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Some of the most important skills and assets concerning contribution and time management were ones that I acquired through my mother's chore chart. In fact, I use the same techniques today to manage work and life flow. Below are some tips on how to make a chore chart for kids.
1. Make a list of chores. The list will vary, according to your kids' ages. My mother included every detail of the day, including the estimated time each task might take. For younger children, below are some items that could be on the list:
• Personal hygiene
• Clean up after yourself (bathroom, kitchen, living room)
• Pick up your toys
• Do your homework
• Wipe the dishes
Include the items that you are responsible for, such as:
• Preparing breakfast
• Sweeping kitchen floor
• Prepare packed lunches
I used to keep a notepad handy to record items each day to add to the list. I also put daily items in one column and weekly chores in a separate column.
2. Have a meeting. When I did my list, I explained that I was making a list of things to do each day, to make life easier. Ensure that they understand what is happening by having a good visual to show, either on a blackboard, whiteboard or large piece of paper.
3. Involve the children. I used photos of chores being done by children. Use bright markers on a large white cardboard or a cork board to pin on items. Ask the kids which chores they would like to do from the list, and add others they suggest.
For personal items, I had printable sheets for the kids to mark off each day. The household chores were on a white board with erasable markers for the kids to check off. This provided very visible reminders.
4. Develop an allowance system. For larger jobs, like cleaning up after animals or washing a car, I found it more it motivating to instill a paid system. My mother had a merit and demerit system. Demerits were given when jobs were not done properly or on time. This made us accountable for our time and actions. I also got extra credit for doing more.
5. Be realistic in your expectations. Ensure that your kids really know how to do the chore they are assigned. Train them well enough so that they feel good about performing the task. I always made it possible for the kids to ask questions. Don't assume that they know how to do everything. Part of this whole process is teaching them how to be self-reliant.


text: I need new colours for my headscarfs. Mother kept saying I always wear the same old black shawl I got for Eid this year. The thing is with me and black shawl, it matches with anything and I love how it looks good on me. I feel comfortable and more confident in that colour. Thus, it has been my favourite colour of the year of 2015. As for 2016, I need to add more new colour for my headscarf. I've been following this instashop for quite some time, @byanymnyzura and I did bought a few of their headscarf. Now, I need some more. Of all the colour, I have chosen 5 of those and I will buy it! No matter what my financial status is :)

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Asylum statistics
Data extracted on 16 March 2018 and
18 April 2018 (part on final decisions).
Planned article update: March 2019 and
late April 2019 (part on final decisions).
Asylum applications (non-EU) in the EU-28 Member States, 2006–2017
This article describes recent developments in relation to numbers of asylum applicants and decisions on asylum applications in the European Union (EU). Asylum is a form of international protection given by a state on its territory. It is granted to a person who is unable to seek protection in his/her country of citizenship and/or residence, in particular for fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.
Number of asylum applicants: drop in 2017
Having peaked in 1992 (672 thousand applications in the EU-15) when the EU Member States received many asylum applicants from former Yugoslavia and again in 2001 (424 thousand applications in the EU-27), the number of asylum applications within the EU-27 fell to just below 200 thousand by 2006.
Focusing just on applications from citizens of non-member countries (see Figure 1), there was a gradual increase in the number of asylum applications within the EU-27 and later the EU-28 through to 2012, after which the number of asylum seekers rose at a more rapid pace, with 431 thousand applications in 2013, 627 thousand in 2014 and around 1.3 million in both 2015 and 2016. As such, the number of asylum applications within the EU-28 in 2015 and 2016 was approximately double the number recorded within the EU-15 during the previous relative peak of 1992. In 2017, nearly 705 thousand asylum seekers applied for international protection in the Member States of the European Union (EU). This was just over half the number recorded in 2016, when nearly 1.3 million asylum applicants were registered. This figure is comparable to the level recorded in 2014, before the peaks of 2015 and 2016.
First-time applicants: 560 thousand fewer in 2017
The number of first time asylum applicants in the EU-28 [1] in 2017 was 650 thousand, which was 55 thousand (about 8 %) less than the total number of applicants. A first-time applicant for international protection is a person who lodged an application for asylum for the first time in a given EU Member State and therefore excludes repeat applicants (in that Member State) and so more accurately reflects the number of newly arrived persons applying for international protection in the reporting Member State.
