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Axillofemoral bypass in elderly patients with local anesthesia: an alternative route to less risk
Enrico Cappello1,
Mario Di Lorenzo1,
Enrico Cutillo1 &
Elio Franco1
The evolution of medical and minimally invasive techniques have led to improved outcomes in limb salvage in elderly patients. In particular, has improved the overall survival of the patients and life expectancy.
The patient with major amputation have high rates of mortality and morbidity and health care cost with a considerable impact on society.
The work presented here concerns elderly patients with aorto iliac occlusive disease and limb ischemia with and without ulcers.
Today revascularisation technique of choice, in these patients, is the endovascular recanalization. In some cases, this technique is not feasible due to the impossibility to cross the occlusions (about 10% of the procedures). The aorto- femoral bypass "anatomical" is to be preferred to the "extranatomical" because it has best primary and secondary patency rates [1–4].
In patients with high surgical risk and big morbility is not advisable to realize the aorto-femoral bypass for the high operative risk. In these patients, the only alternative to major amputation is the bypass extranatomical (femoro-femoral or axillofemoral).
We prefer to use a spinal anesthesia with high back puncture for femoral access associated with a local anesthetic for axillary access. This approach reduces both the risk: free surgical opening of the abdomen and general anesthesia.
The aim of treatment is limb salvage. In fact, at times, it is observed that patients do not return to critical ischemic phase even if the graft is occluded.
In patients treated the intervention is well accepted. The patient does not require post-operative intensive care, begin to ambulate early and requires low doses of painkiller. Patients who may benefit from this treatment are those with too much risk for aortic revascularization. We prefer to avoid the femoro-femoral bypass because of controlateral limb have latent ischemic arterial disease that may worsen afther robbery blood graft.
We included 15 patients treated between 2005 and 2012. They had a critical lower limb ischemia or skin ulcers (stage III or greater Fontaine classification). The average age was 84 years. Patients had significant risk factors: ischemic heart disease, lung disease, respiratory failure, heart failure, diabetes mellitus, moderate-severe hypertension, cerebrovascular disease. The operative risk was classified according to the ASA classification by anesthesiologists and all patients were ASA III or higher. Before surgery was planned a meeting between surgeons, anesthetists and cardiologists.
All patients underwent a CT angiography and lower extremity angiography to evaluate the landing zone of the bypass between common and profunda femoral artery.
We use always a PTFE prosthesis heparin linked (Gore-propaten ®) 8mm diameter.
A recent study has shown that the prosthesis 8mm diameter has patency rates best of 6mm, due to an increase wall stress in the prosthesis with smaller diameter with intimal hyperplasia [5].
Anesthesia was performed with a lumbar high puncture supplemented by local infiltration of 2% lidocaine and 0.25% bupivacaine with 1:1 ratio for axillary access and thoracic subcutaneous tunneling. A mild sedation with midaziolam allowed to keep the patient liking. The mean operative time was 130 minutes, and the maximum dose of anesthetic was 100ml.
The surgery was performed by 4 operators 2 for femoral access and 2 for axillar to reduce the time.The follow-up was performed at 1,3,6,12 months evaluating the patency of the graf, the mortality and limb salvage.
All patients passed the intervention with intra and perioperative mortality rate of 0%. The rate of limb salvage at 30 days was 100%. At 12 months, 4 grafts were occluded and only 1 patient required a major amputation for occlusion of the graft and the worsening of the clinical presentation with failure rates of 26% (occlusion of the graft without clinical ischemia) and 6% (major amputation for procedure failure) respectively.
In 9 cases it was necessary to perform an anastomosis on proximal profunda femoral artery and in 6 cases on distal. None of the patients had infections of prosthetic bypass or anastomotic aneurysms.
The most obvious result was the immediate and complete resolution of pain foot and clinical improvement. In 5 cases, at a distance of 30 days, it was performed a partial amputation of the foot for the removal of gangrene with complete recovery in about 6 months.
The axillofemoral bypass is the last viable for limb salvage in high-risk patient with aorto iliac disease. Reduce the risk with intraoperative local anesthesia has, in our view, represented a further indisputable advantage for the elderly patient. In fact, these patients have associated risks of general anesthesia with its need post-operative intensive treatments also prolonged. This procedure reduces post-operative cardiac and pulmonary complications. It allows rapid mobilization of the patient and an immediate return to self-employment life management. Patients accepted the intervention without major trauma and, in particular, the disappearance of chronic pain in the foot provides an improvement in the quality of life enjoyed immediately after the surgery.
With this procedure we do not think that we have solved all the problems of the elderly patient with critical limb ischemia, but use it with local anesthesia has made us re-evaluate the role of "extra-anatomical" revascularization. Today more than ever, patients have a life expectancy getting longer and longer and are presented to the vascular surgeon with increasingly complex frameworks that require a continuous search for new strategies and techniques designed to reduce the risk factor in patients with high surgical risk.
Schneider JR, McDaniel MD, Walsh DB, et al: Axillofemoral bypass: outcome and hemodynamic results in high-risk patients. J Vasc Surg. 1992, 15 (6): 952-962.
Liedenbaum Marjolein H, Verdam Froukje J, Spelt David, de Groot Hans GW, van der Waal Jan, van der Laan Lijckle: The Outcome of the Axillofemoral Bypass: A Retrospective Analysis of 45 Patients. World J Surg. 2009, 33 (11): 2490-2496. 10.1007/s00268-009-0189-x.
Passman MA, Taylor LM, Moneta GL, Edwards JM, Yeager RA, McConnell DB, Porter JM: Comparison of axillofemoral and aortofemoral bypass for aortoiliac occlusive disease. J Vasc Surg. 1996, 23: 263-271. 10.1016/S0741-5214(96)70270-7.
Onohara T, Komori K, Kume M, et al: Multivariate analysis of long-term results after an axillobifemoral and aortobifemoral bypass in patients with aortoiliac occlusive disease. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2000, 41: 905-910.
Al-Wahbi A: Axillofemoral bypass with local anesthesia: a way forward to enable limb salvage in high-risk patients. Local Reg Anesth. 2010, 3: 129-32. doi: 10.2147/LRA.S13928
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August 8, 2016	/ Namit Arora
The Two-faced Politics of Indian-Americans
Indian-Americans, a group that includes me, are one of the most visible and successful global diasporas. With the highest per capita income of any ethnic group in the US, we're often called a 'model minority' in America. But what can be said about our politics as a group?
Historically, we Indian-Americans—and here I'm speaking primarily of Indians who're naturalized US citizens or permanent residents—have overwhelmingly supported the Democrats, more so than any other large Asian group in the US. Over 80 percent of us voted for Barack Obama in 2008, second only to the blacks. This year, less than ten percent might vote for the Republican Donald Trump. But curiously, contrary to what one might expect, success and wealth haven't driven most of us to vote for Republicans, who're seen as friendlier to the rich. What can explain this? Is it because we are remarkably liberal as a group?
Consider some more facts. We Indian-Americans overwhelmingly support Narendra Modi too, at a rate much higher than among Indians in India. We host rockstar receptions for him in arenas like Madison Square Garden in NY and SAP Center in Silicon Valley. This despite Trump and Modi being similar in so many ways. They're both authoritarian and anti-democratic; anti-Muslim; anti-LGBT; steeped in nationalism (white/Hindu); allied with far-right groups (KKK/RSS); economically conservative; anti-labor union; thuggish (think Amit Shah); big on defense spending; and so on. Even if we concede that Trump is worse than Modi—though some will disagree—their proximities are undeniable. So why do we Indian-Americans despise Trump yet love Modi? What's behind this apparent paradox?
Some might object here, especially Modi fans. They might say that I'm exaggerating the proximities between Trump and Modi. So let's delve into this first. One difference I see between them is that while Trump wears his bigotry and misogyny on his sleeve and is more erratic, Modi is more discreet and austere. But as I'll try to show, the two differ less in substance, more in style.
Modi's stage-managed persona can seduce decent people not familiar with his past, or with the yawning gap today between his words and actions. In his oratory, he paints an optimistic technocratic vision of India led by research and innovation. He promotes grand ideas like Smart Cities and Make in India, and social causes like beti bachao and swachh bharat. He offers homilies about life, family values, and patriotism. 'Mine will be a government that gives equal respect to all religions,' he has said. He champions yoga, the uber-cool Indian export. He is disciplined, works hard, and wants the trains to run on time. In the July edition of Mann Ki Baat, he discussed the menace of antibiotic resistance and his visit to South Africa, where he claimed to have been freshly inspired by the ideals of Gandhi and Mandela.
But this is largely the public relations front of a seasoned politician who has ruthlessly worked his way up the fascist Hindutva group RSS, which opposes secularism and 'foreign-born' faiths, and imagines India as a Hindu nation. Its early leaders openly admired Hitler and Mussolini. Modi joined the RSS when he was only 8. For over three decades, he steeped himself in its toxic ideology and even became a pracharak, an active evangelist. Rising up the ranks, he honed his organizing skills before transitioning to RSS's political arm, the BJP. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat during the state-assisted pogrom against Muslims in 2002. His alleged complicity in it brought him such infamy that the US denied him a visa for nine years, invoking an obscure law against foreign officials responsible for 'severe violations of religious freedom'.
All this bad press threatened to derail Modi's political ambitions. But soon he found a way out: he began reinventing himself as 'a pro-business development man'. He cut tax deals to lure corporations into Gujarat and launched an urban renewal project in the state capital. He had seized the moment well. 'Development' was the perfect sales pitch, including for us Indian-Americans who felt an acute lack of it on every visit home. Indians were never more vulnerable to a charismatic strongman who promised to set things right and herald achhe din. Modi went on to successfully market his middling record of human development in Gujarat to become the Prime Minister of India. What helped in ample measure was the imploding Left-of-center Congress Party, moth-eaten by corruption and inept leadership.
For Modi, reinvention didn't mean giving up his old ways or beliefs. His cabinet in New Delhi exudes fanatical Hindu chauvinism. Nearly half of his ministers are from the RSS. Minister of State for Human Resources, RS Katheria pushed saffronization of education, which continues apace. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of Human Resource Development, Smriti Irani, saw it fit to spend weeks harassing Leftist university students for exercising their constitutional right to peacefully criticize the government, and even had them arrested for 'sedition' and 'anti-nationalism'. Modi's Defense Minister, Manohar Parrikar, IIT alumnus and RSS man, says without irony that Indian citizens who complain about rising intolerance should be 'taught a lesson'. Senior BJP leaders and cabinet ministers publicly say that those who refuse to chant bharat mata ki jai are 'anti-nationals', who—along with other 'sickular' opponents of BJP—should move to Pakistan.
As in Republican Party rallies today, supporters at BJP rallies—even legislators and party leaders!—call Muslims 'demons', 'descendants of Ravana', and threaten 'a final battle' against them. Modi's closest confidante and BJP president, Amit Shah, gave incendiary speeches in 2014, asking voters to 'reject parties that put up Muslim candidates'. The BJP doesn't have a single Muslim MP in the Lok Sabha, a first for a ruling party. Empowered by Modi's ideological affinities, vigilante groups have flourished: Gau rakshaks now attack and murder people over cow protection and beef bans. Others oppose inter-religious marriages, alleging them to be a love jihad, a Muslim conspiracy. Campaigns forghar wapsi aggressively target adherents of 'foreign-born' faiths to 'return' to Hinduism. Some have harassed writers and journalists and even murdered rationalists and atheists. Perpetrators often go scot-free. Modi's long, deafening silence and lack of stern action make him complicit in all the bullying and targeted acts of violence by BJP legislators, party workers, and the Sangh Parivar against religious minorities, Leftists, and Dalits. This couldn't happen without his tacit or explicit approval. Plausible deniability can only go so far.
While CM of Gujarat, Modi had accused the Congress/UPA regime of hampering his work, but his current vendetta against the AAP government in Delhi is far worse. He has also tried to sabotage democratic governments in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh.
Why don't we consider all this 'anti-national'? Modi's engagement with the press extends only to right-wing media lackeys like the odious Arnab Goswami, who makes Bill O'Reilly look agreeable. The net result? A relentless coarsening of the social fabric, distraction from the growing challenges of human development, and a steady erosion of public discourse.
Modi has also canceled the licenses of over 9,000 NGOs that received funds from abroad. A few had criticized aspects of his regime, others were simply suspected of misaligned loyalties, the sort that arise from a commitment to the environment or human rights. Never before has a dolt like Y Sudershan Rao been made chairperson of the Indian Council of Historical Research. An RSS man, Rao thinks 'the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are true accounts of the periods in which they were written.' An apologist for the caste system, he blames 'Muslim rule in north India' for 'most of the questionable social customs in Indian society.' A host of institutions are being gutted with such appointments. Bangladeshi Hindus are welcome in Modi's India but the persecuted Rohingya Muslims are not. In 2010, Modi compared Dalits to 'mentally retarded children' who gain 'spiritual experience' from manual scavenging. At a medical conference, Modi also revealed his intellectual caliber by earnestly praising ancient Hindu feats in genetic science and cosmetic surgery, which he believes had enabled our great ancestors to transplant an elephant head on a human.
What if stuff like this happened in the US? Would we Indian-Americans support Trump pushing white supremacy in America? Or Christianization of education? Or calling America a nation of Christian whites, trashing its secular and multicultural fabric? Would we support cops arresting students engaged in peaceful protests at UC Berkeley? What would we say if Trump only invited persecuted white minorities as refugees to the US? Would we accept Trump looking away from vigilante groups attacking interracial couples, atheists, and Christian converts to Islam? Would we admire Trump hailing creationism and making outlandish claims about the scientific feats of early Christians? The answer is clearly NO. If Trump did any of this, we Indian-Americans would call him an extremist unfit for any public office. We already dismiss those who defend Trump by calling him a reasonable man. So I return to the question: why this apparent paradox between our response to Trump vs. Modi?
One answer is that we are a non-white minority. We need the social liberalism of the Democrats, which is far more hospitable to immigrants like us. The Democrats are much more tolerant of cultural and religious diversity, which is great for us and our kids. But the vast majority of us—from yesterday's motel owners to today's IT professionals—come from the dominant class in India, namely, upper-caste Hindus (about 20 percent of Indians). We harbor an instinctive dislike for Muslims and are numb to the concerns of minorities and 'lower' castes in India. We also carry with us a sense of cultural insecurity and humiliation, which makes us vulnerable to slick leaders like Modi who stoke our Hindu pride and nationalism. It was no coincidence that Modi appeared in saffron at Madison Square Garden, and his first words were 'bharat mata ki'. Modi applauds our success, and gives us a feel-good sense of India as a major world power. It helps that we're not reminded daily of the grim realities of life in India, or Modi's largely invisible 'development'.
Modi too wants to make India 'great again', but he began doing so by cutting the already low spending on education, healthcare, and the environment in his first two annual budgets. How's that for sabka saath, sabka vikaas? Modi even ran on the plank of gutting MNREGA and Aadhaar, among the more promising conduits for social welfare in a generation (thankfully, better sense prevailed later). The truth is that from afar, we Indian-Americans fall for Modi's bullshit in ways we don't fall for Trump's bullshit, though the bullshit smells quite the same.
Most of us came to America as economic migrants and take pride in being 'self-made', claiming to have started with 'nothing but two suitcases.' We are socially conservative in our approach to gender roles, sexuality, family values, and religiosity. Few of us have examined our caste or class privileges, ideas of 'merit', or majoritarian sensibilities honed in India. So we find nothing odd in supporting the Democrats while surfing on 'Hindu pride' and even donating to right-wing groups of the Sangh Parivar, who all support Modi and oppress religious minorities (how would we feel if diasporic white Americans donated to hate groups like the Dotbusters?).
The fact is that for us, Trump's racial bigotry and white nationalism will always trump (pun alert) his economic vision, even if he were to offer a real one. Many of us are aghast at the strange demons that Trump's campaign has already unleashed among white Americans; some of us have faced racist incidents. We don't like this at all. Yet so many of us root for Modi's economic vision and overlook his Hindutva bigotry and exclusivism, which he now pursues through his subordinates. Aren't we able to support Modi only because his majoritarian politics is not directed at us but at other groups? Notice, too, that while we recoil from the racism we face from whites in America, we're ourselves very racist towards blacks. This very much includes the high-wage Indian professional class in places like California and New Jersey. But then, Indian-Americans aren't the only people unable to spot their own hypocrisy.
In other words, there is no paradox; there's only hypocrisy: We're far from liberal as a group, except on issues where being liberal helps our survival. Like many other immigrant groups, we're opportunists and political chameleons. Isn't it time to dispassionately ask what the term 'model minority' should really mean, and whether we Indian-Americans deserve that label?
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Written by:Namit Arora
Namit Arora is an essayist, humanist, travel photographer, and former Internet technologist. He moved back to India after two decades in Silicon Valley. He often volunteers his time for the Dialogue and Development Commission, an advisory body of the Delhi Government tasked to find innovative solutions to civic problems, where he led the drafting of Delhi's solar energy policy and worked on the problem of air pollution. Namit's essays have appeared in numerous publications worldwide, including four college anthologies in the United States. His videography includes River of Faith, a documentary on the Kumbh Mela. His latest book is Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization (Penguin Random House India, 2021). His web home is at shunya.net

