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Event Chair - Jos Creese
With over 30 years IT leadership experience, Jos has held a variety of CIO roles and non-executive director positions. He is a recognised independent analyst and researcher, strategic advisor for multiple IT businesses, past President of Socitm, and also of the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. He chairs the Open University 'School of Computing' Industrial Advisory Board and is a non-exec on the Risk and Audit Committee for the Department of International Trade, covering cyber and digital risk.
For over a decade Jos was CIO and latterly CDO for Hampshire County Council, leading a range of ground-breaking shared services and achieving national recognition with a range of awards for IT innovation. He has worked with national and international governments on IT programmes and has led large-scale mergers, and the start-up and subsequent sale of a tech business. Previously listed as the 'most influential and innovative CIO' in the UK, he now operates as an independent consultant, advising public and private sectors on digital and IT strategy.
Panel Chair - Colan Mehaffey
Chief Operating Officer, Health and Social Care Sector - Data Driven Innovation Programme, University of Edinburgh
Colan is Chief Operating Officer at the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. He leads the health & social care sector strategy and implementation for the Data Driven Innovation programme, a major new initiative to increase the provision of data and digital skills in the workforce and use the region's world-leading expertise in research and data analytics to improve products and services, transforming the City Region into the data capital of Europe.
Colan was Head of Web Strategy & Technologies at the University, working across the institution to develop a comprehensive strategy, roadmap and programme of activities. He delivered change across centrally-supplied services, and worked with colleagues across the University to co-design the strategy, establish the change programme and secure funding.
Prior to this, he was a Lead Digital Consultant to the Scottish Government, developing digital transformation strategy and programmes, specifically in the Health and Justice sectors. He worked with a number of Scottish Government agencies and NHS bodies, including the Scottish Prison Service, NHS24 and National Services Scotland.
He is a non-executive Director of the Centre for the Moving Image, including the world-renowned Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Colin Cook
Digital Director, Scottish Government
Colin has held Head of Division roles in Public Health, Healthcare strategy, Cabinet Secretariat and Digital. A former marketing director of Army Recruiting and Royal Mail's letters business, Colin is also a trustee of The Poppy Factory, a charity that helps disabled, sick and injured ex-service people back into work.
The Director of Digital is responsible for improving connectivity across Scotland, designing and implementing digital public services that meet user needs, enabling public service reform through digital technology and approaches, raising levels of digital participation amongst individuals and businesses, and transforming Scotland's digital economy.
Kate Forbes MSP
Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy, Scottish Government
Kate Forbes MSP is from Dingwall, although she spent part of her upbringing in Glasgow and India. Until she was elected as MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Kate was employed as an accountant in the banking industry. Prior to that she studied History at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh.
As a backbencher, she has served on the Scottish Parliament's Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, the Health and Sport Committee and the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee. She also served as Parliamentary Liaison Officer for Finance and the Constitution.
As well as leading a campaign to ban plastic straws, Kate has participated in several cross party groups at Holyrood including Crofting, Gaelic, Human Trafficking, Palliative Care and Rural Policy. A fluent Gaelic speaker, Kate made history earlier this year by becoming the first female MSP to give a plenary speech entirely in Gaelic in the current Scottish Parliament chamber.
On 27 June 2018 she was appointed as Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy.
Nicola Graham
Head of ICT, Aberdeenshire Council
Nicola has worked in ICT for the past 25 years having graduated from Napier University. Her career spans retail, finance, outsourcing and the public sector.
She joined Aberdeenshire Council as Head of ICT in 2011, with a remit to bring about change to ICT service provision. Nicola has led the organisation through a transformation programme, implementing new technology innovation, strengthening the skills of the ICT Team and developing the wider digital skills of the workforce. Nicola is now a key player in developing the Aberdeenshire Councils approach to Digital Services and bringing innovation to the rural North East.
Nicola is the current President of SOCITM, leading this year on the ethical use of emerging technologies. She also played a leading role in the setup of Scotland's Local Government Digital Office and the creation of shared CDO and CTO roles across Local Government
Carolann Miller
CIO, The City of Edinburgh Council
Over 25 years of IT and Business Management experience spanning both public and private sectors. A history of achievements covering ICT Digital Strategy, Service Delivery Management, Service and Contract Assurance, Commercial Management, Supplier Management, Delivery of IT and Transformation of Services. Focused on driving the City of Edinburgh Council IT strategy with Cyber Security at its heart.
Ritchie Somerville
Data Innovation Programme, University of Edinburgh
Ritchie is the Data Innovation Director within the City Region Deal funded, Data Innovation Programme. He has supported the development of the Programme since its inception.
With over 20 years experience across a wide range of local government roles in planning, economic development and business development, in 2011 he was appointed Programme Strategy Manager Edinburgh's Connected Capital Programme, part of the UK Government-funded Urban Broadband Fund. In 2013 he joined the Council's ICT Solutions Team as Planning, Strategy and Relationship Manager, developing the Council's ICT and Digital Strategy. In 2016 he became Innovation and Futures Manager.
He contributed to the BEIS-sponsored Science and Innovation Audit for South East Scotland, led by the University of Edinburgh. He has been seconded full-time to the University since summer 2017.
A co-founder of the Edinburgh Living Lab, he is a former Board Member of Digital Leaders Scotland, and the Cities Standards Institute. He is a BSI Committee Member on Smart Cities, a Member of the Institute for Leadership and Management, a member of the Scottish Government Digital Planning Taskforce, an Associate of the Association for Project Management and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
Martyn Wallace
Chief Digital Officer, Scottish Local Government Digital Office
Martyn leads the new Scottish Local Government Digital Office which was set up in 2016 to look at creating and delivering innovative digital solutions to help councils with the challenge of balancing their budgets whilst still delivering critical front line services.
Before joining the office Martyn's career has been in the tech sector where he has worked for companies including Capita Secure Digital Solutions, Telefonica O2UK, BlackBerry, Computacenter and Compaq.
Throughout his career Martyn has worked with multiple private and public sector clients where he has helped advise, design, procure and implement solution within technical areas such as Internet of things, Cloud Services, Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms (MEAP), Big Data and Managed Security Services. He has also seen and worked with new emerging trends, products and Technologies which have come to market in the last few years such as Drones, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality.
Charlie Boisseau
Charlie founded Fluency Communications, a start-up network operator in 2010 which was acquired by Commsworld in 2012. Since acquisition Charlie has developed the Fluency network making Commsworld Scotland's biggest indigenous network operator. Responsibilities include the day-to-day operation and strategic expansion of the network as well as developing future Commsworld products and services. Charlie is active in the UK Network community and Scottish Digital development communities, sitting on various committees and steering groups.
Alastair Roriston
RVP UK & Ireland, UiPath
Alastair stands at the forefront of the fastest moving technology industry trend: Intelligent Automation. He's evangelising the adoption of Robotic Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence within both private and public sectors and helping position UiPath as a leader in this space.
A former interim CIO in the visual effects industry and sales leader in emerging technology organisations, he has designed programs that are fueling the industry-wide transitions in big data, hybrid cloud and automation.
Throughout his 24-year tenure in the technology industry, Alastair has built a reputation for developing business strategies, incubating new business models, and building out successful technology projects.
Sally Kerr
Sally has worked in Local Government Digital for over 20 years and has wide ranging experience from digital service creation and management to delivery of open innovation products. She currently has a wide portfolio for digital, advising on digital development, championing innovative approaches and exploring emerging technologies.
She has used data and service redesign in a range of areas such as Assets, Active Travel, Waste and Health working with partners such as University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Living Lab.
Previously as the Council's Web Manager Sally led development of the Council web estate for over ten years, keeping Edinburgh's Council website at the top of SOCITM Better Connected rankings for 6 years, building a UX, design and quality driven approach.
Sally delivered the first Scottish Council Open Data Strategy and programme in Scotland, creating EdinburghApps (an early open innovation challenge competition) to showcase data sharing, developing new products & service improvements using digital and design.
Sally is currently Project lead of the Scottish Digital Office Partnership Open Innovation project, co-chair of Eurocities Data Group and Emerging Digital Task Force, is a co-founder of Edinburgh Living Lab, and has previously been a member of Scottish Government's Open Data Strategy development and review group
Tai McLennan
Head of Scottish Digital Academy, Scottish Government
Tai joined the Digital Directorate at Scottish Government in 2016, planning, developing and driving the digital talent strategy proposition for the Scottish public sector and setting up the Scottish Digital Academy.
