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We support your child's health and safety through a range of strategies including:
the behaviour code for students, which outlines the standards of behaviour expected in all NSW public schools
anti-racism education
anti-bullying programs
conflict resolution and mediation training
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For more information, visit the student wellbeing section of the department's website.
Like all NSW public schools, we promote the healthy development of students through:
school programs and practices that protect and promote health and safety
supporting individual students who need help with health issues
providing first aid and temporary care of students who become unwell or who have an accident at school.
Like all NSW public schools, we provide safe learning and teaching environments to encourage healthy, happy, successful and productive students.
The department is committed to creating quality learning opportunities for children and young people. These opportunities support wellbeing through positive and respectful relationships and fostering a sense of belonging to the school and community.
The Wellbeing Framework for Schools helps schools support the cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual development of students and allows them to connect, succeed and thrive throughout their education.
At our school, we use Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) – a whole-school approach for creating a positive, safe and supportive school climate where students can learn and develop. Our whole school community works together to establish expected behaviours and teach them to all students.
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Ok, the hello world example is running, with the same configuration that you describe in your post, but I get some strange response when running the app in Firefox and Chrome, not IE9 (my question on SA on this). Did you do anything special to your Glassfish config that I'm missing maybe?
did you enable the comet support?
That was the only additional thing to configure.
You have any idea which libraries we need if we don't use maven?
atmosphere-runtime alone is not enough.


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Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Review
From Russia with Waggle.
By Scott Thompson
Posted: 9 Nov 2013 12:47 am
I still feel like I'm watching fan fiction scribbled in the back of my old elementary school notebook come to life every time I see Mario and Sonic running amok together, but the unlikely duo's biannual Olympic series never really plays out the way I'd pictured it. This year's Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games: Sochi 2014 (Nintendo Wii U)
£54.88on Amazon
makes excellent use of Wii U's online capabilities and is overflowing with unlockable fan service, but yet again, it fails to ditch the incessant, imprecise motion controls that have been an unfortunate series staple.
Sochi 2014 features 18 different events; 10 are inspired by real-life Olympic events, like figure skating, hockey, and snowboarding, and eight fantastical "Dream Events," which include snowball fights, Bullet Bill sledge racing, and a curling-inspired golf game. 18 events sounds like a lot, but I found that the majority of them play near-identically because of the simple motion control required in all but two of them. Whether skiing, snowboarding, riding in a bobsled, or ice skating, the goal in each is usually to reach the bottom of the course the fastest, and you get there by tilting the GamePad or Wii Remote Plus. It grew monotonous quickly.
Besides being generic and repetitious, the motion control is also imprecise. I often wound up flying wildly off-course when trying to slightly adjust myself left or right. The Wii Remote was especially bad, as it often seemed to lose its "center" position, requiring me to pause to recalibrate it. Even with Motion Plus capabilities, the Wii Remote is simply unable to handle precise, small movements, which Sochi 2014 often necessitates.
There are still a few standout games though. Hockey and curling are very good. Hockey plays like a light version of Mario Strikers on ice, and it thankfully uses regular analog sticks and buttons. Teams of four characters pass, shoot, body check, and use power shots to score as many goals as possible in two periods of play. There are a number of different rinks to play in, each with a different layout and environmental gimmick.
I was pleased to find that Curling uses pretty much every function of the GamePad and Wii Remote. Before tossing a rock down toward the target, you use the GamePad to observe the lane and positions of the other rocks in play. You can draw a plan of attack using the touch screen, which the throwing player can then try and follow. Throwing the the rock involves a little flick of the Wii Remote and sweeping the ice is done by quickly shaking the Wii Remote. If you've never seen or played curling before, this probably sounds confusing, but taking the time to learn the rules and different strategies I actually found this to be one of the more complete games in Sochi 2014, and a great choice for a group of four players.
The 18 events can each be played individually with up to four people or in predetermined and customizable circuits, akin to something like Mario Kart. There's also the Action & Answer Tour, which injects trivia questions into the events, pleasingly mixing up the experience and making it less about pure mastery of the different games. Playing these three modes with friends is fun in short bursts, but I do wish there was a little more variety in things to do as a group.
The single-player campaign, called Legends Showdown, is pretty mundane. If you're looking for the crossover absurdity of Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Subspace Emissary, you won't find it here. Actually, you won't find any story whatsoever. Instead, the cast of Mario and Sonic regulars faces off in each of the 18 events against shadow versions of themselves. In order to progress, you'll have to simply play the same event over and over until you beat the A.I. opponent. And for some reason, the A.I. is completely hapless on the easy setting but nearly unstoppable on normal – I literally played curling for over an hour before finally besting it. So single-player mode is either a quick two-hour sample of each event or an excruciatingly exercise in futility. Though I have to wonder how much of that difficulty can be attributed to Sochi 2014's unwavering and misguided dedication to motion control, as the A.I. seems to be playing in an alternate universe where developer SEGA Sports R&D made the right call and allowed people to play with sticks.
The obsession with motion control is a shame, because Sochi 2014 is built to be highly competitive thanks to an impeccable online experience. Announcements pop up on screen letting you know when someone on your friends list has bested one of your record times in an event, encouraging you to go back and reclaim your crown. There are online leaderboards for each event, and the ghost data for the top global performer can be downloaded so you can see just how he shaved so much time from his run. It feels like Nintendo's answer to SSX.
Online multiplayer is an option for the first time in the series, and it actually functions quite well. I was able to smoothly play a number of games with two friends, one of whom lives in Europe. Sochi 2014 also ranks the performance of each country by combining the points you earn in multiplayer matches with other players from your country. So, apart from wanting to beat your opponents alone, there is an overarching goal to propel your country to the top of the global standings.
Disappointingly, only four of Sochi 2014's 18 events are available in online competition, which excludes the standouts hockey and curling. Lobbies and voice communication are also missing, so while it's possible to play with friends, it is quite cumbersome to setup. Plus, after a game, everyone is dumped back to the main multiplayer menu, necessitating another slow setup process before playing some more.
A love for both Mario and Sonic emanates from all the unlockable goodies. A huge collection of music from classic games like Super Mario World and Sonic 3 can be unlocked and then played during any event. Clothing ranging from the Penguin Suit in New Super Mario Bros. Wii to full-on Sonic and Tails costumes can be worn by your Mii in-game (whom you can then use in local and online competition). As an old-school Sonic fan, I couldn't stop smiling while skiing to the theme from Sonic & Knuckles' Flying Battery Zone.
Just as bad at skiing as platforming.
But again, pretty much none of that matters when the controls are this bad. Each run I took on the same event fluctuated wildly as I would manage to stay on course during one attempt before suffering numerous penalties from missing checkpoints the next. I simply never felt comfortably in control of my character, and what's the point in competing in an event you can't control? A patch implementing analog stick control would make Sochi 2014 a much better, more competitive game.
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games has some of the best online capabilities on the Wii U, but it unwisely forces use of poor motion controls in almost every mode. For all its competitive elements, including leaderboards, online multiplayer, and downloadable ghost competitors, Sochi 2014 is just too unpredictable to make good use of any of them. There is some fun to be had in both local and online multiplayer, but half of that is the comedy of playing with terrible controls.
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Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games has some good ideas but it's weighed down by bad motion controls.
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Q: Unix shell - Best way to replace all occurrence of whitespace in string I have a string like
'abc', '<<some string with space>>', 'xyz'

I want to get a string like below:-
'abc', '<<some_string_with_space>>', 'xyz'

