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PeopleFund: The "Economic Gardeners" of Texas
October 22, 2015 Soap Hope Good Life	Leave a comment
As part of our mission at Soap Hope, we invest 100% of our profits into programs that support and empower women around the world. One of those programs is PeopleFund, which was founded here in Texas in 1994.
The state of Texas has long been lauded as one of the best states to start a small business. With low taxes, low cost of living, and a high job growth rate, it's an ideal environment for entrepreneurs to thrive.
But the resources that might be available to Texans aren't always accessible to everyone who want to start a business.
Enter PeopleFund, a microlending program and business assistance nonprofit that provides small business loans to those with limited access to resources.
The PeopleFund Mission
Since being founded in 1994 in Austin, Texas, the financial and educational assistance PeopleFund provides "has helped create thousands of jobs and empowered an even greater number of Texans on a path to financial stability and independence."
PeopleFund not only issues small business loans to the underserved, but also offers business education and a host of workshops and programs to support the entrepreneurs that are participating.
According to their mission, the goal of PeopleFund " is to give people the opportunity to turn their talents into a sustainable livelihood and achieve financial stability for themselves and their families."
Andrea's Story
Andrea Thomas is a savvy and resourceful business owner, here in Dallas, Texas. Her background as an architect — full of long hours and high demand — was preparation for an even more intense vocation: being a mother.
Andrea is a devoted parent, and when her daughter developed eczema, she knew she had to do something about it — and that's how ScratchMeNots was born.
ScratchMeNots are designed to be worn as a cardigan, and were originally created to prevent children from scratching themselves. The clothing is also made from certified organic cotton and bamboo, for kiddos with sensitive skin.
When Andrea realized she needed capital to help grow her business, she turned to PeopleFund.
The financing that Andrea received allowed her to not only invest in more inventory, but she was able to respond her immediate customer demand, so that ScratchMeNots could meet its projected goals.
"PeopleFund has helped us gift parents with peace and their children with relief," says Andrea.
And we're thrilled here at Soap Hope to work with PeopleFund so that we can tackle widespread issues and continue empowering women — at home and abroad.
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Q: Event Listeners in If statements in AS3 I have a (maybe strange) Question for you experienced ActionScript gurus out there:
Logically maybe I am missing something but the situation is as follows: I have buttons nested on different frames of a MovieClip and on the attached class of the MovieClip I have an if statement that adds an Event Listener for the button nested on the appropriate frame; However when I run the code it seems that flash is executing the code in order regardless if the condition for running said code is true or not. I was just curious if there's a particular way to handle this sort of condition in a better way?
public function Die1() {
    // constructor code
trace("Roll 1 D1 is:", MainGame.valueRoll1);

if (MainGame.valueRoll1 == 1){
    gotoAndStop(1);
    die1Sd1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Side1process);
}

if (MainGame.valueRoll1 == 2){
    gotoAndStop(2);
    die1Sd2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Side2process);
}

if (MainGame.valueRoll1 == 3){
    gotoAndStop(3);
    die1Sd3_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Side3process);
}

if (MainGame.valueRoll1 == 4){
    gotoAndStop(4);
    die1Sd4_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Side4process);
}

if (MainGame.valueRoll1 == 5){
    gotoAndStop(5);
    die1Sd5_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Side5process);
}

if (MainGame.valueRoll1 == 6){
    gotoAndStop(6);
    die1Sd6_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Side6process);
}
}

Thanks Ahead of time for anyone who replies to this post, I suppose all the syntax knowledge in the world cannot help with program logic...

A: You'd better use a single event listener on the entire die instead of using a lot of listeners that depend on the die's current frame. Like this:
function Die() {
    this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,processDie);
}
// instead of that entire 'if'!
// Also, this approach will allow you making more dies without spawning classes
function processDie(e:MouseEvent):void {
    switch (currentFrame) {
        case 1: side1Process(); break;
        case 2: side2Process(); break;
        case 3: side3Process(); break;
        case 4: side4Process(); break;
        case 5: side5Process(); break;
        case 6: side6Process(); break;
    }
}

And in your MainGame you do like this:
var dice:Array=[];
public function MainGame {
    for (var i:int=0;i<maxDice;i++) {
        var die:Die=new Die();
// make a new die. It'll automatically have an event listener attached
        die.x=i*50;
        die.y=20; // place somewhere
        addChild(die);
        dice.push(die);
    }
    // rest of code follows
}

Then, when you have to roll your dice, you do like this:
for (var i:int=0;i<dice.length;i++)
    if (mayIRollTheDie(i)) // provide a correct condition here
        dice[i].gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*6));

Then your dice will change frames according to the roll of 1-6. Their currentFrame properties will reflect the roll, so you could easily gather them. And you will no longer need listening to Event.FRAME_CONSTRUCTED, because everything is now detached from current frame's objects.

