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I gave birth to my surprise baby on the loo
TYPING out a text, my stomach was in agony.
"Sorry, I don't feel well," I messaged my mum, Lee-Anne, 49.
I was due to go around to my brother Nathan's place for a barbecue, but I thought I must have got a bug.
I lived with my dad, Mark, 49, but as he was out, and I was feeling too ill to drive to the doctor, I curled up under my doona.
A few hours later though, the pain ramped up even more. Feeling a strong urge to go to the toilet, I dragged myself to the bathroom.
Then, sitting on the seat, I looked down and saw something between my legs.
"What the..?!" I thought, in absolute disbelief.
It was a baby's head!
Utterly stunned, I reached down and felt it. This was really happening.
A baby was coming out of me - and fast!
Standing up, I gently pulled the baby's shoulders, easing them out.
It's a girl, I thought, numbly, delivering her into my hands.
As she cried out, I cradled her, shell-shocked.
"Zachary!" I screamed to my 18-year-old brother.
Rushing to the bathroom, his eyes opened wide.
"Where did you get that from?" he exclaimed, before running out again in shock.
I can't blame him, I thought. I'd had no inkling I was expecting either.
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Single for seven months, I must've fallen pregnant before the break-up.
Having had infrequent periods for years, I'd stopped tracking them.
But I'd had no morning sickness, sore boobs or any other hints.
I'd even done heavy lifting at a casual warehouse job.
Most unbelievably of all, I hadn't had a bump, still comfortably slipping into my size-8 clothes.
I had noticed I'd added five kilos to my 50-kilo frame - but I'd just put it down to my love of beer.
At that, a wave of horror crept over me. Just 10 days before, I'd celebrated my birthday with a family meal and a few schooners. But it wasn't a beer belly I'd got, it was a baby!
I was totally overwhelmed, so yelled at Zachary to "Get some scissors!"
When he brought them, I snipped the cord and blood started spraying everywhere.
I can't clamp it! I realised.
Freaking out, I got in the shower with the bub.
When my dog had puppies, we checked their airways, I remembered. So I checked her airways too.
She was breathing and crying, but as I cleaned her, I felt the urge to push again.
"Oh God, is there a twin?" I thought, rushing back to the toilet.
To my relief, it was just the afterbirth.
I didn't want to bother emergency services, so I called a number for patient transport.
"I just had a baby on the toilet," I explained.
Gobsmacked, the operator told me to hang up and call Triple-0.
Telling them what happened, I was asked all about my due date and obstetrician.
"No," I said, wanting them to understand. "I didn't know I was pregnant!"
In the ambulance, I still struggled to explain it to the paramedics.
Arriving at hospital, the baby - my daughter - was put in a humidicrib to warm her. Weighing 2.4 kilos, she was on the small side.
Around 20 minutes later, Mum arrived with Dad.
Zachary had texted her, so she'd announced my news to a dumbfounded Nathan, 21, and his partner, Ally, and left.
No-one could believe it. I couldn't believe it!
I'd read stories in real-life magazines about this happening to other women and I never understood how it was possible they hadn't known they were pregnant.
"We're here for you," my parents assured me. "You can do this."
While Mum and Dad cooed over their new grandchild, I needed more time.
"Who is this little stranger," I thought, bemused. "Am I really her mum?"
Lying in bed that night, my mind raced. My entire future looked so different to when I'd woken up that day.
Single and living at home, how could I be ready for a baby?
The next morning, I had another shock.
Overnight, my almost-flat chest had sprung up into milk-filled double Ds.
My body was doing all the right things, but my brain just needed to catch up.
Visiting my bub in the neonatal intensive care unit, I took in her precious pink face and shock of brown hair and thought she was so cute.
Maybe I could do this after all, I thought, giving my baby a cuddle.
"You need to give her a name," Mum said, gently.
Remembering someone said she'd popped into the world, I had an idea.
"Poppy Joan," I said, with Joan after my great-grandma.
After 10 days, I was able to take Poppy home.
Stopping work, I slowly got used to being a mum.
One day, we were lying on my bed and I was playing Poppy my favourite songs.
Suddenly, I felt tearful and my heart wanted to burst.
I've fallen completely in love with her, I realised.
And when, at around 12 months, she said "mamma", I was overcome with joy.
Now 20 months, she's my beautiful, sassy little dancer who puts a smile on everyone's face.
She's changed my life for the better and brought our family even closer as we shower her with love.
"You came for a reason," I tell her.
She might have made a surprise entrance, but I can't imagine life without her.
This story originally appeared in That's Life magazine and is republished here with permission.


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Randy Bass was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate in November 2004 and represents Senate District 32, which includes Lawton and Comanche County. He is currently the Democratic Floor Leader and also serves on several Senate committees, including Appropriations, Energy, Pensions, Insurance, Tourism & Wildlife, and Transportation. Additionally, Bass sits on the Appropriations Subcommittee for General Government and Transportation, as well as Natural Resources and Regulatory Services.
Prior to his service in the State Senate, Bass most recently served his hometown as City Councilman for Ward 1 from March 2001 until his election to office in 2004.
Born March 13, 1954 in Lawton, Oklahoma, Bass graduated from Lawton High School and enjoyed a career in baseball after he was drafted as a fourth round pick in 1972 by the Minnesota Twins. He spent time with several major league teams, including the Kansas City Royals, the Montreal Expos, the San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers before being selected to play in Japan in 1982 where he became the first baseman and power hitter for the Hanshin Tigers. Bass currently holds eight national records in Japan and is the only player to win back-to-back Triple Crowns. He hit 200 home runs faster than any man in baseball history and set the all-time season batting average mark of .389 in 1986.
Following his time on the baseball field, Bass was appointed ambassador to Japan by Governor George Nigh in 1986. His passion for the sport is kept alive today by serving as a member of the Major League Baseball Association and through trips to Japan where he plays celebrity games and golf tournaments. He has also served as commentator for baseball games for Minichi Broadcasting Systems in Japan and worked as a scout for the Tokyo Giants from 1998 to 2003.
Bass is a member of the Oklahoma Municipal League and is an avid golfer. He is an active member of his community where he is an Elder of Holy Cross Lutheran Church and an associate member of Lawton Ambucs. He enjoys spending time with his wife Kelley, his son Zach, daughters Staci and Remi and his four grandchildren Levi, Hagen, Jayden and Randi.


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In-game, change your default legend to the legend you want to add to the site, hit "Force update" when ready.
You can do this by selecting them on the Legends menu, to change or update the stats shown on this page, you have to set the trackers to the stats you want to show. Make sure to have at least the Kills tracker and the Level badge selected.
After changing, make sure you are back on the lobby tab. The Apex Legends API is cached, your stats might not immediate update.
Apex Legends caches data, so if your legend does not appear after this update, wait a minute and try again.
Warning: This is irreverisble, we will not undo this for you. Proceed with caution. This strategy is used to remove old stats from your legend and start a fresh view. You must do it once for each legend.
