Sanders, who spoke at Liberty University's weekly convocation—which students are required to attend—began by admitting that he had differences with the university.
Sanders' speech mostly focused on poverty and income inequality—noting the differences between the rich and the working class.
"There is no justice, and I want you to hear this clearly, when the top one-tenth of 1 percent—not 1 percent, the top one-tenth of 1 percent—today in America owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. And in your hearts, you will have to determine the morality of that, and the justice of that," he contended.
"I think that when we talk about morality, what we are talking about is all of God's children. The poor, the wretched—they have a right to go to a doctor when they are sick," Sanders posited.
In an interview following the event, Sanders told reporters that he believes morality involves more than abortion and homosexuality.
Falwell also stated that while he realizes Sanders is a socialist and disagrees with his socialist views, he believes Liberty University still has beliefs in common with him.
"We have the same goals—helping people in need—we just have different philosophies on how to get there," he said.
Falwell said that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have likewise been invited to speak. The university has a long history of speakers that have raised concerns, including Mormons Glenn Beck and Mitt Romney (the former of which cited LDS doctrine on stage), Roman Catholics Newt Gingrich and Jeb Bush, and others.
Students were split on their reception of the Democratic candidate, with some cheering and others not so enthusiastic.


Michael Richard Truitt, 59, of Berlin, Md., passed away on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at home, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Salisbury, Md., and raised on the Riddle Farm. He was the son of the late Robert William Truitt and Doris M. (Baker) Truitt.
Truitt retired from work at Perdue as a diesel mechanic. He was a member of SonRise Church, where he was a devoted servant and was involved in many ministries there. He had a true servant heart and loved his church family.
He was also an avid bowler, having been on several leagues in Ocean City, Md., and Millsboro, Del. He was a fan of NASCAR, with his favorite driver being Rusty Wallace. In earlier years, he was involved in training horses in Maryland and New Jersey.
Truitt was preceded in death by two brothers, Bobby Truitt and Harley Truitt. He is survived by his wife, Lorraine Truitt of Berlin; two daughters, Jennifer Booth and her husband, Cory, of Rockwood, Tenn., and Amy Griffith of Mercersburg, Pa.; his sister, Millie Bunting of Gumboro, Del.; his brother, Danny Truitt and his wife, Elly, of Bishopville; a brother-in-law, David Smith and his wife, Sue, of Willards, Md.; three grandchildren, Ethan, Carly and Damon; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, at SonRise Church, 10026 Main Street, Berlin, Md. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to SonRise Church; 10026 Main St.; Berlin, MD 21811; or to Coastal Hospice; P.O. Box 1733; Salisbury, MD 21802. Condolences may be sent online at www.bishophastingsfh.com.


Ed Sheeran will receive an honorary degree. The Photograph singer will be presented with the diploma from University Campus Suffolk (UCS) at a special ceremony later this year in recognition of his outstanding contribution to music.
He said: "I've had an amazing year with my world tour and this makes it even better. Suffolk is very much where I call home and I'm always welcomed back and get so much support.
"Receiving this recognition is a real privilege. UCS is at an exciting point in its development and I look forward to building links with UCS and its students in the months and years to come."
The 24-year-old performer - who was the most streamed artist in the world on Spotify in 2014 - will be celebrated for his songs at the event, following the worldwide success of his second studio album X, which he released last year.
UCS chief executive Richard Lister said: "We are delighted to be able to welcome such a distinguished group of individuals as honorary graduates and fellows.
"The range of backgrounds and professions that are represented and the quality of those accepting the award will enhance both the graduation ceremonies themselves and the life of the university in the future."


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Russia's Comeback Isn't Stopping With Syria
by Oregon PeaceWorks • November 27, 2019 • 0 Comments
By Dmitri Trenin
Russian military police took part in a joint army patrol with Turkish forces near Darbasiyah, Syria on Monday.Credit…Delil Souleiman/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
For many in the West, Russia's return to the world stage over the past few years has come as a surprise, and not an especially pleasant one. After the downfall of the Soviet Union, the country was written off as a regional power, a filling station masquerading as a state.
Five years later, however, Russia is still resilient, despite the Western sanctions imposed over its actions in Ukraine. It has effectively won, militarily, in Syria:Today it is a power broker in that country; the victory has raised its prestige in the Middle East and provided material support for Moscow's claims to be a great power again.
