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What Is the Herb Belladonna Used For?
The herb belladonna's scientific name is atropa belladonna, and it is also commonly called deadly nightshade. It is highly toxic and shouldn't be ingested or touched by humans or pets in its plant form. Belladonna has been the basis for many medical treatments in history and modern science, and has some benefits when used appropriately. Keep in mind that even therapeutic doses of belladonna have an array of unpleasant side effects.
Eye Dilation
One of belladonna's active compounds is atropine, which is a key ingredient in the eye drops used by ophthalmologists to dilate patients' eyes for examination. This property of belladonna gives the herb its name, as Renaissance socialites in Italy often used eyedrops of a preparation of the herb to dilate their pupils, darkening their eyes and making themselves more attractive: "beautiful lady" is the meaning of "bella donna."
Women's Disorders
Belladonna is part of an herbal remedy called Bellergal--belladonna combined with ergot and phenobarbital--that has been used for menopause symptoms and pre-menstrual syndrome symptoms. However, the National Institute of Health's current recommendations on the product are that it needs further study.
Irritable Bowel
Since belladonna works by paralyzing involuntary muscles, it has been used with some success as a traditional herbal remedy for irritable bowel syndrome. Studies on its use for this purpose have shown mixed results, however, and it is often used in conjunction with other treatments for maximum effect.
In turn-of-the-century medicine, belladonna was used as an antidote to overdose or poisoning from opium, heroin and other opiate drugs, since its paralytic and stimulant effects counteract those of opiates. However, modern medicine rarely uses it for this purpose, since its own effects are toxic and can easily damage health further. It also has been used as an antidote to chloroform and some herbal poisonings.
Belladonna has been used throughout history as a sleeping drink, and it effectively anesthetizes patients as well. Its uses for these purposes are almost nonexistent in modern times, as safer substances can now be given for sleep and anesthesia.
Religious Use
Preparations of belladonna leaves or roots have been used in various shamanic religions across the globe. As the poisons in the plant act on an adult, delirium and visions may occur, giving rise to its use by witches, seers and shamans in pagan and tribal religions. Belladonna's other effects are so unpleasant, it is not used as a recreational drug, however.
Other Ideas
Belladonna has also been studied as a treatment for airway obstruction, ear infection, headache, autonomic nervous system disorders, radiation burn and excessive sweating, but has not been proven to have a beneficial effect on any of these conditions.


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Posted on 18 May 2016
Even though Oprah stopped her talk show in 2011, she never totally disappeared from the big screen nor our hearts. Oprah, originally named Orpah, started her own talk show in 1986. No one thought she was going to make it in this industry, this TV-star didn't leave any subject unspoken, her subjects went from psychosocial to society issues. She is outspoken, active, curious, open-minded and refreshing!
Not only successful in her own talk show, Oprah used her talent also in acting, among other movies she co-starred as a distraught housewife in the nostalgic The Color Purple. If you still haven't seen it, you really should. It takes you back on how drama looked like in the 90s..
Respond with excellence
Not everyone was delighted to see having her own show, after all it wasn't usual to have a black female host in the old days. TIME magazine even wrote about her: " In a field dominated by white males, she is a black female of ample bulk". Can you imagine how she must felt reading this racial comment? But she didn't back down, rather she responded with excellence in her work. She believed she could make the change against all the prejudice, especially in that time, she was determined to be a role model for all black women. Lesson? Let the haters show what you made off.
You're in charge, own it!
Did you know that Oprah founded Harpo Production? Being the CEO and have fully control on the content of her show. Countless of offers were made during her career to endorse other company's products that she refused. Finally, she created OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), her very own television product network. Here she made other dreams come true as well. Did you know that even Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz thank their success to Oprah? Yes, she saw talents in others that she wanted to support. What a great women, own your success to eventually provide success for others.
Weight problems
For many years Oprah struggles with her weight. In 1988 she revealed her weight loss, literally.. On a wagon she carried 67-pounds of fat. Celebrating her new body. It didn't took long before she gained the weight back on. 4 years later, she hired a personal trainer and started to commit her life to a better health. She lost some weight again, and back on and back on.. Due to emotional and medical problems she never managed to maintain her weight loss. She felt like she'd failed: "With all the other things that I know how to do and all the other things that I'm so great at and all the other accomplishments, I can't believe I'm still talking about weight". For your information, Oprah. We don't hold anything against you. We think you still look amazing and just because you're successful doesn't mean you need to fit size 0. In fact, you're showing the realness and the variety of women's body sizes. Although she didn't gain a slimming body, she maintained a healthy lifestyle. Way to go!
Over 25 years her talk show was a great success. She helped many women to pick their life again after being mentally and physically abused, because she herself went through it. However, she got out of it stronger than ever. "Every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear."
Helping others
Not only did she helped other talent by giving them platform, this superstar has also her own foundation that it called Oprah's Angel. With this foundation she help (re)building many lives. One of her many projects are schools all over the world, providing children education that wasn't normally achievable in those rural areas. Also, after the hurricanes in the USA she helped building 300 homes across the country. Being helpful towards others doesn't only takes money, it takes a big heart to think about others. When your wealth starts increasing, that's when your generosity should grow along.
May we all learn from this iconic queen and excellent in our and other's lives!
Much love and strength,
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Having a healthful brain not only means having better memory and focus, it means having the ability to function at a higher level and optimize your potential. It entails maintaining cognitive functioning into old age.
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1. Green, Leafy Vegetables
Green vegetarianism such as spinach, broccoli, collard greens, and kale are all full of brain-healthful nutrients such as folic acid, beta carotene, lutein, and vitamin K. These not only enhance your brainpower day-to-day, but research also shows that they might slow the cognitive decline which comes along with aging.
2. Unsaturated Fats, healthy
While research indicates saturated and trans fats that raise Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol are bad for cognition because they decrease the circulation of blood and might increase the formation of dementia-causing amyloid-beta plaques, unsaturated fats may actively improve cognition. Olive oil, particularly, has been proven to defend learning and memory and decrease the formation of plaques as well as neurofibrillary tangles in the brain (a classic mark of Alzheimer's). Olive oil does this by activating autophagy, the process whereby the mind breaks down and clears out toxins and debris.
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Speaking of walnuts, though all nuts deliver healthful protein and fats walnuts have been proven to really improve scores on cognitive tests. Walnuts are rich from the omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which shields blood vessels, reduces the amount of blood pressure level, also improves brain plasticity, which may help reduce depression and aid in curing after ischemic stroke.
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The 2010 Summer Photo Contest produced amazing photos of Valley County, which including photos of Wide Open Spaces, Wildlife Watching, Rural Farm & Ranch, and Community Event Memories. Thank you to all of you who submitted photos as well as those of you who voted in each month's contest. With these photos, we will be able to display what a great community Valley County is to live, work, and play in. Below is a recap of each month's winners. You can view all of the photo submissions for each month here.
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Funcinpec party president Prince Norodom Ranariddh has hand-picked his oldest son to take over the party in his absence as he continues to recover from a fatal car crash that killed his wife.
In a letter dated August 8, Prince Ranariddh's oldest son, Prince Norodom Chakravuth, was appointed to take the helm of the party while his father continues medical treatment in Thailand, where he has been since the June crash.
While Prince Ranariddh is in Bangkok, Prince Chakravuth is empowered to manage the party, make any necessary decisions, allow people to enter the party or discharge any members. The letter also said that the party secretary-general is now Pech Sodetha.
