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Egaliterianizing the Mike: Deliberative Democracy and Linguistic Diversity
"Deliberative democracy" is a concept used in political theory to describe a certain democratic mechanism of decision-making. Unlike traditional theories of democracy emphasizing voting as the essence of citizens' political participation, deliberative democracy seeks to extend citizens' involvement in the political process in order to enhance democratic and egalitarian civic culture, and increase public's input and influence over government policies. As its name suggests, deliberative democracy theory relies on a common language for the deliberation process. Despite its considerable progress in many respects, however, surprisingly little thought (if any) has been given by its leading theorists (e.g. Rawls, Cohen, Elster, Dryzek and Gutman) to the fact that most existing political communities, democratic or otherwise, are in fact multilingual. This de facto linguistic diversity problematize the theory, as non-native speakers of the deliberation language inevitably find themselves disadvantaged in comparison with their native speakers peers, in terms of symbolic status (i.e. advancing dominant language, culture and identity at the expense of minority cultures), as well as material harms (e.g. low social mobility or limited accessibility to higher education, resulting from insufficient skills in the language of deliberation). Current theoretical models, thus, appear inaccurate and unhelpful for multilingual political communities seeking to employ deliberative practices, yet unwilling to compromise the recognition of their linguistic and cultural diversity. Addressing this seemingly inherent tension between deliberative practices and multilingual political communities, the paper suggests that the key to its resolving lies in the development and implementation of a language policy which will facilitate minority language learning to dominant language speakers (addressing the symbolic status disadvantage), while assisting linguistic minorities to maximize their dominant language skills (addressing the material disadvantage). The paper concludes with an emphasis on the special importance of deliberative practices for linguistically and otherwise diverse societies, as a mean of enhancing a shared democratic civic culture, tolerance and solidarity.
Keywords: Language Policy, Multilingualism, Multiculturalism, Deliberative Democracy, Democratic Theory, Linguistic Justice, Citizenship Theory and Civic Studies
Yael Peled
Doctor of Philosophy Student, Department of Politics and International Relations
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It would be impossible to count how many school papers were written, family squabbles resolved, curiosity satiated, and book shelves decorated with the help of the print Encyclopedia Britannica. But in the digital age, if using a print encyclopedia isn't already a distant memory or a quaint piece of nostalgia, it soon will be.
Encyclopedia Britannica. Inc. announced today that it will become a completely digital product (its primary format for the last 20 years). According to a press release, "to mark the retirement of the print set, the entire contents of the Britannica.com website will be available free for one week beginning today."