- Select a legend and make them your default.
- Set Care package kills as your primary stat banner.
- Remove the 2nd and 3rd stat banners.
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ID-porten is a common log in solution to public services.
In order to use digital services from Norwegian public agencies, you must have an electronic ID (e-ID).
You can choose between five different electronic IDs: MinID, BankID, BankID on mobile, Buypass, Commfides or Buypass ID in mobile.
An electronic ID confirms that you are who you say you are when logging into digital services.
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Even though Cybertronian life-forms are quite capable of surviving on purely organic worlds, they sometimes resort to eco-structuring to feel more at home. Eco-structuring is the process of converting a planet into an environment hospitable to mechanical lifeforms, particularly Cybertronians. It can be performed rapidly through devices capable of converting organic matter to technological matter, such as the Key to Vector Sigma. It can also be performed manually in a much more gradual process, such as that performed by the Cybertronian Empire in the construction of the Hub.
It is also known as cyberforming. [citation needed]
Generation 2 (Marvel Comics continuity)
The Cybertronian Empire, believing organic life to be little more than bacteria and viewing mechanical life as the pinnacle, have been eco-structuring worlds for millennia. They believe this to be construction rather than genocide. The indigenous lifeforms are clinically exterminated, and a metal casing for the planet is manually built. This can seemingly be done quite quickly.
Before War Without End!, Grimlock and his Firestormer team had encountered seventeen "little Cybertrons".
Beast Machines
In the Beast Machines cartoon, the Oracle revealed that even Cybertron itself was not originally technological, but had been an organic world cyberformed.
Movie (2007)
In the Titan Transformers comic, the All Spark is established as being capable of cyberforming a planet. Transformers Comic issue 9
Age of Extinction
Probably the best known image of Cyberforming, dozens of Creator Ships arrive at earth during the era of the dinosaurs, and they immediately begin cyberforming with Seeds. The blast and effect of the multiple seeds killed of the dinosaurs and turned their bodies into metallic skeletons. The Creators then activated their collection drills, where they collected all the metal, (except for one good sample of a complete metal skeleton of a t-rex, found later by humans), and then left.
KSI uses 'Transformium', which is their word for Cybertronian metal, which they use to create their own programmed Transformer prototypes.
Later, Galvatron obtains a Seed from Lockdown, (it is still unknown how Lockdown obtained a seed) which Galvatron plans to use on Hong Kong, which will wipe out all human life with a radius of a Nuclear Bomb, and will turn the entire city into metal, which Galvtron hopes to use to build his army. His plan fails when Optimus arrives with the Dinobots and kills Lockdown.


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Providence Baptist Church is a church where God is moving and drawing people of all ages to become a part of His family. We are thrilled to be a part of this movement and invite you to experience it along with us.
Visitors at our church will find that we worship and serve our amazing God with intentionality and passion. Our worship services offer practical, biblical teaching and a blend of traditional and contemporary worship elements. We are a missions-minded church that God has called to serve the local community of Harrisburg, NC in a variety of ways.
Whether you are a part of the Providence family, a member of another church, or not really sure what you think about God or church, you are welcome here. Visit us. Learn and share in our large and small group settings. Participate in our activities and service opportunities.
I'd love to have you as my personal guest here. If you have questions about our church family, God, or anything in general, I'd love to treat you to coffee or lunch. Together, we'll find the answer to your questions.
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Falls Church, VA (October 19, 2011) Nexus Systems is pleased to announce that Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP) has selected its complete electronic AP purchase-to-payment solution, NexusPayables. Hudson Pacific Properties will utilize NexusPayables to automate and streamline its entire accounts payable process from invoice receipt and imaging to approval workflow to seamless data synchronization with its existing property management platform, MRI Software.
NexusPayables is a paperless, web-based purchase-to-payment AP automation solution providing flexibility to combine online catalog purchasing, PO management, invoice imaging and management with sophisticated workflow-initiated approval routing, line-item budget comparisons, general ledger cost allocations, job cost accounting features and flexible reporting tools. NexusPayables is in use by companies that require a comprehensive application for the expense management control, visibility, efficiency and cost savings associated with accounts payable automation and best practices.
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Nexus Systems is the leading provider of electronic solutions that automate the traditionally cumbersome paper-intensive purchase to payment process resulting in the reduction of operating costs and faster invoice processing with tighter controls. Nexus Systems' product and services greatly aid financial management by automating and centralizing systems through scanning, electronic workflow, approval routing, and budget controls of PO and invoice management. Nexus' best-in-class solution, NexusPayables, enjoys continued success as a result of its mature in-depth functionality, intuitive interface, user friendly configurations, and overall ease of use for clients.
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Postwink has been making your recycling easy since 2007. Our new online store provides home-friendly recycling and composting solutions. From your kitchen recycle bin to Bokashi and compostable refuse bags, even to reusable mugs and straws - to really allow you to live a waste-less lifestyle.
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Welcome to Destination Wild
Destination Wild is a luxury transfer company the provides comfort and safety for any transfer to any wild destination. Destination Wild also provides and facilitates accommodation and tour planning from families, Golfers and adventurous travellers, big or small, to recommended destinations in South Africa and neighboring countries, the Wilder the Better !!
We will facilitate all your activities of you choice in your area as this ensures your safety and value for money.
Our Team has travelled and experienced all that we offer and understands the importance of having a great experience
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Start your Buying Community
Why start a buying community?
You can make a difference, help yourself and others to save money and be part of a movement that wants to change our buying and consuming habits
What sort of buying community?
You can start a buying community for any product and service you and others buy. What do you buy regularly?
How do I run the buying community?
The usortd marketplace provides you with all the tools and support needed to create and share your community with like minded buyers and sellers you want to buy from.
How do i make the money?
Your members can reward you financially based on how well you are managing the community. You can also get sellers to sponsor your community.
How much does it cost?
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How to be a positive role model.
A positive role model is a person who does the right thing all the time just because it's the right thing to do, A role model is someone who is well behaved all the time and is someone that people look to if they want to know what is the right thing to do.
A positive role model will sit quietly and not talk to the people around them while working unless they need to. A positive role model will put all their effort in to everything they do even if they find it hard or difficult.A positive role model will always sit nicely and quietly on the matt and not talk to the people surrounding them unless told to.
A positive role model will have good behaviour when going on school trips and try their hardest to represent the school well and nicely remind others to.A positive role model will take all the chances that they have and use them well. A positive role model will pick up any rubbish they find and put it in the bin, A positive role model will always be friendly and helpful to others in the playground.
I think that these things is what a good role model has or should have to be a great positive role model and learner.


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Can I Use Free Articles on My Blog?
This post is part of the Friday Q&A section. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question.
Samson asks:
I want to have your opinion on two plugins for wordpress I found recently.
One is called Unique Articles Wizard – which claims to give free articles for my blog in exchange for linking back to author. Is it worth? Does it help in SEO? Or does it just leak vital link juice from my blog?
