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|DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 166, 28 August 2006
Welcome to this year's 35th issue of DistroWatch Weekly! The essence of this week's issue is a comment on the status of Linux distributions. Why are there so many of them? What motivates developers to create new ones? Wouldn't we be better off if there were only 10 - 20 major projects, instead of hundreds of one-man distros? We attempt to give some answers. Also in this issue: a long-term SUSE user explains why Kubuntu meets his needs better, openSUSE's Andreas Jaeger comments on the reasons behind removal of proprietary kernel modules from the popular operating system, and Gentoo's Donnie Berkholz argues that democracy is not always a good thing for the advancements of the largest source-based distribution. Updates on Fedora Core 6 and Mandriva Linux 2007, together with links to two resources comparing and rating several popular distributions conclude the news section. Happy reading!
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Kubuntu vs openSUSE, proprietary kernel modules, Mandriva and Fedora release updates, Gentoo pains
Let's start this week with a comparison between openSUSE and Kubuntu. Stephan Beal, a devoted SUSE user since 1998 both at home and work, has decided to try Kubuntu on his laptop and posted his experiences on the SUSE Linux mailing list. His conclusions? "After 8 full years of being a die-hard SUSE user, my laptop is going to stick with Kubuntu. My desktop PC will stay SUSE, if only because I've used YaST to set up the PC as my primary DSL connection and a router/firewall for the two laptops. If that was as easy to do in Kubuntu as it is in SUSE, I'd have reinstalled my desktop machine today. I'm that convinced that Kubuntu is what I'm looking for in a desktop OS." As always, any such comparison is bound to create some controversy and sometimes furious reactions from other users, but it might also help those who are undecided about which Linux distribution to try. A good, unbiased account of one's experiences with the two popular KDE-centric operating systems.
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Of course, one user's positive experience with Kubuntu doesn't mean that Ubuntu and its derivatives are perfect. In fact, last week's update fiasco left many affected users question the quality control and, by extension, trust in the popular distribution. Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, had this to say on his web log: "As a team we made a series of errors, and the result was a desktop that was broken for thousands of users, for several hours. An incident report is being compiled by the team and we will publish that for our broader community and users as soon as it is complete. My apologies to those who have been affected, I know that a blue screen of death is the very last thing anybody ever wants to see on Linux desktops." Let's hope that the project has learnt from the mistake and that a similar situation won't happen again!
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The issue of binary-only driver modules for popular graphics cards continues to divide the Linux community. On one hand, all of us would like our Linux-based computer hardware to work to their full capabilities, but on the other, introducing a closed-source, closely guarded code into the Linux kernel can bring serious instabilities, discourage hardware vendors to open-source their code, and (as some would like us believe) it could even be illegal. openSUSE's Andreas Jaeger explains the project's position in his web log: "Supporting a proprietary kernel driver is a nightmare because such a driver might change the kernel in an unpredictable way. The Linux kernel developers will not investigate bug reports if a binary-only kernel module is loaded." Later he adds: "I think that we as community really need to constantly encourage companies to support the development of open source kernel drivers." The article is worth reading if you want to understand why many distributions are reluctant to include and support proprietary kernel modules in their products.
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In contrast, Mandriva has announced that its upcoming version 2007 will include "sexy effects" with AIGLX/Xgl and Compiz, similar to those found in Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10: "We're enabling both AIGLX and XGL technologies in Mandriva Linux 2007. The selection will be automatic, so it's a transparent process for you (unless you want to tweak and hack and break and make). We handle Intel, NVIDIA and ATI chipsets through both proprietary and free drivers. It works on both KDE and GNOME desktop environments." This will likely only be available in the company's commercial releases, not the freely available ones. For more information please read the full press release. Mandriva Linux 2007 is expected to be released in late September or early October 2006.
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Another popular project which is shifting closer to a release date is Fedora Core. Its upcoming version 6 has started getting some attention on the project's Wiki pages and the first draft of the FC6 Release Summary is now available for your reading pleasure. The page summarises many of the important changes in the popular distribution, such as the new default font (DejaVu), ability to run Java Applets in Firefox using GCJwebplugin, better visualisation and eye candy through the Compiz window manager, new Fedora updater applet called Pupplet, new desktop theme and icon set, the latest GNOME 2.16 and KDE 3.5.4, and many other improvements. Although the summary page is considered work in progress, most Fedora users who intend to upgrade to the new version will find it highly informative. Fedora Core 6 is scheduled for release on 9th October 2006.
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Our recent article highlighting some not-so-flattering comments about the state of Gentoo Linux from the developers' point of view brought some radically disagreeing reaction from some of the project's members. Nevertheless, web logs of certain Gentoo developers continue to fill with negative sentiment towards the largest source-based distribution. In an article entitled [Gentoo] Democracy: No silver bullet, Donnie Berkholz writes: "Gentoo used to be a courteous, friendly development community where nobody was afraid to speak his mind for fear of insult and injury. I see a clear correlation between the growth in democracy and the departure of courtesy. Once people are empowered to vote on every decision, rather than just having their discussion taken as input in a decision, they get a lot more vehement, argumentative and forceful about getting their way. Flame wars and loud arguments going on for hundreds of posts have become commonplace." While some Gentoo developers will argue that this is a normal way of life in any large democratic community, the increasing numbers of voices of discontent among the Gentoo developers suggest that there is indeed a problem. As they say, if there is no wind, the tree will not sway...
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Comparing and rating different distributions seem to be a popular pastime these days. In How to Pick a Linux Distro: Live CD Edition, the author describes and rates the latest versions of a number of popular Linux live CDs including Damn Small Linux, Freespire, Gentoo Linux, KNOPPIX, Kubuntu, Mandriva One, openSUSE, PCLinuxOS, SLAX, Ubuntu and Xubuntu. Four of them received a rating of 5 out of 5 stars. In a separate article, Channelweb compares three popular Linux distributions -- Ubuntu 6.06, openSUSE 10.1 and Freespire 1.0 -- according to a number of criteria. The final score? Ubuntu wins, but not convincingly: "Choosing Freespire, openSUSE or Ubuntu to build a Linux business on should meet the needs of most system builders. All offer advantages and disadvantages. Much like the cola wars of the 1990s, it will all come down to taste." How true!
|Quo vadis, Linux distribution?
Last week's DistroWatch Weekly might have been thin on content, but it still managed to generate a record number of readers' comments. The news about Ubuntu Christian Edition (UCE), combined with the link to a Linux distro timeline, produced a large number of opinions, many of which were rather philosophical. How many distributions does the Linux world need? And what exactly is a distribution, as opposed to just an edition of another distribution? Why is it that there are so many developers who feel inclined to start their own project instead of joining another, more established one?
When DistroWatch was first launched in May 2001, it listed just ten Linux distributions that had global reach: Caldera, Corel, Debian, Libranet, Mandrake, Progeny, Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE and Turbolinux. It was a static market and a demise of one distribution always created major headlines in the Linux media. Remember when Corel announced that it would stop developing its Linux products? And how many users were disappointed when Storm Linux collapsed? Of the ten distributions mentioned above, only two continue their work under their original names (Debian and Slackware), three others have undergone name changes (Mandrake has become Mandriva, Red Hat Linux has turned into Fedora Core, and SuSE is now known as openSUSE), while Turbolinux has become a regional distribution with focus on Japan and China. The remaining four are history. Besides the above ten, there might have been ten more specialising in producing distributions for a specific geographical market (e.g. Conectiva, Kondara, Linpus, Red Flag, etc). That's how simple the world of Linux distributions was just five years ago!
Today, DistroWatch lists over 500 Linux distributions. Of these, about 90 have been officially discontinued, while a large number of those that are flagged as "active" will probably never release another version. Still, the number of active distributions currently stands at about 350, with another 160+ on the growing waiting list. Very few readers will disagree if I assert that this number is clearly unmaintainable and the vast majority of them will disappear in the course of the next couple of years, if not months.
But things don't look as bleak as they sound. The truth is that, realistically speaking, not much has changed since 5 years ago as far as the number of "real" Linux distributions is concerned. Weeding out all the "also-runs", it's not hard to see that we still only have 10 desktop Linux distributions. Besides the five survivors from five years ago, it's Ubuntu, Gentoo, KNOPPIX, PCLinuxOS and Arch Linux. The remaining 340 active distributions are either based off one of the above, or specialise in filling a niche market. In other words, they don't matter.
It's highly likely that the above paragraph will be contested by many of you reading this commentary. Where is MEPIS?, some would ask. Well, MEPIS was an exciting project when it started, but there are signs that it is starting to suffer from a burn-out - long development cycles, too many bugs, lack of solid income despite honest effort and endless hours of work, the founder's health problems... One has to wonder how long MEPIS will still be around. Compared to PCLinuxOS, it lacks energy and excitement. How about Damn Small Linux and Puppy Linux? Yes, these are excellent projects, but they are not designed for the average user's desktop.
CentOS, you ask? A great project -- for servers. Xandros, Linspire? Too commercial and detached from the Linux user community. Yes, Linspire's Freespire is trying to rectify things, but it still acts as if it was something special, something better and revolutionary, rather than just a Debian-based Linux distribution with a few proprietary kernel modules and usability enhancements. Worse, although it claims to target Windows users, it is always ready to attack other distributions and show them in bad light. In contrast, take a look at Arch Linux - an unpretentious, independently developed distribution with a great package manager, knowledgeable user community, and large software repository. That's what I'd call a "real Linux distribution"!
The rest? One often hears good reports about, say, Zenwalk Linux or VectorLinux. But if those were to fold tomorrow, can you honestly say that you'd miss them? Maybe one or two of you would, but let's be honest about it - the majority of Linux users probably wouldn't even notice their sudden departure from the Linux scene.
And yet, it is fascinating to see the Linux distribution world evolving in this way. Even though the vast majority of new distributions are nothing but re-mastered editions of the existing ones with a different package set and new desktop wallpaper, every now and then somebody comes up with something unique. Remember when KNOPPIX started? Who would have thought that one day it will become a de-facto standard among Linux live CDs, with its concepts copied to BSD, Solaris and even Windows!
Today, unusual ideas can still emerge from the minds of some open source developers. GoboLinux is a great example of a small team trying something new with the source code available on the Internet. Nexenta is another fascinating project that is likely to generate some momentum as it matures. And you can't but admire the ideas behind the Mezzo desktop on SymphonyOS, even if a project's progress is rather slow. We need more ideas like that, more distributions that bring something unique to our world. Those of you who intend to create another live CD by remastering SLAX and send an email to DistroWatch about it, then please don't! You'll be wasting your time.
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One other point that was discussed in the forums last week was the difference between DISTRIBUTION and EDITION. Why is Kubuntu called a separate distribution while SLAX "Popcorn" is considered just an edition of SLAX?
The answer is fairly simple. If a distribution has its own web site (listed as a separate domain name), then it's a DISTRIBUTION. But if a project produces a number of different ISO images, which are all listed under the same domain name and are obviously developed by the same person or team, then it's just an EDITION of a distribution. Based on that, the different products by SLAX or Puppy Linux are just editions, not distributions, while Ubuntu Christian Edition would have to be classified as a separate distribution (despite the name "edition" in its name).
As for the status of all the different Ubuntu derivatives, some might remember that originally Kubuntu wasn't an official subproject of Ubuntu, but rather an independent initiative to create a KDE-centric Ubuntu. The same goes for Edubuntu and Xubuntu. It was only later that they came under the Ubuntu umbrella and became essentially editions of Ubuntu, rather than separate distributions. By that time, of course, all three of them were already listed on DistroWatch as separate distributions.
As the above example suggests, the line between distributions and editions is not always clear. Nevertheless, Kubuntu and other Ubuntu derivatives have their own domain names and the essential parts of them are developed independently from its parent - hence the main reason for their continued listing as separate distributions, not just Ubuntu editions.
|Released Last Week
PCLinuxOS 0.93a "Big Daddy"
Texstar has announced the availability of PCLinuxOS 0.93a "Full Edition aka Big Daddy": "PCLinuxOS Full Edition aka Big Daddy is now available for download or online ordering. The full edition comes with Kernel 126.96.36.199, KDE 3.5.3, OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird and Nvu. Digikam, Gimp and GQview for your digital photo needs. Amarok, Audacity and Audio Creator for your digital music needs. Frostwire, BitTorrent and gFTP for file transfers and p2p file sharing. MPlayer and Kaffeine for video viewing. (libdvdcss2 required for DVD encrypted playback). Kopete and Xchat for online chatting. Blogging and podcast software also included. PCLinuxOS Big Daddy is the full monty!" The release announcement.
BU Linux 4.6
Version 4.6 of Boston University Linux (BU Linux) has been released: "The Office of Information Technology presents BU Linux 4.6 (Stormy). Pre-made installation CDs are available for $5 from the Office of Information Technology, or check out the installation page for instructions on burning your own. This is the latest in our desktop operating system releases, and features almost 3000 open source and free software packages drawn from the Fedora Project and from many other sources, combined with locally developed custom software and pre-configurations." Read the complete release announcement for more details.
How-Tux is an Italian Slackware-based, desktop-oriented Linux distribution enhanced by GWARE GNOME, OpenOffice.org, and several multimedia and graphics applications. After months of development, the project has announced its 1.0 release. It is built on top of the Linux kernel 2.6.16 and includes X.Org 6.9.0, GNOME 2.14.3, OpenOffice.org 2.0.3, the latest versions of AbiWord, Firefox and Thunderbird, as well as a cvs version of Emacs 22. Please visit the project's home page (Italian) to read the full release announcement.
BLAG Linux And GNU 50001
Jeff Moe has announced an updated release of BLAG Linux And GNU, version 50001: "BLAG 50001 (smack) has been released. BLAG 50001 is based on Fedora Core 5 and uses packages from Extras, FreshRPMS, Dries, and ATrpms. It includes all Fedora updates as of time of release. New CD packages include GnomeBaker, Graveman, StreamRipper and a few GStreamer plugins. Updates include AbiWord, Audacity, CUPS, Firefox, GIMP, GNOME, GnuPG, hal, Apache, Inkscape, Linux kernel, Liferea, Nautilus, NetworkManager.... Overall, 12 new packages were added, 89 updated." Read the rest of the release announcement for full details and download links.
PUD GNU/Linux 0.4.6.3
An updated version of PUD GNU/Linux, an Ubuntu-based Linux mini distribution with support for both traditional and simplified Chinese, is out: "PUD v0.4.6.3 has been released. It comes with a new plugin system 'opt-get', Gmail-based file backup and restore tool 'gmail-save', an installer to embed PUD into hard drive, and both simplified and traditional Chinese are fully supported in this version." More details about the new features can be found in the release announcement.
The IPCop firewall distribution has been updated to version 1.4.11: "IPCop v1.4.11 has been released with small changes in ids.cgi and vpnmain.cgi from 1.4.11rc1. As usual, this version can be installed as an update from previous v1.4.10 versions or with a ready-to-go ISO for a fresh install. What is newer is that it can now be installed from USB key or from a PXE package. To install the update, it is necessary that kernel 2.4.31 is running. Kernel 2.4.29 is suppressed during the update to let free space for a new kernel on next release." Read the complete release announcement for full details.
Aldas Nabazas has announced the release of T2 6.0.0, a system development environment for building a custom distribution directly from source code: "After a lot of testing, security updates and work on details, we are proud to announce the immediate availability of 6.0.0 final. The release features udev, early user-space, fully modular kernel, X11R7, C++ cross compilation, PowerPC64 and MIPS64 support, as well as a whole lot of updates and re-factoring under the hood. The x86 flavour already includes support for latest Apple Macintosh Intel hardware." Find more details in the release announcement.
Johnny Hughes has announced the release of the 8th update to the legacy CentOS 3 series, available for both i386 and x86_64 architectures: "The CentOS development team is please to announce the release of CentOS 3.8 for i386 and x86_64. CentOS 3.8 is available on all mirrors and via BitTorrent. This release corresponds to the upstream vendor U8 release together with updates through August 11th (depending on architecture). The serverCD edition (1 CD) is available for i386 and x86_64. The work for the other architectures is still in progress." Here is the complete release announcement.
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Development and unannounced releases
- NetBSD 3.1-rc1, the release announcement
- SLAX 5.1.8-rc, the changelog
- Underground Desktop 023-alpha, the release announcement
- Sabayon Linux 3.0-rc2 "miniEdition", the release announcement
- Damn Small Linux 3.1-rc1, the release announcement
- DSL-N 0.1-rc4, the release announcement
- Slackware Linux 11.0-rc3, the changelog
- Tilix Linux 2.0-test3, the release announcement (in Bulgarian)
- Puppy Linux 2.10-alpha, the release announcement
- 64Studio 0.9.3, 0.9.4
- Kurumin Linux 6.1-beta3
|Upcoming Releases and Announcements
Summary of expected upcoming releases
LinuxCD.org, an online store selling low-cost Linux and BSD CDs and one of the main sponsors of DistroWatch, has announced two important improvements on its web site: "We are proud to announce two great changes on our web site. Firstly, our customers can now choose from several currencies: in addition to US dollars, Canadian dollars, Great Britain pounds, Australian dollars and euros are now also available. Secondly, LinuxCD.org has been completely translated into French. A simple click on the flag button will switch between English and French interfaces, hoping that the new features will promote Linux in French-speaking countries around the world!" For more information and to order your favourite Linux/BSD CD or DVD, please visit LinuxCD.org.
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New distributions added to waiting list
- gNewSense. gNewSense is an Ubuntu-based distribution with binary and restricted modules removed from the kernel, and with Emacs, build-essential and other software included as part of the default install.
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DistroWatch database summary
And that concludes our latest issue of DistroWatch Weekly. The next issue will be published on Monday, 4 September 2006. Until then,
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A shipment of thousands of day-old parent stock layers from Hungary has arrived in Ghana and is reportedly the largest transaction between the 2 nations since the existence of the Hungarian embassy in Ghana.
This shipment of 22,000 day-old parent stock to be delivered to local poultry farmers is reported by Africa Business to form part of an anticipated long-term partnership that has begun between the 2 countries. The ambassador of Hungary to Ghana highlighted that about 6 million chicken layers are supplied from Hungarian agricultural companies each year and noted this shipment as one that will open new doors for greater partnerships and support for agricultural developments in the African nation.
This progress between the 2 nations also signals a good relationship between private and public sector, reports Africa Business, as the move targets collaborations with the Hungarian National Agriculture Research and Innovation Centre, Hungarian Bobolna Tetra Limited, and local entities including the Ghanaian Poultry Association and Akate Farms. The embassy has also exhibited a strong desire in sharing knowledge and aiding in providing solutions for local agricultural challenges in Ghana.
Earlier this year, the Ghana Chicken Festival was held in Accra to provide a platform for poultry players to interact and advocate for more consumption of locally-produced chicken. According to the festival’s coordinator, Asiwome Biekro, about 95% of chicken consumed in Ghana is imported, adding that the chicken sector was one of the key industries that could spur Ghana’s economic development, noting that many jobs would be created if the local sector took a 25% market share.
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BTN LiveBIG: Merritt leading from hoops to fashion
David Merritt knows a little bit about hard work paying off.
In 2006, he tried out for Michigan’s basketball team and was awarded a walk-on spot. Two years later, he earned a scholarship, was named a co-captain and Academic All-Big Ten while helping Michigan to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 11 years.
Upon earning his bachelor’s degree in 2008, Merritt decided to dedicate his career to working hard for underserved youth through his company, Merit.
Merit is a cause design company that sells fashionable and quality clothing and donates 20 percent of all sales to underprivileged youth.
“We’re a true fashion brand,” Merritt said. “We’ve spent years developing a product as it relates to our fabrics, and the comfortability is really big to us, so we’re really focused on the product.”
While clothing line is the foundation, the cause is much more important.
“The overarching goal here is to bring more awareness and impact to youth and education,” Merritt said. “We have two prongs of how we go about that. One is to really increase funding for that, so we have our for-profit fashion brand, Merit, from which 20 percent of every single purchase goes to fund college scholarships for underserved yhttps://bigtennetworks.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.phpouth in Detroit. We also have a non-profit arm to increase actual access to college.”
That non-profit arm is a program called FATE, which was launched last year. Merit went to the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy and presented the program to the entire ninth-grade class.
Meritt invited the ninth graders to identify what they want to do when they grow up, how they plan to get there, and submit an application for the program. Twenty-two students applied and all were accepted, plus a later addition which brought the total to 23.
They travel from Detroit to Ann Arbor one Saturday a month to participate in workshops with companies that have come on board such as Zingerman’s, Google, and Fathead.
“On a monthly basis we are putting on interactive engaging workshops for our students and have partnered with a big group of companies and organizations to help us do that,” Merritt said. “So by the time our kids graduate high school they will have done about 40 workshops through their high school career, preparing them to embrace their education and becoming what we call world class citizens.”
Merritt credits his upbringing in a two-parent household with a minister father and his Michigan basketball experience for inspiring his career path.
“Coming in and doing whatever was needed for the team, you just really see the importance of laying down personal goals for the goal of the team, laying down personal ambitions for the betterment of a group of guys that are all striving towards one goal,” Merritt said. “I don’t think I would be the leader that I am now and it’s something I still harp back on when I’m talking to youth or people on our team when it relates to what’s needed to reach a goal.”
Merritt invites others to get involved by spreading the word about Merit, coming into the store on South University Ave. in Ann Arbor, or visiting the website to purchase products and become a Merit ambassador.
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Life on the Upper Thames. Text and formatting by George P. Landow, [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the University of Toronto and the Internet Archive and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite it in a print one.]by H. R. Robertson. Source:
" . . . . twigges sallow, red
And green eke, and some were white
Such as men to the cages twight." — Chaucer's House of Fame.
THOSE rods that are intended for making white baskets require to have the bark taken off in the following manner. After being sorted, they are placed upright in wide and shallow trenches, called pits, with their butt-ends in water, which should be at least six inches deep. In some parts of the country a rivulet with a gravelly bottom is frequently chosen for the purpose. In this position they are made secure by posts and rails, so as not to be disturbed by the wind. In the spring, when the sap rises, they begin to bud and blossom as if they had been planted in the ground. By the end of April or beginning of May they will be found throwing out leaves and starting fresh roots. The sap is then sufficiently raised to admit of the removal of the bark from the rod, by drawing it through an instrument called a breaks which, by pressure, causes the bark to burst and to separate from the rod. On the banks of the Thames the break is now always made of wrought iron, and is used by the person standing in the manner shown in our drawing. In Mr. Miller's account of the process he describes the breaker as seated with a wooden break between his knees, a method still occasionally employed on the Trent and other rivers. Mr. Scaling has informed me that he has his iron breaks faced with india-rubber, and that they are thus rendered much more effectual, the tenderest willows being secured from injury.
In cold, unseasonable weather there is some difficulty in performing this operation properly, for the cold checks the flow of sap, so that by no effort can the bark be separated entirely. A thin under-layer remains attached to the rod, and this causes a brown, discoloured appearance, which very much reduces it in value. In order to avoid this, the process of couching is sometimes resorted to: the rods are laid down in a sheltered spot, well watered, and a large quantity of straw or farmyard refuse is laid over them, so as to exclude the external air. In about a fortnight they will "spire" all over, somewhat like barley in malting, and then the bark will separate freely. They must, after this, be placed against rails erected for the purpose, and carefully dried, and then stacked away under cover of some building impervious to wet. If damp when stored, or if any water reach them afterwards, they will become damaged in the same way as those not barked.
The first thing that strikes a visitor, on approaching the scene of the rodstripping, is a hum of merry voices mingled with the ever-recurring musical "ping" of the break: the shape of the instrument is not unlike that of a very narrow jews'-harp, and folly accounts for its resonance. The strong aromatic smell of the fresh peelings is probably what will be next noticed, as the air is quite laden with what is an agreeable, if slightly pungent, odour. The recently peeled rods, thousands of which stand everywhere about, look very attractive in their pure whiteness, fit, indeed, for a child's cradle — the actual destiny that awaits not a few of them.
The peelings from the rods make a valuable manure, especially for potatoe grounds; they supply also an excellent thatch, used in constructing sheds for cows or horses, which being generally too bitter for their taste is seldom touched by them.
It may be as well to explain what is meant by the expression "peeling buff," that we used towards the end of the last chapter. It is a process of removing the bark by means of boiling water or steam, instead of peeling by the ordinary method, and a stain of a buff colour is thus imparted to the rods. The colouring-matter producing this result is contained in the bark. It is said that baskets made of the boiled willow are firmer and wear longer than those of white rods, and that white baskets will be superseded when the superior merits of the others are understood. However, in a matter of this kind the goddess Fashion is arbitrary, and we think this change is no more likely to happen than that brown bread should take the place of white in the household because the former is proved to be the more nutritious. The system by which an account is kept of the number of bolts peeled by each woman is the ancient one of the tally. The word has survived in several cases: as a milk tally or score, a tally-shop or imlicensed pawnbroker's. We have never heard of the thing itself being still employed in any other business than the rod-stripping. It consists of a stick split as shown in the diagram — the larger part being kept by the foreman, and the smaller by the person working. When a bolt (that is, a bundle measuring forty inches round) is finished, the two pieces are laid together in their original position and a notch cut by the foreman simultaneously in both. The name of the individual to whom the account refers is written on the opposite side of the tally to that which we have represented, a slice being taken off the stick, as boys mark the ownership of their lead pencils. It is obviously of no use for any one to add a notch to her part of the stick, as of course it would not afterwards "tally" with the foreman's. [23-25]
[American Technology will destroy this occupation]
That the whole operation of osier-peeling, as we have described and illustrated it, may speedily be abolished, seems more than likely. A letter that we received from Mr. Scaling last year gives us news of an American invention which apparently will bring about the change we speak of. The machine is that of a Mr. Witte; it can be worked by horse or steam power, and is capable, at a very slight expense, of peeling a ton of rods per day. The cheapness of this method, and the ever-increasing difficulty of getting hands at any agricultural work, will, we fear, cause these anticipations to be realised.
Robertson, H. R. Life on the Upper Thames. London: Virtue, Spalding, & Co., 1875.Internet Archive digitized from a copy in the University of Toronto Library.
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Connectives - first-order logic:
We can string predicates all together in a sentence by using connectives into the same way to conduct that we did for propositional logic. We require a set of predicates strung together in the truthful way a sentence. Simplify that a single predicate can be thought of as a sentence.
Now we seen there are five connectives in first-order logic. First of all, we have "and", that can we write ^, and "or", that can we write ? . These connect predicates together in the apparent ways. So, if we just wanted to notify that the "Simon lectures ‘AI" and Simon lectures bioinformatics", we could write:
now there simplify also, that now we are talking about different lectures, so that it might be a ever best idea to change our choice of predicates, and make "ai" and bioinformatics constants:
lectures(simon, ai) lectures(simon, bioinformatics)
The other connectives accessible to us in first-order logic are (a) "not", written ¬ , that negates the truth of a predicate (b) "implies", is written as → , that be used to satisfied to say that one sentence being true follows from another sentence being true, and (c) "if and only if" (also calling as "equivalence"), such can written ↔, which can be need to state that as the truth of another sentence as the truth of one sentence is always the same. | <urn:uuid:8ecddfab-f2df-4d2a-9635-de102f19bc3c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.expertsmind.com/questions/connectives-first-order-logic-30126925.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00496-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943066 | 323 | 4.625 | 5 |
Bifid sentence example
The setae are either entirely capillary or there are in addition some sigmoid setae even with bifid free extremities.
Shell thin; operculum absent; tentacles bifid; foot secretes a float; pelagic. Janthina.
The intestinal sac has become bifid and is usually devoid of branches.
They may be characterized as very elongated reptiles without limbs (unless with tiny vestiges of posterior limbs), without eyelids and external ear openings, with the teeth anchylosed to the supporting bones, a bifid slender tongue which is telescoped into its basal half, and with a transverse vent.
Always bifid and re tractile into itself.Advertisement
The tongue is villose, smooth, bifid anteriorly.
Tongue long and bifid, with papillae or folds, with osteoderms on the head but not on the body.
The tongue is bifid at the tip in a few genera; usually it is pointed and varies greatly in length, being comparatively short in Andrena, long in the humble-bees(Bombus), and longest in Euglossa, a tropical American genus of solitary bees.
To the right, strobila condition of the scyphistoma, consisting of thirteen metameric segments; the uppermost still possesses the sixteen tentacles of the scyphistoma; the remainder have no tentacles, but are ephyrae, each with eight bifid arms (processes of the disc).
It is of thin membranous consistence, usually obtuse, often bifid, and possesses no central rib or nerve, but has two lateral ones, one on either side; the margins are frequently folded in at the ribs, which thus become placed at the sharp angles.Advertisement
A characteristic, comparable in value to that presented by the pygidial shield of Arachnida, is the frequent development of a pair of long appendages by the penultimate somite, which with the telson form a trifid, or, when that is small, a bifid termination to the body.
An elongated uvula or a bifid (split) uvula can partially block the windpipe and cause snoring.
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Pirates might have a romantic image, but modern piracy is a criminal menace that is a threat to the lives and livelihoods of many seafarers.
In recent years, thousands of seafarers have been killed, injured, assaulted, taken hostage or threatened as piracy and armed robbery have increased dramatically.
What can be done to combat piracy?
The ITF believes that a range of measures are needed to prevent piracy and the dangers it poses to seafarers. These include:
- International assistance for those States willing to combat piracy but who lack the means.
- International pressure to address the problem of states not willing to take remedial action when piracy takes place in their jurisdiction, on their flagged vessels or affects their nationals.
- Action by coastal States when requested, including criminal proceedings, with no undue delay of vessel and/or crew
- Flag States to assist vessels flying their flag who are victims of piracy
- States to assist their seafarer nationals who are victims of piracy
- Close cooperation between all partners in the shipping industry to fight these crimes
- Greater awareness and vigilance by seafarers about the dangers of piracy and armed robbery
- Immediate reporting of all incidents, including the nationality of seafarer victims
- Greater use of equipment such as CCTV to detect and deter attack
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Administrative Law, Administrative Structures, and Administrative Decisionmaking
Weaver, Russell; Fairgrieve, Duncan; Friedland, Stephen (2019), Administrative Law, Administrative Structures, and Administrative Decisionmaking, p. 150
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Abstract (EN)Administrative structures and administrative processes vary considerably from nation to nation. In some instances, these differences are attributable to history (e.g., in France, all roads lead to the French Revolution). In other instances, they can be traced to differences in governmental structure (e.g., the U.S. governmental structure which is based on Montesquiean notions of separation of powers). The articles in this book reflect on the administrative structures, primarily the executive and judicial structures, in various countries. The papers include discussions of several European countries (including Italy, Sweden, and Denmark) as well as the United States and Australia. The papers printed here are discussion papers that were presented during discussions at the Université Paris Dauphine PSL Research University in June of 2017. At the forum, there were three primary discussion topics: “Forms of Administrative Justice,” “Executive Administrative Authority and Decisionmaking,” and “Administrative Issues Arising in Your Nation That Others Should Know About.”
Subjects / KeywordsDroit administratif; Structures administratives; Décisions administratives
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Analysis of a gun battle between the Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney and the disguised German auxiliary raider HSK Kormoran in 1941, which resulted in the sinking of both ships. Discusses recent developments in archival research and scientific analysis, and addresses questions such as why the Australian cruiser and her entire crew were lost without trace, and the reason for the lack of communication following the battle. Includes references, a bibliography and an index. The author is a former naval lieutenant, and research officer to the Chief of Naval Staff. His other publications include the bestselling ‘Where Fate Calls: The HMAS Voyager tragedy’, and ‘The Garden Island’. pp. 300 illusts #0618R
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We saw conflict this weekend in Charlottesville. We saw a group of American citizens, people living in 2017, marching for white pride, under a Nazi flag, espousing repugnant and wicked world views. Views totally incompatible with mainstream American values. Views inconsistent with the views held during the founding of this nation.
We’ve rejected this side of ourselves since we were we.
Nazis, neo-Nazis, white nationalists and white supremacists are among the worst examples of us.
We, I, despise the departure of Individual Liberty these people preach.
No one I know agrees with the motives of those hate groups.
Consider the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns.
Say the Browns announced that they were gonna assemble on Saturday and have a Brown’s parade. And then the Steelers decided that they were gonna show up, and then engage those Browns fans.
Who is to blame?
3. Free Speech
We have a rich history of protected speech in America. We rightly should rejoice in this. However, not all speech is protected. Some speech incites violence and should be denied.
We need to admit that.
If the Nazi’s request to assemble is inciting violence, deny it and arrest them if they gather. Or
Or have the balls to admit that they DO have the right to assemble and protect their rights to do so.
One. Or. The other.
4. Right to Assemble
Motives aside, if one group has been given the right to assemble, and another group, motives aside, seeks to deny or infringe on that right, the moral argument is mute.
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"The Conqueror" might be the only movie on this list that was truly, genuinely cursed -- by atomic bombs. Its plot centered on Genghis Khan and a woman named Bortai, whom he kidnaps and forces to marry him. The movie came with an astonishingly terrible script and starred John Wayne, who played Khan and isn't remotely Mongolian.
But none of that is really why "The Conqueror" was cursed. Filmed in Utah, the location was less than 150 miles (241 kilometers) from the Nevada Test Site, where the U.S. government had set off 11 above-ground nuclear bombs the year before. Fallout from those blasts could have lingered, and the canyons where they filmed would have funneled wind-driven fallout, trapping much of it in the heavy dust and dirt. During shooting, actors and crew were constantly caked in dust blown by the wind. Later on, producer Howard Hughes shipped 60 tons (54 metric tons) of the radioactive dirt back to RKO studios for reshoots [source: Jackovich and Sennet].
In the years after the film's release, at least 91 members of the cast and crew (out of 220 total) were diagnosed with cancer. Pedro Armendariz beat kidney cancer and then killed himself when a new form of cancer was found. Wayne died after battling a variety of cancers (lung and stomach, primarily). Agnes Moorehead died of uterine cancer. Jeanne Gerson had skin cancer, then breast cancer. Susan Hayward died of brain cancer. Director Dick Powell died of lung cancer. Even some actors' children who visited the set dealt with cancer later in life.
Statistically, it seems that the film's crew suffered above average cancer rates. People magazine reported on "The Conqueror" cancer connection in 1980, when they quoted Dr. Robert C. Pendleton, director of radiological health at the University of Utah: "With these numbers, this case could qualify as an epidemic ... in a group this size you'd expect only 30-some cancers to develop. With 91, I think the tie-in to their exposure on the set of "The Conqueror" would hold up even in a court of law."
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What is Leukocytosis?
This is a medical condition in which there is an overproduction of leukocytes. Leukocytes are referred to as white blood cells (WBC) and are one part of the immune system. The immune system is what helps your body fight diseases and infections. White blood cells are made in the bone marrow where some are released into your blood and the rest are kept inside your bone marrow. The marrow is a spongy, soft tissue that is inside the bones. Leukocytosis can be classified into five subcategories which depend on the type of the white blood cells have increased in number.
The five subcategories of white blood cells include:
Leukocytosis can affect any age, gender, or sex.
Many times when you have Leukocytosis you may or may not have any symptoms. If you do have any symptoms they are usually caused by the disease that is causing the increase in your white blood cell production. Some of the common symptoms you could have include:
- Having a high fever
- Bruising or bleeding
- Feeling tired, sick, or weak.
- Feeling faint, sweaty, or dizzy.
- Having tingling or pain in your legs, abdomen, or arms.
- Having trouble breathing
- Having trouble seeing or thinking.
- Loss of appetite
- Losing weight when you are not trying to.
Generally when a person has an elevated white blood cell count it means that their body is fighting some type of infection. This infection could be caused by bacteria, fungal, a parasite, or a virus. It could also be caused by chicken pox or pneumonia. Some other causes may include:
This is when you see redness, swelling, or feel pain in some part of your body. It could also be caused by rheumatoid or regular arthritis, an inflammation in your joints.
Damage to your tissues
You could have an elevated white blood count if you have damage to your tissues due to burns, heart disease, and cancer.
This is when the immune system reacts very strong such as when you have an allergy or asthma attack.
Problems with your bone marrow
This is when your bone marrow makes an overproduction of white blood cells such as when you have leukemia, thrombocytopenia, myelofibrosis, etc.
Some of the medicines that can cause an increase in your white blood cells include ones that are used in treating mental health conditions, breathing problems, inflammation, and cancer. Some of these medications may include corticosteroids, aspirin, anti-seizure, lithium, chloroform, etc.
This includes both physical and emotional stress.
Some of these various medical conditions can include tuberculosis, pneumonia, whooping cough, and measles.
This is a very common cause of elevated white blood cells in your blood.
If there is an elevated white blood cell count in your urine it can be caused by a bacterial infection of they urinary tract such as a bladder or kidney infection or the formation of kidney stones or other bladder obstruction.