This latest figure for 2017 marked a decrease of 560 thousand first-time applicants across the EU-28 in comparison with the year before, as the number of first-time applicants fell from 1.2 million in 2016 to 650 thousand in 2017. This followed on from a slight decrease of 50 thousand first-time applicants between 2015 and 2016. The main contributions to the decrease were lower numbers of applicants from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, (see Figure 2).
Syria was the main country of citizenship of asylum seekers in the EU Member States in 2017, a position it has held each year since 2013. In 2017, the number of Syrian first-time asylum applicants in the EU-28 fell back to 102 thousand from 335 thousand in 2016, while the share of Syrians in the EU-28 total dropped from 27.8 % to 15.8 %. Despite this drop, Syria was the main country of citizenship in fourteen EU Member States.
Iraqis accounted for 7 % of the total number of first-time asylum applicants and Afghanis for 7 %, while Nigerians and Pakistanis accounted for 6 % and 5 % respectively.
Among the most numerous groups of citizenship of first-time asylum applicants in the EU-28 in 2017, the largest relative increases compared with 2016 were recorded for Nigerians (share up 2.2 percentage points) and Bangladeshi and Guineans (up 1.6 percentage points each). There was also considerable growth in relative terms in the number of applicants from Turkey, Venezuela, Côte d'Ivoire, as well as from Eritrea and Albania. The largest relative fall in the number of applicants, among the most common countries of citizenship for asylum seekers in 2017 (except for Syria), was recorded for Afghans, Iraqis and Iranians [2].
Countries of destination: Germany, Italy and France the main
With 198 thousand applicants registered in 2017, Germany accounted for 31 % of all first-time applicants in the EU-28. It was followed by Italy (127 thousand, or 20 %), France (91 thousand, or 14 %), Greece (57 thousand, or 9 %), the United Kingdom (33 thousand, or 5 %) and Spain (30 thousand, or 5%).
Among Member States with more than 5 thousand first-time asylum seekers in 2017, the number of applicants compared in relative terms with the previous year rose most in Spain (+96 %, or 15 thousand more first-time asylum seekers in 2017 than in 2016), France (+19 %, or 14 thousand more), Greece (+14 %, or 7 thousand more) and Italy (+4 %, or 5 thousand more). In contrast, the largest relative decreases were recorded in Germany (-73 %, or 520 thousand less first-time asylum seekers in 2017 than in 2016), Austria (-44 %, or 18 thousand less), the Netherlands (-17 %, or 3 thousand less) and the United Kingdom (-15 %, or 6 thousand less) (see Figure 3).
Table 1 provides an overview of the five largest groups of first-time asylum applicants (by citizenship) in each of the EU Member States. Syrians accounted for the largest number of applicants in 14 of the 28 EU Member States, including 49 thousand applicants in Germany (the highest number of applicants from a single country to one of the EU Member States in 2017) and 16 thousand in Greece. Some 22 thousand Iraqis applied for protection in Germany and 8 thousand in Greece, while 16 thousand Afghan applicants were recorded in Germany and around 7 thousand in Greece and in France. Other Member States with high number of applicants of a single citizenship in 2017, were Italy with 25 thousand applicants from Nigeria and 12 thousand from Bangladesh, France with 11 thousand from Albania and Spain with 10 thousand from Venezuela.
Age and gender of first-time applicants
More than four in five (82 %) of the first-time asylum seekers in the EU-28 in 2017 were less than 35 years old (see Figure 4); those in the age range 18–34 years accounted for slightly more than half (51 %) of the total number of applicants, while nearly one third (31 %) of the total number of first-time applicants were minors aged less than 18 years.
This age distribution of asylum applicants was common in almost all of the EU Member States, with the largest share of applicants being those aged 18–34. However, there were a few exceptions to this pattern: Austria, Hungary, Poland and Germany reported a higher proportion of asylum applicants less than 18 years old (higher than 45 %).