Her experience spans Talent acquisition consultancy, strategic resourcing partnership, talent process improvement and programme management across public and private public sector organisations UK wide. Throughout her career, her roles has been focused on building capability in niche and competitive markets, developing strategies and devising and implementing solutions to capability challenges, in financial services, I.T. and public sector organisations.
Hugh Wallace
Programme Director - Payments Project, Scottish Government
Hugh is Transformation Lead within the Digital Directorate at Scottish Government and has over twenty years' experience working with digital tools and technology. He currently leads a programme seeking to transform the way payments are made and received within government and across the public sector.
His work has spanned multiple sectors and includes oversight of the design function in a commercial digital agency. His previous role was Head of Digital Media for National Museums Scotland, overseeing their digital strategy, website, social media and mobile plans. Prior to that he was Oxfam's Head of Digital Communications where he led the online approach to fundraising, campaigning and awareness raising.
Baldeep Dogra
Director, Product Marketing
Baldeep (Bal) has been in BlackBerry for almost 15 years, predominantly in a Technology Leadership role. Bal recently made the move to Corporate Marketing where he is responsible for the Global Financial Services Industry.
Bal steadily built up a team of technical sales experts over the course of seven years, playing a key part in the restructuring of BlackBerry from being a fully channel focussed business to incorporating a direct model and then helping the pivot from a device-centric business to software & services. Bal also played a key part in the integration of Good Technology; taking the EMEA lead role in the process.
Throughout his career at BlackBerry, Bal has championed a relationship based, customer-first approach to his work which ties in well with his passion for technology and helping customers and partners manage risk through the use of technology.
Bal holds a Bachelors degree in Physics with Astronomy from UCL, and an MBA from the Open University. He is a keen photographer and astronomer and likes to play Golf when he gets the opportunity.


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At just an hour and 20 minutes, the bus ride between Vienna and Bratislava was the shortest ride we've taken on our trip between cities. I sat next to a woman who was nervously clutching the purse on her lap and across the aisle, a textbook frat boy. Oxford blue long sleeve shirt rolled up above the elbows, khaki shorts, leather penny loafers without socks and a neatly trimmed quaff just starting to show signs of thinning. He wore a permanent smirk for our entire trip. Probably for his life.
Bratislava is a more subdued European capital than its big brothers and sisters of Vienna and Prague. In either of the aforementioned places, you're more likely to bump into more tourists than locals, so Bratislava feels like an 'authentic' town where people actually live and don't just cater to visitors. The smaller size means it's a very walkable city. Here are some of our highlights:
- Walking across the Stary Most bridge for view of the city and Danube
- Sampling craft beers at the 'Craft Beer Bar'.
- Enjoying some of the best Ramen in Europe at 'Ramen Kazu'
- People watching on Venturska walking street.
- Having the duck confit at Bratislavsky Mestiansky.
Bratislava was our last stop as a family of three before coasting into Budapest tomorrow to stay with our Saigon family, the Macs, for two weeks of catching up, playing cards and lots of laughs. It's been 2 years since we've seen these good friends of ours, and we were so eagerly looking forward to a reunion we seriously considered just leaving our pre-paid hotel a day early.
Ava's Digital Story: Avigail's Story
Bratislava did give us time to complete a big literacy project. After a month of drafting and revising, Ava finally finished her narrative essay, inspired by her trip to the Jewish Ghetto in Riga, Latvia. Aside from all the grammatical benchmarks, one standard still remained, which is using technology including the internet to publish writing an to interact with others.
|W.4.6. With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.
For this standard, digital story creation comes in handy. A digital story is a multi-media creation that uses photos, videos, along with narration, sound effects and music to evoke a richer experience. We used iMovie and published to youtube in the hopes of getting some viewer comments either there or through wordpress (hint hint) to interact with others.
Although digital story creation can be time consuming to teach and make, it's generally worth the wait as students learn that 'literacy' has come to encompass digital literacy skills as this medium is now a mainstream form of communication. Here is a guide I made to walk you through the process.
Here Come the Malarial Side Effects
Today was another important date for us, as we started taking our malaria drugs to prepare for a 5 week trip through Tanzania and Kenya straddling late August into September. We got our last few vaccinations in our final weeks in Korea but we had to start taking Malaria drugs (Mefloquin) two weeks prior to arriving and 2 weeks after leaving. I wasn't looking forward to the after effects again and we felt nauseous all day after taking our first pill this morning.
The last time we took Mefloquin, Lisa and I suffered from horrible, long term hallucinations which is a typical side effect. It was always the same- we woke up in the middle of the night convinced that we were covered in spiders and would hyperventilate ourselves awake while frantically fighting off the imaginary arachnids slowly bringing us from nightmare to sweaty lucidity. Although the episodes faded away over time, their intensity didn't, and it wasn't until 2 years later that we were back to normal. Just the other day, a Cambridge student interning in Madagascar opened the door of her light engine plane and fell to her death. Anti-malarials are the suspected culprit. I hope the medicine doesn't hit Ava too hard.
At least we'll be with friends.
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Zobo drink is the original name from Nigeria, West Africa. It changes its name in different countries, as Zobo drink is enjoyably consumed and drunk in various places all around the world. The basic essence of this drink is (dry) Roselle leaves or popularly known also as Hibiscus Sabdariffa leaves coming from a species of Hibiscus plant, original and native of West Africa.
Since the Roselle leaf already has sweet natural taste, most of Zobo drink lovers do not put sugar in their drink nor do certain restaurants. A few of them still use low-cholesterol sugar for some reason, particularly because they like sugar so much. This one factor is what makes Zobo special because it offers natural sweet taste which is certainly safe and does not endanger health. Fortunately, health benefits of Zobo drink are not immeasurable because it gives nothing but a natural touch, organic essence and fresh nutrients without any contamination.
Also, Zobo drink has a lot of good nutrients on its own without the final preparation. This applies to the Roselle leaf only and this shows that the benefit can vary and increase when you put other essences to your Zobo drink. Some of those nutrients are;
Water-soluble antioxidant
Huge amounts of vitamin C
Anti-hypertensive properties
Anti-bacterial properties
Enzyme inhibitor
High level of antioxidant
These nutrients and good essence contained in Zobo drink, particularly Roselle leaf work well to prevent and or cure some illnesses below;
High Blood Pressure, Constipation, Diabetes and Constipation
According to a research conducted by United States Department of Agriculture, Zobo drink is significantly effective for curing some disease and health disturbances ranging from high blood pressure or hypertension, diabetes and constipation. Particularly to the high blood pressure case, Zobo drink is effectively used as it can lower the bloodstream by 'using' it's enzyme inhibitor which is able to block the production of amylase. Amylase itself is an enzyme which can break down complex starches and sugar.
This closely relates to natural essences contained in Zobo drink or its main basic leaf which is naturally sweet and rich in good nutrients including anti-hypertensive properties. Automatically, all the essences work together to control sugar level at the blood stream so that body metabolism as well as digestion system run well and properly.
Loss of Appetite
In addition to the sense of mood, loss of appetite also closely relates to digestive system. Zobo drink offers various nutrients needed and nutritionally necessary ranging from iron, caffeine-free, niacin, carotene to calcium so the consumers would get his/her appetite back as the digestive system returns to normal. Those nutrients work hand in hand to overcome any bacteria and worm in digestive system supported by anti-bacterial properties which is also found in the Zobo drink.
Fever, Cold and Infection
The richness of vitamin C in Zobo drink is naturally effective for curing as well as preventing fever, cold and infection.
Kidney Disease
People with kidney disease are advised to consume Zobo drink as it contains 15 to 30 percent o an organic acid as mentioned above. The mechanism is all about the ability of the kidney to filter out some waste products such as the uric and oxalic acid. Those two wastes can form a sort of stone at the kidney and when it gets bigger, it would be excessively heavy.
However, it is advisable for them not put sugar in the liquid so that the natural essences of Zobo could well-preserved and not contaminated with other non-natural essences such as sugar as we find at regular market.
Zobo drink could prevent cancer as it is rich with anti-oxidant essences. Consuming any food or raw materials rich with anti-oxidant would significantly strengthen the immune system especially in fighting free radical. As a consequence, the body would be well-kept from various diseases, including cancer which regularly occurs as an impact of free-radical contamination.
