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People sure are cranky here these days. Maybe it's because the temperature is well below zero and the wind is whipping it around making it feel even colder. Or perhaps it's just the January blahs – no money after the holidays and no spring in sight – then again it could be the fact the Montreal Canadiens are sputtering and can't seem to get things together, and even worse the Toronto Maple Leafs are on a five game winning streak. Maybe it's a combination of all those and more.
Yesterday in Montreal's The Gazette the editorial cartoon by long-time cartoonist Aislin (Terry Mosher) depicted Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressing the Israeli Knesset with an Israeli flag painted on his face à la many sports fans; the caption was "A bit much, don't you think?". Harper is indeed a big fan of Israel; but this cartoon has created a maelstrom of reaction such as this from one reader:
I was horrified upon opening up the Gazette this morning and seeing your insulting and clearly anit-jewish-Israel (sic) caricature of Stephen Harper. I cannot believe my eyes nor your audacity to have this in public view. You will be reminding people of caricatures of jews (sic) depicted in Nazi propaganda that were debased and ridiculed. How dare you. Disgusting and disappointing. My subscription with the Gazette ends today.
Prompting Mosher to respond: "We are all welcome to our own opinions and are entitled to express them. That is why I rarely respond to any criticism of my cartoons. In your letter below, though, I feel I must answer to your reaction to today's Stephen Harper cartoon. Your outrage is quite frankly – a bit much". His full reply can be read here.
Meanwhile the commission looking into corruption in the province has resumed after a break with news, garnered from wiretaps, that the unions were considering asking the current Premier Pauline Marois to block the hearings.
Also, public hearings are underway on a proposed bill that, if passed, would restrict the wearing of religious symbols by certain government employees, including teachers and doctors. Much criticism has been levied at the proposal yet it still seems to be accepted by many.
Throw into the mix the retirement of much-loved Montreal Alouettes' quarterback Anthony Calvillo and it's no wonder folks are cranky. Yet amidst all this a bright ray of sunshine has broken through! Local tennis star Eugenie Bouchard is set to play in the semi-finals at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Her energy and youth are providing a much-needed bright spot on an otherwise dismal winter landscape. Go Genie Go!

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Perch Sites and Snags
Wildlife management often creates snags in the wildlife habitat areas free from where most human beings will frequent. This provides the wildlife with ample space to nest, breed, and populate the area comfortably.
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The edges around forests are the best place for deer and other wildlife to hide. This being said, humans have started to build and protect the edges of forests for this reason. Keeping the forest edges full of brush and shrubs that wildlife can hide in will help enhance their life.
When building a home or landscaping a yard, consider all that you can do to help enhance the habitat of the wildlife that will reside near you. Things, like building fences for perches, and planting vegetation for the wildlife, or protecting the forest edge with shrubs and brush, will all be helpful in ensuring that wildlife stays strong.
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Alex Haunty's Theater and Arts Fund, Inc. is a non-profit organization that exists to promote access to the arts for adults with disabilities. Every year since 2011 I have taken friends from Middleton high school's transition program, Cutting Edge program at Edgewood College and the Best Buddies Wisconsin program to see Broadway shows at the Overture Center. in Madison WI. I put checks from my speaking engagements and selling art at my art shows toward the fund.
In 2011, I received an " I See You" Award from the Zieman Corporation of WI because of my involvement with Best Buddies at Middleton High School.Show More
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In 2013, I took 36 friends with the "Cutting Edge" program from Edgewood College, including classmates, teachers and new supporters, to see Sister Act at the Overture Center.Show More
In November 2014 I took 64 people from Middleton's Transiton program, from the Cutting Edge program, and some AHTAFI encouragers to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat.Show More
My friends that from the Cutting Edge program really liked it and had a blast. One of them told me that it was the best musical ever. I had a blast too. When the music started playing it felt to me like you were seeing it on Broadway in New York. After the show I got to meet Joseph (Ace Young) and the Narrator (Diana DeGarmo)


