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The Institute of Criminology and Social Prevention (ICSP) was established as an expert body for the former General Attorney Office and the Ministries of Justice and Interior, in 1960. Shortly afterwards it became a research institute of General Attorney Office called the Research Institute of Criminology. The present name was accepted in 1990. The name of the Institute stresses prevention as an effective criminal control tool and at the same time emphasises a relationship between criminology as a theoretical and an empirical discipline, crime prevention and criminal policy. In 1994 ICSP passed under the authority of the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic. The activities of ICSP are financed from the state budget. Some research work has been co-financed by grants and by sources from abroad. The research programme is authorised by the Ministry of Justice. The mainstream research activity of the ICSP can be specified as criminological research in the field of social sciences which focuses on creating, maintaining and updating a pool of information on the state and development of crime, social pathology and penal policies in the CR, on the mediation of recent relevant empirical and theoretical knowledge from abroad, and on the development of criminology.
Co-operation of the ICSP with other international non-governmental professional institutions:
- International Society of Criminology (ISC)
- International Society for Criminal Law (AIDP)
- Permanent European Conference on Probation and Aftercare (CEP)
- European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI)
- Penal Reform International (PRI)
- United Nations International Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
- International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of UN (ISPAC)
Assignments of ICSP and Recipients of results The Institute of Criminology and Social Prevention (ICSP, Institute) is a theoretical and research establishment of interdisciplinary focus. The founder and the managing body of the ICSP is the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic. The ICSP is an organisational section of the state and a unit of account.The Institute works at
- research on the manifestations and causes of crime and the relevant sociopathological phenomena, and prognostication of the development of crime,
- research, study and analysis in the field of law and justice,
- issues of penal policies and crime monitoring from the point of view of both penal repression and prevention, particularly
- the efficiency of punishments and alternative measures,
- social prevention of crime and prevention from the point of view of crime victims, at the level of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.
In addition, the Institute is responsible for collecting and documenting criminological, legal and other relevant information, as well as transmitting and popularising the knowledge obtained; the Institute has also published a number of documents (ca 12 titles per year), it organises workshops for experts, etc.
The main objective of the Institute is to contribute, through research, theory-making, guidance, publications and other activities, to the monitoring of crime and related sociopathological phenomena, which can function as criminogenic factors, as well as to the improvement of the judicial code of the Czech Republic (CR). The research and other activities of the ICSP have been traditionally utilised, above all, by the organisations and institutions of the judiciary sector (the Ministry of Justice of the CR, judiciary authorities, Prison Service, Re-codification Commission of the Ministry of Justice of the CR, and, since 2001, also Probation and Mediation Service), but also the sector of the Interior, especially the bodies and services of the Czech Police; intersector bodies, especially the National Committee for Crime Prevention and, through its mediation, local authorities and the state authorities of those cities and municipalities that take part in implementing the Crime Prevention Strategy, the Governmental Council for the Affairs of the Romany Community and the Governmental Council for the Co-ordination of Anti-drug Policies; also the sector of Labour and Social Affairs; and, to some extent, the Parliament and the Governmental Office. In addition, the ICSP is charged with formulating the source materials, information and reports on the development of crime, on penal policies etc., requested from the CR by UN, EU and CE organs or by other European governmental and non-governmental organisations. The ICSP takes part in international researches, too.
The ICSP also participates in the training and preparation of the staff of judiciary bodies, in co-operation with the Academy of Justice and the College of Justice in Kromeriz. It takes part in the preparation of the staff of prosecution authorities in co-operation with the Faculty of Law of Charles University, the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, trade colleges, etc.
The Institute collaborates with legislative, executive and judicial authorities, is responsible for monitoring and documenting new scientific knowledge in its sphere of activity, co-operates with Czech research and theoretical establishments with a similar focus and keeps in touch with criminological establishments abroad. The Institute is a member of international scientific societies, participates in events organised by international institutions (such as the UN, the Council of Europe, etc.) which are related to its sphere of activity. In order to acquaint experts with the knowledge, suggestions and theoretical conclusions resulting from the scientific activities of the Institute, the Institute publishes various documents and organises lectures.
50th anniversary
The Institute organized an international conference on the occasion of its 50th anniversary that took place in Prague on 16-17 September 2010. The topic of the conference was Penal policy, crime and criminology: experience and new challenges. The conference brought together many criminologists from the Czech Republic and abroad, among others H. Kury (Max Planck Institute), J. Sarnecki (Stockholm University), G. Hill (ISPAC), S. Redo (UNODC), O. Novotny (Faculty of Law, Charles University) and H. Valkova (Pilsen University).
Papers from the conference are available on Czech web pages.
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Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 23:27:58 EDT
Rhymes, Poems
The superstitions and folklore
you need to make life magnificent...
or miserable.
whistling girl and a bleating sheep
Always come to the top of the heap.
A whistling maid and running sheep
Are the best property a man can keep.
A woman that whistles and a hen that crows,
Has her way wherever she goes.
Brother Ben,
Shot at a rooster,
Killed a hen.
An apple a day
Keeps the doctor away.