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For several weeks, the children in the Reese house have been poring over the holiday catalogs that arrived in the mail or through the newspaper.
Even my 2-year-old can say, "I want that."
There's a lot they want, but, of course, they're not getting it all.
As parents, when the holidays roll around, there seems to be a sense of anxiety and stress that arrives with it.
Often it's tied to money, said Chip Coffey, director of outpatient services for Tempe St. Luke's Behavioral Health Center.
"The biggest part is the financial aspect. But the other part is the overwhelming part of expectations. We set our expectations so high about what the holidays are supposed to be. We're trying to use finances and other things to meet that, but it never meets what we wanted. Then there's the let-down and we get all the guilt that goes with that," he said.
Earlier, I had told a co-worker I even felt "anxious about the anxiety" that could arrive with the holidays.
But Coffey offered some good advice: Remember that the Christmases and holiday memories we cherish the most are often seen through the eyes of a child.
"I'm an adult now and I need to be more realistic about how I look at the holidays," Coffey said. "As a child, it's that wonderful build-up and Santa Claus, and all those gifts. As children, we're not worried about, 'Where does the money come from to pay for this?' … As adults, we're trying to often re-create that childhood experience, but the reality is we do have to think about the finances. I can't afford to refinance the house every year to pay for Christmas."
Coffey said the first step — before going out and making purchases — is to set a budget and realize what gifts are really going to get played with and appreciated over time. It's also important, Coffey said, to remember that a gift cannot fix a relationship with a loved one, nor does it replace the real present of spending time with family.
"I really can't spend enough money to buy people's happiness. I have to look at what I can spend to keep me financially responsible for myself. Parents go out and buy the expensive gift (the children) wanted. They play with it for two hours and it's done. The kid was let down and the parent was let down," he said.
Once a budget is set and balanced, Coffey said, it's important for people to balance their "well-being schedule." Make time for working out. Get enough sleep. Don't commit to every holiday party.
And when necessary, take a step back from it all.
"Know when you start to feel yourself reacting. If you're starting to feel anxious about the holidays or you're feeling overwhelmed, that's the time you say, 'This is too much for me right now and I need a break,'" he said. "For me, when I'm overwhelmed or feel anxious, it's truly about walking away. Get some physical space and give yourself a chance to walk or read, something that sets your mind at ease and distracts you from what's going on.
"We as adults have gotten to where we're programmed to how big and important the holidays are that we forgot to have fun and like them and enjoy it."
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The chair of the Toronto Transit Commission says she was blindsided by the province's decision to ask a private partner to operate four new light-rail lines, a move she fears will jeopardize a seamless commute for riders.
Councillor Karen Stintz learned Wednesday afternoon that Metrolinx, the province's transportation agency for the GTA, has determined the TTC will not operate the $8.4-billion LRT network as expected.
"[Metrolinx President Bruce McCuaig] said those discussions had been ongoing and it should have come as no surprise to me," Ms. Stintz said. "And I told him that it was a surprise and that it would have been nice to have a discussion because there's some issues that need to get worked out."
Ms. Stintz is concerned about fares, and about how commuters will switch from the TTC's existing lines to the new Metrolinx routes.
But Jack Collins, Metrolinx's vice-president of rapid transit development, pledged in an interview Thursday that moving from one system to the next would be seamless.
"This is a one-fare system, an easy transfer," he said.
He said the cost to riders would be pegged to the transit fare at the time the system is implemented. How revenues will be split is subject to negotiation between the TTC and Metrolinx.
The new lines are slated to run along Finch, Sheppard, Eglinton and as a replacement for the deteriorating Scarborough RT. They are the first major transit projects in Toronto in decades.
Already contentious – they have led to several showdowns at city council – they are not expected to be operational for nearly a decade.
Earlier this month the TTC outlined two possibilities for the new LRTs, saying that it would "provide the same level of safety to passengers and workers" for them to be operated by the transit system or done with the private sector. But it stressed that the private model would require a "seamless customer experience and free movement between the two stations."
Ms. Stintz warned that would not be possible if the TTC does not operate the new lines.
"In the event of an emergency we cannot have a situation where there's two control centres," she said.
That means commuters moving from one system to the next at seven interchange stations will have to "physically exit" TTC property and enter a separate Metrolinx station, according to Ms. Stintz.
On Wednesday, Metrolinx made clear its desire to go the private route using so-called Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP).
"Value-for-money under the AFP model is maximized by linking project design and construction and the full lifecycle of operations and maintenance under one contract," Mr. Collins wrote. "Further, because the private sector is responsible for maintaining the asset over many years, it has a strong incentive to build to a high standard and to keep the asset in top condition for years to come."
In his letter, Mr. Collins said his agency would "continue to work with the TTC to design the interchange stations to ensure the safety and movement of customers as an integrated system."Report Typo/Error
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Almost none of the 75 recommendations B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cohen made on how to restore sockeye stocks in the Fraser River have been acted on by Ottawa, two federal ministers indicate.
Critics have long accused the government of failing to follow up on the $26-million Cohen Commission report in a meaningful way.
But it wasn't until Liberal MP Lawrence MacAulay recently asked detailed questions about which recommendations were adopted that the government verified the extent of its actions.
In written replies earlier this month, Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq states most of the Cohen recommendations "are directed solely" at the department of Fisheries and Oceans and only 10 were aimed at her ministry. Of those, seven were accepted and three, dealing with marine spills and pollution monitoring responsibilities, were rejected.
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea also states in writing that DFO "has and will continue to implement Cohen recommendations as part of our day-to-day operations." But she gives only one example of a recommendation (related to restrictions on salmon-farm expansion) that has been followed.
She does list four "new investments," which "highlight support for Cohen recommendations," but none of those programs, such as $54-million promised over five years for aquaculture sustainability, were requested in the Cohen report.
Mr. MacAulay, vice-chair of Parliament's Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, said "Mr. Cohen is probably the most knowledgeable person in Canada" on B.C.'s sockeye problem, and he is perplexed by the government's failure to follow his advice.
"It's impossible for me to understand why a government would put a Cohen Commission together, spend that amount of money and then not adhere to anything they had to say, and not even have the man come before the fisheries committee," said Mr. MacAulay. "It would look to me like they do not want to hear what he has to say."
In his questions, Mr. MacAulay also asked for "all briefing documents prepared for all departmental officials" related to Mr. Cohen's recommendations, but DFO blanked out the titles of 17 of the 19 reports it listed, indicating the documents were under cabinet confidence.
"Has conservation become a secret in this country?" asked Mr. MacAulay.
"This is very disappointing," said Craig Orr, executive director of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society. "All of this would be laughable, if tears weren't rolling out so much."
Dr. Orr said the Cohen Commission provided the government with a blueprint for restoring the Fraser River's sockeye run, but the government ignored it.
"Shea is just promoting aquaculture. She's not protecting wild fish, which is what Cohen called for," said Dr. Orr. "It's just a PR thing [for her] to say DFO is consistent with the Cohen recommendations. Nobody sees that happening in the Pacific Region."
Otto Langer, a retired DFO employee who has become an outspoken critic of the department on the West Coast, agreed with that assessment.
"Really a bafflegab response," he stated in an e-mail. "The DFO response is much more evasive than the [Environment Canada] one and is overly generalized and is nothing but an attempt at spin doctoring."
Mr. Langer couldn't understand how Ms. Shea could say her department is implementing Cohen's recommendations, when DFO has undergone staff and budget cuts since the report came out in 2012.
Alexandra Morton, an independent researcher and environmental advocate, was critical of DFO, saying Mr. Cohen called for restrictions on salmon farming along the migratory route of sockeye salmon, but that has not been done.
Environment Canada and DFO were not able to immediately to respond to questions.
In his report, Justice Cohen called for the government to adopt a policy that put wild salmon first, to do more research on diseases and to ensure that salmon farms don't impact wild stocks.Report Typo/Error
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Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 2013 Prices in UAE
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Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Reviews
Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 2013 Features Overview
The Toyota Prado, debuted as an all-new model in 2010. The engines on offer from 2013 onwards are a 2.7-litre 4-cylinder and a 4.0-litre V6. The GCC-spec Prado 5-door will be available with both engines. All models are available with either a manual or an automatic gearbox, and while KSA gets both, the UAE only gets the automatic versions now. All models have four-wheel ventilated disc brakes as well as independent front and live-axle rear suspension. The basic 2.7L 5-door TX model gets 17-inch alloy wheels, common power accessories, keyless entry, single-CD stereo with 6 speakers, manual front and rear a/c, fog lamps, rear spoiler, side steps, fabric upholstery, chrome door handles, tilt-telescoping steering column, dual front airbags, and ABS with EBD and brake-assist. The UAE version additionally getting USB/AUX ports and Bluetooth, while the KSA version instead gets side steps and rear parking sensors. The mid-range 2.7L 5-door TXL model further gets wider 17-inch alloys, leather steering wheel and shifter, side steps, fog lamps, rear parking sensors, USB/AUX port, Bluetooth, chrome grille and other trim, bumper guard and stability control. The UAE version also gets an aftermarket reverse camera and dual-zone auto a/c, while the KSA version instead gets a 9-speaker stereo, 6-CD changer and manual a/c. The UAE also gets a higher-spec 2.7L TXL version with an aftermarket DVD/navigation system, dealer-installed leather upholstery, floor lighting and rear lamp guards. Moving on to the basic 5-door 4.0L TX model, available only in the UAE, it has the same features as the 2.7L TX, while also getting a cool box, cruise control, hill-assist and stability control. The mid-range 4.0L TXL model, common for UAE and KSA, further gets side steps, fog lamps, roof rails, smart key with starter button, rear sensors, front bumper guard, chrome grille and door handles, and a leather steering wheel with switches. The UAE version also gets a reverse camera and dual-zone a/c, while an optional package includes aftermarket navigation and leather. The top 4.0L TXL model gets factory-fitted navigation, dual-zone a/c, sunroof, floor illumination and rear lamp guards. The KSA model additionally gets wi-fi and LED daytime running lamps, but not leather. The highest 4.0L VXL model is only offered in the UAE, and gets KDSS air suspension, powered 3rd-row seat, "optitron" gauges, rear-camera with guidance, wood trim, JBL 14-speaker stereo with navigation and DVD changer, 9 airbags, remote engine starter, headlamp cleaner, rear bumper guard, side-step lights, front and rear parking sensors, 18-inch alloys, floor-mounted spare tyre and HID headlights.
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Kabul kite-maker's Hollywood flight
Muhammad Ihsan flies a kite made by his father, Noor Agha in a home
workshop at a cemetery in Kabul.
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A MAN living in a graveyard in a rubbish-strewn, rundown area of Kabul is the hero behind the scenes of a Hollywood film.
Noor Agha is regarded as the best kite maker in Afghanistan, where flying and duelling with kites is the closest thing the country has to a national sport. He is also a champion kite flyer.
The Kite Runner, based on the bestselling novel of the same name by an Afghan immigrant living in the US, hits the screens in November, featuring hundreds of kites made by Mr Agha in his shack in a graveyard in Kabul's Ashiqan Arifan district.
He also spent weeks training the movie's teenage protagonists in kite flying and duelling, skills they used when the movie was shot in China last year. "I got $US30 ($A36) a day for 45 days, teaching them all I knew."
He says he has not seen any rushes of The Kite Runner, a story of fatherhood, friendship and betrayal which starts in 1970s Kabul and moves to California's Bay Area and back to Afghanistan when it was ruled by the Taliban.
"I am waiting for it, it's my movie," he said.
Mr Agha, 51, makes kites on a wooden pallet on the floor of his living room. For the simple ones, it takes just under half an hour, starting with pasting two strips of bamboo on a metre-square piece of tissue paper.
When the strictly Islamist Taliban ruled Afghanistan, kite flying was banned. Mr Agha says he worked secretly for some time and then fled to Pakistan.
When he returned, the only land he could find was in the graveyard of the district he was born in, where he now lives with two wives and 10 children.
At the Shor Bazaar, the premier kite market in Kabul, Mr Agha's kites are much in demand. "People ask for his kites," said Sayed Khalil in his tiny shop. "And they will buy 10 or 20 at a time."
The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, tells the story of a rich Kabul businessman's son and his companion cum servant, who chases kites cut loose in duels by the glass-sharpened twine thus the kite runner.
In the novel, the rich man's son, Amir, wins a Kabul kite-flying competition. Noor Agha has won it in reality several times, most recently this year.
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Denton (near Gravesend), Kent Genealogy
England Kent England Kent Parishes
Parish History
DENTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of North Aylesford, hundred of Shamwell, lathe of Aylesford, W. division of the county of Kent.[1]
Denton is part of the Town of Gravesend in the Gravesham district of Kent.
Denton St Mary is a former Ancient Parish in Denton near Gravesend. The ruined church site was rebuilt in 1903, conserving some medieval remains to form the Roman Catholic church of St Mary since 1940 and is in Gravesend civil parish.
The Roman Catholic Church of St Mary Denton, Rochester Road, Gravesend has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building
The ancient small church was part of the mediaeval manor which was later part of the see of Rochester lands.
Edward Hasted in his 1797 The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 Pages 471-477 describes the church as follows:
"The church, which was dedicated to St. Mary, was but a small building of one isle, with a chancel and bell tower. It stood on a bank, close to the road side; the whole has been some time in ruins, though it was not so in the Kilburns time, in the middle of the last century; soon after which, service being discontinued in it, the materials were taken down and sold, or otherwise disposed of. The outside walls, for the most part, yet remain, having the buildings of the adjoining farm yard built up against the north side of it. On the south east human bones have at times been dug up where the cemitery was, now part of the farm-yard."
The parish was small and to the east of the Cliffe-Gravesend road and was sparsely populated marsh and agricultural land ( Hasted mentions only two houses). The Ancient Parish is recorded as existing in 1851
See also Kent Archeological Society and Kent Churches website
This ancient parish should not be confused with Denton (near Dover), Kent in the same county.
See Denton North West Kent Family History Society and Edward Hasted The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 (1797), pp. 471-477. at British History Online
Civil Registration
North Aylesford Registration District
Strood and Hoo Registration District
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records
There are no parish registers for Denton near Gravesend; the present arrangement of search in the Family History Library refers only to Family History Library film numbers
Denton (near Gravesend) for the parish of Denton (near Dover), Kent in the Diocese of Canterbury.
From Spring 2012 material formerly held at
Centre for Kentish Studies,County Hall,Maidstone,Kent ME14 1XX
is available at Kent History and Library Centre see Kent Archives which also enables a search of the catalogue for Kent Archives material deposited at Canterbury Cathedral Archives
Census records
Denton census returns are included in the census returns for Gravesend. Census returns for Gravesend 1841-1891
FamilySearch Records includes collections of census indexes which can be searched online for free. In addition FamilySearch Centres offer free access to images of the England and Wales Census through FHC Portal: Computers here have access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
[1] to locate local Family History Centres in UK
[2] to locate outside UK.
Many archives and local history collections in public libraries in England and Wales offer online census searches and also hold microfilm or fiche census returns.
Images of the census for 1841-1891 can be viewed in census collections at Ancestry (fee payable) or Find My Past (fee payable)
The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.
Find my Past census search 1841-1901
Prior to the 1911 census the household schedule was destroyed and only the enumerator's schedule survives.
The 1911 census of England and Wales was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911 and in addition to households and institutions such as prisons and workhouses, canal boats merchant ships and naval vessels it attempted to include homeless persons. The schedule was completed by an individual and for the first time both this record and the enumerator's schedule were preserved.
Two forms of boycott of the census by women are possible due to frustration at government failure to grant women the universal right to vote in parliamentary and local elections. The schedule either records a protest by failure to complete the form in respect of the women in the household or women are absent due to organisation of groups of women staying away from home for the whole night. Research estimates that several thousand women are not found by census search.
Find my Past 1911 census search
Poor Law Unions
North Aylesford Poor Law Union, Kent (renamed Strood)
Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Kent Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
See England, Kent, Wills and Probate (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Local Family History Centre
Gillingham Family History Centre, Kent
Canterbury Family History Centre, Kent
Maidstone Family History Centre, Kent
- FHC Portal: This centre has access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access in the centre to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
- Publication of the restricted access images England, Kent, Wills and Probate (FamilySearch Historical Records) and England, Kent, Land Tax Assessments (FamilySearch Historical Records) means that it is advisable to telephone the centre to reserve a computer if you wish to view these
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Web sites
| This section requires expansion with:
any additional relevant sites that aren't mentioned above.
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 28-32.


