five years?.
Read more here.
The Institute of International Relations (IIR) is an independent public research institution which conducts scholarly research in the area of international relations since 1957. Its founder is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. The IIR tries to form a link between the academic world, the public and the international political practice.
The main activities of the Institute of International Relations comprise the following:
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For more information please refer to our website.
Conference on "European Union Institutions Fit for External Challenges", 12-13 November 2015, the Institute of International Relations Prague, the European Values Think-Tank, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and the Representation of the European Commission in the Czech Republic
The conference held on 12 and 13 November in the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague is organized in the framework of the Prague European Summit, a new platform for strategic dialogue about common responses to new challenges the European Union needs to deal with in different areas.
The Prague European Summit is conceived as a platform for a regular high-level strategic debate on the future of the European Union. Its goal is to look for common answers to the key challenges that Europe is facing in the economic, social, foreign-policy and institutional fields.
On 14 January 2014 the IIR hosted an international conference "Beyond North/South and East/West: Understanding Global Inequalities and Diversity". Among the speakers were Czech researchers as well as Asian, African or Latin American academic experts. The conference was held in Czernin Palace at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
This conference was co-financed by the European Social Fund and the state budget of the Czech Republic within the project entitled The Cooperation Network for Research of the Non-European Areas (RESAREAS).
Open Call for IIR Visiting Scholar, Institute of International Relations Prague
The Institute of International Relations Prague (IIR) is currently offering the position of a visiting scholar. It is an open call for all non-Czech senior or mid-career scholars or researchers regardless of their institutional or national affiliation.
The First Issue of New Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Journal of Central & East European Politics and International Relations, Institute of International Relations Prague
We are delighted to announce the publication of the first issue of New Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Journal of Central & East European Politics and International Relations. Like its forerunner, Perspectives, New Perspectives is published by the Institute of International Relations Prague, but it is now intended to provoke new constellations of scholarship across approaches and disciplines in order to challenge received wisdoms on and in the region. The first issue contains four original research articles, which address a variety of topics from the political philosophy of Giorgio Agamben to the social construction of 'contagion' and 'stability' in the Eurozone crisis, Czech perceptions on Turkish EU membership and parliamentary oversight of EU legislation. There is also an intervention piece on NATO's Russia strategy and a forum of responses to the IMEMO 'Russia and the World 2015 Report'. The Editorial and two sample articles are available to everyone online at the journal's blog site. Submissions to Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Tallis tallis©iir•cz (tallis©iir•cz) .
Rudolf Fürst, Filip Tesař, China's Comeback in Former Eastern Europe: No Longer Comrades, Not Yet Strategic Partners, the Institute of International Relations, 24 June 2014
New publication edited by sinologist Rudolf Fürst and his colleague Filip Tesař focuses on the relations among China and the states of so called "B-grade group" of the 16 post-communist states inside the EU. Their mutual dialogue perhaps cannot evolve into the kind of sophisticated sectoral dialogue with China that already exists on the EU-PRC partnership level; but still, their new 1+16 format for better ties with China is a new opportunity. In China the European post-communist transformation was under-researched and ideologized, and thus, the diversity and value of the non-western European regions may receive a new review and a new appreciation from China.
Anes Makul, Can the European Public Block the Enlargement to the Western Balkans?, policy paper, the Institute of International Relations, 10 October 2014
Although a European perspective was granted to the Western Balkan states during the European Council summit in Thessaloniki in 2003, the majority of European citizens, according to the Eurobarometer opinion poll, did not support further EU enlargement in 2013. The author, from a pro-enlargement position, cautiously asks, "Is there a danger that the 'pressure' of public opinion will help to postpone a further enlargement for much longer than 'only' a five year period, or even block it forever?" And what is the answer? Read policy paper by Anes Makul.
Tomáš Dopita, How Should We Deal with the Discrimination and Dysfunction in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Towards a New European Approach, policy paper, the Institute of International Relations, 1 October 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina's internal structure is regarded as discriminatory and dysfunctional. The process of European integration is stalled there. There is an urgent need to increase both the top-down and the bottom-up pressure on the local politicians so that they would pursue the necessary reforms. The top-down pressure on the country's politicians can be enhanced by a rationalisation of external institutional relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely by the closure of the Office of the High Representative. The bottom-up pressure on the local political representatives can be improved through societal integration in everyday life. Also, the current trend of the disintegration of common institutions and material structures needs to be countered. The country's societal integration should be nurtured by improving the means for common education, cargo and transport, private business and enterprise, agricultural production, and trade.