A: You can use sed too
echo "'abc', '<<some string with space>>', 'xyz'" | sed s'/ /_/g;s/,_/, /g'

A: Simply with awk:
s="'abc', '<<some string with space>>', 'xyz'"
awk -F', ' '{ gsub(/[[:space:]]+/,"_",$2) }1' OFS=', ' <<<"$s"

The output:
'abc', '<<some_string_with_space>>', 'xyz'

A: If your question concerns the generalized problem of replacing spaces with _ only inside single-quoted strings '...' but not in other parts,
I would solve that using Perl, following this logic:

*

*For each '...' in the input (using regex: '[^']+')

*Execute a function that replaces all spaces with _
Like this:
echo "'abc', '<<some string with space>>', 'xyz'" |\
  perl -pe 'sub r { $_ = @_[0]; s/ +/_/g; return $_; }; s/'"'[^']+'"'/r($&)/ge'

A: This might work for you (GNU sed):
sed ":a;s/^\(\('[^']*',\s*\)*'[^' ]*\) /\1_/;ta" file

or perhaps more securely:
sed ':a;s/^\(\('\''[^'\'']*'\'',\s*\)*'\''[^'\'' ]*\) /\1_/;ta' file

A: Use awk's gsub with regular expression \s to replace whitespace characters.
mystr = "my sentence is this!"
gsub(/\s/,"_",mystr)
print mystr

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Q: Transforming linear mixed model effect estimate to odds of a predetermined increment of change I'm studying patient reported outcome in relation to treatment modalities in cancer. To assess the effect of a specific treatment (yes/no) on a specific outcome (normalised to 0-100, repeated measures anually after treatment) I've determined a (lme4)linear mixed model with the outcome as independent variable, treatment as fixed effect and a patient level random intercept in the simplest model. My output provides me with an effect estimate with confidence intervals, describing the effect of the treatment on the outcome, which is nice:).
Now, what if I've established that a 10% change on my 0-100 scale is "clinically sigificant", can I transform my effect estimate from the linear model into an odds ratio of a 10% change ocurring? How would I proceed?


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Q: Socket Connection with server : java.net.UnknownHostException: Unable to resolve host "": No address associated with hostname I am trying to stream an byte buffer through socket connection.
Its not making connection with the server.I have added Internet & ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permission to manifest file.
Here is my socket code :
int port = 80;

System.out.println("Connecting to " + ServerUrl.url_audio_call + " on port " + port);
Socket client = new Socket("http://192.168.1.1/call", port);
System.out.println("Just connected to " + client.getRemoteSocketAddress());
OutputStream outToServer = client.getOutputStream();
DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(outToServer);
out.write(bData);

LogCat error :
01-22 12:07:03.990: I/System.out(14688): Connecting to http://192.168.1.1/call on port 80
01-22 12:07:03.990: W/System.err(14688): java.net.UnknownHostException: Unable to resolve host "http://192.168.1.1/call": No address associated with hostname
01-22 12:07:03.990: W/System.err(14688):    at java.net.InetAddress.lookupHostByName(InetAddress.java:400)
01-22 12:07:03.999: W/System.err(14688):    at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByNameImpl(InetAddress.java:242)
01-22 12:07:03.999: W/System.err(14688):    at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:220)
01-22 12:07:03.999: W/System.err(14688):    at java.net.Socket.tryAllAddresses(Socket.java:108)
01-22 12:07:03.999: W/System.err(14688):    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:177)
01-22 12:07:03.999: W/System.err(14688):    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:149)
01-22 12:07:03.999: W/System.err(14688):    at com.audio_demo.Audio_Call.sendRec(Audio_Call.java:447)
01-22 12:07:03.999: W/System.err(14688):    at com.audio_demo.Audio_Call.access$0(Audio_Call.java:383)
01-22 12:07:03.999: W/System.err(14688):    at com.audio_demo.Audio_Call$2.run(Audio_Call.java:374)
01-22 12:07:03.999: W/System.err(14688):    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)

Where I am going wrong?

A: "http://192.168.1.1/call" is an URL, "192.168.1.1" is an IP. so you are passing wrong argument, the program cannot understand...


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Work & Bio
Robert Pilot
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Robert Wakeham Pilot
Pilot was born on 9 October 1898, at St John's, Newfoundland, to Edward Frederick Pilot and his wife Barbara (née Merchant). In 1910, his widowed mother married the artist, Maurice Cullen, moving into Cullen's home in Montreal. As a child, Pilot assisted Cullen in his studio, and the two would take sketching trips together.[3] He later studied in Montreal under William Brymner, then, in March 1916, joined the army. He served as a gunner on trench mortars in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Fifth Division Artillery, during World War I. From 1920-1922, he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1922, he exhibited at the Paris Salon. His work took on Impressionist influences after he visited the artists' colony at Concarneau.
On returning to Canada, he was elected as an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1925, serving as the Adcademy's president from 1952-1954.
His first solo show was in 1927, at the Watson Art Galleries. He won the Jessie Dow Prize in that year and in 1934.
He re-enlisted in 1941, during World War II, serving as a Captain in The Black Watch, and was mentioned in dispatches while in Italy, which resulted in him being made an Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1944. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal in 1953.
Paintings by Pilot were presented to Winston Churchill and to Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. Others are in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
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(NaturalNews) Cucumbers are one of those foods that never seem to get any time in the limelight, even though it is one of the most widely cultivated vegetables in the world. For various reasons, this vegetable should be given more attention than it is currently getting.
Cucumbers are 90% water, which means eating one is as refreshing as a glass of water. Eating cucumbers, especially in the hot summer months, will keep the body hydrated.
Cucumbers can also refresh topically. Slices of cucumber will help soothe and relieve sunburns.
With 90% water content, cucumbers can help flush out toxins from the body. In fact, regular eating of cucumbers will help dissolve and flush out even kidney stones.
Cucumbers are rich in most essential vitamins that the body needs. They contain vitamin A, vitamin B and vitamin C, which strengthens the immune system and gives the body more energy and a youthful glow. Consuming a power-combo juice of cucumber, spinach and carrot a day will boost a person's immune system to fight common viruses like colds and flu. Make sure to include the skin, as it contains 12% of the recommended daily allowance for vitamin C.
Spas always include cucumbers because they are rich in magnesium, potassium and silicon.
Cucumbers are low in calories and high in water, making them ideal for those who want to lose a few pounds. They are also high in fiber that aids digestion and can be a cure for constipation. They can be used in soups and salads, or alone as a healthy, crunchy snack.
Ladies with cucumber slices over their eyes are a common sight in magazines and movies, but it really works. Aside from the water content, cucumbers have anti-inflammatory properties that help with the swelling.
Cucumbers have lariciresinol, secoisolariciresinol, and pinoresinol. These have been found to prevent certain types of cancer, such as breast, uterine, ovarian and prostate cancer.
Cucumbers contain a hormone that is needed for the pancreas's production of insulin, the hormone which diabetic patients usually lack. Cucumbers also contain sterols that lower blood cholesterol. As for regulating blood pressure, the cucumber's abundance in fiber, magnesium and potassium all work effectively for that. In fact, cucumbers are effective in those who experience either high blood pressure or low blood pressure.
The juice of a cucumber heals and soothes the gums. The phytochemicals also help eliminate bad breath. Try placing a slice of cucumber on the roof of the mouth and pressing it there using the tongue for about a minute.
Cucumber also contains silica, which is known to make hair and nails shiny and strong. Aside from that, cucumber also contains sulfur, which promotes hair growth.
The silica in cucumber also helps repair and strengthen connective tissue, making it good for joints and for treating arthritis. Especially when coupled with carrots, cucumber can also treat gout by lowering the blood's uric acid level.
For those expecting a massive hangover, a few cucumber slices eaten before bedtime can help relieve that morning headache. The B vitamins, electrolytes and sugar in cucumbers replenish those that were depleted, thus helping to tone down hangovers.
As cucumbers help in lowering the blood's uric acid, cucumbers help in keeping the kidneys healthy too.