Apple core,
Bite no more,
Point him out,
Hit him on the snout.
April fool has come and past,
And you are the biggest fool at last.
April showers
Bring May flowers.
Bread and butter,
Come to supper.
Butcher, butcher, killed a louse,
Hung it up in the slaughterhouse.
Christmas is coming,
Turkeys are fat,
Please put a nickel,
In granpa's hat.
If you hnven't a nickel,
A penny will do,
If you haven't that,
God bless you.
Cocks crow in the morn,
To tell us to rise,
And he who lies late,
Will never be wise;
For early to bed,
And early to rise,
Is the way to be healthy,
Wealthy and wise.
Come when you're called,
Do as you're bid,
Shut the door after you,
Never be chid.
Come, let's to bed,
Says sleepy head,
Tarry awhile says slow,
Put on the pan,
Says greedy Nan,
Let's sup before we go.
Cow, cow, come blow your horn,
And you shall have a peck of corn.
Do you carrot all for me?
My heart beets for you,
With your turnip nose,
And your radish hose;
You are a peach.
If we cantaloupe,
Lettuce us marry;
Weed make a swell pair.
Do you like beer?
A sock on the ear.
Do you like butter?
I'll punch you in the gutter.
Do you like pie?
I'll punch you in the eye.
Do you like jelly?
I'll punch you in the belly.
Do you want a nickel?
Suck a pickle.
Dressed in yellow, pink or blue,
Nursing cats is all they do,
Poor old maids!
Good-night, sleep tight,
Don't let the bedbugs bite.
Goody, goody, gout,
Shirt tail out
Goody, goody, gin,
Shirt tail in.
Grandmother tipsy toe,
Lost her needle and couldn't sew.
Harry, Harry, ain't no good,
We'll chop him up for kindling wood.
Here I stand all ragged and dirty,
Kiss me quick and I'll run like a turkey.
Here I stand on two little chips,
Come and kiss my sweet little lips.
Hot boiled beans and very good butter,
Ladies and gentlemen come to supper.
I asked my mother for fifty cents,
To see the elephant jump the fence;
He jumped so high, he touched the sky,
And didn't get back until the fourth of July.
I beg your pardon, I grant your grace,
And hope the cat will scratch your face.
I beg your pardon, I'll grant your grace,
If that won't do, I'll spit in your face.
I caught my bow,
I seized my arrow;
But missed the crow,
And shot a sparrow.
I had a little dog,
And his name was Jack,
I put him in a box,
And he jumped through a crack.
I had a little dog, his name was Rover,
And when he died, he died all over.
I see the moon,
And the moon sees me;
I follow the moon,
And the moon follows me.
I should worry, I should care,
I should marry a millionaire.
I should worry, I should cry,
I should marry another guy.
I should worry, I should fret,
I should marry a suffragette.
I told Ma,
Ma told Pa;
Harry got a licking,
Ha! Ha! Ha!
I'm a little curly head,
My father is a preacher,
I love to go to Sunday school,
And listen to the teacher.
I'm a little Hindoo,
I do all I kindoo;
If my pants and shirt don't meet,
I'll make my little skindoo.
I've got a rocket,
In my pocket,
I cannot stop to play.
Away she goes,
I've burnt my toes,
'Tis Independence Day.
If my name you wish to find,
Look on page twenty-nine,
If you wish my name to see,
Look on page twenty-three.
If my name you wish to discover,
Turn back ten pages from the cover,
If my name you lack,
Turn four pages from the back.
If my name you want to know,
Look on page 1-2-0.
If you are to be a gentleman,
As I suppose you'll be,
You'll neither laugh nor smile,
For a tickling of the kneed.
If you love me as I love you,
No knife can cut our love in two.
If you step on a crack,
You'll break your mother's back.
It is a sin,
To steal a pin;
It is a greater,
To steal a pertater.
It's raining, it's pouring,
The old man is snoring.
Jack and Jill ran a race,
Jack fell down and skinned his face.
Katydid, katydid, come from your tree,
And tell, little tattler, what did she?
Last look,
You dirty crook.
Made in the shade,
Stirred with a spade,
Good enough for any old maid.
Lets go to bed said sleepy head,
Let's wait awhile said slow;
Put on the pot said greedy gut,
Let's eat before we go.
Lets go to bed said gray eyes,
Let's stay up and eat awhile said greedy gut.
Little head, little wit,
Big head, not a bit.
Losers weepers,
Finders keepers.
Mocking is catching,
Hanging is stretching.
Mother may I take a swim?
Yes my darling daughter;
Hang your clothes on a hickory limb,
And don't go near the water.
Old mother witch fell in a ditch,
Picked up a penny and thought she was rich.
One's company,
Two's a couple,
Three's a crowd.
One, two,
Buckle my shoe;
Three, four,
Close the door;
Five, six,
Pick up sticks;
Seven, eight,
Lay them straight;
Nine, ten,
Big fat hen;
Eleven twelve,
Ring the bell;
Thirteen, fourteen,
Maids are courting;
Fifteen, sixteen,
Maids are kissing;
Seventeen, eighteen,
Maids are waiting;
Nineteen, twenty,
Maids are plenty;
Twenty-one, twenty-two,
That will do.
