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ASNAMST 17Q: Perspectives in North American Taiko (MUSIC 17Q)
Preference to sophomores. Taiko, or Japanese drum, is a newcomer to the American music scene. Emergence of the first N. American taiko groups coincided with increased Japanese American activism, and to some it is symbolic of Japanese American identity. N. American taiko is associated with Japanese American Buddhism. Musical, cultural, historical, and political perspectives of taiko. Hands-on drumming. Japanese music and Japanese American history, and relations among performance, cultural expression, community, and identity.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-CE, WAY-ED | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Sano, S. (PI) ; Uyechi, L. (PI)
2015-2016 Spring
4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-CE, WAY-ED |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 1 / 1
03/28/2016 - 06/01/2016 Mon 2:30 PM - 4:20 PM at Braun 131 with Sano, S. (PI); Uyechi, L. (PI)
03/28/2016 - 06/01/2016 Wed 2:30 PM - 4:20 PM at BRH with Sano, S. (PI); Uyechi, L. (PI)
Instructors: Sano, S. (PI); Uyechi, L. (PI)
ASNAMST 52D: Asian American Human Development: Cultural Perspectives on Psychology, Education and Critical Issues (CSRE 52D)
In this course, we will examine the critical issues in Asian American growth and development with particular attention given to current theoretical and research perspectives within a diverse society. We will consider topics related to their cultural identity, cognitive, and socio-emotional development, engaging in the ethnic discourse on Confucian history and culture, Eastern and Western thought and learning, tiger parenting, gender roles, the model minority stereotype, acculturation and bicultural identity, and mental health. This course uniquely integrates the fields of history, education, psychology, human biology, and ethnic studies as we seek to understand the underlying processes of the Asian American person as an individual and as an effective member of the larger society.
Terms: not given this year | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
ASNAMST 107: Asian American Leadership: Controversies, Dilemmas, and Decision-Making Strategies
This course examines the experiences of Asian Americans in a variety of contemporary leadership contexts to identify the complexities of race, gender, class, and ethnicity for both understanding and responding to social relations of power. Through seminar discussion, readings, guest speakers, case studies, and experiential activities, students evaluate situated practices of Asian American leadership in consideration of longstanding themes that have animated the field of Asian American Studies: self- and collective identification, representation and equality, community organizing and advocacy, interracial coalition-building, and minority empowerment. Students explore how Asian American leadership is conceptualized, practiced, and assessed in relation to the following contexts: campus and community activism o f the Asian American movement of the 1960s to the present, institutional settings of employment, electoral politics, the field of Asian American Studies, and public intellectual life. A multidisciplinary approach will draw upon anthropology, psychology, political science, sociology, and Asian American Studies.
Terms: not given this year | Units: 3-5 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
ASNAMST 110: The Development of the Southeast Asian American Communities: A comparative analysis
This course will examine the establishment of the Cambodian, Hmong, and Vietnamese communities in the US. We will focus on the historical events that resulted in their immigration and arrival to the US as well as the similarities and differences in the ways in which they were received. In addition, the course will focus on issues that impacted in the development of these communities focusing on the social, political, and economic processes by which new immigrant groups are incorporated into the American society. The second part of the course will be devoted to analyzing contemporary issues including but not limited to: class status, educational attainment, ethnic identity, racialization, second generation, mass media representation, poverty, and economic mobility.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Do, H. (PI)
2015-2016 Spring
3 units |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 20 / 18
03/28/2016 - 06/01/2016 Tue 12:00 PM - 2:50 PM at 320-107 with Do, H. (PI)
Instructors: Do, H. (PI)
ASNAMST 112: Public Archaeology: Market Street Chinatown Archaeology Project (ANTHRO 112, ANTHRO 212)
This internship-style course centers on the practice and theory of historical archaeology research and interpretation through a focused study of San Jose's historic Chinese communities. The course includes classroom lectures, seminar discussion, laboratory analysis of historic artifacts, and participation in public archaeology events. Course themes include immigration, urbanization, material culture, landscape, transnational identities, race and ethnicity, gender, cultural resource management, public history, and heritage politics. The course includes required lab sections, field trips, and public service. Transportation will be provided for off-site activities.
Terms: not given this year | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-ED | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
ASNAMST 118A: Digital Heritage: Bringing the Past Online with the Chinese American Historical Museum (ANTHRO 118A, CSRE 118A)
Interpreting the past is no longer just for people like historians and archaeologists, and it¿s no longer confined to the pages of books. More and more, community-based organizations are gathering stories and perspectives from everyday people, and they¿re putting them out for the world to see online. With these big changes, what will be the future of thinking about the past? In this course, students will work through the dynamics of digital heritage through readings, discussion, and original research. The course centers around artifacts unearthed at the Market Street Chinatown in San Jose. Each student will analyze and gather stories relating to a single artifact in order to contribute to a multimedia exhibit for the Chinese American Historical Museum in San Jose. Class time will be devoted both to discussion and to work on artifact-based projects, and will also include a fieldtrip to the museum and collaboration time with members of the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project.
Terms: not given this year | Units: 5 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
ASNAMST 131: Trauma, healing, and empowerment in Asian America (CSRE 131C)
This course will look at the ways in which Asian Americans are affected by the legacy of war, occupation and colonialism through themes of home, displacement, community, roots, identity, and inter-generational trauma. The approach is integrative, including scholarly investigation, embodied practice, and creative approach. This self-reflective process uses narrative, oral and written, as a means of becoming whole and healing personal, historical, and collective wounds.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-ED | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Murphy-Shigematsu, S. (PI)
2015-2016 Winter
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 12 / 15
01/04/2016 - 03/11/2016 Thu 1:30 PM - 4:20 PM with Murphy-Shigematsu, S. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2016-03-14 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Murphy-Shigematsu, S. (PI)
ASNAMST 144: Transforming Self and Systems: Crossing Borders of Race, Nation, Gender, Sexuality, and Class (CSRE 144, FEMGEN 144X)
Exploration of crossing borders within ourselves, and between us and them, based on a belief that understanding the self leads to understanding others. How personal identity struggles have meaning beyond the individual, how self healing can lead to community healing, how the personal is political, and how artistic self expression based in self understanding can address social issues. The tensions of victimization and agency, contemplation and action, humanities and science, embracing knowledge that comes from the heart as well as the mind. Studies are founded in synergistic consciousness as movement toward meaning, balance, connectedness, and wholeness. Engaging these questions through group process, journaling, reading, drama, creative writing, and storytelling. Study is academic and self-reflective, with an emphasis on developing and presenting creative works in various media that express identity development across borders.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-ED | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors: Murphy-Shigematsu, S. (PI)
2015-2016 Autumn
5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 12 / 20
09/21/2015 - 06/02/2010 Thu 1:30 PM - 4:05 PM at 200-015 with Murphy-Shigematsu, S. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2015-12-07 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Murphy-Shigematsu, S. (PI)
ASNAMST 146S: Asian American Culture and Community (AMSTUD 146, COMPLIT 146, CSRE 146S)
This course introduces students to the histories of Asians in America, specifically as these histories are part of a broader Asia-US-Pacific history that characterized the 20th century and now the 21st. We will combine readings in history, literature, sociology, with community-based learning.nnThe course takes place over two quarters. The first quarter focuses on gaining knowledge of Asian America and discussion key topics that students wish to focus on collaboratively. During this first quarter we also learn about community-based learning, set up teams and projects, and develop relationships with community organizations. The second quarter students work with student liaisons (senior students who have experience in service learning) and complete their work with the community¿there are no formal class meetings this second quarter. Service Learning Course (certified by Haas Center). Course can be repeated once.
Terms: not given this year | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Repeatable for credit | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
ASNAMST 185A: Race and Biomedicine (ANTHRO 185A)
Race, identity, culture, biology, and political power in biomedicine. Biological theories of racial ordering, sexuality and the medicalization of group difference. Sources include ethnography, film, and biomedical literature. Topics include colonial history and medicine, the politics of racial categorization in biomedical research, the protection of human subjects and research ethics, immigration health and citizenship, race-based models in health disparities research and policy, and recent developments in human genetic variation research.
Terms: not given this year | Units: 3-5 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
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I am halfway to paying off my mortgage. It is a 15-year 5.5 percent fixed-rate mortgage obtained in 2004 for the amount of $90,000. It has an outstanding balance of $47,000, and the monthly payment, including interest, principal and escrow, is $800. I would like to lower the monthly payment. I tried to refinance with a lender, but the estimated closing cost was almost $5,000, so I didn't go with the refinance.Closing costs are not the only consideration in this type of transaction. Where are the cost savings going to bring you when you are, in effect, extending your mortgage by 7-8 years.
I can understand your reluctance to pay $5,000 in closing costs to refinance a $90,000 loan balance. Bankrate's national average for closing costs in its 2011 Closing Cost Survey is $4,070, although the survey results were for a $200,000 purchase mortgage, not a $90,000 refinancing. While your closing-cost estimate is high, it may be reasonable for your part of the country.
If you're halfway done on your original 15-year mortgage, refinancing into a new 15-year mortgage will cost you money, even with the lower interest rate, because you're extending your existing 7.5-year mortgage into a new 15-year mortgage.A lot to consider, isn't there? Real the full article.
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Purification, physicochemical and funtional characterisation of Glossina Morsitans centralis fibrinolysins.
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Endege, W, O. 1987. Purification, physicochemical and funtional characterisation of Glossina Morsitans centralis fibrinolysins. MSc thesis. University of Nairobi.
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Tsetse flies are blood-sucking insects. The ability to keep their blood meal in an anticoagulated state by means of anticoagulant(s), fibrinogenuse(s), fibrinolysin(s) or plasminogen activator like activities is essential to their survival. In this investigation tsetse midgut fibrinolytic activities have been characterised. Five proteases that hydrolyse Tosyl-Gly-Pro-Arg-pnitroanilide (chromozym-TH) at different rates, were identified in tsetse midgut extracts and four of them purified to apparent homogeneity using anion-exchange chromatography on DE-52 cellulose followed by isoe1ectric focusing. Assays using radio-labelled fibrinogen and fibrin were developed. These showed that two of the proteases with highest fibrinogenolytic activity (P3 and P4) had exo- and endopeptidase- like activities respectively. The two enzymes had pIs of 6.0 and 5.3 on isoelectric focusing and Mr of 26 and 24.5 kDa on sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) denaturing gels, respectively. They appeared electrophoretica1ly homogeneous as judged by SDS polyacrylamide electrophoresis (PAGE). The two enzymes seem to digest fibrinogen and fibrin at different sites but within the same domains as does bovine plasmin, a classical fibrinolysin. Tsetse fibrinolysin P3 initially generates very low molecular mass products (range 14-20 kDa), but after extended incubation times it starts generating a br.eakdown product of apparent ftlr94 kDa. Fibrinolysin P4 also produced the 94 kDa fragment and another fragment of 42 kDa, as well as larger intermediate breakdown products of approximate Mr 160and 240 kDa. The two tsetse fibrinolysins have a pH optimum around 8.0. Inhibition studies showed that these two tsetse fibrinolysins were serine proteases since diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) completely abolished their hydrolytic activity towards Tosyl-Gly-Pro-Arg-pNA. These enzymes had trypsin-like specificity since TLCK, a chloromethyl ketone inhibitor with trypsin-like enzyme-specificity, inhibited 75% of their activity towards this tripeptide substrate. This compared with only 25% inhibition of these enzymes by TPCK, an inhibitor of chymotrypsin-like proteases. Their trypsin-like specificity was also suggested by trypsin specific chromogenic p-nitroanilide substrates, which these enzymes hydrolysed rapidly, and additionally by the inhibition of the enzymes by aprotinin. A thermolability study showed a biphasic curve with gradual loss of activity upto 500C after which there was a precipitious loss of activity with further increase in temperature. An antibody against fibrinolysin p4 was raised in rabbits. This antibody reacted with~fibrinolysins P3 and P4 thus suggesting that the two share some common antigenic determinants. Fab fragments made from the purified immune IgG did not inhibit in vitro hydrolysis of the Tosyl-Gly-Pro-Arg-PNA thus suggesting that these antibodies we~e not directed to the active sites of the enzymes.
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Citizens of Waco were angry, but not surprised when a seemingly peaceful day turned violent at the Twin Peaks restaurant. Reportedly, the restaurant continuously allowed the violent motorcycle gangs to hang out, drink beer and gawk at waitresses. The gangs involved in the outbreak, resulting in nine deaths and at least 170 arrests, are known violent gangs.
Sargent Patrick Swanton, of the Waco police department, said it was a pretty gruesome scene. This was the was worst and most violent crime scene Swanton had ever witnessed, in 34 years of law enforcement. There were at least five gangs involved in the deadly brawl, which could have been avoided, according to Swanton. Nearly 100 weapons were recovered, including clubs, knives and brass knuckles.
Swanton also reported that the restaurant's management had failed to cooperate with agencies of law enforcement who were trying to manage the biker gangs. He stated the restaurant had been warned for nearly two months, but continued to serve the gangs. Jay Patel, Twin Peaks Operating Partner, shared a differing statement which Swanton called an absolute fabrication. Patel released the following statement:
We are horrified by the violent and criminal acts that occurred outside of our Waco restaurant today. We share in the community's trauma. Our priority is to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for our customers and employees, and we consider the police our partners in doing so. We will continue to cooperate with the police as they investigate this terrible crime.
Patel went on to confirm that the restaurant's management team had been in continued and positive communications with law enforcement. He expressed their goal is to continue working with police in hopes of keeping violent crime out of, not only the business, but the community as well. Swanton said this was not a true statement, and maintains the management team ignored their warnings.
Twin Peaks Restaurants seemingly agreed with Swanton and revoked the franchise agreement. Rick Van Warner, spokesman for the Twin Peaks franchiser, released the following statement:
We are in the business of people and safety of the restaurant's employees and guests is priority one. Unfortunately the management team of the franchised restaurant in Waco chose to ignore the warnings and advice from both the police and our company, and did not uphold the high security standards we have in place to ensure everyone is safe at our restaurants.
The spokesman said the Waco location was a relatively new franchise, but their actions would not be tolerated. Van Warner relayed sympathies to the families of those who lost loved ones and expressed his gratefulness that none of the guests, employees, law enforcement or witnesses were injured.
Twin Peaks is a chain of restaurants and sports bars (also called breastaurants). The chain is based in Dallas, Texas but has franchise locations in the South, Midwest and American Southwest. Twin Peaks has been referred to as "breastaurants" because it is known for having waitresses dressed in revealing uniforms. The restaurant's slogan is "Eats. Drinks. Scenic Views."
Corporate headquarters for Twin Peaks Restaurants want to be known for a good time, not criminal violence and gang activity. They have revoked the franchise license and apologized to the families. Citizens of Waco were not surprised by the activity of the gangs; instead they were angry that the franchise would not heed the warnings of law enforcement and continued to allow the violent motorcycle gangs to hang out at their facility.
by Cherese Jackson (Virginia)
Dallas News: 9 bikers killed in rival gang shootout outside Waco restaurant
Entrepreneur: Twin Peaks Restaurant
WFAA: Nine dead, 170 arrested in bloody Waco biker brawl
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HUF Summer 2012 Lookbook
Born and raised on the streets of the Bay-area, Keith Hufnagel's skate lifestyle brand, HUF, has not failed year after year to deliver hot apparel and this year's Lookbook doesn't disappoint. Shot on the streets of New York, the Lookbook captures HUF's simple, yet creative tees, tanks, snapbacks, pants, and signature skate shoes, including some artistic license with the Budweiser logo. Shot by photographer Brian Kelly, up-close, candid photos from unique angles showcase the best of the brand's line-up for the warmer months. You can pick up the entire Summer 2012 Collection is now at the HUF Online Store.