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Dirty Electric
31st Oct 2017 4:38 pm
With electrics, we will just be replacing diesel with coal. Crazy!
Shapur Kotwal Author
Can the electric car seriously damage the environment? On the face of it, this is a preposterous question. It is widely known today that electric cars are squeaky clean. Badged zero-emission vehicles, they consume nothing but electricity. Politicians in India want manufactures to produce only electric cars by 2030. Britain has a deadline of 2040, and the French have announced something similar.
Conventional wisdom, of course, is wrong. So just how clean are electric cars? Let's dispense with the hype and the hoopla and get down to facts. What most people tend to forget is that electric cars don't make any power, they only consume it. This is a fundamental difference. Understand it and you will understand the issue. So when you compare a petrol or diesel car with an electric, remember to attach a power station to it in your mind. Got the picture? Good.
Now this electricity has to come from somewhere; and that is problem number one. Yes, there are places in the world where electricity is being produced cleanly. But today, here in India, and in the foreseeable future production of electricity is the problem not the solution. Get this: 60-70 percent of our power today, depending on who you ask, still comes from coal. Even getting it down to 30-40 percent will be near impossible due to the rising demand. And add approximately six million electric car to it every year by 2030 and the load will just skyrocket.
Now, for years the electric car lobby has been saying an electric powertrain is so efficient it is not too far off a petrol-powered car, even when powered by a coal-electric plant! Thing is, our coal plants are nowhere near as efficient as they are in the developed world and, importantly, does anyone anywhere make more fuel efficient cars than we do in India? Allow me to answer that one, the simple answer is a big NO. Our average national fuel efficiency is probably at the other end of the scale when compared to the US. So the real-world gap between an efficient IC engine and a coal-powered electric is likely to be significant. And what's changed recently is that there are loads and loads of studies which are finding out that the environmental impact of electric cars is much more than earlier estimated.
But that apart, the sad truth is that India, with its heavy coal use, is currently the worst place in the world to run an electric. And this, will take many decades to change. Yes, yes, the electric car is the future, we absolutely have to embrace it and using a device like a Tesla Powerwall and solar panels to provide power is super clean and just brilliant. But until we can do that or introduce cleaner electricity into our grid, the changeover to electric cars will be a colossal waste of everyone's blood, sweat and tears. Think about it, we'll just be replacing diesel with coal, and that's just plain crazy. One thing's for sure, engineers should be deciding when to go all electric, not politicians.
Shapur Kotwal
Deputy editor at Autocar India.
Shapur is at the forefront of the magazine's extensive road testing activities and oversees the test instrumentation and data acquisition. Shapur has possibly the most experience among all road testers in the country.
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Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui enters the global Top 5 list on Netflix, currently trending at No. 1 on India charts : Bollywood News
Ayushmann Khurrana and Vaani Kapoor starrer Chandigarh Kare Aashqiui gained overwhelming love from the audiences during its theatrical release and was also hailed as one of the most path-breaking films of our times. The film continues this winning streak upon its OTT release as it is trending at no. 1 position across India, UAE, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore among many other countries. Currently, being the only Indian film to be a part of the Global top 5 list. Furthermore, Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui remains to be the most viewed non-English film as it gauges a whopping 53 lakh hours of viewership just within 3 days of its digital release.
This mind-bending love story wasn't just well received by critics but also struck the right emotional cord with the audience. Breaking stereotypes, the subject of Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui made a huge impact and paved the way for many directors to broach such bold and beautiful narratives going forward.
While Ayushmann Khurrana, known for tackling such social taboos, aced his performance as the gym rat gabru of Chandigarh, Vaani Kapoor garnered tremendous appreciation for her brave call to essay a transgender character and do due justice to it. The visionary behind this spectacle, director Abhishek Kapoor has yet again proved his calibre and versatile range as a storyteller by navigating through such unexplored realms and giving us this progressive and utterly relevant masterpiece.
Gulshan Kumar, T-Series and Guy in the Sky Pictures presents, Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui directed by Abhishek Kapoor, produced by Bhushan Kumar and Pragya Kapoor.
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Q: Ember Object, with a nested array To learn Ember, I've been trying to make a simple app that computes timezones.
When a person enters their city, and the other person's city, I make a GET request to my API, which returns the dates like so --
great_times: [array]
good_for_me: [array]
good_for_them: [array]

In handlebars, I have

We found {{totalTimes}}
        great meeting {{pluralize totalTimes 'time' 'times'}} for you!

            {{view RightTime.AutoCompleteAddressView value=myCity placeholder="What's your city?"
              class="form-control input-lg" latLng=myLatLng}}

            {{view RightTime.AutoCompleteAddressView value=theirCity placeholder="What their city?"
              class="form-control input-lg" latLng=theirLatLng}}

      {{#each meetingTime in greatTimes}}
        {{render 'meetingTime' meetingTime }}
      {{/each}}

This works, but what happens is that when I update the city, It no longer updates this each loop.
I do know however that the model was updated, because the {{totalTimes}} computed property does update.
This is what my meeting Object looks like:
RightTime.Meeting = Ember.Object.extend({
  meetingTimes: null,
  myCity: null,
  theirCity: null,
  myLatLng: null,
  theirLatLng: null,

  totalTimes: function() {
    if (this.meetingTimes) {
      return this.meetingTimes.great_times.length;
    }
  }.property('meetingTimes'),

  locationsData: function() {
    return {
      myLatLng: [this.myLatLng.k, this.myLatLng.A],
      theirLatLng: [this.theirLatLng.k, this.theirLatLng.A]
    }
  }.property('myLatLng', 'theirLatLng'),

  findTimes: function() {
    var meeting = this;
    if (this.myLatLng && this.theirLatLng) {
      $.ajax({
        url: 'api/meetings',
        type: 'GET',
        data: meeting.get('locationsData')
      }).done(function(response){
        meeting.set('meetingTimes', Ember.A(response));
      });
    }
  }.property('myLatLng', 'theirLatLng')
});

I have a feeling that the problem lies in
.done(function(response){
            meeting.set('meetingTimes', Ember.A(response));
          });

I'm resetting the whole meetingtimes array, which may be the wrong way to go about it.
How would you go about making the meetingTimes arrray update and reflect in handlebars?

A: I'd probably just move great_times into a computed property that depends on meetingTimes and isn't chained.
something like
greatTimes: function() {
  return Em.get(this, 'meetingTimes.great_times') || [];
}.property('meetingTimes'),

With a template like this
{{#each meetingTime in greatTimes}}
  {{render 'meetingTime' meetingTime }}
{{/each}}


