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8.554116 - BRAHMS, J.: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 9 (Matthies, Köhn)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Four Hand Piano Music Vol. 9
Piano Concerto No. 1 • Academic Festival Overture
Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833, the son of a double-bass player and his much older wife, a seamstress. His childhood was spent in relative poverty, and his early studies in music, as a pianist rather than as a string-player, developed his talent to such an extent that there was talk of touring as a prodigy at the age of eleven. It was Eduard Marxsen who gave him a grounding in the technical basis of composition, while the boy was able to use his talents by teaching and by playing the piano in summer inns, rather than in the dockside taverns of popular legend, a romantic idea which he himself seems later to have encouraged.
In 1851 Brahms met the émigré Hungarian violinist Reményi, who introduced him to Hungarian dance music that had a later influence on his work. Two years later he set out in his company on his first concert tour, their journey taking them, on the recommendation of the Hungarian violinist Joachim, to Weimar, where Franz Liszt held court and might have been expected to show particular favour to a fellow-countryman. Reményi profited from the visit, but Brahms, with a lack of tact that was later accentuated, failed to impress the Master. Later in the year, however, he met the Schumanns, through Joachim's agency. The meeting was a fruitful one.
In 1850 Schumann had taken up the offer from the previous incumbent, Ferdinand Hiller, of the position of municipal director of music in Düsseldorf, the first official appointment of his career and the last. Now in the music of Brahms he detected a promise of greatness and published his views in the journal he had once edited, the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, declaring Brahms the long-awaited successor to Beethoven. In the following year Schumann, who had long suffered from intermittent periods of intense depression, attempted suicide. His final years, until his death in 1856, were to be spent in an asylum, while Brahms rallied to the support of Schumann's wife, the gifted pianist Clara Schumann, and her young family, remaining a firm friend until her death in 1896, shortly before his own in the following year.
Brahms had always hoped that sooner or later he would be able to return in triumph to a position of distinction in the musical life of Hamburg. This ambition was never fulfilled. Instead he settled in Vienna, intermittently from 1863 and definitively in 1869, establishing himself there and seeming to many to fulfil Schumann's early prophecy. In him his supporters, including, above all, the distinguished critic and writer Eduard Hanslick, saw a true successor to Beethoven and a champion of music untrammelled by extra-musical associations, of pure music, as opposed to the Music of the Future promoted by Wagner and Liszt, a path to which Joachim and Brahms both later publicly expressed their opposition.
The monumental nature of much of the orchestral work of Brahms is in part a sign of the great pains that went into its construction. His first piano concerto, which made no concessions to contemporary taste, was conceived originally as a sonata for two pianos, following his earlier three piano sonatas. This was written during a difficult period in the composer's life, after the breakdown of Schumann, to whose encouragement he owed a great deal, and the perceived necessity of offering practical support to Clara Schumann and her young family. The sonata then became a symphony, with some help in orchestration from his Göttingen friend Julius Otto Grimm, to reach its final metamorphosis as the Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 15, completed in this form in 1859. Developed during the difficult final years of Schumann's life in the asylum at Endenich, where he was being treated, it suggests, particularly in its slow movement, to which Brahms added the words Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, a Requiem for Schumann. Brahms also seems to have identified the slow movement with Clara Schumann and recent scholars have pointed out a possible reference to E.T.A. Hoffmann's novel Kater Murr and the fictional Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler, with whom Brahms sometimes identified himself.
The concerto had its first private rehearsals, with Brahms as soloist, in Hanover in 1858, with Joachim conducting. They introduced the work to the public in January the following year to a polite reception. This relative success persuaded Brahms to the more ambitious step of a performance in Leipzig with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Julius Rietz, once Mendelsson's assistant in Düsseldorf and now established in Leipzig in succession to Niels W. Gade. The reaction of the audience to such a demanding work was hostile, with ironic applause from one or two and hissing from many. A well known critic found nothing good to say about the concerto and even less to commend in Brahms's performance as a pianist, at the time his principal means of earning a living. His later supporter Hanslick, indeed, writing three years later, found that Brahms played more like a composer than a virtuoso, praising his honesty, his interpretative abilities, yet aware of inaccuracies however compelling the whole performance. A subsequent performance of the concerto in Hamburg met a better reception. In the following years the work gradually won wider acceptance, finding its way early into the repertoire of Clara Schumann, a strong advocate. The concerto is massive in its symphonic conception, described by one contemporary as a symphony with piano obbligato, and clearly posed problems to its first audiences, lacking any trivial or superficial brilliance in its writing and calling for sustained attention over its very considerable length. As the symphonies Brahms was to write might seem an extension of the work of Beethoven half a century earlier, so the first of his two piano concertos seemed to continue and develop the pattern set by Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. In November 1855 Brahms had appeared as a soloist with orchestra for the first time in a performance of that concerto and included Beethoven's Fourth Concerto and Mozart's D minor and C minor Concertos in his concert repertoire at this time. These all had an observable influence on his own writing.
The first movement opens with a feeling of tragic significance, the marked trills adding to its ominous nature, before a gentler element, a foretaste of the second subject, intervenes, followed by a sudden outburst from the orchestra, which returns to its opening mood, hushed only by the entry of the soloist. The pianist succumbs, in turn, to the initial theme with its fierce trills, leading to the second subject, a hymn-like theme announced by the soloist. The material is developed in a section that makes heavy demands on the solo instrument and the recapitulation brings its own surprising shifts of key. The massive first movement is followed by a contrasting slow movement. A long-drawn theme is played by the strings, with the soloist adding a meditation on the melody. The solo instrument continues its progress towards a new theme. The mood of the opening returns, extended in a cadenza of great serenity. The last movement, a Rondo, has a marked and energetic opening that may remind one of Beethoven, both in his Concerto in C minor and in other final movements, including, even, in some of the keyboard writing, that of the first piano sonata. The rondo form allows the inclusion of a number of contrasting ideas, leading to a cadenza, marked quasi fantasia and using a dominant pedal-point, a sustained note to underpin changes of harmony, a feature characteristic of Brahms, and a moving conclusion.
The concerto was not accepted for publication by Breitkopf und Härtel, but the orchestral parts were issued in 1861-62 by the Swiss publisher Rieter-Biedermann and the full score from the same publisher in 1874. Rieter-Biedermann issued the present version for piano duet in 1864 and the version for two pianos in 1873.