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Geographical Factors Influencing the Rise and Growth of Cotton Textile Manufacturing in the South Carolina Piedmont, 1880-1940. (Volumes I and II).
Despite the South's defeat in the Civil War and the economic hardships occasioned by the conflict and its aftermath, Southerners possessed the resources and the enthusiasm to undertake an industrial campaign that greatly altered the economic course of their region. Industrial development in the South, centered largely on cotton textiles, focused on the Piedmont. The area possessed several advantages over other Southern subregions as a center of cotton manufacturing, but it failed to supply all of the raw material, capital, and labor needed by the rapidly-growing industry. This study examines the progress of cotton textile manufacturing in the South Carolina Piedmont between 1880 and 1940, and it assesses the attractiveness of the state's Piedmont to textile manufacturing interests and the importance of various source areas supplying of the mills. The nature and pace of the industry's growth are discussed, along with a multitude of positive and negative influences affecting it. The industrial rise of the state is placed in the context of regional and national developments, with special emphasis on the Southern capture of cotton manufacturing during the period. Through a detailed look at cotton production, tenancy, population, and property valuations for South Carolina subregions--the Piedmont, Midlands, and Coastal Plain--the relative attractiveness of the Piedmont to the textile industry is confirmed. Spearman Correlation Coefficient values reveal the changing relationship between cotton textile development and three of the locational factors in Palmetto State counties during the study period. Data from seven cotton mills in the South Carolina Piedmont indicate their sources of supply. Stockholding records reveal a mix of subscribers residing in three capital source areas--the Piedmont South, the non-Piedmont South, and the Northeast. Southerners accounted for most of the stockholders and the money subscribed to the mills, but the region lost ground to the Northeast as time went by. The majority of South Carolina contributors lived in the Piedmont, and the subregion's lead in shares lengthened during the study period. Residents in the local area purchased a large proportion of the mill stock, but their monetary influence waned prior to 1940.
Labyak, Gregory John, "Geographical Factors Influencing the Rise and Growth of Cotton Textile Manufacturing in the South Carolina Piedmont, 1880-1940. (Volumes I and II)." (1994). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 5810.


