![]() The Taliban’s move appears to be the latest salvo in its standoff with foreign NGOs. "This is not good news for us because most classes were in areas where children have no access to education," he said. Munir Ahmad, a resident of Kandahar, told Radio Azadi that he is "very concerned" about the Taliban’s decision. The militant group has also tried to root out all forms of secular education and converted scores of secular schools, universities, and training centers into madrasahs, or Islamic seminaries. Why It's Important: The decision is the latest blow to education in Afghanistan, where the Taliban has banned girls above the sixth grade from attending school and women from studying in universities. ![]() He said the decision was made after “complaints from locals,” without elaborating. Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, a spokesman for the Kandahar educational department, told Radio Azadi that the activities of the education centers had been suspended until further notice. The hundreds of education centers, mostly funded by UNICEF, the United Nations children's agency, and Save The Children, provided literacy classes to tens of thousands of girls and boys in remote areas that lack government schools. The Taliban has closed all education centers in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand that were funded by foreign NGOs. Here's what I've been tracking and what I'm keeping an eye on in the days ahead. I'm Mustafa Sarwar, a senior news editor at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi. ![]() Welcome back to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Other district winners in Georgia were: District 1 – City of Adairsville District 2 - Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority District 4 - City of Barnesville District 5 - City of Perry District 8 Savannah I&D Water Treatment.įor more information about Newton County, please visit, like Newton County, Ga on Facebook or follow on Twitter. Deposits Residential, and Commercial Accounts: 300.00 Bulk Water Accounts: 500.00 Hydrant Meters: 1000. Newton County’s Water Resources Department also received the Gold award, marking no violations for the entire year, for the third straight year.Īs the best tasting water in Georgia, Newton County’s water will be matched up against others from around the country in the American Water Works Association Best Tap Water Taste Test in Denver on June 9-12. A statement from the Newton County Water and Sewer Authority and the. Today the Authority is made up of more than 50 dedicated professionals and serves over 23,000 water customers and. The Authority began with one full-time employee and 52 customers. The Newton County Water & Sewerage Authority was created by the State of Georgia Legislature in 1970. The facility, operated 23 hours a day, seven days a week. The proposed community-oriented residential development district accomplishes. MEMA has districts throughout the state with an area coordinator assigned to each district as a liaison between the county emergency operations centers and. Please use 77 if you are trying to reach us by phone. This is the first time Newton County has been selected for the best tasting water in the state of Georgia. Search the D&B Business Directory and find the Eastern Newton County Water Association company profile in VENDOR, AR. The Cornish Creek Water Treatment Facility’s first phase construction was completed in 1992 with expansions to follow in 19. “It’s great to work with such a dedicated and inspiring group of people whose goal every day is to produce and deliver the highest quality drinking water to our customers and this award is a testimony to that dedication.” ![]() “It’s an honor for our organization to win such a prestigious award,” said James Brown Director of Newton County Water Resources. The water not only was the best in Newton County’s district but the most pleasant tasting of all the state’s water entities up for judgement. ![]() Reach County of Newton - Water & Sewerage Authority (GA) via phone at 77. The test required Newton County to send a sample of water, which was tasted at room temperature by five judges. Support resources for County of Newton - Water & Sewerage Authority (GA) are available online at The information listed on that page can help if you need to update your account or have other questions about your bill or statement. In the 2019 Best Tap Water Taste Test held in Columbus on April 25, Newton County came out on top. It operates various departments, responsible for a service area that stretches over 650 miles of water mains, 110 miles of sewer outfalls, and 22,000 water. NEWTON COUNTY, GA - Newton County’s tap water is the best tasting in the state, according to a contest held by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals. ![]() ![]() ![]() The group also criticised the Pirate Bay ban as both "disproportionate and ineffective. The Pirate Party UK has now complied with the order against its will, but vows to continue lobbying for "digital rights and their wider manifesto". This outcome will help ensure that this new digital sector in the UK can grow, continue to innovate for music fans, and create more UK jobs." "There are many fantastic digital music services that make it simple to get music legally online. Undoubtedly, TPB is counted amongst the top torrent sites as you can find a vast. "We believe its executives should respect the law, and the basic right of creative people to be paid for their work. The Pirate Bay is one of the best Kickass alternatives you can use if you aren’t able to access the website. "We asked Pirate Party UK to remove the proxy because The Pirate Bay is an illegal site that is undermining the growth of legal digital music services," said BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor in a statement. The Pirate Party UK, which is not affiliated with Pirate Bay, hosted the proxy on a special section of its website and saw its visitor figures surge post-launch.Įarlier this month, the BMI contacted Pirate Party UK head Loz Kaye to request the removal of the proxy, but the group's leader refused before solicitors became involved. However, a legal threat from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has forced the organisation to pull the plug on the service. Political group the Pirate Party UK launched the proxy earlier this year after the High Court ordered British internet service providers to block access to the torrent website. ![]() A widely-used proxy service offering access to The Pirate Bay has been taken offline after being threatened with legal action from the music industry. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() Mac OS X Mountain Lion and Mavericks, for example, pack some very capable speech recognition - especially if you use the “Enhanced Dictation” option, which gives you the ability to do offline and continuous dictation. But frankly, if the only reason you’re looking at speech recognition software is the ability to do some basic dictation, you’re probably better off with your system’s built-in software. This most recent version of Dragon is very impressive. If you want to see an amusing video of Dragon Dictate in action, check out David Pogue’s review. It was usually on words like “a” which the software kept hearing as “and.” I did do a fair amount of editing for things like capitalization and modifying symbols such as “%,” but I suspect that had more to do with my lack of familiarity with the proper ways to insert these than any deficiency in the program. How good is it? I dictated this entire review using Dragon Dictate and only had to make one or two minor corrections per paragraph in terms of misunderstood words. Amazingly, after calibrating each of these options, I found them all to be highly accurate in a quiet environment, with the provided USB headset offering the best results overall.Ībove: Nuance’s Dragon Remote Mic app for iOS Or, if you really want to walk and talk, you can download the free Dragon Dictate Remote app for iOS or Android and babble away to your heart’s content anywhere your Wi-Fi will take you. When that’s done, you’re good to go.įor dictation, you can choose from various input options, including your computer’s built-in mic, or the recommended (and included) Nuance-approved noise-canceling USB headset microphone. ![]() After setting up your profile, you begin a 5-10 minute training exercise in which you familiarize Dragon Dictate with your voice by reading a set of pre-prepared passages. It wants you to create a profile for each person who will be speaking, and ideally, whether they are actively dictating or being transcribed (more on that part later). Once you install the software, it invites you to set up a profile. I haven’t run previous versions of Dragon Dictate for Mac, but Nuance claims that version 4 is “up to 99% accurate” which they say is an improvement (though they don’t indicate how much of an improvement) over version 3 of the software. If you’re like me, the most important feature of a speech recognition package is its ability to, well, recognize speech. Now in its 13th version for Windows and 4th generation for the Mac (under the label Dragon Dictate), the software is developed by Nuance, a company whose voice recognition technology also powers Siri and plenty of other services.ĭespite the proliferation of speech recognition software for smartphones and tablets, there are still plenty of reasons to consider a full-blown version of this software for your computer. But before all of these gadgets entered our lives, there was Dragon Naturally Speaking software. ![]() |