Prince Chakravuth, born in Phnom Penh in 1970, is Prince Ranariddh's son with his estranged wife.
Funcinpec spokesman Nhep Bunchin said yesterday the party warmly welcomed Prince Chakravuth as its leader.
"The president decided to appoint Prince Norodom Chakravuth as the party's acting president and appointed Pech Sodetha as secretary-general," Mr Bunchin said, noting that Mr Sodetha was the former deputy secretary-general.
"We support the prince's decision. It is not strange because Prince Chakravuth has also accompanied the president for years," Mr Bunchin said, noting that Prince Chakravuth was an engineer who studied in France.
"If we talk about politics, he looks young but he works with senior politicians, so he has good experience and he can do the job," he said.
Mr Bunchin said that according to the party's rules, the party had to appoint an acting president because Prince Ranariddh has been absent for too long.
Mr Bunchin said that Prince Ranariddh's health has gradually improved, but doctors have yet to discharge him from the hospital.
"Even though his son takes over, Prince Ranariddh remains the president and we will accompany him forever," Mr Bunchin said.
He said that Yim Savy, the former secretary-general, will become a vice president.
Mr Savy said that he personally knew Prince Chakravuth since he was a child during the 1980s when his father was part of the resistance movement along the Thai-Cambodian border.
"I think that he is a good person. Even though he has little political experience, he will cooperate and he will work well," Mr Savy said. "I think that the Funcinpec party could be strong again."
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"Ranariddh's successor should have been appointed through a meritocratic, competitive process in which his son was one of the candidates," Mr Mong Hay said.
Funcinpec has become weaker and weaker as it won 43 seats in the 1998 election, 26 seats in 2003 and just two in 2008 before being shutout in the 2013 election.
During last month's election campaign period, Prince Ranariddh was absent as he underwent medical treatment. Officials acknowledged that the prince's absence hampered last month's election showing.
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Patrick R. Mejia, 80, of Hampton, passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019, at the MercyOne North Iowa Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City, Iowa. He was born March 17, 1939, to Joseph and Petra (Rodriquez) Mejia.
Patrick attended schools in Manly, Iowa. He had two previous marriages. Patrick worked at Campbell Soup Company in Worthington, Minnesota. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Hampton, Iowa.
Patrick enjoyed fishing, going for breakfast, going for walks and attending his grand and great grandchildren's events. He also loved to spend time with his family.
Patrick is survived by his son Steven (Traci) Mejia of Kalispell, Montana, daughter Patricia Fitz of Eden Valley, Minnesota, son Lawrence (Julie) Mejia of Mankato, Minnesota, son Mark Mejia of Bolivar, Missouri, daughter Teresa (John) Newell of Rogers, Arkansas, seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, brother Ray Mejia of Manly, sister Angie (Carl) Landwell of Nixa, Missouri, sister Janie (Art) Roacha of Hampton, brother James (Shirley) Mejia of Hampton, brother Felix ( Betty Lou) of Tiffin, brother Joseph (Carol) Mejia of Northport, Florida.
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If you're over the age of 35 and you saw who I'm writing this article on, you probably just went "Wait, what? Why?" If you're under 35 and don't listen to The Adventure Zone and you saw who I'm writing about, you probably just went "Wait, who?" In a rare departure from talking about upcoming chiptune releases, I thought I might take a moment and talk about one of the early Moog synthesizer pioneers whose music has largely been out of print for the last ~40 years in hopes that a look at this particular time capsule might have some worthwhile stories to tell us in this modern era. Today's article is on the rerelease of Mort Garson's 'Plantasia,' courtesy of Sacred Bones Records.
Let me put a question to you: How can music be ubiquitous but not popular? Or to say it another way, if you were a child in America in the 1990's, you might remember that The Weather Channel played a lot of smooth jazz, but you almost certainly had no idea who composed it, right?* I find the work of Mort Garson to be much the same way. It's rare to find someone actually talking about Garson's work, not because of the lack of access to it – although until YouTube came along, that was definitely a limiting factor as most of his music has been out of print longer than I've been alive – but rather because his music is inherently engineered to be passive, to be taken in while doing something else. It not supposed to be the focus of what you're doing, but rather the pleasant accompaniment.
Mort Garson's commercial music career, once he embraced the Moog, was writing easy listening music. He wrote game show themes, scores for D-list movies and A-list book readings, and even the American moon landing, helping to solidify the association of synthesizers and space together (which means he's basically responsible for our last compilation). His personal projects, however, were much more high concept (pun intended). He composed music inspired by the zodiac and wrote covers and parodies of musicals, in addition to what we would probably refer to these days as much more proggy and psychedelic explorations of the occult. His music may have inspired the likes of The Moody Blues and even a particular Legend of Zelda song, but to sit and listen to his music on its own without doing something else almost feels wrong somehow, like you're committing some great sacrilege by actually stopping to fully focus on the music with 100% of your attention.
But if nobody told you, it's the age of sin now baby, and I aims to commit me some sacrilege on this here music blog.
The eponymous track on 'Plantasia' has all the trappings we might expect from a track serving as the entry point to a larger journey – a simple melody in the A section that builds into a triumphant B section, but what Garson sacrificed by following an easy compositional formula he more than makes up for in the complexity of the instrumentation. Bearing in mind that the hardware had been around for a grand total of about a decade by the time this album came out, the variation in the airy bell tones, the beefy brassy organ, the tight string-y bass parts and the theremin-esuqe lead in the second and third pass of the A and B portions is simply amazing.
'Ode to an African Violet' is my favorite track on the album. The focus synthesized percussion really makes this track shine – and not just actual designated "percussion sounds" but even the heavy staccato attacks for the bass and the lead later on really help keep the track driving forward despite its rather low energy. The layered harmonies that make up the first few seconds and continue to float upon the percussive bits are a smooth, buttery accompaniment.
If you wanted a track that is the most indicative of Garson's other work, 'You Don't Have to Walk a Begonia' is it. It's simple and whimsical. It sounds like a jingle for your local grocery store. It's a little more robust than his game show work, but it's clear this song, perhaps more than all the rest here, is Garson's "go with what you know and improve on it" song.
As the store page for Sacred Bones Records says, the album was originally available at the Mother Earth Plant Boutique in California and as a gift for purchasing mattresses at Sears. I won't go too much into the history of the release, as Andy Beta has done a wonderful job on that store page and Sean Cannon over at Discogs has a great writeup about this particular reissue which itself links to several very cool pieces about Garson himself. I encourage you to go read both. I'm extremely thankful to the good folks at Sacred Bones for giving me a legal way to own 'Plantasia' that isn't exorbitantly priced – as the Discogs article points out, this particular album has jumped astronomically in price over the last few years, and it's great to be able to own a high vinyl (or CD, for that matter) without selling one of my organs to get it.
So why is it, then, that Garson's name is essentially lost to the ages while his contemporaries like Wendy Carlos and Jean-Jacques Perrey enjoyed more fame? What can we take away about his process that is still applicable in the modern era? I think the concept of "fame" is literally the key here. Garson knew the music business – he went to Juilliard and spent a number of years as a composer and arranger for pop music after World War 2. When he embraced the synthesizer, he turned his vast knowledge and skill towards only taking jobs that let him make the music he wanted. As a result, he enjoyed a few decades of heavy production with the synthesizer after several decades of work in other fields. He never strove for outward fame, instead taking work that presumably interested him while still paying the bills, and he kept getting work because the people who did know his worth kept coming back to him because his unique sound was exactly what they knew they needed. In short, he was good at what he did and he networked with the right people to keep himself paid without letting his ego get the better of him while still maintaining a lifelong passion for his craft. Easy, right?