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I was in born in Toronto, but I spent eight years in the Seattle area, which is where all my novels are set. I'm a Seahawks fan but I married a Packers guy. We have a young son who looks most like me when he's crying. My favorite author is Stephen King (but whose isn't?). I'm afraid of the dark and can't sleep unless I've checked the locks on the doors several times. I love writing when it's raining, sleeping when it's sunny, and reading after everyone else has gone to bed. I cherish my family (those who read, and those who don't), and my friends (those who write, and those who don't).
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Q: Error while creating documentation with cocoa pods using Jazzy Documentation I have created a new project [before pod installed]. I am trying to create documentation using jazzy it's creating fine.
The commend which I used in terminal
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Then I installed pod file and trying to use same commend in terminal that time I am getting error like
2021-01-08 12:48:55.363 xcodebuild[1441:132556] [MT] PluginLoading: Required plug-in compatibility UUID B89EAABF-783E-4EBF-80D4-A9EAC69F77F2 for plug-in at path '~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/UncrustifyPlugin.xcplugin' not present in DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs
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    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/lib/jazzy/sourcekitten.rb:266:in `run_sourcekitten'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/lib/jazzy/doc_builder.rb:81:in `block in build'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/lib/jazzy/doc_builder.rb:79:in `chdir'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/lib/jazzy/doc_builder.rb:79:in `build'
    from /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.3.0/gems/jazzy-0.13.6/bin/jazzy:15:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/local/bin/jazzy:22:in `load'
    from /usr/local/bin/jazzy:22:in `<main>'