Before any treatment can be started your physician will have to find out what is causing the increase production in your white blood cells causing you to have leukocytosis. There is a possibility that they will return to the normal range without doing any type of treatment. If the elevation is due to a medication then the physician will discontinue the medication and put you on another one.
Some treatments that your physician may use include:
Intravenous fluids – you will have a tube inserted into your veins in order to be given these extra fluids.
Antibiotics – if the cause is an infection an antibiotic will help to prevent or treat the infection. Antibiotics could help prevent you from developing sepsis. This is a very serious blood infection.
Steroids – this medication will help to reduce the inflammation in your body and may help lower your white blood cell cont.
Antacids – these are used to lower the acid in the urine while you are being treated for leukocytosis.
Anti-uric acid medications – this medication will help to lower how much uric acid that is in your body and may help prevent cell damage.
Leukocytoreduction – this is a procedure that is used to lower the white blood cells count in the blood. This may be used to slow down leukostasis. This is the disease when your white blood cells in your blood clump together.
Chemotherapy – this is the medicine that is used to treat cancer and works by killing the tumor cells.
Blood transfusions – you may get parts of or whole blood through an IV when you have a transfusion
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I am greatly encouraged by this initiative of actually bringing into public awareness just what matters about the symphony and what its place in modern cities should be, what its place in the surrounding way of life and the culture generally should be, and how we can support and give meaning to it. What I shall talk about today are some philosophical ideas about music itself, in particular about classical music, and why we think it is such an important thing. And it is a difficult area for many reasons.
People who love music often find it extremely difficult to talk about it, to say what it is that they love in it; and people who dislike it nevertheless think that they have very good reasons to do so. And there seems to be no forum of debate in which people can try to come to some agreement as to why music has the importance that it has in our society. I am going to say a few things about that and also about the theme that I have put in the title.
I think we have to begin from this idea that we have inherited a listening culture. Listening is not an easy thing itself to define. There is such a thing as hearing. We hear music all the time around us, but most of us do not pay attention to it—partly because most of it is not worth paying attention to. But there is also overhearing and that is a very common experience. Wherever we are—in restaurants or in the Metro or wherever—we are overhearing music coming at us from all angles, and we are learning how to ignore it. Music was not originally designed to be ignored. But we live in a society where, if we do not learn to ignore it, we cannot also learn to listen to it. This puts an enormous strain on us and it is one reason, of course, for the existence of these special places like symphony halls where one can insulate oneself from the surrounding world.
I totally endorse everything that Léon Krier said to us about modern architecture and the way in which it has created alienating spaces where it should create spaces where we are at home. And I think of all spaces where we should be at home, the symphony hall is the most important. Many of us have this sense that musical experience is of supreme value and that musical experience of the kind I am going to be talking about—the kind that involves listening—has been extremely important in our civilization.
Western civilization is in many ways a musical civilization. Music has had a place in our civilization which it has never achieved elsewhere. Of course, all people everywhere sing and dance. Dance in particular has a profound social meaning, and without it most societies in the past could not have really held together. But dancing is a very different thing from just sitting and listening, and we have this long—perhaps a thousand-year-long—experience of just sitting and listening for long moments, and doing so in company. We detach music from collective singing and dancing and make of it what you might call a spectacle or auricle, an occasion for simply sitting together and listening. Though detached from those natural social forms of musical order like singing and dancing, it is still a social experience. It is something shared. Even when you are listening on your own, there is an implicit sharing going on. You do not think of yourself as “me, alone, listening to that.” You are, as it were, representing your ideal group of fellow listeners for whom this is a communal experience. You are being returned in some way to a deep social experience within you.
There are many threats, however, to this listening culture. In particular, there is growing around us a habit of merely hearing music, or merely overhearing music, and of having to fight music off so that you can listen. The music that you hear in most restaurants today is not music that you could listen to without going mad. Or if you if you did start listening to it then of course the whole purpose of the restaurant would be defeated, too. It is there simply to fill in the silence that would otherwise, people fear, be engendered between the people sitting at the tables by the fact that they have forgotten how to speak. That is only one place in which music intrudes, but it intrudes in so many other ways and so many other places that we do have to learn the habit of ignoring it. And that gives us a real sense that learning to listen is not something that can be achieved simply by doing it. We need to rehabilitate ourselves to a particular culture….
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Yoga is one of the best stress relievers on the market. This practice combines the stretching your body needs to relieve tight muscles with deep breathing that can calm the mind. Try these poses to get some much needed relief! If you don't have the time or space to sprawl out, the positions that require sitting on the floor can be easily modified so you can do them seated at a desk.
To perform this position, sit on the floor crosslegged and comfortably. Some people may need a pillow if sitting directly on the floor is uncomfortable, but be sure to leave your ankles and legs free from the pillow. Keeping your chin level, exhale and look to your left as far as you can comfortably turn your head. Hold this position for four breaths, letting your neck and shoulders relax. Inhale as you face forward again, then exhale and turn your face to the right, again holding for four breaths.
From the same seated position as gazing rotation, drop your shoulders back and lift the top of your head toward the ceiling, letting your chin lower to your chest. As you exhale, slowly let your left ear fall to your left shoulder. Stay in that position for four breaths, allowing your ear get closer and closer to your shoulder. As you inhale, bring your head back to the center and repeat on the right side.
Seated Crescent Moon
If your upper body needs some release, try seated crescent moon. Sit in a chair in such a way that you can put your left hand on the left side of the chair, then lift your right arm straight up. Gently press your hips into the chair to provide stability and grounding. As you inhale, stretch through your right arm, leaning to the left, so that your body creates a slight arch. Turn your face to look at your hand and lift your chest toward the ceiling so you don’t lean too far forward. Hold this position for about five breaths. Inhale as you straighten back up, then repeat on the other side.
If you find yourself carrying stress in your upper back, check out folding leaf. Sitting in a chair, lean forward with your arms outstretched a shoulder width apart, until your fingers are resting on a table or desk. Then, slide the chair backward, letting your arms and hands fall slowly to the floor. Allow your chest to rest on the tops of your thighs while your arms dangle beside you, holding your hands together between your feet. Hang out as long as you want (at least a minute to be effective), then bring your hands back to chair level and sit up.
Standing Forward Bend
Standing forward bend is great for tension in the lower back or for after long periods of being seated. Stand up with your feet together and your palms touching in front of your chest. As you inhale, reach your arms out, palms down, keeping them shoulder width apart and parallel to the floor. Then raise them straight up over your head, so that your inner, upper arms almost touch your ears. As you exhale, bend at the hips, letting your head and arms hang down in front of you. Rest your hands on the floor if you can. If this is too extreme, you can bend your knees a little bit to ease tightened muscles. If it’s not enough, you can reach your hands behind you and hold onto your legs, gently pulling your head toward the front of your calves. Stay there for about a minute, and then roll your body back up to standing as you inhale. | <urn:uuid:219a9cca-7bac-4f4c-b37f-37bd5eecb2cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://health.alot.com/wellness/5-stress-relieving-yoga-poses---6445?ref=related&src=related_rr | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.937077 | 736 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Empiribox aims to provide Primary Schools with a means to teach science effectively, which is a statutory obligation under the National Curriculum.
This means not just scientific facts, but more importantly, equipping 7-11 year olds, particularly girls, with an understanding of the scientific method, coupled with excitement about science and enthusiasm to continue studying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects throughout their academic career.
Not only do the children themselves deserve a proper science education, but the economy is dependent on significantly increasing the number of STEM graduates each year (“The State of Engineering” Report 2015 by Engineering UK), and many studies considering this problem recognise this can best be achieved by enthusing and enthralling children at an early age.
Empiribox is now in its second year of trading and to date has achieved the following:
- 80%+ renewal rate of schools entering the second year with Empiribox
- Over 75 schools are now using our service
- Annual subscriptions of £450,000 have been sold from the commencement of trading until late July 2015
- Buy-in from major academy chains (ARK, Elliot, AET) and individual schools
- Subscribers in both the state and independent sectors
- Smooth running of the operations of the business
- In addition, we have been overwhelmed by the feedback from teachers, schools and pupils
Every primary school child in the country deserves fantastic, exciting, practical science lessons every week of their academic year. Our vision is to facilitate this, thereby significantly increasing the number of students inspired to choose to study science at A Level and beyond.
- Between 2010 and 2015, several major institutions, including the Royal Society, OFSTED and the CBI, all concluded that the UK’s science education system was not fit for purpose. Indeed, in her foreword to the CBI report entitled “Tomorrow’s World” (March 2015) on primary school science education, the Vice Chancellor of Brunel University stated that “far too few of our young people are studying STEM subjects at school and beyond. Our pipeline of scientists, engineers and technologists is simply insufficient to meet the needs of employers and is limiting our capacity to compete effectively in an increasingly competitive global market. We need an education system that inspires interest and enthusiasm for the sciences”.
- These studies clearly identify the problem (the lack of proper science teaching from the earliest age) – and lay out the elements of a solution: better and consistent teacher training, practical science lessons and access to extensive sets of equipment.
- In 2012, Engineering UK concluded that the UK will need 2 million engineering and science graduates to fill job vacancies by 2022.
- There are tens of thousands of unfilled jobs each year due to the lack of candidates with the appropriate science and STEM qualifications.
- Science is one of the most difficult subjects to teach. Only 3% of primary school teachers are science graduates, and we know that teachers have minimal science equipment for teaching, with little time to review and use complicated lesson plans.
- Schools face considerable budget pressures and therefore have very low budgets for science equipment and resources.
- We know that teachers therefore face significant challenges in delivering consistently inspiring and well-resourced science lessons that genuinely develop true scientific skills and literacy.
Our research suggests that UK economic performance will suffer if we continue with the current level and nature of science and STEM education, with a massive loss of potential science knowledge and future innovation that the country so desperately needs.
Empiribox is designed to be a complete solution that directly addresses the key needs of generalist teachers at primary schools (who are required to teach up to 10 subjects every week) with a limited science background. We seek to equip them to become far more confident teaching investigative science = highly engaged pupils who love their science lessons and who all continually improve their science, maths and literacy skills sets and knowledge over the course of each academic year.
Empiribox is designed to offer extraordinary value for money, currently under £50 per pupil per year.
Our objectives are to:
- Provide an affordable system for schools that up-skills teachers and substantially reduces their capital expenditure and resource/storage requirements for equipment by sharing it between several schools over a 4 year cycle
- Reduce the stress, time and anxiety out of planning the annual science curriculum and lessons
- Engage students in practical science experiments every week that meets and far exceeds the new National Curriculum
- Make teaching science by non-specialists easy and ‘fun’!
- Improve the confidence of non-specialists in delivering effective lessons
- Boost schools’ results in the core science skills they need, leading to improved league table results and greater popularity and funding for participating schools.
View an introduction to Empiribox and see teachers’ comments on www.empiribox.org
“I was observed in a science lesson when OFSTED came in, and they were really excited about it – they hadn’t seen a primary lesson before where the kids had so much science knowledge. Not only was it clear that they had knowledge, but they were also able to explain what they were doing to the OFSTED inspectors, who were amazed by the experimental and investigative skills that the children had.” Jennifer Iwantschak, Science Lead, ARK Globe Primary, London
Since its launch in April 2014, participating schools have reported an extraordinary level of impact in their classrooms. Teachers regularly enthuse about our training sessions, and in particular, girls are being enthralled by science, which is vitally important.
“We used all kinds of equipment I’d never seen before and did lots of different stuff with it. I had such a good time. This is what I want to do when I grow up. Girls can be scientists too, I didn’t know that before!” Lucy (aged 9)
14 months after launch in April 2014, approaching 70 schools have subscribed to our system, and most of those that have been teaching the system for more than a term have reported significant impact on their science lessons. One school, Freethorpe Primary in Norfolk, that has been using the system since launch in April 14, generated a 35% improvement in science knowledge and skills, starting from a base where they had already had significant impact from teaching our system over the previous two terms. This is indicative of the level of impact that can be achieved in a relatively short time, and validates the social impact that can be achieved through using Empiribox.
The most important validation of the system has come from the ARK Academy group of schools, who chose to subscribe to Empiribox only 6 weeks after launch, after assessing alternative science provision provided by companies including Pearson, Collins and Longman. Their decision was based on the fact we we were the only company they found that supplied comprehensive teacher training, together with all the equipment needed to deliver practical lessons.
One year later, their schools have just renewed their subscriptions, and 8 of them have chosen to commit to a 3 year renewal, so confident are they that Empiribox is helping them achieve their objectives for progression in science, maths and literacy skills and knowledge.
The company raised £371,000 of early stage capital (under SEIS and EIS tax relief regulations), in the period to January 2015, which was used for the initial investments in marketing collateral and funding the assets required for the initial sales.
Next Steps – Securing Growth:
During the period from launch to end May 2015, the company has invested time and resources to demonstrate that its business model works effectively. In particular, the early stage period has proven that
- our system meets the needs of subscribing schools, and is achieving substantially improved results and very positive user feedback
- the sales pipeline for potential subscribers is growing rapidly as the business generates more marketing collateral highlighting subscribing schools’ progression in pupil learning and results
- it has worked through a number of operational and technical issues and established a process to ensure that equipment can be delivered to schools, collected and refurbished for rotation to the next series of schools.
The company is now seeking a further £600,000 of investment capital in order to build on our successes to date and accelerate growth. By providing what we believe is a unique solution to an established problem, we expect to achieve a 15% market penetration within 5 years, generating forecast profits of £5 million p.a.
Based on the company’s successes to date, its future prospects and the last angel investment valuation in December 2014, the Board has valued the company for the purposes of this Growth round at £3 million pre-new money, with a forecast ROI of 11x after 5 years (based on 8x FY2020 EBITDA, excluding dividends and EIS tax relief). | <urn:uuid:ca591a56-2bc7-4f42-aa36-facf3970725c> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://icrowdnewswire.com/2015/09/12/empiribox-to-provide-primary-schools-with-a-means-to-teach-science-effectively-which-is-a-statutory-obligation-under-the-national-curriculum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988717954.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183837-00509-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962044 | 1,822 | 2.515625 | 3 |
From Zero To One – This, I hope, should be the last article on multi-touch support for mobile devices. All that was missing in my implementation was support for detecting the control that was touched and getting relative coordinates inside that control along side with screen coordinates that I was already exposing. ...
Behind the connection – Message logging is a common activity used for either keeping track of what happens in an application or for debugging purpose. Recently, I was developing a real time communication system which experimented strange errors. To find out what was happening, I decided to log all kind of informations ... | <urn:uuid:57c64f3d-189b-4035-8836-6559b33bc8e2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.delphifeeds.com/archive/2014-02-16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283301.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00504-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962684 | 118 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Today’s Wonder of the Day was inspired by Andrew. Andrew Wonders, “What was the industrial revolution?” Thanks for WONDERing with us, Andrew!
Picture it: you’re walking home on a fine fall day. The sky is clear, the air is fresh, and the creek near you is full of clear water. You were up before dawn to help on the farm. There’s more work ahead of you this afternoon. You’ll carry water from the well, churn butter, and sew a new shirt before bedtime. Tomorrow, you’ll do it all over again. Have we traveled to another universe? No, we’ve just gone back in time! This is what life was like before the Industrial Revolution.
The Industrial Revolution was a time of change. It started in Great Britain in the late 18th Century. Soon, the Industrial Revolution spread across Europe and the United States. For thousands of years before, most things had been made by hand. During the Industrial Revolution, people started using machines to make goods.
Several inventions made this possible. Technology like the spinning jenny sped up the production of clothing. The steam engine and automobile allowed people and goods to travel faster. The telegraph and radio made it easier for people to communicate. Suddenly, people could make goods at a faster rate than ever before.
This led to the rise of factories. Factory owners wanted to make as many goods as possible as quickly as they could. To do so, they hired workers of all ages. Soon, people moved from farms to cities to work in factories. Cities became crowded. Many people had trouble finding places to live. Still, new people arrived every day looking for jobs.
How would you like to do the same thing over and over for twelve hours? Does that sound boring? That’s what work was like for many during the Industrial Revolution. To make goods faster, factory owners divided up labor. That meant they gave each worker one task to do all day, like on an assembly line. This sped up the production of goods, which made more money for the owners.
However, factory owners did not share the wealth. Instead, they paid their workers very little. The pay was also unequal. Child workers got the worst of it. They were paid less than women, who were paid less than men. How would you like to work hard all day for less money than the person next to you?
Despite this, kids continued working in factories to help their families. The work was often dangerous. Children as young as five were badly hurt after being sent to work in factories. The work was also harmful to the environment. Factories used fossil fuels and caused pollution. Many of today’s environmental issues started during the Industrial Revolution.
In other ways, the Industrial Revolution brought positive change. The prices of many goods went down. Most people could find jobs easily. It was easier to make medical tools in factories than by hand. That helped the growth of medicine. In many ways, the Industrial Revolution improved people’s quality of life.
What would our world be like without the Industrial Revolution? What items might be more expensive or not available at all? Your clothes, your school supplies, and even your food were likely produced using machines. Look around you. Do you see anything that wasn’t made by a machine?
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Now highways are racist – and must be cancelled.
So saith the new Oberbefehlshaber der Transport – Pete Buttigieg. Whose bona fides to hold this office are purely political. Hiring him for this gig is like hiring Fauci to play lead guitar for Van Halen.
At any rate:
“Black and brown neighborhoods have been disproportionately divided by highway projects or left isolated by the lack of adequate transit and transportation resources.”
How does it “isolate” anyone – black or brown or whatever their shade – when it is easy to get anywhere, as the godfather of soul, James Brown, once sang about, back when America was still sane? Just slide behind the wheel, how does it feel?
Pretty damned good.
That’s what living in America is like.
Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, which made Americans individually mobile. That’s what James Brown’s anthem is all about – and it’s what people like Buttigieg want Americans to forget all about.
Prior to its existence, there was Route 66 – which in many places was a meandering two-lane that went directly through downtowns.
It was scenic – a TV show was made about it – but it was far from easy to get anywhere. It wasn’t an arterial system, like the Interstate system. It went from the midwest to LA and if you wanted to get anywhere else, you took side roads and that took a long time.
Families couldn’t just get in the car and drive to Disneyland – or to see their grandparents in an adjacent state.
Not over a long weekend, anyhow.
People outside of cities were, indeed, “isolated” . . . before there were “superhighways, coast to coast.”
Most people stayed close to where they lived, because they had no choice. They could not just slide behind the wheel. Many didn’t even own cars; they walked or took government-controlled – styled “public” – transport to work or the store, if the walk was too far.
They were not individually mobile in the way that Americans have come to take for granted. And that is what Buttigieg wants to take away – just without saying so.
Instead, he says:
“In the Harris-Biden administration, we will make righting these wrongs an imperative.”
But how, precisely? Assuming it is wrong to make it easy to get anywhere by car – and by yourself?
A hyphenated fellow traveller by the name of Janet of Sadik-Khan – who is an “urban planner” and chair of something styled the National Association of City Transportation Officials – is less evasive.
She – presumably – says:
“The administration is laying the transformational groundwork to rebuild the streets that we have to prioritize people, safety and climate—and going all-in on transit as the first mobility option for America’s future.”
What that means is fewer superhighways – and more busses. Fewer cars – that aren’t electric – which by their nature diminish mobility by applying The Wait to any trip which exceeds 50 percent of the already limited EV’s get there and back range.
Vast sums are to be spent on electric vehicle “fast” charging infrastructure, which will do nothing for the lower-income black and brown (and other color) people who cannot afford to spend $40,000 for an electric car – and never mind how far it doesn’t go or how long the Wait to get going again.
It does not occur to people like Sadik-Khan or Buttigieg and his master, Kamela Harris, that low-income people do not earn $40,000 a year. They are low-income people. The electric car push will push these people off the road first – and into the government-controlled wait for the bus or train.
This being the “transit” limned by Sadik-Khan, who was previously an operative for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Which “transit” you’ll be allowed to ride . . . if you obey. Put on that “mask.” Take your shot. Show your passport. You’ll “transit” on the government’s schedule, at its pleasure. No more easy to get anywhere for you. As you wish, when you wish, on no schedule except your own.
How doe that make you feel?
Emphasis (again) not on drivers.
Instead, cyclists and walkers. Roads into and thus out of cities are to be put on a diet – heir wording. Dachau style – in order to get rid of them entirely. Literally. Just called something differently: “vision zero.” Which means zero motor vehicle fatalities, to be achieved by zero motor vehicles.
It’s all part of the Harris-Biden regime’s $2 trillion “plan.” Which will “advance racial equality and environmental justice” – by making everyone as equally immobile as feasible.
“It’s big. It’s Bold. And we can get it done,” says the president selected.
Indeed, it is very big.
A big step backward, toward a time before it was easy to get anywhere in this country, especially for low-income people – who could afford to buy and feed a beat-up old jalopy to take them out of the city and to greener pastures.
“We” can’t have that, anymore.
It’s racist, you see.
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What are the opportunity costs of reducing expenditures (such as on education and social services programs), compared to the option of raising taxes? Why?.
On what basis do you make economic decisions? One potential approach is to employ the cost-benefit principle, which suggests engaging only in those actions that create an economic surplus. Considering other criteria such as opportunity costs helps you to make a rational choice. For example, when budget crises occur, local or national governments may opt to cut back on critical programs, while many others may consider raising taxes.
Post by Day 3 a 250- to 300-word statement that addresses the following:
- What are the opportunity costs of reducing expenditures (such as on education and social services programs), compared to the option of raising taxes? Why?
- Explain what you think are the rational choices in such a situation, and what other options should be considered and why.
Read a selection of your colleagues postings.
Respond by Day 6 to two or more of your colleagues postings in one or more of the following ways:
- Ask a probing question.
- Share an insight from having read your colleagues posting.
- Offer and support an opinion.
- Make a suggestion.
- Expand on your colleagues posting.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you learned and the insights you gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.
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Home-Start helps families with young children cope with whatever life throws at them. Our volunteers support parents as they learn to cope, improve their confidence and build better lives for their children. The benefits of our support include improved health and well being and better family relationships.
Our volunteers visit the family’s home for a couple of hours every week.
Home-start tailor-make their support to the needs of the parents & children.
We provide one-to-one support for parents.
The support is not time limited and usually lasts between 6 and 9 months.
Parents & volunteers often develop a deeply trusting relationship which can lead to powerful change within the family.
A Home-Start volunteer will visit you in your own home, usually once a week, for a couple of hours. You decide what you will do together.
The five years between birth and school are vital for a child’s development. What goes on inside a family during these years strongly determines the opportunities and life chances children have.
Children who are raised in a stable, loving, family environment are more likely to have a positive and healthy future. But being a parent isn’t easy and sometimes life can get in the way. Circum-stances throw you off course and everything else can take a back seat. A young child caught up in this can miss out on the love, routine and stimulation that are so vital for their future.
Home-Start works because our volunteers are parents themselves. They understand how hard it can be. They work alongside parents, in their own homes, to help them cope with the stresses and strains of life and make sure they have the skills, time and strength they need to nurture their children. | <urn:uuid:acd06ee8-4576-4f41-a7f3-e16da0724adc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.home-startsw.org.uk/service/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.970486 | 351 | 2.0625 | 2 |
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Housing a Pet Hedgehog
When housing any pet, it's always good to make sure that
you can meet the proper requirements before you bring home the pet.
It's very important that your are able to provide the ideal enclosure
size, accessories, and substrates so that your potential pet can thrive
to the best of your ability.
When caring for hedgehogs, the housing requirements are not well known to many as hedgehogs are still fairly new to the pet market. It's thought that the following housing instructions, are the best known to housing health hedgehogs.
First remember, that hedgehogs are best kept as solo pets per enclosure. That means you only want ONE hedgehog in each enclosure, and you definitely do not want to house two males in one enclosure.
Enclosure Size- Typically, the larger the
enclosure, the better off you will be. Some people prefer enclosure
sizes that are bare minimum 16"W x 24"L whereas others believe that the
smallest the enclosure should be is 24"W x 30"L.
Just make sure that you do not use a small aquarium. Some people will even claim that a 20 gallon long aquarium is sufficient for one hedgehog, but remember that hedgehogs will roam rather large areas of land in the wild.
Type of Enclosure- It's best that the enclosure does not have ledges, or multiple levels, as hedgehogs are ground dwelling animals that do not have good height perception. They will easily fall off a ledge and can easily become hurt, so if you opt to include ledges in the enclosure make sure they are low to the gound. You also want a solid floor because hedgehogs have very small feet and they can get their feet stuck in the bars, and it's also difficult for them to walk on wire floors, even if the wires are very close together. There are generally, three different types of cages that you can consider; check out the major difference and pros/cons for each before you make your decision as to which one you would prefer for your hedgehog.
Wire Cages- Wire cages are great for ventilation and probably one of my favorite types of encloures, but you just want to make sure that the bottom of the cage has a solid tray; hedgehogs have tiny feet that can easily get caught in the bars. You also want to make sure that the wire bars are closely spaced together so that your new hedgehog can't escape, and that the cage is fully enclose, even though hedgehogs aren't the best climbers, some will be advernterous and try to climb out, which is also why the cage should not be any taller than 14" ito prevent potential climbing injuries.
Plastic Containers- Plastic storage containers by Rubbermaid or Sterlite are easy to clean and easy to find. You would need to drill holes in the container to allow for optimum air ventilation. Some people prefer the darker storage bins, which help keep the cage darker during the day, while the hedgehog sleeps, but in this case, you want a clear lid. You can actually keep the lid off the enclosure as long as you do not have children or other pets who can get into the container. If you opt to leave the lid off, you want to make sure that the walls of the bin are at least 12" tall and that the hedgehog cannot climb on any of the accessories in attempt to escape.
Aquariums- Aquariums are preferred by many because they look nice and allow for easy viewing of the hedgehog, but they can be heavy, hard to clean, break easily, and provide poor ventilation. If you opt for an aquarium, you'll ind that bare minimum is a 20 gallon long, but floor space really is important, and a 20 gallon tank doesn't provide all the necessary space. Also consider that many people who use aquariums will find that hedgehogs will frequently experience cage rubbing where they rub their face on the glass wall and cause bleeding; you can prevent this by covering about 6 inches of the bottom of the glass with something solid, such as cardboard, poster, or thick paper, so that the hedgehog can't see through and think he can keep going.
Enclosure Placement- It's a good idea to place
the enclosure in an area where the hedgehog can get about 12 hours of
sunlight, but you don't want to put the enclosure in direct sunlight,
as this can potentially overheat the hedgehog.
Make sure that the enclosure stays between 72F and 80F, for optimum health of the hedgehog, as they are susceptible to both hot and cold extremes.
You also want to make sure that you can put the enclosure in an area where there is little traffic during the day, since hedgehogs are nocturnal animals and need to sleep during the daytime hours. (This doesn't mean that they can't be handled during the day; it just means that the instinct to sleep during the day is very strong and shouldn't be interrupted throughout the entire day.)
Substrate- It's best that the bedding be at least
2" to 3" deep, so that the hedgehog can practice some of the natural
digging behaviors. You want to use an absorbent substrate, such as a
pelleted substrate or a recycled substrate (such as CareFresh), which
can reduce chances of dermatitis. Some breeders will use pine shavings,
but it's best that you stay away from both pine and cedar, as they can
cause problems with the hedgehog's respiratory tract due to the excess
of oils. If you prefer a cheap substrate, you may want to consider
Accessories- The accessories within the enclosure are just as
important as the enclosure size and type. You want to make sure that
your hedgehog is comfortable while he's in his cage, since that's where
he'll be spending the majority of his time.
And, since hedgehogs are nocturnal, by providing a good hiding place, you will ensure that he is able to sleep during the day without too many interruptions. You want to make sure that the hiding place is just big enough for the hedgehog to enter and turn around easily. You can use large PVC pipe; but it can be hard to get a reluctant hedgehog out of the pipe, and it can be hard to clean if your hedgehog decides to use the pipe as a potty place.
You can purchase a commercial hide, such as the plastic igloos, which are easy to clean and come in large and giant sizes, or you can use cardboard shoe boxes, which need to be replaced every 2-3 weeks.
Generally, most hedgehogs will not sleep where there potty, and in some cases, you can even train a hedgehog to use a litter pan in a designated area in the cage. If you opt to litter train your hedgehog, you'll need to make sure there's enough room for the litter pan, which should be at least 2"D x 6" x 9". You can use clay litter, which is readily accepted by hedgehogs, but can cause dust, or you can consider a pelleted, cat litter to cut down dust, although hedgehogs don't accept it as well.
You may want to include an exercise wheel to the enclosure. Many claim it's one of the best cage accessories that you can include because it will help your hedgehog maintain a healthy weight, while he's having fun. If you opt to include a wheel, you want to make sure that it has a solid bottom, such as the Super Pet Silent Spinner Wheel. You want to make sure that the wheel is at least 12" in diameter because if the wheel is too small, the hedgehog will have to arch his back too much while running. (The wheels should be washed off frequently because hedgehogs do have a tendency to use the bathroom on them while running.)
You may also want to consider providing your hedgehog with toys to play with, which will provide mental stimulation and exercise. You can include horizontal ferret tubes to run through (never vertical), cat toys such as the balls with bells, and human baby toys that can be pushed around. Just make sure that the toys you you leave in the cage do not have slits or holes in them because hedgehogs can easily get their feet stuck in the holes. You do not want to give your hedgehog plush toys or toys that are made for hamsters, rabbits, or gerbils that are meant to be chewed.
Playpen- You may also want to add a play pen to your hedgehog's playtime actvities. You can use plastic tubs, a bathtub, or another large playpen enclosure to allow your hedghog to have more room to run around, push his toys around and play. Just make sure that the hedgehog can't escape.
Exercise Balls- For short periods of time, you can put your hamster in an exercise ball, and let him run around the house. The exercise balls are not substitutes for the wheel, but they are a great way to allow your hedgehog to get some good exercise for an hour or so at a time.
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Marilyn Monroe passed away more than half a century ago, but her legend lives on. Her murky death remains one of Hollywood’s most tantalizing mysteries, but her star power still shines even after her short life.
Eleven years after she died, Elton John sang to her an ode, saying “Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did.” This ring just as true even today. You are most likely aware of it, but the 1950s bombshell has become a 21st century pop culture phenomenon.
Here are some of the ways she impacted the pop culture landscape today:
She represented sensuality in pop culture
Marilyn Monroe represented sexuality in comedy and pop culture, with her films becoming a big part of it. She was a sex goddess, a blonde bombshell – setting the standard for blonde roles in Hollywood. Her voluptuous body, her platinum blonde hair with big curls, her sweet voice, and her ruby red lips has become a thing of legends. She has brought on-screen and real-life innocence and childlike quality since the days of Jean Harlow in the ‘50s, making her sensual image all the more alluring. But more than that, she had a huge impact in the world of entertainment by being an A-list actress in her own right.
Her tragic death made her even more unique. She was more than a movie star or a blonde bombshell, but she became a global sensation in her lifetime. Years after she has passed away, her beauty and image is closely associated to sensuality, which becomes an inspiration to women.
In 1999, she was even named as the sexiest woman of the century by Playboy magazine.
Her iconic look is channeled by many artists after her
Flip through a celebrity magazine, and chances are you’ll find a young starlet or pop singer channeling (or outright appropriating) Marilyn Monroe’s platinum locks, bright and moist carmine lips, and a curvy figure sheathed in something skintight and glamorous.
Madonna has famously appropriated Monroe’s look into her image, as well as big pop stars like Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, and Nicki Minaj. Magazine spreads have featured Lindsay Lohan, Rihanna, Nicole Kidman, Viola Davis, and Michelle Williams having their Monroe moments.
Taylor Swift wore a white halter-style dress like Monroe’s in “The Seven Year Itch” on the red carpet at 2011 Teen Choice Awards. Monroe’s original white dress – which was immortalized by her iconic photo where the skirt was blown up by the gust of the wind – was sold at a 2011 auction for $5.6 million. Scarlett Johansson went with a Monroe-esque look with all-white blonde hair and ruby lips at a Dolce & Gabbana ad.
On the big screen, Michelle Williams garnered an Oscar nomination for her moving portrayal of Monroe in “My Week with Marilyn.” And on the short-lived NBC TV series “Smash,” which follows a Broadway musical based on Monroe’s life, two actresses competed to play her.
Her image became an aesthetic of its own
Monroe was one of the most successful actresses of American cinema history and once of the most photographed stars.
Most people today who have not seen any Monroe film know her because of her face. Her portraits can be seen as a design from anywhere to portraits, to clocks, wall decors, binders, notebooks and more. Her image is beautifully preserved, becoming an aesthetic of its own. Her pop culture presence is seen until today and has been part of our lives and imaginations. All around the world, her style, her face, and her persona are impersonated by actresses, actors, and fans from all around the world.
Monroe has been the subject of numerous paintings and life retrospectives. Her face is featured in Warhol’s famous Marilyn silkscreens to Banksy’s stencils.
She brought body-conscious designs to the forefront of fashion
Younger generation are enamored of Marilyn Monroe for something different – not because of her movies nor acting prowess – but because she’s a style type. And a lot of women can identify with that. She’s a certain kind of feminine ideal who brought body-conscious clothes in everyday life. Her mark in the fashion industry is indelible, and she became a fashion visionary who propelled unknown designers to fame.
Monroe’s greatest contributions to beauty and fashion was probably how she embraced her curvy, seductive figure. One of fashion’s biggest innovations is adding plus sizes to clothing options, and though Monroe isn’t a plus size by any means, she has brought awareness to embracing your natural body shape.
She is the epitome of glamor
Marilyn Monroe became a fashion icon due to her unique and irreplaceable aura. Her looks dictated the fashion of the 1950s, imposing a sort of aesthetic code for the red carpet – the code that remains in force to this day.
She looks glamorous with her platinum blonde hair, red lips, flawless curves, and everything she wears automatically dictates the fashion trend. She epitomized glamor very well in her satin gold dress with a deep V neckline, paired with opera gloves, stole of fur and shining jewelry. That style was classic Hollywood glamor, and stylists and designers mimicked that style to be worn by actresses – but none of them was as iconic as Monroe. Undoubtedly, she was the queen of evening dresses. She was always daring, and it must be said that Monroe largely contributed to forging the image of a Hollywood actress: sexy, nonchalant, and glamorous.
Monroe’s red carpet style became a standard for actresses – dressing close to the body, often without straps, and half smiles. She wasn’t afraid to show a little skin, but she was never vulgar or scandalous-looking. Her aesthetics became a fashion legend of its own.
She was a feminist before there was even a word for that
Marilyn had a dumb blonde image onscreen, but her roles were nothing like her. She was extremely intelligent in real life. Monroe was serious about acting, but it seemed like the industry did not take her the same way. When studios kept on pushing and giving dumb blonde roles to her, frustration certainly grew in her and decided that she had enough. When she was disappointed for being typecast and underpaid by the studio, she refused a film project. But when the studio was still reluctant to change her contract, she moved to New York and started her own production company instead.
Back then, studios used to tell actors what movies they can star in, but Monroe fought for and won the right of script and directional approval. This was unheard of during her time.
To this day, her influence is very strong. Every time a woman can produce or direct a film, they have Monroe to thank. Anytime an actress can reject a script and stand up for herself in the entertainment world, she has Monroe to thank.
She gave Chanel No. 5 an iconic scent status
Monroe famously said in a 1952 interview that she wore five drops of Chanel No. 5 and nothing else in bed. That one tiny endorsement is still boosting the brand and the perfume variety up to this day. Since her glamorous image and superstar status was already cemented, she brought Chanel No. 5 to an iconic status with her. | <urn:uuid:80163aa2-22cd-48b9-87d6-48dbcb1f25ab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mrpopculture.com/marilyn-monroe-a-pop-culture-phenomenon/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.975104 | 1,567 | 1.9375 | 2 |
When you own a home, you’ll likely need a mortgage. Getting a mortgage is not exactly a simple process, but it should not scare you away, either. You need to enter into a home mortgage with a solid understanding of the process and this article can help you understand more about this topic. You’ll be extremely happy you did.
Check your credit report before applying for a mortgage loan. There are stricter credit credentials this year than in previous years, so keep that rating clean as much as you can so you can qualify for the ideal mortgage terms.
Always talk openly with your mortgage lender, no matter your situation. You may want to give up when it comes to your loan, but lenders are usually willing to work with you. Contact your lender and inquire about any options you might have.
Changes in your finances may harm your approval prospects. It’s crucial that you are in a secure job position before getting a loan. You should not accept a different job until your mortgage has been approved since your mortgage provider will make their decision depending on the information you included in your application.
Look into interest rates and choose the lowest one. The bank wants to give you the highest rate. Avoid being their victim. Make sure to comparison shop and give yourself multiple options.
If one lender denies your mortgage loan, don’t get discouraged. Even if one or two lenders deny you, that’s no assurance that all of them are going to reject you. Look into all of your borrowing options. Most people can qualify for a mortgage even if it means they need a co-signer.