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Diagnostics Point of care testing, Screening and monitoring, Microbiology and immunology
How to Avert the Next Pandemic
Modernizing point-of-care diagnostics to help prevent future outbreaks
Jack Regan | 07/20/2021 | Opinion
Pandemic preparedness requires long-term investments in disease surveillance, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccine development. Yet despite repeated warnings from virologists, microbiologists, epidemiologists, and other public health stakeholders, disease surveillance and diagnostics have been underfunded for decades. Our inability to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2 has largely been due to the lack of sufficient surveillance and diagnostic infrastructure – including better point-of-care testing.
Arguably, our failure to adequately prepare for a novel pathogen has resulted in the COVID-19 pandemic, which, at the time of publishing, has claimed over 605,000 lives and caused 2.3 million hospitalizations in the US alone (1). We expect similar threats to emerge in the future – so what should we be doing differently to better prepare and prevent a repeat catastrophe?
Improving response times to new and emerging diseases requires a quantum leap – and the only way for the US to get there is to implement federal policy changes and provide financial incentives that encourage vendors to develop new technologies to close the gap. Crucially, it must support the widespread adoption of point-of-care molecular tests capable of open-access multiplex testing.
Although vaccines are vital for reducing deaths, they do nothing to avert a pandemic caused by a new pathogen. Preventing a small outbreak from escalating into a pandemic requires the widespread adoption of rapid point-of-care testing solutions that can be quickly configured to detect new threats.
Open-access testing
We need open-access technology because we don't know the identity of the next pathogen capable of causing millions of deaths worldwide. It could be another coronavirus variant – such as the original SARS virus or the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus – but it might also be an avian influenza strain or something similar to Ebola. Prior to SARS-CoV-2, avian influenza was regarded as the greatest threat to humanity, largely due to the 1918 influenza pandemic – which caused 20 to 50 million deaths worldwide – and because subtypes H5, H7, and H9 have previously taken human lives (2,3).
The need is clear: to better prepare for the next pandemic, every hospital and clinic should have open-access systems.
Open-access PCR machines are microfluidic by nature and draw test reagents from bulk reservoirs. Ideally, the bulk reservoirs hold sufficient real-time PCR chemistry to process many samples before reagent replenishment becomes necessary. PCR is considered a gold standard chemistry and is manufactured globally by vendors who supply the necessary reagents to all laboratories performing molecular analysis. The chemistry can be synthesized quickly at scale and shipped at room temperature to any location – permitting new tests to be shipped to clinical facilities within one to two weeks of initial pathogen sequencing. The fact that multiple vendors can support manufacturing allows for a lightning-fast response time when providing new tests to clinics. Compare this with the manufacturers of FDA-authorized closed-access systems, which took approximately eight weeks to supply new tests for SARS-CoV-2. This slow response time was certainly influenced by the individual manufacturing plants that make these specialized cartridges – plants that already had limited manufacturing abilities.
The need is clear: to better prepare for the next pandemic, every hospital and clinic should have open-access systems – and they should be used daily for standard pathogen detection. In the event of a novel threat, new tests could be quickly synthesized and delivered to these point-of-care settings, in which rapid identification of infected individuals will greatly improve our chances for successful containment. Solely relying on closed-access systems gives us almost no chance due to the weeks of difference in deployment time – allowing a novel pathogen to infect possibly thousands more victims.
Multiplex testing
Open-access is not the only feature needed for successful containment – it's also critical to return an informative result when testing symptomatic individuals. Single-plex tests that look for the presence of a single pathogen often return negative results when, in fact, multiple pathogens can be responsible for a similar set of symptoms. Negative results can leave healthcare professionals wondering: is the result a false negative for the deadly pathogen? Or is it a true negative for the tested pathogen, but the patient is infected with another microbe?
Multiplex tests that screen for the 'usual suspects' boost the confidence of both the healthcare provider and the patient.
Negative results can be significantly reduced by using multiplex tests that screen for the most likely pathogens causing a set of symptoms. There are around 10 respiratory pathogens that cause early symptoms similar to influenza. Multiplex tests that screen for the "usual suspects" boost the confidence of both the healthcare provider and the patient, who knows what is causing their illness – making them more likely to adhere to quarantine rules or other appropriate protocols for a less dangerous pathogen.
For proper surveillance of emerging pathogens, a negative multiplex test on a seriously ill individual should always be sequenced to determine the true cause of the symptoms. However, sequencing is slow, expensive, and can only be carried out in reference laboratories – therefore not a viable point-of-care solution. That said, sequencing is vital to the characterization of new pathogens so that new PCR tests can be quickly developed, manufactured, and deployed to clinics and hospitals that operate fast, accurate, affordable, and easy-to-use automated systems.
Another area in need of meaningful change is test reimbursement for multiplex testing. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can increase usage of multiplex PCR tests by enacting modest changes to current CMS policies. The government could also provide economic incentives to spark innovation surrounding open-access testing – motivating more vendors to work toward commercializing this vital technology.
Only the federal government has the infrastructure, money, and resources to implement meaningful pandemic prevention. During COVID-19, the government has (rightly) spent billions on testing and vaccines; however, these investments do not address the lack of open-access multiplex PCR testing solutions for point-of-care facilities. Therefore, we remain vulnerable to the next pathogen capable of causing a pandemic. The federal government is not yet familiar with the benefits of open-access technology, given that it has only recently become commercially available and is still not available for FDA-authorized clinical testing in humans. With further education and awareness, though, the US government and public health professionals will implement improved testing strategies to better protect humanity's future.
