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Two-Time WNBA Champion, WNBA Finals MVP, Two-Time WNBA MVP, and Two-Time NCAA Champion
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Entrepreneur, activist, sports analyst, and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Candace Parker is one of the most influential athletes of this generation and one of the most decorated women's basketball players of all time. A legendary basketball star, Parker has won two WNBA MVP Awards, is a two-time NCAA Champion, as well as a two-time WNBA Champion, leading both the Los Angeles Sparks and the Chicago Sky to victories. She is also the first woman and WNBA player to appear on the cover of an NBA 2K game, for the WNBA 25th Anniversary Special Edition, and became the first active player to serve as an in-game analyst in the 2K broadcast booth. A rising star in the broadcast world, Parker works as a sports analyst and commentator for the NBA on TNT, NBA TV, and NCAA Tournament coverage. Off the court, she hosts the podcast Moments with Candace Parker, which celebrates the victories, messy failures, and brave decisions of parenthood. Parker is a highly sought-after speaker offering bold and inspiring thought leadership and passionate insights about the importance of women's rights, voting rights, mental health awareness, racial justice, and Black Lives Matter.
Parker was the first woman to join the Social Change Fund, which invests in organizations working to make a greater impact in underrepresented communities of color. She was featured in the Disney+ docuseries Becoming, profiles for The New York Times, Forbes, and more, and was named to TIME's list of the "100 Most Influential People in 2022." Parker launched her media company Baby Hair Productions, and producing a documentary exploring the impact of Title IX. Expanding her entrepreneurial portfolio, Parker and her daughter became co-owners of the Angel City FC National Women's Soccer League expansion team. Parker gave an electrifying TEDWomen Talk How to break down barriers and not accept limits that went viral instantly with over 1M views, sharing her journey as a trailblazing sports icon, what it takes to break barriers, and the lesson she learned from her daughter about not accepting limitations.
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Late Show - What Would Candace Parker Change About the WNBA? | The Daily Show [3:02]
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Entrepreneur, activist, and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Candace Parker is one of the most influential athletes of this generation and one of the most decorated women's basketball players of all time. Parker offers bold and inspiring insights about the importance of women's rights, voting rights, ...
Entrepreneur, activist, and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Candace Parker is one of the most influential athletes of this generation and one of the most decorated women's basketball players of all time. Parker offers bold and inspiring insights about the importance of women's rights, voting rights, mental health awareness, racial justice, and Black Lives Matter in this moderated conversation.
Breaking Down Barriers in Sports and in Life
Based on her electrifying TEDWomen Talk How to break down barriers and not accept limits, basketball superstar Candace Parker shares her journey as a trailblazing sports icon, what it takes to break barriers, and the lesson she learned from her daughter about not accepting limitations in this modera ...
Based on her electrifying TEDWomen Talk How to break down barriers and not accept limits, basketball superstar Candace Parker shares her journey as a trailblazing sports icon, what it takes to break barriers, and the lesson she learned from her daughter about not accepting limitations in this moderated conversation that makes an impact on audiences of all kinds.
Entrepreneur, activist, and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Candace Parker shares her passion for mental health awareness and support, insights about balancing her superstar career and motherhood, and how we can overcome adversity and raise awareness in this moderated conversation. ...
Entrepreneur, activist, and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Candace Parker shares her passion for mental health awareness and support, insights about balancing her superstar career and motherhood, and how we can overcome adversity and raise awareness in this moderated conversation.
Breaking Through Glass Ceilings
Basketball superstar, sportscaster, and entrepreneur Candace Parker is a trailblazing sports icon who has broken barriers throughout her career. One of the most decorated women's basketball players of all time, Parker is a passionate advocate for women's rights, speaks authentically about her journe ...
Basketball superstar, sportscaster, and entrepreneur Candace Parker is a trailblazing sports icon who has broken barriers throughout her career. One of the most decorated women's basketball players of all time, Parker is a passionate advocate for women's rights, speaks authentically about her journey as a parent, and shares her experience as a mother and Black woman, offering an intersectional perspective. She inspires others to break through glass ceilings as she has in this impactful moderated conversation.
Leadership and Sports Activism
Legendary basketball star Candace Parker is one of the most influential athletes of her generation and a powerful advocate for women's rights, voting rights, and Black Lives Matter. Parker is a bold leader on the intersections of sports and diversity, equity, and inclusion, and offers insights from ...
Legendary basketball star Candace Parker is one of the most influential athletes of her generation and a powerful advocate for women's rights, voting rights, and Black Lives Matter. Parker is a bold leader on the intersections of sports and diversity, equity, and inclusion, and offers insights from her personal experience playing at the top of the game and leveraging her platform to create social change.
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WNBA Champion, WNBA Finals MVP, Two-Time WNBA MVP and Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist CANDACE PARKER won her 2nd WNBA Championship and helped lead her hometown Chicago Sky to the first title in franchise history. ESPN: Candace Parker's legacy comes full circle as she leads Chicago Sky to first WNBA championship >>
After 13 seasons playing for the Los Angeles Sparks, in which she won WNBA MVP 2x, WNBA Rookie of the Year, and WNBA Finals MVP, Candace moved home to Chicago where she was born and raised with the mindset of being the only other superstar aside from Michael Jordan to deliver the city of Chicago a basketball championship. After just one season, Candace accomplished her goal. SI Cover: Candace Parker's journey from Chicago to Chicago >>
One of the most decorated women's basketball players of all time and solidified as one of the most influential athletes of this generation, Parker continues her legacy as a basketball superstar as well as an analyst and commentator for the NBA on TNT, NBA TV and NCAA Tournament coverage and is seen as a rising star on the broadcast world. Chicago Tribune: How Candace Parker pulls double duty with Chicago Sky, TNT >>
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WNBA Champion, WNBA Finals MVP, Two-Time WNBA MVP and Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist CANDACE PARKER is known for her legendary career in basketball, but the truth is, she's just getting started in the spotlight. One of the most decorated women's basketball players of all time and solidified in her spot as one of the most influential athletes of this generation, Parker continues her legacy as a basketball superstar while supplementing her career with time as a broadcaster. She is the lone female sports analyst and commentator for Turner and also co-hosts the Ledlow & Parker Podcast. Parker recently signed with her hometown team Chicago Sky after thirteen seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks. In her talks, she not only touches on her legendary career that is still ongoing, but also discusses the Black Lives Matter movement, women's rights, voter's rights, and breaking glass ceilings as a Black woman.
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Adidas and Candace Parker team up for her second signature shoe - Input Mag
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2021 WNBA Finals - Candace Parker's legacy comes full circle as she leads Chicago Sky to first WNBA championship - ESPN
WNBA Continues Celebration Of Landmark 25th Season, Names Greatest Players In League History, "The W25" - WNBA
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As one of the most decorated women's basketball players of all-time and a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Candace Parker has already solidified herself as one of the most influential athletes of this generation. Both on and off the court, Parker has continued to build a legacy that she hopes will inspire others to break through glass-ceilings as she has. Off the court, she serves as the lone female sports analyst and commentator for Turner.
In 2008, Parker was selected as the No.1 overall pick in the WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks, following a champion career at Tennessee where she led the Lady Vols to consecutive NCAA championships in 2007 and 2008. Parker went on to become the first player to earn WNBA MVP and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season and was named Finals MVP after leading the Sparks to the 2016 WNBA title. After 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, Parker signed with the Chicago Sky and will make her return to her hometown in the upcoming season.
Throughout her career, Parker has built an outstanding honors list which includes three WNBA All-Star nods, the 2013 WNBA All-Star Game MVP Award, six All-WNBA selections, and the 2020 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. Parker also led Team USA to gold medals in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Off the court, Parker launched the first season of her podcast Moments with Candace Parker. Produced in partnership with Wonder Media Network and Robin Roberts, Moments celebrates parenthood to the fullest -- the smallest victories, the messiest failures and the bravest decisions. Each week, Candace chats with friends you might recognize, about stories you've never heard before. The podcast launched on August 10, 2021 on all podcast platforms to tons of fan love.
The first WNBA player to appear on the cover of an NBA 2K game, Parker was featured on the cover of the WNBA 25th Anniversary Special Edition, released on September 10, 2021. Parker was also the 1st WNBA player to sign with 2K last year and brought the WNBA onto the platform for the first time. She also became the first active player – male or female – to be an in-game analyst in the 2K broadcast booth.
Parker was recently featured in Disney+'s docuseries, Becoming, produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. She has always had a love for creating content with plans to launch her own production company in the near feature.
Currently, Parker has endorsement deals with Adidas, NBA 2K, Band-Aid and JBL Audio and has previously worked with brands such as Gatorade, Budweiser and more. In 2019, Parker closed a multi-year deal to serve as an analyst and commentator for the NBA on TNT, NBA TV and NCAA Tournament coverage and is seen as a rising star on the broadcast world. Most recently, Parker and her 11-year-old daughter became co-owners of the Angel City FC National Women's Soccer League expansion team that is expected to begin play in 2022.
As a mother and a Black woman, Parker has developed into a bold, insightful and inspiring thought leader who is passionate about the importance of women's rights, voters' rights and Black Lives Matter. In September of 2020, Parker was the first women to join the Social Change Fund, the mission of which is to invest in and support organizations that are working to liberate Black people and advocate for indigenous people and communities of color through the lens of policy solutions, community representation and narrative change. With her heart, passion and competitiveness, Parker is already a role model for so many with much more to come.
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Sonnet 106 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man.