The distribution of first-time asylum applicants by sex shows that more men than women were seeking asylum. Among the youngest age group (0–13 years), males accounted for 52 % of the total number of applicants in 2017. There was a greater degree of gender inequality for asylum applicants who were 14–17 or 18–34 years old, where around three quarters of first-time applicants were male, with this share dropping back to just over three fifths for the age group 35–64. Across the EU-28, female applicants outnumbered male applicants in 2017 for asylum applicants aged 65 and over, although this group was relatively small, accounting for just 0.6 % of the total number of first-time applicants.
Applications by unaccompanied minors
An unaccompanied minor is a person less than 18 years old who arrives on the territory of an EU Member State not accompanied by an adult responsible for the minor or a minor who is left unaccompanied after having entered the territory of a Member State. In 2017 there were 31.8 thousand applications in the EU-28 from unaccompanied minors; 13 % of all minors were unaccompanied (see Figure 6). Among minors who applied for asylum, the share that was unaccompanied was less than half in all EU Member States in 2017.
First instance decisions on asylum applications
Data on decisions on asylum applications are available for two instance levels, namely first instance decisions and final decisions taken in appeal or review. The 28 Member States of the EU granted protection status to 538 000 asylum seekers in 2017, down by almost 25% from 2016.
In 2017, nearly 1 million first instance decisions were issued in the all EU Member States, slightly down the number in 2016 (1.1 million). By far the largest number of decisions was issued in Germany (see Figure 7), constituting more than half (54 %) of the total first instance decisions in the EU-28 in 2017.
Figure 8 provides an analysis of the outcome of first instance decisions. Though refugee and subsidiary protection status are defined by EU law, humanitarian reasons are specific to national legislation and are not applicable in some of the EU Member States.
In 2017, nearly half (46 %) [3] of EU-28 first instance asylum decisions resulted in positive outcomes, that is grants of refugee or subsidiary protection status, or an authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons (see Figure 8). For first instance decisions, some 23 % of all positive decisions in the EU-28 in 2017 resulted in grants of refugee status.
A total of 222 thousand persons were granted refugee status in the EU-28 in 2017 at first instance, 159 thousand were given subsidiary protection status, and 63 thousand were given authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons.
The highest shares of positive first instance asylum decisions in 2017 were recorded in Ireland (89 %) and Lithuania (78 %) and Latvia (74 %). Conversely, Czech Republic, Poland and France each recorded first instance rejection rates of more than 70 %.
Final decisions taken in appeal
The share of positive final decisions based on appeal or review (36 %; see Figure 9) was slightly lower in the EU-28 in 2017 than for first instance decisions (45 %; see Figure 8). Around 95.2 thousand people in the EU-28 received positive final decisions based on appeal or review in 2017, of which 49.6 thousand were granted refugee status, 31.1 thousand were granted subsidiary protection, and a further 14.6 thousand were granted humanitarian status.
Only in four EU Member States were more than half of final asylum decisions in 2017 positive: Finland (65 %), the Netherlands (59 %), the United Kingdom (57 %) and Austria (56 %).
The highest shares of final rejections were recorded in Slovakia, Slovenia and Estonia, where all final decisions were negative.
Source data for tables and graphs
Data sources
Eurostat produces statistics on a range of issues relating to international migration. Between 1986 and 2007, data on asylum was collected on the basis of a gentlemen's agreement. Since 2008 data have been provided to Eurostat under the provisions of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) 862/2007; most of the statistics presented in this article were collected within this regulatory framework.
Data are provided to Eurostat with a monthly frequency (for asylum application statistics), quarterly frequency (for first instance decisions) or annual frequency (for final decisions based on appeal or review, resettlement and unaccompanied minors). The statistics are based on administrative sources and are supplied to Eurostat by statistical authorities, home office ministries/ministries of the interior or related immigration agencies in the EU Member States.
Two different categories of persons should be taken into account when analysing asylum statistics. The first includes asylum seekers who have lodged a claim (asylum application) and whose claim is under consideration by a relevant authority. The second is composed of persons who have been recognised, after consideration, as refugees, or have been granted another kind of international protection (subsidiary protection), or were granted protection on the basis of the national law related to international protection (authorisations to stay for humanitarian reasons), or were rejected from having any form of protection.