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*Whoa, you came this far to check my footnote? Rad. Take this Wikipedia link. You'll thank me later.
You know, since you're down here already, check out this cover of the eponymous track on 'Plantasia' by Griffin McElroy – I mentioned that he's who I have to thank for knowing about Mort Garson's work, so I feel it's only right to link his tribute as well.


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Fadnavis laid down the road map while speaking at the 73rd Independence Day celebrations in Mantralaya. Fadnavis has been pushing the Wainganga-Nalganga project ever since he assumed office.
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* [PATCH] doc: technical/ds.txt: describe PublicInbox::DS divergences @ 2020-01-10 20:35 Eric Wong 0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread From: Eric Wong @ 2020-01-10 20:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: meta Danga::Socket 1.62 was released a few months back and the maintainer indicated it would be the last release. We've diverged significantly in incompatible ways... While most of this should've already been documented in commit messages, putting it all into one document could make it easier-to-digest. It's also a strange design for anybody used to conventional event loops. Maybe this is an unconventional project :P --- Documentation/technical/ds.txt | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MANIFEST | 1 + lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm | 16 ++--- 3 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/technical/ds.txt diff --git a/Documentation/technical/ds.txt b/Documentation/technical/ds.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cbd06cfb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/technical/ds.txt @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +PublicInbox::DS - event loop and async I/O base class + +Our PublicInbox::DS event loop which powers public-inbox-nntpd +and public-inbox-httpd diverges significantly from the +unmaintained Danga::Socket package we forked from. In fact, +it's probably different from most other event loops out there. + +Most notably: + +* There is one and only one callback: ->event_step. Unlike other + event loops, there are no separate callbacks for read, write, + error or hangup events. In fact, we never care which kevent + filter or poll/epoll event flag (e.g. POLLIN/POLLOUT/POLLHUP) + triggers a call. + + The lack of read/write callback distinction is driven by the + fact TLS libraries (e.g. OpenSSL via IO::Socket::SSL) may + declare SSL_WANT_READ on SSL_write(), and SSL_WANT_READ on + SSL_read(). So we end up having to let each user object decide + whether it wants to make read or write calls depending on its + internal state, completely independent of the event loop. + + Error and hangup (POLLERR and POLLHUP) callbacks are redundant and + only triggered in rare cases. They're redundant because the + result of every read and write call in ->event_step must be + checked, anyways. At best, callbacks for POLLHUP and POLLERR can + save one syscall per socket lifetime and not worth the extra code + it imposes. + + Reducing the user-supplied code down to a single callback allows + subclasses to keep their logic self-contained. The combination + of this change and one-shot wakeups (see below) for bidirectional + data flows make asynchronous code easier to reason about. + +Other divergences: + +* ->write buffering uses temporary files whereas Danga::Socket used + the heap. The rationale for this is the kernel already provides + ample (and configurable) space for socket buffers. Modern kernels + also cache FS operations aggressively, so systems with ample RAM + are unlikely to notice degradation, while small systems are less + likely to suffer unpredictable heap fragmentation, swap and OOM + penalties. + + In the future, we may introduce sendfile and mmap+SSL_write to + reduce data copies, and use FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE on Linux to + release space after the buffer is partially cleared. + +Augmented features: + +* obj->write(CODEREF) passes the object itself to the CODEREF + Being able to enqueue subroutine calls is a powerful feature in + Danga::Socket for keeping linear logic in an asynchronous environment. + Unfortunately, each subroutine takes several kilobytes of memory. + One small change to Danga::Socket is to pass the receiver object + (aka "$self") to the CODEREF. $self can store any necessary + state it needs for a normal (named) subroutine. This allows us to + put the same sub into multiple queues without paying a large + memory penalty for each one. + + This idea is also more easily ported to C or other languages which + lack anonymous subroutines (aka "closures"). + +* ->requeue support. An optimization of the AddTimer(0, ...) idiom + for immediately dispatching code at the next event loop iteration. + public-inbox uses this for fairly generating large responses + iteratively (see PublicInbox::NNTP::long_response or the use of + ->getline callbacks for generating gigantic gzipped mboxes). + +New features + +* One-shot wakeups allowed via EPOLLONESHOT or EV_DISPATCH. These + flags allow us to simplify code in ->event_step callbacks for + bidirectional sockets (NNTP and HTTP). Instead of merely reacting + to events, control is handed over at ->event_step in one-shot scenarios. + The event_step caller (NNTP || HTTP) then becomes proactive in declaring + which (if any) events it's interested in for the next loop iteration. + +* Edge-triggering available via EPOLLET or EV_CLEAR. These reduce wakeups + for unidirectional classes (e.g. PublicInbox::Listener sockets, + and pipes via PublicInbox::HTTPD::Async). + +* IO::Socket::SSL support (for NNTPS, STARTTLS+NNTP, HTTPS) + +* dwaitpid (waitpid wrapper) support for reaping dead children + +* reliable signal wakeups are supported via signalfd on Linux, + EVFILT_SIGNAL on *BSDs via IO::KQueue. + +Removed features + +* Many fields removed or moved to subclasses, so the underlying + hash is smaller and suitable for FDs other than stream sockets. + Some fields we enforce (e.g. wbuf, wbuf_off) are autovivified + on an as-needed basis to save memory when they're not needed. + +* TCP_CORK support removed, instead we use MSG_MORE on non-TLS sockets + and we may use vectored I/O support via GnuTLS in the future + for TLS sockets. + +* per-FD PLCMap (post-loop callback) removed, we got ->requeue + support where no extra hash lookups or assignments are necessary. + +* read push backs removed. Some subclasses use a read buffer ({rbuf}) + but they control it, not this event loop. + +* Profiling and debug logging removed. Perl and OS-specific tracers + and profilers are sufficient. + +* ->AddOtherFds support removed, everything watched is a subclass of + PublicInbox::DS, but we've slimmed down the fields to eliminate + the memory penalty for objects. diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST index 914015ad..3736c777 100644 --- a/MANIFEST +++ b/MANIFEST @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Documentation/public-inbox-watch.pod Documentation/public-inbox-xcpdb.pod Documentation/public-inbox.cgi.pod Documentation/standards.perl +Documentation/technical/ds.txt Documentation/txt2pre HACKING INSTALL diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm index 09dc3992..058b1358 100644 --- a/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm +++ b/lib/PublicInbox/DS.pm @@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ # # This license differs from the rest of public-inbox # -# This is a fork of the (for now) unmaintained Danga::Socket 1.61. -# Unused features will be removed, and updates will be made to take -# advantage of newer kernels. +# This is a fork of the unmaintained Danga::Socket (1.61) with +# significant changes. See Documentation/technical/ds.txt in our +# source for details. # -# API changes to diverge from Danga::Socket will happen to better -# accomodate new features and improve scalability. Do not expect -# this to be a stable API like Danga::Socket. -# Bugs encountered (and likely fixed) are reported to -# email@example.com and visible at: +# Do not expect this to be a stable API like Danga::Socket, +# but it will evolve to suite our needs and to take advantage of +# newer Linux and *BSD features. +# Bugs encountered were reported to firstname.lastname@example.com, +# fixed in Danga::Socket 1.62 and visible at: # https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Danga-Socket package PublicInbox::DS; use strict; ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] only message in thread
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user/dev discussion of public-inbox itself Archives are clonable: git clone --mirror https://public-inbox.org/meta git clone --mirror http://czquwvybam4bgbro.onion/meta git clone --mirror http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/meta git clone --mirror http://ou63pmih66umazou.onion/meta Example config snippet for mirrors Newsgroups are available over NNTP: nntp://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta nntp://ou63pmih66umazou.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta nntp://czquwvybam4bgbro.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta nntp://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/inbox.comp.mail.public-inbox.meta nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.mail.public-inbox.general note: .onion URLs require Tor: https://www.torproject.org/ AGPL code for this site: git clone https://public-inbox.org/public-inbox.git


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The write up following below, reveals the general features of economic reform and agriculture in Iraq. It depicts as to what conditions prevailed in the earlier days, the reasons for the failure of the economic reforms introduced by the government. It shows that the Iraqi government was very complacent about the agrarian reforms.