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I accidentally had a seat at the table when Gawker Media, the internet's own left-wing tabloid, entered its latest phase of anguished growing-pains.
Last week, Gawker Media's public-relations firm invited me to meet owner Nick Denton and executive editor Tommy Craggs. Days after the two joked about how the boss should write up his obsession with The Good Wife, Craggs and another top editor resigned in a battle over journalistic integrity at the publication.
The latest drama at Gawker shows a media company yet to find a balance between its brash outsider aesthetic and its desire to grow into a real power in the media business.
When Gawker approached me, it wanted publicity for a series the site's sports vertical, Deadspin, had published. It exposed the allegedly extra-legal shenanigans of former-basketball-star-turned-Sacramento-mayor Kevin Johnson, and is authored by the veteran sports journalist Dave McKenna. (I encourage you to go read it, especially if you don't care about controversy in the media industry.)
Why would a publication that regularly mocks the conventions of PR firms and that once referred to Quartz as a site as "for assholes, by assholes," hire a PR firm to pitch a story about its investigative journalism to Quartz? I had a theory: Because it was facing an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit from Hulk Hogan (more on that below) that could put it out of business, and the company needs to bolster its serious journalism bona fides.
Before I could even write that story, Gawker published text and photographic correspondence between a media executive and a gay porn-star-turned-prostitute who sought to fulfill his blackmail threat of outing the married executive.
The post came in for social-media criticism from a dozen angles, starting with the fraught politics of sexual identity and ending with the question of what standard of newsworthiness the post could possibly meet. Eventually, the site's business executives overrode the editorial department and took down the post. Craggs and Gawker's editor, Max Read, resigned in protest.
Cue the media-crit takes, with the consensus being that Gawker, which has earned its reputation churning out similar posts, was reaping what it sowed; the violation of editorial independence was an associated but more venal sin. Meanwhile, the site's remaining staff complained publicly about the direction Denton was setting for his company. Gawker became part of the establishment some time prior, but it appeared that no one bothered to inform the site's writers.
"As a collection of properties, we have a larger audience now than most newspapers," Denton, whose company earned $44.4 million in 2014, told me. "Even though we sometimes think of ourselves as being cute and scrappy, that isn't necessarily how the outside world sees us."
But, compared to Vice Media, another publication with a risqué brand that cleaned up for mainstream money, Gawker is positively unreconstructed. The mortal lawsuit it currently faces was filed by Hogan after it posted a video clip of the former pro-wrestler having sex with another man's wife; Gawker says it's newsworthy because Hogan claimed publicly in the past that he hadn't done such things.
Gawker has done plenty of prurient reporting that sometimes pushed the limits of the public interest. At its best, it helped reveal the crack-smoking antics of Toronto mayor Rob Ford, revealed emails that Hillary Clinton attempted to hide from the public while Secretary of State, and played a role in kick-starting the reevaluation of sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby. More questionably, Deadspin posted pictures of NFL star Brett Favre's penis that he had sent to a female team employee—apparently, over that employee's objections. In 2010, it settled a lawsuit brought after it posted a homemade celebrity sex tape.
Denton, a former Financial Times reporter, founded Gawker in 2002 with the idea of telling the story that the mainstream press wouldn't report, and accidentally created a digital media pioneer. Gawker's record of separating bad reasons for skipping a story (taste, corruption) from good ones (lack of public interest, cruelty) can be hit-and-miss, but it was undoubtedly influential must-reading for media types.
As the site evolved, it became a click-vortex of gossip, tabloid reporting, internet culture coverage and left-leaning polemic. But it has had trouble matching the traffic gains posted by newer competitors, and, more recently, it has tried to shift its editorial balance further from aggregation and fast snark and toward original reporting and essays.
Deadspin, the sports vertical Craggs previously ran, in particular carved out a spot as a respected voice in the sports journalism world. It combined short blog takes with in-depth reporting—like the revelation that star college football player Manti Te'o had fooled the sports media with tales of a fake girlfriend and critical investigation of ESPN's racially-charged expansion plans—that seemed to hit a sweet spot between boldness and credibility.
"My experience at Deadspin was that the site's growth was predicated entirely on the big stories," Craggs said. "The Manti Te'o story is the best possible marketing for Deadspin. That said everything about Deadspin's posture towards sports and sports media. Anyone who read that knew exactly what the site was about and what they would be getting if they hung around."
Craggs was then asked to develop that sensibility across the company's multiple verticals.
"Maybe in the past a seller would go into an advertiser, maybe with Gizmodo and Kotaku, and they wouldn't talk about Gawker," Denton told me. "[But] especially since Tommy has brought the editors and the sites closer together, there is enough of a common theme that is established around this idea of the real story that it is easier for us to kind of go in as a group."
At an all-staff meeting this week, Denton was reportedly blunter, saying that "the fact of the matter is that it is really hard to sell Gawker, Gawker.com in particular, because Gawker.com likes to pick fights with pretty much everybody."
But packaging the rambunctious Gawker verticals as a coherent media property doesn't sit well with Gawker's newly-unionized writers, who mocked plans to "Vox-ify" the site—references to the venture-funded media property that owns verticals like technology-focused The Verge and news site Vox, as well as a real-estate blog, Curbed, which was founded, by—yup—former Gawker editor Lockhart Steele. (The Verge recently profiled the Awl, a blog for complaining about the internet founded by two former Gawker editors.)
As usual, Gawker is fulfilling its long-established role as a generator as well as chronicler of New York media news. Denton and Craggs joked with me about whether the Hogan suit was simply an excuse to generate the perfect Gawker story—sex, media scandal, and celebrity, all on trial. The Gawker editor's memoir is already an established literary genre, and no doubt this episode will produce its own roman-a-clefs.
Denton will no doubt produce new editors for his website, as he has done so many times in the past. But—assuming they survive their legal peril—it's not clear if the new editors will do a better job than the previous regime at toeing the fine line between attracting gobs of readers without repelling advertisers.
Craggs, talking about the kind of reporters that thrive at Gawker, mentioned that veterans of "alt-weeklies"—a financially troubled genre of magazine that exists as a feisty counterpoint to a city's major daily—fit in the best at Gawker, "a well-stocked pirate ship" compared to underfunded alt-weeklies.
"You know what it's like to work with a place where you're ordered to use both sides of a notebook," he explained. "To know what privation is like…."
Denton interjected, thinking of the company's recently-signed 15-year lease for a swank new office space worth $75 million.
"The privation that we're going to suffer going into 2 West 17th Street?"
– If the alleged porn-star-turned-prostitute had posted his story on social media, would any digital media outlet not have covered it?
– Can the web traffic generated by stories about the New York media business possibly result in a profit for news outlets?
– WWWRHD? (What would William Randolph Hearst do?)


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Are you on a hiatus (or procrastinating) from something you thought you'd have done by now?
Sometimes we are on a certain path, our goals are defined and we are on our way to achieve them. And then…life happens. We get distracted or displaced, our priorities shift and we have to put some dreams or projects on hold. Can you relate? Maybe it was a choice to shift priorities and not pursue those goals for a while, or maybe it was forced due to a change in finances, jobs or family situations.
The goals you had might be something large like completing a renovation, starting a new business, researching new job paths, losing weight, gaining muscle, eating healthy, being free of debt or writing a book. Or, the goals might not be life-changing but equally as important to you such as decluttering a room, making a photo book for your children, planting a garden, learning a new language or skill or knitting a blanket for grandbabies. What is a project or goal that you've put on the back burner?
Once that project gets put on hold and time passes it can be even harder to pick it back up again. We wonder, what if I start it and then have to stop again? Can I really make it happen now?
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Not to say "hello," or "Hey, pick me!" Waving to make the seat cover change, the soap come out, the water turn on, and the towels to extend.
To and fro, up and down, looking at each other when it doesn't work with the, "What am I doing wrong?" expression.
I really like these conveniences, including having doors open in front of me while entering a grocery store and seat belts extending in the car. With all this service I must be a queen with servants around here somewhere!
It's easy to get so used to convenience and expect that life is all about privilege.
Had a stark reminder of this while irritated on this week's flight. I switched seats as the doors were closing in order to get a window seat, only to be confronted by the woman who actually had the seat reserved. "Really, you HAD to show up late and sit here?" I thought to myself while acting gracious on the outside.
When did we start deserving all this ease and convenience? I'm not so sure it's a benefit in the long-run. Because fields take tending. Friendships need mending. Businesses require lending. Work is unending. Gotta stop this overspending. Expectations take bending. (This rhyming now ending!)
Yes it's nice when automation happens and helps, but let's never forget that blessings often take work, lots of it, and character is a must-have to go with it.