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I was partially drawn to this KWL chart as its quite visual and clear about each individual section.
Creator, Rebekah Benson, writes "It is designed to get students thinking about how the things we know, want to know, and have learned are connected. Coming out of the mouth, you will find a space for students to write what they already know, or can tell you about. In a thought bubble above the head, is a space for what a student might want to know, or be thinking about, but not sure yet. Finally after the lesson, the student can write the information directly into the brain, simulating the act of filing the information away in their own brain."
Well Done Rebekah and looking forward to using it! :)


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Made in America Matters
Designed, developed and built by American craftsmen in the heart of Pennsylvania, each PDC swim spa is constructed from the finest raw materials and painstaking manufacturing processes. Cast acrylic sheet from Lucite® begins the production, by forming durable outer layers of each ergonomically designed model. Units are then reinforced with multiple layers of hand rolled fiberglass and non-filled resins, for a swim spa you can enjoy problem free for decades.
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PDC continues to lead in exceptional hydrotherapy innovation across the globe. Not only in the hot tub and swim spa industry, but professional sports arenas and our military have recognized our quality and now reap the benefits of warm water massage and exercise. Well known teams such as the Kansas City Royals®, Pittsburgh Steelers® and Dallas Cowboys® have improved their game with the help of PDC Spas products. Currently, we are in development with the Navy Seals furthering their training with the aid of effective aquatic exercise, utilizing TruSwim™ technology.


