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My practice generates sensory experiences that forge deep connections with the natural world. The work responds to specific places, informing durational relationships to land. Through fieldwork and experimental research, I look at the stories embedded in soil, shifting ecologies, human impacts, and how communities inhabit specific places through their traditional knowledge. This process-driven practice manifests as an expansive body of sculptures, scents, collections, crops, dinners, performances, and even food systems that range from solitary daily tasks to large civic engagements.
Alexis Elton is an artist working with site-as-material to form connections with plants, soil, and other living beings. Her work is situated where art and agrarian systems meet with aims to create ephemeral sensory encounters. As a farmer and adobe builder, her artwork is informed by the field; likewise, fieldwork is Alexis' creative practice.
From 2008-2015, Alexis co-operated Jubilee Farm in Chimayo, a rural village in Northern New Mexico. There she maintained a studio in the oldest plaza in the U.S., a historic building made from adobe bricks. Committed to exploring place, her work continues to take form through land reclamation, as native seed saving initiatives, farm and art education programs, and food production. Merging the everyday tasks of land-base living with a studio art sensibility, she creates opportunities to experience the natural world through physical labor, through slowness, and through the senses.
Alexis earned a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has shown her work internationally and nationally including Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India; 5 x 5, Washington, DC; and Kingston Sculpture Biennale, Kingston, NY. She has received awards from Joan Mitchell Foundation, Santa Fe Art Institute, and NYFA, among others. Alexis grew up in New York's Hudson Valley, NY where she now lives.
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Tread Perilously -- The Shield: Co-Pilot
Tread Perilously returns to cop shows with the great early-aughts The Shield. Unfortunately, it means watching the second season episode "Co-Pilot."
Detective Vic Mackey angles to get himself and his partner on the new anti-gang Strike Team in the soon-to-open substation in the Farmington District of Los Angeles. He...
Tread Perilously -- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
With Justin and Erik away at Comic-Con, we present a special episode featuring a film -- which started as a television pilot -- Justin has been avoiding for decades ... Star Trek: The Motion Picture!
When an alien force of unbelievable destructive power threatens the Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk takes his sweet time...
Tread Perilously -- The Newsroom: Oh Shenandoah
Tread Perilously makes its first trip into the wild world of Aaron Sorkin with an episode he had to call "Oh Shenandoah." To be honest, we're not completely sure why he did that.
While Will sits in the clink and refuses to give up his source, Charlie Skinner continues the relentless march toward Twitter integration on...
Tread Perilously -- Special Review Unit: Hothouse
Tread Perilously returns to the case files of the Special Review Unit for an episode that warns against an education method more extreme than the common core.
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(SYKESVILLE, MD) –Governor Larry Hogan will join Maryland State Police Superintendent, Colonel William Pallozzi as the keynote speaker for the 145th Trooper Candidate Class Graduation tomorrow.
The trooper candidates have endured 26 weeks of rigorous training in a residential police academy that demands their very best, at all times. After graduation, each trooper is required to complete eight weeks of additional field training with an experienced trooper before they are able to patrol alone. Families, friends and fellow members of the Maryland State Police and other law enforcement agencies will be present at the graduation ceremony.
This class includes 46 trooper candidates. Thirteen are military veterans, three are emergency medical technicians or volunteer firefighters and six are following in the footsteps of family members. As a class, they participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Maryland and the Howard County Police Pace 5K race in Columbia.
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The Washington Post: Despite high court's decision on N.C. voting law, activists worry about chief justice
Cooper v. Harris
J. Gerald Hebert of the Campaign Legal Center, one of the groups that had fought the North Carolina law, said two things became immediately clear. First, North Carolina legislative leaders would immediately begin rewriting the law. They will take pains to avoid some of the ham-handed legislative maneuvers that caused Judge Diana Gribbon Motz, writing for the 4th Circuit panel, to declare that the state had passed a law in the absence of a problem and "restricted voting and registration in five different ways, all of which disproportionately affected African Americans." Second, Roberts made it clear the justices were not endorsing the 4th Circuit's reasoning by passing on the case. His statement was unusual — only on rare occasion during more than a decade on the job has Roberts explained his vote not to take a case — and it sent what seemed to be a signal for states whose laws are challenged to bring them to the Supreme Court.


In December 2016, Civic Exchange published a report on urban wellbeing indicators in Shanghai. To download the report, click on the link above.
Shanghai residents are generally satisfied with their lives (scored 7.4 out of 10).
81% of Shanghai residents would prefer to stay in their city, even if they had the choice to move elsewhere. This implies that Shanghai might not have the "brain drain" concerns of Hong Kong and Singapore.
Slightly more than half of Shanghai residents feel the city has improved over the years, with a clear majority feeling it is a good place for children and the elderly.
Three issues stood out as the most important to residents: Housing (20%), medical care (19%) and education (18%).
Environmental concerns were cited by relatively fewer residents (12%), but were seen as important by particular groups, like students and artists.
Out-of-province migrant workers were generally optimistic and saw Shanghai as a desirable destination, but were less satisfied than average Shanghai residents with their daily lives.
Migrant workers generally live in smaller, rented premises, compared to Shanghai residents, who were more likely to own homes. Large proportions of migrants were dissatisfied with their housing compared to residents. They were also more concerned with medical care, less satisfied with doctors' care, and in general in poorer health.
In conclusion, Shanghai residents are generally satisfied, optimistic about the future and see their city as a good place to live. However, there is inequality between full residents and migrants in terms of their happiness with access to housing, medical care and education.


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on this day 5/8 1958 – U.S. President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard out of Little Rock as Ernest Green became the first black to graduate from an Arkansas public school.
1096 – Peter the Hermit and his army reached Hungary. They passed through without incident.
1450 – Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolted against King Henry VI.
1541 – Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. He called it Rio de Espiritu Santo.
1794 – Antoine Lavoisier was executed by guillotine. He was the French chemist that discovered oxygen.
1794 – The United States Post Office was established.
1846 – The first major battle of the Mexican War was fought. The battle occurred in Palo Alto, TX.
1847 – The rubber tire was patented by Robert W. Thompson.
1879 – George Selden applied for the first automobile patent.
1886 – Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invented what would later be called "Coca-Cola."
1904 – U.S. Marines landed in Tangier to protect the Belgian legation.
1914 – The U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution that designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
1915 – H.P. Whitney's Regret became the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby.
1919 – The first transatlantic flight took-off by a navy seaplane.
1921 – Sweden abolished capital punishment.
1933 – Gandhi began a hunger strike to protest British oppression in India.
1939 – Clay Puett's electric starting gate was used for the first time.
1943 – The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto.
1945 – U.S. President Harry Truman announced that World War II had ended in Europe.
1954 – Parry O'Brien became the first to toss a shot put over 60 feet. O'Brien achieved a distance of 60 feet 5 1/4 inches.
1956 – Alfred E. Neuman appeared on the cover of "Mad Magazine" for the first time.
1958 – U.S. President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard out of Little Rock as Ernest Green became the first black to graduate from an Arkansas public school.
1959 – Mike and Marian Ilitch founded "Little Caesars Pizza Treat".
1960 – Diplomatic relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union resumed.
1961 – New Yorkers selected a new name for their new National League baseball franchise. They chose the Mets.
1970 – Construction workers broke up an anti-war protest on New York City's Wall Street.
1973 – Militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
1984 – The Soviet Union announced that they would not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles.
1985 – "New Coke" was released to the public on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola.
1986 – Reporters were told that 84,000 people had been evacuated from areas near the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet Ukraine.
1998 – A pipe burst leaving a million residents without water in Malaysia's capital area. This added to four days of shortages that 2 million already faced.
1999 – The first female cadet graduated from The Citadel military college.
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Si laureò in Fisica all'Università di Genova e diventò ricercatore presso la stessa università. Lavorò successivamente all'Istituto di Fisica dell'Università di Milano, al Centro Studi Nucleari di Saclay (Francia) e al Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA).