In 1877 Brahms had refused the honorary doctorate offered him by the University of Cambridge, since he had no wish to travel to England to receive it. Two years later, on 11th March, 1879, the University of Breslau offered him the same honour, a proposal which he answered, characteristically, with a post-card, until it was pointed out that some musical token of gratitude was required of him. In response to the citation that declared him the chief composer of serious music in Germany, he wrote what he later described as a cheerful medley of student songs in the manner of Suppé. This modestly belittles the Academic Festival Overture, with its four student songs included in a sonata-form structure. It was published by Simrock in 1881, the year of its first performance in Breslau, together with a version for piano duet. This arrangement was by Robert Keller, but Brahms took the opportunity of making various alterations, to suit his own style of piano writing and performance.
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Our mission is to support small children's charities across Asia and Africa by raising funds for them from our unique trips. Our projects include an orphanage in India, schools in Nepal, the children of the Masai in Tanzania and cleft lip children in Sumatra and all these deliver adventure and a very unique holiday for the growing number of people who join one of the teams, and now we want to reward one local child per year by joining the Sumatra team starting in January 2018.
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According to Médecins Sans Frontières at least 1,200 people, including 500 children, have already died of starvation and illness in refugee camp in Bama, northeast Nigeria.
There are currently about 24,000 residents, including 15,000 children.
Can you think about the educational and humanitarian visits organized by institutions and schools at the Auschwitz concentration camp?
Every year politicians, journalists, intellectuals and celebrities do their walk there, all touched by the heavy memory.
I'm talking about the lager, metaphor of a place where the victims of the time consume the last hours of their lives locked in a kind of unmerited hell on earth.
Imagine living in the days when the latter was in full swing.
Imagine us.
At the same time, imagine him or her.
The person who in the future will visit the abominable camps of the past.
And present...
Dear son, daughter.
Only you, anyway.
Only you can watch the story without feeling judged.
Without judging.
But not for lack of rights or reasons.
Because the sentence is already written.
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Look around, observe the traces of yet inhuman event.
Measure the shadow of the little body vanished too soon.
And compassionate the maternal embrace that felt the most unbearable pain.
The woman that, with excruciating slowness, warned the better life crumbling between skin and skin.
Imagine the horrible day time that for souls disguised as skeletons was everything.
Past, present and yet present, never strong enough to hold the after.
Be sad, as I hope you will, for the ignored repetition of this infamy under the plain sun.
Outrage, please.
Outrage beyond all limits and, above all, do what the rest of us did not have the courage to do.
Get that valuable, immensely healthy and utterly rare feeling of indignation and, just as if it were a hungry infant clinging to your chest, give it nourishment.
Never stop to give him strength and vigor, taking care of it with unfailing punctuality.
As we did with mobile cell phone, so to make you understand.
To make you understand us.
Who we were.
Walk where they left off their last steps, the lives battered by fate and by the few lucky guys who could have disposed of the latter.
Fell what they have felt.
And give a name to what has enabled us to live with it.
Read, learn and condemn that damn word.
But, more than anything, condemn us.
Condemn us all.
Because all of us, when we could be worthy to be your past.
We have chosen.
To write or let write.
In the history of mankind.
Yet another chapter.
Of shame.
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Tiger Shroff said: "But I am just glad I've made some sort of an identity, mark in the industry that people are at least talking about me"
Vidyut Jammwal called Ram Gopal Varma and taped the conversation, in which the director referred to Tiger Shroff as 'transgender' and a 'woman'
Vidyut Jammwal's latest film Commando 2 collected Rs 1.90 crore on Tuesday. The film's business will reportedly be badly hit after Badrinath Ki Dulhania releases
Vidyut Jammwal's Commando 2 collected Rs 2.24 crore at the box office on Monday. The film is directed by Deven Bhojani
Film's producer Madhuri Dixit hosted a special screening of 15 August in Mumbai on Thursday night.
Vaani Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri and Saiyami Kher walked the ramp at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week 2017 in Mumbai.
Salman Khan's rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur, Aditi Rao Hydari and Dia Mirza were photographed in Bandra, Mumbai.
We spotted actress Sonakshi Sinha at the Mumbai airport on June 14.


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When people speak English they make many pronunciation errors. If English (Speaking) is not your native language, it is inevitable to make pronunciation errors in English. In this English lesson today you will learn to pronounce the most commonly mispronounced words in English.
Here are 15 commonly mispronounced words
Almond – The dry fruit. Correct way to pronounce it Ah-mund (L is silent)
Dengue – The mosquito borne disease. Correct way to pronounce it Den-gee (as in cheese)
Pizza – We all love the Italian pizza. Correct way to pronounce it peet-zha
Sour – The sour lemons. Correct pronunciation is Sower (Rhymes to power)
Coupon – The discount vouchers. The right way to pronounce it Cu-pawn(rhymes with lawn)
Plumber – The trades-person is pronounced as Plumer (B is silent)
February – The second month of the year is pronounced as Feb-roo-ary
Debris – the scattered pieces of rubbish is pronounced as Deb-ree (S is silent)
Asthma – The people who suffer from breathlessness. The disease is pronounced as Azma.
Lingerie – the correct way to pronounce the word is Lawn-g-ray. Lingerie is women's under garments.
Mojito – The cocktail drink is pronounced as Mo-hee-to (J is pronounced as H)
Pronunciation – This word is pronounced just the way it is spelt.
Espresso – The coffee shot is pronounced just the way it is spelt and not Ex-presso.
Etcetera – And so. The correct way to pronounce it again the way it is spelt.
Hierarchy –It is a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority. Hi-Rar-chy is the the correct way to pronounce this word.


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Hurricane Relief Trip
January 12-21, 2006
Twenty-two students and eight staff members went to Gulfport, Miss. to provide hurricane relief. They have posted updates about the trip online. The group will present to the community about their service at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 in Kagin Commons Alexander G. Hill Ballroom.
See trip updates »
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in the Macalester community and help bring relief to the many people
who have suffered loss due to Hurricane Katrina.
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Hurricane Katrina in report
Twenty-five students in Professor Roopali Phadke's environmental studies course "Water and Power" wrote a report "Exposing Hurricane Katrina: The Scope of an Unnatural Disaster" in an attempt to re-imagine the ways we can manage water infrastructure and why Hurricane Katrina left an indelible mark on our natural and political landscape.
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Four students who usually attend college in New Orleans are studying
at Macalester over Fall Semester. Two students are from Tulane
University and two are from Dillard
Hear a musical response to losses suffered in New Orleans
Darius Collins '96 (a.k.a. Pee Wee Dred), of the reggae band Dred I Dread, shares this song recorded in response to the losses suffered by families and friends in New Orleans.