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Kardashian Family Sues Over Diary
The Kardashian kids are using their dad's widow, claiming she's been illegally selling portion of a diary they inherited.
Kim, Kourtney, Khloe and Rob are suing Ellen Pearson who was married to their father, Robert Kardashian.
They claim that their father had a diary that contained very personal details about the klan and has been selling tidbits to tabloids.
The deceases Kardahsian, famous for reaping OJ Simpson, allegedly elf the diary to his kids in his will.
Among the info that Ellen allegedly sold included - Kris allegedly hit Kourney and Kim and also threatened to kill Kim…. and Rob was locked in a car while Kris was out on a date.
The lawsuit alleges the diary is owned by the Kardashian kid and Ellen is infringing on their copyright and demands the return of the diary and family albums, as well as damages.


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Which home improvements give the best payback?
If you're thinking about remodeling your kitchen, or finishing your basement, you probably want to get your investment back when you sell your home. But when it comes to payback value of home improvements, some are definitely more profitable than others. As a general rule, kitchen and bathroom projects usually get a nice return on investment, typically 90% or more.Things like adding rooms or finishing basements tend to pay back the least.Finishing a basement usually returns less than 50%, so it's not a project likely to show profit at selling time.
There are a number of factors that go into determining how well a project will pay back. Payback value depends a lot on the current market conditions in your area. If the market is hot and homes are selling fast, you can expect a higher payback value than you would get in a slow market.
The type of project you do and how it fits in with other homes in the area can have a big influence on payback too. If you put your money into the wrong type of improvement, you won't get your money back. But if you're smart about what you do, you can make money. The payback will be better on improvements that are in demand and conform to neighborhood standards. Adding a second bathroom in a neighborhood where most homes have two bathrooms will give a high return on investment. Building a large addition that makes your home twice as big as the other homes on the block probably won't pay back very well. Likewise, the popularity of a project will factor into how much it pays back. An improvement heavily customized to your wants and needs won't pay back as well as something more common to other homes in the neighborhood.
Another factor to consider is the cost of the improvements. If you can do the work yourself, you can save significantly on the cost of the project and greatly improve the chances of getting a good return on the investment.
The list below is compiled from several published surveys and shows typical payback for some popular remodeling projects:
- Kitchen remodeling – 90%
- Add a bathroom – 90%
- Bathroom remodeling – 80%
- Install central heating – 90%
- Install central air – 75%
- Add a deck – 70%
- Replace windows – 70%
- Add a room – 55%
- Build a pool – 45%
- Finish a basement – 40%
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"Bats in the Rafters"
used with the permission of artist Michel Farivar
Right now I'm fortunate to be editing the new edition of Michel Farivar, MD's classic work on Ninja weaponry. Dr. Farivar has added intriguing new materials and observations for the second edition, as well as several new pieces of artwork portraying the deadly techniques associated with these weapons. His richly original and though provoking research into the darkly arcane world of Ninja killing tools makes for chilling reading.
Dr. Farivar is uniquely qualified to write this book. In addition to be being a practicing psychiatrist and wonderfully gifted artist, Dr. Farivar was taught the art of ninjutsu by world famous Grandmaster Robert Law of the Geijin Ryu.
I'll let you know when the new edition is ready for press.


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AustraliaMonique Toohey, a Muslim psychologist, met with Australian Labor MPs on Wednesday to discuss the need to change Australia's tone on the discussion about violent extremism and Muslims. Toohey, who has experienced online bullying for her activism, is calling for the government to consult with Muslim communities in order to develop well-rounded de-radicalization programs.CanadaIn Canada, Zarqa Nawaz, creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie and Me and the Mosque, was quoted c … [Read more...]
Friday Links
"Their Patriarchy" is Worse
A few years ago I wrote a piece on the media coverage of domestic violence issues in Spain and Latin America, and how Islam and the "other's" culture are depicted as "worse." The issue continues to be relevant today. A recent article in Reforma, a Mexican newspaper, reports on the incidence of "international romances" between Mexican women and Middle Eastern men. The story results from concerns arising from the Ministry of International Relations (Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores), which has m … [Read more...]
Fatima Hamed Hossain: Politician or Jihadist?
A few weeks ago, I attended the Critical Muslim Studies summer school in Granada, Spain. One of the speakers, Fatima Hamed Hossain, a lawyer, spoke to us about the social and political participation of Muslim women in Spain.There are about one million Muslims who currently reside in Spain, with an estimated number of about 50,000 converts, and the rest being mostly of Moroccan, Syrian, Lebanese and South Asian origins. Immigration and growing rates of conversion of Spaniards from the late … [Read more...]
An Artful Collaboration: Plataforma de Mujeres Artistas & Unión de Mujeres Musulmanas
Contrary to the common assumption that only Muslim women are victims of gender violence, some organizations acknowledge the fact that gender violence is not restricted to one religion, ethnicity or nationality.According to El País, gender violence is very prominent in Spain. This resulted in the approval of the Law against Gender Violence on 2004. The law provides protection and support for victims of gender violence, which include support at work for victims, creation of support networks, … [Read more...]
Islamic Feminism Around the World
As an academic, I must admit I enjoy conferences. Alright, not all conferences nor everything about them, but I do enjoy the prospect of learning new things, expanding my mind, and meeting new people. Last week saw two conferences on and for Muslim women. One was held in Barcelona, Spain, and the other in New Delhi, India, and both with very different agendas and attendees.Unfortunately the MMW team weren't able to attended neither, but we thought we would highlight them and their coverage … [Read more...]