Beyond all of its good nutrients and function, it is not advisable for pregnant women to drink Zobo drink as it can stimulate blood stream and make the menstruation come which then leads to abortion. Lactating mothers are advised not to drink Zobo as it can endanger the mother and her baby. Regular consumers should also not drink Zobo too much as continual consumption can give bad impact to the kidney(s).
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Red Card dooms FC Dallas in DC loss
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A great start on the road is necessary if any team wants to get good results. FC Dallas got the great start they needed in Washington DC Saturday night. A Mauro Diaz 13th minute goal vaulted FCD ahead and they looked like they were on their way to a good road performance. Unfortunately that all changed soon after as a reckless Zach Loyd was sent to the dressing room in the 39th minute with his second yellow card.
The loss of the outside back forced coach Oscar Pareja to make tactical substitutions that didn't help the situation and led the visitors on their way to a 4-1 blowout loss. Pareja was forced to sacrifice star central midfielder Mauro Diaz to bring on more defensive reinforcements before halftime, but it didn't work as Fabian Espindola scored right at the end of the 1st half tying the match at 1-1.
Blas Perez was taken off just after the break and very quickly FC Dallas had taken off two of their most trusted attacking weapons. DC United took capitalized.
DC United star Fabian Espindola took advantage of the extra space and punished the Dallas defense scoring twice and assisting on another DC United goal. Three goals in under 25 minutes blasted open the 1-1 match leaving FCD on the short end of a 4-1 loss. The loss got even worse in stoppage time when Michel was shown a straight red for taking a swipe at a DC player. Hopefully it does not result in more than a single game suspension.
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Definitions for "Biedermeier"
Keywords: papa, empire, bourgeoisie, napoleonic, german
Name derived from early 19th Century cartoons of two smug bourgeois characters called "Biedermann" and "Bummelmeier" by the German satirist Ludwig Eichrodt. Subsequently used as an adjective to represent the style of decoration favoured by such people. Used in particular of Bohemian glass, often heavily-cut and/or with engraved, enamelled or gilded decoration, and popular between c 1815 and 1850
was the early part of the Romantic movement that avoids the dark aspects of life, i.e. death and sexuality. In Biedermeier texts, painful and dark issues are made idyllic. A good example of this is The Angel. It was a transitional period between Neoclassicism and Romanticism and closely linked with the bourgeoisie, particularly in the Scandinavian countries. Following the Napoleonic wars, the Biedermeier style grew during the economic impoverishment of the 1820s and 1830s. The term Biedermeier was derogatory and was based on a comic symbol of middle-class comfort, "Papa Biedermeier."
Designation for music of the early 19th century associated with the musical bourgeoisie and domestic music-making.
A tightly arranged nosegay consisting of concentric circles of various differently colored flowers. The blooms are wired into a holder, with one flower variety per ring.
A small, compact bouquet of flowers organized in alternating rings (like a bull's eye). The alternating rings may be of different types of flowers, or of the same variety in two colors.
A type of posy where the flowers are arranged in rings according to their color. (See Posies).


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The Rohatyn Center is a valuable resource for students seeking financial support for on-campus events; overseas research to write senior theses; and connections to funding opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate study, research, conference attendance, internships, and experiential learning.
The Rohatyn Center offers students financial support to conduct overseas research through three grants administered by the Center:
- The RCGA Summer Research Grant provides funding for overseas research for juniors preparing to write senior theses during the summer before senior year.
- The RCGA Study Abroad Research Grant provides funding for research either during a study abroad program or immediately following the program.
- The Padma Desai Grants provide funding opportunities for students interested in conducting research or an internship while studying abroad in Russia.
View the research projects of Spring 2020 Research Grant Recipients here.
Students are also encouraged to apply for funding to bring a speaker to campus. Proposals will be reviewed as they are submitted.
The Rohatyn Center intern program offers a unique opportunity to
- Collaborate closely with faculty members on international and global research
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- Gain leadership experience serving on the Rohatyn Center's Student Advisory Board
"Getting to be a part of the academic process while interning at the RCGA has made me a stronger student. Seeing the stages of development that the faculty members here go through when coming up with a research question was fascinating, and really showed me how to approach and break down any problem, no matter how large."
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Christos' Cup run ends with standing ovation
I had the opportunity to go to the Christos FC vs. DC United US Open Cup game as a credentialed member of the media. But I didn't want to. I went as a fan of Baltimore soccer. I went down to the game on a luxury fan bus that left from DeSantis' Pizza Grill & Bar in Perry Hall. I had on my neon-green Christos FC t-shirt that on the front proudly proclaims "Christos 'Til I Die" and on the back has the list of ever person who ever played for the amateur club team.
It was impossible not to get caught up in the fan frenzy of Christos FC during their incredible US Open Cup run. They showed the grit and heart and determination that nobody expected any less of when they took on the top-flight professionals of DC United, which have won three US Open Cups, most recently in 2013.
By the end of the game, the final score was the expected result – a 4-1 DC United victory. But the road there was for expected, and the game was far closer than that final score would indicate. Christos FC never lacked any confidence when they were getting ready for DC United, but also never felt any pressure. DC United was supposed to blow them out, but the game was a remarkably close game despite the final score.
In the 23rd minute, Mamadou Kansaye booted in a direct free kick into the top right corner of the goal past DC United goalkeeper Travis Worra. The crowd erupted, and Christos' entire team bolted to a large group of their fans near the corner flag behind the goal to celebrate going ahead 1-0.
There were over 5,200 people at the game, easily more than half were there to cheer for their ragtag team of Baltimore players, who never practice but don't lose very often.
@MenInBlazers this actually just happened. @ChristosFC has the lead on D.C. United in the #USOpenCup. Scenes. @davejsports this is nuts pic.twitter.com/RaRN4O5bSc
— GoonersInUSA Podcast (@GoonersinUSA) June 13, 2017
Ten minutes later DC United midfielder Julian Büscher tied the game with a low-lying shot inside the post.
But Christos FC hung level with the pros until the final minutes of the match. And looking at the final numbers of 74-percent possession to DC United to Christos FC's 26-percent, and the Black-and-Red's 30-7 shot advantage, it was an amazing accomplishment to be level into the final 10 minutes of the game.
Peter Caringi III re-aggravated a hamstring injury in the first half and had to be pulled out of the game in the 38th minute. After that, DC United man-marked Levi Houapeu and never allowed Christos FC to create good offensive pushes. They did have some chances but were just stuck on the defensive end of the field most of the second half.
In the 81st minute, Büscher passed the ball over to DC United substitute Lloyd Sam for their second goals of the game. DC United only made the game seem like a blowout after two goals in the final moments of the game. Lloyd returned the favor to Büscher in the 90th minute, and then in the last second of stoppage time, Büscher passes to Ian Harkes, son of former US national team captain John Harkes. After that goal, the final whistle sounded. It was a loss for Christos FC, but they still received a standing ovation, both from the crowd DC United's team.
While their miracle run into the fourth round of the US Open Cup has ended, and while they won't be lifting the big trophy at the end of it, they were the huge winners of the tournament.
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A man is to appear in crown court after he threatened to stab a woman and her young children and slice their faces with a broken bottle.
Nathan Christopher Forrest, formerly of Haverfordwest, now of Hill Mountain, Houghton, Milford Haven, appeared from custody at Haverfordwest magistrates court on Wednesday, October 2.
Forrest, 23, pleaded guilty to having an offensive weapon in Fernhill, Haverfordwest, on September 30.
He also admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour intending to make people believe that violence would be used towards them.
Linda Baker, prosecuting, said Forrest shouted at a woman who was on her way home with her two young children.
"She saw him smash a brown glass bottle, he was pointing the broken bottle away from himself, he was holding it out like a weapon."
Forrest swore at the woman and said he would stab her and her children, adding he would slice their faces.
Katy Hanson, defending, said Forrest had learning difficulties and autism.
"He is still a young man and has some difficulties.
"It's clear that at the moment Mr Forrest is struggling. He tells me he had been drinking, and does not usually drink.
"He can't remember what happened and is unable to explain to the court much about why this situation has arisen."
Magistrates declined jurisdiction to sentence Forrest and he will next appear at Swansea crown court on October 16.
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Not every child wakes up eager to go to school. But if that child's day involved visiting with other school children in Zimbabwe, touring a Brazilian rainforest or interviewing an astronaut, she might be more inclined to get out of bed.
Enter classroom video conferencing, an evolving teaching method that is enhancing learning from kindergarten to graduate school. Video conferencing enables people at separate locations to communicate using video and audio transmissions, and it isn't just for corporate meetings and television broadcasters anymore.