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Difference Between Template and Coding Strand
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The difference between template and coding strand is mainly due to the following properties: directional polarity and function. Both template and coding strand are the two distinct strand of the double-stranded DNA, in which the former works as a base to transcribe mRNA, and the latter determines the correct base sequence of the mRNA.
Directional Polarity: The template strand moves from the 3'end to the 5' end, whereas the coding strand moves opposite to the direction of the template strand, i.e. from 5'end to 3' end.
Base Sequence: The template strand's base sequence is complementary to both the coding strand and the mRNA strand. Conversely, the coding strand's base sequence is as similar to the new mRNA strand except for one change (uracil replaces the thymine).
In this session, we will primarily focus on the key differences between the template and coding strand along with the comparison chart. In addition to this, you will get to know the definition and examples of the two.
Content: Template Vs Coding Strand
Template strand
Coding strand
Alternative names Antisense, Minus or Non-coding strand Sense, Plus or Non-template strand
Function Acts as the template for the RNA synthesis Determines the sequences of the RNA strand
Directional polarity Moves in a 3'-5' direction Moves in a 5'-3' direction
Reading by RNA polymerase RNA polymerase reads the template strand from 3' to 5' end RNA polymerase do not read the coding strand
Nucleotide base sequence Its base sequence is complementary to the both coding strand and the mRNA Its base sequence is same as the newly formed mRNA, but uracil replaces thymine
Genetic coding Template strand have "Anticodons" Coding strand have "Codons"
Formation of Hydrogen bond Hydrogen bond forms temporarily between the template strand and the newly synthesizing mRNA at the time of transcription No such bond forms
Definition of Template Strand
The template strand is one of the DNA strands whose base sequence helps in building mRNA through complementary base sequencing. Template strand or "Antisense strand" runs in 3'- 5' direction, opposite to the coding strand. It contains complementary nucleotide sequences to the transcribed mRNA.
After transcription, the mRNA before converted into mature mRNA, it undergoes certain post-transcriptional modifications. The template strand also contains "Anticodons" that carry triplet codes or triplet nucleotide sequences complementary to the anticodon sequence of the t-RNA.
The anticoding helps in the attachment of the specific amino acid to the t-RNA to form protein or a peptide chain via the assistance of rRNA. An RNA polymerase reads the template strand to make an RNA transcript by recognizing the promoter genes or sequences. Hence, RNA polymerase is the one which decides the initiation of transcription and termination of the translation process.
Suppose, the template strand carries 5'- A T C G C G T A – 3' gene sequence. The RNAP will first bind to the promoter region of the DNA sequence and promote transcription. By the attachment of RNAP with the promoter site, the template strand will transcribe to form the primary mRNA transcript.
As we have discussed the mRNA will form complementary base sequences to that of the template strand. Therefore, mRNA will carry 3'- U A G C G C A U – 5' base sequence.
Definition of Coding Strand
It is one of the DNA strands with a quadrate base sequence with the primary mRNA or the transcribed mRNA. The base sequence of mRNA similar to the coding strand, will have the same nucleotide bases, except for thymine. In mRNA, uracil is the nitrogenous base that replaces thymine.
Coding or "Sense strand" runs in a 5'- 3' direction, opposite to the template strand. As the RNAP uses the template strand to transcribe the mRNA, the other strand will be the sense strand that will form a complementary strand to that of the template. It contains triplet codons, which code for the specific amino acid to build proteins through the mRNA translation.
Suppose, the template strand carries 5'- A T C G C G T A – 3' gene sequence. The coding strand will produce complementary pairs relative to the template strand according to the Watson and Crick model.
Therefore, the sense strand's base sequence will be 3'- T A G C G C A T – 5'. The RNAP will bind to the promoter region of the DNA sequence and promotes the process of transcription.
By the attachment of RNAP with the promoter site, the template strand will transcribe to form the primary transcript with a base sequence 3'- U A G C G C A U – 5'.
Key Differences Between Template and Coding Strand
Minus, antisense and non-coding strand are the alternative names for the template strand, whereas plus, sense and non-template strand are the alternative names for the coding strand.
Template strand functions as a base for the RNA synthesis. The coding strand functions to determine the correct nucleotide base sequence of the RNA strand.
The direction of the template strand is in 3' to 5', whereas the coding strand shows opposite directional polarity, i.e. 5' to 3' direction.
The RNA polymerase reads the non-coding or template strand from the 3'-5' direction and polymerizes the RNA transcript by adding complementary nucleotides relative to the template strand.
The nucleotide base sequence of the template strand (3'-5') is complementary to the base sequence of both the sense strand and the mRNA transcript (5'-3').
The antisense strand consists of tRNA anticodons, whereas the sense strand includes codons that code the specific amino acid to form a peptide chain.
Hydrogen bond temporarily forms between the template strand and the newly synthesized mRNA at the transcription time, whereas the coding strand does not establish such type of bond with the mRNA.
Both the sense and antisense strand of DNA coordinates to transcribe RNA and further translate proteins. Sometimes, the two strands of the DNA is called Watson and Crick strand, named after the two scientists Watson and Crick who gave the model of double-stranded DNA.
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Ponta Furada est une localité de Sao Tomé-et-Principe située à l'ouest de l'île de São Tomé, au sud de Santa Catarina, dans le district de Lembá. C'est une ancienne roça.

Population
Lors du recensement de 2012,  habitants y ont été dénombrés.

Roça
Il subsiste peu de constructions de cette roça située à l'extrémité de la route nationale.

Notes et références

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Ville à Sao Tomé-et-Principe
District de Lembá
Roça à Sao Tomé