Since the entry into force of Regulation (EC) 862/2007, statistics on asylum decisions have become available for different stages of the asylum procedure. First instance decisions are decisions granted by the respective authority acting as a first instance of the administrative/judicial asylum procedure in the receiving country. In contrast, final decisions in appeal or review relate to decisions granted at the final instance of administrative/judicial asylum procedure and which result from an appeal lodged by an asylum seeker rejected in the preceding stage. Since asylum procedures and the number/levels of decision making bodies differ among the EU Member States, the true final instance may be, according to the national legislation and administrative procedures, a decision of the highest national court. However, the applied methodology defines that final decisions should refer to what is effectively a final decision in the vast majority of cases: in other words, once all normal routes of appeal have been exhausted and there is no possibility to appeal on the substance of the decision but only on procedural grounds.
The 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees (as amended by the 1967 New York Protocol) has, for over 60 years, defined who is a refugee, and laid down a common approach towards refugees that has been one of the cornerstones for the development of a common asylum system within the EU. Since 1999, the EU has worked towards creating a common European asylum regime in accordance with the Geneva Convention and other applicable international instruments.
The Hague programme was adopted by heads of state and government on 5 November 2004. It puts forward the idea of a common European asylum system (CEAS), in particular, it raises the challenge to establish common procedures and uniform status for those granted asylum or subsidiary protection. The European Commission's policy plan on asylum (COM(2008) 360 final) was presented in June 2008 which included three pillars to underpin the development of the CEAS:
- bringing more harmonisation to standards of protection by further aligning the EU Member States' asylum legislation;
- effective and well-supported practical cooperation;
- increased solidarity and sense of responsibility among EU Member States, and between the EU and non-member countries.
With this in mind, in 2009 the European Commission made a proposal to establish a European Asylum Support Office (EASO). The EASO supports EU Member States in their efforts to implement a more consistent and fair asylum policy. It also provides technical and operational support to Member States facing particular pressures (in other words, those Member States receiving large numbers of asylum applicants). The EASO became fully operational in June 2011 and has worked to increase its capacity, activity and influence, working with the European Commission and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
In May 2010, the European Commission presented an action plan for unaccompanied minors (COM(2010) 213 final), who are regarded as the most exposed and vulnerable victims of migration. This plan aims to set-up a coordinated approach and commits all EU Member States to grant high standards of reception, protection and integration for unaccompanied minors. As a complement to this action plan, the European Migration Network has produced a comprehensive EU study on reception policies, as well as return and integration arrangements for unaccompanied minors.
A number of directives in this area have been developed. The four main legal instruments on asylum — all of which are currently subject to proposals for replacement or recasting — are:
- the Qualification Directive 2011/95/EU on standards for the qualification of non-EU nationals and stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection;
- the Procedures Directive 2013/32/EU on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection;
- the Conditions Directive 2013/33/EU laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection;
- the Dublin Regulation (EU) 604/2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the EU Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national (national of a non-member country) or stateless person.
The migrant crisis during much of 2015 and 2016 resulted in the European Commission announcing proposals for an emergency assistance instrument within the EU. The plan allocates some EUR 700 million of aid (over a period of three years) to help avert a humanitarian crisis and to be able to deliver more rapidly food, shelter and healthcare, as required by refugees within the EU.
In April 2016, the European Commission adopted a Communication (COM(2016) 197 final) launching the process for a reform of the CEAS. This included options for a fair and sustainable system for allocating asylum applicants among EU Member States, a further harmonisation of asylum procedures and standards to create a level playing field across the EU and thereby reduce pull factors inducing irregular secondary movements, and a strengthening of the mandate of the EASO.
In May 2016, the European Commission presented a first package of reforms, including proposals for establishing a sustainable and fair Dublin system (COM(2016) 270 final), reinforcing the Eurodac system (COM(2016) 272 final) and establishing a European Agency for Asylum (COM(2016) 271 final).
In July 2016, the European Commission put forward a second set of proposals related to the reform of the CEAS, for example to establish a resettlement framework for the EU (COM(2016) 468 final) and a common procedure for international protection (COM(2016) 467 final) as well as a recast of the legislation on the standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (COM(2016) 465 final).