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String "100 Days of School" Beads!
Completing the first 100 days of school is a momentous occasion, with many schools celebrating it with activities and parties. This project commemorates this special milestone while giving your child a manipulative to practice counting to 100. They will also have a way to see what 100 items looks like. The finished project will give them a sense of accomplishment for all their hard work at school.
What You Need:
- 90 beads – can be all the same or different but make sure they are roughly the same size
- 10 beads – make these larger than the 90 beads
- Cord – to string your beads on
- Glue gun
What You Do:
- Tie a knot in your cord and dab the knot with your glue gun to keep it from coming apart. Cords can come undone and you don't want 100 beads to fall to the floor!
- Have your child start to string on the beads and count as he goes. When he gets to ten, add one of the big beads. Continue to add beads with each multiple of ten being a large bead on the string.
- When you get to 100 tie a knot in your cord and glue it with your glue gun. Make sure you leave a little extra room in the cord so that the beads can slide around (an inch or two should be plenty).
Now you have a great counting manipulative! This is great for doing math problems, practicing numbers and is a wonderful thing to take to school on the 100th day. You can ask your child to think of some more fun things to count. Get some mini marshmallow, pretzels or beans, and soon they will be expert counters.


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Why Doesn't God Answer My Prayers-Will God Help Me?
The question of Why doesn't God answer my prayers, is one you often hear people ask. A lot people say they pray to God for answers but their prayers go unanswered thus leading them further into depression, frustration or anxiety, etc. For some, they abandon God entirely which is sad. And for some It seems when things are not going well is typically when they come to the Lord for spiritual guidance. No that's not a bad thing. I gather by the fact your are reading this you have decided to come to Christ for answers. So if you are asking, "Will God help me?" or, "When will God help me?" or even wondering why doesn't God answer my prayers, then the following story will shed light to the reason why you are not getting a response from Him. And how it easy it is to change your way and draw near to Him.
Why Doesn't God Answer My Prayers – God Please Help Me?
There is a story told about a very rich and powerful business man, (we'll call him Bob) who was very select in whom he would give audience to, simply because He was so rich and powerful that He could do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted.
Rich and powerful men sought audience with him, people in high political offices desired his council. But Bob rarely gave audiences to any of them. No one, not even his Administrative Assistants could gain entrance to his office when he put out the word that he was not to be disturbed under any circumstances.
However, there were two people who barged into his office freely whenever they wanted. Regardless of how busy Bob was, no matter what he was involved in, his eight year old son Bob Jr., and his six year old daughter Sarah. They were the only ones that could barge into his office whenever they wanted. No matter how busy he was, Bob would stop what he was doing, open his arms wide, and he would hug his two children as they flew into his arms. There was no greater joy in Bob's life than his children, any time day or night, his children could command his attention. Keep Reading → Why Doesn't God Answer My Prayers
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|From: Neil Van Dyke (neil at neilvandyke.org)
Date: Tue Sep 27 02:33:06 EDT 2011
Did someone decide whether to rename "Help Desk" to "Racket Documentation", such as on the DrRacket "Help" menu and the "About" dialog? I still see "Help Desk" in version 220.127.116.11--2011-09-24. -- http://www.neilvandyke.org/
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Docket Management
Docket: 01P-0120 - Medical Devices; Needle-Bearing Devices; Request for Comments and Information
Comment Number: EC -19
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Comment Record
Ms. Jane Starkey
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America's Blood Centers
Comments for FDA General
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America's Blood Centers 725 15th Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 September 18, 2002 Dockets Management Branch (HFA–305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852. Re: Docket No. 01P–0120: Medical Devices; Needle-Bearing Devices; Request for Comments and Information Dear Docket Officer: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on FDA's advance notice of proposed rulemaking on needle-bearing medical devices. For your information, ABC is a national network of locally-controlled, non-profit community blood centers that collect almost half of the US blood supply from volunteer donors. Collectively, we operate in 45 states and serve patients at more than half of the nation's 6,000 hospitals. ABC's total blood collections exceeded 7 million pints in 2001. We have one comment, related to the provision in the HRG/SEIU petition that would ban glass capillary tubes (Section III.A.2). ABC agrees that glass capillary tubes may pose a risk of exposing employees to bloodborne pathogens. As a replacement for all-glass capillary tubes, a number of ABC members now use mylar-coated tubes and have found them to be equivalent or safer than plastic capillary tubes in preventing percutaneous exposures to blood. According to one ABC member blood center: "As of August 2002, we have not had a single exposure from the mylar-coated capillary tubes since our switch from all-glass tubes in October 1998." We would also like to point out that in a February 1999 Joint Advisory on Glass Capillary Tubes, the Food and Drug Administration the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration stated: "To reduce the risk of injury due to breakage of capillary tubes, FDA, NIOSH, and OSHA recommend that users consider blood collection devices less prone to accidental breakage, including: . . . glass capillary tubes wrapped in puncture-resistant film. . . ." (Citation: Glass Capillary Tubes: Joint Safety Advisory About Potential Risks, Food and Drug Administration, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, February 1999) ABC REQUESTS THAT ANY PROPOSED BAN THAT FDA MIGHT ISSUE ON THE USE OF GLASS CAPILLARY TUBES SPECIFICALLY EXEMPT GLASS CAPILLARY TUBES WRAPPED IN PUNCTURE-RESISTANT FILM. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this ANPR. I would be pleased to answer any questions you might have. Jane Starkey Director, Research & Science America's Blood Centers


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THE LETTER - aftermath
If you tuned in on Friday you know that Rob and Dana were talking about an amazing letter that came in the mail. Check that out below and then keep scrolling to see if they followed directions!
So what did Rob and Dana decide to do with Anonymous' generous gift? Donate it of course! Two wonderful charities received $200 each see the photos below!
Donation #1 Susan G. Komen - at the Race for the Cure Saturday Oct 12th, 2013
Donation #2 went to Momakat Rescue - whom adopt out cats they have socialized and vaccinated - and also educate others on Trap Neuter and Release (TNR) Programs!
Thank you again Anonymous for making this possible!


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Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) users like to use apps that have social media tie-ins. But aside from a popular version of "Angry Birds" few Facebook-tailored apps have gained significant user attention.
That may change now that Facebook has unveiled its new App Center, promoting the centralized social media app download spot to its more than one billion users.
The App Center offers up a range of games and social media add-on apps for users of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android-based mobile devices.
Launched with an initial 600 apps, including Zynga's (NASDAQ:ZNGA) "City Ville," Spotify, Nike's (NYSE:NKE) Plus GPS running app and Electronic Arts' (NASDAQ:EA) "The Sims," Facebook users can recommend apps to their friends, who will then be directed to the App Center.
Like Apple's App Store, Facebook has adopted a set of quality standards and reviews apps before the become available in the App Center, the Associated Press noted.
Apps will also be recommended to users, based on their range of "likes," prevoius downloads, stated interests and friends.
The company is not trying to rival Apple or Google. Facebook users who visit the App Center and decide to download an app, will be redirected to either Apple's App Store or Google's Play to complete the transaction.