With the advancements in technology that have occurred in the last several years, more educators are pulling video conferencing into their classrooms. In addition to the many colleges around the world that use classroom video conferencing, approximately 25 percent of public, primary and secondary schools in the United States supplement their curriculums with video conferencing education [source: Greenberg].
Like the telephone and the Internet, video conferencing equipment can break down barriers of time, distance and expense by connecting people from all areas of the globe in real time.
In this article, you'll learn about the different uses of classroom video conferencing, the technology that makes it work and what you'll need to get started.
While the ultimate benefits of video conferencing in the classroom depend on how effectively a teacher uses it, successful stories of its incorporation abound. Take a look at some noteworthy uses of the tool next.
Video Conferencing Education
At its most basic level, video conferencing in education connects remote students to teachers. On a more exciting level, it also leads students on virtual tours, brings far-away experts on camera for interviews and allows kids to try out their fledgling foreign language skills on their peers from other countries. While such activities might have been difficult in the past due to travel costs, time constraints and inconvenience, classroom video conferencing can offer a work-around solution. Video conferencing lessons for schools can also ignite an interest and enthusiasm for learning that traditional teaching methods sometimes can't.
For instance, how often did your middle-school science class interact with astronauts at NASA? Yet students from California were able to take a close-up tour of a NASA facility with their school's video conferencing equipment. As part of their science and engineering project about self-sufficient living spaces, the students toured a space station training facility where they got a close look at all the equipment and were able to ask their guides questions [source: AT&T]. Such a field trip would have been impossible without video conferencing because of the distance and time involved.
Even the best students sometimes hit a wall with traditional teaching methods. Sometimes it just helps to put a face with whatever you're learning. After completing a unit on the Sun, Earth and Moon, students in England got to do just that, interviewing a scientist from the London Science Museum. Their excitement about the interview opportunity motivated them to come up with good questions, and they were so pleased with the whole experience that they asked to present to the rest of the school what they had learned [source: Global Leap Study 31].
Students from Monkseaton Language College in England were equally excited when they got the chance to practice their language skills with students from a classroom in France. Learning a language by making flash cards and filling out worksheets is one thing, but speaking it with native speakers is another [source: Global Leap Study 15].
Of course, not all classroom video conferencing experiences are positive. The technology sometimes presents obstacles. If users aren't familiar with how to deal with such issues, the benefits of video conferencing education can be lost. Learn about the technology of video conferencing and some of its downfalls on the next page.
Classroom Video Conferencing Technology and Potential Drawbacks
To gain a better understanding of video conferencing, it helps to learn exactly how audio and video signals captured in a classroom arrive at their destination. Beyond the obvious necessities of a camera and monitor, an audio system with microphone and speakers, and a control to place the call and adjust things like volume, you also need a device called a codec. The codec is the name of the piece of equipment that formats the audio and video signals for transmission. Its need will soon become apparent.
Successful classroom video conferencing relies on both the audio and video information being transferred in real time. These two streams of information take up a lot of room, which standard communication wires like phone lines can't handle. In order for the data to fit in the standard wires, it has to be converted into a smaller format so that it can be transported easily and efficiently. It's the codec's job to code the analog audio and video recorded with the microphone and camera into a digital format.
The information is broken down into smaller packets and then delivered to the receiving end by one of several possible methods such as cables, regular phone lines or an IP-enabled network. The codec on the receiving end then translates the digital signal back into an analog signal for display on the monitor.
Depending on the quality of the equipment involved, the reproduced signals may arrive in tip-top shape, or they may be degraded in the translation process. Lowered quality can occur because of how compression is achieved: by taking out little bits of information. Think of it as crumpling up a drawing so you can toss it across the room. Crumpling it into a ball allows you to get it there more quickly than trying to simply float it, but when you smooth out the paper, the picture will be somewhat distorted. The same thing often happens with video conferences, which leads us to some of its drawbacks.
Pixilation results from the codec having to deal with the rapid flow of information. To manage the load, the codec reduces the number of video images displayed per second, which makes movement look jerky. The codec also decreases the resolution of the photos, which takes out detail and makes images look fuzzy, like the man's face in the picture.
Audio delays happen when the codec can't keep up with the rate of transmitted sounds. By the time the sound gets compressed, transmitted and decompressed, the person is often finished talking, and awkward time delays occur. When this happens, you may notice that people's lips do not match up with what they're saying, which can be distracting.
Echoing might happen if your audio system isn't set up properly. Background noise can contribute to this problem, but it's usually easy to fix by resetting the echo canceler if there is one, moving microphones or using headsets and external speakers.
If users are new to the technology, the effects of data compression can make communication difficult and override the potential benefits of video conferencing lessons for schools. But with practice, teachers can easily overcome the obstacles. Other aspects of video conferencing, though, can affect the quality as well. Learn more about the different video conferencing setups available and the two most common transmission mediums on the next page.
Classroom Video Conferencing Setup
The biggest difference among video conferencing systems is how the signals are transmitted. The particular method can have a big impact on the connection options, as well as the quality, speed and cost of the transmission. Most systems today are based on standards, so that systems using different equipment but the same standard can connect without special equipment. Two of the most common standards are H.320 (ISDN) and H.323 (IP). Other standards also exist, such as T.120, which enables data sharing, and H.243, which enables multipoint conferencing, or communication among more than two locations.
ISDN- (integrated services digital network-) based systems use existing phone lines to transmit data, whereas IP- (Internet protocol-) based systems use Internet networks. Many schools seem to like ISDN because it establishes a dedicated link unaffected by other users. This makes the quality of an ISDN connection predictable. The drawbacks to ISDN are that it isn't always available in rural areas and that it racks up per-minute long-distance charges. To connect with other users, people using ISDN-based systems simply dial the number of who they want to connect with, like a regular phone call.
IP-based videoconferencing, on the other hand, costs less, especially as network connections become more prevalent. Since it uses the Internet infrastructure, and many schools already have existing networks, using an IP network doesn't require setting up any special connections. However, depending on the network's capacity, signal transmissions can be slow and unreliable. If many other people are using the network, the quality of the video conference may be negatively affected. With the introduction of broadband and other improved Internet technologies, though, IP-based video conferencing is gaining in popularity.
Aside from the different standards used to connect, the physical arrangement of classroom video conferencing equipment also varies. Some schools have rooms dedicated to the technology, while others have portable systems or even desktop units.
- Integrated systems are the most advanced setups and are generally used for more formal communication. Prices start at around $10,000 and can go as high as $100,000 [source: IVCi]. Here, the video conferencing equipment is incorporated into the classroom's design and usually consists of several monitors for displaying video, multiple microphones to capture sound and top-of-the-line codecs to deliver optimal quality. You typically see these systems in classrooms where one person is addressing many people, such as in distance learning.
- Portable units are less expensive than the integrated systems at about $5,000 to $10,000 [source: IVCi]. These portable setups typically consist of the monitor, microphone, camera and other equipment loaded onto a rolling cart that can be transported to whichever classroom needs it. Although these small units are ideal for sharing, they limit the ability to add additional equipment, and since they must be hooked up every time they are moved, a basic knowledge of the technology is helpful.
- Desktop setups are the cheapest method of video conferencing at about $300 if you already have the computer [source: IVCi]. At their simplest, this setup includes a PC, a small camera mounted on top, a microphone and software to perform the job of the codec. Some newer computers come with this software already installed. This design isn't conducive to classroom use, but is more appropriate for one-on-one informal communication.
Teaching methods have come a long way since the days of the blackboard and one-room schoolhouse. If you want to learn even more about video conferencing lessons for schools, follow the links on the subsequent page.
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- Arnold, Tim, et al. "Videoconferencing in the Classroom: Communications Technology across the Curriculum." Global Leap. June 27, 2004. (May 15, 2008) http://www.global-leap.com/casestudies/book/index.htm
- AT&T. "Videoconferencing for Learning." Nov. 1, 2007. (May 15, 2008) http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/vidconf.html
- Coventry, Lynne. "Video Conferencing in Higher Education." Institute for Computer Based Learning. (May 15, 2008) http://www.agocg.ac.uk/reports/mmedia/video3/video3.pdf
- Global Leap. "Case Study 31" June 27, 2004. (May 21, 2008)http://www.global-leap.com/casestudies/book/lentrise.htm?section=7_1&id=3029
- Global Leap. "Case Study 15." June 27, 2004. (May 21, 2008) http://www.global-leap.com/casestudies/book/monkseaton1.htm?section=7_1&id=1157
- Greenberg, Alan. "Taking the wraps off videoconferncing in the U.S. classroom." Wainhouse Research. July 2006. (May 13, 2008) http://www.wrplatinum.com/Downloads/5912.asp
- IVCi. "Video Conferencing: Buyer's Guide to Video Conferencing." 2008. (May 29, 2008) http://www.ivci.com/buyers-guide-to-video-conferencing.html
- Lightbody, Keith. "Easy Video Conferencing in Schools." Feb. 7, 2008.