Those who experience this moment with some discomfort should get used to it: Russia is not a superpower, but it is back as an important independent player. And it will be playing in various regions around the world in the years to come.
To the Russians themselves, this feels natural enough. In the 1990s, when the world saw Russia on its back, Russia's leaders never looked at the country as finished. Rather, they saw its post-Soviet decline and withdrawal from the world scene as only temporary — something that Russia had experienced before and would eventually overcome. The only question was what form it would take.
In the 2000s, Moscow became disillusioned over its desire to become part of the extended Euro-Atlantic community: Its pleas to be treated as an equal by the United States did not impress Washington, and its demands that its national security interests be respected were ignored in the process of NATO enlargement. And so from the early 2010s, the Kremlin started charting a course that was clearly at odds with its earlier policies of Western integration.
With the Russian military intervention in Ukraine in 2014, the breakout from the post-Cold War, Western-dominated order was complete. The takeover of Crimea and support for separatism in Donbass did not presage a policy of reconquering Eastern Europe, as many in the West feared, but it clearly set Ukraine and other former Soviet republics off limits to any future NATO enlargement. The security buffer was back. If the use of force in Ukraine, from the Kremlin's standpoint, was essentially defensive, Russia's intervention in Syria in 2015 was a risky gambit to decide geopolitical outcomes in the Middle East — a famously treacherous area for outsiders vacated by the Soviet Union at the time of the Persian Gulf war of 1991. Since then, the results of the military operation and diplomatic maneuvering have not only confounded early critics but also outdone even President Vladimir Putin's own expectations.
Russia's achievements in the Middle East go way beyond the success in Syria proper. Moscow benefits from flexible semi-alliances with Turkey and Iran, oil price arrangements with Saudi Arabia and newly revived military ties with Egypt. It is again a player of some consequence in Libya, a power to which many Lebanese look to help them hold their country together, and a would-be security broker between Iran and the Gulf States — all this while maintaining an intimate relationship with Israel.
Today, such a degree of involvement with the Middle East obviously stands out in the Russian foreign policy landscape. Tomorrow, this is unlikely to be an exception. Already for some time, Moscow, in parallel with Washington, has been pursuing a political settlement in Afghanistan. This requires maneuvering between Kabul and the Taliban; Pakistan and India; and China and the United States. Last month, Mr. Putin held court for 43 African leaders in Sochi; it was Russia's first summit with a continent where Moscow advertises itself above all as a security partner.
The credibility of this claim is supported not only by the Syria experience but also by Russia's political and material support for Nicholas Maduro in Venezuela, who is still holding on, despite being declared illegal almost a year ago by some 50 nations led by the United States. Cuba, again under pressure by the Trump administration, is strengthening its ties with Russia, as demonstrated by the recent twin visits to Havana by Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and to Russia by President Miguel Diaz-Carnel. Besides Latin America's leftist regimes, Moscow is reaching out to Brazil (a fellow BRICS member), Argentina and Mexico.
If the Middle East record is any guide, Russia's newly energized foreign policy is not so much about the world order as about Russia's place in that order. The Soviet Union used to march around the world spending huge resources on a lost ideological cause and an outsize geopolitical ambition. The Russian Federation has learned from this. When it travels abroad, it goes for security buffers as in Ukraine, status as in Syria and mostly money elsewhere. There is no grand design, but a lot of opportunity-seeking, based on the merits of each potential engagement. Russia imposes no models on others and in its present state, hardly serves as a model for anyone.
And there lies the big caveat. Russia is obviously punching above its weight. Its major-power foreign policy is not backed by commensurate economic might. Its former technological prowess has been severely dented. Its ruling elite is too busy chasing money to give enough time to thinking and acting in the national interest. And of course, Russia's recent foreign policy has had its share of failures and outright blunders.
The choice to weaponize internet technologies to influence other countries' domestic politics, for instance, has provoked accusations from such important partners as Germany and France but failed to advance Russia's political goals. Regarding elections interference, Russia, as indeed any other country, would be wise to abstain from sneaking into other nations' political bedrooms — not because gentlemen don't do this, but because there is usually no payoff, only a pushback.
Be that as it may, however, Russia is back and here to stay. Others had better accept it and learn to deal with it — without undue expectations, but also without inordinate fear. In the world increasingly dominated by the United States-China rivalry, major independent actors such as Russia could play an important role in averting a costly bipolar confrontation.