Becoming a homeowner is an important accomplishment. But, if you wish to won a house, a lot of the time you may need a loan. While it can be confusing, don’t let it stop you. Take this information that you just read and use it wisely as you navigate your way through the home mortgage process. | <urn:uuid:096d43da-7a07-4013-906b-87ea00c2b2e6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://realestateinvestmentgame.com/tips-about-home-mortgages-here-in-this-article/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00466.warc.gz | en | 0.962965 | 398 | 1.578125 | 2 |
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The war that had such a terrible human cost was declared as over by the Sri Lankan government on the 18th of May 2009. The war had started in July 2006. By April 2009, according to United Nations internal documents, air raids and use of heavy weapons were resulting in the death of 116 people a day. British and French mainstream media reported that during final few weeks, 20,000 Tamil people had been killed. There were numerous accusations that the Sri Lankan security forces were guilty of violating the Geneva Conventions on warfare and of having committed gross war crimes and crimes against humanity, particularly during the last 5 months of the war between January to May 2009 and generally in the previous 2 ½ years of the Governments declared its war to exterminate the LTTE.
The charges ranged from the security forces bombing civilian habitations, hospitals and other sites and also the government proclaimed ‘safety zones’ or ‘no fire zones’ – causing innumerable deaths of civilians, doctors and aid workers, depriving essential services like food, water, and health facilities in war zones and other grave crimes against humanity. Even before the war ended, UN agencies had been warning the Sri Lankan government about the impunity, the continued attacks on civilians by its armed forces and of denying aid to the local population, that was living in areas which were up-till then administered by the LTTE. However the Sri Lankan security forces completely ignored these warnings and continued their deadly assault. The immediate months after the war attention shifted to the plight of over 280,000 Sri Lankan Tamils forced to live in internment camps in the Vanni region. Densely packed in camps, with poor and inadequate infrastructure to provide safe food, water, sanitation and health facilities, the Government announced that they would be kept there until the IDPs were ‘screened’ for possible LTTE sympathisers. In the subsequent weeks, reports poured in of scores of Tamil youths disappearing from the camps taken away by security forces and government sponsored paramilitary groups. Hundreds are feared to have died. When there was an international outcry because the Tamil people were kept forcibly in these camps for more than 5 months the government announced that a significant number of them will be resettled. However it has been reported in the BBC and other news media that a considerable number of those released were simply moved into new satellite camps in little known areas. Even if released, the possibility that, at any time any one of them could be abducted and thereby join the 11,000 who are being held incommunicado is a threat that is constantly hanging over them. The Sri Lankan Government has always vehemently denied all wrongdoings on the part of its forces and have dismissed accusations as an attack on Sri Lanka’s sovereignty. It steadfastly refused to permit the media and other organisations, both national and international, including UN bodies from entering the areas and ascertaining facts by interacting with local people. In the Sri Lankan south, any call to critically examine the conduct of the war and the action of the Sri Lankan security forces against internationally accepted war conventions and human rights standards, is treated as treason.
The discrimination against the Tamil people and racial pogroms that they have had to suffer in the island, since Sri Lanka gained independence over 60 years ago has been well documented and available to all in the international community. But despite this, the powerful countries and the apex bodies of the international community has allowed the cry of the Tamil people, which started as a Gandhian non-violent protest for equal rights, to end in a blood-bath earlier this year. Geo-Strategic calculations guided by self-interest may explain why the powerful countries decided to ally themselves with the government of Sri Lanka and why organisations like the United Nations had to confined itself to routine warnings and was unable to take any concrete actions to prevent this massacre. And why, afterwards, when Tamils and human rights organisations demanded justice, the same bodies tried to cover their shame by recommending that the Sri Lankan government itself to carry out their own investigations! But how can a racially based massacre of this scale be ignored by civilised humanity?
It is the failure of the apex bodies of the International community to stop the massacre from taking place and its failure to investigate this serious injustice that necessitates an international opinions tribunal such as this. If, it is in fact the case, that tens of thousands of people were killed, just during the last days of the war – then how can the 280,000 Tamils who survived this experience deal with their trauma and recover if the truth is not investigated by any part of the humanity? Are they to think that they made a fatal mistake to live in the Vanni during the period of the Internationally backed peace process? Are they to think that they are themselves to blame for the death of their brothers and sisters because of their decision to live in the area administered by the LTTE?
If the reality of what happened is not seriously examined by any part of humanity – will it not mean that humanity itself is excluding Tamils from being part of it? At least by proclaiming the injustice there is a chance that the ‘defeat of the victims is not definitive’ and that ‘injustice is reversible, and that the past is redeemable’ (Giraldo). Without this how can there be any hope of progress for the Tamils – and for the Sinhalese.
The Tribunal is to examine the following:
‘Widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population’ is described by the ‘Rome Statute’ of the International Criminal Court as a ‘crime against humanity’. There is overwhelming evidence that the Sri Lankan armed forces have taken such actions. Use of heavy weapons and Air Raids: By April 2009, according to United Nations internal documents, air raids and use of heavy weapons were resulting in the death of 116 people a day. British and French mainstream media reported that during final few weeks, 20,000 Tamil people had been killed. Assertions that heavy artillery was not used against the people in the densely populated, government designated ‘no fire zones’, was contradicted by satellite evidence. Several video clips are available that show air raids and artillery fire and the terror it causes on the civilian population. According to Human Rights Watch, between 08th of December 2008 and 02 of May 2009, hospitals were attacked 30 times by the government forces. On the 2nd of February, when asked by the Sky News television, the defence Secretary stated that anything located outside the government designated ‘safe zone’ will be considered as a legitimate target.
Following the relevant provisions of the Rome Statute on direct attacks against civilians:
Article 7 – Crimes against humanity
1. For the purpose of this Statute, “crime against humanity” means any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack:
(k) Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health.
(h) Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3, or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;
Article 8 – War Crimes
2.(e) (i) Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population as such or against individual civilians not taking direct part in hostilities;
(ii) Intentionally directing attacks against buildings, material, medical units and transport, and personnel using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with international law;
(iii) Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, as long as they are entitled to the protection given to civilians or civilian objects under the international law of armed conflict;
(iv) Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals and places where the sick and wounded are collected, provided they are not military objectives;
Rome statute on ‘crimes against humanity’ states: “Extermination” includes the intentional infliction of conditions of life, inter alia the deprivation of access to food and medicine, calculated to bring
about the destruction of part of a population.
During the final stages of the war, the entry into the area that the Tamils were enclosed in,whether by sea or by land were controlled completely by the Sri Lankan armed forces. Therefore the obstruction free access to these routes for the purpose of providing food, water and medicine is the government’s responsibility. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other such international organisations were willing to provide these necessities. However, the Government of Sri Lanka used various ways to justify not sending food and medicine to the Tamil people in the Vanni. Firstly it proclaimed that the LTTE will take these supplies forcibly. Secondly the INGO’s that were engaged in attempting to supply humanitarian aid to the people were accused of smuggling arms and sustenance for the LTTE. For example, high protein biscuits for undernourished children by the ‘World Food Program’ was blocked in January 2008 by the Sri Lankan security forces. The Defence Ministry had blamed the WFP for supplying dry rations for LTTE. Tamils and Sinhalese who worked for the INGO’s were faced with continuous harassment and arrest.
Several Foreign Embassies have confirmed the international media reports that the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence repeatedly blocked medical supplies arguing that these medicines could be used by LTTE to treat their wounded cadres. The deadly confusion created by the government’s dramatically deflated numbers is expressed by the report made by the ‘Centre for policy alternatives’ during the intense period of war in March 2009. “The total number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Vanni is also challenged by the Government which insists that there are only 60,000 IDPs. United Nations (UN) Agencies on the other hand initially calculated 200,000-250,000 and are currently in the process of examining if the figure is between 130,000 – 150,000. The District Secretaries of Killinochchi and Mullaitivu put the figure at around 400,000.”
It was not only the UN agencies that were obliged to ‘recalculate’ because of the Government’s brazen lies. Pranab Mukherjee, Indian Home Minister informed the Indian Parliament that there were only 70,000 civilians caught in the conflict zone.
If you take the governments figure of 280,000 people (some reports estimated the figure at over 300,000) who ended up in the camps at the end of the war, add to it the 10,000 people that the government admits to holding in ‘unspecified locations’ and the 20,000 that were killed only during the last few weeks (according to the British newspaper the Times) and the thousands who escaped
the island altogether – the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), and the District Secretariat for Mullaitivu and Killinochi figures seems to be the most accurate.
There is strong evidence to show that the Sri Lankan armed forces went to great lengths to stop the INGO’s from taking food and medicine to the Tamil people. Further, the evidence from the reporting shows that the INGO workers accompanying the supplies in many cases did not believe the common reason given by the SL armed forces that the route was too dangerous. Analysis of the news items from the Sri Lankan internet sites and newspapers show that the INGO personnel were not being overly brave or careless – but that they had believed that the Sri Lankan armed forces were just trying to prevent essential supplies from reaching the Tamil civilians for military purposes. Further, the evidence points to the fact that the Sri Lankan armed forces, did, as a rule, use delaying tactics to obstruct supplies reaching those who needed it with desperate urgency.
When several hundreds of thousand of people were trapped in the government declared ‘no-fire zones’ of a few square Kilometres, the people were solely dependant on outside help for all the basic necessities of life. Even the water had to be brought in from outside. Because of this, the systematic restrictions of food, water and medicine to the people had terrible consequences. Local sources revealed that drugs had not been sent to Mullaitivu and Killinochi district for four months. Hospital sources reported that there was a severe shortage of food and that injured civilians were not receiving proper treatment and surgery – due to attacks on the hospital and non-availability of essential medicines. There was a severe shortage of medicines, particularly anaesthetic drugs, surgical items, intravenous (IV) fluids, IV antibiotics, oral antibiotics, paediatric syrups, Jeevani, ARV, toxoid, and vaccines. Immunization programs had been disrupted for the preceding two months. Sources in the conflict area reported undue deaths due to non-availability of essential drugs at Mullaittivu in a letter to the Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition. Sources also reported being unable to provide even lifesaving emergency surgery. Amputations were commonly performed without anaesthetics. Tetanus vaccine, critical for combat related wounds were not available. Generally non-fatal injuries and illnesses became deadly. Because of the knowledge that there were virtually no medicines in the hospitals and that hospitals themselves were under attack many injured were unwilling to be taken to hospitals and lay sometimes on the street enduring unbearable pain. A witness released from an IDP camp in September reported that in the final weeks of the conflict, doctors in the Mullivaikkal hospital had to operate with butchers’ knives and watered-down anaesthetics, with replacement blood running out, staff filtered what they could from the patients’ own blood through a cloth before feeding it back into their veins. Because of lack of space in the hospitals, seriously injured people lay on the ground outside the hospitals with just tarpaulin and polythene sheets for cover. Thousands of people simply died on the streets.
Children, elderly, and the seriously ill were particularly at risk for starvation. Water available from open wells and provided by bowsers (water delivery trucks) was insufficient to meet the population’s needs. People waited in long lines for an extended duration even to collect a few pots of water provided at 10 operational sites. 69% of children were severely malnourished. An organization’s source in Valayanmadam reported that six people were in a coma from eating poisonous plants, and people dying of starvation was a normality.
Several hundred thousand Tamil people who had, during the period of the peace process just a few years before, lived in their homes, in an area of over 10,000 square Kilometres, were now trapped in an area of a few sq. meters. They were continuously bombarded from all sides with artillery fire and air raids, blocked from receiving food, water, medicine had to face physical and psychological torment. A whole population was subjected to seemingly endless suffering. Clearly this comes in the ambit of ‘crimes against humanity’ as described in the Rome Statute Article 7, paragraph 1 (b), (h) and (k).
3) The execution, torture and mistreatment of captured or surrendered LTTE combatants, officials and supporters:
Between May 14th and May 18th there was wide publicity given all over the world to an internationally mediated attempt by a team of leading political and administrative officials of the LTTE to come out of the war zone unarmed and with white flags. A series of satellite phone calls were made between the LTTE officials, prominent individuals who facilitated the peace process and Sri Lankan government political leaders and the Army top brass. It was widely reported (and not contradicted by the persons involved) that LTTE political head B. Nadesan and Former head of the LTTE peace secretariat S. Puleedevan spoke to International and domestic actors who acted as intermediaries to negotiate a surrender with Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Palitha Kohona. It is known that B. Nadesan had requested the presence of the envoy of the UN Secretary General, Vijay Nambiar to witness the surrender – but was told that he had President Rajapakse’s assurance that the safety of those coming out unarmed with white flags will be assured. Approximately a dozen men and women came out waving white flags. They were promptly executed with machine gun fire. Sri Lankan media reported that Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka, on July 18 speaking at a celebratory rally in Ambalangoda had stated that the military had to overlook the traditional rules of war and even kill LTTE rebels who came to surrender carrying white flags during the war against the LTTE. A shocking video clip obtained by Sri Lankan journalists and brought to international attention by Channel 4 news, shows the Sri Lankan soldiers casually executing Tamil men, who had been stripped naked and had their hands tied behind their backs.
Several sources reported that young men who managed to reach the government controlled area with their families were being picked up by the military; their bodies were found several days later. As the government did not allow international presence in the camps, the military was able to act with impunity, which was one of the main reasons why Tamil civilians were afraid to move to government-controlled areas.
In the Government controlled areas, whether it is Sri Lankan army’s official camps and prisons, or the police anti-terrorist detention centres or whether it is secret camps being operated jointly with paramilitary forces, evidence of torture is overwhelming. When bodies of people were found, whether in the North and East of the island or in the Colombo district, in many cases there were indications that torture had taken place. Many who are tortured in custody to extract information are not allowed to live to tell the tale. A considerable number of people, who have been arrested for interrogation, had been said to have committed suicide – this is generally the case when the arrest has been registered, so the body cannot be disposed of without any accountability. But although it is true most of those tortured are killed – there are some who survived. After the massacre during the beginning of this year there were many who survived the torture, but they are generally unwilling to speak about their trauma as they fear for their own security and/or for that of their relatives. Certainly they are unwilling to take any action against these assaults in Sri Lanka. But because the victims also have an interest to expose the perpetrators that caused them this injustice it is possible to get people to talk about their trauma at a tribunal such as this if their confidentiality is respected. The history of torture by the armed forces in Sri Lanka is well documented *.
Outrages upon personal dignity, humiliating and degrading treatment
11,000 Tamil people are held as LTTE suspects. The places where they are held is not clear nor is there a list of names of the people in custody. The vast majority of them have no right access to lawyers or to the ‘International Committee of the Red Cross’. Follows are excerpts of an account of what goes on in these detention camps.
“A military source disgusted with the behaviour of the army officials involved in the rehabilitation of surrendered LTTE cadres in a rehabilitation camp located in Mudaliyar Kulam in Vanni, confirmed to the Sri Lanka Guardian requesting anonymity that the suspected LTTE detainees are being put through harrowing and humiliating experience in the camp.
The source said the army officials have implemented strict routines in the camp. Each day starts with the hoisting of the national flag of Sri Lanka in the open space. All the detainees are made to assemble in rows in front of the flag and are ordered to give military salutes when the pre-recorded national anthem is played on the audio and then made to force march for half an hour. Army officers with batons and canes are present to ensure strict adherence to the ceremony. Those who failed to give the salutes are beaten after the ceremony in front of other inmates. The very same routine is said to be practised in the evening when the flag is brought down. The source confirmed torture is a routine practice in the camp. He said there were occasions when young LTTE female cadres were taken away in the night and returned the next day morning. He further said some of them were not brought back and their fate is unknown.” (November 14, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian)
The above texts under the headings Executions, Torture, and Outrages upon personal dignity, humiliating and degrading treatment, are clearly in breach of the International Humanitarian Law, in the Geneva Convention – see the relevant sections below:
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
Art 3. In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions:
(1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria. To this end the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
(a) Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;
(c) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment;
(d) The passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgement pronounced by a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.
Art 13. Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention. In particular, no prisoner of war may be subjected to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest.
Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.
Measures of reprisal against prisoners of war are prohibited.
Art 14. Prisoners of war are entitled in all circumstances to respect for their persons and their honour. Women shall be treated with all the regard due to their sex and shall in all cases benefit by treatment as favourable as that granted to men. Prisoners of war shall retain the full civil capacity which they enjoyed at the time of their capture. The Detaining Power may not restrict the exercise, either within or without its own territory, of the rights such capacity confers except in so far as the captivity requires.
Art 16. Taking into consideration the provisions of the present Convention relating to rank and sex, and subject to any privileged treatment which may be accorded to them by reason of their state of health, age or professional qualifications, all prisoners of war shall be treated alike by the Detaining Power, without any adverse distinction based on race, nationality, religious belief or political opinions, or any other distinction founded on similar criteria.
Rape and sexual crimes crimes against women during this last phase of the war are thought to be more than that of any other period. However the evidence, to a large degree is masked by the fact that women and girls who are raped are killed and their bodies disposed of – so direct evidence is difficult to find. There is evidence that the thousands of women cadres of the LTTE that have been captured are regularly raped and that the armed forces see this as normal. Here below is a list of individual cases in the past that have broken through the silence on this issue:
Krishanti Kumaraswamy, 19-year-old student (Jaffna district), raped and murdered in 7 August 1996 by 6 Sri Lankan Army soldiers.
Arumaithurai Tharmaletchumi, 17-year-old (Trincomalee district), raped and murdered in February 11, 1996 by Sri Lankan army soldiers.
Farheen Ida Carmelitta Laila Figerardo, 19-year-old (Mannar district), gang raped and killed 12 July 1999 by Sri Lankan army soldiers
Tharsini Ilayathamby, 20-year-old (Jaffna district), raped and Killed December 16, 2005 – by Sri Lankan navy sailors.
Mary Madeleine, 27-year-old (Mannar district), raped and killed in June 8, 2006, by Sri Lankan soldiers. Her husband, daughter and son were also tortured and killed in the same incident.
Koneswary Murugesapillai, (Kalmunai district), raped and killed on 17 May 1997 by policemen in Central Camp police in the Kalmunai.
Premini Thanuskodi, 25 years old (Batticaloa district), Chief Accountant for TRO and University Student, kidnapped near Welikanda army check point with her other TRO co-workers on June 30, 2006 and was later raped and murdered by Army soldiers and Karuna Amman’s paramilitary group.
Sarathambal Saravanbavananthatkurukal, 29 years old (Jaffna district), was gang raped and killed on 28 December 1999 by Sri Lankan navy sailors.
Thambipillai Thanalakshmi, 43 years old (Jaffna district), raped on July 7, 2001. Amnesty International claimed that Sri Lankan army soldiers were responsible.
Wijikala Nanthan, 24 years old, Sivamani Sinnathamby Weerakon, 22 years old, arrested with Sivamani’s husband and son by Sri Lankan navy sailors in Mannar on 19 March 2001, all of them were stripped and tortured. Both women were raped by the sailors.
Following the relevant provisions of the Rome Statute on rape and sexual abuse:
Article 7 – Crimes against humanity
(g) Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity;
(k) Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health.
Article 8 – War Crimes
2.(c) (i) Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;
(ii) Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;
2.(e) (vi) Committing rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, as defined in article 7, paragraph 2 (f), enforced sterilization, and any other form of sexual violence also constituting a serious violation of article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions;
There is a long history of assassination of Tamil MP’s, Journalists, Human Rights Activists and intellectuals who spoke out against the violence and discrimination against their people carried out by consecutive governments. But as the political pressure built up during the peace talks – to restart the war – the frequency of the killings increased. The assassinations in Colombo took place in highly populated areas of the city. In Colombo there were check points nearly every 100 metres. The possibility for the abductors to pass through these checkpoints without problems point to the connivance of the officers who manned the checkpoints as well as the complicity of the state.
1. Aiyathurai Nadesan, a prominent and veteran Tamil journalist was shot dead on May 31, 2004 on his way to work in eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa.
2. Dharmeratnam Sivaram or ‘Taraki’, Internationally acclaimed journalist and strategic analyst, abducted in front of a main Colombo police station on the 28 April 2005 – his body was found the next morning 500 meters away from the Parliament in a ‘high security zone’.
3. Ariyanayagam Chandra Nehru Member of Parliament for the Tamil National Alliance elected from Amparai in Eastern Sri Lanka. It was alleged that the pro-government Karuna group carried out the killing on February 7, 2005.
4. Joseph Pararajasingham, Tamil representatives elected to the parliament for the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). Assassinated on December 25, 2005, while attending the Christmas service in the East of the island.
5. Rev. Fr. Thiruchelvam Nihal Jim Brown, Parish Priest Allaippiddy, Jaffna is reported missing since 20 August 2006, according to a news release issued by the ‘North East Secretariat of Human Rights’.
6. Sivasubramanium Raveendranath, the Vice-Chancellor of Eastern University of Sri Lanka (EUOSL), was abducted while attending a conference of the ‘Sri Lankan Association for the Advancement of Science’ on 15 December 2006. The Professor, was in Sri Lanka’s Capital City Colombo, attending the conference and was in an area tightly controlled by the military.
7. Nadarasa Raviraj, A Tamil Human Rights lawyer, elected to the parliament as an MP for the TNA, was shot in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by 2 assailants riding a motorbike on November 10, 2006 when he was leaving his home.
8. T. Maheswaran, Colombo district Tamil parliamentarian of the opposition United National Party 01 January 2008, was shot at Ponnambala Va’neasvarar temple at Kochchikkadai.
9. T. Sivanesan, Tamil politician elected to the parliament for TNA, was killed by a Sri Lankan armed forces ‘deep penetration unit’ using a claymore mine in March 2008 in the Vanni.
10. Rev. Father M. X. Karunaratnam, the chairperson of the ‘North East Secretariat on Human Rights’ (NESoHR), was killed in a Claymore attack carried out by a Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) of the Sri Lanka Army on 20 April 2008 the attack took place on Mallaavi – Vavunikku’lam Road in Vanni.
The killings of these prominent individuals are just the tip of the iceberg. There is copious evidence about Tamil people who have been murdered (Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reports contain much information on this).
In 2006 and 2007, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances recorded more new “disappearance” cases from Sri Lanka than from any other country in the world.
Under international law, a state commits an enforced disappearance when it takes a person into custody and denies holding them or disclosing their whereabouts. “Disappeared” persons are commonly subjected to torture or extra-judicial execution, and cause family members continued suffering. An enforced disappearance is a continuing rights violation – it is ongoing until the fate or whereabouts of the person becomes known.
The vast majority of cases documented by Human Rights Watch indicate the involvement of government security forces – the army, the navy, or the police. In some cases, relatives of the “disappeared” identified specific military units that had detained their relatives and army camps where they had been taken. In other cases, they described uniformed policemen, especially members of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), taking their relatives into custody before they “disappeared.”
“Enforced disappearances have again become a salient feature of the conflict. Figures released by various governmental and non-governmental sources suggest that more than 1,500 people were reported missing from December 2005 through December 2007. Some are known to have been killed, and others have surfaced in detention or otherwise have been found, but the majority remain unaccounted for. Evidence suggests that most have been “disappeared” or abducted. The national Human Rights Commission (HRC) of Sri Lanka does not publicize its data on “disappearances,” but Human Rights Watch learned that about 1,000 cases were reported to the HRC in 2006, and over 300 cases in the first four months of 2007 alone.” (Recurring Nightmare: State Responsibility for ‘Disappearances’ and Abductions in Sri Lanka,” Human Right Watch – Volume 20, No. 2(C), March 2008)
Sri Lanka’s Emergency Regulations (ER) are of particular concern – as they lay the basis for impunity and give confidence for those in the armed forces that they are literally able to get away with murder.
“In its July 2000 report, Amnesty International made a startling and puzzling discovery regarding the provisions of ER55FF. Although, ER55FF is not listed in the Gazette Extraordinary of 3 May 2000, according to Amnesty, ‘On 6 May, three days after the new emergency regulations were promulgated, the government announced that ER55FF had been rescinded with immediate effect.’ ER55FF allegedly empowered police officers of certain rank to dispose of bodies without postmortem examination or inquest, thereby eliminating evidence of wrongful torture and extra-judicial killing.
Whereas suspected terrorists’ constitutional rights are completely denied during prosecutions under the ERs, security officers are given complete indemnity and protection from criminal prosecution. ER71 states that no legal action may be taken with respect to ‘any matter or thing done or purported to be done in good faith, under any provisions of any emergency regulation.’”(Abizer Zanzi, http://www.india-seminar.com/2002/512/512%20abizer%20zanzi.htm)
Murder and Disappearances of the Tamil people as described above are in contravention of the Rome Statute Article 7, 1 (a) Murder, (h) Persecution, (I) Enforces disappearances of persons.
On June 7, 2007, 376 ethnic Tamils staying in Colombo ‘who could not explain their reasons for being in the city’ to the satisfaction of the Sri Lankan authorities were sent ‘back’ to their homes by the Sri Lankan Police. The evicted were sent back to Jaffna, Vavuniya, Trincomalee and Batticaloa, where they are originally from, in several buses with a police escort. However the buses only went as far as the town of Vavuniya and the evicted Tamils were forced to stay in a detention camp. The government had to backtrack because this case caused a big controversy for several reasons. One being that, internationally and locally, the act of deporting Tamil people to the north would give ammunition to justify the case for an Independent State for the Tamils – as the Government was effectively accepting the argument for a homeland for the Tamils in the north and east by deporting them there.
The Sri Lankan Armed Force’s operation to capture the Vanni, which started in January 2008 can be regarded as a massive case of forced transfer of the population.
1. From the beginning of Government of Sri Lanka’s (GoSL) Vanni operation, air raids and food and medicine restrictions were used to push the Vanni civilian population to move to the GoSL
controlled area (effectively to surrender to the Sri Lanka Army, considered as their tormentor in the
context of this enthic based military onslaught).
2. As the advancing Sri Lankan forces managed to get the civilian population in their artillery range, they started to use – apart from air raids – artillery shelling, multi barrel rocket launcher attacks against the civilian population, to increase the pressure.
3. GoSL has declared its first ‘No Fire Zone’ (NFZ) on January 21. The Safe Zone borders a four kilometre stretch of the A-35 Puthukkudyiruppu (PTK)– Paranthan main road from Udayarkattu
junction to the Yellow Bridge on the south and extends northwards to Iruthumadu and Thevipuram. The demarcated area touches the A-35. By declaring the NFZ (which itself was considered as one of the most dangerous place in the world by international human right organisations and media at the time) GoSL also declared that everything out of the NFZ was a legitimate target – including hospitals (this was explicitly stated on international media by the Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse)
4.This no fire zone game gave a chance to GoSL to justify their tactic to destroy all civil objects outside the no fire zone and to forcefully (using air raids, multi barrel, shell, artillery, and food and medicine restrictions) transfer the whole population by extracting them from their traditional habitations. There are many reports from international media and human rights organisations on civilian killings (see for example Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reports).
5. After herding the whole population into the NFZ in PTK, GoSL announced their new eight square mile NFZ in a coastal strip stretched to Vaduvakal on Feb 12. And GoSL also announced the annulling of first NFZ and gave 48 hours to leave that area. The civilians were forced to pack and leave again without any transport facility within 48 hours. There are reports that the Sri Lankan Army started attacking even before the deadline allocated by them had elapsed, causing extra deaths and and casualties.
6.The declared area of 8 Square miles was squeezed by the advancing army till it become tiny patch.
7. After May 19 the survivors of population of the Vanni were herded to Vauniya detention camps.
Effectively the whole process of the war which started in the the Vanni in January 2008 has been a forced transfer of the Tamil population that lived, in their own houses in an area of over 10,000 Square km, into an internment camp of the size of a large football stadium.
The above is in contravention of ‘Customary International Humanitarian Law’ (March 2005), relating to ‘Displacement and Displaced Persons’. The relevant parts are given below.
Rule 129. B. Parties to a non-international armed conflict may not order the displacement of the civilian population, in whole or in part, for reasons related to the conflict, unless the security of the civilians involved or imperative military reasons so demand. [IAC (A)/NIAC (B)]
Rule 130. States may not deport or transfer parts of their own civilian population into a territory they occupy. [IAC]
Rule 131. In case of displacement, all possible measures must be taken in order that the civilians concerned are received under satisfactory conditions of shelter, hygiene, health, safety and nutrition and that members of the same family are not separated. [IAC/NIAC]
Rule 132. Displaced persons have a right to voluntary return in safety to their homes or places of habitual residence as soon as the reasons for their displacement cease to exist. [IAC/NIAC]
Rule 133. The property rights of displaced persons must be respected. [IAC/NIAC]
The French medical team who treated wounded Tamil civilians in a field hospital established in war torn area had observed number of burn injuries.
‘Another one of the wounded, 36-year-old Susenthiran Thiressamma, was nursing horrific burns to her chest and shoulders. She said she was “burned by a chemical bomb” two weeks ago. Doctors at the French field hospital said they had seen a number of similar injuries, including “some with white hands, possibly caused by burns from phosphorus” — an incendiary weapon which is banned from use in civilian areas under an international convention.’
Peter Herby, head of the ICRC’s Arms Unit was asked in January 2009: Does the use of weapons containing white phosphorous, in particular incendiary weapons, in a populated area give rise to any specific humanitarian concerns?
He answered: Yes. White phosphorous weapons spread burning phosphorous, which burns at over 800 degrees centigrade (about 1,500 degrees fahrenheit), over a wide area, up to several hundred square metres. The burning will continue until the phosphorous has been completely depleted or until it no longer is exposed to oxygen. The weapon has a potential to cause particularly horrific and
painful injuries or slow painful death. Medical personnel must be specially trained to treat such injuries and may themselves be exposed to phosphorous burns. If used against military targets in or near populated areas, weapons containing this substance must be used with extreme caution to prevent civilian casualties.
He also says that, the use of such white phosphorous weapons against any military objective within concentrations of civilians is prohibited unless the military objective is clearly separated from the civilians. The use of air-dropped incendiary weapons against military objectives within a concentration of civilians is simply prohibited. These prohibitions are contained in Protocol III of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
1. It has been reported by several news agencies (such as PTI, REUTERS, AFP and PT) that the Sri Lankan military stripped the clothes off the bodies of Tamil Tiger guerrillas killed in an attack on
22 October 2007 and paraded the naked bodies on 23rd October 2007 in Anuradhapura city. Army personnel, transported the bodies in Tractor trailers (that are normally used to collect garbage), with the Sinhala Police escorting, local residents said. Sri Lankan Authorities had refused to hand over the corpses to the hostile party through the ICRC.
2. Huge posters with the image of dead body of LTTE leader (nearly naked) were also exhibited
in a Sri Lankan Government’s Official ceremony organized by the defence ministry to celebrate war victory and the 60th anniversary of Sri Lanka armed forces. It was opened by the President Mahinda Rajapakse.
3. The body of the LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran was clothed in LTTE uniform on the first photographic images that was issued by Defence Ministry in State media. A few days later they issued
another set of images of the body of Prabhakaran, nearly naked. He had been clothed with a tiny strip of cloth, an ‘Amudaya’. This way of clothing of the LTTE leader is a calculated insult as
understood by all Sinhalese. The body was covered with muddy patches – which appeared to have been applied after he was stripped naked.
4. It has been widely reported that the dead body of the LTTE leader had either been cremated or buried un-marked in a secret location. Sri Lanka Army sources had stated that the government is planning to bury LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran in an unmarked mass grave. It was said that Mr. V. Prabhakaran will be buried along with all the other LTTE fighters who were killed in the final assault. If it is the case that there was a mass grave its location is likely to be around the same lagoon where Mr. Prabhakaran’s body was found. Sri Lankan army sources said that the mass burial is being undertaken to prevent a memorial being built in the honour of Prabhakaran.
Alternatively there are reports that his body was in fact cremated:
“We cremated the body in the same area and threw the ashes into the Indian ocean. Even before Prabhakaran was killed, I knew we had won the war, but I was overjoyed when I had confirmation of his death,” General Fonseka told the Sunday Rivira newspaper in an interview.
5. According to the Sri Lankan government’s report LTTE leader V Prabhakaran was killed when he was fired on by Sri Lankan soldiers. If this is the case, the injury on his head consistent with a cut with a sword or an axe must have occurred after he was killed. The degrading treatment of the body of V. Prabhakaran, held as a saviour by many Tamil people can only be seen as a calculated attempt to insult and denigrate these people.
6. Rivira newspaper also revealed that other 170 identified bodies of LTTE leaders and cadres also cremated and the ashes were thrown in the sea.
There is no evidence for the existence of even a single individually marked grave for all the dead who were slaughtered in recent massacre – whether they were civilians or combatants!
7. There are a number of video clips in the public domain showing degrading treatment of dead bodies of LTTE female cadres by Sri Lankan forces. Most of the bodies were stripped naked. These video clips have been recorded by Sri Lankan soldiers by using their mobile phone cameras for their own sadistic enjoyment.
The treatment of the battlefield dead can be divided into two aspects. First, there is a prohibition on deliberate mistreatment of the body, either through failure to treat it with appropriate respect or through mutilation. Second, there is a prohibition on pillaging the dead. These mandates concerning the dead are as much derived from the customary laws of war as from the Geneva Conventions.
The Geneva Conventions takes the customary rules further. In Article 16 of the First Geneva Convention, we find an obligation for the party that has the body to send to the other party (usually through a neutral power or the ICRC) written evidence of death. Where the body is identified with the required double identity disk, one half of the disk, along with any personal effects found on the body, is to be sent to the other side.
Treatment of the Dead- International Humanitarian Law:
Rule 112. Whenever circumstances permit, and particularly after an engagement, each party to the conflict must, without delay, take all possible measures to search for, collect and evacuate the
dead without adverse distinction. [IAC/NIAC]
Rule 113. Each party to the conflict must take all possible measures to prevent the dead from being despoiled. Mutilation of dead bodies is prohibited. [IAC/NIAC]
Rule 114. Parties to the conflict must endeavour to facilitate the return of the remains of the deceased upon request of the party to which they belong or upon the request of their next of kin.
They must return their personal effects to them. [IAC]
Rule 115. The dead must be disposed of in a respectful manner and their graves respected and properly maintained. [IAC/NIAC]
Rule 116. With a view to the identification of the dead, each party to the conflict must record all available information prior to disposal and mark the location of the graves. [IAC/NIAC]
* In May 2008, 68 Tamil detainees, hurriedly transferred from New Magazine prison in Colombo by the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) interrogators, were verbally abused, tortured and subjected to sexual abuse at the notorious Boosa Prison in Galle, according to complaints made by their parents to a Tamil parliamentarian Chandrakanth Chandranehru. In October 2007, 86 detainees in Welikade prison (Colombo District) had launched a fast-unto-death and demanded the authorities to let them meet UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, who visited Sri Lanka on a fact finding mission last October. The detainees called off the fast as Ms. Louise Arbour met five representatives of the detainees and promised to look into their plight. There are many reports of Torture and Abuse by Sri Lanka’s security forces on Tamils. For example, according to a research conducted by the London based Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (published in the British Medical Weekly of 10 June 2000) sexual abuse of Tamil male detainees was a common problem in the Sri Lankan prisons. “Of the 184 men, 38 (21%) said they had been sexually abused during their detention. Three (7%) of the 38 said they had been given electric shocks to their genitals, 26 (68%) had been assaulted on their genitals, and four (9%) had sticks pushed through the anus, usually with chillies rubbed on the stick first,” the study further said that Medicolegal reports written by 17 doctors supported the allegations of torture in Sri Lanka made by the 184 Tamil men. The study had defined sexual abuse as comprising assaults to the genitals, non-consensual sexual acts, and objects pushed through the anus.’ | <urn:uuid:cfc68502-a21a-48ce-b2f7-aa1c6da649c5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pptsrilanka.org/accusations/war-crimes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00071.warc.gz | en | 0.97004 | 10,174 | 2.359375 | 2 |
So far, a trans woman or gender non-conforming person of color has been murdered in the United States every week of 2015. This week, the horrifying trend continued when 21-year-old Black trans woman Penny Proud of New Orleans was shot multiple times early in the morning of February 10. She joins fellow trans women of color Yazmin Vash Payne, Ty Underwood, Lamia Beard and Taja DeJesus and gender non-conforming person of color Lamar Edwards, all of whom were under the age of 35.
Trans people of color are not taking this sitting down. At the recent Creating Change conference in Denver, queer and trans people of color stormed the stage demanding to be heard, demanding that their lives be given respect and demanding that actual changes begin to take place. They chanted “Trans Lives Matter” and “Jessie! Presente!” before denouncing the conference for inviting Denver Mayor Michael Hancock to speak. (Police in Denver recently murdered 17-year-old queer Latina Jessie Hernandez.)
Before any large news outlets reported on Proud’s murder, the New Orleans LGBT youth of color group BreakOUT! put out a press release. They called out news channels and websites for contributing to the violence against trans women by misgendering the victims after they die.