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Studying in Japan leads to warm welcome at Macalester
Macalester student Ruth Chiu and displaced Dillard University student Teresa Williamson are featured in a Star Tribune story published Oct. 5, about their reunion at Macalester after studying abroad together in Japan last spring.
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South Asia
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A devastating earthquake occured in Pakistan on Oct. 8, killing over 45,000. Many Macalester alumni and students have been affected by this tragedy and can use your support.
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When Rita Pierson's TED talk "Teach Like a Champion" popped up, it quickly became THE teacher inspiration video of the year, and for one simple reason: it resonated. Probably the biggest part of resonance of her speech was when she lists the aspects of this job that are not the greatest, but we "teach anyway". She ends it with "We're educators. We're born to make a difference."
We know that, our kids know that, and you know what? Every single person who has been through the school system knows that. But this job is also the biggest job where that work goes mostly unrecognized until someones speaks up.
And that's ok, because that's not why we go into this job. If you went into this job for fame and fortune well….you had no clue what teaching in America really is. Folks who want those things typically leave teaching to pursue other avenues. If you can set up sweet speaking and consulting gigs, that's probably the fastest route to "rich and famous" in the education world. But the problem with those gigs is that you lose the opportunity to be the person making a difference in a developing person's life. Someone who doesn't know who they are or where they're going to go yet. If you go for those gigs, you may not get to see the long-term effects of your work because you don't have the opportunity to develop sustained relationships.
Today. I was recognized. And it means a lot.
I have a lot of words and feelings about that, but the one I want to express the most is that it means a lot because it shows the community one more example of someone committed to their kids. That's huge where I live.
I'm just gonna say though, it was the HOTTEST most HUMID day of the school year so far! My room was already 80 degrees with 79% humidity. My hair is super frizzy, and worst of all my son bashed my nose super hard the day before so it's SWOLLEN AND he busted my classes, so they are being held together with some window foam tape and caulk…yeah…not the day.
Anyway, here is the link to the article with the news clip from the 5pm news attached at the bottom of the page.
I was a little bummed they clipped the part where I shared that there are so many amazing teachers in the building, as well as the part where I shared that my successes are because of my amazing community (especially twitter) because none of us is excellent in a bubble.


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Tanjung Putus Island is a part of the islands in Lampung Bay, Lampung Province (one of Indonesia's province which is located in the big of Sumatra island). This island has 8-shaped of land. Despite of its beautiful beach, this island has amazing underwater view as well. Anemonefish/Clown Fish are everywhere here. Even we can see them under the jetty. One thing that makes me surprised is that i've never found a group of giant clam (Tridacna gigas) in a large number but here.
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Cleverman: The Paranormal Powers of the First Australians
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The Battle for Your Mind
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The Lies of Our Times
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Manipulating the Mass Mind & Attention
|Fred Dodson outlines three levels of mass-reality-creation by the mainstream media, and how you can avoid becoming a victim of this manipulation.
Reflections on the 2016 World Wide Wake Up Tour
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Natalie Sudman: Prophet of Another Reality
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- Faculty
- Faculty of Economics
- Duration
- 4 years
- Language
- Bulgarian
- Mode of study
- Full-time
Specific courses:
- Fundamentals of Logistics;
- Marketing Research in Logistics;
- Supply Logistics;
- Production Logistics;
- Distribution Logistics;
- Quantitate Methods in Logistics
- Human Resources Management
- Transport Logistics;
- Investments in Logistics Infrastructure;
- Information Logistics;
- Logistic Customer Service;
- Small Business Management.
Expected knowledge and skills after acquiring qualification:
Students acquire knowledge and practical skills to manage business processes in companies in the sectors of the national economy and international markets; to organize and manage all the activities for efficient movement and transforming flows of raw materials, goods, services, information, etc. within and between organizations; to manage processes in the supply chains from the primary source of material, commodity, information and other resources to the ultimate consumer; to unite in a single integrated process all operations with the flows of raw materials, goods, services, information and others in the supplies, production and distribution within and between organizations; organize, implement and develop the logistics activity in all sectors of society and economics, according to their characteristics; to regulate the relations and interactions of logistics, corporate strategy and other business functions for provision of the necessary competitive advantages.
Employment opportunities upon graduation:
Successfully graduated students of Logistics receive sound knowledge and are able to find employment as:
- promoters and managers at different levels of management in organizations of all social and economic sectors - manufacturing enterprises, trading companies; export-import, transport, shipping, storage and consulting companies as well as organizations in the service sector, including non-profit organizations and military units;
- specific areas for realization of experts in Logistics are: supply, management of production and non-production operations, distribution, customer service, logistics, transport, both private and public warehousing, packaging, customs clearance, quality management, waste recycling and secondary material resources;
- at higher levels of government the specialists in Logistics organize and coordinate the integrated implementation and management of those areas.
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Review by Derrick Carter
Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for Language, and for some Sexuality and Violence
Directed by: Stacy Title
Written by: Dan Rosen
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Jonathan Penner, Courtney B. Vance, Bill Paxton, Nora Dunn, Ron Perlman, Charles Durning, Mark Harmon & Jason Alexander
Have you ever thought about what life might be like without your worst enemy, whether they be racists, bigots, sexists, xenophobes, or any other form of a generally unpleasant person. We've all had those passing thoughts from time to time, but 99% have the moral compass to prevent us from wiping that person off this world. 1996's indie dark comedy THE LAST SUPPER playfully teases the notion of getting rid of people who "don't deserve to live" and whose death makes the world "a better place," whilst also shining a satirical light on a group of liberals who decide to start murdering their enemies. LAST SUPPER is a ballsy comedy that still contains a shocking amount of relevance and conveys a powerful message, even if its one-joke premise nearly overstays its welcome.
Jude (Cameron Diaz), Pete (Ron Eldard), Paulie (Annabeth Gish), Marc (Jonathan Penner), and Luke (Courtney B. Vance) are a group of five liberal grad students who invite a guest to a fancy dinner every Sunday night. At this weekly feast, the group talks politics and current events with their chosen guest. On a particularly stormy night, their planned guest is nowhere to be found and Pete arrives with strange trucker Zack (Bill Paxton) in tow. Their dinner takes a dark turn when Zack is revealed to be a neo-Nazi. After a brief altercation, Marc plunges a knife into Zack's back. The five friends quickly get over the traumatic event and decide to begin offing their political enemies in order to make the world a better place. Homophobes, rape apologists, and extreme conservatives soon find themselves wining and dying at the dinner table…all while a nosy Sheriff (Nora Dunn) grows increasingly suspicious of the group's activities.