- Asylum quarterly report
- Dublin statistics on countries responsible for asylum application
- Statistics on enforcement of immigration legislation
- Residence permits statistics
- Migration and migrant population statistics
- Migrant integration statistics
- Population and population change statistics
- Population statistics at regional level
- Asylum and first time asylum applicants - monthly data (rounded) (tps00189)
- Persons subject of asylum applications pending at the end of the month - monthly data (tps00190)
- Asylum and first time asylum applicants - annual aggregated data (rounded) (tps00191)
- First instance decisions on asylum applications by type of decision - annual aggregated data (tps00192)
- Final decisions on asylum applications - annual data (tps00193)
- Asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors - annual data (tps00194)
- Asylum and Dublin statistics (migr_asy)
- Applications (migr_asyapp)
- Decisions on applications and resettlement (migr_asydec)
- 'Dublin' statistics (migr_dub)
- Applications (ESMS metadata file — migr_asyapp_esms)
- Decisions on applications and resettlement (ESMS metadata file — migr_asydec_esms)
- 'Dublin' statistics (ESMS metadata file — migr_dub_esms)
- ↑ The EU total is calculated as an aggregation of Member States data. Member State data refer to the number of persons applying for asylum for the first time in that Member State. Persons may however apply for international protection in more than one Member State in a given reference year. Consequently, the EU total may include such multiple applications. Based on an estimate using latest available Dublin statistics, around 6% of asylum applicants in the EU have applied for asylum in more than one EU Member State during the same year.
- ↑ For the purpose of this analysis only the top 30 countries of citizenship in terms of the number of applicants for asylum were considered.
- ↑ Since reference year 2014, asylum applicants rejected on the basis that another EU Member State accepted responsibility to examine their asylum application under 'Dublin' Regulation No 604/2013 are not included in data on negative decisions. This has lowered the number of rejections. Consequently, the proportion of positive decisions in the total number of first instance decisions is estimated to have increased by around 5 percentage points.


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Charles & Camilla at MOMA
The Museum of Modern Art is normally closed on Tuesdays, but today metal barriers and law enforcement personnel surrounded the entrance. Inquiring passersby were told simply that "dignitaries" were coming. As night fell, reporters and camera crews assembled in the press areas flanking the front door. Observers started to gather behind the barriers across the street, whispering about what they suspected was about to happen -- Prince Charles and his new wife, Camilla, were going to attend a dinner inside the museum
As 7:00 p.m. approached, a series of limousines began drawing up to the door -- the invited guests were arriving. They emerged to a flurry of photographic flashes from the press corps and comments from the New Yorkers assembled on the sidewalk.
The observers included some dedicated celebrity-spotters who speculated about which stars might appear, discussing them with a familiarity that implied that the speakers and the subjects of their conversation were good friends.
"I hope Sarah Jessica is coming."
"Do you think Matthew will be with her?"
"No, he has to work tonight."
"Oh, that's right."
A few of the assembled called out the names of each new arrival, no matter how obscure or minor the celebrity.
"Who's that?"
"That's Matthew Modine! Matthew Modine!"
Two reporters from the BBC desperately called out for "Any Britons? Anyone British here?" Unable to find a Brit to interview, they turned to the assembled crowd and asked for reactions. "Why are you here? What do you think of the Prince's visit?"
A short, stocky woman in a heavy coat confidently announced the arrival of "Joan Collins! Barbara Walters! Elaine Stritch! Steve Kroft -- from 60 Minutes!" When asked how she recognized so many faces, she happily declared that she reads People magazine and "goes to things all the time."
Some tried to make a celebrity connection. A 30-something with dirty blonde hair screamed, "Hey, Deb! We'll see you in Dalton! See you in Dalton! See you in Dalton, Deb! We'll see you in Dalton! Hey, Deb, see you in Dalton! See you in Dalton! Hey, Deb!" When she was finally rewarded with a smile and wave from television personality Deborah Norville, the apparent target of her cries, the woman proudly turned to those around her and announced that she, like Ms. Norville, hailed from Dalton, Georgia.