Nel 1967 si trasferì con la famiglia a Palermo, dove assunse la cattedra di Fisica Superiore presso la Facoltà di Scienze. Anche in questa città il suo contributo scientifico fu essenziale, fu fondatore e direttore per molti anni dell'Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica del CNR di Palermo e divenne membro dell'Accademia dei Lincei.

Nella sua lunga e premiata carriera, ricevette la laurea honoris causa alla Université de Paris "Denis Diderot" e il premio "Bruno Rossi" della American Astronomical Society. Fece parte poi di numerosi comitati di consulenza del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, dell'Agenzia Spaziale Europea, dell'Agenzia Spaziale Italiana e dell'Accademia delle Scienze di Russia.

Trascorse gli ultimi giorni nel suo paese natale, cui era rimasto sempre molto legato, e lì si  spense nel 2006.

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A Look At The Bigger Financial Ramifications Of The Egypt Crisis
Mamta Badkar
Riots in Egypt have shut down business operations and kept the nation's stock market (EGX) closed for a second day after it fell 16% last week.
Its ripple effects have been most visible in Abu Dhabi and Dubai where shares plummeted to a 14 and 8 month low respectively, according to Bloomberg.
Emaar Properties PJSC, a Dubai-based company on the Dow Jones Arabia Titans Index, is said to be Egypt's biggest foreign direct investor and lost 8.3% in the real-estate sector, Bloomberg reported.
The unrest has hurt yields on Egypt's dollar bonds that mature in 2020, which reached their highest since they were first issued in April 2010, jumping 67 bps to 6.97% on Friday. Credit-default swaps insuring Egyptian debt jumped 123 bps last week Bloomberg reported.
While Egyptian businessmen are fleeing the country, international companies have begun to suspend operations and evacuate their expatriates. Oil magnate, Hussein Salem who has a 28% stake in East Mediterranean Gas also fled the country, while the company saw its shares drop on Israel's TA-25 Index which fell 3.8%.
All of Heineken's expatriate employees were evacuated and local employees were asked to stay home as operations were shut down according to the Wall Street Journal. Nissan is keeping its operations shut through Thursday, GM's operations have been disrupted as well while Coca Cola's Cairo plant suspended operations till the unrest settles down.
Though the Suez Canal is safe for commerce now, Danish shipping and oil giant A.P. Moller-Maersk which has 7,000 employees in Egypt and operates in the Suez canal has suspended activities for the moment according to Reuters.
Some like Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris however see the unrest as a step towards democracy. He has taken contrarian investing to a whole new level and is reportedly buying up Egyptian stocks.
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By James Azadian
James Azadian is a Member in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices of Dykema Gossett LLP. He heads the firm's California Appellate Practice and also serves as the co-leader of the firm's nationwide Appellate and Critical Motion Practice. JAzadian@Dykema.com
Amy Coney Barrett is the fifth woman to join the Supreme Court, the second female justice nominated by a Republican president, and the first woman to fill a vacancy created by another woman on the Court, with the passing of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She is also the first justice who is the mother of school-aged children (seven, to be exact) and, as noted by then-Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, "this is the first time in American history that we've nominated a woman who's unashamedly pro-life and embraces her faith without apology." Of the current justices, Justice Barrett is the only one who did not receive her law degree from Harvard or Yale, and the only justice in the Court's history to graduate from Notre Dame Law School.
Before Justice Barrett was nominated to the Supreme Court, she served as a law clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, as a law professor at her alma mater, and as a federal court of appeals judge. During her circuit judge confirmation hearing in 2017, her name made headlines when certain senators pressed about her faith and how it may impact her forthcoming jurisprudence. "The dogma lives loudly within you," California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein sternly told Barrett during the hearing. Those comments were widely criticized as showing religious bigotry in the Senate's consideration of Barrett for the circuit post. Undeterred, Barrett responded: "I would never impose my own personal convictions upon the law."