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3:30 p.m. New York time
Half an hour before the closing bell. The S&P 500E-mini futures rose to within a dollar of the June 1 peak of 4230. If it rises above that level, then the upward correction that began on May 13 is still underway and Elliott wave analysis will label today's peak as wave C within wave 2 of Subbitsy degree. and the June 1 peak will be an A wave within wave C within Subbitsy wave 2. I've kept this morning's analysis as my principle, and will continue to do so until the 4230 level is beached.
9:40 a.m. New York time
What's happening now? The S&P 500 E-mini futures rose sharply in early trading, reaching a high (so far) of 4214.75, less than 20 points below the June 1 high of 4230.
What does it mean? My principle analysis places that June 1 high as the end of an upward correction within a downtrend that began May 13, and as long as the price remains below 4230, that analysis stands.
What are the alternatives? 1) A rise above the June 1 high would mean that the correction is still underway. 2) A price above the May 9 high, the peak of a larger rise that began last year, would mean that the correction was within an ongoing uptrend rather than a downtrend.
What does Elliott wave theory say? Wave 5 of Subminuette degree and of higher degrees peaked on May 9, ending a long-running uptrend. The subsequent decline is the first wave of a new downtrend, which is still in its first baby steps, wave 1 of Bitsy degree. Within that 1st wave, wave 2 of Subbitsy degree ended on June 1, and the chart is now in the early stages of Subbitsy wave 3.
In the first alternative analysis, a rise above the end of Subbitsy wave 2 would mean that the 2nd wave correction is still underway. In the second analysis, a rise above the end of wave 5 of Subminuette degree would mean that the long-running uptrend is still underway.
Learning and other resources. See the menu page Analytical Methods for a rundown on where to go for information on Elliott wave analysis.
By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, June 4, 2021
Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.
No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.
All content on Tim Bovee, Private Trader by Timothy K. Bovee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Chicago's Louis The Child has taken the future and nu disco genres by storm over the last year. Their vibey indie dance remixes are the upbeat, happy tunes you've been looking for if you want a change from the mainstream sounds of house music today.
Their last remix of Zella Day's "Compass" went to #1 on Hype Machine and this new rework of Oh Wonder's "Body Gold" will surely continue their reign on the indie charts. Upbeat, melodic and full of good vibes, it's the perfect song to turn on when you want to wind down from your day. Give it a listen below and follow Louis The Child on SoundCloud to stay up to date on their latest releases.


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For Velvet Magazine: Culture Clash–Modest Muslimahs In The Blogosphere
Recently, I noticed the growing trend of Muslim fashion bloggers on the web, and found it to be a "clash of cultures." Fashion bloggers, who generally flaunt their daily outfits and thrive on support and publicity would seem to stand … Continue reading
"A Modern Transportation System in Makkah: Safety Precaution or Threat to Spirituality?" – Read my Feature on Illume!
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Dear Pamela Geller…Muslim Cab Drivers Praying In Public is Not "Out of Line" or "Disruptive" to NYC Neighbourhoods
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In August of 2015, shortly after the ACLU released a groundbreaking report, the ACLU of Illinois and the Chicago Police Department (CPD) reached a landmark settlement agreement to reform the practice of investigatory street stops known as "stop and frisks." The City of Chicago agreed to take steps to ensure that CPD policies and practices comply with the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, and the Illinois Civil Rights Act, which requires that government policies do not have a racially disparate impact.
The Agreement was first overseen by former Federal Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys and requires ongoing independent evaluation of CPD practices and procedures, data collection by the CPD, and additional training for officers. The CPD has also been regularly making its ISR data public on this data portal. Judge Keys, with the assistance of experts, published regular public reports to assess CPD's compliance with the Agreement. The reports to date are below:
Period 1 - Stop & Frisk Report, JAN. 1 to June 30, 2016
Period 2 - Stop & Frisk Report, July 1 to Dec. 31, 2016
Period 3 & 4 - Stop & Frisk Report, Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2017
Judge Keys's last report identified significant concerns with how Chicago police collect data and supervise officers conducting stops and pat downs. Consequently, he determined that an accurate assessment of Chicago police compliance with the Agreement was "impracticable."
Between 2017 and 2019, certain CPD data and supervision processes related to Judge Keys's concerns had not changed. As a result, on September 26, 2019, the ACLU of Illinois and the City agreed to a Temporary Stay of certain provisions of the Agreement, particularly those concerning data analysis, and agreed to take additional steps to advance the Agreement's goals.
The Temporary Stay requires the CPD to conduct focus groups with its members to inform revisions to its policy and the Investigatory Stop Report (ISR) form. It also anticipates that the Consultant will resume analysis of investigatory stop reports based on data collected between June 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Additionally, the ACLU of Illinois and the City agreed that "the Consultant may (1) assume, solely for the purposes of determining CPD's legal compliance under the Agreement, that a prima facie showing under ICRA based on disparate impact on the basis of race has been satisfied and (2) forgo that analysis."
The ACLU of Illinois and the City recognized overlap with certain responsibilities of the City under the Agreement and under the consent decree governing the Chicago Police Department. As a result, in the summer of 2020, the Consultant work required by the Agreement transitioned from Judge Keys to the consent decree's Independent Monitor, Maggie Hickey, and her team.
The Temporary Stay agreement remains in effect. On March 19, 2021, Maggie Hickey and her team released a public report addressing how the ACLU of Illinois and the City are approaching the issues identified in the Temporary Stay, including the following:
- The ACLU of Illinois and the City are conferring about the Consultant's methodology for conducting Fourth Amendment compliance assessments, how to address issues related to the CPD's use of multi-version investigatory stop reports, and when the Consultant's review of investigatory stop reports will resume with a review of data collected between June 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.
- The Consultant has worked with statistical experts who identified new data collection and analysis concerns and provided recommendations on the CPD's policies, documentation, and training relating to investigatory stops and protective pat downs.
- The Consultant recommended, and both the ACLU of Illinois and the City agree, to a robust, multi-tier approach to engage community members to guide efforts to improve Chicago Police Department stop-and-frisk policies and practices under the Agreement. This community engagement must involve people from Black and Latinx communities most directly impacted by Chicago police stops and pat downs.
Period 5 - Stop & Frisk Report (March 19, 2021)
"Stop and frisk" is when police temporarily detain and question a pedestrian (stop) and pat down the outside of their clothing to assess whether they are carrying weapons (frisk). The Fourth Amendment requires that before stopping the suspect, the police must have a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed by the person. This is also called a Terry Stop, after the case Terry v. Ohio (1968). In that case, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a stop-and-frisk must comply with the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, meaning that it cannot be unreasonable. Under Terry, a reasonable stop-and-frisk is one "in which a reasonably prudent officer is warranted in the circumstances of a given case in believing that his safety or that of others is endangered, he may make a reasonable search for weapons of the person believed by him to be armed and dangerous."
Read more about knowing your rights when engaging with law enforcement
Courts have found that some police departments' stop-and-frisk practices can be unconstitutional, specifically, in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Many courts (including in New York City) have found the practice also violates the Fourteenth Amendment's promise of equal protection, as Black and Latino people are subject to stops and searches at a higher rate than whites. Studies (including in Chicago) suggest that stop-and-frisk does not effectively reduce crime where it is used. Studies have also shown that the majority of citizens of color view the practice as discriminatory and dehumanizing, leading to the erosion of trust between police and the communities of color they serve.
In May 2015, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill mandating state-wide data collection for stops that result in a frisk or arrest. This bill also requires officers to issue receipts if they search a person during a street stop.
If you believe you have been stopped or frisked in an unlawful manner, please share your story with us.