A series of celebrity couples arrived, some scurrying inside without pause, others graciously swanning for the photographers. Donald Trump and his new wife, model Melania Knauss were greeted with cries of "Donald! Donald! I want to be on the Apprentice!" Sting and his wife Trudi Styler heard "Sting! Sting! Look over here, Sting!" Similar shouts greeted the arrivals of Diane Sawyer and Mike Nichols, Barry Diller and Diane Von Furstenburg. When Yoko Ono exited her car, escorted by publisher Jann Wenner, the spectators cried, "Yoko! Yoko! Turn around, Yoko!"
An enraged New York City detective whirled around, placed his hands on his hips and shouted to the crowd, "How can you people cheer her? That's the woman who broke up the Beatles!"
Finally, groups of armored men assembled. Walkie-talkies squawked. Police cruisers blocked both ends of the block. Sirens filled the air. A long, black limousine with the Union Jack flying from the hood slid into place in front of the door, and the royal couple emerged. They waved to the assembled reporters but didn't turn for the New Yorkers who waited with cell phone cameras in hand, calling, "Hey, Prince! Prince! Here, Prince!"
The couple of the evening were quickly escorted inside. The consensus of the crowd: they looked different than expected, he older and grayer, she much nicer. The reporters packed up their gear, the crowd dispersed, and the celebrity spotters, turning towards Broadway, regaled each other with tales of the stars they'd seen on other occasions. "At a book signing, it was Jane Powell and Dickie Moore. They live here, you know…"


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Consider the following scenarios:
1. Joan is on her way to teach her class and runs into her department chair, Ben, who says, "Joan, are your kids sick? I haven't seen you the past few days."
Startled, Joan replies, "No! I was attending a conference and presenting a paper on my research….remember?
Ben says, "Oh, yes. I just forgot. Actually, what I wanted to ask you about was whether you could pick up our seminar speaker at the airport at 5 pm this evening?"
Joan hesitantly says, "Oh, I can't. I had promised to be at my son's game after school. Perhaps if you had given me more notice….."
Ben frowns and replies, "Well, I guess I'll have to do it then. I can see that your family takes precedence."
Later, Joan confides to one of her coworkers, "He always does that to me…he assumes that I'm not working if I'm not in the office. When I provide a reasonable explanation for my absence, he then "tests" me by asking me to do something that he knows will interfere with my personal responsibilities."
2. Mike is a new father and has applied for family leave to help his wife care for their newborn. He walks into the coffee break room and sees several of the other faculty members sitting around the conference table.
Robert, a somewhat conservative fellow, says, "Hey, Mike. I hear you're getting some kind of special "mommy leave" and won't be able to teach your usual courses this semester. Guess you figure the rest of us will carry your load!"
Mike replies, "I'll be here part time and teaching only one course. My wife applied for maternity leave, but we chose to share it so that she could return part time to work…she has a new research grant. On the days she works, I stay home with the baby and vice versa. The department arranged for a post-doc, who needs teaching experience, to take my undergraduate course for the semester. I'll still teach my graduate seminar. Overall, our choice benefits everyone."
"Well, that's a pretty sweet deal, " Robert says, looking knowingly at the onlookers at his table.
"Actually, any employee can apply for family leave…to take care of a newborn, a seriously ill spouse, or an elderly parent. Any of you might need to use it one day." Mike decides to have his coffee in his office and walks out.
This post is the third in the series about gender bias. One of the most common biases is called "The Maternal Wall", in which mothers (and men who are non-traditional parents) are judged to be less productive or professional than their childless colleagues.
The scenarios described above are two common situations in which bias of this type can occur. One example involves a woman who is being targeted by her department chair because he thinks her family responsibilities are interfering with her job performance. His comments reveal his prejudice against mothers (or parents, in general). In the second example, the maternal bias is directed at the spouse, who is taking a portion of the maternity leave to care for a newborn. Note that nothing that was said or done in either example qualifies as sexual harassment or sex discrimination.
These hypothetical examples are meant to show how subtle bias can be…either disguised as a concerned question (Are your kids sick?) or teasing ("mommy leave"). Such bias is very difficult to spot immediately. It may take further reflection on what was said or several similar instances before the victim realizes what's happening.