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ORLANDO -- Giving a novel antiplatelet, vorapaxar, to acute coronary syndrome patients did not reduce mortality or serious cardiovascular events, but it did significantly increase the risk of major bleeding, including intracranial hemorrhage, researchers said here.
It was known that the drug, an oral protease-activated-receptor 1 (PAR-1) antagonist, had safety issues because the trial was halted last January, after an unplanned safety review of TRACER data, but the magnitude of the problem was not known: a 35% increase in the relative risk of major bleeding events, and more than a three-fold increase in the risk of intracranial hemorrhage (HR 3.39, 95 % CI, 1.78 to 6.45, P<0.001 for both).
Kenneth W. Mahaffey, MD, DrSc, of the Duke Clinical Research Institute in Durham, N.C., and colleagues reported the findings from the 12,944-patient study as a late-breaking clinical trial at the American Heart Association meeting. The findings were also published online by The New England Journal of Medicine.
The primary endpoint of the Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome trial was a composite of cardiovascular death, MI, stroke, recurrent ischemia with rehospitalization, or urgent coronary revascularization.
During a mean follow-up of 502 days, 1,031 of the 6,473 patients in the vorapaxar group reached that composite endpoint as did 1,102 of the 6,471 controls (P=0.07).
There was, however, a signal of efficacy when only death from cardiovascular causes, MI, or stroke were considered: 822 vorapaxar patients versus 910 patients in the placebo control group (P=0.02).
Mahaffey noted that the findings were especially disappointing since there was no hint of a safety problem in an earlier phase II study.
In a statement, Robert Harrington, MD, director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute and chair of the TRACER study's steering committee, said that the, "lower incidence of cardiovascular death, heart attack, or stroke with vorapaxar while not significant, is promising." He noted that another study, TRA 2P TIMI 50 is planned and he was still hopeful that development of the drug would eventually be fruitful.
The median age of patients in TRACER was 64 and more than 70% were men, most of them white males (85%).
Background medications included clopidogrel (92%) and aspirin (99%), while 21% were taking glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors.
Patients in the vorapaxar group were given 40 mg of the drug as a loading dose followed by 2.5 mg daily.
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck, funded the study.
Mahaffey disclosed significant research grants from Schering-Plough (now Merck), Bayer, Boehringer Ingleheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson and Johnson, Merck, Novartis, Portola Pharmaceuticals, Pozen, Regado, sanofi-aventis, The Medicines Company, and AstraZeneca. He said he had received modest consultant fees from Schering-Plough (now Merck), Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, BMS, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson and Johnson, Merck, Ortho/McNeill, sanofi-aventis, Novartis, Polymedix, and significant consulting fees from Astra Zeneca.
Harrington said he had significant research grants from Portola, Merck, the Medicines Company, Novartis, AstraZeneca, sanofi-aventis, and BMS. He also received modest consulting honoraria from AstraZeneca.
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HTC is all set to create waves in the market, yet again. The company has now announced that its HTC One S will be available starting April 25th, via T-Mobile. Many of you may recall that this handset was initially displayed at the Mobile World Congress 2012. Now it will be sold both online and in retail stores, so you can choose your pick.
This wonderful handset will come at a price of $199, along with a new 2-year service contract and a $50 mail-in rebate. If you would much rather go contract-free, you will have to cough up $599 for the smartphone. Yes, we all know HTC does not come cheap! Anyways, no one is complaining, consider the sheer quality of these phones, right, guys?
For those not in the know, the HTC One S comes with the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich, HTC Sense UI 4.0, 4.3-inch AMOLED display, the T-Mobile HSPA+ 4G, an 8MP camera and 16GB internal storage.
New Cases for HTC One X
In the meantime, HTC is also busy showing off some new possible case designs of its One X smartphone. These zany cases, as you will see in the image below, are quite different from the usual boring white or black. While they offer many more color options, they also protect the phone from damage.
At the moment, HTC demoed these cases in orange and blue, but said they would soon introduce yet more color choices. These new cases will be made of durable plastic and will perfectly fit the One X's polycarbonate outer shell.
There is yet no information about the pricing or availability of these cases. In any case, HTC One X owners can expect to change the "personality" of their phones soon!


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The decision to allow gender segregation on campus is a shocking betrayal of any notion of equality between the sexes, let alone democracy or socialism.
On November 22, Universities UK issued new guidelines on external speakers in higher education institutions which granted permission for visiting university speakers to separate male and female audience members during debates.
The document stated that 'assuming the side-by-side segregated seating arrangement is adopted, there does not appear to be any discrimination on gender grounds merely by imposing segregated seating'.
It added that 'an act of indirect discrimination can be "objectively justified" if it is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim'.
The 'legitimate end' in this instance is soothing the feelings of visiting religious speakers, who apparently find the prospect of men and women seated together too abhorrent to stomach.
To be clear, we are not talking about men and women voluntarily choosing to sit apart (which is of course up to them), but about granting visiting speakers permission to *impose* segregated seating on their audience.
As long as neither gender is put at a disadvantage by imposed segregated seating – i.e. men and women will be 'separate but equal' – Universities UK don't see any problem with it.
To get an idea of just how absurd this is, imagine for a minute the justified furore there would be if racial segregation were permitted on campus on the basis that black and white people were 'different but equal'. Imagine if gay people were separated out from their straight friends on the basis that they were 'difference but equal', with those refusing to move booted out of the lecture hall for no other reason than their sexuality.
You know this would not be permitted, and yet it is with women. Why?
The Universities UK guidelines state that:
'Concerns to accommodate the wishes or beliefs of those opposed to segregation should not result in a religious group being prevented from having a debate in accordance with its belief system.'
Fine, except that freedom of religion also means freedom from religion. It also surely matters what the 'belief system' in question stipulates. Does anything go so long as it is in accordance with a supernatural 'belief system'? And isn't our secular democratic belief system, whereby women aren't treated as distinct alien entities but are valued on the same basis as men, just as important?
On the one hand this is an issue of fundamental freedom: people should be permitted to sit with whom they like in a publically funded university. But it's also a question of politics: one shouldn't pretend that those who wish to impose segregated seating view men and women as equals. They don't, otherwise it's completely unnecessary. As Yasmin Alibhai Brown put it in an excellent article yesterday:
"Such guidelines, in effect, endorse the most offensive prejudices about women: that they are a social and moral peril and if they sit with men, pornographic fantasies or molestations will make it impossible for anyone to concentrate on lectures, say, on Plato or the Life of the Prophet."
Separate but equal is never equal, and the decision to allow gender segregation on campus is a shocking betrayal of any notion of equality between the sexes, let alone democracy or socialism. That's why we'll be protesting against it tonight. You should too.
The protest against gender segregation in our universities will meet in Tavistock Square this evening at 5pm to start the protest at 5.30pm. More information can be found here.Like this article? Sign up to Left Foot Forward's weekday email for the latest progressive news and comment - and support campaigning journalism by becoming a Left Foot Forward Supporter today.