Synopsis
In old chronicles, there are descriptions of handsome knights and beautiful ladies. Had these writers known the youth, they would have expressed it in their work. In fact, their descriptions are prophecies that prefigure the beauty of the youth. Though they had prophetic power, they did not have enough poetic skill. Even we, though we can see the perfection of the youth, lack the words to praise it.

Structure
Sonnet 106 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a final rhyming couplet. It follows the typical rhyme scheme of the form ABAB CDCD EFEF GG and is composed in iambic pentameter, a type of poetic metre based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions. The 4th line famously exemplifies a regular iambic pentameter:

×   /    ×   /    ×   /   ×  /    ×    /
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, (106.4)
/ = ictus, a metrically strong syllabic position. × = nonictus.

The first and second quatrains both open with a rather unassertive initial inversion; the 5th line also exhibits a rightward movement of the third ictus (resulting in a four-position figure, × × / /, sometimes referred to as a minor ionic):

  /   ×    ×   / ×  ×    /    /   ×    /
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best, (106.5)

A minor ionic potentially recurs at the same point in the final line.

The meter demands line 7's "antique" be stressed on the first syllable, and line 8's "even" function as one syllable.

Notes

References

British poems
Sonnets by William Shakespeare

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Interface is a pure abstract class.They are syntactically similar to classes, but you cannot create instance of an Interface and their methods are declared without any body. Interface is used to achieve complete abstraction in Java. When you create an interface it defines what a class can do without saying anything about how the class will do it.
NOTE : Compiler automatically converts methods of Interface as public and abstract, and the data members as public, static and final by default.
Methods inside Interface must not be static, final, native or strictfp.
All variables declared inside interface are implicitly public static final variables(constants).
All methods declared inside Java Interfaces are implicitly public and abstract, even if you don't use public or abstract keyword.
Interface can extend one or more other interface.
Interface cannot implement a class.
Interface can be nested inside another interface.
Though classes in java doesn't suppost multiple inheritance, but a class can implement more than one interface.
Classes implements interfaces, but an interface extends other interface.
Difference between an interface and an abstract class?
Abstract class is a class which contain one or more abstract methods, which has to be implemented by its sub classes. Interface is a Java Object containing method declaration but no implementation. The classes which implement the Interfaces must provide the method definition for all the methods.
Abstract class is a Class prefix with an abstract keyword followed by Class definition. Interface is a pure abstract class which starts with interface keyword.
Abstract class can also contain concrete methods. Whereas, Interface contains all abstract methods and final variable declarations.


I have heard Rev. Jim Antal, President of the Massachusetts Conference, mention that we would be dealing with grief with climate change. I agreed with him, and now I want to further nuance his insight. The grief from climate change can border on trauma. The latest severe climate events of 2016 with the three hurricanes and the fire-storms indicate what will be the new normal for the United States. I met a woman and her family who lost their home and all their possessions in the California Northbay fires in October at a Christmas party. As I engaged her in conversation, I found myself having a flashback to the traumatic years of the AIDS epidemic in 1980s and early 1990s when I lost over a hundred friends. I lost my spouse Frank and my brother to HIV on the same day. I noticed in the woman an emotional numbing, ongoing memories of fleeing in the middle of night to escape the fires, an inability to focus on the present, a sense of helplessness, depression, a sense of meaninglessness, suffering, and the lack of hope. In listening and attempting to be fully present, I mirrored back her traumatic feelings and asked her about support groups for herself. In November, my husband Joe, an Interim Pastor at United Church of Christ (UCC) Petaluma, spent a day assisting families to return to the burnt out remains of their homes. He functioned as a chaplain to these traumatized families of climate disaster. The UCC churches in the Northbay area stepped in with many community organizations to provide assistance.
The fact that severe weather events and catastrophes will only increase motivates me pastorally and as a member of the UCC Council for Climate Justice to write this piece. I recommend that our clergy or lay folks participate in disaster relief training programs or climate change and trauma workshops. Climate disasters and trauma will become a common feature of living in today's world.
The friend who will be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in our hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not-knowing, not healing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of powerlessness that is a friend who cares.
Those who sit in silence with fellow human beings not know knowing what to say but knowing that they should be there, can bring new life in a dying heart.


#Optimist - The provisional results are in from the last day of racing at the 2018 Optimist Worlds, and National Yacht Club youth Rian Geraghty-McDonnell places 16th in the final tally.
Close behind is fellow Team Ireland member James Dwyer-Matthews of Kinsale Yacht Club at 19th out of the 66-boat Gold fleet.
Further down the leaderboard, Justin Lucas held on for a 50th-place finish after a rough week on the water at Limassol in Cyprus.
In the Silver fleet, Cork Harbour sailors Harry Twomey and Michael Crosbie finished 27th and 51st respectively.
All five contributed to Ireland placing eighth in the Nations Cup, just a few points shy of France and Germany in the final standings.


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Lemaitreopsis is een geslacht van kreeftachtigen uit de klasse van de Malacostraca (hogere kreeftachtigen).

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Last week's Comment drew attention to the growing tensions between the world's main economic powers. Within a few days things were unravelling even faster than expected at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.
Certainly the rhetoric was one of peace and harmony. In his address to the United Nations the American president had argued: "It is my deeply held belief that in the year 2009 – more than at any point in human history – the interests of nations and peoples are shared." But this was the same speech in which Barack Obama called for free trade shortly after imposing tariffs on Chinese tyre imports.
The problem is, contrary to Obama's argument, the interests of nations are becoming increasingly antagonistic.
Established powers fear losing out to rising powers and tensions are rising within the West itself.
America is desperately trying to shore up its dwindling power by building closer ties with the rising emerging nations. That is why it supports the replacement of the G8 with a permanent G20 framework.
However, if countries such as China and India are given more power it is likely that Britain and France will lose out. Both European powers are in danger of losing their permanent seats on the International Monetary Fund board if American proposals are accepted. Yet America is not prepared to give up its effective veto on the organisation's affairs.
Then there is the tension over global imbalances. This pits America and Britain against China and Germany. America is keen that the two exporting powers bolster domestic demand to help bring the global economy closer to equilibrium. But for China and Germany exports are a key element of national wealth.
There are disagreements over financial regulation too. Notably, Britain will resist a tight system of global regulation because it could hit the City of London.
All these tensions lead to a complex pattern of rivalries. Countries may be prepared to make concessions in one area if others make compromises elsewhere. But the increasingly competitive character of the global economy makes it difficult to reach agreement.
National leaders may like to pretend that they are primarily motivated by universal human principles. But in reality they are simply expressing the particular interests of their national states.
If such tensions cannot be contained the consequences will be enormous.