Pandemics do not need to be endured. They can be prevented – but, unless substantial changes are made, COVID-19 will not be the last. We need decisive federal action to modernize our disease surveillance capabilities to combat this constant microbial threat. The government must incentivize diagnostic companies to develop open-access, multiplexed systems for point-of-care settings and mandate automated reporting for all test results – ultimately improving real-time disease monitoring. On top of that, the CDC and FDA must "stress test" surveillance infrastructure to spot weaknesses that need to be addressed to improve our chances of containing future novel pathogens. With omnipresent, automated, open-access, multiplexed test solutions for the point-of-care, we may stand a chance at preventing the next deadly pandemic.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021). Available at: https://bit.ly/3wF6gB7.
WHO, "Pandemic Influenza Risk Management: WHO Interim Guidance" (2013). Available at: https://bit.ly/3vA4UaK.
CDC, "Influenza Type A Viruses" (2017). Available at: https://bit.ly/3wEJs4v.
Jack Regan
CEO and Founder of LexaGene, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA.
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Acting Regional Director - Harare/Chitungwiza Regional Campus
Mr .C. Mabaso
MA (Journalism)
Welcome Message from the Office of the Regional Campus Director
The Zimbabwe Open University Harare-Chitungwiza Regional Campus is delighted to welcome you to its friendly, familial and hybrid multi-cultural academic environment of working and nonworking community of students. The region services the Greater Harare Metropolitan Area and is an exciting and intellectually fulfilling place to learn, study and share experiences.
The Harare-Chitungwiza Regional Campus is the largest within the Zimbabwe Open University's family of open and distance learning academic Campuses spread across the country's ten administrative provinces. At any given time, the academic centre has a 1/3 of the total student enrolment in the university. The Regional Campus continues to excel and develop as a centre for academic excellence in the Country, the SADC Region and Globally.
The Harare-Chitungwiza Regional Campus offers a convenient learning environment where you are part of 10 000 students from around the globe. We are committed to offer you a world class education by highly qualified and experienced members of both teaching and non teaching staff who are ready to provide you with life changing information, knowledge and leadership.
Your great Regional Campus is open throughout the day including lunch hours, Monday to Fridays excluding public holidays, to ensure that both our working and non working students are conveniently served. The Regional Campus has a dedicated staff compliment of 17 information records clerks to service the students during assignments submission and collection. Our excellent and welcoming reception facilities will ensure that you are directed to the right offices.
The Harare-Chitungwiza Regional Campus has a vibrant Student Representative Council to address student academic and leisure interests. There are a number of sporting disciplines that you can join. Both past and present students can also join the ZOU Alumni Harare Chapter that exists to promote your leading institution's academic and social interests.
All you school leavers and working professionals, wherever you are, from whatever region or country within the global village, my colleague I cordially invite you to join the life changing and intellectually fulfilling experience offered by the Zimbabwe Open University's Harare-Chitungwiza Regional Campus
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The names Hippeastrum and Amaryllis may be interchangeable but we're talking about the same bulb. They're members of the Amaryllidaceae family so you're probably more correct if you do refer to them as Amaryllis flowers. And as blooms go, the Amaryllis Hippeastrum bulbs are superb.
The Hippeastrum grows from a bulb that spears through the air to a height of more than 1/2 metre. As it does, the bud begins unfurling along the way erupting once it reaches its peak and then producing three magnificent flowers with equi-distant spacing. A birds-eye view will highlight the "peace-symbol" that it forms.
A lady who found out that I had a weakness for them gave me a few pots of amaryllis bulbs a few years ago. I had never grown them before, let alone knew how to care for them. I had admired them from the sidelines hoping to one day get the opportunity. Well here it was.
In the beginning every mistake that could possibly be made with these bulbs I made. I would over-water them in their dormant period. Perhaps I would also under-water them in their flowering season. I even took to bury them below the surface of the soil – in order to ignorantly commit the biggest doozy of them all. Yet, these bulbs persevered for a few seasons before finally calling it a day two years ago.
Since then, I've been researching how to grow these better and take gretaer care of these delicious bulbs. It seems that the advice the donor lady gave me was right. Lo and behold, it pays to listen.
Leave the top third of the bulb above the soil. Unlike most other bulb flowers the amaryllis does not like growing beneath the surface. Eventually, they will rot and die if you plant it that way.
Plant the bulbs in a rich, moist soil. Hippeastrums require a rich nutrient base to flower so beautifully so a good soil to start with is imperative. Follow this by regular feedings of compost tea and a good bonemeal fertiliser.
Water it regularly during the flowering season and hotter months but hold off once the foliage has browned and fallen off.
Don't move it for the next 3 years. The Amaryllis is not a big fan of change and much prefers to get comfortable in its surroundings so resist the temptation to dig it up every year and dry the bulb out – they don't work that way.
The Hippeastrum is best grown in a container for a few good reasons. First, you have the flexibility of location changes when they're in pots rather than stuck in the ground. Second, this flexibility means you can remove the plant from the public eye once its blooms are spent. This allows it to recuperate without messing up your garden. Finally, grown in a container allows you to bring these bulbs indoors and take care of them during the cooler months.
You can propagate amaryllis via bulb division separating the pups once the flowers and foliage have all died back. Using the same care instructions as listed above it's best to plant these in separate pots.
I have discovered some white powder substance on the bulb of some of my large Hippeastrums. My question is how do I treat this?
I'm not really sure if this is the chart that you are looking for.
Good question Hannah although I'm not sure I can provide an answer for you. I too have looked for a chart for Amaryllis/ Hippeastrums online but to no avail.
For the first time, my amaryllis bulbs formed buds. I was so excited to see the little tips of the buds . It has been 2 months now and One is now preparing to bloom. Another has a little hint of leaves and the bud peaking out the side. Two others have plenty of leaves but the buds are just sitting there and are stuck. The buds just won't emerge and shoot up a stalk. The buds are there… why won't they emerge?
Stuart, I have nine beautiful big amaryllis bulbs that I brought upstairs this late Winter. They had been outdoors last Summer and had grown very nicely!!! Anyway, I planted them correctly, added nice rich soil on the top and around the roots. Did I water them incorrectly? I added Miracle G to the water each week. Anyway, only one is going to bloom. The rest are growing nice, green, strappy leaves. hmmm.