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GABY Soutar rounds up this week's best cheap and cheerful getaways
Portugal's shore thing
EasyJet holidays is offering seven nights at the four star Casa Shantiniketan in Cascais, Portugal, on a bed and breakfast basis from £233pp, based on two sharing, including flights from Edinburgh on 14 January 2016.
Call 020 3499 5232 or see www.easyjet.com/holidays
Gloucestershire getaway
Kick off 2016 with a stay at the 16th century restaurant with rooms, Tudor Farmhouse, in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley countryside. It's offering a free third night's bed and breakfast (usually from £100-£230 per room) between 4 January and the end of February 2016 (excluding 12-14 February) if you book two nights dinner, bed and breakfast (from £380-£580 per room for both nights). Plus, they'll throw in a gratis cream tea and a hot chocolate making kit. Just quote FIRESIDE3 when booking.
Call 01594 833046 or see www.tudorfarmhousehotel.co.uk
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The Occupy movement is about to turn four months old, and already is planning a host of events for 2012. (See Occupy Together and InterOccupy for news on the larger movement, and Occupy Wall Street for NYC-related developments.) Occupy Together lists 1508 Occupy sites globally. Some of those are physical occupations with tents and the like, while many have been evicted and exist for the moment as meetups and planning groups that focus on events and periodic gatherings. Occupy Wall Street's Facebook page has over 360,000 followers and continues to grow daily. Just this week, Occupy Nigeria (new Facebook here) has been in the news.
In the United States, the movement is entering its second phase in most places, beyond the intense initial fervor and international publicity about campsites, and under the challenges of winter weather in some parts of the country. There is hope among many activists for a robust springtime of events, which will roll into a heady summer and crescendo in 2012 with the fall elections.
As readers may know, I have been involved with Occupy Wall Street from early on, and with Occupy Faith NYC (Facebook here, website here), an interdenominational/interfaith/interreligious group that supports Occupy. A meeting of some Occupy faith/religious/spiritual leaders from around the USA took place in NYC recently, and there may be another coming up in March on the West Coast. In short, though Occupy may have faded from front page news coverage, the movement continues, though it clearly faces challenges.
Here are the top five challenges I see for Occupy in 2012, in no particular order:
[1] Make Occupy as interreligious and as intersecular as possible. We need to work to get all religious/spiritual/faith communities who would be sympathetic to Occupy and its nonviolent message and tactics, in a broad-based service of more equitable sharing of social resources, connected to the movement. It has to be made relatively easy for these communities to participate in Occupy and also to make the concept their own, to feel free to give it their own religious-, spiritual-, faith-inflected meaning. Occupy is a relatively open-source phenomenon. We also need to work to get all secular, agnostic, atheistic people who may be affiliated with their secular communities as their center of gravity, and who will naturally have many different understandings of what their secularity means -- all of these persons who would be sympathetic to Occupy and its nonviolent message and tactics, in a broad-based service of more equitable sharing of social resources, need to be welcomed. Just as much as religiously-identified people and communities need to be encouraged to make Occupy their own, so too those who come from secular organizations and communities or none at all.
(There will of course be people who identify as religious/spiritual/secular and more, or who find themselves somewhere between these categories. These are not rigid categories, but only provisional forms for thinking about how to welcome and grow the movement and the concept.)
[2] Make Occupy as interracial and interethnic and inter-sex/gender as possible. It is often the case that startup political organizations in the USA are disproportionately influenced, especially early on, by those who are privileged enough to have inherited, and to feel, a stake and an agency in the political culture -- and in the USA, that would be those who are disproportionately visible as white, middle-class, male and heterosexual. Lots of Occupations have lots of guys who look like this (who, frankly, look like me), although different Occupations have had more or less success representing the diversities of the 99%. The more that Occupy looks like the 99%, and even makes a preferential option for those who are lowest in the 99%, the greater the chance it will tell the truth and the greater the likelihood of its larger credibility in our society. The dynamic of Occupy's success is bound up with the deeper story of privilege and gender, race, and class in this country.
[3] Continue to focus on and deepen local events at local Occupations, serving people in our particular regions who have varying kinds of need (material, psychological, spiritual, which though distinct are not separate) and working for change that is both highly specific to localities and also connected to larger social-political forces. Occupy has to be able to show again and again that we cannot only manage public spectacles that draw attention to the issues -- an important approach in a highly mediatized culture -- but that (in the words of Rev. Michael Ellick) "we clean toilets, too." We help secure housing, we care enough about the people around us to give them the care they really need.
[4] Evolve a governance structure at the local, national, and international levels to become more effective. Many local Occupations are struggling with forms of governance that will be both democratic and effective. This is an old challenge. But I believe Occupy will also need to organize itself into a larger interlocking structure nationally and internationally in order to maintain longer-term social effectiveness. Some plans are afoot for attempting to build such structures this year, but there will be a lot of resistance and in such a leaderless, decentralized movement, it will be very hard.
[5] Stay nonviolent and teach about nonviolence. With a very, very few exceptions, millions of participants in Occupy have practiced nonviolence at public events globally. This needs to continue because it is, in almost every imaginable situation, and as many religious leaders have taught us, the living path to greater moral clarity, but also because it is essential to the credibility of the movement. I and other parents have felt safe bringing our children to Occupy events. Except in rare cases of high tension or in situations of planned direct nonviolent action, that needs to continue to be the case. A no-drugs (except coffee! and of course there will always be some nicotine...), no-alcohol, child-friendly, and nonviolent environment. The palpably festive or joyful atmosphere around many Occupy events, even while people are bearing sober messages, or risking arrest, is good for the movement. Further, with regard to teaching nonviolence, I would also like to see more teach-ins and educational events and programming around Occupy. Not enough people know enough about the issues beyond the headlines or know enough about why they might want to get involved.
Tom Beaudoin
New York City
Hopefully, cooler heads will prevail and it will not necessitate confrontations. It will take creative people in economics and justice to set the ship right. Right now it is not that clear whether there is a the plan and/or the people on the horizon.
You need a sixth one. Some months ago Bill Clinton recommended that the movement develop a legislative agenda. For all of its noble goals, the movement may join the dustbin of history if doesn't put forward a coherent statement of policy initiatives that would improve the lot of Americans. The five proposals above are merely tactical in nature. Moreover, one of the messages that they need to put forward is that the widening gap between rich and poor leads to political polarization and has negative consequences for the long term health of our democracy. On this point read Francis Fukuyama's piece in the current issue of Foreign Affairs.
Tom, Gabriel and Bill, You all make excellent points, but I have to echo Gabriel's point in particular. The first step in healing dysfunction is acknowledgement of the problem, and the Occupy movement has certainly given the 99% awareness as well as validation and a voice. But to be taken seriously, participants need a focused and solution-oriented plan of action, because organizing and venting are not enough, no matter how dignified, non-violent or diverse the movement is. I've given this a lot of thought lately, and I wonder if people realize the power they have to steer markets simply by knowing where their money is invested and reallocating their contributions to socially responsible funds. Like many whose retirement savings is tied up in employer-sponsored 401K programs, my money is in a managed fund where I have always trusted the fund managers without question. When I bothered to pay attention, I was appalled to discover that I'm supporting the top 1% with my monthly contributions; not surprisingly, they dominate managed fund portfolios. By closing my eyes, I have allowed myself to be part of the problem. Perhaps if we all opened our eyes and exercised our collective strength, we could resist the corporate coup in its hostile takeover of our economy and its perversion of our core American values. Imagine the possibilities if we put our money where our mouth is and started divesting from unethical corporations. We the people need to take back control by voting with our dollars (those we spend and those we invest) in order to hold Wall Street and our elected officials accountable and to clean house from the bottom up. Hopefully, this would pressure the powers that be to adopt a code of voluntary ethics in lieu of regulation. Otherwise, we need to articulate a clear agenda and push for specific legislation, starting with election campaign reform. Perhaps this has already been suggested but lost on me in the sea of internet clutter. Nevertheless, I would like to know your thoughts.
Thank you for broadening and deepening the dialogue. Much of the discord that our society faces relates to economic forces unleashed by the current economic crisis, which originates from poor policy decisions by Congress and the executive in the last generation, and globalization. Some wise academic not long said that our problem has been too much of the notion that we could do everything at home and abroad without making sacrifices, thus putting the costs on future generations. Add to this the powerful impact of globalization (which is driven by technology),and you have the inability of many in our society to cope with change, with the loss of jobs, and the loss of dignity and self-esteem.
Also add the gridlock in Washington that has been with us for some time, the inability to make tough choices because of anticipated political costs. The can is kicked down the road and reckonings are postponed. In the meantime, the income gap between rich and poor increases and political polarization and the inability to find solutions increase. Our democracy is the most evolved in the world, yet the genius of the founding fathers created a system of checks and balances where change and reform are often slow. Changing attitudes and values, as Tom advocates, should help. Eventually, however, one must engage in the political process to make change happen. Politics is the art of apportioning values.
Restoring healthy sustained economic growth has to be part of the answer. Schemes for income redistribution are not the answer, though a social safety net like unemployment insurance has to be there. Read the advice of the eminent political scientist Francis Fukuyama in the current (January/February 2012, pages 53-61) issue of Foreign Affairs. He argues that "stagnating wages and growing inequality will soon threaten the stability of contemporary liberal democracies and dethrone democractic ideology. What is needed is a new populist ideology that offers a realistic path to healthy middle-class societies and robust democracies" Fukuyama recommends pursuing policies that favor the middle class, not just aggregate expansion of the gross domestic product.