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A redescription of Eldenosteus Arizonensis (placodermi: Arthrodira) from the upper devonian martin formation of northern arizona
Heidemarie G. Johnson, David K. Elliott
Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, School of
New material of Eldenosteus arizonensis from the Upper Devonian Martin Formation of Mt. Elden, northern Arizona allows a more complete description of the body armor and the hitherto unknown skull. The new reconstruction verifies the position of Eldenosteus as a coccosteomorph arthrodire, and shows its affinity with the Torosteidae (=Plourdosteidae).
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The Sin War, the battle that revealed the presence of Inarius on Sanctuary, was not the beginning of the nephalem. Despite the presence of Uldyssian and his followers, it was merely a chapter, a small one in a saga that links us from the creation of the world of Sanctuary to the present day. One cannot discuss the Sin War without discussing nephalem, for in a way, the nephalem are far more important to the cosmos than Sanctuary, Inarius or Lilith. More important than the Archangels or Prime Evils. After the events of Diablo III and Reaper of Souls, it can fairly be said that the being currently known as The Nephalem has the potential to be the most dangerous being in existence. The combined power of all seven of the Prime and Lesser Evils failed to stop said being, and when an Archangel seized control of the Black Soulstone and used the trapped essences of those same seven, added to his own incalculable control over death, the result was the same. Malthael still fell before the power of The Nephalem.
There was a time where more than one such entity walked the surface of Sanctuary.
Looking back to the dawn of Sanctuary's creation we find the Renegades, angels and demons that sought to escape the endless battles of their kind, led by Inarius and Lilith. It was through fraternization of these same demons and angels that the first nephalem were born, and their power revealed to those that had made them. The potential for power displayed by these beings was staggering, for unlike their angelic and demonic forebears, the nascent nephalem were beings with the power of Anu and Tathemet running through them. Not since the cosmic all at the beginning of time had any being been so thoroughly capable of the greatest nobility and the most savage depravity. Yet each nephalem had this capacity, and moreover, each could draw on the power of both of their cosmic forerunners. They seemed capable of surpassing their parents, and in alarm, those parents turned to Inarius for a solution.
It seemed impossible that the forces of Heaven and Hell would fail to find Sanctuary with such astonishingly potent beings walking it, and when they detected that the nephalem were mixtures of angel and demon, they would be shocked and disgusted, outraged – they would seek to exterminate them, and the renegades for having engendered them. Worse, however, was the unthinkable possibility that they might fail. The nephalem already rivaled their parents, in time, they could well surpass them. Inarius considered the request of his followers that these offspring be destroyed, but when Lilith slew the other renegades to preserve them, he could only banish her to the Void, bound by his emotions and his oath to never harm her. This left Inarius alone in Sanctuary with the very same beings that he knew must inevitably supplant him.
However, Inarius had one advantage over the nephalem – while their had the inherent power of their legacy as beings who contained the essence of both Anu and Tathemet within themselves, Inarius had the Worldstone – also known as the Eye of Anu, it was the powerful relic that had created Sanctuary, a piece of the titanic cataclysm released when Anu and Tathemet struck each other down. Using the Worldstone, Inarius altered Sanctuary and the nephalem so that their titanic power would over time be lost, and that their own descendents would not be born nephalem as they were, but smaller, weaker beings without access to such lofty cosmic power. In essence, Inarius created from the godlike nephalem mere mortals, humans. The humans were still admixed beings, still containing the potential for great good or great evil, but no longer could they edit existence itself as did the Worldstone. (In a way, Inarius did to them what they would in time be capable of doing to the world.) Thus convinced he had rendered them no longer a threat to himself or his goals, he sat back to his long lonely retirement amidst his own descendants.
But despite every effort, the Hells did find Sanctuary. Mephisto, Lilith's father and one of the three Prime Evils, took note of this strange world and its mortal inhabitants and was impressed with their potential. Their souls could serve to tip the scales in the conflict between the Burning Hells and the High Heavens, and so, Mephisto sent his son Lucion to Sanctuary to prepare the way. Lucion created a cult called the Triune, which cast the Prime Evils in the role of gods to be worshiped and emulated and set out to win converts and sway the souls of mankind to their own debasement. Inarius, however, noticed Lucion's actions and backed by the power of the Worldstone he was no trivial opponent – even the Prime Evils couldn't easily defeat him so long as he held that relic of Anu.
Inarius created the Cathedral of Light to oppose Lucion's Triune. As a religion the Cathedral of Light was doctrinally simple enough – it basically was a predecessor to the Zakarum Church, with tenets of Light and opposition to evil. However, Inarius wasn't really all that concerned with the humans of Sanctuary, he simply wanted to oppose the Triune. As a result, the Cathedral spent most of its time squabbling with the Triune, and not much time actually following the Light or helping anyone. Over time, these two battling religions entered a stalemate, replicating the eternal battle between Heaven and Hell on Sanctuary itself, and while they were deadlocked real people lived, suffered and died in their wake.
This continued for generations, and while it did, Inarius wasn't attentive to the power he'd used to banish Lilith to the Void – occupied by Lucion, he failed to notice his lover's return. But Lilith wasn't grateful to her brother, far from it – she sought total dominion over Sanctuary and the Nephalem, seeing in them a power that could overthrow both Heaven and Hell. In her eyes, the eternal conflict was pointless, and even winning it was pointless, when in her offspring the seed of true godhood, true power endured – the might of the nephalem could alter reality, each had the potential to be a living Worldstone.
Lilith used Inarius and Lucion's shadow war as cover for her own actions, seeking out the Worldstone and subtly altering it, weakening Inarius' use of the stone to strip the nephalem of their power. This simple act allowed one of the mortal of Sanctuary, a simple farmer named Uldyssian Ul-Diomed, to slowly realize he was more than he ever believed possible. And it was this realization that began the Sin War in earnest, as the forces of the Triune and Cathedral of Light soon learned a third faction would rise to oppose both.
Our next Diablo KYL will cover the life of Uldyssian and his friends and allies, and show how the Sin War led us inexorably to the moment The Nephalem would rise to overthrow both Diablo and Malthael.


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Q: The Usage of Generic Article "a" Plus Singular Noun I would like to ask the following question about seemingly generic article "a" plus singular noun as I could not find posts that sufficiently covered this topic.
I read short passages about JK Rowling:
"Many publishers, however, thought that her book had two problems. A 90,000-word book might be too long for children. In addition, boys might not read a book written by a woman. [emphasis mine]"
I think that "a 90,000-word book" and "a book written by a woman" are generic nouns, because those sentences would make general explanations, rather than about a specific book. Even if they indicate a certain unknown book which meets the condition, this non-specification suggests a kind of general tendency. I also searched for the term "a book written by a woman" and found it used probably as a generic noun notably in the feminist literature. For example, "the difference between a book written by a man and a book written by a woman is..." It is occasionally used to argue that prejudices exist against female writers' books in general.
On the other hand, Dr. John Lawler has argued in his post (see also http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/000001.html) that "a + singular noun" is indefinite generic, which refers to the definition of a species. According to this explanation, the usage of "a + singular noun" as indefinite generic might not be applicable to the sentences I show above, because indefinite generic is too strong for these sentences, which would give general, not definitional, accounts. In addition, all the examples he showed begin with "a + singular noun" as a subject. So, I am wondering if "a + singular noun" as indefinite generic can be an object and others than a subject.
I would appreciate it if someone could let me know whether the nouns of the sentences are indefinite generic (if not definitional), and if they are not, how they should be interpreted. Also, does avoiding to use plurals, i.e. "90,000-word books" and "books written by women" have any implications? Thank you in advance.