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Barn Owl Life History
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Barn Owls live in open habitats across most of the lower 48 United States and extend into a few parts of southern Canada (as well as in much of the rest of the world). These include grasslands, deserts, marshes, agricultural fields, strips of forest, woodlots, ranchlands, brushy fields, and suburbs and cities. They nest in tree cavities, caves, and in buildings (often barns but also including Yankee Stadium). In the Andes they occur as high as 13,000 feet elevation. Back to top
Barn Owls eat mostly small mammals, particularly rats, mice, voles, lemmings, and other rodents; also shrews, bats, and rabbits. Most of the prey they eat are active at night, so squirrels and chipmunks are relatively safe from Barn Owls. They occasionally eat birds such as starlings, blackbirds, and meadowlarks. Nesting Barn Owls sometimes store dozens of prey items at the nest site while they are incubating to feed the young once they hatch. Back to top
Barn Owls put their nests in holes in trees, cliff ledges and crevices, caves, burrows in river banks, and in many kinds of human structures, including barn lofts, church steeples, houses, nest boxes, haystacks, and even drive-in movie screens.
The female makes a simple nest of her own regurgitated pellets, shredded with her feet and arranged into a cup. Unlike most birds, owls may use their nest sites for roosting throughout the year. Nest sites are often reused from year to year, often by different owls.
Clutch Size: 2-18 eggs
Number of Broods: 1-3 broods
Egg Length: 1.5-1.7 in (3.9-4.4 cm)
Egg Width: 1.2-1.3 in (3.1-3.4 cm)
Incubation Period: 29-34 days
Nestling Period: 50-55 days
Egg Description: Dull white, often dirtied by the nest.
Condition at Hatching: Helpless, covered in white down.
Barn Owls fly slowly over open fields at night or dusk with slow wingbeats and a looping, buoyant flight. They use their impressive hearing, aided by their satellite-dish-shaped faces, to locate mice and other rodents in the grass, often in complete darkness. Barn Owls are usually monogamous and mate for life, although there are some reports of males with more than one mate. Males attract their mates with several kinds of display flights, including a "moth flight" where he hovers in front of a female for several seconds, his feet dangling. He also displays potential nest sites by calling and flying in and out of the nest. After the pair forms, the male brings prey to the female (often more than she can consume), beginning about a month before she starts laying eggs. Barn Owls defend the area around their nests, but don't defend their hunting sites; more than one pair may hunt on the same fields. Back to top
Barn Owls are difficult to count because they're nocturnal and secretive, so population sizes are hard to estimate. Owing in part to this difficulty, the North American Breeding Bird Survey could not detect a significant population change between 1966 and 2014, although it appears that their numbers have slightly increased in that time. Partners in Flight estimates a global breeding population of 2 million, with 7% living in the U.S. and 2% in Mexico. They rate a 9 out of 20 on the Continental Concern Score and are not on the 2016 State of the Birds Watch List. Barn Owls are threatened by the conversion of agricultural land to urban and suburban development, and the loss of suitable nesting sites such as large, hollow trees and old buildings. Changes to agricultural fields and grasslands can also affect Barn Owls through changes to their prey populations. Barn Owls were affected by the use of DDT-related pesticides, and they may be susceptible to poisons used against rodents, since they form a large part of the owls' diet. Because Barn Owls hunt by flying low over fields, they are often hit by cars; planting hedgerows alongside roads can help prevent this from happening. Nest boxes (of the correct size) have helped Barn Owl populations recover in areas where natural nest sites were scarce.Back to top
Consider putting up a nest box to attract a breeding pair. Make sure you put it up well before breeding season. Attach a guard to keep predators from raiding eggs and young. Find out more about nest boxes on our Attract Birds pages. You'll find plans for building a nest box of the appropriate size on our All About Birdhouses site.
Lutmerding, J. A. and A. S. Love. Longevity records of North American birds. Version 2015.2. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Bird Banding Laboratory 2015.
Marti, Carl D., Alan F. Poole and Louis R. Bevier. (2005). Barn Owl (Tyto alba), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Roulin, A. (1999). Nonrandom pairing by male Barn Owls (Tyto alba) with respect to a female plumage trait. Behavioral Ecology 10:688-695.
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Learn to Identify the Distinctive Calls of Owls
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In recent years, Rachel Rose has quickly risen to prominence for her compelling video installations and films. In her work, the artist often explores how our relationship to landscape, storytelling and belief systems around mortality are inseparably linked to one other. Through multiple subject matter — whether investigating the use of cryonics to extend life after death, narratives of abandonment in children's literature, or the sensory experience of zero gravity in outer space — she questions what it is that makes us human and how we seek to alter and escape that designation.
For her first large scale solo exhibition in Germany, the artist, born 1986 in New York, will present a selection of her video installations and a new series of sculptures at the Fridericianum.
DESERTO-MODELO
"Deserto-Modelo" is the title of the Fridericianum's presentation of the first larger-scale institutional solo show by the artist Lucas Arruda, who was born in São Paulo in 1983. Arruda's work comprises paintings, prints, light installations, slide projections and films. It reflects his intensive, dedicated examination of a wide spectrum of subjects, ranging from the conceptual framework of the genre that is painting to the existential conditions of life itself. A particular feature of Arruda's praxis is his portrayal of landscapes and seascapes, although his work never references specific locations. On the contrary, he is concerned with capturing those imaginary places evoked by thoughts of landscapes and seascapes, and with looking into the light conditions, atmospheres and emotions connected with them. However, many of his works are characterized by such a degree of abstraction that the reference to a landscape is only suggested by the horizon lines that are present to varying extents. Independent of the degree of their legibility, his visual formulations give rise to a moment of deceleration and concentration and thus, with an incisive, but silent power, contradict the ever- faster rhythms of life today.
"Deserto-Modelo" June 6 – September 8, 2019
EUPHORIC RECALL
For more than six decades now, Ron Nagle has been producing works characterized by the fact that they manifest a maximum height of 20 cm. Despite their limited heights, these works, made among other things of ceramics, plastics, glazing agents and car paint, boast a presence and an effect which could hardly be more impressive. This accounts for the unique status of Nagle's work within the sculpture genre and results from his works' interplay of unusual shapes, diverse colors and tactile surfaces. Accordingly, in his objects, shapes with an organic feel to them meet architectural elements, brightly gleaming colors are confronted with unobtrusive, restrained hues and rough, porous surfaces contrasted with high-gloss ones. His work is not only uncommonly fresh, soulful and sophisticated; it is also mysterious and sometimes surreal. Nagle moreover provides his work with additional levels of meaning by furnishing it with elaborate titles which are usually characterized by a great propensity for wordplay and humor.
"Euphoric Recall" at the Fridericianum is the first solo show in Germany by Nagle, who was born in San Francisco in 1939. An artist book is being published to mark the show, which is being realized in cooperation with the Vienna Secession (November 23, 2019 – February 9, 2020) .
"Euphoric Recall" June 6 – September 8, 2019
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Stephen O'Connor & the Constant Flux of "The Country Doctor"
One of the things I love about the stories in Stephen O'Connor's new collection, Here Comes Another Lesson, is the way the scenes play out in staccato bursts—check out "Ziggurat," in which a Minotaur wandering through a postmodern Labyrinth happens upon a teenage girl who isn't nearly as terrified of him as perhaps she ought to be, and you'll see what I mean. (The story right after it in the collection, "White Fire," deploys much the same tactic in a more psychologically realistic fashion, as a soldier coming home from Iraq struggles to get his life back the way it was; it's so effective that you might miss the sheer brutality of his failure the first time you read through, only to have it hit you at the story's end. And then there's the sequence of stories sprinkled throughout the book featuring Charles, "the professor of atheism," who fumbles through a variety of scenarios that sorely test his lack of belief in the divine. Whether he's writing in a surrealist or a realist mode, there's a dream-like quality to O'Connor's prose that will remind many readers of Kafka—no accident, as O'Connor reveals in this essay about the inspiration he found in a particulary vivid Kafka short story.
The first time I read Franz Kafka's "A Country Doctor"—at around age twelve—I had the distinct impression that I was discovering myself, that in his language and images, and in particular in his always surprising juxtapositions and narrative turns, I was experiencing something essential about the way I was and wanted to be in this world.
The story opens with a long, breathless sentence:
"I was in a great perplexity; I had to start on an urgent journey; a seriously ill patient was waiting for me in a village ten miles off; a thick blizzard of snow filled all the wide spaces between him and me; I had a gig, a light gig with big wheels, exactly right for our country roads; muffled in furs, my bag of instruments in my hand, I was in the courtyard all ready for the journey; but there was no horse to be had, no horse."
By the time I reached the end of this sentence, I already had a sense of the terrific understatement that its first six words would soon turn out to be. I could feel the narrator's barely suppressed hysteria through his repetitions ("a gig, a light gig;" "no horse to be had, no horse"), through the intensity of his adjectives and adverbs ("great," "urgent," "seriously"), and in the way six short sentences had been jumbled into one outburst. What is more, I had a sense that neither the narrator nor the world in which he existed was quite normal. Why had he bothered, for example, to emphasize what we would have expected: that his gig was suitable for the local terrain? And why was he waiting in his frigid courtyard when, not merely was his gig still unhitched, there was no horse for it? And then there was the simple oddness of a doctor, a man of science, alone, "muffled in furs," passively waiting for fate to change, and the peculiar implication that, since the blizzard only "filled all the wide spaces between" one place and another, it had somehow stayed outside the boundaries of each.
This was a world in which things could go very wrong (people became seriously ill, horses vanished) and in which one was deprived even of the consoling expectation that people and things would behave in a normal, predicable and rational way—a world in which one could accept that the doctor's "perplexity" was "great" indeed, and expect that it would only become greater.
The brilliance of Kafka's best stories is that they always exceed the expectations they encourage. We might assume that the doctor would eventually find a horse, for example, but probably not that he should do so by kicking open a pigsty door in frustration and discovering two magnificent horses and a groom inside. Nor are we likely to expect that this groom with an "open blue-eyed face" would exert a demonic force over the doctor's household, biting the servant girl on her cheek, then sending doctor, gig and horses off into a blinding storm so that he might rape the girl.
The story proceeds from one arresting image to another: The doctor discovers that his possibly malingering patient has a huge wound in his side infested by finger-thick worms. The boy's parents and neighbors tiptoe into his room, strip the doctor naked and put him into bed with the boy, who whispers in his ear, "I have very little confidence in you." And in the story's final image, we find the doctor, still naked, astride one of the horses, trudging though "snowy wastes," knowing he will never make it home, and never be able to "make good" the string of events that commenced with a "false alarm on a night bell." Each of these images is all but unpredictable on the basis of what precedes them, but each has a psychological resonance within the context of the story that makes it seem inevitable and complexly truthful.
Everything in Kafka's stories is secretly something else, or is on the verge of becoming something else. The world is in constant flux, never susceptible to any one interpretation, always mysterious, always surprising, often comical even as it is tragic. Again and again, Kafka's characters and readers are thrown into perplexity—but perplexity is only the sudden awareness that one's ordinary understandings don't apply, and so it is an opening up to the world, a form of liberation and a precursor to revelation. While Kafka's characters know very little joy, and lead lives entirely determined by implacable if absurd and incomprehensible laws, the sensibility that created those characters is wonderfully free, ever alert to the world's multiplicity and entirely unfettered by conventional understandings. Kafka as a man may have been as hemmed in and unhappy as his characters, but as a writer he was, I believe—if only in isolated moments—possessed by the joys of discovery and creation.
For reasons that, perhaps, I don't want to investigate too thoroughly, I have always felt a wary affinity for Kafka's bleak vision. But what most attracted me to his stories was the pleasure he found in perplexity, his passion for those places where no accepted truths applies, where everything is indefinite, atremble with possibility, and therefore as close to the real as we are likely to come. I remember my excitement the first time I finished "A Country Doctor." I wanted to rush to my desk and write my own version of the story. I probably didn't. Sitting in one place was a low-grade torture for me at age twelve. But still, I knew exactly what kind of writer I wanted to become. And while I can't claim that I will ever be remotely capable even of approaching Kafka's genius, I can say that I am eternally grateful to him for having shown me a way of being in this world, and for having opened me to life's manifold and beautiful mystery.
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El marquesado del Valle de Tena es un título nobiliario español creado el 23 de junio de 2003, con grandeza de España originaria, por el rey Juan Carlos I, a favor de Guillermo Luca de Tena y Brunet, editor del diario ABC, miembro del Consejo Privado de Juan de Borbón, conde de Barcelona y en 1977 designado senador del Reino de las Cortes Constituyentes.