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Click on 'pdf' file below to obtain a copy of the Junior Player Code of Conduct.
The AWJFL Codes of Conduct provide all participants – players, parents, coaches, umpires, spectators and officials – with some simple rules that assist in delivering a safe and positive environment to everyone involved in the game.
Our league is committed to providing a safe environment for participation with our number one goal and hope that every child has a safe and structured environment to learn and enjoy the game of Australian Rules Football. Aggressive, threatening or other inappropriate behaviour by players, their families, their friends, and other sporting personnel while attending a game or event will not be tolerated.
I strongly recommend that everyone connected with the AWJFL adopts these rules as an essential part of the way they contribute to our great game. Please take a moment to read over the new Codes of Conduct as well as the Cyber Safety & Social Media Policy which are available to download at www.awjfl.com.au under the 'Codes of Conduct' tab.
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30 Web Trends You Have to Know About in 2011After writing the rather humorous post on predictions for 2011 I noticed more and more trends so I finally decided to write a 30 trends for 2011 list again this year. These trends are the ones you really have to know about if you ask me. These changes take place already or are unfolding and you can't afford to ignore them as an SEO, web design or other Web professional. So here they are:
Web Development and Publishing
Google Chrome becomes one of the most important browsers
I'm not a friend of Google Chrome. I tried to ignore it until now but its market share is so significant by now that you can't ignore it anymore. Make sure to offer your toolbar, add on or custom feature available in Chrome as well in 2011.
RSS is dying
The rumors of of the death of RSS have been returning over the years. This time it seems RSS really has a problem : Google Chrome and Firefox 4 drop or limit RSS support.
E-mail marketing returns
While RSS has struggled over the years an almost dead medium made a come back, e-mail. E-mail marketing and "creating a list" is a must have again. You can't rely solely on RSS. Even substituting RSS with Twitter and Facebook updates won't suffice. Aweber and MailChimp are your friends among others.
HTML 5/CSS 3 usage goes mainstream
HTML 5 and CSS3 are around for a while but with significant improvements in browser support their usage will go main stream in 2011. You can have a competitive advantage by applying these still new techniques . In the SEO industry only a few of us have embraced the new possibilities. Our colleagues from SEO Gadget are leading by example.
Did you know that the "above the fold" web design and usability rule is a myth. Modern mice make scrolling very comfortable and people scroll all the way down it seems. Just scroll this.
Social Media
Facebook is the emperor
With Goldman Sachs financing Facebook there is no doubt that Facebook will be the most powerful player. So you need to be on Facebook or you risk a disadvantage to those who have a presence there.
Location rules but not on Foursquare
Foursquare, Gowalla and other location based social media were the rage in 2010 but they are already stagnating . Why? It's because of the big players adding location features to their own services. In 2011 location will matter but not the small startups that made it popular.
In Africa mobile phones boom and with them social media
Surprise, surprise Africa is not the place war, AIDS and famine spreads but the most promising mobile and social media market . Africans leapfrog landlines, computers and static websites and start using social media sites on mobile phones.
Q&A surges but not solely Quora, Yahoo Answers still rules
The current hype is Q&A site Quora . While it's a valuable service it's still barely a blip compared to Yahoo Answers. Other Q&A sites still matter and Yahoo Answers is much bigger than most other social sites like Digg, StumbleUpon or Delicious.
Meta tools that publish to several social sites
These days almost all newly popular social tools apparently support Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the likes. Amplify , Sendible , Trunk.ly or Sprout Social are just a few of useful examples I've tested recently. As you will notice they come from different directions but tackle the problem of reaching all your friends and followers on different platforms.
Social Bookmarking disappears altogether
I predicted the end of Delicious last year but was nevertheless surprised to see it happen. I still hoped the flagship of social bookmarking will stay with us. In 2010 many other social bookmarking had to give up or restructure their services. Standalone social bookmarking won't survive in 2011. Only services like Diigo that have evolved beyond bookmarking long ago can compete.
Constant change
The only thing constant on Google in 2010 was the change. The number and frequency of changes was mind-boggling. As Google is desperate to find more revenue sources and get more money out of search I'm pretty sure these changes will happen as often in 2011.
Do you remember the days when Google was a simple and easy to use search engine? These days the search results are so cluttered and full of annoying ads and other additional results or features that you really struggle. Sadly the clutter is here to stay it seems. It's not a bug it's a feature.
The new advanced search engine Blekko was huge news in 2010 but it will be daily business for SEO practicioners and other Web professionals in 2011.
Google is a privacy nightmare for most of us but until now most people preferred to ignore that fact. In 2011 more and more people will care about it and the FCC and other regulators do as well. Even Google's search engine competition uses Google employees who have stalked teenagers to advertise.
For the first time in a while there are a few really good alternatives to Google , at least in English: Bing, Blekko , Yandex.com and DuckDuckGo are symptoms for a broader need: People do not want to be forced to use Google, they want choice. They have it again.
Conversion optimization
Conversion optimization or CRO has been aroond for years but in 2010 it reached new heights. Most reputable SEO comapnies practice and offer it by now. Either you do it as well or you cann sell "search engine submission" and "meta tag optimization" again.
Mobile SEO, local SEO, video SEO, social media SEO etc. are not new. Also specialist for each discipline focus on each one of it for years. Still the diversification of SEO services reached a point where no single individual and rarely a company can do it al at the same time. While some preach the rise "digital marketing" of bigger agencies offering everything I don't believe SEo will stay a one size fits all game. I expect specialized services to flourish.
Facebook SEO
Facebook search and it's ranking algorithm reached a new complexity in 2010 where the term Facebook SEO has appeared as the logical next step. I see some people who are already specializing in Facebook SEO as well.
Link building on social media
Facebook SEO is just one aspcte of the relationship of Facebook and SEO. When Google and Bing confirmed that Twitter updates and Facebook likes/shares count as ranking factors as long as they are public people in the SEO weren't really surprised. Those who haven't yet considered building links on social media or rather using Twitter and Facebook to spread awareness of their business have to now.
RDF/Rich Snippets
While introduced in 2009, r ich snippets have become crucial over 2010. Reviews get used for local and shopping search and you can't ignore them anymore.
A/B Testing
A/B Testing or multivaraite testing exploded in 2010 with lots of tools and services offering and facilitating it. In 2011 everybody will try to convert the visitors they already have insetad of just wanting more ofthem. A/B testing is probably the best method to find out waht really works on your site.
Mobile Payment
Believe it or not but not only paper money is obsolete by now, credit cards are as well. Waht's next? Mobile payment via your phone. Everybody uses it in emerging markets only we conservative Wetsreners still stick to the past. Finally some useful use cases appear for mobile payment so that we might embrace it as well in 2011.
Groupon was huge in 2010 but it's not the end yet. In 2011 it will become even more prominent. Use it or lose it.
Reviews are the new links. Both local and ecommece businesses get ranked by the number and sentiment of user reviews in Google. So you can't live without (positive) reviews anymore in 2011.
Real life businesses gaining ground
Many Google l ocal search changes have mostly one thing common : They favor brick and mortar real life businesses with an address. So the Internet uses a big part its virtual aspect as real life businesses get preferential treatment. Also Google Streetview compels people all over the world to clean up their facade or get less customers.
Tumblr, Posterous and a large number of other microblogging or rather miniblogging tools has been gaining popularity over the recent years. By now miniblogging service Tumblr is one ofthe biggest social sites. Tumblr is alos bigger than WordPress.com by now. Also it's easier to use to has a sleekier web design than both Blogger and WordPress.
Hosted blogging
Spam, security issues and constnat hacking attacks on WordPress, content theft and censorhship on both Blogger and WordPress.com have hurt hosted blogging platforms in the past. With the rise of newe services like Tumblr many private bloggers turned away from self hosted WordPress blogs to hosted blogging platforms again.
More quality less quantity
The myth of blogging daily has been ovecome in 2010 it seems, while some blogs turn media companies blogs several times a day and some group blogs do daily most regular blogs run by one blogger focused more on quality than quantity in 2010. This trend will remain sting in 2011 as the daily bloggers will move on to miniblogging while quality bloggers will focus on thorough research and killer content.
Blogging identity crisis
In 2010 with services like Google Buzz the definition of blogging got blurry. Also when you take a close look at what Facebook and Tumblr do you could consider both services blogging. Content sharing and blogging have finally merged. At the same time the focus on quality in real blogging made it more professional and journalistic. There is an apparent blogging identity crisis palpable 2011.
These trends have been mostly obvious in 2010 already but you can't ignore them in 2011 nymore or at least you have to know about them. In case you decide to ignore them there will be others who'll embrace the new opportunities.
SEO is rapidly changing and adapting to new Web trends all the time. That's one of the reasons people scream "SEO is dead" each time a major change occurs. At the same time the Web slows down, the early phase of innovation is over and only a few big players control it now.