Another one is Article Submit Auto, which is a paid plugin for auto submitting my blog posts to article directories.
Can you please help me with your opinion on both of these.
The short answer would be: stay away from similar plugins.
The first one will basically post articles from article directories on your blog. These directories allow anyone to republish their content as long as you keep the author byline and the links intact. The reason why you should stay away from similar articles is not because you would be leaking link juice, but rather because you would risk getting a duplicate content penalty.
Articles from directories get republished all over the web, and by doing the same on your blog you would be sending a very clear signal to Google, which is: I am a lazy blogger, and instead of publishing my own unique content I will just grab stuff from around the web.
The second plugin is not as bad, because the original article will be posted on your blog first and only then distributed to article directories, but if your blog is not authoritative you might get duplicate content penalties anyway.
That does not mean that article marketing is useless, however. You just need to make sure that you'll not submit your own blog posts to the directories, but instead unique articles written just for that purpose.
Unique content is one of the most important aspects for search engine optimization, so don't compromise it on your important websites.
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36 Responses to "Can I Use Free Articles on My Blog?"
Peter White
Does any one have any thoughts on this. I started my own blog with the idea that it will be me, talking about my experiences in my niche. It contains completely original material but I still have to refer to articles I have read from my affiliates. After all I DO want to help people and create a name for myself in my business.
I'm sure this idea has been done before but I also wanted to open a website full of other peoples material. All duplicate content from my main affiliates and any and all information I could find related. I keep the ads simple and non-intrusive and almost everyday I add content to it. After all it doesn't require that much work and each article I post, I learn something from. I get great ideas on new material for my "real" site, and it's great to refer my readers to a site that I know they won't be spammed with pop ups or articles that have no real value. Since I control the site.
I have used the .org extension of the domain in which I own almost completely now. (luckily it resides on a whole different ip address?). Sure it gets some organic search. Although I have noticed most of the search terms are from the seo people of my affiliates.
The point I am getting to is I feel if I can build a large enough site to create enough traffic to encourage others to submit their unique material then I just might have the makings of a site worthy of top search engine recognition.
Do the search engine(s) recognize sites that have truly made an ethical attempt to create a site like that and if so, how many pages will it take to reverse the duplicate content penalties? I suppose it's just a matter of click through and visitors. The more people that come and stick around before finally clicking out, the search engines will have to eventually recognize that it's not just a lame marketing site but a complete database of articles. Similar to a library.
Supermarket Soap
This is one reason I went with the decision to design my own blog architecture. This way I know what is doing what (most of the time!) in my blog.
Daniel, I'm suprised you don't know this already, Duplicate Content does not get penalized. If duplicate content got penalized what would happen to all the content aggregators that have a PR7-9? What would happen to article marketing?
Duplicate content gets penalized only when it's on the same domain. This myth has been circulating the net for a while and I'm amazed that not many have actually tested it themselves.
So one more time, the duplicate content penalty is a myth unless its coming from the same domain. Cheers
I usually submit articles to article directories to build some backlinks and publicity. I wouldn't really like other people to re-publish my articles to be honest due to certain implications it may cause. I see a lot of auto blogs around, do these break the Adsense TOS?
Daniel Scocco
@Karol K. and @Hubert, I am not sure where you guys are getting your definitions of "dupliate content", but here is how Google defines on inside its webmaster's guidelines:
"Duplicate content generally refers to substantive blocks of content within or across domains that either completely match other content or are appreciably similar."
Notice the "within or across domains" part.
Web Marketing Tips
Your this question and answer is really awesome Daniel.
I am sure this is a gold mine for newbie and some time we also get very useful and precious tips.
Keep this up and I think you should make it twice in a week.
Ching Ya
Having said that, I think it's very important for a blogger to realize what's the ultimate goal he/she's heading? Your blog is your platform, the place to showcase your personality besides your findings. 🙂 A hub to meet people and extend your relationship on other social media sites, even create a community for it — if that's what you have in mind, the plugin won't do you any good.
I think R Kumar made a good point at the end, if you're worrying about fresh content you can always invite bloggers to guest post, it's much more rewarding since you can build relationship while meeting new visitors; more promising than what the auto-plugin can offer. Best wishes!
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Using those 2 plugins will really put your site into risk of getting duplicate content, so avoid it.
You are absolutely right daniel. Both plugins are dangerous to use. It is time to realize that unique content is key to success and dont spend any times with free article or easy earn
R Kumar
Blogging is about giving valuable content to your readers and it is your readers that make your blog a success. A blog can be there for years and not have a single reader.
Plugins like UAW and such others do not offer anything new to your readers. They just make available articles that have been there for years and months. They just solve the purpose of providing content, and not valuable content.
If you wish to gain readers and publicize your blog then you need to provide fresh and valuable content and this can happen only by writing them yourself or, by getting somebody to write for your blog.
Arun Pal Singh
It is time to realize that unique content is key to success. Both the plugins mentioned may appeal to temptation but if you really want to capitalize from article directories and your blog posts, both need to be unique.
I must confess that I don't understand how a blogger can even ask this question. Your blog is your voice. If you want to use a piece of software to put words in your virtual mouth, then I guess you want to be a virtual ventriloquist's dummy…and what's even worse is that you don't even care who's using your mouth, or for what.
Scary stuff. I prefer to speak for myself.
That's true. There are many lazy bloggers who want to find easy ways to make money, that's why they dont even have an original content.
UAW and similar plugins are for those who want autoblogs. Not for a serious blogger who wants to make it big. Just One copied article will set your credibility back by a huge amount and you will start loosing followers. If you want that, do it.
Karol K.
I can't agree with your point of view Daniel.
"Duplicate content"-thing is not a problem when you're republishing "stock" articles on your blog. It can get you in trouble but only when you publish duplicate content within the same domain (that's why you don't want to index blog archives, categories and tags) but if you take something from the web and republish it on your blog (but only once) then it's ok.
And it makes sense. Because if Google would penalize for republishing articles, then sites like cnn, nytimes and thousands of others wouldn't get the rankings they've got.
If one article is republished all over the internet (let's say a thousand times) then only thing it means is that the article is just popular, and there's no reason to penalize the sites that published it.
Hesham @ FamousBloggers
Very good question, and I like the answer, I think we should be a way from automated plugins, I have experience with both ways and I found that creating unique contest as it's the best!
Paul Crowe
I actually done an expirement about a year ago.I created a blog on Blogger, it was a social media type blog and i posted nothing but free articles.
The idea was to publish 3 posts a day and set a post to be published every 8 hours.I used a seperate Google account so it would not be connected to me, i feel such a blog would harm your online image.
I placed 3 adsense units in the top middle and bottom of the posts added a hit counter and sat back to see the results.
The results were mixed, it definatly did earn a few dollars on Adsense and attract some traffic.If you were allowed to change the titles you definatly could pull in a lot more search engine traffic.
However after about two weeks i decided to shut it down.
All the author links are generaly spam links and just lead to clickbank splash pages not were they claim and it felt wrong.
