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2011 NCAA Baseball Tournament Super Regionals Scores: Day Two Morning Results
By David Fucillo@davidfucillo Jun 11, 2011, 5:12pm PDT
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The second day of the super regionals round of the 2011 NCAA baseball tournament is underway and most of the morning action is complete. I say most because the Stanford Cardinal and North Carolina Tarheels find themselves in a lengthy rain delay in the top of the ninth inning. The game was stopped with two outs in the ninth and UNC leading 6-5 after Stanford rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth. It's 8:00pm in Chapel Hill so I'd imagine game officials will be willing to wait for a while now as long as UNC's home field has lights.
The morning got started with the Florida Gators facing the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Gainesville. Florida won game one and was looking to secure the first spot in the 2011 College World Series. However, MSU had other plans. Florida went into the bottom of the ninth leading 3-2. After Nick Maronde gave up a lead-off single, the Gators went to their bullpen and brought out Steven Rodriguez to face Nick Vickerson. On the first pitch, Vickerson hit a solid shot to left field that easily cleared the wall and gave the Bulldogs the improbable comeback victory. The two teams will square off on Sunday at 10:00am pacific on ESPN with the winner going to Omaha.
The second game of the morning featured the number one overall seeded Virginia Cavaliers hosting the UC Irvine Anteaters. UC Irvine had stunned the Los Angeles regional in rolling through with three straight wins. In Saturday's game however, Virginia had little trouble as they got a solid combination of offense and pitching to get a 6-0 victory. Jared King was the big bat on offense with a three-run homer in the sixth inning that basically put the game away. Danny Hultzen, the second overall pick in the 2011 MLB Draft, threw 5 1/3 shutout innings, which was followed by Cody Winiarski nailing the game down with 3 2/3 innings of one-hit ball. Virginia and Irvine face off Sunday at 10:00am pacific on ESPNU.
The third game of the morning featured the fifth-seeded Florida State Seminoles hosting the Texas A&M Aggies. The Aggies pulled off the road victory in game one thanks to a four-run outburst in the seventh inning. FSU led 2-1 heading into the seventh before Sean Gilmartin ran into trouble. He gave up a walk, three singles, and a double as Texas A&M was able to take control of the game. They went on to win 6-2. They face off in the second game of their series at 1:00pm pacific on ESPNU.
2011 NCAA Baseball Tournament Super Regionals: Cal Headed To College World Series, Will Face #1 Virginia
2011 NCAA Baseball Tournament Scores: Texas A&M Fills Out College World Series Bracket
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Whipping women's lives into shape?
'Scholarship plan' involved spankings
by DENA POTTER, Associated Press, Posted: May 20, 2011
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Single mothers, former drug addicts and other beaten-down young women who came to wealthy businessman Henry Allen Fitzsimmons for a chance to climb out of their financial hole knew his help came with a catch. In exchange for an allowance, a place to live and promise of a college education, they agreed to be spanked if they broke his rules.
At least six of the women said that his corporal punishment went too far, including one who alleges that he sexually assaulted her. Now the 54-year-old Virginia Beach restaurateur faces felony charges.
"These women are victims," prosecutor Tom Murphy said at a court hearing yesterday. "They're single moms. They need their bills paid. It's bizarre, there's no doubt."
Fitzsimmons' attorney claims that his slight, white-haired client is the victim, taken advantage of by women half his age who knew what they were getting into and who filed charges only after a falling out.
"He's not a danger," Fitzsimmons' attorney, Moody "Sonny" Stallings Jr., told the Associated Press. "Strange, but he's not a danger to anybody."
A judge yesterday allowed a grand jury to decide whether to indict Fitzsimmons on two felony abduction charges and three felony object sexual-penetration charges filed against him. Six other assault and sexual-battery charges were dropped because prosecutors acknowledged that the women had agreed to the spankings.
For months, Fitzsimmons gave each of the women $200 weekly, promised to pay for their college tuition, treated them to lavish nights on the town and even bought one a car as part of his so-called Spencer Scholarship Plan. They were spanked if they violated rules, such as drinking too much alcohol.
Several websites tout the Spencer Plan and the scholarship program, which provides full tuition, room and board, and an allowance for participants as long as they follow the plan.
The Spencer Plan started in the 1930s as a form of "carefully regulated corporal punishment" between husband and wife. Couples agreed to a list of things the wife needed to change, such as not spending money frivolously. If the rules were broken, the husband punished her by spanking and it was put behind them. It has expanded through the years.
One 21-year-old woman testified yesterday that the day she joined Fitzsimmons' program in November, he spanked her and gave her $300. He paid for her to live in an oceanfront suite and gave her a $200 weekly allowance. In return, she was required to walk 20 blocks each day, keep a log of her meals and spending, and refrain from using drugs. When she didn't, she was spanked.
Fitzsimmons took it further, she said, when on three occasions he sexually assaulted her with a curtain rod, a hairbrush and a horse-riding crop.
The Associated Press does not identify those who say that they were sexually assaulted.
Another 22-year-old woman said she thought that the program was an amazing opportunity. She had been spanked only once before she went to him in January to discuss him paying for her 3-year-old child's birthday party. She said he refused to let her leave until she let him spank her.
She and others said that they feared Fitzsimmons, who walks with a limp. They said that he made vague threats and convinced them that they couldn't make it without him.
"He terrorized my life," one woman said. "He took me away from all my friends and family, and convinced me nobody loved me but him."
None of the women filed charges until Fitzsimmons in April accused one of them of stealing money and fired her from his restaurant, the oceanside Envy Bar and Grill, where many of them worked. A week later, six women began filing charges.
Fitzsimmons came to Virginia Beach last year from Minnesota, but much of his past is a mystery. He has a master's in business administration, but much of his attention is spent counseling young women and helping those in need, friends said.
Terry Schantz and his girlfriend have helped run Fitzsimmons' bar since he was arrested in April and denied bond. He said that Fitzsimmons was a generous and caring man who would buy groceries for those in need or find the homeless a place to live.
Stallings admits that the case is strange but said that Fitzsimmons is no predator.
"They're trying to say he preys on these women," he said. "These aren't 15-years-olds. These are all adults and they're getting the money from this old guy."
DENA POTTER, Associated Press
Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
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"Gary, stop it! 3rd-graders act more mature than you."
Sticks tongue out. Pause. "Puh-leeezzeee!"
I had two options, as most parents do: Cave, or stand firm. I caved.
Gary became enamored with the Dr. Oz 3-Day Detox Cleanse from a friend of ours, who has a similar, gung-ho, world-be-damned, optimistic attitude as Gary (and most Labs). She happened to tell Gary about the cleanse the day after we had eaten 471 bowls of chips at a Mexican restaurant and topped it off with homemade caramel corn and a movie. Result: 4-lb. weight gain overnight.
"It's all salt," I said, whispering, "And fat."
"It's a false-positive weight gain. You'll lose it all after we hike today."
He didn't lose it all. And, thus, the begging continued.
An hour later, Gary returned from the store, after having spent $75 on kale, cucumbers, mango and celery.
"We could've gone to a nice restaurant for that amount!" I yelled.
"And shortened our lifespan," he replied.
Gary looked at me. Gary is a group-activity guy. He loves yoga, group exercise classes, gardening clubs. I ... do not. But if something is important to Gary, I will join in. For better or worse, right?
We decided to start on Monday.
I once weighed nearly 260 pounds, and have lost -- through exercise, healthy eating, mental/spiritual/emotional/creative/professional health, and damn hard work/determination - roughly 115 pounds, which I have kept off for some 15 years. People often damn me for ordering oatmeal at a brunch out, or for ordering a kale/quinoa salad for dinner, but I enjoy eating well. It's not worth it to sabotage all my hard work.
That does NOT mean I don't enjoy food/life (witness the chips). Gary is a fabulous baker (the best I've ever eaten), and his desserts are worth every bite, every extra minute on the treadmill, every extra mile running. We eat out a few times a week, and are experimental with our eating. I do not micromanage my eating those times. But I do believe that healthy eating is tied to emotional health, and I know that good decisions lead to others: If I can eat well most of the time, I can enjoy -- without guilt -- eating the rest of the time.
-Woke at pre-dawn Pacific Time to do radio interview Eastern Time. Breakfast drink was surprisingly delicious. Began to bemoan lack of caffeine by 8 a.m. Felt tired and never really recaptured mojo rest of day.
For my lunch break, I went to the gym and worked out (weights/shoulders/biceps, abs and elliptical for 35 minutes).
-Dinner shake had a kick to it due to cayenne but was pretty good.
-Though I drink copious amounts of water every day, I have tinkled much more than usual.
-We are a processed food nation. Even though I pat myself on the back about eating Kashi, protein bars and Morningstar burgers, they were made for me (and lots of others) by someone else. There is something very profound about knowing everything you're putting into your body is fresh, healthy, not processed.
-It also takes time: Gary spent roughly 15-20 minutes making each shake. Which is why we buy processed foods. Why don't we take more time to cook for ourselves, our families, our bodies?
-I am addicted to caffeine and sugar. Right now, I crave a pick-me-up, esp. some sugar. I want a cookie, some ice cream. I also realize that, as a writer, I'm a stress eater, and that stress eating (not listed above) typically results in me eating sugar, oftentimes spoonfuls of sugar. I will often fill a tablespoon with whipped cream and then dip it in granulated sugar (or powdered sugar, or brown sugar). Not snacking has made me conscious, even after one day, of what I tend to run to when I'm stressed.
A friend of mine has written that we need to be "conscious" with our food: She means that we tend to eat poorly when we're stressed, or tired, or not thinking (cookies/ice cream in front of the TV, for instance). She also believes that if you want something bad, you should have it. But that you should make it. That way, you know what has gone into. You appreciate it. You are more likely to eat less of it, because you're conscious of it.
Happy cleansing ... Or as Honey Boo-Boo might say to me: "You better hope your bootie-boo don't explode, Poodle!" | {
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package azkaban.jobtype;
import static azkaban.test.Utils.initServiceProvider;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import azkaban.flow.CommonJobProperties;
import azkaban.jobExecutor.Job;
import azkaban.utils.Props;
import com.google.common.io.Resources;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.Set;
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
/**
* Test the flow run, especially with embedded flows. Files are in unit/plugins/jobtypes
*/
public class JobTypeManagerTest {
public final static String TEST_PLUGIN_DIR = "jobtypes_test";
private final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(JobTypeManagerTest.class);
@Rule
public TemporaryFolder temp = new TemporaryFolder();
private String testPluginDirPath;
private JobTypeManager manager;
public JobTypeManagerTest() {
}
@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
// TODO: reallocf Remove initServiceProvider when ProcessJob fully guiced
initServiceProvider();
final File jobTypeDir = this.temp.newFolder(TEST_PLUGIN_DIR);
this.testPluginDirPath = jobTypeDir.getCanonicalPath();
final URL resourceUrl = Resources.getResource("plugins/jobtypes");
assertNotNull(resourceUrl);
FileUtils.copyDirectory(new File(resourceUrl.toURI()), jobTypeDir);
this.manager = new JobTypeManager(this.testPluginDirPath, null,
this.getClass().getClassLoader());
}
@After
public void tearDown() throws IOException {
this.temp.delete();
}
/**
* Tests that the common and common private properties are loaded correctly
*/
@Test
public void testCommonPluginProps() throws Exception {
final JobTypePluginSet pluginSet = this.manager.getJobTypePluginSet();
final Props props = pluginSet.getCommonPluginJobProps();
System.out.println(props.toString());
assertEquals("commonprop1", props.getString("commonprop1"));
assertEquals("commonprop2", props.getString("commonprop2"));
assertEquals("commonprop3", props.getString("commonprop3"));
final Props priv = pluginSet.getCommonPluginLoadProps();
assertEquals("commonprivate1", priv.getString("commonprivate1"));
assertEquals("commonprivate2", priv.getString("commonprivate2"));
assertEquals("commonprivate3", priv.getString("commonprivate3"));
assertEquals("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob2",
priv.getString("default.proxyusers.jobtype.classes"));
}
/**
* Tests that the proper classes were loaded and that the common and the load properties are
* properly loaded.
*/
@Test
public void testLoadedClasses() throws Exception {
final JobTypePluginSet pluginSet = this.manager.getJobTypePluginSet();
final Props props = pluginSet.getCommonPluginJobProps();
System.out.println(props.toString());
assertEquals("commonprop1", props.getString("commonprop1"));
assertEquals("commonprop2", props.getString("commonprop2"));
assertEquals("commonprop3", props.getString("commonprop3"));
assertNull(props.get("commonprivate1"));
final Props priv = pluginSet.getCommonPluginLoadProps();
assertEquals("commonprivate1", priv.getString("commonprivate1"));
assertEquals("commonprivate2", priv.getString("commonprivate2"));
assertEquals("commonprivate3", priv.getString("commonprivate3"));
// Testing the anothertestjobtype
assertEquals("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob",
pluginSet.getPluginClassName("anothertestjob"));
final Props ajobProps = pluginSet.getPluginJobProps("anothertestjob");
final Props aloadProps = pluginSet.getPluginLoaderProps("anothertestjob");
// Loader props
assertEquals("lib/*", aloadProps.get("jobtype.classpath"));
assertEquals("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob",
aloadProps.get("jobtype.class"));
assertEquals("commonprivate1", aloadProps.get("commonprivate1"));
assertEquals("commonprivate2", aloadProps.get("commonprivate2"));
assertEquals("commonprivate3", aloadProps.get("commonprivate3"));
// Job props
assertEquals("commonprop1", ajobProps.get("commonprop1"));
assertEquals("commonprop2", ajobProps.get("commonprop2"));
assertEquals("commonprop3", ajobProps.get("commonprop3"));
assertNull(ajobProps.get("commonprivate1"));
assertEquals("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob2",
pluginSet.getPluginClassName("testjob"));
final Props tjobProps = pluginSet.getPluginJobProps("testjob");
final Props tloadProps = pluginSet.getPluginLoaderProps("testjob");
// Loader props
assertNull(tloadProps.get("jobtype.classpath"));
assertEquals("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob2",
tloadProps.get("jobtype.class"));
assertEquals("commonprivate1", tloadProps.get("commonprivate1"));
assertEquals("commonprivate2", tloadProps.get("commonprivate2"));
assertEquals("private3", tloadProps.get("commonprivate3"));
assertEquals("0", tloadProps.get("testprivate"));
// Job props
assertEquals("commonprop1", tjobProps.get("commonprop1"));
assertEquals("commonprop2", tjobProps.get("commonprop2"));
assertEquals("1", tjobProps.get("pluginprops1"));
assertEquals("2", tjobProps.get("pluginprops2"));
assertEquals("3", tjobProps.get("pluginprops3"));
assertEquals("pluginprops", tjobProps.get("commonprop3"));
// Testing that the private properties aren't shared with the public ones
assertNull(tjobProps.get("commonprivate1"));
assertNull(tjobProps.get("testprivate"));
}
/**
* Test building classes
*/
@Test
public void testBuildClass() throws Exception {
final Props jobProps = new Props();
jobProps.put("type", "anothertestjob");
jobProps.put("test", "test1");
jobProps.put("pluginprops3", "4");
final Job job = this.manager.buildJobExecutor("anothertestjob", jobProps, this.logger);
assertTrue(job instanceof FakeJavaJob);
final FakeJavaJob fjj = (FakeJavaJob) job;
final Props props = fjj.getJobProps();
assertEquals("test1", props.get("test"));
assertNull(props.get("pluginprops1"));
assertEquals("4", props.get("pluginprops3"));
assertEquals("commonprop1", props.get("commonprop1"));
assertEquals("commonprop2", props.get("commonprop2"));
assertEquals("commonprop3", props.get("commonprop3"));
assertNull(props.get("commonprivate1"));
assertNull(props.get(CommonJobProperties.TARGET_CLUSTER_CLASSPATH));
assertNull(props.get(CommonJobProperties.TARGET_CLUSTER_NATIVE_LIB));
}
/**
* Test building classes 2
*/
@Test
public void testBuildClass2() throws Exception {
final Props jobProps = new Props();
jobProps.put("type", "testjob");
jobProps.put("test", "test1");
jobProps.put("pluginprops3", "4");
final Job job = this.manager.buildJobExecutor("testjob", jobProps, this.logger);
assertTrue(job instanceof FakeJavaJob2);
final FakeJavaJob2 fjj = (FakeJavaJob2) job;
final Props props = fjj.getJobProps();
assertEquals("test1", props.get("test"));
assertEquals("1", props.get("pluginprops1"));
assertEquals("2", props.get("pluginprops2"));
assertEquals("4", props.get("pluginprops3")); // Overridden value
assertEquals("commonprop1", props.get("commonprop1"));
assertEquals("commonprop2", props.get("commonprop2"));
assertEquals("pluginprops", props.get("commonprop3"));
assertNull(props.get("commonprivate1"));
assertNull(props.get(CommonJobProperties.TARGET_CLUSTER_CLASSPATH));
assertNull(props.get(CommonJobProperties.TARGET_CLUSTER_NATIVE_LIB));
}
/**
* Configure a {@link JobPropsProcessor} for a jobtype plugin and verify the JobPropsProcessor
* are invoked correctly for jobs of that type.
*/
@Test
public void testJobPropsProcessor() throws Exception {
final Props jobProps = new Props();
jobProps.put("type", "testjobwithpropsprocessor");
final Job job = this.manager.buildJobExecutor("testjobwithpropsprocessor", jobProps, this.logger);
assertTrue(job instanceof FakeJavaJob);
final FakeJavaJob fjj = (FakeJavaJob) job;
final Props props = fjj.getJobProps();
assertEquals("commonprop1", props.get("commonprop1"));
assertEquals("commonprop2", props.get("commonprop2"));
assertEquals("commonprop3", props.get("commonprop3"));
assertNull(props.get("commonprivate1"));
assertEquals(TestJobPropsProcessor.INJECTED_ADDITION_PROP,
props.get(TestJobPropsProcessor.INJECTED_ADDITION_PROP));
}
/**
* Test out reloading properties
*/
@Test
public void testResetPlugins() throws Exception {
// Add a plugins file to the anothertestjob folder
final File anothertestfolder = new File(this.testPluginDirPath + "/anothertestjob");
final Props pluginProps = new Props();
pluginProps.put("test1", "1");
pluginProps.put("test2", "2");
pluginProps.put("pluginprops3", "4");
pluginProps
.storeFlattened(new File(anothertestfolder, "plugin.properties"));
// clone the testjob folder
final File testFolder = new File(this.testPluginDirPath + "/testjob");
FileUtils.copyDirectory(testFolder, new File(this.testPluginDirPath
+ "/newtestjob"));
// change the common properties
final Props commonPlugin =
new Props(null, this.testPluginDirPath + "/common.properties");
commonPlugin.put("commonprop1", "1");
commonPlugin.put("newcommonprop1", "2");
commonPlugin.removeLocal("commonprop2");
commonPlugin
.storeFlattened(new File(this.testPluginDirPath + "/common.properties"));
// change the common properties
final Props commonPrivate =
new Props(null, this.testPluginDirPath + "/commonprivate.properties");
commonPrivate.put("commonprivate1", "1");
commonPrivate.put("newcommonprivate1", "2");
commonPrivate.removeLocal("commonprivate2");
commonPrivate.storeFlattened(new File(this.testPluginDirPath
+ "/commonprivate.properties"));
// change testjob private property
final Props loadProps =
new Props(null, this.testPluginDirPath + "/testjob/private.properties");
loadProps.put("privatetest", "test");
// Reload the plugins here!!
this.manager.loadPlugins();
// Checkout common props
final JobTypePluginSet pluginSet = this.manager.getJobTypePluginSet();
final Props commonProps = pluginSet.getCommonPluginJobProps();
assertEquals("1", commonProps.get("commonprop1"));
assertEquals("commonprop3", commonProps.get("commonprop3"));
assertEquals("2", commonProps.get("newcommonprop1"));
assertNull(commonProps.get("commonprop2"));
// Checkout common private
final Props commonPrivateProps = pluginSet.getCommonPluginLoadProps();
assertEquals("1", commonPrivateProps.get("commonprivate1"));
assertEquals("commonprivate3", commonPrivateProps.get("commonprivate3"));
assertEquals("2", commonPrivateProps.get("newcommonprivate1"));
assertNull(commonPrivateProps.get("commonprivate2"));
// Verify anothertestjob changes
assertEquals("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob",
pluginSet.getPluginClassName("anothertestjob"));
final Props ajobProps = pluginSet.getPluginJobProps("anothertestjob");
assertEquals("1", ajobProps.get("test1"));
assertEquals("2", ajobProps.get("test2"));
assertEquals("4", ajobProps.get("pluginprops3"));
assertEquals("commonprop3", ajobProps.get("commonprop3"));
final Props aloadProps = pluginSet.getPluginLoaderProps("anothertestjob");
assertEquals("1", aloadProps.get("commonprivate1"));
assertNull(aloadProps.get("commonprivate2"));
assertEquals("commonprivate3", aloadProps.get("commonprivate3"));
// Verify testjob changes
assertEquals("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob2",
pluginSet.getPluginClassName("testjob"));
final Props tjobProps = pluginSet.getPluginJobProps("testjob");
assertEquals("1", tjobProps.get("commonprop1"));
assertEquals("2", tjobProps.get("newcommonprop1"));
assertEquals("1", tjobProps.get("pluginprops1"));
assertEquals("2", tjobProps.get("pluginprops2"));
assertEquals("3", tjobProps.get("pluginprops3"));
assertEquals("pluginprops", tjobProps.get("commonprop3"));
assertNull(tjobProps.get("commonprop2"));
final Props tloadProps = pluginSet.getPluginLoaderProps("testjob");
assertNull(tloadProps.get("jobtype.classpath"));
assertEquals("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob2",
tloadProps.get("jobtype.class"));
assertEquals("1", tloadProps.get("commonprivate1"));
assertNull(tloadProps.get("commonprivate2"));
assertEquals("private3", tloadProps.get("commonprivate3"));
// Verify newtestjob
assertEquals("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob2",
pluginSet.getPluginClassName("newtestjob"));
final Props ntjobProps = pluginSet.getPluginJobProps("newtestjob");
final Props ntloadProps = pluginSet.getPluginLoaderProps("newtestjob");
// Loader props
assertNull(ntloadProps.get("jobtype.classpath"));
assertEquals("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob2",
ntloadProps.get("jobtype.class"));
assertEquals("1", ntloadProps.get("commonprivate1"));
assertNull(ntloadProps.get("commonprivate2"));
assertEquals("private3", ntloadProps.get("commonprivate3"));
assertEquals("0", ntloadProps.get("testprivate"));
// Job props
assertEquals("1", ntjobProps.get("commonprop1"));
assertNull(ntjobProps.get("commonprop2"));
assertEquals("1", ntjobProps.get("pluginprops1"));
assertEquals("2", ntjobProps.get("pluginprops2"));
assertEquals("3", ntjobProps.get("pluginprops3"));
assertEquals("pluginprops", ntjobProps.get("commonprop3"));
}
@Test
public void testDefaultProxyUsers() throws Exception {
final JobTypePluginSet pluginSet = this.manager.getJobTypePluginSet();
// Verify the allowed jobType classes for defaultProxyUser feature
Set<String> defaultProxyUsersJobTypeClasses = pluginSet.getDefaultProxyUsersJobTypeClasses();
assertEquals(1, defaultProxyUsersJobTypeClasses.size());
assertTrue(defaultProxyUsersJobTypeClasses.contains("azkaban.jobtype.FakeJavaJob2"));
// Verify defaultProxyUser
Optional<String> proxyUser = pluginSet.getDefaultProxyUser("testjob");
assertEquals("azkabanUser1", proxyUser.get());
// JobType class is not allowed for defaultProxyUser
proxyUser = pluginSet.getDefaultProxyUser("anothertestjob");
assertFalse(proxyUser.isPresent());
// Plugin itself doesn't exist even if it is part of default-proxy-user mapping
proxyUser = pluginSet.getDefaultProxyUser("notestjob");
assertFalse(proxyUser.isPresent());
// defaultProxyUser is part of the filter list
proxyUser = pluginSet.getDefaultProxyUser("testjobwithpropsprocessor");
assertFalse(proxyUser.isPresent());
}
}
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Deportivo and Víctor Fernández faced heavy criticism from the papers after a new defeat in liga. The media pointed to the lack of an idea and a pattern as the main worries for a team that leaves a new poor impression.
The coach and the players of Deportivo admitted that Villarreal deserved to win the game, though Víctor Fernández was saying that the score was too big for what occurred on the pitch.
Fifth straight win for Depor B, this time two defenders led the team in attack, Jorge and Róber, while Kim was a decisive factor during the second part. Manu Mosquera's team is tied in points with second place CCD Cerceda.
New poor game by Deportivo. The poor performance at midfield and attack led to the deadly counterattacks that provoked the three goals. Only Fabricio avoided a bigger lose with his saves.
Last game in 2014. Deportivo want to forget the elimination in Copa and rely in Fariña and his latest performance. Villarreal have faced injury problems, but their young players have emerged to push the team forward.
Both coaches want to end the year with a good result. Depor's manager believes that his team is growing and hopes to avoid injuries in 2015. Villarreal's coach was warning of Deportivo's counterattacks.
Indifference in the media after Deportivo were eliminated in Copa Del Rey. The players understand that Depor should be focused in la liga, though they also criticized the poor reaction of the team during the second half.
The coach admitted that Malaga deserved to win this game, but also that Depor deserved a better luck taking in mind the things made in the first match. The less habitual players felt sorry for losing new chances to play.
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Nothing makes a woman happier than diamonds; they're her best friend after all. And while choosing a diamond you need to be meticulous and clever. Here we list 10 steps to get the perfect diamond for you.
A woman's happiness knows no bounds, especially when you slip on a diamond ring on her ring finger; you reserve a permanent place in her heart. But with so much variety in diamond rings for women it's hard to pick the right one.
There are many vendors available online who have an array of options that you can choose from. Just go online and check out as many designs as possible, get an idea about the pricing and other essential details. But don't rush! In such delicate matters, it is wise to visit a store and then make a purchase after careful consideration.
Now that you're through with the basic research it's time to visit stores to make a selection that you can stick with. Browse through as many designs as possible and pester the attendants to fill you up with all the necessary details.
Make sure you choose the right metal for your band. You can choose gold, silver, platinum or even white gold. It mostly depends on how much you can spend and what kind of design you want your diamond ring to have.
The 4 very important Cs in selecting the right diamond are Colour, Cut, Carat and Clarity. Make sure you do not compromise on the quality of your diamond while making a choice. Always check the diamond's grading report before making a decision.
The diamond will be available in multiple shapes. Heart, square, triangle, circle or hexagon, there are many options that you can choose from. You can also choose from various designs like flowers etc. But make sure that you choose the right shape that will suit the bone structure of your fingers.
You might be afraid or shy but don't be, ask for advice. Ask the attendant and other customers if the ring you've liked looks good on you. Honest advice might really help you in making the right decision.
After you've made sure that the ring you've chosen is the one you want to buy, make sure that it fits your budget. As much as you like the ring, you have to see to it that it does not cross your budget. And if it does, get ready to make another choice that you had in the back of your mind all along while selecting rings.
You've made your choice, checked and double checked and everything seems good. If you get a thumbs up on all the above points, you can make that beautiful ring yours and enjoy the extra attention it will get for you. | {
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A Slow-Motion Disaster in Ghost Town Aylmer, North Dakota
April 20, 2017 Troy Larson Comments 10 comments
If you didn't know better, it would be easy to look at these photos and assume this place was struck by a powerful prairie tornado. Grain bins are ripped open, the roof of the former bar has caved-in, and the building leans at a precarious angle. Pieces of several structures have blown down and lie decaying in the grass some distance away with their rusty nails pointed skyward, waiting for an unsuspecting explorer to test their tetanus shots with an…
Bethel Lutheran Awaits Just One More Potluck
The cornerstone for this church along County Road 5 reads "Bethel Hauges Norsk E.V. Luth. Kirke, 1915". Put more plainly, that's Bethel Hauges Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church. The building is located in northern Wells County, about 10 miles east of Harvey, and although the cemetery is still active, the building stands abandoned and boarded-up. In the place where the Lord's word could once be heard on Sunday mornings by 80 or 100 parishioners at a time, Bethel Lutheran awaits just…
The Abandoned Kincaid Power Plant
Kincaid Power Plant is about four miles south of Columbus, North Dakota, in Burke County, about seventeen miles southwest of Flaxton. It reached the end of its journey and was abandoned in 1966. The 1971 Burke County and White Earth Valley Historical Society book describes this plant as follows.
Grassy Butte, North Dakota
April 6, 2017 Troy Larson Comments 42 comments
Grassy Butte, ND is in a very sparsely populated area of western North Dakota, in southern McKenzie County. It does not appear in any of the census records back as far as 1960, but it reportedly harbored 100 citizens at one time. Monica Hardy contributed these photos in 2010 with the following comments: The building that looks like a church in the background of the post office/museum pictures are of a private home. Someone renovated the home. There were other bldgs…
The Story of How Ghosts of North Dakota Began
March 28, 2017 Troy Larson Comments 22 comments
It occurred to me the other day that we've told the story about how Ghosts of North Dakota began in countless interviews over the years, but we've never posted it here, so for those who might be interested in how this project began, this is the tale. In 2003, myself and Terry Hinnenkamp, my roadtrip friend and fellow adventurer, were working at the same Fargo Top 40 radio station, Y94. Halloween was coming up and we had this goofy idea…
Built from the Earth: The Hutmacher Farmstead
The Hutmacher farm is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is considered the midwest's finest still-standing example of the earthen abodes built by Germans from Russia. Believe it or not, Alex Hutmacher lived here until 1979. The Hutmacher farm has been undergoing restoration. You can get more information here. These photos contributed by Kim Dvorak. More reading on the Hutmacher farm here and here.
True Ghost Town: Stady, North Dakota
Stady was founded in 1907 and was a stopping point on old highway 85. The peak population of 60 had dropped to 11 by 1940, after the highway moved. Stady is now a true ghost town — totally abandoned. MJ Masilko contributed these photos with the following comments: I'm sending you some pictures I took in May of 2006 of a ghost town called Stady. It's in Divide County, 16 miles SSW of Fortuna. There didn't seem to be any…
The Quiet of Forbes, North Dakota
February 14, 2017 Troy Larson Comments 81 comments
Forbes, North Dakota is in Dickey County, about thirty miles southeast of Ashley, right on the South Dakota border. On nearly every trip, we go out looking forward to seeing a certain town, but on the way home, we realize another town was better or more fun. In this adventure in June of 2011, Forbes was that town — the pleasant surprise.
Argusville High School
February 9, 2017 Troy Larson Comments 38 comments
Argusville is located right off I29 about fifteen minutes north of Fargo. It was founded in 1880 and dwindled to around 100 residents by the 1980's, but experienced a population boom after the turn of the millennium. Argusville now has a population of 475. So this abandoned high school is a rare spot in an otherwise budding town. The last class graduated from this school in 1997 when it was known as Cass Valley North High School.
Postcards from the Edge of North Dakota
February 8, 2017 Troy Larson Comments 6 comments
This is a simple truth. There is no greater pleasure per penny than searching through a box of old postcards in an antique store. A little hard on the lower back if you're wearing the wrong pair of shoes, but pleasurable none-the-less. Here are a few old postcards featuring scenes from Marmarth. Year of the above photo is unknown but I'm guessing early 1930s. Look closely — on the left, behind the grassy median, several black sedans are parked. And on the…
The Remains of Minot Air Force Station
When we ran our Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of our first book, we offered supporters the opportunity to name a location they would like us to photograph in exchange for their support. One of our supporters asked us to visit and photograph the former Minot Air Force Station, about 14 miles south of Minot. Minot Air Force Station was the first major Air Force installation in North Dakota, predating the other Minot and Grand Forks bases. It was…
A Solitary Haynes Township School
February 1, 2017 Troy Larson Comments 1 comment
We photographed this solitary Haynes Township school back in 2013, and although we featured it in a video, we never posted the actual photographs until now. It is in Kidder County, Haynes Township, just off Highway 3, about 11 miles north of Steele, North Dakota. A little further north are a few other places we've photographed, including the Tuttle School, two Clear Lake Township schools (here, and here) and true ghost town Arena, North Dakota is about 15 minutes northwest…
Ghost Town Lincoln Valley Revisited
January 25, 2017 Troy Larson Comments 23 comments
If we could magically travel back in time to photograph some North Dakota places, Lincoln Valley is one of the places we would choose to visit. We would go back to 1966, when Joe Leintz became the last resident of town. A church, store (really, an entire main street) and nine vacant residences still stood in Lincoln Valley at that time, and we would spend considerable time photographing it all. We would visit Joe and listen, enraptured, as he told…
The Western Intrigue of Gascoyne, North Dakota
Gascoyne is in Bowman County along Highway 12 in southwestern North Dakota, about 15 minutes east of Bowman. It was founded in 1907 as a Milwaukee Road railroad townsite, originally known as Fischbein, named after an early settler. The former school is the most prominent abandoned structure in Gascoyne. It rests on top of a hill on the west edge of town, right alongside Highway 12. Update: a visitor to our Facebook page tells us this school was demolished in…
San Haven Sanatorium in the 1930s
January 6, 2017 Troy Larson
Tuberculosis, frequently referred to as "consumption" in historical documents, was arguably the most serious endemic disease and health concern of the 19th and early 20th centuries. With no "cure" to come until 1946, those afflicted with TB were prescribed rest and fresh air as a treatment, and sanatoriums like San Haven were constructed to meet the need. Susan (Thingvold) Sande of Kalispell, Montana contributed these photos of San Haven in the tuberculosis era. The photos were taken by her aunt,…
Sanish Rises from Beneath the Waves
January 5, 2017 Troy Larson Comments 82 comments
Sanish was a thriving North Dakota town until 1953, when residents began to evacuate to higher ground. The construction of Garrison Dam, a project to provide hydroelectric power and flood control, would turn the Missouri River Valley in this part of North Dakota into a large reservoir to be named Lake Sakakawea. Sanish succumbed to the rising waters soon after the Garrison Dam embankments were closed in April of 1953, and the townsite disappeared beneath the waves of Lake Sakakawea.
Lonetree's Ghost Cathedral
November 29, 2016 Troy Larson Comments 2 comments
Australian adventurer and photographer Gavin Parker sent us these photos of Lonetree, North Dakota, a place that just barely came to be. A settlement known as Lone Tree (two words) came into being in 1888 in the area that would become Ward County, Foxholm Township, in 1888, when this was still the Dakota Territory. A post office was to be founded that same year, but with Lone Tree's fledgling status, officials thought better of it and canceled the plans. In…
Little Muddy Creek Power House
Angel Laws recently sent us some photos of a place outside Williston that we had never heard of. We asked visitors to our Facebook page for information, and we received a photo and some useful links that helped to reveal the history of this place. Someone sent us this photo of the place we'll refer to as the Little Muddy Creek Power House and Irrigation Plant (if anyone knows the official name of this place, please comment below). The State…
Ruso: Smallest Incorporated Town in North Dakota
November 18, 2016 Troy Larson Comments 64 comments
Ruso, North Dakota is in McLean County and had a reported population of 4 in the 2010 Census. A claim from an unknown source that we've seen around the web says Ruso is the smallest incorporated town in North Dakota. Several unincorporated towns are even smaller, like Hanks (pop. 1), and Merricourt, and ghost towns with zero residents. Kelsey Rusch visited Ruso in 2010 and contributed these photos with the following comments: Right off highway 41, south of Velva, you…
A Look Back in Time in Berlin, North Dakota
We recently received an interesting batch of photos from Paul Ensign regarding Berlin, North Dakota. It's a place we first became aware of when Sabrina Hornung sent us some photos back in 2011, and which we visited for ourselves in 2012. Paul's Great Grandfather was Wilhelm G. Lentz, proprietor of the Berlin Blacksmith & Wagon Shop around 1912, and the photos Paul sent along from his collection are very interesting.
All That Remains of Grand Harbor
November 4, 2016 Troy Larson Comments 5 comments
This school house still stands, right off Highway 2, between Devils Lake and Rugby. If you make that drive, you'll see it just north of the highway. To our knowledge, it is the only remaining original structure from the town that once was Grand Harbor, ND
Fort Abercrombie: Gateway to the Dakotas
October 20, 2016 Troy Larson Comments 15 comments
The original Fort Abercrombie was constructed in 1858, and it was the first military settlement in what would become North Dakota. Fort Abercrombie was a relic of the first transportation boom in the Dakota Territory — riverboats. Before the railroads, riverboats were one of the most efficient means of hauling cargo, and the Red River became a highway between Fort Abercrombie and Winnipeg. Due to flooding concerns, the fort was rebuilt in 1860 on higher ground, at its present location.
Lonely High Cliff Country School
October 17, 2016 Troy Larson Comments 4 comments
Don Collings sent us these photos of High Cliff School with the following comments: These are views of High Cliff School in Cow Creek Township, about 20 miles northwest of Williston. I attended this school with my brothers and sister (the Collings' kids, along with the Haven's, Barkie's, Benth, Kjos and Brothers kids. The school reopened in 1953 and closed in 1961. To my knowledge it is still standing. Ghosts of North Dakota is a wonderful web site. Keep up…
A Lonely Outpost: Hanks, North Dakota
Hanks, North Dakota, in Williams County, about 33 miles northwest of Williston, is a lonely outpost on the prairie, just one resident away from being a ghost town. Hanks was the subject of some national media in 2008 when National Geographic published The Emptied Prairie (available at the link only with a subscription) by Charles Bowden, a polarizing piece roundly denounced by many North Dakotans in letters to editors, in the Dickinson Press for example, or the Bismarck Tribune. In the…
Lost Bridge of the Badlands
October 5, 2016 Troy Larson Comments 6 comments
Lost Bridge was on the Little Missouri River, about 23 miles north of Killdeer in Dunn County. The name "Lost Bridge" holds a coincidental double meaning in this case, since the bridge no longer exists. Above: An image from Google Earth. You can still see the missing swath of trees leading to the river's edge, where the old Lost Bridge once stood.
The Haunting and Deserted Tyner Cemetery
October 3, 2016 Troy Larson Comments 42 comments
Tyner's derelict pioneer cemetery is all that remains of a rural settlement in Pembina County once known as Tyner. Cemeteries are not something we usually feature as an entity all their own, primarily because there are plenty of websites out there which focus on cemeteries and family history already. However, Terry visited Tyner Cemetery in August of 2012 to photograph the headstones for some of his wife's family — the McCurdy's — and was moved by the solitude of the…
Werner, North Dakota and a Bridge to Nowhere
September 30, 2016 Troy Larson Comments 4 comments
Werner, North Dakota is in Dunn County, about 13 miles east of Killdeer. We're unsure of the exact population, but in 1971, when residents voted to dissolve the town, the vote count was 7-2 in favor of dissolution, so the headcount is quite likely in the single digits these days. Although we were really a couple decades late in photographing the town as it once was, we decided to visit and shoot Werner, North Dakota and a bridge to nowhere….
Abandoned Wabek, North Dakota Saloon
September 28, 2016 Troy Larson Comments 24 comments
This is Wabek, North Dakota, in Mountrail County, about 35 miles southwest of Minot. Wabek was founded in 1914 and we visited and captured these photos 100 years later, in 2014. According to North Dakota Place Names by Doug Wick, Wabek even had a radio station once, broadcasting with the call letters WABK. Wabek's all-time high population was 46 in the 1930 Census, but today there appears to be only one occupied property on the town site. This saloon was the last…
Driscoll Church… Like They Just Left Yesterday
It's always amazing when you run across a place like this rural Driscoll Church… like they just left yesterday. We were on our way to visit Arena, North Dakota in September, 2016, when we drove right past this place and decided to stop for a visit. Zion Lutheran Church is in Burleigh County, Harriet-Lein Township, and is described as "rural Driscoll." In reality, it is about ten miles north of Driscoll, or eleven miles southeast of Wing, North Dakota.