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It's Been 4 Years Since The Nintendo Switch Was Revealed. Has It Met Your Expectations?
Has your mind made a switch since then?
byDale Bashir
Posted Oct. 20, 2020, 3:40 p.m.
The Nintendo Switch was revealed to the world in a special trailer on October 20, 2016. At the time, Nintendo's home console, the Wii U, was on its last sputtering legs, and even the Nintendo 3DS was coming to an end. This new console was to bring Nintendo out of its Dark Age.
Initial Reveal
This new trailer did a great job of showing off what the Nintendo Switch was: a console and handheld hybrid that has never been seen before in the world of gaming. Showing how a player can play Zelda at home, and then take his dog on a walk in the park while continuing his game outside was more than enough to sell the idea to the world.
In fact, the Nintendo Switch's initial reveal was basically the antithesis of how they marketed the Wii U, which caused confusion among consumers on whether or not it was merely an add-on for the Wii or if it was its own console. The Wii U's crown feature, the Gamepad, made a lot of people think it was a handheld console hybrid, which Nintendo finally was able to fulfill that fan demand with the Nintendo Switch.
After the reveal, many were skeptical about the hardware itself. People thought that what the trailer was a little too good to be true. A tablet that could play Skyrim in an airplane? In 2016, it seemed like a pipe dream. And yet, by the time March 2017 rolled around, it was proven that Nintendo managed to do the impossible. Granted, third-party titles can sometimes take a dip in quality compared to other versions on PC or non-Nintendo consoles, but Breath of the Wild was a launch title that certainly put a lot of doubts to rest.
The Nintendo Switch Presentation in January 2017 had Super Mario producer, Yoshiaki Koizumi, give a run-through on everything the Nintendo Switch had to offer. If anything, the Nintendo Switch itself is somewhat of a compilation of Nintendo's greatest ideas from the previous decade, namely the accessibility and motion-controls of the Wii, and the handheld greatness of the Game Boy family and its successor the Nintendo DS and 3DS. On top of that, the Nintendo Switch also supported Gamecube controllers from the get-go, which is arguably the best controller Nintendo ever made.
Software and Launch Titles
Does anybody even boot up 1-2-Switch anymore? The initial lineup of the Nintendo Switch's launch titles was a mixed bag, ranging from older indie titles like Shovel Knight and World of Goo, to multi-platform games like Skylanders Imaginators and Just Dance 2017. There were games that showed off the Nintendo Switch's focus on couch multiplayer games, like Super Bomberman R and Snipperclips.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was the killer app for a long time, showing off the most open Hyrule we've ever seen and is among the best games of all time. While technically it is a port from the Wii U version, BotW has since eclipsed its home console and has become the signature game for the Nintendo Switch. Later that year in 2017, other great games like Super Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, ARMS, and Super Mario Odyssey would grace the system and cement the Nintendo Switch's staying power.
Since then, the Nintendo Switch is still going strong in 2020, and is arguably getting even popular thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, the likes of Animal Crossing and the arrival of Minecraft characters in Super Smash Bros. The PS5 and Xbox Series X & S are just right around the corner, but who knows if these consoles will enjoy the same meteoric rise as the Switch. Orwill they simply maintain the status quo their predecessors left behind? In any case, we can't wait to see how the Nintendo Switch can surprise us even more in the future.
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From Forests to Faucets adds new partners
Forest management program set to invest another $33 million into forest health and watershed protection through 2021.
January 19, 2018 | By: Jay Adams
From Forests to Faucets, a forest management partnership between Denver Water and the Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service that began in 2010, is expanding to include the Colorado State Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The partners will invest an additional $33 million through 2021, in forest management treatments with a goal of restoring 40,000 acres of overly dense forestland, and continue reforestation efforts in areas ravaged by wildfires.
The Hayman Wildfire destroyed 138,000 acres in Denver Water's From Forests to Faucets began as a result of the devastating impacts of the Hayman and Buffalo Creek wildfires. Photo courtesy: Coalition for the Upper South Platte.
"From Forests to Faucets is a collaborative approach to keep our forests and watersheds healthy," said Christina Burri, watershed scientist at Denver Water. "Our drinking water starts as rain and snow that passes through mountains and trees, so it's important to take care of our forests."
From Forests to Faucets began in response to the costly impacts of the 1996 Buffalo Creek and the 2002 Hayman wildfires. The two fires destroyed 150,000 acres in Denver Water's South Platte River watershed.
After the fires, flash floods raced through the burn areas and cost Denver Water more than $27 million to repair infrastructure, remove sediment and restore land around key drainages that flow into Strontia Springs and Cheesman reservoirs.
"Those big fires taught us that investing in healthy forests is less expensive than dealing with the after-effects of a catastrophic wildfire," said Jim Lochhead, CEO/manager, Denver Water. "When trees are destroyed, more sediment flows down the mountains, which causes water quality problems,dam safety concerns and takes up space in our reservoirs."
Forest thinning treatments funded by the partnership are done in Denver Water's priority watersheds known as "zones of concern", across 10 counties in north-central Colorado. The "zones of concern" are sections of overly-dense forestland that are vulnerable to catastrophic wildfires.
The U.S. Forest Service and Colorado State Forest Service conduct forest thinning treatments in overly-dense forestland in Denver Water watersheds.
If a large fire broke out in a zone, it would have devastating impacts to Denver Water dams, reservoirs, pipes and streams that supply water to the Front Range.
"Over the past 100 years, Colorado's forests have become overly dense which makes them more prone to catastrophic wildfires," Banks said. "When we thin the forests, we are restoring the land to how it looked before people settled here."
Forest restoration involves three main steps: strategically cutting down trees to create more space and lowers the risk of fires in tree tops; selectively removing trees to reduce the amount of wood available as fuel for fires; and conducting prescribed burns to recycle ground fuels into nutrients which promote plant diversity.
"The goal of our treatments isn't to stop fires, it's to prevent large catastrophic wildfires," said Erin Connelly, Pike/San Isabel National Forest supervisor, U.S. Forest Service. "Fires are an important part of the ecosystem, so we want to treat the forests to promote smaller, more frequent fires and prevent large ones that have devastating impacts on communities, wildlife, recreation and water supply."
Prescribed fire is a technique used to reduce the amount of debris that can fuel large wildfires.
"Since 2010, From Forests to Faucets has invested approximately $33 million in forest treatments across 48,000 acres," Burri said. "We've also planted more than a million new trees in the burned areas in our priority watersheds."
Adding the Colorado State Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service allows forest managers to conduct treatments on non-federal and private lands as well as national forests.
"Forestlands cover all land ownerships across Colorado, and when a fire breaks out, it simply doesn't respect those boundaries," said Scott Woods, watershed management forester, Colorado State Forest Service. "It's important that all landowners work together to manage our forests and reduce the risks of catastrophic wildfires."
More than 800,000 trees have been planted in burn areas as part of From Forest to Faucets.
Working together serves as a win-win for all four partners.
"By combining resources, we're able to treat more acres than we could on our own," said Brian Ferebee, Rocky Mountain regional forester, U.S. Forest Service. "By building healthy forests, we're able to help Denver Water protect their resources so they can ensure their customers a reliable source of water."
2 thoughts on "From Forests to Faucets adds new partners"
Marcus Wiley says:
This comment…"Over the past 100 years, Colorado's forests have become overly dense which makes them more prone to catastrophic wildfires," Banks said. "When we thin the forests, we are restoring the land to how it looked before people settled here."…. seems to capture the greater problem in Colorado.
– Who thinned the forests before people settled here? Natural wildfires!
– Why have the forests become overly dense only in the past 100 years? Man's control of natural wildfires!
I suspect the forests took care of itself just fine before people settled there.
Your video "forest thinning treatments" shows our tax dollars spent removing young trees to prevent the "ladder" effect of forest fires, and then replanting new tree seedlings over time. Does this seem overly intrusive, egocentric and ridiculous to anybody? I get that we need the fresh water, and our population growth now mandates management of our resources. But lets not lie to the people and pretend that we are doing nature any favors. And the sooner we admit that we are the problem, the sooner the conversation will shift to solving the real issues in Colorado. Thank you
Travis Thompson says:
Thank you for your interest in our story about the From Forests to Faucets partnership.
It's important to make it clear that we are replanting trees in the burned areas, not where the treatments occur.
Denver Water relies on the U.S. Forest Service and Colorado State Forest Service to manage this work, as they are the experts in this field. Denver Water's involvement at this stage is to review the implementation and funding plans developed by the USFS, CSFS and Natural Resources Conservation Service each year.
The critical work done in these priority watersheds doesn't only mean improved water quality for Denver Water customers and millions of downstream water users, but it also provides a healthier ecosystems, which benefit forest visitors and wildlife.
Forest and watershed restoration activities can help minimize sedimentation impacts on reservoirs and other water infrastructure by reducing soil erosion and the risk of uncharacteristic or catastrophic wildfires.