A: jazzy will automatically use Project.xcodeproj instead of using the newly created Project.xcworkspace to build project. This will result in xcodebuild failed at build phase [CP] Check Pods Manifest.lock.
You can use this command to check the build log:
cat /var/folders/5t/vxhnv5ys0fb217mwggmpsk6r0000gr/T/xcodebuild-1ECA7C52-5668-4982-A6FD-9D9CDCBAEDBC.log

The xcodebuild command which jazzy used to build project is
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY= CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO

which will select Project.xcodeproj instead of the workspace file
You should use something like this to pass the workspace and scheme to xcodebuild
jazzy --min-acl internal -x -workspace,StackExample.xcworkspace,-scheme,StackExample

Reference:
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Love is in the air as Valentine's Day is quickly approaching. My favorite thing about the holiday is making homemade valentine's with the kids. Since my tween daughter's life seems to revolve around mustaches' lately, I made these fun mustache valentine's with her over the weekend.
These Valentine's were super simple to make, and was a fun weekend project that even the neighborhood girls enjoyed doing with my daughter.
Have fun making these fun Valentine's with your kids this year.
These are sooo cute, we are gonna make them too:) Thanks sharing this idea!


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Рафал Хадзевич (; 13 октября 1803, Замх — 7 сентября 1883, Кельце) — польский художник и педагог.

Жизнь и творчество
Рафал Хадзевич обучался в школе Замойских в Щебжешине. В 1822 году он поступает на отделение изобразительного искусства Варшавского университета, обучался у Антония Бродовского и Антония Бланка. Получив стипендию, уезжает в 1829 году продолжить образование в Дрезден, а затем в Париж, где учится в Школе изящных искусств у Антуана-Жана Гро. В 1831 году приезжает в Рим, где занимается во Французской академии, в мастерской Бертеля Торвальдсена.

В Риме художник живёт до 1833 года; в это время он копирует в местных галереях и музеях полотна великий итальянских мастеров (особенно Рафаэля), перенимая навыки их мастерства. В 1834 году Р. Хадзевич приезжает в Краков, рисует картины по заказу церкви. В 1835 году он здесь женится на Анастасии Гловацкой. В Кракове художник живёт до 1839 года, после чего уезжает в Москву, где работает профессором искусств в Московском университете (1839—1844), затем он — профессор живописи в Школе изящных искусств в Варшаве (1846—1864). Среди его учеников были Владислав Чахурский, Юзеф Бродовский, Панталеон Шиндлер, Альфред Веруш-Ковальский и другие. Жил в Варшаве до 1871 года, остаток жизни провёл в Кельце.

Р. Хадзевич писал картины по религиозной, исторической, батальной темам, а также портреты. Часто подражал живописи итальянского ренессанса и барокко.

Избранные полотна
 Портрет Св. Норберта, 1826
 Портрет Антонины Чышковской, 1828
 Портрет жены, 1834
 Саломея с головой Иоанна Крестителя, 1835
 Св. Валентин исцеляет больных, 1839
 Портрет матери, 1850

