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Opinion: Mapmaking and warmongering in Africa
addisstandard / June 30, 2016 / 4k
Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou
Providence/London – Why are some regions plagued by seemingly endless instability? In the Middle East, one widespread argument, which even the Islamic State expounds, puts much of the blame for chronic conflict on the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the secret deal agreed 100 years ago by France and Great Britain to divide between them the soon-to-be-former Ottoman Empire. According to this view, while the “lines in the sand” drawn by the diplomats Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot served the short-term interests of the colonial powers, the arbitrary partition of the region spurred a century of violence, organized and otherwise.
Whether or not the Sykes-Picot Agreement is the main reason for the Middle East’s troubles, one thing is certain: the imposition of capriciously drawn borders by colonial powers has not been a uniquely Middle Eastern phenomenon. African countries have had the same experience – and may have suffered even more as a result.
During the “Scramble for Africa” (which lasted from roughly the late 1860s until 1905), European powers signed hundreds of bilateral and multilateral agreements that partitioned the largely unexplored continent into protectorates, free-trade areas, and colonies. The event that most symbolizes the colonial carve-up is the conference that Otto von Bismarck organized in Berlin from November 1884 until February 1885, where an area twice the size of Germany and France, the Congo Free State, was presented as a gift to Belgium’s King Leopold II.
In drawing these lines, diplomats focused on preventing Europeans from fighting one another on African territory, not on local geographic, cultural, or political conditions. African leaders had no say in any of the negotiations. As then-British Foreign Secretary (and subsequently Prime Minister) Lord Salisbury famously put it, Europeans “engaged in drawing lines upon maps where no white man’s feet have ever trod.”
At first, the colonial arrangements had little impact on Africans, who were allowed to move freely across the new borders. Upon independence in the 1960s, however, the borders became salient. While there were calls to redraw the colonial lines, neither departing Europeans nor local elites were interested in the thorough reshuffling that this would have required. Ultimately, all African countries except Somalia and Morocco accepted the colonial borders.
That decision had far-reaching consequences. As the historian Henk Wesseling has explained, rather than reflecting political, institutional, and economic reality, the map of Africa “helped to create it” in at least three key ways.
First, Africa has the largest share of landlocked countries of any continent. Countries like Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, the Central African Republic, Niger, Rwanda, and Uganda have suffered, as their access to global shipping routes – and thus to world markets – depends on their unstable neighbors.
Second, vast geographic differences across ethnic homelands in many African countries, together with these countries’ sprawling size and inadequate infrastructure left by the colonial powers, has meant that national governments have struggled to govern effectively beyond the metropoles. Even countries with relatively strong institutions find it difficult to project power in remote areas.
Third, the homelands of about one-third of African ethnicities straddle international borders. The Diolas in the Casamance region have been divided among Senegal, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau. The Togo-Ghana border divides the Ewe. The Maasai live in Kenya and Tanzania. And the list goes on, affecting around 400-500 million Africans (roughly 40% of the continent’s total population).
The long-run consequences of colonial ethnic partitioning on contemporary political violence are profound. By comparing anthropological maps of the spatial distribution of African groups during colonization with detailed geo-referenced information on violent events, we have confirmed what has long been suspected: ethnic partitioning has played a key role in spurring conflict and animosity in Africa since independence.
Specifically, we found that homelands of partitioned ethnicities have been disproportionately affected by armed conflict between state forces and rebels with the explicit goal of overthrowing the government. Violence against civilians – including the destruction of villages or churches, conscription of children, kidnapping, and rape – is also linked to ethnic partitioning.
We also learned that partitioned ethnicities are significantly more likely to engage in civil wars that have an explicit ethnic dimension. Since the early 1960s, roughly one-third of such groups have participated in an ethnic-based civil war; only about one-fifth of non-partitioned ethnic groups have engaged in such conflicts.
Partitioned ethnicities are also much more likely than their non-partitioned counterparts to face institutionalized discrimination from the national government (25%, compared to 15%). As econometric evidence and case studies reveal, one reason for this is that neighboring countries often use divided ethnic groups to destabilize one another’s governments, including through proxy wars. Target governments use such activities as a pretext to discriminate against those groups.
Somalia is a poster child for the impact of ethnic partitioning. Immediately after independence, Somalia became embroiled in two devastating wars over the overwhelmingly Somali-populated Ogaden region, which the British and the French ceded to Ethiopia for its support in their war against Somali clans in the late nineteenth century. Then, in the early 1960s, Somalis in northern Kenya, with support from the Somali government in Mogadishu, fought for secession, further eroding regional stability and setting the stage for the failure of the Somali state in the early 1990s.
There is no denying that external powers’ mapmaking has had a powerful influence on Africa’s development. While the evidence does not necessarily carry over to the Middle East, it seems reasonable to assume that the Sykes-Picot Agreement did, indeed, help shape that region’s development – perhaps by spurring conflict. Acknowledging the lingering consequences of the West’s colonial behavior is the first step toward redressing them.
ED’s Note: Stelios Michalopoulos is Associate Professor of Economics at Brown University. Elias Papaioannou is Professor of Economics at the London Business School. Addis Standard received this opinion from Project Syndicate.
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Christ Church in Alexandria Removing Plaque to Washington
Christ Church Episcopal in Alexandria, Virginia is removing two plaques from their sanctuary and apparently relocating them to another location that is to be determined. Leaders at Christ Church defended their “unanimous decision” by explaining that the plaques “make some in our presence feel unsafe or unwelcome.” This decision by one of the most historic churches in the Washington, DC area comes in the context of a nationwide furor over statues and memorials to dead white Americans, primarily Confederate generals or leaders. But the acrimonious debate, as predicted by President Donald Trump, has now encompassed Founding Fathers and even Revolutionary War soldiers. It isn’t just Robert E. Lee who is having his plaque removed; it’s George Washington too.
To continue reading... check out "George Washington's Home Church Caves to Political Correctness"
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Is Western Culture Superior? Dinesh D'Souza and PragerU Say Yes
In this age of Political Correctness, it seems almost blasphemous to suggest that one culture might be superior to another. This is especially so if one asserts that it's the western culture which is superior. Yet that is precisely what PragerU does with this controversial, but thought-provoking, video.
According to Dinesh D'Souza, western culture (which of course forms the backdrop and context of the British Empire and the United States of America) is indeed superior to the other cultures of the world.
What do you think? Sound off in the comments.
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Killing England Debuts
Killing England, the newest edition of the Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, has just been released. And I've downloaded it onto my Audible account. I'll be listening to it as I commute. When I'm done (no promises as to exact timetable), I'll post a review.
The title is jarringly inaccurate. The American revolutionaries of course didn't "kill" England. The British Empire didn't die or collapse during or after the Revolutionary War. The title is contrived to work the American War for Independence into the Killing series.
The Killing series is written as creative nonfiction with a widespread (read: non-academic) audience in mind. If you're looking for heavy scholarship, the Killing series is not for you. But they are enjoyable nonetheless and have inspired a greater interest in history for many people.
Were the Founders Racist and Pro-Slavery?
The momentum to take down (or vandalize) statues to Confederate leaders has now extended to statues and memorials to America's Founding Fathers. The premise driving this is, of course, that the Founders were (by consensus) racist and pro-slavery. Most mainstream academic texts either affirm this premise or ignore it. But David Barton, a controversial speaker and author, counters this narrative.
What follows is the first part of a video presentation titled "American History in Black & White." This first part deals with the founding era.
As always...civil comments are welcome.
Robert E. Lee and George Washington Are Not The Same
Robert E Lee's statue in Charlottesville, Va.
In a combative August 15 press conference, President Donald Trump expressed dismay at the removal of the statue to Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia (that planned removal being the flashpoint of the violent protests which erupted this past weekend) and in doing so, seemed to compare General Lee to George Washington.
"So, this week it's Robert E. Lee," said the President. "I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder is it George Washington next week and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after?"
Let's agree that there are many in this country who would make little to no distinction between Confederate generals and slave-owning Founding Fathers. These activists would like to see statues and memorials to any and all slave owners (Confederate or loyal American) removed, and they would like to see any schools, towns, cities, or states likewise renamed. This includes Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, and so on. President Trump is correct on this point, but...
I believe it's wrong to encourage such linking or association. It's unnecessary to suggest an all-or-nothing approach to statues and memorials.
There are indeed some similarities between George Washington and Robert E. Lee. Both professed to be Christians. Both were Virginians. Both were generals. Both led (depending on one's point of view) revolutionary or insurrectionist armies. And, yes, both owned and managed slaves. But... there are also several very meaningful differences.
Robert E. Lee emphasized loyalty to state over nation. By contrast, George Washington called for national allegiance. In his Farewell Address, President Washington declared: "Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations." Despite post-Civil War "Lost Cause" mythology and propaganda, the southern states in 1860-61 (particularly in the Deep South), clearly centered their grievances around the issue of slavery. This was made clear in their speeches, editorials, proclamations, formal deliberations, and official resolutions. Their desire to protect the institution of slavery (as well as its expansion and the capture of slaves who escaped to the North) was what drove them to secession. (See Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens' Cornerstone Speech). Lee took up his sword to defend this cause.
In contrast, the Second Continental Congress listed out their grievances (17 of them) against the British in the Declaration of Independence. Not one of those grievances was the desire to guard or expand slavery. (In fact, despite popular misconception today, most of the Founders didn't own slaves and even many who did had deep reservations with the institution). Both Lee and Washington expressed moral disapproval of slavery, and yet one of them (Lee) took up arms to effectively defend (and, had he been successful, to advance) slavery. The other capped off his long career by freeing his slaves in his will and (in so doing) publicly adding his name to the cause of manumission.
On the issue of slavery, it should be noted that Lee may not have been the "benevolent" slave master that his defenders would have us believe. Wesley Norris was a slave owned by the family and estate of George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington. It was, as Norris said, the "general impression" of the slaves that when Mr. Custis passed, they would be freed. This understanding was no doubt inspired by the spirit of George Washington's will. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. When Custis died, Norris was informed he would have to remain a slave, under the authority of (at the time) Colonel Lee according to the "conditions of the will." Seventeen months into their 5-year extension, Norris and two or three other slaves escaped to Maryland where they were captured and returned to Lee. Norris' account of what happened next is damning. Though Lee privately denied these allegations, there is some compelling evidence to back up Norris' claims. But even if Lee is technically innocent of some of the specifics of what Norris says, the nature of the controversy speaks to the relations Lee had with the slaves on his and his wife's plantation. It also makes clear that the Custis family and Lee broke with George Washington's trajectory against slavery.
Elizabeth Brown Pryor, author of Reading The Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters, explains how Lee should be seen on the issue of slavery in contrast to George Washington. She writes:
The tragedy for Lee is that he never made the transformational leap that would recognize the fundamental human nature of the slaves. George Washington wrestled with it; Abraham Lincoln did as well. Neither of these men ever considered African-Americans their equal. Ultimately, however, they both grasped the fact that what was wrong with slavery was not an absence of sufficient laws, or a need for more humane treatment within an exploitative system. What was wrong with slavery was that it failed to recognize the brotherhood of the human condition. The entangled lives of the slaves and their masters, the emotional, historical, sexual, and communal connections, could mean only one thing: that these beings were equal as part of mankind; equal in their human instincts, passions, desires, and inclinations, including the desire for self-determination. Equal, as Lincoln said, in the "right to eat the bread without the leave of anybody else, which his own hand earns. . . ." Capable, as George Washington finally realized, "of a destiny different from that in which they were born." Robert E. Lee would never cross this threshold. He could embrace the need for justice, but it was a justice defined by unjust principles. His racism and his limited imagination meant that he never admitted the humanity of the slaves with whom he lived. In avoiding that truth, he bound himself to slavery's inhumanity.
Finally, though Lee verbally objected to secession (calling it "anarchy"), he ultimately took up arms against the national government when his home state seceded. Washington, on the other hand, responded to rebellion against the national government with a swift and overwhelming display of military force (even leading troops in the field himself while President). See the Whiskey Rebellion. He also reportedly told an English friend, after the American Revolution, that if the southern states (including Virginia) were to secede over the issue of slavery, he would move north and side with the Union.
Bottom line: George Washington and Robert E. Lee are not the same.
There are similarities, but there are also some very important differences -- differences that we should not miss today.
The President is right that some will seek to remove Washington's hero status (by tearing down statues in his honor and removing his name from schools and parks). Some are already doing this (and have been for a few years). Tearing down or removing Confederate statues is undoubtedly fueling momentum for downgrading the hero status of anyone associated with slavery - and that certainly includes men like Washington. But...
It's fallacious to say that we should keep up statues to undeserving historical figures so that we don't lose our statues to deserving ones.
We should not honor the Confederacy as a noble cause. Anyone who reads Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens' infamous "Cornerstone Speech" should agree. For this reason, I understand - and will not oppose - the removal of statues to Confederate leaders from public grounds. Confederate flags and statues belong on cemeteries and museums - not in public squares. Not in 2017.
But we should honor our nation's Founding Fathers. And I will oppose (vigorously so) any attempt to dishonor our nation's Founders.
This is how, I hope, most Americans today feel.
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Bill O'Reilly Primed to Tackle The American Revolution
Bill O'Reilly turns the attention of his mega-bestselling Killing series to the American Revolution. In September 2017, Killing England will go live. According to its preview Amazon listing: "Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain’s King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the reader from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe."