Forest and watershed restoration also can help the forests become more resilient and resistant to future insect and disease epidemics and changes in climate.
Restoration of forests provides many benefits to the public, including: reduced risk for communities, improved wildlife habitat, reduced hazards for recreationists, carbon sequestration, jobs, locally-sourced wood products and renewable energy from woody biomass.
From Forests to Faucets funding is used to plant new trees in burn areas only. The USFS and CSFS do not plant new trees in areas that have been thinned.
It's also important to note that Denver Water does not receive any tax dollars and does not make a profit. We're funded by water rates, bond sales, cash reserves, hydropower sales and fees for new service (called System Development Charges).
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ECO 507 Managerial Economics
Learn how economic theory becomes reality in an organization.
Every business has finite resources, but seemingly infinite and disparate uses for those resources. How do you balance those needs? How do you analyze and compare their importance? Through Managerial Economics 507, you'll develop the ability to make what are sometimes hard decisions regarding your company's expenditures.
ECO 507 is one of three courses offered within the Accounting, Economics, and Finance core.
Effectively allocating your company's resources can be a daunting task, but with a keen understanding of the topics related to managerial economics, you can make the necessary spending and funding decisions. In this course, you'll become more familiar with supply and demand, the driving force behind every organization.
You'll see how elasticity — the change in quantity resulting from the change in price — affects revenue. You'll also delve into the economic analysis of supply, and the law of diminishing returns.
The concept of cost will come in focus as you explore the concept of economies of scale and discern between the various types of costs related to production function.
Economic cost
Accounting cost
Short-run total cost
Short-run total variable cost
Total fixed cost
How do the negative effects of offshoring balance with its benefits?
Explore this and more in ECO 507.
More than a board game, a monopoly is one of four main market types, along with perfect competition, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition. You'll come to understand the difference in these market structures in terms of product and service differentiation. The role of government in the private economy will be discussed and you'll also learn the challenges and issues facing multinational corporations.
The Firm and Its Goals
Demand Elasticity
The Theory and Estimation of Production
The Theory and Estimation of Cost
Pricing and Output Decisions: Perfect Competition and Monopoly
Pricing and Output Decisions: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
The Multinational Corporation and Globalization
In ECO 507, you'll become familiar with the analytic tools used to formulate and analyze managerial problems from an economic standpoint.
Be fluent in basic managerial economics terminology in terms of business theories, alternative business policies, and applications to a variety of applied business settings.
Master the skills needed to analyze fundamental managerial economic issues.
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Woodly® material used in St1's new heat-sealed sandwich bags
St1's HelmiSimpukka (Helsinki, Finland), in collaboration with Woodly (Helsinki, Finland) and Amerplast (Tampere, Finland), launches the Woodly heat-sealed take away bag.
The heat-sealed bag is 100 % carbon-neutral and recyclable wood-based packaging material. Consumers will recognize the new packaging from the Woodly logo and the sandwiches can be found in all St1 HelmiSimpukka outlets in Finland.
Recognized as one of the biggest companies in Finland, St1 and their HelmiSimpukka outlets are known for comprehensive services and delicious foods. With the new environmentally friendly packaging solution, St1 aims to reduce food waste, increase consumer recycling, and improve the quality and shelf life of products.
"Sandwiches packaged in the Woodly heat-sealed take away bags retain freshness even longer than those packaged in a traditional plastic bag, which supports our goal of reducing food waste. In addition, the Woodly heat-sealed bag is made of renewable material and is suitable for recycling, which is in line with our responsibility thinking," says Emil Huttunen, Marketing and Concept Manager of the HelmiSimpukka chain.
The Woodly heat-sealed bags are manufactured by Amerplast, a company with extensive experience in manufacturing flexible packaging and strong expertise in food industry requirements and packaging materials.
For Woodly, the collaboration with St1 and Amerplast can lead to extraordinary results with hopes of many more to follow suit in packaging products more environmentally friendly. "The development of the bag solution together with the HelmiSimpukka restaurant chain and bag manufacturer Amerplast has been exciting and inspiring. We see a lot of new opportunities here to expand similar Woodly heat-sealed take away bag solutions to other product categories as well," says Jaakko Kaminen, CEO of Woodly Oy. AT
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Braskem joins the Renewable Carbon Initiative
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil), the global leader in biobased polymer production, has joined the Renewable Carbon Initiative as part of its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality.
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LVMH and Dow intend to collaborate to improve sustainable packaging across major perfume and cosmetics brands
Dow (Midland, MI, United States) and LVMH Beauty, a division of LVMH (Paris, France), the world leader in luxury and home to 75 iconic brands, will collaborate to accelerate the use of sustainable packaging across LVMH's perfume and cosmetic products.
Avantium and Henkel sign offtake agreement on FDCA for adhesives
Avantium (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, and Henkel (Düsseldorf, Germany), a global leader of adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings, and leading manufacturer of well-known consumer brands, have signed an offtake agreement for five years, under which Avantium will supply Henkel with FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) produced in Avantium's FDCA Flagship Plant, currently under construction in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.
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The project includes excavation, additional soil gas surveys, and engineering controls to address contaminated soils at the Former Naval Information Research Foundation Undersea Center (Site). The purpose of the project is to mitigate potential risk to human health and the environment by the Contaminants of Concern (COCs) in soil. The City of Pasadena refers to this Site as the 3200 E Foothill Boulevard Mixed Use Project. The COCs consist of heavy metals (lead, mercury and hexavalent chromium), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), tetrachloroethylene (PCE), explosives (ROX and TNT) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is approving a Removal Action Workplan (RAW) for this Site. DTSC's approval action is being undertaken pursuant to the regulatory authority granted under Chapter 6.8, Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code. The Site is currently a public self-storage facility. The proposed future use of the Site is residential and commercial.
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Archer Malmo's Russ Williams Honored as a Memphis Leader and for Excellence in Advertising
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Agency's CEO named one of Inside Memphis Business' CEOs of the Year and receives AAF's Silver Medal
Archer Malmo today announced that the agency's CEO, Russ Williams, has been honored with the Memphis American Advertising Federation's annual Silver Medal Award and has been named Inside Memphis Business' CEO of the Year in the 50 — 200 employees category. Both prestigious awards reflect Williams' excellent leadership and dedication to nurturing talent, creating a great company culture and giving back to the community.
"We couldn't be more proud of Russ for his countless contributions to the community and his commitment to building and investing in a talented creative class in downtown Memphis while putting a foothold in Austin," said Gary Backaus, partner and chief creative officer at Archer Malmo. "Russ is an inspirational leader whose compassion, vision and investment in both the agency and the community make him a standout CEO."
The Silver Medal Award is the highest form of individual recognition by the American Advertising Federation. It is awarded to an exceptional industry leader for a career of outstanding accomplishment and advertising contribution. Williams succeeds two previous Archer Malmo heads that won the Silver Medal: John Malmo, founder of John Malmo Advertising, and Ward Archer, Jr., CEO of Ward Archer & Associates.
Likewise, Inside Memphis Business' CEO of the Year Awards are annually a chronicle of exemplary leadership and outstanding workplace cultures in the Mid-South. Winners are nominated by their peers, chosen by the magazine's editorial board and featured in the February/March print edition.
Since joining the agency in 2000, Williams has led Archer Malmo to increase revenue by 180 percent and double in employee size from a 90 to 190-person shop in both Memphis and Austin, recently piloting the acquisition of Austin agency Tocquigny last June. Additionally, Williams has helped to foster an award-winning workplace culture at Archer Malmo, being three times named to Advertising Age's Best Places to Work and the Inc. 5000, as well as earning Top Places to Work accolades in PR News for the public relations department and The Bark magazine for the agency's pet-friendly office. Among many, his contributions to the community include serving as the chairman of the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) and on the board of Memphis' Volunteer Odyssey.
About Archer Malmo
Archer Malmo, with offices in Memphis, Tennessee, and Austin, Texas, combines brand thinking, data and technology to help growing brands adapt to the digital and creative complexities of today. Since 1952, we've continually evolved to changes in the industry, helping level the competitive playing field for midsize companies. The agency's combination of discipline specialists, strategic orientation, creativity and culture yields strong client relationships and business results. With more than 150 people, Archer Malmo is one of the oldest independent agencies in the U.S. and has been recognized by Advertising Age and others as a "Best Place to Work" and has been named to the "Inc. 5000" list of fastest-growing private companies in America for five consecutive years.