Denominación
Su denominación hace referencia al Valle de Tena, en la provincia de Huesca, y al segundo apellido paterno por el que fue universalmente conocido la persona en la que en su memoria se instituye dicha merced nobiliaria.

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Marqueses del Valle de Tena

Historia de los marqueses del Valle de Tena
 Guillermo Luca de Tena y Brunet (Madrid, 8 de julio de 1927-6 de abril de 2010), I marqués del Valle de Tena, grande de España, hijo de Juan-Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres,  marqués de Luca de Tena, y de su esposa Catalina Brunet y Serrano.
 Casó con María de la Soledad García-Conde Tartiere, de cuyo matrimonio nacieron dos hijas: Catalina y Soledad. Le sucedió, el 21 de febrero de 2012, su hija mayor:

 Catalina Luca de Tena y García-Conde (1959-), II marquesa del Valle de Tena, grande de España, desde 21 de febrero de 2012, vicepresidente de Vocento, S.A..

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Tonight, as I hea d for bed, I heard on the news of John Wooden's hospitalization, apparently in grave condition.
It saddens me deeply to hear that this wonderful man - arguably the greatest coach of all time, in any sport at any level - is near the end of his time on earth.
Stories about John Wooden abound, as do video clips on YouTube. He has been used as the example of coaching and life lessons and, at age 99 years, is still revered by men he coached a half century ago.
I close tonight with sadness in my heart, yet knowing that if John Wooden leaves us soon, he has most certainly left this world better for his presence. There is no better example of a life well-lived.
Please enjoy this recent clip of an interview with Rick Reilly to give you a clear view of this wonderful man.
Geoff, thank you for the video. Many fond memories (as a kid) staying up past 11:00 to watch UCLA on tape delay with my father. Our prayers and thoughts are for a true legend. Have a great weekend.
For my 25th wedding anniversary, I wanted to get a autograph of John Wooden for my husband who admires John Wooden. My brother, Michael was able to get me his home address, I wrote John Wooden with a simple request for the autograph. One week later, a large envelope arrived. Inside this envelope were 8 x 10 photos of John Wooden signed by him. One was with his wife, one was him in front of his many trophies,and one was his pyramid of success. All of these were signed. The photo of him & his wife, he personally wrote to us wishing us a happy anniversary. To say the least, I was shocked by his generous gift to us. The morning after our anniversary, the phone rang at about 7:00am, it was John Wooden calling US to ask how our anniversary was and to wish us a lifetime of happiness. We were shocked! It was the best anniversary gift ever! This wonderful man will be missed. And we will be grateful to have this memory of him.
Sadly, news of John Wooden's passing arrived late this evening. I suspect there will be many retrospectives of his life over the next few days. I thought this video clip was very touching.
A friend got a basketball signed by Wooden, dropped it by the hospital when my husband was having his first round of chemo. Meant the world. I cried and cried last night when I heard the news.


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The myth that Columbus can't spend money
With Brandon Dubinsky signing a 6 year deal worth $35 million, it's time for the idea that Columbus can't spend money to build a contender to die.
By Andy Newman@andynewman Jul 11, 2014, 1:00pm EDT
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There's a narrative that Columbus can't or won't (or shouldn't) spend the money necessary to build a contender. That they can't get near the salary cap (which they have on more than one occasion, including last season). That handing out a contract to Brandon Dubinsky, a possible future captain in Columbus, worth $5.85 million a year will hamstring this team after a few seasons. That trading for 32-year-old Scott Hartnell, who's set to make $4.75 million a year on average over the next 5 years, will mean big trouble in a few years when he's suddenly too old to play and will be making way too much money.
The idea is that Columbus can't afford those kinds of contracts. This isn't New York City, or Los Angeles, or Toronto, after all.
So I have to ask -- is Columbus supposed to fill the second and third lines with a cast of players on entry-level contracts? Or do you compete for championships by adding guys who've been there before, like Hartnell? Or retaining Dubinsky, whose most recent resume addition is an absolutely dominate shut-down performance against the world's best hockey player in the playoffs? All while putting up 6 points and a mere 6 penalty minutes in 6 games played?
If that's not the kind of guy you keep, even if you'll maybe possibly be slightly overpaying him, then who do you keep? If Rick Nash's 8-year, $62.4 million contract can be traded after a couple years, if Scott Hartnell's 6-year, $28.5 million contract can be traded after one year, doesn't that say something about what these long-term contracts really mean?
The point is, to win, you have to commit to these kinds of players. You have to prove you want to win, and will put the pieces around them to give them the greatest chance of success. Do you think players will want to sign here during free agency if we're penciling in Jack Skille for a permanent first line spot? Will they waive their no-movement clause for that?
And that goes to retaining your own guys, too. Wouldn't the KHL become a lot more attractive to Bobrovsky next summer if it didn't look like this team could compete? Remember, he walked away from the chance to make twice as much money in his home country, for the chance to compete for a Stanley Cup in Columbus. Think about that.
So, can we all put to rest the narrative that Columbus can't (or shouldn't) commit long-term deals to players like Brandon Dubinsky? Scott Hartnell, in my mind, is a "next level" type player. A player with an extra gear, just like Dubinsky. He's the guy that will continue to light a fire under the rear end of Ryan Johansen, Artem Anisimov, and Cam Atkinson on a daily basis. And players love to be around him, by all accounts. That's the kind of player you need to win a championship.
Rick Nash -- 8 years, $7.8 million/year
Marian Gaborik -- 2 years, $7.5 million/year
Nathan Horton -- 7 years, $5.3 million/year
Scott Hartnell -- 5 years, $4.75 million/year
Brandon Dubinsky -- 6 years, $5.85 million/year
James Wisniewski -- 6 years, $5.5 million/year
Fedor Tyutin -- 6 years, $4.5 million/year
Jack Johnson -- 6 years, $4.357 million/year
Sergei Bobrovsky -- 2 years, $5.625 million/year
These are all deals the team has signed or agreed to take on in trade over the last few years. Let's give the McConnell family and the ownership group some credit. That looks like a team willing to spend money to build a winner. Doesn't it?
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The winners as selected by our readers will be profiled each Thursday on the sports cover in the High School Extra section. This week's candidates are as follows.
The All-Class state wrestling tournament wrapped this weekend in Billings, and that's where we begin. Casey Dobson of GFH won his first career individual state championship at 132 pounds, as the Bison won their second straight Class AA team title. Havre's Tyler Adams took home the Class A state championship title at 220 pounds; he defeated his brother, Travis, 14-5 to claim the title. Wolf Point's Maestro Martinez rounds off our wrestlers for the week. Martinez won the Class B-C state championship title at 106 pounds, outlasting Charlo's Morgan Schultz.
The MHSA state swimming meet concluded this weekend in Butte. Maddi Smith of CMR helped the Rustlers finish third overall, placing sixth in the 100-yard butterfly, while swimming leg in the 400-yard relay, which finished fifth. CMR's Kate Heryla, a sophomore, grabbed fourth place in the 200-yard IM and the 100-yard backstroke. Morgan Shaw for CMR placed fifth in the 100-yard freestyle, and she swam leg in the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard free relay, which both finished fifth.