Though it was made over two decades ago, THE LAST SUPPER is surprisingly relevant and conveys a strong message that's just as timely now as it was during the film's limited release. On a surface level, some viewers might take the film as a skewering of hypocritical liberals and others might see it as a dark comedy about ridding the world of conservatives. However, the story's real message seems to skewer both political parties in vicious ways and sends a nice wake-up call to remind viewers that we should all respect each other (regardless of our political beliefs and differences). Though that message might be entirely lost on certain folks, I thought it was a nice satirical pick-me-up in a time when this nation seems more divided than ever in toxic ways.
THE LAST SUPPER's cast sports a lot of big faces (even though a few of them only show up in brief supporting roles). Out of the main cast, the most recognizable performer is Cameron Diaz. She plays the most sympathetic member of the liberal lunatics. Though I didn't recognize the other main performers, they all pulled their weight as well. The two biggest standouts are Jonathan Penner as the stab-happy Marc and Courtney B. Vance as the crazy-from-the-start Luke. Ron Perlman makes a huge impression as conservative spokesman Norman Arbuthnot, a character who was inspired by Rush Limbaugh and seems remarkably more level-headed than his real-life inspiration. Bill Paxton is also fun as the short-lived neo-Nazi, while Jason Alexander briefly pops in as one of the victims and Charles Durning is hilarious as a hungry (extremely homophobic) priest.
As for flaws, THE LAST SUPPER falters in two areas. The first problem is the subplot involving Nora Dunn's Sheriff character. Though her investigation does lead to entertaining revelations, it's completely abandoned in an anticlimactic way. The second flaw arrives in this film functioning on one big joke. There are plenty of laughs to be had throughout, particularly in how the group begins its killings and then progressively lowers their standards for choosing victims. However, the film meanders a bit before really hitting home its main point/message during the stellar final 20 minutes. Seriously, I love the message of this film…even if it takes a while to arrive at its destination.
THE LAST SUPPER is likely to entertain viewers from both sides of the political fence, whilst also making a statement about how we need each other to survive. In a society that currently seems torn apart by hate and division over the dumbest reasons, THE LAST SUPPER serves as a nice little satire to remind viewers that being a decent human being and doing the best we can is what really counts in this world. So grab friends with different opinions, dig in on some great food, and watch this entertaining little dark comedy…preferably without killing each other at the end of the meal.


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A tiny member of the Rallidae family, a group of ground-dwelling waterbirds comprising the rails, coots and crakes, Baillon's crake is a small, plump bird with rounded wings and a short, conical-shaped bill (3) (4). Its upperparts are streaked with black and white, with barring on the rear, and the underparts are a pale grey that stretches from the breast to around the eyes. The bill and the legs are pale green (3). The male and female Baillon's crake are similar in appearance, although the female often has a reddish-brown streak over the ear and paler grey upperparts, but the juvenile has a mottled-white breast and more extensive barring (2) (3). Like other members of the Rallidae family, this bird has stout, well-muscled legs with three forward-facing toes and one hind toe, which act to balance the bird as it walks with the head bobbing and the tail flicking (4).
A versatile omnivore, Baillon's crake forages alone or in small flocks of up to ten birds on mud and in shallow water for a variety of insects, worms, small fish, plant material and seeds (2) (5). Food may be plucked from the surface or the bill may be fully immersed to catch aquatic prey (2). It is most active in the morning and in the late afternoon or evening, and rarely strays far from cover while foraging (2) (5).
Baillon's crake breeds shortly after the wet season in solitary pairs (5). After courtship, in which the male uses calls of harsh rattles to attract a mate, monogamous pairs form and set about building a rather flimsy, cup-shaped or platform nest of vegetation close to the water on a grass tussock or in soft grass. A territory is fiercely defended around this nest, and 4 to 11 eggs are laid and incubated for around 16 to 20 days by both the male and female. The young chicks are capable of feeding themselves only a few days after hatching, but do not fledge until around 34 to 45 days of age. Sexual maturity is reached at around a year (2).
Baillon's crake has a huge range across much of southern and eastern Europe, north, east and southern Africa, Asia and Australasia (5) (6). Populations in southern Africa and Australasia are mostly sedentary all year round, but elsewhere populations are largely migratory and breed at northern latitudes during the summer before travelling southwards ahead of the onset of winter (5).
Baillon's crake is found in a wide variety of fresh and saltwater habitats in both inland and coastal areas, with a preference for shallow flooded areas (2) (5). Typical habitats include marshes, swamps, flooded meadows, the margins of open water, wet pasture, artificial wetlands and saltmarshes. While breeding, it is most often found amongst dense, tussocky vegetation such as reedbeds and tall grasses, but outside of the breeding season, it occupies a greater variety of habitats. Baillon's crake occurs up to 1,500 metres above sea level across most of its range, but may be found at altitudes as high as 2,450 metres in New Guinea (2).
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).
While Baillon's crake is not currently thought to be threatened with extinction, it has a relatively small population and is vulnerable to the loss of its habitat. Across the species' range, wetlands are being degraded through drainage, reed-cutting, burning and livestock overgrazing, as well as being converted to agriculture (2) (5). The breeding population in Europe is considered to be very small, estimated at less than 1,000 birds in 1994, and is therefore particularly vulnerable to such threats (7). Baillon's crake is also threatened by collisions with powerlines whilst it is migrating (5).
In the absence of any known major threats to Baillon's crake, it has not yet been the target of any specific conservation measures. However, due to the loss of habitat in parts of its range, several conservation recommendations have been made, including the maintenance of natural vegetation around fish ponds and rice fields, and monitoring water levels during nesting periods (5).
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As part of their continued support Into the Blue are working with Volvo Car UK's 'Volvo Sailing Academy' initiative – an exclusive, fun, family friendly sailing and power kiting experience offering non sailors the opportunity to join some of the country's medallists on the water for taster sessions. Alongside the sailing and power kiting sessions and family-fun activities, Volvo car displays and test drives were offered linking the brand and product to the experience.
2013 saw three Academies take across the summer with over 700 first time sailors taking to the water. The project continued in 2014 with six academies taking place during the summer.
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In the Spring of 2013 I attended a meeting at the Chenango/Delaware Gun Club. Members of the gun club and representatives of the group Stop the Constitution Pipe Line were in attendance.
During the meeting several distressing possibilities that could arise affecting my property, if indeed the pipeline was approve and built. One possibly would be if I attempted to sell my property with a pipe line lease and pipe line on my property a buyer of my home would not be able to secure a mortgage for the property. As a result of that statement I contacted and met with the loan officers of SFCU, Community Bank and NBT Banks of Sidney. All Banks said they would not consider a Mortgage loan for my property if indeed a pipe line lease and pipe line existed on this property. The loan officers said this would be because of their liability on the property.