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Many people are getting ready for Christmas. You can feel the excitement and joy in the air. Children are smiling a little bigger and most adults are just a little nicer. It's that time of the year. We are getting closer and closer to Christmas.
During this time of the season, there is a natural excitement people have about taking time away from their daily routines to appreciate life. Some people are looking for gifts underneath a Christmas tree, but I would like to share with you what's on my wish list.
The only thing about my wish list is I don't have to wait until Christmas to open these gifts. I can start right now. Here's what is on my wish list.
1. Serve in a greater way. As leaders, we can easily start feeling entitled. Thinking someone owes us something and that we should be served because most leaders do work hard.
All of us have gifts, but what are we doing with our gifts? One of my prayers and aims everyday is to make sure I am taking advantage of every opportunity to serve in a mighty way. I first want to serve God and my family, and then I want to live in such a way that inspires others to serve and better our world.
Contrary to some beliefs, life isn't about us. Life is about giving and serving.
How determined are you to enhance your skill level?
When we are able to enhance our skill level, it is then our expertise will lead to further opportunities for us to serve others in a greater way.
The greatest way to enhance skill is through various forms of learning. No, you don't have to go back to school right now. But in the process of educating your mind to develop your skill, you may discover the need to go back to school. It will be different for everyone.
One of the greatest teachers in life is life.
Whether you go back to school or not, you should be learning something everyday. Slow down, look around you, learn from the many situations you experience daily, and enhance your skills.
3. Stay connected. Life is short. One of my prayers and a beautiful gift that keeps on giving is the ability to be consistently connected to my passion and purpose. My life isn't perfect, but I have been blessed to do what I love and what God has called me to do.
Everyday I am able to live out my passion and purpose through serving my family, my leadership consulting/coaching business, my physical therapy practice, and many service organizations. Also, I get to pay forward my expertise and knowledge through this blog, which focuses on whole life and leadership.
When you are connected to your passion and purpose, you will never miss an opportunity to do what you love. My father and mother would always tell me, "If you do what you love, you won't have to work a day in your life." Life takes on greater meaning when you are doing what you love.
It doesn't have to be Christmas to enjoy the gift of today. What's on your wish list? Take about thirty minutes and make a meaningful wish list. After you have made your meaningful wish list, let me know what's on your wish list by posting on the blog's comment below, Twitter, or Facebook.


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George Robert Christensen (born 30 June 1978) is a former Australian politician and former journalist who was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022, as the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Dawson. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat with the National Party in federal parliament, prior to leaving the party in April 2022 to join One Nation, just days before the end of his parliamentary term.

Christensen is known for his socially conservative political views. He is also recognised for his anti-Islamic views.

Early years and background
Christensen was born in Mackay to third-generation cane farmers; his ancestors emigrated from Denmark in 1901. He is the eldest son to two disability pensioners. He joined the Young Nationals at the age of 15 and was state president of the Queensland Young Nationals from 2003 to 2004. Christensen was schooled in Andergrove, Walkerston and at Mackay State High before completing an undergraduate communications degree in journalism at Central Queensland University in Rockhampton in 2000. As a university student, Christensen was editor of The Student Advocate, a conservative university newsletter, and spent six months work experience at a community newspaper, The Pioneer News.

When he was 21 years old, Christensen briefly attended a seminary in Melbourne with the intention to become a Catholic priest. However, when his father "pointedly objected," Christensen chose not to pursue it. Later, in 2014, he converted to worship in the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

From 2001–2004, Christensen worked as an electorate officer and press secretary for federal Nationals MP De-Anne Kelly.

In 2005, Christensen founded a publishing business with Nicole Ratliff, his girlfriend of the time, to produce two community newspapers Walkerston & Valley Advertiser and Northern Beaches Advertiser. The business folded in 2013.

Political career

Local council
In 2004, Christensen was elected to Mackay City Council as a councillor, and in 2008 gained a seat on the amalgamated Mackay Regional Council. He was a director of the Mackay Regional Housing Company and Vice-President of Mackay Regional Council for Social Development. He was the foundation chair of Walkerston Community Kindergarten Association and former chair of HACC Transport Mackay Inc.

Parliament
Christensen ran as the LNP candidate for the seat of Dawson at the 2010 federal election. On 5 February 2010 the sitting member for Dawson, James Bidgood, announced that he would retire for health reasons after only one term. Christensen won the seat with a 5.02-point swing on a  two-party-preferred vote with a margin of 2.43 points.

Christensen gained national media attention during the election campaign for articles published by Christensen in the 1990s in The Student Advocate, a conservative university newsletter. The newsletter articles contained slurs against Jews, gays and women. Although Christensen claimed that the articles had been taken out of context, he said he was sorry for publishing the comments.

Member for Dawson
After the election, it was revealed that Christensen failed to resign from his position on the Mackay Regional Council before the election, putting himself at risk of High Court action which would not allow him to take office as the member for Dawson. Previously, independent Phil Cleary and Liberal Jackie Kelly had been faced with a by-election after failing to resign from public service positions before winning their respective seats. Despite this, several constitutional law experts said it was unlikely any legal challenge against Christensen would be successful because the constitution ban on "officers of profit under the crown" being elected to federal parliament would most likely not apply to local government councillors.

In July 2011, Christensen joined other Liberal National Party MPs in driving the entire Bruce Highway as part of a campaign to highlight problem areas on the road and to secure more funding for the Bruce Highway from the Commonwealth. During the road trip, one of the vehicles in the convoy of MPs hit what Christensen described as a "crater of a pothole" resulting in a tyre blowout.

In June 2011 Christensen drew criticism from fellow MPs for his manner of attack on Labor's shutdown of the live cattle trade to Indonesia. Christensen implied that Indonesia's religion (the dominant Islamic culture) is to blame for the torture of common cattle and that Australian farmers should not receive criticism for Indonesian mistreatment of live cattle exported to the nation.

In September 2012 he accused the National Health and Medical Research Council of demonising the sugar industry due to their recommendation to minimise sugar intake.

Christensen launched a campaign in October 2012 to persuade the producers of science fiction television series Doctor Who to film the program in Australia in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its first screening on Australian television on 12 January 2015. Two Doctor Who stars publicly supported Christensen's campaign.

2013–2016: Second term
In the 2013 Federal Election, Christensen won a second term in office by defeating Labor candidate Bronwyn Taha, adding a further 5.15% to give him a margin of 7.6%.

In March 2013, Christensen told media that he wanted to see the death penalty introduced for serious crimes including murder involving sexual assault. In May 2011, Christensen refused to back a motion condemning the death penalty and instead told federal parliament he supported the death penalty "for terrorists and for those found guilty of the most heinous of crimes – murder of a child, particularly those involving rape, murder of an elderly person or a person with disabilities, again particularly those involving rape".

In May 2014, Christensen stated on Twitter that those criticising the 2014 federal budget should "do a tour of Asia & live like these locals", featuring a photo of an impoverished backstreet in a non-specified country.

In July 2015, Christensen suggested on his website that Australia should consider corporal punishment for drug traffickers,  writing that "It's time to do things differently, and I suggest we take a look at how they address the problem in Singapore. Their use of corporal punishment seems to be a highly effective deterrent". In November 2015, Christensen again called for the bringing back of the death penalty.

On 25 February 2016, Christensen renewed calls for the suspension of the Safe Schools Program, an anti-bullying program, with a speech saying elements of the program sounded "a lot like the grooming work that a sexual predator might undertake". On 16 March, after receiving a briefing on a review of the Safe Schools program, Christensen and other conservative MPs declared the review a "stitch-up" with a narrow scope. In a speech later that day, Christensen called for a parliamentary inquiry into the program, linking an alleged "paedophilia advocate" with the foundation of the Safe Schools program.

On April 2016, Christensen introduced the Flags Amendment (Protecting Australian Flags) Bill 2016, which attempted to make it an offence to desecrate the Australian flag, but the bill did not get passed.

2016–2019: Third term
Christensen was returned for a third term at the 2016 federal election, with a reduced margin when there was a 4.51% swing against him towards the Labor Party candidate Frank Gilbert.