For more on the Maternal Wall and other gender bias patterns, see the Gender Bias Learning Project.


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Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
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In Nanny McPhee Returns, Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she's needed the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.
In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she's arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green's children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave.
Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
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- Maggie Gyllenhaal.......Isabel Green
Emma Thompson........Nanny McPhee
Oscar Steer.......Vincent Green
Asa Butterfield........Norman Green
Lil Woods........Megsie Green
Eros Vlahos........Cyril Gray
Rosie Taylor-Ritson........Celia Gray
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Susanna White
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* Universal Pictures (presents)
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text: This final report points out significant problems in California's administration of federally mandated foster care protections provided foster care children in the State's juvenile justice system. State plan requirements for the case review system were, in large part, not met. Also, one or both of the required judicial determinations pertaining to the child's removal from the home were not always made for these children. These protections were not effective due to a lack of sufficient oversight by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS). We recommended that CDSS periodically review a sample of cases to ensure that the protections are being provided and furnish oversight and technical assistance to the county probation departments to ensure the proper administration of Federal foster care requirements. The CDSS concurred with our recommendations.


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Exceptionless Error Reporting Service is Now Exceptional++
Exceptionless Error Reporting Service is Now Exceptional++
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Blake Niemyjski - Exceptionless Error Reporting Service Goes Open Source
It's a big day at Exceptionless.
We are super excited to announce that we are open sourcing the Exceptionless code! That's right, now you can hack on our real-time error reporting tool yourself.
Too many apps are throwing too many errors out there, resulting in confused users, lost business, and endless frustration.
We believe Exceptionless can help the development community become more in-tune with their code by making those errors more transparent, trackable, and squashable. More importantly, we want to support developers building and shipping better code for their users.
Cool, Where Do I Start?
Check out the Exceptionless Github Repository, and make sure to read about contributing if you plan on helping us improve the project.
Why Open Source?
In short, we want to see what the community can do with our baby, which we consider a great development tool. The open source movement has provided innovation throughout the industry, and we cannot tell you how excited we are to be a part of it.
We hope you will take it, add to it, suggest great new features, and report bugs, but most of all we hope you will use it to build better apps for the world.
The Exceptionless Team will continue to work on a road map of features and improvements, all while providing support to developers that want to contribute.
Planned features/enhancements
What Is Exceptionless?
The definition of the word exceptionless is: to be without exception. Our product provides real-time .NET error reporting for your ASP.NET, Web API, WebForms, WPF, Console, and MVC apps. It organizes the gathered information into simple actionable data that will help your app become exceptionless. Best of all, it's open source!
Error notifications, including critical and regressions
Easily see top errors and prioritize them
Intelligent .NET exception grouping into stacks
Dashboard with error stats and trends
Detailed error reports, including stacktrace
Add any custom objects to your error reports
Unlimited users per organization
Mark exceptions as fixed, monitor for regressions
Real-time view of exceptions as they happen
Ability to mark errors as being critical
Supports offline and occassionally connected scenarios
Easy setup in less than 5 minutes
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Getting Started
** NOTE: If you simply want to use Exceptionless, just go to http://exceptionless.com and signup for a free account and you will be up and running in seconds.
- You will need to have Visual Studio 2013 installed.
- Start MongoDB and Redis by opening
- Open the
Exceptionless.slnVisual Studio solution file.
- Select
Exceptionless.SampleConsoleas startup projects.
- Run the project.
- The app will automatically make the 1st user that is created a Global Admin and will also create a sample
Acmeorganization and project.
- Send a test error from the sample console application and you should see it show up immediately in the website.
Alternatively, you can watch this short YouTube video showing how to get started with the project.
Using Exceptionless
Refer to the Exceptionless documentation here: Exceptionless Docs
Hosting Options
- We provide very reasonably priced hosting at Exceptionless. By using our hosted service, you are supporting the project and helping it get better!
- If you would rather host Exceptionless yourself, you will need to follow these steps:
- Setup Mongo and Redis servers. We highly recommend that you run these on Linux systems because the Windows versions aren't as performant and reliable as the Linux versions. We also highly recommend that you setup Mongo in a replica set configuration.