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For a country that has made so many strides in the arena of racial equality, there seems to be a growing movement to take the country backwards. Post-racial America is seeing a post-Obama backlash. Many Americans seem upset with the racial progress that occurred in 2008, and are determined to turn that progress into regress.
On April 29, then 18-year-old Trayon Christian visited the upscale department store Barneys in New York to purchase a $349 Ferragamo belt with money he earned at his college work study, but was later detained after employees and police officers questioned how he had the money to afford a belt that expensive.
Christian, an engineering student at New York City College of Technology, is a fashion forward teenager who had seen the belt worn by some of his favorite rappers like Juelz Santana, and wanted to purchase it with his work study earnings.
When asked to present identification for his debit card everything cleared, but staffers obviously felt that having the money to purchase the belt was not enough to qualify him to buy one, and he was detained by police for over 40 minutes.
Thankfully, Christian took back the belt, and probably a significant amount of commission, and filed a lawsuit.
Many people complain about African Americans playing the race card, but the race card is when people use race as an excuse for their predicament in life. The race card is not calling out instances of obvious racism. If that is playing the race card, then African Americans are only playing the hand of cards they were dealt.
Barneys excuse for this entire ordeal is that they are constantly the victim of credit card fraud. The only problem with that excuse is how do they determine who is committing this fraud.
Is it because of someone's age or is it just because of someone's race.
Who's to say how affluent this young Black man's family is. I know many affluent African American families who have enough wealth that their children do not have to work as teenagers.
The bills are paid and everything that they need is taken care of.
Many of these affluent parents try to teach their children that anything extra that you want in life has to be worked for and as a result many of these teenagers get non-essential jobs so they can provide those luxuries for themselves.
What if he was a young actor who made hundreds of thousands of dollars performing on the silver screen?
What if he was a young rapper or singer who had just signed his first national recording contract?
Unfortunately, what if he actually was a drug dealer who dressed in the finest attire on a regular basis?
The point is, it's not the job of store employees to figure out how he could afford that high end belt. It was none of their business. The only thing that should have mattered was the fact that he paid for the belt with his debit card and the transaction went through.
If a Black man can live on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., then a Black man can afford a $349 belt.
Unfortunately for the Barneys staffers who started this entire racial incident, their future status as unemployed Barneys staffers will probably make it impossible for them to afford the same belt.
Luckily for them, if they are not Black no one will ever question whether they can afford the luxuries in life, even if they are unemployed. I guess they were just dealt a better hand in life in the eyes of the bigoted few.


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From the nimble fingers and less nimble mind of Dwalin Weissbeerson Espressoshield III… a bunch of stuff written to amuse and, most likely, bemuse.
Welcome one and welcome all to a bumper edition of Star Trekkin'… my attempt to watch every Star Trek Episode and Movie (excluding enterprise… which doesn't count. Yes, I'm sure I'll end up eating these words at some point) and lovingly explore my reactions to them.
If you've been keeping up you'll know I watched a load of episodes and have been frantically trying to spend my free time writing them up; this was a stupid thing to do as it's meant I am an arid, dry, Trek empty desert of a man.
Friends, this post is an end to that. I present to you the final four episodes of what I shall dub the 'that time Dwalin Weissbeerson Espressoshield III seriously fucked up and went without watching star trek for a long period despite challenging himself to watch all the episodes' cycle.
Ok that's a shit name
Either way, here we are, and I am LUDICROUSLY EXCITED. This four episodes are the best I've seen of the series so far.
SO without further ado…..
TOS 108 Miri
Let's figure out what it means to be Human. Lets figure out how we age, howour minds change AND YET how despite these changes there is an inevitability within our osyche that plays us off against the unknown.
Lets watch this mighty fine episode 'Miri'
Kirk and co. land on a planet. On that planet we have some alien children; but they're basically Human Children. Human Children from the 60's. Yeah, this shouldnt be a difficult one to make the leap to see the allegory.
The general premise for this episode, and the planet, is…
1. Plague kills adults.
Children survive.
Children create civilisation oppositional to the warlike manners of adults
Kirk and the gang land on the planet and are seen as enemies by the children
at the same time the crew catch the disease and death appears imminent
This episode is fucking awesome. Seriously.
It's difficult for me to tell you why it is so good without absolutely ruining it with a shit load of spoilers; I'll try though.
Emotion is something this episode throws about in spades; we watch the intensity of youth flourish through love, desire, destruction, jealousy and… super fucking importantly… fear.
Fear is an emotion that powers this episode and leads to a realisation that perhaps our infantile reactions to shy away, or to reach out to quash what makes us feel alienated from the world, is something we DO NOT grow from and is the root cause of our oppressive and destructive nature. We are naught but children. But not the good shit kids have (which gets discussed a lot in this episode), just the bad.
Seriously get on this episode and tell me you don't love it…
apart from the mega cheese name of 'grups' the children call the adults. Seriously, did the writers have to shit all over an otherwise damned flawless episode? AARRRGGH!
… and this kid is annoying as fuck
seriously… just look at him. Says it all.
ONWARDS TO…
109 TOS The Conscience of the King
Wait a darn tooting minute…. this episode is also pretty much fucking flawless!!!!!
TOS seems to be hitting a roll here. A roll of unbelievably good, incredibly intelligent, fast paced and interesting episodes.
FUCK THIS IS SUBLIME!
This is an episode that seethes brilliance and, much like Miri, has a really psychological focus to what's going on.
Again a general synopsis…. Evil dictator dude that went mad and butchered a shit load of people in the name of the conservation of resources, though utilised a eugenically minded approach in doing this (fuck) re-appears on the scene not as a power crazed dictator but as the leader of a troupe of actors.
JUST THE PREMISE MAKES ME WANT TO THROW AROUND SO MUCH FAUX INTELLECTUAL BULLSHIT THAT I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT EXPLODE ALL OVER THE PLACE!
But I'm not going to… because it will clog this post up way to much, and there's more narrative to recount.
So people that had seen this crazed dictator when he was a crazed dictator and not a Thespian of the highest order start, you know, dying… oh and, serendipitously, guess another person that saw Mr Crazy when he was Mr Crazy.
Yeah…. this guy
So we have a high adrenaline episode with Kirk evading death, trying desperately to prove Mr Crazy is Mr Crazy… oh and seducing Mr Crazy's daughter
LOOK PEOPLE! SHE'S ACTUALLY WEARING CLOTHES!!!! HURRAH!!!!!!!!!!
So yeah… there is a super cool bit of speech from Mr Crazy; his name is actually Anton Karidian, but Mr Crazy will continue to do. In this bit of speech we get a glimpse into this idea that, despite him having been a mass-murdering psychopath, and now being an actor, he is both the same person and an incredibly different one. The inference doesn't just seem to be a simple 'I'm not that killer guy no-more' but more 'I am the actor guy that was the killer guy because it was his part to play' . Seriously. This is some super dark shit when thought of like this as it has some ramifications for all of our daily lives…
but hey, let's forget that and move on to…
110 TOS The Galileo Seven
Oh, ok. This ones a bit weak. Spock gets a lesson in why his logic doesn't always come to the right answer as feeling beings struggle with acting in a purely logical way.
Story wise, seven folks from the enterprise crash land on a planet in a shuttle craft. There're some big hostile beasties and Spock takes command to try and keep the beasties at bay and get off the planet. It doesn't go according to plan.
It's a bit stock. It's a bit slow… and to be honest the logic in it doesn't strike me as being particularly logical.
It's cool to see a bit of a development of Spock, he's not had the hugest amount of depth thrown his way thus far. It's also nice to see him begin to flourish as a thinking individual accept a need for a full acceptance and usage of his emotion as being an aspect of his consciousness.
But yeah… not a stand-out
This guy was a bit annoying as well; though he had a nice reaction to other crew member's deaths
111 TOS Court Martial
…. and we're back on the awesome track with this mighty fine episode.
Kirk is blamed for the murder of a crew member who he used to be super duper best friends with but they had a falling out and now there's a perceived rivalry…. dum dum DUMMMMMMM.
Basically in this episode we get to see Kirk being a moralistic BOSS calling out for a trial leading to a potential court martial DESPITE all of the COMPUTERISED information stating unequivocally he done did a murder.
It's epic and I massively enjoyed it.
Not least for the discussion it has on our over reliance on technology. I won't ruin the episode… which to be fair the outcome of which is quite predictable (though no less awesome because of this) … but I can discuss this through a nice little point the show makes with Kirk's lawyer. This dude
can you guess the point? Yeah. It's books.
This dude LOVES BOOKS and doesn't want to use a computer thingy dooby to read. He wants the physical- the manifestation of art and thought in a realm beyond that of a purely intellectual. A cry to our form to embrace its physical existence in such a way as to fortify and explore meaning in a sense beyond the realm of adulterated text. Provenance. Historicity. These are things which fortify his understanding. The ability to hold, touch, smell- these are elements of our conciousness and can lead to understandings of things, and interpretations, purely electrified knowing cannot.
I love this. I love this so much and I think we should make this episode compulsory viewing for all inhabitants of this little planet right now before we lose something incredibly special.
…. well there we have it folks.
Three of the best epsiodes of Star Trek The Original series discussed and dissected (along with a not so great one) and…
I CAN FINALLY GET WATCHING AGAIN!!!!
Freud Judges those who don't at least try and finish what they started…
Until next time folks….