These deaths had little to no mainstream media attention. The silence and lack of action from media on behalf of the Black transgender community sends a strong message that Black Trans Lives, in fact, do not matter. When these deaths were covered, they were often not given the respect they so deserve. Transgender women are often misgendered in news reports and their stories are often riddled with patronization and condescending opinions from reporters.
Not only does the media often underreport these murders or misgender the victims, but the police often fail to make an arrest or get a solid conviction. In the case of Underwood, police have arrested a suspect, Carlton Champion, Jr., who was dating Underwood. Despite the fact that Champion was “expecting sexual favors from Underwood that morning and found out she was transgender,” police are refusing to call this a hate crime, arguing that hate crimes cannot be perpetrated against a victim who is in a relationship with her attacker.
The fact that most of these violent crimes are perpetrated against trans women and gender non-conforming people of color, most of them Black, cannot be ignored when we talk about this problem. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence reports that almost 90% of LGBTQ homicide victims in 2013 were people of color, 72% were transgender women, and 67% were trans women of color. In 2014, twelve out of the fourteen trans women of color murdered in the United States were Black.
Trans women of color, like those from BreakOUT! and those at the Creating Change conference, want this to end right now and are letting others know exactly what needs to be done to make that happen. In their press release, BreakOUT! put out a call for action to the media, the police and to their communities, saying, “We are calling on the media to respect all transgender people and their families by using the correct pronouns and names for transgender victims and use current photographs to allow our community to maintain dignity both in life and in death.” They also demanded that trans women of color be made to feel safe in their own communities, adding, “Instead of more police, we need more investment in education, jobs, and housing for LGBTQ people, particularly Black transgender young women.” At Creating Change, Bamby Sacledo listed the protesters’ demands.
We’re here demanding intentional, meaningful investment in our community and in our community efforts to end this motherfucking epidemic. We are demanding funders and organizers, especially LGBT foundations and granters, to intentionally invest in the trans community… We demand meaningful equity of resources in order to eradicate our economic and health crisis that our brothers and sisters face daily. LGBT and ally organizations need to hire trans people in leadership and give us leadership positions within those organizations. We demand these organizations be intentionally inclusive in providing leadership opportunities for the trans community.
We need to start listening before we find out which trans woman of color is murdered next week. | <urn:uuid:159d81e1-546c-4e84-ac9f-6b21acf361a5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.autostraddle.com/this-needs-to-end-now-penny-proud-another-black-trans-woman-murdered-done-276619/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00275-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960029 | 870 | 1.976563 | 2 |
If you have manually updated your browser in the last week or so, think back on how you did it. Did you look for the update yourself, or did you download one after being faced with a warning saying you should pick up a “critical update”?
If it’s the latter, and if you are living in the UK, chances are you fell for the latest malware delivery campaign that was started just before New Year’s Eve.
You probably visited a free movie streaming or media site, and a malicious ad redirected you to another website.
“The website, which is hosted in the Ukraine, uses a dual hybrid Web server setup by Apache and Nginx, with the latter identifying the victim’s browser and performing a redirect,” Symantec researchers explained in a recent blog post.
If you have downloaded and run the update, you should know that your computer has been likely been infected with the information-stealing Shylock Trojan, and you should use an AV solution to disinfect your machine.
It’s good to start your year with a clean computer and updated software, but you should know and remember that the only right place to pick up a software update is its developer’s official website. | <urn:uuid:9ca93a4c-36a6-48fb-9f9e-383a75803dd7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2014/01/10/fake-critical-browser-update-warnings-lead-to-malware/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00493-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956673 | 258 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Indian Journal of Science and Technology
Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 43, Pages: 1-6
K. Saravananathan1 and T. Velmurugan2
1SRM Arts and Science College, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur - 603203, Tamil Nadu, India; [email protected] 2PG and Research Department of Computer Science, D.G. Vaishnav College, 833, E.V.R. Periyar High Road, Arumbakkam, Chennai - 600106, Tamil Nadu, India; [email protected]
Backgrounds/Objectives: Huge medical datasets available in various data repositories which are used for real world applications. To visualize the useful information stored in data warehouses, the Data Mining (DM) methods are enormously utilized. One of such domain is medical domain, in which the function of DM approach raises speedy recovery of sickness over indications. On the way to categorize and predict symptoms in medicinal data, a variety of DM methods are utilized by different researchers. From many techniques of DM, classification is one of the main techniques. The classification techniques classify the unseen information in all areas including medical diagnostic field. The very dangerous disease in medicinal field is diabetes disease which is affected for many peoples in popular countries like India. Methods/Statistical Analysis: The impact of categorization is very important in authentic earth applications in all fields. To categorize the rudiments allowing to the applications of the elements during the predefined set of modules are used by classification methods. Very popular classification algorithms J48, Support Vector Machines (SVM), Classification and Regression Tree CART and k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN) for diabetic data are used for this research work. Findings: To discover the presentation of these classification methods, diabetic data as an input. For the most part, this research work is supported out to associate the techniques in the calculation of the presentation accurateness in diabetic data. The above mentioned techniques are used for diabetic data to categorize its accuracy in terms of its performance. Methods: The conclusion of this research work is choosing the top algorithm for the input data for the best classifier. Applications/Improvements: Some of other algorithms are analyzed using the same data set for the similar type of results is discussed in future. Also, some of the clustering algorithms are applied using the same data set to find highly affected diabetic patients.
Index Terms: CART Algorithm, Classification, J48 Algorithm, kNN Algorithm, SVM Algorithm
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Robots stand for progress and innovation, development and openness towards expansion and future. We learned to get accustomed to robots, managed to get our life around them and even love them. Robots were always a challenge for the ones that built them, and a source of inspiration for designers. For a logo designer, inventing a robot logo design is firstly a lot of fun, than a challenge to get creative and innovative. A deep level of detail or a mere scribble could both make a strong and appealing robot logo design, as the imagination has no limits here with free creativity as the main asset of the brief. Have some fun with our cool selection of robot logos. | <urn:uuid:765bc773-0432-4654-9219-2c03c0c9aa07> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.thelogomix.com/blog/cool-robot-logo-designs-11032312.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00256-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966245 | 134 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Another day, another story of Chinese corporate profits getting decimated.
This time it's Baosteel, which is China's largest steelmaker.
According to Reuters, first half profits fell 53%, and the company says that Q3 is going to be the worst quarter yet.
What we're seeing again and again is surging costs hammering margins, even when raw material prices have not been particularly bad.
The chairman of Baosteel's board of directors, He Wenbo, said at the same online conference that steel prices were unlikely to stage any recovery in the second half of 2012, adding that despite the rapid fall in iron ore prices, domestic steel firms were still facing "huge cost pressures".
This is a fabulous lesson in why GDP growth does not equal stock market performance.
Despite overall growth, China's massive investment boom has left shareholders with pitiful return on equity, at least at the moment.
And the fact that not even the collapse in iron ore prices is fascinating.
We put up this chart about collapsing iron ore prices last week. | <urn:uuid:3d479534-3e52-4db6-95b0-2dc33afc88fa> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.businessinsider.com/baosteel-profits-fall-53-2012-8 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00043-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949917 | 218 | 1.5 | 2 |
gem clip jewellery - fancy jewellery set
I try to use translucent (
Coloring and coating with plastic)gem clips.
From the multi-color packaging, I chose two colors for this item.
I made a pair of earrings and a bracelet.
This technique can also be used to make foot ank and neck by changing the length.
Required materials: 1. Gem Clips2.
Round nose pliers.
But I just used a cutting clamp.
For beginners, the round nose pliers are easier to bend the wires. 3. Clasps-
Earrings hook, clasp of bracelet.
I used the Gem clip in two colors.
The pink clip dominates the design, and the Green clip is highlighted.
I made a rolling pattern with a pink clip.
This requires the clip to be opened.
Open the pink clip and bend straight with a flat nose clamp.
I used 15 pink gem clips.
So 15 of them must be straightened.
Hold a tip of the wire with a round nose clamp, turn it and form a circle.
Now hold the circle tightly with a flat nose clamp and turn the wires around the circle with your hands.
Do not hold the wire too tightly with pliers, which may peel off the plastic coat.
Continue to twist the wires around the circle until about 1 inch wires are left.
Hold the other end of the wire with a round nose clamp and twist it in a circle.
This is used as a hook to hold another reel.
Make 15 such reels using a pink gem clip.
The Green Gem clip is shaped into 3 leaf patterns.
Press the Gem clip and add 2 endpoints of the clip.
This will give you 3 leaf patterns.
2 small and 1 big.
Twist the large leaves using pliers and move them to the center where the two ends intersect.
Pull the big leaves down so that it reaches the size of the small leaves and make a hook with the remaining extension wires.
2 Green clips were made in this way.
No hooks are required for the third clip.
So just wrap the extended wire around the center.
It's a bit tricky to hook in this mode.
If you don't get it, twist it like 3rd.
It can be glued to the reel with super glue.
Insert the last lap of the reel into the hook of the Green clip and close it close.
This is made with hooks for 2 green clips.
For 3rd without hooks, insert the hooks of 3 reels into 3 leaves, respectively.
Bracelet: the buckle must be inserted into the last lap of the reel.
There are two parts to the locking system.
Each must be attached to the reel, which will appear on both sides of the bracelet.
Earrings: the ear ring hook must be attached to the hook of the reel.
Connect 5 to scroll in one direction.
Make 2 sets, 5 rolls per set.
This is for the bracelet.
Connect the two reels together.
Make a pair.
This is for earrings.
Insert the hook of one reel into the last circle of the other.
This is how all the reels are connected.
Earrings: the 2-roll reel attached to the Green clip must be attached to the earrings with an earring hook.
Earrings are ready.
Bracelet: reels with buttons must be attached to each side of the bracelet as the last reel unit.
The bracelet is ready.
Bracelet length is 8. 5inches.
Foot chain: same as bracelet.
But it may take a length of 9. 5 or 10inches.
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As the mainstream press frets that the much-touted "economic-recovery" appears to have lost steam, the economic crisis continues to escalate for ordinary people.
With official unemployment holding steady at 9.5 percent (real unemployment is much higher), and with the state budget cuts producing yet more tuition increases, a growing phenomenon is sweeping the nation: homeless and hungry college students.
National Public Radio (NPR) reported in late July: "For many college students and their families, rising tuition costs and a tough economy are presenting new challenges as college bills come in. This has led to a little-known but growing population of financially stressed students, who are facing hunger and sometimes even homelessness."
While no exact figures are available, the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth reports a large increase in homeless students.
"We're hearing from the college presidents and leadership that more and more students are struggling," Michelle Asha Cooper of the Institute for Higher Education told reporters. "Some are taking out pretty large amounts of student loans to finance their education as well as their living costs. Some are enrolling part time, some are even dropping out."
The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) even created an "Economic Crisis Response Team" to help homeless and hungry students stay enrolled. NPR reported the story of one such UCLA student, Diego Sepulveda, who ended up homeless after losing his full-time job at Subway. Now Sepulveda alternates between sleeping in the library, student center and friend's couches, catching occasional showers in a school gym.
With tuition being jacked up and social services being cut, it has often been left to students--such as Sepulveda's friends--to help each other out. For example, Abdullah Jadallah, a 22-year-old UCLA engineering student, started a food pantry after noticing how many of his classmates were going hungry.
Last year, Washington Post reporter Petula Dvorak chronicled the story of two homeless D.C.-area students, Ronnell Wilson and Miracle Lewis.
Lewis--in her late twenties--had worked as a flight attendant for United Airlines, but decided to go back to school after mass layoffs in 2008. She got a scholarship to study business and took temp jobs to make ends meet. But when temp work "dried up," she found herself living in the Calvary Women's Shelter in Northwest Washington, D.C.
Wilson--also in his twenties--was a forklift operator before he decided to go back to college. He took classes at the University of the District of Colombia during the day, and worked at California Pizza Kitchen at night. Then he got laid off and ended up homeless. Wilson continued to take classes, but had to reorganize his schedule to make sure he could get to the shelter on time to get a place to sleep.
The New York Times similarly reported the story of 22-year-old Fallon Coffer, a homeless college student who worked as a taxi dispatcher at night, and went to class during the day, taking care of her young son in-between.
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WHILE HARD data on the exact extent of homelessness among college students has not been collected, broader trends are sure to push even more students up to and over the edge.
As Kathryn Edwards and Alexander Fernandez argued in their recent Economic Policy Institute (EPI) briefing paper, "The Kid's Aren't Alright: A Labor Market Analysis of Young Workers," official unemployment for workers aged 16 to 24 peaked at 19.2 percent after the 2008 recession. This is the highest rate since records started being kept in 1948.
Real unemployment--counting involuntary part-time workers and those who have given up looking for work--is probably twice that rate.
"Though young adults represent only 13.4 percent of the workforce," Edwards and Fernandez wrote, "they now account for 26.4 percent of unemployed workers." The unemployment rate for young Black workers stands at 32.5 percent and 24.2 percent for Latinos. Unemployment for teenage workers--aged 16 to 19--stands at more than 50 percent.
This high level of youth unemployment has a major impact on college students, as so many students must also work in order to make ends meet. In 2008, 45 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds were enrolled in high school or college as well as employed (or looking for work).
With students and their family members losing jobs as tuition increases escalate and social services are cut, more and more students will fall through the tattered social safety net.
Moreover, since the 2008 recession, hunger and homelessness has mushroomed among all age groups. Late last year, the U.S. Conference of Mayors reported up to 30 and 40 percent increases in homelessness in several U.S. cities.
One in eight Americans now relies on food donations from the relief charity Feeding America--an increase of 1 million people each week in 2010 over 2006, and a 50 percent increase in the number of children. Similarly, one in eight people in the U.S. rely on food stamps for their daily bread.
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TIMES WERE already tough before the recession. But before 2008, family members and friends could take up more of the slack. If the parent of a student lost their job, the student could drop out of school for a while and work in order to help the family. Conversely, if students found themselves in trouble, loans and help from family could keep things going until graduation. The breadth of the crisis is sabotaging this privatized welfare system.
To make matters worse, Corporate America is looking for even more ways to take advantage. Business Week has reported an increase in for-profit "educational" outfits--such as the University of Phoenix and Chancellor University--targeting homeless people to fleece them of financial aid money, often leaving them with a mountain of defaulted student loan debt.
These predatory "colleges" are big business. One of Cleveland-based Chancellor University's major investors is "Neutron Jack" Welch, former CEO of General Electric, who got his nickname by firing some 100,000 GE workers. Goldman Sachs owns 38 percent of the for-profit Education Management Corporation in Pittsburgh.
Chancellor and Phoenix have sent recruiters into homeless shelters to sign people up for classes, regardless of their ability to pay or even attend school. After they get tuition money--paid for by student loans and financial aid--these companies can churn through yet more students, never worrying about pesky facts like graduation rates or what happens to their would-be students.
As Business Week notes, this type of predatory "education" isn't new. In past recessions, there was a proliferation of for-profit "trade schools"--which more often than not failed to provide any real training for unemployed blue-collar workers.
"In the Cleveland shelters, you can still find people with trade school debts from 20 years ago," Business Week wrote. "Those who don't repay their student loans [today] may forfeit their chances for public housing and are also ineligible for deferral financial aid to return to college."
As Ardetra Jones, from the Tacoma Rescue Mission told Business Week, "If the homeless have a bad student loan, they can't find a place to live, they can't go back to school. And in this economy there's not a lot of work. That leaves a person with no options."
On the one hand, college students are being driven into homelessness and hunger. On the other, the homeless and hungry are being preyed upon by for-profit "educational" vultures. George Clinton best summed up this sort of thing when he coined the phrase "America eats its young."
Enough is enough. Education--including higher education--is a human right. Not only should tuition be paid in total, the living expenses of students should be subsidized. Until we win that greater victory, we must meet every instance of cutbacks and tuition hikes with protest and action. Some of our fellow students' very lives are on the line. | <urn:uuid:f5999c0e-a72e-4af0-8dd9-9745ed493a29> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/11556-homeless-and-hungry-at-college | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00532-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970821 | 1,690 | 2.09375 | 2 |
The time for hibernating is over, and now their stomachs are growling. Bears in Wyoming are emerging from their long winter nap, and people who live in bear country are reminded to bear-proof their homes and neighborhoods.
Monica Fella is a bear safety educator with the Sierra Club. She says barbecue grills, pet food, trash and bird feeders are bear favorites that need to be kept out of reach.
She states that while grizzlies and black bears like easy food, they don't like people. When in the backcountry, Fella advises carrying bear pepper spray in case of a confrontation.
Fella says bears addicted to free food are labeled “problem bears,” and while they can sometimes be relocated, most are euthanized. For wildlife watchers who want to spot bears, Falla says males are the first to leave the winter dens, with mothers and cubs following in a few weeks. | <urn:uuid:adee84b3-98e2-4b27-bc9c-0c48e627e117> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/bears-are-awake-%E2%80%93-and-hungry10106 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00426-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972858 | 193 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Wendy Davis is the Texas state senator who stood and spoke for 11 hours yesterday — and into this morning — in a successful attempt to filibuster a bill regarding abortion in Texas.
Her inspiring performance prompted some people to call her the “LeBron James of Filibustering,” and the title even made its way to her Wikipedia page.
The prank has since been removed, but there is plenty of evidence that supports the idea that she is indeed LeBron’s political equal.
10. So I guess she’s more like “The Michael Jordan of Filibustering.”
- White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer repeated claims that the inauguration was the most watched ever. But the numbers (still) don't make sense.
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order that bans foreign organizations that receive US funding from providing abortions.
- Democratic lawmakers say Trump's new hotel in Washington, DC, has lost over $1 million and violates its lease with the government.
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:28:02 +0200 From: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov@...hat.com> To: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org> CC: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, Tom Lane <tgl@...hat.com>, pgsql-jdbc@...tgresql.org, Steffen Dettmer <steffen@...t.de> Subject: CVE DISPUTE notification: postgresql-jdbc: SQL injection due improper escaping of JDBC statement parameters Hello Kurt, Steve, vendors, originally, the following deficiency has been reported by Steffen Dettmer: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Mar/125 A SQL injection flaw was found in the way postgresql-jdbc, a JDBC driver for PostgreSQL database, performed escaping of certain JDBC statement parameters. A remote attacker could provide a JDBC statement with specially-crafted parameters, which once processed by the postgresql-jdbc driver would lead to SQL injection. References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security/2012-03/msg00024.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754273 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807394 Upon further issue investigation and discussion with Tom Lane of PostgreSQL upstream and JDBC driver upstream the following conclusion has been provided: The upstream development team of the JDBC driver for the PostgreSQL database does not consider improper escaping of certain JDBC statement / query parameters, when the JDBC driver of version older than the version of underlying PostgresSQL server is being used, to be a security defect. In general, the JDBC driver for the PostgreSQL database does not promise to work with server releases newer than the driver release. This is NOT an official JDBC driver for PostgreSQL database development team statement yet (in the sense it would reference some upstream document / web page). Anyway, we have got preliminary notification there is a upstream intention to provide such page (document which postgresql-jdbc versions are expected to work correctly with which versions of PostgreSQL database server). Till this is done, please take this post as a clarification of postgresql-jdbc's upstream intentions to dispute the possibly later allocated CVE identifier to this issue (posting this sooner yet one can be allocated to this though some vendors might still be interested in allocation). For now Red Hat Security Response Team decided to agree with the above upstream assessment / pursue the way to upstream conclusion. Though in the future if some further details would appear, forcing us to change this conclusion, we might revisit our decision. Thank you && Regards, Jan. -- Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team
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The social Web has solid support from the European Commission. In fact, the EC's now looking ahead to Web 3.0, which means "seamless, anytime, anywhere business, entertainment and social networking over fast reliable and secure networks" and "the end of the divide between mobile and fixed [phone] lines," said Viviane Reding, EC Commissioner for Information Society & Media, in a September 26 speech in Luxembourg, according to VNUNET. Europe "must lead the next generation of the Internet," she said. The EC is encouraging SN industry self-regulation and has created a task force to that end, PublicTechnology.net reports. Participants include MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Bebo, Amsterdam-based Hyves, Berlin-based StudiVZ, and Paris-based Skyrock; "a number of researchers and child welfare organisations. The EC reportedly plans to unveil best-practice guidelines for social-network sites on Safer Internet Day next February 10. For context, 7thSpace.com reports, social networking has grown 35% in Europe in the past year. It added that 56% of Europe's online population visited social-network sites last year, and the number of regular users is projected to increase from 41.7 million now to 107.4 million in the next four years. | <urn:uuid:bb77e866-74b8-4d84-98fa-65445bbb8abc> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.connectsafely.org/euro-social-networking-full-speed-ahead/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721174.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00281-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936029 | 268 | 2 | 2 |
Both India and Costa Rica are two countries that are embracing renewable energy sources. Here’s how they’re doing it and what’s been done so far on two highly contrasting continents.
Right now, more than 20% of India’s population has no access to electricity, but their government has vowed to provide each home with constant power supply before the next national election in 2019. The ‘Make in India campaign’ wants growth of manufacturing capabilities throughout the country, which of course depends on access to power.
Earlier this year, the Indian government announced a big target of 175GW of renewable energy, 100GW of which would be generated by solar alone by 2022. However, growth in this sector has been quite slow, despite its massive potential. The Indian ministry of renewable energy stated the total installed solar capacity passed 3GW for the first time in December of last year, adding just 886MW in 2014. As a comparison, in a report released in 2014, Tata Solar Power estimated that India could get to 145GW of solar by 2014.
The positive news has confident ramifications – as solar power rapidly becomes a mainstream energy option, the industry could generate over 670,000 new, clean-energy jobs in India. However these positives would be hard to achieve without a change in policies that improve the growing state of renewables. It’s crucial to make sure that this change from polluting power to clean renewables is done in a way where everyone has greater control over their personal power supply.
Costa Rica is on track to becoming the first developing country to have 100% renewable electricity. 98% of their power is currently renewable according to official data, and this year Costa Rica had 100% renewable power for 94 days in a row. This milestone took several decades to work towards and the next is to make sure that their electricity system is 100% renewable for the entire year. This means they must replace distributed diesel generators with renewable energy sources.
The Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) plans to add further hydro, wind and geothermal power plants and pull out the heavy fuel oil-powered Moin plant by 2017. They also will try to improve the productivity of existing plants than are powered by fossil fuels. As Costa Rican citizens and businessmen are optimistic about renewable power sources like wind turbines and solar panels, the country is on the right path to have a completely fossil-free power system by 2025. This gives the country confidence that they can become the first developing country to have a 100% renewable energy system. Further questions they will ask themselves are:
- How can they feed into their agro-residues to replace fossil fuels for industrial use?
- Why not replace petrol-powered vehicles with electric ones?
Costa Rica has experienced a revolution of societal pressure to improve public transportation and the government has even stated they will deliver an electric-powered train. Doing so will advance their continuous move in becoming a country completely dependent on renewable energy.
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The Property Appraiser’s office is required to determine the value of all real property (real estate) and tangible personal property (e.g. business equipment, rental furnishings) as of January 1 of each year.
Tangible Personal Property: Tangible personal property consists of assets used in a business, such as furniture, fixtures, machinery, tools, equipment, appliances, signs, supplies and leased equipment. We assess your tangible personal property by taking into consideration the original cost of the property and its age and condition. When you start your business, you must file an initial Tangible Personal Property Tax Return listing your assets, by April 1 and then refile each year. For more information on how to file, click here.
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I am a business owner in Palm Beach County, how do I file a Tangible Personal Property Tax Return?
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A previous version of this edited transcript omitted part of John Williamson's answer to the question of whether he voted for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. His full answer was "No, I've not voted for him. I've always voted for the other party -- the Liberal Democrats."
A Conversation With John Williamson, Economist
Poor countries have decried it. Anti-globalization protesters have rallied against it. And at the G20 summit in London, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared it dead. But is the "Washington Consensus" really gone? Not if you ask John Williamson, the soft-spoken British economist who coined the term 20 years ago -- and has been under fire ever since. How did a wonky paper outlining 10 recommendations on fiscal discipline and open markets become such a lightning rod? Williamson, a senior fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, spoke last week with Outlook's Carlos Lozada about what caused the financial crisis and how, whatever Brown says, the Washington Consensus is alive and well -- just check out the G20 communique. Excerpts:
Where were you when Gordon Brown declared that your "old Washington Consensus is over"? Did you watch it on TV?
I was in the Galapagos. I did not watch it on TV; I did have Internet access in the Galapagos so I was able to read about it.
Were you angry? Amused?
People have been saying the Washington Consensus is dead for about twenty years now, ever since it was first created. My reaction was more amusement than anger, but it was a combination of the two.
So is Brown right?
It depends on what one means by the Washington Consensus. If one means the ten points that I tried to outline, then clearly it's not right. If one uses the interpretation that a number of people -- including Joe Stiglitz, most prominently -- have foisted on it, that it is a neoliberal tract, then I think it is right.
How would you summarize it?
[It] involved macroeconomic discipline, including fiscal discipline, which was a particular problem in Latin America. And then it involved using the market economy, not setting it up on a totem pole as some ideal that must never be interfered with, but recognizing that there were serious limitations on the market economy. And third was globalization, free trade, absorbing oneself into the global economy.
Is the Washington Consensus in any way to blame for the global financial crisis?
I think that would be pushing it. If you read the communique following the London summit, you'll find that three of the things they agreed on were very much the things I have used to summarize the Washington Consensus. It starts off with globalization, it also mentions the market economy. Fiscal discipline comes later; it's in paragraphs 10 and 11 rather than right at the beginning, because that's not the immediate problem.
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Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins, in 1740. The best-known written version was an abridgment of M. Villeneuve's work published in 1756 by Mme Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, in Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves; an English translation appeared in 1757. Variants of the tale are known across Europe. Its enduring popularity is based on the fundamental relationship between men and women.
A rich merchant lived in the city with his three daughters. His youngest is named Beauty (sometimes Belle (French) or Bella (Italian), depending on the version), for she is both lovely to look at and her heart is pure. The merchant eventually loses all of his wealth, and he and his daughters must go live in the country. One day, he hears that one of his ships has come in, so he returns to the city. He asks his daughters if they want anything as a gift while he is gone. His two oldest daughters ask for jewelry and dresses, thinking that his wealth has returned, but Beauty only wants a rose. The merchant finds that his ship has not returned, and is upset about not being able to get his daughters their gifts.
On his return, he becomes lost in a forest. He sees a castle and enters it, seeking shelter. He finds a table laden with food and a note reading "eat" and a table filled with wine and a note saying "drink." The merchant eats and drinks and his heart is lightened. He prepares to leave, when he spots the most beautiful rose garden. He remembers that Beauty had requested a rose and decides that he should at least bring her one. Upon picking the most lovely rose there, a hideous Beast appears and tells him that for taking his most precious possession after accepting his hospitality, he must stay his prisoner forever. The merchant begs to be let free, saying he only picked the rose for his youngest daughter. The Beast agrees to let him go then—on the condition that he will have the girl who wanted his rose. The merchant is upset, but accepts this condition. He tries to hide the secret from Beauty, but she pries it from him and willingly goes to the Beast's castle.
Once there, the Beast does not treat her as a prisoner, but as a guest. He gives her lavish clothing and food and carries on lengthly conversations with her at every dinner. But at the end of every meal, the Beast asks Beauty to marry him, and at the end of every meal, Beauty refuses, saying she prefers him as a friend. Eventually, Beauty becomes homesick and begs the Beast to allow her to go to see her family. He allows it, if she will return exactly a week later, and not a day too late. Beauty agrees to this and sets off for home. Once there, her older sisters are surprised to find her well fed and dressed in finery. They grow jealous and, hearing that she must return to the Beast on a certain day, beg her to stay another day, even putting onion in their eyes to make it appear as though they are weeping. Beauty's heart is moved and she agrees to stay. When she returns to the Beast's castle late, she finds him dying in his rose garden, his broken heart killing him. Beauty weeps over him, saying that she loves him and when her tears strike him he is transformed into a handsome prince. The Prince tells Beauty that he had been enchanted by a fairy to be a Beast. Only her love for him, despite his ugliness, could break the spell over him.
Villeneuve's tale includes several elements that Beaumont's omits. Chiefly, the back story of both Beauty and the Beast is given. The Beast was a prince who lost his father at a young age, and whose mother had to wage war to defend his kingdom. The queen left him in care of an evil fairy, who tried to seduce him when he was an adult. When he refused, she transformed him into a beast. Beauty's story reveals that she is not really a merchant's daughter but the offspring of a king and a fairy; the same fairy who tried to seduce the prince also tried to murder Beauty to marry her father, and Beauty was put in the place of the merchant's dead daughter to protect her. She also gave the castle elaborate magic, which obscured the more vital pieces of it. Beaumont greatly pared down the cast of characters and simplified the tale to an almost archetypal simplicity.
The urban opening is unusual in fairy tales, as is the social class of the characters, neither royal nor peasants. It may reflect the social changes occurring at the time of its first writing.
Like all fairy tales, Beauty and the Beast might be interpreted in a number of different ways. One way is to see it as a young woman's coming-of-age story. Content with a pure love for her father, she finds sexuality bestial, and so a man who feels sexual desire for her is a beast. Only when she is capable of regarding the desire of sexual relationship as human is she capable of achieving happiness.
Another interpretation is that the Beast is actually bestial, but the woman's love is capable of transforming him into a handsome prince.
The tale has also been interpreted as a commentary on arranged marriages; the first known versions stem from upper-class ancien regime France, where such marriages were the norm. An arranged marriage, particularly to a much older man, could easily seem like marriage of a beast to a young daughter; the fairy tale argued that such marriages could be happy, and their "bestial" husbands could indeed prove to be good men, if the bride could look beneath the surface—or be transformed into good men from beast by their wives.
Closely related to them are tales of Aarne-Thompson type 425A. These include The Sprig of Rosemary, Cupid and Psyche, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Black Bull of Norroway, The Daughter of the Skies, The Enchanted Pig, and White-Bear-King-Valemon.
A common motif, often found in such tales, is that the transformation was accomplished by a thwarted supernatural lover—nereid, fairy, elf, or troll; the victim must live in that form until finding another love, as beautiful as the thwarted lover.
The tale has been notably adapted for both stage and screen several times.
A French version of La Belle et la Bête was made in 1946, directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais as the Beast and Josette Day as Beauty, or Belle, the French word for "Beauty." This version adds a subplot involving Belle's suitor Avenant, who schemes along with Belle's brother and sisters to journey to Beast's castle to kill him and capture his riches while the sisters work to delay Belle's return to the castle. When Avenant enters the magic pavilion which is the source of Beast's power, he is struck by an arrow fired by a guardian statue of the Roman goddess Diana, which transforms Avenant into Beast and reverses the original Beast's curse.
A Soviet animated feature film called The Scarlet Flower, using a rotoscoping technology, was filmed in 1952, based on Sergei Aksakov's version. The story was set in a Middle-Age Slavic background, and the characters speak Old Russian in the vein of traditional tales. (Old Russian was the literary language of Kievan Rus' between the tenth and fourteenth century.)
In 1991, Walt Disney Feature Animation produced a musical animated film version of Beauty and the Beast, directed by Kirk Wise & Gary Trousdale, with a screenplay by Linda Woolverton, and songs by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman. It won Academy Awards for Best Song and Best Original Score, and is the only animated feature to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Like the 1946 version, the Disney version also names Beauty "Belle." Also, in this version, the servants have been transformed into anthropomorphic objects and much of the story has been changed. Belle's father is given a name, Maurice, and Belle is his only daughter. A handsome and popular, but crude and arrogant, man named Gaston wants to marry Belle, however, she does not want to marry him due to his boorishness. Gaston and his friends threaten Maurice and the Beast, but eventually Gaston is killed during a final confrontation with the Beast. This version also brought a strong redemptive quality to the story, as the perfect Belle loves the Beast enough to see past his outer ugliness. Although the storyline was heavily altered, like many of their films, Beauty and the Beast is now considered one of the Walt Disney Company's classic animated films.
Golden Films released an adaptation of the story directly to video that was distributed by GoodTimes Entertainment. GoodTimes' Beauty and the Beast relied on moderate animation techniques but stuck primarily to the original tale.
The Disney film was adapted for the stage by Linda Woolverton and Alan Menken, who had worked on the film. Howard Ashman, the original lyricist, had died, and additional lyrics were written by Tim Rice. Seven new songs, "No Matter What," "Me," "Home," "How Long Must This Go On?," "Maison des Lunes," "Human Again," and "If I Can't Love Her" were added to those appearing in the original film score in the stage version. "Human Again," a song written for the movie but eventually cut from the final release, was added back in for the DVD release of the movie, as well as the stage production. Later, another song, "A Change In Me," was added for Belle. There is a great deal of emphasis on pyrotechnics, costuming, and special effects to produce the imagery of the enchanted castle that was produced by Disney Theatrical. This version of Beauty and the Beast is often examined in gender studies because of the underlying female and male roles it presents to young audiences.
Also, in 2003, the RSC put a version on stage that was closer to the original story than the Disney version. It was so popular that the RSC repeated it in 2004, with additions and slight variations to their original script.
Beauty and the Beast is often performed as a pantomime in the UK; there are many versions by many different authors. Often the character of a witch is introduced who turns the Prince into the Beast because he refuses to marry her, and a good fairy (usually called the Rose Fairy) who intervenes to help the plot reach a happy conclusion. Also in the pantomime versions, the Prince often meets and falls in love with Beauty prior to his transformation (making the story more Cinderella-like). The traditional pantomime Dame figure (man dressed outrageously as a woman) can be either Beauty's mother or (again Cinderella-like) two of her sisters.
George C. Scott turned in a made-for-TV rendition in 1976, in which, early in the presentation, his Belle Beaumont, Trish Van Devere, spots him devouring some of the local wildlife in the style of a lion, only later to comport himself in his dialogs with her (still as the Beast) with the nobility and charm of a knight. Scott was nominated for an Emmy for his performance.
In 1984, Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre produced an adaptation starring Klaus Kinski and Susan Sarandon. The sets, makeup, and costumes were based on the 1946 film.
Beauty and the Beast, which owed as much to detective shows and fantasy fiction as to the fairy tale, originally broadcast from 1987 to 1989. This was centered around the relationship between Catherine, an attorney who lived in New York City, played by Linda Hamilton, and Vincent, a gentle but lion-faced "beast," played by Ron Perlman, who dwells in the tunnels beneath the city. Wendy Pini created two issues of a comic-book adaptation of the TV series.
Beauty and the Beast has been the subject of many novels, most notably in Beauty by Robin McKinley, the Newbery Award-winning author. McKinley's second voyage into the tale of Beauty and the Beast;; resulted in Rose Daughter.
Tanith Lee's collection Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer included a science-fiction retelling, in which a wealthy merchant's daughter living in the far future falls in love with an alien.
Donna Jo Napoli wrote a young adult novel, Beast, centered around the Beast's point-of-view and his life before he met Beauty.
Nancy Holder wrote an entry in the Once Upon a Time series called Spirited, which is a loose retelling of the story with a young Englishwoman named Isabella Stevenson who falls in love with her captor, Wusamequin, a brooding Mohican medicine man during the French and Indian War.
The story was adapted by Mercedes Lackey into her Elemental Masters novel The Fire Rose, setting the story in early twentieth century San Francisco.
Megan Hussey's "Behold the Beauty," featured in Midnight Showcase's "Deities of Desire" erotic digest, is a feminist spin on the Beauty and the Beast tale. Hero Prince Beausoleil is a classically handsome young man who falls desperately in love with the healer Agnatha, an unconventional, often ridiculed woman who lives in the woods of Ravenshead; a mythical European province where Beau's family rules and many younger, more conventionally attractive women vie for his affections.
Two separate adaptations of the tale appear in Angela Carter's short story collection The Bloody Chamber, which reinterprets several different fairy tales.
Fantasy author Francesca Lia Block included a retelling of the story in her collection The Rose and the Beast, which features modern re-tellings and alternate endings for nine classic fairy tales including The Snow Queen and Snow White. In her version, called "Beast," Beauty comes to prefer the Beast as a monster and is saddened when he is transformed.
The story also served as a plot for the 10th issue of Serena Valentino's comic book, Nightmares & Fairy Tales. In this version, Belle is a lesbian and her lover, Rose, is taken away from her and transformed into the Beast. If Belle can discover who the Beast truly is, the curse will be broken.
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[This post is part of the developer's manual preview published on this blog. You can find temporary TOC here.]
[This article requires Sitefinity 3.6 hotfix to be installed]
ControlsConfig file is a new configuration file introduced in Sitefinity 3.6 which allows developers to
- Map embedded templates to external templates
- Add new Subviews to Views
- Remove existing Subviews to Views
- Replace existing Subview with a new Subview
*** NOTE ***
If you are unfamiliar with Views and Subviews, please refer to the articles giving Architectural Overview and explaining what are Views.
*** END NOTE ***
How does one activate controls configuration
Controls configuration is defined by a special file named
which needs to be placed in the ~/App_Data/Configuration folder of your site. The name of the file and its location are crucial for the configuration to work.