Christensen publicly encouraged Americans to vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 US election. Days before the election, Christensen issued a plea on Facebook for Americans to "do the rest of the free world a favour" and vote for Trump.

In February 2017, Cory Bernardi and George Christensen attracted criticism for speaking at the Q Society of Australia. The event received protests who called the event "racist". Christensen resigned as the Nationals' Chief Whip, effective from 1 March 2017, reasoning that being whip is untenable for 'the person that's supposed to be a standard bearer of discipline within the party to be out there talking against some of the Government policies as strenuously as I have been'.

A poll conducted by ReachTel in February 2017 revealed that, given the opportunity, Dawson constituents were equally likely to vote for One Nation as they were for the LNP - taking 30% versus 30.4% of first preference votes. One Nation has not run a candidate in the division of Dawson since Christensen won the seat, however, Christensen voiced his concern in 2016 that he would quite possibly lose his seat if One Nation placed a candidate against him. Christensen voted for One Nation in the 1998 Queensland election.

Christensen repeatedly threatened to resign from the LNP, and in February 2017 wrote a "letter of demand" to the Prime Minister in relation to inaction by the Federal Government to resolve a sugar industry dispute affecting his electorate. His father Ian Christensen wrote on social media "My Dad and George's Grandad, Tony Christensen, farmed the land (and) grew sugarcane for many decades ... If (Prime Minister Malcolm) Turnbull and the others in Cabinet think this is (an) idle threat from George I suggest they have a quick rethink and come down on the Aussie farmers' side." Christensen later apologised to Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce for his resignation threat.

In 2017, Christensen's trip to Malaysia as a "medical tourist" for stomach reduction surgery led to criticism from the Australian Medical Association, "We have a world-class system here in Australia. Why would anyone, much less a federal MP, go overseas to have a procedure they can safely have here? Isn't it the government's job to support our own health system?" While some doctors spoke of Christensen's bravery in speaking publicly about his struggle with weight, there was criticism about the Federal Government's failure to appreciate the "gravity of obesity as a public health problem and commit to meaningful policy and action." Christensen is a vocal supporter of the sugar industry and has rejected policies such as a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages aimed to reduce obesity. In noting a link between low-incomes and obesity, doctors stressed the importance of improving the public health system: "Unfortunately, a lot of our population are not in a position to seek measures like weight loss surgery because they simply can't afford it and our public hospitals are not providing it in anywhere near the numbers required."

On 26 February 2018, he ran a last-minute challenge for the leadership of the National Party against the ultimate winner, Michael McCormack.

2019–2022: Fourth term
At the 2019 federal election, held on 18 May 2019, Christensen was returned for a fourth term, with his previous margin increased by 11.43%.

In February 2020, Christensen travelled to the UK with fellow MP Andrew Wilkie to meet Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, while calling for Assange to be released.

Christensen served on the "Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia", which delivered its interim report in December 2020.

During and after the 2021 United States Capitol attack, Christensen, along with fellow backbencher Craig Kelly, aired conspiracy theories relating to the riots on social media. With these riots emboldening white supremacists and other far-right extremists in Australia, the refusal of Prime Minister Scott Morrison to reprimand them was seen as "dangerous" by one expert on violent extremism.

In April 2021, Christensen announced he would not recontest the 2022 federal election, avowing an original intent to serve only three terms, and to spend more time with his family.

In May 2021, several news sources reported that Christensen asked the Liberal National Party to disendorse him, which would have allowed Christensen to pocket a severance payment of over $100,000.

In January 2022, contrary to scientific consensus, Christensen called for Australian parents to not vaccinate their children against COVID-19, prompting the Prime Minister to urge Australians to 'disregard' Christensen's 'dangerous messages.'

On 7 April 2022, Christensen announced his resignation from the Liberal National Party "effective immediately", just days before the election was called, claiming the party was trying to be "all things to all people".

On 12 April 2022, Christensen announced he had joined Pauline Hanson's One Nation and rescinded his retirement to contest the election. He was on One Nation's Senate ticket in the Federal Election, held on 21 May.

By contesting the election again, albeit in a position on a senate ticket widely considered unwinnable, Christensen became eligible for the financial payout provided to defeated MPs, in Christensen's case reported to be around $105,000.

Australian Federal Police investigations

Facebook
On 18 February 2018, Christensen posted a Facebook photo of himself with a firearm, captioned "do you feel lucky, greenie punks?" (sic); it received widespread criticism and led to an investigation by the Australian Federal Police. He took the post down shortly after. Then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told 3AW during an interview that the post was "very inappropriate and he took it down after he was spoken to about it".

Money transfers
Later in the same year, he was again investigated by the Australian Federal Police, due to the discovery of large amounts of money being sent overseas by the MP. The federal police found no crime had been committed under Commonwealth law but did raise concerns over whether he had compromised his position as an MP.

Overseas travel to Manila
Christensen was criticised for being in the Philippines for more days than he was in Parliament House for two years in a row, taking 28 trips there between 2014 to 2018. The Australian Federal Police again investigated Christensen's travel there and cash transfers, finding no evidence of wrongdoing, but advised then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that Christensen could be detained in Manila for questioning by Philippines police over his activities there.  Christensen was criticised for using taxpayer funds for domestic flights which connect with his Manila flights for these visits, and referred himself to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) to prove that this was within the rules. The IPEA found some of Christensen's travel claims were non-compliant, and Christensen repaid the money.

In 2019, Christensen, now dubbed by his colleagues and the media as the "Member for Manila", blocked the release of the AFP travel inquiry documents.

In 2020, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull released details in his memoir of the 2018 police investigation into Christensen's travel to the Philippines, accusing George Christensen of spending up to 100 days a year overseas on full pay while staying in seedy hotels in Angeles City, the red-light district of the Philippines. It was also revealed that both the Australian and Philippines police were concerned that the MP would be a target for blackmail. Turnbull alleged that the AFP told him Christensen was spending "substantial sums in Manila bars and nightclubs as well as making many small payments to women there". Turnbull also alleged that this was against diplomatic advice: "Against the advice of our embassy in the Philippines, he had been staying in seedy hotels in Angeles City, which was not only recklessly unsafe but made him vulnerable to being compromised." Christensen was also making similar trips to Thailand. Turnbull alleged that Christensen threatened him via the dissolving message app, Signal, saying "'remember two words: parliamentary privilege; and two more years of it". Turnbull states that Christensen's "hypocrisy" made him "sick" - as Christensen also claimed to be a devout Christian.

Political positions

Climate change
In July 2014, Christensen likened climate change to science fiction in a series of comments comparing contemporary statements about climate change to science fiction movie plotlines. In September 2014, Christensen labeled Greenpeace and other environmentalists as terrorists, stating that they are "gutless green grubs" for opposing the expansion of the Abbot Point coal terminal in his electorate. In a speech to Parliament, Christensen said that "the greatest terrorism threat in North Queensland, I'm sad to say, comes from the extreme green movement".

In an interview with SBS Broadcasting Group, Christensen said that there was a conspiracy between the United Nations and most of the world's scientists to "make money out of the world wide carbon trade".

Christensen endorses the climate denial position taken by fellow conservative Member of Parliament, Craig Kelly.

Islam
In February 2013, Christensen was the only federal MP to attend a rally featuring controversial Dutch politician and anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders during his tour of Australia. Christensen said he supported Wilders' view that "people of dual citizenship who act in a way that is contrary to the values of this country and engage in extremist violence should have their citizenship stripped and be deported."

In the wake of the 2012 Sydney anti-Islam film protests in September, Christensen criticised those taking part in the demonstration, saying those who broke the law should "jump on the first plane and head back to where you come from because that stuff is just simply not on in this nation." He also called for authorities to investigate the parents of a young boy who held up a sign which read "behead all those who insult the prophet" during the protests and said the child in question should be put in the care of "better people".