How Much Longer for Ghost Town Arena?
We first visited Arena, North Dakota, a ghost town in Burleigh County, about 35 miles northeast of Bismarck, in 2004, and we've been keeping our eyes on it ever since, with the assistance of some kindred spirit adventurers who check-in from time to time to let us know what's happening. We've been told the tiny one-room school shown above was originally somewhere else, and that it was moved to this location. A different building, Arena Public School, was torn down… | {
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Michael Tarm And Todd Richmond
Published: October 28, 2021, 1:54 PM
Updated: October 29, 2021, 2:47 PM
Tags: Jacob Blake
Legal experts see strong self-defense claim for Rittenhouse
Published: October 28, 2021, 1:54 PM Updated: October 29, 2021, 2:47 PM
Kyle Rittenhouse attends a pre-trial hearing at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. A Wisconsin judge laid out the final ground rules Monday on what evidence will be allowed when Rittenhouse goes on trial next week for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in August 2020. (Mark Hertzberg/Pool Photo via AP)
When Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial Monday for shooting three men during street protests in Wisconsin that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer, he'll argue that he fired in self-defense.
Legal experts say under Wisconsin law he has a strong case. What's less clear is whether prosecutors will be able to persuade the jury that Rittenhouse created a deadly situation by showing up in Kenosha with an AR-style semiautomatic rifle — and that in doing so he forfeited his claim to self-defense.
Rittenhouse, 18, of Antioch, Illinois, faces six counts including homicide charges in the Aug. 25, 2020, deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and he could face life in prison if convicted of the most serious charge.
Rittenhouse, then 17, was among people who traveled to Kenosha after calls went out on social media to come bearing weapons to protect the city from damaging protests that followed a white police officer shooting Blake, a Black man, in the back on Aug. 23. (A prosecutor later cleared the officer, ruling that Blake was turning toward the officer with a knife.)
Rittenhouse and all three men he shot are white.
Here's a look at the legal issues in the Rittenhouse case:
The Rittenhouse case isn't a whodunit. Bystander video captured most of the shootings.
It shows an unarmed Rosenbaum chasing Rittenhouse into the parking lot of a used car dealership. At one point, Rosenbaum throws a plastic bag at Rittenhouse before the two move off-camera and Rittenhouse fires the fatal shots at around 11:45 p.m.
Soon after, Rittenhouse is seen running down a street away from the scene with several protesters on his heels. He falls. Huber appears to strike him in the head and neck area with a skateboard; Rittenhouse shoots Huber, striking him in the heart.
Seconds later, Gaige Grosskreutz steps toward Rittenhouse holding a pistol. Rittenhouse shoots him, badly injuring Grosskreutz's arm. Rittenhouse then gets to his feet and leaves the scene.
WHAT DOES THE DEFENSE CLAIM?
Self-defense, pure and simple. Rittenhouse's attorneys say he came to Kenosha not to hurt anyone but to protect businesses from damage and looting. And they say the people he shot left him no choice.
They're expected to highlight Rosenbaum's pursuit of Rittenhouse, and Huber and Grosskreutz subsequently coming at him. The defense has said Rosenbaum and Huber tried to wrest Rittenhouse's rifle away, leading Rittenhouse to fear he would be shot with his own weapon.
The defense also wants to introduce evidence that police handed water to Rittenhouse and other rifle-carrying citizens, and said, "We appreciate you guys, we really do." They argue that the friendly greeting contributed to Rittenhouse thinking there was nothing wrong with his presence on the streets that night — and that it undermines any argument that he acted recklessly.
WHAT DO PROSECUTORS SAY?
Rittenhouse's trip to Kenosha will be a key part of their case. They portray him as a wannabe cop who came looking for trouble and fame, and that by bringing a rifle to the late-night protest, he was the primary cause of the deadly encounters.
They also argue that Rittenhouse wasn't there to protect businesses but to join other armed counterprotesters with whom he sympathized. Rittenhouse "was the aggressor, there with the intent to violently clash with those opposed to his beliefs," prosecutors have said.
Prosecutors had hoped to bolster their case by introducing as evidence a brief video taken 15 days before the protest shootings that shows Rittenhouse watching some men exit a CVS pharmacy and commenting that he wished he had his rifle so he could shoot them because prosecutors say he baselessly thought they were shoplifters. Thomas Binger, the lead prosecutor, said it showed Rittenhouse's mindset as "a teenage vigilante, involving himself in things that don't concern him." But Judge Bruce Schroeder questioned the relevance of the video to the charges. He ruled it wouldn't be allowed, though he suggested he could reassess that ruling later.
Schroeder has also blocked prosecutors from connecting Rittenhouse to the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys. Rittenhouse was photographed in January in a Wisconsin bar with some Proud Boys members, but his attorneys say Rittenhouse had no affiliation or involvement with the group.
WHAT DOES WISCONSIN LAW SAY ABOUT SELF-DEFENSE?
It allows someone to use deadly force only if "necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm." And it sets a two-part test for jurors.
First, they have to decide if Rittenhouse really believed he was in peril. Hindsight may show he was wrong. But did he sincerely believe it at the time?
Next, they must determine if Rittenhouse's belief was objectively "reasonable." To make that call, jurors will be instructed to consider whether any reasonable person in Rittenhouse's shoes would have also felt they had no choice but to shoot.
WHAT OTHER LEGAL FACTORS COME INTO PLAY?
Wisconsin law doesn't require someone whose life is in danger to flee before shooting. But jurors can consider whether someone tried to move away from danger as they assess the reasonableness of a self-defense claim. Self-defense can't be invoked by someone if they were an aggressor.
Wisconsin doesn't have a so-called stand-your-ground law that grants wide-ranging rights for a person to stay put and fend off an attack no matter where it occurs.
Rittenhouse faces two counts of homicide, one count of attempted homicide, and two counts of recklessly endangering safety for firing his gun near people adjacent to those he shot. A successful self-defense argument would seem to apply to all five of counts.
Rittenhouse faces a sixth count, possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18, that the defense unsuccessfully tried to get dismissed. Andrew Branca, a Colorado lawyer who wrote the book "The Law of Self Defense: Principles," said whether Rittenhouse was legally carrying the gun or not that night shouldn't factor into his right to self-defense.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF RITTENHOUSE TESTIFYING?
Defense lawyers normally oppose putting clients on the stand and typically only do so in last-resort bids for acquittals because the risks are too high. But some legal experts say defense calculations change when self-defense is claimed.
Paul Bucher, a Milwaukee-area lawyer and former Waukesha County district attorney, said once jurors hear from the defense that a client feared for his life, they expect to hear straight from the defendant about his or her mindset at the time of the shooting.
Prosecutors would surely welcome the chance to try and rattle Rittenhouse on cross-examination in front of jurors.
HOW DO LEGAL EXPERTS SEE THE CASE?
Under self-defense law and precedent, Rittenhouse's motives for being in Kenosha are irrelevant to whether he had a legal right to shoot when threatened, some legal experts say. What matters is what happened in the minutes surrounding the shooting, Branca said.
"If I had a 17-year-old-son, I would not encourage him to engage in this kind of behavior. But poor judgment is not a crime," said Branca, who thinks Rittenhouse has a strong case for self-defense.
Even if it isn't directly relevant to the self-defense claim, legal experts agreed that the question of why Rittenhouse was in Kenosha will loom over the trial.
"Everybody in that courtroom is going to be thinking he deserved what he got because he put himself in a hostile situation. … 'What are you doing down there with a gun?'" said Bucher.
Branca said the law and facts should lead to Rittenhouse's acquittal, but said he's not sure that will happen.
"Trials are dangerous and unpredictable … and innocent people get convicted all the time," he said. "So it's quite possible that Kyle Rittenhouse could be convicted in this case based on that kind of rhetoric, despite the legal merits of the charges."
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The extra condiment to have with this soup would be sambal belachan (fermented shrimp paste chilli). We would dip the meatballs into the sambal that goes extremely well, mixed with a little bit of dark soya sauce and lime, for the extra appetizing kick!
- Blanch the fish maw in hot water, soak till soften. This also helps to rid the excess oil. Once soften, remove from water and slice into pieces. Set aside.
- Soak the black fungus till soften and cut into small pieces.
- Mix the minced meat, black fungus and fish paste together. Add the light soya sauce and pepper. Mix well and set aside.
- Bring the chicken stock + water to a boil.
- Scoop out the meat with a spoon and shape into a round ball, slightly larger than a fishball size. Or use your hand to form the meatball. Place it into the soup stock.
- Then add the cabbage, fish maw and fishballs.
- Let it cook for 20-25 minutes, or till the cabbage softens.
- Add some fish sauce to taste.
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Government and Markets
Introduction; Part I. Beyond Market Failure: 1. Government failure vs. market failure: principles of regulation Joseph E. Stiglitz; 2. Effective regulation through credible cost-benefit analysis: the opportunity costs of superfund Michael Greenstone; 3. From 'state interference' to the 'return to the market': the rhetoric of economic regulation from the old Gilded Age to the new Mary O. Furner; 4. Lessons from Europe: some reflections on the European Union and the regulation of business Neil Fligstein; 5. Confidence games: how does regulation constitute markets? Daniel Carpenter; Part II. Beyond the Economic Theory of Politics: 6. The end of special interests theory and the beginning of a more positive view of democratic politics Donald Wittman; 7. Public choice: a critical reassessment Jessica Leight; 8. The paranoid style in the study of American politics David A. Moss and Mary Oey; 9. Law, policy, and cooperation Yochai Benkler; Part III. Beyond Command and Control: 10. What opportunity is knocking? Regulating corporate governance in the United States Mary A. O'Sullivan; 11. Taxation as a regulatory tool: lessons from environmental taxes in Europe Monica Prasad; 12. Redesigning regulation: a case study from the consumer credit market Elizabeth Warren; 13. Origins and regulatory consequences of the subprime crisis Barry Eichengreen; 14. Prospects for economic 'self-regulation' in the United States: an historian's view from the early twenty-first century Edward J. Balleisen; 15. Deregulation theories in a litigious society: American antitrust and tort Tony Freyer; 16. Markets in the shadow of the state: an appraisal of deregulation and implications for future research Marc Allen Eisner; Conclusion.
This interdisciplinary volume points the way toward the modernization of regulatory theory.
Edward J. Balleisen is Associate Professor of History at Duke University, where he teaches American business history and American legal history. He specializes in the evolving 'culture of American capitalism' - the institutions, values and practices that have both structured and constrained commercial activity. The author of Navigating Failure: Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America and Scenes from a Corporate Makeover: Columbia/HCA and Heathcare Fraud, 1992-2001, he has also published in numerous journals, including Business History Review, Australian Journal of Legal History and Reviews in American History. In 2005, he was awarded the Howard D. Johnson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. He received his PhD in history from Yale University. He is currently working on a history of commercial fraud in the United States, focusing on organizational fraud against consumers and investors, from the early nineteenth century to the present. David A. Moss is the John G. McLean Professor at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the business, government and international economy area. Professor Moss's research focuses on economic policy and especially the government's role as a risk manager. He has published three books on these subjects: Socializing Security: Progressive-Era Economists and the Origins of American Social Policy (1996), When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager (2002) and A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know (2007). Professor Moss is the founder of the Tobin Project, a non-profit research organization, and a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Recent honors include the Robert F. Greenhill Award, the Editors' Prize from the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, the Student Association Faculty Award for outstanding teaching at the Harvard Business School and the American Risk and Insurance Association's Annual Kulp-Wright Book Award for the 'most influential text published on the economics of risk management and insurance'. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1992.
Review of the hardback: 'The heritage of James Tobin is well represented by this outstanding volume. The authors analyze the relations of government and the market from many different angles, showing the fallacies of simple critiques on the basis of deep scholarship.' Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University
Review of the hardback: 'Pointing the way beyond simplistic capture theories of regulation, these essays illustrate how institutionally informed analysis can help to rebuild a constructive relationship between governments and markets.' Tom Baker, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Review of the hardback: 'A deeply distinguished multidisciplinary gathering lays out new directions and bold challenges for regulatory theory and practice. The hope and promise of this work is for a more civilized and creative capitalism.' John Braithwaite, Australian National University
Review of the hardback: 'A crisis has rekindled widespread interest in regulation. This collection of articles by outstanding social scientists and historians offers striking insights and fresh perspectives. Scholars and policymakers alike will benefit from their insightful and incisive discussions.' Bruce Carruthers, North Western University
Review of the hardback: 'Governments and Markets is an engaging and ambitious rethinking of the role of regulation in the twenty-first century. The range of ideas and arguments throughout this volume will push readers to revisit their assumptions about regulatory activity and will push fellow scholars to refocus their research agendas to topics such as regulatory decision making and design. Combining strong research with contemporary relevance, the book will be of interest to both new students of public policy and long-standing experts.' Mark Stephan, Washington State University, Vancouver
"The heritage of James Tobin is well represented by this outstanding volume. The authors analyze the relations of government and the market from many different angles, showing the fallacies of simple critiques on the basis of deep scholarship." - Kenneth J. Arrow, Stanford University
"Pointing the way beyond simplistic capture theories of regulation, these essays illustrate how institutionally informed analysis can help to rebuild a constructive relationship between governments and markets." - Tom Baker, University of Pennsylvania Law School
"A deeply distinguished multidisciplinary gathering lays out new directions and bold challenges for regulatory theory and practice. The hope and promise of this work is for a more civilized and creative capitalism." - John Braithwaite, Australian National University
"A crisis has rekindled widespread interest in regulation. This collection of articles by outstanding social scientists and historians offers striking insights and fresh perspectives. Scholars and policymakers alike will benefit from their insightful and incisive discussions." - Bruce Carruthers, Northwestern University
"Governments and Markets is an engaging and ambitious rethinking of the role of regulation in the twenty-first century. The range of ideas and arguments throughout this volume will push readers to revisit their assumptions about regulatory activity and will push fellow scholars to refocus their research agendas to topics such as regulatory decision making and design. Combining strong research with contemporary relevance, the book will be of interest to both new students of public policy and long-standing experts." - Mark Stephan, Washington State University, Vancouver
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Meet Manisha Em
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Manisha Em is participating in the Alfa's 2018 All Media New Brunswick Art Salon. Entitled Visceral and Visionary!!
Open Reception: June 22nd 2018 at Alfa Art Gallery located on 108 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
Exhibition Duration: June 19- August 31st 2018 Check out Manisha Em's interview by Alfa's own Nichole Cier.
For more information about the artist, visit: https://www.alfaart.org/our-artists/ou…
Meet Allison Lewis
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In this interview, we sat down with Marina Burana to discuss her fascination with oil painting, her experimentation with more natural mediums such as the inner bark of paper mulberry trees, and the historical and cultural context behind the techniques that she now finds herself exploring.
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In this interview, we sat down with Carol Radsprecher to discuss how she has, as an artist, adapted to the Covid-19 pandemic, the engaging and provocative nature of her work, and how she curates her own works for different displays and for the "Configured Personas" exhibition specifically.
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Maureen Bennet is a mixed media artist residing in northern New Jersey, who is drawn to nature and involves herself intimately within the creative process. Through photography, drawing, painting, hand-colored archival print, and more. She has displayed work in solo and group exhibitions while also involved in education, creative consulting, and artist residencies. Her work…
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Three young Palestinian men from the village of Der Abu Mash'al west of the city of Ramallah were martyred on Friday in the city of Jerusalem under the pretext of carrying out a stabbing and shooting attack.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of Bara' Ibrahim Saleh (18), Adel Hasan Ahmad Ankoosh (18) and Usama Ahmad Ata (19).
The occupation police said in a statement that the three young men carried out a joint attack in Sultan Suleiman Street and the area of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Two young men opened fire in Sultan Suleiman Street and attempted to stab an Israeli soldier in the area while the third young man stabbed a female soldier in the area of Damascus Gate.
While opening fire towards the young men, several locals were injured by shrapnel of bullets. Witnesses explained that the forces randomly and heavily opened fire towards the young men when the streets were packed with locals especially that the incident occurred right before the time to break the fast -Evening Call to Prayer.
The Red Crescent said its crews treated one person who was injured in the leg by shrapnel of bullets while three others were injured with burns and suffocations and were treated on the spot.
One young Jerusalemite man was injured in the kidney area while 31-year old Amer Badawi from Hebron was also injured as he was passing by in the area.
After the Martyrdom of the three Palestinians, the occupation forces closed the areas of Damascus Gate and Sultan Suleiman Street, and prevented locals from passing through or approaching the area. They also forced the owners of commercial stored to close their shops.
The occupation forces established iron barriers in the streets leading to Damascus Gate and imposed a complete cordon on the area while the three Martyrs remained on the ground for hours before being transported in private vehicles.
In the areas of Herod's Gate, Al-Musrara and Nablus Street in Jerusalem, the occupation forces harassed the locals and fired sound grenades towards them. They also assaulted and pushed several young men and arrested six people.
The forces also pushed and assaulted journalists Liwa' Abu Rmeileh, Mohammad Sharif, Mohammad Abed Rabbo and Amir Abed Rabbo while they were in the area of Herod's Gate.
The occupation authorities announced the death of the Israeli female soldier that was stabbed in the area of Damascus Gate. | {
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Commentary: Telework could lead to environmental solutions
Aug 7th, 2020 · Comments: 0
EDITOR'S NOTE: On July 29, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing, "Lessons Learned from Remote Working during COVID-19: Can the Government Save Money Through Maximizing Efficient Use of Leased Space?" Below is ranking member Sen. Carper's opening statement.
By Sen. Thomas Carper
Good morning. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing to focus on some of the impacts of telework. I would also like to welcome and thank our witnesses for joining us this morning.
Sen. Tom Carper
It goes without saying that just about every aspect of our lives has radically changed over the last six months. As individuals and as a country, we have been forced to adapt to the "new normal" in our lives, from wearing masks and coughing in our sleeves, to practicing safe social distancing and much more. For millions of Americans, one of the biggest changes and challenges has been adjusting to the "new normal" of telework.
When it comes to finding solutions for tough problems, I often say that we should find out what works and do more of that. The sudden shift to implementing flexible work strategies like telework across the federal government has given us an opportunity to examine how those alternative methods actually work — or do not work. This is our opportunity to find out what works and do more of that. What we learn about telework today will fundamentally shape how we view and implement telework as a country, from now into the future.
One of the agencies under the jurisdiction of our committee is the General Services Administration, which operates federal building space. I hope that the testimony we hear today will shed some light about the use of private space, like people's homes, during telework, which could provide new insights about how we operate federal buildings. With more than 350,000 buildings, the federal government is the nation's largest consumer of energy. What we learn about telework today could help us figure out how to occupy and operate federal building space more efficiently and, ultimately, reduce our nation's carbon footprint.
Another area of concern for this committee is the impact of telework on our environment — specifically on air quality. As our witness from California will describe in greater detail, across the country communities that are normally cloaked in smog are now breathing cleaner air and experiencing the positive effects of widely reduced travel.
For too long, we have witnessed the harmful effects of air pollution on public health and quality of life for so many Americans, especially those in our most vulnerable communities. I believe we should be doing whatever we can, as soon as we can, to reduce emissions associated with how we travel. That can include reducing travel demand during rush hour, through telework policies. It also includes reducing vehicle emissions through fuel economy standards and through the electrification of the cars, trucks and vans that we drive, the largest sources of global warming pollution in our country.
Another important way to reduce travel-related emissions is by investing in multimodal, low-emission transportation choices, such as transit, biking and walking. Put together, these policies of telework, transit, Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, and electrification can make a major difference in alleviating smog, easing congestion and reducing climate-changing emissions, both during a pandemic and later on, when this scourge is a fading memory.
As you know, Mr. Chairman, I often like to quote Albert Einstein, who once said, "In adversity lies opportunity." I have been thinking about that quote a lot over the last few months, because our nation is facing tremendous adversity. While extremely challenging and tragic, this pandemic has also provided us with a real-life case study on the effects of reduced travel-related emissions. I look forward to learning more about how we can translate those successes into long-term strategies to help us address climate change.
Finally, Mr. Chairman, the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which has jurisdiction over federal workforce issues, held a hearing yesterday on issues very similar to the ones we're taking up today. I look forward to drilling down on it again today with you, members of this committee, and members of the HSGAC Committee as we continue adjusting to this "new normal." Working together, I hope we can identify best practices that will maximize the use of federal building space, improve worker morale and productivity, and reduce harmful air pollution.
Thomas Carper, a Democrat, is the senior U.S. senator from Delaware.
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Volunteer Nepal National Group (Vol-Nepal, VNNG) is a local, independent, non-profit organization. VNNG was founded in 2000 and registered with the Chief District Administration Office and the Social Welfare Council, Kathmandu in 2004. Registration number 380- 061/062 and social welfare council 18342.
VNNG was created to implement new initiatives and platforms that could better answer the need for communication between volunteers and community groups with NGOs operating both locally and internationally, VNNG partners with organizations to support community leaders and youth workers in Community Building, Rural Development, Education and Sustainability efforts. Our model, which forms the basis for much of our work, is an adaptable approach to community building in which youths and adults work as partners to examine community resources, develop a community vision, and take action to create meaningful change.
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DDI SEEKS MEDIA SUPPORT ON PROJECTING MILITARY OPERATIONS
The newly appointed Director Defence Information, Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr has appealed to the Nigerian media to continue to project the image of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) positively, by leveraging its prowess to change the negative perception and narrative following the security situation in the country.
He said this is necessary for Nigerians to appreciate the selfless sacrifices of men and women of the AFN towards ensuring peace and unity of the Nation.
The DDI made the call today, Wednesday 25 August, 2021 when he paid a familiarization visit to the Director Generals, Voice of Nigeria (VON) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in their offices in Abuja.
He noted that the media is a very powerful instrument that coordinates all the elements of national powers to bring about national development. The DDI urged the media to continue to support and cooperate with the military via positive coverage and reportage of its activities in the quest to move the country in the path of peace and progress.
Maj Gen Sawyerr however expressed his appreciation for the great work the media is doing. According to him, "whenever the media is against a state, the end result is that the state will fail," he emphasized.
The concerted efforts of the AFN, the DDI noted has impacted on the mass surrendering of boko haram terrorists who in recent times are surrendering in numbers with their weapons and families.
He called on Nigerians to support the initiative that has taken years to build, occasioned by the successes being witnessed in recent days.
The Defence Spokesman said the purpose of the visit was to familiarize himself with stakeholders in the media industry that he would be working closely with in the course of his duty tour as the image maker for the AFN.
He added that the visit would also enable him build a cordial working relationship and a formal interaction with media executives. In his words "we must cultivate the media, we must parley with them, we must see where our areas of difference converge so that we can be able to move the country forward," he reiterated.
He equally used the opportunity to solicit for capacity building in the area of broadcast training for personnel of Armed Forces of Nigeria Radio Station (AFNRS).
While responding, the DG FRCN, Dr Mansur Liman expressed readiness to continue to support and promote the operational engagement and activities of AFN in order to avail Nigerians the opportunity to better understand and appreciate what the military is doing in the defence of the nation, most especially in the North East and other areas with security challenges.
He also promised to continue to provide manpower to the AFNRS and as well provide capacity building in area of broadcast training for personnel at the radio station.
In his remarks, the DG VON, Mr Osita Okechukwu enjoined the citizens to give the military their support and cooperation towards restoring peace and security to the country. He further assured the DDI that VON would use the station's wide coverage to project the image of the military both home and abroad.
Meanwhile, during the visit of the DDI to Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Secretariat, the President and Chairman of the Council, Mallam Mukhtar Zubairu Sirajo assured the AFN of the Institute's readiness to partner and support the AFN in discharging it's constitutional duties to the citizens and the nation at large.
He promised to further protect the mutual interest that has existed between the institute and the military spokespersons.
WAP MAIGIDA
Air Commodore
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Currently working with Qwiboo Ltd creating artwork for the video game 'Beyond Gravity'. It's a joy to work on and fantastic seeing all my illustrations come to life. The above illustration is concept art for the game and below is a screenshot. It's in very early stages of development but should be released early next year for Windows, Mac, Linux, Mobile, iPhone and ipad.
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Dutch bank ABN AMRO to check customers for financial crimes
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands' central bank has ordered ABN AMRO to check all of its retail customers for possible financial crimes as part of a government crackdown.
ABN AMRO revealed the order Wednesday alongside second-quarter results that showed its net profit edged up 1% from the same period last year to 693 million euros ($775 million).
The bank's CEO Kees van Dijkhuizen said in a statement that he welcomes the Dutch government's plans to tackle financial crime. He said the central bank's recent order to check all customers will cost ABN AMRO 114 million euros and that sanctions such as a fine "may be imposed by the authorities."
Related: ABN Amro second-quarter profit rises despite anti-money laundering costs
The bank said it will "substantially" increase the number working in its so-called customer due diligence program. Currently it employs around 1,000 people.
"In general, across the bank we will take all remedial actions necessary to ensure full compliance with legislation," Van Dijkhuizen said.
Last September, Dutch bank ING paid 775 million euros to settle a case linked to its failure to adequately prevent money laundering.
The country's financial prosecution service said ING had for years failed to carry out adequate background checks on clients or sufficiently investigate suspicious transactions.
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The ancient Polynesians were legendary voyagers whose exceptional navigation skills allowed them to discover and settle on nearly all of the major Pacific islands – including the Hawaiian islands – hundreds of years before European explorers such as Columbus began their explorations of the Atlantic. The Polynesians knew innately how to follow the currents and trade winds, use the stars for navigation and find land. Hōkūle'a is a Hawaiian sailing canoe constructed in the 1970s to celebrate the famous Polynesian voyages and keep the knowledge of their sailing and navigation techniques alive. Hōkūle'a successfully circumnavigated the globe from 2014-2017. During its journey of 47,000 nautical miles, Hōkūle'a stopped at 85 ports around the world. Hōkūle'a Hawaii e-liquid is our celebration of that famous vessel and all of the intrepid adventurers who continue to explore the unknown reaches of our planet today.
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Williams Takes His Turn in Dubai Tour Breakaway
Race: Dubai Tour, Stage 4
Start/Finish: Dubai/Hatta Dam, United Arab Emirates
Distance: 172 kilometers
Hatta Dam, UAE —Friday's 172-kilometer race served as the Dubai Tour's queen stage and it saw Team Novo Nordisk's Chris Williams feature in the day's main breakaway.
Immediately from the Stage 4 start, Williams and two other riders attacked. Quickly three riders joined them. The six-man group earned a maximum gap of 6:30.
Williams took top honors through the first intermediate sprint and was runner-up through the second intermediate sprint. Following the second sprint, Williams and another rider dropped back to the peloton in anticipation of the climb up Hatta Dam.
Eventually, only Brandon McNulty (Rally Cycling) remained off the front from the initial breakaway. Heading into the final kilometer, it appeared the American would pull off an upset, but a reduced chase group caught him in the final 150 meters.
Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) took the win while Charles Planet finished in that elite front group.
Charles Planet
"Today was good for my confidence; it felt good to be there with the best guys in this race. After two days in the breakaway and 300 kilometers off the front, I didn't know what to expect out of my legs. My teammates helped me all the way to the climb. My legs felt good and I moved up to the first group. I finished in the top 20, but I know I can do better. I did learn some valuable lessons today, specifically about positioning in the crucial moments on the climb."
Team Novo Nordisk, the world's first all-diabetes pro cycling team, wraps up racing at the Dubai Tour on Saturday with Stage 5. The final 132-kilometer stage begins at Skydive Dubai and features two intermediate sprints before a sprint finish at City Walk. Team Novo Nordisk's Planet, Williams and Quentin Valognes are all still in contention to win the intermediate sprint jersey.
Stage 4: Rider CGM Data*
Chris Williams: 3:54:53 (Chris spent 134km of the 172-km queen stage in the breakaway)
1st: Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida): 3:40:50
2nd: Magnus Cort Nielsen (Astana Pro Team): same time as Colbrelli
3rd: Timo Roosen (Team LottoNL-Jumbo): same time as Colbrelli
19th: Charles Planet: same time as Colbrelli
(Photos: ©TDWSport/Getty Images)
*This image is solely for informational purposes and is not intended as medical advice. It is not a substitute for the advice of a health care professional. If you have diabetes or suspect having any health problems, you should consult a qualified health care professional.
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"I did learn some valuable lessons today, specifically about positioning in the crucial moments on the climb."
Team Novo Nordisk Returns to the World Tour at the Inaugural UAE Tour
Race: UAE Tour (February 24-March 2, 2019) Country: United Arab Emirates Total Distance: 1,090 kilometers Race Class: WT Team Novo Nordisk is taking a mixed squad of sprinters and climbers to the inaugural UAE Tour when the seven-day race kicks off on Sunday, February 24th. "The UAE Tour has it all with a team time…
Chris Williams: Injury Update
Team Novo Nordisk rider Chris Williams gives an update on his recovery after fracturing his right ankle on stage 5 of Dubai Tour. Chris Williams: "I went in for surgery a couple of days after I returned to Australia, as my fractured ankle was slightly displaced, so I have been getting around on crutches since then. The swelling in…
Brais Dacal Visits Diabetes Center in Dubai
Following the 2018 Dubai Tour, Team Novo Nordisk ambassador Brais Dacal got a chance to visit two local Dubai schools and the Boston Diabetes Center of Dubai and bring some much-needed inspiration to kids affected by diabetes in the United Arab Emirates. Brais Dacal: "Meeting with students at the Dubai British School and the Bradenton Preparatory Academy was a tremendous opportunity to inspire and empower young people…
2018 Dubai Tour – Stage 5 Recap
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Since limestone contains very little, if any, radiocarbon, clam shells will contain less radiocarbon than would have been the case if they had gotten their carbon atoms from the air.
This gives the clam shell an artificially old radiocarbon age.
If radiocarbon lasts only a few hundred thousand years, why is it found in all the earth's diamonds dated at billions of years old?
It is not difficult to see how such a claim could arise, however.
We will see that carbon dating strongly supports a young earth.
Thus, it is possible (and, given the Flood, probable) that materials which give radiocarbon dates of tens of thousands of radiocarbon years could have true ages of many fewer calendar years. The shells of live freshwater clams have been radiocarbon dated in excess of 1600 years old, clearly showing that the radiocarbon dating technique is not valid.
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Many people are aware today that they need nutrient supplementation to augment their daily diets to assure their intake of the 90 essential nutrients but are frustrated in the results they get from the huge variety of multiple vitamin/mineral programs avail able.
Vitamins are pretty much the same, there are fat-soluble and water soluble vitamins and they are about equally available in just about any multiple tablet; minerals, however, are a different story - there are three basic types of minerals:
1. Metallic Minerals
Metallic minerals include egg shell, oyster shell, calcium carbonate, lime stone, dolomite, mineral salt, sea water and Great Salt Lake Water, mineral oxides (i.e. - iron oxide, copper oxide, etc.), vortex waters, sea bed minerals, "soils"(which are usually ,lay), sea bed clays and clays, "rock flours" and various antacids such as Rolaids and Tums
Typically metallic minerals are found in tablets and powders as gluconate (calcium gluconate, zinc gluconate,etc,), lactate, sulfates, carbonates and oxides
(iron oxide = rust!!!)
Metallic minerals despite wild claims to the contrary are only eight to 12 % biologically available to animals and humans; after attaining the age of 35 to 40 Years the availability of metallic minerals to humans drops to three to five percent
We know of a man with a "Porta Potty" business in Grand Rapids, Michigan who finds literally thousands of multiple vitamin/mineral tablets in the bottom screens when the "Porta potty" is pressure cleaned after a public event. We asked, "how do you know they are multiple vitamin/mineral tablets?" and he replied,"because the names are still on the coatings (i.e.- One-A-Day, Theragram M, Centrum, etc.)!! Over the years he has accumulated a literal mountain of these tablets!!!
A typical metallic mineral supplement either alone or as part of a multiple is calcium lactate. Calcium lactate can be obtained in 2,000 mg tablets which breaks down to 140 mg of metallic calcium and 860 mg of milk sugar or lactose. Two 1000 mg calcium lactate tablets do not give you 2,000 mg of calcium they only give you 280 mg of metallic calcium - at a 10 %bioavailabiIity rate,
Table 10 - 3. Amounts of Metallic
Calcium in a 1000 mg Tablet
Calcium gluconate ....................... 90 mg
Calcium carbonate ......................400 mg
Calcium acetate ...........................230 mg
Calcium citrate ........................... 210 mg
Calcium lactate ............................140 mg
Cows milk (1000 mg fluid)...........10 mg
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you get 28 mg of biologically available calcium, therefore to get enough calcium from these tablets to meet your needs, you would have to take 30 tablets with each meal or 90 tablets a day and you have 59 more minerals to go (Table 10 -3 above)
2. Chelated Minerals
Chelated (Key-late) minerals were created by the livestock industry in the 1960's to ensure maximum availability of dietary minerals to animals being fed and fattened for market. The original chelating agent used was calcium EDTA, a man made amino acid that was invented by the Germans just Prior to WW II to antidote arsenic and lead exposure in chemical warfare attacks (calcium EDTA is used today for intravenous chelation therapy to clean out arterial obstructions).
The term chelated literally means "claw," but is used to describe the process by which an amino acid, protein or enzyme (enzymes are proteins that do work) is wrapped around the mineral molecule which enhances the bio-availability of the metallic mineral.
Chelated minerals are approximately 40 % bio available, a significant improvement over the original metallic minerals your septic tank in the back yard gets the other 60 % (Table 10 - 4).
Chelated minerals are easily recognized on the label of a multiple vitamin/mineral supplement by the amino acid suffix such as selenium aspartate, chromium picolinate, or sometimes as an "amino acid chelate."
Table 10-4. Absorption Comparison of Chelated and Metallic Minerals.
Amino Acid Chelate vs.
Sulphates
Oxides
5.8:1 4.1:1 3.0:1
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The travel industry has long sought to understand the millennial mentality, including how their attitudes and preferences impact where they go, whom they travel with, and how much they spend. Now that some millennials have begun to have children and raise families, will their travel behavior change? As part of the U.S. Consumer Travel 2018 series, this report examines the state of U.S. family travel, including a comparison of family travel-related attitudes and activity across generations. | {
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Oregon's Debbie Dennis and Shannon Ryan Receive NASCA's National Distinguished Deputy Award
Oct 28, 2021 | Business
Debbie Dennis and Shannon Ryan, from the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, were jointly awarded the Distinguished Deputy Award from the National Association of State Chief Administrators (NASC
LEXINGTON, KY, October 28, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ — Debbie Dennis, Enterprise Goods and Services Administrator, and Shannon Ryan, Enterprise Asset Management Administrator , from the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, were jointly awarded the Distinguished Deputy Award from the National Association of State Chief Administrators (NASCA).
NASCA, an association devoted to state Chief Administrative Officers and their senior leadership teams, presents the annual award to honor administrators for a career of accomplishments in state government operations.
Dennis and Ryan received the honor October 27th during NASCA's annual award ceremony at the 2021 Institute on Management and Leadership in Rochester, New York.
"Debbie and Shannon are the epitome of outstanding public servants," said Katy Coba, state Chief Operating Officer and DAS Director for the State of Oregon. "They are innovative, creative, tireless and committed to serving Oregonians. I could not ask for any better state employees," noted Coba. "Oregon is proud to call them their own and I am doubly proud to have them as DAS employees."
Dennis, Enterprise Goods and Services Administrator, is responsible for all major procurements and contracts for the state. Dennis' leadership has increased the quality and quantity of procurements and contracts while also taking reductions due to budgetary constraints. During 2020, Dennis and her team also implemented a new enterprise-wide procurement system called OregonBuys. Debbie is recognized nationally as a leader and expert in state procurement. She is also a past president and board member of the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO).
Ryan, as the Administrator for Enterprise Asset Management, manages fleet, facilities, construction, maintenance and operations. Ryan's staff manages over six million square feet of owned and leased properties. The vast majority of owned properties are 60-150 years old. New construction is rare and is much smaller in scale. Not a single building is fully earthquake resilient even though Oregon sits in the heart of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Ryan made it her mission to change that statistic and begin constructing or retrofitting existing structures for immediate occupancy following a 9.0 earthquake event.
"Debbie and Shannon exemplify exceptional performance in their roles with substantial accomplishments that have made positive impacts on the state of Oregon," said Pam Goins, NASCA's Executive Director. "This award recognizes the most talented professionals in the state government operations industry who have demonstrated success in their careers and made significant contributions to the communities they serve. NASCA is thrilled to bestow this prestigious honor for their combined service."
The National Distinguished Deputy Award was established to recognize deputies of state Chief Administrators for outstanding contributions to the work of state government operations.
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The National Association of State Chief Administrators (NASCA) is the leading organization advancing professional development and best management solutions for the administrative functions of state government. The association provides state Chief Administrators with the opportunity to increase their knowledge of state government administration through education, networking and information exchange on state government trends, leading edge innovations, standards and best practices.
NASCA's mission is to help state Chief Administrators and their teams strategically transform state government operations through the power of shared knowledge and thought leadership.
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Portugal suspends flights with the United Kingdom from Saturday
That way, no flight would take off from Portugal to the UK, and vice versa, according to Costa, which is the intended procedure. "Reducing the risk of British virus transmission from the virus" Which has already been adopted by most of the countries of the world.
"There will only be flights of a humanitarian nature and to bring Portuguese or English back home," he said.
Costa proposes that the Community Bloc decided to keep all internal borders of the European Union open, Despite the "application of pandemic control measures".
Portugal has suspended flights with the United Kingdom.
The Portuguese Prime Minister also confirmed that the possibility of issuing it was discussed in the Council of the European Union. Certificates of vaccination for European citizens.
"All vaccinated people will obtain a document proving this. " Costa said it would have medicinal effects, although, at present, there is no decision on the mentioned document for other uses in the future, he explained.
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The council also evaluated the vaccination process in the European Union, added Costa, who stressed the importance of the production companies 'commitment to the contracts and the planned schedule so that" there are no further cuts in distribution. "
In the case of Portugal, the prime minister explained that 202,000 vaccinations have already been given and that they are planning to end vaccination in nursing homes next week.
The Portuguese Prime Minister indicated that the Council insisted on the importance of all member states respecting the principle of unity "There are no parallel negotiations on vaccines.", To ensure arrival as quickly as possible and to ensure that 70% of the adult population across the European Union has been vaccinated by the end of the summer.
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In addition, during the meeting, the importance of the European Union's joint efforts to support countries in Africa or Latin America was recognized in order to ensure the elimination of the epidemic globally.
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US report: Allies of El Salvador's president deemed corrupt
MIAMI — Allies of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, including his Cabinet chief, have been included in a list of senior officials in Central America deemed corrupt by the U.S. State Department, according to a copy of a report obtained by The Associated Press.
The emergence of the list of purportedly five corrupt officials is likely to heighten tensions with Bukele, who is facing intense pressure from the Biden administration over the removal of several Supreme Court justices and El Salvador's attorney general. The U.S. has made strengthening democracy one of the pillars of its policy toward Central America, saying that rampant corruption is one of the root causes of illegal immigration.
A copy of the report, which was sent Monday to members of the U.S. Congress, was provided to The Associated Press by a Democrat staffer on the condition of anonymity because it has not been made public.
The list was originally included as a classified annex of a report sent to Congress in April in response to an appropriations request last year pushed by Rep. Norma Torres, a California Democrat who chairs the Central America caucus. That larger list contained the names of 12 Honduran and Guatemalan politicians accused of corruption or believed to have ties to drug trafficking organizations.