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After the death of his wife (ra) and uncle, the Prophet (saw) went to a city called Taif. He (saw) hoped to establish some good relationships with the leaders there, give dawah and build a strategic ally. Why did the Prophet (saw) choose the city of Taif?
The Prophet (saw) made the 70 mile journey to Taif by foot, even though he was over the age 50 at this time.
On the way out, the leaders of Taif decided that they would not honor the Prophet's request to let him leave peacefully. They had the people gather on the boundaries and throw rocks at the Prophet (saw) and Zayd bin Haritha. How long did this continue for?
The Prophet's shoes were stuck to his feet due to how soaked with blood his shoe became after being hit with rocks for so long.
After the Prophet (saw) had moved away from the pelting of rocks, he made dua to Allah (swt). He (saw) first complained of his own weakness and standing before the people. He then asked to be protected from something, what was that?
Jibreel (as) came to the Prophet (saw) with the angel that controlled the mountains surrounding Taif. The angel offered to crush the city of Taif, but the Prophet said no. What did he ask for instead?
What should we take away from the Prophet's experience in Taif?
The Prophet (saw) eventually came to a house owned by the sons of Rabiya, a leader of Quraysh. The entire family was harshly opposed to the Prophet (saw), but even they felt some mercy towards the Prophet (saw) when they saw his condition. They told their slave, Addas to take care of the Prophet (saw) and give him some food. He (saw) then said Bismillah before eating which surprised Addas. Addas mentioned that he was a Christian from a city called Ninawa, to which the Prophet (saw) said that his brother (in prophethood), Yunus (as) was from that city as well. What happened next?
On the way back from Taif after he had recovered, the Prophet (saw) camped at a place called Nakhla. When he (saw) was praying and reciting Quran, a nearby group listened to him. They accepted Islam and took it back their tribe. Who was this group made up of?
In order to re-enter Mecca, the Prophet (saw) needed a Meccan person to give him protection (since Abu Talib had passed away). After reaching out to some people, a man named Muta'im bin Adi gave the Prophet (saw) his protection. Who was Muta'im bin Adi?
Muta'im bin Ali died before the Battle of Badr and did not accept Islam. The Prophet (saw) said that if Muta'im had been alive and asked him to release the prisoners who were captured, he would've done so as a gift to him. What does this teach us?