Of course, the title isn't accurate. The Founding Fathers weren't trying to kill England. Indeed, they didn't even want to separate from England initially. They simply wanted the British Empire to live up to the principles of its own constitutional heritage and to honor the promises of its colonial charters. Even when war came, and the Declaration of Independence was later signed, they still didn't want to destroy the British Empire. They only wanted to be left alone. Many of them, including Alexander Hamilton and John Adams, were actually rather fond of the British and pushed for closer British ties after the war.
O'Reilly and Martin Dugard have, of course, received a great deal of criticism for errors and sensationalism for their Killing series. But I think it's unfair to hold the Killing books to the same level of scrutiny one reserves for true historical texts like the mammoth John Adams biography by David McCullough or the classic The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon Wood. The O'Reilly-Dugard books aren't works of scholarship. They are best understood as being in the genre of "creative nonfiction." If you want deep scholarly analysis, they are not for you. But if you want an enjoyable read that transports you into the era they each profile, they accomplish their task. Some of the Killing books are better than others, but I've nevertheless enjoyed reading most of them.
As a Revolutionary War buff, I can't wait for this new book!
Labels: Bill O'Reilly, Killing England
What Part of 'No Religious Test' Does Senator Bernie Sanders Not Understand?
The U.S. Constitution explicitly forbids any "religious test" when it comes to people holding public office or public trust in the United States. Somehow, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) forgot that part of the Constitution or chose to ignore it when questioning President Trump's nominee to be the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Sanders vociferously objected to the nominee's views on salvation.
Here's an article I wrote over at the American Creation blog on the subject...
Senator Bernie Sanders Disregards US Constitution
Labels: bernie sanders, bernie sanders constitution, bernie sanders founding fathers, bernie sanders religious test
A Reminder from Mount Vernon on Star Wars Day
The fine folks at Mount Vernon have posted this brilliant meme inspired by Star Wars Day. If you don't "get it," you need to watch the original Star Wars trilogy and pay close attention to the end of The Empire Strikes Back. :-)
Posted by Brian Tubbs at 10:44 AM 2 comments: Links to this post
Labels: father of the United States, George Washington, I am your father, Star Wars Day
YORKTOWN, Va. — Artillery salutes and flag-raising ceremonies. Fifes and drums and military dragoons. Brass bands and color guards. Historians, military veterans, re-enactors, entertainers and enthusiasts reveling in the Revolution will come together March 23 to April 4 to present 13 days of festivities showcasing the new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
The Grand Opening Celebration of the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown will feature a patriotic salute to America’s 13 original states, a dedication ceremony on April 1, tours of expansive gallery exhibits, and military music and 18th-century interpretive experiences in the newly expanded Continental Army encampment and Revolution-era farm.
The Grand Opening culminates the museum’s 10-year transformation from the Yorktown Victory Center. Through immersive indoor gallery exhibits with nearly 500 period artifacts, experiential films and interpretive living-history experiences, the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown presents a renewed national perspective on the meaning and impact of the Revolution.
Ceremonies honoring the legacy of the first 13 states in the United States of America will take place each day in the order that they ratified the Constitution – Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island. A dedication April 1 will officially launch the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
Daily programs recognizing each state will begin midday with ceremonial welcoming remarks and presentation of the state flag, followed by an Honor Guard procession along the Grand Corridor to the outdoor re-created Continental Army encampment’s artillery amphitheater for a flag-raising ceremony and artillery salute. Visitors will be able to learn more about each state’s Revolutionary War history through a variety of educational programs, new exhibition galleries, and interpretive programs in the newly expanded Continental Army encampment and Revolution-era farm. Children’s games and family friendly activities will round out the festivities.
For more information, visit http://www.historyisfun.org/grandopening/
Labels: American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, Grand Opening Museum, Grand Opening Yorktown
Was America Founded on Socialism?
This video from Prager University (aka PragerU) explains the socialist - yes, socialist - origins of colonial America...
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wave4 Vietnam
Asian Barometer Survey Wave 4
(VIETNAM)
By Taylor Nelson Sofres Vietnam
The Asian Barometer 2015 Survey covered the entire Viet Nam, and had 6 major study areas: Northern Midlands and Mountains, Red River Delta, North and South Central Coast, Central Highlands, Southeast, Mekong River Delta.
1.2 Population
With an estimated 85.8 million inhabitants (Census 2009), it is the world’s 13th – most – populous country, and the eight-most-populous country in Asia. According to census data, during the last decade the proportion of people living in urban areas increased from 23.7% in 1999 to 29.6% in 2009. This translates into a total of 25.4 million urban residents out of a national population of 85.8 million in 2009. The main increase in urbanization took place in the already large urban areas with 200,000 residents or more. The total number of these urban centres has increased from 9 in 1999 to 15 in 2009.
1.3 Government
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a single-party state. Its current state constitution, which replaced the 1975 constitution in April 1992, asserts the central role of the Communist Party of Vietnam in all organs of government, politics and society. The General Secretary of the Communist Party performs numerous key administrative and executive functions, controlling the party’s national organization and state appointments, as well as setting policy. Only political organizations affiliated with or endorsed by the Communist Party are permitted to contest elections in Vietnam. These include the Vietnamese Fatherland Front and worker and trade unionist parties. Although the state remains officially committed to socialism as its defining creed, its economic policies have grown increasingly capitalist, with The Economist characterizing its leadership as “ardently capitalist communists”.
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Asian ministerial conference pledges greater efforts to empower women in reducing disaster risk
Date: Monday, July 23, 2018
Author: Devikara Devakula
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — More than 50 countries have pledged to give more women leading roles in efforts to reduce the high risks they face from natural disasters in Asia.
Discussing gender and inclusiveness at the Ulaanbaatar conference are, from left, Dugersuren Sukhjargalmaa of Government of Mongolia; Chandni Joshi of Women Friendly Disaster Management Network Nepal; Nguyen Thi Minh Huong of Vietnam Women’s Union; and Bjorn Andersson of UNFPA. Photo: UNFPA/Tim Jenkins
The 2018 Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Mongolia’s capital on 3-6 July, made this and other key commitments by adopting the Ulaanbaatar Declaration and the Action Plan 2018-2020 of the Asia Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. They also agreed to promote gender-sensitive disaster risk reduction (DRR) by improving collection of disaggregated data on sex, age and disability, and meeting the specific needs of women and girls in programmes to stem gender-based violence and to ensure sexual and reproductive health.
The Sendai Framework is a global plan adopted by United Nations Member States in 2015. In 2017, disasters in Asia killed more than 6,500 people and affected 66.7 million, says the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Women and girls are disproportionately vulnerable; at the same time, they play critical roles in prevention, response and recovery.
In the Ulaanbaatar Declaration, the countries pledged to “promote full and equal participation of women in leading, designing, and implementing gender-sensitive disaster risk reduction policies, plans and programmes, through joint efforts by public and private sector, supported by appropriate legal frameworks and allocation of necessary resources”.
Leading up to and at the Asian Ministerial Conference, UN Women joined a wide range of civil society and non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies in the ISDR Asia Partnership Gender Stakeholder Group to advocate for the key outcomes, including at a plenary event on gender and inclusiveness.
“After the 2015 Nepal earthquakes, we saw extraordinary resilience from women, who made commitments not just to rebuild their homes, but to rebuild their communities and their nations,” Chandni Joshi, Chair of the Women Friendly Disaster Management Network in Nepal, said at the conference. “Yet patriarchal mindsets and protectionist views reign large, women continue to lack access to information on disaster risk reduction actions, and women in leadership in DRR remain invisible.”
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, chairs the event on gender and inclusiveness at the Ulaanbaatar conference. Photo: UNFPA/Tim Jenkins
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, said: “Women, girls, and persons with disabilities have a fundamental right to contribute to the decisions that affect their lives and their communities. They bring vital skills, knowledge, and resilience, but continue to be underrepresented in positions of leadership. We do not need to make decisions on behalf of this group. We need to trust them, we need to respect them, and most of all we need to empower them.”
Smriti Aryal, Acting Head of UN Women Myanmar and Regional Advisor for Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction, presents the progress review report of the Gender Stakeholder Group at the Ulaanbaatar meeting. Photo: UNFPA/Tim Jenkins
Smriti Aryal, Acting Head of UN Women Myanmar and Regional Advisor for Humanitarian Action and disaster risk reduction, called for concrete action on women’s leadership while presenting the results of a progress review done by UN Women, Duryog Nivaran and the Asia Disaster Preparedness Centre on behalf of the Gender Stakeholder Group.
“To increase women’s leadership and participation in DRR policy and actions, we must establish or strengthen institutional mchanisms and platforms, ensure a minimum of 30 per cent women in DRR decision-making roles, and invest in developing women’s leadership capabilities and skills as part of strengthening risk governance,” she said. “We cannot afford lip service any more -- we must engage women, be inclusive, and protect rights for all.”
Bjorn Andersson, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said strengthened disaggregated data are needed for taking evidence-based actions, especially in humanitarian and fragile situations where 60 per cent of preventable maternal deaths occur.
In a joint United Nations statement made at the conference, Tiziana Bonapace, Director of ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction at United Nations Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific, said: “We will further strengthen the emphasis on enhancing capacities, strengthening livelihood and resilience of those who are most marginalized -- the poor, women, children and those living with disability -- which is critical to reducing disaster risks, reducing poverty, strengthening health systems and promoting gender and social equality.”
During the Ulaanbaatar meeting, participants at an event organized by the Gender Stakeholder Group discuss the importance of collecting data disaggregated by sex, age and disability. Photo: UN Women/Devikara Devakula
As a key step towards realizing commitments made at the conference, Senator Fierravanti-Wells announced her country’s support for a three-year rollout of Gender Inequality of Risk in the Solomon Islands, a joint flagship programme of UN Women, United Nations Office for Dissaster Risk Reduction, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Speaking on the importance of building community resilience and reducing the gender inequality of risk, she said: “The more inclusive our approach, the stronger, fairer, and more resilient our communities will be. The challenges of ensuring commitments to gender-sensitive disaster risk reduction are great, but if we can overcome these challenges, we know we can together change and save so many lives.”
Devikara Devakula
Programme Analyst, Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction
UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Email: devikara.devakula@unwomen.org
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FAQ#084 ... In a grand overall vision of social and economic reform such as The Venus Project, what about those few who will always exhibit aberrant behavior under any system?
You must remember that Jacque has been at...
You must remember that Jacque has been at this almost all of his life, and so have I for the last 33 years. He encountered these questions early in his youth. That's why he joined the KKK and the White Citizen's Council and worked on ways of turning them around. He was successful at this. If genetics were a fixed part of human nature, then behavior could not be altered. He also worked with "juvenile delinquents" who were called some of the worst kids in NY, and changed them into constructive citizens who still call him today. He also worked with drug addicts and alcoholics who, in turn, worked with other groups to alter their behavior in a positive way using his methods. He had motorcycle gangs and members of the Nazi party come to his lectures and he changed all of these people. There are processes that work with different kinds of people.
Fresco has developed precise incremental steps for altering human behavior. Genetics determines the function and replication of internal organs, the color of the eyes, a propensity toward certain physical disorders, etc., but has nothing whatever to do with values, bigotry, prejudice, or other learned behaviors. Genetics does not make a person mean, selfish, self-centered, or greedy. If genetics endowed humans with preset behaviors, then people would be unalterable.
Animals seem to possess inherited patterns of behavior such as nest building, defending their young, and feeding their offspring, but most of this behavior is based on imprinting and internal body chemistry. Animals with large adrenal glands and a large brain will tend to perpetuate those characteristics in their offspring. Bull dogs of several hundred years ago were very ferocious, which was thought to be inborn. Since then, most of that has been bred out of them by reducing the size of their adrenal glands, which lessened the violence of the animals. It was not the case that the violence was inherited, but rather that the size of the adrenal gland caused the aggressive behavior that characterized the species.
Fresco is interested in ascertaining the precise mechanisms responsible for behavior.
Geneticists can invent a word like genes, and yet still leave out all the details responsible for behavioral variations. Some imply that through the protoplasmic bridge, acquired behavioral patterns are inherited, thus making genes a scapegoat for the real determinants. It is difficult to go into this if you haven't read the books Jacque gave you such as Brain and Mind, Mind in the Making, and books on Semantics. In the absence of a serious familiarity with these books, it is nearly impossible to do justice to this type of information.
In essence, Jacque is concerned with the precise mechanisms that impart values and determine behavior, and he rejects terms like instinct, human nature, and inheritance across a protoplasmic bridge. These do not describe a precise process. If we used only names and neglected processes, we could not make progress in science. We could not build bridges, make telephones, design computers, etc. It would just be an intellectual hobby in linguistics. This inadequate process would not suffice for designing a more positive future.
Linguistic and intellectual engagement has been used by many philosophers and intellectuals who saw that process of evaluation as constituting advanced and deep thinking. From Fresco's point of view, their writings look like the musings of artists who dream that someday people will develop ways of reaching the heavens, but who don't provide any information for attaining those ends. It is the work of people who develop precise methodologies for accomplishing these ends that can translate them into reality. Most people are engaged in a jungle of linguistic abstractions with little or no precise insight into cause and effect or methodology. This, for Fresco, was never an acceptable way of accomplishing anything.