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While tax residents of Australia individuals are taxed on their "worldwide income" at a maximum taxable rate of 45%, (plus a medicare levy of 2% and, where applicable, a medicare levy surcharge) when they become non-resident for tax purposes they become liable only for tax on Australian sourced income - an approach which differs from that of some other countries, such as the US. Hence the importance of determining the tax residency status of Australians departing and returning to the country and why we provide some discussion of the various tests used to determine an individual's residency status. However, tax residency is very dependent on an individual's personal circumstances and can be a complex area; consequently you are strongly advised to seek professional advice to clarify your position.. This should occur before you depart for overseas because your status can be impacted by your overseas employment terms, and this is particularly the case if you are going to be working in the Middle East, where most countries do not levy income tax.
Other areas of common concern to expatriates are the application of capital gains tax (CGT) in relation to property and assets in Australia, both on departure and whilst overseas, and how rental income from property is treated whilst overseas.
In our view, Australian expatriates should have a tax briefing with a professional advisor before leaving Australia and at least several months prior to their return. There are a considerable number of tax complexities and we cannot hope to address them all within the Exfin website - although we do provide some general background around the more common taxation issues and a page of tax FAQ's. Note that some relatively recent changes, particularly in the area of superannuation, where the Government has recently limited annual and non-concessional contributions, means it is vital that you also plan your superannuation strategy since it may involve making contributions whilst overseas and prior to your return to Australia.
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Acanthocephalus tenuirostris är en hakmaskart som först beskrevs av Achmerov, et al 1941.  Acanthocephalus tenuirostris ingår i släktet Acanthocephalus och familjen Echinorhynchidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Dannicus is the Cotswold Archaeology logo – but who is he?
Dannicus tombstone detail © Cotswold District Council, courtesy of Corinium Museum
When Cotswold Archaeological Trust was created in 1989, a logo was required for the new charity. One idea was a feline, to match our abbreviation CAT, but in the end we chose instead one of the iconic images of Roman Cirencester, our hometown. In the 1830s, workmen digging in Cirencester discovered two inscribed tombstones of Roman auxiliary cavalrymen – both are now in Corinium Museum. The tombstones are similar in that they both depict a mounted soldier riding over a fallen enemy, although they are not identical. The finer carved tombstone is a monument to a soldier named Genialis, which shows the soldier looking to the side. The other tombstone is a memorial to a soldier named Dannicus, this time depicting the man looking directly at the viewer, and for that reason Dannicus was chosen as our emblem (despite the depiction of his steed as something akin to a pantomime horse!).
Dannicus tombstone © Cotswold District Council, courtesy of Corinium Museum
So who was Dannicus? The inscription on the tombstone tells us that he was a trooper in the regiment called the ala Indiana, came from the area around Basel in Switzerland and served in the army for 16 years. Dannicus' regiment has nothing to do with India; it was named after its first commander, Julius Indus, who raised his own regiment in Trier, Germany, to help suppress a revolt by local tribesmen. The unit then moved to southern Germany, and that is where the local boy Dannicus would have been recruited. Dannicus could have come to Britain in AD 43 with the invading Roman army, or else in the aftermath of the rebellion of queen Boudica (the Boadicea of modern legend) in AD 61 to replace units destroyed in the uprising.
Dannicus died sometime after AD 70 and in his will he instructed his two executors, Fulvius Natalis and Flavius Bitucus to erect a tombstone to his memory. That they did, and it lay in the ground for almost 1900 years before seeing the light of day once again. Dannicus lived an amazing life in the 1st century AD. What stories he must have recounted, and how extraordinary that after a boyhood in Switzerland he came to be an enduring symbol of a town in far off England, and the logo for all of us at CA.
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You can see Dannicus' tombstone for yourself, when it goes on display at the Corinium Museum in early December as part of a new gallery of 1st century military tombstones, illuminated in full colour. In the meantime, why not support the museum's "Stone Age to Corinium" project – an exciting project to create new Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Early Roman Galleries, as well as an inspiring garden space and a dedicated "hands-on" Discovery Centre – by getting involved in one of their interactive initiatives:
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Adopt an object from Corinium Museum to help them complete their project. Sponsorship ranges from £10 to £1,000 for some of the most significant objects in the museum's collection.
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Totalizator Sportowy – polskie przedsiębiorstwo. Jego głównymi obszarami działalności są gry liczbowe, loterie pieniężne i zakłady wzajemne. Jest właścicielem loterii Lotto. Nadzór właścicielski nad Totalizatorem Sportowym sprawuje Ministerstwo Finansów.

Zgodnie z ustawą o grach i zakładach wzajemnych Totalizator Sportowy jest monopolistą w dziedzinie salonów gier na automatach, gier liczbowych i loterii pieniężnych w Polsce.

Działalność
Zostało powołane uchwałą Prezydium Rządu 17 grudnia 1955 roku i rozpoczęło działalność 25 stycznia 1956 roku. W latach 1956–1997 funkcjonowało jako Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Totalizator Sportowy, po czym zostało przekształcone w spółkę Skarbu Państwa w formie spółki z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością.

Przedsiębiorstwo posiada ponad 16 tys. punktów sprzedaży. Jest spółką z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością, której jedynym udziałowcem jest Skarb Państwa.

Komputerowy system sprzedaży został wdrożony w 1991.

Do ceny każdego zakupionego zakładu gier liczbowych doliczana jest dopłata w wysokości 25% ceny zakładu. W przypadku loterii pieniężnych dopłata ta wynosi 10% ceny losu. Kwoty wpłaconych dopłat trafiają docelowo na rachunek Funduszu Rozwoju Kultury Fizycznej (75% wpływów z dopłat), Funduszu Promocji Kultury (20% wpływów z dopłat), Funduszu Rozwiązywania Problemów Hazardowych (4% wpływów z dopłat) oraz Fundusz Wspierania Rozwoju Społeczeństwa Obywatelskiego (1% wpływów z dopłat).

Od 2008 roku Totalizator Sportowy jest zarządcą Toru Wyścigów Konnych Warszawa Służewiec.

W grudniu 2018 przedsiębiorstwo uruchomiło platformę internetową, która pozwala na stawianie kuponów Lotto przez internet, oraz kasyno internetowe, będące jedynym legalnym kasynem internetowym w Polsce.

Od marca 2020 roku przedsiębiorstwo zbiera 10% ze sprzedaży kuponów Lotto w internecie na walkę z pandemią COVID-19 i jej skutkami.

Oddziały terenowe Totalizatora Sportowego

Certyfikat Odpowiedzialnej Gry
7 maja 2013 roku Totalizator Sportowy otrzymał Certyfikat Odpowiedzialnej Gry przyznawany przez European Lotteries and Toto Association. Standardy certyfikatu zostały wprowadzone przez European State Lottery and Toto Association w 2007 roku. W ramach certyfikacji ocenianych jest 11 obszarów, które obejmują między innymi: badania, szkolenia pracowników, programy dla sprzedawców, projektowanie gier, reklamę i marketing oraz edukację graczy. Oceny dokonuje niezależny audytor, a certyfikat przyznawany jest na okres trzech lat.

Prezesi
 Mirosław Roguski (2001–2006)
 Jacek Kalida (2006–2008)
 Sławomir Dudziński (2008–2012)
 Wojciech Szpil (2012–2016)
 Łukasz Łazarewicz (2016–2017)
 Olgierd Cieślik (od 2017)

Uwagi

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
  (Historia loterii pieniężnych w Polsce)

Przedsiębiorstwa w Warszawie
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Q: Swing UI Refresh: Background thread prints exception I have Jframe in which I 'm displaying JTree. Since I have large number of nodes to be added what I did is created 4 threads that keep on adding node to Tree.
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Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
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Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicScrollBarUI.layoutVScrollbar(BasicScrollBarUI.java:638)
    at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicScrollBarUI.layoutContainer(BasicScrollBarUI.java:829)
    at java.awt.Container.layout(Container.java:1421)
    at java.awt.Container.doLayout(Container.java:1410)
    at java.awt.Container.validateTree(Container.java:1507)
    at java.awt.Container.validateTree(Container.java:1513)

Also, exception stack trace changes as you can see above. I'm not able to figure out what is possible cause for that. I also synchronized the code so that no new nodes are added while frame is getting refreshed. But it didn't help.
Please advise what should I do in such case.
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A: Swing is not thread-safe. All modifications to Swing UI components need to be performed from the event dispatch thread. You should remove the four threads that you have implemented and perform all operations from the main thread.