A conference on "Russo-Ukrainian Crisis and the Consequences for the EU", 11 June 2015, IIR Prague, CERI–Sciences Po, Paris and CEFRES
The Institute of International Relations, CERI–Sciences Po, Paris and CEFRES organized a conference focusing on the very current topic of the Ukraine crisis. The conference, which hosted several distinguished speakers such as Christian Lequesne (Professor, CERI-Sciences Po, Paris), Marie Mendras (Senior Research Fellow, CERI-Sciences Po, Paris) or Jacques Rupnik (Senior Research Fellow, CERI-Sciences Po, Paris), tried to find new approaches to this heatedly discussed topic. You can now watch the video from the conference at the IIR website or the IIR YouTube channel, and a few photos from it are included as well.
Michal Kořan et al., Czech Foreign Policy in 2013: Analysis, IIR Prague
This annual analysis is a part of a project of the Institute of International Relations, which, ever since 2007, aims to provide deep and thorough analyses of the Czech foreign policy. Every year the team of authors works with a single unifying framework in order to publish a comprehensive, coherent and multiperspective book that provides an insight into the Czech foreign policy. It consists of a focus on the political and conceptual background of the Czech foreign policy, and on the main agenda and the main actors carrying out this agenda, and it also looks into the media and public context of the foreign policy.
Gilles Lepesant, Fostering the Catching-Up Process of Central Europe: The Need for an Innovation-Oriented Cohesion Policy, IIR Policy Paper, June 2015
The future of the so far successful growth model of Central European economies, based on low-to-medium technology sectors, is under threat. The Central European countries have not undertaken sufficient reforms in the area of innovation, education and the labour market. The EU should commit to a stronger conditionality regarding the Cohesion Policy funds to provide a stronger incentive to beneficiary countries that need to enforce reforms and put into effect a better coordination between regional and sectoral policies of the EU. The reforms in the Member States should encompass business support structures together with education institutions to ensure that research incubators have meaningful impact on the competitiveness of their businesses. Those are the starting points of the new policy paper by Gilles Lepesant, Senior Researcher at CNRS (the National Centre for Scientific Research). He is also affiliated with Géographie-Cités (Paris) and CERI (Sciences-Po/CNRS).
The new issue of the IIR journal Perspectives Vol. 20, No. 1 , 2012 has been published
Perspectives (ISSN 1210-762X) is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year in English. Its subtitle is The Review of International Affairs. It has been published since 1993 and peer-reviewed since 2002. By now it has established itself as the leading journal in Central and Eastern Europe, dealing with ranges of issues from international relations theory to contemporary international politics, including regional and global issues that affect international relations.
Articles published in Perspectives are always based on strong theoretical framework and use sound methodological instruments. In order to ensure that these high standards are met, every article submitted for publication undergoes the process of peer review. Thus, at least two or three world's leading experts in the field concerned are asked to submit their review report on the article. Based on this report, the article is either published or sent back to the author for revision or turned down.
All the volumes of the IRR Journal Perspectives can be download here.
We are looking for a new International Law colleague by 30 April 2015
We are looking for a Senior Research Fellow in International Law. More specifically, the IIR is seeking to appoint one full-time or two part-time research fellow(s). The position would be held within the IIR Centre for International Law, which the Institute intends to establish. The principal duty of the research fellow(s) will be to conduct international quality research in international law and publish its results in international journals and publishing houses. In case of interest, please send a short cover letter, your curriculum vitae, your list of publications and one recent academic article that you consider to be your best to kanka©iir•cz (kanka©iir•cz) by 30 April.
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Flavonoid-Rich Dark Chocolate Improves Blood Vessel Function
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March 24, 2007 (New Orleans) -- There is more sweet news about chocolate. A cup of cocoa a day may help drive heart disease away, researchers say.
Overweight adults who drank a specially processed cocoa beverage significantly improved their blood vessel function in just two hours.
Improved blood function, in turn, mitigates the risk of cardiovascular disease, says researcher Valentine Yanchou Njike, MD, of the Yale Prevention Research Center in New Haven, Conn.
Njike credits flavonoids, a group of antioxidant compounds also found in fruits and vegetables. The more flavonoid-rich foods you eat, the lower your risk of heart disease, he says.
Studies have shown flavonoids appear to benefit blood vessel function by influencing the body's production of nitric oxide, which helps regulate blood vessel tone.
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Cocoa and other dark chocolate products are considered one of the most concentrated sources of flavonoids, Njike says.