Even though it did implement the reforms pertaining to agriculture, somehow the reforms failed to serve the purpose because of the faulty execution.
History of economic reform and agriculture in Iraq:
The agricultural sector in Iraq, underwent many reformations in the past forty four years.
However, judicious water management is something the country has always longed for. Due to the improper implementation of land reforms the productivity of the agricultural sector suffered a lot. As a result, this sector of the economy grew very slowly.
Ottoman Land Code, 1858:
According to the Ottoman Land Code, 1858, the arable land was categorized. This was also a part of the economic reform and agriculture in Iraq. Surveys were required to be carried out and the land was required to be registered.
However, by the time the First World War had commenced, only sparse agricultural land was registered. As per norms, the government was the owner of the land and the land titles were not secured. The Ottoman Land Code, which encompassed economic reform and agriculture in Iraq, failed to improve productivity of this sector. During that period agricultural land was mainly plowed by sharecroppers. The tenants were entitled to receive a meager sum of the agricultural output. This led to unequal distribution and eventually farmers lost interest in producing more than was actually required for sustenance.
First half of 1930:
By the first half of 1930, securing land titles had become the priority and an expansion of the agricultural sector was reckoned. The northern part of Iraq, was characterized by investments from the merchants in development of land. While in the Southern part of Iraq, tribal people were engaged in installation of pumps and worked towards betterment of land.
The scenario in 1990 and before:
Prior to the year 1990, approximately one third of the primary needs were produced by the country and the deficit was imported by spending USD$2 billion. Thereafter, even though demand for agricultural products have risen, the supply has not been enough.
Reasons for slow growth:
The agriculture sector has not been able to grow much due to the following reasons:
Lack of —
Quality seeds
Agricultural machinery
Agricultural spare parts
Animal vaccines
Equipments for tilling the land
The other problems facing the agricultural sector in Iraq include:
Shortage of raw materials
Technological know how
We see there are various hindrances in the development of the agricultural sector in Iraq. To overcome these problems economic reform to remove hindrances in the agricultural sector was felt. As part of the economic reform and agricultural in Iraq, the government should address adjusting programs pertaining to:
Land usage
Production of livestock
Production of feed resources
Protecting the ecology
Water resources
Research and development
Role of the government in economic reform and agriculture in Iraq:
Economic reform in the agriculture sector in Iraq, comprised establishment of land reforms. As per the land reform program in Iraq, there was provision for the modernization of the land after the land was redistributed. The power of the landowners was taken away and it was decided that land would be controlled by the government at the center. In the year 1981, government in Iraq decided that it would reduce intervention in matters related to land reform in the country. This led to the downfall of the agricultural sector in Iraq. After this development, the government remained silent for a long spell until it felt that things were moving out of hand. As part of the economic reform and agriculture in Iraq, privatization of land was recommended by the government.
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Henry's dad is a famous personal injury lawyer. Earl played two years of special teams at Stanford. Richard Dunbar the IV spent time in Leavenworth for murder. Stuck in a holding cell inside Tarrant County jail, in Fort Worth, TX, three men discuss the importance of names, high school football, and the crimes with which they've been charged. Unlikely bedfellows, they must learn to get along to survive.
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JUSTA LOTTA SDCC: Tanya Tate's Schedule For San Diego Comic Con!
Yeah! Here is the press release about my Comic Con week! Want to meet me? This is where I'll be. Also, interview requests can be made to firstname.lastname@example.com.
See you in San Diego!
TANYA TATE Set For Signings And Panel At San Diego Comic Con!
The cosplay superstar will be suiting up as pop-culture characters for appearances at the geektastic event.
For Immediate Release: July 7th, 2015
(HOLLYWOOD, CA) Tanya Tate is ready to rock San Diego Comic Con with a packed schedule of appearances and a panel. A prolific geek personality in her own right, the mainstream media maven has become a Comic Con mainstay over the last few years. Since making her SDCC debut in 2010, the Liverpudlian has been featured on a myriad of sites for her geek chic and love of cosplay. Part of her success can be attributed to her news and review site, JustaLottaTanya.com which covers the world of geekdom and pop-culture. Tanya will kick off her Comic Con adventure by participating once again on the How to Get News Coverage panel.
Taking place on Thursday, July 9 at 10:30am in Room 8, join Tanya and several geek journalists as they discuss the best methods on how small press publishers and companies can attain coverage in the media.
"I'm very excited to be back on the panel," said Tanya. "I love Comic Con and participating in the events at the show. This is a panel I feel well suited for. As a 'geek personality,' I look for ways to attain coverage for myself, but as a blogger I know what someone is looking for when it comes to coverage. So, I think I have something tangible to contribute."
More information on the How to Get News Coverage can be found here: http://sched.co/3kQD.
As most people know, Tanya has launched My Hero Toys, her own line of vinyl figures. On Friday, July 10th attendees will be able to pick up Tanya's limited edition figure based on her own cosplay creation, Lady Titan, directly from her at the Kuso Designer Toys booth, #5642. From 1pm - 3pm, Tanya will be signing her Lady Titan figures. Those that can not make it to Comic Con can still order the My Hero Toys vinyl figures from the website MyHeroToys.com.
On Saturday, Tanya will be signing autographs and posing for pictures at the Full Moon Features booth #4022. Recently, Tanya made her Full Moon debut in the mainstream horror / comedy Evil Bong 420. Now part of the Full Moon family, she'll be on hand to meet fans July 11th from 2pm - 4pm. Those that want to see Tanya in action can watch Evil Bong 420 on VOD at FullMoonFeatures.com.
Follow Tanya Tate on Twitter, Twitter.com/TanyaTate, for constant updates on the star's activities and unplanned photo opportunities. Throughout the show Tanya will be utilizing her Periscope account to keep fans apprised of her location.
Meet cosplay superstar Tanya Tate at San Diego Comic Con this week and join her for a panel and signings!
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LAFAYETTE-WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Here are the latest snow related closings, cancellations and delays for Greater Lafayette, Indiana.
- Benton Community Schools closed Wednesday, February 2nd due to the weather.
- Tippecanoe School Corporation schools will be closed on Wednesday.
- Lafayette Catholic School System schools will be closed on Wednesday. Catholic Schools Week Mass is cancelled and will not be rescheduled.
- Montessori School of Greater Lafayette will be closed on Wednesday.
- Wea Ridge Baptist Church: Due to weather conditions and forecast weather conditions we are canceling ALL services, events and activities Tuesday February 1 and Wednesday February 2. This includes Youth Ignite, AWANA, and Bible Study-Prayer Meeting.
- Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) Due to the continued disruption in parts delivery to SIA. 1st shift production Associates should not report to work on Wednesday, February 2, 2011, with the exception of 1st shift Maintenance and tool and die Associates who should report to work at the start of their normal shift. In addition, all Group Leaders and Managers as well as Administrative Associates should report to work if possible. Prior to reporting to work, 2nd sift associates please call the SIA Plant Status line at 449-6333 or 1-800-884-4121 or log onto www.my-sia.net for current plant status notifications. In addition, the SIA Child Development Center will also be closed on Wednesday, February 2, 2011.
- CityBus is operating the weekday, no Purdue classes schedule. This means that regular routes are operating the same schedule operated during Purdue break service. (Route 8 does not operate, 23 Wabash Trolley operates the black line.) Campus Loops are not operating, and neither are the Campus Suites or College Station routes, due to the closure of Purdue University. As the next wave of weather comes in today, be aware that significant delays or service disruptions are likely.
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Paragraph 19 is where Euler defines the natural numbers as adding one starting from zero.
19. In the same manner, therefore, as positive numbers are incontestably greater than nothing, negative numbers are less than nothing. Now, we obtain positive numbers by adding 1 to 0, that is to say, 1 to nothing; and by continuing always to increase thus from unity. This is the origin of the sequence of numbers called natural numbers; the following being the leading terms of this sequence:
and so on to infinity.
But from this progression, Euler derives no definition of addition or multiplication or proofs of the associative or commutative laws of addition. This waited until Grassmann 1861 did it using induction and recursion.
68. When a number, as 7, for instance, is said not to be divisible by another number, let us suppose by 3, this only means, that the quotient cannot be expressed by an integer number; but it must not by any means be thought that it is impossible to form an idea of that quotient. Only imagine a line of 7 feet in length; nobody can doubt the possibility of dividing this line into 3 equal parts, and of forming a notion of the length of one of those parts.
Euler later gives the rules for fraction procedures but without using this "definition" of fractions in geometry at all. For example Euler paragraph 94.
Thus Euler leaves a huge gap from his geometry to justify fractions to his procedural rules for manipulating fractions. The same gap exists in modern K-12 teaching. The gap is filled by dropping the geometry and using algebraic reasoning and logic to define fractions and their rules. Area and length are then applications of fractions not their definition.
Modern K-12 teaching has the identical fallacies and misdirections as in Euler 1765 Elements of Algebra. Those were fixed in the 19th century by Grassmann, Dedekind, Peano and others. That is New Math. There is no going back. Teaching Euler's 1765 fallacies all over again in 2012 does not help. It is the same as simply replaying a Khan Academy video that is known to contain errors. But this time it is done by mathematicians who should know better.
Telling students that the rules for manipulating fractions come from geometry is a deception in the middle of the progression from natural numbers to the rules of rational numbers. It cements not teaching them the Peano Axioms and it is a road block to their understanding algebra and the structure of math that gives rise to algebra. For this reason it can be called the Central Lie in Arithmetic. It is related to the tower of deceptions in teaching natural numbers. Those tend to be lies of omission rather than of commission.
Math moved on from Euler's 1765 Elements of Algebra. But math teaching did not. Even though Grassmann was an elementary and high school teacher and his taking the next step forward came directly out of his realizing the gaps in Euler.
Because of Euler's great prestige as a mathematician, his approach to teaching elementary algebra persists. Thus Euler's dead hand lies heavy still on elementary math education. Even though Grassmann, Dedekind and Peano and others have found and filled the gaps. Despite this the identical fallacies and outright deceptive teaching in Euler 1765 is persisted in.
Students come across these same logical chasms in 2012 just as Grassmann and his brother perceived them in the years leading up to 1861. There is no road out of the Euler Alps except over the bridges built by Grassmann, Dedekind and Peano.
The only alternative to teaching the outright deception that the rules of fractions come from some geometric definition is to state explicitly that they do not and to say they must come at least in part as new mathematical creations. We can use them in geometry but we do not really derive the rules for fractions from any geometric definition. Anything else is perpetuating a fallacy that has devastating consequences for understanding the structure of arithmetic and thus the concepts of arithmetic and algebra both.
Until students are taught to use the bridges built by Grassmann, Dedekind and Peano out of the Euler Alps, students will continue to die like Hannibal's elephants.
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Dream Home
My husband and I feel so lucky to have Barbara and Ted helping us sell our old house and then find our "dream home". We were both traveling aboard while selling our old house last summer, so the timing was a big challenge for all of us. On top of that, the house itself was not a "easy" piece. Thanks to their proffeional advice, we sold our old house much faster than we had expected. Then we finally moved forward to the "fun part"–buying a house. After becoming familiar with our persona, what we like, dislike and need, the list they put together to show us every time was great. We actually fell in love with a few of them. We asked them a lot questions when visiting these houses and they always gave us their honest opinion and if by any chance there was anything they couldn't answer right away, they went back and find us the best solution. We are living in our new house now and we love it every single day. It was a wonderful experience working with them! (P.s. We love the story of "Duck in the Truck" :P)— Yvonne Q


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Listen to me talk about this wonderfully surreal thing I found: Living Buddhas (ikibotoke, 生き仏 or sokushinbutsu, 即身仏). The thing is, they're not really alive, at least not anymore. *cue scary music*… no, seriously, cue the scary music, things are going to get weird.
Also, because I didn't mention it in the podcast the background of this month's Uncanny Japan was recorded at a local temple on New Year's Eve at midnight. The sounds you hear are the people milling around wishing each other a Happy New Year and the temple bell being rung 108 times (to ring out our humanely sins). The latter thing is called Joya no Kane.
If you're interested in ikibotoke/sokushinbutsu or self mummification, I found a page in Japanese about a route you can travel to see all the Living Buddhas in their respective temples up in Northern Honshu, in Yamagata Prefecture. Below I translated the highlights:
- Start at Nangakuji (南岳寺), a nine-minute car ride from Tsuruoka Station (Yamagata Prefecture). Here you can find TetsuRyouKai, who became a sokushinbutsu in 1881.
- A 30-minute drive from there will take you to Honmyoji (本明寺) where you can see the Living Buddha, Honmyouji Shonin.
- Next take a 20-minute jaunt to 龍水寺大日坊・湯殿山総本寺 (Yudonosansouhonji). Here you'll be able to pray to 真如海上人.
- Hop back in your car and drive 8-minutes to Yudonosan Churenji (湯殿山注連寺). The sokushinbutsu at this temple passed away in 1829.
- Lastly, drive one hour to Kaikouji (海向寺) . Here there are two Living Buddhas: Chukai (忠海上人)who became an ikibotoke in 1785 and Enmyokai (円明海上人) who became an ikibotoke in 1822.
It is said that these Living Buddhas can answer your prayers. So there's that. Also, if you're into amulets, the self mummified monks' robes are changed occasionally and the cloth from the old garments is used to make omamori.
You can also find me on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqAtoUS51HDi2d96_aLv95w
Notes: The intro/outro music of Uncanny Japan is a song by Christiaan Virant ("Yi Gui" from Ting Shuo). The whole album is just gorgeous as it everything else by FM3.