The whole thing is in my opinion 'Dirthy' and if your a genuine blogger stay well clear, there is no end to the amount of people willing to write guest posts for free and that is a much better option if your feeling some writers block.
Everybody has been duped by the article spinner advocates!
Here's their line . . .
"If you submit the same article to different directories, you'll get a duplicate content penalty."
Here's Google's take on "duplicate content" . . .
Placing the same content on the same site over and over to try and fool the index bot into thinking the site is highly relevant to a keyword is considered duplicate content.
That's all any search engine has ever said about duplicate content. Same content on the same site. Period!
And in fact, modifying articles slightly will more than likely hurt you rather than help you. Here's why . . .
Content is ranked by two things. Its informative value (good info), and its popularity with other sites. In fact, in Google's ranking system, 70% of their determination is derived from the popularity of the content. So the more people feel a document is important enough to post on their own site, the more Google thinks its important and valuable too.
This is called "Content Popularity" and holds a great deal of weight with the search engines. The more an article shows up in different places, the more perceived value it has, so the higher the likelihood it'll get a high listing on a search for its related keywords.
The day when people understand that what so called "gurus" are writing is no pure gold, maybe that day internet marketing face will change.
Besides the duplicate content issue, by using an automated plugin, you're taking a risk linking out to unknown websites, possibly with adult content. This will hurt your own site's credibility.
I never liked the idea of people simply copy-pasting the news and then just putting something like " I definitely agree with this "
I mean .. if you are going to post a blog, you should put something more than just " I agree "
Jorgen, submitting articles to articles website is very good strategy to build traffic in the start of new blog. Your article is published on article submission website and then they are further published by Couch potatos. So more and more traffic is triggered to your web site. After realsiing that now you have sufficient traffic, stop article submission.
My weblog is basically a 'news spinning' blog and I know that's bad
for SEO so bad motive is out of the question.
I only spin news and pieces that are useful plus I add my own opinions and post my own unique contents.
I can even cheat and use free 'content spinning' apps that would make my 'reposted' pieces unique but I don't.
If I'm still missing the point, please inform me.
Jörgen Sundberg
My problem is the other way around, I have submitted a couple of my posts to BloggersBase which I thought was a good idea. I have now learned a bit about how SEO works and now come to realize that their PR is higher than mine and if anyone searches on my post they will be directed to BloggersBase instead of my site. What do you recommend I do in this case?
my experience says that you can trust paid plugins…they wont cheat you
Dana @ Blogging Update
Yeah — duplicate content surely is a big no if you want to blogging in long term and want to earn from it.
Sheila Atwood
I have used articles from Ezines as guest posts. This works well when I am pinched for time or when the article is by some one I am promoting.
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Combine your passion for running with the beauty of Lviv with our "sightseeing jogging" experience. Guests will join our athletic guide at dawn to run through the Lviv streets as its residents are just beginning their day.
The run takes place from 6:30 to 7:30 am and goes along a route that shows off Lviv landmarks all of which are pointed out by our guide.


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Postsecondary schooling administrators assist students with a variety of duties, similar to registering for classes and finishing admissions functions. Most of our respondents told us that their academics and counselors have been very supportive and inspired them to pursue post-secondary education. Many have obtained new jobs and internships and have increased their earnings Some have also opened bank accounts and obtained credit cards. For example, for DACAmented students in South Carolina, the highway to greater education has been bumpy. Education directors who specialise in multicultural affairs plan occasions to rejoice completely different cultures and diverse backgrounds. Fewer jobs lead to extra competition among graduates, leaving students who do not come out forward of the pack with very few choices. Postsecondary schooling administrators need to build good relationships with colleagues, students, and parents. Nevertheless, pursuing submit-secondary education is a wrestle every step of the way.
Their earnings have improved as a result of having work permits, and this has helped beneficiaries finance higher schooling. As more individuals enter colleges and universities, more postsecondary training administrators shall be needed to serve the wants of these further students. Education administrators' duties rely on the scale of their school or college.
Alex attributes the low fee of his DACAmented friends pursuing larger training to his school employees's lack of knowledge of the method. In particular, the well being care and social assistance sector is projected to account for one-third of the total improve in jobs. As such, DACA gives undocumented immigrant youth a cause to pursue a post-secondary training.
Educators play an necessary role in how this info is introduced and the way we access it. Digital libraries, websites, blogs and all forms of on-line user providers are rising that depend on knowing how an individual learns and accesses information, and how others respond to it. Opportunities in new media, on-line publishing and distance schooling-simply to name a few-abound for college kids trained in educational practice and theory.
They have gone by the U.S. public faculty system however, until lately, many have been stymied of their quest for increased schooling and relevant careers as a result of they have not been eligible for in-state tuition at public colleges and universities, placing increased training out of reach financially.


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How to Install Fonts on PowerPoint for Mac
Apple Mac computers come with a large font selection that you can use with software installed on the computer, such as Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac. If your business uses a specific font type that you want to include in your PowerPoint presentations, add the font to the computer, as PowerPoint does not have a specific method for installing fonts on the Mac. Instead, you install the font with the other fonts on the Mac, and PowerPoint pulls the font types from the Mac installation.
Download your desired font from a website that offers downloadable fonts (links in Resources). The single font is downloaded to your computer as a single file, or in a standard or compressed folder.
Navigate to the downloaded font on your computer. If the downloaded font is in a standard folder, double-click the folder to access the font; if it's in a compressed folder, double-click the folder, choose a location to extract the font to, then navigate to that location to access the font file.
Double-click the font file to open the Font Book utility. The font displays in a window, providing a preview of what it will look like in PowerPoint.
Click "Font Book" and select "Preferences."
Click the "Default Install Location" drop-down menu and select "User" if you only want the font installed on your user account, or "Computer" if you want all users to have access to the font.
Click the red circle in the Font Book Preferences window to save your selection.
Click "Install Font" on the Font Preview window to install the font on your Mac.
Open a PowerPoint project and click the "Format" tab.
Click the "Font" drop-down menu and select the installed font to use it in your PowerPoint presentation.
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What will happen to the Erasmus+ scheme after Brexit?
The UK government has published a technical note explaining what would happen to participants in the scheme if the UK leaves the EU with no deal.
DEAL : In the event that the UK leaves the EU with a withdrawal agreement in place, the UK will participate in Erasmus+ until the end of the current cycle in 2020. EU funding for UK participants and projects will be unaffected for the entire lifetime of projects, including those that extend beyond 2020.
or NO DEAL : In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the UK will engage with the European Commission with the aim of securing the UK's continued full participation in Erasmus+ until 2020. There are a range of options for the UK's continued participation in Erasmus+, including 'programme country' status, 'partner country' status, or another arrangement.
More information
Up-to-date information relating to UK participation in Erasmus+ in the context of our exit from the EU can be found on the Erasmus+ National Agency's website.
Full information about the Erasmus+ programme can be found on the Erasmus+ website.