Opinion | Rania Abouzeid It Always Comes Back to Syria Oct. 23, 2019 Opinion | Thomas L. Friedman Trump's Syria Trifecta: A Win for Putin, a Loss for the Kurds and Lots of Uncertainty for Our Allies Oct. 22, 2019 Opinion | Ben Hubbard, Carlotta Gall, Patrick Kingsley, Anton Troianovski In Syria, Russia Is Pleased to Fill an American Void Oct. 15, 2019
Dmitri Trenin is the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center.
This opinion piece was published on November 12 in The New York Times.
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If you've been following this blog for any amount of time, then I'm sure you're aware that my love for the Flapperdoodle ladies is alive and well. Our last giveaway was such a success, that Kate immediately signed up for a special Holiday giveaway that I'm sure you're doing to love.
Just to top off Kate's amazing generosity, she's also offering 25% off your full purchase if you use the code "downandoutchic"! Who wouldn't love a Flapperdoodle print for the Holidays?
Winner will be picked 12/8/09 in the p.m. Good luck!
Just a reminder that my shop will be closed this Saturday as I'm attending my very first craft fair tomorrow! If you're in Athens, please come see me at the 283 bar's Holiday Market from 11am to 5pm. Shop will reopen, hopefully, sometime on Sunday.
i love everything -- but the christmas cards in particular. oh, and main street by sinclair lewis!
Such darlings! Look at those facial expressions...too cuuute!!
I bragged about it on my blog.
I like the Eloise as Marilyn Monroe.. in the pink dress.
decisions, decisions is the cutest! Love!
Those designs are beyond precious. I love the Eloise as Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina mini print.
i just bought an 8x10 and a mini print set last night! shoot.
my favorites are ramona wears her new cloche hat & eloise and ramona dance the charleston.
and i tweeted about it!
i'm a follower! XD thanks for having this giveaway!
what a killer giveaway!!!! i love the icecream one and the see saw one!!! actually i love them ALL!!!
I follow D&OC and subscribe to the RSS.
Eloise as Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina is awesome!
I'm also a follower now!
One last thing... Adding Down and Out to my blogroll over at SYL!
haha need the christmas ones!!!
My facebook status: dedicated to you!
I love the "Eloise and Ramona prepare for a night on the town." print because it was one of the first few I discovered earlier this year.
I also love, love "Ramona wears her new cloche hat."
I am a follower!! Love your blog and those antique earrings in your shop!!
I love the print Eloise signs "I love you", my sister is deaf so that touches ny heart. I think I might have to get that for her for Christmas!!!
I like the decisions, decisions you have posted above.
YAY! I'm a follower! Headed to the shop, so I can win!!
My favorite-Flapper doodle gocco printed moleskine notebook - unlined!! Divine!
i love so many of the flapperdoodles that it is hard for me to pick, but i really love the one where they are eating cotton candy!
naturally i'm drawn to anything that has cats and Emma and her cats is no exception!
Eloise and Ramona prepare for a night on the town - mini art print - that's my fave but it's almost impossible to choose - I want them all!!!
I love Ramona wears her new cloche hat print! Simply darling!
This is one of my favorite blogs, so of course I'm a follower!
these are just too cute! and so are the "Eloise and Ramona play telephone" prints.
I love the Flapper Doodle Birthday Card Set. No. Scratch that! I LOVE IT ALL!!
OH!!! darling what a blast, blast, blast!!!
I remember when you had the first giveaway (how exciting a second chance?)!
It's so awesome of you and Kate to have another one...Maybe this time I will be very lucky...fingers crossed.
p.s. happy Friday to you!!!
this is my fave print from flapperdoodle!
I tweeted this link as loudly as I could!
oh, I hope I win, you don't know how badly I need a lift these days.
Ramona the Red Nosed Flapper is very sweet!
I love the Eloise and Ramona go shopping and poor Ernest is left holding all of their packages mini art print! Its really cute!
Such fun cards! Very Roaring 20s.
these are so cute! i love decisions, decisions. lol.
I love kate's new flapper christmas cards!!! and of course I love the 2010 calendar!!!
LOVE the decisions decisions one and the self portrait. So hard to pick just one!
I love the "Eloise, Ramona and Clarissa dance the Charleston" print! So fun!