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Facebook Post Goes Viral, Hits 50,000 Likes
When freshman Julia Khan posted a photo collage advocating for the acceptance of religious and cultural diversity on Facebook's "Being Liberal" page in early March, she had no idea how much attention it would receive.
Julia's message was simple, demonstrated with four pictures of herself holding up papers with the words, "My name is Julia. My mother is Jewish. My father is Muslim. My brother and I are taught love and acceptance. When will the world follow?"
After talking with one of her friends in her California YMCA Youth and Government program about her parents' different backgrounds, Julia realized that the influence her parents' different backgrounds had on her was a story worth sharing. She posted her story on the "Being Liberal" page, which is known for frequently publicizing religious acceptance-related material.
Julia said that most people don't understand, much less appreciate, the difficulty her parents had to face getting married and what it means that their two religions can work in tandem. But Julia said she couldn't wish for a better situation.
"Since it's nearly impossible to follow everything any religion teaches, I don't feel as though I'm sacrificing much by practicing both," Julia said. "My family isn't incredibly religious anyway. We focus more on culture."
Yet due to their backgrounds, Julia, her father and her brother have all had to deal with the stereotypes of Muslims in America. Julia believes that our society has demonized Islam as a religion instead of recognizing it as a scapegoat for the actions of terrorist organizations.
The solution to this problem, Julia said, is quite simple: love.
"My philosophy of love is complicated and not completely formulated," Julia said. "I know it's incredibly cheesy but I do believe that love is the answer."
In the caption on her post on the "Being Liberal" page, Julia wrote that her parents love each other despite the fact that members of their religions often hate each other.
"I hope that someday the world can be taught the same values that my family follows," Julia said.
Since March, Julia's photo has been shared on various websites and blogs outside of Facebook, including the blog "Upworthy," accumulating more than 50,000 likes between the pages and is estimated to have been seen by four million people.
"I could not be happier that my message can spread to that big of an audience," Julia said.
She admitted that she did receive negative feedback on the photo, but recognized that this is a consequences of posting political material on the internet.
"At first, I was a little worried about my privacy and I began to receive negative feedback and even death threats," Julia said. "But now I realize that people like that exist everywhere and there's nothing I can do to stop it."
Julia credits her interest and openness of sharing her story concerning her involvement to not only her Youth and Government program, but to a variety of other organizations including Female Leaders in Power, One Billion Rising and California Delegations at the Conference on National Affairs.
Even if a person's story isn't political or religious, Julia believes that students should follow the same path she did and be more active about sharing what makes them who they are.
In her case, Julia hopes to show people that just because she has parents of two different cultural backgrounds does not mean she and her brother are not given unconditional love.
Furthermore, Julia wants to encourage others her age to advocate for their own story. She said that each person has a voice, which if used, can and will shape the world around us.
"Everyone has a story, no matter how trivial it may seem," Julia said. "We all just need to share it."