Raccoon tail is ringed around,
Opossum tail is long and bare;
Rabbit has no tail,
Just a little bunch of hair.
Raccoon up a persimmon tree,
The opossum on the ground;
He said you son of a gun,
Shake those simmons down.
Red and yellow,
Catch your fellow.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue;
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.
Snake, snake, run in the grass,
And I'll not hurt you as you pass.
Snow is white, coal is black,
If your pants are loose, pull in the slack.
Step in a hole,
Break your mother's sugar bowl.
Step on a crack,
Break your mother's back.
Step on a nail,
Get your father in jail.
Stingy gut, stingy gut,
Eat the whole world up.
Summer winds blow strong and cool,
For I'm obliged to stay in school.
Take off your left shoe,
And I can tell your fortune;
I'll tell you what your trouble is,
I'll tell you who wants you,
I'll tell you who loves you.
God loves you,
The devil wants you,
And the trouble is,
To put on your shoe.
Taste and try,
Before you buy.
Tattletale tit,
Your tongue shall be slit,
And every little dog,
Shall have a little bit.
Tattletale, tattletale,
Hanging on a bull's tail.
Ten little boys standing in a line,
One went home and that left nine;
Nine little boys swinging on a gate,
One fell off and that left eight;
Eight little boys never heard of heaven,
One kicked the bucket and that left seven;
Seven little boys cutting up tricks,
One broke his neck and that left six;
Six little boys kicking all alive,
One went to bed and that left five;
Five little boys on the cellar door,
One tumbled in and that left four;
Four little boys out on a spree,
One drank milk and that left three;
Three little boys in a canoe,
One tumbled overboard and that left two;
Two little boys fooled with a gun,
One shot the other and that left one;
One little boy with his little wife,
Lived in a tent the rest of his life;
One daddy boy and one nanny wife,
Soon raised a family of ten boys all.
Ten little girls went out to dine,
One choked her little self and then there were nine;
Nine little girls sat up very late,
One overslept herself and then there were eight;
Eight little girls traveling to Devon,
One said she'd stay there and then there were seven.
Seven little girls chopping up sticks,
One chopped herself in halves and then there were six;
Six little girls playing with a hive,
A bumblebee stung one and then there were five;
Five little girls going in for law,
One got in chancery and then there were four;
Four little girls going out to sea,
A red herring swallowed one and then there were three;
Three little girls walking in the zoo,
A big bear hugged one and then there were two;
Two little girls sitting in the sun,
One got frizzled up and then there was one;
One little girl living all alone,
She got married and then there were none.
Thirty days has September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have thirty-one.
February has twenty-eight alone.
Excepting leap year, that's the time,
When February's days are twenty-nine.
Tit for tat,
You kill my dog,
And I'll skin your cat.
Tom was a bad boy,
Beat a poor cat.
Tom put a stone,
In a blind man's hat.
Tom was a bad boy,
Wouldn't say his prayers.
Along came the devil,
And kicked him down stairs.
Was ever heard such noise and clamor,
That hatchet's jealous of the hammer.
What goes up must come down,
Either on the head or on the ground.
What shall we do?
Spit on our shoe.
What's your name?
John Brown.
Ask me again,
And I'll knock you down.
Where was Moses when the light went out?
Down in the cellar eating sauerkraut.
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Born in Mumbai in 1978, Rani Mukerji first appeared on the silver screen at the age of fourteen years in the supporting role in her father's Bengali film Biyer Phool (1992).
Coming from a family with Bollywood background, Mukerji learnt Odissi dance during her school days and also attended acting classes.
Rani's aunt Debashree Roy is a Bengali actress and who doesn't know her famous paternal cousin Kajol. Mukerji's cousin Ayan Mukerji is a scriptwriter and film director.
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Soon came Kamal Haasan's Heyy Ram (2000) where she played Haasan's wife. The movie earned Rani critical acclaim and was also Indian entry to the Oscars that year.The actor continued featuring in films like Bichhoo (2000), Hadd Kar Di Aapne (2000), Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (2000), Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye (2000), Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001), Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai (2001) and Nayak – The Real hero (2001).
She may not have too many awards in her kitty but she has worked with the best known actors and production houses. 2002 proved to be an important year for Rani's career. First, she her first Yash Chopra film was released Mujhse Dosti Karoge and later, Shaad Ali's Saathiya brought critical acclaim and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for Mukerji. Next year, Rani Mukerji then appeared in Chalte Chalte, Calcutta Mail and LOC Kargil. None of these movies did much, critically or commercially. Kunal Kohli's Hum Tum won Filmfare award for Best Actress for Rani in 2004. The same year also brought Filmfare award for Best Supporting Actress with Mani Ratnam's Yuva. Another Yash Chopra film was on her way for Rani by this time. She essayed the role of a lawyer in Veer Zaara. The role won her rave reviews from the critics and also IIFA award for Best Supporting Actress.