- Manning, Colin E. "What is compression." (May 15, 2008) http://www.newmediarepublic.com/dvideo/compression/adv04.html
- Motamedi, Vahid. "A critical look at the use of videoconferencing in United States Distance Education." Education. Vol. 122, Issue 2. Winter 2001.
- Schutte, Carla. "Videoconferencing for Educators." 1998. (May 15, 2008)http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow6/nov98/index.html


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As a teacher, student and performer there are number of subjects that i am simultaneously cultivating.
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These subjects should be cultivated, nourish each other and coexist at the same time.
I would like to inspire the dancers in building up their own dance method using their knowledge, observation and intuition. My teaching is coming out of my ongoing present research and joy to dance which I would like to pass on.
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~Do not be fooled by the unassuming outside view of this store, the inside is a cornucopia of yarn and fiber delights. If you are in Hill Country, Happy Ewe in Jonestown, Texas is not to be missed!
One side of the store is filled with oodles of yarn just waiting to be fondled and knitting/crocheting supplies and patterns. The other half of the store is devoted to spinning and weaving and has fabulous fibers to longingly finger. I could have remained in the store for the entire day, unfortunately Hubs was in the car patiently waiting.
The owner, Misty, is delightful, friendly, and super helpful. Ok, I'll admit that she's ringing up my purchases.
Two of the fibers I purchased were dyed by Heather Cabanas of Western Sky Knits (WSK) located in Woodlands, Texas. I wanted to purchase fiber from a Texas artisan. There was also an Ashford fire in colors of purple, orange, and black which I could not pass up. I cannot wait to card it in with some hand dyed purple, orange and black fiber. Super yum for Halloween.
A few of the knitted items on display that I was quite taken with:
Half Moon Shawl knit in Alp Oriental – free pattern
Austermann #30 shawl knit in Egytptian Mercerized Cotton – pattern free at Austermann's website
Milanese Wrap knit in Jojoland Rhythm – pattern for purchase
Striped Shrug knit in Taiyo by Noro – pattern in Noro Magazine Premiere Issue
Oh great! Now there are even more things for me to do. 😎 If you're ever headed through Hill Country, this is a great store in a tiny town.


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Military and civilian environments are simply different in many respects. This difference has long been noted by American lawmakers and expressly referenced in the United States Constitution, the country's foremost legal document.
How do you gauge issues of concern -- especially illegal sex-related activities -- in the military?
Military discharge: Designation can have material, lasting effects
If you've served the country as a military servicemember, you undoubtedly want that fact noted and appreciated.
Bowe's case: spotlighting importance of strong defense counsel
We last touched on the strange story and saga of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in our blog post dated July 1, noting therein that "the case continues to play out in the press."
The Navy captain in charge of preventing and responding to sexual assault incidents within Fleet Force Command recently offered some insight into the kinds of cases he often sees. Referring to claims brought in the last few years, Navy Captain Chuck Marks said that sexual assault involving unknown assailants is uncommon, as are situations involving officers who have allegedly assaulted lower-ranking sailors.


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School of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Virginia
Here are a few fundamental questions: What are the objectives of architectural education? How do we measure success? Where do we expect this year's graduating class to be in twenty years? The simple reply is that architecture programs train junior architects who in twenty years will be senior architects. If that is the only reply, then we should begin a widespread shutdown of architecture programs; there is no shortage of architects in America, as comparing fee schedules with other professions makes clear. Undergraduate education in architecture must find a broader mission or face inevitable decline.
The history of U.S. railroads is often cited as a case study of failed vision. Rail empires of the early 20th century wasted away because rail barons saw their business as trains rather than transportation; they focused on product rather than service; they failed to see how knowledge specific to their field could be generalized and applied elsewhere. Architectural education faces a similar situation. Many programs seem to see their business as training people to design buildings, rather than educating people to engage in creative, critical problem solving. These programs measure success by competence, the ability to perform in specific situations, rather than robustness, the ability to cope with novel situations. With the accelerating pace of change in the world, competence decays with a very short half-life; practices of today may be obsolete in a few years. To prepare students for unprecedented change, we need to educate them to be intellectually robust, creative, and critical.
The contrast of training for competence versus education for robustness is reflected in the two-tier system of undergraduate architecture degrees: the four year general programs, which have emerged over the past twenty-five years, and the more traditional five-year professional programs. To study this contrast, I have examined statistics concerning applicants to the University of Virginia's Master of Architecture program; while it is impossible to draw definitive conclusions from these statistics, because of bias in the sample, etc., some illuminating trends emerge nonetheless.
Like many graduate architecture programs, the UVa program has three entry points: one for students with 5-year professional degrees; one for students with 4-year degrees in architecture; and one for students with degrees in other fields. The following table lists the mean scores achieved by each applicant group for the three parts of the GRE examination, considering the cumulative applicant pool from 1990 through 1994:
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Mean GRE Scores for Applicants to the University of Virginia M.Arch. program from 1990 through 1994 [1]
The statistics show a similar pattern for the analytic and quantitative tests; applicants with 4-year degrees score about halfway between those with other degrees on the high end and those with 5-year degrees on the low end. For the analytic test, the difference between each group is roughly 35 points; for the quantitative test, there is a smaller difference of about 15 points. The verbal test shows a different pattern, with architecture graduates from both 4- and 5-year programs scoring about the same, and significantly lower than graduates from other fields; this pattern reinforces the familiar, and unfortunate, stereotype of architects as verbally inept.
There are many possible explanations for these results, and many potential sources of bias; moreover, the GRE is a far from ideal measure of intellectual acumen. Nevertheless, the numbers put 5-year degree holders at the bottom of the scoring ladder, particularly for the analytical and quantitative tests, despite their extra year of higher education [2]. Although 5-year graduates are more thoroughly drilled in methods of practice, it seems they are giving up other skills in the bargain; they are more competent, but less robust.
The contrast of competence and robustness is not an issue of 5-year vs. 4-year degree programs, but is a balance to strike in every course and throughout the curriculum. Accreditation requirements for 5-year programs mandate an emphasis on competence. Much of the debate on technical courses in the architectural curriculum has presumed competence as the primary goal, I think we need to reshape the debate to encompass robustness: the ability to thrive in situations that we cannot conceive, but which our graduates will certainly encounter in the workplace of the coming decades. Fortunately, addressing technical issues in the context of architectural design provides many opportunities to challenge students and stretch their intellectual ability. There are two areas that I think are particularly important: abstract reasoning and creative problem-solving.
Much of the world's worst architecture has been done in the name of rationalism. Pure functional reasoning rarely provides a sound basis for architecture; however, logic and reason are essential for the coherent and sophisticated construction of concepts that must underlie any successful design. In addition, realizing an innovative design requires sound argumentation to counter the inevitable opposition that faces new ideas.
In the insightful book How to Solve It, author George Polya describes the importance of teaching reasoning, and the role of geometric proofs:
In fact, we should distinguish between things of more and less importance. If the student failed to get acquainted with this or that particular geometric fact, he did not miss so much; he may have little use for such facts in later life. But if he failed to get acquainted with geometric proofs, he missed the best and simplest examples of true evidence and he missed the best opportunity to acquire the idea of strict reasoning. Without this idea, he lacks a true standard with which to compare alleged evidence of all sorts aimed at him in modern life. [3]
Polya's point is key: geometry is in the curriculum not only to impart knowledge of the topic, but also to develop general powers of reason and abstraction. If students cannot reason within a starkly abstract world such as Euclidean geometry, then it is very unlikely they will be able to construct--or even fully comprehend--coherent arguments concerning the far more complex abstractions involved in ethical, moral, and philosophical arguments.