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Q: How can I access BLE Midi device in WPF? I'm looking for a way to implement BLE Midi in WPF, but there seems very little information about it.
I've read this:
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2016/09/21/midi-enhancements-in-windows-10/
...but it was written 5 years ago and the Win32 wrapper project mentioned in it has been discontinued.
Is there an improved way of accessing Windows.Device.Midi in WPF?
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NCT's Renjun Reveals What Should Be On Your Bucket List When You Become An Adult
Everyone should experience it at least once.
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On NCT Dream's Renjun's recent live broadcast, he revealed what should be on someone's bucket list when they become an adult.
A fan said they were turning twenty years old next year, the age of adulthood in Korea, and asked what they should do to celebrate.
Although it took a moment for him to say it, the thought was already in his head. He told the fan to do something that they'd never been allowed to do before: watch an adult movie in theaters.
Go to the theatre and watch a movie for adults.
It's not something extreme; it's a simple way to exercise your newfound adulthood. Renjun even mentioned that it could be saved for a bucket list if it wasn't something you wanted to do immediately.
That could be an item [on a] bucket list.
Becoming an adult opens up a world of new experiences. In some cases, it's better to ease into it slowly. Listen to Renjun's way to celebrate adulthood starting at 22:30. Will you be following his advice?
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A B C D...BDSM (The Basics)!
By ANTONINA DĘBOGÓRSKA
So, what is BDSM?
It's an acronym of the words Bondage, Discipline/Domination, Sadism/Submission, Masochism.
BDSM often refers to sex or other activity with a dominant and a submissive person. In most cases, we associate it with sexual power-roleplay with consensual participants.
Where BDSM differs from sexual violence is the word CONSENSUAL. It means that all the participants engaging in the activities fully agree to and discuss what they're going to participate in. It can be (a combination of) many different things; tying up, whipping, slapping, clamping, gagging and much more. It can also include physical pain and humiliation, climax control or even controversial, dangerous plays such as waterboarding or suffocation (don't try this at home!).
BDSM can also step out of the bedroom and playroom and be a certain lifestyle where the dominant person controls the submissive's daily life (sleeping, finances, eating, etc.)
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The abovementioned questions are the best examples of what I hear from others who have limited knowledge and a myopic view of BDSM and sex in general. The comments and questions are usually riddled with anxiety and disgust.
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But the main question is - What does science say about BDSM?
Scientific research of BDSM includes words like - pleasure, enjoyment, freedom and leisure. This is how the participants of a recent study described their experience of BDSM activities. And guess what...they scored better or equal (in comparison to the control group) in terms of many psychological factors like well-being, sexual satisfaction, neuroticism, or rejection sensitivity.
The study also showed that BDSM practitioners were more extraverted, more open to new experiences, and more conscientious than their control group peers.
Studies also show people spend years fantasizing about BDSM before they actually indulge in it. Participants of Andreas Wismeijer's research (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) were 33.15 years of age on average and had waited 6 years after becoming interested in BDSM to act on their interests. You can read more about the study and its conclusions here.
So far, the BDSM science shows one common tendency - there are no reasons pathologize BDSM, but we have some suggestions to see it as a happiness factor.
The common studies-related struggle is that we don't really know what was the basic cause. If happy are the ones who explore their sexuality or exploring it MAKES them happy.
In the midst of all this, the only conclusion I can draw is it's best to arrive from thoughts to actions than after 6 years of wondering and check it out...in practice (and with full consent)!
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Kia has been highlighted for its continued commitment in terms reducing carbon emissions after being nominated for an award with regards to green energy.
The Korean manufacturer's UK arm has been shortlisted for the "Green contribution to London" accolade after judges were impressed with the company's efforts to use renewable energy on a regular basis.
Officials noted that the firm will learn whether it has been successful or not on October 17th at an award ceremony held by the London Lifestyle Awards.
Judges were also said to be impressed by Kia's Walking Bus Scheme which saw the manufacturer promote healthy living to children aged between four and ten by promoting walking to school rather than using public transport.


Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by joshu, Dec 25, 2018.
Wow was I surprised when I booted up a clean Windows 10 Enterprise VM and I saw cortana and all the other crap/bloatware. I thought Enterprise didn't come with this stuff pre-installed. The horror.
Is this normal for all windows 10 versions?
You probably used Enterprise and not EntrepriseS (aka LTSB/C) hence the bloat.
Yes I did but I still wasn't expecting all the crap.
yup, except home users cannot delay or defer updates.


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Air ideas re Competence risks and define what our big hairy audacious Competence goal is.
– What other organizational variables, such as reward systems or communication systems, affect the performance of this Skills management process?
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– How to deal with Skills management Changes?
Look at Knowledge management governance and separate what are the business goals Knowledge management is aiming to achieve.
– How do your measurements capture actionable Skills management information for use in exceeding your customers expectations and securing your customers engagement?
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Closely inspect Management adoptions and spearhead techniques for implementing Management.
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August 2, 2017 May 2, 2014 by Timothy Judd
This Wednesday, May 7, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Michael Christie will be performing at Carnegie Hall as part of the final Spring For Music festival. Since 2011, Spring For Music has showcased North American orchestras and innovative programming. After this year the festival will end due to lack of funding. The RPO's decision to present a concert performance of twentieth century American composer Howard Hanson's opera, Merry Mount, is significant. Hanson (1896-1981) was the long-time director …
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The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved a Notice of Intent (NOI) to update the Domesticated Aquatic Organism (DAO) rules and add species to the list of permitted species. The NOI proposes the addition of four groups to the approved DAO list and removes some that are no longer under…
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Day 3 - The ascent of a wet, foggy and windy Whernside.
"The difference a day makes". Never has a quote had such a true ringing!
We awoke this morning to the sound of rain! Sweeping across the lodge park with a wind to match.
We had our breakfast and then packed our sacks ready for the second of our climbs.
Just after 8.30am, our visiting guest walker arrived, George Herd, the CEO of Farmfoods. He would be joining us for this second stint of our challenge.
The whole team met in the boys lodge to go over the plan for the day, and to view the days map. We then spoke about the days weather forecast and the proposed times of our climb. We thought we would make sure everything is ready and packed, and as soon as we saw a break in the weather, we would hop on the minibus and head for the mountain.
The peak for the second day was Whernside. A different prospect than Pen-y-Ghent yesterday, with a more grassy relentless slope incline, as opposed to the more staggered stepped paths we had previously experienced.
We arrived at the mountain with the weather against us. The rain had been joined by a thick fog and a bitterly cold wind. This made our start all the more difficult. The hilly start was persistent but got worse as we gradually climbed. The challenge for all the team the sheer steepness of the slope, coupled with the appalling weather conditions. The visibility at this point was so bad, at times the walkers at back of the group, could not even see the walkers at the front!
After two hours of our gruelling climb, we finally reached the top of the slope and joined the Penine Way, which led us to the summit of this unforgiving mountain. The path here was much more favourable and gifted us a break from the horrific wind, which had hounded us from the start.
We finally reached the summit marker and had our photograph taken with the school banner. The weather at this point was still very wet and windy, but we were all delighted to have reached the top.
As we descended the mountain, it was then that we caught the first glimpse of the sunshine that had been hiding behind all the fog. The further down we got, the clearer it became. By the time we reached the lower slopes, we were greeted with some breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside, most if which we had no idea we had passed on the way up.
The team remained positive and showed true Sherbourne spirit as they made their way to the base of what had proven to be a challenge that they had risen too.
We must thank George for coming along today and experiencing one of our Sherbourne Challenges. Staff and students enjoyed chatting with him, and learning more about him. He was really brilliant with our youngsters, and could quite often be found offering a balancing arm over a stream, or offering words of encouragement. He really was one of the team today!
We had a celebratory hot drink in the local café, and enjoyed the sunshine. This also allowed us a great view of Ingleborough, which is our third and final peak to conquer tomorrow.