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Born Ethan Skip Erickson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Erickson once played the recurring role in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as jock Percy West, that actress Alyson Hannigan's character Willow Rosenberg tutors. He appeared in both season 3 and season 4 as the same character. As a gymnast since age 8, Erickson reportedly won the part after impressing director/creator Joss Whedon with a backflip during his audition. Erickson also starred in Jawbreaker (1999) with Rose McGowan and Julie Benz, as well as The In Crowd and played as A.J. 'J' Chamberlain on Guiding Light.
In 2006, he hosted a short-lived series on UPN called Get This Party Started with Kristin Cavallari of Laguna Beach fame. That same year, he starred in Fashion House on MyNetworkTV as scheming senior designer and blackmailer John Cotter which aired in 2006 in the United States. Once known as the voice of Southwest Airlines, Erickson also does a variety of other voice-over work.
In April 2008, he briefly stepped into the role of Dr. Patrick Drake on the ABC Daytime soap opera, General Hospital, while actor Jason Thompson had to take a medical leave of absence.
In the fall of that same year, his role on CSI: NY as firefighter/boyfriend (Brendon Walsh) to Detective Stella Bonasera, played by actress Melina Kanakaredes was upgraded to recurring. In December 2008 he played a doctor again on an episode of The Starter Wife.
In January 2009, Erickson guest starred on Monk as star quarterback David Gitelson. In May 2009 he was reportedly cast as Britney Spears love interest in her video Radar. Two months later, both Erickson and Spears were seen in an ad for Candie's, a young women's fashion line.
Later that year, Erickson was cast in the 2009 Melrose Place remake, where he had a recurring role as executive chef and co-owner Marcello, in the restaurant where both Ashlee Simpson's character, Violet, and Colin Egglesfield's Auggie, work. In addition, he was also the host and narrator of Chefs vs. City on Food Network for years 2009 and 2010.
In 2010, Erickson worked on the hit ABC drama Castle opposite Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion. Later that same year he guest-starred on the TNT network's show The Closer with actress Kyra Sedgwick.
Ethan plays the lead role of character Eddie Avedon opposite Jennie Garth, Fred Willard, Zack Ward and Marilu Henner in a movie of the week for Hallmark Entertainment entitled Accidentally in Love, for release in 2011. In the romantic comedy, co-written by Garth's husband and Twilight actor, Peter Facinelli, Erickson portrays a struggling, jaded actor who secretly plays a costumed character on a children's TV show. His outlook on life begins to transform as he realizes his work and life have a bigger meaning when he falls for the mother of a fan of his show.
In 2011, Erickson will be working with Anne Heche and Eriq LaSalle on a mini-series. The network and air dates have not yet been determined.
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The Times missed the point and had no balance to its article published on 15 October 2018 titled 'NHS payouts to disabled children reach £100 million in a day. The NHS only has itself to blame for failing to learn from mistakes. These claims will have taken many years to reach approval so sensationalising £100m awards over 24 hours is really poor journalism. Liz Truss had no choice as the rate used to calculate future investment return had been unsustainable for years and it is interesting to note that the perceived over-generous current rate will be abolished within a year or so, despite devastated victims having suffered under-settlement for years.
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The Singapore Sports Hub is hosting the first-ever cultural festival at the National Stadium in collaboration with the Japanese Association of Singapore. It offers visitors an immersive experience of Japanese culture, through various activities including the traditional Bon-Odori dance, stage performances featuring Japanese dance and theatrical shows, a cultural corner showcasing the Japanese Koto, tea ceremony, and kimonos, and Yukata try-outs.
Fans of Japanese pop culture can look forward to the Pokémon carnival featuring numerous Pokémon-themed game stations and machines, Pikachus meet-and-greet sessions, Japanese-themed games and activity stands to entertain the young and young at heart.
The event is held in conjunction with the Sports Hub Community Play Day. This edition of the event will take on a motorsports-related 'Fun-on-Wheels' theme, with activities such as F1 car racing simulators try-outs, Daytona arcade games and a Family Drag Race. Fitness buffs can also get their fix at the J-Party Fitness Workout, a mass cardio exercise by Japanese instructors.
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Dimensional layers, ocean, sky, stones, earth, grass and flowers overlapping in my favorite nature-spot (or one of them) in Sweden: Ales Stenar in Skåne.
We spent some sunny hours in Skanvik, on Gränsö Island outside Västervik. Click on image for full view.
A post answering my new on-wordpress-friend Jackie Sowrey's post Sea Spray. This photo is taken in Mauritius.
Sunset over Norways Atlantic Archipelago, we drove over there for a few days, it was the first time I saw the Atlantic ocean!


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Our very own pot of gold! A beautiful way to get the day started.
Our very own pot of gold! A beautiful way to get the day started.
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A perfect day in Sandy Mush.
Beyond the beauty, vigor and friendship, I learn something new each time we join together on our Sandy Mush hikes. This time I learned that our family's land on Garrett Cove is actually called and spelled the Isom pasture after Isom Evans. I always thought it was Isen (a slurred icing in my childhood mind); it shows how easy it would be for geographic or other names to get changed over the years. I also learned that the cabin that our friends, Dave and Kim, restored on their Sandy Mush Farm (aka Everett Farm aka McCracken Place), our September hike, was originally on this land and was moved in the 1940's before finally relocating on Dave and Kim's.
But most importantly, I learned that Vance is a heck of tree climber and apple picker! Sorry you missed the hike and the apples, but enjoy the photos.
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Our May 3rd hike was gorgeous with the spring flowers blooming and the cool green hues of the forest beckoning us to continue until our ascent on the stunning rock outcrop overlooking much of Big Sandy Mush, where we enjoyed our picnic, the view and the discovery of our native columbine. A huge thanks to Kevin and Linda for hosting this hike and to Kevin for leading our hike and for his trail. It is always fun to go exploring in the woods. Enjoy a glimpse of our hike.
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We enjoyed a leisurely four hour hike with several ascents to an almost 360 degree view of Little and Big Sandy Mush, and then back to Dort and Charley's for a picnic lunch in the warmth of sunshine and friends.
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We have started our Sandy Mush Hiking Club, a group of us who can't imagine a better way to enjoy a day than hiking in Sandy Mush and enjoying the wonderful company, conversation and beautiful mountains. We were fortunate to have our local historian, Vance Garrett, lead our hike through the Garrett Cove into the high mountain pasture overlooking Crabtree in Haywood County, circling around Sharp Top through the Flatwoods and then back down into Garrett Cove. We enjoyed the 4 and 1/2 hour hike with over 1000 elevation gain with a surprise visit to a cave, a botany lesson in the garlic mustard invasive and a conservation talk with Sarah of Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. SAHC holds conservations easements on three of the properties in Garrett Cove. I am thankful for the people with the foresight to conserve this land for now and for many future generations, and I am thankful for the history that Vance so graciously shared with us.
Enjoy the photos!
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Deeper and darker in execution, the 43 minute plus title track brings in more echoes from the fallback, soundboard and tightly wound strings than the previous pseudo-études. With the sometimes more individualized processes slightly more muffled the tendency towards abstraction and pure sound is intensified. Strummed chords and sympathetic vibrations poke out from the sometime kinetic program, but at the same time equal pressure towards creating sequences of impenetrable near musique concrete vies with the syncopation, Finally with jagged and tremolo repetitions seemingly bouncing off soundboard, piano timbres reach a point of affective concurrence.
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We are a multi-cultural Catholic parish that was created in 2019 at the request of Archbishop Anthony Mancini as part of the "New Parishes: Stronger Together" initiative.