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Developers cleared in firefighter deaths
A court has acquitted two property developers who received suspended prison sentences over Switzerland's worst firefighting disaster.
This content was published on October 27, 2011 - 11:56 October 27, 2011 - 11:56
swissinfo.ch and agencies
In an appeal hearing on Thursday the court in Solothurn overturned the brothers' 20-month sentences issued in December 2010.
They were among five people who had faced homicide charges over the 2004 incident in which seven firemen died when a parking garage in Gretzenbach, northwestern Switzerland, collapsed on top of them as they fought to put out a fire.
The other three defendants were acquitted of the charges in December.
Solothurn's public prosecutor had charged five people involved in building the garage with negligent homicide, negligent bodily injury and negligently causing the collapse.
Swiss Fire Brigade Association (German, French)
Canton Solothurn (German)
Verdicts given in firemen's deaths case
This content was published on Dec 14, 2010 Dec 14, 2010 Two of the five people who faced homicide charges in the worst fire-fighting disaster in Switzerland have received 20-month suspended sentences.
No charges to be brought in firefighter tragedy
This content was published on Nov 15, 2005 Nov 15, 2005 Nearly a year after seven firemen were killed while battling a blaze in northwestern Switzerland, prosecutors say no one is to be brought to book.
Memorial service held for firefighters
This content was published on Dec 5, 2004 Dec 5, 2004 A memorial service has been held on Saturday for the seven firefighters killed one week ago in the deadliest accident of its kind in Swiss history.
Seven firefighters killed
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Nicaragua, Ortega, and the Student Movement
May 10, 2018 PV Hasam Central America, Nicaragua, North America 3
Nicaragua is currently in the throes of a massive protest movement against the FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front) government of Daniel Ortega. The protest movement is broad and contains organizations across the political spectrum from the proto-anarchist student organizations, like the Alianza Universitaria Nicaraguense (AUN), to the right-wing COSEP (Superior Council of Private Enterprise). What they all have in common is an opposition to the Ortega government, and a desire to see it ousted from power. It is such a broad front that it can barely be called so, to the point where COSEP and other rightists are forced out of protest areas dominated by the AUN.
The current protest movement originates from a series of manifestations against a fire in the Indio Maiz and against a proposed social security reform that merged into one movement after the government's heavy-handed response resulted in over 40, now over 50, deaths. While the fire has since been contained and the social security reform has been rescinded, popular discontent is now targeting the Ortega government to be removed from power.
The situation in Nicaragua is messy and has no clear delineations, and this is the very reason that it needs to be addressed. A first glance at the anti-Ortega movement and the FSLN government can be misleading to those outside the country who rely upon the slivers of information dished out by western media and the anti-imperialist TeleSUR. To many communists, it looks like a story they have seen a million times before. A historically socialist government in Latin America is facing a massive and political diverse anti-government movement that is described, by the government in question, as a CIA backed attempt at a coup. Such a thing is commonplace and can be seen throughout the past and present day. In fact, Nicaragua has faced a similar scenario with the Contras (CIA backed right-wing terrorists) in the 80s. However, such a quick glance would not tell the whole picture. Nothing is at it first seems.
What needs to be expressed is that the current FSLN is not the progressive and inspiring socialist party that it once was. There are very real grievances among Nicaragua's left, many of whom view themselves as Sandinista's true to the original vision.
Since the most recent election of Daniel Ortega to office in 2006, the FSLN has abandoned its core principles that made it the popular people's movement of the 1980s. In the 2006 campaign, Ortega chose the former Contra leader, Jaime Morales Corazo, as his running mate. Let's not forget that the Contras were a CIA backed right-wing militant group that waged a brutal terrorist campaign against the socialist Sandinista government from 1979 to 1990. Imagine if Fidel Castro chose a leader from the Bay of Pigs invasion to be his direct subordinate. Such a notion is ridiculous and hypocritical and demonstrates the hollow rhetoric of the "socialist" Ortega. Currently, the vice president is his wife, Rosario Murillo.
In addition to the Contra vice-president, the 2006 FSLN campaign saw Ortega resort to anti-semitic attacks in an attempt to delegitimatize his opposition. Such shocking actions did not stay contained to the campaign trail either. Perhaps the most concerning and damning activities of the new Ortega is the government's attack on women's rights. Women played an integral role in the Sandinista Revolution, with 30% of the revolutionary army consisting of women.1 In comparison, in 2014, 35% of the Kurdish fighters in Rojava were women.2
During the 2006 election, Ortega came to the decision to favor the outlawing of abortion, which he later did, and to make matters worse, the women's centers and the "women's police," which dealt with issues like domestic violence, were disbanded.3456 Women's liberation was an integral aspect of the original Sandinista revolution, and so such a complete reversal on women's issues is the best indicator of just how degenerate the FSLN has become.
One of the catalysts for the current protest movement stems from a fire that occurred due to the Nicaraguan government's neocolonial policy towards the indigenous people of the area. Naturally, the FSLN used to be strong proponents of the rights of the indigenous people in Nicaragua but has since allowed invasive farmers to enter native territory for the purpose of deforestation and growing palm trees or raising cattle. These activities, which remind one of a similar issue in Brazil, resulted in a massive fire in Indio Maiz. The government's seemly lack of ability or concern to handle the fire sparked protests last April. These protests soon combined with protests over a proposed social security reform that would cut pensions and raise taxes on employers and employees.
All in all, international leftists should refrain from publicly defending the Ortega government which has lost its socialist character. Support should be given to the student movements like Movimiento Universitario 19 de Abril, AUN, and Coordinadora por la Democracia y la Justicia, which are in a struggle against the right-wing to steer the movement. While the left of the anti-Ortega movement is making ground and growing its base of support, it is important that internationalists vocally condone the students to counter the FSLN line that the students are CIA-funded. This couldn't be farther from the truth. The attempt to discredit the students as right-wing is an attempt to legitimatize any valid critic from the left of the Ortega government.
Do what you will...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_of_women_in_Nicaraguan_Revolution
Kathin Erdmann. "Women join the Kurdish fight in Syria,"Deutsche Welle. Accessed May 11, 2018.
"Nicaragua Prohibicion del aborto supone riesgo para la salud y la vida," Human Rights Watch. Accessed May 12, 2018.
"Adios a las comisarias," La Prensa. Accessed May 12, 2018.
"No le ven utilidad al ministerio de la mujer," La Prensa. Accessed May 12, 2018.
"Gobierno obstaculiza acceso la justicia las mujeres," La Prensa. Accessed May 12, 2018.
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Why Do We Do Sports in the First Place? — FitForce, Inc.
Why Do We Do Sports in the First Place?
Recently I was driving to the DC-area to conduct applicant fitness testing for a client and I happened upon a public radio station. Before anybody tries to drum me out of the Conservative Men's Club appreciate that this afforded me a break from the ranting NYC sports channels going off on the latest Jets performance the day before. The NPR piece was a discussion about an upcoming Sports Illustrated Cover Article about homeless high school athletes.
After 22 seasons as track coach at a private, Catholic high school, I moved to the public high school, in the same town. We had a great run but I really needed to down shift a little on my responsibility level and this opportunity has allowed me to just focus on coaching the throwing events. One of the first things that struck me about my new home was the stark difference between nature of the kids' needs. It won't come as a bulletin that all kids, especially adolescents, have significant needs: reassurance, guidance, safety, the chance to challenge themselves and to grow. But many kids also need the consistent example of a male figure; they need to understand the value of a high school education (!); they need a good meal.
Needless to say, I was motivated to listen in to the conversation. I haven't read the article yet but one of the points missing in the conversation was this: sports allow a different playing field. For the time you're with your teammates, working with coaches, and putting it out there, it doesn't matter how many parents live at home, what the address is, or how your situation stacks up against the other people on your team. Athletes have a chance to remake themselves, each day they show up to practice, every game, and as the SI article suggests, maybe they can remake themselves for life.
USA Track & Field, the governing body for amateur T&F in this country just announced this year's Hall of Fame Class. Its a great group that illustrates more than achievement. The individuals included overcame adversity in several different forms and in remaking themselves, they helped to remake their sport a little bit. Their stories make for a good read - particularly the two throwers, though I'm a little biased! Have a look.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak recently officiated a 57 hectare transit-oriented development at Cyberview called Cyberjaya City Centre.
A joint development between Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd and IASP member Cyberview, the project will be developed in three phases with a total value of RM11 billion.
The project represents a key investment, taking the Cyberview technology hub to the next level. The main feature of the Cyberjaya City Centre project will be its connectivity via rail and road: located next to Putrajaya, the Federal administrative capital of Malaysia, it is connected to Kuala Lumpur via two major expressways and will be integrated with the upcoming rapid transit system MRT Line 2.
Cyberjaya City Centre will feature a convention centre and hotel, office towers integrated with a Mass Rail Transit station, shopping mall, as well as, serviced apartments with retail outlets and would form an integral part of Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor
"The project will be a game changer and will completely transform Cyberjaya into a global technology hub and smart city," said the Prime Minister. "In mobilising the digital economy, the development of a conducive digital ecosystem must be given emphasis."
Technology companies in Cyberjaya generated revenue of more than RM12.5 billion last year, an increase of 28 per cent from 2015. The total investments by these companies in 2016 reached more than RM8 billion. Cyberjaya currently hosts more than 800 tech companies, 48 of which are multinationals.
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Michelle Obama, ashamed of America?
You know, I see a lot of people flipping over Michelle OIbama's statement that for the first time in her adult she's proud of America. Meh, I know she will likely have to put out a statement of apology today, but I have to say I agree with her. It's wrong to infer from there, that I, or anyone else, is ashamed of being American. I'm not. I think this is the greatest country in the world. Michelle herself is fond of the "only in America" line. But pride comes from a country, or a person, mobilizing to do something. I can't think of a single thing which this country has done--in my lifetime--that's made me feel pride.
Now let's put that in context. I can only think of one thing that black folks have done that filled me with pride--the Million Man March. Besides that, I got nothing. Of course there are black people who I am proud of as individuals, but I don't walk around with my chest out because I'm black. Hell, I can only think of about two or three things that I've done as an individual that have made be proud. People really need to calm down, and chill with the psuedo-patriotism.