In September 2014, Christensen called for a ban on the wearing of the burqa. In November 2014, Christensen claimed in an online opinion piece that halal certification was "outrageous" and a "religious tax". He also claimed that it is "entirely feasible" to think some halal certifiers could be financing groups such as Hamas or the Muslim Brotherhood. In December 2014, Christensen drew criticism after making comments on Twitter labelling the "I'll Ride With You" online solidarity campaign following the Sydney Siege as a "typical lefty (campaign) that falsely portrays Aussies as thugs who endanger Muslims." In another tweet, Christensen went on to state: "As I suspected. The #illridewithyou campaign is proudly brought to us by another #hatingwhitey lefty activist". The #illridewithyou hashtag was begun during the Sydney Siege, with thousands  of people offering to accompany Muslim women on trains, buses, ferries and planes if they felt vulnerable travelling wearing hijabs and burqas. It was inspired by claims about an incident on public transport at the time, which the originator of the claims later confessed on Facebook that she had "editorialised."

On 19 July 2015, Christensen stated in a speech at a Reclaim Australia rally in Mackay that it was "foolishly naive to think that" Australia was not "at war with radical Islam".

In February 2016, Christensen announced the launch of a new website, authorised by his office, to "fight the war on radical Islam." He called for writers and researchers to help him, without pay. As of July 2017 the website reads "Website coming soon" with a masthead depicting a sword, and crosshairs over a person holding a gun.

On 20 September 2017, Christensen moved a motion to ban the burqa at the National Party's annual conference in Canberra. The motion was voted down 51 votes to 55, with Christensen saying he would continue to advocate for the policy.

Alt-right media
Christensen has a couple of times appeared on alt-right media. In 2017 he appeared on "The Dingoes", a group that runs a podcast titled The Convict Report, which has included guests such as One Nation MP Mark Latham. Christensen has since expressed regret at his appearance. In September 2020, it was reported that Christensen was on "The Unshackled", another alt-right media group. He defended this appearance, with a spokesperson for Christenson, saying that "You do not 'catch' extremism by being interviewed by someone who has also interviewed people with extreme views."

Abortion
Christensen holds an ostensibly anti-abortion stance and has criticised all factions of parliament, including his own party, for funding local and international services which provide abortion. He was an outspoken critic of the Queensland Labor Party's successful effort to decriminalise abortion in 2018 and encouraged members of the public to oppose the reforms at numerous public rallies throughout early 2018.

COVID-19 pandemic
Christensen is a vocal critic of the Australian government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In October 2020 he called for the lifting of a ban on hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19. In July 2021 he spoke at an anti-lockdown protest in Mackay, alongside Q-anon followers. On 10 August 2021, in the Australian federal parliament, he called for an end to lockdowns, considering them ineffectual. He also presented misleading and inaccurate evidence that "masks don't work" and "Domestic vaccine passports are a form of discrimination."  His claims conflict with information presented on the Australian Government's Department of Health website. Christensen was quickly censured by the opposition, the government, and the House of Representatives voted unanimously in favour, including his own party. He repeated his call for an end to lockdowns in the Australian federal parliament on 23 August 2021.

Facebook removed a video of Christensen's anti-lockdown speech after finding it contained "harmful health information" that breached Facebook's COVID-19 misinformation policy. Christensen also told parents to not vaccinate their children against COVID-19, against scientific consensus and the official policy of the government that Christensen is a member of.

Christensen caught COVID in April 2022 and self-administered ivermectin which is not an approved treatment for COVID in Australia.

Personal life
In 2019, Christensen married April Asuncion, whom he met in the Philippines in 2017. A joint investigation between Nine News, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age alleged Christensen was a regular at the Ponytails bar - an adult entertainment venue in Angeles City. According to Nine News, the manager of the club stated Christensen was a "big spender". The media outlets also alleged that Christensen's wife was an employee at Ponytails. Christensen denied that and called the stories "defamatory".

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References

External links
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 George Christensen Twitter
 Liberal People – George Christensen
 Mackay Regional Council – Cr George Christensen
 Liberal National Party – George Christensen

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New guidelines to combat gendered violence in the workplace
Last week new guidelines were launched by Jill Hennessy, Minister for Workplace Safety, regarding eradicating gendered violence in the workplace. The union movement has been unwavering in its resolve to see an outcome like this, and has been actively involved in the development of the guidelines. .
Women, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, migrants and persons with a disability are more likely to experience gendered violence as well as when a person faces multiple forms of discrimination.
The guidance provides information on identifying, preventing and responding to gendered violence in the workplace, which can range from comments and gestures through to sexual assault and rape.
Work-related gendered violence is any behaviour affecting a person because of their sex, gender or sexual orientation, or because they don't adhere to socially prescribed gender roles, that creates a risk to health and safety. This can include:
Stalking, intimidation or threats
Ostracism or exclusion
Offensive language and imagery
Put downs, innuendo and insinuations
Someone being undermined in their role.
Victorian employers face serious consequences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act if they fail to provide a safe working environment.
"More than 60 per cent of women in Victoria have experienced some form of gendered violence at work and have felt at risk in their workplaces – we all have a responsibility to do more to address this," said the Minister. "These guidelines make clear the types of behaviour that are unacceptable and what employers can do address them and change attitudes."
Read more: Victorian government media release. Work-related gendered violence including sexual harassment: A guide for employers on preventing and responding to work-related gendered violence and work-related sexual harassment.
New digital licences
WorkSafe Victoria has introduced myWorkSafe - the new online home for all future WorkSafe transactions.
myWorkSafe is an online portal that will reduce form processing times and give users greater flexibility about when and where they interact with WorkSafe.
One of the first stages of the myWorkSafe functionality is digital licences. Licence applicants can now apply for certain types of licences online via the myWorkSafe portal. When applicants apply online through myWorkSafe they will be issued with a digital licence and will not receive a plastic licence. Digital licence holders will be able to access and display their licence digitally via their myWorkSafe account, using digital devices such as mobile phones or tablets.
The following types of WorkSafe licences are now issued in a digital format:
Dangerous goods driver licence
Driver transporting explosives licence
Pyrotechnician licence
Use blasting explosives licence
High risk work licences
High Consequence Dangerous Goods permit
COVID-19 Advice from regulators
Almost all the regulators have been issuing, and updating, advice on COVID-19. Here is a sample:
Safe Work Australia: Advice for Employers
NSW has issued advice on commuting safely to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance said travelling to work outside of peak hour, whenever possible, is one of the key actions commuters can take to curb the spread of COVID-19.
both NSW and Victoria have introduced tough penalties for those who breach new isolation orders
Western Australia has announced special leave arrangements for public servants affected by the coronavirus.
Safe Work Australia has updated its statistics since the last edition of SafetyNet. As at 12 March, there had been 38 worker fatalities notified to the national body - ten more since the previous update on 27 February. This is a terrible statistic - each one represents a worker with family, friends and work mates who will feel their loss. Five of these occurred in the Transport, postal and warehousing sectors; two were in construction; one each in Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Manufacturing and Arts & recreation services. SWA is still saying that these are preliminary figures, and are based mainly on media reports.