To Māori, women are te whare tangata – the house of humanity – and are venerated for their ability to create life. Many strong women have been prominent in Māori society, including the Māori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and land-rights activists Eva Rickard and Whina Cooper.
All mana is sourced from the atua (gods). For Māori women, the sources of this mana (mana wahine) include te ara uwha o Tahu (the heavenly female path of Tahu), the primal parent Papatūānuku (the earth mother, and creator of all life) and other female deities.
In the Māori creation narrative, Papatūānuku is the first female entity, followed by Hineahuone, who was created out of clay by Tāne at Kurawaka. The next atua wahine (goddess) is Hinetītama, who fled to the underworld and became Hine-nui-te-pō after discovering that her husband, Tāne, was also her father.
In traditions about the demigod Māui, atua wāhine are often an essential element in his endeavours. Māui's grandmother, Murirangawhenua, provided him with her jawbone, to enable him to fish up the North Island and slow down the sun. Māui's encounters with Mahuika provided the source of fire. His adventures ended with Hine-nui-te-pō crushing him to death between her legs.
These traditions highlight these women's mana, as they supply Māui with the knowledge to achieve his deeds. Māui meets his doom between the legs of a woman, but this too highlights the potency of women's tapu – especially their genitalia and their ability to whakanoa (remove tapu, or make normal).
Another group of atua wāhine feature in the tradition of Tinirau and Kae, as the first kapa haka group. These women are seen as deities in their own right. They include Hineteiwaiwa, the atua of childbirth and te whare pora (weaving and female arts), Hineraukatamea, the atua of entertainment, and Hineraukatauri, the atua of music. Hineraukatauri is personified as the case moth, on which the pūtōrino musical instrument is modelled.
Some natural features are attributed to atua wāhine. Hinepūkohurangi is personified as the mist, Hinepūtehue as the gourd and Hinemoana as the ocean. Hineraumati is the personification of summer, Hinetakurua of winter and Whaitiri thunder.
Rona whakamautai represents the moon, and in one tradition is said to be a daughter of Tangaroa, god of the sea.
In tradition there are some important female tipua (supernatural creatures) or taniwha who represent the kaitiaki (guardians) of different geographical features. According to the Tūhoe people, the taniwha Haumapuhia is said to have formed Lake Waikaremoana in her attempts to break out to sea. In tradition, the taniwha Āraiteuru guided the voyaging waka Māmari from Polynesia to New Zealand. It is said she still occupies a cave on the south head of the Hokianga Harbour, and is regarded by locals as a guardian of the surrounding district.
According to Ngāti Māhaki tradition, the four names of Tamaāhua's wives give us the four varieties of pounamu (greenstone) found on the West Coast of the South Island – Takīwai, Aotea, Pounamu and Aūhuka.
Māori refer to women as te whare tangata (the house of humanity), recognising the vital roles women play in providing life and nurturing future generations. Women are respected for their ability to create life, so they are treated with the same consideration as Papatūānuku, the creator of all life. Terms associated with te whare tangata are synonymous with the land. Whenua means both placenta and land, and the afterbirth was buried, binding people to their source of life, physically through women and spiritually to the land.
Tribal histories and traditions speak of numerous women of high rank. The terms used to describe these women include puhi (high-born, unwed woman), wahine rangatira (women of rank), kahurangi (chieftainess) and ariki tapairu (first-born in a family of note), depending on the woman.
According to Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hīroa), in Ngāti Kahungunu, first-born females of senior families were known as māreikura. They were seen as tapu, and as young girls their puhi (virgin) status was jealously guarded by the hapū so they could be betrothed to a suitable suitor from another community. Attendants were often assigned to such women to take care of their needs, as their special status prevented them from doing menial tasks.
One renowned ariki tapairu was Hinematioro, whose genealogy represented the leading lines of descent on the East Coast. Hinematioro was the acknowledged leader of Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, but her influence extended from Whāngārā to Tolaga Bay. Her mana is captured in the following song excerpt: 'my fame mounts o'er the sea, Like Hinematioro's; — she of noble birth and mien'.1 It is said she was considered so tapu she did not walk on the ground, and was instead carried on a litter.
Another female leader was Te Rangitopeora of Ngāti Toa. A signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi, she was often referred to as the Queen of the South. She was a noted composer and mediator, and rejected European clothing throughout her life.
A 20th-century ariki tapairu was the late Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, who succeeded her father, King Korokī, in 1966, to become the first Māori queen in the Kīngitanga. Affectionately known as 'the Lady,' Dame Te Ata was held in high esteem not only because of her inherited status but also because of her humility, her tireless work with numerous organisations and and the many relationships that she nurtured.
Traditionally women who acquired moko kauae (female chin tattoos) received them on the basis of their mana, established through their whakapapa. They were nominated by the hapū to ensure there was a woman of mana to represent them on the marae.
Rere-o-maki of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi was a woman of mana who signed the Treaty of Waitangi, putting her moko on the treaty taken to Waitangi by Henry Williams. Hēni Materoa Carroll, wife of 19th-century politician James Carroll, had a moko kauae. So did the Ngāti Apa prophet Mere Rikiriki, who foretold the emergence of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana as a religious leader.
However, not all women of mana acquired moko kauae – sometimes for the very reason that they were considered too tapu to receive one. One of the few recorded examples of such a woman who was deemed too tapu to be tattooed was Mihi Kōtukutuku, a woman of high rank from Te Whānau-a-Apanui and Ngāti Porou. During her adolescent years some tohunga tā moko (tattooing experts) from Te Arawa arrived on the East Coast to tattoo chosen girls with moko kauae. The tohunga refused to operate on Mihi Kōtukutuku due to the mana of her whakapapa and therefore the degree of tapu that would be associated with her blood.
From the late 20th century moko kauae have been revived among Māori women as part of a reassertion of Māori female identity.
The tradition of women as composers continued with the likes of Tuini Ngāwai and her niece Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi. In the 1980s Pēwhairangi wrote popular songs including 'E ipo', sung by Prince Tui Teka, and 'Poi e', made famous by the Pātea Māori Club.
In the early 21st century Whirimako Black, Moana Maniapoto, Hinewehi Mohi and Maisey Rika were singer-songwriters who promoted Māori music and drew on their identity as Māori women.
The most obvious public expression of mana wahine is the customary practice of karanga, the first cry of welcome on the marae. Dr Wi Repa, in an obituary for his wife in 1929, spoke of the inherent mana of the voice of women: '[N]o mua iho ano te mana o te reo o te wahine ... ma te wahine e powhiri te manuwhiri, ka maru'3 (the mana of woman's voice is ancient ... the woman welcomes visitors, and protects).
A woman's ability to make the marae ātea (ground in front of the meeting house) tapu with her voice and words during the karanga complements the role of men with whaikōrero (speeches) during the rituals of encounter. The karanga is an exchange between tangata whenua and manuhiri (visitors) to ascertain the nature of the visit and the visitors, thus providing the basis for the whaikōrero. It is also a chance for women well-versed in the art of karanga to express their own opinion on topical matters.
In some tribes, such as Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu, women of mana perform whaikōrero. However, not all iwi permit their women to do so, in order to protect them, and because of the tapu nature of women as the whare tangata (motherhood). Whaia McClutchie and Mihi Kōtukutuku of Ngāti Porou and Niniwa-i-te-rangi of Ngāti Kahungunu were all renowned orators.