Rani also worked with Amitabh Bachchan in critically acclaimed Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black (2005). Reportedly, Rani Mukerji studied sign language at Helen Keller Institute, Mumbai for the movie. The movie was one of the best of Rani's. The film received two National Film Awards and eleven Filmfare Awards. Rani made her second Oscars entry (India's entry to Oscars that year) with Paheli (2005). Her film, Bunty Aur Babli (2005) was a commercial hit.
Rani Mukerji was named number one on Rediff's Top Bollywood Female Stars for three consecutive years (2004-06). She also featured on Filmfare Ten Most Powerful Names of Bollywood for three years. In 2005, she was on tenth slot while in 2006, she upgraded to the eight rank. Next year, she was the fifth name on that list.
Rani soon got another Karan Johar film, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), where she played an orphan who feels indebted to the family that looked after her and ends up marrying their son. However, Maya, Rani's character in the film, ends up falling in love with another guy. The movie also got her the third consecutive IIFA award for Best Actress. The film grossed over Rs 100 crore worldwide. Rani also played a prostitute in Mangal Pandey - The Rising (2005).
In 2009, Rani also appeared on the small screen with Sony TV's Dance Premier League where she was a contestant.
Rani has also been known for her close friendship with Chopras. Tabloids often report that she is dating Aditya Chopra, though the actress has so far not committed either way.For next few years, Rani appeared mostly in Yash Raj Films' productions. After Baabul (2007), Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007), Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007), Saawariya (2007), Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008), Dil Bole Hadippa (2009) came along but damp squibs all. She also appeared in small cameos in movies like Om Shanti Om (2007) and Luck By Chance (2009).
While shooting for Laaga Chunari Mein Daag in Varanasi, Mukerji's fans crowded the sets and were beaten up by her security personnel. Rani received flak for not controlling her security guards. The actress later apologized.
The US Embassy honoured Rani Mukerji in 2013 on the day of Barack Obama's inauguration into his office.
In 2011, Rani Mukerji played a journalist in No one Killed Jessica, a movie based on the real-life Jesscia Lall's murder case. She won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress award for her role as well as critical acclaim. Next year, she featured in Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012) where she played the role of a grieving mother with ease. She also played the lead role in Aiyya but received flak from both audiences and critics.
She is set to feature in Karan Johar's story in Bombay Talkies. Rani will also make a guest appearance in Shah Rukh Khan-Deepika Padukone-starrer Chennai Express.


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More than 40 military family members confirmed their faith within the Catholic church at the Spirit of Fort Hood Chapel on March 15.
Conducted by Bishop Neal Buckon, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, the confirmation establishes young adults as full-fledged members of the faith or reconfirms that faith in adults who have strayed from the church.
The sacrament of confirmation is one of the seven sacraments revered by members of the Catholic community to retain their relationship with God: baptism, Eucharist (or communion), reconciliation, marriage, holy orders and anointing of the sick.
Sacrament of confirmation is when faith received in baptism is confirmed and made strong as one enters adulthood. During a normal baptism, a parent or godparent makes the promise to renounce Satan and believe in God and the church on behalf of the one being baptized. At confirmation, a person renews those same promises; this time speaking on their own behalf.
Buckon, a former Army chaplain, returns to post to offer Catholic members the opportunity to confirm or reconfirm their faith during the sacrament of confirmation.
Each person wishing to be confirmed approached Buckon, who was dressed in sacramental vestments, with his or her sponsor to be confirmed before the whole church. Regardless of age or reason, this process brought forth many emotions.
"It's a commitment I agree to that strengthens my faith," said Monica Gonzalez. She added that as military child and former soldier she had lost her connection to her faith because she had to move so often.
"Now that I have the time, I can fulfill a promise I made with God," Gonzalez said. A promise she made upon the completion of her last deployment to show God what he gave her — strength.
"It marks the next step in my journey to adulthood," said Amlis Robledo, a junior at Harker Heights High School. Giving credit to her parents for her religious upbringing, she said with unwavering confidence that it was time to take faith into her own hands.
"It doesn't stop here, I will continue to profess my faith," Robledo said. "Being Catholic isn't just praying or going to Mass, it is how you live your life."
Robledo spoke of a continuous journey through life, as one journey ends another begins. She has been confirmed in the eyes of the church and will someday seek recognition of her next sacrament; the sacrament of marriage.
Buckon said he admires all those who serve in the military.
"In the military we often find ourselves in places that may bring discomfort," he said. "Be brave and steadfast."


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Hello Bill~~~I'm glad y'all can still have CHRISTmas dinner with your family~~~it's kinda lonely here~~I'm the geezer now, everybody's gone~~our three daughters live in separate places~~the oldest (51) just had open heart surgery, and can't travel yet~~by the way thanks again for all the prayers for her.
The middle daughter has chronins(misspelled) disease, and a new job, in Carrollton, Tx
And our baby (41) has just started her new job in Washington State, and can't travel with a hubby & 2 little ones~~
BUT~~~there's ONE who never leaves us~~~our Heavenly Father~~we can always count on HIM~~~
Love to you & those you love~~~~~~~Jean in Tx
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Google has unveiled a streaming music service called All Access that blends songs users have already uploaded to their online libraries with millions of other tracks for a $US10monthly fee.