Примечания

Ссылки

Художники Польши
Художники-баталисты Польши

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Schlagwort: Islamic State
Why the "Islamic State" wants Donald Trump to win
30. August 2016 30. August 2016 ~ RJ	~ Kommentar hinterlassen
A few days ago, Foreign Affairs published an article explaining "Why ISIS Is Rooting for Trump." Among the reasons given therein, the "prophecy of a "Final Battle" once again reminds us of the waning "Islamic State's" ideologic base. In other words: There is a reason why US ground troops could still lead to highly dangerous ramifications.
Weiterlesen "Why the "Islamic State" wants Donald Trump to win" →
The US and the "Islamic State"
Donald Trump just accused Barack Obama of being the "founder of ISIS" while calling Hillary Clinton its "co-founder." Although he did not go into detail, his remarks once again highlight the need to revisit the US' role in the region in general and the rise of the "Islamic State" in particular. Unfortunately, Trump's remarks are not completely off the mark.
Weiterlesen "The US and the "Islamic State"" →
The Islamic State in its own words
3. August 2016 4. August 2016 ~ RJ	~ Kommentar hinterlassen
Tons of articles, comments, facebook-posts or tweets have been written on the "Islamic State". What has received seemingly little attention are its own words: Hence a few quotes from its official magazine Dabiq including some comments of mine.
Weiterlesen "The Islamic State in its own words" →
la guerre c'est quoi? – Zum Kriegsbegriff und dessen Bedeutung für neutrale Staaten
21. März 2016 11. April 2016 ~ RJ	~ Kommentar hinterlassen
2015 gab es laut Heidelberger Institut für Konfliktforschung 409 politische Konflikte (dieselbe Zahl wie 2014), von denen 16 das Ausmaß eines Krieges erreicht haben. Doch was genau ist ein Krieg eigentlich? Und inwiefern ist diese Definition bedeutsam?
Weiterlesen "la guerre c'est quoi? – Zum Kriegsbegriff und dessen Bedeutung für neutrale Staaten" →
Syrien: Die Utopie des Friedens
8. März 2016 3. Oktober 2016 ~ RJ	~ Kommentar hinterlassen
Seit 5 Jahren schwelt der Konflikt in Syrien. Immer wieder wird die Frage aufgeworfen, weshalb die Welt es nicht schafft, in Syrien Frieden herzustellen und, damit einhergehend, warum der Konflikt so lange andauert.
Weiterlesen "Syrien: Die Utopie des Friedens" →
The West's role in the rise of the Islamic State
6. August 2015 19. Juni 2016 ~ RJ	~ Kommentar hinterlassen
two powerful essays on this delicate topic; to put it in most basic terms: The US (and its allies Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Quatar) supported "moderate" opposition groups in their quest to overthrow Assad and ultimately it turned out that many of those where not as moderate at as they had thought.
http://www.thenation.com/article/how-war-terror-created-worlds-most-powerful-terror-group/
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/03/us-isis-syria-iraq
Turkey's legal justification for its recent attacks against the Kurds and ISIS/ISIL
3. August 2015 30. Mai 2016 ~ RJ	~ Kommentar hinterlassen
The official notification by Turkey concerning its attacks against ISIS/ISIL in Syria can be found here: http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/s_2015_563.pdf
Similar to the US and its allies, Turkey relies on the right to self-defence and, more specifically, the"unwilling or unable"-doctrine, as the legal basis for striking against ISIS/ISIL inside Syria. Most interestingly, however, the letter to the Security Council does not refer to the threat emanating from Kurdish fighters but only ISIS/ISIL (Daesh):
The terrorist attack that took the lives of 32 Turkish citizens in Suruç on 20 July 2015 reaffirms that Turkey is under a clear and imminent threat of continuing attack from Daesh. Most recently, on 23 July 2015, Daesh attacked the border military post in Elbeyli and killed a Turkish soldier.
It is apparent that the regime in Syria is neither capable of nor willing to prevent these threats emanating from its territory, which clearly imperil the security of Turkey and the safety of its nationals.
Individual and collective self-defence is our inherent right under international law, as reflected in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations.
On this basis, Turkey has initiated necessary and proportionate military actions against Daesh in Syria, including in coordination with individual members of the Global Coalition, in order to counter the terrorist threat and to safeguard its territory and citizens.
The legal basis for its military strikes against Iraq, then, is the consent given by the Iraqi government:
http://www.mfa.gov.tr/no_-220_-31-july-2015_-press-release-regarding-the-statement-of-the-iraqi-government-about-turkey_s-operations-towards-the-pkk-targets.en.mfa:
His Excellency called on the Turkish government to coordinate with the Iraqi government about any military operation in those areas, stressing Iraq's keenness on Turkey's internal security and its people's safety, praising the Turkish decision which allowed the use of its airbases by the international coalition to attack the terrorist Daesh organization.
Regarding the attacks against Kurdish fighters located in Iraq, however, the Iraqi government has voiced harsh criticism which comes close to a (partial) withdrawal of its consent, or at least a threat of doing so, denouncing these as "a dangerous escalation and an assault on Iraqi sovereignty" and calling on Turkey to avoid further escalation and seek a resolution to the crisis.
As a reaction, Turkey has stated that Iraq was not fulfilling its duty to prevent any attacks/not to harbor such "terrorists". All in all, it seems as if Turkey is stretching the Iraqi acceptance to conduct attacks against ISIS/ISIL and the Kurds on its territory quite far; however, as long as Iraq does not expliticitly withdraw its consent, there is a legal basis for the Turkish attack:
[…] the negative attitude adopted by the Iraqi Government regarding the steps taken by Turkey within the framework of international of law towards the terrorist attacks faced by our country and the operations conducted by Turkey, in this context, against the PKK terrorist organization located within the borders of Iraq has caused disappointment.
Although the Iraqi Government emphasizes its commitment for not allowing any attack towards Turkey from the Iraqi territories, it is clear that this commitment has not been fulfilled and numerous armed PKK militants have continued to harbor in the Iraqi territory for years. Therefore it is not possible to comprehend or accept that those, who cannot fulfill their commitments, do not have the possibility to keep their borders under control, and one-third of whose territories are under the control of the terrorist organization, have taken a stance against Turkey in its fight against the PKK terrorist organization perpetrating armed attacks towards its citizens and security forces.
That being said, although there is indeed a (somewhat shaky) legal justification – in line with those which have been invoked by other states in attacking ISIS/ISIL in the past, the problem is that Turkey does not restrict its attacks against this group. It is obvious that the balance between striking against ISIS/ISIL and, simultaneously, against the Kurds, the most reliable allies of the West and the US in particular, will cause political and, relatedly, perhaps also legal problems in the near future. Until now, however, Iraq would only withdraw or explicitly restrict its consent for military strikes by Turkey if the US allows it to do so (which seems highly unlikely for the time being).
Lastly, here are some good articles on the Syria/Iraq/ISIS/ISIL/Kurds-quagmire:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33747980 (scroll down for some helpful infographics)
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/31/turkey-goes-to-war-syria-rebels/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/turkey-conflict-with-kurds-was-approving-air-strikes-against-the-pkk-americas-worst-error-in-the-middle-east-since-the-iraq-war-10417381.html
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/29/whats-behind-turkeys-u-turn-on-the-islamic-state-kurds-syria/
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/28/has-the-u-s-just-sold-out-the-kurds/
http://diepresse.com/home/politik/aussenpolitik/4785757/Analyse_Warum-Erdogan-die-PKK-angreift?_vl_backlink=%2Fhome%2Findex.do (in German)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/31/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-kurds-idUSKCN0Q52OH20150731


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Q: What's the practical difference between a 16GB and 32GB iPhone? I'm looking to close a deal on an iPhone. What I am having difficulty understanding is the difference between 16GB and 32GB. When does it matter if you have 32GB and 16GB?
I understand, of course, the technical difference (free space capacity on the internal storage). As a casual smartphone user (have an Android but don't have many apps on it), and a mobile developer, I'm not sure I need 32GB. (I think my Android phone as 8GB, and I'm not using more than half.)
So when does it really matter? What are the "use-cases," if you will, for someone needing or using 32GB but not 16GB?
I'm also not planning to get a data plan, if that matters.

A: Other than cost (for the initial purchase and potentially to repair or replace it) and size, there is no measurable difference in performance, battery life or other function between any of the iPhone 5 models for sale (and certainly within the same carrier in case one LTE model uses slightly more power than another). The same goes for each iPhone (and iPad and iPod) model going back to the first generation of hardware.
Rather than focus on the marketing terms, I like to point out that the usable space isn't really 16 GB on the entry level devices.
A quick survey of friends has shown that you can expect the following amounts of usable space on an iPhone 5 with iOS 6:

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*13.70 GB of space on the 16 GB model

*28.00 GB of space on the 32 GB model

*57.20 GB of space on the 64 GB model

This is the space you will have once the OS is loaded and you start to put HD movies, 28 megapixel panoramic photos and HD quality video onto the device. I have used a 16 GB model iPhone 4 for two years and as a moderately heavy user of iOS apps for work, do constantly run low on space on the device.