What is the structure of the controls configuration file
The root node of configuration file is <controlsConfig>, which is followed by the <viewMap> node, inside of which all the current configurations are being defined. Let us take a look at the example controls config file, which maps BloggersList (public control of Blogs module) to use an external template instead of an embedded one.
|<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
| <viewMap> |
| <!--Provides user interface for displaying a list of bloggers in the blogs module. --> |
| <viewSettings |
| hostType="Telerik.Blogs.WebControls.BloggersList" |
| layoutTemplatePath="~/Sitefinity/ControlTemplates/Blogs/BloggersList.ascx" /> |
How to get the list of all possible configurations and where to find template files
Since the key of the viewSettings element is the full type of the control for which the setting is being set, it may not always be easy to find out what type should we specify. Also, sometimes one would just like to create an external template from the embedded one and make only few modifications.
For this purposes, in your Client.net account you can find zip files named “Version_ExternalTemplates.zip”, where Version of course is the name of the version for which you wish to download External templates.
*** NOTE ***
External templates zip file is available from Sitefinity 3.6 1870 version.
*** END NOTE ***
Once you download and extract the file, you will notice that you have two folders inside:
In App_Data/Configuration folder you will find the ControlsConfig file with all controls that use embedded templates. This file you can use as a reference for your own mappings.
*** WARNING ***
Do not simply copy the ControlsConfig files in your App_Data/Configuration folder because you will effectively map all the templates to external ones. Map only the controls for which you wish to make modifications, because this will greatly simplify your upgrade process on the next releases.
*** END WARNING ***
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For all their medical promise, stem cells often come with a lot of ethical baggage -- human embryos are required for production. A new generation is worry-free: adult cells reprogrammed to an embryonic-like state. These induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) offer "master" cells for projects such as lab-grown organs. "iPSCs are part of a revolution in stem-cell-based medicine," says Paul Knoepfler, a stem cell biologist at the University of California, Davis, and author of Stem Cells: An Insider's Guide (World Scientific, 2013).
Recent advances include making patient-specific human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) without destroying embryos, and skipping the pluripotent stage by converting adult cells from one type to another. Here are six research groups making progress.
Harvard University, US
Ott's team stripped down a dead rat heart to leave a scaffold of structural proteins, which they seeded with cells from newborn rats. After ten days in a chamber that mimics biological conditions, this amalgam had developed into a rudimentary heart.
What's next: getting iPSCs to reproduce human heart cells.
Peking University, China
Earlier this year, Deng's team found a way to make iPSCs from adult mouse cells using only a cocktail of chemicals. If the approach works with human cells, it could provide a safer alternative to conventional reprogramming.
What's next: a mix of compounds that will work on human cells.
RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan
Takahashi is trying to halt age-related macular degeneration in humans, which can lead to blindness, by inserting healthy retinal cells derived from iPSCs into the eyes of patients. The iPSCs will be genetically identical to the patient's cells.
What's next: full clinical trials of an iPSC-based therapy.
Oregon Health and Science University, US
Before iPSCs, cloning was the best hope for creating genetically matched cells for therapy. Mitalipov's team created human ESCs by transferring the nucleus of a donor cell - a fetal skin cell - to an egg cell whose nucleus had been removed.
What's next: human iPSC/ESCs checks for abnormalities.
Stanford University, US
Rather than reprogram cells into a pluripotent state, Wernig's team used three transcription factors to transform adult mouse skin cells into functional brain cells. Skipping the pluripotent stage takes out the risk of creating tumours via extreme proliferation.
What's next: getting the technique to work on human cells.
University of Cambridge, UK
In 2010, Vallier and his colleagues cajoled human iPSCs into functional liver cells - a technique that could provide large quantities of patient-specific cells. In 2011, they corrected a gene mutation responsible for liver cirrhosis in iPSCs that matured into healthy cells.
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3 Ways To Quiet The Mind Chatter
How To Quiet The Monkey Mind
Our thoughts absolutely impact how we live, the level of stress we feel, and ultimately how our health and overall well-being is.
Here’s 3 simple things you can do that will help reduce mental mind chatter.
Instead of imagining, manipulating, justifying or explaining; simply express yourself in the moment.
That way a lot of unnecessary thinking is eliminated and greatly reduced.
By expressing yourself in the moment the mind doesn’t have to create imaginary stories and dramas about the meeting with the other person after the event has taken place.
Take responsibility for your actions, feelings and thoughts and do not accept any “must” or “should” that the ego voice inside your head insists on.
Don’t believe everything it throws at you.
Move Your Body
Exercise doesn’t just get our blood circulating but physical movement also helps release old, stagnant energy and brings clarity and relief to both the body, mind and spirit.
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(1790-1869) Knight of Pratz - French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France.
Autograph letter signed, one page, 5,25 x 8 inch, blind-embossed stationery, St-Point, 4th of August (no year), in French, to "mon cher ami" - Alphonse de Lamartine congratulates his correspondent and writes about his current situation, written and signed in black ink "Lamartine", attractively mounted (removable) for display with a picture of Alphonse de Lamartine (altogether 11,75 x 8,25 inch), with scattered mild signs of wear - in fine to very fine condition. Accompanied by a letter signed, 3 1/2 pages (both sides), 8,25 x 10,5 inch, Paris, 29.03.1859, in French, letter of renunciation concerning the estate of Miss Martin, who had left his fortune to Lamartine - following the argument of Mrs. Cremieux, there can be no challenge to the will, although the character of the testator was judged by Ms. Lamartine as strange and exalted..., signed in black ink "Alph de Lamartine" - additionally signed by his wife "Marianna-Eliza de Lamartine", with foxing, tears/paper loss to a lower corner, and intersecting letter folds - in good condition.
"Bravo mon cher ami. [...] meilleur de jour en jour pour le pays et pour moi. J`envoie votre beau programme au Journal. Je suis dans ma montagne. Je ne vais pas à Paris avant février. Il faut travailler pour vivre et vivre pour combattre."
"Well done my dear friend. [...] better day by day for the country and for me. I send your beautiful program to the Journal. I am in my mountain. I'm not going to Paris before February. You have to work to live and live to fight."
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Horizons focuses on personal development and supports students to plan for their future and think about life after school. Horizons local camps and interstate camps bring students together for experiential learning opportunities and support them to strengthen their self-efficacy and resilience and create a plan for the future.
The Horizons program aims to build resilience and provide students with the tools to set and achieve their own goals, to finish year 12 and plan for post schooling transitions.
The Horizons program is run locally in each partner community and interstate.
Horizons Interstate Program
Horizons interstate program provides First Nations young people with the opportunity to join their peers from partner communities for a life changing educational experience The program engages with a specific cohort of students from grades 5-12 from each of the partner schools, culminating in an Australian state and territory capital city camp.
In 2015, the Foundation hosted its first series of Horizons camps with students from all communities. With the support of the Federal Government and our primary partner, up to 80 students have had the opportunity to experience one of five trips to Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Melbourne or Sydney. Designed according to age group, the Horizons interstate Program balances fun and new experiences of city life with educational and employment opportunities that encourage the students to navigate their journey transitions through school and into the world of work.
Exposure to various workplaces and corporate engagement, meeting people who work in diverse fields, mentoring sessions and workshops all provide First Nations young people with roles models and leaders. These experiences enable students to dream big and aim high.
Horizons Local Program
Horizons local program engages students in learning about opportunities available to them in their local areas. The program is focused on providing positive role models, an understanding of the world of work and building resilience. The Horizons camps connect students with people and places within and beyond their community and cultural experiences in an urban setting.
The local Horizons program provides senior secondary students (years 10 – 12) opportunities to identify employment providers, role models and support networks in their local area as they transition to the world of work. Each camp is specifically designed by Community Spirit Foundation to build on themes developed in the Starting Block workbooks. These include resilience, wellbeing, goal setting, employability skills, the importance of culture and self-efficacy. Activities are designed and led by partner organisations as well a local community members and teachers to build on the Foundation’s four key pillars: empowerment, sustainability, influence and connection.
With the aim to empower students to plan for their futures and develop the capacity to implement the plans, Horizons supports young people to build on their innate strengths. Students are selected to participate in the local and interstate Horizons camps based on school attendance and student application to their learning.
EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION BROADENS A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO SET GOALS FOR A FUTURE OF THEIR MAKING.
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In 2013, Syria agreed to get rid of its chemical weapons, a promise allegedly broken multiple times last year. Now more evidence reported by rescue workers and citizens has piled up that toxins continue to be deployed via chlorine bombs in the war-torn country, the New York Times reports. The UN adopted a resolution in March that permits economic or military action against parties using chlorine gas as a weapon in Syria; the resolution was partly necessary because the toxin, due to its use in everyday applications, wasn't technically on the list of chemicals President Assad was ordered to destroy, per the Times. However, neither of the warring factions—Assad's forces or anti-Assad insurgents—has been officially blamed, which stalls meting out punishment. Meanwhile, rescue workers and doctors in Syria are gathering as much evidence as they can to present to foreign governments—a challenge since chlorine doesn't last long in blood, urine, air, or soil, per the Times.
The UN Security Council has been stuck in assigning blame, with Russia—a Syrian ally—creating the greatest obstacle due to its veto against blaming Syria, the paper notes; the US ambassador to the UN told the AP in March that Russia's resistance has been "extremely disruptive" to ending the four-year civil war in Syria. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a watchdog group keeping an eye on activity in Syria and reporting on the bombings, has also been unable to definitively point the finger, per the Times. Witnesses have their suspicions, however. "We know the sound of a helicopter that goes to a low height and drops a barrel," a White Helmets rescue worker tells the paper. "Nobody has aircraft except the regime." In the meantime, residents continue to carry around walkie-talkies to warn each other of approaching aircraft and keep water supplies well-stocked to wash victims down after the bombs are dropped, the Times notes. | <urn:uuid:20d5d75f-891f-4102-ab13-699d73458bde> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.newser.com/story/206513/rescue-workers-syria-still-using-chemical-weapons.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00436-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970175 | 384 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Travel can inform and educate, but many destinations no longer want visitors at any cost.
We live in times of upheaval. Metropolitan areas are growing and becoming more densely populated, rents and housing demand have since risen exponentially in many places, while the rural exodus in the provinces is increasing, traditional and established structures are partly disappearing, or the expansion of modern infrastructure often continues to stagnate. Or reversely, regions that were once uninteresting for tourists, such as the Uckermark, are increasingly being “discovered” around Berlin – and apparently to such an extent that even high-ranking media such as DIE ZEIT have meanwhile started to take notice.
Elsewhere, evergreen destinations such as Venice or Majorca are fed up with overtourism that degrades the country and its people and are trying with specific initiatives to ward off the streams of tourists that descend on them like swarms of locusts via low-cost airlines or cruise ships and just as suddenly disappear again without leaving any added value worth mentioning.
The pandemic may have temporarily put this on a back burner, but the problems have not become any less intense as a result.
What does this have to do with us at HOLIDAYARCHITECTURE?
Many partner houses from our network are traditionally found in more rural areas. We believe that locations which offer high-quality hospitality and architecture are small, valuable steps towards future-oriented travel – for and with more foresight, cultural empathy and meaningfulness.
If – as in the above example of the Uckermark – contrary points of view or even rejections should in fact arise, we will attend to them (self-)critically and take concrete action. This is because the effects of overheating that have been observed for years (concerning property prices as well as tempers) and the unease in the travel industry (bucket lists, overtourism, gentrification) that already occurred before and independently of Covid 19 also give us cause for concern.
Holidayarchitecture properties that are often in areas that have yet to be (re-) discovered and that could still cause excitement or are already doing so quietly and secretly, are of course no panacea against this. But also, they are certainly small steps in the right direction.
Some of these forgotten destinations have experienced a certain “renaissance” in the course of the pandemic – albeit to a lesser extent than we had hoped for and encouraged. In addition, during the pandemic-related further shortage of holiday accommodation, many of our readers anticipated that houses and destinations in the “second tier” were much more promising in terms of booking success, and above all were able to offer unexpectedly positive holiday experiences. Especially in these areas, which are still under the radar of broader public perception, we are particularly pleased to be able to present new holiday destinations again and again, which are not only architecturally valuable, but also have the potential to reconcile residents, guests, and nature alike.
Of course, well-built architecture alone can of course neither stop the rural exodus (in one direction or another) nor bring about a turnaround in overcrowded hotspots.
It does, however, help to mitigate such developments in certain areas – at least indirectly. And in combination with a mindful hospitality, it can, in our view, very well point the way forward in order to create lighthouse projects.
On this note, we would be pleased if you were to enjoy meaningful and authentic holiday experiences at the “fringes of tourism” through our network and thereby discover unknown places that – perhaps contrary to initial assumptions – inspire and enrich. And what’s more, by choosing them, you will have a very personal influence on what happens in the (travel) world in the long term.
For our part, we promise to take an even closer and more careful look in the future when we select new partners and to pay even more attention to sustainability in all its facets.
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”(Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays. First Series – 1841)
Text: Britta Krämer and Ulrich Stefan Knoll, November 2021
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aquatic plant will be processed into meal and used as a component in feed for
livestock and poultry. The meal adds minerals and vitamins (chiefly riboflavin)
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The most pristine parts of the Amazon rainforest devoid of direct human contact are being impacted by human-induced climate change, according to new research by LSU scientists.
The most pristine parts of the Amazon rainforest devoid of direct human contact are being impacted by human-induced climate change, according to new research by LSU scientists. New analyses of data collected over the past four decades show that not only has the number of sensitive resident birds throughout the Amazon rainforest declined, but the body size and wing length have changed for most studied species. These physical changes in the birds track increasingly hot and dry conditions in the dry season, from June to November.
T“Even in the middle of this pristine Amazon rainforest, we are seeing the global effects of climate change caused by people, including us,” said Vitek Jirinec, LSU alumnus (Ph.D. ’21), associate ecologist at the Integral Ecology Research Center and lead author to this study published in the journal Science Advances.
Birds in the Amazon rainforest have become smaller and their wings have become longer over several generations, indicating a response to the shifting environmental conditions that may include new physiological or nutritional challenges.
Read more at: Louisiana State University
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AMARILLO (AP) — Bids are being sought to run a wind farm meant to help power the Pantex nuclear weapons plant in the Texas Panhandle.
The Amarillo Globe-News (http://bit.ly/OJdMhh ) reported Wednesday that the site will include five turbines on 1,500 acres of government land. The privately run wind farm near Pantex, about 17 miles northeast of Amarillo, is expected to be the first at a National Nuclear Security Administration facility.
An energy savings contract allowed agencies to initiate projects without up-front capital costs from the government. Pantex assistant manager Johnnie Guelker says the contract likely will include a $25 million investment by the winning bidder.
Bids are due Sept. 6. Pantex officials did not immediately return messages Thursday to provide additional details.
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Like its free sibling, Essential Skeleton, which focusses on the human skeleton, this app allows the user to select and fly through the skeleton. In addition it includes 6 additional systems which can be built up or dialled out from the skeleton. The systems included are:
It also includes the brain and heart. All of the systems are rendered in 3D and in colour, layering up to produce a full anatomical rendering of the human body. The app uses a model that has been designed from the ground up to provide a detailed and visually captivating rendering whether on the iPad or projected onto larger screens.
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Sorry to say that you really are never completely out of the woods. BUT, you can return your health pretty close to a nonsmoker. Add a healthy diet and exercise to your routine and you can put your overall health above most folks. And lets face it. It's not a smoker-friendly world anymore.
As soon as you stop smoking, your heart and circulatory system (the arteries and veins that blood flows through) start getting better. Your chance of heart attack, stroke, and other circulatory diseases begins to drop. The flow of blood to your hands and feet gets stronger. Your breathing may be more difficult in the first few weeks, but should become easier a few months after your last cigarette. Quitting smoking can't undo permanent lung damage. It may, however, help slow further damage to the lungs. Your chance of getting cancer from smoking also begins to shrink. Within 10 to 15 years after quitting, the risk of cancer and heart disease is almost as low as that of a nonsmoker.
Heres some great information many of us have come to live by.
Within 20 Minutes...
Blood pressures drops
Pulse rate drops to normal
Body temperature of hand and feet increases to normal
Within 8 hours...
Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal
Oxygen level in blood increases to normal
Within 24 hours...
Chance of heart attack decreases
Within 48 hours...
Nerve endings start regrowing
Ability to smell and taste is enhanced
Within 2 weeks to 3 months...
Walking becomes easier
Lung function increases up to 30%
Within 1 to 9 months...
Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath decrease
Cilia regrow in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean lungs and reduce infection
Body's overall energy increases
Within 1 year...
Excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker
Within 5 years...
Stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5-15 years after quitting
Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus is half that of a smoker
Within 10 years...
Lung cancer death rate about half that of a continuing smoker's
Risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, bladder, kidney and pancreas decreases
Within 15 years...
Risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmokers
For those of you who have already quit, use these milestones as celebration time and work towards the next milestone.
As you can see it takes a long time to remove a lot of the risk, so it's important to start now if you havent already. Quitting is not going to be any easier next week or next month. Good luck!!!!
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Medications for Chronic Cough
At Hassenfeld Children's Hospital of New York at NYU Langone, treatment of children with a chronic cough depends on the underlying cause. After our doctors have identified the source of your child’s symptoms, they can select the most effective medical therapy. Most children with a chronic cough feel better within a few weeks of starting treatment, especially if the cause is a bacterial infection.
If your child has a bacterial infection, our doctors may prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics for two weeks or longer. These medications are effective against many types of bacteria, eliminating them from the airways. The antibiotic chosen depends on both the type of bacteria found in your child’s mucus and the results of other tests, such as bronchoscopy, which allow the doctor to look inside a child’s airways for changes caused by bronchial infections.
Antibiotics can be given by mouth or through the veins with an intravenous (IV) infusion, depending on the severity of the infection. Symptoms usually disappear 10 to 14 days after antibiotic treatment begins.
For children with cough-variant asthma, a breathing disorder in which coughing is the only symptom, our doctors may prescribe anti-inflammatory medicines to reduce inflammation in the airways. Your child’s symptoms may gradually improve within six to eight weeks after beginning asthma treatment.
Allergy and Cough Medications
Our doctors may recommend over-the-counter antihistamines and nasal steroids to relieve allergy symptoms, which can contribute to an ongoing cough in children. Avoidance of allergy triggers such as pollen or animal dander can also help to reduce symptoms that can lead to a cough.
Our doctors do not recommend over-the-counter and prescription cough suppressants, such as those that contain dextromethorphan and codeine. These medications do not address the underlying cause and can lead to significant side effects in young children.
When a chronic cough is not caused by a bacterial infection, allergies, or asthma, a child may need other types of treatment to address the underlying cause. Our doctors make referrals to other specialists at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital who can treat less common causes of chronic cough, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease, congenital lung abnormalities, and cystic fibrosis, if needed. | <urn:uuid:d456beef-0cb4-478b-b1f5-650040246688> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://nyulangone.org/conditions/chronic-cough-in-children/treatments/medications-for-chronic-cough | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280587.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00565-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931736 | 475 | 2.375 | 2 |
I am not Catholic, but a recent conversation elsewhere has brought back to my mind the fact that the USCCB has implied that a means for preserving life may be "disproportionate" if it imposes "excessive expense."
Some people attempt to use this loophole to justify the murder (yep, I call it that) of helpless people like Terri Schiavo by depriving them of mere nutrition and hydration. The claim is that it is "excessively expensive" to "keep alive" someone like Terri.
My own strong preference would be for understanding ordinary and extraordinary care in biological terms, in terms of whether the body is actively dying, in terms of what everyone needs, and so forth, rather than in terms of expense. But it may be expected that the ordinary/extraordinary distinction will track the "very expensive/not-so-expensive" distinction, on the assumption that extraordinary care involves expensive technology.
People--especially Catholics--who want to excuse depriving the Terris of the world of mere food and water via a perceived "expense" loophole in the Church's teaching need to be brought up short by the following consideration: It is not the "artificial" nature of the nutrition and hydration that are the chief cause of expense for such helpless people. It is the fact that they live, are helpless, and need ordinary care: things like diaper changing, being turned in the bed, bathing, etc. This sort of care is what is most expensive, especially if the people closest to the helpless adult are unable because of strength considerations or unwilling to do that work.
Thought experiment: Suppose that a helpless, severely disabled adult like Terri were magically made able to survive without food and water but still needed day-to-day bodily care. Would the "expense" of her life be drastically decreased? I say that it would not. It's not the cost of the insertion of the PEG tube nor the cans of adult "formula" that are the heaviest expense. It's the fact that the person is alive and needs to be cared for as a baby would.
But so what? Question: Do we consider it "medical care" to bathe, clothe, change, and otherwise care for a baby? Do we consider such normal forms of care to be "extraordinary" or "disproportionate"?
The care of helpless adults is deemed "medical" because their being helpless means that something is wrong with them and also, practically, because it is so much more work to take care of them and is best done (though not necessarily done) by those with special training and a good deal of physical strength.
Once we realize that it is paradigmatically ordinary care that is so expensive for these people--"expensive," at least, in terms of time and effort, even if able to be undertaken by loving family--that it is simply their existence as helpless people that is expensive, I think we will realize that it is the merest sophistry to talk as if it is their "artificial" feeding that is "extraordinary" or "excessively expensive" and focus on that as an excuse for getting rid of them. One irony here is that tube feeding actually decreases the difficulty (and hence, the expense) of caring for a helpless person. It enables that person to get the necessary nutrition and hydration fairly easily, where spoon feeding would be much less efficient, enormously more time-consuming, probably would not provide adequate nutrition to an adult, and takes more skill to do safely.
The issue, then, is not that tube feeding is specially expensive, hence extraordinary, hence conveniently optional. The issue is that people who can't care for themselves need a lot of care.
But we knew that already. And if someone thinks that morally excuses dehydrating them to bring their expensive lives to a quicker end, he has a major problem.
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Introduction to Functional Safety
Functional safety is the achievement of safety through the application of control systems and requires identifying what must be done to prevent the hazardous event from occurring and how well it should be done in terms of the system performance. Such systems, in the context of this course are referred to generically as Electrical / Electronic / Programmable (E/E/PE) safety-related systems.
The achievement of functional safety is a multi-disciplinary approach involving a wide range of disciplines including, control and instrumentation engineers, mechanical engineers, chemical engineers, electrical engineers and plant managers and engineers.
In the context of this course “E/E/PE safety-related systems” refers to those systems that are intended to achieve, together with the other risk reduction measures, the necessary risk reduction to meet the required tolerable risk. Increasingly, E/E/PE safety-related systems form an essential part of the overall framework for the achievement of a tolerable risk.
The course is based on international standard IEC 61508, “Functional safety of Electrical, Electronic, and Programmable Electronic safety-related systems” which is a standard which can be used on its own but also has the status of a basic functional safety standard from which other functional safety standards are based.
This course provides a sound basis for anyone involved in the management, specification, design, system integration, operation, modification, and maintenance of safety-related systems.
We have developed a workbook to go alongside this E-Learning course. It comprises of:
- A copy of all the slides that are shown on the screen; and,
- All the text of the voiceovers of the slides; and,
- A section where you can make your own notes (through an editable PDF)
The Workbook will be available as a download for your own use on a permanent basis.
All prices shown are exclusive of VAT which will be added at checkout.
Ron Bell, OBE, B.Sc. (Hons), CEng, FIET, FS Expert (TÜV Rheinland, # 258 /15, SIS). Principal Consultant, Engineering Safety Consultants (ESC) Limited which is an ERM Group Company.
From 1992 until 2006, Ron Bell was Head of the Electrical and Control Systems Group in the Health and Safety Executive. In 1998, he was appointed as one of the five UK members of the binational Channel Tunnel Safety Authority, which is a position he held for 13 years. He chairs one of the two IEC working groups responsible for IEC 61508 (the international standard dealing with safety critical systems). He continues to hold that position which he has held since 1988.
He is the author, some jointly, of more than 40 technical publications, including approximately 20 SCI-cited publications.
Honours & Awards:
Ron is the lead author of this course.
EUR ING David Green BEng (hons) CEng MIET FInstMC FS Expert (TÜV Rheinland, # 277/17, SIS), RFSE, CMSE®
David is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), registered European Engineer (EUR ING) and Registered Functional Safety Engineer (InstMC) with more than 18 years’ experience in safety-related applications, within machinery and process systems. He is a certified TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Expert and ‘Reliability and Functional Safety Engineer’ (Technik) in Safety Instrumented Systems. He is also a TÜV Nord Certified Machinery Safety Expert.
David has spent most of his career working in upper tier COMAH manufacturing sites, maintaining the instrumentation systems on the organisation’s behalf including the role of technical lead for Safety Lifecycle Management for five years at the UK’s second largest Refinery. These activities involved working with external agencies and representing the company in front of the UK regulators. He is now focusing on consultation in risk engineering services. His work involves interacting with companies in multiple industries to ensure compliance to relevant industry standards globally, having led Functional / Machinery Safety work scopes in the UK, mainland Europe, Middle East and West Indies.
Dr Fan Ye, CFSE, FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland), GICSP, CEng, MIET, Principal Consultant, Engineering Safety Consultants (ESC) Limited (An ERM Group Company)
Dr Fan Ye has worked in safety consultancy in industries including oil and gas, chemical, nuclear power and defence since completing his PhD in 2005. Fan is a Charted Engineer (CEng) by the Engineering Council via IET. He is a Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE) and TÜV Rhineland and Technis certified Functional Safety Engineer. He is a GIAC certified Global Industrial Control Security Professional (GICSP). His expertise lies in the areas of hazard identification and risk assessment, safety case development, safety management, system reliability, and Industrial Control system (ICS) cyber security.
Fan is a committee member of the BSI GEL/65/1, the IEC 61508 Part 3 and IEC WG10 for IEC 62443 series. Fan has extensive knowledge on international safety standards such as IEC 61508, IEC 61511 and UK Defence Standards and Military of Defence (MoD) policy.
Fan has chaired and facilitated numerous HAZOP and SIL determination (LOPA) studies in the UK and Middle East. He has also led a number of SIL verification studies, Functional Safety Assessments and Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRAs) for major projects. Fan has delivered numerous training courses on the topics of functional safety (IEC 61508/IEC 61511), safety-related software (IEC 61508-3) and ICS cyber security (IEC 62443). He has also been a guest speaker at various conferences and workshops organised by institutions such as IET, The Safety-Critical Systems Club (SCSC) and InstMc.
• Understand the course is based on the concepts and requirements of international standard IEC 61508
• Understand the concept of functional safety and its relationship to safety
• Understand the terminology relating to systems and risk concepts
• Understand the overall system architecture comprising the Equipment Under Control (EUC), the EUC Control System and the Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic (E/E/PE) safety-rated system
• Understand the concept of Safety Integrity Level (SIL) in the context of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic (E/E/PE) safety-rated systems
• Learn about Multiple Layers of Protection & Mitigation
• Understand the role that the SIL of a safety function plays in achieving the Target Risk
• Understand the concept of Safety Lifecycles and the role they play in the achievement of functional safety
• Learn about the System Safety Requirements Specification and the System Design Requirements Specification
• Understand what compliance to IEC 61508 means
• Understand the concept of Safe and Dangerous Failures in the context of Safety Functions
• Learn about Random Hardware failures and Systematic Failures
• Understand how Hardware Safety Integrity is achieved
• Learn about how the Target Failure Measure for the safety function is calculated based on random hardware failure data
• Learn about the sources of random hardware failure data
• Learn about Proof Testing of safety functions
• Understand the concept of Architectural Constraints and its role in the achievement of Hardware Safety Integrity
• Learn about the key parameters that determine the maximum SIL that can be claimed for a specific safety function
• Understand the concept of Systematic Safety Integrity and Systematic Capability
• Learn about the design requirements to achieve the Systematic Safety Integrity for E/E/PE safety-related system in respect of a specified safety function
• Understand Assurance Measures comprising: Verification, Validation, Functional Safety Assessment and Functional Safety Audit and the role of independence plays in the application of Assurance Measures
• Understand the role that management plays in the achievement functional safety Learn
• Learn about some of the key requirements in management of functional safety including competence
• Understand the concept of As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) in the context of E/E/PE safety-related systems
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By 11 a.m. on a Wednesday in Antioch, California, hundreds of cars are lined up at the Palabra de Dios Community Church. The cars fill the church’s ample parking lot and snake up the neighboring service street, spilling into the intersection at the head of the block, past the next traffic light, and the next.
Some of the drivers wear face masks while kids sitting in the back seat play idly on cellphones. Some have made the trip from as far as San Mateo and San Carlos, more than an hour’s drive away on the opposite side of San Francisco Bay. All of them are waiting for food.
Most weekdays since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a box truck delivers groceries here: bags of fresh kale, lettuce, and radishes; boxes of apples, limes, and tomatoes; canned beans, pastas, and gallons and gallons of milk and juice. As volunteers from the church unload the truck, others quickly sort the food into single-family grocery boxes to put into each car.
“Our intention here is to provide food to those who truly need it,” says Ruben Herrera, pastor of Palabra de Dios. “With a lot of schools closing, no school means no food. There are a lot of families that are thinking of the first of the month. They don’t have extra. You take [these parents] out of work, they might not have enough to provide for their children.”
Herrera and his congregation don’t regularly operate a food drive out of the parking lot of their church, but for many churches, nonprofits, and social service providers, the COVID-19 crisis has prompted a rapid reconfiguration of resources and efforts to address the needs of their communities.
The truckload of food comes from White Pony Express, a nonprofit aimed at alleviating hunger in Contra Costa County. Over the past six years, the staff members at White Pony Express have built and coordinated a growing food redistribution network, in which they “rescue” food with approaching sell-by dates from grocery stores, restaurants, and farmers markets, and redistribute that food to the county’s low-income residents via food pantries, schools, and community centers. “We take the abundance from areas that have more than enough and redistribute it to places that don’t have enough,” says Helen Jones, food rescue operations manager for White Pony Express. “Ultimately, our goal is to eliminate hunger and poverty in the county, to try to balance out the scales.”
But the COVID-19 crisis has brought a range of challenges to White Pony Express, as it has to all nonprofits addressing food insecurity. With unemployment rates skyrocketing, more families are losing income and trying to get by with less. At the same time, volunteers are more scarce because of social distancing and shelter-in-place orders, grocery stores have cut donations to meet consumer demand, and many distribution sites, such as community centers and schools, have closed indefinitely.
Given the ever-shifting landscape they operate in, Jones and White Pony Express staff have been forced to carve out new avenues to bring food to the community. One of those is Palabra de Dios.
“Things are constantly changing,” Jones says. “There have been long nights, a lot of planning and juggling. … It’s been a collaborative effort on the team. Everyone’s being flexible because this is a fluid situation. They’re just happy to be able to be out there serving the community.”
Meeting Volunteer Demands in a Time of Social Distancing
Under normal circumstances, White Pony Express receives and distributes about 6,000 pounds of food each day. Drivers of White Pony Express’s fleet of box trucks typically visit their donors throughout the Bay Area seven days a week to pick up leftover food—as well as clothing, toys, and other items—and bring them back to the nonprofit’s warehouse in Pleasant Hill. There, volunteers sort the donations in hours before loading them back on the truck to head out to the community. Nothing perishable is stored overnight.
But now, one month into the COVID-19 crisis, things look a bit different at the White Pony Express facility, where about a dozen volunteers wearing masks and gloves tackle a variety of tasks: shucking corn, stacking milk crates, and sorting fruits and vegetables. Social distancing requires volunteers to spread out, and there are far fewer volunteers here than on a normal day.
Volunteer Mindy Bush says many of the regular volunteers have chosen not to come in during the current crisis. Understandably so, because most are 65 and older and therefore most susceptible to the virus. But Bush, whose health and work schedule allow her to continue volunteering, saw this as an opportunity to step up. “Usually I come once or twice a week,” she says. “This is my fourth time this week.”
Most of today’s volunteers are new. “This is my second day,” says Jean Lyons, a part-time grocery store employee, as she works across from Bush to sort rotten fruit from a case of apples. “I love being part of something like this, ” she says.
In the meantime, staff members have worked around the clock to tie up loose ends in the food donation supply chain, while many have joined the volunteers sorting food.
“I am working harder, and I’m blessed that I get to,” says Cliff Strand, one of the drivers for White Pony Express “This is a time when people need hope. They need someone to deliver that hope.”
Sourcing Food as Grocery Demand Spikes
The crisis has also affected where food donations come from, and where they go once they leave the facility. Since mid-March, White Pony Express has seen a significant reduction in donations from grocery stores, for instance, because of a spike in consumer demand. Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and other franchises have continued to donate what they can, but intake from grocery stores has fallen by as much as 80%.
This setback has required White Pony Express to lean on other donors, such as food distributors. For instance, Imperfect Foods, a San Francisco-based company that sources and resells edible food rejected by retailers has donated 140,000 pounds of food to White Pony Express since January. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the company has been ramping up donations to White Pony Express and other food-focused organizations.
“The issue is not a lack of food,” says Reilly Brock, brand storytelling manager for Imperfect Foods. “We often have surplus… Nonprofits like White Pony Express are a huge part of our safety net to make sure we don’t waste edible food, and that any time we have food, it’s going to someone who needs it.”
Carving Out New Channels for Food Distribution
Under normal circumstances, a large portion of White Pony Express’s food supply goes to schools. As part of its food rescue program, White Pony Express identifies schools where at least 80% of the students receive free or reduced-cost lunches to set up school pantries. Twice a week, White Pony Express then delivers up to 1,000 pounds of food to these pantries, where parents are able to pick up groceries.
But with schools closed, White Pony Express has been forced to identify new portals into communities that need food. That’s where Pastor Herrera and his church come in.
In March, Jones called Herrera. She asked Herrera whether White Pony Express could use his church as a distribution center for families to pick up groceries. Not only did Herrera agree, but he promised to provide volunteers to sort the food and manage the redistribution. “We want to be more than a church. We want to have an impact on our community,” he says.
For many volunteers, the food drive at Palabra de Dios has offered a way to give back to the community when they would otherwise be at work or at home. “God taught us to help people,” says Roberto Cordoba, a 23-year-old construction worker and member of Palabra de Dios. “If we have stuff already, then why take? Let’s give to the people who really need it.”
For much of the staff at White Pony Express, responding to the COVID-19 crisis has been a constant shuffle. It has required flexibility and an understanding that conditions change from day to day.
It’s unclear how long operations such as the one at Palabra de Dios can continue. For instance, Herrera, who works full-time as an insurance agent in addition to pastoring the church, has been cutting back his work hours to run the food drive. “If I wasn’t doing this, I’d be in my office working,” he says. “But this is the time for giving. We have it in our hearts to continue.”
For many of the staff and volunteers, seeing the line of cars at Palabra de Dios offers proof enough that their work is necessary. “This is a testament to our mission—what we do as an organization on a day-to-day basis and even more so now,” Jones says. “We need to step up and provide for those who so desperately depend on us.”
This story was produced by Social Care Stories, a multimedia team that spotlights critical social issues across the country and celebrates people who work for positive change in their communities. Social Care Stories is funded by Aunt Bertha, a public benefits corporation that connects people to social services.
Austin Price is an independent writer in the Bay Area and reports on food, wildlife, and public health.
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Rio de Janeiro: Urban Life Through the Eyes of the City.pdf
"Through artistic imaginaries, media productions, social practices and spatial mappings, this book offers an insightful and original contribution to the understanding of Rio de Janeiro, one of the highly contested urban terrains in the world. Offering a rich diversity of examples extracted from lived experience, iconographic materials, and narratives, it provides innovative and compelling connections between theoretical questions and urban vignettes. Throughout the essays, the specificity of Rio de Janeiro is highlighted but it is framed in relation to theoretical questions that are relevant to major contemporary cities. The book underlines the dilemmas of a city that attempts to compete globally while confronting social inequality, violence, and novel forms of democratic agency. It retraces Rio de Janeiro's modernist memories as the former political/cultural capital of Brazilian intelligentsia and national culture. It explores Rio as a city of popular culture, mestizo legacies, media productions, and cultural innovation."
Since 1994, Beatriz Jaguaribe has been a professor at the School of Communications of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and is currently Associate Professor at the graduate program. She is a member of CiberIdeias, a research group associated to the School of Communications. Her essays on urban culture, representations of the self in literature and photography, and her work on the new aesthetics of realism in the media and literature have been published in Public Culture, Space and Culture, Springerin, TodaVia, Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies and several Brazilian journals. In 1999, she was awarded the RioArte fellowship given by the city of Rio de Janeiro for artistic projects. In 2000, she received a fellowship from ICAS (Center of Advanced Studies of New York University). In 2004, she was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for a joint project with Mauricio Lissovsky entitled:"Under Modern Eyes: Public Photography and the Images of the Nation in Brazil (1935-1945)".