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Sonny Bono Was a Piker
One of the main arguments put forth by the copyright reformist camp is that the term of copyright has gradually been lengthened until now it's as long as life of the author plus 70 years. Incentives all the way to the grave and beyond, if you will; but this doesn't bode well for innovation and is increasingly problematic with more legal wrangling and wasteful rent seeking.
IP advocates like to analogize IP to physical property insofar as they can, while noting obvious differences too. See, for example, Frank Easterbrook's essay "Intellectual Property Is Still Property." (No link available, but it's reprinted in Adam D. Moore, ed., Information Ethics .)
Physical property, as everyone grants, has no term limit, unlike IP. Physical property also never enters the public domain, although it can be abandoned, and then re-homesteaded by a new owner. IP does enter the public domain though, after the expiration of a copyright (or patent).
Lysander Spooner , a 19th-century opponent of slavery and, eventually, of the U.S. Constitution, thought this was bizarre. In his uncompleted 1855 tract The Law of Intellectual Property , he argued for a perpetual right of property in ideas, and stated that it: "is intrinsically the same as, and stands on identically the same grounds with, his right of property in material things; that no distinction, of principle , exists between the two cases" (p. 30). (Spooner's italics.)
So here's my challenge to lawyers such as Frank Easterbrook, Lawrence Lessig, and William Patry: if you really believe that IP is property and that IP holders' rights should be protected just as their rights in their material property are, why not overturn Sonny Bono and extend copyrights (and patents) indefinitely, as long as the underlying IP has not been abandoned by its owner(s)? So why stop a mere 70 years after an author's demise? Presumably this would also put an end to rent seeking and endless lawsuits.
Failure to do so strikes me as prima facie evidence (to quote my old monetary theory prof. in another context) that IP is not property, and in fact is just an old fashioned monopoly. In other words it's the monopoly formerly known as intellectual property. And where there's a monopoly, there's bound to be a gaggle of lawyers chasing from behind.
[Posted at 12/22/2007 08:30 PM by William Stepp on IP History comments(3)]
I think Lessig is well aware that IP is a monopoly. If I understand him correctly, he thinks it a useful one, so long as its term is limited -- but he doesn't argue that it's equivalent to physical property. If I have this wrong, I'd appreciate a link or two to set me straight.
[Comment at 12/23/2007 09:19 AM by bill hooker]
Good point. In Free Culture Lessig notes that it's one thing to say "It's my property, and I should have it forever," but an altogether different thing to say "It's my monopoly, and I should have it forever" (p. 88).
Copyright was a regulated monopoly in 17th century England. The booksellers also had a monopoly, which was broken by the courts.
Lessig should get out of the reformist camp and come on over to the abolitionist side. Of course, his employer might have a problem with this, as he teaches copyright law and so must tow the copyright line, I would think.
Patry, btw, referred to Crosbie Fitch as a nihilist when Crosbie commented at his blog that abolishing copyright would have some salutary effects. Were the abolitionist opponents of slavery nihilists? Of course not and neither are copyright abolitionists.
Easterbrook and Adam D. Moore are probably better exemplars of the point I was making. The latter has a detailed discussion of tangible property rights compared to IP rights in his book Intellectual Property and Information Control .
[Comment at 12/23/2007 11:12 AM by Bill Stepp]
It's difficult to argue common sense nowadays, especially if it's a radical departure from status quo. For an idea to be successful, it essence must be watered down with elements from directly contradictory ideas until what's left makes no sense whatsoever.
Thus we have people who agree that copyright is an incredibly bad idea, and argue that therefore it's term should be halved.
[Comment at 12/23/2007 02:32 PM by Kid]
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Kourtney Kardashian Bares All For GQ! Holy … !!
Just a couple of weeks after teasing thirsty fans with new lingerie pics, Kourtney Kardashian is at it again.
In some of these photos for GQ Mexico‘s December/January issue, Kourt’s wearing even less than lingerie.
She strips naked, and also bares a bit of her soul.
In her interview with GQ Mexico, Kourtney Kardashian makes it abundantly clear that she doesn’t mind being nude.
That’s evident from the photos by famed photographer Michael Schwartz that you’ll see below, but also from her words.
“I am very comfortable in my own skin,” Kourtney says.
And she certainly should be, with skin like that. Damn.
“I like to be naked in my house,” Kourtney reveals.
Good for her. Did you know that some people get fully dressed at home, even when they live alone? That’s so sad.
In any event, it’s great to hear that Kourtney doesn’t need clothing to feel comfortable at home.
“And,” the 39-year-old beauty says, “I think it is important to show positive images of our body.”
Despite how incredibly gorgeous she looks, Kourt’s booty isn’t the most important thing in her life.
She names her three real priorities.
“Being a mother to me is the most important thing,” she says. “Because it’s what’s in my heart.”
“Then I would say exercising,” Kourtney continues. “Not only for my body, but because it does my mind a lot of good, relaxes me.”
Once exercise becomes part of your routine, you start to feel lost without it.
“In third place, my favorite activity is traveling because it feeds my soul,” Kourtney says.
She then shares that these priorities are “followed by nutrition.”
“I used to do very specific diets,” Kourtney shares.
“I learned something from all of them and incorporated them into my lifestyle,” she says. “But I’m not so strict anymore.”
That is a sound approach.
Continuing her list of priorities, Kourt says: “I would put the decoration because it is where I express myself creatively.”
“Then beauty,” she says.
“Not so much from the point of view of makeup, but rather define it as ‘self-care’ — do things to feel better, like a massage, for example.”
It’s easy to prioritize beauty when you are one of the most stunningly beautiful human beings on the planet.
“And in the end, it would be fashion — which is my passion,” Kourt notes.
“But I don’t give it so much time or attention anymore.”
Kourtney also talks about what she looks for in a prospective partner.
“It is very important that my partner has confidence in himself,” she reveals.
It is vital “that he knows who he is, so he does not have to be showing anything to anyone,” Kourtney continues.
(This is all translated from Spanish – she’s clearly saying that she wants a secure guy who doesn’t feel like he has anything to prove.)
“He also has to be understanding, and accept me as I am,” Kourt adds. “If there is not that, it does not work.”
Those are all good qualities for anyone.
Given the men with whom she’s been associated, we suspect that being notably younger and a major hottie don’t hurt a guy’s chances, either.
She also discusses her impact as a role model.
“I think sometimes my sisters and I forget the influence we have on others,” Kourtney admits.
“Of course, it is important to give a positive message and we are aware,” she affirms. “But in the day to day sometimes we do not pay attention.”
“Even being a role model for my daughter, for my children or even for myself, sometimes I forget,” Kourt confesses.
“I do not see it as a pressure or obligation,” Kourt says of being an influencer. “But what I do, I do for me.”
She also takes care to make it clear that she and her sisters love each other, even when they may be very critical of one another.
Yeah, that sounds like family.
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Launching a New IT Career: How to Mix Online and Traditional Job Hunt Techniques with Gary Vaughany
Monday Morning Speaker: Gary Vaughan
Launching a New IT Career: How to Mix Online and Traditional Job Hunt Techniques
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Gary Vaughan will share tips on how he started a second career after government service in the field of Microsoft SharePoint collaboration software. He will relate how he got started in this new area, and how he built on past experience and acquired new skills.
Mr. Vaughan will share specific ideas on how to plan for a second career transition, establish competence in a new field, and market job prospects. His presentation will include how to best use traditional networking and job fairs, and the pros and cons of working for small vs. large firms on government contracts.
Finally, he will address his approach in focusing a resume to the target job market, and using his personal web site, a TypePad blog, and other job search and networking tools such as LinkedIn and Monster.
Gary is a consultant through Worldwide Information Network Systems, Inc. to the State Department, and he helps plan the deployment and adoption of Microsoft SharePoint collaboration software.
Until his retirement in 2006, Gary was a career Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development(USAID). At USAID he worked as a Project, Program and Private Sector Officer, and his overseas posts included Ecuador, Guatemala and Egypt. Prior to USAID, Gary served as a Peace Corps Volunteer advising small businesses in Colombia. He has graduate degrees in computer science, business administration and international relations.
Gary is also active in various SharePoint Users Groups in the Washington D.C. area, as well as the Maryland Leadership Breakast and the Knowledge Management Institute. Gary lives in Clarksburg, MD with his wife, Angela, and stepdaughter, Lina, and he originally hails from Buffalo, NY.
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Everything You've Heard About Failing Schools Is Wrong
Attendance: up. Dropout rates: plummeting. College acceptance: through the roof. My mind-blowing year inside a "low-performing" school.
—By Kristina Rizga | Mother Jones
"SPEEK EENGLISH, TACO," THE GIRL with the giant backpack yelled when Maria asked where to find a bathroom. The backpack giggled as it bounced down the hall. It had been hours since Maria began looking for a bathroom. Anger boiled inside her, but she didn't know any English words to yell back. That was the hardest part. Back in El Salvador she'd always had something to say.
The bell rang. A flood of shoulders and sneakers swirled around Maria, and she couldn't see much until the sea of strangers streamed back into classrooms. Then she stood alone in the hallway.
It was Maria's first day at school, her first week in the United States. Her middle school in San Francisco was the biggest building she'd ever seen. It was bigger than the entire Best Buy store she'd walked through in awe on her first day in the city.
Eventually, Maria found her way to class, a special setting for Spanish-speaking newcomers. There she would practice English words for colors and numbers, learn how to introduce herself and how to say thank you. By eighth grade she was moved into mainstream classes, where she struggled. It didn't help that her math teacher started each class by saying, "Okay, my little dummies." He spoke really fast. Maria never raised her hand in his class.
One day Maria stopped by the administrative office, looking for someone to help her with multiplication. She took her spot in line behind a middle-aged woman who chatted with her in Spanish as they waited. Maria said school was really hard for her. The woman told her not to worry. "Latinas usually don't finish high school," she said. "They go to work or raise kids."
The woman was right, statistically speaking, and Maria's middle-school experience all but ensured she'd join the 52 percent of foreign-born Latinos who drop out of high school. She graduated from eighth grade without learning to speak English. She had a hard time writing in Spanish and didn't know how to multiply.
And then everything changed. At Mission High, the struggling school she'd chosen against the advice of her friends and relatives, Maria earned high grades in math and some days caught herself speaking English even with her Spanish-speaking teachers. By 11th grade, she wrote long papers on complex topics like desegregation and the war in Iraq. She became addicted to winning debates in class, despite her shyness and heavy accent. In her junior year, she became the go-to translator and advocate for her mother, her aunts, and for other Latino kids at school. In March, Maria and her teachers were celebrating acceptance letters to five colleges and two prestigious scholarships, including one from Dave Eggers' writing center, 826 Valencia.
But on the big state tests—the days-long multiple-choice exams that students in California take once a year—Maria scored poorly. And these standardized tests, she understood, were how her school was graded. According to the scores, Mission High is among the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools in the country, and it has consistently failed to meet the ever-rising benchmarks set by the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The law mandates universal "proficiency" in math and reading by 2014—a deadline that weighs heavily on educators around the nation, since schools that don't meet it face stiff penalties.
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An Alberta investment manager linked to the provincial government has come to the aid of a prominent oilfield service company, buying $280 million worth of debt and equity in Precision Drilling Trust of Calgary.
Precision will use the money, as well as up to $103 million from a planned rights offering, to pay down a $296-million US bridge loan that carries a 17 per cent interest rate. Precision borrowed that money to buy U.S. oilfield services company Grey Wolf Inc. in December, the Calgary company said Monday.
The financing with Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo.) and an unrelated deal in February will save Precision $70 million Cdn a year in interest charges, the company said in a news release.
AIMCo., with $72 billion in assets under management at the end of 2008, is a Crown corporation that manages Alberta public sector pension funds and government investment money. Nine of its 10 directors come from the private sector, and one from the government.
Precision units fell 40 cents to $4.52 in TSX trading. AIMCo. is paying $3 for each unit, while the close on Friday was $4.92. The deal also involves a further issue of units at $3 each.
Precision sees AIMCo. as a long-term partner, and its $280-million investment validates the company's strategy, said Kevin Neveu, president and CEO of Precision Drilling Corp., which administers the trust.
The financing "removes many of the uncertainties associated with the trust's existing credit situation" by reducing debt and the average interest rate the trust is paying, he said.
Precision bought Grey Wolf after upping its bid four times, finally paying nearly $2 billion in cash and stock for the U.S. company.
Investment analyst Mike Mazar with BMO Capital Markets said the deal is good for AIMCo., but not for shareholders in Precision. They would have done better if the company has waited for the unit price to move up.
Precision is issuing units "at about a 39 per cent discount to what the closing price was on Friday," he said.
AIMCo. is buying:
Senior unsecured notes valued at $175 million, paying 10 per cent interest.Thirty-five million units at $3 each for a total of $105 million.
It will also get 15 million warrants entitling it to buy one unit for each warrant at $3.22 each for five years.
The trust also plans a rights offering to raise up to $103 million by allowing all unit holders, including AIMCo., to buy units at $3 each based on their proportionate stake in the trust.
AIMCo. will hold about 15 per cent of the units when the deal closes.
The $3 price was the unit's market price on March 17, when AIMCo. decided to invest.