But go easy on the milk chocolate: Though it too contains flavonoids, fats in milk can raise the risk of heart problems, particularly in overweight people. And white chocolate contains none of the heart-healthy flavonoids, says Robert S. Rosensen, MD, director of the preventive cardiology center at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
"One of the refreshing things about this is that we so often have to tell patients what they can't do, what they can't eat," says Rosensen, who moderated a news conference to discuss the findings at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology.
"Here we can tell them that a favorite mood-improving product can also improve their [heart] health," Rosensen says.
Cocoa Improves Blood Flow
The study involved 45 overweight or obese people aged 30 to 75. "We chose overweight people because they're at higher risk for cardiovascular disease," Njike says.
The participants drank an 8-ounce cup of sugar-free cocoa, sugared cocoa, or a hot nonfat milk beverage each morning for six weeks
The cocoa beverage was made with Hershey's Cacao Reserve, which uses a process that helps retain the flavonoids naturally found in cocoa beans. Hershey provided the cocoa beverage and also provided partial funding for the study.
Results showed that the ability of arteries to relax and expand to accommodate increased blood flow to the heart increased by about 39% by two hours after people drank the sugar-free cocoa. When they drank cocoa with sugar it improved by about 23%. In contrast, it dropped 12% when they consumed the nonfat milk drink.
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Rosensen notes that previous studies have shown that improvement in blood flow tends to fade about six hours after eating flavonoid-rich foods. "It could be that we're best off eating small cocoa snacks throughout the day," he says.
Despite the findings, the researchers caution against bingeing on dark bonbons. That's because not all chocolate and cocoa products are processed the same. In some cases, commercial producers of cocoa remove flavonoids because of their bitter taste, Rosensen note.
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SOURCES: American College of Cardiology 56th Annual Scientific Session, New Orleans, March 24-27, 2007. Valentine Yanchou Njike, MD, Yale Prevention Research Center, New Haven, Conn. Robert S. Rosensen, MD, director, the preventive cardiology center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago.
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Pencil & PS...
Damn, that's awesome.
One of my favorite scenes
Nicely done.
Nicely done.
Great work
yeah feels like just like in this scene, where Rutger's character chasing and than saving this enemy... For some reason by looking at that image i can tottaly recall the whole film... guess you took a right point of view and character and emotions!!
more human than human (c)
Perfectly captures the mood of the film
Very cool!
"I've ... seen things you people wouldn't believe!"
Much like this image - pure awesome!
Much like this image - pure awesome!
These from pencil straight to colour pictures you've done recently have a really nice feel to them, I almost prefer them to the inked ones. I would like to see a whole comic or at least a pages worth done like this.
Thanks Neil, I'm with you there. I intended to draw 'Last Road to The Backwoods' like this but that project appears to have stalled for the foreseeable future... think the style came about purely out of frustration with my own inking abilities, plus I like trying out new things all the time, keeps it fresh.
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I have a friend who is telling me that getting one increases the use of vacuums and foreceps as well as it's harder to push, but shes against them and didnt receive one for either of her two kids. Another con she said was the people she knows have gottwn chronic back pain every since getting one. I have another friend who gave birth a few months ago and said once they gave it to her she pushed that sucker out in twenty minutes.
Ultimately I know this is my body and my decision but I'm curious about thr not being able to push part... Is this bogus?


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Here's some Saturday multimedia to share with you guys. PhoneArena was able to score a few shots of the HTC Droid Eris in the wild, running Sense. There's also a
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I remember going, as a young boy, to the one movie theater in Wilson, Okla., where, for a dime, I could spend all Saturday afternoon watching the double features and the serials. (Am I dating myself?) I loved Westerns (especially John Wayne) and action movies. With a nickel bag of popcorn on my lap, I could escape and dream of being one of those Western or action heroes.
A few decades later, as most probably know, my dream became a reality. Because of my martial arts background and career, I was able to become an action-movie star in more than 20 major motion pictures, followed by 203 episodes of the television series "Walker, Texas Ranger."
Even to this day, my media room is where I like to go to relax and forget the pressures of everyday life by watching a good Western or action film. That's why films, especially action films, still are doing incredibly well at the box office, even in these trying economic times.
I'm grateful that action figures -- particularly martial artists -- continue to influence and entertain on the big screen. Long gone are the days when Bruce Lee and I "fought to the death" in the Roman Colosseum in "Return of the Dragon." But present and coming is a new group of actors who will keep the action arena alive and well.