The service puts the internet goliath in competition with popular paid subscription plans like Spotify and Rhapsody and free music services like Pandora.
The announcement at Google's annual developers conference in San Francisco kicks off a wave of developments in the digital music space that are expected to entice consumers with ways to listen to music on a range of devices.
Rival Apple is expected to debut a digital radio service later this year.


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Photograph by Frank Heuer, Laif/Redux
May 2010
Book of the Month
The Sweet Life in Paris, by David Lebovitz
Pastry chef, cookbook author, and popular blogger David Lebovitz moved to Paris from the San Francisco area (where he had been working at Chez Panisse) in 2002. He has spent the ensuing years studying the secrets of French cooking and Parisian living, and shares both here with passion and humor.
His windows onto Parisian life explain a range of everyday idiosyncrasies, from the utter indifference of many salesclerks and service people ("Unlike in America, where everyone's taught to say yes, in France oui means more work. And if more work sounds as appealing to you as it does to them, you're beginning to understand a bit of the logic around here") to the locals' penchant for cutting into line—and how to foil it ("Unless you're standing genitals-to-backside to the person in front of you, you may as well put up a sign that says, 'Please, step ahead of me'"). He hilariously recounts the moment when he knew he had become Parisian: the Sunday afternoon when he changed from his sweatpants and sweatshirt into neat pants, a wrinkle-free shirt, socks, and shoes—in order to take out the garbage.
Lebovitz also serves a feast of food tips, including where to find the best croissants, chocolates, and cheeses; how to order coffee the proper Parisian way; and when not to use a knife and fork. So that readers can concoct a taste of France in their own kitchens, he complements his accounts with 50 tantalizing recipes, from Breton buckwheat cake with fleur de sel to plum and raspberry clafoutis.
For a final treat, Lebovitz offers a detailed directory of his favorite food shops—perfect for forging your own edible adventures. Having lived in Paris, I was salivating for my next visit by the end of Lebovitz's sweet treatise.
Around the World
Chris Stewart had never been on a boat, but on his 30th birthday was given the chance to trade his life as a sheep shearer to captain a boat around the Greek islands for a summer. Three Ways to Capsize a Boat: An Optimist Afloat is Stewart's hilarious account of exploring the world, and he proves that no obstacle—seasickness, setting the boat on fire, capsizing—will stand in his way of exploring the seas. Bloggers and twentysomethings Jennifer Baggett, Holly C. Corbett, and Amanda Pressner have turned their popular blog TheLostGirls.com into a memoir, after they quit their high-pressure media jobs in New York City to backpack around the world for a year. In The Lost Girls they explore Brazil's Iguazú Falls, the Amazon, Kenya, India, Laos, and more, and the result is an inspiring account for anyone who wishes to escape the daily grind in search of something more.
Off the Map
After growing up in a 19th-century log cabin in Wisconsin (where he learned that "as an American, I had inherited this legacy of wilderness, that it shaped my forebears, and me"), Peter Stark is inspired to visit America's other little-known wilderness regions. In The Last Empty Places: A Past and Present Journey Through the Blank Spots on the Map, Stark explores northern Maine, western Pennsylvania, and southeastern Oregon in search of Muir, Emerson, and Thoreau's wild America.
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...Cold War stories, check out Penguin's new series, Central European Classics. These ten books originally published between 1931 to 1989 come from a disparate group of writers who hail from countries that have seen war, invasion, and oppression through much of the 20th century. They provide fascinating insight into the culture and history of countries including Hungary, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, and Romania. Pick your literary form: Gyula Krudy's Life is a Dream is a collection of short stories set in early-1900s Hungary; Josef Skvorecky's The Cowards is a blackly comic novel of post-war politics in the former Czechoslovakia; Gregor von Rezzori's The Snows of Yesteryear is a memoir of growing up in Czernowitz, Ukraine; and Czeslaw Milosz's Proud to be a Mammal is a compilation of essays ranging from his happy childhood in Poland to his harrowing journey across Nazi-occupied Europe.
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Alone in Alaska
Lynn Schooler has lived in Alaska for almost 40 years, working as a fisherman, photographer, and wilderness guide. In Walking Home, he recounts a solo journey into the Alaskan wilderness, an adventure fraught with danger, from raging rivers and aggressive grizzlies to emotional and spiritual exhaustion. Graced with precise, learned, evocative observations and reflections (of two cranes at dusk, he writes, "The rusty yodeling sounded like the musical instruments of an ancient civilization being played to celebrate a migration that has continued without interruption for millions of years"), Schooler's work guides us into the heart of one of the wildest regions in North America—and into a renewed appreciation of man's intersection with the natural world.
Don George has won numerous awards for his work as a travel writer and editor. He is the author of Travel Writing and the editor of eight literary travel anthologies, including Lights, Camera…Travel!, A Moveable Feast, and The Kindness of Strangers. E-mail Don at email@example.com.