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If the Devils Parade Were Held in Newark, Would You Go? [POLL]
Once again, New Jersey could be blessed with a champion if the Devils win the Stanley Cup, following in the footsteps of the Giants who won the Super Bowl last February.
Unlike the Giants parade, which was down the Canyon of Heroes in Manhattan, the Devils parade, could be down the streets of Newark, where the Prudential Center, their home arena, is located. There is something ironic here about the devil residing in hell and the Devils playing in Newark. Then again I was born in Newark at St Mary's hospital so who am I to talk?
If such a parade were to take place, the question begs to be asked, Would you go? I'm assuming that if such a parade were to happen, the city would be ready with the appropriate amount of police to handle such an event. Then again, is there an appropriate number of police to handle a hockey parade in Newark or is Mayor Corey Booker going to give his firefighting heroics a rest and don a uniform.
Newark is not really known as a hockey town and I'm thinking most of the Devils fan base is coming from the suburbs. This could be a field day for those people who live in Newark that prey on people coming from the suburbs. We've already had mobs of teens attacking and robbing people at the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert last month,. Interestingly enough, the NCAA Tournament games were held at the Prudential Center and those went off without a hitch.
Parade routes usually run through major parts of the city, not just the cleaned up parts abround the Prudential Center. Granted there a lot of good people living in Newark and this has nothing to do with how big of a Devils fan you are or aren't. It has to do with how safe you would feel going with friends or taking your children to such an event.So how comfortable would you feel going to a parade in Newark if the Devils were to win the Stanley Cup? Please take our poll.


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Does anyone know if Lora Leigh is still going to write Judd's book, because I thought it was suppose to before Gideon's
Last I heard yes Lora was still going to write Judd book. Lora still has to finish the story line with Faith, Giedon, Judd and Honor.
thank you very much I never thought of the library! great idea
I just read that Judd's mate will be Chelsea Martinez. I think his book is titled Wake the Sleeping Tiger, which was supposed to be released as a novella in Tied with a Bow. Instead, the novella in that book was An Inconvenient Mate.


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Quebec has established its own immigration program and also has got different method and criteria of assessment for selected skilled workers than the rest of the other country.
Selected skilled worker program is designed in such a way where he can attract skilled immigrants who wish to work and live in that province.
Another classification of Canada PR visa is family immigration for Canada or family visa by a sponsor in Canada.
The applicants who are long term residents or Canadian nationals can sponsor their husband/wife, common law companion, conjugal companion, dependent child or various other entitled relatives to become a Canadian long term resident.
The family members who are being sponsored under the family visa group need not undertake a point based analysis.
To be called as sponsor the Canadian homeowners or locals should be over the age of 18 years.
The sponsor should be staying in Canada and must be willing to support their family members or partner for the duration of 3 to 10 years.
Applicant's family members who are entering into Canada can function without any type of difficulty and even can get into language training program which will help them finding an employment.
If the applicant is a permanent resident of Canada then his family or relatives will get the accessibility for government moneyed healthcare, education and learning which also includes social care perks such as seniority protection, Canada person benefit and assured earnings supplement.
USA-Work study program
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I have just listed a new crochet pattern in my crochet pattern shops! The Fuzzy Boot Topper Crochet Pattern comes in 2 sizes for adults. It is fast to work up and doesn't use a lot of yarn. You can hook up a pair with scrap yarn in under 2 hours.
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Small is 10" around and 9" tall (unfolded). Large is 14" around and 8" tall (unfolded).
Yarn needed:
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B: The topper used a fuzzy Worsted Weight (4) yarn. I used Red Heart Super Saver Symphony in Charcoal. You could also use a Bulky (5) or Super Bulky (6) yarn like Lion Brand Fun Fur, Lion Brand Moonlight Mohair Yarn, Lion Brand Luxe Fur Yarn, Lion Brand Romance Yarn, Lion Brand Silky Twist Yarn or something like those.
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A two-day colonoscopy preparation, which aims to clean the colon, involves starting a clear liquid diet for up to two days before the colonoscopy, depending on the type of colon prep the doctor suggests, according to WebMD. It leads to loose stools and diarrhea, emptying the colon for the colonoscopy.
The diet for a colon prep, also called a bowel prep, includes sports drinks, juice without pulp, gelatin, broth, and plain coffee or tea, states Healthline. It is important to avoid drinking fluids with red or purple dye colors, which can lead to discoloration in the colon.
People who are about to undergo a colonoscopy should tell their doctors about over-the-counter drugs, supplements or other medications they are currently taking, notes Healthline. Doctors may advise them to stop taking diabetes medications, blood thinners and vitamins with iron content, as these can affect the procedure. The night before the colonoscopy, doctors recommend taking a laxative or using an enema.
Individuals should ask someone to drive them home after the procedure, as they cannot drive for 24 hours due to the sedative they received during the colonoscopy, says Healthline. While it is common to experience gas, bloating and a bit of blood in the stool, anyone who experiences these for many days following the test should consult his doctor immediately.


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People's right to dissent must be respected, says Amol Palekar
Asserting that everybody has the right to express his dissent, veteran actor-director Amol Palekar on Thursday wondered why there was so much fuss over people returning their awards as a mark to protest against intolerance.
"If an artiste feels he can convey his protest by returning his award, why are we getting so hyper and so upset about it? If I feel that I can convey my protest this way or some other way, then that must be respected," Palekar said here.
"I have always condemned any such attempt to shut one's voice. If a play is banned, if a film is stopped, I have always condemned that. Whether I like that film or not is not the issue. Whether I agree with that point of view is not the issue. So far as freedom of expression goes, everybody must have the freedom," he said.
Palekar was in the city to inaugurate the Kolkata Literature Festival along with eminent poet Ashok Vajpeyi.
"Just because I don't agree with you, I have no right to shut you up. I have no right to say you are wrong or you are this or that," said Palekar about those protesting against intolerance being labelled as anti-national.
"If I express my dissent, do I become anti-national immediately? If I have done this with the previous government, I have the right to express myself on the present government as well."
"On censorship issue, I have fought with all the governments in Maharashtra, whether it is Congress or the Shiv Sena or whichever party. So, I think people have the right to protest, right to express dissent and that must be respected," he added.


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After numerous request from parents of young people displaying aggressive behaviour in the home, we are running this course on safety techniques and approaches. The course includes:
* Theory around aggression and de-escalation strategies.
* Advice and support around specific safety palnning.
* Theory around legislation and legalities.
* Pratical breakway techniques and low risk self-defence suitable for use when supporting vulnerable young people. This will cover wrist, clothing and hair grabs, punches, kicks, bites and scratches, strangles with time to cover other options that may be proposed by the group.
It DOES NOT include techniques around restraint or safe holding - all practical techniques are designed to allow parents to remove themselves from aggressive situations safely, so as to be able to look to de-escalate in a non-physical way.
The course will be delivered by 3 trained tutors in Breakway techniques, all of whom have been certified by the General Services Association - a company employed to train NHS trust staff.
Sam Harris - BIS-net manager. Head of Behaviour Support Services at CEDA since 2013 and a trained tutor of Breakway techniques to staff since 2009.
Rachel Temple & Nick Cranston - Youth Services Co-ordinators at CEDA since 2013 and trained tutors since 2012.
The techniques covered will be applicable to a wide range of ages up to and including young adults. Techniques more suited to those confrotned with aggression from physically larger young people will take palce towards the end of the course and be optional for those caring for younger children.