So let me ask you this: Who really are the men and women who are going to keep the action arena alive and well? Who are the people who make action scenes so spectacular? Before I answer that, let me ask you another question: Would you risk your life to make someone else look good on the screen? That is what stuntmen and stuntwomen do. I can't even imagine how boring an action film would be if we didn't have the stuntmen doubling the action stars during dangerous scenes. Yet often their skillful and courageous work goes unrewarded.
Well, action fans, have no fear! Actionfest is here! Actionfest is the first and only film festival in the world to showcase only action films and those responsible for creating them (the actors, directors, producers, stuntmen, stunt coordinators and fight choreographers). Finally a film festival to honor the people who put the action in action films!
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i need this dress! lol
Haha, you'll need a lot of hard work then It's amazingly done!
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As required by the U.S. Constitution (Art. I, Sec. 2), the Census Bureau conducts a complete count of residents of the U.S. every ten years. The primary purpose of this count is to determine the apportionment of representatives in Congress. The information that is compiled in the Census is obtained from questionnaires. Some basic information (e.g.: age, sex, race) is obtained from all residents, whereas other, more detailed questions (e.g.: income, education, employment status) are only asked of a sample. Starting with the 2010 Census, sample data will no longer be compiled from the decennial census but rather will be optained through the American Community Survey.


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rivest266 on June 14, 2015 at 5:38 am
Grand opening ad as Five Point Drive-In from October 3rd, 1947 in photo section. It was the first drive-in to open in the area.
jwmovies on December 12, 2012 at 11:32 pm
Approx. address for this drive-in was 3402 Slide Road.
hoot on February 22, 2012 at 6:48 am
The Sunset/Five Points Drive-in located on the South/West corner of intersections 34th Street, Slide Rd, and Brownfield Why.
Mike Rogers on December 5, 2009 at 12:27 pm
In 1956 it held as mentioned above 350 cars it was owned in 1956 by P.E.Smith .He also owned the TRAIL DRIVE IN.in Lubbock.
Don Lewis on April 6, 2009 at 8:59 pm
A theater ad from 1959 for the Sunset Drive In in Lubbock.


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Standing cat is likely to elicit the response "he looks like people!" And for good reason. He looks like people. Especially at the 30-second point when you think, just for a second, he's going to scratch his head in bewilderment. (via Buzzfeed)


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It seems that everywhere you look there is a GPS advertisement, and for good reason. This system, when installed in a vehicle can help you in a variety of different situations. However, while all of this technology can be a wonderful thing to have at your fingertips, knowing how to use it can be a bit overwhelming. The following information is a general guide to most GPS vehicle systems and will help you navigate through the buttons and options with ease.
Perhaps one of the most important and emotional reasons to have a GPS vehicle tracking system installed in your car is the "panic" button. This button is to be used in cases of emergency. This can include everything from a fender bender to a carjacking, what ever the reason, when this button is pushed an operator at the GPS carrier can immediately listen to what is happening. If it is safe, and there is no robbery taking place, they will talk to you and help to asses the situation. If, however, they determine that it would be detrimental to speak to you, they will contact the authorities for you.
For instance, if you, or your children, lock you out of your car, it can easily be unlocked by phoning into the call center of the service you choose. This is also a very handy feature if you tend to lose your car in a crowded parking lot, they will find it for you and send the lights flashing and the horn honking for you. Maybe the best thing about being able to call for help in these types of situations is that you don't have to actually see the grins on the faces of the people you are speaking with.
If you happen to be traveling in your car and it begins to show signs of a mechanical issue, or perhaps it completely breaks down and leaves you stranded in the middle of nowhere, you will have the peace of mind of knowing that you only have to push a button and help will be summoned. Most systems will have this particular button labeled as a "communication" button.
For many parents, this device can give them peace of mind. It gives them the ability to call and check upon the exact whereabouts of a car that is being driven by a child without directly interfering with their plans.
The most obvious reason to have a GPS vehicle tracking system is in a situation where your car is stolen. If you ever become a victim of vehicle theft and are lucky enough to have a GPS system installed all you will need to do is to inform your GPS carrier of the theft. They can track the cars' exact location and its speed, when the vehicle has been located, they will call police to recover it for you.
The advantages of having a GPS vehicle tracking system installed are numerous, but beware of what you are paying for before you sign on the dotted line. Find out exactly what options your plan covers and what the monthly service fee is. Make sure also, that your system is being installed by someone who is licensed to do so.