Alternatively, contact:
- firstname.lastname@example.com for enquiries about higher education, schools or youth projects under Key Actions 2 and 3
This notice is meant for guidance only. You should consider whether you need separate professional advice before making specific preparations.
The message is clear: THE UK WILL REMAIN OPEN to international students – for studies, internships and jobs.
View our UNDERGRADUATE internship opportunities HERE
View our GRADUATE internship and job opportunities HERE
Posted – 21/02/2019
How EU citizens' residence status in the UK will be affected after Brexit.
The UK government has reached an agreement with the European Union on citizens' rights. This agreement will protect your rights after the UK leaves the EU.
After the UK leaves the EU, EU citizens' residence status in the UK will depend on how long they have lived here and whether they arrived by the end of the planned implementation period on 31 December 2020.
Example 1: If you arrived before the UK's exit on 29th March 2019.
After the UK leaves, you will be able to continue to live and work in the UK until 30 June 2021 without having to make an application to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Example 2: If you arrived after the UK's exit from the EU (29 March 2019) but before the end of the planned implementation period.
You will have until 30 June 2021 to make an application under the EU Settlement Scheme for a UK residence status.
The message is clear: THE UK REMAINS OPEN to international students – for studies, internships and jobs.
View our UNDERGRADUATE internship opportunities HERE
View our GRADUATE internship and job opportunities HERE
Posted – 19/02/2019
UK employment at its highest since records began.
It is becoming increasingly clear that Brexit has not affected jobs in the UK, and that job opportunities are plentiful.
Official figures show that the UK employment rate is at the highest since records began.
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the employment rate is 75.4 percent – up 0.8 percentage points from 74.6 percent a year ago, which means a massive 427,000 more people getting back into employment over the last year, with 32.26 million now in work.
That means in the UK over 1,000 people have moved into work per day since 2010.
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the employment rate is 75.4 percent – up 0.8 percentage points from 74.6 percent a year ago, which means a massive 427,000 more people getting back into employment over the last year, with 32.26 million now in work.
That means in the UK over 1,000 people have moved into work per day since 2010.
The unemployment rate of 4.2 percent is the lowest since 1975, and the number of people out of work is down by 136,000 compared to a year ago.
This compares favourably to other similar sized EU countries such as France at 10.6%, Spain 16.8%, Germany 5.5%, Italy 11.3%, and the European average of 7.3%.
And with positive job data helping to steady a now smoothly sailing ship, the value of the Pound is also booming and enjoying life at an 11-month high.
The message is clear: BRITAIN'S ECONOMY IS BOOMING AND THE UK REMAINS OPEN to international students, for studies, internships and jobs.
View our UNDERGRADUATE internship opportunities HERE
View our GRADUATE internship and job opportunities HERE
Sunday Express
Posted – 24/04/2018
Britain remains the most welcoming destination for international students.
Despite Brexit, Britain continues lead the world in welcoming international students.
Among global cities, London remains the most popular.
Indeed, British cities dominate with a total of 7 out of the top 10 destinations in the world, with Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, Nottingham, Sheffield and Birmingham also featuring.
"Reassuringly, there is still significant interest in the UK as a destination for international students – particularly from Asia and Europe." Luke Nolan, founder and CEO, Student.com said.
"Students are still willing to travel far and wide for their studies. Let's keep it this way," Nolan said.
"It's important that we all play a part in keeping students globally mobile and making international students feel welcome, whether they're from a neighbouring country or the other side of the world."
The message is clear: BRITAIN WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, both for studies and internships.
SI News
Posted – 15/03/2018
Record number of foreign students want to come to Britain.
Brexit isn't putting off international students. Instead, it has focused people's attention on the strength of British universities.
A record number of international students applied to British universities this year. The data was released by UCAS (the UK organization that manages applications to British universities).
According to UCAS, the number of applications from EU students has risen this year for courses starting in the autumn. Last year's slump in applications lead to fears over the future of the UK's universities.
Alistair Jarvis, the chief executive of Universities UK, said: "The increase in international applications shows that the UK remains one of the most attractive destinations in the world for talented, international students."
The message is clear: THE BREXIT SCARE HAS PASSED, and Britain remains open and welcoming to EU students for both study and work experience internships.
Posted – 08/02/2018
UK Graduate jobs market to grow in 2018 despite Brexit.
The UK graduate jobs market is expected to strengthen this year with an 11 per cent rise in vacancies this year, a new study shows.
The rise is a return to growth last seen in 2015, when graduate vacancies grew by 13 per cent. Vacancies available for those leaving higher education dropped 8 per cent in 2016 but grew by 1 per cent last year.
"Over the last couple of years the recruitment season has been heavily influenced by the Brexit vote and nervousness over the economy, but we're now seeing a return to normal state of play", said the Institute of Student Employers (ISE).
"There's a positive mood from employers at the moment and students should feel reassured by this renewed confidence."
Fujitsu – one of the UK's biggest employers of graduates – called for "more junior talent" and said a "highly agile workforce coming out of university is an attractive one for many organisations".
The message is clear: THE BREXIT SCARE WILL SOON PASS, and Britain remains open and welcoming to EU students for both study and work experience internships.
Reference: www.independent.co.uk
Posted – 15/01/2018
Forget Brexit!
It's 'business as usual' in Britain
All EU Placement students and Interns are WELCOME!
What's all this fuss about Brexit?
Nothing is changing for the foreseeable future, and in the meantime Britain remains the best place in Europe to do your international placement or internship.
Here are the facts:
Britain will not start to leave the EU until March 2019
Britain will not officially start to leave the EU until 29th March 2019 at the earliest, and this may be extended if all EU members agree.
Then there will be a transition period until 2022
Britain's relationship with the EU will look similar to its current one for up to three years after Brexit, with free movement, access to the single market and an inability to strike trade deals with other countries.
That takes us up to March 2022.
The UK chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed that the UK had agreed to seek a transitional period of about three years, ending before the next election, which is due in 2022.
He said there was broad consensus in the cabinet that such a period would be necessary to cushion the impact of leaving the EU, and that "many things will look similar" the day after Brexit officially takes place in March 2019.
Britain will protect the Erasmus scheme after Brexit
The UK needs foreign students. Foreign students enhance our economy and bring revenue to our universities, which funds research and allows them to top the international league tables.
"We do really want there to be prioritisation on the Erasmus Plus because it is important – it has a direct impact on the students and the economy".
The Erasmus Plus programme allows students to study in one of 33 European countries for free for up to one year, with EU funds covering costs.
And even if the UK does leave Erasmus it is extremely likely that an alternative will be set up quickly, as was the case with Switzerland when they set up their successful SEMP scheme in 2014.
Students who train abroad are twice as likely to find employment
According to the European commission's Erasmus impact study in 2014, young people who study or train abroad are twice as likely to find employment quickly. The study of 80,000 students showed that the unemployment rates among Erasmus students was 23% lower after five years than for students who did not study abroad.
Graduates with international experience fare much better on the job market
The message is clear: if you study or train abroad, you increase your job prospects.