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Supported through funding from the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation, these creative studios are designed to be intensive, collaborative weekends of idea sharing, mentorship, peer critique, and critical dialogue in order to build mentorship networks and critical relationships between senior and mid-career and emerging artists. In the current New Brunswick arts ecosystem, giving and receiving critical feedback has been a challenge and usually takes the form of response to a finished work. It is rare for artists outside of the educational system to receive expert feedback for an in-progress piece or body of work in the conceptual phase. The creative process is ripe with questions, technical and conceptual issues, roadblocks, insecurities and possibilities. Explore them here!!
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This workshop is part of our continuing In-Process Creative Studios. Led by acclaimed artist Brigitte Clavette, this workshop is designed for metal artists with an active metals practice in functional or sculptural works. The course is designed to be an intensive, collaborative weekend of idea sharing, mentorship, peer critique, and critical dialogue. Participants will come with an idea, body of work or in-progress piece to the workshop in the metalsmithing studio at Sunbury Shores, equipped for bronze, copper and silver. Limited to 6, participants will receive one-on-one mentorship and will delve into conceptual and critical thinking to push their practice forward.
This course is limited to 8 students. To register call 506.529.3386 or follow the link on the Adult Courses page.
Silversmith Brigitte Clavette has been Head of the Jewellery and Metal Arts Studio and taught at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design in Fredericton since 1985. She has also taught at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, the Nunavut Arctic College, the Haliburton School of Arts and the Community College of New Brunswick in Dieppe. Her hollow-ware and silver works have been shown internationally and are held in private and public collections across the country and internationally, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Clavette became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2000, won the Excellence Award for Craft from the Province of NB in 2002, and the prestigious Strathbutler Award in 2006. She has been a regular and much-appreciated contributor to our programming.
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The cowboy myth
By Special to The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: July 3, 2008 at 2:04 pm | UPDATED: May 7, 2016 at 10:48 am
The first Great Truth of contemporary life is that the West is changing. The second Great Truth is that the Cowboy Myth is an anachronistic view that denies the first truth and assures that we will become a socioeconomic backwater.
What we need to do, or so we are told by those who purport to know such things, is abandon our allegorical tales and face the real world. Inspired by constitutional contrariness, informed by 45 years in the West, and motivated by a desire to help find a viable response to the first Great Truth, I offer a succinct reply to the futurists, pundits and critics' call for the death of the West's mythology: Bull.
No literary passage better expresses the Cowboy Myth than the description of Conagher, the title character in a classic Western story by Louis L'Amour, when the hero is deciding whether to confront the bad guys:
"He simply did what had to be done . . . It would be easy, he told himself, to throw everything overboard and disclaim any responsibility. All he had to do was saddle up and ride out of the country. It sounded easy, but it was not that easy, even if a man could leave behind his sense of guilt at having deserted a cause. To be a man was to be responsible. It was as simple as that. To be a man was to build something, to try to make the world about him a bit easier to live in for himself and those who followed. You could sneer at that, you could scoff, you could refuse to acknowledge it, but when it came right down to it, [Conagher] decided it was the man who planted a tree, dug a well, or graded a road who mattered."
The modernists claim that tales like Conagher lie at the core of the West's inability to address our real problems. But this contention is based on a profound misunderstanding of the nature of mythology and a great deal of confusion about the Cowboy Myth in particular.
"Myth" has two very different meanings. The literary term denotes a traditional story that reveals the world-view of a people; let us call this Myth. But there is also a pejorative meaning — an unfounded account of the world; let's call this a myth. The goal of Myth is to illuminate a moral ideal toward which a people aspire, binding together generations and communities, and helping us to understand how we are to live in the world and treat one another — functions that can be ascribed to Conagher.
Many well-meaning efforts to make sense of the West's past and future misunderstand the meaning of Myth. I propose that we grasp the rich nature and complex role of these stories, rather than simply tossing out our cultural legacy and groping for whatever new perspective is most in fashion. We might find that our problems could be effectively addressed if we took seriously the Cowboy Myth.
Many Western states are faced with the same challenges: How do we respond to the widening gulf between the rich and poor? What should we do about the high rates of drug abuse and suicide? How do we handle urban sprawl and uncontrolled development? Who should bear the costs and reap the benefits of mineral extraction? How do we foster viable livelihoods consistent with our cultural character and natural environment? Perhaps Conagher provides the answers we need.
Needing a foil for my diatribe, I'm going to pick on two fellow Westerners, which seems only fair. According to Samuel Western, Wyoming's economic problems — and, we can infer, many of the difficulties of neighboring states — are caused by the Cowboy Myth, or so he argues in "Pushed off the Mountain, Sold Down the River: Wyoming's Search for Its Soul" (Homestead, 2002). And the cause of environmental degradation throughout the West? The Cowboy Myth, according to Debra Donahue in "Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands to Conserve Native Biodiversity" (University of Oklahoma, 1999).
These books are a no-holds- barred, tag-team throttling of the cowboy. It's not necessary to have read them to have heard the arguments; everyone in the West knows at least one critic who turns his nose up with disdain at the "Old West" or waves her hand in haughty dismissal of the people and trades associated with ranching. So, in keeping with the spirit of Conagher, who fought fair but pulled no punches, here comes a good, old-fashioned dustup.
The bucking bronco
What really gets the goat of these critics is the pervasiveness of mythic icons. Donahue decries the way that "the bucking bronco shows up everywhere in Wyoming." Everywhere includes the insignia of the National Guard, the football helmets of the University of Wyoming, and even our currency. When the U.S. Mint released a Wyoming quarter with a cowboy astride a bucking bronco, a panel of progressive luminaries and enlightened dignitaries denounced it as cultural atavism. One can only suppose that their reaction would be similar to the Dallas Cowboys and the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Echoing Willie Nelson's plaintive cry about not letting babies grow up to be cowboys, Samuel Western asks, "What is a Wyoming kid supposed to think about his or her future when the only license plate available is one with a cowboy on it?" I'm guessing that not many kids are brainwashed by license plates. (Does Tennessee, the "Volunteer State," have an abundance of do-gooder adolescents, or "Show me" Missouri a plethora of dubious teens?) If Western's concern is valid, then what is an American kid supposed to think when the country's only flag has stars and stripes and all of its dollar bills bear the image of George Washington?
What kids (and the rest of us) presumably think is that we are part of a community with shared stories and values that reveal an important part, but hardly the entirety, of who we are.
Western joins the other anti-traditionalists anxious to modernize the social values, political perspectives and economic models of our region by attacking the Cowboy Myth as a "century-old throwback." But if the age of a story is an inherent weakness, then tales of America's Founding Fathers ought to be discarded. Not to mention the culturally primal stories of Genesis and the Odyssey, which surely are more repugnant to the modernist than Conagher or "The Virginian." There is often great wisdom in venerable people and stories; there's usually a good reason that they've lasted. But Western and Donahue relish nothing more than debunking cowboy legends.
Myth is not meant to be journalistic; it is not concerned with timeworn facts but with timeless truths, such as the virtues of unflinching courage and fierce independence. We all know that real cowboys were sometimes cowardly. As long as we're at it, George Washington probably lied as a child, and Santa Claus doesn't bring presents. For those who understand the function of Myth, these factual disclosures reveal nothing important. To adapt Francis P. Church's response to Christmas skeptics: Yes, Virginia, there is a Conagher, and he exists as certainly as bravery and autonomy and duty exist.