AIMCo. manages money for Alberta public sector pension plans and provincial endowment funds, and certain specialized government funds.
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Richard Parncutt -...
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It is clear that burning fossil fuels is causing future premature deaths, but the relationship has not been investigated quantitatively, due to the large uncertainties involved. Estimates are nevertheless possible. A valid order-of-magnitude estimate of future death tolls attributable to climate change lies midway between realistic best- and worst-case estimates on a logarithmic scale. The rate at which future people are being killed by current emissions may be comparable with the current global premature death rate due to poverty. If global warming causes this death rate to double for a period of a century, global warming will have killed roughly a billion people or 10% of future global population. This applies even if the global mean surface temperature increase is limited to 2°C, given the multiple and diverse negative consequences of this increase (e.g., relative to 1. 5°C) and their predicted independent and interactive effects on human mortality over long time periods. Since the 2°C limit corresponds to burning roughly a trillion tons of carbon (or equivalent), a future person dies prematurely every time roughly 1000 tons of fossil carbon (equivalent) are burned today. The ethical, psychological, social, medical, economic, legal, and political implications of this preliminary estimate are considered.
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Many people find that they experience increased “brain fog” as they age, some of which could be attributed to early degeneration of synapses and neural pathways. Some drugs have been found to be useful for providing cognitive improvements in these individuals. It’s possible that these supplements could provide value by improving brain plasticity and supporting the regeneration of cells.10
(On a side note, I think I understand now why modafinil doesn’t lead to a Beggars in Spain scenario; BiS includes massive IQ and motivation boosts as part of the Sleepless modification. Just adding 8 hours a day doesn’t do the world-changing trick, no more than some researchers living to 90 and others to 60 has lead to the former taking over. If everyone were suddenly granted the ability to never need sleep, many of them would have no idea what to do with the extra 8 or 9 hours and might well be destroyed by the gift; it takes a lot of motivation to make good use of the time, and if one cannot, then it is a curse akin to the stories of immortals who yearn for death - they yearn because life is not a blessing to them, though that is a fact more about them than life.)
Because these drugs modulate important neurotransmitter systems such as dopamine and noradrenaline, users take significant risks with unregulated use. There has not yet been any definitive research into modafinil's addictive potential, how its effects might change with prolonged sleep deprivation, or what side effects are likely at doses outside the prescribed range.
Adderall is a mix of 4 amphetamine salts (FDA adverse events), and not much better than the others (but perhaps less addictive); as such, like caffeine or methamphetamine, it is not strictly a nootropic but a cognitive enhancer and can be tricky to use right (for how one should use stimulants, see How To Take Ritalin Correctly). I ordered 10x10mg Adderall IR off Silk Road (Wikipedia). On the 4th day after confirmation from seller, the package arrived. It was a harmless looking little padded mailer. Adderall as promised: 10 blue pills with markings, in a double ziplock baggy (reasonable, it’s not cocaine or anything). They matched pretty much exactly the descriptions of the generic I had found online. (Surprisingly, apparently both the brand name and the generic are manufactured by the same pharmacorp.)
The evidence? Although everyone can benefit from dietary sources of essential fatty acids, supplementation is especially recommended for people with heart disease. A small study published in 2013 found that DHA may enhance memory and reaction time in healthy young adults. However, a more recent review suggested that there is not enough evidence of any effect from omega 3 supplementation in the general population.
These days, young, ambitious professionals prefer prescription stimulants—including methylphenidate (usually sold as Ritalin) and Adderall—that are designed to treat people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and are more common and more acceptable than cocaine or nicotine (although there is a black market for these pills). ADHD makes people more likely to lose their focus on tasks and to feel restless and impulsive. Diagnoses of the disorder have been rising dramatically over the past few decades—and not just in kids: In 2012, about 16 million Adderall prescriptions were written for adults between the ages of 20 and 39, according to a report in the New York Times. Both methylphenidate and Adderall can improve sustained attention and concentration, says Barbara Sahakian, professor of clinical neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge and author of the 2013 book Bad Moves: How Decision Making Goes Wrong, and the Ethics of Smart Drugs. But the drugs do have side effects, including insomnia, lack of appetite, mood swings, and—in extreme cases—hallucinations, especially when taken in amounts the exceed standard doses. Take a look at these 10 foods that help you focus.
From its online reputation and product presentation to our own product run, Synagen IQ smacks of mediocre performance. A complete list of ingredients could have been convincing and decent, but the lack of information paired with the potential for side effects are enough for beginners to old-timers in nootropic use to shy away and opt for more trusted and reputable brands. There is plenty that needs to be done to uplift the brand and improve its overall ranking in the widely competitive industry. Learn More...
Stayed up with the purpose of finishing my work for a contest. This time, instead of taking the pill as a single large dose (I feel that after 3 times, I understand what it’s like), I will take 4 doses over the new day. I took the first quarter at 1 AM, when I was starting to feel a little foggy but not majorly impaired. Second dose, 5:30 AM; feeling a little impaired. 8:20 AM, third dose; as usual, I feel physically a bit off and mentally tired - but still mentally sharp when I actually do something. Early on, my heart rate seemed a bit high and my limbs trembling, but it’s pretty clear now that that was the caffeine or piracetam. It may be that the other day, it was the caffeine’s fault as I suspected. The final dose was around noon. The afternoon crash wasn’t so pronounced this time, although motivation remains a problem. I put everything into finishing up the spaced repetition literature review, and didn’t do any n-backing until 11:30 PM: 32/34/31/54/40%.
Before taking any supplement or chemical, people want to know if there will be long term effects or consequences, When Dr. Corneliu Giurgea first authored the term “nootropics” in 1972, he also outlined the characteristics that define nootropics. Besides the ability to benefit memory and support the cognitive processes, Dr. Giurgea believed that nootropics should be safe and non-toxic.
Chocolate or cocoa powder (Examine.com), contains the stimulants caffeine and the caffeine metabolite theobromine, so it’s not necessarily surprising if cocoa powder was a weak stimulant. It’s also a witch’s brew of chemicals such as polyphenols and flavonoids some of which have been fingered as helpful10, which all adds up to an unclear impact on health (once you control for eating a lot of sugar).
Noopept is a nootropic that belongs to the ampakine family. It is known for promoting learning, boosting mood, and improving logical thinking. It has been popular as a study drug for a long time but has recently become a popular supplement for improving vision. Users report seeing colors more brightly and feeling as if their vision is more vivid after taking noopept.
But notice that most of the cost imbalance is coming from the estimate of the benefit of IQ - if it quadrupled to a defensible $8000, that would be close to the experiment cost! So in a way, what this VoI calculation tells us is that what is most valuable right now is not that iodine might possibly increase IQ, but getting a better grip on how much any IQ intervention is worth.
Because smart drugs like modafinil, nicotine, and Adderall come with drawbacks, I developed my own line of nootropics, including Forbose and SmartMode, that’s safe, widely available, and doesn’t require a prescription. Forskolin, found in Forbose, has been a part of Indian Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years. In addition to being fun to say, forskolin increases cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), a molecule essential to learning and memory formation. [8]
Although piracetam has a history of “relatively few side effects,” it has fallen far short of its initial promise for treating any of the illnesses associated with cognitive decline, according to Lon Schneider, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. “We don’t use it at all and never have.”
Taken together, these considerations suggest that the cognitive effects of stimulants for any individual in any task will vary based on dosage and will not easily be predicted on the basis of data from other individuals or other tasks. Optimizing the cognitive effects of a stimulant would therefore require, in effect, a search through a high-dimensional space whose dimensions are dose; individual characteristics such as genetic, personality, and ability levels; and task characteristics. The mixed results in the current literature may be due to the lack of systematic optimization.
An entirely different set of questions concerns cognitive enhancement in younger students, including elementary school and even preschool children. Some children can function adequately in school without stimulants but perform better with them; medicating such children could be considered a form of cognitive enhancement. How often does this occur? What are the roles and motives of parents, teachers, and pediatricians in these cases? These questions have been discussed elsewhere and deserve continued attention (Diller, 1996; Singh & Keller, 2010).
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Board-certified neuropsychologist Brian Lebowitz, PhD and associate clinical professor of neurology at Stony Brook University, explains to MensHealth.com that the term "encompasses so many things," including prescription medications. Brain enhancers fall into two different categories: naturally occurring substances like Ginkgo biloba, creatine and phenibut; and manmade prescription drugs, like Adderall, and over-the-counter supplements such as Noopept.
This is one of the few times we’ve actually seen a nootropic supplement take a complete leverage on the nootropic industry with the name Smart Pill. To be honest, we don’t know why other companies haven’t followed suit yet – it’s an amazing name. Simple, and to the point. Coming from supplement maker, Only Natural, Smart Pill makes some pretty bold claims regarding their pills being completely natural, whilst maintaining good quality. This is their niche – or Only Natural’s niche, for that matter. They create supplements, in this case Smart Pill, with the… Learn More...
The surveys just reviewed indicate that many healthy, normal students use prescription stimulants to enhance their cognitive performance, based in part on the belief that stimulants enhance cognitive abilities such as attention and memorization. Of course, it is possible that these users are mistaken. One possibility is that the perceived cognitive benefits are placebo effects. Another is that the drugs alter students’ perceptions of the amount or quality of work accomplished, rather than affecting the work itself (Hurst, Weidner, & Radlow, 1967). A third possibility is that stimulants enhance energy, wakefulness, or motivation, which improves the quality and quantity of work that students can produce with a given, unchanged, level of cognitive ability. To determine whether these drugs enhance cognition in normal individuals, their effects on cognitive task performance must be assessed in relation to placebo in a masked study design.
Even though smart drugs come with a long list of benefits, their misuse can cause negative side effects. Excess use can cause anxiety, fear, headaches, increased blood pressure, and more. Considering this, it is imperative to study usage instructions: how often can you take the pill, the correct dosage and interaction with other medication/supplements.
A similar pill from HQ Inc. (Palmetto, Fla.) called the CorTemp Ingestible Core Body Temperature Sensor transmits real-time body temperature. Firefighters, football players, soldiers and astronauts use it to ensure that they do not overheat in high temperatures. HQ Inc. is working on a consumer version, to be available in 2018, that would wirelessly communicate to a smartphone app.
You’ll find several supplements that can enhance focus, energy, creativity, and mood. These brain enhancers can work very well, and their benefits often increase over time. Again, nootropics won’t dress you in a suit and carry you to Wall Street. That is a decision you’ll have to make on your own. But, smart drugs can provide the motivation boost you need to make positive life changes.
Smart drugs, formally known as nootropics, are medications, supplements, and other substances that improve some aspect of mental function. In the broadest sense, smart drugs can include common stimulants such as caffeine, herbal supplements like ginseng, and prescription medications for conditions such as ADHD, Alzheimer's disease, and narcolepsy. These substances can enhance concentration, memory, and learning.
The use of cognition-enhancing drugs by healthy individuals in the absence of a medical indication spans numerous controversial issues, including the ethics and fairness of their use, concerns over adverse effects, and the diversion of prescription drugs for nonmedical uses, among others.[1][2] Nonetheless, the international sales of cognition-enhancing supplements exceeded US$1 billion in 2015 when global demand for these compounds grew.[3]
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Shortly after the medical team had been in Mante in 2010, reports became available of drug related gang activity in the Mante area. Boulder Community Hospital began monitoring the situation in Mante in later that spring. In the summer of 2010, David Gehant, Boulder Community Hospital CEO cancelled the 2011 mission. He called Dr. David Rodriguez and explained the need to cancel the mission because there was no way to guarantee the safety of the 100 medical personnel that comprise our team. Subsequently, the medical mission for 2012 was also cancelled.
Over the years, as each medical campaign occurred, new equipment was brought to Mante for use during the campaign and then stored for the subsequent year. Because items in storage were vulnerable to pilferage, David Gehant informed Dr. David Rodriguez that he should begin the process of distributing the equipment to clinics in the area, wherever the need was greatest.
Elfa Rodriguez, sister of the founder of the medical campaign, Dr. David Rodriguez, reports for the citizens of Mante, that the decision to cancel the medical missions has left a huge “gap” in the community and region around Mante. In many cases, it is the only option for medical service that the poor and underserved have. Elfa continues, “that Dr. Rodriguez has reached out to the medical community in Monterrey asking them to visit the city of Mante to pick up some of the slack caused by the void in medical services to the needy in Mante.”
During the period from 2010 to 2014, the people of Mante drastically changed their lifestyle because of the gang related activity in the area. Most businesses closed down when it became dark and folks hunkered down in their homes until the following morning. Conditions have slowly changed in the past three years and conditions have returned to a normal state.
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High court turns down Patriot Act challenger
The Supreme Court is refusing to take up a constitutional challenge to provisions of the Patriot Act from a lawyer who was once wrongly suspected in deadly terrorist bombings in Spain.
The justices on Monday turned down an appeal from Brandon Mayfield, the Oregon lawyer who was arrested by federal agents after they mistakenly matched him to a fingerprint from the train bombings in Madrid in 2004.
It turned out the fingerprint didn't belong to Mayfield, who got an apology and $2 million from the federal government. But a federal appeals court blocked Mayfield's challenge to the Patriot Act, the post-9/11 law that was used to arrest him. The high court left the appeals court ruling in place.