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Crypt::Twofish_PP - The Twofish Algorithm in Pure Perl
use Crypt::Twofish_PP;
$cipher = Crypt::Twofish_PP->new ($key);
$ciphertext = $cipher->encrypt ($key);
$plaintext = $cipher->decrypt ($ciphertext);
$keysize = $cipher->keysize;
$blocksize = $cipher->blocksize;
$keysize = Crypt::Twofish_PP->keysize;
$blocksize = Crypt::Twofish_PP->blocksize;
use Crypt::CBC;
$cipher = Crypt::CBC->new (key => 'my secret key',
cipher => 'Twofish_PP');
$cipher = Crypt::CBC->new (key => 'my secret key',
cipher => 'Twofish_PP::Key24');
$cipher = Crypt::CBC->new (key => 'my secret key',
cipher => 'Twofish_PP::Key16');
use Crypt::CBC;
use Crypt::Twofish_PP;
$Crypt::Twofish_PP::KEYSIZE = 24;
$cipher = Crypt::CBC->new (key => 'my secret key',
cipher => 'Twofish_PP');
$Crypt::Twofish_PP::KEYSIZE = 32;
$cipher = Crypt::CBC->new (key => 'my secret key',
cipher => 'Twofish_PP');
Twofish is a 128-bit symmetric block cipher with a variable key length (128, 192, or 256 bits) key, developed by Counterpane Labs. It is unpatented and free for all uses, as described at http://www.counterpane.com/twofish.html. It has been one of the five finalists for AES.
This module is written in pure Perl, it should run everywhere where Perl runs.
The following methods are part of the Crypt::Twofish_PP API:
The constructor takes as its single argument a key of 16, 24 or 32 bytes length. Calling it with other key lenghts, will cause the module to throw an exception.
Returns the encrypted block. The length of the block must be exactly 16 bytes, otherwise the behaviour will be undefined. You can safely right-pad shorter blocks with null bytes.
Returns the constant value 16.
Returns the length of the key in bytes. When called as a class method, it returns the value $Crypt::Twofish_PP::KEYSIZE which is initialized to 32.
When encrypting streams of data you will need an additional block chaining mechanism like CBC as provided by Crypt::CBC(3). When used with Crypt::CBC(3), Crypt::Twofish_PP(3) will usually work with a fixed key length of 32 bytes, since Crypt::CBC(3) is not capable of handling variable length keys.
If you need to use shorter keys with Crypt::CBC(3), you have two choices: You can either overwrite the variable $Crypt::CBC::KEYSIZE with the desired length (16 or 24) in bytes, or you can specify 'Twofish_PP::Key16' resp. 'Twofish_PP::Key24' as the cipher algorithm to Crypt::CBC(3). The modules Crypt::Twofish_PP::Key32(3), Crypt::Twofish_PP::Key24(3), and Crypt::Twofish_PP::Key16(3), inherit all functionality from Crypt::Twofish_PP but overwrite the keysize() method, such that another default key length is reported back to Crypt::CBC(3).
Beginning with Perl 5.6, Perl scalars might be internally flagged as being UTF-8 strings, and are treated as character-oriented data, not as byte-oriented data (one character may require one to six bytes for its internal representation). In most cases you will gain nothing from the introduction of that flag, and rather find yourself trying to get rid of it. Crypt::Twofish_PP uses byte-oriented keys, and encrypts/decrypts blocks of 16 bytes, and it is the callers responsability to clean input data from that flag.
The most expansive method by far is the constructor. The constructor will set up the key scheduling which is a time-consuming process that has to be repeated for every new key. Processing one 16 byte key currently (on my machine) takes about 15 times longer than encrypting one 16 byte data block with that key. If you plan to use the same key several times in your application, you will probably want to keep the encryption/decryption module around for later perusal. By the way, this behavior of Crypt::Twofish_PP is a typical characteristic of most modern encryption algorithms. Although the details may differ a lot between algorithms, setting up the decoder/encoder with a key usually takes a lot more time than performing the encryption/decryption.
The length of your key is also important. The longer it is, the more time is consumed to set up the key scheduling. Once you have the module ready to encrypt/decrypt, the key length has no impact on performance. This is a general property of the Twofish algorithm, other algorithms show a different behavior, and may vary in speed depending on the particular key length (Rijndael now AES is an example for this).
The subdirectory benchmark of the source distribution contains a script benchmark.pl that you can use to test the performance of a variety of cryptographic modules installed on your system.
There are two other modules available on CPAN that also implement the Twofish algorith, but in C, not in Perl as Crypt::Twofish_PP does. Of course the C implementations are a lot faster than the pure Perl implementation, and you should rather use one of them whenever possible. However, at the time of this writing (November 2003), Crypt::Twofish_PP offers by far the fastest pure Perl 256 bit encryption available on CPAN. For shorter key lengths Crypt::CAST5_PP(3) is faster only when encrypting/decrypting large chunks of data.
The environement variables LANG, LANGUAGE, LC_MESSAGES, resp. LC_ALL control the language for messages produced by the module. The environemt variable OUTPUT_CHARSET may be used to control the output character set. See the file README-NLS in the source distribution for details.
The module has been tested on big- and little-endian machines with integer sizes of 32 and 64 bits, and no bugs showed up. It should therefore be considered safe to use it everywhere.
Copyright (C) 2003, Guido Flohr <email@example.com>, all rights reserved. See the source code for details.
This software is contributed to the Perl community by Imperia (http://www.imperia.net/).
Crypt::Twofish_PP::Key32(3), Crypt::Twofish_PP::Key24(3), Crypt::Twofish_PP::Key16(3), Crypt::CBC(3), Crypt::Twofish2(3), Crypt::Twofish(3), perl(1)
1 POD Error
The following errors were encountered while parsing the POD:
=cut found outside a pod block. Skipping to next block.
To install Crypt::Twofish_PP, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm Crypt::Twofish_PP
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Crypt::Twofish_PP
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.


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David Lynch Opens Up About Meditation, Creativity and Movie Magic in 'Curtain's Up'
"There's an ocean of consciousness within each of us."
As part of a project funded by Stella McCartney, legendary director David Lynch sits down for NOWNESS to discuss his thoughts on cinema, intuition, and more. Over the course of the nearly-10 minute Curtain's Up, Lynch explains the influence of painting on his filmmaking — "I began to wonder if film could be a way to make paintings move." — and touches on the vagueness in visual storytelling that appeals to him: "I like a story that holds abstractions, and that's what cinema can do." Later, Lynch drops pearls of wisdom regarding the creative process, noting that "anger and depression and sorrow are beautiful things in a story," but are unhealthy for artists. He recommends meditation, a technique he himself began using years ago, emphasizing that "if you can expand the container you're fishing with, your consciousness, you can catch bigger fish."
Read more about the short film on NOWNESS's site and watch the clip below.
Back in May, Lynch discussed his book of photographic nudes.


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He was feeling low
Felling like a disgusting black crow,
Lazy and slow.
Two days later….
He was feeling high
And felt it was time to stop his act of cry,
The tears stopped so he was flying high in the sky.
He had been knocked mentally down
He felt like a real clown
He then got up
He now was no longer a bunch of crap
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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Saudi Counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in a phone talk on Sunday night reviewed the latest status of bilateral agreements.
The two countries' top diplomats talked about their former talks earlier in this blessed fasting month of Ramadan.
The constructive process of restoration of full bilateral ties and diplomatic relations was the main topic of talks between the two major Islamic countries' top diplomats.


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Samaritan's Purse Data Center
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The state-of-the-art 253,000-square-foot facility on 60 acres accommodates 1,800 students. The site includes over two miles of city and county roads with water, storm sewer lines.
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Who Grows Your Garden?
Did you know that 98 percent of kids who grow their own vegetables will actually eat them? That means kids will want to eat peas, carrots, tomatoes, broccoli and maybe even spinach! This is the official word from the American Gardening Association which offers programs to encourage kids to head outdoors and into the garden. .
Gardening is catching on in schools all across the country and that includes a big emphasis in Colorado. Every year, more schools are building gardens on their campuses and using them as an educational opportunity. And much of the produce ends up in the school cafeteria.
If you have children, consider getting them involved in gardening at home as well. Already, kid-sized tools and boots are showing up in garden centers. Helping kids pick out their own properly sized implements will make the process more fun.
Then head over the seed aisle and let them select veggies, herbs and flowers they would like to grow. This kind of involvement is more engaging than handing them your packet of seeds early some Saturday morning when it's time to plant.
Here are four ways to keep the engagement going:
• Help kids to learn by doing. Even a 3-year-old can tuck some seeds into the soil and will love holding the water wand to sprinkle water over newly-planted seeds. What child doesn't like to play in the dirt or spray water? Older children can do more – and as the growing season takes off, you can make pulling weeds a game rather than a chore.
• Keep it simple. Kids are most motivated when they grow plants that are easy to grow and that show fast results. Sunflowers and pumpkins, for example, grow quickly and are dramatic in their size and shape. They can be started indoors before it's time to plant outside. Kids can stand by the window sill and check out the changes as seedlings emerge and become little plants.
• Make it "mine." Remember those seeds that the little ones selected? Create an area for those plants and allow children have their own group of plants to care for. Having them water and weed their own plants-and pick the harvest later on-imparts pride of ownership.
• Teach value. At harvest time, weigh some of your harvest and write down how many pounds of zucchini, tomatoes or other veggies your young gardener has grown. Then go to the grocery store, find the current price of these items and help them do the math. There's a good lesson in knowing that you've just grown $5 worth green beans!
Gardening is more than just another outdoor activity – though fresh air is always a benefit. Gardening connects us with Mother Nature, involves us in environmental stewardship and is an ongoing lesson in a healthy lifestyle and nutrition. And that applies to grownups as well.