Oh, they are all fabulous, but I think I like the Audrey Hepburn ones the best!
I love the holiday cards, they would be perfect for me this year!
I am a follower of Down & Out Chic's blog and twitter!
Eloise and Ramona play telephone - 8 x 8 art print set.
Thank you so much for having another giveaway with Kate! I totally adore her flappers.
I'm drawn to the 'Decisions Decisions' -who can't relate to that one?
I am posting a link to your blog on my sidebar!! I would love to win this one!!!!
I am loving her journal (this is new from the last time you featured her...) and those birthday cards. She has such fun, and amazing pieces. So generous to do another giveaway!
Posting this on my sidebar.
I follow. Have been for awhile.
Too nervous to comment to you! AHHHH! You are too awesome for little ole me.
What a lovely giveaway. If I don't win, I will head over and buy something anyway!
and i follow you now!!
OMG!! i fell for the designs of those cards :) they're awesome!!
i posted a link to your blog on my sidebar too!!
I'm a follower now, looking forward to reading your blog!
I love the flapper flash cards! And the anniversary cards. I love everything, I already own the birthday cards!
I bought the Christmas cards to send to friends this year and was a little disappointed that I didn't have some left for myself. They are so beautiful. I really like "Emma re-reads Main Street by Sinclair Lewis," "Emma is fascinated with The Great Gatsby," "Eloise Ramona and Clarissa have a party," and "Eloise and Ramona drinking lemonade."
There are too many to choose from! I love the two women riding the Vespa, and Zelda and Becky getting ready for a night out. Thanks for the giveaway!
Hey girl I'm a new follower. Hi!!
I love Flapperdoodle! I love all of the ones with Eloise, Ramona and Clarissa...it reminds me of my mom and sister and I!
Christina, these are awesome! My favourite is "Emma and her cats" - so cute!
oh - and I'm a follower!
I am a new follower...enjoying your blog!
And I just adore the mommy and me art print! That is so so cute.


After having a successful album release, Liberia's Trapco father, Bucky Raw has gone ahead to release tracks on the album for free downloads for funds who do not have means to purchase the songs online to have a feel of what the album is made of.
The charts-topping album was warmly received by fans in Liberia and the diaspora which pushed the songs on iTunes, Amazon and Billboard charts.
The album set several records in the history of Liberian music.
Today, Bucky Raw is giving out another single 'Imported' to fans for free downloads. 'Imported' is one of the songs on the CS2 album that received several positive reviews and comments.


Another Wednesday! The weeks are flying past. I must confess; this is actually an outfit from Monday, but it still counts. I've got what I think is an inner ear infection, which makes standing up (and sitting, and lying down) unpleasant thanks to the constant 'oh balls the room is spinning' feeling. Therefore today's outfit was a basic black vest and black leggings and no makeup sort of deal and I thought that would be cheating you lovely people.
I can't make up my mind whether I like these leggings, or not. I certainly like them more when worn under a dress/long tunic top like this, but still not sure if I actually LIKE them. If that makes sense? Probably not! This is a fairly typical work outfit for me, the blazer is one of the most comfortable things I own. Also, because it's fairly thick and sturdy material that's still stretchy, it fits really well and doesn't lose its shape. I also kinda like the colour lots. AND THOSE BOOTS! They're Doc style boots from ShoeZone and are so, so very comfortable. I sometimes have to cheekily take them off at work, because it gets so hot in the classroom, but they are still so so so so comfortable.
Here was my make up that day. Fairly usual sort of thing, but I was using a couple of new products- a Collection Work The Colour pencil in Hot Chocolate, and the Sleek Face Form in Light. I think the blush in the Sleek palette is their 'Rose Gold' shade, and I really like it! It's fairly similar to my FashionistA blush in 'Glow', which I also really like, so I'm happy with that one.
And here's a bonus for you, my first blog guest!
Look at that little face! She and her brother/lover Spike are so intuitive and know when one of us is not feeling one hundred percent, so she jumped up onto the sofa (naughty but allowed!) for a snuggle and I couldn't help but take a snap of that GORGEOUS LITTLE CHOOCHY FACE! What also made me so interesting was probably the fact that I had chocolate… which she could not have. But it made her love me so that was all good!