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Two Gentlemen of Verona (2019 Radio)
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Celia de Wolff
Radio adaptation by Sara Davies of the Shakespeare comedy, directed on location in Sussex by Celia de Wolff. The cast features Lyndsey Marshal, Kate Phillips, Blake Ritson, Nikesh Patel, Sam Dale, Ray Fearon...
Two Gentlemen of Verona (2015 Video)
Simon Godwin
Video recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2014 staging of Two Gentlemen of Verona directed by Simon Godwin.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The (2014 Video)
Jessie Austrian; Ben Steinfeld
Stage recording of Fiasco Theatre/Folger Theatre’s 2014 production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona directed by Jessie Austrian and Ben Steinfeld. Videotaped for WAPAVA by Tony Hoos.
RSC Live from Stratford Upon Avon
P.J. Paparelli
Video recording of The Two Gentlemen of Verona directed by P.J. Paparelli for the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Videotaped for WAPAVA by Geoff Moore.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2010 Video)
Dean Gabourie
Video recording of the 2010 production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona directed by Dean Gabourie for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Dion Johnstone is Valentine and Gareth Potter, Proteus.
Guti Fraga
Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of Nos Do Morro’s production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona directed by Guti Fraga with Thiago Dos Santos Martins as Valentine and Renan Monteiro as Proteus.
A musical version of Two Gentlemen of Verona recorded at the Delacorte Theatre, Central Park. The play is directed for stage by Kathleen Marshall and for Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) by Patrick Hoffmann.
Fiona Buffini
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2004 touring production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Directed by Fiona Buffini with Alex Avery as Valentine and...
Aaron Posner
A video recording of the Folger Theatre’s 2004 production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona directed by Aaron Posner and videotaped for WAPAVA by James. J. Taylor. Brian Hamman is Valentine and Ian Merrill...
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Республика Беларусь Могилевская область
г.Чаусы, ул.Ивутенко, д.19
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From December 31, 2016, the number and distribution of maple tree, robinia and several other plant species
Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of December 7, 2016 No. 1002 "On Certain Issues Regarding the Distribution and Number of Plant Species" approved a list of plant species whose distribution and number are subject to regulation, and a provision on the conduct of appropriate measures. The Resolution comes into force on December 31, 2016.
The list of plants, the distribution and number of which are subject to regulation (in fact - recognized as undesirable and subject to destruction), includes nine species, mainly capable of rapid uncontrolled spread of exotic species, which are dangerous for natural ecosystems. The list includes two widespread species of trees - maple tree and robinia pseudo-acacia.
The transfer of living organisms from other natural areas or from other continents is associated with significant risks: some species under new conditions are capable of rapid uncontrolled spreading, introduction into natural ecosystems, alteration of their structure, displacement of local species. Sometimes such species are dangerous not only for natural biological diversity, but also for humans - for example, they cause allergies, burns in case of accidental contact, etc. It is usually impossible to predict in advance how this species behaves from afar, it depends - it depends From very many factors; Therefore, such a long-term transfer is always associated with serious risks in one way or another.
This must be taken into account, for example, in amateur forest growing. Many people like the idea of growing exotic plants brought from afar, and even "enriching" these ecosystems with natural ecosystems and landscapes. But sometimes such "enrichment" leads to real trouble - or to the fact that the imported plants themselves become aggressive weeds, or to the fact that dangerous pests are recorded with them.
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J. Lamb’s Little Books for Children
Posted on March 31, 2019 by Special Collections
Between 1820 and 1830, Burlington, Vermont experienced significant growth. The population increased dramatically, from 2111 in 1820 to 3526 in 1830, a 67% increase. Among the new residents who relocated from other Vermont communities were Jonathan Lamb (1795-1851), an educator and University of Vermont student, and Chauncey Goodrich (1798-1858), a bookseller and publisher.
Lamb taught at Burlington Academy, located at the corner of Willard and College Streets, from 1824-1829. He also attended UVM during those years, graduating in 1829. In July 1831, he opened a new school for “the purpose of instructing Young Gentlemen in the various branches of science and literature” and offered lectures on teaching for men who would be working in schools in the winter.
Lamb used his teaching experience to write several schoolbooks. Shortly after Goodrich set up shop in Burlington, an advertisement in the Nov. 7, 1828 Burlington Weekly Free Press announced that Lamb’s book, The Child’s Primer, or First Book for Use in Primary Schools, was in press and soon to be published. Lamb’s second volume, The Child’s Instructer, was published by A. & D. Day in 1829, but Goodrich published Lamb’s Gospel Sonnets, “designed principally for youth” in 1830. At the same time, Lamb wrote twelve small chapbooks that Goodrich offered as a series of Little Books for Children.
Silver Special Collections holds four of Lamb’s little books: The Shipwreck, The Lion and the Snake, A Present for a Good Boy, and A Present for a Little Cousin. The 2.5 x 4-inch books contain 16 pages and are illustrated with woodcuts. Only one retains its original paper wrapper. The printer used different tactics to fill all 16 pages, including double spacing lines and filling the last few pages with unrelated poems and stories.
Lamb’s little books were designed to be entertaining and educational. Lamb frequently addresses his “little readers” directly, offering advice and guidance about reading and behavior in a conversational tone. He describes the characteristics of animals and common objects, and uses the descriptions to teach moral lessons. When describing a chair, the author cautions, “You should not sprawl out your legs and lean your chair back in the company of ladies and gentlemen.” At the end of a story about lions, he warns children not to be unkind or impudent, or people will say “They are worse than beasts, for even lions love those who are kind to them, and feed them.”
Pages from A Present for a little Cousin
Lamb’s little books are similar to small children’s books published elsewhere, and sometimes include borrowed content. The Shipwreck is a poem published in numerous editions by the Religious Tract Society in London beginning in 1795 and by the American Tract Society in 1829. Lamb’s version is missing a number of verses, perhaps to allow it to fit into sixteen pages. In The Lion and the Snake, Lamb included stories about lions borrowed from Peter Parley’s popular Tales of Animals, which he highly recommends to his readers.
Goodrich sold the books at his shop in Burlington, but they were probably available at stores in other Vermont communities. In 1830, Goodrich advertised his new publications, including “12 different kinds of small books for children” by J. Lamb, in the Vermont Chronicle, a statewide newspaper. In a study of reading habits in southwestern Vermont during this period, William Gilmore found that children’s books were one of the most frequently purchased book types. Only three months after publishing the Little Books, Goodrich claimed he had already sold 20,000 copies. Our copy of A Present for a Little Cousin is dated 1841, just over a decade after it was first listed in the series, suggesting that sales continued to be strong enough to warrant reprinting.
Lamb left Burlington in 1833 to serve as the first principal of an academy for young ladies and gentlemen in Keeseville, New York. By the early 1840s, Lamb was settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he operated a bookstore and was a strong advocate for public education. Versions of his spelling book and primers were published by a Boston publisher in 1842 and 1843.
Contributed by Prudence Doherty, Public Services Librarian
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August 9, 2008, 8:48 pm
Wells cut to make room for Livan Hernandez
By Troy E. Renck
Rain, San Diego Padres, Spring Training
All’s Wells that didn’t end well.
Kip Wells’ career as a Rockie expired Saturday night, the final chapter in an experiment that never worked for the pitcher or the team.
The Rockies told Wells that he will be the roster casualty to make room for Livan Hernandez, who starts the series finale Sunday against the San Diego Padres. Wells went 1-2 with a 5.27 ERA in 15 games. He missed 74 games with a blood clot in his pitching hand that was corrected through surgery.
“You will find out officially tomorrow,’’ Wells said before receiving hugs and handshakes from several teammates.
The Rockies signed Wells to a one-year, $3.1-million contract over the winter, with the idea that he could serve as either a fifth starter or a seventh-inning reliever. He showed up at spring training with a different delivery, drawing the ire of the organization. By mid March he was eliminated from the rotation competition despite having better numbers than his competitors.
His preference was to start and as a reliever he never settled into a role. The Rockies will have to eat roughly $900,000 on his contract. It’s unclear whether he was designated for assignment – the likely option, which would give the team 10 days to trade or release him – or placed on outright waivers.
When opening day was rained out, Wells started the re-opener at Busch Stadium, helping the Rockies beat the Cardinals 2-1. That performance and the final out of a 22-inning game against the San Diego Padres stood as his Rockies’ highlights.
Wells had been bracing for the move once the Rockies claimed Hernandez earlier in the week. He didn’t view it negatively, hoping that he will land with a team that will give him an opportunity to re-establish himself going into next season.
Categories: General Rockies, Rockies Recap
Hernandez: Too little, too late for Rox?
Nationals suffer scare in batting practice
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Condi Rice for Pac-10 commissioner?
So here’s an intriguing name as a candidate to become the new commissioner of the Pac-10 Conference — former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Two sources said that she is on the list of candidates to replace Tom Hansen, having shown definite interest in the job. Indications are that she may not be the favorite, though it’s unclear who is.
But a hire of Rice would obviously get a lot of attention for the conference.
For those wondering why she’d be interested, Rice has described herself as a lifelong football fan, once saying her ideal job would be to be commissioner of the NFL. Last fall, she was rumored for a possible position with the 49ers. Here’s another story from 2007 detailing her interest in sports in general, and football in particular
Rice was provost at Stanford from 1993-99 — it was under her watch that the school hired Tyrone Willingham as football coach and the two have remained friends — so she knows the conference well, and it’s through some of those contacts that her interest in the Pac-10 commissioner’s job has apparently come about. Rice has said she was planning to return to Stanford to teach.
Hansen is retiring July 1 and there is some push in the conference for a young, fresh face who will be aggressive in making TV and bowl deals. A replacement is likely to be in place before Hansen retires.
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Family Law is feminist law.
A message of warning from a friend in USA .
A personal note as a prelude to the following address.
I was born in Salt Lake City to parents who were both direct descendants of Mormon pioneers who had been harassed, persecuted, tortured, raped, murdered, and driven out of the United States in the early 1800's by policies and laws similar to those we face today.
My forbearers then went west to settle a region the size of Europe between 1847 and 1869 that was as remote as the moon is today. My paternal great-grandfather arrived by wagon in the Valley of the Salt Lake during the summer of 1847 with Brigham Young. All my other great- and great-great grandparents traveled by wagon or pushed handcarts across the plains to settle in Utah Territory before the railroad arrived.
I am proud of this heritage and the extreme fortitude and courage these men and women exhibited during one of the most epic migrations and settlements in human history. And I am indeed proud to find that their courage has not died out in the land of my fathers.
For those who might take umbrage at my endorsement of Mayor Anderson's positions please note that as a Marine I took an oath some 50 years ago to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I still stand by that oath! Further, my eldest son is a disabled veteran of the Marine Corps. We have not stood on the sidelines or shirked our duty to defend this country. And as President of the Equal Justice Foundation I continue to do everything within my power to restore justice and the rule of law. Thus, I wholeheartedly endorse the following address.
Charles E. Corry, Ph.D., F.G.S.A.
Mayor of Salt Lake City to Bush, Congress, and Media: "We Won't take it anymore!"
Address by Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson, December 3, 2007
Today, as we come together once again in this great city, we raise our voices in unison to say to President Bush, to Vice President Cheney, to other members of the Bush Administration (past and present), to a majority of Congress, including Utah's entire congressional delegation, and to much of the mainstream media: "You have failed us miserably and we won't take it anymore."
While we had every reason to expect far more of you, you have been pompous, greedy, cruel, and incompetent as you have led this great nation to a moral, military, and national security abyss." "You have breached trust with the American people in the most egregious ways. You have utterly failed in the performance of your jobs. You have undermined our Constitution, permitted the violation of the most fundamental treaty obligations, and betrayed the rule of law.
You have engaged in, or permitted, heinous human rights abuses of the sort never before countenanced in our nation's history as a matter of official policy. You have sent American men and women to kill and be killed on the basis of lies, on the basis of shifting justifications, without competent leadership, and without even a coherent plan for this monumental blunder.
We are here to tell you: We won't take it anymore! You have acted in direct contravention of values that we, as Americans who love our country, hold dear. You have deceived us in the most cynical, outrageous ways. You have undermined, or allowed the undermining of, our constitutional system of checks and balances among the three presumed co-equal branches of government. You have helped lead our nation to the brink of fascism, of a dictatorship contemptuous of our nation's treaty obligations, federal statutory law, our Constitution, and the rule of law.
Because of you, and because of your jingoistic false 'patriotism,' our world is far more dangerous, our nation is far more despised, and the threat of terrorism is far greater than ever before. It has been absolutely astounding how you have committed the most horrendous acts, causing such needless tragedy in the lives of millions of people, yet you wear your so-called religion on your sleeves, asserting your God-is-on-my-side nonsense when what you have done flies in the face of any religious or humanitarian tradition. Your hypocrisy is mind-boggling - and disgraceful. What part of "Thou shalt not kill" do you not understand? What part of the "Golden rule" do you not understand? What part of "be honest," "be responsible," and "be accountable" don't you understand? What part of "Blessed are the peacekeepers" do you not understand?