I have paid for iTunes Match, and only sync one episode of the 15 podcasts (audio only) so the audio portion is really the songs I listen to all the time. I do have 200 Apps on the device, but the combined load of the data plus the application of the top 30 takes up 6.5 GB of space. The rest of the 170 apps use less than 30 MB of space (that is 0.03 GB) and they sit in folders on screens 4 and 5 of my layout taking neither screen real estate nor storage space.
Before I dive in and give some more advice, I'll leave you with one piece of what I hope is wisdom. Consider how much it costs to replace the device if you drop it on a cement sidewalk.  Also, consider whether you already know how much you will spend on apps - a new user might be better off not being "phone-rich" and "app-poor" from the start. When I bought my "13.75 GB iPhone", I chose to invest in AppleCare plus rather than more RAM. Each person buying the device can certainly live with 16 GB by taking time to prune things, pay for iTunes Match and clear out video and large game apps periodically so it starts to become how much you value your time and whether you will really use the phone as a computer or just make calls and play games on it. Neither is wrong, just that we all have different use cases.
Since the hardware is identical other than storage size, each of us now has a framework to decide if you'll also have an iPod touch in a larger capacity or an iPad (I had a 32 GB iPad when I got this phone and now carry a 64 GB iPad to compensate for my phone's limited storage on the go) and want to skimp on your iPhone. By looking at where else you could spend that up charge for a 32 GB model on perhaps more apps, more insurance, or more eating dinner out. Balance how precious (and valuable in a $ sense) your time is and know picking a smaller device will mean you might have to choose what to do when it fills rather than just go on that weekend trip knowing you can take minutes of video and hundreds of pictures without having to delete some apps that you can re-download when you get home.

A: The difference is 16GB of storage.
How big is your iTunes library? Do you want to carry movies and TV shows on your phone in case you happen to want to watch them while waiting somewhere? How big are the last 1000 photos you've taken in your iPhoto library? Do you like to shoot video with your phone?
Then, what about apps? Some apps are much larger than others. GarageBand and Pages in particular are not small.
There is no external storage like SD card slots, so the capacity you buy is the capacity the device has for its lifetime. For me, 16GB doesn't fit the songs alone I'd want on my iPod, let alone photos, videos, and other app content. On the other hand, one would need to shoot and store a lot of video to run into the 64GB limit (or want to keep a lot of feature-length movies on the phone just in case).

A: There's no difference besides the storage capacity.
As the iPhone does not have an option to extend the memory after purchase, you have to choose the right amount of storage right from the beginning.
You can always manage how much space you use by manually choosing which data to sync (music, photos, movies, apps).
Generally more available space gives you the freedom of not having to manage your sync settings too much.

*

*16GB should be fine for most people, especially if they are willing to make compromises regarding sync settings.

*32GB is good if your like to take lots of photos or have a large music library.

*64GB is good if you record HD movies which increase in size very quickly the longer you record.


What difference will the mid-terms make on U.S.-Latin America policy?
The 30-plus seats that the Democrats gained in Tuesday's elections to gain a majority in the House of Representatives are not likely to have a huge effect on U.S. Latin America policy, but it won't be insignificant either. Here are a few areas on inter-American relations that the shift in the lower house of the U.S. Congress may have on relations with the U.S.'s southern neighbors.
A Latin American hand rises to head the House Foreign Relations Committee: According to a New York Times piece before the election, New York representative Eliot Engel will likely rise from the ranking minority member to become the chairperson of the Foreign Relations Committee in a Democrat-majority House. Congressman Engel is well known to Latin Americanists, having served as ranking member of the Western Hemisphere sub-committee and chair of the sub-committee when Democrats last held the house (2007-10). If his rise to committee chair comes to pass, it will be the first time in recent memory that we have had a foreign relations chairman well-steeped in the region. More important, though, are the stands Congressman Engel has taken on issues. No soft, deluded lefty, Engel has called out human rights abuses in Nicaragua and Venezuela, most recently condemning the fraudulent election of Nicolas Maduro in May this year, and denouncing Daniel Ortega's repression of protestors in Nicaragua in April. At the same time, the Congressman from New York's 16th District (which includes part of the Bronx and Westchester county), has issued strong public statements in support of the CICIG Commissioner and the organization's work in Guatemala, LGBT rights and called for maintaining Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. The congressman is a member of the House Caucus on Human Rights and the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus. Several of the predictions that follow draw from the congressman's strong positions from the past and the implications of his likely rise to become chair of the committee.
Continued support for increasing sanctions on Venezuela: Today no one but the most deluded can defend the economic, political and humanitarian disaster that is Venezuela. Where chavismo once could count on a few supporters in Congress, today there is no serious disagreement on the need for greater pressure on Venezuela, the question is more one of degree and faith in mediation. Even the latter is becoming impossible to support if conducted under conditions similar to the past charades. In this, Engel and others are more likely not just to pay attention to the situation in Venezuela but to embrace the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to tighten individual sanctions against officials. The question is whether Democrats in the House would endorse broader sanctions on the country's economy. Although it is the executive's prerogative whether to impose such broad sanctions, the legislative branch could—if it opposed them—raise questions and hold hearings on their efficacy and likely impact.
Greater accountability on foreign assistance: It was Congressman Engel who signaled that President Trump's threats to cut off U.S. bilateral aid to Central American countries would be illegal. Trump's extra-legal threats aside, Democrats have always been more committed to foreign assistance. As a result, past efforts by the administration to cut foreign aid and soft-diplomacy programs such as educational exchange in its budget submissions to Congress are likely to meet stiffer resistance from a Democrat-controlled House.
Looking beyond the "Troika of Tyranny": National Security Advisor John Bolton's much-trumpeted Latin America policy speech made only passing mention of Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Brazil, focusing instead on the dictatorships in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. While a stiffening of policy toward those three governments may be necessary, it should not be done at the expense of other countries and their priority issues: development, anti-narcotics assistance, anti-corruption, security, trade, and—yes—immigration. Now, with Assistant Secretary of State Kimberly Breier sworn in and a shift in leadership in the House that looks beyond the "Triangle of Terrorism/Troika of Tyranny" the foundation is set for broader engagement with the rest of the hemisphere.
Greater accountability for Trump Administration allies in the hemisphere: In his Miami speech, Bolton cited the administration of president elect of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil as a like-minded government, raising the specter of greater collaboration with a former army captain who has called for greater military involvement in the government and promised an all-out war against crime and insecurity. It's a dangerous alliance given Bolsonaro's populist, misogynistic and military affinities—one that the POTUS shares in many respects. With the House Foreign Affairs Committee now free from the shadow of the White House, the U.S. legislature—or at least one chamber—is in a far stronger position to serve as a check on a potential Bolsonaro-Trump bro-mance, using its position to call out creeping militarization of police and government functions, violations of human and political rights (including LGBT rights) and the erosion of the checks and balances of democratic government. Given the Brazilian president-elect's campaign rhetoric and past, it seems quite likely. Now Brazilian human rights have a non-partisan platform regardless of ideology and favoritism over narrow policy objectives. The same is true for Honduras and Guatemala, or any of the other governments over whose abuses of human rights and democratic norms the Trump administration has so far remained silent in the name of ideological and policy affinities.
Trade: The one area where the Democratic majority in the House may not bode well is in trade liberalization. As Daniel Drezner wrote this week, the election results reinforced the positions of many anti-free-trade Democrats, including Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, who has been a longstanding foe of trade deals. This new tide of trade-skeptic Democrats, not just in the House but nationally, may find common cause with Trump and trade-skeptic Republicans, complicating the confirmation of the updated NAFTA deal, putting the chill on future trade talks, and certainly extending the U.S.'s absence from participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership.
These are some of the areas I can think of now. Are there more? Possibly. Hopefully, with a bigger platform, the Democrats are better positioned to knock down unwise, dangerous musings of President Trump and his officials of a military option or a coup d'etat in Venezuela or completely closing down meaningful exchange with Cuba. Can they engage the rest of the hemisphere? There's hope.