Technical courses in an architecture curriculum can serve a similar role. Taking structures as an example, topics such as beam theory can be taught in a way that not only builds competence in estimating required member sizes and understanding general structural design, but also enhances powers of abstract reasoning. Like Euclidean geometry, beam theory builds a complex set of conclusions and relationships from a small set of axioms. Engineering education often places too much emphasis on this type of reasoning, to the exclusion of more practical concerns, but architectural education usually makes the opposite mistake, relying too much on step-by-step procedures, tables, rules of thumb, and other tools whose full value can be realized only when synthesized with clear reasoning.
Teaching design is the central strength of a good architecture curriculum. To make the most of that strength, design instruction should permeate the curriculum, rather than being isolated in studio courses; the studio tradition has established an excellent setting for design synthesis, but there is no benefit in isolating design instruction to the studio. Technical courses are ideally positioned to teach design as creative problem solving; that is, finding original solutions to constrained, goal-directed problems using rational methods to evaluate and improve creatively generated solutions. Engineering programs should teach design in this sense, but few do. Since the 1950s, engineering education in America has been entrenched in a scientific model of education and research motivated by the prominent role of scientists during World War II, and spurred to full momentum in the aftermath of Sputnik. Several prominent engineering figures and organizations have criticized the excessively scientific bias of modern engineering education [4], most notably the National Research Council [5], and the chair of MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering [6].
Unfortunately, in many architecture programs, technical courses are even worse than their engineering counterparts, not only failing to address creative problem solving but also neglecting mathematical and logical rigor. This situation arises from typical combinations of teacher and student skills. As revealed in Prof. Daniel Faoro's recent survey of structures instructors in architecture programs across the country, the majority of instructors have terminal degrees in engineering [7]; on the other side of the podium, few architecture students have the mathematics background to cope with detailed engineering material. Courses focus on the common ground between student and professor: the engineering that the professor knows minus the math and physics that the students don't know, a recipe commonly known as "watered-down engineering". There are, of course, notable exceptions to this scenario, but they are too rare.
Rather than combining the worst of both worlds, technical courses in architecture should combine the best. Instead of engineering courses drained of mathematics, technical courses should be logically rigorous courses infused with creative, original design. The engineering model of relying solely on assignments and tests that require each student to reach the same solution does not teach design as creative problem solving; technical courses in architecture need to include work where each student reaches a different solution, based on his or her own creative response to the goals, constraints, and context of a problem. Many forward-looking educators in the engineering community are searching for ways to combine creative design with physical and mathematical rigor; architectural technical courses have an opportunity to provide them with a model. Instead of following a few mathematical paces behind engineering courses, architectural technical courses should be leading several design steps ahead.
As the support-course debate proceeds, I hope the discussion of integrating technical courses and studio is framed within the larger issue of integrating architectural education with a fast-changing world; failing to address this issue, architecture programs face obsolescence. The continually accelerating pace of change makes it impossible to predict the particular skills graduates will need in twenty years; competence is a moving target, robustness is timeless. To assume an influential position in the university and in society at large, architecture programs need to promote an agenda beyond competence. Technical courses are an essential part of that agenda.
[2] As a holder of a Ph.D. and two Masters degrees, I can attest that there is some credibility to the theory that each year of college beyond the fourth makes a person less capable, but I think there is a different phenomenon at work here.
[3] G. Polya How to Solve It, Princeton University Press, Second Edition, 1957, p. 216.
[4] See, for example, Samuel Florman The Civilized Engineer St. Martin's Press, 1987, and David Goldberg Change in Engineering Education: One Myth, Two Scenarios, and Three Foci, Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory report no. 94003, June 1994: available on the World Wide Web at http://gal4.ge.uiuc.edu/orderform.html.
[5] The National Research Council Committee on Engineering Design Theory and Methodology, Improving Engineering Design: Designing for Competitive Advantage, National Academy Press: Washington D.C., 1991.
[6] Nam P. Suh The Principles of Design, Oxford University Press, 1990, p. 19.
[7] Daniel L. Faoro Structures Survey Curriculum, North Dakota State University, Department of Architecture, May 1994. The results are based on surveys distributed to 117 programs with 57 responding.


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Canelo Alvarez reveals when he wants Gennady Golovkin rematch to happen
Many will argue that the biggest boxing match of the year between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin ended in controversy after it was deemed only to be a draw after 12 rounds of boxing, but hopefully, their rematch will settle all debates over the two fighters.
Both boxers are up for a rematch after their first fight on September 16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas ended with the controversial scores of 118-110 for Canelo, 115-113 for Canelo, and 114-114 for the draw, meaning as a result, Golovkin retained his IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight world titles.
Golovkin's promoter, Tom Loeffler, stated earlier this week that it's 'absolutely' the Kazakhstani's camp's top priority to have a rematch with the Mexican, and it appears the same applies to his opponent.
There is an immediate rematch clause in the contract for the fight, which Canelo is expected to exercise and request a date for Cinco De Mayo weekend on May 5, with the fight likely once again being held in Las Vegas.
Canelo said to ESPN Deportes, via Boxing Scene: "For me the priority is [the rematch]. Right now I'm going to rest, but the priority is the tiebreaker in May. We will try to make the fight, do the best we can do to make it in May.
"It's up to them [if they want to make a deal for the rematch], I'm in for the tiebreaker. We have to negotiate, we're ready, it's my priority for May."
While Las Vegas would most likely be the venue of choice, the date appears to be the more important aspect for Canelo of the two variables in the arrangement of this rematch.
Golden Boy executives began the negotiations a few days ago for the rematch so we should have some news on the second fight by the end of this year.
The World Boxing Council has given the green light for this tiebreaker fight to go ahead which gives Golovkin extra time to make his obligatory defense against top challenger Jermall Charlo. It looks like we'll just have to wait a few more months for the fight to be confirmed.News Now - Sport News


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the Spirit of Mahatma Gandhi lives through every nonviolent action
Afghans are a very brave caste in the world. They keep their world always. They like honesty. They hate those person who don't keep their word. Mahatma Gandhi knew about him very well. So time to time he spoke and wrote many times. Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan was his crossest friend. The world knows him as a Seemant Gandhi. He was one the pillar of freedom movements. He believed in Satyagraha.
Mahatma Gandhi wrote in Young India about afghan on dated 26 may 1920 that In the course of its discussion of my views on non-co-operation the Allahabad Leader asked me to state what I meant by 'wise and temperate action' on the part of the Government in dealing with the Khilafat agitation. The U.P. Government has provided me with an excellent illustration of unwise and temperate action almost, if not altogether, amounting to insanity. I refer to the experiment from Mussoorie of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the son of the Hon'ble Pandit Motilal Nehru. Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru's dignified letter to the Superintendent of Police furnishes the public with all the facts in connection with the order served on him. The whole of the Allahabad public could bear witness, if witnesses to the action of an honorable man were necessary, that Mr. Nehru junior was proceeding with his mother, his sisters and his ailing wife to Mussoorie purely for reasons of health. Having inquired of him, having received an unequivocal, straightforward and full explanation of his presence in Mussoorie, having the knowledge that the embers of the family were with him in Mussoorie, the authorities ought to have accepted Mr. Nehru's word and refrained from taking further action. It should be remembered that Mr. Nehru in his letter to the Superintendent of Police said :
This was not enough for the authorities. They had lost their mental balance. They wanted an assurance that Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru would not have any communication with the delegation, for we learn from the same letter: And the Government whom Mr. Oakes, the Superintendent of Police, represented, appreciated the position by serving on him the order of experiment two days after the receipt of the letter.1 Mr. Nehru was anxious that the Government should have the full facts before them, [and] therefore told them in the same letter :
In a well-regulated State, individual inconvenience is as much a 'high matter of State' as any other, except when individual welfare demonstrably requires to be sacrificed to corporate welfare. In this instance there was nothing, so far as the public are aware, to warrant the inhumanity of tearing a husband from his ailing wife and separating an aged mother from her only son and protector when they have no one else to look after them and are away from home. I call. this insanity of a very severe type and it can only proceed from a guilty conscience. The Government know that the peace terms1 are dishonorable and in breach of the pledges of ministers. They know, too, that the Mohammedan sentiment has been deeply hurt. They know that the Hindu sympathy is completely with them and they know that the Afghan delegation is also in complete accord with the Indian Mohammedan feeling. They are therefore afraid of any Indian of importance being in the position of knowing anything of or from the Afghan delegation. The Government has therefore become hyper-suspicious But we must not answer this madness with madness. I am loath to think that the Government of Sir Harcourt Butler2 desires to goad the people to violence so that he can repeat the frightfulness of the Punjab and terrorize the people into silence and submission. But whether it is the intention of that Government to do so or not, the leaders of the Khilafat movement must prepare themselves for more acts of the Mussoorie type. And the way to success lies not in becoming angry but in welcoming such acts of repression so that they may, ceasing to produce any effect upon those against whom they are directed, cease altogether even as a medicine that does not react upon a patient is necessarily stopped by the administering physician. The severest punishment is stopped as soon as it fails to produce the effect intended.