I also attended a town meeting in Masonville, NY last summer, in 2013. I asked them if they would consider the possibly of lowering my property taxes because of the devalued value of the property and the inability to sell my property because of the pipe line on the property. The Town Board said they would consider it but would not address it at this time because it is only a proposed event.
This leaves me with several possibilities to consider. Live next to a 30 inch pipe line that I do not want and has a history of explosions in other areas of the Country. Sell my house at a devalued amount or go through the expense of subdividing my property into two tax deeds - one with the pipe line and leased property and the other with my home with less property, because of the subdivision.
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The automotive drivetrain market is dominated by a few global players, and comprises several regional players. Some of the key manufacturers operating in the market are Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd (Japan), American Axle & Manufacturing (U.S.), BorgWarner Inc. (U.S.), GKN plc (U.K.), Magna International Inc. (Canada), Dana Holding Corporation (U.S.), JTEKT Corporation (Japan), Showa Corporation (Japan), and Schaeffler Group (Germany).
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The genes of a winner
A high-performance sports car, a roadgoing vehicle that could be said to have inherited the genes of the Audi R8, three-times winner of the Le Mans 24-Hours race: Audi reveals its 'Le Mans quattro' concept study.
This fascinating driving machine is a synthesis of the experience gained from numerous racing triumphs, allied to advanced design and Audi's technical competence - which has in turn become synonymous for Audi's technological leadership (Vorsprung durch Technik) on the racetrack and the road alike.
Audi has scored innumerable wins on racing circuits all over the world. After the successes achieved in rallying in the 1980s and many triumphs with touring cars bearing the four-ring emblem, Audi's commitment to sports-car racing represented undoubtedly the greatest challenge faced by its motor-sport engineers so far.
But here too the engineers mastered their task brilliantly: three times in succession - in 2000, 2001 and 2002 (and indeed taking first, second and third places in 2000 and 2002) - the Audi R8 cars were the first across the finishing line of the Le Mans 24-Hours race.
Le Mans - without doubt the toughest task that the Audi Sport Team's engineers have ever tackled. For this particular event all the car's systems have to be laid out to survive a distance far greater than in a short sprint event. This technological challenge includes - in addition to the essentials of top performance and optimum driving dynamics - endurance, reliability and perfect ergonomics.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins fired head coach Dan Bylsma and hired a new GM, Jim Rutherford all in the same day.
The 65-year-old Rutherford resigned the same position back in April with the Carolina Hurricanes. He replaces Ray Shero, who was fired three weeks ago.
Rutherford is a former 5'8, 160-pound goalie in the NHL from 1969-1983 with Detroit, Toronto and the LA Kings.
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Philanthropy Landscape in India; CSR and Beyond
While studying the social development sector in India over the last year, the thing that struck me the most was that there were such few Indian donors who came forward to create a steady, dependable and voluntary flow of capital to the sector. Most of the NGOs which are working across a variety of issues across the country have foreign donors which are either foundations set up by wealthy foreign nationals or philanthropy efforts of large global organisations or through international government grants for developing countries like India. Another way of money coming into this sector is through the local chapters of international development organisations which set up offices here to extend the work done by their parent organisations.
While large Indian corporates have increasingly set up foundations to work in the field of social development, it is restricted to few very large corporate houses and barring few private initiatives targeted at individual giving, the philanthropy sector seems to have been bypassed by the majority in India.
The new CSR law, part of the recently passed Companies Act, is set to change the above. It is a welcome step even though the near-mandatory aspect of it may put off the corporate sector to begin with.
What does the law say and how has the Corporate Sector reacted so far
The New Companies Act says CSR is obligatory for a company fulfilling any of the following criteria:
a) Net worth greater than Five Hundred Cores,
b) Turnover greater than One Thousand Cores, or
c) Net profit greater than Five Cores.
Also, minimum annual CSR spend in every financial year should be at least 2% of average net profits made during last 3 financial years. An interesting aspect of the new regulation is the Comply or Explain criteria which puts the onus for non compliance on the corporate by having to provide a plausible explanation of why it has not complied if that's the case.
In a recently organised event on the New Companies Act, by an eminent Law Firm, the discussions on the CSR panel were very insightful. Most corporate representatives voted that their organisations were involved in some form of corporate giving efforts already and that they supported those efforts. But when asked if they were in favour of the 2% CSR law, they almost unanimously said no. This might seem dichotomous to begin with but further discussions revealed the reasons for the push back. There were concerns about if this will become a legitimate route for money to be siphoned off for political purposes, to extended families of rogue managements, to grease palms of officials who may be stalling an approval etc. Take a look at these concerns. To my mind, they are reflective of the general malaise that the corporate sector has come to associate with doing business in this country and hence their resultant apathy. The push back is for the government's inability to ensure that funds that are allocated for social reforms reach their beneficiaries because of graft, red tapism and outright insincerity of the people involved through the chain. And then for the govt to hold the higher ground and ask the Corporate Sector to contribute for social sector seems like a case of the guilty punishing the innocent. And yet, I would urge the corporate sector to be the one to take the higher ground and say, yes, we will do our bit to attempt to reach out to the large section of the Indian population, across the variety of pressing issues that the poor of this country face today.
There can and must be safeguards put in place to ensure that the worst fears of the corporate sector, in terms of misuse of this law, does not come true. This can be done by ensuring that recipients of the funds are authentic NGOs which have been in existence for a minimum number of years, is run by people who have spent certain minimum number of years working on the ground on causes they are associated with. Any allocations to another institution/foundation/trust should pass strict criteria of no relation to political parties or should not tantamount to transfer of funds within family members/groups.
If CSR is approached by the Corporates as a strategic initiative which is built on principles of sustainability, it will become in their business interest to integrate this endeavour in their business activities and give it similar attention. It then also has the potential of driving results that can contribute back to the business.