A Community of Communities
St Thomas More CommunityLocated at 15 Caledonia Road, the St. Thomas More community began in the 1950's as a mission of St. Peter's Church in Dartmouth before becoming a distinct parish in 1961. The parish community grew with the Caledonia area neighbourhood and can claim many families who have attended their entire lives. The parish is also home to a large African Mass Community, which has celebrated Masses on the first Sunday of the month since 2017.
St. Vincent de Paul CommunityLocated at 320 Flying Cloud Drive, this faith community celebrated its first Mass in 1986. Since then, the Stewardship Centre was built to accommodate the growing ministries of the parish. Today, many ministries and dedicated volunteers make up the heart of the community.
La Mission la Sainte FamilleIn 2019, Archbishop Mancini designated La Mission la Sainte Famille as a French mission (an organized effort of a parish of outreach and service to a particular group) of Christ the King Parish. To learn more about the French community, please visit our La Mission website.
How Did We Get Here?
Prayer, Proposals, and Preparation
January 2011 – Archbishop Mancini wrote his Pentecost Pastoral Letter encouraging parishes to focus on Community, Formation & Mission
2012-2016 – Diocese held Assemblies of the People of God & Pastoral Planning Meetings
March 2017 – Launch of the 3-Year Pastoral Plan, "Equip the Saints"
March–April 2017 – Parishes participated in the Lenten Series videos & discussion of "Equip the Saints" plan
January–June 2018 – Priests across the Diocese were asked to propose "new parish" groupings that would consolidate resources and better equip our communities to become missionary parishes
October 2018-December 2018 – Archbishop Mancini's first draft of parish groupings was proposed to all the faithful; feedback was requested and the Bishop received ongoing consultation
Transition Begins
January 2019 – Archbishop Mancini announced the new parish groupings, transition began
January 2019 – Fr. Derek (Pastor of SVDP) began a time of sabbatical
February 2019 – Fr. Toochukwu named administrator of SVDP & STM. Fr. Toochukwu formed a Transition Team & began meetings. Finance, Staffing, & Religious Education subcommittees were formed to address specific areas of parish life.
March 2019 – Fr. Toochukwu was named Pastor of Parish 6 (St Thomas More, St Vincent de Paul, Mission la Sainte Famille)
April 2019 – First Leader Meeting & Town Hall Meeting to gather community feedback about certain aspects of the Transition Team's plan
May 2019 – Staffing Changes & Office Location were announced. New Mass Times & Parish Name announced
June 2019 – Second Leader Meeting & Town Hall Meeting
July 1, 2019 – New Mass Times began
August 2019 – New Christ the King Parish Office opened at the SVDP site; we welcomed new staff (Debbie Cox, Darlene Bonang, Shereen Daniels, Becca O'Hara). Transition Team completed their Transition Team Report and formally dissolved.
September 2019 – A new Leadership Team and Pastoral Council were formed to lead the new parish. New combined Religious Ed program began. Consolidation of resources and ministries began.
What's Next?
January 1, 2020 – All Canonical Mergers must be complete; transition work of building unity and combining resources continues. Finances are fully integrated and a budget is developed to support our mission.
Spring 2020 – New Mission Plan for our parish will be developed by our Pastoral Council and proposed to the community. The plan will be implemented by our Leadership Team & Ministry Leaders


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Food industry experts and policymakers are having difficulty determining the implications of President Donald Trump's pronouncements regarding foreign trade, including the possibility of imposing tariffs on imports from Mexico, renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and ignoring rulings made by the World Trade Organization.
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Adding to the uncertainty, many key presidential advisers and senior agency officials—all with roles to play in shaping food policy—have yet to be confirmed by the Senate. Among them are Scott Gottlieb, MD, a former deputy FDA commissioner, nominated to head that agency, and Robert Lighthizer, a Maryland attorney, nominated to be U.S. trade representative. Sonny Perdue, nominated to head USDA, has undergone hearings in the Senate but, as of publication deadline, had not yet been confirmed. Issues involving food imports, exports, and safety will likely be impacted by these and other officials.
Questions also surround emerging domestic policies, including a temporary freeze on new and pending federal regulations until reviewed and approved by the Trump administration; the identification of at least two prior regulations to be eliminated for every new regulation issued; the proposed downsizing of the federal government and slashing of non-defense, discretionary budgets, possibly affecting spending for food safety.
In a preliminary budget submission for Fiscal 2018, the Trump administration is seeking $17.9 billion for USDA, a $4.7-billion or 21 percent reduction from 2017's funding level. USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) would remain fully funded, however. (By law, slaughter and processing facilities cannot operate unless FSIS inspectors are present.) But some external research grants could be trimmed, and the budget "focuses" in-house research funding within the Agricultural Research Service to the "highest priority agriculture and food issues," such as farm productivity, and "addressing food safety and nutrition priorities."
Funding within FDA for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and food safety is not specifically addressed in the budget, although funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, FDA's parent agency, would be cut by $15.1 billion, or 17.9 percent over the current year. Fiscal 2018 begins Oct. 1, 2017. The White House plans to submit a traditional full budget in mid-May.
Trump has been explicit about his disdain for government regulations which, he says, have impeded business growth and U.S. productivity, and his desire to repeal or trim back rules that are costly or burdensome. Thus far, however, the Trump administration has not indicated how it views FSMA, whose extensive rules and regulations are in the process of being implemented by industry. Most industry experts doubt that the administration would seek to dismantle FSMA, given that its major provisions have already been issued as final rules and that the law was passed with strong bipartisan congressional and industry support.
The White House, however, has not explicitly addressed its overall philosophy regarding food safety. This has left many people sifting for clues. For example, does Trump's well-known preference for burgers and steaks cooked well-done mean that he truly appreciates the importance of proper food preparation and handling to prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses?
Perhaps more significantly, what, if anything, should be made over the Trump campaign's online posting—and prompt removal—last September of a fact sheet that highlighted "specific regulations to be eliminated," including what the campaign referred to as the "FDA Food Police" in the fact sheet? It claimed the FDA Food Police "dictate how the federal government expects farmers to produce fruits and vegetables" and that federal regulations "greatly increased inspections of food 'facilities' and levies new taxes to pay for this inspection overkill." Following publicity, fact sheet was quickly removed and replaced with one that did not mention the FDA.
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At the heart of many concerns is how the U.S. food industry may be impacted by major changes to international trade agreements. Trump, both as candidate and president, has made foreign trade a cornerstone of his agenda to strengthen the U.S. economy by promising to make such agreements "freer and fairer for all Americans." The Trump administration's trade policy agenda, issued March 1, 2017 by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), promises "a fundamental change in direction of U.S. trade policy" by focusing on bilateral instead of multilateral negotiations and renegotiating and revising agreements "when our goals are not being met."
Shortly after assuming office, Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from TPP, a trade agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam that had been seven years in the making under the Obama administration.
While noting that Congress was unlikely to ratify TPP in any case, the United Fresh Produce Association urged the Trump administration to "move past anti-trade rhetoric" and begin building consensus for key portions of TPP that would have benefited U.S. growers. These include rules that prevent countries from imposing protectionist measures in the form of sanitary and phytosanitary barriers. Without these, "countries can simply choose to block imports without scientific justification," said Tom Stenzel, president and CEO, United Fresh.