But the most shocking instance of madness comes from Sind. The AL Wahid, published in Karachi in Sindhi and owned by a responsible merchant, has in its issue of the 13th instant a letter from the Secretary of the Khilafat Committee, Jacobabad, which, after relating that some respectable men connected with the Khilafat movement were sent to jail, proceeds that a respectable zemindar was whipped by the Deputy Commissioner within closed doors and that on his crying out, the police entered the room and administered further beating to him. In Mussoorie, at least, the decorum of law, such as it is, was observed. Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru was not physically molested. But in Sind, if the allegation of the Secretary of the Khilafat Committee is true, a respectable man has been whipped by a Deputy Commissioner, so far as the public are aware, without any cause whatsoever warranting such procedure. The Governor of Bombay enjoys the reputation of being the sanest of Governors and one may trust that he will make the fullest enquiry into the incident and the other allegations made, and publish the result of that enquiry. The Bombay Chronicle supports the AL Wahid statement by giving the version of the same incident received by Mr. Shaukat Ali.
If the facts set forth are true the offending Deputy Commissioner must be removed. But whether he is removed or not, the duty before those who are guiding the Khilafat movement is absolutely clear. Are they prepared to go through the fieriest of ordeals? An insolent treaty of peace, if it is in any way resisted by those who are affected by it, can only be supported by an equally insolent exhibition of force. And if Indian Mohammedans and Indians in general are more concerned with the revision of the treaty than with showing resentment and anger, they will submit to all the ill-treatment that may be meted out to them
and yet pursue the policy of not submitting to the treaty. Any use of violence against Government violence must kill the Khilafat movement.
Mahatma Gandhi spoke on Non-Co-Operation including Afghan in speech on 11 December 1920 that
It is the duty of every Indian, whether he be Hindu or Mohammedan, Arab or Afghan, male or female, to think deeply over the present condition of India—to analyses minutely the situation. It is also the duty of every one of you to devise ways and methods for the weeding out of the present-day evils.
Gandhi wrote in Young India on dated 4 May 1921 that The reader will find elsewhere a string of questions put by a correspondent. The most important relates to a speech delivered by Maulana Mahomed Ali on the fear of an Afghan invasion. I have not read Maulana Mahomed Ali's speech referred to by the correspondent. But whether he does or not, I would, in a sense, certainly assist the Amir of Afghanistan if he waged war against the British Government. That is to say, I would openly tell my countrymen that it would be a crime to help a Government which had lost the confidence of the nation to remain in power. On the other hand, I would not ask Indians to raise levies for the Amir. That would be against the creed of non-violence accepted by both Hindus and Muslims for the purpose of the Khilafat, the Punjab and swaraj. And I apprehend that Maulana Mahomed Ali could not mean more in his speech than what I have suggested. He could not very well do otherwise, so long as the Hindu- Muslim compact subsists. The Muslims are free to dissolve the compact. But it would be found, upon an examination of the case, that the compact is indissoluble. Dissolution of the compact means destruction of India's purpose. I cannot conceive the present possibility of Hindus and Muslims entering upon a joint armed revolt. And Muslims can hardly expect to succeed with any plan of an armed revolt.
However, I warn the reader against believing in the bogey of an Afghan invasion. Their own military writers have often let us into the secret that many of the punitive expeditions were manufactured for
giving the soldiers a training or keeping idle armed men occupied. A weak, disarmed, helpless, credulous India does not know how this Government has kept her under its hypnotic spell. Even some of the
best of us today really believe that the military budget is being piled up for pro-tecting India against foreign aggression. I suggest that it is being piled up for want of faith in the Sikhs, the Gurkhas, the Pathans, and the Rajputs, i.e., for want of faith in us and for the purpose of keeping us under forced subjection. My belief (I write under correction) is that the anxiety of the Government always to have a
Treaty with the Amir was based, not so much upon the fear of a Russian invasion as upon the fear of losing the confidence of the Indian soldiery. Today there is certainly no fear of a Russian invasion.
I have never believed in the Bolshevik menace. And why should any Indian Government, to use the favourite phrase of the erstwhile idol of Bengal, 'broad-based upon a people's affection', fear Russian, Bolshevik or any menace? Surely a contented and a powerful India (all the more), in alliance with Great Britain, can any day meet any invasion upon her. But this Government has deliberately emasculated us, kept us under the perpetual fear of our neighbors and the whole world, and drained India of her splendid resources so that she has lost faith in herself either for defense or for dealing with the simple problem of
the growing poverty. I, therefore, do certainly hope that the Amir will not enter into any treaty with this Government. Any such treaty can only mean unholy bargain against Islam and India. This Government,
being unwilling to part with O'Dwyerism as an 'emergency measure, being unwilling to keep its faith with the Muslims, (I must decline to treat the Government of India separately from the Imperial Government)
and being unwilling to let India rise to her full height, wants Afghanistan to enter into a treaty of offence against India. I hope that there is but one opinion so far as non-co-operators are concerned. Whilst unwilling ourselves, we cannot wish others to co-operate with the Government.
Mahatma Gandhi gave a interview which published in The Hindu on 16 Oct 1921 that Afghanistan are really in support of the Khilafat. But when the Khilafat question is out of the way, then the Afghan people will not have any design on India. The warrior tribes who live on loot and plunder are given lakhs of rupees as subsidy. I would also give them a little subsidy. When the charkha comes into force in India, I would introduce the spinning-wheel among the Afghan tribes also and thus prevent them from attacking the Indian territories. I feel that the tribesmen are in their own way God-fearing people.
Gandhi wrote in Young India on dated 3 November 1921 that I do not know anything about the treatment of Hindus in Afghanistan, but I am prepared for the moment to assume the truth of the statement referred to by the correspondent. It would be relevant, if we were trying to introduce Afghan rule in India. I am only concerned with the present misrule in India, which, if it permits me to ride a horse, has reduced me to serfdom in my own country. Nor can I be deterred from overthrowing the present misrule for fear of Afghan or other Muslim rule creeping in. The correspondent will find that when we have attained swaraj, we shall have attained the ability to resist any other misrule. We shall have learnt, without the necessity of a training at Sandhurst, the art of dying for country and religion.
Gandhi wrote in Navajivan on dated 10 November 1921 that the same correspondent asks: "Supposing as a result of nonco- operation, the British severed their connection with us; how can we be sure, in that case, that India will not be invaded by Afghanistan or some other power? If that happens, we should be where we were." The question does indeed worry some persons. If it worries many we shall not get swaraj, for those who are afraid of Afghanistan, Japan, or some other country will necessarily prefer to remain under the British umbrella. Swaraj means no more and no less than being free from this fear. If we get the strength to drive out the British, will that same strength not help us to resist Afghanistan or Japan ? So long as we have not fully adopted swadeshi we shall remain a prey to fear. The complete adoption of swadeshi is like the virtue of a perfectly faithful wife. Just as no ruffian can cast an evil eye on such a woman, so will none be able to look with a covetous eye at Mother India, attired in self-spun and self-woven clothes. Of what profit will a self-reliant India be to Japan ? How can Afghanistan harm India if her sons, Hindus and Muslims, have become united? He alone has reason to be afraid of Japan who does not want to follow swadeshi. He may fear the Afghan who doubts the Muslims' sense of honor. The swarajist should shed all fear.
Gandhi wrote in Young India on dated 16 January 1930 that the spectre of an Afghan invasion is raised in certain quarters the moment we talk of independence.
Gandhi wrote in Harijan on dated 15 October 1931 that a more apposite instance, perhaps, is that of Khan Saheb Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the servant of God as he calls himself, the pride of Afghan as the Pathans delight to call him.
Gandhi wrote in Harijan on dated 5 August 1939 that it has grieved me to find that internal squabbles have begun to fill the Congress ranks in this province too. Yesterday I was closeted for over an hour with the members of your Provincial Congress Committee. They asked me to show them a way out. I suggest to you that the solution lies in your own hands. You have adopted Khan Saheb Abdul Ghaffar Khan as your uncrowned chieftain. You have given him the proud titles of 'Badshah Khan' and 'Fakhr-e-Afghan'. Let his word be law to you as it was before. He does not believe in argument. He speaks from his heart. You must learn to sink your individual differences and work together like a team under him if the titles that you have bestowed upon him are to be vindicated, and not remain as mere lip compliments.