Beyond CSR: Philanthropy is neither the prerogative nor the responsibility of the rich alone
India is a vast country and the economic divide here is amongst the starkest in the world. The divide itself throws up an opportunity to bridge the divide, somewhat. I remember reading somewhere recently about the number of blind people in our country and the number of deaths on a daily basis and if every person pledged to donate his/her eyes, blindness could be eradicated from our country within months. Improbable as it seems, there is a thought here. Let's extend this analogy to the social sector – We have a fairly large and growing Indian middle class, the upper middle class along with the rich and the ultra rich. I am not really going to talk about the latter here because let's assume that they fall in the category who have already set up their trusts/CSR chapters/foundations through which they are engaged in social development work or will be soon enough doing that under the mandatory 2% CSR law. I want to focus on the large upper middle class, the HNI, the self employed professional, the mid market promoter, the salaried professional, the INDIVIDUAL. The educated, evolved, conscientious, and self actualised individual which represents the great Indian Middle Class Dream and which has been the lure for numerous foreign companies to come and set up shop in India. This section while represents a very large and powerful force to reckon with, is somewhat stuck in that zone where they haven't started thinking about strategic philanthropy because they think;
a) It is the job of the much richer to give
b) We will give when we are older
c) We are already giving to our domestic help's kid / driver / local vendor etc anyway
d) Even if I give what difference will my small amount make?
e) I have no idea where the money goes and what good does it do
f) I am not aware of the various giving options and am not sure of the authenticity of the various new NGOs mushrooming
g) I pay my taxes honestly and frankly that is enough charity given that more than half the country's population doesn't
All these are issues that can be tackled with by forming smaller communities that work towards a common cause. (Except of course the last one, where at some point you have to acknowledge that you are more fortunate than others for having all you do and parting with a small amount of money on a regular basis will not make you any poorer but can really go a long way in someone else's less fortunate life). For those who face the other issues can tap into many social enterprises that are doing a great job in bringing the donors and the NGOs together and take the additional responsibility of doing background checks on the NGOs, track the flow of funds and evaluate the impact created. For effective and easy personal giving, Gudville.com is a wonderfully effective platform for individual philanthropists to adopt a cause, contribute to it, raise awareness about it and encourage their friends to do the same.
In Bain & Company's India Philanthropy Report 2013, they point out that:
a) Younger relatives significantly influence their families' charitable giving
b) Young donors show higher potential than other age groups to increase their contributions.
Well, that's good news. It shows (from their sample set), there is a desire and awareness among the young to make their independent mark in this space and their involvement goes a long way in how the others around them think about philanthropy. We have to hope that it is reflective of the larger population and that they will be tapped into in order to expand the circle of giving.
Why is it important that everyone gets involved?
According to the authors David Bornstein and Susan Davis of the book 'Social Entrepreneurship', the current version of the social impact movement is version 3.0 which looks beyond individual founders and institutions to the change making potential of ALL people and their interactions. It recognises that social entrepreneurship, and hence social effort, is contagious. Every person who acts socially responsibly, whether by building institutions or by strengthening existing solutions through their investing, philanthropy, managing, advocacy, research, teaching, policy making, purchasing, writing and so forth, emboldens others to pursue their ideas and solutions and the movement intensifies. It is the best form of a contagious disease.
The compounding power of the individual effort is very powerful. We must ensure though that sporadic and passive individual effort is replaced with more strategic and sustainable approach. Somewhat like a PSR (Personal Social Responsibility) version of the CSR.


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I'm not just advocating for a child whose challenges don't follow a script. I'm also a black mother advocating for my black son in a room full of people who don't look like us.
That appointment, three months ago now, confirmed a shift for us—away from the search for medical answers. We can monitor Tophs's blood sugar levels and keep an eye on his growth. We can check his enzyme levels with a blood draw or X-ray his bones to determine their age. But our focus now centers on his developmental and educational needs.
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More Than a Feeling
|by Richard Smoley
Love, said Dante in a famous line from The Divine Comedy, "moves
the sun and the other stars." Elsewhere, in a less famous line, he calls it
the force "that turns the world to chaos."(1)
This, I suppose, sums up the paradox of our attitudes toward love, which appears sometimes as a sustainer and often enough as a destroyer. But then the term "love" is applied to so many different feelings that it is a wonder we can make any sense of it at all.
Greek, as New Testament scholars like to point out, has four different words for love, two of which, eros and agape - referring to erotic and higher, "conscious" love - have stumbled through the back door of English and can now be found in our dictionaries. (The other two, storge and philia, refer to family feeling and friendship respectively.)
Other languages carve up the distinctions in their own ways: Danish in the time of Kierkegaard had at least two, and a new translation of his Works of Love somewhat awkwardly has to indicate in each instance whether he is speaking of Elskov, erotic love, or Kjerlighed, higher love.(2)
But we Anglophones, heirs to a language and a culture that have never been entirely comfortable with abstractions, have to make do with a single term, which we are forced to apply to everything from the noblest feelings imaginable to plain old lust to a nauseating Hallmark sentimentality. The confusion is more than academic: how much unhappiness in romance stems from a person using the word in one sense and having it understood in another? Often we ourselves don't know what we're trying to express when we speak of love.
Cutting away as much nonsense as possible, what do we have left? To begin with, of course, there is sex. And the first thing one can say about sex is that it is larger than "I." At its best, the transport of passion takes the consciousness beyond its mundane cycle of concerns; at its worst, sex becomes a force that one cannot control or integrate into one's life. All but the most repressed among us have probably experienced each of these aspects at one time or another.
And then there is romantic love. As countless books and stories insist, it too is far more powerful than "I." Often it is more powerful than sex; otherwise how can we explain unrequited love, where one prefers the anguish of loving from afar to any gratifications near at hand? The Jungians speak of the projection of the anima or animus - the psychic image of the opposite sex that lies within each of us - and if this remains the best explanation in circulation, it too seems a bit simplistic.
For the dynamic of sex and love suggests another possibility: that the one can be transformed into the other. This is one of the central themes of love, sacred and profane - the idea that the energy of passion, the sheer drive to reproduce the species, can be transmuted into a higher feeling, directed either toward one person, as in the case of medieval courtly love, or in other cases, for example with celibate Christian monks, toward God or humanity.
Such a transmutation is sometimes regarded as a matter of technique: manuals of Tantric and Taoist love tell us how to postpone orgasm and direct this unreleased energy upward toward the heart and head. Although these techniques seem to work to some degree, I can't help feeling that mere techniques somehow miss the point. No, something else has to happen, and, though our shelves are groaning with volumes on "sacred sex," I have never seen a convincing account of exactly what that mysterious something is.
Others find the answer in forgoing sex altogether. As the article by John Michael Greer and Carl Hood, Jr. in this issue points out, this was why MacGregor and Moina Mathers, the redoubtable leaders of the Golden Dawn, refused to consummate their marriage: they did not want to dissipate their higher energies on the physical level.