Heroin and other opiates are tightly controlled substances under Georgia law, where possession of any amount of the drug is a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. A second conviction for selling heroin can result in a life sentence. But Georgia courts often divert minors who have been arrested for drug possession to community-based rehabilitation programs in lieu of incarceration in juvenile detention centers.
Learn about Georgia heroin laws in the summary table and article below. See FindLaw's Drug Charges section for additional details.
Code Section 16-13-20, et seq.
Possession 4 g. or more is trafficking: Possession of any amount is a felony punishable with minimum 2-15 yrs.; Subsequent offense: minimum 5-30 yrs.
One of the biggest justifications for strict heroin laws is the fact that heroin is extremely addicting. Courts, and the legislature, want to create a strong disincentive against using heroin, because the burdens and harms that come from drug addiction affect more than just the drug user his or herself. Drug addicts are more likely to commit theft or other crimes in order to pay for drugs, once they have exhausted their personal funds. Drug addiction can also put a heavy burden on hospitals, and intravenous drug use can spread diseases quickly. Also, drug addiction can have drastic effects on a person's family, including divorce, loss of custody, and even domestic violence.
In Georgia, possession of any amount of heroin is a felony that is punishable with a minimum two year prison term. However, the prison term can be up to 15 years for a first offense. For a second possession offense, the minimum sentence is two years in prison, and can be up to thirty years in jail.
Under Georgia law, selling heroin is a greater offense than mere possession, because the drug dealer enables the drug user, and may even get other non-users to become addicted. Any heroin sale is an automatic felony, with a minimum five year jail term. The first offense can put someone in jail for thirty years. Anyone convicted selling heroin more than once will be put in jail for life.
Trafficking heroin generally includes importing, exporting, or transporting heroin. Mere possession of four or more grams of heroin in Georgia is automatically considered to be heroin trafficking. Trafficking between four and fourteen grams of heroin garners an automatic five year jail sentence, and a fifty thousand dollar fine. Trafficking up to twenty eight grams earns a ten year sentence and one hundred thousand dollar fine. Trafficking over twenty eight grams will get you a mandatory sentence of at least twenty five years, and a fine of five hundred thousand dollars.
Children under eighteen years of age may have the possibility of appearing in juvenile court if they are charged with a heroin crime. Conviction in juvenile court may send them to a diversion program rather than jail. However, the seriousness of the crime may require that their case is heard in adult court.
State laws are constantly changing -- contact a Georgia drug crime attorney or conduct your own legal research to verify the state law(s) you are researching.
It can be difficult knowing where to turn when you've been charged with a drug crime, particularly if you also need treatment for substance abuse. If you've been charged under Georgia heroin laws, or any other drug crime, it's a good idea to contact a local drug crime lawyer who can explain the charges and the defenses that may be available to you.


All diets start with the best intentions, but even those with high ambitions lose steam after the first few weeks. Making gradual lifestyle choices can be difficult at first, but after a while, they become like second nature. Here are some tips to keep your healthy diet going long enough for it to become an effortless part of your everyday life.
-Talk to your doctor about your weight loss goals. He knows your health history and what your biggest dietary needs are. Your doctor can help you determine what type of diet is healthiest for you – whether you need a low-fat diet or low-carbohydrate diet – and how fast and how much weight you should lose.
-Start a food diary. It may seem silly at first, but tracking what you eat and how many calories you are consuming can help you determine what your biggest hurdles are. Be sure to record everything, even that piece of cookie dough you snuck while baking. All that mindless snacking really adds up. Eventually, counting calories will become like second nature, and you won't need to rely on the food diary.
-Create a diet that fits your tastes. Just because you're watching calories doesn't mean you have to eat foods you don't enjoy. Eating food you like will help you feel more satisfied with less and keep you from getting discouraged with your diet plan. There are simple adjustments you can make that will cut a surprising amount of calories. For example, if you struggle with high cholesterol, you should replace butter with better, cholesterol-free options like olive oil or a soy margarine with zero trans-fats.
Preparing your own meals can also help you with portion control. If you're feeling particularly hungry one day, steam up some extra vegetables.
-Shop more consciously. Don't keep junk food in the house. If it's there, you'll eat it. If it isn't and you're hungry, you'll go for whatever healthy treat you have in the house.
-Get active. You may feel like you don't have time to start exercising regularly, but maybe you should become more conscious of how you spend your free time. Include how you spend your free time in your food journal as well so you become more conscious of the amount of time you spend sitting in front of the computer or television screen.
A weight loss supplement, such as Dr. Agin's Skinny D, can help jump-start your weight loss by making you feel less hungry and more satisfied. People who take Skinny D, which is available at Dr. Newton's Naturals, report losing more weight during the first few weeks of their diet plans.