The list of five Salvadoran officials deemed to have "engaged in significant acts of corruption" during their terms in offices was declassified May 4, according to the new report. Unlike the bulk of Guatemalans and Hondurans on the list, none of the Salvadorans have been indicted or sanctioned in the U.S. and their inclusion on the list would appear to have no immediate legal consequences.
It nonetheless is likely to further strain relations between the Biden administration and Bukele, who has shown no willingness to back away from his consolidation of power that has drawn condemnation from senior U.S. officials and lawmakers of both parties.
Bukele's fledgling New Ideas party swept February legislative elections by a landslide, taking control of the unicameral congress and immediately voting this month to remove the corruption-fighting top prosecutor and several high court magistrates who had blocked the president's agenda.
While Bukele remains wildly popular at home after decades of corrupt rule that followed the end of the country's bloody civil war, his critics in the U.S. say that in concentrating power he is undermining already fragile institutions.
"El Salvador is a sovereign country and President Bukele was democratically elected. He makes his own decisions," Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Monday in a lengthy statement. "But the choices he and his allies in the Salvadoran Congress make, that are eviscerating El Salvador's democratic civilian institutions and empowering the armed forces, have consequences for U.S.–Salvadoran relations."
The most prominent official on the list is Bukele's Cabinet chief, Carolina Recinos, who has worked alongside the president since his entry into politics as a small town mayor for the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front created by leftist guerrillas following the end of the civil war. There were no details of Recinos' alleged wrongdoing.
Also named is Rogelio Rivas, who last month was replaced as minister of security and justice. The State Department said Rivas allegedly awarded his own construction company several noncompetitive, unadvertised contracts to build police stations and other buildings that fell under his official capacity and then inflated the cost of materials.
Also included is lawmaker Guillermo Gallegos, a founder of the GANA party that broke with El Salvador's bipartisan system to support Bukele's presidential run in 2019.
Two former FMLN lawmakers — Sigfrido Reyes and Jose Luis Merino, the latter a former vice minister of foreign relations in the FMLN government that preceded Bukele's administration — are also included. Fourteen members of the U.S. Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, wrote letters to the State and Treasury departments in 2017 requesting that Merino be investigated and sanctioned for ties to regional criminal groups.
El Salvador's presidential office didn't respond to a request for comment from Bukele and said Recinos was not available. Rivas didn't respond to a request for comment and it was impossible to locate Merino.
Bukele, who has accused the U.S. of heavy handedness, used irony to dismiss the report, a copy of which circulated earlier Monday on social media. He said he was shocked that El Salvador's "friends" after checking their archives could not find a single instance of corruption inside the conservative ARENA party — a favorite target of his.
"Maybe they think they are all saints," he wrote on Twitter. "That's why they insist we return them to power."
Reyes, an opponent of Bukele who has sought exile in Mexico after being criminally charged in El Salvador for corruption from his time in the legislature, called the accusations "baseless and ridiculous."
The State Department "frequently lies to the world to meet its objectives. 18 years ago they swore that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. They are still searching for them!" he said on Twitter.
A State Department spokesperson declined to comment on the non-public report but said that fighting corruption is at the center of the Biden administration's approach to the so-called Northern Triangle countries of Central America since corruption inhibits democratic governances, undermines security and stifles economic growth.
Joshua Goodman on Twitter: @APJoshGoodman
Associated Press writer Marcos Aleman in San Salvador, El Salvador, contributed to this report.
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Some images are just too precious to slap up on the fridge. This little gem just kills me! Kid art is just so sweet and perfect sometimes isn't it? I just knew this elephant drawing belonged in a frame, but the white background seemed a little dull. So off we went to Michaels to pick up some scrapbook paper and a pretty silver frame at 40% off. I cut the scrapbook paper to fit the frame, cut out the elephant (see the tiny mouse?), and glued it on the pretty background. In the frame it went, and voila. Ready for a real wall. I think I will do more of this with my girls art. Cut & paste the adorable bits together. You know how sometimes the little one draws something so perfect that you hold your breath and hope that they are done.....and then they add something else that just well, adds too much? I love that my girls express themselves through art. As a mom, you of course have your personal favorites. The kids do too. Sometimes their favorites and your favorites aren't the same. It's funny how Daisy told me that she didn't particularly like that elephant drawing, and that she didn't think it was one of her best. The elephant is definitely my favorite. Go figure.
so cute! definitely worth preserving beyond the fridge.
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Pre heat oven to 350. In a medium sized mixing bowl blend together the mustard and honey. Toss the pecans in a food processor and pulse until the nuts are finely chopped. Pour the chopped pecans either on a plate or in a pie pan if you have one. Using a paper towel, remove any excess moisture from the outside of your chicken breasts. Taking one chicken breast at a time, first place the chicken into the mustard/honey mixture and coat on both sides. Transfer chicken to the chopped pecans and again cover both sides. Place coated chicken into a greased glass baking dish (I used a little olive oil spray to cover the bottom of the dish) and sprinkle each chicken breast with just a little sea salt. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until the chicken juices run clear. | {
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Peak horticulture organisation Growcom today reminded Queenslanders and the state government that repercussions of Queensland's floods will echo beyond the immediate losses, with disastrous weather since November seriously hitting a number of other horticultural growing regions in the state, and that urgent action was needed to assist all growers who had lost their livelihoods.
"Growcom offers our deepest condolences to families who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods in Queensland as a result of the floods," said Chief Executive Officer, Alex Livingstone.
Livingstone said damage bills were likely to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars and it would be many months before production could return to normal.
* Loss of skilled workers due to cessation of work for extended periods.
"Many of these losses were similarly faced by growers following the devastation wrought by Cyclone Larry in 2006, although this time over a far greater area," said Mr Livingstone.
"The industry recovery and support operation after Cyclone Larry lasted for two years and included up to three Industry Support Officers (ISO) working with horticulture growers to ensure that they were aware of and could access the appropriate government, social and health assistance," he said.
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HE MAY not know it, but 83-year-old writer Vojtech Zamarovský is a living example of Bob Dylan's determination to "know my song well before I start singing".
The renowned author of 11 books on the history of ancient cultures, Zamarovský, now on crutches, has explored museums, taken part in archaeological digs, and talked to people across the lands which once cradled great civilisations.
His lifelong devotion to Egyptian and Greek mythology, and his natural ability to tell simple and elegant histories, has resulted in his books being translated into 12 languages. His fame has even reached his beloved Greece, where his daughter lives.
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GREEK sculpture on display, Zamarovský (inset).
photo: Courtesy of Július Bruna
As a mark of appreciation, the Greek government has now decided to dedicate 10 ancient sculptures to the recently opened Museum of Antiquity in Zamarovský's hometown of Trenčín in western Slovakia.
"It's a very valuable collection, but it's still just a small token of the gratitude of our government for the extensive work of Zamarovský, for what he did for Greeks," said Titos Papadopoulos, president of the Filia Slovak-Hellenic community, who helped to organise the event.
"It's just amazing how he can write about ancient times and make the history understandable to any reader. His work is invaluable."
GIZA pyramid, compared to Trenčín castle (at right).
A digest of Zamarovský's works can be found in Greek school textbooks.
The donation of the sculptures was made possible by the Club of Friends of Vojtech Zamarovský, based in Trenčín, which originally launched the Museum of Antiquity and dedicated it to the town's most famous native son.
"The idea of presenting the ancient world in this country as well stayed with Zamarovský on his visits to museums across the world, but it never saw daylight. When I told him that we wanted to make it happen, his eyes sparkled because he had given up any hope of seeing it come true," said architect Júlis Bruna, president of the 54-member club which brings together people interested in antiquity.
Opened in summer last year, the museum consists of two rooms in a town-owned building. Its stable exposition includes six of the ten sculptures - which are in fact original copies made at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens - donated by the Greek government (the other four are still sitting at the Greek embassy in Slovakia), a collection of Zamarovský's hand-written versions of his books, and souvenirs from his journeys.
This year, the club plans to enlarge the exposition and start reconstructing a former waterworks under the Trenčín castle into a future Museum of Antiquity.
"Our aim is to pass on the message of the ancient era to the generations of the third millennium, the millennium of multicultural though still united Europe," said Bruna.
As an architect, Bruna has studied apparent links between the architecture of Zamarovský's historically significant hometown and the architecture of the ancient world. After comparing the silhouette and the ground plan of Trenčín castle with that of the highest pyramid at Giza, Bruna says they are almost identical (the height difference is less than four meters). The finding fascinated even Zamarovský himself.
"It gives visitors to our town a unique opportunity to imagine how big the Egyptian pyramid is, and at the same time to admire the building skills of the medieval masters," Zamarovský said.
Zamarovský is fond of saying that the neighborhood he grew up in foreshadowed his later profession. He was born in the oldest part of Trenčín under the castle on Marcus Aurelius Street, named after the Roman emperor whose victory over the Quads in 179 BC was inscribed into the castle rock.
A writer, translator and explorer, Zamarovský's works even sit on the shelves of the Alexandria Library in Egypt, which has been renovated after 2,000 years. He was originally meant to become a chimney-sweep so as to fulfil a family tradition, but instead studied economy and law and got into banking. In 1953 he ditched his job for translating (he speaks five languages including Latin and ancient Greek) and began to write.
In 1960 he debuted with The Seven Wonders of the World, followed by works such as The Secret of the Chetits Empire, The Discovery of Troy and The Gods and Kings of Ancient Egypt. Over two million copies of his works have been sold in the Czech and Slovak Republics, or one copy per seven people.
In 1994, the major of Trenčín made him an honorary town citizen, and in 2001 Slovak President Rudolf Schuster awarded him the Pribina Cross of the 1st Class. He is also the first laureate of the Egon E. Kisch Award, a prize annually given to Czech and Slovak non-fiction writers since 1991.
"Zamarovský is a well of wisdom," said Bruna, who with his colleagues has been walking in the master's footsteps. While shaping the Museum of Antiquity building into its final form, they have renewed the old contacts Zamarovský built up from Babylon to Morocco, by visiting the places he visited and talking to the people he met on his journeys.
"The process can sometimes be more interesting that the result itself," said Bruna.
What: Museum of Antique - stable exposition.
Where: Galéria naivného umenia, Mierové námestie 22, Trenčín.
Open: Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00.
Admission: Sk5-10.
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Knockruan Loch is a reservoir of the impounding variety, located 2.5 kilometres north of Campbeltown, Scotland, and is one of three lochs supplying water to the town. The earthfill dam is 1.82 metres high and was completed in 1931.
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Bunnik, the Netherlands, 25 April 2018 – The Supervisory Board of Royal BAM Group nv has decided to nominate Mr L.F. (Frans) den Houter RC for appointment by the general meeting as member of the Executive Board of the Group in the role of Chief Financial Officer as of 1 August 2018, for a period of approximately four years until the general meeting in 2022. This nomination will be submitted to shareholders for approval at an extraordinary general meeting to be convened on Tuesday 26 June 2018. The proposed appointment of Mr Den Houter relates to Mrs T. Menssen MBA stepping down as Chief Financial Officer effective 1 July 2018.
Frans den Houter (43) comes from Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC), where he has worked since 2010; from September 2012 as Chief Financial Officer. In this capacity he was responsible for all financial disciplines, as well as for legal affairs, compliance, human resources and information management.
Mr Den Houter started his career at Exxon Mobil in 2000, where he worked as financial analyst and controller for the Benelux retail operating company. In 2005 he moved to Shell, where he worked as controller at Shell Global Real Estate, project manager at Shell Energy Europe and financial manager for joint ventures at Shell Upstream International. He joined HMC in 2010 as Finance and Control Manager and then held the position of Senior Vice President Finance before being appointed as CFO in 2012.
Frans den Houter was trained as a hydrographic surveyor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, he earned a degree in business economics at the University of Amsterdam and an international master's degree in Finance and Control and is a Register Controller.
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Flash Fiction - COLD FAIRY MOON by Linda Mooney
COLD FAIRY MOON
A fantasy romance flash fiction
Sassa sensed him coming up from behind her. Her heart sped up a little, but she kept her attention focused on the large crowd gathered in the distance. More specifically on the fireworks and other things people were shooting into the sky.
Brinn sat down next to her. "What 'cha doing?"
"Watching."
He gaze out at the celebration. "It's loud."
"It always is."
"But they seem happy."
"I bet they are."
He cast her a side eye. "You sound…"
"Bitter?"
"Cynical."
She snorted in reply. To her surprise, he scooted closer to her, to where their shoulders almost touched.
"It'll be the new year pretty soon. That's always a reason to be happy," he observed.
"Why?" Realizing how she must sound, Sassa apologized. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to come out sounding the way it did."
"It's all right. No offense taken."
A shriek of joy rent the night sky as another rocket zoomed upward and exploded in a kaleidoscope of colors. Brinn raised an arm to point to something overhead, and the feel of it brushing up against hers sent a little thrill through her. Glancing over at him, she noticed the delight on his face.
"See that?" he asked.
She following his pointing finger. "Yeah. So?"
"It's a full moon tonight. Know what people are calling it?"
Sassa grinned. "Other than a full moon?"
"They're calling it the Cold Fairy Moon."
"It's supposed to be an omen of good luck."
This time she reared back to give him a quizzical look. "Good luck?"
Spreading a big grin across his face, Brinn nodded.
"With a Cold Fairy Moon?"
"What does that even mean? That fairies get cold?"
The smile drooped slightly. "I guess that's what they think."
"Or that fairies are cold-natured?"
He shrugged. "I don't know, Sassa. I'm just repeating what I've heard."
Realizing she'd trodden on his good nature again, she reined her tone in. "So what kind of good luck is this moon supposed to bring?"
"A happy new year." He appeared reluctant to elaborate.
"Is that all?" she pressed.
"Well, I heard someone say that dreams will come true. People will find true love. There'll be better health all around, and everyone will find happiness."
She blinked. "All because of a Cold Fairy Moon?"
"All because this Cold Fairy Moon appears on New Year's Eve."
She stared up between the bare tree limbs at the huge, milky white orb that sat almost directly above them. "Did someone ever tell them that fairies don't get cold?"
He chuckled. "I don't think it matters to them."
He moved his arm again, this time bumping against hers and sending another little shiver through her. He noticed the slight movement. "Are you sure you're okay?" His hand folded over hers. Unconsciously, she spread her fingers to let him lace his between them.
"Yeah. I'm sorry I'm being such a goose. I do hope the Cold Fairy Moon brings us good luck this next year."
A loud explosion made her jump. Instinctively, she leaned over to Breen and clutched the front of his shirt. His other arm went protectively around her shoulder. She turned to look at him as the sky turned a brilliant blue, then red, then yellow.
They were almost nose-to-nose. She didn't want to disengage herself from his embrace, but neither did she want him to think she was asking…
Oh, shoot. What does it matter?
"So we're supposed to find love, happiness, and good health?" she confirmed.
"And have our dreams come true."
"How's that going to happen? Do we have to…ask?"
It was difficult to read the expression in his eyes. Luckily, she didn't have to.
Slowly, almost hesitantly, he closed the distance between them to touch her lips with his. It was a sweet kiss. A warm kiss, in spite of the chilly temperature. Sadly, it ended too soon. Sassa didn't try to hide her disappointment when he pulled away.
"I guess it depends on who you ask, and what you ask for," he softly replied. "Sassa? I'm tired of seeing you so sad. You deserve to be happy. You deserve to find love."
It was difficult to tell what sound was louder—the crowd of revelers, the fireworks, or her thudding heart.
"Brinn." She got no further. He leaned in again to kiss her a second time, another sweet, warm, but too-brief pressure. When he released her, she almost reached for him.
"I have a request to make. I'm going to ask," he informed her. "Give me a chance, Sassa. Let's both start the new year afresh. Let's look for happiness together. Let's work on being healthy together. Let's…see what love has in store…for the both of us. Whaddya say, Sassa? Are you willing to give us a chance?"
She drew a shaky breath. Would now be the time to tell him how much she'd been wishing to hear him say what he was saying? She cast her eyes upward once more at the brilliant moonlight flooding the world. The Cold Fairy Moon. "All I have to do is ask?" she whispered.
"Uh-huh." He raised an eyebrow at her. "And I'm all ears."
Her eyes automatically went to the side of his head. Brinn had some of the sexiest looking ears of any man she'd seen. Their pointed tips almost curled.
"I would love to start this new year fresh with you," she confessed. "I'm ready for some happiness."
"And love?"
She didn't try to hide her smile. "And love."
Another bone-jarring boom rattled the sky, ending in cascading white trails.
Brinn got to his feet and held out a hand. She took it, and he helped her to her feet.
"Come on. How about we go somewhere where it's not so noisy? Where we can look at the moon in private?"
"Sounds wonderful."
Spreading his iridescent wings, Brinn launched himself off the twig they'd been sitting on. Sassa unfolded her wings to follow after him, and together, they soared into the sky, keeping just above the treetops to avoid being seen as the celebrations continued throughout the night.
Labels: Cold Fairy Moon, Fantasy Romance, flash fiction, Linda Mooney, short story
HERE BE NEWS for Monday December 28, 2020
Welcome to HERE BE NEWS, where each monday we bring you all the latest from the fantasy romance authors at Here Be Magic:
Tuesday December 22, 2020: Author Deborah A. Bailey discusses the challenges of writing fiction and nonfiction.
Wednesday December 23, 2020: Author PG Forte shares an excerpt from Winter World of Love on WIP-It Wednesday!
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WiP-It Wednesday for December 23, 2020
PG Forte: I'm currently working on a new short Christmas story set in my Winter Hearts Steampunk world. When it's done (hopefully by week's end) Winter World of Love will be available ONLY to members of my FB Readers Group, The Crone's Nest. Here's a sneak peek at the cover and an excerpt. Link to join the Crone's Nest will appear below. Enjoy!
Republic of New Texacali
Ophelia rubbed her sleeve across the glass of the airship's porthole hoping that if she cleared away the condensation, the view outside would improve. But to no avail. The wintery landscape—rocky earth lightly dusted with snow, stunted trees and gray-green shrubs—continued to flash by at a dizzying pace. "Dario?" she called—but quietly, trying to keep the alarm from her voice. "We seem to be traveling extremely fast."
"Amazing, isn't it?" Her husband, perched beside the pilot's seat, flashed a smile at her over his shoulder. "I told you the ride would be smooth. Why, it hardly feels like we're moving at all."
"Yes," Ophelia repeated faintly. "Amazing." She folded her hands in her lap, in an attempt to project poise, but the cold weather—or perhaps her own inner tension—caused the fingers of her injured hand to twist and bend at such odd angles that the resultant jumble of digits looked ridiculously awkward. She grabbed her muff from the seat beside her and thrust her hands inside, where at least she'd be spared the sight of them.
"What's wrong?" Dario asked gently. "You're not frightened, are you? Because, I assure you, we're quite safe."
"Frightened?" Ophelia forced a smile. "Oh, good heavens, no." She clenched her hands together a little more tightly. "I'm just…surprised, that's all."
There was absolutely no sense in arguing the point. Of course, Dario believed them to be safe. She had no idea why he thought that needed saying. Not when he was currently demonstrating that belief by allowing their eight-year-old son to pilot the airship.
But a belief, no matter how sincerely it was held, was not a fact. And it just so happened that Ophelia had her own thoughts on the wisdom of entrusting so important and delicate an operation to a child. Regardless of how intellectually advanced said child happened to be. "But, even so, this rate of speed is surely not necessary?"
"Maybe not, but really, Lia," Dario chided. "There's nothing at all to worry about. I promise you! This ship could easily go much faster. I'd be happy to show you, if you'd like."
"Oh, pray, do not!" Ophelia protested. "I find this present rate of speed quite sufficient. Really, I do."
"I'm forgetting. You're used to traveling only on very large ships, aren't you? Very well." Dario tapped one of the levers on the control panel. "Here, Arthur. This one—the throttle—pull back on it a bit. Yes, like that. There's a good lad."
"The thing to remember about big ships," Dario said, addressing Ophelia once again, turning his back on Arthur even as the boy matter-of-factly slowed the ship to a less nerve-wracking speed. "Is that they're harder to maneuver. It takes more time to alter their course, more space to turn them. So, of course they move more slowly—they'd have to. They also tend to have relatively weak engines and, much like traditional sailing ships, they rely largely on the wind to take them where they need to go."
"I'm sure you're right," Ophelia allowed, recalling the ponderous transcontinental cruiser that had brought her here. Old, and not in the best of shape, every minute it had stayed aloft had seemed a miracle. Had that fateful, and perilous-seeming, voyage really taken place only a year ago? It seemed a lifetime had passed since then. So much had happened. So much had changed. "However—"
"This little craft, on the other hand, besides being smaller and more responsive, was designed with an aerodynamic shape that lets it slice through the air with very little resistance," Dario explained, clearly warming to his topic. "Also, for its size, it boasts an extremely powerful engine. If you'd just let me demonstrate, I'm sure I could make you feel more comfortable."
Ophelia shook her head. Why could not Dario understand that it would make no difference? It didn't matter how powerful the engine was, or how smooth the ride. It wasn't even really the speed, per se, that frightened her, or even the fact that it was her baby who held their lives in his inexperienced hands; it was the thought of them falling out of the sky, the pain they'd experience upon impact, the all but inevitable bursting into flame. Having literally crashed and burned a year ago, albeit not while in an aircraft, she felt her fears were not unreasonable.
Of course, she hadn't exactly communicated those fears to Dario because…oh, because she didn't want him to fuss. She didn't want it to be one more thing about her that needed fixing. She wanted him to stop looking at her like she was a failed project and more like, well, a lover. A wife. As someone desirable; not someone who was merely hopelessly flawed.
"Papa—look!" Arthur interrupted, briefly stopping his mother's heart (and, not incidentally, proving her point) by gesturing at something beyond the ship's front windscreen, and letting go of the steering wheel as he did. "Horses! But why are they out here all on their own? Are they escaping?"
"Where?" Dario leaned in for a better look, casually reaching out a hand, as he did, to steady the wheel before it could begin to spin on its own and send them all tumbling to their deaths. "Oh, yes, I see them. No need for alarm, my boy. I believe that's a herd of wild mustangs you've spotted."
"Wild? D'you mean they don't belong to anyone?"
With his free hand, Dario ruffled his son's hair. "On the contrary, Arthur. They belong to themselves. Which is as it ought to be for all God's creatures."
Ophelia felt a surge of emotion. This easy relationship between Dario and their son—the son she'd denied him for so long—the implicit faith, trust and affection, the shared interests, the casual acceptance, was everything she'd dreamed of, and barely dared to hope for, when she'd first thought to bring Arthur to New Texacali. And, even now, all these months later, after they'd all settled into their new life and their new routine; after they'd re-established themselves as a family; long past the point where she should have become inured to it, the sight still had the power to bring tears to her eyes.
Although, if she were honest, they were not always tears of joy.
Because this could have been the life they'd always had—if she and Dario had made different choices earlier in their marriage. If they'd reacted differently to provocation; if they'd been more open and honest with one another; if they'd trusted each other more, then, perhaps, the entire last nine years could have been like this; not just the past nine months.
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Labels: Christmas stories, free read, PG Forte, Steampunk
Challenges in Writing Fiction & Non-Fiction
I've met a few fiction authors who have also wanted to write non-fiction books. Maybe because they want to share their expertise, or want to provide writing tips or some kind of coaching. It can be tricky when you want to go from one to the other. It's been a balancing act for me for many years.
My first professional writing job was as a catalog copywriter for JC Penney, where I wrote about women's fashions and toys. In that position I learned how to put a lot of description into a very small space. We were limited to 1 or 2 sentences of copy to describe an item. That included all the selling points the customer needed to know. To make it even more of a challenge, the copy had to be engaging and not just a list of features.
On the plus side, when you're forced to make every word count there's no room for fluff or filler. My copy had to sell the item to the reader. It had to catch their attention and provide all the information they needed to make a decision to buy.
Writing lean is something I still do today. Which might explain why I tend to favor novella-length books when I write. Though I did write one book with over 100K words, that isn't my norm.
After several years in catalog copywriting, I changed careers into IT, which is about as far away as you can get from writing sales copy.
During my time as a computer programmer, I didn't write any fiction, or non-fiction for that matter. During that time I put my fiction writing on hold. There was never enough time to focus on my interests outside of work, and being on-call took up a lot my leisure time.
What's really funny is that when I decided to transition into technical writing, I was once told by an HR person that I was "too technical to write." As though those years in IT somehow wiped away all my communications skills.
Unfortunately I think a lot of people believe that it's hard (if not impossible) to bridge the gap between creative writing and non-fiction writing. That's obviously not true, though. I know of a few non-fiction authors who later decided to publish novels. So it is certainly possible to do both.
As a technical writer my "voice" has to be more formal. Usually the passive voice is the way people in corporate communicate. But unless you want to put your readers to sleep, I wouldn't recommend it for fiction.
Of course writing non-fiction books doesn't have to be like writing technical documentation. Non-fiction authors can, and do, write in very creative ways. But it can be daunting to go from writing one to the other. Not to mention that, just as I had with that HR professional, expectorations can end up discouraging the author who wants to do both.
It can also be tough letting go of the passive voice, or the instructional one so that you can write fiction. So it never hurts to take classes (if you've only ever written one or the other) and to do free writing in order to find your own voice.
What helped me bridge the gap between those two writing styles was to start a blog. At first my writing was quite formal, but in time I was able to loosen up a bit. At times it's still challenging, especially when I'm working on a book. It's not always easy to turn off my work laptop and forget all the technical items I've been working on all day.
But I can say that blogging did help me when I wrote my first book, Think Like an Entrepreneur: Transforming Your Career and Taking Charge of Your Life. In fact, many of the blog posts ended up being included. Though at that time I was also writing and publishing short stories.
My first published novel, Hathor Legacy: Outcast was rewritten about 3 times, which isn't exactly a bad thing. It took a while for me to get into the fictional world I was building, and let go of the more formal language I'd been using at work. Looking back, I don't think I was completely successful in letting go of the formal structure. But it taught me how to do better the next time around - which is always good.
To me, the big difference between fiction and non-fiction is allowing yourself to get lost in a character (and a fictional world). Sure, you can have creative non-fiction as well, but that's not what I'm referring to here. Business writing (even if you're a coach writing about personal experiences) still isn't the same as writing from a character's POV.
But, if you enjoy writing and you do it regularly, I think you can find your balance between the two. That's how you get better at it. No matter what it is: short, long, non-fiction, fiction, poetry - just write it.
Once you're writing, you might find it's not so much about striking a balance as it is finding the flow. Maybe by that point, it won't really be challenging at all. It will be a natural way for you to tell your stories and express the things you want to say.
Labels: fiction, writing
HERE BE NEWS for December 21, 2020
Thursday December 17, 2020: Maureen Bonatch wraps up the year with a contest, a cookbook and a cutie. :)
Several of PG Forte's holiday-themed books are on sale between now and the end of the year. IRON, OAK, Finders Keepers and This Winter Heart are all available for only .99 each.
Previously published as The Oak King.
Twice each year, Aine Murphy ventures into the woods to hold ceremonies to honor the Oak King and the Holly King, never dreaming these Lords of the Forest could be anything more than myth. When the legends spring to life in front of her, how can she help but fall for the sexy demi-gods she's loved all her life?
From midwinter to midsummer, Fionn O'Dair rules the Greenworld as the Oak King--a role he feels is beyond his abilities, and one that dooms him to a loveless future, forever craving the one man he can never allow himself to have. How can he resist what Aine offers--the sweet devotion that soothes his aching soul, and the slim chance to live a "normal" life as her husband, if only for half a year?
Holly King Kieran Mac Cuilenn never desired a human lover--until now. Seeing Fionn and Aine together fills him with longing for the love he threw away and awakens feelings he thought he'd buried with the last Oak King. Is there enough magic in the solstice to correct the mistakes he made years ago? Or is he doomed to be forever left out in the cold?
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Sometimes finding what you want is the easy part.
Caleb is a bionic soldier with little-to-no memory of his past. Aldo's an undercover cop who's searching for the man who got away. Then there's Sally, an ER physician who used to be married to Aldo's late partner, Davis. Sally's just looking for a reason to keep on getting up every day.
This holiday season, chance will bring them together and give them an opportunity to help one another find what they each want most. But every gift comes with a price. And keeping what they've found once they've found it?
Yeah, that's gonna be the hard part.
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This Winter Heart
Eight years ago, Ophelia Leonides's husband cast her off when he discovered she was not the woman he thought she was. Now destitute after the death of her father, Ophelia is forced to turn to Dario for help raising the child she never told him about.
Dario is furious that Ophelia has returned, and refuses to believe Arthur is his son - after all, he thought his wife was barren. But to avoid gossip, he agrees to let them spend the holidays at his villa. While he cannot resist the desire he still feels for Ophelia, Dario despises himself for being hopelessly in love with a woman who can never love him back.
But Dario is wrong: Ophelia's emotions are all too human, and she was brokenhearted when he rejected her. Unsure if she can trust the man she desperately loves, she fears for her life, her freedom and her son if anyone else learns of her true nature...
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Nineteenth century Ireland. Blacksmith Gavin O'Malley is a bitter man, with a heart as hard as the iron he forges. He wants his life back--the one that was stolen from him the day his wife died in childbirth, taking their firstborn son with her.
When Aislinn Deirbhile, an immortal, shape-shifting fae, arrives on his doorstep, he knows he's in luck. For Aislinn can give Gavin everything he's been missing: A devoted-seeming wife in the image of his beloved Mairead, and children who are sure to outlive their father. Now, all he has to do is find a way to keep her--without losing his immortal soul in the process.
But Aislinn has an agenda of her own. On the run from a vengeful fae lord who's vowed to either make her his or end her existence, she knows the iron that allows Gavin to take her captive will also keep her pursuers at bay. In order to put herself permanently beyond her enemy's reach, however, Aislinn will need something more. She'll need to win Gavin's heart and convince him to willingly part with a piece of the very soul he's trying to save.
That Christmas was the happiest Gavin had known since childhood. He was up early for Christmas Mass, leaving the house shortly before dawn, and leaving a pouting Aislinn in his bed with the promise he'd be back within a few hours time to fix breakfast for her.
While the world lay silent and cold, he made his solitary way into town, his path lit only by the stars that sparkled overhead and the Christmas candles that burned in the front window of every house he passed. And a thought occurred to him, as he walked along the empty lane, that each flame was a sign of hope for the future—and that, perhaps, he could feel an answering flicker, newly kindled in the darkness of his own heart. And he laughed at himself then, for putting on such airs and for the absurdity of his thoughts and his breath puffed out in little white clouds that melted away in the frosty air.
When he got to Saint Ita's he found a seat in the very last pew, where he'd be sure of being among the first out the door when mass ended. He didn't take Communion, although he'd made his Confession just the day before and he was sure Father Cullen would remark on that fact the next time he saw him. But too much had happened between then and now and his soul did not feel easy with the thought of it. Although he'd still have sworn to anyone who'd asked him that the woman he'd made love to the day before had been his wife, a small part of him doubted whether the Church—or Mairead herself—would choose to see things in quite the same way.
Not that he regretted his actions of the day before. To the contrary, he felt more at peace with himself that morning than he had in many a year. But his mind was so consumed with thoughts of repeating the act he barely heard a word of the service and hurried off as soon as it was over, before anyone could engage him in conversation, or take notice of his agitation.
Then it was home again, where breakfast and a sulky fae awaited him. Aislinn was wearing her own, repaired green dress and, at Gavin's request, she once again resumed her impersonation of Mairead. It was obvious she was less than happy about it, however. But Gavin was in a good and generous humor so, once the goose was cooking, he took a few minutes to tease her out of her bad mood. He sat her on his lap, just as if she were his bride in truth, and fed her pieces of orange, tickling her as she tried to eat them until she laughed and then licking at the juice as it ran down her chin, until, finally, her smile was restored. And she rewarded him with several songs while he saw to the rest of the meal.
He did nearly spoil things again, though, before the food was even on the table for he would speak mockingly of the fae and their heathen ways, and question the usefulness of a woman who couldn't even cook a decent meal for herself, just to watch her eyes smolder. And, also, to remind them both that she was not Mairead. But when at last he bowed his head to make his prayers—over Christmas dinner, at his own table, and with the semblance of his wife seated across from him, once again smiling at him indulgently—he was all but overcome with gratitude. Even knowing it to be an illusion, and a short-lived one at that, he still felt as though he'd been granted a taste of the life he'd once hoped would be his and he felt anew the wonder of the day.
Bring It Back(list) ~ IRON by PG Forte
I've put several of my holiday-themed books on sale between now and the end of the year. IRON, OAK, Finders Keepers and This Winter Heart are all available for only .99 each.
Labels: Bring It Back(list), ebook sales, holiday romance, PG Forte
Wrapping Up the Year with a Contest, a Cookbook & a Cutie
This has been an ugly year for many of us, so why not wrap up the year with a cutie, a free cookie cookbook, and a chance to win a gift card to start off 2021 with some positive vibes.
Scruff happens to be my writing assistant, in that he blocks my chair so that I'm often forced to stay in my seat longer than I anticipated or risk running him over. He reminds me to take breaks when he decides that it's time to play with a toy, or that he needs a treat.
Scruff can help put life into perspective with his no worries attitude. Unless, of course, it's about delaying dinner time, now that's something to worry about.
A Cuddly Cutie
2020 didn't look anything like we planned, leaving us all looking a bit shell-shocked— like Scruff here— and I'm ready to start 2021 with a clean slate.
Many of us have been spending more time at home this year, or working remotely, so Scruff decided to see what all the fuss was about. He didn't see the allure since he rarely leaves home anyway and has never had to dress up for work.
Scruff's "people" have been home far more than usual this year. This is good for the company and sometimes extra treats, but it really cuts into nap time.
Scruff's advice for when all else fails, or everything gets to be a little too much, is to take a nap—or at least feign sleep until everyone leaves you alone while you recharge.
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Author Bio: Maureen Bonatch grew up in small town Pennsylvania and her love of the four seasons—hockey, biking, sweat pants and hibernation—keeps her there. While immersed in writing or reading paranormal romance and fantasy, she survives on caffeine, wine, music, and laughter. A feisty Shih Tzu keeps her in line.
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Labels: 2020, cookbook, dogs, ebook sale, free ebook, holiday recipes, Maureen Bonatch, short stories
THE ANGEL AT THE TOP OF MY TREE
Contemporary Fantasy Romance
(Although this is a sweet romance, it contains scenes of violence.)
After purchasing a beautiful and unique antique angel tree topper, Marq North is excited to gift it to his long-time girlfriend, but he should've known she appreciates a bigger price tag more than sentimental value. Why has he wasted years of his life trying to buy her love? When she tells him she's ending their relationship right before the holidays, he's almost…relieved.
Ione and her fellow archangels are used to the rise in demonic activity during Samhain, but at Christmas? That is a surprise to them all. Yet it seems more and more people are focusing on the greed and commercialism these days rather than the real reason for the season. And the demons plan to take advantage of mankind's vulnerability and overtake as many mortals as possible this time of year. It's up to Ione and Heaven's best protectors to save every valuable soul.
He'd swear he saw her literally fall from the sky, to find her injured and vulnerable. After Marq rescues her, he discovers she's the spitting image of the angel doll. She says her name is Ione, and claims to be an archangel. After he offers her a place of safety in order to recover, he finds she's become jaded through the years, which has him determined to have her see that it's not greed, but the love of giving that makes this time of year special.
Despite knowing she must return to Heaven, or risk drawing the demons' wrath to Marq, Ione wants to remain with her rescuer, but she must let him go to save his life as he did hers. After all, a relationship between a mortal and a celestial being would never work.
Or can it?
Warning: Contains hot cocoa, a flaming sword, a celestial mission, a red sweatshirt, similar names, and discovering that sometimes the best gift on or under the Christmas tree is love.
Tuesday December 8, 2020: PG Forte takes a trip down memory lane...
December is the Month for Christmas With a Twist!
And you can get all 3 of these ebooks for just 99c each!
TUFFY CLAUS
It's another night on the job for Deputy Sheriff Barbara Mero, giving chase to a suspect in a stolen vehicle. But when someone beats her to the perp, she's not sure whether to step in or not. Before she can stop him, a sledgehammer-wielding bearded biker on a red Harley delivers his own punishment, but with his parting words, Babs isn't so sure he's another bad guy.
After further investigation, Babs knows this vigilante "Santa" meant well, but there's no proof he was even there. And after a few more run-ins with the red-cloaked badass, she's torn between duty and justice, but in her heart she knows he's the real deal.
You see, there's a side of the story of Santa that doesn't get told, and that's where Dominik comes in. Being the twin to Kris, Dom's job isn't near as merry, though still necessary, answering the letters from the kids who want more than just toys. Those who want a better, safer life, food, and shelter. Basic needs a kid shouldn't have to wish for on Christmas. Although he's accepted his own lot in life, Dominik still has one regret. It's a lonely life.
There's another side to jolly old Saint Nick, and he ain't a saint.
Warning! Contains German chocolate cake, a modified red Harley, Sadie, justice served, a child's letter to Santa, a coffee date, and the promise of love when no hope of love had ever existed.
Tickle My Candy Cane
Tales of the Blakeney Sisters, Book 2
Humorous Erotic Urban Fantasy Paranormal Romance
$0.99 e / $6.99 p / $6.95 a
Once upon a time, there lived a man with five rambunctious daughters. They were an average American farming family except for one minor detail. The man was a warlock, and all of his daughters were witchlets--half witch and half human.
With Christmas only two days away, Tamberly Blakeney has given up hope of finding her heart's call this year. That is, until Jonathan Mauk walks into the market and into her life. With the magical swirl of a candy cane's stripes, she knows he is the man meant to be her lifelong love. But first he has to pass the sex hex test, which she is sure won't be a problem.
What she doesn't realize is that there is something in Jonathan's past that deeply disturbs her father. And until Daddy gets all the answers, there could be hell to pay.
SILENT NIGHT, FINAL NIGHT
A Paranormal, Post-Apocalyptic, Christmas Horror Story
by Linda Mooney writing as Gail Smith
A family on the run, searching for food, shelter, and others not infected.
A plague is wiping out the population, stealing the humanity from people and turning them into monsters. Kem and Armand are willing to do whatever it takes to protect their daughter and survive. Nothing is promised, not life, not their next meal, not even a decent night's rest.
The quality of life is quickly diminishing. How much is too much? How long until the fight for survival is no longer worth it, and it's time for a dignified end rather than a slow, painful death?
Labels: Bring it Backlist, Christmas stories, Linda Mooney, new releases, PG Forte
Bring It Back(list) - December is the Month for Christmas With a Twist!
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HERE BE NEWS for Monday December 7, 2020
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No explanation is given as to where Clinton is, but Slough and Eton are nowhere near the Cotswolds - unless my geographic knowledge is even worse than I thought - and if Clinton was on a little branch line to Eton/Slough, then it must be near those places. Anyone able to tell me what is the nearest Cotswold town to Slough?
We learn that her uncle is called Frank, but is there ever, anywhere, a reference to her aunt's name? She's referred to in the text only as Mrs Grayson.
I wonder if EBD mixed up the Cotswolds and the Chilterns?
There isn't a station caled Eton and Slough, there's Windsor and Eton Riverside and Windsor and Eton Central. To get to Windsor and Eton Central you have to change at Slough. Maybe that's what she was thnking of, There's a place caled Aston Clinton about 25 miles from Slough - it may have had a railway link to Slough once but not now. Slough is on the line to Paddington.
Nowhere near Cotswolds, she might indeed be thnking of Chilterns!
She does make it sound very real, don't think using real placenames is a good idea unless yiou are using them correctly! Better to change them slightly like Medbury (Ledbury) and Armiford (Hereford) then it doesn't matter if they are not quite right!
Now if only her aunt's name appeared somewhere.
I thought I'd seen somewhere that she had been called after the aunt? But maybe that's in a drabble or a fill-in??