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text: PRONUNCIATION: buh-TOO-tuh TRANSLATION: Stamping SOURCE: Dick Oakes learned this dance from Yves Moreau who learned it from the village dance group in Rabrovo in Northwest Bulgaria during the fall of 1971. BACKGROUND: The dance is done by the Vlach people of Northwest Bulgaria. The Vlachs were, for a long time, nomadic and eventually settled primarily in northern Greece, Macedonia, northeast Serbia, and along the Danube River in Bulgaria. The Vlach language and folklore are a mixture of Romanian and local elements. MUSIC: Worldtone (45rpm) WT-YM-001 FORMATION: Mixed lines of M and W holding neighbors' belts in "X" pos, R arm under. If desired, lines may be segregated. Often, the two M at the ends of the line hold wooden canes in their free hands. METER/RHYTHM: 2/4 STEPS/STYLE: Steps are small and knees are slightly flexed. There is a rather sharp, bouncy feeling but not airy or light. The dance has a solid, heavy quality about it. MEAS MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION INTRODUCTION None. Leader may start at beg of any 8-meas musical phrase. He may call the name of the figure or may simply whistle or shout "hopa" or "hopsha" to change to the other figure. I. VLAJNA 1 Step R swd (ct 1); step L next to R, almost displacing R and bending knees slightly (ct 2); 2 Repeat action of meas 1; 3 Step R diag fwd to R (ct 1); pause (ct 2); 4 Step L diag fwd to R (ct 1); pause (ct 2); 5 Step R slightly across in front of L (ct 1); pause (ct 2); 6 Moving diag away from ctr to L, step L (ct 1); step R next to L (ct 2); 7 Facing ctr, small step L bwd (ct 1); small step R bwd (ct 2); 8 Small step L bwd (ct 1); pause or small lift of R in front of L (ct 2). Repeat Fig I until changed by leader's signal. II. BĂTUTĂ 1-2 Repeat action of Fig I, meas 1-2; 3 Facing slightly to R, step R (ct 1); small hop R as L is raised in backward-bicycle-pedalling action (ct 2); facing ctr, small sharp stamp L next to R without wt (ct &); 4 Small leap onto L (ct 1); small sharp stamp R next to L (ct &); small hop L (ct 2); small sharp stamp R next to L (ct &); 5 Facing slightly to R, step R (ct 1); small hop R as bent L knee is brought next to and slightly fwd of R knee (ct 2); facing ctr, small sharp stamp L next to R without wt (ct &); 6-7 Repeat action of meas 1-2 to L with opp ftwk; 8 Small step L swd as R is raised slightly across in front of L (ct 1); pause (ct 2). Repeat Fig II until changed by leader's signal.


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December 23, 2006 – 2 Tevet 5767
Annual: Genesis Genesis 41:1-44:17 (Etz Hayim, p. 250; Hertz p. 155)
Triennial Cycle: Genesis 43:16-44:17 (Etz Hayim, p. 265; Hertz p. 163)
Maftir: Numbers 7:54 – 8:4 (Etz Hayim, p. 809; Hertz p. 599)
Haftarah: I Kings >7:40 – 50 (Etz Hayim, p. 1274; Hertz p. 990)
Prepared by Rabbi Avram Kogen
Joseph, the lowly Canaanite/Hebrew slave, has been languishing in an Egyptian prison for two more years after he successfully interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh's baker and cupbearer. His incarceration might have continued indefinitely, except that Pharaoh has a pair of troubling dreams. When no interpretation from his usual advisors satisfies Pharaoh, the butler reluctantly recounts the tale of his own imprisonment, culminating in a glowing recommendation for Joseph as an interpreter of dreams. Joseph is immediately summoned from prison, tidied up, and brought before Pharaoh.
Upon hearing the content of Pharaoh's dreams, Joseph conveys an interpretation that foretells seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine. But Joseph also goes beyond his mandate to interpret the dreams; he recommends a plan of action to Pharaoh that would use the bumper crops of the first seven years to cushion Egypt against the ravages of the famine that is to follow. Pharaoh, impressed with Joseph's insight and initiative, appoints him as viceroy with broad powers to implement the plan.
The plan works successfully. As the famine eventually spreads to neighboring countries, Jacob and his 11 remaining sons in Canaan run short of food. Jacob deputizes 10 of the sons to go to Egypt to procure food for their extended family. Benjamin alone is to remain with Jacob. The brothers gain an audience with the Egyptian viceroy Zaphenath-paneah (who, unbeknownst to them, is actually their brother Joseph). The viceroy accuses them of being spies and grills them with questions, eliciting a mention of their brother Benjamin. Expressing skepticism that Benjamin really exists, he stuns the brothers by imprisoning Simeon.
Joseph sends the brothers back to Canaan with ample provisions. However, he warns them that he will refuse to see them again unless they bring Benjamin with them. There is a dual incentive for them to return to Egypt:
When they return to Canaan, Jacob is pleased to have food for his household. But he is displeased that Simeon is not free, and he is still reluctant to consider letting Benjamin out of his sight. After all, Jacob had lost his beloved wife Rachel, as well as her older son, Joseph. Only Rachel's younger son, Benjamin, remains. Reuben fails to change Jacob's mind. Eventually, as food supplies begin to run low, Judah gets Jacob to relent.
The brothers meet with Joseph in Egypt. Joseph is pleased to see Benjamin; Simeon is set free. Joseph sees to it that the brothers are supplied with plenty of food, but then he directs his servants to frame Benjamin for theft. The brothers are intercepted on their way back to Canaan and Benjamin is imprisoned.
Why does Jacob refuse Reuben's request (42:37) but gives in to Judah's plea (43:8-10) to let Benjamin travel to Egypt?
This is a multilayered question. The primary answer has to do with the content of Judah's message compared to Reuben's. You may wish to examine the substance and tone of their words.
A secondary answer has more to do with empathy and shared experience. (Hint: Judah has lost two adult sons. The details, related in Chapter 38, verses 7 and 10, are not expressly related to our story. But our knowledge of information from previous chapters legitimately may be assumed by the Bible.) Why is Jacob predisposed to listen to Judah about the dangers that may threaten an adult son?
It is no exaggeration to say that as viceroy, Joseph repeatedly sought to manipulate his brothers. Quite conceivably, we may not agree with his tactics. And we also may suspect that the desire for revenge may have played a role. Setting aside our reservations about his tactics and about revenge for a moment, we should address the following questions:
Looking ahead within the biblical narrative, did Joseph achieve these goals?
People often wonder why the Torah portion designated for the eighth day of Hanukkah is longer than average. Keep in mind that all the Hanukkah readings are borrowed from the story of the dedication of the mishkan – the portable sanctuary – because of the parallel to Hanukkah's theme of rededication. When the mishkan was dedicated, representatives of 12 tribes brought offerings on successive days. For the first seven days of Hanukkah, we can quote from the first seven days of the dedication ceremony, one offering per day. But, because Hanukkah is only eight days long, we have five tribes' offerings to deal with on our eighth day, plus a summary of the 12 original days' offerings. It should be noted that this longer-than-average maftir happens to be paired with a shorter-than-average haftarah.