The critics of the Cowboy Myth wouldn't be so incensed if the stories weren't still a source of profound meaning to the public. Samuel Western is apoplectic, contending that "when the homesteader myth spliced with the cowboy mystique, the fusion wielded ungodly power." Donahue reiterates the complaint that as long as we believe in the Cowboy Myth, it will guide our political actions "as though" it were reality. But "as though" understates the point; incorporating Myth into social life makes it real, as actual and tangible as the Puritan value of hard work that shapes America's economy and social programs or the Jeffersonian ideal of agrarianism that molds the nation's landscape and tax laws.
And so, with the West's economy suffering from chronic anemia (the current transfusion of mineral royalties in parts of Colorado and Wyoming notwithstanding) and its environment battered and bruised, the critics' proposed course of treatment is to bleed the patient, blaming the region's lifeblood for its problems. However, rather than draining the West of the Cowboy Myth, perhaps we could revitalize this worldview — and in so doing ground our future in the virtues of our past.
So, how would a man like L'Amour's Conagher respond to modern threats? In the face of a widening gap between rich and poor, in light of extractive industries' domination of local communities, in recognition of the declining physical and mental health of women and children, a Cowboy would aggressively protect the vulnerable. Conagher would abide no excuses from the methamphetamine addict, the delinquent youth, or the teenage mother — but he'd not abandon them, either.
Taking care of our own
A Cowboy mayor, legislator, governor or president would not turn first to economically or politically lethal force against those who exploit the weak, but such a leader would leave no doubt that those who put our communities at risk or despoil our lands do so at their own peril. If the Cowboy Myth were reinvigorated, perhaps the federal agencies, mineral corporations and real estate developers would perceive Western civic leaders as others saw Conagher: "You do your job, you're honest, and you never backed off from trouble." Any community would be justifiably proud to have such leaders.
Our leaders must be autonomous and possess a sense of duty to craft programs, laws and policies on behalf of the public, rather than allow mineral companies or real estate developers to define and (maybe) solve the problems. At a national level, perhaps what we need in the White House is an authentic Cowboy (not to be mistaken for a president who saddles up for corporations and rides away from his role while fostering economic suffering, environmental degradation and international terrorism).
I worry that the Cowboy Myth is eroding under the withering critiques of economic rationalism and scientific positivism. I worry because without a story to guide the culture of the West, we are unlikely to coalesce as a people in order to save our communities and lands. We are unlikely to act with the fortitude of Conagher, as he explained his worldview to a friend: "This here's a hard country. But it's a good country, Scott, and it'll be better as soon as we hang or shoot a few more thieving skunks."
This article first appeared in High Country News (www.hcn.org).
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In Somaliland, the Horizon was the Mutable Limit
What does individual choice matter to a country that still holds the smoldering embers that could spark another conflict?
Illustration: Xia Gordon
'Where were you last night?' a man asked me down the telephone line. It wasn't anyone familiar to me, but the receptionist at the Maansoor hotel in Hargeisa, Somaliland. He hadn't seen me collect my key from the front desk the previous night and wanted an explanation. I told him brusquely that I had spent the night in my room as usual and then ended the call. The hotel is one of the largest and most popular in the breakaway republic's capital city, where diaspora families decamp in the summer, where locals hold wedding parties, and where Western aid workers and visitors relax behind tight security. It is a place where freedom and privacy are simultaneously offered and contested, much like the country as a whole.
Since declaring unilateral independence from Somalia in 1991 after a civil war that fragmented the Marxist Somali Democratic Republic, Somaliland has been described as the most democratic country in the Horn of Africa, with largely free and fair elections that have allowed five presidents to take power since its independence. But within the nation there is still an ambiguous relationship to the concept of "freedom," whether personal, political, or artistic. And just beyond its borders are other considerations and complications. Its legally unsettled relationship to Somalia strips many freedoms from its citizens: the right to travel to most countries on Somaliland passports, to obtain visas to the US (as Somalilanders are considered Somali citizens by the US and therefore hit with Trump's travel ban), or to have their academic or professional qualifications accepted overseas.
During Siad Barre's "scientific socialist" dictatorship in the 1970s and '80s, freedom was a dirty word unless it referred to the "freedom from imperialism" that the military regime claimed to be enabling. I was born in a city with a four p.m. curfew, a two-story limit on new buildings, banned political parties, banned radio stations, banned thoughts and words. My brother remembers the vans with megaphones careening through the neighborhood, announcing public executions of "rebels" and nighttime raids, while he was hidden by our mother for fear of being conscripted into the army. The civil war is seen in Somaliland as the blood sacrifice necessary to have lifted a kind of "pharaonic oppression" from the local population, like a curse.
After the war came political parties (limited to three), separation of political power, elections, a semi-free press, an end to conscription, protection of private property. In a region where repression is pervasive, all of these freedoms might appear extravagant, unfeasible. But they are perhaps ensured by Somaliland's still-indefatigable campaign for international recognition. It is the neighborhood swot, reading textbooks late into the night and polishing its shoes bright in the morning in order to attract the praise and support of the global community, while its irascible twin, Somalia, claims the limelight. It's not surprising, then, that Somaliland's leaders (many of whom served in the Barre dictatorship) are intolerant of further demands for political and individual liberty. They believe they have been extraordinarily magnanimous already, and somewhere behind it all is that old belief that Somalis, like all colonial peoples, need a strong hand to keep them in order.
This internal and external pressure on young Somalilanders reminds me of this line spoken by Hamlet: "I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams." Somaliland is no nutshell, but it is a poor, small country with a population of only three-and-a-half million, and it is these "bad dreams"—of poverty, obscurity, subjugation—that lead thousands of men and women to leave the safety of their homes every year for another life in the Middle East or Europe.
What does individual choice matter to a country that deep down still holds the smoldering embers that could spark another conflict?
Although not forced out by violence or political instability, the hard-won peace in Somaliland means citizens have the space to think about what else is missing in their lives: gender equality, religious freedom, distance from controlling parents, a meritocratic rather than nepotistic society. I remember speaking to a cousin in Hargeisa about the "chronic dissatisfaction" amongst young people there; he also wanted to leave despite a possible career in the military and managed a few weeks in China before his money ran out. He wasn't sure why he wanted to emigrate, but just felt that success (whatever that means) was easier outside of Somaliland.
The peace that Somaliland has found in a "troubled" neighborhood has come at the price of a paternalistic and often dismissive attitude toward the desires, thoughts, and beliefs of ordinary people. Whether it's girls who wear their hijabs a little too far back or write poetry in support of a unified Somalia, or boys who grow out their hair or work for independent media stations, punishment is swift and uncompromising, with arrest and detention almost a certainty. What does individual choice matter to a country that saw tens of thousands dead as it pulled itself out of civil war? To a country that deep down still holds the smoldering embers that could spark another conflict?
Every choice made is one that tugs at your connection and loyalty to your family, your neighbor, your clan, your country. A wife needs permission from her husband to get the contraceptive pill, a sensible surgeon will seek the consent of the father or guardian of their patient (male or female) before any operation, a journalist or writer's clan will be embroiled in any controversy surrounding their work. We are all Russian dolls, the message seems to be, containing multitudes and being similarly contained. What sanctuary that provides! To not be alone in the world but to be swallowed up by ever-larger bodies until there is only God to answer to.