Introduction: The Eyes of the City 1. Imagining the Marvelous City: Spectacle and urban spaces 2. Modernist Ruins: National narratives and architectural forms 3. The Visible and the Invisibles: Photography and social imaginaries in Brazil 4. Carnival Crowds 5. Tropical Babylon: Copacabana and the poetics of nostalgia and decadence 6. Favelas: Realist aesthetics, consumption and authorship 7. Narrating the Streets Afterword | <urn:uuid:2c083616-70b0-4869-9482-be28adcede97> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.at123.org/pdf/52431 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00136-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912346 | 501 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Proposed FY 2018 budget permits killing of healthy wild horses and burros in place of humane management
WASHINGTON—The ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) today denounced the Trump administration’s proposed FY 2018 federal budget for including a shocking plan to remove existing safeguards for federally-protected wild horses, opening the door for tens of thousands of horses to be immediately killed or sent to slaughter. The Wild Horse and Burro Program, managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Department of the Interior, would allow wild horses to be sold to the highest bidder, almost certainly for the purposes of slaughter, and would strip critical language prohibiting the killing of healthy wild horses.
“This proposal represents a dereliction of the Interior Department’s responsibility to protect our nation’s wild horses and an affront to public opinion and our shared values,” said Matt Bershadker, ASPCA President and CEO. “Wild horses can and should be humanely managed on-range using simple fertility control, yet the BLM would rather make these innocent animals pay for draconian budget cuts with their very lives.”
The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 was enacted to protect wild horses and burros from harassment or death and preserves the federal lands they inhabit. Unfortunately, in the decades since the federal act was passed, millions of acres of rangeland have been whittled away for other purposes, and the BLM opts each year to use helicopters to round up the terrified horses and remove the animals from public lands, resulting in serious injuries and deaths.
Currently, the BLM has over 45,000 wild horses and burros in holding facilities. The BLM has refused to implement a long-term strategy that prioritizes on-range management tactics including a comprehensive immunocontraception (birth control) plan, a method recommended by the National Academy of Sciences. This budget proposes to further reduce the use of immunocontraception contrary to recommendations from scientists and wild horse advocates.
“The BLM has placed thousands of horses in long-term holding facilities while doing nothing to manage the population left on the range,” said Bershadker. “We cannot allow these mustangs – who’ve lived freely and independently for generations — to be gunned down or butchered. Congress affirmed the need to protect them in the federal budget passed last month, and we urge them to reject any proposal to kill wild horses or burros simply for the sake of convenience.”
The ASPCA has an extensive history of equine protection around the country and continues to assist both domestic and wild horses through legislation, advocacy and targeted grants. To join the ASPCA Advocacy Brigade and learn more about the ASPCA’s efforts to protect and aid horses, please visit www.aspca.org.
About the ASPCA®
Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is the first animal welfare organization in North America and serves as the nation’s leading voice for animals. More than two million supporters strong, the ASPCA’s mission is to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA is a national leader in the areas of anti-cruelty, community outreach and animal health services. For more information, please visit www.ASPCA.org, and be sure to follow the ASPCA on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Do you believe everything you see and hear online? A recent hoax by a German television station, RTL, may make you question the information you find on the internet.
The video from RTL featured Michael Jackson walking out of the coroner’s van alive. The hoax video was meant to be an experiment to demonstrate how easy it is to spread rumors online. The experiment resulted in more than 880,000 views of the most popular version on YouTube. There have been mixed reviews about whether or not this experiment was necessary, but it just a reminder that people can post anything online and it can become an instant phenomena, even if the information is untrue.
In a matter of minutes people can find out information and spread it to their friends or followers on various media outlets. Since anyone can say whatever they want online, it makes it very easy to manipulate the public and persuade people to think a certain way or believe specific information. Rumors can start to take a life of their own regardless of their accuracy.
This raises concern about what sources people can trust to give accurate information online. Unfortunately there is not a guaranteed way to prove that that any information distributed online is 100% accurate, but a good rule to follow is to always check multiple sources for information. Just like visiting doctor, it is always good to get a second or third opinion. It is very easy to create fake video images and write articles that are completely untrue. If you question whether or not something you hear or see online is real, most likely it is not real.
This is simply a reminder to be extra cautious about anything you read or see online. At TM we want to provide you with the most accurate information we can find. For this reason, we check multiple sources before releasing any news and events we hear about that may affect your business. | <urn:uuid:20b603eb-1115-437a-b62a-02b4f86e6dbc> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.tmprod.com/blog/2009/jackson-video-hoax-whats-real-online/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719215.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00200-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950158 | 368 | 1.796875 | 2 |
VideoArts professionals and an engineer discuss the ways they use technology in their professions.
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VideoArts professionals discuss the ways they use technology in their careers each day.
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VideoSean Taylor shows how the Department of Natural Resources uses computers to map natural sites.
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VideoAn information technology manager describes his career.
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VideoSimon Tarr explains it's important to have a deeper understanding of topics and subjects for your art. Learn how to use the basic media software that comes with your computer and work your way up to...
Working in Adobe After Effects | Artopia
VideoSimon Tarr shows how he uses After Effects to edit video footage for his live video performance.
Storyboard Animations | Artopia
VideoMaria Manhattan shows how she uses a stylus and a tablet to draw on a computer inside Adobe Illustrator.
Computer Drawing | Artopia
VideoMaria Manhattan shows how she adds color and shadow to bring her computer drawing more to life.
Dance Studio | Artopia
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April 2014 - The JACE has two Ethernet ports. Protocols such as BACnet/IP and Modbus TCP utilize Ethernet. Ethernet offers a choice of speed - up to 1GB - and a choice of cabling options - twisted pair and fiber optics.
Contemporary Controls produces a line of Ethernet switches branded as CTRLink® that fit nicely in the panel with the JACE.
Our cost-effective, compact EISK5-100T, 10/100 Mbps 5 port switch, can expand the JACE's number of connections allowing for the configuration and /or programing of the JACE without needing to remove cables from the JACE. The 100 Mbps performance on the ports accommodates a range of control devices and workstations commonly found in automation projects. For 10 Mbps legacy devices, the switch will automatically reduce its port-speed accordingly.
Our diagnostic switches, which includes our EISK5-100T/H diagnostic switch, easily allows tools such as Wireshark® to capture the communications between the JACE and any connected Ethernet devices.
Standard switches will not allow protocol analyzers such as Wireshark to capture most of the communications between Ethernet devices.
The EISK5-100T/H diagnostic switch will allow a PC running Wireshark® to capture all communications between the JACE and connected devices.
Managed switches allow you to manage your network. Our line of managed switches provide diagnostic information for Ethernet communications and allow for the creation of redundant Ethernet networks for greater reliability.
With the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), the JACE can be used to monitor Ethernet networks. All Contemporary Controls' managed Ethernet switches support SNMP. The managed switches incorporate an SNMP agent that provides a wealth of information on the health of the network. With a SNMP client or Network Management Station, you can query the SNMP agents in managed switches - turning the JACE into a manager.
For wireless network communications, our EIPR-E router can be used to create a WiFi access point for the JACE allowing WiFi devices to communicate with it. The EIPR-E IP router is perfect for automation systems and for job sites that require IP router wireless access. Wireless connectivity is accomplished through the USB port. | <urn:uuid:487c7673-0d9a-4783-9f05-c6f3f9c6878d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ccontrols.com/enews/2014/0414story5.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.87202 | 468 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Every day, you send subtle body language signals that influence how others see you. Your posture, facial expression and arm movements are just some of the tools you can use to either instill trust or drive people away.
Consider how you plant yourself at the beginning of a conversation with an employee. Whether you're standing or sitting, you want to establish eye contact from the outset. If you look distracted, the employee may already doubt your interest or attentiveness.
To encourage people to open up to you, send supportive, non-threatening cues as you listen. Align your body with the speaker so that you're almost mirror images of each other. Keep your arms at your sides (don't fold them across your chest) and avoid excessive head shaking that implicitly says, "I'm not agreeing with a word of this."
There are less obvious but more insidious ways that your body language can shut down fruitful communication. Lower-eyelid twitching and nose crinkling can convey negativity and annoyance. Pulling at your nose or strands of hair can signal impatience or disapproval. Excessive hand rubbing or scalp massaging can also work against you. Smiling out of one side of your mouth often indicates disdain for what you hear.
If you genuinely experience these adverse emotions, decide whether you want your employee to know what you feel. It's usually wise to mask your contempt or dismay by maintaining outward stillness and exhibiting facial expressions that suggest openness and curiosity.
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The Weekly Calistogan has a nicely researched story about an inn in St. Helena, Calif., called the Ambrose Bierce House. The author of “Incident at Owl Creek Bridge” and The Devil’s Dictionary moved there in the 1880s in the hopes that the Northern California air would help cure his asthma. By all accounts Bierce wasn’t a fan of the place, and it was certainly a rough patch for him and his family:
Relations between Bierce and his wife became strained — he was famous for his relationships with women, and for his strongly unforgiving nature where others’ trespasses against him, real and imaginary, were concerned. When Mollie became the object of a Danish businessman’s overtures and Bierce discovered the Dane’s letters to Mollie, he severed their relationship. They separated informally in 1888.
In the meantime, Bierce’s eldest son, Day, ran off to Red Bluff, and later to Chico, while still in his teens, to become a newspaper reporter. At 17, he died after a duel with a friend. In 1901, Bierce’s son, Leigh, also a newspaper reporter, died in New York City of pneumonia, apparently brought on by alcoholism. His body was also returned to St. Helena. Bierce’s long-suffering wife, Mollie finally filed for divorce in 1905 and died a few months later.
Not that Bierce was apparently spending much time in the house per se.
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1There had come there a man of Belial whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he blew the shofar and said, “We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
3And David came to his house in Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, his concubines whom he had left to take care of the house, and put them in a house under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were kept in confinement until the day of their death, living in widowhood.
4Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together for me within three days, and be present here yourself.”
5So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he took longer than the set time that had been appointed for him.
6So David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue after him, lest he gets fortified cities for himself and escapes out of our sight.”
7So Joab’s men and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the mighty men went out after him. They went out of Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
8When they were at the great rock that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath, and as he went out it fell out.
9And Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
10But Amasa was not on his guard against the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the abdomen and his intestines poured out onto the ground, and he did not strike him again, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
11And one of Joab’s young men stood over him and said, “He who favors Joab and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!”
12Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he moved Amasa from the highway into the field and threw a garment over him—when he saw that everyone who came by him would stop.
13When he was pushed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
14He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and to Beth-maacah; and all the Berites, they were gathered together and went after him also.
15They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they put up a siege-ramp against the city, and it stood against the rampart. And all the people who were with Joab were wreaking destruction, to make the wall fall down.
16Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Listen! Listen! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here and let me speak with you.’”
18Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say, yes, say in former times, ‘Let them ask, yes ask counsel at Abel;’ and so they ended the matter.
19I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh?”
20Joab answered, “Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy.
21That is not how it is. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Give up him only, and I will go from the city.” So the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
22Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the shofar and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
23Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
24and Adoram was in charge of the forced labor, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
25and Sheva was scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests,
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FOOD FOR ACNE TREATMENT ACNE IS NOT EASY ACNE TREATMENT IS NOT DIFFICULT Carrot is nice to meet you Cucumbe is nice to meet you This is Gau.
And this is Emmi We are talking about one problem which we believe that is always a burning question at least once in your lifetime Emmi and Gau also have experienced this feeling And now, at least once per month, right? Today, we will share all of our experience.
And now… We will say hello to the other Know-It-All: Know-It-All Naughty.
Hello guys, Im Rainie, the youngest member of Know-It-All Ladies.
Today’s topic is food for acne prevention & treatment.
Let’s start! Ance Reason Firstly, about sugar and carbonhydrate.
Researches showed that these 2 types of food are the main causes for acne The more sugar and carbonhydrate you absorb the more insulin increases in your blood Insulin will generate 1 male-hormon named androgen Androgen plays the main role in producing oil The more oil is produced the more chance we get for clogged pores and acne-prone.
However, It’s not necessaray to avoid all kinds of carbonhydrate.
Because brown rice contains…? Contains a lot of fiber.
Ah yes, fiber and vitamin B3 are antioxidants for beautiful skin.
Food from cow-milk such as butter cheese except yogurt is the reason for acne because they also release insulin and… IGF-1- the main causes for hormone acne Instead of cow milk, we can consume soy bean milk broccoli tofu.
You can drink goat milk too.
Anyone want to try? Are you sure this is goat milk? Sure, goat milk 100%, 30-year-old goat milk brand, at Kim Thanh, Kumho area.
in case you want to buy it.
Next, we will talk about cooking oil fried food is very delicious, right? They themselves don’t cause acne.
The real reason is they make your liver overloaded and cause acne.
Besides, It is said that chocolate cause acne but it is sugar and milk in chocolate which cause acne.
Chocolate that contains more than 70% cocoa will keep us from acne.
We can feel free to eat them.
Now, let’s look around the kitchen to find what can help acne treatment.
You should eat the food that contain vitamin A, E, C, Fe, Magnesium.
We already know that garlic is very good for our health.
Garlic’s benefits are anti-inflammatory, antibacterial because garlic contains allicin.
Besides, licorice’s benefit is similar to garlic You can cook it for drink, the licorice can be a facial mask for acne treatment.
As far as I know, for anti-inflammation, we can use cherries broccoli green tea and atiso.
we can use LIngzhi mushroomoreover, we can use LIngzhi mushroom boiling it for drink, the remains can be used as a facial mask Similar to daisy tea It's very delicious.
Don't forget to keep the rest to make a facial mask Another suggestion is bitter melon We can eat it alone, or if you are afraid of the bitter taste Dried Shredded Pork and Ice are good suggestion.
Another way to cool your body is herbal drink that you can buy in supermarket and market It contain sugar cane, blady grass, Chinese plantain, corn silk Ok, now we will show you how to cook an ideal meal for acne treatment.
First, for rice and carbonhydrate.
we can use brown rice which is very healthful For bread, use can use black bread.
I don’t like brown rice, so I will prefer to eat less carbonhydrate which helps us have a smooth skin and perfect body shape.
For maincourse, we should chose rich omega 3 food such as tuna, salmon, sardine.
With each fish fillet, we can soak it into milk to detox If you don’t like cow milk, use goat milk instead.
Steaming, Grilling or Using with Sauce It is very delicious and helpful for acne treatment.
You can sauté also I heard that it’s delicious, can you do it for me huh No.
You should add more and more vegetables like fresh salad.
If you don’t like to eat them alone, you can eat with fish-sauce.
For bitter melon, you can eat it in the way that Gau and Rainie have said.
For desert, choose yogurt or fruit with chocolate 70% cocoa We can combine chocolate and cocoa with fruit To Emmi, in menstruation day, Emmi wil drink carrot juice to provide vitamin A.
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Media Misses Expanding Influence Of Citizens United, Link To Hobby Lobby
Research ››› ››› MEAGAN HATCHER-MAYS
Nightly network newscasts and Sunday morning talk shows have largely failed to connect two recent Supreme Court decisions to Citizens United v. FEC, the case that radically expanded the legal concept of "corporate personhood" -- the idea that corporations have constitutional rights. This has left viewers with an incomplete understanding of how the Court applied this dangerous precedent to campaign finance and reproductive rights law.
Evening News Broadcasts And Sunday Shows Fail To Connect McCutcheon v. FEC To Citizens United Half The Time
Constitutional Accountability Center: In McCutcheon, Roberts Court "Doubles Down On Citizens United, Making That Ruling Even Worse." David H. Gans, the Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program at CAC, called McCutcheon an extension of the "backward" logic in Citizens United, which held that constitutional protections for speech protect a corporation's right to make unlimited expenditures in support of political candidates. The plaintiffs in McCutcheon used that same theory to argue, successfully, that the First Amendment also prohibits the government from placing aggregate donation limits on wealthy individuals who donate during the federal election cycle:
[I]n a 5-4 ruling in McCutcheon v. FEC, the Roberts Court dealt another blow to our Constitution's promise of democracy, striking down aggregate contribution limits designed to prevent massive campaign contributions to candidates, parties and PACs.
Four years ago, in Citizens United v. FEC, the Roberts Court turned our Constitution's system of democracy of, by, and for the people on its head, ruling that money is speech, corporations are part of "We the People," and the government's anti-corruption interest only extends to preventing bribery. In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, McCutcheon doubles down on Citizens United, making that ruling even worse.
In McCutcheon, the justices struck down federal campaign contribution regulation for the first time in history, opening the floodgates and allowing Sheldon Adelson, the Koch brothers and fat cats across the political spectrum to contribute millions of dollars to elect candidates to do their bidding. Justice Clarence Thomas would have gone even further, voting to strike down all contribution limits.
As in Citizens United, the court's five conservative justices buried their collective heads in the sands, proclaiming that there is no risk of corruption, or threat to democracy, in a system that allows the wealthiest of Americans to cut million-dollar checks to candidates, parties and PACS. The court's ruling, as Justice Stephen Breyer explained in a powerful dissent, "eviscerates our Nation's campaign finance laws" and devalues "the importance of protecting the political integrity of our governmental institutions." [Constitutional Accountability Center, 4/16/14, accessed August 5, 2014]
The Sunday Shows And Evening News Broadcasts Often Missed The Connection Between Citizens United And McCutcheon. Out of eight Sunday show and network evening news segments that discussed McCutcheon and its ramifications on campaign finance law, Citizens United or corporate personhood was referenced in just half.
Evening News Broadcasts And Sunday Shows Miss Connection Between Burwell v. Hobby Lobby And Citizens United In 14 Of 20 Segments
New York Times: Hobby Lobby Required The Supreme Court To "Assess The Limits Of A Principle First Recognized ... In Citizens United." The New York Times' Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak reported that the Supreme Court's decision in Hobby Lobby had to confront the concept of corporate personhood that was outlined in Citizens United in 2010. Lower courts were already split on how "the First Amendment logic of Citizens United" applied to the Hobby Lobby case and reproductive rights:
Hobby Lobby, a corporation, says that forcing it to provide [contraceptive] coverage would violate its religious beliefs.
"The stakes here, symbolically and politically, are very high," said Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia, citing the clash between religious teachings and the [Obama] administration's embattled health care law.
In weighing those interests, the Supreme Court would have to assess the limits of a principle recognized in its 2010 decision in Citizens United, which said corporations have free speech rights under the First Amendment. The question now is whether corporations also have the right to religious liberty.
In ruling for Hobby Lobby, the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit said it had applied "the First Amendment logic of Citizens United."
"We see no reason the Supreme Court would recognize constitutional protection for a corporation's political expression but not its religious expression," Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich wrote for the majority.
A dissenting member of the court, Chief Judge Mary Beck Briscoe, wrote that the majority's approach was "nothing short of a radical revision of First Amendment law." [New York Times, 11/24/13]
The Sunday Shows' And Evening News Broadcasts Frequently Ignored The Connection Between Citizens United and Hobby Lobby. Out of 20 segments that discussed Hobby Lobby and its effect on reproductive rights, only six noted the connection between Hobby Lobby and Citizens United and the expanding concept of corporate personhood.
This report analyzes coverage of the Supreme Court's most recent term on four Sunday morning talk shows (ABC's This Week, CBS's Face the Nation, NBC's Meet the Press, and Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday) and three nightly news programs (ABC World News, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News -- Fox has no evening news broadcast). Our analysis includes any segment that discussed the Supreme Court's ("Supreme Court") decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby or McCutcheon v. FEC ("Hobby Lobby" and "McCutcheon") and whether those segments referenced Citizens United v. FEC or the concept of corporate personhood between February 19, 2013 and August 5, 2014, a time period that reflects when the justices decided to hear these cases through the end of the term.
Phrases such as "campaign finance," "contraception mandate," "employer" and "birth control," and "employer" and contracept! were also included, in the event a broadcast did not refer to the cases by name in the segment.
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Our lives can get so hectic and chaotic that we forget about what really matters.
A Bit About Traditions
What is a Tradition?
A tradition is a form of action, communication or behaviour which a family regular does with the intention of keeping it within the family. Traditions become a huge part of family without us even realising. If we didn’t have things to look forward to and bond us, when would we set aside the time to get together when we all live busy lives? These don’t have to be huge acts, but can be as small as all sitting together at the dinner table. Or perhaps they refer to regular actions during the holidays to get the family together. No matter what it is, this tradition will be important to everyone who participates.
Traditions often get passed down to new generations as a way to keep family members connected – even if they never had the opportunity to meet. Typically, traditions don’t have to happen every day, although some families are dedicated to daily traditions and rituals. Most importantly, it’s not just about what people are doing, but spending quality time together and keeping with this structure. Without a tradition, it becomes too easy to neglect seeing others because of leading a busy life.
Whatever the chosen tradition, every who participates should enjoy it, or at least understand the importance of it. Every family has a unique tradition to them and this depends on many factors, including: family heritage, passed-down traditions, interests and more. Finally, it’s important that you don’t confuse a tradition with a repeated pattern. For example, watching TV together every night isn’t classed as a tradition if there’s no symbolic meaning to it. Instead, this is just coincidence that everyone wants to watch the same TV show at the same time.
Why Are Traditions Important?
Before we talk about how to start a tradition, it’s healthy that we discuss their importance in helping a family to bond. Firstly, traditions are a great way of passing down activities to new generations. As a result, it’s a form of celebrating families, love and culture. These activities remind people of coming together and spending time with loved ones. Each time you see, feel or reference these experiences, they’re a reminder of happiness and positive memories. If you consistently perform these traditions, it helps to make a family closer. So many of us spend our spare time on our phones, watching TV, or away from family. But, having traditions is more than just a routine, but an act to create a strong bond with family.
It’s not just about the activity itself, but mainly about setting aside time to get to know others more. Consequently, you learn more about family and create a deeper connection which may have previously been missing. Also, traditions give people a sense of comfort. For example, let’s say a daughter moves out on her own for the first time. This can be an intimidating experience. But, if she and the family get together every Monday night for a meal out, they won’t feel as alone. Also, having a tradition is a healthy way of definitely having plans without false promises and hopes.
Finally, if a tragedy happens within a family, some people can become isolated and not talk to others. However, if the family already has a regular tradition, it’s a way of staying in communication and contact with others and not feeling so alone.
What Are Some Examples of Family Traditions?
Before we talk about how to start a tradition, let’s look at some examples of family traditions. Some of these are extremely unique, whilst others are simple and common around the world. However, the most popular trait that all of these have is that they’re meaningful to the families.
Many families around the globe regularly visit a restaurant which they classify as their favourite chain. This is because restaurants are a great way to get the family together, without any phones and distractions, and communicate efficiently. How often these tradition takes place purely depends on the amount of freedom and money the family members have. However, it’s an effective way to avoid spending time preparing and cleaning in the kitchen. Instead, it gives cooks time off, and always families to support local businesses too.
If you’re wondering how to start a tradition, perhaps the most common one is regularly visiting a vacation spot. It doesn’t matter how this destination is chosen, so long as it becomes a regular occurrence. Also, there should be plenty of things to do (and/or see) for the entire family. It can be a relaxation destination or an adventurous time. Finally, another common family tradition is recipes. How many times have you heard families talk about a “secret” recipe? This tends to stem from a grandmother who passes down the family recipe to the next generation. However, as this is so special and sacred, it should only be shared at a special moment and not passed around to others without any care or respect.
How to Start a Tradition with Your Family
1. Movie Nights
If you’re wondering how to start a tradition with your family, then movie nights are a great start. It doesn’t matter where this takes place – it can be at home or in a cinema – so long as family members attend. We recommend once a month, families take it in turns who gets to pick the chosen movie. Also, everyone has to respect the final say, however, it’s a respectable idea to appreciate other people’s tastes. How can you expect someone to be interested in an action movie if they hate that genre?
Movie nights are a great way to relax with your family. As a result, they’re an ideal start when you begin how to start a tradition. No distractions or talking. Simply everyone in one room, connected and laughing together. Afterwards, it gives everyone something to talk about. Voice your thoughts on the movie, and use it as a gateway to open a (taboo) discussion. Ensure that you plan the movie night well in advance, and preferably on the same day each month. This helps to prevent people failing to show up and instead prepares people for the tradition in advance.
Expose children to family favourites and classics. Not only does this help to expand their awareness and knowledge, but it gives them a glimpse into your childhood. Finally, why not make an exciting time of movie nights? Order in a takeaway and everyone’s favourite drinks to make a tradition to look forward to.
2. Enjoy the Snow as a Family
Children love spending time in the snow – especially building a snowman. Instead of escaping the cold, embrace it. This special weather doesn’t happen all the time, so when it does make an appearance, enjoy it with your family. The most obvious option is to build a snowman. Encourage the children to work in a team, and collect essentials for the snowman to wear. This is an enjoyable and memorable tradition, and should be exciting for everyone involved. Picture children excitedly yelling, “it’s snowing. Can we build a snowman?” when they see the first snowflake drop onto the ground.
Another way to enjoy snow as a family is to eat in it. Yes, that’s right. Leave the dining room and head outdoors to eat together as a family. You may wish to go the extra mile and build a wooden table from scratch together. However, you choose to eat with others, you’d be amazed at how much weather can make family members bond better together. Another fun idea to enjoy the snow is to make snow angels. Alternatively, you may wish to drizzle some honey or syrup into the snow to make a name. When this dries and the snow warms up, you’ll be left with crisp names outside the house.
Finally, another way to enjoy the snow as a family is to start a tradition with the first sight of a snowflake. For example, gather together around the fire, with a hot chocolate, watching the snow fall from the sky. This is especially calming and a great way to bond with the family.
3. Look Through Family Photo Albums
So many of us don’t know our entire family. It’s a sad thought, because we’ll never meet them. However, it’s an excellent opportunity to spark up conversation with family members and get to know some interesting and personal sides to their life. This particular tradition doesn’t have to happen that often – maybe once a year, or whenever it feels natural to occur. All sit together as a family and turn off cell phones and other devices. With everyone gathered together, it’s time to present the family photos for everyone to see.
Then, begin talking about the people within the photographs. Naturally, questions and comments will come up naturally throughout the course of this action. However, it’s a great way to introduce family members for children and those just welcome into the family. When you choose to start this tradition is personal to you. Perhaps we could suggest on grandad’s birthday, and begin with photographs of him. Invite anyone and everyone you feel would appreciate this gesture.
To expand off of this tradition, perhaps you could annually have a picture taken of the entire family. This is a great way to capture memories and people onto paper, as well as spend a few quality hours together.
4. Family Game Night
If you’re considering how to start a tradition, then this basic, yet effective one is a great place to start. When was the last time you engaged in an activity which wasn’t related to screens or an electronic device? We’re seeing newer generations spending their precious time with their eyes locked to a screen. However, family game night is an excellent strategy to have a phone-free night. To begin starting the tradition, everyone should purchase a game of their choosing. Keep your mind open as this could be on the Playstation, a simple game of cards or a board game.
Then, through any chosen method – a random family member is picked to make the choice of which game to play. This isn’t an uncommon family tradition because it gets the family connecting and having fun together without any stress. Also, it’s a great activity to relieve any tension and stress from the week so far. The idea is to make this family game night as fun and interesting as possible. Therefore, keep stocked up with tasty snacks, and clean and tidy the entire you’ll be entertaining in too.
5. Create a Gratitude Jar
It’s important to think about your reasons for how to start a tradition with your family. Firstly, they shape new members and create strong and healthy connections with others. Many of us only think of traditions as specific times of the year – such as Christmas or birthdays – and that’s okay. However, we encourage you to expand how much quality time you spend with your family, and inject new and more traditions into your year. Purchase an empty jar (it doesn’t have to be anything special or expensive). Each family member has to write one thing a week they’re thankful for. On New Year’s Day – or any other time – the family opens the jar and looks through the past year’s notes.
The objective of this tradition is to make it simple and easy for everyone to partake in. Not only is it a healthy and positive family tradition to start, but it also encourages us as individuals to reflect on what we’re grateful for. It doesn’t matter what you write about – so long as they mean something to you. However, when you open the jar once a year, it’s a great conversational starter, as well as helping to create a positive environment.
6. Bake/Cook Together
This is one of our favourite family traditions, because it can be as simple or complex as you’d like. If you’re not experienced in the kitchen, try making a tradition out of Sunday breakfast. This should consist of everyone sitting together at the dining table and setting aside half an hour of their day to bond with others. Perhaps each week the breakfast can be different and individuals take it in turns to pick and prepare the food. As a result, this is fair for everyone and every has an equal part.
There’s something about baking and cooking together which creates a strong bond. Many of us love food and making something delicious from nothing is a beautiful thing. Perhaps on the 1st December, everyone could gather together in the kitchen to bake Christmas cookies.
7. Put the Christmas Tree Up Together
Wondering how start a tradition which doesn’t require you to replace something else in your life with it? Well, putting up the Christmas tree together as a family is an ideal activity for you. If you decorate your tree each year, why not do it as a family to make the moment special and less daunting and hard work? Send out invitations in advance to those you want to invite. Ask each individual to bring along their favourite festive food, plus any drinks if applicable.
You can make this experience as personal as you wish. For example, create a music playlist of your families favourite Christmas tracks. Get the decorations out so you’re prepared for everyone to arrive and ensure all attendees know what their duties are.
Books of Family Tradition Ideas
If you’re still wondering how to start a tradition, we’ve searched the Internet for the most helpful books bursting with ideas. Alternatively, these three options make a great gift for someone for Christmas.
1. How to Create Great Rituals for Holidays and Every Day
This book takes into consideration that, as individuals, we don’t have a huge amount of free time. As a result, these family traditions are easy and non-stressful to add to your life, as well as fun and exciting for everyone involved. Life can move fast and before you know it, children have moved out, and there aren’t many reasons to reunite. However, this book shares some easy-to-add rituals and traditions which are historical and imaginative. Feel free to adapt them to suit your family’s preferences.
2. Simply Tradition: 70 Fun and Easy Holiday Ideas for Families
Filled with 70 ideas on how to start a tradition, this book is insightful and unique. With a particular emphasis on the holidays, you’ll see many references to famous traditions you may have heard of before. However, we love that this book makes it almost impossible to add any of these traditions to your daily life. As a result, you’ll become excited about your days ahead and find it fun getting to know family members on a deeper level.
3. Our Family Traditions: Moments, Milestones, & Memories
This book makes an excellent beginning on how to start a tradition. It carefully touches on the important of family traditions and how they can improve family life. Also, this book makes a great gift idea as you can fill it with pictures and memories of your favourite time with the family. If you choose to purchase this for yourself and your family, it’s a great way to keep up with your traditions. Each page is templated to present ideas and the opportunity to write your thoughts and memories. You can also add more onto each page – depending on your preferences.
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Loon Gulf has been in the process of divesting itself of its holdings around Loon Lake. Some parcels have been sold– with many of the new owners expressing an intent to preserve the existing wild nature of the parcels. That is a good thing.
In the meantime, Loon Gulf has been busily logging some of its parcels that are more remote from the lake. I was initilly impressed with how the logging started last year, on Mensink Road. No longer. It is apparent that Loon Gulf is seeking to maximize their short – term profit, with no plan for the long-term health of the forests they are destroying.
I see no evidence that the loggers are using sustainable logging techniques, or that they are implementing any best management practices to avoid sedimentation, erosion, run-off or foster new growth. What I am seeing amounts to rape and pillage of the land. Extract everything of value, with no plan for the future of the woodlands. This is true of the logging off Mensink Road, Route 26, Blue Spruce and Kushaqua-Mud Pond Road. They are currently commencing to log off Mensink Road again, creating a clearing next to Sandpiper Lane. From this point they can access holdings that include one of the mountain sides visible from the lake, above the power-line ROW.
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"What a title!" Michael Hawley quipped regarding the 1974 film Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (You Have Been Weighed and Found Wanting), one of the four films featured in the Lino Brocka mini-retrospective that comprises part of the focus on Filipino and Filipino American cinema in the 28th edition of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF).
The title is a Biblical reference to the Book of Daniel 5:1-31, wherein the last Babylonian king Belshazzar holds a feast at which sacred vessels confiscated from Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem are used to drink wine and further profaned when the revelers toast to the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone. Suddenly, a mysterious hand appears and writes on the chamber wall "mene mene tekel upharsin", which defies interpretation until the prophet Daniel interprets it to read "you have been weighed and found wanting." This Biblical story is the source of the popular idiom "the writing on the wall" as a euphemism for impending doom that is so obvious only a fool would not see it coming. It also provides the origin for the similar expression "your days are numbered."
You Have Been Weighed and Found Wanting lays out its impending doom in the film's opening sequence: a sepia-saturated flashback wherein an albularyo (traditional/folk medicine practitioner) performs an abortion on Kuala (Lolita Rodriguez), as the baby's father Cesar (Eddie Garcia) restrains her and covers her mouth to silence her cries. An example of feticide and not pro-choice—Kuala having been clearly coerced—the sight of her aborted fetus drives Kuala insane. Cesar then abandons Kuala to her fate as the village's scabrous idiot as he persists as an incurable lecher.
When Neil Young caught a revival screening of Weighed and Found Wanting at the 2009 Viennale, he reported to The Auteurs that Brocka considered his commercially successful eighth feature his "first novel", which prompted Young to envision "the sprawling nineteenth century fictions of George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell when watching this humanistic exploration of small-town prejudice, one which covers pretty much every stratum of society while relating a melodramatic, almost soap-opera-like story of sexual hypocrisy, abortion, jealousy and young love. As usual with Brocka, happiness is elusive and short-lived, and to be a sensitive or sympathetic individual is to be doomed to misery and/or death. But while the ending is typically downbeat, Brocka does offer a glint or two of optimism—for which, given the starkly grim finales of most of his oeuvre, we must be grateful."
Noel Vera—a writer and programmer based in the Philippines, and author of Critic After Dark: A Review of Philippine Cinema (2005), named after his influential blog—has contributed an informative profile of Lino Brocka ("Lino Brocka: The Heart of Philippine Cinema", abbreviated from a longer version) for the festival's program along with capsules for the four Brocka films in the retrospective. Of Weighed and Found Wanting, he synopsizes: "You Have Been Weighed and Found Wanting was Brocka's rare attempt to do melodrama on a large-scale canvas; it's a panoramic view of society in a small provincial town, from its wealthiest citizen to its most wretched outcast. The film seems inspired by several sources: Federico Fellini's 1953 I Vitelloni, for one (the sensitive youth who leaves town to come back a celebrated artist), and also Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 The Last Picture Show (the mysterious older man who turns out to be the catalyst and mentor for the youth's transformation into manhood). Two other sources I should cite: José Rizal's social-reform novel Noli Me Tangere, which is the source for the mother (driven insane by the loss of her child) and her leprous husband, and also Brocka's own life: the town where he filmed was the same one he lived in as a bastard child. Mario O'Hara wrote the script from a story idea by Brocka, and gives a great performance as Berto, the leper. The film was both a critical and commercial success when it came out in 1974; it began the '70s golden age in earnest, and remains one of the period's key films."
Both Vera's profile of Brocka and the program capsule are abbreviated from earlier versions that expand in intricate detail the role Weighed and Found Wanting had in establishing Brocka's career in the mid-'70s and his eventual influence on Philippine cinema. "Tinimbang," Vera wrote in his earlier review, "was like a rock flung through a plate-glass window; the film was a herald call, officially the first in what was to be called the '70s Golden Age of Philippine Cinema."
After having abandoned Kuala, Cesar becomes one of the richest men in his village and sires a son Junior (Christopher de Leon in his first role). At first, Junior takes pleasure in all the privileges provided by his family's social position—an opulent home, popularity, good looks, a girlfriend who's the prettiest girl in town (shades of Cybil Shephard!)—but, then his pleasure curdles. His father reveals himself as a lecherous philanderer, his mother a hectoring shrew, his girlfriend fools around with another boy and is summarily married off, and his friends prove to be louts. Junior's perspective shifts and he recognizes everyone around him as "ignoramuses, hypocrites, spiritual grotesques", except for the town's outcasts—deranged Kuala and the leprous Berto—who he befriends, despite his father's admonitions. The film ends, Vera synopsizes, "with Junior acting out the action described by the film's title—he stares at every town folk in the eye, judges them, and finds them all wanting"; a dramatic moment helped enormously by the broad canvas and large ensemble Brocka employed to create his melodramatic epic.
Vera contextualizes that Brocka was essentially telling his life's story, drawing from his memories of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, and of the people there. "Junior was Brocka—the sensitive young man, disillusioned with the status quo and yearning for something different, something more; he was also Milagros [Laurice Guillen], the politician's bastard (Brocka himself was the illegitimate child of a political figure). You might say that the secret behind Brocka's intensity, behind his close identification with the outcast and oppressed, was that he himself was an outcast—painful knowledge that would make him more open to the plight of others, to fellow outcasts in life."