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According to the people who track spam, those messages could be coming from Eric Reinertsen of Bonita Springs, Fla., who's been labeled a "nonstop spammer" who's "been at it for years."
You may have received e-mail from Ronald Millette of Cape Coral, Fla., too, although Millette — who defends the rights of spammers — says he's retired from the business.
Or you could have received spam spawned by the Internet-based Discount Home Shopping Club run by Richard Burke of Englewood, Fla. Critics of DHS call it "the club that spam built."
Although Florida is fighting back with an anti-spam law that went into effect this month, the state has long been known as the "spam capital of the world."
"It's one of Florida's least attractive characteristics," said John Mozena of Detroit, who is vice president for public relations for the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail. "There's a lot of spammers down there."
Why Florida?
"Florida is relatively attractive to folks who are running scam-type operations because it has very favorable personal bankruptcy laws," Mozena said. "If they get sued, they're able to hold on to a lot more of their personal possessions."
Spam is not only a major aggravation and a potential source of fraud, but it is also a major drain on the budgets of Internet service providers, large corporations and personal computer owners, who all spend money fighting it.
Recent studies estimate as many as 15 billion spams — advertising everything from get-rich-quick schemes and cheap Viagra to pornographic Web sites — are sent out every day. The cost to U.S. businesses has been put at anywhere from $10 billion to $87 billion a year.
Numerous groups — with names such as The Spam Brigade and Death to Spam — have sprouted up in recent years to try to combat spam.
Perhaps the best known is The Spamhaus Project (www.spamhaus.org), which is based in England and posts on its Web site a "Register of Known Spam Operations" the group says is responsible for up to 90% of all spam.
Heading the list of spammers is multimillionaire Alan Ralsky, who made news in Michigan in 2002 when he built an 8,000-square-foot luxury home valued at $740,000.
Of the 180 operations on the list, 54 are based in Florida — most in east coast cities such as Miami, Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale.
Spamhaus says Reinertsen, who has one of the lengthiest profiles on its list, made a name for himself in 2001 by sending out investment spams that had a phony return address of Fox Sports.
Reinertsen insists that he's not a spammer and said he complies with all laws governing commercial e-mail.
"We run a business where we market for Fortune 500 companies daily," said Reinertsen, 50. "We're a very compliant company. We were compliant with the laws years before they were approved.
"We're an opt-in e-mail company. We don't mail any scams. We don't do porn. We're just a regular business."
Court records show Millette was sued on Oct. 25, 2000, in U.S. District Court in Atlanta by the Internet service provider EarthLink.
EarthLink accused Millette of racketeering. The company dropped the suit after U.S. District Judge Orinda D. Evans issued an order permanently barring Millette from what was described as "prohibited conduct against EarthLink."
Millette, 41, says he retired from spamming a couple years ago. But he defends the rights of spammers to send out e-mail.
"What about the junk mail you get in your mail box?" Millette said. "Do you have any control over who is sending that to you? What's the difference with e-mail? With e-mail, all you've got to do is click delete. You don't have to bring it into your house."
Burke founded the Discount Home Shopping Club in 1997. According to the club's Web site, "Over 3 million members have joined The DHS Club to shop, save and earn thousands of dollars in rebates."
According to Spamhaus, unsolicited commercial e-mail played a major role in the success of the DHS club, which is why some people call it "the club that spam built."
Today, Burke has a strict anti-spamming policy prominently featured on his Web site. He says DHS Club revenues dropped 70% because of the policy and claims to have been wrongly targeted by Spamhaus.
"I'm personally opposed to spam myself," Burke said. "We were never responsible for it as a company. We had a problem with independent contractors doing it. Obviously, we can't control their behavior. But we never did it ourselves."
Spamhaus Director Steve Linford, who runs an Internet service provider in England, defends his operation. He started the Spamhaus Web site in 1998 and says he's received countless death threats over the years from spammers who are outraged over what he does.
"Spammers always say they're not spamming anymore, that they've retired from spamming," Linford said. "They will all insist you opted into their lists. ... It's like that. The whole spam industry is just based on lies and deceit."
Linford said spammers are only on the register for six months and are automatically removed from the list if Spamhaus gets no further reports on their spamming. But another report will get a spammer added to the list for another six months, he said.
Linford has been criticized by some people as a "self-appointed policeman of the Internet."
But the anti-spam community supports Linford and Spamhaus.
"They have an excellent reputation in both the anti-spam and e-mail receiving communities," said attorney Anne P. Mitchell, who is president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy. "Their credibility is extremely high."
Congress passed a law last year called the CAN-SPAM Act in an attempt to clean up spam.
Mozena and his organization want spam banned altogether.
"We've said for a while that spammers are basically the same kind of people who would be selling snake oil out of covered wagons in the Old West," Mozena said. "They've just updated their technology for the times."


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Riveting stuff from Eric Kaufmann on Europe and the unlikelihood for it to have a Muslim majority in the next two centuries:
I don't foresee a Muslim-majority Europe in this century or in the next. Why? Mainly because Muslim birthrates are plunging both in Europe and the Muslim world. Already, Iran, Tunisia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and several other Muslim countries have replacement-level fertility or below. In the UK, Bangladeshi and Pakistani fertility has halved in a generation and is now under 3 children per woman. This means their long-term growth will begin to tail off. The other part of the equation is the rise of non-Muslim immigrant groups (African and West Indian Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and other Eastern faiths) who are also increasing and therefore making Europe more plural and, in the process, rendering it harder for Muslims to increase their share of the population.
I'm not sure that this information will reassure either Mark Steyn or Christopher Caldwell because their belief in Eurabia has become a question of faith and history shows that it is fruitless to reason with the fanatics.


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Hi Im new here and just learning C. Im using VTC video tutorials. The guy on it is saying that I have to put in fflush(stdin); to keep the window open so it dosent automatically close.
here is the code I was supposed to put it into.
I was supposed to put it above getchar();Code:main() { short age; printf ("How old are you: "); scanf ("%d", &age); printf ("The age you have entered is %d\n", age); getchar(); }
But I put getch(); and it didnt close the window, so is getch();
an exceptable replacement for using fflush(stdin); ?