Because of you, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, many thousands of people have suffered horrendous lifetime injuries, and millions have been run off from their homes. For the sake of our nation, for the sake of our children, and for the sake of our brothers and sisters around the world, we are morally compelled to say, as loudly as we can, "We won't take it anymore!" As United States agents kidnap, disappear, and torture human beings around the world, you justify, you deceive, and you cover up. We find what you have done to men, women and children, and to the good name and reputation of the United States, so appalling, so unconscionable, and so outrageous as to compel us to call upon you to step aside and allow other men and women who are competent, true to our nation's values, and with high moral principles to stand in your places for the good of our nation, for the good of our children, and for the good of our world.
In the case of the President and Vice President, this means impeachment and removal from office, without any further delay from a complacent, complicit Congress, the Democratic majority of which cares more about political gain in 2008 than it does about the vindication of our Constitution, the rule of law, and democratic accountability. It means the election of people as President and Vice President who, unlike most of the presidential candidates from both major parties, have not aided and abetted in the perpetration of the illegal, tragic, devastating invasion and occupation of Iraq. And it means the election of people as President and Vice President who will commit to return our nation to the moral and strategic imperative of refraining from torturing human beings. In the case of the majority of Congress, it means electing people who are diligent enough to learn the facts, including reading available National Intelligence Estimates, before voting to go to war. It means electing to Congress men and women who will jealously guard Congress's sole prerogative to declare war. It means electing to Congress men and women who will not submit like vapid lap dogs to presidential requests for blank checks to engage in so-called preemptive wars, for legislation permitting warrant-less wiretapping of communications involving US citizens, and for dangerous, irresponsible, saber-rattling legislation like the recent Kyl- Lieberman amendment.
We must avoid the trap of focusing the blame solely upon President Bush and Vice-President Cheney. This is not just about a few people who have wronged our country - and the world. They were enabled by members of both parties in Congress, they were enabled by the pathetic mainstream news media, and, ultimately, they have been enabled by the American people-40% of whom are so ill-informed they still think Iraq was behind the 9/11 attacks a people who know and care more about baseball statistics and which drunken starlets are not wearing underwear than they know and care about the atrocities being committed every single day in our name by a government for which we need to take responsibility.
As loyal Americans, without regard to political partisanship as veterans, as teachers, as religious leaders, as working men and women, as students, as professionals, as businesspeople, as public servants, as retirees, as people of all ages, races, ethnic origins, sexual orientations, and faiths we are here to say to the Bush administration, to the majority of Congress, and to the mainstream media: "You have violated your solemn responsibilities. You have undermined our democracy, spat upon our Constitution, and engaged in outrageous, despicable acts. You have brought our nation to a point of immorality, inhumanity, and illegality of immense, tragic, unprecedented proportions."
But we will live up to our responsibilities as citizens, as brothers and sisters of those who have suffered as a result of the imperial bullying of the United States government, and as moral actors who must take a stand: And we will, and must, mean it when we say 'We won't take it anymore.' If we want principled, courageous elected officials, we need to be principled, courageous, and tenacious ourselves. History has demonstrated that our elected officials are not the leaders the leadership has to come from us. If we don't insist, if we don't persist, then we are not living up to our responsibilities as citizens in a democracy and our responsibilities as moral human beings. If we remain silent, we signal to Congress and the Bush administration and to candidates running for office and to the world that we support the status quo.
Silence is complicity. Only by standing up for what's right and never letting down can we say we are doing our part. Our government, on the basis of a campaign we now know was entirely fraudulent, attacked and militarily occupied a nation that posed no danger to the United States. Our government, acting in our name, has caused immense, unjustified death and destruction. It all started five years ago, yet where have we, the American people, been? At this point, we are responsible. We get together once in a while at demonstrations and complain about Bush and Cheney, about Congress, and about the pathetic news media. We point fingers and yell a lot. Then most people politely go away until another demonstration a few months later.
How many people can honestly say they have spent as much time learning about and opposing the outrages of the Bush administration as they have spent watching sports or mindless television programs during the past five years? Escapist, time-sapping sports and insipid entertainment have indeed become the opiate of the masses. Why is this country so sound-asleep? Why do we abide what is happening to our nation, to our Constitution, to the cause of peace and international law and order? Why are we not doing all in our power to put an end to this madness? We should be in the streets regularly and students should be raising hell on our campuses. We should be making it clear in every way possible that apologies or convoluted, disingenuous explanations just don't cut it when presidential candidates and so many others voted to authorize George Bush and his neo-con buddies to send American men and women to attack and occupy Iraq.
Let's awaken, and wake up the country by committing here and now to do all each of us can to take our nation back. Let them hear us across the country, as we ask others to join us: "We won't take it anymore!" I implore you: Draw a line. Figure out exactly where your own moral breaking point is. How much will you put up with before you say "No more" and mean it?
I have drawn my line as a matter of simple personal morality: I cannot, and will not, support any candidate who has voted to fund the atrocities in Iraq. I cannot, and will not, support any candidate who will not commit to remove all US troops, as soon as possible, from Iraq. I cannot, and will not, support any candidate who has supported legislation that takes us one step closer to attacking Iran. I cannot, and will not, support any candidate who has not fought to stop the kidnapping, disappearances, and torture being carried on in our name.
If we expect our nation's elected officials to take us seriously, let us send a powerful message they cannot misunderstand. Let them know we really do have our moral breaking point. Let them know we have drawn a bright line. Let them know they cannot take our support for granted that, regardless of their party and regardless of other political considerations, they will not have our support if they cannot provide, and have not provided, principled leadership.
The people of this nation may have been far too quiet for five years, but let us pledge that we won't let it go on one more day that we will do all we can to put an end to the illegalities, the moral degradation, and the disintegration of our nation's reputation in the world.
Let us be unified in drawing the line in declaring that we do have a moral breaking point. Let us insist, together, in supporting our troops and in gratitude for the freedoms for which our veterans gave so much that we bring our troops home from Iraq , that we return our government to a constitutional democracy, and that we commit to honoring the fundamental principles of human rights.
In defense of our country, in defense of our Constitution, in defense of our shared values as Americans and as moral human beings we declare today that we will fight in every way possible to stop the insanity, stop the continued military occupation of Iraq, and stop the moral depravity reflected by the kidnapping, disappearing, and torture of people around the world.
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Swami Chinmayananda
Swami Chinmayananda, Founder of Chinmaya Mission is the inspiration behind CORD. It is his vision that translates into and permeates the very structure of this organization.
Swami Chinmayananda said, "Let us be humble and grateful for the opportunities available to us to serve the society and the world."
In the 42 years of his service to humanity, Swamiji left his footprints in a variety of projects that sprang up, and still continue to mushroom under the banner of the Chinmaya Mission. For him, there was nothing to gain or lose by working in the world. Yet, he wanted to provide his devotees with many an avenue to grow to their fullest stature.
Swami Chinmayananda saw these projects as fields for devotees to perform selfless service. He himself took every opportunity to serve, give and love, leaving behind a rich legacy of works of service, including: a 200-bed hospital, a number of clinics and diagnostic centers, rural upliftment projects, schools, temples, old-age homes and orphanages.
Swami Tejomayananda
When the founder of Chinmaya Mission passed on, the mantle of leadership draped the shoulders of Swami Tejomayananda. He took over where his Guru left off. He followed his own advice to, "fill the heart with love and gratitude. "The phenomenal growth of Chinmaya Mission under his leadership amply proves the success of his philosophy.
The work of CORD is specially dear to Swamiji's heart. His vision and direction is the heart of the program. Though hard pressed for time, its activities and growth receive his personal attention.
In December, 2003 under his stewardship, the service projects of the Mission were brought under the banner of CORD. After this, developmental work in Lathikatta (which had already started) picked up. New branches in Deuldiha, Tamraipakkam, Kaza and Siruvani came into existence.
His philosophy is simple. "We work with inspiration. We trust in God, and Pujya Gurudev's blessings and that trust is our main strength. Abiding in our trust and knowledge, if we start any service, we should just go on doing it. Do your work, for work is worship, and work shows worth."
"INITIATE, WORK SINCERELY, AND SURRENDER" - Swami Tejomayananda
Dr. Kshama Metre
Dr Kshama Metre popularly known as “Doctor Didi” is the national director of CORD, which stands for Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development. Dr Metre has dedicated her life to CORD which is a participatory, comprehensive, integrated and sustainable rural development project. CORD was initiated in Sidhbari in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh, covering over 550 villages and now has spread its wings in Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
Dr Kshama Metre was born on June 26, 1950 in Nagpur, Maharashtra to Smt Shantabai Metre and Shri Waman Rao Bapuji Metre who was honoured with Padma Vibhusan for his pioneering work in the oil industry. As a child she moved with her family from Assam to Delhi where she graduated with distinction in Senior Cambridge from Frank Anthony Public School and proceeded to get her MBBS and MD in Pediatrics from Maulana Azad Medical College. She completed her Senior Residency in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital in Delhi. Dr Metre continued on to establish a very successful practice in Pediatrics in Delhi. In spite of her success, Dr Metre was greatly inspired by her father to live a life of simple living, high thinking and service to the nation.
After a chance meeting with world renowned Vedanta Master Swami Chinmayanandaji, near three decades back, Dr Kshama Metre left a flourishing pediatric practice in New Delhi to work as a doctor in rural primary healthcare services. In this new setting, she found the health system marginalized the communities it was meant to serve. Dr Metre refocused her efforts on community development initiatives, and become an early pioneer of India’s highly successful self-help movement. In just two decades, such small decentralized groups – made up of mostly women – have extended access to financial credit to almost 100 million people, and in other ways also empowered the poor.
Her development work began in 1985 in Sidbhari, Himachal Pradesh with mother and child health services through 10 sub-centers and training of 120 nurses in 4 batches. Soon with input and feedback from the community, forward and backward linkages were built based on their needs. As a result, an integrated rural development model emerged which was successful and could be replicated with local modifications. Most important, this participatory development model empowered the community to be self respecting and self reliant. Components of the program include community based organizations such as:
• 563 Women Groups known as Mahila Mandals with 22,000 members
• 220 Youth & Men Groups
• 1490 Self Help Groups
• Adolescent Girls’ Group with 10,300 members
• Bal Vihar with 75 groups for children
• Income generation activities for 13,000 underprivileged men and women in farm and allied sector as well as non farm sector and service sectors
• Provision of informal legal aid to 365 resolved cases
• Community health and sanitation programmes
• Community based rehabilitation programme for inclusion of 448 disabled people in main stream society
• Promotion and implementation of natural resource management
• Strengthening of 222 local self governance units known as Panchayats with focus on women
In all of Dr Metre’s work emphasis is placed on issues such as gender discrimination, HIV/AIDS and alcohol abuse awareness and treatment of alcoholics. Moreover, Dr Metre works very closely with the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and has been instrumental in establishing Micro Credit through Self Help Groups in four states of India where training has been given to 30,000 bankers, government functionaries and beneficiaries. She is also an active advocate of disability issues.
From Sidhbari since 2005 CORD began expanding its activities in other states of India covering 5 other sites. Now CORD is planning to upscale its training components to increase its outreach through its sites in India & share its work on different components with Govt. and other NGOs.
Dr Kshama Metre has won several awards and recognitions for her contribution to the society
• Won the 2012 Guardian International Development Achievement Award.
• Padma Shri Award given by the President of India in 2008 for Social Services.
• Nina Sibal Award in 2006 for inclusion of persons with different abilities.
• Nominated as a member of the 11th Planning Commission (Primary Health Care), Govt. of India, for the period 2007 to 2012.
• Sadguru Ganananda Award in 2005 for excellence in Social Service
• Featured in “Prophets of India” in 2004
• National Women Commission Award for Women Empowerment in 2002
• Received Ojaswini Award in 2000 for excellence in Service
• Nominated for “Women of the Year” by Week Magazine in 1993
Dr. Meera Krishna
Dr. Meera Krishna fulfils many roles - that of medicine woman, counsellor and mentor.
Her presence makes all the difference to the people in the tiny village of Thennamanallur.
Not everybody in Thennamanallur knows her name or where she's from. But they're sure of one thing — ‘doctor' is someone they can turn to, no matter what. There is only one clinic in the village. There are no crowded waiting rooms. A Ganesha statue stands at the centre.There is a blackboard in one corner with benches facing it. Kids play carrom in an opencourtyard. Meera Krishna sits at a table overlooking the courtyard.
She is the project coordinator for the Siruvani branch of Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development (CORD). A few years ago, illiteracy, poverty and alcoholism preventeddevelopment of any kind at Thennamanallur. Most houses did not have toilets. Women rarely stepped out of their homes. But things changed once Meera set up a CORD office in the village.“I've always wanted to serve in a rural set-up,” says Meera. “After 16 years of practice in Chennai, we moved to Coimbatore for my daughter's education. She studied at the ChinmayaInternational Residential School in Siruvani.” Meera passed by Thennamanallur whenever she visited her daughter. She thought it was a perfect place for her clinic. “I volunteered here for a year,” she says, till CORD identified her in 2006.
Meera has been on her toes ever since. “At CORD, we empower the rural population by integrated and sustainable development,” she explains. It's all about bringing people together.
At present Siruvani is a thriving CORD project with outreach in 32 villages. It has 79 self help groups with 920 members, 7 farmers club, 920 are involved in livelihood projects, 17 balvihar being conducted, OPD clinic run by Dr.Meera which has about 2600 patients in a year treated by her, 20 toilets have been built, literacy, computer training, sewing, typing classes and many other awareness programs continue through the year.