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I have recently discovered the joys of a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker. I have a 5 quart size and can literally make delectable ice cream ready to be frozen in about 10 minutes. I have also discovered a special ingredient that makes the finished product creamy. What is that? Guar gum. What is guar gum? I have no idea, but a Google search tells me that it comes from guar beans (no, I don't know what those are) and is a thickening agent. Yesterday, I actually made ice cream with 2% evaporated milk and vanilla almond milk (no cream!) and because the guar gum thickens it, it was smooth, and thick and delicious. Not to mention, low fat. Of course, the best ice cream is made with real cream, but when you don't have any, then it's still possible to have something pretty darned tasty.
Here is a recipe for plain ole vanilla ice cream in the Cuisinart. You just mix up all the ingredients, pour it in the frozen container, let is spin for 20 minutes and then put it in a plastic container with a lid for 2 hours. At that point, you have healthy, tasty and DELICIOUS ice cream.
- 1 cup whole milk (I use 2% evaporated milk and 1/4 cup almond milk)
- ¾ cup granulated sugar (I use 1/2 cup honey)
- pinch salt
- 2 cups heavy cream (I use 1 cup cream)
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon guar gum (This is my addition, which you can order on Amazon.)
- In a medium bowl, use a hand mixer on low speed or whisk to combine the milk, sugar and salt until the sugar is dissolved. Stir in the heavy cream and vanilla. Cover and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours, or overnight. (I don't do this since I'm using guar gum.)
- Turn on the Cuisinart® ice cream maker; pour the mixture into the frozen freezer bowl and let mix until thickened, about 15 to 20 minutes. The ice cream will have a soft, creamy texture. If a firmer consistency is desired, transfer the ice cream to an airtight container and place in freezer for about 2 hours.
- Remove from freezer about 15 minutes before serving.
The Cuisinart costs about $70, but if you think of how much money you'll save not going and buying gourmet ice cream (you can get pretty fancy with the types you make), then it won't be long before you're out of the red and into the black with this appliance. Besides, what's better than homemade ice cream?
Just writing about it makes me want to have just a tiny bowl.
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People on the move: Dec. 14
Elizabeth Teske
The editors of Real Estate Forum Magazine have selected Elizabeth Teske as a Southwest Woman of Influence for her achievements in the industrial real estate industry as a standout performer. Teske is senior vice president of property management at Dermody Properties, a national industrial real estate developer and operator. She is responsible for overseeing the company's direct and indirect property management activities across the United States.
"I'm honored to be part of the team at Dermody Properties, and to help our customers on a day-to-day basis," said Teske. "To be a successful property manager, you have to solve for every equation and stand behind your decisions. I get to work with incredibly talented people who are solution-oriented, and that allows me to be nimble in decision-making. I am fortunate to be in a collaborative work environment where we constantly strive to achieve the best results."
Real Estate Forum has recognized this year's Women of Influence for their exceptional track record or significant contribution. They seek women who have contributed to the industry at-large and have impacted their company's overall success.
"Liz is incredibly talented and results-driven," said Douglas A. Kiersey, Jr., president of Dermody Properties. "We constantly strive to serve our customers in the best way possible, and we are fortunate to have her on our team to help us do just that."
Teske is a certified property manager and a licensed real estate professional with more than 25 years of experience. Teske is a board member for NAIOP, a member of the Institute of Real Estate Managers (IREM) and is a founding member of the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) of Northern Nevada.
Annie Zucker
Sierra Arts Foundation, Northern Nevada's local arts organization for teaching, nurturing and supporting the arts since 1971, has announced the selection of Annie Zucker as its new executive director. Zucker comes to the foundation after nearly a decade as a development specialist for Renown Health Foundation.
As the executive director of Sierra Arts Foundation, Zucker will steward an organization that offers seven diverse programs that provide educational opportunities for students in Washoe County schools, development and training for artists pursuing a fine art career path, and a contemporary gallery with rotating exhibitions. The Foundation also provides concerts in elder-care facilities and yearly grants to artists.
"I feel as though the leaders and volunteers of the past have placed us in a great position to take a major step in our growth as our community arts agency," Zucker said. "I hope you take great pride in your association. I am excited to be involved in the bright future of SAF."
Zucker attended Oregon State University, where she received a bachelor of arts in liberal studies and went on to achieve certification in nonprofit management from the University of Nevada, Reno. She is a member of the Global Alliance for Arts in Healthcare and is a governor-appointed board member of the Nevada Arts Council.


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GWF Students Didn't Stop Learning in 2020
This week 324 young adults graduated from the Good Work Foundation (GWF) Bridging Academy.
The significance of this graduation is huge: Every student that started the course in February 2020 has graduated and will leave with ready-to-work skills focusing on digital literacy and communication.
And while there is a new group of alumni, there is also a new group of applicants. This week, on GWF's six digital learning campuses, prospective 2021 students were lining up to apply for the Bridging Academy.
And so yes, there is movement despite the pandemic.
And while the temptation is to pat our own backs, breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate small steps forward during one of history's most unsteady moments, we realise that, actually, all the back-patting should go to the extraordinary resilience of our students.
In some parts of the world, the pandemic was a catalyst for an accelerated move to more online learning.
But for over a billion students, learning stopped in 2020.
This was mostly in places where online learning isn't a possibility, and broadly speaking, this would be true for most parts of rural South Africa.
Our students were able to adapt.
They adapted to online learning. They adapted to modified curriculums. Smaller classrooms. Blended learning. Weekend learning. Catch-up learning. They adapted to not always having a facilitator present. They met our teams at "drop" locations, where they were able to collect learning content. They braved public transport. They stuck to health protocols and called out people who didn't.
They helped each other.
To say that we are proud is an understatement. We would like to take a moment to thank all of our partners for their part in this feat, including the main funder of the Bridging Academy, Absa, a partner that has been powering up the Bridging Academy since 2012.
P.S. To listen to an excerpt from the digital graduation speech of our Bridging Academy Programme Manager, Kathy Knott, click here.
And also, we'll be profiling some of our new students over on Instagram over the coming weeks – support them with a thumbs-up or a comment as they open up on camera.