Controversy has arisen over the gender aspect of the welcome. One of the best-known was in 1998, when Leader of the Opposition Helen Clark was challenged by Titewhai Harawira over speaking rights at Waitangi. Harawira argued that Māori women should be allowed to speak if a Pākehā woman was.
Māori women's influence may also be felt behind the scenes in advising or dictating whaikōrero. In 1874 the resident magistrate in Raglan, R. S. Bush, reported the attendance of the sister, wife and daughter of the Māori king, Tāwhiao, to open the house Tokanga-nui-a-noho (which symbolises the peaceful intentions of the Kīngitanga) at Aotea. Bush noted that during the speeches of welcome Tāwhiao's sister, Tiria, did not take part, yet the spokesmen consulted with her before replying to the speeches.
Māori women who signed the Treaty of Waitangi were Takurua, Te Marama, Ana Hamu, Marama, Ereonora, Te Rangitopeora, Kahe Te Rau-o-te-Rangi, Pari, Te Kehu, Ngāraurekau, Rere-ō-Maki, Hoana Riutoto and Te Wairākau.
Traditionally land was bequeathed to women, as the mana of women to give birth to descendants meant that mana whenua (authority over land) was not lost through marriage. During the Kotahitanga movement women argued that the law should recognise Māori women as land owners and leaders in their own right. The 1897 petition from the Kotahitanga to Queen Victoria was signed by Māori women and men.
At the battle of Ōrākau in the King Country in 1864, Ahumai Te Paerata famously responded to the suggestion that the women and children should be allowed to leave, 'Ki te mate ngā tāne, me mate anō ngā wāhine me ngā tamariki'2 (if the men die, the women and children die also).
Māori legal academic Ani Mikaere has discussed the impact of colonisation on Māori women, as missionaries and settlers sought to dismiss traditional Māori philosophies and values in favour of their own patriarchal belief system. Mikaere states that Māori cosmology and history was retold to give emphasis to the male characters, while church schools trained Māori girls in domesticity, to become good wives. Most missionaries and settlers struggled to recognise the leadership of Māori women, preferring instead to deal with their male counterparts. Only 13 Māori women signed the Treaty of Waitangi (out of some 512 signatures). The daughter of Te Pēhi, a Ngāti Toa rangatira, was not allowed to sign as it was believed that women were not important enough. Angered at the insult, her husband also refused to sign.
In 1993 a group of Māori women filed a claim to the Waitangi Tribunal alleging that the Crown's actions and policies have, since 1840, systematically discriminated against Māori women and deprived them of their spiritual, cultural, social and economic well-being protected by the Treaty of Waitangi. The claim reflects a range of poor socio-economic indicators for Māori women. For example, around 50% of Māori women smoke, and Māori women's incomes tend to be less than that of Māori men and of women overall.
Despite this Māori women of rank continued to champion the efforts of their tribes. They fought with their men in the New Zealand wars, and actively participated in the Native Land Court process. Sometimes, like Mākereti Hinewai of Ngāti Kaputuhi, they acted as the principal witness for the hapū, recounting tribal history and genealogical connections with land interests.
Women petitioned the government on land rights and argued for women's suffrage along with their European counterparts, achieving this in 1893. These women's rights advocates, such as Meri Mangakāhia of Te Rarawa, Niniwa-i-te-rangi of Ngāti Kahungunu, Takarea Te Heuheu of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Sophia Hērangi of Tūhourangi, also actively participated in the Kotahitanga movement, the Māori parliament based at Pāpāwai, Wairarapa. They formed women's committees and argued for the right of women to not only vote but also to stand for the Māori parliament, something they achieved in 1897. Niniwa-i-te-rangi was also an editor (and a financer) of the Māori newspaper Te Puke ki Hikurangi, a major commentator on Māori issues at the start of the 20th century.
Within the Māori King movement, Te Puea Hērangi of Waikato emerged as a major Māori leader in the first half of the 20th century. She led the establishment of Tūrangawaewae marae as the movement's headquarters, negotiated a settlement of Waikato's grievance over the confiscation of its lands, and through her charismatic leadership generally raised the public profile and national significance of the Kīngitanga.
During the Second World War, Māori women, like their Pākehā counterparts, took a role in running farms and increasingly in working in factories. While fewer than 50 Māori women were working in industry in 1926, the number increased tenfold by 1945 to around 500. This began the increasing urbanisation of Māori.
The Māori Women's Welfare League was established in 1951 to support Māori in areas such as housing, health and education. The league spread quickly throughout the country, with 300 branches formed within five years. Whina Cooper was the first president, and Mira Szászy the first secretary. She would later also become president. Both are recognised as outstanding Māori leaders of the 20th century and their championship of the league provided it with a legacy that continued in the 21st century. The league continues to take an interest in contemporary issues for Māori society and inform whānau on issues ranging from cervical screening through to representation roles in governance.
During the 1970s and 1980s Māori women were at the forefront of Māori protest movements about land rights, racial inequality and Māori sovereignty. A number, such as Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Ripeka Evans and Donna Awatere, were influenced by the women's liberation movement, which critiqued the perceived patriarchal nature of traditional Māori leadership. Some Māori feminists raised the issue of Māori women's speaking rights on the marae.
Many of these Māori women found themselves at the vanguard of the violent clashes between anti-apartheid protesters and the police during the controversial 1981 rugby tour by the South African Springbok team. These clashes were captured by prominent Māori filmmaker Merata Mita in her movie Patu.
Two of the most outspoken land-rights campaigners of the 1970s were Whina Cooper and Eva Rickard. Cooper, at the age of 79, led the 1975 hīkoi (land march) from Te Hāpua to Wellington. Eva Rickard led a group of protesters in occupying the Raglan golf course, taken from its Māori owners originally for use as an airstrip in the Second World War.
Although criticised by some as preparing girls for domesticity, Māori girls' boarding schools such as St Joseph's Māori Girls' College, Hukarere, Turakina and Queen Victoria have played a major role in educating young Māori women and preparing them for leadership. St Joseph's and Hukarere were still open in 2016.
Bessie Te Wenerau Grace of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, the granddaughter of paramount chief Horonuku Te Heuheu, was the first Māori woman to graduate from a university. She received a BA from Canterbury University in 1926 and later a BA and MA with first-class honours in modern languages from London University.
Ngāpare Hopa of Ngāti Wairere was the first Māori woman to receive a PhD in anthropology, from Oxford University, England. Her commitment to Māori education has spanned more than 40 years, and in the early 21st century she was a leading Māori academic.
In 2016 Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) was the only female pro-vice chancellor Māori at any university. Based at the University of Waikato, Professor Smith was internationally recognised for her work in education. Her book Decolonizing methodologies: research and indigenous peoples (1999) challenged Western ways of researching. It argued for the decolonisation of methodologies and a new type of indigenous research.
Māori women have also achieved much in sport. They include Margaret Matangi of Te Āti Awa, who was the captain of the first national New Zealand netball team in 1938. Ruia Morrison was a famous Māori tennis player who competed at Wimbledon from 1957 to 1960, reaching the quarter-finals. Dr Farah Palmer of Ngāti Mahuta and Ngāti Waiora is a former captain of the Black Ferns rugby team, which won the 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cup tournaments.
Awatere, Donna. Maori sovereignty. Auckland: Broadsheet, 1984.