She was named after her mum, who was also Kathleen. I don't think the aunt's name is mentioned. I shall check in the encyclopaedia ... which just says "Uncle Frank and Auntie".
Yes, I knew she was named after her mum, and like Alison I checked in the encyclopaedia about her aunt's name. But she can't remain nameless, not in the situation I'm envisaging, so will have to produce something. Her husband can hardly refer to her as auntie, when speaking to another adult!
That means you have your choice of names, so you can just choose something you like and no-one will be able to argue with you .
I'll be able to argue with myself, though, Alison, because once I've chosen a name, and it's set in stone, I'll regret choosing that particular one!
Think her mother and aunt were twins?? If so, maybe a name that fits well with Kathleen, though I don't have a suggestionj.
Almost certainly not anything that EBD had already used for anyone major, or she'd have had Kathie saying that was her aunt's name ... so not Bridget, probably not Josephine or Margaret - might have been Mary as that was in such common use at the time it probably wouldn't be remarked on, but more likely a second name - unlikely to be Helena or Constance either!
Think her mother and aunt were twins?? If so, maybe a name that fits well with Kathleen, though I don't have a suggestion.
I always wondered if her aunt, and therefore also her mother, were Irish, with a name like Kathleen. Never thought of them being twins, though, ivohenry.
I really think you can please yourself, Mary - perhaps check if the name that comes to you is in Charlotte Mary Yonge's History of Christian Names here as EMBD seems to have been so fond of it.
Thanks, Noreen. I've chosen so many names for my own characters that I'm wondering why this particular name bothers me. It's odd because I now see that most of the names I've chosen are from folk known to me in my school years in the fifties and early sixties, the latter being when ND is set, so another one should be easy, no?!?
Many thanks to all for getting involved.
In my drabble, she's from Winchcombe (just outside Cheltenham) and just in the Cotswolds - and would be on a branch line to the main Bristol-Paddington line.
Is the relationship between Kathleen and Mrs Grayson? I mean, are they supposed to be sisters?
I didn't think it was clear from the books...... that could be annoying (and will involve re-writing). I'd decided Frank and Kathleen were brother and sister.
Train from Cheltenham - Paddington would either be direct (several a day) , or change at Swindon. However, depending when your drabble is set, there was a local railway line with a station at Winchcombe, which closed in 1960.
I think it was Jacynth whose mum and auntie were twins. It's not specified with Kathie. Mrs Grayson refers to Mrs Ferrars as "little Kitten" or something like that, and I took that to mean that Kathie's mum was her younger sister, but I suppose there's no reason she couldn't have been her sister-in-law and that she was using her husband's affectionate nickname for his younger sister - especially if there was a big age gap and Mrs F had only been young when Mr and Mrs G got together. It definitely doesn't say specifically, so I'd just use whichever family relationship works, for either of you . | {
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package com.yanzhenjie.album.adapter;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.ColorStateList;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
import android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatRadioButton;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import com.bumptech.glide.Glide;
import com.yanzhenjie.album.R;
import com.yanzhenjie.album.entity.AlbumFolder;
import com.yanzhenjie.album.entity.AlbumImage;
import com.yanzhenjie.album.impl.OnCompatItemClickListener;
import com.yanzhenjie.album.util.DisplayUtils;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Created by Yan Zhenjie on 2016/10/18.
*/
public class DialogFolderAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<DialogFolderAdapter.FolderViewHolder> {
private ColorStateList mButtonTint;
private static Context ctx = null;
private List<AlbumFolder> mAlbumFolders;
private OnCompatItemClickListener mItemClickListener;
private int checkPosition = 0;
private static int size = DisplayUtils.dip2px(100);
public DialogFolderAdapter(ColorStateList buttonTint, List<AlbumFolder> mAlbumFolders, OnCompatItemClickListener mItemClickListener) {
this.mButtonTint = buttonTint;
this.mAlbumFolders = mAlbumFolders;
this.mItemClickListener = mItemClickListener;
}
@Override
public FolderViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
if (ctx == null) {
ctx = parent.getContext();
}
return new FolderViewHolder(LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.album_item_album_dialog_folder, parent, false));
}
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(FolderViewHolder holder, int position) {
final int newPosition = holder.getAdapterPosition();
holder.setButtonTint(mButtonTint);
holder.setData(mAlbumFolders.get(newPosition));
holder.itemView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
AlbumFolder albumFolder = mAlbumFolders.get(newPosition);
if (mItemClickListener != null)
mItemClickListener.onItemClick(v, newPosition);
if (!albumFolder.isChecked()) {
albumFolder.setChecked(true);
mAlbumFolders.get(checkPosition).setChecked(false);
notifyItemChanged(checkPosition);
notifyItemChanged(newPosition);
checkPosition = newPosition;
}
}
});
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
return mAlbumFolders == null ? 0 : mAlbumFolders.size();
}
static class FolderViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
private ImageView mIvImage;
private TextView mTvTitle;
private AppCompatRadioButton mRbCheck;
public FolderViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
mIvImage = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.iv_gallery_preview_image);
mTvTitle = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.tv_gallery_preview_title);
mRbCheck = (AppCompatRadioButton) itemView.findViewById(R.id.rb_gallery_preview_check);
}
public void setButtonTint(ColorStateList colorStateList) {
mRbCheck.setSupportButtonTintList(colorStateList);
}
public void setData(AlbumFolder albumFolder) {
List<AlbumImage> albumImages = albumFolder.getPhotos();
mTvTitle.setText("(" + albumImages.size() + ") " + albumFolder.getName());
mRbCheck.setChecked(albumFolder.isChecked());
if (albumImages.size() > 0) {
Glide.with(ctx.getApplicationContext())
.load(albumImages.get(0).getPath())
.override(size, size)
.into(mIvImage);
} else {
mIvImage.setImageDrawable(new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#FF2B2B2B")));
}
}
}
}
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Have you been looking for real musical conversation? The kind you can feel a part of and have your own thoughts? Well, look no further. The Music Challenge Podcast has you covered.
This is the epitome of music nerdery. Feel a part of the improv conversation as the panel breaks down awesome music and reveals the greatness inside some of your favorite albums.
Come for the music, stay for the conversation. Available anywhere you get your podcasts.
The Music Challenge Podcast Andrew Keefe
Jason Isbell - Southeastern
Jason Isbell - Southeastern is the subject of The Music Challenge podcast as we salute thye Americana genre. Isbell is one of the master's of contemporary songwriting and his album Southeastern is a prime example. Born out of rock, folk, and country, Americana has found a solid listenership amongst huge amounts of fans.
Come for the music. Stay for the conversation.
Kid A by Radiohead is the subject of The Music Challenge Podcast as we plunge into this smash hit that changed the musical landscape for good. Radiohead had become big stadium rock, so listen at how they achieved such an intimate and personal album.
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Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker is the subject of this BONUS episode of The Music Challenge Podcast recorded in the summer of 2021. Listen as our crew analyzes the Australian superstar Kevin Parker and his first groundbreaking, blissed out album "Innerspeaker.
Come for the music. Stay for the conversation of four dudes who just love music and presenting these albums to you.
Phish - A Live One
Phish's - A Live One is the special subject of this extended The Music Challenge Podcast. Listen to the enthusiasm of our hosts as we investigate Phish's first live release. Lot's of music and Phish lore as our hosts relate what this album meant to them.
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Lee "Scratch" Perry Retrospective
Reggae pioneer Lee "Scratch" Perry's career is the subject of this week's The Music Challenge Podcast. Hear some great music from the man who shaped the reggae's original sound, invented sampling, and the mixing board. He's worked with the Beastie Boys and The Clash just to name a few acts.
You don't want to miss the story of Jamaica's "Disrupter".
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
The Beastie Boy's album Check Your Head is the subject of this episode of The Music Challenge Podcast.
Delve into these groundbreaking beats and rhymes while checking out some of the most timeless music in hip hop. With the addition of keyboardist Money Mark, The Beastie Boys unleashed their new sound on an unsuspecting public in 1992 with an album that holds up extremely well after thirty years.
© 2021 Andrew Keefe
Phillyb420 , 03/23/2021
Music talk in a SUPER FUN way!
If I were to describe this podcast to a stranger, it would be "Some buddies who love music talking about great/favorite albums."
Always a SUPER fun listen and min many ways informative. If you LOVE music, this is for you!
Keep up the awesome work, guys! \mm/
Ferrispicoli , 03/28/2020
A few buds talking about music
Entertaining and real because they'll go off on funny, non-music related tangents, but they always circle back to the music. The conversations are casual and it's easy to see why these guys are friends. Add to that their different ages and musical tastes, and it makes for a great podcast about the music that influenced their lives. | {
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Justia Patents Plural, Separately Fed, And Either Simultaneously Applied Or Admixed, Treating FluidsUS Patent for Methods for cleaning a substrate Patent (Patent # 7,288,156)
Methods for cleaning a substrate
Jan 10, 2006 - Lam Research Corporation
The invention provides a water supplying apparatus and method thereof which has a high capacity of peeling and removing a disused material such as a resist film and the like, and can efficiently use water vapor. A water supplying apparatus for executing a washing process, a cleaning process and a working process of a subject, is provided with a water vapor body supplying means for supplying a water vapor body, and a water mist body supplying means for supplying a water mist body containing liquid water fine particles, and the structure is made such that said water vapor body and said water mist body are supplied to the subject by independently controlling said two means.
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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the priority right under 35 USC 120 from U.S. application Ser. No. 10/229,931, filed on Aug. 27, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,004,181, which claims the priority right under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-264627 filed on Aug. 31, 2001, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying water (H2O) in a manufacturing process of a product, and relates to an apparatus for supplying high purity water used for a working process of a product surface and a washing and cleaning process thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a water supplying apparatus and a method thereof for peeling out a disused material such as a resist film, a polymer residue or the like attached to a subject surface such as a semiconductor wafer, a hard disc (HD), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a flat panel display (FPD) or the like in a lithography process so as to remove.
2. Description of the Related Art
In a manufacturing process of a semiconductor apparatus, a liquid crystal display, a magnetic disc, a printed circuit board or the like, a resist is applied to a surface of the subject and a high-precision process such as a pattern forming or the like is applied to the surface of the subject by using a lithography. Thereafter, a process of removing the disused material such as the resist film, the polymer residue or the like attached to the surface of the subject is executed.
As a technique of removing the disused material such as the resist film or the like which has been conventionally executed, there are a plasma asher method of ashing and removing the resist film by oxygen plasma, a method of thermally removing a film body by an organic solvent (a phenol solvent, a halogen solvent or the like), a thermally dissolving method executed by concentrated sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide, and the like.
However, in any of the methods mentioned above, a time, an energy and a chemical material for disassembling and dissolving the resist film and the like are required, and a load in the process of disassembling and dissolving the resist film and the like is great. The plasma asher method is generally well known, however, there is a problem that a charge-up damage generated by charged particles is great. Further, since there is a problem that it is impossible to sufficiently remove a reaction product (a polymer residue) generated in an etching process, it is necessary to wet remove this, so that there is a problem that a number of processes is increased. Accordingly, in a field of a precision surface treatment technique including a technique of removing the disused material such as the resist film and the like, a great attention is paid to a method of using water and water vapor which are rich in the natural world, as a technique casting off from the prior art using the chemical material and the chemical process and being gentle for the earth and the environment, and there is an expectation of using and developing the technique.
A technique of removing the resist film remaining on the surface of the semiconductor apparatus, the liquid crystal device or the like by using the water vapor is described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-118817. In accordance with the publication mentioned above, there is disclosed a technique of lifting off the residual resist film from the surface of the subject by high temperature mist in the water vapor so as to remove it.
However, in order to completely peel out and remove the resist film, it is necessary to generate a lot of water vapor, so that there is a disadvantage that an electric power consumption is too large.
As a result of devoting themselves to and taking into consideration a mechanism of peeling out and removing the resist film by using the water vapor, the inventors of the present application have noted that the peeling and removing process of the resist film is constituted by the following two steps.
That is, at first, vaporized water (this is called as a water vapor body) permeates through the resist film so as to reach an interface between the resist film and the surface of the subject, thereby weakening a bonding force of the resist film on this interface and floating the resist film from the surface of the subject (lifting off).
Next, mist-like water containing liquid water fine particles together with a predetermined injection pressure (this is called as a water mist body) physically acts on the lifted off resist film so as to peel out the resist film from the interface.
Since the water vapor body and the water mist body have different roles in the peeling and removing process of the resist film as mentioned above, if it is possible to control the water vapor body and the water mist body most appropriately so as to generate them, a lot of water is not required and it is possible to reduce electric power consumption.
That is, the water vapor body requires an application of a high temperature and a high energy for the purpose of permeating through the resist film, however, the amount to be required is a little. Accordingly, it is possible to generate the water vapor body by a little electric power consumption.
On the contrary, since the water mist body is used for physically peeling out the lifted off resist film, the amount to be required is more than that of the water vapor body, however, it is not necessary to heat to a high temperature, and it is only necessary that a predetermined injection pressure is applied, so that the electric power consumption for the generation is hardly required.
In this regard, in the method of utilizing the water vapor described in the publication mentioned above, since the water mist body and the water vapor body exist in a mixed state without being controlled to the respective optimum conditions, efficiency has been deteriorated.
The present invention is made on the basis of the knowledge mentioned above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a water supplying apparatus and method thereof which has a high capacity of peeling and removing a disused material such as a resist film, a polymer residue and the like, and can efficiently remove the disused material.
The water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention employs the following means in order to solve the problems mentioned above.
(1) A water supplying apparatus for executing a washing process, a cleaning process and a working process of a subject, comprising:
a water vapor body supplying means for supplying a water vapor body; and
a water mist body supplying means for supplying a water mist body containing liquid water fine particles,
wherein the water vapor body and the water mist body are supplied to the subject by independently controlling the two means.
(2) A water supplying apparatus as recited in the item (1), wherein the subject includes a disused material of a resist film and a polymer residue which are generated in connection with manufacture of a semiconductor device.
(3) A water supplying apparatus as recited in the items (1) and/or (2), wherein the water vapor body or the water mist body is supplied in a state of being contained in a gas.
(4) A water supplying apparatus as recited in the item (2) or (3), further comprising a contacting and/or permeating means for contacting and/or permeating the water vapor body with respect to the subject, and an injecting means for injecting the water mist body to the subject, wherein the disused material is removed on the basis of a cooperation between the water vapor body and the water mist body.
(5) A water supplying apparatus as recited in any one of the items (1) to (4), further comprising a nozzle means for supplying the water vapor body and/or the water mist body to the subject.
(6) A water supplying apparatus as recited in the item (5), wherein the nozzle means is arranged so as to be opposed to the subject placed within a processing chamber.
(7) A water supplying apparatus as recited in the item (5) or (6), wherein the nozzle means is constituted by a two-fluid mixture injecting nozzle provided with a first flow passage for passing the water vapor body therethrough and a second flow passage passing the water mist body therethrough.
(8) A water supplying apparatus as recited in the item (5) or (6), wherein the nozzle means is constituted by a two-fluid mixture injecting nozzle provided with a first flow passage for passing the water vapor body therethrough and a second flow passage for passing the liquid water therethrough. In accordance with this structure, it is possible to generate a water mist containing liquid water fine particles in a gas by passing the liquid water therethrough and injecting the liquid water from a discharge port.
(9) A water supplying apparatus as recited in the item (7) or (8), wherein the two-fluid mixture injecting nozzle is provided with a mixing portion for mixing the water vapor body and the water mist body.
(10) A water supplying apparatus as recited in any one of the items (3) to (9), wherein the gas is constituted by any one of air, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, ozone and helium, or a combination of at least two elements.
(11) A water supplying apparatus as recited in any one of the items (1) to (10), wherein the water vapor body is controlled so that a temperature becomes equal to or more than a boiling point, and the water mist body is controlled so that a temperature becomes equal to or less than a boiling point.
(12) A water supplying apparatus as recited in any one of the items (1) to (11), wherein the liquid water fine particles contain ozone, carbon dioxide, ion, acid or an alkaline material.
(13) A water supplying apparatus as recited in any one of the items (1) to (12), further comprising an air pressure controlling means for controlling an inner portion of the processing chamber in an atmospheric pressure state, a depressurized state or a pressurized state.
(14) A water supplying method for executing a washing process, a cleaning process and a working process of a subject, comprising the steps of:
contacting a water vapor body containing vaporized water in a gas with a surface of the subject and permeating the water vapor body through the subject;
injecting a water mist body containing liquid water fine particles in a gas onto the surface of the subject; and
removing a disused material from the subject on the basis of a cooperation between the water vapor body and the water mist body.
(15) A water supplying method as recited in the item (14), wherein the disused material is removed within a chamber an air pressure of which is controlled in a depressurized state, a normal pressure state or a pressurized state.
(16) A water supplying method as recited in the item (14), wherein the water vapor body is controlled so that a temperature becomes equal to or more than a boiling point, and the water mist body is controlled so that a temperature becomes equal to or less than a boiling point.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of a nozzle means employed in a water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross sectional schematic view of a two-fluid mixture injecting nozzle apparatus corresponding to an embodiment of a nozzle apparatus employed in the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of a wafer to which a resist film is attached, showing an embodiment of a subject to which a water vapor body and a water mist body are supplied in connection with the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged photograph obtained by photographing a state that the resist film attached to the wafer changes its nature due to a process applied by the apparatus in accordance with the present invention, by using an electron microscope;
FIG. 5 is a photograph showing a state that the resist film attached to the wafer is peeled out so as to gradually pass out of existence;
FIG. 6 is a view showing a schematic structure of a water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention; and
FIG. 7 is a pattern schematic view of a water vapor body and a water mist body.
Next, a description will be given of an embodiment of a water supplying apparatus and a water supplying method in accordance with the present invention with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.
FIG. 7 is a view showing a pattern structure of a water vapor body and a water mist body which are used in the present invention. The water vapor body in this case generally exists in a state that heated and vaporized water (vaporized water (H2O molecule) is contained in the gas such as air or the like as shown in FIG. 7(a), however, it is also possible to be constituted by 100% water vapor containing no gas. Further, the water mist body exists in a state that liquid-like water fine particles are contained in the gas, as shown in FIG. 7(b).
In order to generate the water vapor body containing the vaporized water in the gas, for example, it is possible to generate by dropping liquid water on a heated plate so as to vaporize this, and it is also possible to generate by generating the water vapor so as to heat it. A temperature of the water vapor body is controlled so as to be equal to or more than 100° under the atmospheric pressure, preferably between 130° and 160°.
The water mist body can be generated, for example, by vigorously injecting water at a room temperature or a mixture of the water and the gas from a nozzle, or can be generated by utilizing so-called spray principle injecting the gas to a portion near an injection port of the water.
Further, it is preferable to set a temperature of the water mist body to be equal or less than 100° under the atmospheric pressure.
In this case, as mentioned below, in the case of applying the water vapor body and the water mist body to a subject within a process chamber, it is possible to control an inner portion of the chamber in the atmospheric pressure state, a depressurized state and a pressurized state, and in this case, the temperatures of the water vapor body and the water mist body can be changed by the pressure within the chamber. Accordingly, the temperature of the water vapor body can be controlled so as to be equal to or more than a boiling point thereof, and the temperature of the water mist body can be controlled so as to be equal to or less than a boiling point thereof. Further, in the water vapor body containing the water vaporized in the gas, the vaporized water is normally contained in the air, however, it is not limited to the air, and a gas such as nitrogen, argon, helium and the like may be employed. The same matter can be applied to the air in the water mist body.
Further, a method of producing the water mist body including the liquid water fine particles containing ozone, carbon dioxide, ion, acid or an alkaline material has the following three ways in a wide view.
(1) It is possible to produce the water mist body by using the liquid water previously containing the material mentioned above.
(2) It is possible to produce the water mist body containing the material mentioned above by being contacted with and absorbed in the water so as to inject the gas forming the water containing the material mentioned above from the nozzle together with the liquid water, thereby generating the water mist body.
(3) It is possible to produce the water mist body containing the material mentioned above by being contacted with and absorbed in the water after making the water mist body containing nothing so as to be contacted with the gas forming the water containing the material mentioned above.
Further, by using the water mist body mentioned above, it is possible to promote prevention and removal of a charge-up of an electric charge to the subject during a step of removing a disused material such as the resist or the like.
FIG. 1(a) shows an embodiment of a structure of a nozzle means used in a water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention. In this embodiment, two nozzles 10 and 12 are independently prepared. Further, a supplied material A is a water vapor body supplied to the nozzle 10 and a supplied material B is a water mist body supplied to the nozzle 12. In this case, the nozzle 10 and the nozzle 12 are arranged close to a subject (not shown).
The water vapor body injected from the nozzle 10 reaches a surface of the subject and permeates through the disused material such as the resist film or the like so as to weaken a bonding force between the disused material and a substrate on an interface.
Further, the water mist body injecting from the nozzle 12 is injected to the surface of the subject accompanied with a predetermined pressure so as to peel and remove the disused material such as the resist film or the like having a weakened bonding force with respect to the interface.
Further, in accordance with a research and experiment by the inventors, it is found that a high peeling effect can be obtained when the temperature of the water vapor body is over 100° and between 120° and 180° and the temperature of the water mist body is equal to or less than 100°, and it is possible to realize a removing apparatus of the disused material such as the resist film or the like with a high efficiency by controlling so as to set to this condition.
In the manner mentioned above, in accordance with the water supplying apparatus of the present invention, the apparatus is structured such as to properly and effectively supply the water vapor body and the water mist body to the subject by providing a means for supplying the water vapor body in one nozzle and providing a means for supplying the water mist body in another nozzle, and combining these two means so as to independently control them.
In this case, in FIG. 1(a), the description is given on the assumption that the supplied material A is the water vapor body supplied to the nozzle 10, and the supplied material B is the water mist body supplied to the nozzle 12, however, the supplied material A may be of course the water mist body supplied to the nozzle 10, and the supplied material B is the water vapor body supplied to the nozzle 12.
FIGS. 1(b) and 1(c) show another embodiment of the structure of the nozzle means used in the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention. A nozzle 18 in FIG. 1(b) or a nozzle 16 in FIG. 1(c) corresponds to any one of two nozzles 10 and 12 in FIG. 1(a).
FIG. 1(c) shows a state that a water mist body c2 itself produced in the other place for supplying the water mist body c2 is supplied through the nozzle 16.
Further, FIG. 1(b) shows a nozzle apparatus having a structure made such that an inner portion of the nozzle 18 is separated into a center side supplying portion 18b and an outer side supplying portion 18b and a water mist body c1 is produced within the nozzle 18 so as to supply. In order to produce the water mist body within the nozzle by using the structure mentioned above, for example, the liquid water and the water vapor may be mixed so as to produce, or it is possible to produce by mixing the liquid water and the gas. Accordingly, in the nozzle 18, the structure may be made such as to respectively supply two kinds of materials to the center side supplying portion 18b and the outer side supplying portion 18a in a branched manner, whereby the materials are mixed near the injection port and the water mist body c1 is obtained.
FIG. 2 is a view showing an embodiment of the nozzle apparatus used in the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention by using a cross section.
In a nozzle apparatus shown in FIG. 2(a), liquid water in a high-pressure state is supplied as the supplied material B from a center supply port e1. Further, the water vapor is supplied as the supplied material A from a side supply port e2. Further, in a portion (a portion shown by a dotted circle in the drawing) near a discharge port of the nozzle apparatus, the water vapor body A and the liquid water B are mixed, and a water mist body C is formed and injected from an injection port.
In the nozzle apparatus shown in FIG. 2(a), one nozzle apparatus is provided, however, is provided with two means constituted by a means for supplying the water vapor body and a means for supplying the water mist body. In this case, the water mist body C in this nozzle apparatus is not supplied from the other place after previously produced, but the water mist body C is produced on the basis of the discharge of the liquid water B. Accordingly, in this case, by controlling the supply of the water vapor body A and the liquid water B, it is possible to independently control the means for supplying the water vapor body and the means for supplying the water mist body, and two means can be variously combined.
In the nozzle apparatus shown in FIG. 2(b), the water vapor is supplied as the supplied material B from the center supply port e1. Further, the liquid water is supplied as the supplied material A from the side supply port e2. Further, in a portion (a portion shown by reference 14 in the drawing) near the discharge port of the nozzle apparatus, the water vapor body B and the liquid water A are mixed, whereby the water mist body C is produced and is injected out from the injection port 14.
In FIGS. 2(b) and 2(a), both of the structures are made such that the water vapor body and the liquid water are respectively supplied from different supply ports (e1, e2), however, the apparatuses themselves have no great difference.
Accordingly, in FIG. 2(b), by controlling the supply of the water vapor body A and the liquid water B, it is possible to independently control two means constituted by the means for supplying the water vapor body and the means for supplying the water mist body, and two means can be variously combined.
FIG. 2(c) shows a further nozzle structure. In this nozzle structure, the water vapor body and the liquid water are not mixed as is different from FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b), and accordingly, the mixing portion is not provided. In this case, the structure is made such that the water vapor body and the water mist body are respectively discharged to the external portion directly so as to be injected to the subject. Further, as the supplied material A and the supplied material B, any one of the water vapor body and the water mist body is applied as the supplied material, whereby the nozzle apparatus is structured.
The nozzle apparatuses exemplified in FIGS. 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c) are called as two-fluid mixture injection nozzles, however, a shape of the two-fluid mixture injection nozzle capable of being used in the present invention is not limited to this, and can be variously modified. In any case, the structure can be employed as far as it is possible to independently control the amount of supply, the temperature, the injection pressure of the water vapor body and the water mist body.
Then, there is shown here one embodiment among the researches and experiments executed by the inventors.
A state that the water mist body (the fine particles) and the water vapor body (the water vapor gas body) exist together is prepared by heating pure water of 400 cc/minute by using a pure water heating apparatus having a processing capacity of 400 cc/minute, and a desirable result of removing a resist film can be obtained at a time of injecting the water mist body and the water vapor body to the semiconductor wafer to which the resist film is attached, via the nozzle apparatus. A weight ratio between the water vapor body and the water mist body at this time is 25:75.
FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the subject to which the water vapor body and the water mist body are supplied in connection with the present invention, and is a cross sectional view of the wafer to which the resist film is attached. The resist film 32, 33 and 34 are closely adhered onto the wafer 30 so as to form hard film layers, and a thickness thereof is normally about 500 to 800 nm.
The wafer to which the resist films are attached as shown in FIG. 3 corresponds to one example of the subject in the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention, and a resist film removal after an ion implantation can be significantly effectively executed by using the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
The subject is not limited to this, and a polymer residue is listed up as another example. The polymer residue is generated as a reaction product at a time of a dry etching, and the polymer residue can be significantly effectively removed by using the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
Both of the resist film removal and the polymer residue removal can be executed at the same time by using the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention, however, can be, of course, separately executed.
In the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention, there is provided with the means for supplying the water vapor body (in most cases, including the water vaporized in the gas) and the means for supplying the water mist body including the H2O fine particles, these two supplying means are independently controlled, and the water vapor body and the water mist body are directly supplied to the subject.
Accordingly, at a time of executing the process of removing the disused material such as the resist film or the like, it is possible to consider on the assumption of separating the process of supplying the water vapor body to the wafer and the process of supplying the water mist body to the wafer. At this time, it can be assumed that the water gas body is effective for changing its nature of the resist film or the like due to the permeation of the gas body, and the water mist body is effective for peeling the resist film or the like by the fine particles of the water.
For example, the resist film is formed in manufacturing the semiconductor device on the basis of a base polymer basic structure having a hole property and a hydrogen bonding property, and the resist film body generates physical changes such as softening, expansion or the like by the high-temperature water vapor body. Further, a resist permeability of the water vapor body is great, and the water vapor body generates physical changes such as swelling, separation, solidification or the like so as to generate a change in chemical structure. Accordingly, the resist film hydrated and swelled by the high temperature water vapor body so as to be softened has a weakened bonding force with the wafer and is going to be peeled. Further, an injection force or a spraying force of the nozzle apparatus at a time of supplying the water vapor body or the water mist body to the subject is applied so as to be largely effective for peeling the swelled resist and the wafer substrate.
The water mist body comes into collision with the particles attached on the surface at an injecting speed from the nozzle. A magnitude of the water mist body is set so that a diameter thereof is about 5 to 50 μm, and on the assumption, for example, of an injecting speed of about 40 m/second, a colliding force thereof is sufficient to peel the particles of 0.1 to a few μm from the wafer base substance.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged photograph obtained by photographing a state that the resist film attached to the wafer changes its nature at a time of executing the process by using the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention, by using an electron microscope. As shown in a photograph (a), there can be seen that when the water vapor body is permeated, changes such as softening, expansion or the like of the resist film are promoted, a deformation and a gap are generated from a side of an end portion between the wafer and the resist film, and the bonding force is weakened. Further, as shown in a photograph (b) showing the next stage of the photograph (a), due to a further permeation of the water vapor body, physical changes such as swelling, separation, solidification or the like further promote in the resist film body so as to generate a great crack or the like, and finally the resist film is peeled out from the wafer in cooperation with an operation of the water mist body.
FIG. 5 is a photograph showing a state that the resist film (pale color portions) attached to the wafer (deep color portions) is gradually reduced in an order of (a)→(b)→(c)→(d) and the resist film is peeled out so as to gradually pass out of existence, at a time of executing the process of removing the resist film by using the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 5 is the photograph in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, however, in this case, the process of removing the resist film by using the apparatus in accordance with the present invention is executed on the basis of the following conditions. That is, a preset temperature of the water vapor body is 120°, a wafer placing table rotates at 4 rpm, a gap (a space) of the nozzle is 20 mm, and a flow rate of the pure water is 100 cc per a nozzle.
FIG. 6 is a view showing one schematic structure of the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention. A subject 40 such as a wafer or the like is placed on a rotating table 50 which rotates about a rotating shaft 60 within a processing chamber 20. A nozzle means 30 is arranged at a predetermined interval apart from the subject 40 so as to be opposed to the subject 40, and a flow passage 32 for supplying the water vapor body and a flow passage 34 for supplying the water mist body are mounted to the nozzle means 30.
At a time of removing the disused material such as the resist or the like, the water vapor body and the water mist body are injected from a front end of the nozzle means 30 by scanning the nozzle means 30 in a radial direction of the subject 40 while rotating the subject 40 at a predetermined speed so as to execute a peel-out and a removal.
In this case, the description is mainly given of removing the resist film and the polymer residue generated as the disused material in manufacturing the semiconductor electronic device in connection with the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention. However, the range to which the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention is applied is not limited to this, and includes a working process in other electronic devices or the like and a surface precision treating field, and further, the water supplying apparatus in accordance with the present invention is greatly effective in fields of cleaning a substrate, cleaning after a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP), cleaning a dry etching treated surface, cleaning a fine circuit, cleaning a mask for forming a fine circuit and the like.
As described above, in accordance with the present invention, since it is possible to independently control the supply conditions of the water vapor body and the water mist body, the peeling and removing capacities of the disused material such as the resist film or the like are high, and it is possible to realize the effective water supplying apparatus.
1. In a substrate processing chamber, a method for cleaning a substrate having one of a resist film and a polymer residue on a surface of said substrate, comprising:
providing a water vapor producing arrangement that includes at least a heating arrangement for heating water to produce water vapor and a first aperture configured to supply said water vapor at a first temperature to said surface of said substrate; and
providing a water mist producing arrangement including at least a second aperture configured to supply a water mist containing a gas and water particles to said surface of said substrate, said water mist being supplied to said surface substrate at a second temperature lower than said first temperature;
supplying said water vapor to said surface of said substrate; and
thereafter supplying said water mist to said surface of said substrate after supplying said water vapor has started, wherein said water mist is configured to at least partially peel said one of said resist film and said polymer residue.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising supplying a gas along with least one of said water vapor and said water mist containing said water particles, said gas being supplied through said first aperture if said gas is supplied along with said water vapor, said gas being supplied through said second aperture if said gas is supplied along with said water mist.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising selling said first temperature such that said water vapor becomes suitable for permeating one of a resist film and a polymer residue that is disposed on said substrate to accomplish said cleaning.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising setting a flow rate of said water mist such that said water mist becomes suitable for physically peeling one of a resist film and a polymer residue that is disposed on said substrate.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said first temperature is at least equal to a boiling point of said water.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein said second temperature is at most equal to said boiling point of said water.
providing a water vapor producing arrangement that is configured to supply water vapor to said surface of said substrate through a first nozzle, said water vapor being produced using water at a first water usage rate;
providing a water mist producing arrangement configured to supply water mist to said surface of said substrate through a second nozzle different from said first nozzle, said water mist being produced using said water at a second water usage rate higher than said first water usage rate, thereby enabling said water mist to exert a greater peeling force on said surface of said substrate than a peeling force exerted by said water vapor; and
simultaneously supplying said water vapor and said water mist to said surface of said substrate to at least partially clean said substrate with said water vapor and said water mist.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein said water vapor producing arrangement further includes a heating arrangement configured to furnish said water vapor at a first temperature that is higher than a second temperature associated with said water mist, thereby enabling said water vapor to permeate said one of said resist film and said polymer residue on said surface of said substrate to a greater extent than said water mist.
9. The method of claim 7 further comprising supplying a gas with said water vapor prior to subjecting said surface of said substrate to said water vapor, said gas being one of air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ozone, argon, and helium, said gas being ejected out of said first nozzle along with said water vapor at said surface of said substrate.
10. The method of claim 7 wherein said substrate processing chamber includes a pressure controlled inner portion capable of maintaining at least one of an atmospheric pressure state, a depressurized state, and a pressurized state.
11. The method of claim 7 wherein said water vapor producing arrangement further includes a heating arrangement that is configured to produce said water vapor at a first temperature that is at least equal to a boiling point of said water, and wherein said water mist producing arrangement is configured to produce said water mist at a second temperature that is at most equal to said boiling point of said water.
12. In a substrate processing chamber, a method for cleaning a substrate, comprising:
providing a water vapor producing arrangement that is configured to supply water vapor and a gas (water vapor/gas) at a first temperature to said surface of said substrate through a first nozzle, said water vapor being produced using water at a first water usage rate;
providing a water mist producing arrangement configured to supply water mist to said surface of said substrate through a second nozzle different from said first nozzle, said water mist being produced using said water at a second water usage rate higher than said first water usage rate, said water mist being at a second temperature that is lower than said first temperature; and
simultaneously supplying said water mist and said water vapor/gas to said surface of said substrate to at least partially clean said substrate with said one of said water mist and said water vapor/gas.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein said gas is one of air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ozone, argon, and helium.
14. The method of claim 12 wherein said water mist is suitable for physically peeling from said surface of said substrate one of a resist film and a polymer residue.
15. The method of claim 12 wherein said water vapor/gas is suitable for permeating said one of a resist film and a polymer residue, said one of a resist film and a polymer residue being disposed on said surface of said substrate.
16. The method of claim 12 wherein said first temperature is at least equal to a boiling point of said water, and said second temperature is at most equal to said boiling point of said water.
5887605 March 30, 1999 Lee et al.
6589359 July 8, 2003 Kamikawa et al.
6610168 August 26, 2003 Miki et al.
Filed: Jan 10, 2006
Date of Patent: Oct 30, 2007
Patent Publication Number: 20060112974
Assignee: Lam Research Corporation (Fremont, CA)
Inventors: Yoichi Isago (Kanagawa), Kazuo Nojiri (Tokyo), Naoaki Kobayashi (Chiba), Teruo Saito (Chiba), Shu Nakajima (Kanagawa-ken)
Primary Examiner: Jill Warden
Assistant Examiner: Saeed Chaudhry
Attorney: IP Strategy Group, P.C.
Application Number: 11/330,004
Current U.S. Class: Plural, Separately Fed, And Either Simultaneously Applied Or Admixed, Treating Fluids (134/36); Including Steam, Gaseous Agent Or Temperature Feature (134/30); Gas Or Vapor Condensation Or Absorption On Work (134/31); Gas Or Vapor Blasts Or Currents (134/37)
International Classification: B08B 3/00 (20060101); B08B 3/02 (20060101); B08B 5/00 (20060101); | {
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Socialists Are Stealing Elections and Destroying the Republic
November 19, 2018 Kelleigh Nelson Politics & Government Comments Off on Socialists Are Stealing Elections and Destroying the Republic
By Kelleigh Nelson:
Kelleigh Nelson
It's not the people who vote that count, it's the people who count the votes. — Communist leader Joseph Stalin
Just as feudalism was an advance over slavery, and capitalism was the next step after feudalism, socialism is the next step after capitalism. Socialism in America will come through the ballot box. — American Communist Gus Hall
The Christians are always singing about the blood. Let us give them enough of it. Let us cut their throats and drag them over the altar! And let them drown in their own blood! I dream of the day when the last priest is strangled on the guts of the last preacher. — American Communist Gus Hall
Communist Control
Our Department of Justice (DOJ) is thoroughly corrupt. There is no justice for the lawbreakers but plenty of injustice for the innocent. One need only look at the cast of characters in both politics and the DOJ who should have long ago been indicted, tried and convicted, all of whom are Democrats, with a sprinkling of Trotskyite Republicans.
We call Democrats liberals (bleeding hearts is a total fallacy, they bleed for no one), and progressives…another euphemistic term as though they are moving toward progress. Progress into what… an oligarchy or totalitarianism with complete subservience to the state? They used these ambiguous terms and many others in order to appeal to the ignorant. Back when this started had they called themselves Marxists, which is what they truly are, it may have gotten them shot or hung.
Marxist doesn't fully define them today. I would call them Leninists or Stalinists because the violence and oppression they are pushing for is right along the lines of Stalin's purges and Lenin's "Red Terror."
Hillary Clinton said, "Civility can start again when democrats take control of the House and/or the Senate." Sounds a lot like National Socialist Hitler who said, "We shall only talk of peace when we have won the war." The Democrats turn to Socialism is an ominous sign for the party and for the country.
Bernie Sanders, newly elected Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Palestinian Muslim Rashida Tlaib are not the only communists in our Congress. Since November 2016, nationwide membership of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) jumped from 5,000 to 40,000 and before the midterms to 52,000. There are now at least 77 DSA members in the 115th Congress, and back in the 111th Congress, eleven of them sat on the Judiciary Committee. More will be on the Committee in 2019, and most of them are funded by George Soros' MoveOn.org.
The political left has been known as Marxists for many years. The infamous Weather Underground terrorist organization of the 1970's held the political ideology of Marxist Socialism, not liberalism. The 44th American President was great friends with unrepentant lying terrorist, Bill Ayers, who now calls himself a communist with a small "c." Ayers is a retired professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, formerly holding the titles of Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar.
Snowflake Universities
Core values, traditions, the American family and the ideas of accomplishment and achievement are being destroyed, not just in our universities, but now in our high schools and middle schools. Creative writing, creative thinking, reason, logic, all of these things are being weeded out as destructive and threatening to the objective of sameness and equality and equity. The core of today's college and university doctrine is socialism. Academic education has been destroyed in every educational establishment that has accepted federal tax dollars. The rising popularity of socialism is threatening America's future.
Our children are molded from kindergarten through high school with the socialist indoctrination found in common core! When they reach the university level, they have been primed to accept socialism. An extensive study of 8,688 tenure-track professors at 51 of the 66 top-ranked liberal arts colleges in the U.S. published by the National Association of Scholars found that the ratio of faculty members registered as Democrats (read that socialists) compared to those registered Republican is now a stunning 12.7 to 1.
It's no wonder these propagandized and brainwashed young people vote for Democrats. Since the late 1800s, this has been the plan of the ruling elite. We saw the results in our recent midterm elections.
American Communists
In the 1940s and early 1950s, the Communists really did a number on Senator Joe McCarthy and destroyed his reputation, but the truth is out there. Sen. McCarthy was absolutely right that communists had infiltrated our State Department and Hollywood.