- Setup IIS and add the Exceptionless website.
- Modify the connection strings in Web.config to point to your Mongo and Redis servers.
- Change the WebsiteMode to Production in the Web.config appSettings section.
How is Exceptionless licensed?
The Exceptionless server is licensed under GNU AGPL v3.0. The client libraries are licensed under Apache License v2.0.
We want Exceptionless to be free for those of you who want to host the application and data internally or just simply do not want to pay for a hosted account. Our hope is that by making the application free and open source that more people will be aware of it and use it which will indirectly result in more people using our hosted service.
The server is licensed under the AGPL license to ensure that any modifications that are made will be contributed back to the community.
We chose to release the client libraries under Apache License v2.0 to remove any ambiguity as to the extent of the server license — you do not have to license any software that uses Exceptionless under AGPL and are completely free to use any licensing mechanism of your choice.
Take the easy way, and let them host it or you can host it yourself. I love that they provide this option...
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Lord Pearson praised Philip Hollobone's 'brave' views on Europe, immigration and banning the burkha and promised UKIP members would campaign for his election.UKIP has withdrawn candidates and has pledged itself to back those candidates only who are definitely in favour of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, even if means a set-back in their political career.
Lord Pearson of Rannoch is the Leader of UKIP and a working member of the House of Lords. This site will follow his various activities
Thursday, 29 April 2010
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5 comments:
- Anonymous29 April 2010 at 16:34
I find contradictions in UKIP's policies. For example, under "Restoring Britishness" UKIP proposes banning face covering in public places. Apart from this being a very un-British thing (it reminds me of the ban on wearing the fez in public places imposed by Atatürk as part of his reforms to Europeanise Turkey), it also contradicts UKIP's claim to believe in less government. Furthermore, there are people with facial deformities who understandably do not wish their faces to be on public display.ReplyDelete
I feel UKIP should have concentrated on EU withdrawal and presented a set of uncontroversial policies that would have allowed anybody of almost any political persuasion to feel comfortable with voting for them on that issue alone.
As it is, their policies seem to be increasingly orientated towards the far right.
There are many people who wish the UK to leave the EU, but at the price of what sort of government? I don't fancy living in a Britain governed like pre-war Turkey. And that is what UKIP seems to be offering us at this election.
- Castronian29 April 2010 at 23:58
I don't think people with facial deformaties would be included in such a ban.ReplyDelete
The burkha is exclusive in the fact that it alienates the wearer. Facial recognition is important in our world, especially in communication. I think banning the burkha would ease some of the stress involved with multi-cultural intigration into Britain.
As for the EU. I wanted to vote on the Lisban Treaty. I would would have felt better about being in it, if I had been given a voice. The Independence party should have pushed this fact to the voter during this election campaign.
- Anonymous30 April 2010 at 09:36
The fact that full-face and body covering has been used to disguise identity while carrying out criminal acts is more than enough good reason to ban the things. Young people are vilified for wearing anoraks with hoods, so what's the difference?ReplyDelete
The EU is a creeping death. It doesn't take much intelligence to read between the lines to see that the EU is a force that will intervene in every aspect of people's lives; telling us what to think, how to think, how to go from cradle to grave in the "correct" manner. I dont think many people understand just how much psychology is at play here, being used against us by those in EU power.
I dont feel UKIP is "controversial" at all. There are bound to be some policies that one might feel a little less than neutral about, but one has to look at the whole picture. And as far as I'm concerned, escaping the EU's political clutches and "ever-closer union" is the first and foremost priority. Everything else can be debated afterwards.
>>I don't fancy living in a Britain governed like pre-war Turkey. And that is what UKIP seems to be offering us at this election.ReplyDelete
If this piss-poor nonsense is the best you can come up with, I suggest you go back to the drawing board & try again.
The first anonymous has made the usual mistake of using Turkey as an example on the wrong side of the argument.ReplyDelete
Turkey has been a secular state since 1923. Not just the burkha but also the headscarf are banned there. Women who insist on wearing headscarves are often excluded from education and employment.
When secularists are asked why they support these bans they say that they are worried about the spread of radical Islam.
The Turkish secularists know what they are dealing with here.