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Infographic: The Long Bumpy 73 Year Road to THE HOBBIT Film
I honestly can't wait for the day to finally be able to sit down in a movie theater and watch Peter Jackson's The Hobbit unfold before my eyes. It's been a hell of a long road to get to this point where the development of film is still having some issues. Hopefully they get resolved soon.
Here is a great infographic from blastr.com that shows us the long 73 year bumpy tortured road that The Hobbit has been on to get to this point. We're so close! Check it out and tell us what ya think!
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Eleven hospital projects have been certified as green in March under the GBI Hospital Tool, which was launched last year.
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The Request for Proposal document can be downloaded here. The document provides background information on the objective and scope of the Request for Proposal (RFP). The document also provides detailed requirements of the proposal. Interested parties are encouraged to submit the proposal and the deadline for submission is 30th November 2016. Please contact the GBI secretariat for further information.
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GBI certified projects are eligible for Investment Tax Allowance (ITA), of 100% of qualifying capital expenditure incurred on green cost from the year of assessment 2013 (date on which the first qualifying capital expenditure incurred is not earlier than 25 October 2013) until the year of assessment 2020. The allowance can be offset against 70% of statutory income in the year of assessment. Unutilised allowances can be carried forward until they are fully absorbed.
Green service providers are eligible for Income Tax Exemption (ITE) of 100% of statutory income from the year of assessment 2013 until the year of assessment 2020.
For detail information,, please refer to MIDA's website: http://www.mida.gov.my/home/tax-incentives-for-green-industry/posts/
Where ≥50% of wood-based materials and products used are appropriately certified. These components include wood materials permanently installed OR purchased for the projects. Timber formwork is excluded from the calculation. Materials must comply with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) OR Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) requirements.
MyHijau Mark registers certified products, equipment, systems and approved service and systems providers that have been verified by Malaysian Green Technology Corporation to meet local and international environment and ecological standards.
The list are available from SWCorp website.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
A Signature Color
Natalia for the Stylish Blogger award, (responses coming soon) and also, to Models Connect, for the interview and feature on their fashion and modeling-based site. Secondly, I couldn't wait to share these two beautiful spaces. The signature color is fabulous and creates such a statement within these elegant spaces—perfectly combined with gold, wood tones, a vivid orange/red, a green/yellow and of course, a pale, pale pink—relying on the wood tones in the first, and soft white in the second, to provide a neutral balance for such bold color choices... do you enjoy this color and the combinations, also?
+ this week's finds: a wonderful (new-to-me) illustrator, with a great style & also, couture country lifestyle inspiration / luxurious textures and colors to look forward to from Milly / It's so nice... being a lady / delicate, inky, silky, artistic tees to want for Spring, Summer & always / the very natural Elisa Sednaoui for the H&M Spring 2011 campaign / such a nice mention & advice from 18 Karat / for the type lover / architecture beauty: sleeping underwater / & also, a how-to: one of my favorite, go-to, easy chic looks for hair—a must try...
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Oh so lovely!ReplyDelete
Oooh la la I LOVE IT Sarah! The bright pop of color is definitely balanced out by the beautiful rich wood tones, and the lovely pastels. Perfect for Spring!!! :) xooxReplyDelete
Sarah, a tribute that your share so much love with others. This is why I am delighted each time I visit. Sending hugs from Texas...ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for adding my post in your links, I really appreciate it. The other links are very inspiring, especially loved illustrator Maya Beus. About the gorgeous images, the second one is a bit of a coincidence since I happen to have saved it too last Sunday:) So, so beautiful and romantic. Perfect for a special occasion. Wish you a lovely day!ReplyDelete
Love that bold acqua pale sea green wall--it's classic in so many ways. Hoping your week is going well--mine has been a bit hectic but hoping to slow things down soon!ReplyDelete
xo Mary Jo
Hi Sarah, thanks so much for the mention and kind words. You are a treasure!ReplyDelete
I really love the second room. Often it's like taking an inspiration from nature: I often feel that a beautiful flower can give me my perfect colour palette. Nothing can work more perfectly than a soft rosy petals against minty green leaves. And the white makes everything alive.
Beautiful, Sarah. Reminds me of a apartment tour I once saw on HGTV (when it still had fabulous shows .. it seems like since the economy went belly up, they think all we want to see is how to organize or make something out of nothing ...) anyway, in the apartment of a few years ago (in a highrise) he used a verrrry pale blue green throughout the entire apartment. The rest of his color scheme was very neutral. He had all of this fabulous dark mahogany furniture that had been handed down from his (obviously rich) family and all of the upholstery on these pieces was white. The only other color other than hits of black in things like tiny black marble diamonds in the entry, was in the rich red oriental rugs. It was really yummy.ReplyDelete
Hi!!! This is just SO beautiful and fresh! What lovely colors together! Hope you're having a beautiful week!!!ReplyDelete
Kristin xoxo
I love the idea of doing a real great, storng colour combination. People respond to colour! It`s uplifting! So nice to see it!ReplyDelete
i love the country style they look very beautiful. Wonderful week to you regards jürgenReplyDelete
Such gorgeous rooms, Sarah. It is bold but not overwhelming!ReplyDelete
Hope that your week is going well.
congrats on your busy weekend, looking forward to reading the interview!ReplyDelete
and these colours? adore them, so intense but subtle. They really inject life into these spaces. Just gorgeous xx
I love the Tiffany blue colour, it's fabulous.ReplyDelete
Andrea x
Sarah thank you so much for linking to my blog. Means so much coming from a blog I admire.ReplyDelete
Hope you have a fantastic week.
Homan Rajai
love this living spaces...the colour is so unique and the little touches of gold really help bring out the beauty of this colour! off to check out ur interview now..ReplyDelete
Sandy: thank you for sharing this :)ReplyDelete
Homan: you are so sweet—thank YOU. You have wonderful posts...
The 2nd room is my fave. Adore saturatd color it simgs with life! Thanks Sarah!ReplyDelete
Art by Karena
Gorgeous! Love it when people do something that is not dull.ReplyDelete
These rooms are so vibrant and pretty! Love them! xoReplyDelete
Wow both of those rooms are gorgeous! I loveeee the red curtains in the first photo. Such a beautiful red color! xoxoReplyDelete
HI Sarah,ReplyDelete
gorgeous french blue or is that Tiffany blue...and congratulations on the interview...
I adore the colour combinations in these rooms and the attention to details. Beautiful spaces. Congrats on the award(quite deserving) and the feature! Happy Wednesday my friend. XXReplyDelete
Such a lovely color palette Sarah!! I think my absolute fav color combo is pale pink with turquoise. Will hop over now to check out your interview. Hope you are having a lovely week dear!ReplyDelete
Nancy xo
Love both these gorgeous images. Aqua and red is one of my all time favorite color combos!!ReplyDelete
love the surprise of red - and the gold is like icing on the cake - beautiful roomReplyDelete
I adore these color combinations Sarah, just beautiful.ReplyDelete
thank you for the congratulations :)ReplyDelete
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Radiohead played their second gig in Toronto at the Hummingbird Centre tonight. The band kicked off at 20:37 hrs (EDT) with 'The Gloaming'. New song, 'Down Is The New Up' premieres: Thom beatboxes, then moves to the piano, while Jonny remains on drums. According to our tour reporter, it's a "funky tune". The band heads off to Montreal, Quebec for the final two shows of their Canadian jaunt. Thanks to Philip for the live setlist updates from the venue.
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Norwegian international, Kristine Lunde, may miss most of next season with a serious shoulder injury. Viborg's sports director, Michael Hansen, talks to eurohandball.com.
Long Pause for New Viborg Star
Danish CL side, Viborg HK will have to wait a long time for one of their new players. Norwegian international Kristine Lunde, coming from Aalborg DH with her twin sister (Katrine Lunde, goalkeeper) will have to stop for nine months. The 27-year-old backcourt player has been suffering from a shoulder injury for most of last season. Now it turned out to be so serious and she had to be operated.
The operation was carried out on Thursday, but Lunde will miss at least six months – maybe nine months. It also means that she will definitely miss the World Championships with the Norwegian national team in December, just as the first half of the Danish season. In addition, she can't play in the first group stage of the Champions League. She must support Viborg to qualify for the latter stages where she might already play.
Considering reinforcement
"Of course, we are first of all sorry for Kristine. The fact that she cannot play for some time comes second," Viborg´ s sports director Michael Hansen told Eurohandball.com.
"Now the coaches and I will decide whether to get a new player for the squad. This could be a player from another club, but also one of our own young talents. We are going to take our time to make the right decision, however. We are not going to act spontaneously in a hurry as we are not in a crisis. We have the probably best playmaker in the world, Bojana Popovic, and a young talent, Jane Schumacher as substitute. In addition, we have two extremely competitive players in the left back and two on the right back position. We are not in desperate need of players.
"On the other hand, we have to take in consideration the tight schedule next season. There will be two group phases in the Champions League on top of the Danish league and the Danish Cup. We need quite a number of players, but we are not in hurry. All top players have a contract with other clubs already and this will obviously not change in a month, so we might as well take our time," Michael Hansen added.
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Ukraine will provide a ship to take part in NATO's Ocean Shield anti-piracy operation off the Horn of Africa, the first alliance partner nation to do so, NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday.
Rasmussen said Ukraine was "a significant partner for NATO", and an exchange of letters with Defence Minister Pavlo Lebedev confirmed Kiev's offer of a vessel.
NATO's Ocean Shield cooperates with the EU's Operation Atalanta and several other task forces fighting pirates who prey on shipping off the Horn of Africa.
NATO defence ministers welcomed Lebedev on Friday for a session on relations with his country, which the military alliance invited to join in 2008.
Ukraine, whose ties with Russia remain strong, has not taken up the offer, but as a formal partner nation of the 28-member NATO, it has provided troops to NATO operations in both Afghanistan and Kosovo.
Rasmussen said it was up to Kiev to "decide how to proceed" with the relationship, adding that Friday's meeting showed the country has "a strong interest in further political cooperation with NATO".
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There may not be cake and balloons, but today marks the first anniversary of the White House's online data retrieval system, data.gov.
The web site, run out of the Office of Management and Budget, brings together federal government computerized data in one central location. It began with 47 data sets on May 21, 2009, and now has 250,000.
The multiplier effect doesn't end there. Since its creation, data.gov has inspired similar efforts by countries from Britain to Australia; states from Maine to California; and cities from New York to San Francisco.
Most surprising to Vivek Kundra, the government's chief information officer, are the 237 independent applications that have been created by outsiders. Examples include FlyOnTime.us and FixMyCityDC.com.
Kundra calls it "the birth of a community of innovators" and heralds Prof. James Hendler of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who together with his students has created a "semantic web" with data.gov information. Go figure.
Kundra acknowledges some government data can't be uploaded to the site because some agency and department information technology is woefully outdated. In addition, nothing's loaded that could risk national security or violate personal privacy, he says.
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The militant Palestinian group Hamas says an Arab country might have helped Israel assassinate one of its leaders in Damascus, an act it called "treason".
A car bomb killed Izz el-Deen al-Sheikh Khalil, 42, and wounded three others on Sunday in the Az-Zahera district of Syria's capital. Israeli television quoted unidentified security sources as saying Israel was responsible.
The killing, if carried out by Israel, would be its second foray into Syria in the last year.
It was the latest blow to the leadership of an Islamist group responsible for many suicide bombings against Israel and committed to the destruction of the Jewish state.
"We were not convinced initially. This would be treason for an Arab security apparatus to be involved in this," Hamas Lebanon head Osama Hamdan said of a report in the Al-Hayat daily.
The Arabic daily said an Arab country had given the Israeli spy agency Mossad information about the movements and habits of Hamas leaders abroad.
"Now, because of what happened yesterday or through other information, there are indications that this may be case," he said.
Syria accused Israel of "terrorism" after the car bomb and Hamas vowed to retaliate.
Palestinian sources in Gaza said Khalil, whom Israel deported to Lebanon in 1992, was believed to be in charge of the group's military wing outside the Palestinian territories. Hamas sources in Beirut said he was a mid-level official.
A spokesman in Gaza for Hamas said the killing was "a cowardly crime by the Zionist Mossad".
Israeli security officials vowed to renew an assassination campaign against Hamas leaders in Palestinian areas and abroad in response to twin bus bombings on August 31 that killed 16 people in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.
Israel sent warplanes to bomb a suspected Palestinian militant training base in Syria nearly a year ago after a suicide bombing in Israel.
Syria's support of anti-Israeli militant factions, both Palestinian and Lebanese, was a key reason for the imposition of US economic sanctions against Damascus in May.
Palestinian activists said last week all Palestinian factions with offices in Syria had decided to close to avoid embarrassing their hosts in view of the increased US pressure on Damascus.
In March, Israel killed Hamas's co-founder and spiritual head, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in a missile strike as he left a mosque in Gaza. His successor, Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, was killed a month later in a similar Israeli attack in Gaza City.