Most of us, having neither the aspiration nor the stamina to follow the Mathers's example, embrace a mixed solution - a relationship with one other person that combines both sex and love. The most conventional form of this remains marriage, but other forms abound in our adventurous age, as Jay Kinney shows in his discussion of the subculture of bondage and domination. And, I suspect, whether you are a staid old married couple or a top and bottom playing master and servant, the problems often turn out to be the same.
Jacob Needleman and John Welwood, in their contributions to this issue, discuss such dynamics; they both focus on the attempt to have a more conscious and authentic relationship. Their insights are worth encountering in their own right and I won't try to summarize them here. But I want to add a point that goes back to Kierkegaard and the curious title of his book.
Works of Love? It has an odd sound when you think of it, for, the primal act aside, isn't love a feeling rather than an activity? I am not so sure. A mother may not feel terribly loving when wakened at 4 a.m. by a screaming child, but she gets up nonetheless. Nor are we likely to feel tremendous yearning for God or gusto for the spiritual path every time we meditate or pray. But still we do it. And this is why I think, contrary to the masses of publications that promise to show us "how to keep the feeling alive," love has more to do with action than with sentiment; it discloses itself less in emotions than in deeds.
Even so, this does not tell us what love is, and that may be too much to ask. But I think it not far from the mark to speak of love as a subtle force or energy - and one, moreover, that is necessary for survival. Perhaps it is Gurdjieff's "reconciling force," or, in the language of A Course in Miracles, the "Holy Spirit" that restores the shattered Sonship to communion with the Father. It unites and yet does not unite, for love in its truest sense can ultimately exist only between two distinct entities; even self-love requires us to see ourselves (or part of ourselves) as in some way "other."
Yet isn't it also true that we experience anyone we genuinely love as part of our own being? Perhaps the ultimate mystery of love is that it constantly shifts focus between one and two, between otherness and unity. Here is where love takes us by surprise. Stealing in when "I" isn't looking, it provides, to our discomfiture but also to our relief, the reminder that there is indeed something far greater than "I."
1. Paradiso, 33:145; Inferno, 12:42.
2. Soren Kierkegaard, Works of Love, trans. Howard V. and Edna H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995).
(c) copyright 1997 by Richard Smoley and GNOSIS Magazine
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The Miracle Of Hearing Aids
A hearing aid is in actually a pretty simple device. But when you think of the huge impact it has on the lives of those that benefit from this technology, it could be considered a major medical miracle for thousands if not millions of people who suffer hearing loss.
For those who have never lost their hearing, that sense of isolation as more and more you cannot understand what others are saying can be really devastating. We take so much of what we hear for granted. Little things like being able to hear your favorite TV show and enjoy the jokes or being able to hear a baby laugh or listen to your favorite music are wonderful parts of life. Hearing is one of the greatest joys of life and to lose that can diminish the quality of life for people in ways that is hard to appreciate it until you go through it.
What is tragic is that so many have some degree of hearing loss and never do anything about it. The reason that this is tragic is that hearing amplification technology is well understood, easily accessible and affordable. In fact, many health insurance programs will pay part or all of the costs of getting a hearing aid if the hearing loss can be verified. And yet many people whose hearing is diminished but not gone just struggle along either because they don't want to deal with the clumsiness of having a hearing aid in their ear or they are too proud to admit that they are having a problem.
Part of the reason for such hesitancy about getting help with hearing comes from a lack of understanding about hearing devices. Many have a picture of someone with a large hearing machine attached to their ear that everyone can see so well, they can see the amplification dials. This image comes from the days when the hearing devices people used were so large that it was the first thing you noticed when you met someone. And when you met someone with a hearing aid like that, you naturally had the urge to shout to make yourself understood. This is particularly silly when the entire purpose of the hearing aid is to keep others from having to shout at you.
Modern hearing devices have moved away from those days of big clumsy boxes attached to the ear. Many modern amplification systems are very small due to the wonders of the digital age and they fit entirely in the ear. Unless you notice the little dot deep in the ear, most people would never know you had on a device to help you hear. In fact, there have been breakthroughs to correct certain types of hearing loss in which the device is implanted deep in the ear through surgery which means no taking the unit out and putting it in again, no fuss about caring for it and nobody needs to know you have one in at all.
This technology is only likely to continue to become more sophisticated as technology continues to advance. And as that happens, there will really be no excuse for anyone to not be able to hear if they want to. And to eliminate hearing loss entirely would truly be a miracle.


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Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Trash Cans (garbage disposal)
Many people consider having a garbage disposal in the kitchen to be something sacred. And, it is entirely true that if you have something that makes the surrounding of your kitchen clean, then it is the best thing. You get to enjoy the benefits on a daily basis. Once you get to know the massive advantages of this, you will surely be looking for a best garbage disposal various company provide garbage disposal in best price you can check review and price on amazone.com and purchase top quality whirlaway garbage disposal. Thus, make sure to go through the entire article and you will get a rough idea regarding the benefits of this device. There are hardly any disadvantages. The only thing you should keep in mind is to maintain the garbage disposal appropriately and daily.
The Smell of The kitchen is Much Better
When you compare the present state of the kitchen and the state of your kitchen after you have brought the garbage disposal, you will notice that there is a significant change in the odor or in the way your kitchen used to smell. Thus, food that used to rot previously in the garbage can would now be sent through the pipeline and into the disposal bin. The system is such that, it grinds all the waste so that it easily passes through the pipes and finally into the main dustbin.
Big Money Saver
Having a garbage disposal of a significant brand that means you can cut down the cost of plumber fee. You do not require any professional unclogging the drains which have been blocked previously by food particles. One of the primary advantages of having a proper garbage disposal is that it does not breakdown frequently. It runs for quite some time.
Try to Have Lighter Trash
If you are one of the people looking for information regarding saving your back, the best possible way is to lose some weight in the trash. If you can send a large part of your waste through the pipes of a garbage disposal, then you will be forwarded out the trash at a lot lesser weight thus, costing you much lower money for every trip.
The Leaks Will Not Show
One of the best advantages of having this device is that it does not allow the drains to clog. Thus, with many minor clogs, the pressure on your pipes will be much more secondary. This only lets you have fewer leaks than it previously used to be.
Cleaning Becomes Much Easier
Since a major part of your trash is going through the garbage disposal, cleaning the kitchen becomes much simpler and faster. All crumbs and other biodegradable wastes can be put through the garbage disposal. After doing this, all you need to put into your trash can is just the non-biodegradable waste materials.
After you have gone through the advantages, it is only a matter of time before you realize how helpful this is and how much you can benefit from this. If you are thinking about the disadvantages, then as a matter of fact their petite disadvantages. All you need to do is properly maintain your garbage disposal so that it creates no problem.