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A single breath of air touches more of the world than most people will ever explore in their lives. In two years, the molecules we breathe in and out in just twenty minutes will be everywhere on earth. Our breath touches everything, even things we will never see and people we will never meet.
20 minutes is also the amount of time it takes people to explore Diego Galafassi's Breathe, a multi-sensorial interactive installation, part of New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival. Fortunately, we have had a little more time with the Brazilian-born transdisciplinary artist and producer. Galafassi is the inaugural artist residency at Phi, where he's been working on Breathe -- which harnesses the power of biometric sensors to detect body movement, gesture, and breath that transform the artwork -- and he'll be presenting it at the Sundance Film Festival as part of the New Frontier category.
Breathe (still) - Created by Diego Galafassi and co-produced by Phi and Crimes of Curiosity. Premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2020 New Frontier
"We use breathing as a portal to the realization that we are part of this very complex and dynamic world, and we are not separate from it," said Galafassi, who's nearing completion on Breathe. During his residency, he has collaborated with Phi teams to co-create -- Phi has acted as his co-producer, providing facilities, technical and creative support, and other tools and resources to help Diego grow his installation and his greater career.
Now living in Sweden (and working with Phi in Montreal), Diego has been exploring the connection between arts and sciences for his entire career. With a Ph.D. in Sustainability Science from Stockholm University, as well as a collection of works that include The Life of Lines and UNESCO's Charismatic Megafauna, he continually sees the unity between the two disciplines, and the power of merging the two.
"If you look very closely, [art and science] are not very different in their essence. They are the ways in which we try to grapple with the world that we live in. They are the ways in which we try to understand our place in the universe that we inhabit."
The Breathe installation came from a conversation with an anthropologist, who asked, "when you breathe, is the air inside of you or outside?" The puzzling question sparked a discussion about how lives are fundamentally entwined with the life of the atmosphere. "Breathing profoundly questions the notion that we are separate from the natural world we inhabit. There is no duality and the environment is not outside of us, we live inside of it and it makes us who we are. In each inhalation a part of the atmosphere becomes me, and by exhaling I become part of the atmosphere" explained Galafassi.
Finding ways in which we connect with the world has also been what drives Galafassi, and to reassess humanity's relationship to the rest of the living world. And it's from there that Breathe was born.
Galafassi's work invites people to reassess their place in the living world.
Breathe (still) - Created by Diego Galafassi and co-produced by Phi and Sundance Institute
The Story of Breathe, in Three Acts
Breathe is a shared 20-minute mixed reality experience for four to six users at a time. The installation uses Magic Leap devices, as well as a tailor-made breathing sensor, to make it a generative experience for participants. The physical environment includes textiles, concrete, living sculptures and video screens.
The participant is taken through three acts: connecting to your own breathing, connecting your breath with others. The devices measure the depth, speed and rhythm of each breath. Participants will see their breathing in color and movement and because of its generative design, each time they will go through the experience it will look and feel different -in response to participants' breathing patterns at that given moment.
This modern form of storytelling and art is exciting for Galafassi, who is a relative newcomer to using emerging technologies in film. The exciting thing, he says, is how new media combines different skills, techniques, and methods to create an innovative experience.
"New media has a powerful role to play in terms of providing spaces for new kinds of imaginations. Imaginations about the futures, the futures that we want to create in, the kinds of relationships we want to establish with one another and the rest of the living world. And it can be really a great space for opening up conversations about the future."
Galafassi is also an inaugural Sundance artist in residence at the Johns Hopkins University's Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies program. In collaboration with Earth System scientists at Johns Hopkins University, NASA and NILO (Norway), Galafassi developped simulation models allowing participants to visualize at the end of the experience how the air travels across the world and receive updates on how far the air they breath has gone even 2 years after the experience.
For Galafassi, this experience is about broadening the individual experience to realizing our global connectivity.
"Breathe will help you see how your moment to moment experience of the world is fundamentally dependent on the life of the rest of the living world, and you are in constant relationship with the world."
Taking a Deep Breath
Galafassi's work pushes people to reassess their connection with the world. We live at a crucial moment, where in the next ten years, we need to make drastic changes in behaviours and environmental policies to reverse the effects of climate change. For the Brazilian artist, it is now, with a deepening sense of urgency, that art is so important.