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DAYTON, OHIO--Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine has received a $500,000 grant from The Kettering Fund to advance an exciting new field of science - proteomics.
Proteomics studies the intricate structure and function of thousands of proteins in cells and tissues. Diseases result when proteins, which are encoded by our genes, are defective or malfunctioning. Like the study of genetic defects, the in-depth study of proteins will produce medical advances.
"The Kettering Fund grant will provide the key infrastructure components necessary for studying proteins in both health and disease," explains David R. Cool, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology and director of the Proteomics Analysis Laboratory. "By studying malformed proteins, we will better understand how they function and improve diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the future."
The grant will provide new state-of-the-art instruments and software designed for proteomic analyses and will support, in part, personnel and pilot studies. In a continuing effort to support medical research, The Kettering Fund has made multiple gifts to the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.
"Over the years, generous grants from The Kettering Fund have enabled the medical school to make strategic investments in innovative biomedical research," says Dr. Howard Part, dean of medicine at Wright State. These investments have been leveraged with state, federal, and private dollars and helped create four biomedical research centers of excellence.
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Children's Rights Matter: Why Europe needs to invest in children
Prestigious Patron and Speaker
Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians
"There can be no doubt that the best investment in the future is to take the best possible care of the next generation."
Read Her Full Speech
In Europe enormous progress has been made in recognising children's rights since adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, but significant challenges remain.
One in four children is growing up in poverty and exclusion; there are unprecedented numbers of migrant and refugee children entering Europe – many of them unaccompanied; and still over half a million children are placed in institutional care, in contradiction to all human rights standards.
The Eurochild conference Children's Rights Matter: Why Europe needs to invest in children, aimed to take stock of progress, address on-going challenges, share good practice, and bring together different perspectives.
To answer this question, conference participants, both young and old, learnt and reflected on how policies and services promote the rights of all children in the five sub-themes: education, early years, health promotion, family strengthening, social protection and welfare support. For each of these themes we focused on three target groups of children: children in poverty, children on the move or affected by migration, and children in care or in risk of going into care.
Children, ages 12+, were involved both in the design, organisation and implementation of the conference. Children and adults jointly worked together during this conference as chairs, speakers, facilitators and rapporteurs.
• 3 days of interactive learning opportunities and discussions with politicians, policy makers, practitioners and children and young people
• 3 target groups in focus: Children in poverty; Children on the move or affected by migration; Children in care or in risk of going into care
• 5 sub-themes: Education; Early years policies; Health promotion; Family strengthening; Social protection and welfare support
• 14+ services for children and families open their doors to participants
• 13+ workshops to discover promising practices around education, health, families and social protection
• Be part of a unique experience of reflecting on children's rights, with children.
Read the Full programme here
Read the Child Friendly Recommendation on Investing in Children here
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''At Eurochild conference, our opinions were taken into consideration. Adults and children were one. A complete team, working together, having fun, talking to people with important names and asking them to change something. I think this is amazing. No more discrimination.'' - Daniela, Children's Consultative Council, WorldVision Romania
''Cutting social benefits, family support, spending on schools, tax benefits for families, in order to balance the states' books or save big banks is a dead-end scenario. Salvaging the economy and pursuing long-term goals may take years, and children are living their lives now. The return on investment into children's rights by far overweighs the potential costs of fixing in future what has gone wrong. So, it is not only socially, but also economically beneficial to invest into children '' -Gianluca Esposito, Head of Equality and Human Dignity Department of the Council of Europe.
''Investing in children as early as possible is best and most valuable choice we can make in Europe'' - Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Labour and Mobility
The Sketch my Rights entries
The drawings from the Sketch my Rights drawing contest for children had to relate to one of the conference themes: children in poverty, children on the move or migrant children, children in care or in risk of going into care. We received entries from 13 different countries, of which the majority focused on migration.
The Backstage Video!
The photos on Flickr
The Eurochild Conference is organised by Eurochild, together with the Belgian co-hosts Kind and Gezin and ONE.
Eurochild is a network of organisations and individuals that promote the rights and well-being of children and young people in Europe. Their work is underpinned by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children's Rights and well-being, as well as child & youth participation are amongst their key priorities.
Kind and Gezin Kind en Gezin (Child and Family) is an agency that works actively in 'Public Health, Welfare and Family' policy area. This Flemish agency focuses on preventive treatment and guidance of young children geared to good outcomes in the future. We work hard to enable children to achieve their full developmental potential, physically, mentally, emotionally and socially, with respect for diversity and children's rights. This principle holds good for all the different areas that we work in.
ONE The Office of Birth and Childhood (Office de la Naissance et de l'Enfance, further referred to as ONE) is a public institution that develops birth and childhood policies. ONE is an independent organism under the Minister for Childhood of the Wallonia & Brussels Federation. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is Mrs. Claudia Camus, and the General Director of the Executive Board is Mr. Benoît Parmentier.
The conference will take place at the prestigious Les Palais des Académies/Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts in Brussels.
The closing session of the conference is held under the auspices of the Slovak Presidency in the Council of the European Union. An advisory group of children and young people is helping to set the agenda, frame the conversations, and design an inclusive conference.
The conference approach builds on the work we have been developing within Eurochild with the support of our Participation Reference Group and the experience of Children as Actors in Transforming Society, a global annual meeting of children and adults in Switzerland. The organisers are also supported by an advisory group of some of the key stakeholders and partners in Belgium and at EU level.
- A child-centred investment strategy: Why the Investment Plan for Europe needs to prioritise children, Eurochild working paper, 2015
- European Commission Recommendation Investing in Children: Breaking the cycle of disadvantage, February 2013. Click here to read it in other EU languages.
- Read the Child-Friendly Recommendation on Investing in Children
- The voice of children in foster care Part 2
- The right to education for children being evicted
- Resilience and Social Capital: The Voices of Care Leavers from one London Borough
- Foster Care A Place of Sanctuary for Children
- Children First: local consultation platforms for prevention and identification of child poverty
- Participation in child protection: Essential for sustainable safety for children and families with disabilities
- Child protection benefitting from new technologies
- More Workshops presentations coming soon
Eurochild organises a conference every two years in partnership with its one or more national member organisations. Read here the report from our last conference 'Children First: Better Public Spending for Better Outcomes for Children & Families' held in Bucharest, Romania in 2014.