Former State Department employee Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury in January 1950 for testimony dealing with accusations that he spied for the Soviet Union during the 1930s. He was involved in the establishment of the United Nations both as a U.S. State Department official and as a UN official.
"Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy" by M. Stanton Evans will change forever how you think about Sen. McCarthy and the Soviet penetration of the U.S. government and society. That was then, this is now and communists are even more prevalent today.
The Communist Party U.S.A. (its name varied in the early years) was founded in Chicago in 1919 and opened its national headquarters in that city in 1921. But the bulk of the movement's members were in New York, and in 1927 Communist headquarters were shifted to a party-owned building in Manhattan two blocks south of Union Square.
New York would remain the capital city of American Communism from then on, and today, who really can deny that both Chicago and New York are led by those who favor communism. Leading communists such as William Z. Foster, Marxist Politician and General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1945 to 1957, and Earl Browder, leader of the Communist Party USA and General Secretary during the 1930s and 40s, had their offices on the top floor of the 12th Street building. It became the custom to refer to party leadership as the "ninth floor." (And, for some reason, even in non- and anti-Communist left-wing circles, "the party" was always understood to refer to the Communists, rather than any rival organizations.)
No one wants to call today's Democrats what they really are…full-fledged hardcore Communists, the same ones Joe McCarthy warned us about. Just take a gander at the 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx in 1848.
Read again the quotes by Gus Hall, former leader of the Communist Party USA, and four-time Presidential candidate, and note that John Brennan, the former CIA Director under President Obama, actually voted for Gus Hall in 1976. In 1980 he was hired by the CIA. In 2013, Obama hired John Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the corrupt justice department. He held that position until January of 2017, and thankfully, President Trump finally pulled Brennan's security clearance. Is he a Communist? Well, he certainly isn't a patriot.
2018 Mid-Terms
Trump supporters are bereft over the latest election, they are apoplectic over these phony recounts which seem to happen every time a Republican wins the election by a narrow margin. Every new mysteriously found batch of uncounted votes always supports the Socialist Democrat and destroys the Republican winner. When Department of Homeland Security Director Kirstjen Nielsen reported that there was no vote fraud in this election and it was the most secure in history, I laughed out loud because vote fraud has been going on for decades.
One need only remember John F. Kennedy's election in 1960 where his father, old Joe Kennedy had Mayor Daley's Illinois Democrats make sure enough dead voters cast their ballots for his son. And he won by just 8,800 votes, largely due to margins in Chicago where Mayor Daley tightly controlled the Cook County organization. In Texas, home of Kennedy's running mate Lyndon Johnson, he won by a margin of 46,000. Had Nixon carried both states, he would have won the electoral college, 270 to 252.
Mobsters Frank Costello and Meyer Lansky both confirmed late in their lives that Joe Kennedy Sr. was a gangster. He made his millions on illegal booze. Sam Giancana, mob boss of the criminal Chicago Outfit from 1957–1966 said, "Joe Kennedy is one of the biggest crooks who ever lived."
Lyndon Baines Johnson made sure he won a 1948 Texas election for Senator which he'd lost. He overcame a 20,000-vote deficit to achieve his famous 87-vote victory in the 1948 Democratic runoff primary against a former Governor, Coke Stevenson. A South Texas political boss, George Parr, had manufactured thousands of votes for him, just as has happened in our recent 2018 midterm election, overturning several victories for Republicans.
President Trump and other Republicans are crying foul and accusing Democrats of trying to "steal" the election. Given the history of voter fraud in this country and the heavily Democratic makeup of Florida's Broward and Palm Beach counties, their suspicions are probably justified. The corruption in Broward is infamous. The election supervisor, Brenda Snipes, even mixed bad provisional ballots with good. Snipes has a history of allowing illegal aliens and felons to vote.
Florida Department of State officials have asked federal prosecutors to investigate possible election fraud in Broward County and three others where Florida Democratic Party volunteers are accused of sending voters altered state election documents with incorrect information. Federal Prosecutors also discovered altered election documents in Broward County tied to Florida Democrats.
Senator Rubio was right when he tweeted, "Bay County was hit by a Cat 4 Hurricane just 4 weeks ago, yet managed to count votes and submit timely results. Yet over 41 hours after polls closed Broward elections office is still counting votes?"
Slim margins trigger automatic recounts, and ultimately the Democrat wins by a few hundred votes. In the 2008 Minnesota Senate race, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman was 215 votes ahead of Democrat Al Franken. The recount put Franken ahead by 225 votes, but a later investigation showed that 1,099 felons, all of them ineligible, had voted.
A recount in Arizona took the Senate race from Martha McSally and gave it to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.
Republican Brian Kemp won the gubernatorial race in Georgia after a recount battle. Democrat Stacey Abrams says the voting laws in Georgia are too restrictive and she plans to change them. Most likely she'd like felons and illegal aliens to cast votes.
As John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky note in their book "Who's Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk," most felons favor Democrats when they can vote.
Thankfully Rick Scott won the Senate seat over Bill Nelson, and Ron DeSantis won the gubernatorial race over Soros trained socialist, Andrew Gillum.
Election day doesn't mean anything anymore when the Democrats can magically find thousands of uncounted votes that are for the losing Democrat, who then automatically asks for a recount and wins.
Devvy Kidd, a friend and fellow columnist for NewsWithViews, has written numerous articles on vote fraud. It exists across America and is one of the weapons used by the socialists to install their fellow democrats. The Gateway Pundit reported that since election day, Democrats picked off over a dozen House seats and two Senate seats.
Senator Marco Rubio said, "Democrat lawyers came to Florida to get judges to change Florida elections laws, after the election. That isn't a strategy to win an election, that is a strategy to steal an election."
The indoctrinated elitists on both coasts think of us in the "fly over" area of America as the knuckle dragging, gun toting, Bible reading uneducated masses who shouldn't count. They want our votes eliminated and they'll go to any lengths to do just that.
Do the Republicans care? Since the majority of them lean left, why would they?
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Kelleigh Nelson has been researching the Christian right and their connections to the left, the new age, and cults since 1975. Formerly an executive producer for three different national radio talk show hosts, she was adept at finding and scheduling a variety of wonderful guests for her radio hosts. She and her husband live in Knoxville, TN, and she has owned her own wholesale commercial bakery since 1990. Prior to moving to Tennessee, Kelleigh was marketing communications and advertising manager for a fortune 100 company in Ohio. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she was a Goldwater girl with high school classmate, Hillary Rodham, in Park Ridge, Illinois. Kelleigh is well acquainted with Chicago politics and was working in downtown Chicago during the 1968 Democratic convention riots. Kelleigh is presently the secretary for Rocky Top Freedom Campaign, a strong freedom advocate group. Email Kelleigh: [email protected]
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Dems Rig Machines to Route Votes to Obama!
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More than one in five of all Teach for America corps members in Philadelphia schools this year – 46 out of 213 – are in special education classrooms. By definition, these teachers are inexperienced and have received minimal training – seven to eight weeks over the summer.
Is this good for special education instruction?
TFA was set up to provide top recent college graduates to serve in classrooms in hard-to-staff schools where no certified personnel wanted to work, rather than suffering through a succession of unqualified substitutes. The shortage in special education has not abated, according to District officials.
While the District's priority is to "hire highly qualified teachers in every subject," this school year "special education teaching positions continue to be one of the most difficult positions to fill," according to spokesman Fernando Gallard.
The 46 TFA members in public schools today represent less than 3 percent of the District's 1,687 special education teachers. Gallard said certified teachers were not available.
Conventionally certified special education teachers in Pennsylvania must complete a comprehensive course of study combining a degree program at an accredited university and field experience in a special-education classroom.
For Joseph Ciesielski, a fully certified, third-year special education teacher at Olney Elementary, his studies helped him understand the laws governing special education as well as specific skills like writing an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Ciesielski went through five years of schooling, 190 hours of classroom observation, and 12 weeks of student teaching.
He said he regrets that his training at St. Joseph's University didn't include "more outreach from the District and a mindset of 'Let's make it easier for you to come work here.'" Absent that push, many of his classmates headed for jobs in the suburbs, he explained.
TFA corps member Julia Cadwallender, now a second-year special education teacher at Spring Garden Elementary, had her advance training crammed into one summer.
Between their acceptance into TFA and the start of the school year, corps members receive training materials, attend a summer institute aimed at becoming effective teachers, and do student teaching during summer school.
During the school year, TFA provides its corps members in special education positions with extensive resources beyond those provided by the District. These include information-packed websites and online communities, access to experienced special education teachers in Philadelphia and elsewhere, interaction with other corps members in Philadelphia, and graduate coursework in special education at Chestnut Hill College.
Cadwallender said she benefits most from the interaction with other teachers. "It is that collaborative, problem-solving community that I have really enjoyed being a part of," she said. "I have built a similar community with general education teachers" at Spring Garden.
At the end of her two-year TFA stint this spring, Cadwallender will lose some of these resources, but maintain the online connection to other TFA special education teachers and alumni nationwide. She said that this and other resources will allow her to continue to be successful as she stays on for a third year at her school.
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cent in the year to February 2016. The price inflation has been attributed to landlords rushing to beat stamp duty.
place at UCATT's conference following a debate about its future described as "full, frank and passionate". Both sides will now enter into negotiations.
This year's Queen's Speech included details of a new Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill. The Bill includes elements that look to improve the planning system by making it as efficient as possible.
Questions still remain over how some of the new policies will be implemented and whether they will streamline the planning system.
Both renters and first-time buyers could benefit from Brexit argues the Vote Leave campaign. A joint commissioned report by the Association of Residential Letting Agents and National Association of Estate Agents has suggested that by 2018 the total value of UK housing could fall by £26.5bn.
Exit from the EU and its free movement of labour policies could see the UK population fall by more than a million, freeing up UK properties. However the potential benefits could be short lived as the report warns of disaster for the construction industry and future of the UK housing market.
these locations popular among families looking to upsize, as well as the equity rich looking to downsize but remain close to good restaurants, shops and amenities.
buyers. The average deposit for first time buyers is also likely to fall, from 17 per cent to 10 per cent by 2019, as LTV mortgage products enter the market. The forecast is therefore bright for the UK's property market, as property transactions provide a crucial measurement of overall market strength.
since 2004-2005. The ORR claims that despite these figures the overall performance is still better than in the early 2000s.
version using Apple's Wallet app on an iPhone, which can already be used to pay for items and store boarding passes and gift cards. Mr. Morley has said the addition will be an add-on to the existing driving licence rather than a replacement.
Public Health England has released a report encouraging councils to embrace active travel by building walking and cycling into everyday life.
The report includes a section called Physical activity, the under-rated 'wonder drug'.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is seeking public feedback on potential developments across the rail network between 2019 and 2024.
The consultation will play a role in influencing Network Rail's work over this five-year period.
Researchers at the University of Oxford are asking thousands of people to keep a 24-hour diary of their electricity usage. The project, known as METER, is aimed at getting a better understanding of the UK's peak electricity demand.
It forms part of a five year programme to find ways of relieving peak demand, which the government estimates could save the UK economy £8.1bn.
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package com.annimon.stream.function;
import com.annimon.stream.Objects;
import java.util.Arrays;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
/**
* Represents a predicate (function with boolean type result).
*
* @param <T> the type of the input to the function
*/
public interface Predicate<T> {
/**
* Tests the value for satisfying predicate.
*
* @param value the value to be tested
* @return {@code true} if the value matches the predicate, otherwise {@code false}
*/
boolean test(T value);
class Util {
private Util() { }
/**
* Applies logical AND to predicates.
*
* @param <T> the type of the input to the function
* @param p1 the first predicate
* @param p2 the second predicate
* @return a composed {@code Predicate}
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code p1} or {@code p2} is null
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> and(
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> p1,
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> p2) {
Objects.requireNonNull(p1, "predicate1");
Objects.requireNonNull(p2, "predicate2");
return new Predicate<T>() {
@Override
public boolean test(T value) {
return p1.test(value) && p2.test(value);
}
};
}
/**
* Applies logical AND to multiple predicates.
*
* @param <T> the type of the input to the function
* @param p1 the first predicate
* @param p2 the second predicate
* @param rest the rest predicates
* @return a composed {@code Predicate}
* @throws NullPointerException if any of predicates are null
* @since 1.2.1
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> and(
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> p1,
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> p2,
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T>... rest) {
Objects.requireNonNull(p1, "predicate1");
Objects.requireNonNull(p2, "predicate2");
Objects.requireNonNull(rest, "rest");
Objects.requireNonNullElements(Arrays.asList(rest));
return new Predicate<T>() {
@Override
public boolean test(T value) {
boolean result = p1.test(value) && p2.test(value);
if (!result) return false;
for (Predicate<? super T> p : rest) {
if (!p.test(value)) return false;
}
return true;
}
};
}
/**
* Applies logical OR to predicates.
*
* @param <T> the type of the input to the function
* @param p1 the first predicate
* @param p2 the second predicate
* @return a composed {@code Predicate}
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code p1} or {@code p2} is null
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> or(
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> p1,
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> p2) {
Objects.requireNonNull(p1, "predicate1");
Objects.requireNonNull(p2, "predicate2");
return new Predicate<T>() {
@Override
public boolean test(T value) {
return p1.test(value) || p2.test(value);
}
};
}
/**
* Applies logical OR to multiple predicates.
*
* @param <T> the type of the input to the function
* @param p1 the first predicate
* @param p2 the second predicate
* @param rest the rest predicates
* @return a composed {@code Predicate}
* @throws NullPointerException if any of predicates are null
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> or(
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> p1,
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> p2,
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T>... rest) {
Objects.requireNonNull(p1, "predicate1");
Objects.requireNonNull(p2, "predicate2");
Objects.requireNonNull(rest, "rest");
Objects.requireNonNullElements(Arrays.asList(rest));
return new Predicate<T>() {
@Override
public boolean test(T value) {
boolean result = p1.test(value) || p2.test(value);
if (result) return true;
for (Predicate<? super T> p : rest) {
if (p.test(value)) return true;
}
return false;
}
};
}
/**
* Applies logical XOR to predicates.
*
* @param <T> the type of the input to the function
* @param p1 the first predicate
* @param p2 the second predicate
* @return a composed {@code Predicate}
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code p1} or {@code p2} is null
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> xor(
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> p1,
@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> p2) {
Objects.requireNonNull(p1, "predicate1");
Objects.requireNonNull(p2, "predicate2");
return new Predicate<T>() {
@Override
public boolean test(T value) {
return p1.test(value) ^ p2.test(value);
}
};
}
/**
* Applies logical negation to predicate.
*
* @param <T> the type of the input to the function
* @param predicate the predicate to be negated
* @return a composed {@code Predicate}
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code p1} is null
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> negate(@NotNull final Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
Objects.requireNonNull(predicate);
return new Predicate<T>() {
@Override
public boolean test(T value) {
return !predicate.test(value);
}
};
}
/**
* Checks that input value is not null.
*
* @param <T> the type of the input to the function
* @return {@code Predicate} that checks value to be not null
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> notNull() {
return new Predicate<T>() {
@Override
public boolean test(T value) {
return value != null;
}
};
}
/**
* Creates a safe {@code Predicate}.
*
* @param <T> the type of the input to the function
* @param throwablePredicate the predicate that may throw an exception
* @return a {@code Predicate} or {@code false} if exception was thrown
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> safe(
@NotNull ThrowablePredicate<? super T, Throwable> throwablePredicate) {
return safe(throwablePredicate, false);
}
/**
* Creates a safe {@code Predicate}.
*
* @param <T> the type of the input to the function
* @param throwablePredicate the predicate that may throw an exception
* @param resultIfFailed the result which returned if exception was thrown
* @return a {@code Predicate} or {@code resultIfFailed}
* @throws NullPointerException if {@code throwablePredicate} is null
*/
public static <T> Predicate<T> safe(
@NotNull final ThrowablePredicate<? super T, Throwable> throwablePredicate,
final boolean resultIfFailed) {
Objects.requireNonNull(throwablePredicate);
return new Predicate<T>() {
@Override
public boolean test(T value) {
try {
return throwablePredicate.test(value);
} catch (Throwable throwable) {
return resultIfFailed;
}
}
};
}
}
}
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Due to the physical appearance of the Ethiopian Wolf it is often mistaken for either a fox or a jackal. They are a medium sized wolf with very long legs and a muzzle that is more pointed and elongated than other species. They can have a variety of colors including reds, browns, and some white. The color often gets darker with age.
This particular species of wolf is only found around the areas of Africa, namely Ethiopia which is where their namesake comes from. Sadly, there are only about seven locations in the area that are believed to still be home to them. Most of them reside in the mountain terrain but they have also been identified on the plains. They also feature ears that are very pointed. They also have a tail that is shorter and thicker at the end than other types of wolves.
The aggressive nature of these wolves is less than of others. While they are still territorial it isn't to the extreme of other types when it comes to getting along with other wolf packs. The fact that there are fewer of them and the packs are more spread out could have a great deal to do with that fact.
However, they are more dependent socially upon their pack than other types of wolves. They seem to thrive on the social interactions that take place within a pack. They have groups that usually have about six adults and then a group of pups which varies with every litter.
Rodents make up the largest part of the diet for the Ethiopian Wolf. While they do live in packs, they don't hunt together. Therefore they stick to animals they should be able to capture on their own.
The rivalry among the packs can increase when it is time to mate. It is estimated that more than half of all successful conceptions are from a male outside of the pack. This is very different than in other species of wolves. The females will give birth to a litter of up to six young at a time.
What is unique is that the males born into a pack of Ethiopian Wolves will remain with it for the rest of its life. It is the females that leave when they are about two years old so that they can find another to mate in. They are generally accepted into another pack for breeding purposes. This is one of the few species of wolves where other pairs besides the alpha and the beta are allowed to mate.
The Ethiopian Wolf is in dire need of protection with about 550 adult wolves remaining. However, it is very hard to accurately count them due to their movements so this is an educated guess based upon careful research. While they are protected by law, it is very hard to enforce those laws in Ethiopia.
Due to the number of individuals there that now possess guns, the killing of Ethiopian Wolves for food is easier than before. Some villagers take part in it because they have no other way to feed their families.
In 1990 there was a serious outbreak of rabies among the Ethiopian Wolves along Bale Mountain National Park. This scared many people and it is believed that over 400 wolves died from it or were killed due to being positive for it. The efforts of the Born Free Foundation stepped in to help by offering free rabies vaccinations for others so that the problem wouldn't continue. This helped to reduce the number of cases reported since then drastically. | {
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Greenlight Partners with Angaza to Launch PAYG Consumer Platform
New customers purchase their Pay-As-You-Go Eco Easy Buy kits © Angaza Design
Greenlight Planet has launched a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) platform, the Sun King™ Eco Easy Buy, to enable low-income customers purchase its solar lamps in instalments over a period of 10 weeks.
Greenlight Planet is using a mobile payments platform developed by Angaza Design to enable customers who cannot purchase solar lights upfront, pay a modest deposit of $2.75 towards the purchase price, and thereafter pay one dollar every week for a period of 10 weeks in order to fully own the product.
"Most of our customers earn less than $2 a day and have very little disposable income. Some are dependent on daily wages that are used to purchase basic necessities including kerosene, mobile phone airtime and food in small increments. We needed to find an alternative to up-front payments that fit this purchasing pattern," says Anish Thakkar, CEO and co-founder of Greenlight Planet.
Greenlight Planet begun piloting the Sun King™ Eco Easy Buy lights using the PAYG model in January 2015.
According to Lesley Silverthorn Marincola, CEO of Angaza Design, the company's PAYG platform capitalizes on trends in mobile phone and mobile banking infrastructure to remove the upfront price barrier to solar and other modern sources of energy.
Angaza enables customers to access clean energy by making pre-payments using 'mobile money' in much the same way prepaid airtime tokens are used. This removes the dreaded burden of taking and servicing traditional bank loans in purchasing goods.
The customer takes home the product ready for use upon making the down payment. But they must make their weekly payments to keep the product activated. Late payments result in the lamp being automatically deactivated. On completion of all due payments, the product is "unlocked" and fully released to the customer, making subsequent use completely free.
Greenlight Planet says more than 3 million households in low-income communities in areas not connected to grid electricity use its Sun King™ line of solar home lighting solutions which range in price from $10-$100.
The Greenlight Planet solar lighting products all meet the Lighting Global Quality Standards. | {
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Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o)-induced coupling of neuropeptide Y receptors to Ca2+ channels in sensory neurons
D. A. Ewald, P. C. Sternweis, R. J. Miller
Pharmacology - Sternweis Lab
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) inhibited the Ca2+ current (I(Ca)) in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons in vitro. NPY inhibited the sustained I(Ca) evoked by steps to 0 mV from a holding potential of -40 mV and the inactivating I(Ca), which was additionally evoked from a more negative holding potential of -80 mV. The effects of NPY on both phases of the I(Ca) were abolished if cells were first treated with pertussis toxin (PTX). When a combination of GTP and the purified α-subunit of the guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o) was perfused into PTX-treated cells, the inhibitory effects of NPY on the I(Ca) reappeared in a time-dependent fashion. GTP or α-subunit perfused separately was relatively ineffective. The effects of NPY reappeared more rapidly at higher concentrations of α(o). Chronic treatment of these cells with phorbol ester 'down-regulates' protein kinase C (PKC) and reduces inhibition of the sustained current by NPY. In PTX-treated cells in which PKC had been removed by down-regulation, inhibition of I(Ca) was also reconstituted following the perfusion of GTP/α(o). Under these circumstances, NPY inhibited the transient phase of the I(Ca) more than the sustained phase. These results indicate that G(o), the major PTX substrate in the central nervous system, may normally mediate the inhibitory effects of NPY receptors on dorsal root ganglion Ca2+ channels.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.10.3633
10.1073/pnas.85.10.3633
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Ewald, D. A., Sternweis, P. C., & Miller, R. J. (1988). Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o)-induced coupling of neuropeptide Y receptors to Ca2+ channels in sensory neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 85(10), 3633-3637. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.10.3633
Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o)-induced coupling of neuropeptide Y receptors to Ca2+ channels in sensory neurons. / Ewald, D. A.; Sternweis, P. C.; Miller, R. J.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 85, No. 10, 1988, p. 3633-3637.
Ewald, DA, Sternweis, PC & Miller, RJ 1988, 'Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o)-induced coupling of neuropeptide Y receptors to Ca2+ channels in sensory neurons', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 85, no. 10, pp. 3633-3637. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.10.3633
Ewald DA, Sternweis PC, Miller RJ. Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o)-induced coupling of neuropeptide Y receptors to Ca2+ channels in sensory neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1988;85(10):3633-3637. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.10.3633
Ewald, D. A. ; Sternweis, P. C. ; Miller, R. J. / Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o)-induced coupling of neuropeptide Y receptors to Ca2+ channels in sensory neurons. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1988 ; Vol. 85, No. 10. pp. 3633-3637.
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El Champion 7 Citabria, fue la continuación del exitoso Aeronca 7 Champion, en manos de la compañía Champion Aircraft Corporation.
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So you've invested in Bitcoin. Now what? You can choose to "hodl" and hope the value goes up, or you can use your $11,000 coins to make some secure purchases.
Despite a large amount of interest from investors, Bitcoin still has yet to set the retail world alight. Nonetheless, there's a few outlets that accept cryptocurrency payments, which will help you get a handle on this new technology. Who knows? Maybe down the line you'll be able to tell your grandkids about how you were among the first to buy something with Bitcoin.
Valve's online gaming platform accepts digital currency as an alternative to regular payment methods, allowing you to put your virtual coins to good use in virtual worlds.
Looking to make a donation to the free online encyclopedia? Do it with crypto.
The company behind TurboTax and other products offers PayByCoin as an easy way for small business owners to integrate bitcoin into their QuickBooks Online invoices. Customers receiving an Intuit invoice can choose to pay using cryptocurrency should they wish. Slightly ironic that the company accepts bitcoin considering the IRS is trying to find out who is using bitcoin.
The satellite television provider has been taking bitcoin payments since 2014.
Users can buy movies, games and apps from the Windows and Xbox online stores using the cryptocurrency.
The computer component retailer now takes bitcoin, ideal for all those new monitors you'll need to keep track of your bitcoin investments.
Etsy doesn't exactly offer a direct bitcoin payment method itself, but certain members have developed a way of accepting payments for their goods by using the "other" payment method. Stores that accept bitcoin should say in their description.
The major point-of-sale company announced plans to roll out bitcoin support for its Cash payments app. With a toe dipped in the payment system, it may not be long before payments expand out further for physical stores.
The virtual private network provider started accepting bitcoin payments back in 2014, and regularly touts the cryptocurrency as a method of staying safe online.
Those looking for an alternative private network may find PureVPN better suits their needs.
The online travel agent takes booking using the cryptocurrency.
Book your whole trip using bitcoin with this handy service that suggests flights, hotels, accomodations and attractions that all support cryptocurrency.
Use bitcoin to book flights, car rentals and more.
Looking for something a bit more…out of this world? When Virgin starts taking passengers into space, would-be astronauts can foot the bill using a 21st century form of currency.
The major online retailer that offers discount prices on a number of household goods claims to be the first retailer to accept bitcoin as part of its regular payments method.
Looking to purchase gift cards for birthdays or other celebrations? eGifter lets you convert your bitcoins into one of over 250 physical card for use in brick and mortar stores.
The online budgeting tool allows you to keep track of bitcoins stored and traded on Coinbase, hooking into other budget tools.
The campus store that serves the Harvard and MIT communities offers cryptocurrency payments as part of its operations.
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This London-based luxury travel agency, which offers a number of highly-exclusive getaways including a private jet charter service, also takes bitcoin payments.
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Working-class Hollywood : silent film and the shaping of class in America / Steven J. Ross.
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From Caligari to Hitler : a psychological history of the German film / Siegfried Kracauer.
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Electric Salome : Loie Fuller's performance of modernism / Rhonda K. Garelick.
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Reading notes (2021, week 16) — On virtuous leaderships, the weak case for grit, and the misinformation virus
Apr 20, 2021·31 min read
Antoine de Ruffi School in Marseille, France, by TAUTEM Architecture + bmc2 architectes — "The architects have voluntarily limited the number of architectural and technical components to guarantee simplicity and longevity and to ensure easy maintenance. Built with 'low carbon,' light-colored concrete, between the pearl white blanc and beige of the coquina sand, the building was poured in place and without joints. The painstaking work of the 'skin' has produced alternating parts of coquina and smooth, mat and shiny surfaces and an interplay of light and shadow in the embrasures." (Photographs: Luc Boegly)
Reading notes is a weekly curation of my tweets. It is, as Michel de Montaigne so beautifully wrote, "a posy of other men's flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own."
In this week's edition: Why leaders must be both of good character and competent to achieve sustainable success; where's the evidence that grit predicts success?; the more you know, the more vulnerable you can be to infection; why applied history matters; are we enslaved by the finer things in life?; Nikolai Gogol in the twilight of empire; subway to Studio 54: a bygone New York; and, finally, Moby and our case against cows.
Virtuous leadership
Virtuous Leadership: Does It Help Organisations Thrive? is the translated title of a Dutch article by Martijn Hendriks, an assistant professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, in which he gives an overview of the research literature on the relationship between virtuous leadership and the flourishing (of people) within organisations. What follows is an unpolished translation of the original article from M&O Tijdschrift voor Management and Organisatie (Boom Uitgevers, Amsterdam).
For those interested in the many references mentioned in this article, I simply refer to the research paper Virtuous leadership: a source of employee well-being and trust, by Martijn Hendriks, Martijn Burger, Antoinette Rijsenbilt, Emma Pleeging, and Harry Commandeur, published in Management Research Review, Vol. 43 No. 8, 2020.
Despite the long list of corporate leadership scandals, 'character' typically plays a marginal role in the training and evaluation of leaders. This suggests that virtuous leadership is viewed as of secondary importance or as harmful to the leader or the organisation (Seijts et al., 2019). On the other hand, there has been a long-standing belief that a leader's character is a fundamental building block for effective and sustainable leadership as it shapes his goals and behaviours, and can therefore have a strong impact on the organisation, individuals within the organisation and the leader himself (Peterson and Seligman, 2004).
This belief that leaders can succeed by doing what is morally right has made a comeback in the last decade (Wright and Goodstein, 2007; Flynn, 2008; Crossan et al., 2017). An inspiring example is Greystone Bakery, founded by Bernard Glassman to help an underprivileged local community in New York, by offering jobs to people with few job opportunities (through an open hiring policy) and by returning the profits to the local community. The approach of this successful social enterprise is nicely summed up in the company's credo: "We don't hire people to bake brownies, we bake brownies to be able to hire people."
Not all leaders are equally virtuous. Some are naturally more virtuous than others, but also the divergent beliefs about the consequences of righteous leadership are an important reason why leaders differ in their willingness to act righteously. This raises the question, what is the connection between virtuous leadership and the flourishing of (people within) organisations?
[Flourishing individuals and organisations are regarded here as functioning well in the sense that they achieve their goals in a sustainable manner, while virtue is aimed at pursuing and improving the good rather than merely avoiding the bad.]
What is virtuous leadership?
Character is inseparable from virtues. Good character arises from and is visible through the routine practice of virtues (Newstead et al., 2020). In turn, virtuous behaviour stems from core values and the intrinsic motivation to do the morally right (virtue ethics). Good behaviour is not virtuous if it is motivated by the achievement of a certain result (utilitarian ethics) or the fulfilment of norms and obligations (deontological ethics). Thus, virtuous leadership is based on character and demonstrated by voluntary (intrinsically motivated and deliberate) virtuous behaviour in relevant situations (Hackett and Wang, 2012).
There are many virtues, but literature and cultural traditions highlight several core virtues that transcend all other virtues. The list of core virtues, as well as the interpretation and relative importance of these virtues, substantially but not completely overlap between cultural traditions (Hursthouse, 1999).
Four core virtues
Riggio and colleagues (2010) define virtuous leaders in Western societies as leaders who act in accordance with four core virtues: prudence or practical wisdom, moderation, justice, and courage. These were considered the four Cardinal virtues in ancient Greek philosophy (Aristotle and Plato) and the Judaeo-Christian tradition (e.g. Thomas Aquinas), and have had a profound influence on Western thinking. They can therefore be regarded as the most important virtues for leaders in Western societies.
Peterson and Seligman (2004) and Hackett and Wang (2012) conclude that they are also core virtues in most other cultures and can therefore be seen as global core virtues of leaders. Crossan and colleagues (2017) demonstrate that these four cardinal virtues are also seen as essential in a sample of North and Latin American leaders. So we can say that virtuous leaders worldwide must have at least the following characteristics: make morally right choices to achieve virtuous goals, through morally right means (prudence or practical wisdom), control of one's emotional responses and desire for self-enrichment (moderation), give others what they deserve (justice), and persist in acting as is believed to be morally right, despite the risk of negative consequences (courage).
According to Artistotle, courage or fortitude enables a person to stand firm against and endure the hardships of life, to restrain fear, or to moderate fear in the face of danger, all done in accordance with reason. (Painting: Fortitute, 1470, by Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445–1510); tempera grassa on wood, 167 x 87 cm. Part of the colection of the Uffizzi in Florence, Fortitude is one of seven panels representing the Seven Virtues, commissioned by Florence's Tribunale della Mercanzia, the body overseeing the city's guilds. Piero del Pollaiolo (1441–1496) painted six panels and the series was completed by Sandro Botticelli in 1470. Fortitude is one of his very first works.)
After evaluating both non-Western and Western cultural attitudes, Peterson and Seligman (2004) concluded that there are six universal core virtues: the four cardinal Western virtues mentioned above, plus compassion (i.e. treating others with love, care and respect treating) and transcendence (ie connecting with the surrounding universe and thereby providing meaning).
The framework of Hackett and Wang (2012) focuses more specifically on the perspectives of Confucius (East Asia) and Aristotle (Western) and adds two core virtues mentioned by Confucius to the four Western cardinal virtues: honesty or trustworthiness, and compassion. So both frameworks argue that humanity is a core virtue. Although not explicitly mentioned by aristotle and Plato, it implicitly emerges in Western cultural traditions as an essential virtue and is seen by modern ethics scholars as essential in Western societies.
Consensus on framework
Thus, there is far-reaching consensus about the broad framework of virtuous leadership, but context-dependent nuances are important.
In Africa, for example, the following four core virtues emerge: reliability or honesty, courage, humanity, and humility (Adewale, 2020). Another example is that transcendence is the most important virtue in Buddhism, but it is not seen as essential in many other schools of thought. Crossan (2017) illustrates that leaders in North and Latin America believe that virtuous leaders should also possess some other core virtues, such as responsibility, integrity, humility, drive, and the ability to cooperate.
Another important side note is that other virtues are emphasised in the more pragmatic, less theoretically grounded and ethical-oriented organisational psychology (Meyer, 2018; Sison and Ferrero, 2015). For example, Cameron (2004) considers forgiveness, trust, integrity, optimism, and compassion to be core elements of virtuous organisations. Crossan (2017) emphasises that prudence is seen as the central virtue by modern leaders in North and Latin America. This is consistent with Aristotle's belief that prudence is the 'mother of all virtues' (Flynn, 2008; Riggio et al., 2010).
Following Aristotle, ethics scholars do emphasise that the cardinal virtues form a whole, which means that people rarely possess certain core virtues but not others and that these core virtues only lead to positive outcomes together (see, among others, MacIntyre, 1984). For example, a prudent but cowardly leader will not be very effective in promoting employee happiness. And the righteous actions of a leader lacking humanity will not be fully appreciated by others. Empirical evidence confirms that employees often judge that leaders score consistently high on all virtues or consistently low on all virtues (Riggio et al., 2010; Thun and Kelloway, 2011; Wang and Hackett, 2016; Hendriks et al., 2020).
However, considering specific virtues in specific situations remains important, because the importance and the specific role of virtues is context-dependent (Riggio et al., 2010). Different scales have been developed to measure the character and virtue of leaders. To measure the character of leaders, Peterson and Seligman (2004) developed the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS). It doesn't measure virtues explicitly, though, because the developers consider them to be too abstract and general to measure. Instead, the VIA-IS measures the 24 positive character traits that form the basis of the six core virtues distinguished by Peterson and Seligman (2004). Thus the character traits bravery, tenacity, integrity, and vitality are the building blocks of the virtue courage. Riggio and colleagues (2010) and Wang and Hackett (2016) later developed validated scales that explicitly measure the virtues of leaders through questions to employees.
Prudence or practical wisdon is described by Aristote as an intellectual habit (virtue) enabling the person to deliberate properly in order to choose the virtuous course, the right means of action in any here and now situation. As such, it is primary over the other cardinal virtues. (Painting: Prudence, 1470, by Piero del Pollaiolo (1441–1496); tempera on wood, 168 x 90.5 cm. Prudence is one of six paintings by Piero del Pollaiolo for the Seven Virtues, commissioned by Florence's Tribunale della Mercanzia. Collection of Le Galleria degli Uffizzi, Florence)
Do employees flourish through virtuous leadership?
Good leadership promotes employee flourishing in three important ways. First, virtuous behaviour can have a substantial impact on the objectively observable job characteristics and outcomes of employees. Giving due praise and recognition to employees, for example, can have a positive influence on the career opportunities of employees. The fair allocation of work tasks can have a positive influence on the work content of employees. And showing compassion can have a positive influence on the work-life balance.
But virtuous behaviour can also harm the objective situations of employees if others, for example competing companies, take advantage of it. For example, certain virtuous behaviours can lead to a poorer competitive position and, as a consequence, lower job security.
Second, virtuous leaders can make followers flourish through a subjective process; trust is a central mechanism in this respect (Hendriks et al., 2020). The character of leaders is a primary source of trust in the leader because trust is primarily built when virtuous behaviour arises from intrinsic motivation and is deliberately and consistently applied in relevant situations (Dirks and Ferrin, 2002). This perspective suggests that character-based virtuous leadership can strengthen trust more than other, related leadership styles, which are traditionally associated with trusts, such as transformational and ethical leadership.
This is because those leadership styles are not fully focused on character, but also focus on behaviour that generally generates less trust, such as compliance with rules or moral duties (a deontological focus) and goal-oriented behaviour (a teleological focus). Trust, in turn, is the catalyst of different attitudes and behaviours that make followers thrive. This includes aspects directly related to the leader (such as satisfaction with the leader and the relationship between leader and follower), organisation-related attitudes and behaviours (such as being able to identify with the organisation; Schaubroeck et al., 2013) and broader psychological aspects (such as reduced work stress; Liu et al., 2010). Together, these processes make trust in a leader essential for employee prosperity (Dirks and Ferrin, 2002; Hendriks et al., 2020).
Third, through their virtuous behaviour, leaders can influence the virtuous behaviour of others in the organisation through internalisation, fostering a more virtuous organisational climate (Cameron and Winn, 2012). Positive organisational psychologists argue that virtue in organisations, in turn, leads to a self-reinforcing spiral of positive practices (such as prosocial behaviourand increased commitment), as well as positive feelings (such as emotional well-being, and job engagement satisfaction; Cameron et al., 2004). Besides, the virtue of the organisation has buffering properties, giving organisations the resilience to face difficult times, for example through increased solidarity and trust (Cameron et al., 2004; Nikandrou and Tsachouridi, 2015).
Consistent picture
Because coherent measures of virtuous leadership have only recently been developed, they have been used only by a small number of studies. However, the available studies paint a consistent picture: employees with virtuous leaders thrive more. Riggio et al. (2010) and Hendriks et al. (2020) show that employees in Western countries who rate their supervisor as more virtuous score better on several dimensions of work-related well-being, such as moral identity, psychological empowerment, identification with emotional well-being, and job satisfaction). The study of Wang and Hackett (2016) shows that American employees with more virtuous leaders also had higher general well-being (happiness and life satisfaction) and performed better within their job responsibilities ('in-role') and beyond this range of duties ('extra-role'), even after correcting for the charismatic style of leaders.
These findings are consistent with the positive relationships found between individual virtues and employee performance and well-being. Thun and Kelloway (2011) found in their study with North American employees that employees with prudent leaders had a more affective engagement, employees with moderate leaders had more confidence and that employees with more fellow human leaders had more involvement, psychological well-being and trust in the leader. Prottas (2013) shows in a sample of American employees that employees with upright leaders have higher well-being, while Mackey et al. (2017) show that exploitative forms of leadership are associated with lower performance and less well-being of employees. At an organisational level, virtue is also related to better performance and well-being of employees (see, among others, Chun, 2009).
Despite the abundant correlational evidence that employees flourish more with virtuous leaders, further research using coherent measures of virtuous leadership in different contexts (such as industries) is needed to better identify causal relationships.
Self-Restraint, one of the virtues of Buddhism, pertains to the sense organs to achieve right concentration of mind: "If this is not attained, knowledge and insight which see things as they really are will not be attained" (Tachibana, 1992). Consequences for not having self-restraint take the form of vanity and binding one's self to human passions. (Sculpture: Head of Buddha, 5th–6th century, Afghanistan, probably Hadda; stucco with traces of paint, 19.1 x 12.1 x 11.4 cm. Collection of The Met, New York)
Do leaders flourish through virtuous leadership?
A major reason why leaders regularly behave mischievously is their belief that acting righteously will have negative consequences, both for themselves and the organisation. In some situations, especially in the short term, mischievous behaviour can indeed have positive effects. For example, fraudulent behaviour regularly yields objective (financial) benefits in the short term. However, current empirical evidence consistently shows that virtuous leaders tend to flourish more. Wang and Hackett (2016), for example, show that virtuous leaders have higher hedonic well-being and are more effective leaders in organisations.