"I think that creates in me and in my artistic practice, a sense of urgency, a sense responsibility of telling these kinds of stories. Working with these questions helps me to make sense of the times that we are living in. And hopefully, that process helps others also to better understand the times we're living in and the new ways of being in this world that we can create."
While Galafassi wants people to take away a sense of connection with the world through breathing, he is also deepening his relationship with other artists and scientists through this work. A residency with John Hopkins University, for example, has allowed him to share ideas with other visionaries who have given him the energy to continue his work.
"I think definitely the kinds of stories that we are seeking to create and the complexity our times require multiple disciplines to be in the conversation. They do require multiple forms of talent to tell that kind of story. So for me, co-creation is the sort of the natural platform for the times that we live in."
This is an especially timely moment for Galafassi and his work. His home country, Brazil, is at the heart of crucial environmental discussions, as debates continue around the use of the Amazon Rainforest and its recent devastation by wildfires. He hopes to bring his work back home, to help open up the dialogue and bring "healing to that social fabric" and the environment.
By Patrick Faller
Photo (cover): courtesy of the artist
Diego Galafassi's Breathe is part of New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival from January 23 to February 2, 2020.


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Bluegreen Vacations has just released their initial assessment of the impact Hurricane Florence has had on their operations. They have nine Club Resorts and two Club Associate Resorts that were in the direct path of Hurricane Florence in North and South Carolina.
This physical damage appears to have been limited to water intrusion on the rooms and common areas of the resorts. With the mandatory evacuations, resort and sales office closures, the disruption of owner and guest travel, Bluegreen Vacations experienced many cancellations in reservations, sales tours, rentals, and other various services.
The impacted resorts in North Carolina were: Blue Ridge Village, Club Lodges at Trillium, Waterwood Townhouses, and Sandcastle Village II.
The impacted resorts in South Carolina were: King 583, Lodge Alley Inn, Horizons at 77th, Harbour Lights, Shore Crest Vacation Villas, Carolina Grade, and Seaglass Tower.
From these resorts, only Lodge Alley Inn in Charleston, Shore Crest Vacation Villas in Myrtle Beach, and Carolina Grande in Myrtle beach have sales centers. The off-site sales center in Myrtle Beach was also impacted by the hurricane.
Fortunately, as of September 30, 2018, all of Bluegreen Vacations resorts and sales centers are fully operational with the exception of the two Club Associate resorts in Bern, North Carolina, both which are expected to reopen in October.
Any damage that was caused was repaired prior to the reopening of the rooms to owners and guests. Bluegreen Vacations and the resort homeowners' associations have insurance coverage for the property, business interruption, and other risks with respect to all its facilities, with industry standard deductibles in each of the locations.
Hurricane Florence also disrupted travel plans of owners and marketing guests staying at other Bluegreen Vacations resorts and reduced vacation package sales at marketing locations in the various affected areas.
Bluegreen Vacations estimates that Hurricane Florence caused a loss of system-wide sales in the $5.0 million to the $5.8 million dollar range. The related EBITDA impact is estimated between $2.0 million and $2.3 million. There will also be additional impact on the system-wide sales and EBITDA as we move into the fourth quarter of 2018 from the ongoing flooding and the reduced vacation package sales. This information will be released with the earnings for the third quarter of 2018.
Bluegreen Vacations resorts in Myrtle Beach are currently accepting donations including non-perishable food items, new or gently-used clothing as well as personal hygiene and household products. Guests staying in these Myrtle Beach properties can participate in a Give and Getaway program to help the impacted community through volunteer opportunities.
Learn more about Bluegreen Vacations on their Bluegreen Vacations.


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Almost 2,000 Covid cases linked with Scottish football fans at Euros
By James Wyllie
June 30 2021, 1.44pm Updated: June 30 2021, 2.44pm
Scotland fans at Kings Cross Station, London. Nearly 2,000 Covid cases have been linked to the Euros.
Nearly 2,000 people with lab-confirmed Covid-19 attended at least one event marking Scotland's Euros campaign while infectious with the disease.
A new report from Public Health Scotland (PHS) has revealed almost two-thirds of the cases have been linked with travel to London.
Large crowds formed in and around Wembley for Scotland's tie with England on June 18.
Others gathered outside Hampden in Glasgow for the national side's home fixtures against the Czech Republic and Croatia on June 14 and 22, respectively.
PHS says a total of 1,991 Scottish residents who tested positive for Covid between June 11-28 attended at least one or more Euro 2020-related events while in their infectious period.