This is especially apparent in the sideshow narrative of the effeminate teacher who makes unsuccessful passes at Junior and is shown prissily skirting puddles during a rain shower. This makes the young men laugh and—relating the image to Berto—Junior says it was funny to watch a man acting like a woman. Berto does not bite. Instead, he asks Junior if he would laugh at Kuala for her idiocy or himself for his leprosy? As these two outcasts have been pictured as two of the most decent people in the film, the effeminate homosexual is thereby aligned with decency. For 1974, this was an amazingly brave alignment on Brocka's part.
In broad, overly-assured strokes Kane Wheatley-Holder reduces the psychological complexity of Weighed and Found Wanting to a socio-political allegory of resistance: the common man against the Marcos regime. I, however, prefer the more nuanced insights offered by Richard Bolisay at his site Lilok Pelikula. Bolisay observes that Brocka's filmmaking was "driven by his force and brilliance as a political observer than as a political activist" and warns against erroneously boxing him "into a solely political filmmaker which he isn't. His films show many faces of politics, and not just the one that drives people into streets to protest." Differentiating even further, Bolisay writes: "Filmmakers are not just makers of film. They are also makers of political discussion. It is like saying writers just write, they don't think. Brocka … made films not only to depict the tumultuous years of the Marcos regime and its after effects but also to awaken the minds of the people by not just being political, but by being real and honest. The seventies and the eighties were the years of unrest, but not all films made during those decades were expressions of dissent."
Junior's story and his climactic act of judgment (resistance?) is not, however, what Vera finds to be the film's true point of interest. As type, Junior "is hardly original" and joins "a gallery of small-town youths who learn about disillusion and heartbreak." What's more, Vera characterizes Junior as "something of a self-righteous prig—de Leon plays him as if he's too good for the likes of his father and those hypocritical grannies. It's a superior stance too easily assumed; you feel he hasn't quite earned the right to do so." Vera criticizes de Leon's performance as "downright thin." No, the film's presiding power lies in "the intense yet simply told story of love found at the bottom of the world" between the town's most miserable inhabitants: the homeless lunatic Kuala and the leprous Berto, nearly lunatic himself in his loneliness. Vera considers that O'Hara may have written the best role for himself and mentions in his Senses of Cinema appreciation of Mario O'Hara: "In Brocka and O'Hara's treatment of the character, you see a rare (for Brocka's films) ambiguity—Berto in his loneliness and sexual hunger is a somewhat frightening presence; when he first looks at Kuala, it is with a predatory glint in his eye. We later learn of Berto's true nature—shy, sensitive (or rather, oversensitive), full of an affection for others that he doesn't dare express. It's a fascinating character, especially as Brocka had asked O'Hara to play him; O'Hara agreed, and does a magnificent job. Which is as it should be, because as people in the know put it, he was really playing himself." Vera concludes: "Rodriguez and O'Hara make the relationship that blossoms between them effortless, yet utterly real—Rodriguez as Kuala responding to Berto's attentions hungrily, even greedily (the way a child would); O'Hara as Berto suddenly finding himself functioning as guardian and father as well as lover. The couple are the most successful evocation of love in any of Brocka's films, I think, and by far the most moving."
Mario O'Hara and Lolita Rodriguez had worked together on an earlier Brocka film Stardoom (1971), which Vera describes as "a Jacobean melodrama (with great performances by Rodriguez as the backstage mother, and O'Hara as the unwanted son)", and later portrayed lovers again in Gumising Ka, Maruja (Awaken, Maruja, 1978), "Brocka's rare (and for the first half, well-made) gothic ghost story."
Vera likewise raises a provocative critique of Brocka, observing that the "intense identification he felt towards his characters is the foremost virtue of his storytelling; at the same time, [that] it was his biggest vice. If he had a tendency to like certain characters—to get under their skin and look through their eyes—he also had an equal tendency to shut others out—to condemn and deny them their full measure of understanding." He argues that Brocka has wasted the potential characterizations of Cesar and Milagros. After her seduction of Junior, Milagros simply vanishes from the film, Vera complains, "And you miss her; you want to know what happened to her, how she ultimately fared after her one-night stand with Junior." Eddie Garcia's Cesar "could have been a crucial role in the film, the correlative to de Leon's Junior—where Junior is a young innocent waking up to compassion, Cesar could have been an aged hedonist haunted by it, mirror images lit from different angles." These two characters "fall on the borderline that separates those who deserve Brocka's condemnation and those who deserve his compassion; they are either swept to one side of the border or forgotten, and the film's complexity suffers as a result."
03/15/10 UPDATE: Watching Lino Brocka's You Have Been Weighed and Found Wanting (1974) a second time projected and with an audience revealed a palpable discomfort with Brocka's melodramatic style (reminiscent of the overblown melodramatics of Sirk or Fassbinder). Though Dave Kehr noted at the New York Times that this "broadly popular cinema of sex and soap opera transformed itself into a vehicle for strong social commentary and a political force to be reckoned with" and further observed that "Brocka seems less interested in psychosexual conflict for its own sake than as a reflection of the inequalities and injustices at the base of the Philippine system", the SFIAAFF audience didn't seem to quite know how to take the film's histrionics.
Though writing about a separate Philippine film, Noel Vera's description of the audience reception applies equally here: "They were laughing throughout much of the film, but it wasn't easy, derisory laughter; if anything, it was a terse release of tension, the kind of laughter you hear from someone fully aware he should know better but feels nervous, nevertheless." This was especially apparent in the scene with the gay schoolteacher (YouTube segment 11, below), which elicited the loudest laughter. Knowing how this scene was a set-up for Junior's conversation with Berto in the next, I was amused by how the SFIAAFF audience became quiet and contrite once they realized that Brocka was chiding them for being complicit in ridiculing the effeminate gay man. This is a complicated dynamic, however, which raises a distinction between laughing at someone at their expense as opposed to laughing with someone in the sense of sharing a cultural in-joke. In the 35+ years that gay liberation has fought for its place at the table since Brocka filmed You Have Been Weighed and Found Wanting, it would be absurd to assert that an effeminate male no longer elicits laughter—as, conceivably, any gender reversal elicits laughter—but, arguably that laughter has shifted in degree away from cruel judgment to savvy bemusement or—to a certain extent—a kind of "you go, girl" identification? The audience reaction to these two hinged scenes underscores a certain timeliness to Brocka's film that otherwise might be perceived as "dated." The struggle for human dignity among the marginalized remains timeless.
On second viewing, I also noticed the manner in which Brocka juxtaposed Catholic iconography—primarily images of Jesus—as backdrops against which the hypocrisy of his characters becomes silhouetted. This is especially noticeable in the film's opening flashback where Cesar reacts to Kuala's aborted fetus. He's positioned in front of a painting of the compassionate heart of Jesus. One visually absorbs Brocka's criticism of patriarchal veracity. Further, there's a distinct alignment of the film's narrative trajectory with the Catholic ritual calendar, particularly apparent with Kuala's baby being born during the Christmas season.
You Have Been Weighed and Found Wanting is available on Netflix. Otherwise, it's available on YouTube in subtitled segments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.
03/16/10 UPDATE: Noel Vera and I have been exchanging comments on Facebook regarding Brocka and this film. He's synopsized our conversation at his site Critic After Dark. Essentially—based upon Berto's query to Kuala if that was her "real name"—I asked Vera if Kuala's name had a hidden meaning? He came up with this: "Might add that looking around, the name 'Kuala' might have some significance, other than being an unusual name for a Filipina, means in both Malay and Indonesian 'estuary,' that muddy region of a river where fresh water merges with salt water. Certainly Kuala in the film might be considered by the men in town 'muddy' or unclean goods, and that she represents a mix of innocent and hedonist (a hedonist rendered innocent by insanity), age and youth, mother and whore."
That's a fascinating riff, whether O'Hara/Brocka meant it or not. Unaware of linguistic demographics in the Philippines, it makes me further wonder if a Malay/Indonesian name for the character of Kuala would further set her apart and characterize her as an outsider? I wonder how integrated the Malay/Indonesian languages are in Philippine culture?
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I'm Not an Envelope Opener
Poet Tova Benjamin, 17, participated as an individual poet representing In One Ear Open Mic at the Heartland Cafe. This is her first year participating in Louder Than a Bomb. I'm Not an Envelope Opener is a piece Tova wrote about her upbringing as an Orthodox Jew.
Though everyone knows "the points are not the point, the point is the poetry" – congratulations to Tova, who successfully advanced to the Final round of competition, one of the top 13 individual poets in the 2012 Festival, out of a field of over 800 young writers.
You can also listen to Tova speak with WBEZ's Steve Edwards about participating in Louder Than a Bomb and share more about the story behind this piece.
The largest of its kind in the world, Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB) is Chicago’s rapidly-growing teen poetry festival, taking place February 18 - March 10, 2012, at various venues around Chicago. Aiming to bring teens together across racial, gang, and socio-economic lines, LTAB is a friendly competition that emphasizes self-expression and community via poetry, oral story-telling, and hip-hop spoken word.
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Chris Busby, a professor at the University of Ulster:
“[Busby] said the disaster would result in more than 1 million deaths. ‘Fukushima is still boiling its radionuclides all over Japan [...] Chernobyl went up in one go. So Fukushima is worse.’”
“Professor Busby says the release is at least 72,000 times worse than Hiroshima.”
Christopher Busby: Chernobyl-like radiation found in Tokyo, RT, August 17, 2011:
Chris Busby [visiting professor at the University of Ulster’s school of biomedical sciences and scientific secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk, a think-tank -Bloomberg]: There’s a very, very high level of contamination even as far south as Tokyo. For example, we found one sample in Tokyo that had levels of radioactivity higher than levels inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone. A very serious matter.
August 29th, 2011
source : http://enenews.com/independent-why-fukushima-is-worse-than-chernobyl-now-the-truth-is-coming-out-72000-times-worse-than-hiroshima-1-million-cancer-deaths-says-professor
by Lester R. Brown and Yul Choi, November 28, 2011:
Experience in northern Japan illustrates that even incremental investment in nuclear power threatens human civilization. The Fukushima disaster should once and for all drive global society away from nuclear power, and toward renewable energy. [...]
Nuclear power simply isn’t economical when you factor the impact of indirect expenses and fees, and thus can’t compete in an open, unsubsidized market for electricity. More often than not, in fact, taxpayers are forced to foot the bill for radioactive waste disposal and storage. Costs for insurance coverage of nuclear energy facilities have become astronomical. And the costs to shutter a nuclear plant after it has passed its life expectancy nearly equal the construction costs of building the plant in the first place. [...]
We fully realize this is a radical thought for many, but our experience in northern Japan illustrates that even incremental investment in nuclear power threatens the very existence of human civilization as we know it. The Fukushima disaster – which now stands, at least in Japan, as a new generation’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki – should once and for all drive global society firmly down a nuclear-free energy path.
Lester R. Brown is a US environmental analyst, founder of the Worldwatch Institute, and president of the Earth Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. Yul Choi is founder and president of the Korea Green Foundation. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1995 for the movement against toxic and nuclear contamination.
WORDS OF ST JESUS WILL SOON CHANGE LIFE OF NATIONS THOUSAND QUICKLY
THOUSAND PRESIDENTS WILL COMMUNICATE TO FIND MEANS TO UNITE NATIONS.
TO STOP WITH NUCLEAR ENERGY THOUSAND QUICKLY, NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES BETTER FOR PROVIDING ENERGY.
IF ST JESUS THOUSANDFOLD OBEYED, WORLD THOUSANDFOLD MORE SECURE.
GIVEN FAR TOO MANY NUCLEAR ARMS IN WORLD, POPULATIONS THOUSANDFOLD IN DANGER.
WORLD THOUSANDFOLD ABSURD (having the nuclear potential to destroy several times the whole world)
NOVEL MAN SOUL ST JESUS SOON IN WORLD THOUSAND QUICKLY TO STOP THOUSAND PROBLEMS OF WORLD, THOUSAND NOVEL VALUES WORLD.
PROPHECY GIVEN SOUL ST JESUS WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO EARTH.
THOUSAND BLESSINGS FROM JESUS OF NAZARETH
(Translation of Message dictated in French by radiesthesia to Messenger of St Jesus, November 24th, 2011)
GIVEN NEW EARTHQUAKE, JAPAN WILL BE IRRADIATED
NEW NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS WILL CAUSE BIG DAMAGE BY IRRADIATION
GIVEN MAN'S UNCONCERN, OTHER NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS TO COME
MAN BEING IRRESPONSIBLE, NATURE WILL TAKE REVENGE
YOU WELL UNDERSTOOD THAT MAN MUST ALWAYS RESPECT NATURE
NATURE HAVING THE UPPER HAND, NATURE WILL ALWAYS WIN
MODERN MAN IS ENNEMY OF NATURE
IT IS URGENT TO STOP NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ANGELA MERKEL HAS UNDERSTOOD DANGER
SHE IS WORRIED GIVEN FUKUSHIMA
YOU CAN SEND HER MESSAGE
BEING FAITHFUL, SHE WILL BELIEVE YOU
TELL HER TO INSIST ON OPPONENTS AS TO CONVINCE THEM TO STOP with NUCLEAR energy IN ODER TO SAVE MAN
GIVEN THE NUCLEAR POTENTIAL ON EARTH, IT IS URGENT TO FIND NEW ENERGY RESOURCES IN ORDER TO PROTECT LIFE ON EARTH IN TIME
MEN ONLY INTERESTED IN PERSONAL INTERESTS, MEN EGOISTIC
I ASK YOU TO PUBLISH MESSAGE
(Translation of message dictated in French by radiesthesia to Messenger of St Jesus, April 8, 2011)
Why novel ways of producing energy are not yet available
See Video by TOM BEARDEN
NUCLEAR FOLLY :
Dr Helen Caldicott :
....."In the U.S. alone, the project could be paid for by the $180 billion currently allocated for nuclear weapons programs over the next decade. There would be no need for new weapons if the Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals — 95 percent of the estimated 20,500 nuclear weapons globally — were abolished. ".....
Please note : I always publish questions or remarks in small letters and answers or Messages received by radiesthesia, in capital letters.
Please forward these Messages to make a step towards
PEACE IN THE WORLD.
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AMPL is a language and environment for expressing and manipulating mathematical programming problems, i.e., minimizing or maximizing an algebraic objective function subject to algebraic constraints. AMPL permits separating a model, i.e., a symbolic representation of a class of problems, from the data required to specify a particular problem instance. Once AMPL has a problem instance, it can make simplifications before transmitting the problem to a solver; these simplifications sometimes benefit from use of directed roundings. Expression graphs sent to the solver can be manipulated by the AMPL/solver interface library to arrange for efficient gradient and Hessian computations. The net effect is that hidden symbolic and algebraic manipulations play a significant role in making life easier for AMPL users, who usually want to concentrate on formulating and using their intended mathematical programming problems, rather than worrying about arcane technical details. This paper was written for the proceedings of a seminar on "Symbolic-algebraic Methods and Verification Methods -- Theory and Applications", held 21-26 November 1999 at Schloss Dagstuhl.
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Official statistics show about 7,000 EU citizens moving to Poland in a given year, but the data are not very sound because migrants are not required to register with Polish authorities, said Krystyna Iglicka, a demographer with Warsaw’s Centre for International Relations, a think-tank.
“This is an invisible flow based on anecdotal evidence, but there is no doubt that such a flow exists,” she said. “We can assume that the trend will strengthen, although of course it does not compare in size to the outflow of Poles.”
Emphasis added. These invisible flows, reverse migrations, are the hallmarks of the diverging Talent Economy. Still a major exporter of workers, Poland is the place to be. That's ironic.
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NSDHL (NAD(P)H sterol dehydrogenase-like), is a 3-hydroxysterol dehydrogenase thought to function in the demethylation of sterol precursors in another of the later guidelines of cholesterol biosynthesis. claim that while NSDHL lacking cells in the mosaic feminine have the ability to survive and differentiate during embryonic advancement, they are at the mercy of negative selection over the entire lifestyle of the pet. Introduction Cholesterol can be an important lipid element of pet cell membranes where it AST-1306 impacts membrane fluidity. It really is enriched in structural domains, such as for example lipid AST-1306 caveolae and rafts, that influence the trafficking and localization of membrane-bound proteins . Cholesterol homeostasis is certainly mediated through a combined mix of endogenous eating and biosynthesis uptake, along with lipid binding protein and receptors that mediate its transportation, storage, excretion and catabolism . The cholesterol biosynthetic pathway requires 20 enzymes around, with HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) catalyzing the rate-limiting, first dedicated step. Intermediate substances in AST-1306 the pathway offer precursors for a number of other cellular procedures, like the prenylation of proteins and the formation of heme A, dolichol, vitamin oxysterols and D. Moreover, cholesterol is itself a precursor for the formation of steroid neurosteroids and human hormones. Finally, the covalent binding of cholesterol to hedgehog protein, a grouped category of secreted, signaling morphogens with a wide range of features in advancement, impacts their localization and physical selection of activity . Research of mouse mutants present the fact that phenotypes caused by lack of function of cholesterogenic enzymes vary in intensity with regards to the step from the pathway that’s affected, with defects in earlier actions giving more severe phenotypes than those at later steps. For example, loss of HMGCR activity results in early embryonic lethality around the time of implantation, while mutants lacking 7-dehyrocholesterol reductase (DHCR7), the last enzyme of the pathway, die within the first days after birth [4C6]. This pattern is also reflected in humans by a range of defects NES seen in patients with inherited disorders of cholesterol synthesis [7C9]. NSDHL (NAD(P)H sterol dehydrogenase-like) is usually a 3-hydroxysterol dehydrogenase that is thought to function in C-4 demethylation of sterol intermediates in one of the later actions of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway . The enzyme is usually localized to membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the surface of lipid droplets . Mutations in the X-linked gene are responsible for the phenotype of the bare patches (allele of is usually defined by a K103X nonsense mutation that is thought to abolish the enzymatic activity and disrupt the normal subcellular localization of the protein (Liu et al 1999; Caldas and Herman, 2003). A majority of affected males die between E7.5 and E9.5, typically displaying grossly abnormal morphology [12, 13]. Heterozygous females are AST-1306 mosaic for the expression of WT and mutant NSDHL due to random X inactivation. The hallmark of affected females is the development hyperkeratotic eruptions in the skin at postnatal day 5 that handle to hairless patches after 2C3 weeks . They also display skeletal defects, occasional microphthalmia, and, on average, are smaller than wild type (WT) littermates at birth . Mutations in the human gene cause CHILD syndrome, a rare disorder causing early embryonic lethality in males, and unilateral skin defects and limb reduction in females [16C18]. In light of the early embryonic lethality of males, we wondered about the fate of cells in the mosaic female. Here, we present results from an investigation of the expression pattern of NSDHL in WT mice and females. We used immunohistochemistry to identify NSDHL positive cell types in chosen WT tissues, and asked whether a inhabitants of NSDHL AST-1306 harmful cells survived in the same tissue in females. We centered on. | <urn:uuid:1fcf96a9-6779-4210-a265-0ca72a681a64> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://az628.com/tag/nes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.911324 | 894 | 1.976563 | 2 |
Digital twin technology could be the virtual key to unlock more efficient product manufacturing and real-time analysis. Using Looking Glass software plugins for Unity 3D and Unreal Engine, teams can interact with digital twins in real-time 3D without the friction of VR/AR headgear.
What is a digital twin?
A digital twin is a dynamic virtual replica of a physical product or process. Using real information technology (IT) and operations technology (OT), a digital twin can simulate how its real-world counterpart will behave before it exists. This gives teams a one-stop-shop for viewing the entire life cycle of a project, from manufactured products to infrastructure components—including what kinds of maintenance will be needed over time.
Using data to predict the future in this way will improve how products are built and will revolutionize how teams approach collaborative pre-visualizations. With a Looking Glass, designers, engineers, and key decision-makers can gather around a single display to discuss and simulate improvements in real-time 3D.
The Best of Both Worlds
A digital twin brings two phases of the manufacturing process together under one roof: digital pre-visualization and real-world deployment. Since they use real-world data, digital twins are more than 3D models—they are effectively the products themselves.
In a Looking Glass, you can quickly analyze, customize, and present to others without headgear, eye strain, or special glasses. Viewing a lifelike preview of your finished product means that the days of rotating a 3D build on a 2D screen are over.
Driving Innovation with 3D Engines
We have seen examples from both Unity 3D and Unreal Engine of their software in use to visualize digital twins. When using a Looking Glass, you can view 3D content in either platform in real-time with an astounding level of realism.
Digital twins will make design and deployment more efficient, and it's best that everyone involved in the project can view and understand everything as quickly as possible. Using a Looking Glass to examine 3D digital twins is as simple as plugging in a second monitor. From visualizing a product before manufacturing to monitoring a process in real-time, a holographic display will lighten the workload.
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During the past weeks, I noticed that I was unsure about the actual structure of VTSAX since there is a lot of misleading information out there. So I wondered, is VTSAX an index fund, an ETF, or a mutual fund?
VTSAX is a no-load passively managed mutual fund. It is managed by Vanguard and shares are sold directly to investors. However, VTSAX has a very low expense ratio of 0.04% which makes it more similar to an ETF in that regard.
So, now that you’ve got the basic answer to your question, why not have a closer look at what makes mutual funds uniquely appealing to some investors.
Why VTSAX is an uncommon mutual fund
Structurally VTSAX is a mutual fund but in many ways it behaves more like an ETF. As we can see in the overview below VTSAX shares just as many typical characteristics with common mutual funds as with industry ETFs:
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- Trading Times: Mutual funds like VTSAX are only bought and sold once a day. This does not mean that you have to wait for a specific time of day to place your trade, but all trades will only be executed once a day. In contrast to this, ETFs are actively traded throughout the day like stocks.
- Pricing: VTSAX and other mutual funds are also only priced once a day. Meaning, the price you pay for VTSAX will always be the end-of-day price. With ETFs, prices fluctuate throughout the day. These two facts combined make ETFs generally more appealing for investors looking to maximize tax-loss harvesting.
- Type of Management: Typically, mutual funds will be actively managed, but this is not the case with VTSAX. Since VTSAX is passively managed and follows an index rather than a manager’s fancy it behaves more like an ETF in this regard.
- Expense Ratio: In terms of the expense ratio VTSAX is also more like an ETF than a mutual fund. The industry average mutual fund expense ratio is 0.63% according to a study conducted by Vanguard and VTSAX’s fees of 0.04% falling significantly short of that – more like an ETF.
Lastly, mutual funds tend to be less tax-efficient than ETFs due to the buying and selling of shares at the end of each day. ETFs are able to curb the capital gains tax since shares are mostly just exchanged between buyers and sellers, allowing the index fund to maintain a stable base of assets.
Now that we have established that VTSAX is indeed a mutual fund – although be one that behaves and is managed more like an index fund – we’ll see if VTSAX also can be considered a no-load fund.
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What is a mutual fund anyway?
Essentially, a mutual fund is a financial vehicle that pools money from many investors, uses that money to buy securities, and distributes any returns back to the investors. Typically, mutual funds are actively managed, meaning, the fund manager decides which stocks to buy and sell at any given time. This way he hopes to outperform the market (a fallacy for 99% of all funds).
VTSAX, however, is a passively managed fund. There is no manager picking and selling stocks. Instead, VTSAX tracks the total stock market index which includes around 3,600 companies of the U.S. stock market.
Is VTSAX a no-load mutual fund?
VTSAX can be considered a no-load mutual fund since it is bought and sold directly from the issuing company – Vanguard – without commission or fees.
You can buy VTSAX directly from Vanguard and there are no fees associated with the purchasing or selling of shares. The only fee you’ll ever pay for VTSAX is the expense ratio of 0.04% which is charged for the maintenance and administration of the fund itself.
There is also a $3,000 minimum investment. After you have fulfilled this requirement once, either by investing a lump sum or by converting your existing holdings of VTI – you will be able to invest subsequently with a minimum of $1.
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As we have seen VTSAX is a passively managed, no-load mutual fund.
But what implications does this have for you and me as a private investor striving to maximize our returns? Should you convert all your VTI holdings to VTSAX?
For retail investors, the official structure of the financial product only plays a secondary role. First and foremost, it matters what the investment process looks like and which you feel more comfortable with. I’ve recently written an article about Vanguard’s Admiral Shares which goes into a bit more detail and discusses whether they are worth the additional 0.01% in fees.
Other than that, the only real issue that should concern you is tradability. The performance will obviously be equal given that VTSAX and her correspondent ETF version VTI hold pretty much the exact same stocks. The only thing you will notice in your personal investment is the option to only buy shares once a day. Furthermore, you also have the additional feature of automating your investments on a monthly basis.
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Who Did Carly Simon Write Your So Vain About?
March 13, 2012 by staff
Who Did Carly Simon Write Your So Vain About?, Carly Simon finally reveals the subject of You’re So Vain… record producer David Geffen, For years there has been debate about which of Carly Simon’s ex-boyfriends could have inspired the hit song You’re So Vain.
But while former lovers Mick Jagger, Kris Kristofferson, Cat Stevens and Warren Beatty were left wondering whether ‘this song is about you’, they have been proved wrong.
For the Seventies singer has finally revealed the real inspiration behind her hit track wasn’t a boyfriend at all – it was openly gay record producer David Geffen.
Revelation: After 38 years, Seventies singer Carly Simon has revealed that openly gay record producer David Geffen inspired her hit You’re So Vain
You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave…
You’re so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain, I’ll bet you think this song is about you
Don’t you? Don’t you? Don’t you?
Simon, 64, ended the 38 year guessing game by whispering the name backwards on a reworked version of the song for her new album Never Been Gone, out next week.
Previously Simon had always claimed the song was a ‘composite’ of people she knew.
In 1972 when she wrote the song billionaire Geffen was the head of her Elektra record label.
It is thought she was inspired to write the damning lyrics after Geffen put all his time and energy into promoting her rival, Joni Mitchell, over her.
In the hit Simon sings that the man walked into the party like he was walking on to a yacht.
The subject of her wrath jilted her before going to Saratoga to watch his horse naturally win.
Beatty is said to have been convinced he was the inspiration behind the song.
Other suspects included Jagger, who sang backing vocals for the original song, and James Taylor, the American songwriter to whom Simon was married between 1972 and 1983.
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Roman Catholic cardinals will soon gather beneath Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who retired in February.
Before entering the conclave, the cardinals will have taken a vow of “inviolable secrecy” to never discuss the election. They will wear scarlet satin, symbolic of their willingness to die for the faith, and remain sequestered until they reach a two-thirds-plus-one majority. Ballots are burned after each vote. White smoke from a Vatican chimney indicates they’ve made their choice and the newly elected pope retires to the Room of Tears to don the white silk vestments symbolic of his new rank.
It may have the highest profile, but the conclave is far from the only leadership selection rich in tradition and symbolism. A sampling of the ancient and modern:
At the death of a Dalai Lama, a search party is sent to find his successor, but where to start? With visions and omens. In 1933, when the embalmed body of the 13th Dalai Lama was lying in state, it was noted that his head, which had been facing south, was now turned to the northeast. Not long after, a senior lama peered into the sacred waters of lake Lhamo Latso and saw a series of floating images: three letters, Ah, Ka and Ma; a monastery; and a small house with a gnarled juniper tree growing on its roof. Following these signs, the search party travelled to the northeast province of Amdo, near the monastery at Kumbum, which matched the description in the vision. In a nearby house, they found a 3-year-old boy who recognized one of the lamas. Certain they had found the reincarnation of the late Dalai Lama, they returned for a second visit, bringing a bell, rosary and other items belonging to the 13th Dalai Lama, along with some that had not been his. The child claimed only the former Dalai Lama’s possessions, saying, “Mine. Mine.” The child is now known as His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. There is a controversy over who will choose his successor. The Dalai Lama has mused that his successor may be born outside of Tibet (now in Chinese control) and may be a girl. That’s at odds with the Chinese, who say the next Dalai Lama will be born in Tibet and will be chosen by them.
Coptic Orthodox Church
The intense and emotional climax of the search for a new pope and patriarch of Alexandria comes as a blindfolded boy reaches into a glass chalice and chooses one of three slips of paper. The glass is symbolic of transparency. The blindfolded child, also chosen by lot, is said to represent the hand of God. The names of the three candidates have been winnowed from a longer list by a group of about 2,400 senior clergy and prominent lay people. The selection of the pope, regarded as a successor to St. Mark, the founder of the church, is preceded by three days of fasting in the Coptic community worldwide.
Old Order Mennonite
When members of this branch of the Mennonite church choose a leader — deacon, minister or the highest-ranking clergy, a bishop — they turn to the Bible. Just as Christ’s disciples chose a new member after Judas’ betrayal, Old Order Mennonites choose by lot. Candidates are nominated and their suitability is discussed in the community in a period of discernment. If there are five candidates, five identical hymn books or bibles are laid out. The bishop, who oversees the ordination service, places a slip of paper inscribed with a line of scripture into one of the books. The books are then shuffled so no one knows which one contains the paper. The candidate who opens the book with the paper is the new leader. “Some would interpret it as chance, but they would interpret it as a call from God,” says Marlene Epp, director of Mennonite studies at Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo. The chosen are ministers for life.
Prince Karim Aga Khan IV inherited the title and responsibility for his people from his grandfather, who died in 1957. While he has the spiritual authority of a pope, he also cares for the temporal well-being of Ismailis around the world. The Aga Khan, who claims descent from the prophet Mohammed, was installed at the age of 20 in a ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He was draped in his grandfather’s ceremonial robes, and given the Sword of Justice and a chain of office with 49 links, signifying that he was the 49th hereditary imam.
The number nine is significant in the Baha’i faith. In elections — at all levels of Baha’i organization — adult adherents write down names of nine members of the community. Those with the most votes win one of nine seats. The number nine, the last of the single digits, is considered perfection and is the numerical value of the word Baha. The supreme level of authority is the Universal House of Justice; only men are eligible for these positions as decreed by the founder Baha’u’llah. Every five years at a meeting in Haifa, Israel, nine are chosen by about 1,500 electors from Baha’i national assemblies around the world.
Taoism, China’s indigenous religion, was founded in 142 by Zhang Daoling, who styled himself the first Celestial Master and passed authority, teachings and secret scriptures to his male children and grandchildren. The tradition is said to have continued for centuries until 1948, when the 63rd Celestial Master fled to Taiwan at the onset of the communist revolution. He was succeeded by his son, but on his son’s death, China declared the leadership invalid. In 2009, a new 64th master, Zhang Daochun, was ordained in an agreement between China and Taiwan, says James Miller, a professor at Queen’s University’s School of Religion. In China all religions are supervised by Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Supreme Leader of Iran
The most powerful official in Iran, who controls the judiciary, armed forces and Revolutionary Guards, the media and, according to reports, the country’s nuclear program, is chosen by the Assembly of Experts for the Leadership. The assembly is a body of more than 80 scholars of Islamic law, who are popularly elected every eight years and go through a vetting process. Its members are uniformly conservative. “Most high-ranking clerics from the reformist camp have either been disqualified or refused to take part in the vetting process,” writes researcher Farideh Farhi. The position of supreme leader is for life. Ali Khamenei is only the second to hold the title after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the revolution in Iran.
Church of England and the Anglican Communion
The democratically elected British prime minister has the authority to appoint all bishops, including the Archbishop of Canterbury (“chaplain to the nation”) on the advice of the Crown Nominations Commission, which includes clergy and lay members. The commission, which meets at a secret location, presents two names (a preferred and a reserve) to the prime minister, who usually chooses the preferred candidate and recommends him to the Queen. “It is ironic that although the Church of England recently refused to allow women to be bishops, a woman prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, would have appointed many bishops during her time at 10 Downing Street,” Miller notes.
Grand Mufti of Egypt
In February, for the first time in decades, the grand mufti of Egypt was elected by senior scholars at Al-Azhar University in a secret ballot. Previously, the president of Egypt appointed the senior jurist and spiritual leader, who issues religious edicts, rules on Islamic law and is consulted in cases of capital punishment. Candidates have traditionally come from Al-Azhar university and seminary, a state-supported institution. After former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011, the law was amended to allow leading seminarians to vote on the new leader. “The new law gives more power to the religious establishment and more independence from the presidency,” says Mohammad Fadel, a law professor at the University of Toronto.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
When a Mormon leader dies, the longest-serving member from its top leadership becomes president. It’s not an official practice, but that’s what has happened since the mid-19th century. Thomas S. Monson, now 85, one of three members of the church’s highest governing body, the First Presidency, succeeded Gordon B. Hinckley, who died at 97 in 2008. Members of the First Presidency and the second most important administration body, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, are regarded as prophets leading the church by divine revelation. The apostles must reach a unanimous decision in choosing the president. “Personal aspiration for leadership at any level is inappropriate,” the church teaches. Seniority is determined by date of ordination to the quorum.
The United Church of Canada
A lay person or member of the clergy can become moderator of Canada’s largest Protestant denomination. Elections are held every three years. In 2012, there were a record 15 nominations for moderator. There is no campaigning. At last year’s General Council, as it’s called, nominees wore red stoles as a way of making themselves known to delegates. Rev. Gary Paterson of Vancouver was elected on the sixth ballot by a majority vote of 353 “commissioners” or delegates. At Paterson’s installation, his spouse, Tim Stevenson, joined the outgoing moderator, Mardi Tindal, and Nora Sanders, the church’s general secretary, in laying hands on the new moderator. His task, according to the church bylaws, is leadership — “quickening in the hearts of the people a sense of God.” | <urn:uuid:8263bbfb-bd1b-4659-ad31-e7f5d24653fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/03/03/politics_secrecy_play_role_in_selection_of_religious_leaders_around_world.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720845.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00087-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968702 | 2,116 | 2.75 | 3 |
This figure is similar to and is a companion of the previous cold cluster failover figure, because this figure illustrates the same multi-instance, clustered architecture after a failover has occurred.
Starting at the top of the figure, two servers are in a box (outlined with a dotted line) that is labeled "Application/Web Servers."
To the left of the servers is another label: "Applications and Web Servers Managed with Oracle Clusterware API." Both servers are connected to another box labeled "Oracle Net Services Client Access" and this box shows separate connections to two nodes:
Node 1 is not in a box and is outlined with a dotted line and crossed out with an X to indicate that this node and instance are in standby mode. The node is not actively servicing application requests for this database.
Node 2 is in an orange box and is also connected by a line to the "Pool of Storage" below, to indicate that the instance is actively servicing database requests from the applications.
To the left of the nodes is another label: "Single-Instance Oracle Database Made Highly Available with Oracle Clusterware." A dotted line runs between Node 1 to Node 2 to indicate a heartbeat connection between the nodes.
At the bottom of the figure, directly below the nodes is a single a row of disks with the label "Pool of Storage." The six disks in the pool of storage are contained in a dotted-line box. Within this dotted-line box, the two leftmost disks are labeled "Database Area" and the four disks to right are labeled "Fast Recovery Area." | <urn:uuid:be7d8b99-e27a-4166-be94-88fed69a13ba> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18283_01/server.112/e17157/img_text/haovw020.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00339-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916675 | 322 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Routine testing revealed a Chilean 92-year-old grandmother has been bearing a large mummified foetus for at least 50 years, medical sources said on Friday.
The foetus weighing nearly two kilos (four pounds) was discovered after the nonagenarian was rushed to a hospital after suffering a fall.
A hip X-ray showed the foetus, which was about seven months developed, but it did not cause the woman any pain.
The rare condition is known as lithopedion and occurs when a developing foetus dies during pregnancy and then calcifies outside the uterus.
Only several hundred cases have been noted in medical history and it is not unusual for the condition to be undiagnosed for decades.
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Laura George is calling for people power to help NPDC eliminate predators and bring native birdsong back to the streets of New Plymouth.
Our new Parks Volunteer Officer manages a network of about 1,300 traps in public parks and reserves from Bell Block to Paritutu with a growing team of volunteer helpers.
She wants more people in the district to help protect native plants and animals by removing rats, possums and stoats, as part of the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki programme.
Laura and her volunteers check and reset traps regularly, catching 319 rats and 105 mice and four stoats from October to December.
“It’s great to be working with the community, caring for our environment. People are very keen to help protect our native plants and wildlife, especially areas near their own homes,” says Laura.
“NPDC manages about 1,600 hectares of parks and reserves, so our volunteers are a massive help in setting and clearing our traps. The more volunteers we have, the faster we’ll see more native wildlife and healthier plants as we work Towards a Predator-Free Taranaki.”
Laura, 24, studied art history and education at Victoria University and has wanted to work with kids – something her new job allows.
“We’re getting a lot of interest from schools and scout and guide groups, as well as individuals – it’s a great way for all ages to give back to the community,” said Laura.
If you’re interested in becoming a trapping volunteer, you can contact Laura on email@example.com or phone 06-759 6060.
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Arts décoratifs, the great Gatsby and flapper dresses, the prohibition, the Jazz Age, the Charleston and gangsters bien sur.
The decade brought us not only the Chrysler Building but the first ever female painter superstar who inspires me and others a lot: Tamara De Lempicka.
Some of you might never heard from her, but you most certainly have seen her paintings on posters and Art Deco prints.