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Whether you live in a warm or colder climate, insulating your home has many benefits from savings on energy bills to creating a quieter environment in your home. The average home owner spends half the costs of their total monthly energy bill on heating and cooling.[1]
The good news is that you can boost the energy efficiency of your home to meet U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recommendations, as well as state and local codes. And these relatively simple projects are affordable and can save you a lot of money allowing you to recoup your investment in your home very quickly, often times within a year.
But there are a lot of products on the market and it can be confusing if you do not know the lingo. After all, each one of those numbers on the side of package means something, so you need to educate yourself before embarking on any project.
This article will help you choose the best products for your home and after reviewing the project details, you can decide if it is a DIY project, or if you will need to hire a contractor.
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Insulation 101
The purpose of insulation is to reduce the natural movement of heat from warmer to colder areas. There are also certain types used to sound proof or reduce noise and to control moisture.
What is the R-value?
R-value means resistance to heat flow. The higher the R-value, the greater the insulating power. The DOE bases its R-value recommendations for existing homes on specific heating and cooling needs and the cost of energy across the country within each zip code.
How do I determine my current R-value in my attic?
The attic is one of the easiest and most important areas of a home to insulate. The DOE recommends up to R-49 for attics in most areas.
To determine how much insulation your home might need, simply measure the thickness of your attic's existing insulation with a ruler. Take the number and multiply by 3.14 to get the approximate R-value of what is in your attic now. Then check the chart above to see what the DOE recommends for your area of the country.
Why is ventilation important?
When your attic or crawl space is properly ventilated, a positive airflow is created, which allows the house to breathe and helps prevent moisture buildup when used with vapor retarders.
Where does the moisture inside a home originate?
Most of the moisture and humidity inside a home comes from a surprising amount of humidity put into the air from showers, cooking on the stove, washing dishes and clothing and even breathing. Vapor retarders on the warm side help control the amount of moisture collecting inside exterior walls, ceilings and floors.
How much insulation should I purchase?
- Multiply the length by width of the area for total square footage
- Measure the distance between joists or studs
- Choose appropriate R-value, thickness and width
- Divide total square footage by square footage per package, then round up to the next whole number to determine total number of packages required.
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Basic Tools for Insulating
- Tape measure
- Utility knife
- Stud finder
- Stapler
- Straight edge for cutting insulation
- Lightweight, squeeze-type stapler if installing faced insulation
- Portable work light for dark areas
- Sheets of plywood to sit in an unfinished attic surface on which to cut the insulation)
- Insulation supports if installing under floor in crawl space
- An instrument to push insulation into hard to reach areas in attics
- Work gloves, Loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirt
- OSHA-approved safety glasses
- Disposable dust respirator (NIOSH- or MSHA-approved)
Preparing the Insulation for Install
Leave fiberglass insulation rolls in their wrapper until you are ready to use it. Packaged insulation is highly compressed and expands when the wrapper is removed.
When cutting insulation, lay it on a flat area while using a yard stick over the area of insulation to be cut. Press your straight edge down hard against the insulation and cut with a utility knife using the straight edge as a guide.
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How to Improve Your Energy Bills
Uninsulated Attic
When adding a second layer of insulation in the attic, the unfaced type should always be used so that moisture is not trapped inside the bottom layer of insulation. Additionally, temporary flooring should be laid across the joists to provide some footing.
- Begin at the outer edge of the attic space and work toward the center. As with tiling a floor, you do not want to insulate yourself into a corner.
- If the cavity between the joists is not completely filled, use the appropriate thickness of insulation to fill it to the top, then add an additional layer of insulation in a perpendicular direction.
- The insulation should extend far enough to cover the tops of the exterior walls, but should not block the flow of air from the soffit vents.
- Stuff small openings with leftover pieces of unfaced insulation.
Note: Insulation should be kept 3" away from recessed lighting fixtures (unless they are marked I.C. (designed for direct insulation contact) and any metal chimneys, gas water heater flues or other heat producing devices. [1]
Finished Attic
Faced insulation should be installed in the wall of a finished attic with approved ceiling, floor or wall material. Keep any open flames or other heat sources away from facing when you are installing.
- Do not place insulation within 3" of a light fixture or similar electrical device unless device is labeled for contact with insulation.
- Use only unfaced insulation between wood framing and masonry chimneys. Do not use insulation in spaces around metal chimneys fireplaces or flues.
Follow these steps to install insulation in a finished attic:
- Use separate pieces fiberglass Insulation for rafters and collar beams. Trying to fit a continuous length of insulation where collar beams and rafters meet may result in gaps.
- Staple facing flange to either the inside or face of framing to hold the insulation in place.
- When selecting and installing insulation for the rafter portion, 1" of ventilation space should be provided between the insulation and the roof sheathing.
- If insulation is to be installed in a flat ceiling, place it between joists by stapling facing flanges to the inside framing.
- Place the vapor retarder toward the "warm-in-winter" side of living area of the house in heating climates. In Gulf Coast states and Florida, local building practices may not call for an interior vapor retarder.
- Finish the walls and ceiling with an approved interior finish such as drywall or gypsum wallboard.
- Install faced insulation in end and knee walls.
- Staple the faced insulation so it will remain in place.
- Use leftover pieces of insulation to fill in small spaces around window framing, behind electrical outlets.
Interior Basement Wall
Use either faced or unfaced exterior wall insulation in basement walls with an R-value anywhere from 11 to 21.
- Faced insulation should be placed between the studs with the vapor retarder facing the interior of the room in heating climates.
- With either faced or unfaced insulation, an interior finish material such as drywall should be installed as soon as the insulation is in place.
Walls of Air Conditioned Crawl Space
The walls of a conditioned crawl space or one with uninsulated ducts or water pipes should be insulated with unfaced R-25 or R-19.
- Measure and cut small pieces and fit them snugly into the band joist or the area above the foundation wall.
- Cut long enough to cascade down the walls and extend 2' along the ground on the floor of the crawl space.
- Use long furring strips or cap nails to hold the insulation in place by nailing them to the sill. The nails should not be driven completely through the furring strips so that the insulation is compressed as little as possible, preferably to no less than one-half its original thickness.
- Spread a 6-mil polyethylene vapor retarder across the entire floor and tucked under the insulation that is touching the ground.
Open Air Crawl Space
The insulation should be installed all the way back at the end of each joist run so that it touches the band joist. You want complete coverage under the house.
- Insulation should be placed around cross braces by cutting it and pushing it between the braces.
- There are often both pipes and wires in crawl spaces under floors, and occasionally there will be a junction box.
- Water pipes should be insulated with foam rolls.
- To support the insulation under the floor, use flexible metal supports or wood furring strips
- Install a 6-mil polyethylene ground cover to keep ground moisture from seeping up into the space.
- Hold the polyethylene in place with bricks or rocks.
How to Insulate Your Home
Final Thoughts
Insulating walls and attics is a relatively easy project if the walls are already open and the attic is not finished, and is one of the cheapest ways you can improve your energy bills.
Always check with your local building codes for requirements in your area before beginning any home renovation projects and follow the safety precautions.
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Will an unpaid bankruptcy settlement make it harder for us to buy a home?
Q. My husband and I filed for bankruptcy seven years ago. We were making the monthly payment, but in the third year of repayment I lost my job. The bankruptcy was filed in Alabama and we were living in California. I tried to pay my monthly payment with my unemployment check, but due to my family obligations, it became a strain to make the payments. One year later my husband lost his job, and our remaining balance went unpaid. Since the bankruptcy, we now pay cash for all purchases. We have a car loan, but no other debts or credit cards. We are renters in the state of California, and we would like to stop wasting money and someday purchase a home. How will the unpaid bankruptcy settlement affect our ability to purchase a home in the future?
A. Your legal problems will not prevent you from buying a home. What will be affected is the interest rate you will be charged. A low credit score puts you in the market for a subprime loan, which means you could be paying 14% on your mortgage instead of 6% if your report were clean.
We consulted bankruptcy attorney Leon Bayer of Bayer, Wishman & Leotta in Los Angeles for advice on your situation. "It sounds like the bankruptcy case was probably dismissed for nonpayment approximately 4 years ago," he said, adding that the court's protection (called an "automatic stay") ended with the dismissal, allowing creditors to resume collection of the debts when the automatic stay was terminated. But it sounds like they did not choose to do so.
"Ignoring a debt is usually asking for bigger trouble later on," Bayer explained, "but most states have a statute of limitations, which protects people from being sued indefinitely on a debt after the passage of certain established time limits. It sounds like some or all of the debts involved here may now so old that lawsuits can't be brought on them anymore." He based this on the assumption that the case was dismissed four years ago, and you live in California.
"Either way," he concluded, "it sounds like it has been more than four years on these debts."
Regarding the bankruptcy appearing on your credit report, he said, "The bankruptcy filing will remain on someone's credit record for up to 10 years from the date it was filed. However, if the case was a Chapter 13, some credit bureaus will only report it for 7 years." He noted, however, that they can leave it on for 10 years if they want to.
"Any old debts remaining on the report might be disputed with the credit bureau that issued the report, and will probably be removed. I would not be surprised if most or even all of their debts have now disappeared from their credit report," according to Bayer.
So it sounds like your bankruptcy might be off your credit report already, and if it isn't, it is old enough not to cause big problems. A conventional lender wants to see four years between the discharge and the mortgage application and you are well past that.
This brings us to what you have to do now in order to buy a home. You have to establish good credit.
- Get free credit reports for both you and your husband from the three major credit reporting agencies at: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp.
- Go through each report item by item to see if and how your bankruptcy is being reported. Make sure there are no errors about that or any other item -- there often are. If you find a mistake there is a place on the report that will tell you how to correct it.
- Start re-establishing your credit. Making on-time car payments is a good start. But you should also apply for a credit card. If you are turned down for a regular one, see if you can get a secured card. Make one purchase each month (charge one tank of gas, for example) using your credit card and then pay it off the next month. This will be another way to establish a track record of on-time payments. If you pay for utilities at your apartment, be sure to pay those bills on time, too, as they are reported.
- Once you have taken care of any credit problems and are establishing a history of on-time payment you can go to www.myfico.com and get a copy of your FICO score from one of the credit reporting agencies. When you get to the site, click on "shop" at the top of the page and then scroll down to FICO Standard. That will give you a good idea of where you stand as far as your credit history goes. FICO scores range from 300 to 850, with anything above 720 considered very good. Anything below 620 will make getting a mortgage expensive. FICO has a mortgage chart on the home page showing how a high FICO score saves you money.
These are things you can do today to rebuild your credit and qualify for a more affordable home loan when you're ready to buy.