Most U.S. food-industry related worries, however, surround Trump's repeated calls to renegotiate NAFTA and impose tariffs of 10 to 20 percent on imports from Mexico and possibly other countries, with revenues to be used, in part, to build a wall along the southern U.S. border. When it went into effect in 1994, NAFTA removed most remaining trade barriers and tariffs from the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. The pact has long been controversial due to concerns of job losses, declining wages, and companies shifting manufacturing to Mexico. Indeed, Trump called NAFTA "the worst trade deal in the history of the country."
While continuing to bristle over the concept of a border wall (and any suggestion that they should help pay for it), Mexican officials agree that NAFTA needs updating. "NAFTA is a 23-year-old agreement. We need to bring it up to modernity," said Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo at a meeting hosted by the Detroit Economic Club in March. He disagreed with Trump that NAFTA has led to a "massive" trade imbalance, noting that Mexico's exports to the U.S. in 2016 totaled $294 billion compared to $231 billion in U.S. exports to Mexico.
According to USTR, Mexico was the second-largest supplier of imported agricultural products to the U.S. in 2015 (the most recent year available), with goods totaling $21 billion. Leading categories included tomatoes and other fresh vegetables ($4.8 billion), fresh fruit including strawberries and avocados ($4.3 billion), wine and beer ($2.7 billion), snack foods ($1.7 billion), and processed fruit and vegetables ($1.4 billion). Any border tax or tariff would be imposed on U.S. importers, adding to the cost of products as they crossed the border, which would either lead to reduced company profits or passed along to consumers.
With much at stake, more than 130 U.S. food and agricultural organizations have urged Trump to not abandon NAFTA but to upgrade and modernize it, thereby preserving and expanding its gains. In a Jan. 23, 2017 letter to the president, the groups, organized as the U.S. Food and Agricultural Dialogue for Trade, noted that NAFTA has been a "windfall" for U.S. farmers, ranchers, and food processors, with agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico more than quadrupling in value, from $8.9 billion in 1993 to $38.6 billion in 2015.
"With the productivity of U.S. agriculture growing faster than domestic demand, the U.S. food and agriculture industry…relies heavily on export markets to sustain prices and revenues," said the letter, whose signatories included such trade and industry groups as the American Soybean Association, the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, the U.S. Dairy Export Council, and Western Growers, as well as major food processing companies, including Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill, and Tyson Foods.
Regulatory, Hiring Freezes
While FSMA itself is unlikely to be affected by the administration's temporary freeze on new and pending regulations or the two-for-one rule, some FSMA-related issues might be. They include pending FDA rules for food lab accreditation standards, the posting of recall notices, and traceability regulations for high-risk foods. Other potentially affected actions include a USDA final rule on adding new requirements to the National Organic Program for livestock handling and avian living conditions, and an FDA proposed rule to remove GRAS affirmation for partially hydrogenated oils, according to an analysis by the Covington & Burling law firm. Finally, FDA guidance documents related to the Nutrition Facts Label final rule could also be delayed.
The Trump administration's freeze on filling vacant federal government positions, announced in January, was having a negative effect on USDA's FSIS. According to a Jan. 18, 2017 internal message sent to FSIS staffers, the staffing freeze would delay tests of pathology samples submitted to the FSIS lab system for analysis. "AMR-01 and rush cases will be given priority status," the memo stated, "however, turnaround times and expected to be delayed by at least 24 hours on these samples." Resolving the matter would depend on staffing of key positions, it added.
But administration staffing at the most senior levels is also causing some concern. Sonny Perdue, Trump's choice to lead the USDA, was governor of Georgia in 2008 and 2009 when the Peanut Corp. of America Salmonella outbreak occurred, which killed nine people and sickened at least 714 others across 46 states. Two years earlier, under Perdue, Georgia had slashed its food safety budget by 29 percent. The FDA had delegated inspection responsibility to the state, and state officials later said that shortfalls in manpower and funding had hindered their ability to adequately inspect the company.
In March, Trump nominated Dr. Gottlieb to head the FDA. A former deputy FDA commissioner for medical and scientific affairs (2005-2007), Dr. Gottlieb's experience has been mainly with pharmaceutical discovery, development, and drug approval policies, including design of and requirements for human clinical trials. The extent to which he might be directly involved in the agency's food portfolio remains unclear, although some previous FDA commissioners had largely delegated food responsibilities to their deputies.


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Shell Parts Ways with ALEC over Climate Change, Exodus at 106 [1]
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Royal Dutch Shell announced Friday that it planned to let its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council [3] (ALEC) lapse early next year, explicitly citing the organization's stance on climate change. The last oil company to cut ties with ALEC was BP [4] in March 2015.
In a statement, a Shell spokesperson said [5], "ALEC advocates for specific economic growth initiatives, but its stance on climate change is clearly inconsistent with our own." The decision will make Shell the 105th corporation to cut ties [6] with ALEC. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Shell [7] is one of the largest oil companies in the world, with revenues of $421 billion in 2014.
The Guardian also reported [5] today that Canadian National Railway (CNR), headquartered in Montreal, has ended its membership in ALEC, bringing the total number of companies to have abandoned the controversial organization to 106. CNR, a major transporter of coal, has not made a public statement regarding its decision.
Shell has been under pressure [8] to cut ties to ALEC over the organization's role in promulgating climate science denial [9] in direct contradiction to Shell's own official position. In 2014 Google chair Eric Schmidt accused [10] the organization of "literally lying" about climate change and quit ALEC, prompting an exodus of high-tech firms.
ALEC, whose funders are dominated by dirty energy companies [11], has long offered workshops by "experts" who deny climate science. The group has promoted model bills that to roll back renewable energy and block President Obama's Clean Power Plan geared toward reining in carbon pollution. Most recently, the Washington Post reported [12] that ALEC adopted the Environmental Impact Litigation Act, which would allow private corporations, including fossil fuel interests, to fund state litigation against environmental policies like the Clean Power Plan.
In contrast, a Shell spokesperson told [13] the Washington Post in 2014, "Let me [be] very very clear, for us climate change is real and it's a threat that we want to act on. We're not aligning with skeptics."
David Anderson of the Union of Concerned Scientists, which played a leading role in the campaign, called [14] the decision a "big win" and thanked the 130,000 people who signed a petition calling on Shell to stop funding ALEC.
Angela Anderson, director of the UCS Climate and Energy Program, released a statement [15] saying,
Shell's leadership has recognized that the company's membership in ALEC is at odds with its acceptance [16] of climate science. We're happy that they've responded to scientists and investors [17] who have been urging Shell to sever its ties with ALEC. It's simply untenable for companies to ask policymakers to adopt a carbon price [18] while supporting groups that fight climate and clean energy policies and spread misinformation about climate science. If other fossil fuel companies want to be taken seriously when they say they support action on climate change, they should do the same.
While today's announcement marks another win against ALEC's climate denial, activists are likely to keep the pressure on Shell, which has been ramping up [19] its Arctic drilling. Just last week, a Shell icebreaking vessel was briefly stopped from leaving Portland, Oregon when dozens of "kayaktivists" and rappellers blockaded [20] the Columbia River in a protest organized by Greenpeace.
As CMD Director of Research Nick Surgey told [5] The Guardian, "It's obviously a positive step for Shell to stop funding ALEC and its climate change denial. Other oil companies should join them. Unfortunately this is another occasion when Shell's positive language about climate change doesn't match their actions. Drilling for oil in the Arctic might turn a profit for Shell, but it must be stopped if we want to avoid catastrophic climate change."
Nick Surgey, Jamie Corey, and Jessica Mason contributed to this story.