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Religious Liberty, the Contraceptives Mandate, and Civility
Many Americans can easily recall President Obama traveling the country to promote what would become his signature healthcare reform law and telling us that "if you like your healthcare coverage as it is, you can keep it—period." In 2009 and early 2010 he uttered these words over and over, most famously in his State of the Union address, but also routinely in public speeches and in a host of negotiations with Republicans and Democrats.
Perhaps that "period" should have been a question mark. Since a January 20 announcement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, it's become clear that many Catholic organizations and other faith-based groups cannot rely on the President's oft-repeated promise. Catholic Charities was happy with its longstanding healthcare package, as were many Catholic universities, Jewish social-service agencies, Evangelical relief-and-development agencies and a host of other faith-based organizations. Despite the President's promise, however, the new HHS "contraceptives" mandate is the new sheriff in town, and it disallows these organizations from maintaining the old plans that were consistent with their religious convictions.
The new HHS mandate will directly affect millions of Americans beginning in 2013. Aside from a narrowly defined set of congregations, thousands of faith-based hospitals (which today serve over 1 in 6 Americans), religious schools and non-profits will be required to provide their employees with insurance packages that cover birth control and other "preventive services" that include abortifacients like Plan B and Ella.
As we've seen in the weeks immediately following the Administration's announcement, a "sleeping giant" (as one commentator described it) was awakened. Thousands of American Catholics and other advocates of religious freedom have voiced strong discontent. Inasmuch as the president heard our cry, he responded as he does best: with another speech, this time a seven-minute address from the White House, in which he "cherished" religious liberty by giving faith-based groups the privilege of outsourcing the "prevention" activities they find objectionable to their insurance companies.
But this accommodation by the White House does not resolve the moral issues at hand. Catholic groups and other organizations that are religiously and irrevocably pro-life are still required by law to provide objectionable services to their employees. Last week we learned that while the president's "compromise" did satisfy a portion of the country, 48 percent of Americans still support a full exemption for religious providers (see poll results from the Pew Research Center and The New York Times/CBS).
So this past Thursday on Capitol Hill, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform convened a hearing (available here in its entirety) to review the HHS ruling and its implications for religious groups.
Josh Good is a senior consultant who works with faith-based organizations and public policy think tanks in Washington, DC.


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About the Book
When we found ourselves with a new grandchild and new chickens, my wife was inspired to write and illustrate this delightful children's book. It details the drama and joy in the life of backyard chickens, and answers that eternal question - "What do chickens do all day?"
Features & Details
- Category Children
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
24 Pages
- Publish Date Jul 09, 2013
- Language English
- Tags read aloud, children, illustrated, chicken
About the Creator
Robert Cock was born in Kent in England in the nineteen fifties and enjoyed a peripatetic childhood. By the age of eleven he had lived in several English counties, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and Bermuda. After a spell in an English boarding school in Hampshire, and a Geography degree at Liverpool University, where he met and married Judith, he followed his father's footsteps as a Chartered Surveyor. This allowed a varied career in central and local government, and currently the financial services sector. He has now retired and lives in the Welsh Marches with his wife Judith, enjoying a second youth now their two children have reached adulthood and left home. Throughout his life he has enjoyed photography as an amateur. The advent of digital photography has been a complete liberation, allowing his creative impulses freer rein than was ever the case with film and print. The work you see here is the product of that free rein and his own particular take on the world around him.
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Conversations on Crowdfunding hosted by FundDat
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM (CST)
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FundDat is a reward-based crowdfunding platform designed specifically for projects created in or about New Orleans. During our beta launch last October, we helped raise over $20k for local projects and we're just getting started.
Join us, Wednesday, February 19th at Propeller from 6-7p.m., for Conversations on Crowdfunding hosted by FundDat. This event is a part of an ongoing monthly series, designed to start the crowdfunding conversation in NOLA & to answer questions about planning and executing crowdfunding campaigns. We want to engage and empower our community by making people aware of the power of crowdfunding and how it's changing the world.
At Conversations on Crowdfunding, we will discuss how different types of organizations and individuals can use crowdfunding and the important factors that go into making a successful crowdfunding campaign. We want to hear all about the great ideas and projects that people are working on in New Orleans. In the future, we hope these conversations are a steady source of dialogue about how FundDat can enhance our community and become a major part of this city's growth.
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On February 14, 2011, President Obama released the 2012 federal budget, and a flood of media responses followed. For a moment, it appeared that children might fare well in the proposed budget: domestic discretionary spending remained level, and the proposed budget asked for $77.4 billion in education funding as well as continued and increased funding for early education, teacher support, and community initiatives, among others.
Then the House of Representatives responded, proposing a $61 billion reduction, including cuts to the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, Head Start, Community Health Centers, and Title I (K-12 education for low-income students), among others. President Obama threatened to veto these cuts, which could potentially result in a government shutdown. The House responded by suggesting a temporary spending bill, which would institute House-passed cuts on a pro-rated basis.
Even if these cuts pass, they are relatively minimal when compared to the impact that potential state budget cuts could have on children's futures. State and local revenues fund the bulk of social programs for youth, most notably in education and health care. And while the federal government can operate without a balanced budget, states cannot. Cuts will be made, and public debate will rage, as it has in Wisconsin.