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For many years now, companies have been implementing "growth share" schemes. Under these schemes, employees acquire shares which have little, if any, current value when they are acquired, but if particular company value hurdles are met (often on an exit) the shares can become very valuable, and the gains are subject to the favourable capital gains tax regime. "Growth" shares is just one name for these arrangements.
Private equity-owned companies are great users of these schemes, but they can be established even by mature, unleveraged companies. Quoted companies can also use them with a scheme in a subsidiary company where the growth shares are (when valuable) exchanged for parent company shares issued to employees. They can also be accompanied by arrangements which give entrepreneurs' relief or even work with the new arrangements where employees give up employment rights for free shares (so called "shares for rights"), where gains are completely tax-free when those shares are sold.
HMRC has recently released a research document (to which CMS contributed). Overall this concludes that these are genuine remuneration arrangements and that tax saving is not the primary concern. Although it is stated that this document does not necessarily reflect HMRC's or the Government's view of the arrangements, it is as helpful as something can be at the moment in giving comfort that the arrangements are not intrinsically tax abusive, and have at least a medium-term future.
A link to the report is enclosed.


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Situation Update: Thousands flee as a result of escalating tension in North Waziristan Agency
Following a series of armed attacks across the country by the militants in the month of January; domestic pressure grew on the Government of Pakistan to take tougher action against the militants. As a result, a small-scale air strike operation has been launched to obliterate the hideouts of the militants. Thousands of families have been reported to flee because of the escalating tension on ground.
Recent Displacement:
At least 6,000 families have moved out of North Waziristan Agency after Government forces began taking action against militant attacks. Military sources have reported, that they are targeting only the militant's hideouts. However, the fear of being hit even unintentionally by both military and militants has forced the locals to vacate their homes. The exact number of displaced families cannot be assessed at the moment as the figures being reported by authorities vary. An official from Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reported that around 6,000 families had been displaced but half of them have returned to their homes. The local people report that more than 70,000 individuals had left their homes.
Fighter jets and helicopters are being used in the airstrikes by the armed forces. It is for the first time that the air force has resorted to using fighter jets in the volatile region since it struck a ceasefire agreement with local Taliban chiefs in 2007. The nearby tribal region of Kurram was also hit by the strikes.
The local authorities are appealing to the people not to vacate their homes, as the situation will not deteriorate further. Since there were no warnings issued to the locals before the Government started the air strikes, people started moving to safer places. Sources state that most of the displaced people are heading towards District Bannu. Having no proper arrangements for them, they have been compelled to take shelter with relatives, friends, and others under open skies. They are in need of immediate help however, the Government has not formally announced the emergency and called for assistance. Officials from the FATA Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) say they have not received official directions to deal with the IDPs.
CWS-P/A Response:
Currently CWS-P/A is closely monitoring the situation and is in contact with local partners and concerned Government departments. Should any need arise, CWS-P/A emergency teams are ready to start its response program.


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Zwei Wochen Italienisch lernen unter Olivenbäumen mit Blick auf Florenz! Vielen Dank für unterhaltsame, lehrreiche und sehr individuelle Unterrichtsstunden mit ungemein viel Spaß! Immer wieder gern!
I just completed three weeks of one-on-one lessons. It was an incredibly empowering experience. The teaching method is such that a perfect balance is struck between meeting important curriculum goals, and supporting the student's unique learning style. I felt very focused on and tailored to. But what I appreciated most actually was the true passion the teachers have for helping people learn. They offered terrific free activities to inspire excitement and increase speaking opportunities. They listened to my frustrations when I felt overwhelmed, and modified the program to fit my needs. They cared enough to motivate me when I was loosing confidence. Overall I felt that my time at the school was much more than a collection of language lessons.....it was a powerful cultural immersion experience that has set me on a solid path to continuing my language development
I lived in Florence with my 2 young boys ages 9 and 11 for 3 months. While there, I looked for the best languages schools and teachers with excellent communication skills. After looking extensively I finally found the perfect match in Irene Amantia, a Professional and proficient language teacher with quite the talent in her work. She is beyond amazing at what she does and really impressed me with her patience, knowledge of various teaching forms and excellent communication skills. I hired Irene as a private Italian teacher for my boys. Given their ages, I knew it could be a bit of challenge however, she was the perfect fit. Giving them both age and grade level appropriate instruction. Both verbal and written instruction in addition to role playing and hands on real world communication out in the community. We visited several food venders, cafes and fruit stands where the boys were able to effectively communicate in Italian. This was unbelievable that in such a short time they could learn so much. Additionally, I decided to attend the school upon our return. The staff is incredibly kind, helpful and willing to assist with any questions or concerns. The school is located in what I though was the perfect location. It's just outside the main city center which was fantastic. Still very close by yet with a feel of being out in the countryside. I could live here forever but for now I can only attention as a foreign visitor. The school is reasonably priced compared to the rest I visited. And given the location, the views, the experience you take away from being there, the excellent teachers and everything else, there is no reason in the world I'd go to any other school. Best of luck to you
If you want to push your italian into the next level with a dedicated teacher in a beautiful environment, this is the place to go! Irene and Alessandra live their passion and you will feel this spirit in every single lesson, that is as well perfectly structured as it is full of creative methods to reach you on different channels. And the only reason, I am writing this comment in English (dopo che ho imparato cosi tanto in solo due settimane grazie alla mia meravigliosa insegnante) is, to reach all you guys out there, who are still up to learn Italian and have the chance to make a life enriching decision with choosing l´olivo italiano!
Acabo de regresar a casa después de haber estado en el Olivo italiano por cuatro semanas para aprender italiano y ha sido una experiencia maravillosa . Estuve con un grupo de cuatro personas que venían de varios países más o menos con el mismo nivel, teníamos dos enseñantes Irene y Jacopo, los dos super buenos profesores, las clases eran siempre muy divertidas y con muchas interacciones entre los estudiantes y los profesores haciendo así que la aprendizaje fuera constante y ordenado. La idea de aprender practicando a través de conversaciones en italiano, funciona perfectamente y en las tardes hacíamos siempre actividades .... aprendimos a hacer la pasta hecha en casa, y gracias a los intercambios lingüísticos he conocido y hablado en italiano también con una chica italiana Alexandra que estudia el español , intercambio interesante. El jueves íbamos siempre a tomar un aperitivo todos juntos y visitar también la hermosa campaña en los alrededores de Florencia, Beatrice es una guía muy preparada que te explíca y hace enamorar del arte y la historia de esta rica ciudad! Además el lugar es maravilloso, mirar los atardeceres sobre el Duomo de Florencia desde la terraza panorámica es una experiencia única ! aconsejo esta escuela a todas las personas que deseen aprender italiano y no tengo ninguna duda de que regresare lo antes posible
Irene was my Italian language teacher. I found her to be very accomodating in helping me with any linguistic queries. I had...and there were many! Irene is very patient, explains concepts very clearly, always backed up by clarification on the whiteboard and accompanying handouts to reinforce our learning. In addition, she is able to clarify points in German and English, if necessary. She is a very positive person and provided a climate in her classroom which made us feel comfortable and safe, both essential to making progress in learning
I took part in a 3-week language course with Irene as my teacher. I very much appreciated the classes with her, her guidance on excursions, and the long and numerous conversations we had in- and outside the language classes. Irene is a very committed, patient and thorough teacher. She is very friendly and explains everything with sheer endless patience. She always has an open ear for her students, does never look at the clock but has time for students instead. I profited a lot from her teaching - and, apart from all that, she is a very nice, kind and interesting person!
Ho appreziato i corsi con Irene durante 3 settimane. Il suo entusiasmo crea una atmosfera piacevole. Sopratutto, ha le conoscenze intellettuale e pedagogiche per adattare il corso alle aspettative di tutti. E generosa e riesce a rendere i corsi interessanti. Ha la capacità di fare progressare i studenti con il piacere di studiare
Un site de toute merveille en pleine toscane !!!!! Une école avec des professeurs compétents et un superbe esprit d'équipe. Je voulais juste vous remercier pour ce séjour linguistique en Toscane (pays d'art et de rêve) où j'ai beaucoup appris tant en italien qu'en culture italienne. Tout m'a plu : l'ambiance, la gentillesse... jamais de temps morts. Bref j'ai passé 15 jours sublimes et je reviendrai, c'est sûr !!!!!!