This included the matches themselves, the Fanzone in Glasgow, pubs and house parties.
Generally, people have a two-to-three day window where they can spread the disease before they begin to feel any symptoms, and up to 10 days after.
As a result, health chiefs say they may have "unknowingly" transmitted the coronavirus to others in the process.
Two-thirds travelled to London
Between June 11-28, contact tracers, working as part of the Test & Protect system, had a total of 32,539 positive Covid cases reported to them.
Of these, 1,294 had travelled to London for a Euro 2020-related event, including 397 people who attended the June 18 Scotland-England match at Wembley.
Additionally, nearly three-quarters of the 1,991 cases involved people between 20 and 39 years old, while 90% were male.
Of all the "tags" added to each case, visits to hospitality – including pubs – account for 34%.
The PHS report said a "relatively small" number of cases were linked to other events, with 55 at the Glasgow Fanzone, 38 at the Croatia match and 37 at the Czech Republic fixture.
Spike on June 21
A sharp increase in Covid cases linked to Euro 2020 can be seen in the days after the June 18 clash in London.
Almost 250 cases were logged on June 20 and, the day after, this more than doubled to 563.
Hundreds more cases were logged in the three days following.
Last week NHS Grampian public health consultant Derek Cox confirmed cases linked to the Wembley match had been identified quickly.
But he warned more were likely to be found, with the weekend's British & Irish Lions Test match in Edinburgh also causing concern.
"In Edinburgh, on Monday, they had 600 new cases," he said.
"Glasgow and Edinburgh are both still reasonable hot spots for Covid, yet we will have and have had people from Aberdeen travelling there for matches.
"If I was given a free ticket to a sports game, I wouldn't go."
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
Yesterday First Minister Nicola Sturgeon denied taking a "softly, softly" approach to dissuading people from travelling to the football.
Scotland was allocated 2,600 tickets for the match at Wembley, out of a 25,000 capacity crowd, but many more headed south for the game.
Ms Sturgeon said: "We were very explicit in saying to fans who didn't have tickets for Wembley not to travel.
"We can't physically stop every person travelling, and significant numbers of people did travel.
"I think there is an association between that and some of the cases we've seen in recent days."
She added: "Almost literally every day for 16 months I've asked people to do difficult things and forego things they desperately want to do.
"Unfortunately, we're still doing that.
"People have, by and large, responded magnificently and we need to ask people to continue to do that for a little while longer."
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Home A1 LAB Projects The Heart of Our Earth
The Heart of Our Earth – Community Resistance to Mining in Latin America
Chile: BHP forced to halt mining
It's not all plain sailing for mining companies. Communities at Cerro Colorado in Chile have put up stiff opposition to BHP, whose mine threatens water supplies from a key a key aquifer. And peasants in Huamachuco, Peru, staged a massive protest against mining in their province.
Río Turbio: women marginalised by the mine
Shady River (Río Turbio), named after the mining town in northwest Argentina in which it is set, explores the gendered space of the mine, giving voice to a collective of marginalised women and shedding light on the tragedies that haunt the town of Río Turbio.
El Salvador: the Water Defenders
In The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved A Country from Corporate Greed, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh tell the harrowing, inspiring saga of Salvadorans' fight — and historic victory — to save their water, and their communities, from Big Gold.
Where We Mine: Resource Politics in Latin America
As the drive to expand renewable energy capacity speeds up, there is a rush for lithium and other materials around the world. What will the expansion of rare earth mining in Latin America mean for the indigenous communities and workers who have historically borne the harms of extractivism?
Glencore and Anglo-American blamed for pollution
At Espinar in Peru and on Chile's Colina river, major international mining companies are once more in the spotlight, suspected of causing pollution, denying responsibility and failing to consult local communities
The Heart of Our Earth project primed to go
he crowdfunding campaign for The Heart of Our Earth, our project dedicated to community resistance to mining in Latin America, came to an end on 23 December. The Crowdfunding campaign raised just under £9,000, while two separate large donations to the project added a futher £7,250 yielding a magnificent total of approximately £16,250.
What is The Heart of Our Earth?
Today, LAB is proud to launch a crowdfunding campaign for a brand new and very important LAB project: The Heart of Our Earth: Community Resistance to Mining in Latin America. But why mining? And why now?