Part of the conflict over budget cuts arises from the reality that, while the majority of Americans support the idea of spending cuts in order to reduce government deficits, they are deeply divided when it comes to the areas in which these cuts will be made.
How can governments decide which funding is the most valuable and which can be eliminated? What can the public do to help inform these decisions?
One suggestion, already embraced by the Obama administration, is to look to evidence-based programming. While no social science research is perfect, quality evaluations can provide the government with an idea of what strategies work best and thus have a better chance of producing the greatest marginal return for every dollar spent.
For example, in an upcoming Future of Children policy brief (check back in March for our latest volume), Ron Haskins and Marta Tienda note that although a high-quality national evaluation shows that the federal Head Start program is not adequately preparing preschoolers for the public schools, many evaluations show that state pre-K programs promote school readiness for four-year olds more effectively than Head Start. States, then, might be able to produce greater benefits for poor children than does the current Head Start program. Giving the Department of Health and Human Services the authority to experiment by allowing a few states to control Head Start funding and then rigorously evaluating the success of the programs could help the government reapportion funding so that it is more effective.
This is just one example of how research-based strategies can inform policy. Obviously, such decisions cannot fully account for the realities that will emerge from decreased funding to programs more generally. Such strategies could, however, help the country continue to improve programs' efficacy and shift the country's focus to a more positive perspective during a time of challenging economic realities.
As the federal and hopefully state governments begin embracing a culture that supports evidence-based practice, it is important that the public advocates for a culture of research that:
-Gives programs the freedom to show both what is working and what is not working, in order to make incremental improvements to programs. It is tempting for programs to want to show success and for politicians to want to quickly dismiss what does not work. It is better to create an environment that supports accurate research and allows for program growth over time.
-Advocates for an unbiased presentation of research. It is easy to use research to support any political agenda, and it is important that the public holds politicians accountable for presenting the full range of findings.
Using and funding (a topic for another blog) social science research to inform policy decision making is a complex process and will certainly take time to perfect – well beyond this budget cycle. However, it is important to begin embracing this perspective now, so that our country continues to make better use of its limited funds. More money, after all, does not always mean better results.
The Future of Children compiles the best research to date on social issues in order to help policy makers, practitioners, and civilians make informed decisions. Our most recent volumes on Fragile Families, Transitions to Adulthood, Preventing Child Maltreatment, and America's High Schools, and the associated executive summaries and policy briefs, provide clear recommendations that can be helpful when considering the impact of budget cuts on the future of children.


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Casserole Roast Chicken with Garlic Cream
Garlic and shallots cooked in wine and cream and poured over the bird infuse this dish with flavor.
- Servings: 4
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- One 4-pound chicken
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 teaspoons rosemary
- 8 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 3 shallots, minced
- 3/4 cup dry white wine
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 475°. In a large enameled cast-iron casserole, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in the oil over moderately high heat. Season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper, add the rosemary to the cavity and tie the legs together. Set the chicken in the casserole on 1 breast. Cover and roast in the oven for 30 minutes. Carefully turn the chicken onto its other breast, cover and roast for 20 minutes. Turn the bird on its back and add the garlic and shallots. Cover and roast for 20 minutes longer, or until the juices run clear when a thigh is pierced. Transfer the chicken to a platter, cover and keep warm.
Skim the fat from the juices in the casserole. Add the wine and boil, stirring, until the sauce is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Pour in any collected chicken juices. Add the cream and boil until the sauce is thick enough to coat a wooden spoon, about 5 more minutes. Swirl in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter until blended and season with salt and pepper. Pour the sauce into a sauceboat; serve with the chicken.
Serve With
Roasted fingerling potatoes or the smallest white new potatoes you can find.
Suggested Pairing
Pair with a lightly oaked California Chardonnay, like Gundlach-Bundshu.


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For now, the momentum does appear to be firmly behind the rebel forces in the east and their pell-mell dash through the desert.
Disenfranchised or citizens, allies or aliens, pell-mell the lot of them in we will squeeze.
This was promptly followed by a pell-mell dash for the open.
He led the way himself, and the others followed in rather a pell-mell fashion.
Thus the facts reach us pell-mell, without distinction of nature.
A rush was made to the clump of trees, and a pell-mell scamper down the steep bank.
On board went the Rough Riders pell-mell, and not a minute too soon.
The grimy men passed on, pell-mell—laughing and chatting so gaily that Johannes could not help wondering.
The condemned were loaded into them pell-mell, with hands tied.
He entered the city, pell-mell, with the fugitives, and annihilated the entire German force.
"confusedly," 1570s, from Middle French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle (12c.), apparently a jingling rhyme on the second element, which is from the stem of the verb mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). Phonetic French form pelly melly is attested in English from mid-15c.
In a confused, disorderly manner: "After the assembly, the students ran pell-mell from the auditorium."


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North Hills High School dismisses students early, cancels Monday evening events
North Hills High School was evacuated Monday afternoon and evening events at the school were canceled after the odor of gas was detected, but Equitable Gas and firefighters found no leak, the school district said.