Gandhi spoke in prayer meeting in New Delhi on 25 Jun 1947 that the refugees from N.W. F. P. and the Punjab I met in Hardwar told me that Hindus residing in Kabul are obliged to wear turbans of a particular color to make them easily distinguishable. In this connection the Afghan Consul1 has today issued a long statement contradicting the report. He says that there is no such thing in Kabul. He says that the Hindus even have temples in Kabul and they have the right to build temples there. If that is so we can feel proud. The carnage in Lahore, Amritsar and Gurgaon is a matter
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Dogs are beacons of positivity. They bring happiness to people's lives wherever they go, which is why they are the most popular pet in the world.
They love to entertain as a companion and will love, care and nurture for its owner, even in the toughest of times. For the 10-15 years that a dog will stand beside you, they will do it with loyalty.
However, with a great dog, comes great responsibility. You as the owner needs to care for a dog immensely and treat it with care, so it assimilates into the world.
You need to train a dog, socialize a dog, feed a dog and maintain a dog's daily needs, to make it just as happy as it makes you. It can be difficult, but so can any great friendship.
The Boxer Basset is a fairly new hybrid and is only starting to see its popularity rise this decade. So to learn more about this dog, we should look at the history of its parent breeds.
The Boxer was first initially found in the valleys of Tibet in the 1700s, where they were used for both hunting and fighting dogs.
It is said to be a relative of various Bulldogs and is now regarded as one of the most popular breeds in America.
The Basset Hound was discovered in France during the 1500s and was used as a scent hound. It would trail rabbits for its human companion to hunt.
They are also known as a Sausage Dog and is considered the 39th most popular dog breed in America today.
With the Boxer Basset, you can expect a dog that is cute, friendly, funny and somewhat lazy.
However, with their lazy attributes comes stubbornness, and this can make them difficult to train at times.
I have constructed this almanac of sorts for you to prepare for becoming a Boxer Basset owner.
This guide will detail all the vital information on this dog, as well as a flurry of other things to make the beginnings of dog ownership a little bit easier.
I will discuss its behavioral traits, physical features, dietary needs, life expectancy and more.
By the end of this manual, you will be equipped with the knowledge to bring the Boxer Basset into your house swiftly, and smoothly.
Does the Boxer Basset sound like the breed for you? Then keep on scrolling to find out more.
Boxer Basset Puppies – Before You Buy…
There's a plethora of preparation that goes into buying a dog. These are creatures with very specific needs and need to be treated as such.
It is important to analyze the requirements of your dog to make training it from an early age easier, all while increasing its happiness and confidence.
After all, you have to spend 10-15 years with this creature, might as well make it comfortable!
Things your Boxer Basset will need include:
- A medium to large-sized space in the house designated for rest. The puppy needs to feel as if it is part of the family, and it is your responsibility to make it feel that way. Dedicate a space in the house that is independently theirs. A Boxer Basset can thrive in both a house and an apartment.
- You dedicated time. You're going to need to alter your schedule to make time for the Boxer Basset from an early age, as it needs your utmost attention. If there is someone in your family at home that can provide the Boxer Basset with socialization and training, then you will not need to change your schedule as much.
- Colour preference. Analyze what colors the Boxer Basset can come in, and choose amongst your family.
- Gender preference.
- Spaying/Neutering preference. If you want your puppy to reproduce, then avoid this. However, if you want your dog to avoid specific illnesses and have no chance of reproduction, consider this process.
What Price are Boxer Basset Puppies?
Cost is a big factor when it comes to purchasing your first dog. If the dog doesn't fit your budget, it means that you may have to reconsider getting a dog in the first place.
Luckily, the Boxer Basset is an incredibly cost affordable dog. You can pick one up from a reputable breeder for around $300-$400, which is incredibly cheap for most medium-sized breeds.
This is considerably cheaper than the $1000+ price point of a Boxer, and the $600 price point of a Basset Hound.
The Boxer Basset is an incredibly good option for those looking for a canine on a budget.
Alternatively, if you're looking to find it cheaper, you can seek out an adoption shelter for possible options. A Boxer Basset can be found there for any from $50.
However, there will be adoption fees that vary with each establishment.
Where to Find Reputable Boxer Basset Breeders?
Finding a reputable breeder is important as it can determine the health and behavior of your puppy.
You need to choose wisely when it comes to breeders, all while making judgments on the breeder's character, to determine their process.
A good breeder will:
- Provide a spacious, clean environment for the dogs to be kept until purchased
- Bathe, feed and groom the puppies.
- Kickstart the socialization process with the puppies.
- Showcase an extensive amount of knowledge on the Boxer Basset and its parent breeds.
- Assist you with any equipment or information you need.
3 Little-Known Facts About Boxer Basset Puppies
- They can sniff out any nearby animals.
- They are known to be minimal shedders.
- The Boxer Basset needs natural oils for its health. Therefore it barely needs to be bathed.
Physical Traits of the Boxer Basset
As a mixed breed, the Boxer Basset can appear in many different ways, depending on the litter.
It can inherit superior traits of either the Boxer or the Basset Hound, and it can also be a complete mix of the two. Each particular style depends on each particular puppy.
The Boxer Basset is known to have an incredibly short and hard coat, that ranges shades of brown, white and black.
They have a short body with a big head, and large feet, playing into the 'sausage dog' category. They have big floppy ears that fold over its head, a black nose, and brown eyes.
How Big is a Full-Grown Boxer Basset?
The Boxer Basset is a medium-sized breed with a sausage-like body. It tends to grow between 17-19 inches, with it being longer than it is taller.
Weight-wise, they tend to fizzle out at around 45 pounds but can grow as big as 60. The male is generally bigger than the female.
What is the Boxer Basset's Life Expectancy?
The Boxer Basset is expected to live around 10-12 years, which is a little under the average for most medium-sized breeds.
Because of their uniquely shaped body, they tend to inherit more possibilities of health concerns, so it is important to watch them for any symptoms of illness.
Intelligence, Temperament, and Personality Traits of the Boxer Basset
The Boxer Basset is renowned as a family dog because it loves to sit on the couch with you and watch TV in unity.
However, it can be difficult to train because it inherits the traits of stubbornness and laziness.
Because of this, it's important to get it outside and take it for walks, as well as participate in plenty of obedience training, with positive reinforcement.
The Boxer Basset is known to be funny, loving and great around kids. However, it will need socialization and training to assimilate with smaller pets due to their hunting instincts.
They love any talk of food, so expect them to come running at the rustling of a bag!
The Boxer Basset's Diet
The Boxer Basset loves food, and its dietary needs show that! It will eat roughly 2 cups of food a day, costing around $40 a week.
In terms of cuisine options, try some sliced meats, kibble and plenty of dry dog food for nutrition. It is important not to overfeed, as it can become sick.
How Much Exercise Does the Boxer Basset Need?
Because of its body type, the Boxer Basset actually tends to be quite lazy, and it will love a cuddle more than a run. It is recommended that you treat them to 45 minutes of exercise a day.
Activities you should treat the Boxer Basset to include walking, and the odd game of fetch. It is important not to do anything too strenuous because of its small legs.
Boxer Basset Health and Conditions
Serious Issues:
- Bloat
- Cardiomyopathy
- Elbow Dysplasia
Minor Issues:
- Entropion
- Ectropion
- Seborrhea
My Final Thoughts on the Boxer Basset
Overall, the Boxer Basset is a great dog that'll suit any type of owner and any family.
Provided you schedule regular trips to the vet, and participate in socialization, the Boxer Basset is an ideal dog for anyone.
Emily started this blog out of pure passion. She LOVES her 3 dogs; Chew Barka, Cooper & Nelson, and spends countless hours every day playing with them.
When she's not nerding out on dogs, you'll find her on a snowboard or in the kitchen baking chocolate brownies.
She's been featured in PetAware, Dogtime, and ModernDog.
- Boxer Basset Puppies – Before You Buy…
- Physical Traits of the Boxer Basset
- Intelligence, Temperament, and Personality Traits of the Boxer Basset
- The Boxer Basset's Diet
- Boxer Basset Health and Conditions
- My Final Thoughts on the Boxer Basset