NEW YORK—Five years after the Republicans got us into war against Iraq, Democrats want to double down on a war that's even more unjustifiable and unwinnable—the one against Afghanistan.
By any measure, U.S. troops and their NATO allies are getting their asses kicked in the country that Reagan's CIA station chief for Pakistan called "the graveyard of empires." Afghanistan currently produces a record 93 percent of the world's opium. Suicide bombers are killing more U.S.-aligned troops than ever. Stonings are back. The Taliban and their allies, "defeated" in 2001, control most of the country—and may recapture the capital of Kabul as early as this summer.
"So," asks The New York Times, "has Afghanistan now become a bigger security threat to the United States than Iraq?" Barack Obama's answer is yes. He spent last year parroting the Democratic National Committee's line that Bush "took his eye off the ball" in Afghanistan when we invaded Iraq. Thankfully, he abandoned that hoary sports metaphor. Iraq, he says now, "distracted us from the fight that needed to be fought in Afghanistan against al-Qaida. They're the ones who killed 3,000 Americans."
Sorta. But not really. Osama bin Laden bragged about ordering the East Africa embassy bombings in 1998, yet has repeatedly denied a direct role in 9/11. He's probably telling the truth. The hijackers were mostly likely recruited by Islamic Jihad, which is based in Egypt. Saudis, including members of the royal family, financed the strikes against New York and Washington. Pakistani intelligence funded and supervised the camps where some of them trained.
Al-Qaida may have been peripherally involved in 9/11; its leadership certainly knew about the plot ahead of time. They may have fronted some of the expense money. But 9/11 wasn't an al-Qaida operation per se. Afghanistan's connection to 9/11 was tertiary. At the moment the first plane struck the South Tower of the World Trade Center, most of al-Qaida's camps and fighters were in Pakistan. As CBS News reported on January 29, 2002, Osama bin Laden was in a Pakistani military hospital in Rawalpindi on 9/11. The Taliban militia, which provided neither men nor money for the attacks, controlled 90 percent of the country.
It has long been an article of faith among Democrats that Afghanistan is the "good war," a righteous campaign that could be won with more money and manpower. But the facts say otherwise. The U.S. Air Force rained more than a million pounds of bombs upon Afghanistan in 2007, mostly on innocent civilians. It's twice as much as was dropped on Iraq—and equally ineffective.
Six years after the U.S. invasion of 2001, according to Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell, the U.S./NATO occupation force has surged from 8,000 to 50,000. But the Americans are having no more luck against the Afghans than had the Brits or the Soviet Union. The U.S.-backed government of Hamid Karzai controls a mere 30 percent of Afghanistan, admits McConnell. (Regional analysts say in truth it is closer to 15 percent.) Most of the country belongs to the charming guys who gave us babes in burqas and exploding Buddhas: the Taliban and likeminded warlords. "Afghanistan remains a failing state," says a report by Gen. James Jones, former NATO supreme allied commander. "The United States and the international community have tried to win the struggle in Afghanistan with too few military forces and insufficient economic aid."
If he becomes president, Obama says he'll "ask more from our European allies" to win in Afghanistan. But he won't get it. As The New York Times puts it: "Why help the United States in Afghanistan, the European logic goes, when America would be able to handle Afghanistan much more easily if its GIs weren't bogged down in Iraq?"
Obama says he would send two more American combat brigades—between 3,000 and 8,000 troops. If 158,000 troops can't subdue Iraq, how can 58,000 do the job in Afghanistan? They can't. Afghanistan's population is 19 percent larger than that of Iraq. Its area is 49 percent bigger, with infinitely rougher terrain. Obama's proposed "surgelet" would result in troop strength of less than one-sixth of the 400,000 dictated by official U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine for a nation the size of Afghanistan.
Afghans say spring could mark the beginning of the end of the United States' first experiment in post-9/11 regime change. For more than a year, Taliban commanders have controlled the key Kabul-to-Kandahar highway. "On one convoy last year, we were 40 vehicles and only 12 got through," Sadat Khan, a 25-year-old truck driver explained to the UK Telegraph as he pointed to "roughly patched bullet holes in the cab of his truck." Cops loyal to Karzai expect to be massacred. "Maybe we will lose 30 per cent of us this spring, maybe 60 per cent," police commander Mohammad Farid told the paper. He'd already been shot.
The Taliban say they'll retake Kabul this year and reestablish the Islamic fundamentalist government led by Mullah Omar. No one knows whether they'll succeed. But they've begun to strangle the city of Kabul. They're destroying its nascent telecommunications infrastructure, driving out foreign non-governmental organizations and businesspeople with terrorist attacks, and cutting off access to the remaining highways. Talibs promise to continue to target NATO troops, betting that Canada and other members of the coalition will pull out under pressure from antiwar voters. Bogged down in Iraq, the United States won't be able to send more soldiers to Afghanistan. Karzai's puppet regime won't last long.
If Obama is so eager to keep fighting Bush's wars, he'd be smarter to focus on the more winnable of the two: Iraq.
Ted Rall is the author of the book Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East?, an in-depth prose and graphic novel analysis of America's next big foreign policy challenge.


There's a short mention in the News section of the Kirov website of President Bush's visit last night to the Maryinsky Theatre.
 http://www.mariinsky.ru/en
The Nutcracker cast last night was Natalia Sologub and Andrian Fadeyev.
There were some beautiful shots of the Mariinsky theater on Fox News - both inside and out. Showed both President Bush and Putin in the Imperial Box in the theater.
Also some beautiful footage of the visit to the Hermitage and some of the magnificent interiors.
I wonder why they chose Nutcracker. I know they often do Nutcracker other than at Christmas time.
Maybe they thought it was about all he could handle.
Seriously though, it seems like whenever there's a foreign dignitary visiting a country, if they go to the ballet, they always take him or her to see Swan Lake or Nutcracker, or something big and non-controversial, no? I think I remember reading in the Plisetskaya biography about how she danced Swan Lake endlessly for visiting heads of state.


Read the sermon summary: Like Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman cannot grasp the heavenly things of which Jesus speaks. She asks him for living water so she won't have to come back to the well every day. Jesus' instruction for the woman to bring her husband seems unrelated, but it results in her sin being exposed before Jesus, the Light. The woman quickly changes the subject, which gives Jesus the opportunity to once again establish that he, not some mountain or even Jerusalem, is the center of heavenly worship. True worshipers will worship the Father by the Spirit of truth. If we connect this passage to part one of the story with the Samaritan woman, we will see that it is Jesus, himself, who gives the Spirit, the Living Water, which springs up into eternal life and worship to the Father. In preparation for the sermon this Sunday consider the following questions: What is the contrast being made concerning true and false worshipers? How does one become a true worshiper? How does one worship in the Spirit and truth?