March 2, 2007NEW ORLEANS – The Internal Revenue Service today announced special tax relief for Louisiana taxpayers in the Presidential Disaster Area that was struck by severe storms and tornadoes Feb. 12-13, 2007.
Taxpayers considered to be affected taxpayers eligible for the postponement of time to file returns, pay taxes and perform other time-sensitive acts are those taxpayers listed in Treas. Reg. § 301.7508A-1(d)(1), and include individuals who live, and businesses whose principal place of business is located, in the covered disaster area.
The IRS also gives affected taxpayers until April 24, 2007, to perform other time-sensitive actions described in Treas. Reg. § 301.7508A-1(c)(1) and Rev. Proc. 2005-27, 2005-20 I.R.B. 1050, that are due to be performed on or after Feb. 12, 2007, and on or before April 24, 2007. This relief includes the filing of Form 5500 series returns, in the manner described in section 8 of Rev. Proc. 2005-27. The relief described in section 17 of Rev. Proc. 2005-27, pertaining to like-kind exchanges of property, also applies to certain taxpayers who are not otherwise affected taxpayers and may include acts required to be performed before or after the period above.


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The Earth and Constellation Globe is a great learning tool for geographers and astronomers but also a great feature for any bedroom, living room or study. A truly unique globe.
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This is the supreme gardener's plant, with the best foliage, good scapes, perfect flowers, and very vigorous growth. The flowers are unique, the base color being dark yellow, but with large areas of the petals having hundreds of purple to brown dots. The sepals are edged in the same dots. These are regular, consistent patterns. The edges are ruffled. The green throat sets off the colors well. The scapes are slender and strong, and there is instant rebloom here, making for a long season. There are two branches and a terminal Y, with 24 buds, on average. This plant is unique and will not be mistaken for another. Parentage unknown.
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Stephanie currently works as a Learning Adviser within Libraries and Learning Services at the University of Auckland. She has over 20 years experience in libraries and has worked in a number of different roles. She is interested in learning design (online, face to face, blended); pedagogy; integrating information and academic literacies into the curriculum; digital literacy; and e-learning tools.


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Apple Watch 3 in testing as mass-production looms
By Luke Dormehl • 6:22 am, August 17, 2017
The Apple Watch will get a big update this year.
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The Apple Watch 3 has reached the final testing stage of its development process, and is now ready to enter volume production, a new report claims.
The device is reportedly being assembled by Quanta Computer, which has also manufactured previous Apple Watches for Apple.
Unlike the iPhone 8, which is likely to be the biggest refresh for Apple's cellphones since 2014's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the Apple Watch 3 won't differ greatly from its predecessors in terms of design. Where it will differ is in the addition of LTE connectivity, allowing users to stream music and carry out other tasks without needing to have their iPhones with them.
However, it's not yet clear whether this will also let users make phone calls without their iPhones.
Today's report, which cites sources in Apple's supply chain, also notes that the new Apple Watch will come with enhanced battery life. It is likely that it will debut next month with the next-gen iPhones, and will be available to buy in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Apple recently fell to third place in the overall wearables market worldwide. Do you think an LTE Apple Watch could help put it on top of the heap? Leave your comments below.
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Please join Prof. Julia Cassaniti for a talk entitled "Ghostly Affects: Emotion and subjectivity in contemporary Thai Buddhist mindfulness" at UVA on April 28 (Fri.).
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Q: A nuclear fusion generating cart In an unrealistic thought experiment, suppose I had a $100$ meter track with a cart ontop that had a "pocket" on the front of the cart. Suppose further that this track and cart were in a room of hydrogen gas at 1atm.
How quickly would I need to accelerate the cart down the track so that by the end the compressed and heated hydrogen gas in the front "pocket" of the cart has fused together (i.e. the cart has caused a nuclear fusion reaction)?

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How quickly would I need to accelerate the cart down the track so that
by the end the compressed and heated hydrogen gas in the front
"pocket" of the cart has fused together (i.e. the cart has caused a
nuclear fusion reaction)?

I believe no amount of speed will suffice.
The problem is that the compression takes place at the speed of sound in the substance, which in this case is hydrogen gas, so about four times the speed of sound in air. As the cart moves the gas will be compressed and heat up, but this will cause it to radiate the energy back out. This will occur much faster than the amount of hydrogen you can cram back onto the front. You might reach thousands of degrees, but not the ~100 million you need.

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Talent in focus: (di)vision
Started by siblings, (di)vision with its sustainable approach and innovative design has been growing rapidly since it was founded by Nanna and Simon Wick in late 2018.
(di)vision's ideology is to create from what already is, basing their designs on deadstock fabrics, old tents, vintage and military clothing, parachutes, and much more.
Having graduated with a degree in fashion design, Nanna Wick, the head designer, didn't feel encouraged to work in the industry, not seeing a way to make it fully sustainable and responsible. It was when her brother, Simon, came to her with an idea to create from what is already out there, instead of producing a brand new product, that (di)vision was born.
When buying vintage clothing Simon and Nanna do not know what they will get, and many of the pieces that arrive have marks, stains, or paint splatters on them. Once it's at their studio and they have a look at the pieces, the design process begins as they can start figuring out a way to rework the clothing.
Simon and Nanna take on a zero-waste approach when designing by mixing and matching between the materials, looking at how they can combine them. It allows the brand to create unrepeatable, unique patterns, and make them more exciting. Along with the main collection, in 2020 they have started a new line, (di)construct by (di)vision, as they have collected a lot of scraps and vintage clothing over time, and wanted to give them a new life. It takes a lot of time to design and deconstruct each piece individually, as they all come in different colours, washes, styles and sizes.
At (di)vision the collections are genderless, using a unisex fit as their base. Working with oversized silhouettes makes (di)vision's designs more streetwear-based. Nonetheless, they do try to embrace that clothing can be feminine for men, or masculine for women, trying to challenge the normal accepted look and feel of clothing. Their collections include tops, trousers, sweatshirts, shirts, and jackets with a signature zipper in the back as once two separate jackets become one.
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World Diabetes Day: Is Type 2 Diabetes Reversible
Nov 13, 2017 05:48 IST
World Diabetes Day is celebrated worldwide for spreading awareness about diabetes mellitus and how to treat it. Let's find out if type 2 diabetes mellitus is reversible or not.
Excess weight, diabetes risky in pregnancy
Women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) who gain excess weight are at increased risk of preterm and cesarean delivery.
Low vitamin D may cause diabetes
Sep 4, 2008 09:46 IST
People with lower levels of vitamin D in their blood may be at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Low vitamin D and death risk
Aug 14, 2008 02:06 IST
Low levels of vitamin D in the blood are associated with an increased risk of death from causes like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cancers and others.
Vitamin C fights diabetes
High intake of vitamin C in the diet may lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes risk during pregnancy
Aug 1, 2008 10:27 IST
Developing diabetes while pregnant, known as gestational diabetes, makes a woman highly vulnerable to type 2 diabetes later on.
Diabetic teens may have weaker bones
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Young people with type 1 diabetes may have delayed bone development despite normal growth and maturity.
Snoring linked to diabetes
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Snoring may do more than just disturb others. It could also raise the risk of developing diabetes. People who snore on a regular basis have a two fold risk of developing diabetes independent of other risk factors such as obesity. The research was carried out at the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachus...
Stress reduction for diabetics
Stress reduction techniques such as relaxation and breathing exercises can work as well as some drugs to control the effects of diabetes, as researchers reported recently. The study was carried out by a team of researchers at the Duke University Medical centre, USA. The team worked with 108 patients with type II or adult-onset diabetes. All the pa...
Vitamin D reduces diabetes risk
The oft taken for granted sunlight may help in warding off more than just cold and rickets. Sunlight converts the non-usable form of Vitamin D to its active form (cholecalciferol), which is then utilised by the body. According to new research, Vitamin D helps in reducing the risk of diabetes. Researchers studied more than 12,000 children who were ...
Maternal age linked with diabetes among children
A study was carried out to check the association of maternal age at the time of delivery with the risk of childhood diabetes. It was found that older mothers have a risk of type 1 diabetes among their children. Type I Diabetes is also known as insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. People with this type of diabetes mellitus make little or no insu...