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Create a delight factor that will delight your customers.
When your customers leave your business thinking… "I was charged a fair price and treated fairly…" this is not a sign of an excited customer.
Being treated fairly in today's world is what's expected, nobody gets excited when their treated fairly. The item you're buying cost 10… you pay 10, an even exchange. Maybe as you handed over your 10 dollars the person behind the counter smiled at you, even thanked you for coming in. However, treat customers rudely or insult enough customers and you're headed for serious trouble.
A Delight Factor is defined as… surprising a customer by exceeding his/her expectations and thus creating a positive emotional reaction.
Delighted customers can create positive word of mouth in which they will tell their friends, other family members and other people in their social circle about what a delight it was doing business with your company. This is where social media works the best.
Although customer delight can directly affect your sales and profitability, it can also help to distinguish your company and its products and services from your competition. Thus my motto… "Be the company your customers think of first and feel best about."
"Give me a business that delights its customers the moment they walk into the front door and I can write ads that will take them to the stars…says Roy Williams, the Wizard of Ads… "But force me to write ad's for a business that does only an average job with their customers and I'll have to work like a madman to keep that business from sliding backwards. Unless they have no competitors."
I'm absolutely amazed by business owners who assume that by stating 'Great Value' 'Honest Service' 'Best in the Business' or 'Affordable Prices' in their ads or printed boldly on their trucks are offering something that differentiates themselves from their competitors. Customers are thinking… "But you are already supposed to be honest." "You're already supposed to be affordable?" "And you say you're the best in the business? By who standards?"
The truth is that a business with very few competitors that supplies a product or service that the public needs is going to succeed no matter how bad their advertising is…or how consistently they disappoint their customers. This was the problem with television service companies many years ago. Cable was it, where else were you going to get your television service from? They treated you rudely and customer service was bad. But then Satellite Television came into the market giving you another choice. Could good advertising save a bad restaurant? The answer is no, but a particular restaurant can still succeed in spite of slightly bad food and no advertising when they're the only restaurant in town.
How about under promising but delivering unexpected results.
"Wow…" the customer says, "You said my car would be done by tomorrow afternoon, but it's done now?" This is what is called a delight factor and like magic a happy customer is born.
"You promised delivery by 11:00 and it was there at 10 45." Again the delight Factor. "I appreciate you not keeping me waiting…" says the customer.
Your estimate stated that it would be around $2,000 to do the job, but when the job was complete, the customer received a bill for $1,850. Wow! Again the delight factor. You want your customers leaving your place of business feeling good…real good, even excited.
Anything that you can give your customer in a positive manner that they didn't expect, will make them happy and help your business win a customer.
Predictability is well…predictable, but surprise and delight…that's where you can win a customer.
Make your current customers feel incredible with a delight factor. There's an old Cajun word Lagniappe (LAN-yap) it means… a little bit extra. You want to incorporate this Lagniappe philosophy into your business. I know a hamburger place in my town who is well known for Lagniappe…the owner throws an extra order of small fries in for free or a free soda in with your order, just to thank you for coming in. It's no surprise he's always busy!
There's also a small grocer in my neighborhood who hands you a small bag of free grapes or cherries when you check out at the register, just to thank you for coming in. Now he doesn't give cherries and grapes to everyone all the time but it seems that his store is always crowded.
And…what about the donut shop that will occasionally throw in some free donut holes? How would you feel if you got something that you didn't expect the next time you purchased something?
Don't just pay lip service to improving customer service. Good customer service is something you need to invest in to assure a steady flow of traffic, especially during difficult times.
You can start by treating your employees with respect. Your employees are a direct line to your customers. Making them feel good will transfer good feelings to making your customers feel good. The person on the front line can surprise a customer by showing a sincere personal interest in the customer, offering attention to a problem or finding a solution. Your front-line employees are valuable to your company, their able to develop a warm happy relationship between the customer and your business. Elements in creating a motivated staff are in recruiting the right people.
There are Four levels of customer service your company can offer:
Level 1. Customer Satisfaction
This is basic level customer service. This is where the customer expects decent service and gets it. A smile, a thank you and the courtesy that is well expected. This of course is the bare minimum.
Level 2. Exceeding Customer Satisfaction
This where you might offer coffee or pastries along with your friendly smile and the courtesy the customer deserves. Maybe offering a service your competition is not offering.
Level 3. Delighting Your Customers.
This is where you step it up a little. A free gift with purchase or a little extra for no charge. A surprise they weren't expecting… now you are starting to win the heart of the customer. A nice relationship is beginning to form.
Level 4. Amazing Your Customers.
This is where Word of Mouth is born. This is where your service is so good, your customer couldn't dream of ever going somewhere else. This is where you put your competition to shame and win the heart of the customer and believe me they will talk about you to all their friends. This is a level only the very best companies can reach,
You want to aim comfortably between Level 2 and Level 3. Level 4 is achieved only over time.
Customers feel good when you give them something they were not expecting. They feel ever more delighted when you have the delight factor working for you. For many businesses this alone can be a competitive advantage over the competition. Of course for the delight factor to work, it needs to be a total surprise, that's the key. The key word is Unexpected.
Most business owners want to put this delight factor into their ads thinking that it will attract new business. You can not advertise the delight factor in your ads.
Because it will defeat the entire purpose of the delight factor. It's not a delight when people expect it. Advertising your delight factor will actually work in reverse and set customers up to complain. They will expect something more from you, and believe me, they will never be delighted or appreciative, but will start to complain that you didn't meet their expectations.