• She was a resource person in the UNICEF sponsored workshop on Menstrual Hygiene
• won the FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO) Award for Social Service in 2012
• was inducted as an Honorary Member into the All-Ladies Rotary Club “Aakruti” of Coimbatore, 2013
• won the Best Doctor citation among the Women of Impact awards for 2013
• was awarded one of the “Outstanding Woman” awards of 2013 by the National Commission for Women in March 2013
Mrs. Gowrie Mahenthiran
As the Director of Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development, Sri Lanka; Mrs. Gowrie Mahenthiran plays many roles to ensure the success of each and every project by CORD Sri Lanka. Her hands on and practical approach to work makes her stand out from leaders of other Sri Lankan humanitarian organizations. She works in the field working with field officers and beneficiaries; she actively takes part in all activities. Her resilient nature enables her to adapt to any situation. Her humility is one of the key reasons behind the success of CORD Sri Lanka. One of the key areas CORD Sri Lanka works with is in the empowerment and upliftment of women and children affected by the three decade war that took place in the country.
As a charity driven organization, CORD Sri Lanka faced many difficulties and to this date, still face hardships. It is Mrs. Mahenthiran’s determination to never give up in any situation that has driven and helped the organization grow by leaps and bounds.
The Maharagama Cancer Hospital in Sri Lanka did not have a cafeteria, so patients and volunteers at the hospital had to travel far to get even a cup of tea. In 1979 Gowrie took it upon herself to build a canteen within the hospital premises itself, which was visited by over 400 patients daily. As an admirer of mother Teresa since childhood, Gowrie has always tried to help and uplift the lives of children. She has helped build many orphanages in Trincomalee and Batticaloa. She is still working and providing assistance to less fortunate kidney transplant patients with dialysis and chemo therapy at the Cancer hospital.
Due to the dedication and hard work of Gowrie and her team CORD Sri Lanka currently empowers over 700 women in Jaffna, Killinochchi, Batticaloa and Ramboda and provide nutrition, education and medical assistance to over 150 children who were affected by the war.
• 1994-1995 Mrs. Mahenthiran was the president of Inner Wheel Club of Colombo West, Sri Lanka
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Education slowing AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
Published: Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 08:50 in Health & Medicine
Saharan Africa may be lowering new HIV infections among younger adults, according to sociologists, suggesting a shift in a decades-long trend where formal education is considered an AIDS risk factor. While education in general has a positive impact on global public health, when it comes to HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, education has had a completely opposite effect.
During the early stages of the HIV pandemic in the region, the disease passed unnoticed amidst the onslaught of other infections. When scientists took a closer look at the deadly new disease, they found that more often males with a higher than average education were contracting the disease.
"Before the 1990s, in the impoverished regions of sub-Saharan Africa, even modest amounts of education afforded males higher income, more leisure time, and, for some males, greater access to commercial sex workers," explained David Baker, professor of education and sociology at Penn State and lead author of the study. "HIV-infected higher-status males then spread the infection to both educated and uneducated women, which moved the disease into the general population."
Baker and his Penn State colleagues John Collins and Juan Leon, both graduate students, believe that information about AIDS that was already percolating in wealthier countries did not get to sub-Saharan Africa until the mid 1990s. AIDS was seen as a homosexual, urban disease and either neglect or active misinformation campaigns in some African countries ensured that the preventative effects of education never took root. But among younger people in the region, formal education is emerging as a major preventative factor against new infections. They report their findings in the current issue of the UNESCO journal Prospects.
"There needs to be a very clear message, both to the donor community and to governments in sub-Saharan Africa, that expanding quality primary schools has to be a topmost priority," said Collins, co-author of the study. "It will not only have economic benefits, but also health benefits."
To find what has happened recently to the link between formal education and HIV infections, the researchers analyzed data from surveys previously undertaken in 11 countries across the region between 2003 and 2005. They specifically looked at males ages 15 to 24, 25 to 34, and older than 35.
Survey participants were tested for HIV infection and interviewed about their education, social status, and sexual behavior.
The researchers argued that because the youngest members of the oldest group -- the 35 and older -- became sexually mature in the late 1980s, when there was little or no information about AIDS, higher education would show as a risk factor instead of a social vaccine.
Statistical analyses of the data suggest that in all 11 countries formal education had no effect on HIV infections in the oldest group, probably because many older adults, educated and uneducated have already been exposed to the virus and many have died. However, having some schooling did reduce the risk of HIV infections in the youngest group by up to 34 percent in Guinea, Malawi, Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana, and Kenya.
"At 24 years, the oldest member of this young group reached sexual maturity in the mid 1990s, when there was already widespread knowledge that HIV and AIDS could be contracted through unprotected sex and intravenous drug use," explained Baker.
The researchers hypothesize that, reasoning skills gained in school by younger adults play a preventative role against HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
"More educated people have the cognitive tools to make better sense out of facts presented to them," explained Baker. "We have shown that when there is sufficient information, and no misinformation, people with education adopt healthy strategies to avoid infections."
The Penn State researchers caution that while a large number of deaths in the early stages of the HIV pandemic could mask the true effects of education in the oldest group, the findings hold key policy implications for turning education into a social vaccine against HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
According to Baker, AIDS is a complicated disease and it can only be tackled effectively by providing people with an everyday, accurate working theory of how the disease is transmitted. "We are telling the governments that increased literacy is an explicit prevention strategy against HIV because it will help stop pandemics," he said.
The Penn State researcher also asks non-governmental organizations to reevaluate their educational programs.
"The kind of information being supplied by NGOs is scandalous because it is so simplistic and minimalist, particularly for low-educated people, that they are not going to figure this disease out in time to prevent their own infection," Baker added.
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Caterpillars reach impressive sizes. When they have completed their growth, they can measure up to eight and sometimes even 10 cm long. Although a species is associated with a wide variety of host plants, the caterpillar feeds only the species on which it was born.
In Quebec, we see the great saturniids from mid-May to late June. These butterflies live a few days, the time it takes to reproduce.
Photo: Insectarium de Montréal (Suzanne Schanz)
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With a wingspan that can reach 15 cm, some species in this family are among North America’s largest. In Quebec, there are around 10 species.
The wings of Saturniidae often present spots that look like eyes, called eyespots, which can scare away predators. Males are generally smaller than females, with larger antennae that are usually feathery or comb-like. The insect’s small proboscis does not allow it to eat. The insect lives for four to 10 days on the reserve of energy accumulated during the caterpillar stage.
A few hours after leaving the cocoon, the male flies in search of a female. The female generally stays in one spot until the eggs in her abdomen have been fertilized. To attract her mate, the female emits a volatile, scented substance called a pheromone. Using the receptors on his large antennae, the male can detect this “aphrodisiac” substance over a kilometre away.
Mating generally begins at night and can last for several hours. Once fertilization is complete, the male dies shortly afterwards and the female flies off in search of host plants. Depending on the species, she may lay between 100 and 500 eggs. Only a few eggs are laid on each food plant. When conditions are favourable, the eggs generally hatch 10 to 12 days after being laid.
Once it finishes growing, the caterpillar leaves the host plant and begins building a cocoon, inside which it will become a chrysalis. In Quebec, depending on the species, the cocoon is attached to a branch of the host plant or placed on the ground among dead leaves. The insect will overwinter in this form and the adult will emerge the following spring.
The cecropia moth is the largest moth in Quebec. It can be recognized easily by its size, its body and legs that are covered with red hairs and its black and white striped abdomen.
The luna moth is one of the most beautiful moths. This magnificent insect, with its feathery antennae, is characterized by its emerald green colour and the extension of its back wings.
The polyphemus moth can be distinguished from other Saturniidae by its colouring that varies from pale to dark brown and is sometimes reddish or greyish.
These are large moths with a wingspan of 7.5 to 10 cm. There are marked differences between the males and females.
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Josephine's Suburban Paradise - Le Beau Chêne
For the Journées Européennes du Patrimoine last weekend, the grounds of Josephine Baker's idyllic villa - Le Beau Chêne - were opened to the public for the first time!
Journée du Patrimoine flier
After standing empty for several years, the property was finally purchased by Philippe Baudry, architect and CEO of the environmental ecosystem development company ARTEA.
Philippe Baudry and Monique Y. Wells
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Le Beau Chêne (rear)
M. Baudry graciously opened the gates to the 3.7-acre estate and allowed scores of visitors to walk around the grounds and gaze upon Josephine's former mansion and its "Temple of Love," stable, garage, and hothouses. So much has fallen into disrepair that restoring the property will be a big challenge.
Temple of Love
Stable and garage
This may well be the last time that the public will see the grounds as they existed during Josephine's time. Permission has been granted to divide the property into three lots, to build two new houses and carports on it, and to alter access to the property.
Construction permit
The mansion itself was not open to the public, but Mr. Baudry invited me inside to wait for him while he searched for a business card. Renovations are in progress – I could see that some of the rooms have been completely gutted and several of the rooms on the ground floor are currently being used as offices. Still, it was easy to imagine the splendor that Josephine once enjoyed!
Because of this visit, I now have new photos of the villa and additional anecdotes about Josephine to share with those who participate in the Josephine's Suburban Paradise excursion with Discover Paris! We are launching a DELUXE version of this private, guided tour for individuals and groups of up to 6 persons, which includes private transportation to and from Paris and an exclusive lunch in a private Le Vésinet bed & breakfast. Le Beau Chêne is the highlight of the tour but participants will also visit several additional sites in this town where Josephine enjoyed the most successful and carefree years of her life. For more information, contact us at .
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57th Anniversary of the 1st International Congress of Negro Writers and Artists
The First International Congress of Negro Writers and Artists convened at the Sorbonne on September 19, 1956 - 57 years ago today. I was reminded of the date because I recently purchased the complete proceedings of the event from Présence Africaine, the bookstore and publishing house that was responsible for organizing the conference.
Proceedings of the 1st International Congress of Negro Writers and Artists
I frequently refer to James Baldwin's report of the proceedings when I take clients to the Sorbonne on my Black Paris after World War II walking tour. He wrote about the congress in his essay "Princes and Powers" and I have always wanted to read an independent source of information about the event. During a recent tour, I noted with delight that there was a book in the window at Présence Africaine (which is also a stop on the Black Paris after WWII tour) containing the proceedings and returned to purchase it at a later time.
Présence Africaine - current façade
Roughly a third of the entries in the book are in English. Topics range from the tonal structure of Yoruba poetry to a philosophical discussion of segregation and desegregation in the United States. Final resolutions of the congress are presented in French and English. There are also messages at the back of the book in French and English from persons who were unable to attend, including one from Josephine Baker (in French, signed with her married name "Bouillon"). But the presentation that interested me the most was that of Richard Wright. I had long been intrigued by Baldwin's sardonic commentary on it and was looking forward to reading it for myself.
Wright was the last person to give a formal presentation at the Congress and he felt awkward about what he had prepared because things that he learned during the course of the conference inspired a desire to modify his discourse. Because there was no time to do so, he decided to "correct" his paper as he presented it at the conference. Baldwin refers to this as Wright "exposing, in short, his conscience to the conference and asking help of them in his confusion."
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Wright did just that, saying "...midway in my text, when I start criticizing my own formulations, I hope you would understand what I am trying to do." He proceeds to question several of his own statements, such as thanking "Mr. White Man" for freeing the black, brown, and yellow peoples of the world from the "rot" of their irrational traditions and customs.
Prior to broaching the subject of his discomfort, Wright talked about the absence of women as organizers and presenters at the Congress. He said the following:
— I don't know how many of you have noticed it there have been no women functioning vitally and responsibly upon this platform helping to mold and mobilize our thoughts . . . When and if we hold another conference—and I hope we will—I hope there shall be an effective utilization of Negro womanhood in the world to help us mobilize and pool our forces . . . we cannot afford to ignore one half of our manpower, that is, the force of women and their active collaboration. Black men will not be free until their women are free.
Indeed, among the messages at the back of the book is one addressed to the Congress by "Un Groupe de Femmes Noires" (a group of black women) that emphasizes the vital role that women play in the construction of black nations.
The "Euro-African" dialogue that occurred after the presentation of the final resolutions of the Congress and just before the closing of the conference is also presented in the book. Wright was the only Anglophone invited to comment during this exchange. He expressed his feelings about the event as follows:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to congratulate the Conference upon the successful termination of its work. I feel that this is a moment in history, a moment that is terminating a five-hundred-year domination of European culture over African culture. There is something that one feels when one is caught up in a historical situation: you are gripped by it, claimed by it and you know that history is in the making. It seems as though at such times an impersonal tide sweeps men up, irrespective of their will, and pushes them on in their direction whether they want it or not. It is irresistible and irreversible and I say "So be it."
*Image of James Baldwin taken by Carl Van Vechten in 1955; image of Richard Wright from the Michel Fabre Collection
Labels: 1st International Congress of Negro Writers and Artists, James Baldwin, Présence Africaine, Richard Wright, Sorbonne
Toli Nameless and the Paris Girls Rock Adventure
I first saw Toli Nameless at the Brothers Spring Gala in May 2013. As the party after the award ceremony was heating up, Toli took up her trombone and hit the stage as part of the jam session that began just after midnight. Months later, I was delighted to receive her e-mail informing Entrée to Black Paris about a music camp that she runs for young girls each summer as part of a larger initiative called Girls Rock Camp Alliance (GRCA). I was fortunate to be able to attend the graduation concert for Paris Girls Rock Camp 11ème at the end of August and decided that the story of the camp merited further investigation. Here's the scoop!