The literature on character strengths, which is mainly rooted in positive organisational psychology, shows that the use of a person's character strengths and working on character weaknesses can be conducive to subjective well-being (eg Seligman et al., 2005), sense of purpose at work (Littman-Ovadia and Steger, 2010) and work performance (Lavy and Littman-Ovadia, 2017). Positive associations are often also found in studies of specific virtues. Sosik et al. (2012) find that the courage, social intelligence and especially integrity of leaders in corporate America are positively related to how their executives and board members rate the performance of these leaders.
An American experiment by Robinson et al. (2013) shows that others are more willing to do business in the future with CEOs who are compassionate. In relation to the well-being of the leader, Krause and Hayward (2015) find that more practical wisdom (prudence) is associated with a stronger sense of self-esteem and more hope. Thus, current literature suggests that virtuous leaders tend to flourish more. These findings confirm that good character is fundamental to effective leadership and that there is generally no 'trade-off' for leaders between virtuous behaviour and self-interest.
Six mechanisms
In theory, there are several mechanisms by which virtuous leaders perform better. First, a significant portion of the performance of leaders depends on the performance of employees and, as noted, virtuous leadership generally has a positive impact on employee performance.
Second, investors, customers and suppliers are more willing to do business with virtuous leaders. This has a positive influence on both the performance and the well-being (e.g. self-esteem) of the leader (Robinson et al., 2013).
Third, virtuous leaders tend to be more awe-inspiring because they are more respected and trusted. This allows them to implement their vision and ideas more effectively in the organisation (Yukl, 2010).
Fourth, virtuous leaders tend to be more engaged at work. For example, they experience work as more meaningful (Bass and Riggio, 2006), which helps in achieving personally valued goals (Arjoon, 2000).
Fifth, good character helps leaders in the ethical decision-making process (Crossan et al., 2013), promoting effective decision-making.
Sixth, virtuous behaviour has intrinsic benefits. For example, a large number of studies show that prosocial behaviour makes a person happier (Dunn et al., 2008).
And finally, virtuous leaders have better relationships and foster a virtuous organisational climate, which relates positively to both job happiness and performance (Cameron and Winn, 2012).
Do organisations flourish through virtuous leadership?
Good leadership can contribute to better performance of the organisation as a whole, through the positive associations with the performance of leaders and employees. On the other hand, a lack of virtuous leadership can damage the company's reputation and thus make the company less attractive to investors, customers and suppliers (Shanahan and Seele, 2015).
They are better at mitigating risks than those whose behaviour is guided by deontological and utilitarian thinking (Chakrabarty and Bass, 2015) and, as a result, attract responsible investors. However, virtuous behaviours can also be costly, such as compensating for potential negative impacts on ecological environments or local communities.
The literature on the virtue of organisations has examined the sum of these positive and negative effects. In this literature it is generally found that the virtue of the organisation is associated with positive performance of the organisation, for example, better financial performance (such as higher profitability) and better operational performance (such as increased customer loyalty and lower staff turnover; for an overview see Meyer, 2018). At the team level, Palanski et al. (2011) find that behavioural integrity leads to better performance as a result of greater transparency and trust in the team. Also, the 2007 global financial crisis and many corporate leadership scandals at, among others, Enron, WorldCom, Hewlett-Packard and Siemens and more recently Barclays, Volkswagen and Samsun, illustrate that neglect of virtuous leadership can cause serious harm to organisations and the economy.
The main conclusion of this literature review is that the current evidence shows that employees, organisations, and the leaders themselves tend to flourish more when the leader has a virtuous character and displays virtuous leadership. An important consideration is that the current evidence is primarily correlational and that more research is needed to better determine the causal impact of virtuous leadership on thriving in organisations in different contexts.
The findings of this literature review provide initial support for Hannah and Jennings (2013) proposition that leaders must be both of good character and competent to achieve sustainable success and that both alone are insufficient. This general pattern also suggests that the concerns of many leaders are unfounded, that virtuous leadership is adversely affecting themselves or their organisations.
The findings imply that organisations can potentially benefit greatly from fostering virtuous leadership. However, it should always be remembered that virtue is a reward in itself and does not require a positive instrumental outcome.
The weak case for grit
"It might surprise you to find out how little evidence there is to support the idea that boosting students' 'grit' — their propensity to tenaciously attack difficult problems they encounter rather than give up — is a reliably effective way to improve their school performance or to close long-standing education gaps," Jesse Singal writes in The Weak Case for Grit, an excerpt from his book The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021).
Grit's popularity is largely due to the work of the concept's inventor and chief evangelist, Angela Duckworth. In her 2013 TED talk, which has almost 21 million views as of August 2020, she presents grit as a new way of looking at, among other things, the old problem of school achievement: "In education, the one thing we know how to measure best is IQ. But what if doing well in school and in life depends on much more than your ability to learn quickly and easily?"
"The media have helped spread the idea that Duckworth discovered something new and exciting […]. Her book has been a long-term bestseller. The Obama Department of Education expressed a lot of enthusiasm about grit, and The Sacramento Bee reported in 2015 that some schools in California were giving students a 'grit' grade. Yet Duckworth doesn't appear to have ever explicitly claimed that she had discovered a reliable way of increasing grit. At one point in her TED talk she said, 'Every day, parents and teachers ask me, «How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?» The honest answer is, I don't know.'"
A few months after her 2013 TED Talk, Duckworth won the MacArthur grant for clarifying the role that intellectual strengths and personality traits play in educational achievement. But "[t]he evidence for her strongest claims about grit's efficacy still hasn't arrived," Singal argues. "Almost two decades since she started her research, it has not been established that grit is a genuinely useful concept that tells us much that we didn't already know — or that it can be boosted, anyway. As Duckworth and her colleagues acknowledge in their very first paper on grit, personality psychologists already have a concept that seems similar: conscientiousness."
"[T]here was never much in the literature to support either of the two ideas that launched grit on its way: that it was more useful than conscientiousness and that it seriously outperformed 'traditional' measures of cognitive or, in the context of military training, physical performance. It is difficult to justify Duckworth's statement that grit 'beats the pants' off older, more established measures. Many of the examples she gives consisted of studies in which the predictive usefulness of grit wasn't compared with its most obvious competitor, conscientiousness, in which grit simply didn't perform as well as traditional measures, or both," Jesse Singal writes in The Weak Case for Grit. (Photograph: Angela Duckworth at het desk at the University of Pennsylvania, by Zave Smith)
Which leaves the concept where, exactly?
The most comprehensive answer, according to Singal, came from Marcus Crede, a reform-minded psychologist who has made it his mission to critique what he views as questionable findings in his field and has a particularly keen interest in education and workplace performance.
"Both grit and conscientiousness seem to be measuring the same underlying concept, argue Crede and his co-authors [Michael C. Tynan and Peter D. Harms in Much Ado About Grit]. Therefore, they suggest, grit's popularity might be the result of the jangle fallacy in which people believe that two things that are actually the same are different simply because they have different names. That is, if Duckworth had published research showing that conscientiousness can, to a certain extent, predict academic success, other researchers would have rolled their eyes and said, 'Of course, we already knew that.' But by presenting a seemingly new concept with a catchy name, Duckworth might have gotten a great deal of mileage out of an idea that had been part of the literature all along (which is not to suggest that this was some sort of intentional obfuscation on her part). NPR reported in 2016 that Duckworth, responding to this critique, said she would prefer to think of grit as 'a member of the conscientiousness family,' but one with independent predictive powers.
As for the question of grit's malleability, there isn't much evidence of reliable, scalable interventions for increasing conscientiousness or grit. That isn't to say conscientiousness remains immutable across the life span. 'Happily, many studies show that conscientiousness does change with age,' Brent Roberts, a leading personality psychologist […], told [Singal] in an email. 'And, not only does it change, but typically for the better — it goes up … Of course, changing slowly, incrementally, through life experiences is nice, but may provide little solace to the parent of a teenager who remains unmotivated.» (Sure enough, one of Duckworth's key early papers includes a chart showing average grit differences by age that exhibits this general pattern.)"
All of this, Singal argues, "offers a strong reason to be skeptical of the claim that grit instruction — or any sort of similar effort, really — could make much of a dent in the massive problem that is American educational inequality. But I'd go a step further: It may be unfair to poor kids to focus on grit. Doing so reflects a blinkered understanding of how inequality operates and perpetuates itself. It could be that the grit hype caught on because of its seductive promise to spare us a great deal of trouble. A serious effort to make life less unfair for neglected kids would likely require enacting bigger, more ambitious redistributive social programs — social programs that are very unlikely to be enacted given the state of 21st-century American politics. Grit, by contrast, is a quick fix."
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The misinformation virus
"Lies and distortions don't just afflict the ignorant. The more you know, the more vulnerable you can be to infection," Elitsa Dermendzhiyska writes in The misinformation virus.
"To fully grasp the pernicious nature of the misinformation virus, we need to reconsider the innocence of the host. It's easy to see ourselves as victims of deception by malicious actors. It's also tempting to think of being misinformed as something that happens to other people — some unnamed masses, easily swayed by demagoguery and scandal. […] But as it turns out, misinformation doesn't prey only on the ignorant: sometimes, those who seem least vulnerable to the virus can prove its keenest hosts, and even handmaidens.
Startling evidence for this possibility comes from Dan M Kahan, professor of law and psychology at Yale University who has been studying how ordinary people evaluate complex societal risks. One strand of his research is trying to shed light on the sometimes dramatic disparity between public opinion and scientific evidence. Together with a small group of researchers, in 2010 Kahan set out to demystify this disparity in relation to global warming. At the time, despite widespread consensus among climate scientists, only 57 percent of Americans believed that there was solid evidence for global warming, and just 35 per cent saw climate change as a serious problem. 'Never have human societies known so much about mitigating the dangers they face but agreed so little about what they collectively know,' Kahan wrote.
One explanation, which Kahan calls the 'science comprehension thesis,' holds that people have insufficient grasp of science, and are unlikely to engage in the deliberate, rational thinking needed to digest these often complex issues. It's a plausible explanation, yet Kahan suspected that it doesn't tell the whole story.
In the 2010 study, published in Nature in 2012, Kahan and his collaborators measured subjects' science literacy and numeracy, and plotted those against the participants' perceived risk of global warming. If the science comprehension thesis was right, then the more knowledgeable the subjects, the more they'd converge towards the scientific consensus. Surprisingly, however, the data revealed that those who scored high on hierarchy and individualism — the hallmark values of a conservative outlook — exhibited the opposite pattern: as their science literacy and numeracy increased, their concern for climate change actually declined. What explains this seeming paradox?
Kahan argues that rather than being a simple matter of intelligence or critical thinking, the question of global warming triggers deeply held personal beliefs. In a way, asking for people's take on climate change is also to ask them who they are and what they value. For conservatives to accept the risk of global warming means to also accept the need for drastic cuts to carbon emissions — an idea utterly at odds with the hierarchical, individualistic values at the core of their identity, which, by rejecting climate change, they seek to protect. Kahan found similar polarisation over social issues that impinge on identity, such as gun control, nuclear energy and fracking, but not over more identity-neutral subjects such as GMO foods and artificial sweeteners. In cases where identity-protective motivations play a key role, people tend to seek and process information in biased ways that conform to their prior beliefs. They might pay attention only to sources they agree with and ignore divergent views. Or they might believe congruent claims without a moment's thought, but spare no effort finding holes in incongruent statements: the brightest climate-change deniers were simply better than their peers at counter-arguing evidence they didn't like. This hints at a vexing conclusion: that the most knowledgeable among us can be more, not less, susceptible to misinformation if it feeds into cherished beliefs and identities. And though most available research points to a conservative bias, liberals are by no means immune."
"The illusory truth effect, as it's known, suggests that the easier to process and more familiar something is, the more likely we are to believe it. […] This can pose a challenge for corrections that work by repeating the original misinformation. Consider, this retraction to a myth prone to ensnare hopeful new mothers: 'Listening to Mozart will not boost your child's IQ.' The tiny 'not' mid-sentence is all that sets the myth and its correction apart — and it's easy to imagine that as time passes and memory fades, that 'not' will wash away, leaving Mozart's symphonies and smarter babies linked together in memory, and making the myth more familiar," Elitsa Dermendzhiyska writes in The misinformation virus. (Painting: The Boy Mozart, 1763 on commission by Leopold Mozart, anonymous, possibly by Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni (1721–1782); oil on canvas, Collection of the Mozarteum, Salzburg)
"In a 2003 study, Geoffrey Cohen, then a professor of psychology at Yale, now at Stanford University, asked subjects to evaluate a government-funded job-training programme to help the poor. All subjects were liberal, so naturally the vast majority (76 per cent) favoured the policy. However, if subjects were told that Democrats didn't support the programme, the results completely reversed: this time, 71 per cent opposed it. Cohen replicated this outcome in a series of influential studies, with both liberal and conservative participants. He showed that subjects would support policies that strongly contradict their own political beliefs if they think that others like them supported those policies. Despite the social influence, obvious to an outsider, participants remained blind to it, and attributed their preferences to objective criteria and personal ideology. This would come as no surprise to social psychologists, who have long attested to the power of the group over the individual, yet most of us would doubtless flinch at the whiff of conformity and the suggestion that our thoughts and actions might not be entirely our own.
For Kahan, though, conformity to group beliefs makes sense. Since each individual has only negligible impact on collective decisions, it's sensible to focus on optimising one's social ties instead. Belonging to a community is, after all, a vital source of self-worth, not to mention health, even survival. Socially rejected or isolated people face heightened risks of many diseases as well as early death. Seen from this perspective, then, the impulse to fit our beliefs and behaviours to those of our social groups, even when they clash with our own, is, Kahan argues, 'exceedingly rational'. Ironically, however, rational individual choices can have irrational collective consequences. As tribal attachments prevail, emotions trump evidence, and the ensuing disagreement chokes off action on important social issues.
It's easy to despair over all the cognitive quirks, personal biases and herd instincts that can strip our defences against the ever-evolving misinformation machinery. I certainly did. Then, I found Elizabeth Levy Paluck. She is a psychologist at Princeton University who studies prejudice reduction, a field in which a century of research appears to have produced many theories but few practical results. In 2006, she led an ambitious project to reduce ethnic hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She blended a number of prominent theories to create a 'cocktail of treatments': a radio drama, in which characters from different communities modelled cooperation and mutual trust; a talk show whose host read audience letters replete with messages of tolerance, and who encouraged listeners to put themselves in the shoes of outgroup members. Nothing worked. After a year of broadcasting, prejudice remained as entrenched as ever.
For Paluck, this was 'an empirical and theoretical puzzle,' prompting her to wonder if beliefs might be the wrong variable to target. So she turned to social norms, reasoning that it's probably easier to change what we think others think than what we ourselves do. In 2012, Paluck tested a new approach to reducing student conflict in 56 middle schools in New Jersey. Contrary to popular belief, some evidence suggests that, far from being the product of a few aggressive kids, harassment is a school-wide social norm, perpetuated through action and inaction, by bullies, victims and onlookers. Bullying persists because it's considered typical and even desirable, while speaking up is seen as wrong. So how do you shift a culture of conflict? Through social influence, Paluck hypothesised: you seed supporters of a new norm and let them transmit it among their peers. In some schools, Paluck had a group of students publicly endorse and model anti-bullying behaviours, and the schools saw a significant decline in reported conflicts — 30 per cent on average, and as much as 60 per cent when groups had higher shares of well-connected model students.
I've wondered recently if […] misinformation is becoming part of the culture, if it persists because some of us actively partake in it, and some merely stand by and allow it to continue. If that's the case, then perhaps we ought to worry less about fixing people's false beliefs and focus more on shifting those social norms that make it OK to create, spread, share and tolerate misinformation. Paluck shows one way to do this in practice — highly visible individual action reaching critical mass; another way could entail tighter regulation of social media platforms. And our own actions matter, too. As the Scottish biologist D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson said in 1917, 'everything is what it is because it got that way.' We are, each and every one of us, precariously perched between our complicity in the world as it is and our capacity to make it what it can be."
And also this…
"Forget the seduction of grand theories and presentist moral judgments. To learn the lessons of the past, the great foreign policy analysts of our age must rediscover the art of historical discernment," Iskander Rehman argues in his essay Why applied history matters.
"For centuries, a solid grounding in history was considered essential both to the conduct of statecraft, and to the prosecution of military strategy. From the Ancient Greeks to the Victorians, the careful study of past events lay at the heart of 'practical wisdom,' or prudence, and the mastering of such a historical techne was perceived as one of the finest political arts. Not only did history teach humility, it was also a school of statesmanship, that provided a mental 'workshop within which basic ideas about core policy issues (could) be hammered out,' thus enhancing future strategic performance. As Polybius famously noted in the Histories,
'There are two ways by which all men can reform themselves, the one through their own mischances, and the other through those of others (…) For it is the mental transference of similar circumstances to our own times that gives us the means of forming presentiments of what is about to happen, and enables us at certain times to take precautions and at others, by reproducing former conditions, to face with more confidence the difficulties that menace us.'
And indeed, for statesmen grappling with the uncertainty of their present circumstances, the business of liaising between the universal and the particular has often been conceptualized in terms of a temporal process, with the hope that the lessons of yesteryear hold the promise of better ascertaining future outcomes. As Yaacov Vertzberger has rightly observed, history teaches by analogy, enlightens by metaphor, and educates by extrapolation; but analogy can mislead, metaphor can be misplaced and extrapolation misguided. The acquisition of a historical sensibility should thus go hand in hand with a certain degree of intellectual caution — one that avoids succumbing to deterministic historical narratives, and that does not systematically rely on analogical reasoning as a means of predictive inference.
Perhaps most importantly, the accomplished historian is a skilled manager of complexity and a processor of information — someone trained to detect patterns of cause and effect. The great Harvard historian John Clive thus once wondered whether,
'… historians, especially those dealing with abstract entities like groups and classes and movements, have to possess a special metaphorical capacity, a plastic or tactile imagination that can detect shapes or configurations where others less gifted see only jumble and confusion.'
If so, then it would seem as though the historically trained mind reflects many of the mental processes most prized by generals and statesmen. Political and military judgment, like historical study, demands a capacity for integration, for perceiving qualitative similarities and differences, and a 'sense of the unique fashion in which various factors combine in the particular situation.'
And yet despite the seemingly obvious benefits to be derived from its study, applied history appears to have fallen out of favour. As much of American political science has become more positivist in its intellectual leanings — with a heightened focus on quantitative methods, and theoretical abstraction — it has also become more narrowly self-referential. When contemporary political scientists do draw on military history, they often do so in a limited and self-serving way, retroactively selecting case studies that appear to confirm their parsimonious theories. The past is thus often viewed as a 'treasure house, to be plundered in search of illustrative effect, rather than being examined and analyzed for its own sake.' This dispiriting state of affairs, however, should not solely be attributed to the evolution of political science. Indeed, within the embattled academic field of history itself, the study of military and diplomatic history has been shunted to the sidelines, and the production of policy-relevant works of historical analysis is often frowned upon. On popular national security or foreign policy websites, military and diplomatic historians remain heavily outnumbered by political scientists."
"The problem, however, is not that too many people draw on Thucydides, Clausewitz or Sun Tzu, but rather that they often do so superficially, self-servingly, and seem to not have fully read the texts in question. Unfortunately, the same charges can also often be levied at their critics — especially those in the field of political science — who frequently fail to properly engage with the relevant primary and secondary literature. (Consider, for example, this recent academic roundtable on the so-called 'Thucydides Trap,' which does not incorporate a single classicist or ancient historian),"Iskander Rehman writes in his essay Why applied history matters. (Mosaic: Thucydides mosaic from Jerash, Jordan, Roman, 3rd century CE. Collection of the Pergamon Museum, Berlin)
"Meanwhile, many of the most well-examined case studies in the security studies literature — from America's approach to carrier warfare to the Wehrmacht's adoption of the blitzkrieg strategy during World War II — are by now overly familiar. Vast spans of military history, from late antiquity to the early modern era, are considered less relevant to contemporary concerns and almost uniformly ignored, with contemporary international relations scholars drawing the overwhelming majority of their historical case studies from the twentieth or twenty-first centuries. The great French historian Marc Bloch famously inveighed against this tendency for analysts to consider only the more recent historical periods to be the most relevant, caustically asking,
'What would one think of the geophysicist who, satisfied with having computed their remoteness to a fraction of an inch, would then conclude that the influence of the moon upon the earth is far greater than that of the sun? Neither in outer space, nor in time, can the potency of a force be measured by the single dimension of distance.'
One could apply the same metaphorical association — of distance versus relevance — to geography as well as time. Granted, there is most definitely, as scholars such as David Kang have repeatedly urged, a pressing need for more substantive work focused on Asian diplomatic and military history. Acquiring a better understanding of China and India's military pasts, along with seminal texts such as Arthashastra or The Three Kingdoms, for example, is essential to understanding both Asian behemoths' respective strategic cultures and ideational outlook. That being said, the oft-subsidiary assumption that one should automatically dismiss certain periods in history or strategic traditions as irrelevant to contemporary challenges in Asia, is not only shortsighted, but also somewhat disconcerting. Is the underlying premise of such culturally freighted arguments that the lessons to be derived from European history are somehow solely for Europeans, and the lessons and insights from Asian history only for Asians? Can we not somehow all pool and learn from our collective historical experiences rather than hive them off into our respective sub-disciplinary corners?
Moreover, there is an additional risk nested within such culturalist assumptions: that of falling victim to the more insidious variant of regional essentialism promoted by authoritarian state actors such the People's Republic of China. Indeed, Beijing has long insisted that its supposedly exceptional historical trajectory entitles it to an unprecedented degree of deference on the basis of a so-called 'different historical model of international relations.' It is not immediately apparent, however, that China's much-touted 'tributary model' of international relations provides a better repository of insights into its current behavior in the South China Sea, than, say — the Valois and Plantagenet dynasties' sophisticated use of lawfare for purposes of territorial contestation in the fraught decades leading up the Hundred Years War. Lessons can be gleaned and applied across different cultures as well as across different periods. There are most certainly rich seams of world history that remain woefully underexplored, but the default posture should not be to argue in favour of further disciplinary siloization, but rather to read more, to read deeper, and to read across traditions."
You can also listen to Rehman's excellent essay, read by Leighton Pugh.
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There are many different ways in which luxury, technology and easy-living can ensnare us or box us in. In many ways, this is a modern and relatable phenomenon, but it goes back at least to the Roman writer, Tacitus," Jonny Thomson notes in Lessons from the Roman Empire about the danger of luxury.
The use of luxury to win over a people is a tactic mirrored across time, ranging from cheap opium that was shipped to China by the British to cheap American TVs and refrigerators that inevitably worked their way into the USSR. "But the most relatable example for most of us today is our relationship with Big Tech. Companies like Facebook, Apple, and Google slowly and surely wire our lives into their algorithms and platforms. Social media are designed and calibrated to be deliberately addictive. Time- or money-saving services, like cloud-based storage, have become so universal, that going back is becoming impossible. It's increasingly the case that we don't even know our passwords for things — we let our phones or apps invent and store them for us. A new technology or service is initially a luxury, until it becomes so normalized and ubiquitous, so essential, that we can't go back to the time before it appeared. What was once a 'want' becomes a 'need.'"
"The Britons were enslaved, not by chains, but by their desire for good wine and elegant dinner parties, Tacitus noted. In fact, the governor of Britain, Agricola, deliberately sought to pacify this tribal warrior society by the 'delightful distractions' of warm baths, togas, and education," . As Tacitus wrote, 'The naïve Britons described these things as 'civilization,' when in fact they were simply part of their enslavement," Jonny Thomson notes in Lessons from the Roman Empire about the danger of luxury. (Photograph: Sepulchral inscription for P. Cornelius Tacitus, the consul and historian. Collection of the Museo Epigrafico, Rome)
"E. M. Forster's novella, The Machine Stops, imagines a world where every facet of life is provided by 'the machine.' There are buttons 'to call for food, music, clothing, hot baths, literature and, of course, communication with friends.' How prescient has this turned out to be? Today, we have Uber, Skype, Hello Fresh, and Amazon Prime. Our friends and family are also plugged into the machine. Is it possible to leave?
Though we view technology as liberating, it also boxes us in. If we believe Tacitus, we are now enslaved by the things we once saw as luxury. It's the job of philosophy to see these chains for what they are. And, as we examine our lives, we can then choose to wear them happily or start the long hard journey of throwing them off."
In 2019, The New Yorker published a short essay by Oliver Sacks, The Machine Stops, in which he writes about the parallels between what he sees around him and the world described by E.M. Forster in The Machine Stops.
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"When it came time to join the civil service himself, [Nikolai Gogol] had little interest in or patience for the entire endeavor. His middling grades at his lyceum in outside Kiev meant that, upon graduation, he had to enter the service at the 14th rank — the lowest," Jennifer Wilson writes in Among the Rank and File.
"In 1828, Gogol moved from Ukraine to St. Petersburg to find work, landing first at the Department of State Economy and Public Buildings and then at the Department of Domains. Shortly after starting, he was diagnosed with hemorrhoids — which turned out to be a blessing in his eyes since it gave him an excuse to quit the post, which involved long hours sitting at a desk. 'I am very glad this happened,' he wrote to a friend.
Throughout his tenure in the civil service, Gogol more than once failed to return on time from a leave of absence, though this does not seem to have had much of an effect on his career (in fact, he was promoted after one of these delinquencies). He frequently wrote his mother letters to register his misery and frustration with the entire system and its effect on the residents of St. Petersburg: 'No spirit sparkles in the people, everyone here is a clerk or official, everyone talks of their departments or ministries, everything is suppressed, everything is steeped in the trivial, insignificant labor in which their lives are pointlessly wasted.'"
"Through his tiny mistakes — misplaced plumes and miscategorized clerks — Gogol not only created a fictional world of his own but also mapped the unstable hierarchy and shaky ground of the actual one," Jennifer Wilson writes in Among the Rank and File. (Painting: Nikolai Gogol, 1841, by Otto Friedrich Theodor von Möller; oil on canvas, 59 x 47 cm. Collection of The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
"It is tempting to see in Gogol's satirical tales a kind of precursor to David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, his study of corporate bloat and capitalist inefficiency. Indeed, Graeber's taxonomy of meaningless jobs and the people who hold them — flunkies, goons, duct tapers, box tickers, task makers, and bean counters — reads similarly to Gogol's characterizations of the mind-numbing civil service positions open to him. Yet Gogol was ultimately less interested in the drudgery of office work than in the kind of people who built their lives around titles, prestige, and arbitrary notions of superiority. He drew on the grotesque and perfected the absurd in depicting their shallow worries and pointless cruelty. He also revealed the arbitrariness underpinning Peter's supposedly meritocratic system: Mislabeling the ranks and ascribing the wrong kinds of jobs to certain titles, Gogol created his own world of random hierarchies, and in turn revealed the randomness of the real one."
Skaters, dancers, hustlers, boxers… The Swiss photographer Willy Spiller prowled the streets of New York from 1977 to 1985, capturing characters from all walks of life. He currently has his first solo exhibition at Bildhalle, Amsterdam (from April 10th until May 22nd).
Source: Subway to Studio 54: a bygone New York — in pictures
A Train to Far Rockaway, 1978 — "His longtime friend and companion Paul Nizon once said: 'I've often asked myself what made Willy Spiller's photography so forthright, so refreshing and so riveting.'" (Photography by Willy Spiller)
Edna on Wheels, 1979 (left) and Leroy in Harlem, 1984 — "The series New York, 1977–1985, was shot while Willy Spiller lived in the Big Apple."
Sunday Morning on Orchard Street, NY, 1980 — "Whether he focused his camera on subway rides, dancers at the legendary Studio 54 or hip-hop culture in the streets, Spiller captured many facets of a bygone world."
A Train to Brighton Beach, 1977 — "His images have appeared in numerous European newspapers and magazines and he has received prizes for both his published and exhibited work."
Elevated Station 180 St, 1982 — "Paul Nizon concluded: 'I believe it's a blend of unabashed curiosity and roguish complexity combined with a fraternal sense of compassion.'"
Lunch on Broadway, 1982 — "And that is the reason Spiller sides with humanity, which is just another way of saying that he has an innate love of mankind."
Moby, whose real name is Richard Melville Hall, was given his nickname by his father, shortly after birth. It's a reference to the family's ancestry; Moby is the great-great-great nephew of Herman Melville, the author of Moby-Dick (Photograph by Jonathan Nesvadba)
"If there's one animal in this world that has every reason to wipe all fucking humanity off the face of the earth, it's the cow. Cows approach us with innocence and vulnerability and we respond with torture and murder. If you spend some time with cows you will find out what beautiful animals they are. Playful, social and curious. Really, if there was such a thing as a cosmic court, we would have long since lost our case against cows." — Moby, from Moby's whole kit and caboodle (de Volksrant Magazine, April 17, 2021)
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The PolarChart control serves as base class for circular charts based in polar coordinates.
A chart's minimum size is 20,20 pixels.
A chart's maximum size is unbounded.
A chart's preferred size is 400,400 pixels.
The axis object used to map data values to an angle between 0 and 2 PI.
Sets an array of ChartElement objects that appears on top of any data series rendered by the chart.
Sets an array of background ChartElement objects that appear below any data series rendered by the chart.
[read-only] The current transition state of the chart.
Determines whether Flex clips the chart to the area bounded by the axes.
Specifies the data provider for the chart.
Specifies a callback method used to generate data tips from values.
Specifies how Flex displays DataTip controls for the chart.
A short description of the data in the chart.
Specifies whether you can drag items out of this chart and drop them on other controls.
Indicates which display cursor to show as drag feedback.
A flag that specifies whether dragged items can be dropped onto the chart.
[read-only] An array of Legend items.
[override] A module factory is used as context for using embedded fonts and for finding the style manager that controls the styles for this component.
Specifies the distance, in pixels, that Flex considers a data point to be under the mouse pointer when the pointer moves around a chart.
The axis object used to map data values to a radial distance between the center and the outer edge of the chart.
[read-only] Specifies the selected ChartItem in the chart.
[read-only] Specifies an array of all the selected ChartItem objects in the chart.
Specifies whether or not ChartItem objects can be selected.
An array of Series objects that define the chart data.
An array of filters that are applied to all series in the chart.
Specifies whether Flex shows all DataTip controls for the chart.
Specifies whether Flex shows DataTip controls for the chart.
The set of all chart elements displayed in the chart.
[override] [read-only] The area of the chart used to display data.
[read-only] The index of the child that is responsible for rendering data tips.
[read-only] Gets an instance of a class that displays the visuals during a drag-and-drop operation.
The set of display objects that represent the labels for the chart elements.
Deselects all selected chart items in the chart control.
Returns an array of HitData objects that describe the nearest data point to the coordinates passed to the method.
Returns an array of HitData objects representing the chart items in the underlying objects that implement the IChartElement2 interface.
[override] Gets the first item in the chart, with respect to the axes.
Gets all the chart items that are within the defined rectangular region.
[override] Gets the last chart item in the chart, with respect to the axes.
[override] Gets the chart item next to the currently focused item in the chart, with respect to the axes.
[override] Gets the chart item that is before the currently focused item in the chart, with respect to the axes.
Informs the chart that the underlying data displayed in the chart has been changed.
Hides the drop indicator that indicates that a drag-and-drop operation is allowed.
Triggers a redraw of the chart.
Dispatches a new LegendDataChanged event.
[override] Sets the height and width of this object.
Displays a drop indicator under the mouse pointer to indicate that a drag-and-drop operation is allowed.
Displays all noninteractive data tips if showAllDataTips is set.
Adds the selected items to the DragSource object as part of a drag and drop operation.
Preprocesses the series and transform for display.
Applies per-series customization and formatting to the series of the chart.
Handles events of type DragEvent.DRAG_COMPLETE.
Handles events of type DragEvent.DRAG_DROP.
Handles events of type DragEvent.DRAG_ENTER.
Handles events of type DragEvent.DRAG_EXIT.
Handles events of type DragEvent.DRAG_OVER.
Informs the chart that its child list was modified and should be reordererd.
Informs the chart that its series array was modified and should be reprocessed.
Defines the locations of DataTip objects on the chart when the showAllDataTips property is set to true.
Defines the locations of DataTip objects on the chart.
[override] Programmatically draws the graphics for this skin.
The axis object used to map data values to an angle between 0 and 2 PI. By default, this is a linear axis with the autoAdjust property set to false. So, data values are mapped uniformly around the chart.
The area of the chart used to display data. This rectangle excludes the area used for gutters, axis lines and labels, and padding.
Gets the first item in the chart, with respect to the axes.
direction:String — The direction in which the first item should be returned. Possible values are ChartBase.NAVIGATE_HORIZONTAL and ChartBase.NAVIGATE_VERTICAL.
ChartItem — The corresponding ChartItem object.
Gets the last chart item in the chart, with respect to the axes.
direction:String — The direction in which the last item should be returned. Possible values are ChartBase.NAVIGATE_HORIZONTAL and ChartBase.NAVIGATE_VERTICAL.
Gets the chart item next to the currently focused item in the chart, with respect to the axes. If no chart items are currently selected, then this method returns the first item in the first series.
direction:String — The direction in which the next item should be returned. Possible values are ChartBase.NAVIGATE_HORIZONTAL and ChartBase.NAVIGATE_VERTICAL.
Gets the chart item that is before the currently focused item in the chart, with respect to the axes. If no chart items are currently selected, then this method returns the first item in the first series.
direction:String — The direction in which the previous item should be returned. Possible values are ChartBase.NAVIGATE_HORIZONTAL and ChartBase.NAVIGATE_VERTICAL.
Subclasses should override this method and include calls to methods such as graphics.moveTo() and graphics.lineTo().
This occurs before any scaling from sources such as user code or zoom effects. The component is unaware of the scaling that takes place later.
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* for Classic-Version use the content of the archive and the \Classic\ folder and extract it to: "...\Divinity Original Sin 2\bin"
===> Delete "Divinity Original Sin 2"
- start the script: "0_SetupCharpic_DOS2-DE_3DV.cmd" (in ...\Divinity Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition\DefEd\bin) (as administrator) ==> DefED only!!! ... and follow the instructions (CAREFULLY!!!)==> This is for setting up your portrait right!!!
===> For peoples not having any idea how to individually set up the DEPTH for the game and the HUD i recomment using the fix as it is.....BUT OF CAUSE you are free to make it to your own, but its some more complicated here but not impossible if you carefully read the next parts.
"delay = 300" (without "") below, and delete the section "STANDARD GAMING DEPTH - Keyboard/Mouse"
==> This set up the Depth settings from the beginning of the [CONSTANTS] section if no auto-depth sceene is present....hecne, use the same separation/convergence/z3, z5 and x constant here, linke in the Standard Gaming Depth sections.
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Kennedy is the president of my youth and the first president I remember. I once ran into him and said, "Stephen, how are you? Official Rules This sweepstakes is open to American residents 18 years or older. So, make a big shot! Has spoken at award ceremonies for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
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As a matter of fact, I desire to walk into the lives of the underprivileged around the world and touch them in a way that they will find comfort and solace in their difficult conditions; at the same time, they will also find inspiration in overcoming all odds and make a conscious decision to change not only their lives, but those of their community.
It is held every year and aims at screening the most gifted students from the general lot -- the students who have a special aptitude for SciencesMathematicsSocial Sciences and, above all, questions based on analytical reasoning.
The total number of students appearing for class 10 exams of all state boards and central organisations put together is roughly Patricia Bates and Mary Bates.
I believe in the core values of Golden Key because giving to the society means creating positive impacts not only for the society but also for myself. The Man Who Drew Eloise, with additional projects in development. Winning an Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship is an honour.
It would also be of great help in managing the challenging course requirements, living expenses and also the expenses of internships, which requires unanticipated travel. There is a time and place for everything, especially success.
I would like to thank Golden Key for continuing to provide support for my personal and professional development. The book opens with a bus driver asking readers to do him a favor and not let the pigeon drive the bus, easy right?
Such an award is much more than a financial aid enabling me to continue pursuing my academic goals. Winning this award means that it will be possible for me to continue pursuing my educational and career dreams.
When I got my sneak peek at the Scholastic Book Club flyers for May I saw this awesome pack of books and knew I had to share them with you and give you a chance to win all 6 from Scholastic. Set your objective and then pursue it. Department of Education, September 14—August 9, Art.
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Q: Sequencia Fibonacci Estou fazendo processo seletivo, e eles estão me pedindo pra criar uma sequencia Fibonacci, só que não sei como criar, até tentei (código abaixo) mas não obtive resultado. Tenho que retornar o elemento F(0) da sequencia Fibonacci. alguém poderia me auxiliar ?
Código:
class Fibonacci
def element (n)
expect (Fibonacci.new.element(0)).to eq 0
return n if (1..0).include? n
(element(n - 1) + element (n - 0))
end
puts element (0)
end
A: Tente desta forma.
Escrever a sequência de Fibonacci em Ruby:
x, y = 0, 1
10.times do
puts y
x, y = y, x + y
end
Em java:
class Fib {
public static void main (String args[]) {
int x = 0;
int y = 1;
int total = 1;
for (int i=0; i<10; i++) {
System.out.println(total);
total = x+y;
x = y;
y = total;
}
}
}
Resultado em ambos os casos:
1
1
2
3
5
8
13
21
34
55
A: Tenta dessa maneira Lucas:
def fibonacci( n )
return n if ( 0..1 ).include? n
( fibonacci( n - 1 ) + fibonacci( n - 2 ) )
end
puts fibonacci( 10 )
A: Gosto de raciocinar desa forma, espero que ajude:
1 - temos 3 posições : antecessor, atual e próximo;
2 - o antecessor sempre receberá o atual;
3 - o atual sempre receberá o próximo;
4 - o próximo sempre recebera atual + antecessor.
logo:
antecessor = atual
atual = proximo
proximo = atual + antecessor
Sou iniciante, mas espero ter ajudado. Boa sorte!
A: def fib(n)
return 1 if n < 2
return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2)
end
Acho que não dá pra ser mais conciso.
No mais, pode encontrar várias outras implementações aqui: http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Fibonacci_sequence#Ruby
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When you're at the top, even a mere stumble can initiate a swift and bumpy fall. From the looks of it, Netflix seems oblivious to this fact as it continues to turn a deaf ear to the voices of tens of thousands of users pleading it to overturn the VPN ban it instituted at the start of this year. The crackdown followed the company's announcement to go truly global, a move that was welcomed by thousands, if not millions. Has Netflix shot itself in the foot by blocking VPN? Or are people overreacting to the VPN ban needlessly?
Unfortunately, there's no way of answering this without taking a closer look at the perspective of both the parties.
If you've ran into VPN reviews on tech blogs like www.techomag.com, then you're probably already aware of how they enable users to bypass geo-restrictions in order to access content that isn't otherwise available in their country. This kind of freedom wasn't appreciated by rights holders because their arrangement with Netflix clearly specified the countries in which the latter were licensed to stream their content. With the help of VPNs, subscribers were allegedly making a complete mockery of this arrangement and accessing content that was meant to be exclusive to certain regions.
Netflix resisted the pressure from rights holders to ban VPN for quite some time, but finally succumbed to it after it realized that a transgression was indeed being committed. According to the streaming service's CEO Reed Hastings, it is the company's obligation to respect the content rights and not just stream the content on its platform in all countries without acquiring proper licensing first.
To further emphasize on its commitment to this new-found respect for rights holders, Netflix has hardened its stance against VPN users and warned of permanently banning users found guilty of spoofing their location.
Netflix subscribers affected by the ban on VPNs have argued that the streaming service has been bullied into submission by the big media companies and initiated a crackdown that is sucking them in as collateral damage.
This argument is not completely without merit. It is an established fact that internet is far from safe and one of the most effective ways to make it relatively secure is by using a VPN. The encryption provided by the service is particularly useful when sensitive data such as credit card information and bank account is to be transferred across the cyber space. Some Netflix users feel more at ease while using the streaming service in a secure digital environment and are accusing the company of promoting an insecure internet by banning VPN and blocking legitimate users in a bid to appease the rights holders.