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Battisti, I. and Fedoseev, V. and Bastiaans, K. M. and de la Torre, A. and Perry, R. S. and Baumberger, F. and Allan, M. P. (2017) Poor electronic screening in lightly doped Mott insulators observed with scanning tunneling microscopy. Physical Review B, 95 (23). Art. No. 235141. ISSN 2469-9950. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.235141. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170627-091217306
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The effective Mott gap measured by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in the lightly doped Mott insulator (Sr_(1−x)La_x)_2IrO_4 differs greatly from values reported by photoemission and optical experiments. Here we show that this is a consequence of the poor electronic screening of the tip-induced electric field in this material. Such effects are well known from STM experiments on semiconductors and go under the name of tip-induced band bending (TIBB). We show that this phenomenon also exists in the lightly doped Mott insulator (Sr_(1−x)La_x)_2IrO_4 and that, at doping concentrations of x≤4%, it causes the measured energy gap in the sample density of states to be bigger than the one measured with other techniques. We develop a model able to retrieve the intrinsic energy gap leading to a value which is in rough agreement with other experiments, bridging the apparent contradiction. At doping x≈5% we further observe circular features in the conductance layers that point to the emergence of a significant density of free carriers in this doping range and to the presence of a small concentration of donor atoms. We illustrate the importance of considering the presence of TIBB when doing STM experiments on correlated-electron systems and discuss the similarities and differences between STM measurements on semiconductors and lightly doped Mott insulators.
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This 6 November 2019 Dutch regional TV video is about teachers striking in Rotterdam. The trade unions expected only a few hundred teachers marching in a local protest demonstration. However, thousands turned up, in yellow vests and with signs and banners. Police told the marchers they should stay on the sidewalks. The teachers did not obey that, and traffic at the Erasmus bridge stopped.
This 6 November 2019 Dutch regional TV video shows thousands of Rotterdam teachers blocking Erasmus bridge traffic.
This video also shows the teachers at the Erasmus bridge, with motorists honking to show their support of the strike.
Last week, the Dutch government said after negotiations with trade union leaders that they would spend some extra money on education: only once, for this year, not for the years after that. Some trade union leaders then said that today's strike was off. Then, a small union, not involved in the negotiations, said they would strike anyway, as planned. Then, the rank and file of the biggest teachers' union, the AOb, rebelled. The AOb chair, who had signed the deal with the government while bypassing the full union executive council, resigned. The AOb said the strike would continue. Then, the usually more conservative Christian teachers union CNV said they supported the strike as well.
Teachers say that their wages are too low, classes are too big, causing stress. A one-off injection of some money for one year only does not solve these long-term problems.
There are big demonstrations today in many places. NOS TV says there are 5,000 at a rally in Leeuwarden; with thousands more outside who cannot get into the venue.
Ten thousand teachers demonstrate in Amsterdam.
Also in The Hague.
Striking teachers 'blocked' the Dutch education ministry in The Hague with over 150 toy tractors; a reference to earlier farmers' protests with real tractors.
This 6 November 2019 Dutch The Hague regional TV video shows an interview with a trade union leader.
Dutch education minister Slob claimed today that five of the six unions who had originally signed the deal still back it. That is misleading. Not only the biggest union, AOB, also the second biggest union CNV has dissociated itself from the insufficient government policy. The other four unions are small.
Dutch NOS TV says that 80% of all schools in the Netherlands are on strike today. 85% of parents support the striking teachers.
This photo shows parents demonstrating along with the teachers.
Thousands of teachers in the Netherlands at 4,300 primary and secondary schools, 80 percent of all schools across the country, staged a one-day strike November 6. The action was the latest in a series of mass protests across the country, which has been dubbed an "autumn of discontent." It took place during a two-day parliamentary debate on the education ministry budget for 2020: here.


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One of the most beloved and endangered animals in the world, the giant panda is in danger of dying out because "they're just a bit rubbish really", according to experts.
The giant panda is interesting to researchers for many reasons. One of the most unusual things about this animal is that its wrist bone has evolved into a rudimentary 'thumb', unlike most animals with paws. This gives it enormous dexterity compared with other bears and other animals.
Researchers used a computer simulation of several types to animal, to simulate what would happen if various other species of animal developed an opposable thumb. The simulation of a dolphin colony in the experiment developed their own musical instruments with shells and stones, while the domestic cats modelled in the experiment locked their owners out of the house and used the family laptop to order a kebab.
"However, when we gave the computer generated pandas larger, more powerful thumbs and greater dexterity, they simply went "Oh tar, I can pick up more bamboo now" and carried on sitting around and not having sex with each other,"
Said a researcher at a panda conservation site in China.
"While most species operate on a 'survival of the fittest' or at least a 'ooh, better just watch meself a bit, might get eaten or summat' mentality, as they struggle to feed themselves and procreate, the giant panda is simply not arsed about any of that stuff. They do occasionally eat other types of food if bamboo is not available, and they'll get up and go for a walk, and occasionally have a shag if they can really be arsed, but apart from that, being a cute panda is their full time occupation. They're like the Instagram Girls of the bear world,"
The development of panda Viagra and other methods that will allow pandas to procreate in greater numbers is being funded by campaigns worldwide.
"But it's a jolly good thing they're so bloody pretty and cute,"
Said the researcher.
"You don't catch warthogs and blob fish sitting about looking all photogenic. They'd have gone extinct years ago if they had the same attitude as pandas,"


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Although no member of the community will be denied the right to bring their complaints to the Greater Fall River Vocational School District Committee, they will be referred through the proper administrative channels for solution before investigation or action by the Committee. Exceptions will be made when the complaints concern Committee actions or Committee operations only.
The Committee believes that complaints are best handled and resolved as close to their origin as possible, and that the professional staff should be given every opportunity to consider the issues and attempt to resolve the problem prior to involvement by the Committee. Therefore, the proper channeling of complaints involving instruction, discipline or learning materials will be as follows:
- Teacher
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If a complaint, which was presented to the Committee and referred back through the proper channels, is adjusted before it comes back to the Regional School Committee, a report of the disposition of the matter will be made to the Committee and then placed in the official files.
Complaints about school personnel will be investigated fully and fairly. However, before any such complaint is investigated, the complainant must submit his complaint in writing. Anonymous complaints will be disregarded.
Matters referred to the Superintendent-Director and/or Regional School Committee must be in writing and should be specific in terms of the action desired.
The Committee expects the professional staff to receive complaints courteously and to make a proper reply to the complainant.
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