An Erasmus Impact Study confirmed that EU student exchange scheme boost employability and job mobility. Young people who study or train abroad not only gain knowledge in specific disciplines, but also strengthen key skills which are highly valued by employers.
A new study on the impact of the European Union's Erasmus student exchange programme shows that graduates with international experience fare much better on the job market.
They are half as likely to experience long-term unemployment compared with those who have not studied or trained abroad and, five years after graduation, their unemployment rate is 23% lower. The study, compiled by independent experts, is the largest of its kind and received feedback from nearly 80 000 respondents including students and businesses.
English is the universal language
English is without a doubt the world's universal language. It is the world's second largest native language, the official language in 70 countries, and English-speaking countries are responsible for about 40% of total global GNP.
English can be at least understood almost everywhere, as it is the world's media language, and the language of cinema, TV, pop music and the computer world. All over the planet people know English words, their pronunciation and meaning.
Britain's economy is booming
The UK remains fastest growing economy in western world, and is growing at the second fastest rate among the G7 economies. Growth in the sixth months following the EU referendum was significantly stronger than many had feared, when some predicted a Brexit vote would result in recession.
Britain's job market is crying out for graduates
The employment rate of recent graduates in the UK is 85%, which is well above the benchmark target set by the ET 2020, and higher than most other major EU countries including France, Spain, Italy, and Ireland.
So, get applying for internships in the UK. Nothing is going to happen until long after you have finished, if ever!


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Let's look at the current core frequencies:
4850: 625 MHz;
4870: 750 MHz.
As you can know, almost every hardware vendor striving to release its own designed cards, and the non-reference frequencies on them are not so seldom. So why not to let AMD/ATI to make more money by releasing another models of RV770?
Let's do some calculations :
750 (as 4870) / 625 (as 4850) = 1.2 times = 120%. What about these new models?:
4860 = 687.5 MHz (110%);
4880 = 812.5 MHz (130%);
4890 = 875.0 MHz (140%).
Of course, those new frequencies should not to be exactly (say -5%/+5%). Of course, the models with higher frequencies (4880, 4890) will be much more rare than ones with lower, but they will cost more money for the consumer and make more profit for the vendor!
You see that nVidia will release GeForce GTX 270 (yes, a middle of 260 and 280) very soon, and, IMHO, it will be a clever decision to breed more 48xx. Don't you think?


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New bats should mean fewer homers in college baseball
Tue., Feb. 15, 2011
As the Division I college baseball season begins around the nation this weekend, players will be facing an uncertainty each time they step into the batter's box. The trusted bat they may have used last year, and possibly for years before, is unavailable, as the NCAA has changed how it rates bats. It's a complicated process with different acronyms, but the stated goal was to make the new non-wood variety react more like their wood cousins. It seems to be working to some degree. "They are not like wood, they are better than that. I don't think it's as bad as everyone said it would be in terms of being dead, but it's definitely different, no doubt about it," said Gonzaga coach Mark Machtolf, whose team begins the 2011 season Friday at Fresno State in a three-team weekend featuring the host Bulldogs and Oregon State. "It's going to change how you manage the game," Machtolf said. "You're going to play it shorter, you're going to play for one run a little bit more, especially if you trust your bullpen." But Machtolf and Washington State coach Donnie Marbut, whose Cougars travel to Cal State Bakersfield for three games this weekend, don't know exactly how the new bats will affect games. Whitworth College coach Dan Ramsey found out last weekend, when the Division III Pirates traveled to Longview, Texas, and split four games with LeTourneau University. The Pirates, who hit 26 home runs last year in a 13-27 season, didn't hit a long ball all weekend and allowed just one. Although Machtolf believes limiting the long ball will force him to change how he manages games, Marbut doesn't anticipate a new-look for the Cougars. "It won't change a thing how we manage the game, because we're not a team, if you look at the numbers, that's leading the country in home runs every year," he said. "I can see some guys doing some smaller things, because it's a fact of life. The balls aren't traveling as far." Why should WSU change? Playing Marbut's typical small-ball style last season, the Cougars were 37-22, made the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season and advanced to the regional championship game. And, with seven players back who played in at least 40 games and a set starting rotation – as soon as ace right-hander Chad Arnold returns next month from an elbow problem – to rely on, it's no wonder Marbut feels the Cougars will be just fine in the typically daunting Pac-10. "It looks like, after seven years in the Pac-10, it's the toughest year ever," said Marbut of a conference that sent eight of its 10 members to the postseason last season. "Every team has lots and lots of guys coming back." The Cougars do as well, but they will start the season not only without Arnold, last year's Friday starter who was 5-3 with a 3.74 ERA, but without senior catcher Jay Ponciano, who will not travel to Bakersfield after being banged up in a scrimmage collision last Sunday. Despite the dings, the Cougars are ready for the season to begin. "We need to see another color uniform to kind of see where we are at," Marbut said. It is something Gonzaga is looking forward to as well, though Machtolf's Gonzaga team will play a schedule rated third toughest by Baseball America magazine. It also doesn't feature a home game until UC Irvine comes to Spokane the last week of March. It will all be new to many of the Zags, a lot of whom were not part of last year's 20-36 team. "To be honest with you, we've got a lot of new faces," Machtolf said. "I think we have the talent, but there is going to be an adjustment period to Division I pitching." The newcomer that excites Machtolf the most is freshman Marco Gonzales, from Fort Collins, Colo. The 6-foot-1 lefty, a three-time all-state selection, is in the starting rotation and will play some first base for the Zags. "He's probably the most heralded," of the new players, Machtolf said. The Gonzaga pitching staff starts with junior left-hander Ryan Carpenter (4-4, 5.67 ERA) and closes with senior Cody Martin (5-7, 6.55), who returns to the bullpen after starting last season. Two U-High products, left-handers Billy Moon and Tyler Olson, will also see a lot of action, with Olson the No. 3 starter right now. Whitworth's Division III season is already underway and the Pirates will jump into Northwest Conference play this weekend at the Puget Sound Loggers. Third baseman Landon Scott started 2011 just like he played throughout 2010, stroking the ball. The junior, a first-team all-NWC selection last season when he hit .465, was 6 of 14 the first weekend. Shadle High product Tyler Pfeffer also was over .400 in the opening weekend, as the second baseman had two doubles and triple in his seven hits.
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We have actual basketball to discuss now. Let's catch up!
Media Day for the 2016-2017 Los Angeles Clippers was Monday:
The Clippers headed back down to Orange County for a week-long training camp at UC Irvine before having an open scrimmage Saturday. Here are some highlights from the week:
Day One
- Biggest takeaway from Day 1 is the flux at the SF position. The incumbent is Luc Mbah a Moute, who re-signed with the team after playing a pivotal role in what was the best defensive finish in team history last season (based on points per possession allowed). This time last year, it seemed like Wesley Johnson was going to be a leading candidate to replace Matt Barnes as the new starter, but he wound up starting only nine games last season. Johnson is back in the mix, but Head Coach Doc Rivers is throwing another veteran into the competition, veteran swingman Alan Anderson. It doesn't sound like Anderson is fully over his myriad injury issues from last year in Washington, but Rivers believes the career 34.5 percent three-point shooter can factor into the first unit: "Alan is a better shooter; Luc is probably a better cutter. Alan is still getting over his injury from last year, so it may take him some time. We'll see," Rivers said.