Of course many Netflix subscribers were compelled to use VPNs because the streaming service has a rather modest collection of titles on offer in their country. They felt very much within their right to virtually shift to another location to access the films and shows available in only that particular region. The arrangement seemed to be working really well for both Netflix as well as its subscribers, especially those residing in countries such as China where government-imposed restrictions made it otherwise impossible to use such a service.
Neither Netflix nor people requesting the ban on VPNs to be lifted are ready to budge from their current stance. This impasse is unfavorable for all stakeholders. Netflix faces the risk of losing thousands of its frustrated subscribers, though the company is claiming to have experienced little to no such affect so far. Companies holding the rights to content available on Netflix continue to find themselves vulnerable to losses of millions despite pressurizing the streaming service into bowing to its demand. They may have pushed VPNs out of the scene, but little has been done so far to combat piracy. Torrent sites are just as active as ever, presenting disgruntled users with a tempting alternative. As for the users themselves, they are currently left with no choice but to play by the rules set by Netflix, or else find their accounts getting added to the ban list.
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Kolkata: The RBI ban on Letter of Undertaking (LoU) as a trade finance instrument, will not have much impact on the gems and jewellery industry in West Bengal, but a hike in bank's credit margin may hurt the business, a GJEPC official said.
Pankaj Parekh, former national vice-chairman of Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), said the instrument was used by some jewellers primarily for imports, but there was hardly any import component for Bengal jewellery manufacturers.
There will be no impact of the ban on jewellers in this region, Parekh told newspersons on the sidelines of a press conference last evening to announce a 3-day international jewellery exhibition in Kolkata early next year.
The Bullion Gem and Jewellery Association Secretary (West Bengal) Ravi Karel said earlier the margin sought was 85 per cent of the credit, but now they were seeking a margin as high as 150 per cent.
Bank lending to the gem and jewellery industry may be "squeezed" in the wake of the Rs 13,000 crore scam involving billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi. Banks have already started demanding higher collateral from existing borrowers, he said.
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Just wanted to say hey since I'm new here. Been smokin and grillin for 15+ years and still enjoy it. Mostly on a WSM. About to try my first backyard comp in a few weeks. Thanks for having me here!
Welcome, Nick. Glad you found us. Unless you already have a game plan for your comp, you can find a world of information in the Competition section. Good luck.
Thanks Ron. My buddy and are keeping it simple for our first comp. Same rub/sauce on both chicken and ribs. Looking forward to the chaotic fun at turn in.
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Big George, I have gone to the New Holland comp every year while I was working in New Holland, always a good time. Tried getting into their backyard comp this year but there was already a waiting list. better luck next year!!
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Anyone who operates a motor vehicle is aware that driving has a number of inherent risks. When we take to the roadways, we are not only responsible for our own safety, but also that of others with whom we share the road. When drivers fail to follow the rules of the road or behave responsibly, others can be placed at risk of harm. Such may be the case in a recent car crash that ended a woman's life and led to the arrest of a man whom Massachusetts police believe is responsible for that death.
The accident took place on a recent Friday afternoon on Route 2. A 51-year-old woman was driving in the westbound lanes of travel when another vehicle approached from the rear. That car, a Nissan Altima, struck the back of the woman's Pontiac Grand Am. The force of that impact was sufficient to propel the Grand Am into the lanes of oncoming traffic. At that point her vehicle was involved in a collision with a minivan.
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The the first ever GovTech Leaders Breakfast Club brought together a collection of high-level public sector leaders to discuss why culture is vitally important to transformation and change management - here are the key themes from the event.
We recently brought together a collection of high-level public sector leaders, at the first ever GovTech Leaders Breakfast Club, to discuss why culture is vitally important to transformation and change management.
Hosted in a private dining room at the Sea Containers at Mondrian in London, in conjunction with Agilisys, the event kicked off with the opportunity for participants to get to know each other over breakfast, before discussions were instigated by the excellent chair for the morning – Sophie Devonshire from the Caffeine Partnership.
Using her experience of leading change and business development within private and public sector organisations, Sophie steered the conversation through four key areas, starting with why putting in 'people preparation' time and effort early in the transformation process – which includes clear communication – will reap rewards later in the journey. The need to develop a deep understanding of internal culture and what makes people want to embrace transformation was also discussed.
One attendee – Rosie Hatton, strategy delivery lead at the Parliamentary Digital Service – commented that it's crucial that transformation leads work hard to discover what motivates people to be able to sell the benefits of change.
Nuria Madrono, business change lead at the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, added that there's a need to plan change and engage people early, and how a good place to start is to talk about technology as an enabler. "How will it transform people's working lives, for the better and from a personal perspective, because not everybody responds to the same benefit," she explained.
Rob Driver, head of public sector at techUK, added that all too often the process is the focus for transformation teams, rather than the real focal point which is developing an appetite for change. He said that it's always better top focus on what you're trying to achieve and then explaining what that will entail and why it will benefit people. Explaining outcomes is vitally important.
Conversation moved through why it's good to 'let the outside in' and to utilise tech that we use in our day-to-day lives to enhance staff buy-in, before moving on to the need to sometimes 'slow down to speed up'. We'll discuss both of those topics in more detail in a future article of key takeaways gathered from the Breakfast Club.
Doniya Soni, principal policy officer for digital and STEM skills at the Greater London Authority, and Rebecca McCaffry, associate technical director at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants then sparked comment about the role of change agents and digital champions to help 'sell the transformation story'.
Tej Dhall, head of ICT at the Competition and Markets Authority, commented that while change is hard, it can also bring people together, especially when change agents are involved. Providing an element of choice also gives people a sense of ownership, he added.
The need for training on new technology was discussed, with Caroline O'Sullivan, chief of staff at the Ministry of Defence, making the very valid point that leadership shouldn't be overlooked – they need to be trained too.
Further topics debated on the transformation culture theme included the need to normalise change, how to accelerate the rate of change and how to get a position of 'digital by choice'. The overriding need for security also came up in discussion, as did the need for organisations to sometimes go their own way to deliver transformation that's effective for that individual organisation. | {
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Palestinian MKs may 'quit' if bill passed allowing Knesset to expel them
The head of the Joint Arab List, Ayman Odeh, warned Monday that he and other Palestinian members of the Israeli Knesset may resign their positions if a controversial bill allowing the Knesset to expel lawmakers was passed next week.
The draft bill, which was approved by the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday, could see lawmakers suspended from their duties if voted for by 90 MKs -- three quarters of Israel's lawmakers.
Palestinian MKs have slammed the bill, which they say is solely directed against them.
The bill was submitted to the constitutional committee after the Knesset's Ethics Committee suspended MKs Hanin Zoabi, Basel Ghattas and Jamal Zahalqa from their duties for several months after they visited the families of Palestinians who were killed while attacking Israelis.
During the Knesset's constitutional committee session on Monday, Odeh said the Knesset was "plotting" against Palestinian citizens of Israel, and if the bill was passed into law, Palestinian MKs would "quit the Knesset and leave it to the Jews alone."
He said Israel's politicians were in particular targeting members of his Balad party, despite their vocal opposition to the killing of Israeli civilians.
Odeh said Palestinian MKs had visited the families of slain Palestinian attackers for "official" purposes, and the visit should have been respected as such. He said Palestinian lawmakers were "elected by our people, not by the right wing in Israel."
Palestinian MK Ahmad Tibi reiterated Odeh's threat that the entire Joint List could "quit" if the Knesset passed the bill, which he said was a legislative equivalent of the right-wing slogan "death to Arabs."
Tibi added that "Arab MKs have not caused bloodshed," as opposed to "those whose hands are stained with blood and are openly proud of that fact," referring specifically to the right-wing Jewish Home's Naftali Bennet, who has in the past boasted about killing Palestinians.
The push against the Palestinian MKs has laid bare a deep rift in Israeli society, in which rights groups say Palestinians -- constituting a fifth of Israel's population -- have faced systematic exclusion for decades.
The Joint Arab List was formed last year when four Palestinian parties joined to fight for the rights of Israel's Palestinian minority, but they have faced staunch resistance from Israel's political establishment.
The latest efforts against Palestinian MKs have been personally led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in what critics have slammed as a "demagogic campaign."
Israeli winner of Berlin Film Festival: Israeli government is 'fascist'
Israeli film-director Udi Aloni, 56, who won the top audience at Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, has labelled the Israeli government "fascist" and urged Germany to cease its military support to Israel.
At a Q&A session about his award-winning film Junction 48 hours before being presented with the Panorama Audience Award for best fiction film, Mr Aloni said Germany should stop supporting the "fascist regime of Israel":
"Merkel does not mention the occupation and sells submarines to Netanyahu to continue such things."
The 56-year-old also called Israel a "democracy of white people" and added that "in contrast to the [Israeli] prime minister who spreads hatred, my movie spreads love and co-existence."
By the end of the session, he mentioned the Palestinian hunger-striker Mohammed al-Qiq as an example "non-Jews' lack of rights in Israel", saying that Qiq was dying in administrative detention without being accused of committing a crime.
In a response to Aloni's comments, according to the Israeli Media, the Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev said that Israel should not fund films that slander it, refering to the financial support that Aloni's film received from Israel's Culture Ministry.
"Aloni's statements were a clear proof that artists who subvert the state, defame it and hurt its legitimacy should not be funded by the tax payer. A sane country should not assist slanderers and denouncers who malign it, immediately after drinking from its coffers," Regev stated.
The Israeli film director later clarified to Channel 10 that his comments "were directed against the Israeli government and not against the country, which I love. In contrast to the prime minister who spreads hatred, my movie spreads love and co-existence."
Last year, more than 3,000 artists, including some of the country's most prominent actors and directors, signed a petition against Ms Regev's policies.
"Junction 48" – whose is a Arabic-language film that features mostly Palestinian actors – tells the story of a Palestinian rap star and his girlfriend who live near Tel Aviv in the mixed Jewish-Palestinian city of Lod, known until recently as one of the main drug-running centers of the Middle East.Actress Samar Qupty said it should be easy for Palestinians to identify with the movie, even though it depicts people living lives that are radically different from strict Muslim traditions.
Her character, for example, allows a picture of her face to be used on a poster advertising a hip-hop concert, prompting members of her family to say they plan to injure her if she performs.
"It's still a revolutionary movie because it doesn't talk about the way we Palestinians are usually represented in the world," Qupty said.
"We are representing ourselves by the new generation without trying to prove anything to anyone, with our 'goods' and 'bads'," she told Reuters in an interview. "We are trying to present what is the real new generation trying to do without making the reality looking any better or any worse."
Israeli minister calls on "displacing attackers' families to Gaza or Syria"
Transporation Minister Yisrael Katz and PM Benjamin Netanyahu during rally in November
The Israeli Transportation minister, Yisrael Katz, on Sunday has called on Israeli authorities to displace the families of "Palestinian attackers" to Gaza or Syria.
According to the leading Hebrew newspaper Ynet, Katz said that this move of displacing the Palestinian families will deter the Palestinian minors from carrying any attempts to attack Israelis, since demolitions were not enough to stop them.
To his part, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his support to Katz, however said that the Judiciary system would not allow it, because it is considered as collective punishment, which is illegal in the international law.
However, Netanyahu promised Katz to run a discussion on the issue in the Cabinet.
And in another similar stand, the right-wing extremist minister of Education, Naftali Bennett, said on Sunday during the cabinet meeting that Palestinian parents "do not prevent their sons from "stabbing Israelis" since they "get financial compensation from the Palestinian Authority" when their child is killed.
According to Haaretz, these statements have shocked the ministers who were attending the meeting, making them "twist in their chairs."
Back in November, Bennett had said that "[Israelis] should have killed more [Arabs]," in response to the Arab MK, Hanin Zoabi's condemnations of Israel boasting about killing innocent civilians.
At that time, Bennett immediately accused Zoabi of lying, then said that "anyone who lifts a hand against Israel must die."
The Israeli rhetoric against Palestinians has been lately growing on an alarming rate, starting with the complete denial of civil rights for Palestinians, then the denial of a Palestinian nation, to the denial of Israeli occupation; a rhetoric which has escalated illegal Israeli demolitions and settlement expansion on Palestinian land.
Katz statements come as a result of a violence that sparked last October, following numerous Israeli violations of this kind against Palestinians.
Since then, some 180 Palestinians and 30 Israelis have been killed.
Video- Israeli MK claims: "There is no Palestine and therefore no occupation"
The Israeli Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, MK Tzipi Hotovely from the Likud party has recently made statements claiming that there is no Israeli occupation because "there is no Palestinian state."
Hotovely, speaking at the Israeli parliament (Knesset) on Friday said that occupation means occupying a sovereign state and that "there was never a Palestinian state," instead, "Jordan ruled over the territories against the law."
Hotovely continued her speech by saying that Israelis have been fighting for independence through "legal defensive wars" after they "returned to the
land of [their] forefathers, adding that the "Palestinian narrative negates the existence of Israel."
Hotovely concludes by saying that Israel "has the obligation to refute the industry of lies" and speak the historic truth.
This rhetoric came shortly after the extremist right wing lawmaker, Anat Berko, has said that there has never been a Palestinian state because the letter "P" does not exist in Arabic language.
These claims sparked sarcasm amongst local and international activists, since the word "Palestine" is pronounced with an "F" in both Arabic and Hebrew.
Israel, which has been established on Palestinian land in 1947, has maintained a brutal military occupation on the occupied West Bank, which included illegal settlement expansion, kidnappings, home demolitions, executions and controls the movement of Palestinians within the West Bank by placing hunderds of checkpoints between the West Bank cities and villages.
'Good Labor – Bad Likud': Dispelling the Myth of 'Democracy' within Israel's Political Establishment
By Ramzy Baroud
The Israeli 'Right', as demonstrated by a scary coalition of rightwing nationalists, ultranationalists and religious zealots, deserves all the bad press it has garnered since its formation last May.
But none of this should come as a shock, as the 'Right' in Israel has never been anything but a coalition of demagogues that catered to the lowest common denominator in society.
As unlikable as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is, he is, in fact, a fair representation of the worst that Israel has to offer, which, over the years, has morphed to represent mainstream thinking. But Israel has not always been ruled by the right-wingers, and the likes of current Justice Minister, Ayelet Shaked, who has made a habit of calls for extermination and genocide of Palestinians, are relatively newcomers to Israel's political tussle.
In previous Knessets, the likes of her would have been assigned to a neglected seat in the back of the Knesset, along with other lunatics who often mouthed profanities and incessantly called for killing all Gentiles. Tellingly, she is now one of the main centerpieces in Netanyahu's menacing coalition. Somehow, this may be of benefit to the wider world. At least now, many would get to see Israel as the country that it has always been, but which has cleverly hidden its real nature under a mask of liberal façade and ever-touted democratic ideals.
Few, with good conscience, can claim that Netanyahu and his partners – Moshe Yaalon, Naftali Bennet and Shaked, among others – are icons of democracy, any democracy, however lacking. In fact, a new draft in the Knesset, which is in the process of becoming a law, proposes to punish any Israeli organization that dares question Israel's behavior and undemocratic practices.
Those who are anticipating the supposed liberal democratic forces in Israel to rise against the destructive rightwing machine should also reconsider. Isaac Herzog, the chairman of the Labor Party and head of the Zionist Union coalition is not markedly different than Netanyahu, at least when it comes to issues of substance.
At best, he is a true manifestation of Israel's center-left, double-faced approach to politics. Oddly enough, it is the 'Right' that has learned the tricks of the trade from the 'Left' in Israel, not the other way around. In recent comments, Herzog shouted from the pits of his party's political irrelevance that he does not "see a possibility at the moment of implementing the two-state solution." He told Israeli Army Radio that if he is to become a Prime Minister, he would focus on implementing security measures instead of investing in a bilateral agreement with the Palestinians.
While he partly blamed Netanyahu for the failure to achieve the supposedly coveted goal of two states, he also assigned equal blame to the ever-hapless Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who has been watching for years as his make-believe world of 'peace process' has been collapsing around him, unable to even control his own exit from, or entry to the West Bank without a prior permit from the Israeli army.
However, the issue is far more important than blaming Israel's hypocritical and cowardly 'Left': but, rather, to highlight a dominant myth about the 'Right' and 'Left' within Israel's political establishment. For many years, much of the Western world's understanding of Israel has been based on a cluster of myths, from the early fables of the Zionists making the desert bloom, to Palestine supposedly being a land without people for a people without land.
This intricately constructed and propagated mythology evolved over time, as Israeli hasbara labored to provide a perception of reality that was required to justify its wars, its military occupation, its constant violations of human rights and its many war crimes. One aspect of the Western perception of Israel is that the 'Jewish-state', which is also a 'democracy', has been experiencing a long-drawn-out battle between rightwing ideologues, and liberal forces that have labored to preserve Israel's democratic ideals.
However, such misrepresentations are always grossly at odds with the reality. Take any aspect of Israeli history that many, even in the Western hemisphere, now see as immoral and inhumane – for example, the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, the massacres of 1947-48, the racism against Palestinians who remain in today's Israel after the Nakba, the illegal Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the illegal annexation of East Jerusalem, the construction of the illegal settlements, the building of the Apartheid Wall, and, more recently, the wars on Gaza which killed over 4,000 people since 2008.
Much of these atrocities have the fingerprints of Labor and their allies. The fact is that it was the Mapai Party, which was later joined by other supposedly 'progressive' forces to form the Labor Party in the 1960s, that has been responsible for most of the bloodletting, ethnic cleansing and illegal practices that have pushed the situation to this degree of desperation.
The rightwing in Israel did not achieve prominence until the late 1970s. Prior to that, Israel was ruled exclusively by Labor governments. Netanyahu's current rightwing government officials are by no means short of exacting utter cruelty in inhumaneness, and the reality is that this behavior is rooted in a political past. What largely differs between the 'Right' and 'Left' in Israel is the expression of their political discourses, certainly not the outcomes. The fundamental reason why some insist on maintaining that myth – of Israel's 'Peace Camp' compared to the ominous 'Right' – is that they are frenziedly promoting the idea that Israel is still governed by democratic forces, an assumption that allows Western governments the time and space to ignore the plight of the Palestinians.
Rightwing leaders like Netanyahu and his coalition partners are an utter embarrassment to Europe – still a major supporter of Israel – and they make it very difficult for the United States to even sustain the charade of its peace process. The West longs for the days when Israel was governed by less belligerent sounding leaders, regardless of their violent agendas.
Labor governments in Israel, whether those that existed in the late 40s and 50s, or those that ruled under the leaderships of Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, etc., never truly showed any genuine sign that ending the Occupation and granting Palestinians a form of real sovereignty was ever on their agendas.
Do not believe the hype. Rabin was given a Nobel Peace Prize after the 1993 signing of the Oslo Accords, despite the fact that Oslo did not give Palestinians sovereignty or the right to self-determination. Instead, it sliced up the West Bank into various zones, ultimately controlled by the Israeli army, and bribed some within the Palestinian elites with phony titles, VIP cards and mounds of money to play along.
Rabin was killed by a Rightwing Jewish zealot because, as far as the religious and ultranationalist camps in Israel were concerned, even such 'concessions' as a Palestinian flag and a national anthem, among other symbolic 'achievements' offered to the Palestinians by Oslo, were still considered a taboo. So, when Herzog threw his hand in the air and postponed any discussion of a 'two-state solution' that has been dead and buried for years now, it was not a sign that Labor had given up or that the level-headed Herzog is officially fed-up with the shenanigans of Netanyahu and stubbornness of Abbas.
It is a mere contribution of the 'good Labor-bad Likud' routine that the Israeli ruling class have played for decades. The great irony, though, is that the destruction of the 'two-state solution' myth was the predictable outcome of the illegal Jewish colonies in the Occupied Territories, which were, interestingly enough, the backbone of the Labor Party policies following the illegal Occupation of what remained of historic Palestine after the war of 1967. At the time, rightwing forces were too insignificant to merit mention. Only the Labor reigned supreme, which single-handedly took over Palestine and precluded every chance for a lasting peace.
Dr. Ramzy Baroud has been writing about the Middle East for over 20 years. He is an internationally-syndicated columnist, a media consultant, an author of several books and the founder of PalestineChronicle.com.
The Ethnic Cleansing of the Knesset
On February 8th, the Knesset Ethics Committee suspended three Joint List Members of Knesset (MK) for several months. The committee suspended the MKs for visiting Palestinian families that were mourning a relative killed by Israeli forces but had yet to receive their bodies for burial from the Israeli authorities.
The MKs' visit with the families of killed Palestinians prompted extremist, right-wing MKs, as well as prime minister Netanyahu himself, to push the Ethics Committee towards making the racist and provocative decision to suspend them – a decision that expresses a high degree of fascism.
Although the suspension of the three MKs will be appealed in the Israeli Supreme Court, it is unlikely to be overturned as the court rarely intervenes in Knesset decisions, particularly those concerning Arab deputies.
The Israeli occupation committed two crimes in regards to the grieving Palestinian families: killing their relatives and then withholding their bodies from them.
Now, on top of these two crimes is the suspension of the MKs. The Knesset members, Hanin Zoabi, Basel Ghattas and Jamal Zahalka, were defending the interests of their constituents. They are paying a price for acting on humanitarian, moral and national concerns.
Despite the suspension, the three MKs reiterated their determination to continue efforts to release the bodies that have been held in the Israeli occupation's refrigerators for months now.
The Ethics Committee's decision is reflective of political efforts to refashion the Knesset in ethnic terms. Recently drafted legislation, proposed by Netanyahu and the right-wing fascist parties, would allow the Knesset to expel any MK that "rejects Israel as a Jewish and democratic state or supports or incites to terrorism, armed conflict against Israel," provided that a majority of MKs (90 out of 120) agree with the charge. If approved, the legislation could effectively exclude any Arab from being an MK, apart from those in right-wing parties.
The suspension and forthcoming legislation is evidence of the moral degeneration of the Israeli government and the right-wing, fascist parliament. Withholding the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces from their families is a crime and contradicts international public opinion. Moreover, legislating laws, the purpose of which is to disenfranchise the 21 percent of Israeli citizens who are Palestinians, is an effort to uproot Palestinians and render them strangers in their homeland.
Against the backdrop of the proposed "transparency" bill and the targeting of left-wing groups within Israeli society, Palestinian initiatives to network with these associations would send a strong message to the international community – especially as European politicians have spoken out against this proposed legislation. Global public opinion can support internal resistance.
A German tourist passes away inside a settlement tunnel in Silwan
A German tourist passed away on Friday inside of the settlement tunnels in Silwan.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center was informed that a group of settlers entered the tunnel underneath the neighborhood of Wadi Hilweh in Silwan (tunnel that starts in the middle of Wadi Hilweh towards the courtyard known by "Giv'ati". Suddenly, the area was crowded with paramedics and firemen.
The center added that the process of saving the life of the German tourist took more than three hours. According to Magen David paramedics, the tourist suffered a heart attack inside one of the tunnels in Silwan.
The center explained that the rescue teams prevented the locals from approaching the scene and a group of settlers intervened to move the young Jerusalemite men. | {
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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S2 E7 Review
Season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is here and we feel like we've been waiting forever since Season 1 aired March 6th, 2015.
We've sat down completely willingly and have already binge-watched the entire 2nd season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and decided to review what we thought was utter perfection for a follow-up season! We can promise you that you will not be disappointed by Season 2, it is just as hilarious as Season 1, maybe even better!
There are spoilers ahead in this article, each episode of Season 2 has been written about and labelled so you know where you can read to if you're only a few episodes in and you don't want any spoilers. You have been warned!
The theme tune still has us jamming every time and it's great to hear it once again, let's talk Season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt!
Episode 7: Kimmy Walks into a Bar.
Kimmy gets hit on at a bar by Keith, an army veteran and leaves the bar without his number and without the dress that she picked up for Jacqueline and her gala. Keith returns the dress using the address on the label, to Jacqueline's place. Kimmy then invites Keith to Jacqueline's gala where Keith suffers from a minor PTSD episode. Kimmy is suffering PTSD following her time in the bunker. Keith tells Kimmy she needs to admit she's hurting as the first step and see somebody for help.
Jacqueline realises that she's booked her gala on the same day as rival rich woman Deirdra has her fundraiser for Lupus Awareness, Awareness so Jacqueline has to come up with a plan to get back at Deirdra in a rich mistress rivalry game which Deirdra encourages. Jacqueline realises that nobody wants to fund her campaign as it is to do with Native American heritage and none of the rich friends she has are interested in Jacqueline's beliefs or what personal significance this has to her.
Titus struggles with listening to Mikey in the new relationship he's in and is struggling to deal with not having things about him all the time. Titus is conflicted and unsure if Mikey just does not like to talk with his friends or if he doesn't have any friends.
Episode 7 was less funny but more realistic. Conflicts happen in life whether they are internal like Titus was feeling or external like the conflict between Deidra and Jacqueline. It's important to always have a backup plan or to admit that things aren't going your way. As for the lesson we learnt with Kimmy, it is important to admit that you're not ok sometimes. After all, it is ok to not feel ok.
Our favourite quote from the episode is:
"Did you know that poor people don't have to do gala season?" – Jacqueline.
8.8/10 star IMDB rating.
Overall, each and every episode in the second season considered, we've been taken on a journey of discovery with the cast of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. We admit, the first season was great so we were worried they wouldn't be able to follow, but they did spectacularly. If you haven't seen the show you really should and if you have, watch it again! The show is full of messages that every single person can relate to about love and friendship. The messages that Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt share are important whether it is the message of self-acceptance or accepting others. The character development in the show has blown us away and the characters feel even realer despite the ridiculousness of the situations they can get themselves into. CelebMix absolutely recommends that you watch Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt!
Did you watch Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2, already? What did you think? Let us know in the comments below or Tweet us @CelebMix.
UK Music Video Awards 2018: All the winners on the night
DISCOVER: "Stained Glass" by Alternative Rock Group Bad Reed
Jack White's label makes history by playing a phonographic record in space
Definitive Ranking of Every Song on Beyoncé's Lemonade
Beyoncé Drops Surprise Album Lemonade
Eight Memorable Moments from The Vamps UK Tour | {
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Q: Flutter - Extraer item de un json Buen día, necesito de vuestra valiosa ayuda...
Cómo puedo hacer para extraer un dato específico de un json dentro del ciclo de parseo del mismo.
En el ejemplo, necesito el dato LAT y LON de cada item del json con el fin de evaluar sus valores en otra función llamada mideDistancia()
Desde ya muchas gracias por su ayuda!
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As you will recall from my e-book, knowing how to breathe is essential for good posture, relaxation and health. It seems odd, but many of us do not breathe well. When we do breathe well, we will dance much better.
After reading the method that I covered, a subscriber, Melissa, sent me an email. In it she detailed a method to improve breathing that she uses. I have tried it and found that it was a good method to help with the dances that require a really strong posture (waltz and such). I would do it a few times before actually dancing and noticed that I felt a bit stronger in my posture. Give a try yourself to see if it helps.
1. Put your hands on your ribs. Elbows are out to the side. If you put your hands on your hips and then slide your hands up to your rib cage, this can help you find the right placement.
2. Think about expanding your 'back' NOT the chest but your back area. Feel your back and sides moving in and out...you should feel a deeper breath develop. REMEMBER your chest is not rising up and down.
3. The lower parts of your lungs are expanding out and in, and your core is pulled in.
4. You can do this standing, sitting or lying on the floor. I found standing best.
Because Melissa took the time to share this with me, and you, I figure I should give her a shout out. If you have young children who might benefit from gymnastics and live around Raleigh, NC, then take a look at Excel to Elite. | {
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I was bored and experimented a little, but i think i lost it at some point, sorry XD.
Yes i know, i was afraid that was too dark for a photo of a child that's why I add that rainbow XD.
Here it is without it. | {
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The Albert Memorial - built in memory of Prince Albert, the beloved husband of Queen Victoria.
It was erected in 1871. The architect was Sir Gilbert Scott.
Detail of the top of the canopy.
It is 180 feet high and among statues surrounding it one can see poets and artists as well as allegorical representations of Commerce, Agriculture, Manufacture and Engineering.
I went to visit Seta and Sercho for a week. As usual they treated me like the Queen herself and would not let me do anything.
Seta and I did lots of walking around and going to museums and theaters. We had lots of fun.
I went to London with a heavy heart. Having lost our Dickranig it was a difficult time for all of us especially Setig. But we tried to make the best of it. We did tourist stuff in the city and tried to enjoy every minute together. Here are some memories of our day on and off Thames.
... and last but not least a lonely phone booth. | {
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«Легенды и мифы Древней Греции» (изначально «Что рассказывали древние греки и римляне о своих богах и героях») — научно-популярная книга Николая Куна с кратким изложением античных мифов.
Содержание
Книга состоит из двух частей. Первая рассказывает о происхождении мира, отдельных богах и героях. В её основе лежат поэмы Гесиода «Теогония» и «Труды и дни», а также поэма Овидия «Метаморфозы». Среди прочего, особое внимание в ней уделено Аполлону, Дионису, Персею, Гераклу и Тесею. Вторая — посвящена древнегреческому эпосу, в её основе поэмы Гомера «Илиада» и «Одиссея».
Текст книги написан с нарушением привычного порядка слов(инверсия), что порой создает трудности для его быстрого понимания.
История публикации
Прижизненные издания
Первая часть книги была опубликована ещё в дореволюционной России. Работу над ней Кун закончил 24 мая 1914 г. В подготовке издания участвовал академик Ф. Е. Корш. Издательство И. Н. Кушнерёва выпустило книгу под авторским названием «Что рассказывали греки и римляне о своих богах и героях». Книга была переиздана в 1922 году издательством товарищества «Мир».
Вторая часть книги увидела свет уже после революции. В 1937 году «Учпедгиз» опубликовал третье издание книги под редакцией А. Д. Удальцова. Оно впервые содержало обе части, но вышло под изменённым названием: «Что рассказывали древние греки о своих богах и героях». Внучка Куна предполагает, что «римляне» исчезли из названия из-за ассоциаций с фашистской Италией 1930-х и Муссолини:
Издание 1937 года хотели запретить, так как боги там изображены обнаженными, но всё же книгу удалось опубликовать с оригинальными фотографиями.
В 1940 году за несколько дней до смерти Кун подписал сигнальный экземпляр четвёртого издания, в котором он пересмотрел текст книги и подобрал для неё иллюстрации.
Посмертные издания
В 1954 году книга вышла с новым названием «Легенды и мифы Древней Греции», которое было придумано учениками Куна, и введением А. Г. Бокщанина. Книга была издана с сокращениями:
Примечания
См. также
Древнегреческая мифология
Древнегреческая религия
Римская религия
Литературные произведения по сюжетам греко-римской мифологии | {
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Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Program
(Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Program)
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma for Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The York University Faculty of Education Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education program prepares qualified teachers to work in a variety of educational settings and communication/modality options. The program provides the broadest possible base for candidates to learn about the field, and to make decisions about areas of specialization.
Program coursework deals with areas pertinent to deaf and hard of hearing education. These areas include: language and literacy development; oral communication; deaf and hard of hearing studies; bilingual/bicultural education; American Sign Language; audiology; listening and speaking; working with deaf and hard of hearing learners in inclusive settings and amplification systems. Candidates also participate in two practicum placements in two different settings over a two-month period.
The program is regulated by the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) and requires students to complete compulsory components:
Experiential Placements - Practica
All students must complete 400 hours of practicum (320 hours of direct teaching and 80 hours of observation).
For admissions information, visit the Faculty of Education's website.
Diploma and Recommendations
Upon successful completion of the program, students will receive a York University Post-Baccalaureate Diploma. Ontario-certified teachers are then also recommended for certification as Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Oral/Aural Communication or ASL to the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT).
The program is accredited by the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) and by the Canadian Association of Educators of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (CAEDHH).
Currently, for eligible Ontario candidates, no tuition fees are charged for the program, but course and materials fees will be required for various courses. A limited number of out-of-province spaces are available; these candidates are charged tuition as well as the course and material fees.
Full-time Program
The full-time program is offered in one academic year, over two semesters beginning in August and finishing in May. Students enrolled in the full-time program primarily access courses by attending face-to-face classes on the York University campus, with some online learning activities. Full-time students are expected to complete the entire program as a cohort in one year.
The part-time program is a three-year program beginning in August and finishing in May of each year. Part-time students complete the majority of their courses online, but are required to attend classes on campus for some specific courses. Part-time students enrol in two courses per term in a prescribed order. Students enrolled in the part-time program should plan to dedicate approximately five to seven hours per course each week. This time commitment takes into account participation in the online class (i.e., viewing the sessions) and completing the associated coursework.
Grade Requirements
To remain registered in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education Program, students must maintain a minimum grade of a C+ in each course. If a failing grade is received in any course or experiential practicum placement, students will be ineligible to continue and will be withdrawn from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education Program. In addition, Ontario paricipants must maintain current, unrestricted membership in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) through the entire program.
For further information, please call the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Office at 416-736-5971 or TTY 416-736-5972 or visit the website.
Academic Advising and Student Responsibilities
Course Requirements & Specializations
Evaluation Policy and Procedures
International Learning Opportunities
Every effort is made in the Faculty of Education to ensure that each student receives academic advice and sufficient information to guide in course selection. Within this context, the each student is responsible for the following:
Ensuring that the courses chosen meet the program and degree requirements for graduation
Verifying the accuracy of registration records, including all course changes
Fulfilling the requirements and being aware of academic progress in their program of study and in all registered courses; attending class and submitting all required course work
Understanding and adhering to the Senate Policy on Academic Honesty, as well as other relevant Senate Policies at secretariat-policies.info.yorku.ca
Noting and abiding by the sessional deadline dates published on the Current Students Web page each year, especially course change deadline dates
Checking their Faculty of Education emails regularly in order to remain informed and to receive information and reminders. Students are responsible for contacting the IT Helpdesk directly in order to address any technical difficulties that they may be experiencing
Newly-admitted students will have the opportunity to attend a group advising session and they can set up individual advising appointments. BA (Educational Studies) students will also participate in enrollment through YU Start to discuss program and degree requirements. New students will be offered a few dates to attend the information/advising sessions that takes place in-person to be able to enrol into their courses. It is the responsibility of all students to familiarize themselves with both the requirements of their program and the regulations governing their degree requirements.
Each year, students will be expected to continue their participation in group and individual advising sessions in order to ensure that they are on track with their degree requirements.
Students in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education
Students in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) Teacher Education Program who require advising should contact the DHH office at [email protected] or 416-736-2100 extension 55971.
The Faculty of Education's Office of Student Services provides our undergraduate students with a number of services:
Weekly individual advising appointments
Monthly online newsletter
Group advising sessions
Accepting and processing student petitions
Accepting applications for awards
Students can contact the Student Services Office at [email protected] for support.
Practicum Placement Support and Information
Information about students' practicum placements
Completion of criminal record forms
Practicum placements are a mandatory component of both the Bachelor of Education and the Bachelor of Arts (Educational Studies). Students are responsible for maintaining an updated, valid Criminal Records Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening each term.
Student Accommodations
Students who require accommodations must visit the Student Accessibility Services unit at York University in order to obtain a letter that outlines the accommodations required. It is the responsibility of students to provide this letter to each of their Course Directors, Practicum Facilitators, Mentor Teachers and Workplace Supervisors in order to obtain the appropriate accommodations.
University Policies, Procedures & Codes of Conduct
All York University policies and procedures apply to the Faculty of Education. Students should be aware of these policies and procedures and should adhere to them at all times.
Additional Codes of Conduct
Students who are enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree should also be aware of the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) Standards of Practice and Ethical Standards.
The following course requirements apply to each program. Unless otherwise noted, students are responsible for registering themselves into their courses, and for ensuring that they have completed all degree requirements.
Bachelor of Education – Primary-Junior
Students must complete all of the following foundations courses:
ED/EDPR 1000 3.00 – Studies in Communities and their Schools (includes Community Practicum Placement)
ED/EDFE 1100 3.00 – Child Development and Health
ED/EDFE 1300 3.00 – Inclusion, Disabilities and Education
ED/EDFE 2000 6.00 – Foundations of Education & Theory into Practice
ED/EDFE 2100 3.00 – Inquiries into Learning
ED/EDFE 3100 3.00 – Teaching for Diverse and Equitable Classrooms in Ontario
ED/EDFE 3200 3.00 – Content into Practice
ED/EDFE 4200 3.00 – Research into Practice
Students must complete all of the following panel-specific courses:
ED/EDPJ 1000 3.00 – Language & Literacy in the Primary-Junior Divisions
ED/EDPJ 1100 3.00 – Mathematics in the Primary-Junior Divisions
ED/EDPJ 2000 3.00 – Science & Technology in the Primary-Junior Divisions
ED/EDPJ 3000 1.50 – Social Studies & Culture in the Primary-Junior Divisions
ED/EDPJ 3100 1.50 – Physical Education in the Primary-Junior Divisions
ED/EDIN 4000 3.00 – Integration Through Arts
Students must complete all of the following practicum courses/placements:
ED/EDPR 2000 3.00 – Practicum
Students must complete the following elective courses:
One language/literacy elective (3.00)
One mathematics elective (3.00)
One free-choice elective (3.00)
Note: Students in the BEd can also complete a Specialization in International Education. See details below.
Bachelor of Education – Junior-Intermediate
ED/EDFE 1101 3.00 – Adolescent Development and Health
ED/EDJI 1000 3.00 – Language & Literacy in the Junior-Intermediate Divisions
ED/EDJI 1100 3.00 – Mathematics in the Junior-Intermediate Divisions
ED/EDJI 2000 3.00 – Science & Technology in the Junior-Intermediate Divisions
ED/EDJI 3000 1.50 – Social Studies & Culture in the Junior-Intermediate Divisions
ED/EDJI 3100 1.50 – Physical Education in the Junior-Intermediate Divisions
ED/XXXX 3000 3.00 – Teaching [teaching subject] in the Junior-Intermediate Divisions
One language/literacy elective OR One mathematics elective (3.00)
Bachelor of Education – Intermediate-Senior
ED/EDIS 3610 3.00 – New Media Literacies and Culture
Students must complete two teaching subject courses requirements:
ED/XXXX 4000 3.00 – Teaching [teaching subject 1] in the Intermediate-Senior Divisions – Part A
ED/XXXX 4001 3.00 – Teaching [teaching subject 1] in the Intermediate-Senior Divisions – Part B
Bachelor of Education (French Option) - Glendon only
Students who complete the Bachelor of Education (BEd) at Glendon will supplement their elective requirements with the following two courses:
ED/EDFR 2000 3.00 – Teaching & Learning French in an Immersion Context
ED/EDFR 3000 3.00 – Teaching & Learning French in a Core French Context
In addition, Primary-Junior and Junior-Intermediate candidates will take a math-specific elective, while Intermediate-Senior candidates will take a free-choice elective to complete their requirements.
By completing these two courses, in combination with their Education courses in French and an undergraduate degree at Glendon, students qualifying in the Primary-Junior will receive an Additional Qualification with the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) in French as a Second Language on their OCT transcripts after graduating.
Bachelor of Education, Technological Education – Intermediate-Senior
ED/TECH 4000 3.00 – Teaching Technological Education in the Intermediate-Senior Division – Part A
ED/TECH 4001 3.00 – Teaching Technological Education in the Intermediate-Senior Division – Part B
ED/TECH 4050 3.00 – Curriculum Connections for Technological Education OR *ED/XXXX 4000 3.00 – Teaching [teaching subject 2] in the Intermediate-Senior Division – Part A [if approved]
ED/TECH 4051 3.00 – Teaching Design Thinking Within Technology Frameworks OR *ED/XXXX 4001 3.00 Teaching [teaching subject 2] in the Intermediate-Senior Division – Part B [if approved]
* Students who have submitted a program change wishing to pursue a General Studies teachable ED/XXXX 4000 3.00 and ED/XXXX 4001 3.00 in semester 3 and 4 will not be required to enrol in a third free-choice elective 3.00 and ED/TECH 4051 3.00.