************ETBP: What inspired you to create this music camp?
TN: There were several factors involved. It was mostly a culmination of the evolution of my career in music, education, and women's development, and the opportunity to provide this type of service in my community.
Toli Nameless and 2013 Paris Girls Rock Camp participants
ETBP: How long did it take from conception to the first camp?
TN: We had 6 weeks.
ETBP: How did you find out about Girls Rock Camp Alliance?
TN: My first introduction to the GRCA was through the Willie Mae Rock-n-Roll Camp for Girls in Brooklyn, NY. A female musical force by the name of Tamar Kali asked that I perform on a benefit concert for the camp.
ETBP: How many girls have participated in the Paris camp over the years?
TN: Our participants over the past years include 30 girls and 5 women. We've logged 222 hours of public service.
Scenes from the 2013 Paris Girls Rock concert
ETBP: How much interaction do you have with the parents in enrolling the girls?
TN: We know that parents are busy so we make every effort to answer every question. This can happen at a community event where we have a table, contact by email, or even meeting in a café. This is a combined effort between myself, our volunteers, and presentation partners like Le 6b*. We communicate with parents "by any means necessary."
ETBP: Who are your partners and what do they contribute to the camp?
TN: Our main year-round partners include Le 6b and the GRCA of which we are actual members. We also have project-based partners. This year our lead project partners include Bertie Ernault at the Maison de la Jeunesse in St. Denis and Jean-Christophe Arcos at the Cultural Department in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.
ETBP: Where does the camp take place?
TN:Our mission is to deliver our service throughout the Paris region. So far we have been able to present the camp in the northern Paris suburb of St. Denis and in the 11ème. PARIS GIRLS ROCK CAMP coming to a neighborhood near you!
ETBP: Is it in the same place every year?
TN: We have been able to work in St. Denis consistently, and that has been a huge accomplishment of which we are very proud. This year we expanded to give our first camp in central Paris and we have a long-term plan for expansion. Each time we give a camp in a different place, we hope to add it to our yearly plan. It take so much care and attention to foster the relationship with that particular community that it only makes sense to continue our presence in that location.
ETBP: Who does the teaching?
TN: Our teachers are the "TOP" of Paris and the world. The teaching staff are professional musicians and educators that come from Paris and beyond. Some receive a stipend salary and others give freely of their time. This is a huge part of why we are able to offer the camp at reasonable rates with large results.
Monique and Toli at the concert
ETBP: What is the cost for participating?
TN: The camp costs 10 euros per hour @ 35 hours = 350 euros. Together with our partners, volunteers, and sponsors, we are able to offer reduced rates and bourses d'études (scholarships) to our public. This way ALL girls from ALL backgrounds can attend the camp.
ETBP: Why is the Mairie of the 11th arrondissement involved?
TN: The Cultural Department of the Mairie decided that this program would greatly benefit the residents of the 11éme, and enhance their notoriety for their arondisement as a leading provider of cutting edge public services.
ETBP: You include exposure to Josephine Baker during the camp. You took this year's participants to the Josephine Baker pool and they performed one of her songs during the graduation concert. Why this focus on Josephine.?
TN: Back in 2011, like many of the other camps in the GRCA, we wanted to choose an inspirational person to name our camp after. Josephine Baker is an historical and inspirational figure of epic proportions and we chose her as a means of honoring the first female international superstar and activist of France. Because she lived her life conquering all boundaries and accepting no limitations, she is exemplary of what we hope to instill in our participants. Although we were unable to support the estate of Josephine Baker with the contribution for the licensing of her name, they were very supportive of our efforts nonetheless.
*Le 6b is a new cultural center in Saint-Denis. It houses over 150 artists, musicians, craftsmen, and other creative professionals.
Labels: 11th arrondissement, Black Paris, Girls Rock Camp Alliance, music, Toli Nameless
Crêpes on a Summer Day
A crêperie is a restaurant that specializes in the ultra-thin pancake that has become a gastronomic cliché for France. Americans commonly mispronounce the word "crêpe" - the true pronunciation rhymes with the word "step."
As Tom and I were enjoying one of the last glorious days before the rentrée (the return of all French citizens to their homes and jobs after summer vacation), we happened by a crêpe stand across the street from the Jardin des Plantes. Lo and behold, a young black woman was behind the counter producing these lovely confections!
Our server
Crêpes can be sweet (sucrée) or savory (salée) and they are one of France's most popular forms of fast food. The crêperie that we spotted was on the corner of rue Buffon and rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, right next to an Italian restaurant.
Adjoining Italian restaurant and crêpe stand
Crêpe menu
I ordered a beurre/sucre (butter and sugar) crêpe and Tom ordered one filled with crème de marron (chestnut paste).
Our server uses two griddles to produce a single crêpe. She butters the first griddle and ladles the batter onto it. As it begins to cook, she butters the second griddle.
Buttering the griddle
Ladling the batter
Once the crêpe is set, she moves it to the other griddle to continue the cooking process. She can begin cooking an additional crêpe on the first griddle if there are a large number of customers waiting, thereby reducing the wait time. On this particular day, we were the only people there so we were able to watch the process and photograph it at our leisure.
Moving crêpe from one griddle to the other
Our server "dressed" the crêpes with the fillings that we ordered, wrapped them, and handed them over to us. We both preferred Tom's crème de marron crêpe - it was sweeter and more consistent!
Handing over the goods!
Next time we come to this neighborhood, we'll order the Nutella crêpe as a comparison. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
One of the stops on the Discover Paris! Ile Saint-Louis gourmet walking tour is a crêperie. Click HERE to view the Love2Eat video where I tell Lové Anthony all about crêpes during this walk. Then contact me if you'd like to book your own gourmet walk with us!
Labels: Black Paris, crêpes, gourmet Paris, gourmet walk
57th Anniversary of the 1st International Congress...
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Grant Awarded for Claremont District Heating Plan
CRDC receives funds through Forest Service program
By NHBR Staff
Published: 10.29.14
Elizabeth Sweeney of the Capital Regional Development Council
The U.S. Forest Service has awarded a $250,000 grant to support the development of a wood-fired district heating system in Claremont that will connect downtown buildings with an efficient hot water heating system.
The Forest Service awarded the grant to the Capital Regional Development Council under a program designed to support the use of wood energy which will promote sound forest management, expand regional economics and create new rural jobs.
The Claremont district heating project is being developed by New Hampshire-based HotZero, which says that participating building owners could realize significant savings in heating costs without the need to use scarce capital and building space to install separate biomass systems.
CRDC Loan Officer Elizabeth Sweeney said,
“This grant award is an important economic development resource for the Claremont area,” said Elizabeth Sweeney, a loan officer with the CRDC. “While many parts of the northeast are seeing energy cost reductions related to low natural gas prices, communities like Claremont that do not have access to natural gas run the risk of being left behind. Projects like this hot water district heating system helps level the playing field. The fact that the fuel procurement will mean more jobs in the local forest products industry strengthens the economics of the project.”
The grant will be used to complete engineering for the project. It is expected that the first phases of the system will be operational in late 2015.
Initially, the project will focus on the Opera Square section of downtown, but is designed to scale up over time to connect other sections of the city, HotZero’s founding director Dick Henry said.
http://www.nhbr.com/November-14-2014/Grant-awarded-for-Claremont-district-heating-plan/?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=OCT3014+Browser
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Dve Mogili Municipality
Power and Duties of the Municipal Council
The Municipal Council of Dve Mogili Municipality is a body of local self-government, which comprises 17 Municipal Councillors elected by the residents in the municipality under the terms and procedures provided by law.
The Municipal Council shall formulate the policy of the municipality’s growth and development in connection with the following activities:
1. Municipal property, municipal enterprises, municipal finances, taxes and fees, municipal administration.
2. The organization and development of the municipal territory and its component inhabited places.
3. Education, health care, culture, extra-curricular activities.
4. Public works and utilities.
5. Social assistance.
6. Protection of the natural environment and rational use of the natural resources of local importance.
7. Conservation of cultural, historic and architectural monuments of local importance.
8. Sports, recreation and tourism of local importance.
The Municipal Council carries out functions related to Article 21 (concerning Article 27(4&5)) of the Local Self-Government and Local Administration Act, as well as other activities of local significance which lie beyond the competence of other authorities and have no executive functions.
Article 21 of the Local Self-Government and Local Administration Act
(1) The Municipal Council shall:
1. set up standing and select committees, and elect their members;
2. establish the structure of the municipal administration and allocate funds from the municipal budget for staff wages;
3. elect and remove its Chairman;
4. elect and remove Vice Mayors on the advice of the Mayor;
5. determine the remuneration of Mayors within the existing regulations;
6. adopt the budget of the municipality, exercise control over its implementation and approve the relevant report;
7. set the size of local taxes and charges within the statutory limits;
8. make decisions on the acquisition, management, and disposal of municipal property, and define the Mayor's powers, and those of the District Councils, District Mayors and other Mayors;
9. make decisions on the formation, reorganisation, and termination of municipal companies, and designate its representatives in such companies;
10. make decisions on bank borrowing, interest-free lending, and municipal bond issues under terms and procedure provided by law;
11. make decisions on the design and approval of general and detailed territorial development plans for the municipality or parts thereof;
12. adopt municipal development strategies, projections, programmes and plans;
13. define such requirements governing the activities of natural and legal persons within municipal boundaries as arise from the environmental, historical, social, etc., characteristics of the inhabited places, and from the condition of the existing technical and social infrastructure;
14. make decisions on the establishment and termination of municipal foundations, and on the management of donated property;
15. make decisions on the municipality’s participation in local authority associations in this country and abroad, and designate its delegates to such associations;
16. create districts and mayoralties under terms and procedure provided by law;
17. make proposals respecting changes in the administrative and territorial division, such as affect the territory and the boundaries of the municipality;
18. make decisions to name or rename streets, squares, parks, engineering facilities, zones, recreation areas, etc., of local importance;
19. consider and adopt decisions on the advice of District Councils and Mayors within its terms of reference;
20. make decisions on the holding of referendums and general meetings on issues within its terms of reference;
21. approve the municipality’s coat of arms and seal;
22. confer honourary citizenship on Bulgarian and foreign individuals.
(2) The Municipal Council shall resolve, also, other issues of local importance, provided that such issues do not fall within the exclusive terms of reference of any other authority.
(3) The Municipal Council shall adopt Rules of Organisation and Activity for the Council and the administration whereby such matters shall be regulated as relate to the Council’s and its Committees’ organisation and conduct of business, and those of the District Councils and the municipal administration, the municipality’s participation in associations, and all other matters expressly provided by this Act.
(1) The Municipal Council shall be convened at least six times per year.
(2) The Municipal Council’s sittings shall be valid, if more than half of all the Councillors are present.
(3) The Municipal Council’s decisions shall be made by a majority of more than half of the Councillors present, in an open ballot. The Council may opt for a secret ballot.
(4) The Council’s resolutions in pursuance of Article 21(1.1-4, 1.6-10, 1.16. 1.17 & 1.20) shall be made by a majority of more than half of all the Councillors.
(5) The Council’s resolutions shall be announced to the public.
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Home Sports Champs Champs School Profile – Wolmer’s Boys & Girls
Champs School Profile – Wolmer’s Boys & Girls
Wolmer’s Boys School has a strong Champs history, having won the first official Champs in 1910 and bookended the century celebration of the event by winning the 100th staging in 2010. Here are some more facts about the maroon and gold team.
Wolmer’s Boys have won 12 Boys’ Champs titles. The girls have yet to claim a title.
World and Olympic gold medallists Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Michael Frater are the schools’ most successful alumni in athletics. Fraser-Pryce came from obscurity to claim the 100m gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China and has not slowed down. Frater has been a staple of Jamaica’s relay teams since he helped the Under 17s win the silver medal at the 1998 CARIFTA Games in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.
The MVP Track Club, which has produced many of the nation’s top Olympians and World Champions in recent years, was started at Wolmer’s in 1999 by four alums – president Bruce James, technical director Stephen Francis, treasurer and assistant head coach Paul Francis and secretary David Noel.
Wolmer’s also nurtured a number of the current crop of hopefuls for Jamaica’s continued athletic excellence, including Jaheel Hyde, who has won the 400m hurdles at the 2014 world junior championships and the 110m hurdles at both the 2014 Youth Olympics and the 2013 world youth championships; high jump prince Christoph Bryan, who won bronze at the 2013 youth champs and has his sights set on the national junior record; and sprinters Julian Forte, Shauna Helps and Dwayne Extol.
Source: Champs 100: A Century of Jamaican High School Athletics 1910-2010 by Hubert Lawrence
Bruce James
Carifta Games
Champs 100: A Century of Jamaican High School Athletics 1910-2010
Christoph Bryan
Dwayne Extol
Hubert Lawrence
Jaheel Hyde
Julian Forte
Michael Frater
MVP Track Club
Shauna Helps
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Stephen Francis
Wolmer's Boys School
Wolmer's Girls School
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