Day Two
- The second unit for at least part of Day Two featured Austin Rivers, Jamal Crawford, Wesley Johnson, Brandon Bass, and Marreese Speights. With Griffin fully healthy and Mbah a Moute in the starting lineup, that is about where I expected things to fall in place. But it's early.
- Rebounding is something the Clippers and Doc Rivers continue to emphasize. They were awful on the boards in 2016-2017, and while punting offensive rebounds is generally accepted league-wide, being unproductive on the defensive glass is not. "We want our bigs going to the glass, but you've got to be a
good defensive rebounding team, and we have not been," Rivers said. "We were 29th last year. We didn't have Blake [Griffin] and we played small a lot, so we get all that. It's hard. I think the only [championship] team that's not been in the top-10 in defensive rebounds in 10 or 15 or 20 years,is the Miami (2012 & 2013) team."
- Apparently, Blake Griffin is going to shoot more threes this year. We'll see how that goes…
Day Three
- Coach Big Ticket? Recent retiree, future Hall-of-Famer, and 2008 NBA Champion Kevin Garnett was with the Clippers on Thursday, imparting 21 years of supreme experience while working primarily with Clippers big men Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. Doc Rivers coached Garnett in Boston, and while he says that he doesn't expect Garnett to coach, Rivers has pretty much laid out an open door policy for KG to come through and work with the team whenever he wants: "I just told him to come
around and figure it out…do whatever you want," Rivers said. "Whatever he does, I'm good with. I do think he can have a very positive impact on us."
- It was really nice of Garnett to come through and work with Blake Show. After all, this was the previous time Garnett saw Griffin:
Day Four
- DeAndre Jordan was Doc Rivers' pet project when Rivers arrived in Los Angeles in 2013, and he saw Jordan as a player that could have a Garnett-like impact on defense. Three years later, Jordan is a First-Team All-NBA center, a First-Team defender, and an Olympic Gold Medalist. Naturally, the transition for Jordan is to be a different kind of leader, and Garnett's presence is further encouragement. "USA Basketball was really great for me this summer, just learning a lot of things from great players and coaches," Jordan said. "Just been trying to expand my game as much as possible. The leadership aspect of USA Basketball has really helped me out a lot."
- One of my favorite training camp assessments comes from Austin Rivers on new teammate Speights: "You know he wants to shoot. He doesn't have all the post-up but he has the face-up and that's where it's interesting, playing with him. He wants to score, Mo wants to score… that's Mo Buckets man. It's not Mo Defense, it's Mo Buckets for sure, he wants buckets. And he was getting them today."
Open Scrimmage
- Assistant coach Mike Woodson coached the starters squad: Chris Paul, J.J. Redick, Luc Mbah a Moute, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan with Xavier Munford, Alan Anderson, Dorell Wright, and Diamond Stone.
- Assistant coach Sam Cassell coached the second unit squad: Austin Rivers, Jamal Crawford, Wesley Johnson, Brandon Bass, Marreese Speights with Raymond Felton, Paul Pierce, and Brice Johnson.
- Again, it's early, but it sounds like the chemistry and fitness level of this team is arguably the best of any of Doc Rivers' teams in L.A. But Rivers acknowledged that he hopes to be saying that a month from now and beyond.
- This is also a healthy team. Rivers said that Griffin didn't take any time off, and that Anderson was healthy despite taking Thursday off as a precaution.
- Also there's proof of Griffin's health:
#Clippers PF Blake Griffin posterizes rookie Brice Johnson. pic.twitter.com/D44BJvITvi https://t.co/u80nF2FKd2
— Clippers Social (@ClippersSocial) October 1, 2016
And that ends the week for the Clippers. The Clippers preseason starts on Tuesday in Golden State, and the Clippers will host the Toronto Raptors at STAPLES Center Wednesday. We leave you with rookies dancing:


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Egypt's Sisyphean Struggle for Democracy
In all likelihood, Egypt's new draft constitution, rushed through an Islamist-dominated assembly last month and facing a national referendum this Saturday and next, will be ratified. Once this happens, President Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader elected in April, will have legitimacy and the ballot on his side.
That the protesters of Tahrir Square never thought their exertions would end in the ascendancy of the Muslim Brotherhood is a familiar tale in the annals of revolutions. The world over, revolutionaries tell of rebellions hijacked, stolen or betrayed.
Those 18 magical days of protests that culminated in the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11, 2011, were not meant to bring the Muslim Brotherhood to power. In truth, the Brotherhood's rivals—assorted leftists, secularists, political figures who feuded among themselves—had not been blameless. Released from the quiescence of an entrenched autocracy, they set the stage for a presidential contest that came down to a choice between the Brotherhood and the feloul (remnants) of the Mubarak regime.
In retrospect, it had been idle to hope that the Brotherhood would read its narrow margin of victory in the presidential election as a warrant for caution and restraint. A movement born in intrigue and conspiracy that labored in the shadows for some eight decades, that knew prisons and torture under political regimes of every stripe, was fated to overreach.
The Brotherhood had never known a genuinely revolutionary tradition: From its rise in the late 1920s, its politics were pure opportunism. This was the heritage bequeathed by its founder, a plotter by the name of Hassan al-Banna, a chameleon who struck deals with the monarchy even as he agitated against it. His program, he said, rested on the Quran and the gun.
Banna was struck down by assassins in 1949, at age 43. Yet his followers remained true to his vision and method. When the army overthrew the monarchy in 1952, the Brotherhood thought its time had come. But the military despotism of Gamal Abdel Nasser had other plans. The Brotherhood was proscribed, and many of its adherents were sent to the gallows, while thousands were dispatched to prison camps.
This lashing by Nasser would mark the Brotherhood. In the upheaval against Hosni Mubarak, the Brotherhood equivocated. It kept its distance from Tahrir Square and courted the army. It made a pledge that it would not compete in the presidential election, only to break that pledge. It gave assurances that it would not field a full slate of parliamentary candidates, and that assurance, too, was cast to the wind. Luck delivered the Brotherhood the presidency—the self-inflicted wound of the liberals who ran three candidates in the first round and divided their own ranks.
It was then that the judiciary struck. It dissolved the parliament which had given the Brotherhood and the Salafis a decisive majority. The judiciary was two things at once: the bastion of a secular bureaucracy together with holdovers from the Mubarak dictatorship. The Brotherhood had prevailed but carried with it the reflexes of paranoia and the suspicion that the secular elites were determined to rob it of its victories.