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John W. Stuart Named Reyco Granning's New President
Mt. Vernon, MO – Reyco Granning has announced that Dave Compton has decided to retire effective September 30, 2015. John W. Stuart, VP of Engineering for Reyco Granning, has been named as Compton's successor and will commence his role as president October 1, 2015. Stuart has 25 years of experience in the heavy-duty transportation industry where he has focused on: new product development, business development, profit enhancement and global program management. Prior to being named VP of Engineering, Stuart held several senior leadership positions at Hendrickson International and Navistar.


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History of the Canadian Partnership
At the Canadian-led 2010 Muskoka Initiative, leaders from Canadian organizations that are focused on maternal, newborn and child health, came together to explore the opportunity for increased collaboration to improve accountability and effectiveness. Dr. Dorothy Shaw and Rosemary McCarney led the effort to bring together non-governmental organizations, academics and health practitioners to form the Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. In 2016, the organization was renamed the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health to reflect a global shift in lexicon surrounding women's and children's health with a focus on sexual and reproductive health and adolescent health. The new name also reflects the Canadian Partnership's alignment with the Every Woman, Every Child Global Strategy of Women's Children's and Adolescent Health.


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Star Trek alum George Takei has joined the cast of Nickelodeon's new live-action series Supah Ninjas, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
The half-hour comedy follows three kids who are drafted into a secret world of crime fighting after Mike Fukanaga (Ryan Potter), an average high school student, discovers he is descended from a long line of ninjas. Takei plays Mike's recently deceased grandfather; he appears as an interactive hologram to guide and train the team of "Supah Ninjas" along the way.
"The grandfather has the serious task of instructing the next generation of ninjas, but he also has a lot of funny moments and I find that a refreshing take on the traditional teacher-student relationship," Takei said.
Carlos Knight co-stars as best friend Owen and Gracie Dzienny is Mike's crush, Amanda.
A preview of Supah Ninjas will air Monday, Jan. 17 at 9/8c.


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The Creative Toddlers have been hard at work for the past six weeks of classes. They've danced, sang, acted, and, of course, had LOTS of fun. At the end of week five, they were sent home with "scripts," and this week, we were sent a video link to help the kiddos with their dance at home. Helping Luca with his line has been adorable — he has "paper and crayons" down pat. Now we have moved onto memorizing his dance – eight 8-count moves. I thought the "lines" were adorable, but seeing a 4-year-old jitterbug … now THAT is adorable. I am getting excited to see the toddlers' hard work come together on stage at the end-of-class performance! And what could be cuter than one toddler jitterbugging? I have a feeling that a whole class of toddlers jitterbugging might win every cuteness contest ever. I don't know who is more excited for his stage debut — me or Luca. I'll be sure to take lots of photos and keep you posted 🙂
Do you have a toddler who would love to get on stage? GOOD NEWS!!! The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati is offering a one-hour, weekly, seven-week course this winter for the low price of $125! There are also lots of other course options for actors of all ages. It has been great to see Luca have his own activity, and to beam with excitement every week — I would highly recommend Creative Toddling and The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati.
Check out the complete list of classes offered at TCT Cincinnati this winter, here: https://www.thechildrenstheatre.com/learning-the-craft/all-classes


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Design and Construction requires a different approach and both contractors and consultants can find it difficult to adjust to this method of procurement. Consultants may be reluctant to work with a contractor to produce a suitable design and contractors often struggle with the implications of being responsible for a design they did not produce. Similarly, clients are often left feeling exposed, as they no longer have direct control over the design. Many of the problems in Design and Construction arise from a lack of suitably qualified and experienced managers on both sides of the designer constructor interface. These problems can be made worse if the client insists on an overly bureaucratic regime of checks and approvals. The importance of this interface is emphasized throughout the guide. There must be an individual with responsibility for managing this interface. Involving the constructor, the operator and the eventual end-user in the initial stages of design work can bring the client significant benefits, from single point accountability through to improved operational and maintenance characteristics. Project teams can benefit from more direct communication, resulting in greater awareness of different aspects of a project and fewer errors due to misinterpretation and misunderstanding. This book explores the latest advances in the field of this subject. The subject matter, both as regards the arrangement of chapters as well as contents is designed to meet the requirement of the students in several Universities.
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All Nippon Airways' Mileage Club program is transfer partners with both American Express Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest, and offers a pretty lucrative distance based award chart.
The major catch is that they impose fuel surcharges on all award tickets equal to what the airlines would charge on a revenue ticket, which means a transatlantic award ticket will easily cost you $500-700 in taxes, fees, and fuel surcharges. Compared to redeeming with a US airline that doesn't impose those fuel surcharges, that takes quite a bit of value out of the program. Up until now the only airline I know of on which they didn't impose these fuel surcharges was US Airways, and that's simply because they don't have fuel surcharges on revenue tickets either.
Anyway, Dan's Deals reports that ANA is apparently no longer imposing fuel surcharges for travel on United, which would be huge. Taking a look at the award chart you'll see that business class for travel of 4,001-7,000 miles roundtrip costs just 63,000 miles, and travel for 7,001-9,000 miles roundtrip costs just 68,000 miles. This covers travel from most of the east coast to Europe, making this a spectacular value without the fuel surcharges.
What's also unique about ANA is that they allow four stopovers on an itinerary (including the destination), though none are allowed in the country of origin and only two are allowed in Europe.
Anyway, this may just be the best use of Membership Rewards points for business class travel to Europe now. United has flat bed business class seats on much of their transatlantic fleet, and flying routes like Newark to London for 63,000 miles in business class with no fuel surcharges is a value that's tough to beat.


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We would like to graciously acknowledge Gary Linassi, MB FRCPC for his contribution to the development of this case study.
Ms. MB is a 67 year old female who had onset of numbness and tingling in both shoulders over the course of one year. Bowel and bladder dysfunction, in addition to altered gait and weakness of her hands prompted subsequent investigation. Investigations identified a large meningioma compressing the cord at the C4 level; however, neurosurgery to decompress the area and remove the meningoma was unsuccessful. Postoperatively, the patient was left with a C4 AIS A spinal cord injury. See figure 1 and 2 for Ms. MB's health status.
Figure 1. Ms. MB's presenting condition.
Figure 2. C4 AIS A spinal injury. From Medical Illustration 2010, Nucleus Medical Media, Inc. Patient has upper and lower extremity paralysis, respiratory dysfunction including sleep apnea and respiratory secretion accumulation.