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text: I'm converting my old steel road racer into a more upright, cruisey commuter. And since this conversion is straightening my riding posture, I'd like to take off the stiff old race saddle and put on a more comfortable Brooks sprung saddle. (I have a B67 on my other bicycle.) But this is the bike that I use when I know I'm going to lock my ride up out in public so I try to keep it as ugly and undesirable as I can. Can anyone recommend a pretty good sprung saddle that is upright-comfortable (and maybe can sit out in the weather) without being too expensive and alluring to thieves?


text: Hi, Please bear with me, I've only had the first sort of "pseudo-lecture" in ordinary d.e.'s this past week, and I was doing some reading ahead. It occurred to me that if linear first-order differential equations are those that can be written in the general form: [tex] \frac{dy}{dx} + P(x)y = Q(x) [/tex] and if I understood my prof's remark correctly that homogeneous linear first-order d.e.'s are those for which [itex] Q(x) = 0 [/itex], then all homogeneous first-order linear differential equations are actually separable because: [tex] \frac{dy}{dx} + P(x)y = 0 [/tex] [tex] \frac{dy}{dx} = -P(x)y [/tex] Which can be solved as follows: [tex] \int{\frac{dy}{y}} = -\int{P(x)dx} [/tex] ^^Looks separable to me. I just wanted to make sure I was getting the basics before I moved on. So is the thread title statement true then? Oh yeah, and I'm guessing that the converse is not always true right? A separable first-order d.e. is not necessarily a homogeneous linear d.e. right? After all, [itex] \frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{6x^2}{2y + cosy} [/itex] is not linear in [itex] y [/itex] right? But it looks like it could be homogeneous non-linear (if such a thing exists, I don't know???). In that case, would the statement homogeneous = separable be true in the most general sense? Moving on with the original example (I'm just solving while "LaTeXing" to see what comes out) ... [tex] \ln|y| = -\int{P(x)dx} [/tex] [tex] |y| = e^{-\int {P(x)dx}} [/tex] Now, the most general solution for [itex] y [/itex] must include the most general antiderivative, so we'll have a [itex] C [/itex] stuck in there if and when we solve the integral: [tex] y = \pm e^{-\int {P(x)dx} + C} = \pm e^{-\int {P(x)dx}}e^C = \pm Ae^{-\int {P(x)dx}} [/tex] Whoah, cool! So in a homogeneous first order d.e. the solution takes the form of some constant [itex] \pm A [/itex] times the reciprocal of the integrating factor [itex] I(x) [/itex]?! Is this always true? EDIT: Yeah actually I can see why that is. Take the usual statement about the integrating factor: [tex] (I(x)y)^{\prime} = I(x)Q(x) [/tex] If [itex] Q(x) = 0 [/itex], then [tex] (I(x)y)^{\prime} = 0 [/tex] [tex] I(x)y = \pm A [/tex] [tex] y = \frac{\pm A}{I(x)} [/tex] Awesome! I discovered a lot more writing this post than I expected. I hope someone will correct me if I've made any errors.


text: Comments (6) + Add comment Comments (6) Featured BattleTorn + 1023d ago Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen..., do you mean that game (was going to say sequal) that still only runs in letterbox? --- I'll be picking up Dead Island Riptide though. #1 (Edited 1023d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(7) | Report | Reply Greyslash + 1023d ago >Hating on Dragons Dogma, one of the best RPGs to come out in years >Picking up Dead Island Shittide. Wow man, the hell? #1.1 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Moncole + 1023d ago Don't Starve is a lot of fun and it gets challenging and I got Poker Night 2 already so I can play that on Friday. #2 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Serjikal_Strike + 1023d ago Mixed reviews are keeping me from buying riptide I wished it would of gotten better scores #3 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply sGIBMBR + 1023d ago Same here... I try not to let reviews influence my decision too much but when they are that mixed and negative, you start to question the game. #3.1 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Ozmoses + 1023d ago I would get Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen... But, people who already bought Dragon's Dogma originally still have to shell out the full amount for this.. They can't purchase it has a separate DLC.. There is apparently incentives if you upload your save file from the original Dragon's Dogma... But, my save has long been deleted... Either way... This is essentially Dragon's Dogma with extra content... that could easily have been made available through digital purchase... However, it seems Capcom is making everyone pay $49.99 all over again. Even customers that have already paid full price and experienced the game. So I won't be getting it anytime soon. Plus I have too many games to play as it is. #4 (Edited 1023d ago ) | Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Add comment You need to be registered to add comments. Register here or login Username Password Remember Rules & guidelines Login