Mr. Morsi's late-November "constitutional declaration," which put his decisions above judicial review, was born of a suspicion that the judiciary was on the verge of dissolving the assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution. This pre-emption was not wholly in error. Women and Copts and secularists had walked away from the assembly, leaving the Brotherhood and its allies to draft a constitution cut to their own vision. Mr. Morsi, recognizing the opportunity, offered the Egyptian people a compromise: He would rescind the provisions that gave him extrajudicial powers while sticking to the referendum on the constitution.
Egyptians don't really know the balance of forces in their own homeland. Theirs is a polarized country, with reformers and would-be democrats vying for power with Islamists and a still-powerful military. Is Egypt embodied in Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency who returned home after a long sojourn abroad, or in Mr. Morsi?
Those young women who braved custom and prohibitions and sexual harassment to make a stand, time and again in Tahrir Square, are faithful daughters of Egypt. Yet so are the women of the Muslim Brotherhood. Is Egypt to be ruled by Islam's Shariah law or by the Napoleonic Code that has dominated its judicial culture? The ballot is being asked to adjudicate fundamental schisms in a deeply divided culture.
This is no time to lament the passing of the dictatorship. These are not the failures of democracy that we are witnessing in Egypt. These are the delayed consequences of a tyranny that took from the Egyptians their sense of political efficacy, and raised them to a culture of conspiracy and scapegoating.
When the Muslim Brotherhood's bullies accuse the demonstrators against Mr. Morsi of being agents of foreign embassies, they fall back on a page from the playbook of Hosni Mubarak. For three decades, the deposed dictator fed his country this sort of political diet. That assertion of extraordinary powers by Mr. Morsi right after he had brokered a cease-fire between Israel and the warlords of Hamas was vintage Mubarak: moderation in foreign policy as an alibi for domestic repression.
Meanwhile, President Barack Obama waxes lyrical about the pragmatism of Mr. Morsi, his engineering background and the precision of his scientific mind. That, too, harks back to Mubarak. Our officials never caught on to the Egyptian dictator's double-game of aiding and abetting a culture of anti-Americanism and anti-modernism (and heavy doses of anti-Semitism) as he feigned to be our man on the banks of the Nile.
Hovering over this great standoff is the army—arbiter of political life. In August, Mr. Morsi sacked its top commanders, giving command to a new generation of officers. Blessedly, this is not the ruthless, sectarian army of Syria's Bashar Assad. It is led by an officer corps that takes to heart its image of itself as the "protective shield of the country."
In that vein, the new defense minister and commander of armed forces, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has called on Mr. Morsi's followers and their secular rivals to come together for "humanitarian communication and national coherence in the love of Egypt." Love aside, the army has set the parameters: It will insist on its own privileges and autonomy while putting Mr. Morsi and his rivals on notice that there are limits to its patience.
Countries don't live in constitutions. The inherited habits and traditions shape the life of nations. The dueling crowds taking to Egyptian streets are not fighting over a mostly anodyne document (one of its 236 articles stipulates that "everyone has the right to play sports"). Theirs is a big fight over this burdened yet proud land, another chapter in Egypt's Sisyphean struggle to find a way out of the destitution and despotism that have been its fate for far too long.
Mr. Ajami is a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution and the author of "The Syrian Rebellion" (Hoover Institution Press, 2012).


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I'm zoomed into a canadian map, and can see the roads, but when I zoom out a little, the roads disappear.
How can I change the detail level, so the roads will appear, when zoomed out.
In the far north of canada, the roads are small and few, so displaying more detail is NOT a problem.
Can this be done, with a simple change.
Hi Paul,
This seems like a useful feature request. I'm not aware of any work-around to this.
MapPoint 2010 (and I assume Streets & Trips 2010, but Marvin can confirm) added some control to this kind of thing.
You need the "MapFeatures" pane selected on the left (where the Legend and Overview is usually displayed). This lets you switch various features on or off (large cities, small cities, large roads, small roads). There's also a third option which
"enhances" the display - ie. draws all. Well I don't think it really would be all because small roads on a zoomed out map of the US or even Canada would be very slow, but it shows a lot more.
You might find this option useful for the small city categories as well as the small road categories.
Yeah, in the MapPoint interface, the button is called the "Map Settings" pane. Marvin does not actually mention it is his S&T 2010 review/information page -- http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/4205-review-microsoft-streets-trips-2010-a Now
I think I have to download the trial to check it out. So one solution, if S&T 2010 does not have the Map Settings pane, would be to get MapPoint 2010 North America.


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Not everything about the cycling events is sunshine and fun. Many riders who took part in the Vuelta a Espana event have been racing to get a contract for the following year.
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Wondering if that Facebook acquisition would slow down the pace of innovation at Instagram? Perhaps v3.0 will answer that. The famed photo sharing network -- now some 80 million users deep -- is detailing its latest user interface overhaul today, and geolocation is at the heart of it. Lining up with our own feelings on the benefits of geotagging and the usefulness of tagged photos from an archive / diary perspective, the newest edition of the app introduces a Photo Maps view. As the name implies, it overlays photos with a map underneath, giving people a far more visual look at what they were seeing at a given point on Earth (or Mars, assuming Curiosity hasn't reached its data limit this month).
Beyond that, the app includes "multi-line caption editing, more streamlined photo uploading, speed improvements and infinite scroll," according to our pals at TechCrunch. Interestingly, the Twitter "Find Friends" feature has been yanked in the latest build due to Twitter shutting off its API to the company last month. If you're wondering about a master plan for Photo Maps, it's pretty simple; just as you'd tune into #nbcfail on Twitter to read the latest musings about the Summer Olympics, hovering over London in Instagram could give you a highly filtered look at what kind of photos are emerging from an event in real time. And really, who wouldn't want to see 807 sepia-infused 1:1 shots of Usain Bolt? Per usual, you'll find the demo vid after the break.


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Rage is today's ruling online emotion. So concluded a 2013 study of Chinese mini-blogging network Weibo—a platform that resembles Twitter and boasts twice as many users.
Beihang University researchers examined 70 million Weibo "tweets" over a six-month period, sorting them by anger, joy, sadness, and disgust. Rage was the emotion most likely to spread across social media, with one angry post powerful and persuasive enough to negatively influence a follower of a follower of a follower.
In other words, that angry tweet of yours has the potential of fomenting rage to the third degree! But it's not just our smartphones sowing the seeds of all this discontent.
Edward Wasserman, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California–Berkeley, was quoted in Scientific American as saying, "Mainstream media have made a fortune teaching people the wrong ways to talk to each other, offering up Jerry Springer, Crossfire, Bill O'Reilly. People understandably conclude rage is the political vernacular, that this is how public ideas are talked about."
Little wonder, then, that our collective anger spews forth at politicians who lie, at systems that discriminate, at businesses that exploit, at abortionists who murder, at pastors who fall, at police who kill, at those who kill police, and at injustices whenever they manifest themselves.
Anger and frustration are everywhere. We see it and feel it every day. But what's driving it? According to Rabbi David Wolpe, the answer has to do with our sense that tomorrow may not be any better than today.
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