I love her selfportret- Tamara driving a Bugatti and la Fille en Vert below.
De Lempicka was born Maria Gorska in Poland to a wealthy family. Her life and lifestyle brought her first to Switzerland, St. Petersburg, Paris over Hollywood, where she becomes the favorite artist of the Hollywood stars to Mexico where she dies in 1980.
She painted them all- the rich, the successful, the best... and with many she also slept.
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John Lewis, a U.S. congressman and civil rights icon who was one of the giants in the historic struggle for equal rights in America, died Friday at age 80.
He had been battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis that was announced in the last days of 2019. Lewis’ death was reported by the Associated Press.
“I have been in some kind of fight — for freedom, equality, basic human rights — for nearly my entire life,” Lewis said when he shared news about the cancer in December. “I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now.”
If there were a Mount Rushmore of civil rights heroes, some hallowed monument to fearless freedom fighters, Lewis’ face would be among those etched in stone beside that of Martin Luther King Jr.
When King delivered his movement-defining, standard-bearing “I Have a Dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington, Lewis, the 23-year-old chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was one of his featured warm-up acts.
With 250,000 crowded in front of the Lincoln Memorial and millions more tuning in on TV, Lewis delivered a toned-down speech which still resonated with energy, anger and inspiration.
“To those who have said, `Be patient and wait,' we have long said that we cannot be patient,” Lewis, the youngest speaker at the event, thundered. “We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now. We are tired. We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jail over and over again. And then you holler, `Be patient.' How long can we be patient? We want our freedom and we want it now. We do not want to go to jail. But we will go to jail if this is the price we must pay for love, brotherhood, and true peace.”
But Lewis’ signature moment did not take place behind a lectern. His defining moment came two years later, in March 1965, at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., where Lewis was nearly killed during a voting rights protest. His skull was cracked open by white police officers who rushed a crowd of peaceful marchers.
The incident, captured on grainy black-and-white film, and immortalized as “Bloody Sunday,” helped pave the way for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
John Robert Lewis was born Feb. 21, 1940 in Troy, Ala., where he worked in the fields to help his sharecropper parents. He was inspired as a teenager by King’s work with the Montgomery bus boycott, and vowed to be a soldier in the burgeoning civil rights struggle.
Lewis left home in 1957 to study at American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tenn. There, he learned about nonviolent protest and helped organize sit-ins at segregated lunch counters.
Although his mother was disturbed over his arrests, Lewis went on to participate in the dangerous Freedom Rides of 1961, where buses brought civil rights activists across state lines to integrate segregated bus terminals.
Riders were often attacked by angry white mobs who firebombed some of the buses.
In 1963, Lewis became chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a post that made him one of the “Big Six” leaders of the growing Civil Rights Movement.
After the March on Washington, Bloody Sunday and the Voting Rights Act, Lewis left SNCC in 1966, but continued an active role in the equal rights campaign. Not even the assassinations of King and U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 were enough to steer him off his freedom ride. He spent the next decade working with the Voter Education Project, which helped to register millions of voters across the country.
Lewis ran for office himself in Georgia in 1981, winning a seat on the Atlanta City Council. In 1986, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, a seat to which he was reelected 16 times.
Lewis was the only living speaker from the March on Washington present on the stage during the inauguration of President Barack Obama in 2009. In 2011, Obama awarded Lewis the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Lewis’ relationship with Obama’s successor was less cordial. Lewis sat out President Trump’s inauguration, and said he didn’t believe Trump was a “legitimate president” because of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Trump responded by tweeting — days before the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday — that Lewis was “All talk, talk, talk — no action or results.”
Lewis was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian. He is survived by a son.
“There are still forces in America that want to divide us along racial lines, religious lines, sex, class,” Lewis said in “March,” an autobiographical graphic novel he helped co-write. “But we’ve come too far, we’ve made too much progress to stop or to pull back. We must go forward and I believe we will get there.” | <urn:uuid:20b1b717-1225-478c-9786-1710dd28fac6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-civil-rights-pioneer-john-lewis-dies-20200718-6oalxndisrfyjou4lzx3b2ka7u-story.html?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=onesignal | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.977555 | 1,089 | 2.5 | 2 |
Maryland residents can sign up for free government cell phones through either SafeLink Wireless or Assurance Wireless. Each company ships free cell phones along with free air time to qualified low-income residents. The free cell phone program is made possible by the Lifeline/Link-Up government program.
If you’d prefer not to sign up for free cell phones, you can opt to enjoy discounted home phone service through Maryland’s Tel-Life program. Tel-Life is Maryland’s version of the Lifeline program.
Discounted Phone Service
Tel-Life phone program assists low income individuals with their phone service. Additionally, it also helps offset the cost of initial installation through the Link-Up section of the program.
Monthly discounts vary by phone company. For example, Verizon home phone service has a program whereby qualified individuals pay $.66 per month for basic service. This plan includes 30 phone calls per month (the individual is responsible for federal, state and local taxes).
In addition to the basic program, Verizon offers qualified Maryland residents an enhanced service for $10 per month. This plan comes with unlimited calls. You may purchase two additional services and must also pay the applicable taxes.
Armstrong Telephone Company offers a discount of $9.50 off of the basic monthly service while NationsLine offers a larger discount of $26.49. To see what type of discount your phone company offers go to the Universal Services Administrative Company (USAC) website. The USAC along with the FCC administers the Lifeline/Link-Up program.
If your phone company isn’t listed on the USAC website, call your company and ask them about their Lifeline/Link-Up discounts. You can find a comprehensive listing of local Maryland phone companies by visiting the Maryland Public Service Commission website. Once there, select “C1 Telephone Facilities Based Local” in the Select Type of Utility search box and click Get List. It will display a listing of over 130 companies. You will note, however, that some of the companies are not located in Maryland (even though it’s a ‘local’ list).
Maryland Tel-Life (Lifeline) Eligibility Requirements
Since these programs were created to help low-income individuals, you must participate in at least one of the following government assistance programs to be eligible for Tel-Life phone service:
- Electrical Universal Service Program (EUSP)
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Maryland Energy Assistance Program (MEAP)
- Medical Assistance (MA)
- Public Assistance to Adults (PAA)
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Temporary Disability Assistance Program (TDAP)
- Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA)
For more information regarding eligible programs, visit the Maryland Department of Human Resources.
Applying for Lifeline Phone Services
To apply for the free government cell phone program as offered through Assurance and SafeLink Wireless, visit the appropriate website and complete their online application. Before signing up, make sure you read this information regarding free cell phones. Additionally, have your backup documentation in order. You will need to provide proof of eligibility.
To apply for discounted home phone service, call your phone company and request the Lifeline or Tel-Life application. Complete and return the application along with the necessary documentation as quickly as possible. Processing your application can take as many as 30 days so the sooner you get started the better.
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Comparing the Two RFID Readers
You have seen the two types of RFID readers and so which one should you go for? Here are some factors you can consider.
In terms of cost, the Parallax RFID reader is very affordable at $39. However, you need to factor in the additional cost of wiring up the unit. You need to buy a power adapter (output 5V DC), a serial cable, as well as the additional hardware needed to convert the signal to serial output. In contrast, the PhidgetRFID kit costs about $58 and includes everything you need.
Ease of Use
If you simply want to connect an RFID reader to your computer, then the PhidgetRFID is clearly an easy option. However, the beauty of the Parallax RFID Reader Module is that it allows you to connect the unit to devices other than a PC, such as an embedded controller. Using the Parallax RFID Reader Module, you can embed it in a door and write your own code to authenticate users.
While at the moment, you can't really use the .NET Framework (or the .NET Compact Framework) to write code for an embedded controller, I am really looking forward to the new .NET Micro Framework to allow me to do the job in the near future.
Both readers are similar in size, and are flat enough to be hidden from view.
To sum up, you have seen how RFID works and then learned to build a Windows application that uses two RFID readers-one from Parallax and one from Phidget. Depending on your needs, both low-cost readers offer a lot of exciting possibilities for integrating RFID capabilities into your projects. If you have not tried RFID yet, this is a good time to begin! | <urn:uuid:a291d076-53b9-4877-abd9-dfc4ad7b9fc1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.devx.com/codemag/Article/33335/0/page/6 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00286-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93013 | 369 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Many people have never been clearly informed about the different types of parquet existing, which we talked about in a blog article: “The types of parquet: what they are and characteristics” (read it here) .
We realized, after writing this article, that there are so many things to say about pre- finished parquet , so many that it deserved a blog post all to itself . This is why we decided to write an editorial exclusively dedicated to pre-finished parquet, to explain what it is, what its characteristics are, how it can be installed and some examples of pre-finished parquet floors that we have installed best vinyl plank flooring in Rochester, MN.
What is pre-finished parquet?
It is a type of parquet that has two peculiarities:
It can be walked on immediately after installation
It is made up of layers and not a single plank of wood
Let’s take a closer look at these two characteristics.
Why is it possible to walk on the pre-finished parquet immediately after installation?
It is clear that the possibility of walking on your new parquet floor immediately after installation is a great advantage and a beautiful innovation.
The parquet was, for years, only the solid wood one. This parquet had to be brought to the place of installation some time before to allow the wood to acclimate to the climate and humidity of the place where it was installed. After 15 days, the installation began, then the sanding and finally the painting. After painting, you had to wait for the paint to dry before being able to walk on it (and therefore wait another time before using the house).
But in this hectic world, who has the time (and the desire) to wait a whole month before being able to use the floor at home?
Here is where the pre-finished parquet intervenes! In fact, this type of parquet is worked and finished in the production phase and, being composed of several layers of wood, it is more stable and does not require a period of adaptation to the new home.
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Groundwater, the water in aquifers accessible by wells, is a critical component of the U.S. water supply. It is important for both domestic and agricultural water needs, among other uses. Nearly half of the nation’s population uses groundwater to meet daily needs; in 2015, about 149 million people (46% of the nation’s population) relied on groundwater for their domestic indoor and outdoor water supply.
For some, this resource is readily available and in great supply. In the agriculture industry, however, that is not always the case. Access and proper use of water is imperative for the sustainability, growth and livelihood of agriculture.
Consistently stressed conditions can have dramatic long-term effects on groundwater. If pumping continues in excess of recharge, increasing stress on the aquifer, the water table may drop tens to hundreds of feet. This situation has occurred in many regions of the United States. Underlying the Great Plains in eight states, the Ogallala aquifer supports nearly one-fifth of the wheat, corn, cotton and cattle produced in the USA. It has long been the main water supply for the High Plains’ population and is being used at an unsustainable rate.
Old MacDonald Had A Farm system integrates disparate systems to collect data, make observations and assessments, and provide information on groundwater supplies that supports the farmers as the decision-makers.
Off-the-shelf smart watering kits with self contained system on chips (SOC) modules with integrated TCP/IP protocol stack that can give the Arduino microcontrollers access to the WiFi network can be used to collate vast amount of environmental and crop performance data, ranging from time series data from sensors, to spatial data from cameras, to human observations collected and recorded via mobile smart phone applications. Such data can then be analyzed to filter out invalid data and compute tailored crop recommendations for any specific farm.
For this project, the team presents an IoT-based platform created during a weekend that can automate the collection of environmental, soil, fertilization, and irrigation data; automatically correlate such data and filter-out invalid data from the perspective of assessing crop performance; and compute crop forecasts and personalized crop recommendations for any particular farm. The focus is to demonstrate the possibility of the integrating virtually any IoT device, including commercially available sensors, cameras, weather stations, etc., and store their data in the cloud for performance analysis and recommendations. | <urn:uuid:5b5b2703-b2a2-4d15-8619-407e7c5a8345> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://contest.techbriefs.com/2019/entries/electronics-sensors-iot/9969 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00275.warc.gz | en | 0.92271 | 488 | 3.203125 | 3 |
CANBERRA - Australia's new prime minister, Kevin Rudd, took the oath of office on Monday and immediately signed documents to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, ending his country's long-held opposition to the global climate agreement.
Newly elected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd waves to the crowd after Labour won the Federal election, Brisbane, November 24, 2007. Rudd took the oath of office on Monday and immediately signed documents to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. [Agencies]
The move isolates the United States, which will now be the only developed nation not to ratify the agreement which sets binding limits on developed countries to curb the carbon emissions blamed for global warming.
"This is the first official act of the new Australian government, demonstrating my government's commitment to tackling climate change," Rudd said in a statement.
Rudd, 50, led the centre-left Labor party to victory at the November 24 election, ending nearly 12 years of conservative rule, by promising a new generation of leadership and committing to sign the Kyoto pact.
The former conservative government refused to ratify Kyoto, saying it would unfairly hurt the Australian economy with its heavy reliance on coal for energy and export income.
Shortly after Rudd was sworn in as prime minister, the decision to ratify Kyoto was approved by Governor-General Michael Jeffery, who represents Britain's Queen Elizabeth in Australia's constitution.
Under UN guidelines, full ratification takes place 90 days after the United Nations receives the formal Instrument of Ratification, meaning Australia will be a full member of the Kyoto club by the end of March.
The move clears the way for Rudd to play a stronger role when he leads a delegation of four Australian ministers to the UN climate talks in Bali, which opened negotiations on Monday on new carbon emission targets for beyond 2012.
The previous government said Australia would meet its Kyoto targets, despite not ratifying the pact, but Rudd said the latest advice suggested it would miss its target to curb greenhouse emissions growth to 108 percent of 1990 levels by 2012.
"We are currently likely to exceed, or overshoot, our target by one percent," Rudd said, adding that Australia faced penalties under new targets beyond 2012, which would lead to higher energy prices. "When you're dealing with climate change ultimately it will impact for example on energy prices."
Rudd said his government would do everything within its power to meet the Kyoto obligations, and had set a long-term target of cutting carbon emissions by 60 percent of 2000 levels by 2050. | <urn:uuid:c1b9960d-a80d-41b6-a1f0-ebe495ca93f5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-12/03/content_6294935.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573118.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817213446-20220818003446-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.966862 | 509 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Lever: A lever is a simple machine. A lever is a board or bar that rests on a turning point. This turning point is called the fulcrum. An object that a lever moves iscalled the load. The closer the object is to the fulcrum, the easier it is to move.
Example: lever being used to move a rock. The rock is the load. The place that the board rests on iscalled the fulcrum. Using this lever makes the work of moving the rock a lot easier.
Inclined Plan: An inclined plane is a simple machine. It is a flat surface that is higher on oneend. Inclined planes make the work of moving things easier. You would need less energy and force to move objects with an inclined plane.
Example: You can use this machine to move an object to alower or higher place.
Wheel and Axle: The wheel and axle is another simple machine. The axle is a rod that goes through the wheel. This lets the wheel turn. It is easy to move things fromplace to place with wheels and axles. Example: a wheel and axle on a car.
Screw: A screw is a simple machine that is made from another simple machine. It is actually an inclined plane thatwinds around itself. A screw has ridges and is not smooth like a nail. Some screws are used to lower and raise things. They are also used to hold objects together
Wedge: A wedge is asimple machine used to push two objects apart. A wedge is made up of two inclined planes. These planes meet and form a sharp edge. This edge can split things apart.
Pulley: This simple machineis made up of a wheel and a rope. The rope fits on the groove of the wheel. One part of the rope is attached to the load. When you pull on one side of the pulley, the wheel turns and theload will move. Pulleys let you move loads up, down, or sideways. Pulleys are good for moving objects to hard to reach places. It also makes the work of moving heavy loads a lot easier. | <urn:uuid:6407f588-cfad-469b-8176-1ac2372c2268> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.buenastareas.com/ensayos/6-Simple-Machines/1678217.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00159-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929103 | 441 | 4.0625 | 4 |
Last year’s Paris Photo fair with Japan as “Guest of Honour” was a huge success and on this occasion the Dutch photography magazine “foam” contacted me to do an interview with Mariko Takeuchi, the Guest Curator of Paris Photo. The interview was published in foam magazine #17, winter 2008. I will publish the full interview in two parts. The images are a new addition for the blog [the interview was without images, except some very nice portraits of Mariko :-)].
Part II here
Part I (of II)
The 2008 edition of Paris Photo – one of the world’s most important fairs for still photography – took place in the Carrousel du Louvre in mid-November. This year Japan was Guest of Honour, an exceptional opportunity to present an overview of Japanese photography. Photography has been a major feature of Japanese culture since its introduction in 1848, attracting wide international attention in the 1990s and growing world interest ever since.
We asked Ferdinand Brueggemann, Director of Galerie Priska Pasquer in Cologne and passionate founder of the photo blog Japan-Photo.info to discuss the current state of Japanese photography with the Guest Curator of the show, Mariko Takeuchi.
After decades of practically ignoring Japanese photography, why do you think the Western art world is suddenly developing a strong interest in learning about it?
I don’t think that it happens so sudden. It seems that the interest in Japanese photography in the Western countries grew in the 1990s especially, with a focus on individual artists like Nobuyoshi Araki, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Daido Moriyama. Then curators, collectors and researchers gradually became aware of the richness of Japanese photography and turned more attention to their background – this seems to coincide with the growing interest in the Japanese culture and subculture in general. The exhibition “History of Japanese Photography” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in 2003 was on a monumental event. And now we have the Paris Photo fair with Japan as guest of honor at the Paris Photo fair.
But the 1970s saw two major exhibitions on Japanese photography; in 1974 “New Japanese Photography” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, curated by John Szarkowski and Shoji Yamagishi, then “Japan: A Self-Portait” at the International Center of Photography in 1979. These two exhibitions, taken together, introduced virtually every leading Japanese photographer of that time. Nonetheless these seminal exhibitions did not have any impact on the Western photography scene.
I wouldn’t say that there was no impact. But it’s true to some extent. Perhaps these exhibitions were too early; both were ahead of their time for two reasons:
When we think about the success of Japanese photography in the West since the 1990s, we have to be aware of the cultural and historical context. In the 1970s very few people knew about Japanese culture. People were not ready and there were still very few galleries and museums seriously devoted to photography, and research and educations on photography were still in their infancy.
I would say that in a sense the Western photography culture had to become more mature to accept Japanese photography.
It’s also very interesting that the huge interest in Japanese photography now coincides with a radical change of photographic medium, mainly due to the development of digital technology since one of the characteristics of the modern and contemporary Japanese photography is, in my opinion, that it often questions the nature of photography itself.
Do you think that the Japanese photography has a different character to Western photography, especially compared to main trends in the US and in Europe over the last two or three decades?
I do not think that Japanese photography in general has a defined characteristic or a certain style which distinguishes it from Western photography. Rather I would say that Japanese photography has an amazing diversity. Japanese photography is not easy to understand by examing style. This is partly because there is neither a strong art market nor there are schools who push a style or trend like in Western countries. For one thing, photography is, unlike other art forms, difficult to explain in terms of a particular style or other. Japanese photography has also had a close relationship with the development of domestic camera companies like Nikon or Canon. This has lead in general to a strong interest in the technology of the medium rather than producing art. These conditions encouraged Japanese photographers to develop the potentialities of photography in various ways.
In the “New Japanese Photography” exhibition catalogue John Szarkowski gave a definition of Japanese photography of the end 1960s and early 1970s which is probably the most quoted definition to this day. He wrote that the “quality most central to recent Japanese photography is its concern for the description of immediate experience” [emphasis added] and that many pictures are not a comment on experience, but “an apparent surrogate for experience itself”.
I still see this quality of immediate experience today in the works of certain photographers like in the claustrophobic street scenes by Osamu Kanemura or the poetic color photographs by Rinko Kawauchi and Mikiko Hara.
“Immediate experience” remains a valid characterization and you are right that it applies to artists like Rinko Kawauchi and Mikiko Hara. But at the same time we have Naoya Hatakeyama whose work is an intellectual exploration while Yuki Onodera’s and Hiroshi Sugimoto’s works are more about imagination or imaginary. And we also have artists like Ken Kitano or Tomoko Sawada whose work is more about the manipulative reflection on identity.
The photographers you mentioned have very diverse different concepts and topics, can you identify any major trends in the current Japanese photography?
I do not think that pointing out major trends would make much sense here because it seems too easy for me. I would like to say that there are many photographers in Japan whose works shift some borders or boundaries at a social or mental level in various ways. Ryudai Takano, for example, deals with the ambiguity of sexuality and Ken Kitano reflects the relationship between ‘me’ and ‘us’ by overlapping portrais of members of a specific group. In the context of photography being a tool for to reflect our society and our life, Asako Narahashi’s series “half awake and half asleep in the water” is in some ways symbolic. Her work, made by floating in the sea with a camera, gives the impression that we are looking at our world from the outside, shaking the reality and stability we take for granted in everyday life.
We have named several women artists already like Rinko Kawauchi, Tomoko Sawada and Asako Narahashi. But if you look back in the history of Japanese Photography there have been almost no female photographers until the mid-1990s. Only a few earlier women artist come to my mind like Miyako Ishiuchi and Michiko Kon. This seems to have changed completely; today I have the impression that Japanese women photographers are overtaking their male colleagues in numbers and in the levels of their success.
When we talk about women photographers, we should be aware of the socio-economic context of Japanese society. From around the late 1980s the consciousness of women’s social rights grew much stronger than ever, especially with the revision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law of 1985 which encouraged many women to search for new roles in society besides being housewifes and working only in low-paid jobs. The young generation of women grew up with the new ideas about their roles in society. And we should also think about the technical background. The development of easier-to-use cameras was a huge step which made it much easier for non-professional photographers to produce better images. Being freed from necessity of concentrating on the technical side of photography has appealed very much to young women in since the 1990s. And there is also an institutional reason: museums, galleries and photography award exhibitions like Hitotsuboten or New Cosmos of Photography became very popular among young people. All of this together led to a boom in female photography.
Could you explain how the institutions and awards gave a boost to women photography?
Before the museums and galleries emerged in the 1980s and 1990s the main tools for the promotion of photography were the traditional Japanese photo magazines like Asahi Camera or Camera Mainichi which were key to the Japanese photography scene for decades. These magazines were macho places, I would say. Compared to them, the new institutions and awards are more open to female photographers. | <urn:uuid:87232500-ad37-4511-aef5-72b0f8b7c963> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://japan-photo.info/blog/2009/08/26/focus-on-contemporary-japanese-photography-interview-with-mariko-takeuchi-part-i/comment-page-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283008.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00085-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972457 | 1,770 | 1.757813 | 2 |
When Islamist radicals commit some heinous act, they very often try to justify this as a legitimate response to the West’s foreign policy in the Muslim world. The West is the aggressor in “Muslim lands”, oppressing Muslims, so an equally violent response is therefore just and appropriate.
I will start by stating the obvious: Western foreign policy in the Middle East has been hugely dysfunctional, and very frequently responsible for very damaging outcomes. The Iraq War is the paradigm example, but this is something that stretches back an entire century. Yet the notion that people both in the Middle East and in the West get radicalised in response to Western interventions in the Muslim world is nonsense.
This claim is nothing more than a rhetorical pillar for the grievance and victimhood “theology” of jihadism. Its purpose is to give colour to their Manichean black and white, Us vs Them worldview which sustains the most horrific excesses of the terrorists as “necessary” in their millenarian battle of “good” vs “evil”: “They are attacking Us! We are merely defending ourselves! We are the good guys here!” Obviously, they must teach young children to kill with callousness and gratuitous brutality in self-defence.
If it were genuinely the case that global Jihadism in its current incarnation was some kind of reaction to Western “imperialism” in the Middle East, you would expect this movement to have certain features, and to behave in certain ways. For example, you would expect the movement to try and unite Muslims, and even non-Muslims in the affected Middle Eastern countries, in a struggle against Western imperialist aggression, targeting specifically Western assets and interests.
Yet Isil and their ilk do the very opposite of that. This does get repeated quite often, but it does not seem to sink in with Western audiences: the primary target of Isil and similar groups is not the West. It is other Muslims. Above all, Shia Muslims. But also other ethnic, religious and tribal groups.
The attacks on the West are relatively rare, and small scale relative to what the other groups have to endure. The largest attack against the West carried out by Isil was the Paris attack last November. 130 were killed, and 368 were wounded. A horrific attack by any measure, but compare it with some of the attacks on the Shia, or the Yazidi minority. In October 2014, Isil executed 1,700 Shia civilians in one sitting at Camp Speicher, and a further 670 Shia prisoners in a massacre in Tikrit. By 2015, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum assessed that ISIS had committed genocide against the Yazidis, but also ethnic cleansing and war crimes against Shias, Kurds, Christians, Mandaean and other groups.
Small scale attacks, with fewer than 10 victims are much more frequent. In the West they seem to be happening at a rate of one every couple of months in past last year. By comparison, in the Middle East, random murders of Shia civilians or bombing of marketplaces or Shia mosques happen on a daily basis.
And let us not forget that the attacks that do happen in the West, especially the more recent ones in the United States, only have the most tenuous links to Isil. It often goes no further than one or two deranged gunmen who “pledged allegiance” to Isil in their bedroom, but had virtually no contact with the group beyond that.
For Isil, these attacks are important for PR and marketing. It allows it to recruit foreign fighters for its battles in the Middle East. And Western Media coverage that these attacks ensure give it clout and prestige. But for them, the real battles are against the Shia government of Iraq, the Shia Alawite government of Syria and the Kurds. And any non-Sunni, thus “non-Muslim” civilian minority caught in their “Muslim lands”.
If Isil really was about defending the Middle East from Western “aggression”, why on earth would they attack Indonesia, of all places – the largest Muslim country in the world? Indonesia has had absolutely nothing at all to do with Western foreign policy. Its only “sin” is that it largely practices a very tolerant and inclusive kind of Islam, and does so very successfully. And to the likes of Isil, there is nothing more threatening than a representation of Islam which is at peace with the world, and very successful for it. Indonesia is not oppressed by the Crusaders and the Zionists, and gets along rather well with all kinds of Islamic sects and non-Islamic religions. That is what makes them “un-Islamic” in the warped ideology of the jihadists. They simply do not fit the victimhood and grievance ideology, so they cannot possibly be Islamic.
But what about those Muslims radicalised in the West? Young men and women born and raised here, but who nonetheless become radicalised and either carry out attacks on Western streets, or travel to join the fighting in Syria. Are they radicalised by Western intervention in the Middle East?
No. Radicalisation is complex phenomenon. There are as many reasons for radicalisation as there are radicalised young Muslims. Each one of them has their own story with a complex mix of reasons, more or less rational, for why they have come to have the radical world view. Nonetheless, we can also observe some strong patterns amongst those radicalised emerging from the increasing body of interdisciplinary research on radicalisation.
For example, most come from unsafe, unstable social environments and have histories of petty crime, as well as drink and drugs problems. It is also notable that this tendency is especially acute amongst white Western converts. They may feel that their lives lack direction, but also feel disempowered and disenfranchised. They feel that they are not in control of their own destinies.
What an organisation like Isil offers them is instant reception. And moreover, a purpose. A direction in life. You can be an unemployed petty drug dealer one day but if you take a flight to Turkey and cross the border into Syria you are instantly transformed into a warrior of God.
Recruits get guaranteed salvation in the afterlife, but also, the opportunity to establish political utopia on Earth. Something that has not been on offer anywhere in the world since the collapse of communism. They get all that and they get free reign to vent their pent up aggression and their sexual frustration – and the research shows that the recruits have plenty of both. Where else can you get a sense of belonging, a purpose of building paradise on Earth, an opportunity to kill bad guys and sexually enslave as many of “their women” as you can get your hands on? Coming from cultures like ours that glorify sexual prowess, violence, and political utopianism, is it any wonder that so many are seduced by what Isil is promising them?
Western foreign policy? Sure, why not? Sounds like a legitimate argument. They will have it. But is that really what gets anyone out of bed in the morning? If the West “got out of Muslim lands” tomorrow, would anything really get better for anyone in the Middle East? And is there even any possible way for all Western countries to cut ties with the Middle East so drastically that they could be said to have “gotten out of Muslim lands”? In the mind of these zealots, even speaking to “non-Muslims” can corrupt one’s moral purity.
The bottom line is that a lot of this complaint against Western foreign policy is nothing more than an exercise in denial: what the Muslim world, and young Muslims here in our countries, are in denial about is that almost all problems Muslims face in the Muslim world is the fault of none other than the Muslims who live there. Local sectarian and tribal rivalries, regional rivalries between Iran and Saudi Arabia, rampant corruption and chronic economic mismanagement, gross social inequality between most people and a tiny elite who monopolise oil and other key resources, and a bulging youth population with no economic prospects and little to do other than pick up a Kalashnikov. Those are the fundamental problems of the Middle East, and they have next to nothing to do with the West, or its foreign policy in the region. But they do radicalise the local populations.
Isil and its jihadist ideology uniquely exploit and amplify these underlying conflicts and offer the conspiracy theory solution: none of this is your fault. There is a big villain far away who has engineered all your problems. You are good people, and all of this will be magically fixed if we go now and kill the bad people. Who are the bad people? Don’t worry about it, we’ll show you when we get to the battlefront. In psychiatry, we call these denial and displacement respectively. In the real world, we have to call this the instrumentalisation of religion for an ideology of death – and a real tragedy.
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History, tourist information, and nearby accommodation
HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS: GB Shaw's writing summerhouse
GB Shaw moved into this quiet Edwardian villa in 1906, at a time when his literary fame was at its peak. He was one of the most famous writers in the world, as well as one of most often photographed. To put it in modern terms, he was a celebrity of the highest order.
Of course the house was not called Shaw's Corner when they moved here; it was known as the Ayot St Lawrence New Rectory. They rented the property at first, and kept a flat in London, but in 1920 the purchased the house outright. The location was perfect for the Shaw's; it was tucked away in a quiet rural corner of Hertfordshire, yet it was only one hour's travel from London. The Shaw's loved the rural setting, and the final work that GB Shaw wrote was A Rhyming Guide to Ayot St Lawrence, a combination of verse and photographs by the author that takes the reader on his favourite walking routes around the village.
At Shaw's Corner you get to see the quiet life of the man behind some of Edwardian England's most popular works. The house is just as it was when Shaw died in 1950, full of personal belongings, including the author's favourite walking stick and hat on the stand inside the door. Some of the objects on display are a reminder of Shaw's fame; like the bust sculpted by Rodin, and his 1926 Nobel Prize for Literature. But many more are simply objects from daily life, and his fascinating collection of books, ranging from the Bible to science fiction, from religion to social philosophy.
Shaw was a close friend of Arts and Crafts pioneer William Morris, who shared his interest in socialism, and the house is heavily decorated with original Morris & Co. textiles.
The National Trust hosts a regular calendar of events including performances of Shaw's plays.
I did not know what to expect when we visited Shaw's Corner, but I was delighted. The house is not grand or ostentatious; it looks like it was meant to be lived in, and enjoyed by Shaw and his wife Charlotte. You can see where the Shaw's dined and entertained, where the writer walked through the lovely gardens below the house, and glimpse inside his wonderful little writing shed tucked into a stand of trees below the house. Shaw's Corner is a wonderful place to visit, and offers a look at the remarkable career of one of the most prolific and justly famous writers in English history.
About Shaw's Corner
Address: Aylot St Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, AL6 9BX
Attraction Type: Historic Building
Location: At the SW end of village, 2 miles N of the B653
Website: Shaw's Corner
Phone: 01438 820 307
National Trust - see also: National Trust memberships (official website link)
Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
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Rio hosts leadership conference
June 26, 2014
RIO GRANDE, Ohio – High school students from throughout Ohio attended the 42nd annual American Free Enterprise and Leadership Conference the week of June 15 at the University of Rio Grande.
The week-long conference offered an intensive introduction to business economics and the benefits of free enterprise. Participants earn up to three college credits by attending lectures, panel discussions and a field trip. Students also create and operate small businesses through assigned groups.
“They get to stay on a college campus and experience a small portion of what college life could be like,” conference manager Lance Humphrey said. “For some students this is their deciding factor to even attend college.”
This year’s conference attracted 24 students from eight counties, some traveling from as far as Lorain County in northern Ohio. More than 3,000 students have gained an appreciation for free market economics and entrepreneurship since the conference started in 1973.
Humphrey, a sixth-grade science teacher at Symmes Valley Middle School and 2000 Rio graduate, has served as conference manager the last 14 years. Conference participants engage with current Rio students through Enactus, the campus student organization that formally hosts the conference.
Through Enactus, Rio students work with business and academic leaders to help transform the lives of those in need throughout the surrounding communities, and the world. Started in 1978, Enactus teachers students to help create a more sustainable world through business and entrepreneurial practices.
“It is a great peek into the world of business,” Symmes Valley High sophomore Kaleb Reynolds said of the conference.
This year featured four student companies: Dignity, Freedom, Liberty and Leadership Academy. The 14 returning students formed Leadership Academy with the remaining 10 students split amongst Dignity, Freedom and Liberty.
Students earn two college credits their first year at the conference and one additional credit their second year for ECO 10302, Free Market Economics. Students study capital formation, the role of profits, taxes, productivity and entrepreneurship.
Registration for the conference is $75, which covers meals, housing and the field trip. This year students visited the Ohio State University South Centers.
“While the students are here they get the learning experience of what works and what doesn’t work in the field of business, economics and entrepreneurship. The students find out that economics isn’t as dry as charts and graphs,” said Carol Smith, director of the Loren M. Berry Center of Economic Education at Rio and advisor to Enactus. “Students also create lifelong friendships, especially those returning for their second year.”
Lectures included the following topics: Free Enterprise, Entrepreneurship, Small Business, Corporate Business, Productions/Operations, Marketing, Customer Service, Personal Finance, Ethics, Diversity, Importance of a College Education, Business Dinging Etiquette and Behavior Economics.
“It was a fun and exciting way to gain college experience and knowledge, as well as gaining real world experience,” Dawson-Bryant High junior Kimberly Schmidt said.
Guest speakers deliver the majority of presentations and participate in panel discussion groups. Speakers this year included Humphrey, SUDEXO Catering Manager Terra Fowler and members of the Rio Grande faculty and staff – Director of Multi-Cultural Affairs Meau Jones, retired Dean of Students Elaine Armstrong, Associate Professor of Business and Marketing Wesley Thoene, Ph.D. and Director of Management Information Services Steve Cox, Ph.D. | <urn:uuid:674573df-11ea-416d-9545-45eef3d6d513> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.rio.edu/news/40073/9432/no | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00372-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94731 | 720 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Foreign diplomats on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are surprised that capitalist Taiwan has broken a longstanding policy and held direct talks with communist China on the return of a hijacked airliner. The talks represented the first such negotiations between Taiwan and China since the Nationalists fled the mainland after losing a civil war to the communists in 1949.
Diplomats say the decision could open the way for further contacts. But officials in Peking and Taipei have insisted that the hijacking case is strictly a civil aviation matter that has no political significance.
Taiwan's unexpected offer to meet with officials of China's state airline, CAAC, was announced in Taipei May 13. The offer came after CAAC sent a second cable urging Taiwan's national airline, China Airlines, to discuss the matter directly -- without involving a third party.
The May 3 hijacking of a Boeing 747 cargo plane, en route from Bangkok, was the first incident in which the pilot of a Taiwan civilian airliner flew to the mainland. Cmdr. Wang Hsi-chueh was one of China Airlines' most experienced fliers. With his defection, he left behind in Taipei a wife and three grown children, and gave up a $4,000-a-month job only a few years before retirement.
The incident was embarrassing for Taiwan, which has held to an unswerving policy of no contact, no negotiations, and no compromise with the mainland communist government. Peking has gained in recent years from a more favorable image under leader Deng Xiaoping, seeming to act reasonably in efforts to end longstanding hostility and bring Taiwan under its control.
Commander Wang's defection has aroused curiosity about what kind of man would switch sides after serving Taiwan's Nationalist government for more than four decades.
In Peking the following week, Wang denounced alleged corruption and mismanagement by the Taiwan government, which he had served both as a member of the ruling party and as a pilot flying U-2 spy planes over the mainland. Wang praised developments on the mainland, asserting that Peking upheld freedom, democracy, and human rights. He also said he wanted to be reunited with his 82-year-old father in Sichuan Province.
His two crew members, copilot Tung Kung-shih and mechanic Chiu Ming-chih, asked to return to Taiwan. Chinese officials agreed to let them go. The Taiwan cargo jet and two crewmen are to be handed over to Taiwan in Hong Kong, aviation officials announced May 20. The transfer was negotiated during four days of talks.
``We are not quite satisfied yet because we demanded that [the] pilot . . . be given the chance to express his will in a free environment,'' said Taiwan's chief delegate, Chung Tsan-jung.
Most observers familiar with Taiwan's long history of rebuffing Peking's attempts to open communications had supposed Taiwan would abandon the aircraft and two crew members wanting to return. This would have satisfied members of the ruling party who are likely to criticize the government for softening its commitment to resist the Chinese communists.
Western diplomats here say Taiwan's decision hints at an important shift of thinking in the ruling party, which could remove its siege mentality of the past 40 years. If so, this would be a turning point in Chinese politics.
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