"I think the odor was pinpointed to up near a chemistry room at the high school, and that's probably what the cause of the odor was," Equitable spokesman Scott M. Waitlevertch said.
At 12:02 p.m. Monday, students and staff were taken to the adjacent middle school after the smell of natural gas was detected on the high school's third floor, the district said.
Students were allowed to return to the high school only to claim their belongings and they were dismissed a few minutes earlier than their normal 2 p.m. dismissal time, district spokeswoman Amanda Hartle said. The high school has 1,436 students. Classes are scheduled as normal Tuesday, the district said.


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Krrish 3 (2013) Watch Online Full Movie
After defeating the villainous Dr. Siddhant Arya, and bringing his father Rohit back from the dead, Krrish continued fighting against evil and saving innocent lives. Now Krishna is living a happily married life with Priya, while Rohit is using his scientific brilliance to benefit society. And Krrish is everyone's favorite superhero saviour. Unknown to them, a dark force is growing in another part of the world. Kaal, an evil genius, is selfishly misusing his powers to spread fear, death and destruction. And he is being assisted by an army of very dangerous beings, which he has created himself. Not long after Kaal's plans are put into action, both Rohit and Krrish find themselves faced with a crisis of epic proportions, which only they can resolve, together. But when they finally cross paths with Kaal and his army, neither of them is prepared for what lies ahead. Kaal not only brings the world to the brink of disaster, he also puts the strength and love of Krishna and his family to the test.
In the first half, Vivek has his own look and his own den, a very modern facility which is visible in the trailer. He then changes himself in the second half. Here, he has extraordinary powers and he doesn't know why he has them. He is handicapped and is able to cure himself. He is pitted against this world, against human beings and there is reason for this.The mutants are called maanvar — a combination of maanas and jaanwar — and have been created by Kaal through an experiment. Being a superhero, Krrish has to fight these beings with unknown powers.
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- For other uses, see Descriptive complexity theory (disambiguation).
Descriptive complexity is a branch of computational complexity theory and of finite model theory that characterizes complexity classes by the type of logic needed to express the languages in them. For example, PH, the union of all complexity classes in the polynomial hierarchy, is precisely the class of languages expressible by statements of second-order logic. This connection between complexity and the logic of finite structures allows results to be transferred easily from one area to the other, facilitating new proof methods and providing additional evidence that the main complexity classes are somehow "natural" and not tied to the specific abstract machines used to define them.
Specifically, each logical system produces a set of queries expressible in it. The queries – when restricted to finite structures – correspond to the computational problems of traditional complexity theory.
The first main result of descriptive complexity was Fagin's theorem, shown by Ronald Fagin in 1974. It established that NP is precisely the set of languages expressible by sentences of existential second-order logic; that is, second order logic excluding universal quantification over relations, functions, and subsets. Many other classes were later characterized in such a manner, most of them by Neil Immerman:
- First-order logic defines the class FO, corresponding to AC0, the languages recognized by polynomial-size circuits of bounded depth, which equals the languages recognized by a concurrent random access machine in constant time.
- First-order logic with a commutative, transitive closure operator added yields SL, which equals L, problems solvable in logarithmic space.
- First-order logic with a transitive closure operator yields NL, the problems solvable in nondeterministic logarithmic space.
- In the presence of linear order, first-order logic with a least fixed point operator gives P, the problems solvable in deterministic polynomial time.
- Existential second-order logic yields NP, as mentioned above.
- Universal second-order logic (excluding existential second-order quantification) yields co-NP.
- Second-order logic corresponds to PH.
- Second-order logic with a transitive closure (commutative or not) yields PSPACE, the problems solvable in polynomial space.
- Second-order logic with a least fixed point operator gives EXPTIME, the problems solvable in exponential time.
- HO, logic with existential quantifier of order followed by a formula of order is equal to NTIME()[1]
- HO is equal to ELEMENTARY
More precise definitions of those classes can be found on the articles SO and FO.
References Edit
- Ronald Fagin, Generalized First-Order Spectra and Polynomial-Time Recognizable Sets. Complexity of Computation, ed. R. Karp, SIAM-AMS Proceedings 7, pp. 27–41. 1974.
- Ronald Fagin, Finite model theory-a personal perspective. Theoretical Computer Science 116, 1993, pp. 3–31.
- Neil Immerman. Languages Which Capture Complexity Classes. 15th ACM STOC Symposium, pp.347–354. 1983.
- Immerman, Neil (1999). Descriptive Complexity, 113–119, New York: Springer-Verlag..
Further reading Edit
- Shawn Hedman, A first course in logic: an introduction to model theory, proof theory, computability, and complexity, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-852981-3, section 10.3 is a suitable introduction for undergraduates
External links Edit
- Neil Immerman's descriptive complexity page, including a diagram
- ↑ Lauri Hella and José María Turull-Torres (2006), "Computing queries with higher-order logics", Theoretical Computer Science (Essex, UK: Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd.) 355 (2): 197–214, ISSN 0304-3975, http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1142890.1142897
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Danube River Cruise: Nuremberg to Budapest
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