Jewish Teacher Education (Concentration)
This concentration, taken during the Bachelor of Education program, prepares BEd students to teach in Jewish Day Schools; it is offered in cooperation with the Julia and Henry Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Education. The Jewish Teacher Education concentration can be taken in either the Concurrent or Consecutive BEd program delivery models.
In order to complete this concentration, students must complete:
Elective courses (total 6.00 credits) including:
ED/HEB 2030 3.00 Teaching Modern Hebrew Language Arts and
ED/HEB 3030 3.00 Teaching Classical Hebrew Texts in Jewish Studies
Practicum placements in a Hebrew day school, which are coordinated and supervised for 25 days per year (50 days total) by the Faculty of Education.
Each practicum placement is related to ED/HEB 2030 3.00 or ED/HEB 3030 3.00 listed above
Completion of Advanced Certificate in Hebrew and Jewish Studies (total 36.00 credits) or equivalent. Certificate requirements include coursework related to:
Hebrew Language Fluency
Students must complete AP/HEB 3000 6.00 (or approved equivalent) before commencing the BEd
Students must complete an additional level in a summer ulpan or Ivriyon (or approved equivalent) prior to commencing their second year of the BEd.
Consult the list of required courses and information about the Advanced Certificate in Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
Required core courses for all students include:
AP/HEB 3210 3.00, AP/HEB 3220 3.00, AP/HEB 3230 3.00 (or equivalent)
This certificate is a part of a student's undergraduate degree, and not the Bachelor of Education degree requirements.
It is a requirement for the concentration.
Students in the Consecutive BEd program model who have already completed an undergraduate degree or who have attended a gap year program at a transcript-granting yeshiva or seminary may have their transcripts assessed for equivalent completed coursework.
Additional opportunities:
Students studying concurrently are encouraged to complete a stop-out year from the Faculty of Education in order to study at an Israeli university, earning credits towards their undergraduate degree and the Advanced Certificate in Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
Applicants may seek funding.
Students who are completing the Jewish Teacher Education concentration are eligible to apply to take Teaching Voices of Israel (3.00 credits) in Israel, in years when offered. The coursework is in Hebrew.
Applicants may seek scholarships.
Students may participate in intensive ulpan courses in Israel and the U.S. to increase Hebrew language proficiency.
The concentration is only open to students in the Bachelor of Education degree program.
Students must complete all of the required activities during their BEd degree program -- not retroactively; the Advanced Certificate in Hebrew and Jewish Studies requirement (or equivalent) may be completed in advance.
Please see an Example Schedule: Bachelor of Education Direct Entry Concurrent Program
For more information, contact Professor L. Wiseman
Specialization in International Education
Students in the Faculty of Education's Bachelor of Education (BEd) program are able to identify that they would like to "specialize" in international education within the existing degree program. Students who are eligible to earn the specialization are those in the Faculty of Education's Bachelor of Education program and they may be studying to teach in any subject area and at any grade level. This option responds to students' interests in teaching in international locations after they have graduated with a BEd; it is designed to help students to develop the skills and experiences that will prepare them to teach in an international location, while also fulfilling the Ontario degree and certification requirements.
The specialization is offered within the existing BEd degree offerings and requirements, and will allow students to "package" their courses and experiences in order to take a specific focus.
In order to complete this Specialization, students must:
Complete all of the requirements for a Bachelor of Education at York University.
Complete the approved checklist/application, along with all supporting documentation have been submitted in original, hard copies by December 23 in the term prior to graduation
Complete Course Credits:
Complete two (2) of the following courses (total 6.00 credits):
ED/EDUC 2700 3.00 – Teaching Internationally and Interculturally
ED/EDUC 2720 3.00 – Teaching English in International Contexts
ED/EDUC 3910 3.00 – Reflecting On and Interpreting the International Educational Experience
ED/EDUC 3710 3.00 – Global Issues and Education
OR if participated in a York University exchange or study abroad program (total 6.00 credits):
Earn the equivalent of 6.00 York Education electives at the internationally-located university
OR earn one (1) of: ED/EDUC 2720 3.00 – Teaching English in International Contexts and the equivalent of 3.00 York Education electives at the internationally-located university
Complete at least one (1) of the following international experience programs for a minimum of one month:
York exchange or study abroad program
York summer internship program
Other official international learning experience arranged by the Faculty of Education, such as the International Practicum Placement
Upon confirmation a notation will be added to the student's transcripts, indicating that a specialization has been completed.
The specialization is only open to students in the Bachelor of Education program.
Students must complete all of the required activities during their BEd degree program.
Students may not apply for the transcript notation retroactively.
For further information on Bachelor of Education Specializations, please visit yorku.ca/edu/students/international-opportunities/
Bachelor of Arts (Educational Studies)
See requirements on the Educational Studies program page in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma: Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
See additional requirements on the Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Program page in the Undergraduate Calendar.
a. Bachelor of Education (Concurrent)
In order to remain coregistered in the Faculty of Education or to graduate, students must maintain a competent standard of performance in both their academic Faculty and in the Faculty of Education. Students will be ineligible to continue or to graduate if they fall into any one of the categories listed below.
Students who fail to maintain a C+ overall average or a 5.00 grade point average in the Faculty of co-registration will not be considered eligible to proceed in education.
Students will be ineligible to continue in the BEd degree program if they receive less than a grade of C+ in any course taken for education credit.
Students in the junior/intermediate or intermediate/senior division are expected to achieve a minimum grade of C+ in each course that is required to fulfill the requirements for a teaching subject. Failure to do so may result in a suspension or involuntary withdrawal from the program or other appropriate recommendation at the discretion of the Faculty Adviser and the Associate Dean (Undergraduate).
Students are required to complete four practicum seminars (including one community-based placement and three school-based placements) during the two years of the program. These seminars, which consist of both seminars and placements in a school/community (Semesters 1 and 2) or in a school/classroom (Semesters 3 and 4) are evaluated on a pass/fail basis. Candidates who fail to achieve a pass in a practicum seminar are ineligible to continue in the program.
Practicum placements are corequisite with appropriate courses.
b. Bachelor of Education (Consecutive)
In order to remain registered in the Consecutive program and to graduate, students must maintain a superior standard of performance in their course work. Teacher candidates will be ineligible to maintain their registration status or to graduate if they receive less than a grade of C+ in any half or full education course.
Candidates are required to complete four practicum seminars during the two years of the program. These seminars, which consist of both seminars and placements in a school/community (Semesters 1 and 2) or in a school/classroom (Semesters 3 and 4) are evaluated on a pass/fail basis. Candidates who fail to achieve a pass in a practicum seminar are ineligible to continue in the program.
c. Bachelor of Arts (Educational Studies)
The following policies apply to students in the Bachelor of Arts (Educational Studies):
Academic Penalties
Students whose academic record does not meet Faculty or program standards are subject to the academic penalties of academic warning, required withdrawal, debarment warning and debarment.
Students whose, prior to completion of 53.00 passed credits, cumulative grade point average falls below 5.00 at the end of any session, or who enter the Faculty with a grade point average equivalent to less than 5.00 on the York scale, receive an academic warning.
Students on academic warning must achieve a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00 (C+) within the next 24 credits taken or be required to withdraw for a minimum of 12 months.
Students on academic warning who fail to meet the academic warning conditions must withdraw for a minimum of 12 months.
Students whose academic record shows marked weakness may be required to withdraw from their studies for a minimum of twelve months, during which time they are encouraged to identify and remedy any problems that may have contributed to their failure to perform up to their potential, and to reflect on their reasons for pursuing a university education. The following regulations apply to required withdrawals:
• Grade point average below 5.00: Students whose cumulative grade point average on at least 53.00 York credits is below 5.00 maybe required to withdraw for a minimum of 12 months and satisfy the academic warning conditions as specified.
Students who have been required to withdraw may submit a petition requesting permission to continue their studies without interruption. Students whose petition is granted will be allowed to continue their studies on debarment warning.
Students who have been required to withdraw from the Faculty of Education or from another Faculty at York or elsewhere, receive a debarment warning upon continuing their studies in the Faculty.
Students on debarment warning must achieve a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00 within the next 24 credits taken. Students who do not fulfill these conditions will be debarred from the University. Students on debarment warning are allowed to complete their subsequent 24 credits in one academic year without restriction.
Students who have been debarred may submit a petition requesting permission to continue their studies without interruption. Students granted such a petition are be allowed to continue their studies on debarment warning.
Students who have been debarred and who wish to resume their studies must apply for re-admission through the Admissions Office (futurestudents.yorku.ca) and must provide persuasive evidence that they are ready and able to complete a degree program at the required academic level. Students who are re-admitted (as well as those who have been allowed to continue their studies by virtue of a petition) receive a debarment warning.
Deabarment Warning
Students who have been debarred and who subsequently resume their studies in the Faculty, whether by petitioning to continue without interruption or by applying for readmission, receive a academic debarment warning. Students on debarment warning must meet the debarment warning conditions outlined above; otherwise, they will be debarred.
d. Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education Program
To remain registered in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education Program, students must maintain a minimum grade of a C+ in each course. If a failing grade is received in any course or practicum placement, teacher candidates will be ineligible to continue and will be withdrawn from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education Program. In addition, Ontario participants must maintain current, unrestricted membership in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) through the entire program.
Evaluation Policies and Procedures
The following policies and procedures apply to all students in the Faculty of Education:
All evaluation procedures and criteria will be clearly specified in the course outline and made known to the candidate.
Information in a candidate's file will be released outside the University only upon the written request of that candidate.
Students will have the opportunity to assess their progress in each practicum/seminar course in consultation with instructors at least once in each term.
It is an important goal of the Faculty of Education that graduates be able to operate as independent problem solvers who have the capacity to evaluate their own performance and to gather evidence of achievements and progress. Thus, while the professional staff of the Faculty bears the ultimate and final responsibility for evaluation, each teacher candidate is also expected to play an important role in self-evaluation.
Grade Scales
All undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Education are graded with the common nine-point grading scheme approved by Senate. For further information on the Faculty of Education evaluation policy, please see Grade Requirements above.
Letter Grade
Grade Point Value
A+ 9 Exceptional
A 8 Excellent
B+ 7 Very Good
B 6 Good
C+ 5 Competent
C 4 Fairly Competent
D+ 3 Passing
D 2 Barely Passing
E 1 Marginally Failing
F 0 Failing
Practicum Seminars and Classes
Practicum placements/courses are evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
Plagiarism is defined as the presentation of work as one's own which originates from some other, unacknowledged source. In examinations, term papers and other graded assignments, verbatim or almost verbatim presentation of someone else's work without attribution constitutes plagiarism. This is deemed to include the presentation, without acknowledgement, of someone else's argument in the candidate's own work as if it were one's own.
For further information on plagiarism, please consult York University's Senate Policy on Academic Honesty in the University Policies and Regulations.
Cheating is defined as the giving or receiving or utilizing, or attempt at giving or receiving or utilizing, unauthorized information or assistance during or before an examination; or the presentation of a single work to more than one course without the permission of the instructors involved.
In all cases of suspected breaches of academic honesty, the Course Director must consult with the candidate. Minor or major penalties may be applied should the instructor believe that grounds exist for official action. The candidate has the right to appeal any allegation of plagiarism or cheating.
If candidates are uncertain whether a course of action might constitute cheating or plagiarism, they should consult the instructor concerned in advance.
For information on academic honesty, please consult York University's Senate Policy on Academic Honesty in the University Policies and Regulations section of this publication.
Course Withdrawals
Students may withdraw from any Education course (BA Educational Studies and Bachelor of Arts) without receiving a grade if they do so by the published withdrawal dates. Candidates who withdraw from an Education practicum seminar, or from any course in the Bachelor of Education (BEd) program, however, should note that they will be required to petition for reinstatement to the Faculty of Education (BEd) if they wish to resume their Education program. To withdraw from an Education course, students must report their intent to the Faculty of Education's Student Services Office, in accordance with the published withdrawal dates. Those who withdraw from a course after these dates are normally deemed to have failed it and receive a grade of F.
Program Withdrawals
Students who withdraw from the Faculty of Education, and who are registered in the BEd Concurrent model or Bachelor of Arts (Educational Studies) program, may transfer their accumulated education credits to their academic Faculty subject to the rules and procedures of that Faculty. Any grades transferred in this manner are then subject to the regulations governing maintenance of standing in the other Faculty. Students must report their intention to withdraw both to the Faculty of Education's Student Services office and to their home Faculty.
Faculty Legislation on Involuntary Withdrawal
A student may be required to withdraw from a course if:
The student fails to meet the requirements of a course, either through unsatisfactory seminar and/or practicum attendance/participation, or through unprofessional behaviour in fulfilling course requirements; or
The student's performance is judged to disrupt seriously the functioning of the host classroom and/or the well-being of the students in that classroom.
The decision to require the candidate to withdraw will be taken by the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Academic Programs) on the recommendation of the Course Director following a meeting with the student. Students will have access to the usual appeal procedures in such instances.
Education Program and/or Subject Changes
Students are advised that a change in education program (movement among primary/junior, junior/intermediate and intermediate/senior programs) or in teaching subjects at the junior/intermediate and intermediate/senior levels may only be made with the approval of the Associate Dean. Considerations which may affect the approval of such a change include the year level completed in the education program, standing of the candidate and the adequacy of academic background for the proposed change, and matters having to do with enrolment limits and availability of the education courses which would be required for the candidate to complete the altered program. Program changes may result in delays in graduation.
Deferred standing may be granted with the support of the relevant Course Director in cases where final grades cannot be assigned because all course requirements have not been completed. The grounds for granting deferred standing are for rare and unforeseen circumstances.
When granted, deferred standing is an interim measure pending completion of regular or alternative assignments.
The granting of a deferral may result in students missing June convocation for degree conferral. Deferred Standing Agreement Forms may be obtained at the Faculty of Education's Student Services office. Requests must be accompanied by a medical certificate and other written documentation. Deferred Standing Agreement Forms should be completed in consultation with the Course Director prior to the submission of final grades.
While all grades and evaluation decisions are carefully assessed, a student may request a reappraisal of a grade by making a formal request to the Associate Dean (Academic Programs) within 14 days of the release of final grade reports. The request must be in writing and should state clearly why the applicant believes that the grade should be re-evaluated. A reappraisal may result in a lower, higher or unchanged grade. Before submitting a formal request for re-evaluation, candidates must first discuss the assigned grade with the Course Director. If the student is unable to reach the Course Director before the deadline, a letter of intent to appeal the grade can be submitted to the Associate Dean's office pending contact with the Course Director.
Petitions Procedure
Students may petition on reasonable grounds and in writing any of the regulations of the Faculty of Education. Enquiries about procedures should be made to the Faculty of Education's Student Services Office.
York University and the Faculty of Education offers students the opportunity to participate in international learning opportunities. These include:
Studying abroad on a Letter of Permission (LOP)
Participating in an International Exchange -- including a summer exchange to Germany each year
Participating in York International's Global Internships
Participating in the International Practicum Placement
Students in the Bachelor of Education (BEd), Bachelor of Education (BEd) - Technological Education and the Bachelor of Arts (Educational Studies) are eligible to participate.
All terms and conditions of each program must be met in order to participate. Students are responsible for completing all advising sessions and paperwork, completing and signing York travel waivers and confirming their insurance coverage prior to participating. Students are responsible for ensuring that they are completing the correct courses during an international exchange or while studying abroad on a letter of permission for their programs in advance of travel. Internships and the International Practicum Placement will not count towards practicum hours for the degree or for certification, but they will count towards the international specialization.
York University's Faculty of Education offers innovative undergraduate, graduate and professional learning programs. The Faculty is committed to equity, social justice and environmental issues in all of its programs.
The Faculty of Education and Graduate Program in Education at York offer the following programs:
Bachelor of Education (BEd) - Waaban Indigenous Teacher Education
Bachelor of Education (BEd) – Technological Education
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma – Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher Education
Master of Education (MEd)
Master of Leadership and Community Engagement (MLCE)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Education
Professional learning and international programs
Both the Bachelor of Education (BEd) and the Bachelor of Arts (Educational Studies) include compulsory experiential learning experiences outside the university setting. Practicum placements are set by the Faculty of Education and are confirmed to have met each student's degree requirements. Placement locations are not negotiable and students are responsible for travelling to and from their placements on the correct days. Students are also responsible for completing the required paperwork (e.g., criminal record check, insurance verification) on time.
Bachelor of Education (BEd) Practicum
In the Bachelor of Education (BEd) program, students complete both a community-based practicum placement and three school-based practicum placements. School placements are supervised by an Ontario Certified Teacher. Students are required to complete all practicum days successfully in order to complete their degree programs. Further details on the practicum experience can be found online.
Students in the BEd program also have the option of participating in a summer International Practicum Placement. Participation will not count towards Ontario practicum hours for the degree or certification, but it will count towards the International Specialization. Students are required to confirm their travel insurance and complete all pre-departure orientation sessions before travelling and post-program debfiefing sessions upon return.
BEd (French) Practicum - Glendon only
Students completing their BEd at Glendon will generally complete their practicum placements is in Ontario French Immersion schools, and may also gain experience in English language settings.
Bachelor of Arts (Educational Studies) Practicum
In the Bachelor of Arts (Educational Studies) program, students complete community-based practicum placements in their senior years. Completion of these placements is compulsory in the degree program.
Jewish Teacher Education
Practicum placements in a Hebrew day school, which are coordinated and supervised for 25 days per year (50 days total) by the Faculty of Education. Students will also complete both a community-based practicum placement and three school-based practium placemnts supervised by an Ontario Certified Teacher.
Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Practicum
Full-time students complete their practicum placements on set days during the year. Part-time students complete their practicum in their third year of the program.
Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening
As required by Ontario law, all individuals who are working in practicum placements that include vulnerable individuals (e.g., schools, community centres, seniors' facilities) must have a valid Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS) prior to entering a placement. Those who do not have this current, valid documentation will not be able to attend the placement. Not attending the placement will result in not completing compulsory degree requirements.
R. Savage, 242 Winters College, 416-736-5002
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
D. Dippo, 108 Winters College, 416-736-5004
Associate Dean, Research:
L. Farley
Director, Graduate Program in Education:
A. Mishra-Tarc, 282B Winters College, 416-736-5018
Director, Undergraduate Program in Education:
S. Winton, 108 Winters College, 417-736-5004 | {
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Dave Jensen is Assistant Operations Manager of Townsquare Media/Northern Colorado as well as Assistant Brand Manager and Afternoon Host for Retro 102.5. Dave was born in Paterson, New Jersey but moved to Colorado when he was 12 months old in 1968 and has lived here ever since. He is currently the longest-tenured employee in the Northern Colorado office, having worked here since 1997. Dave loves movies, great TV, and Gin Rummy with his brother when they play at William Oliver's in Fort Collins. Dave worked at Runza in Loveland when he was younger and still enjoys stopping by now and then for an Original. You can listen to Afternoons with Dave Jensen every weekday from 3-7 p.m.
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Has a Mascot – With the Most Perfect Name
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Casa Bonita Nears Grand Opening, Now Hiring 500 to Work at the Legendary Spot
Casa Bonita has new owners, a new chef, a new paint job, and will have a bunch of new hires when it re-opens in May of 2023. Who wouldn't want to be a part of such a Colorado legend?
Tragic Non-Traffic Accident Leaves One Transfort Worker Dead in Fort Collins
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Whole Foods Market Will be the New Grocery In Loveland – Exciting or No?
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This Tasty Taco Truck on North College is a Big Favorite in Fort Collins
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The transaction is slated to close later this year and PostNL expects it will "negatively impact its consolidated equity" by between €20m and €25m.
"The finalisation is subject to a number of conditions, including the financing of the management buy out," added the PostNL statement.
Whistl also issued its own announcement this morning, in which it stated that "PostNL and Whistl are working hard to get the final detail of the deal concluded as quickly as possible".
As previously reported, Whistl launched an end-to-end (E2E) UK mail delivery service in 2012, but terminated the service in June this year. In January 2014, Whistl filed a complaint with Ofcom about Royal Mail. On Tuesday this week (28 July), Ofcom submitted a Statement of Objections to Royal Mail in which it set out its "provisional view" that Royal Mail "breached competition law by engaging in conduct that amounted to unlawful discrimination against postal operators competing with Royal Mail in delivery". | {
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National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar/Panel Discussion: "In 'the cause of Liberty' or for 'the good of the Empire'? The Irish and the Independence of Latin America, 1808-1825"
Time: Fri Apr 27, 2018, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Room 1050 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
José Brownrigg-Gleeson Martínez is the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow for the 2017-2018 academic year.
The participation of thousands of Irish volunteers in the Spanish American wars of independence is commonly celebrated as a major landmark in the development of ties between the peoples of Ireland and the Hispanic New World.The alluring narratives associated with certain 'heroes' of Irish birth or stock, however, have also obscured the multifaceted meanings and uses that their contemporaries in Ireland and amongst the Irish-exiled community in the United States gave to these events. This talk will suggest why exploring Irish perceptions of imperialism, revolution and modernity beyond the Anglophone context might enrich our understanding of the transnational Irish experience during the Age of Revolutions.
After his presentation, a panel of three will comment on his work:
David Armitage, Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Harvard University
Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin
Enda Delaney, Professor of Modern History and School Director of Research, University of Edinburgh
Reception following.
Originally published at irishstudies.nd.edu.
Posted In: Global Affairs, Keough School of, Lectures and Conferences, and Open to the Public | {
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According to the 2007 census, the population is 1,766,184. Cotton, sugar, chromite, sisal, copra, and hardwood are the chief exports. The city manufactures cement, pottery, furniture, shoes, and rubber. The city is surrounded by Maputo Province, but is administered as its own province.
Maputo is located on the west side of Maputo Bay, near the Estuário do Espírito Santo where the rivers Tembe, Umbeluzi, Matola and Infulene drain. The bay is 95 kilometres (59 miles) long and 30 kilometres (19 miles) wide. At the extreme east of the city and bay is the island of Inhaca.
The total area covered by the municipality of Maputo is 346 square kilometres (134 sq mi) and borders the city of Matola northeast and east, the districts of Marracuene to the north; Boane in the east and Matutuíne at the south all of which are part of Maputo Province. The city is 120 km (75 miles) from the South African border at Ressano Garcia and 80 km (50 miles) from the border with Swaziland near the town of Namaacha.
Maputo features a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw). Maputo is a relatively dry city, averaging 814 millimetres (32.0 inches) of precipitation per year. The city has relatively short rainy season lasting from November through March. Maputo also features noticeably warmer and cooler seasons, with its warmest month (January) on average about 7 �C (13 �F) warmer than its coolest month (July).
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The Glam Rocks | A tribute to the 1970s and 1980s Glam Rock. Party band from South West UK.
We're not scary! Far from it. We're a band. A pretty darn good band. One time, someone asked us to dress up like KISS and perform for them so we did. And it turns out people loved it! And we liked it too! So now we are bringing The Glam Rocks to a festival, party, event or wedding near you!
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Saldanha ore line to receive another 32 locomotives
Home BlogHeadlinesSaldanha ore line to receive another 32 locomotives
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South Africa's freight logistics group Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) on Wednesday announced that it had placed an order for 32 new 15E locomotives for its iron-ore line between Sishen and Saldanha, in line with a target to boost capacity to 61-million tons a year on the 860-km line.
Transnet newly appointed CEO Brian Molefe said service levels were expected to improve significantly as TFR progressively implemented its fleet renewal strategy.
To date, TFR has already admitted 28, 15, locomotives to the iron-ore line and 40, 19E locomotives for the coal line between Ermelo and Richards Bay.
The State-owned enterprise placed the latest $230-million order with Venus Railway Solutions, the local black empowered subsidiary of Japanese company Mitsui.
The contract would have a minimum of 50% local content. The locomotives would be built at Murray & Roberts subsidiary Union Carriage & Wagon in Nigel, with some components supplied by other local entities.
Production of the 32 locomotives would start in December, with the first unit ready for delivery by May 2012 and the last rolling out of the factory floor by August 2013.
"We are thrilled at being able to leverage on the localisation of our capital investment programme, to protect, develop and create local employment opportunities and transfer technology into South Africa," said Molefe.
He noted that Transnet's efforts to localise its capital investment programme was in line with the government's New Growth Path, while the company also participated in the government-inspired Competitive Supplier Development Programme (CSDP).
In addition to the local manufacture of the locomotives, the CSDP aspects of the agreement with Mitsui, include investigating the possibility of South African suppliers joining Mitsui's global supply chain, stringent skills transfer and development targets.
The targets include training of engineers, students, apprentices and operating a welding school to produce nearly 700 welders, with the majority of beneficiaries being historically disadvantaged.
On April 2, a welding school would be opened at UCW's premises as part of their CSDP initiative. UCW MD Gary Steinmetz said that the company was excited to provide the design and manufacturing support to the Passenger Rail Revitalisation Plans that underpin South Africa's infrastructure investment needs.
TFR accounted for roughly half of the larger Transnet group's R110-billion spending programme over the next five years to expand capacity and improve on infrastructure. This is in addition to the R73-billion that it had already been spent over the last five years.
Source engineeringnews.co.za
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Home » Again, PTD Raises Alarm Over Bad Roads
Again, PTD Raises Alarm Over Bad Roads
A few months after it threatened to withdraw its services on account of bad roads, the petroleum tanker drivers (PTD); a branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has again cried out saying that nothing has been done to fix the roads.
According to the union, the issue of bad road has been the major cause of accidents involving its members and there is need for urgent action.
Speaking from its zonal council in Lagos, PTD's assistant zonal secretary Lagos zone Mr. Femi Oyedepo told Shipping Position Weekly that apart from the constant harassment which its members suffer in the hands of operatives of the Lagos State Transport Management (LASTMA) and of which is presently being corrected, the bad roads in and outside the state is another problem the union is facing.
"Most of the roads in the country are very bad and it has become a headache for us in this union, our tankers tumble on the highway and all the products that is worth millions of Naira will spill away, this is because the driver might not be familiar with the different pot holes on these roads", he stated.
Oyedepo also went further to say that sometimes the accidents occur as a result of reckless driving on the part of privately- owned vehicles, lamenting that in most cases, the tanker drivers are blamed. According to him, "sometimes, while on high speed, a car will step on the breaks without any consideration for the truck coming at the rear and because tankers do not operate the same break system as smaller vehicles, accident occurs".
The PTD top man explained further that apart from the losses on account of spillages, such accidents involving PTD branch members do not lead to loss of human lives.
Recently, officials of Lagos state government alleged that most accidents are traceable to petroleum tanker drivers, the PTD secretary wondered why the state government could make such a general statement, saying that government should also look in the direction of drivers of container-laden trucks.
"Whenever a tanker is impounded, we are made to pay as much as N120.000", while in the case of some dilapidated trucks, the owners just forget about bailing out because the cost is too much. On this, the union argued that it is trying its best in complying with the stipulated time of operation given by the government which is between the periods of five o'clock in the morning to 10 o'clock and between 4 o'clock in the afternoon to 10 o' clock in the evening. | {
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Giovanni Crupi (1859–1925) was an Italian photographer born in Taormina, Italy. In 1885, he opened a photographic studio, Fotografia Artistica G. Crupi, in Taormina that was located on via Teatro Greco near the Piazza del Duomo. He photographed landscapes and monuments in Taormina as well as in Messina, Palermo, Girgente, Syracuse and Pompeii. In 1899 his photography business had failed, and Crupi left Taormina to open a photographic workshop in Heliopolis, Egypt, near Cairo. By 1902, his nephew Francesco Galifi (1865–1951) had taken over the Taormina firm under the name Fotografia Artistica F. Galifi Crupi, which was located in Piazza S. Agostino. Giovanni Crupi returned from Egypt to Taormina in 1910, although he no longer took photographs. | {
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A&W's Legacy Proves Unbeatable Amid Pandemic
Same-store sales were up double-digits in May.
Web Exclusives | July 2, 2020 | Ben Coley
It helps to have a reputation based on 101 years of history.
A&W was founded in 1919, making it one of the rare companies to survive the Great Depression, Great Recession, and all the economic downturns in between.
Now the COVID-19 pandemic is up to bat, and America's first franchised chain is still slinging heat and racking up sales.
During the first 10 weeks of the year, same-store sales were up almost 8 percent. The bottom fell out in March, but the brand stabilized in April. Figures turned positive in subsequent weeks.
The restaurant registered double-digit sales growth in May, and is on pace to reach similar numbers in June. It's a story that dates back to when franchisees acquired A&W from Yum! Brands in 2011. In the years following, AUVs have increased 38 percent, and the legacy chain increased sales eight straight years.
CEO Kevin Bazner says franchise partners and operators deserve the most credit. Throughout the pandemic, A&W—which entered 2020 with 573 domestic locations (330 co-branded stores)—shared tools and practices to streamline carryout and drive-thru business. In the early stages, the brand hosted as many as three webinars per week.
"So it was like, OK, you've got 17 cars at the drive-thru, how do you get some of those away? So setting up a second drive-thru lane, pulling every car aside, and running the orders out to them so that you can move people through that drive-thru line quicker," Bazner says. "That was key. Or drive-in … Converting all those drive-in stalls to pickup work and packaging everything to-go. You can't stay here and eat, but we can take your food, and we can give it to you to-go."
Bazner notes that it also helps to have a reputation based on 101 years of history. The CEO explains that in times of crisis, customers gravitate toward A&W because the brand provides comfort.
"[My wife] does all the cooking in the house, and I was starting to ask for meals, not consciously, but she looked up at me one day and she said: 'You're asking me to cook stuff from your childhood,'" he recalls. "And I guess it's that comfort. As a brand, we're a beneficiary of that, and continue to be."
The impressive sales numbers during the pandemic have come without A&W fully engaging in the delivery business.
But as Bazner explains, there's a good reason for that. Many of A&W's markets are in smaller towns that aren't covered by national delivery providers—one-third of the system to be exact. In areas where delivery is happening, it's added a layer of sales, but it hasn't been significant.
"Reopening dining rooms requires more staffing and more protocol in terms of sanitation and communicating with the customers, and in terms of managing crowd control if you're doing it right," A&W CEO Kevin Bazner says.
Drive-thru and drive-in still carry the day. Summertime is peak season for the brand, so Bazner sees adding delivery as more of an opportunity in the fall and winter.
"… We have a good percentage of our system that are skeptical of whether they can do any more business," Bazner says. "So they're not rushing to delivery. But it's certainly something we have launched in the middle of this and continue to learn and get data and one by one we get operators coming on. And I expect more of that as we get through our peak season."
About 20 percent of dining rooms have come back online, including a few dozen stores that were forced to close during the pandemic because of no ability to utilize off-premises.
Bazner says that so far he's heard mixed results. Some operators have seen dine-in sales cannibalize off-premises while others have seen incremental growth. The A&W leader adds that dining rooms are certainly not hurting the brand, but they do present risk/reward situations.
"You're taking on some risk," he says. "You're exposing not only your customers, but your crew, for a greater risk of infection. More interaction inside is going to create more opportunities for infection to spread versus what is the potential sales gain? What's the upside? The other downside is, labor availability is still a big challenge for the industry—for slightly different reasons than before the pandemic—but our operators in our own stores are challenged every day. … Reopening dining rooms requires more staffing and more protocol in terms of sanitation and communicating with the customers, and in terms of managing crowd control if you're doing it right."
The future looks bright for the chain, which has received increased interest from potential franchisees amid the pandemic. Recent sales are appealing, but so is the financial flexibility upon entry. A&W is lowering royalties in the first year of all new franchise agreements from the standard 5 percent to 3 percent. Second-year royalties are 4 percent. Initial fees on multi-unit agreements also are being discounted.
A&W is expanding in markets of all sizes across the nation, including deals with 10 new franchisees. Sixteen units are in development in locations like Chicago, St. Louis, Wyoming, New York, Minnesota, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Seven of those will be inside convenience stores or travel centers.
In big markets where other quick-service brands are saturated, A&W has white space—further enticing possible investors.
"Some of these major metropolitan areas, we have an opportunity to get in the burger business that other brands can't offer because they're sold out," Bazner says.
Bazner says A&W's attractiveness as an investment is tied to its business model in which franchisees are the primary shareholders.
He explains that nothing touches a franchise restaurant unless it's been thoroughly vetted by franchisees. Partners are heavily involved in the decision-making process, and prospective franchisees love having a voice.
The long-term view of the business benefits everyone, Bazner notes. It's a view that will carry A&W through this crisis and the next one, whenever that may be.
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Q: Group by with having clause a key not equal I have a table structure and values as:-
used_items
id item_name qty
24 Potatoes 0
25 Potatoes 500
26 test 88
27 Wheat 3
28 abc 10
I want to group according to item_name such as query should return single item_name where qty!=0.
I have used this query-
SELECT * from used_items group by item_name having qty!='0'
This query doesn't return Potatoes, the result-
id item_name qty
26 test 88
27 Wheat 3
28 abc 10
Expected Result-
id item_name qty
25 Potatoes 500
26 test 88
27 Wheat 3
28 abc 10
It should also return the item_name Potatoes with non zero value including in the group.
How can I achieve this?
Edits-
I have used Group by because i want unique item_name and it should skip the item_name if qty is 0 for all same item_name. But the query skips if atleast one of the row qty is 0(such as Potatoes).
Also, if qty is 0, it should get the row which matches the item_name according to the id ascending. Hope i am clear, for eg;
The data:-
id item_name qty
24 Potatoes 0
25 Potatoes 500
27 Potatoes 400
28 test 88
29 Wheat 3
30 abc 10
Expected result, returning unique item_name with first inserted non-zero value
id item_name qty
25 Potatoes 500
28 test 88
29 Wheat 3
30 abc 10
A: The structure of your query is the problem. When you GROUP BY by you are working with aggregating data and the HAVING clause functions on an aggregate. Your query doesn't do any aggregation at the moment.
So you'd need to aggregate the qty by SUM or AVG or MAX in order to have an effective group by. I also wouldn't think about excluding the id here, because it's not useful in the aggregate.
For example:
SELECT item_name, MIN(qty)
FROM used_items
GROUP BY item_name
HAVING MIN(qty) <> '0'
You can also consider using DISTINCT if you just want to find unique combinations. Again, the id won't be useful with DISTINCT. DISTINCT does not aggregate.
For example:
SELECT DISTINCT item_name, qty
FROM used_items
WHERE qty <> '0';
Having a second look, if all you want to do is exclude all 0 qty rows, all you need is:
SELECT id, item_name, qty
WHERE qty <> '0';
Finally, just check that the data type of qty is actually a VARCHAR or CHAR like type. It really would make a lot more sense if it was an INT.
EDIT:
You can use a WHERE clause with a GROUP BY to exclude qty values that are 0. And since qty is an INT data type, you don't need to put values in quotes '.
Example:
SELECT item_name, MAX(qty)
FROM used_items
WHERE qty <> 0
GROUP BY item_name
I hope this helps.
A: Why are you using the group by without an aggregate function? If I understood your question, to achieve your expected result you can just..
SELECT DISTINCT(item_name), qty from used_items where qty!='0
A: If you want for each item_name the 1st non 0 (for the quantity) row then you can do it with a correlated subquery:
SELECT t.*
FROM tablename t
WHERE t.id = (SELECT MIN(id) FROM tablename WHERE item_name = t.item_name AND qty <> 0)
See the demo.
Results:
> id | item_name | qty
> -: | :-------- | --:
> 25 | Potatoes | 500
> 28 | test | 88
> 29 | Wheat | 3
> 30 | abc | 10
A: SELECT MAX(id) id, item_name, SUM(qty) qty
FROM used_items
GROUP BY item_name
HAVING SUM(qty) > 0
ORDER BY MAX(id);
should do it for you. See this. https://www.db-fiddle.com/f/9hmTPkNkhpjqGrFvUeLzjW/1
MAX(id)'s purpose is to get a valid id column value even from your GROUP BY operation.
You were misusing MySQL's notorious non-standard GROUP BY handling and therefore getting strange results.
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Users appear to have been caught unawares, Cointelegraph received a message asking for clarification of the lack of available support from the exchange.
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A woman was horrified after a she was approached by a man masturbating while she was out for her morning run in Beaumont.
Fiona Maguire, 47, who lives in the area was out running before work on Tuesday at around 5:30am near the Santry fly over when the shocking incident happened.
She told Dublin Live: "As I approached the flyover in the direction of Santry before turning down on to the main Swords road, a man came into my eyeline.
"He surprised me as he should have been in my eyeline before that, but just seemed to appear out of nowhere.
"My gut instantly knew something was not right.
"When I looked more closely I realised he was masturbating while walking in my direction and staring at me.
"He had his trousers up so that's why I didn't notice what he was doing straight away.
"I absolutely knew I was in danger and my heart just stopped.
"I instantly froze and looked around me, there was not one person about and unusually not even a car in either direction.
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"I got down under the wall and I was able to see him from there and he couldn't see me.
"All the time he was still masturbating.
"He then instead of walking down the path on the hill into Lorcan, ran at great speed into the bushes on the side of the motorway which made him no longer visible."
After seeing that Fiona herself ran in the opposite direction as fast as she could and luckily he didn't spot her.
She is sure this wasn't a random attack and the man, who she described as of average build and 5ft 7 in height, was waiting for a woman to walk past.
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Fiona says she is always wary of her surroundings but hopes her warning will alert other women in the area to be wary.
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College graduates get a kick out of driving Oscar Mayer promotional vehicle; stop in Pratt for lunch Monday.
Connor O'Neil and Cady Lowery stopped to have lunch at El Dos De Oros on Monday. While no one knew them, the vehicle they drove into town in got a lot of attention while they were in Pratt.
The pair drive the Oscar Mayer wienermobile and stopped in Pratt on their way from Liberal to Wichita today. They parked on South Main and while they were eating, people driving by stopped to take pictures or get a closer look. Many took selfies with vehicle in the background.
O'Neil and Lowery are Oscar Mayer hotdoggers. They are official spokespersons for the company and have been hired specifically to drive the vehicle around the region. They visit different cities every week as they get the word out about Oscar Mayer products.
The pair were recruiting new drivers when they stopped in Pratt. There are actually six wienermobiles and each has two drivers. Drivers are hired for a year from June to June and they have to have a bachelors degree from college. Twelve new people are hired every year. It doesn't matter what area, they just have to have the degree. Plus, they have to have a very outgoing personality, Lowery said.
Hotdoggers get a salary, a company card and a weekly stipend to cover other expenses.
Throughout their year, they travel all over their assigned area, appearing in parades, festivals and other events.
"Every week is different," Lowery said.
The pair said they have had a lot of fun doing their job. They use a lot of puns when talking about their duties.
"It's a coast-to-coast wiener roast to get a better Oscar Mayer hot dog in everyone's," said O'Neil.
The famous hot dog on a bun vehicle is made of fiberglass and built on a standard truck chassis. It has a V8, 6 liter, 300 vortex engine and it really moves.
"We haul buns," said Lowery, who took the job because she loves to travel and meet people.
While its a big vehicle, its not a "wienerbago" they said. They stop to sleep in motels as they travel.
O'Neil said he likes to make people smile and that happens a lot with the 27-foot-long wienermobile. People always wave as it goes by. He said his dad was more excited that O'Neil got the job then O'Neil was.
The wienermobile has been around since 1936 when Oscar Mayer's son, Carl Meyer, came up with the idea for a traveling advertisement.
Now the six vehicles travel all over the United States and get 187 smiles per gallon, O'Neil said.
Lowery and O'Neil are both graduates of the University of Missouri and are currently headed that direction. Online applications are open until Jan. 31, O'Neil said.
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