There have been times in Somaliland when I have been grateful for the surveillance of others. Once, when I found myself stuck outside the city and had to hitchhike with strangers, another hotel receptionist tracked me down and somehow got the number of the driver to "suss him out." I was delivered safely back to my hotel in Hargeisa that same evening. In a world where loneliness is an epidemic and isolation takes a physical and mental toll on much wealthier nations, the intimate social structure in Somaliland can sometimes seem the lesser of two evils.
I have a suitcase of clothes that I wear only in Somaliland: a rainbow array of headscarves, long skirts that do not rise too high when I sit or let too much light through when I stand, shirts that cover my behind, dresses that cover the arms, flowing jackets that pick up the slack for any garments underneath that don't quite measure up. It is the only country I visit that requires its own wardrobe; all the other Muslim countries I've travelled to have been able to accept my halal-ish outfits.
It is with Iran and Saudi Arabia that Somaliland is aligned on this. But in fact, in September of this year the dress code for visitors to Saudi Arabia was changed and the previous requirement to wear abaya and hijab in public was dropped, while all women—foreign, local, Muslim, non-Muslim—in Somaliland are expected and told by local organizations to cover both hair and body. By controlling bodies the authorities exhibit their domination of much more; a woman wearing trousers is seen as an aberration, a threat to patriarchy, and she will have to run a gauntlet of police officers and private citizens all intent on enforcing rigid gender roles. How and why has Somaliland fallen into this situation where it permits some freedoms—women work, vote, drive, stand in elections, hold ministerial roles—but severely restricts others? Maybe the answer lies in the war and the dislocation it left behind.
My family left Hargeisa for the UK in late 1985, when I was four years old, locking most of our clothes, photos, and possessions in our house for our expected return. My sailor father wanted us to leave, as he was about to retire from the merchant navy and thought, unlike the rest of us, that Somalia was on the road to war. He was right: just two-and-a-half years after we left, Hargeisa was flattened and more than 50 thousand people were killed.
Even in London, the war and its impact on the Somali psyche was profound. In the early 1990s, I remember the slow cultural shift as refugees arrived from Ethiopian and Kenyan camps or directly from Somalia and responded to the laissez-faire world of Somali sailors and their families who had been in the UK for several decades, settling in port cities where jobs in the merchant navy could be found. Many sailors had picked up British habits—dances, gambling, Western clothes—safe, they believed, from the prying and judging eyes of Somalis outside their world. But that seclusion and freedom came to an abrupt end in the early '90s. As this new wave of Somalis flooded into Britain, the small, longstanding communities in London, Cardiff, Liverpool, and Hull were quickly outnumbered and outflanked. My family was somewhere in the middle, my father having arrived in the UK in 1947 but the rest of us still adapting to this very strange country.
It was as if the surveillance apparatus of the Siad Barre regime had been dismantled and transported to London.
I felt it in the shouts of "shame!" I heard walking around in jeans and T-shirt, in the comments from stern women in black abayas as I struggled onto the bus with a violin, in the laughter aimed at my Somali accent. Squeezed between a hostile British world and a strict and challenging Somali community, it was difficult to ever feel truly free.
As a child I had always expected to return back to the life I had left in Hargeisa—with my grandmothers, cousins, and school-free days—but I was suddenly made to feel that I wouldn't fit in there, that I wouldn't be a good Somali girl. That unlike these severe women, I had already been corrupted by my life in Britain. As a young woman it is always difficult to feel unobserved, autonomous, unhindered, but in hindsight it was as if the surveillance apparatus of the Siad Barre regime had been dismantled and transported to London, to report on where I was, how I was dressed, who I was with. My female body became the site of suspicion and control, especially for female refugees who were trying to make sense of the implosion of the rest of their lives.
I found refuge in religion, a counterintuitive choice for a teenager who was just starting to travel and step out into the world, but I wanted to know what the legitimate limitations on my life should be. In a chaotic school with high rates of teenage pregnancy and drug use, with images of my former homeland in mayhem on TV, I read the Quran every night and taught myself to pray, rang imams for spiritual guidance, and went to the Regent's Park mosque to celebrate my birthday. Freedom had become less attractive than the promise of acceptance, the need for security more urgent than the desire to branch out alone.
It is difficult to pinpoint exactly what "normal" or "natural" looks like in a Somali context, as the place has seen upheaval for the last 150 years. What did freedom look like to my father in the '30s? To my grandmother? To my great-grandfather? How was freedom limited before the arrival of the British and their prisons, corporal punishment, and gallows? My father was born into a world in which the way you lived or died was largely a personal matter, a hardscrabble way of life that ensured a stubborn individuality, for men at least.
I remember a beautiful story my father told me of a journey he had taken with a female cousin, when they were both around 11 years old, deep into the Somaliland desert to look for their clan's livestock. Both of them were already self-sufficient enough to just walk off into the unknown. But my grandmother also roamed and worked her way across East Africa and Yemen because there was nothing her nomadic family could offer her back home. The horizon was the mutable limit to individual freedom; cross it and you could be another person.
Throughout the 20th century, Somalis navigated a complex cultural and intellectual world: educated in English, Italian, or Arabic, schooled in Marxist or Wahhabi dogma, operating in capitalist or communist systems, espousing feminism or denouncing it. Families crisscrossed these fault lines without too much friction. But after the declaration of independence by Somaliland in 1991, the need to define who belonged to this new country and who didn't took on a real urgency. How could you knit these disparate parts back together unless you put collective need before individual desires?
The idea of the collective was an important one in the Western world until the mid-20th century, but since then the individual has been paramount, our self-definitions becoming harder and harder to gather into any kind of universal spirit. In Somaliland I regularly hear the phrase "I am Somali, I am Muslim." A kind of mantra, it's often used in social media bios, and is an assertive proclamation of a collective identity (a particularly maligned one) over an individual one.
The ideal of a cacophonous liberal democracy appeals to me, but silence also assumes an important place in a traumatized nation.
As Britain starts to fragment into small, opposing pieces, it is easy to see how the deification of individual thought and freedom can pull apart even an established and wealthy state. The Somali approach seems to be to accept the clannish and tribal nature of people and to allow that to create a centripetal force rather than a centrifugal one. The ideal of a cacophonous liberal democracy appeals to me and to many others, but when neighbors turned on neighbors in a civil war, silence also assumes an important place in a traumatized nation.
I often think about the person I would have become if I had stayed in Somaliland, this parallel life running alongside my real one. Would I be a lover of books had I stayed? Would I have had ten children? Would I have lived a life of gratitude and emotional plenty that would compensate for whatever I lost? Maybe it is because I grew up in an environment strange to me that I have been able to form this more organic and freewheeling version of myself. The freedom to choose many aspects of my life gives it a false sense of intentionality, a narrative that only makes sense when I exclude all the things beyond my control. I am someone who has made sense of life through the written word, but I'm only the second generation of literate people in my family. I can write more freely in Britain than in my home country, but even here I can hear the voices of those abaya-clad women in my mind patrolling my thoughts, my words, telling me to hold back. I seek the freedom that can only be found in solitude, yet the process of writing quickly escapes that solitude and my control.
Somaliland is a symbol of how oppression can be taken apart, brick by brick, by individual hands. But what it means to feel truly "free" is something that transforms from person to person, society to society, and can only be measured retrospectively, when new freedoms are won.
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Nadifa Mohamed was born in Hargeisa, Somaliland, in 1981. Her first novel, Black Mamba Boy, won the Betty Trask Prize; it was longlisted for the Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the PEN Open Book Award. Her second novel, The Orchard of Lost Souls, won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Prix Albert Bernard. In 2013, she was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, and in 2018 she was awarded an Arts and Literary Arts Fellowship by the Rockefeller Foundation and elected to the Royal Society of Literature.
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