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De : John Lanchester
Lu par : Will Poulter
Kavanagh begins his life patrolling the Wall. If he's lucky, if nothing goes wrong, he only has two years of this, 729 more nights. The best thing that can happen is that he survives and gets off the Wall and never has to spend another day of his life anywhere near it. He longs for this to be over; longs to be somewhere else. He will soon find out what Defenders do and who the Others are. Along with the rest of his squad, he will endure cold and fear day after day, night after night.
When All Is Said
De : Anne Griffin
Lu par : Niall Buggy
If you had to pick five people to sum up your life, who would they be? If you were to raise a glass to each of them, what would you say? And what would you learn about yourself, when all is said and done? This is the story of Maurice Hannigan, an Irish farmer. Over the course of a Saturday night in June, he orders five drinks at the Rainsford House Hotel, and with each he toasts a key person from his life: his adored older brother; his troubled sister-in-law; his daughter of 15 minutes; his son far off in America; and his late, much missed wife.
De : Erin Morgenstern
Lu par : Dominic Hoffman, full cast
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues - a bee, a key, and a sword.
An Orchestra of Minorities
De : Chigozie Obioma
Lu par : Chukwudi Iwuji
A young farmer named Chinonso prevents a woman from falling to her death. Bonded by this strange night on the bridge, he and Ndali fall in love, but it is a mismatch according to her family who reject him because of his lowly status. Is it love or madness that makes Chinonso think he can change his destiny? Set across Nigeria and Cyprus, An Orchestra of Minorities, written in the mythic style of the Igbo tradition, weaves a heart-wrenching tale about fate versus free will.
Girl, Woman, Other
De : Bernardine Evaristo
Lu par : Anna-Maria Nabirye
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Girl, Woman, Other, written by Bernardine Evaristo, read by Anna-Maria Nabirye. Teeming with life and crackling with energy, told through many distinctive voices, this novel follows the lives of 12 very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years.
De : Elizabeth Strout
Lu par : Kimberly Farr
At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive's own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
De : Ottessa Moshfegh
Lu par : Julia Whelan
Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate; she works an easy job at a hip art gallery and lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like the rest of her needs, by her inheritance. But there is a dark and vacuous hole in her heart, and it isn't just the loss of her parents, or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her, or her sadomasochistic relationship with her best friend, Reva. It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong?
De : George Saunders
Lu par : Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, and others
The long-awaited first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented. February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill.
De : Sarah Perry
Lu par : Emilia Fox
Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But her sheltered life is about to change. A strange manuscript has come into her possession. It is filled with testimonies from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure them away for a lifetime wandering alongside her.
Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother's happiness in a foreign country; and the adult Lucy Barton (the heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton, the author's celebrated New York Times best seller) returns to visit her siblings after 17 years of absence.
Harry Hole, Book 12
De : Jo Nesbo
Lu par : Sean Barrett
A man like Harry had better watch his back...Following the dramatic conclusion of number one best seller The Thirst, Knife sees Harry Hole waking up with a ferocious hangover, his hands and clothes covered in blood. Not only is Harry about to come face to face with an old, deadly foe, but with his darkest personal challenge yet.
Conversations with Friends
De : Sally Rooney
Lu par : Aoife McMahon
Frances is a 21-year-old college student in Dublin; she performs at spoken word events with her best friend and ex-lover, Bobbi. When they are profiled by journalist Melissa, they enter an orbit of beautiful houses and raucous dinner parties. Initially unimpressed, Frances begins an affair with Nick, Melissa's husband, which gives way to an unexpected intimacy.
De : Lisa Taddeo
Lu par : Tara Lynne Barr, Marin Ireland, Mena Suvari, and others
It thrills us and torments us. It controls our thoughts, destroys our lives, and it's all we live for. Yet, we almost never speak of it. And as a buried force in our lives, desire remains largely unexplored - until now. Over the past eight years, journalist Lisa Taddeo has driven across the country six times to embed herself with ordinary women from different regions and backgrounds. The result, Three Women, is the deepest nonfiction portrait of desire ever written and one of the most anticipated books of the year.
Agent Running in the Field
De : John le Carré
Lu par : John le Carré
Nat, a 47-year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie.
An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club)
De : Tayari Jones
Lu par : Sean Crisden, Eisa Davis
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding.
Heartbreaking, heartfelt and human.
Écrit par : marie le 03/12/2019
The Second Sleep
De : Robert Harris
Lu par : Roy McMillan
Late one afternoon in April in the Year of Our Risen Lord 1468 a solitary traveller was to be observed picking his way on horseback across the wild moorland of that ancient region of south-western England known since Saxon times as Wessex....
Spoiler: disappointing end
Écrit par : Dugthehunter le 15/12/2019
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
De : Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Lu par : Beata Pozniak
In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then, a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon, other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind....
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019
Not far from London, there is a village.
This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England's mysterious past and its confounding present.
It belongs to Mad Pete, the grizzled artist. To ancient Peggy, gossiping at her gate. To families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved here.
But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort, who has woken from his slumber in the woods. Dead Papa Toothwort, who is listening to them all.
Chimerical, audacious, strange and wonderful - a song to difference and imagination, to friendship, youth and love, Lanny is the globally anticipated new novel from Max Porter.
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Thanks for reading my last post in the series of Writing Sundays. I hope these posts have given you some good ideas about writing. I enjoy debriefing about my trials and tribulations as I teach writing.
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'You are ripping all of us off:' city councillor concerned about TTC fare evasion
Chris Fox, CP24.com
Published Friday, March 18, 2016 8:55AM EDT
Last Updated Friday, March 18, 2016 3:10PM EDT
A Toronto city councillor wants TTC staff to weigh in on what steps can be taken to cut down on the number of people that hop on streetcars without paying a fare.
In a report that will be considered by the TTC board of directors next week, Coun. Joe Mihevc calls for staff to provide an "approximate value" of the money lost to fare evasion and bring forward some "possible corrective actions" that could be taken to reduce it.
"I take the streetcar virtually every day on St. Clair. I notice the number of people boarding on the back door and I do wonder whether some of them are getting a free ride," Mihevc told CP24 on Friday afternoon. "I have never been asked by a fare checker and I have never seen them checking other people either. The honour system is present in many cities around the world but those cities don't rely as much on the fare box as we do. We can't just turn a blind eye to it."
There are about 60 TTC fare inspectors currently on the job but that number is expected to hit 80 by later this spring.
Speaking with CP24 on Friday, spokesperson Brad Ross said that fare enforcement is still a relatively new concept for the TTC and urged Mihevc and others concerned about fare evasion to be patient.
The TTC estimates that about 4 per cent of riders are approached by a fare enforcement officer and asked for proof of payment.
"This is very new for the TTC and for our customers. We are very much in the education and information stage. It was really just December when all streetcars became proof of payment," Ross said. "We still need to ramp up more fare inspectors but by the end of this spring we will be up to our full compliment. While you may not see a fare inspector for several weeks, you may see one at the end of the day next week."
Fare evasion could be a bigger problem than TTC realizes
The TTC says that about two per cent of its potential revenue is lost to fare invasion but Mihevc said he suspects the number is actually higher than that.
That, Mihevc says, is a big problem considering that about 70 per cent of the TTC's budget comes from the fare box.
"If you are cheating shame on you. You are ripping all of us," he told CP24. "We are now looking at a 30 million deficit at the TTC which means less streetcars and less buses and some of that is because some people aren't paying. That's not fair."
In his report, Mihevec said he wants TTC staff to report back on the willingness of drivers to verify payment as well the "growing confidence by patrons to enter (streetcars) without paying."
Mihevc also said he wants staff to provide information about the likelihood of riders using a pre-recorded sound to defraud the Presto system.
People exit and board a TTC streetcar on Queen Street. (Chris Kitching/CP24)