Thomas Walker was [media]born in Leith, the sea-port of Edinburgh, in May 1804. His father, James Thomas Walker was a member of parliament in Britain and sent his teenage son to Australia in 1822. He worked for his uncle's whaling firm for a time.
His name is listed amongst those who formed the Pastoral Association in 1823, from whose ranks came many well-known Australian explorers.
In 1826, Thomas was the director and major shareholder of the newly opened Bank of Australia, formed by Macarthur and his select group of friends. Running as an aggressively competitive establishment, in opposition to the 'Convict's Bank', it was robbed in September 1828. The Australian Scrapbook records this event as 'Australia's first bank robbery, which remained unprecedented for many years in its skilful planning and daring execution'. Thieves tunnelled under the basement cornerstone, after removing brickwork from inside the Tank Stream drain. The basement vault had walls nine feet (2.7 metres) thick and was considered to be burglar-proof.
Thomas explored parts of New South Wales in 1837, travelling overland with several other men to Port Phillip. He bought much land during those years, and was elected one of Port Phillip's representatives in the first part-elective New South Wales Legislative Council in 1843.
He was a director of the Bank of New South Wales during the 1843 economic crisis, and had loaned money to Isaac Nichol's sons. Their Woodbine estate in Concord was purchased by James Holt, another of the bank's directors who also suffered during the 1840s depression, and Thomas Walker acquired Woodbine on behalf of the bank. He subsequently purchased the holdings, but continued to live in Lower Fort Street in Sydney Town for many years.
Thomas was one of six politicians who petitioned Queen Victoria to make a new state called Victoria in her honour. His memories of those days were recorded in a journal, published in London in 1838, titled 'A Month in the Bush of Australia'.
Another remarkable feature is the small extent of good land compared with the poor and barren, excepting on the banks of rivers. Perhaps nearer the Australian Alps, and other ranges to the eastwards of our course, the country may be better. The great deficiency of interior water-carriage, and even of water for the use of man and beast is also a striking feature and must long prevent this country becoming as great as its extent, climate and locality would lead one to expect. Its coasts may be settled and inhabited, but the boundless interior will only possess a thin population.
His great gifts of observation and practical knowledge of the land guided his purchases. The large pastoral holdings he acquired in many areas of New South Wales, and his astute business sense made him one of the richest and most respected businessmen in Australia.
Politics did not agree with Walker, who wrote many scathing open letters to the people of New South Wales, printed in the Sydney Gazette. They warned of the dangers of settling on land where the rainfall and ground were not suitable, given the severe climate differences in the vast regions to the north of New South Wales, particularly around the New England and Tenterfield areas, where he repossessed hundreds of square miles of property.
In his late fifties and still single, Walker visited his ancestral home in Edinburgh. There he met and proposed marriage to Jane Hart, a spinster aged 28. He brought his fiancée back to Sydney, with his youngest sister, Joanna, acting as chaperone. He married Jane in the Garrison Church in June 1860. She gave birth to their only child in September 1861, but remained in poor health due to tuberculosis.
Thomas remembered his visit to John Macarthur's Camden Estate in 1837, and influenced by that grand mansion, commissioned the colonial architect, Edmund Blacket, to build a cottage at Concord for his family home. The family is believed to have moved into Yaralla about March 1870. Jane died on Boxing Day 1870, when Eadith was nine years old.
Few could have imagined the Italianate mansion which survives on the site, and would become the hub of Sydney society in the 1920s. The house was visited in 1927 by the Duchess of York, later Queen and Queen Mother, to whom the Walkers were distantly related through Thomas Walker's paternal grandmother. The young Prince of Wales visited Yaralla in 1920.
Thomas worked for the Bank of New South Wales as a director and served as the president for the last 17 years of his life. Shortly before his death in 1886, Thomas Walker left a codicil in his will, giving £100,000 to build a memorial hospital in his name. The Thomas Walker Memorial Hospital (Rivendell) is situated at the end of Hospital Road, Concord West.
The deceased gentleman was an ardent believer in the principles of Christianity and recognised the obligation which the Founder of the system imposed on believers to do good to all men according as they had opportunity. He lived a pure life and relieved much misery and suffering and in so doing so he established a claim to always be regarded as one of the worthiest of our citizens.
Organisation formed to lobby for the interests of pastoralists and freeholders to occupy Crown land.
Estate at Concord established on a land grant made to Isaac Nichols in 1797.
Property speculator and businessman who suffered in the recession of the early 1840s.
Journal published in 1838 by Thomas Walker which recorded his journey from Sydney to Port Philip and discussed the state of farming and society at that time.
Church at Argyle Place that later became known as the Garrison church because of its military parishioners.
Local businessman and politician in Burwood.
Community hall built in 1879 on land donated by Thomas Walker of Yaralla, and extended in 1885. Purchased in 1936 by the Department of Education.


Antique Prints of Journalism and Writing.
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Antique prints have light age toning and minor signs of age and use.
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titled "La Vendeuse de Journaux" ( seller of newspapers ) referring to the old woman in the center.
Very attractive copper engraving by G. Tetburg after a painting by Pruneau.
Published ca 1780 for the Duc de Choiseul. Fine original hand coloring. Very minor signs of age in Margins.
Wood engraving made after a painting by O. Piltz ca 1880.
Reverse side id printed. Overall light age toning.
"Gaspard Braun, dessinateur des journaux satiriques allemands"
ãLes Elections. - Seance de l'Union parisienne de la Presse, dans laquelle fut decidee la liste des candidats a l'election du 2 juillet"
Wood engraving by A. Daudenarde after the drawing by G. Janet.
Wood engraving has a minor horizontal deficiency, a hardy visible line running across the print from left to right, which happened in the printing process. Otherwise good condition.
Wood engraving, ca 1870. Backside is printed.
Steel engraving by C.W. Sharpe after T.S. Goode, ca 1850. Published in London.
Modern hand coloring. Very wide margins.
Wood engraving published 1882. Reverse side is printed.
Light creasing in lower margin. Overall light age toning.
The light blue border is hardly visible. Overall light age toning.
"Ascension de la Tour Eiffel par la Presse Parisienne. Les echekkes Provisoires Accedant a la Seconde Plate-Form."
Journalists climbing to the second platform of the Eiffel Tower.
Wood engraving after Louis Tinayre, 1888. Reverse side is printed.
Light crease in left margin.
"Les Membres de la Presse au Premier Etage de la Tour Eiffel, le 4 Juillet."
"M. Eiffel est assis au centre du groupe, ayant a sa droite M Hebrard, a sa gauche M. Sarcey"
Wood engraving by M. Dochy, after a photograph by M. Durandel, 1888.
On the reverse side is an article ( in French) about the Eiffel Tower construction.
"Le Dejeuner de la Presse sur la Tour Eifel."
Wood engraving by Gerardin and Louis Tinayre, 1888.
Steel engraving by W. Taylor after a painting by Sir. D. Wilke. The painting. was in the Vernon Gallery at the time. Published ca 1860.Later hand coloring.
Lithograph by August Bouquet, ca 1840. Original hand coloring.
Print has centerfold. Overall light age toning.
Lithograph by Delaporte, ca 1840. Original hand coloring.
"Mr. Gladstone. "Another Defeat, Cardwell!"
"Mr. Cardwell. " Ah, Yes, - You mean on the Gold Coast, at Chamah?"
Mr. Gladstone. "No Sir, I mean on the South Coast, at Dover!"
Wood engraving dated 1873. Reverse side is printed. Light overall age toning.
"Dr. Punch. " And how are we now, my dear friend?. There-keep your tongue in, and tell me"
Mr. Gladstone. "O, so much better, Doctor! The Dover Powder didn't agree with me at all, but James Powder has done me a world of good!!"
Wood engraving from "Voyage Au Pays Des Milliards", ca 1865.
Print has some repaired tears in margins. Centerfolds.
licenciés par suite de son système.
Wood engraving from "Harper'New Monthly Magazine", ca 1870. Backside is printed.
Photogravure from a painting by Graf Bülow von Dennewitz, ca 1885.


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Q: Capillary action, pressure at differents places I figured out that I really have no intuition about pressure in capillary action. I understand the math, especially forces (tension force and gravitational force), but the pressure is foreign to me.

So can you explain in which points the pressure is higher and where it is lower?

My reasoning tells me that the pressure at point A is higher than in point B, but I also know that the pressure at points C and D are equal so that means that pressure at points A, C and D is roughly 100 kPa. So is it right to assume that the pressure at point C is $P_C = P_B - \rho gh$. Is this correct or am I completely wrong here?

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My reasoning tells me that the pressure in point A is higher than in point B, but I also know thath the pressure in point C and D is equal so that means that pressure at point A,C and D is rougly 100 kPa. So is it right to assume that the pressure in point C is PC=PB−ρgh. Is this correct or am I completely wrong here? [emph. added]

Your reasoning would be completely correct if the oil were replaced by air; the problematic part is shown in bold. Considering the density of air to be negligible relative to that of water, the air pressure everywhere for an air–water system would be essentially identical (nominally 1 atm). Thus, the pressures at A and D would be essentially identical. However, we can't make the assumption of negligible density for oil.
In any case, the pressures on either side of a flat interface are equal because the interface exerts no forces, and the pressures on equal heights of the same fluid are equal when the fluid is able to shift. So I agree with the rest of your reasoning that $P_\mathrm{C}=P_\mathrm{B}+\rho_\mathrm{water}gh$. (I believe you had an inadvertent sign error.)
(We deduce that the inside of the capillary has a higher energy when in contact with oil than with water. This energy compensates for the increased gravitational potential of the water as it spontaneously rises.)


This mask is like the ADAM Circuit Nasal Pillow CPAP Mask with Headgear. The only difference is this mask uses an after-market pillow shell instead of the standard pillow shell due to the lack of availability of the standard pillow shell. The effect of using the after-market pillow shell is when the pillows are placed in this after-market shell the tips of the nasal pillows are approximately 1/16th of an inch further apart when compared to the standard shell.