The Heart of Our Earth campaign video
Across Latin America, mining has expanded massively in recent decades. But communities aren't taking this lying down. LAB plans a new book and website, entitled The Heart of Our Earth: Community Resistance to Mining in Latin America.
The Heart of Our Earth Crowdfunder
Today LAB is launching a Crowdfunding appeal for £10,000 to enable us to continue our major new project The Heart of Our Earth - Community Resistance to Mining in Latin America.


Here's your chance to make history as you investigate clues, fight unspeakable creatures, & uncover the mystery & adventure of the pulpy world of Providence, 1922. Welcome to the Roaring Twenties!
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Home / News & opinion / News / July / Engineers use electricity to clean up toxic water
University of Sydney engineers have used electricity to clean up heavily polluted industrial wastewater. They hope the findings will help wineries, pharmaceutical manufacturers and other industries that must comply with strict wastewater regulations.
Julia Ciarlini Junger Soares showcasing her work at the University of Sydney. The researchers used an advanced oxidation process that eliminated stubborn organic aqueous pollutants. Credit: Julia Ciarlini Junger Soares, University of Sydney
A team of engineers may be one step closer to cleaning up heavily contaminated industrial wastewater streams.
Researchers from the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering developed an electrochemical oxidation process with the aim of cleaning up complex wastewater that contained a toxic cocktail of chemical pollutants.
"Our study, published in Algal Research, involved industrial wastewater that had been heavily contaminated with a cocktail of organic and inorganic species during a biofuel production process", said Julia Ciarlini Junger Soares, who is completing a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering under the supervision of Dr Alejandro Montoya.
The wastewater, which contained carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, was generated in a pilot plant, designed by the team for the production of biofuels using naturally abundant microalgae.
The process involved treating wastewater with electricity using specialised electrodes. They discharged electricity, then drove oxidation reactions near the electrode surfaces, transforming the organic contaminants into harmless gasses, ions or minerals.
"We have employed an incredibly powerful process that eliminates even the most persistent non-biodegradable pollutants, such as pharmaceuticals and pesticides, as well as various classes of organic compounds that can be found in many industrial effluents," she said.
The water before, during and after treatment. Credit: Julia Ciarlini Junger Soares, University of Sydney
"The process is relatively simple, does not require the addition of chemicals or severe operation conditions, and does not produce additional waste streams.
"Wastewater is a significant issue for our environment, as well as for many industries who use substantial volumes of water in their processes, such as in reactions, transport, and washing and cooling. Finding suitable solutions for reuse or disposal is often very challenging and costly.
"The electrochemical method that we used can be readily applied to industries that must comply with strict regulations for wastewater disposal, such as pulp and paper processing, wineries, as well as pharmaceutical production facilities.
"Worldwide, researchers are investigating methods for the development of biofuels from algae. Developing alternatives for the treatment and reuse of this industrial effluent is a hot research topic and can bring opportunities for energy and resource recovery within a circular bio-economy framework."
The team will soon carry out research focused on specific contaminants to better understand the chemical transformations that take place during electrochemical oxidation and will upscale the process.
A 2017 UNESCO report found that the opportunities from exploiting wastewater as a resource were vast, and that safely managed wastewater is an affordable and sustainable source of water, energy, nutrients and other recoverable materials.
The researchers have no conflicts of interest to declare. The research was supported by a University of Sydney Engineering and Information Technology Research Scholarship.
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Q: Setting XML attribute with a variable I'm trying to set an XML attribute with a variable in the resources in Android studio with no luck.
Something like this works:
<resources>
    <string name="Key">@string/Key</string>
</resources>

But something like this doesn't:
<resources>
    <string name="Key" custom-attribute="@string/Key"/>
</resources>

How do you use variables in XML attributes?
This is NOT the same question as Android xml reference within xml doesn't work.
The first example works correctly, I am able to use variables setting a field value.  The second example does not work, I cannot set an attribute.

A: Here we can define resources in res/ folder.
You can create your own file and use below examples.
The value thing won't work.
<resources>
<string name="button">Try Again</string>
<dimen name="margin">56dp</dimen>
<bool name="isCorrect">false</bool>
<color name="background">#fff</color>
<drawable name="icon">@drawable/ic_about_us</drawable>
<integer name="count">56</integer>
<string-array name="days">
        <item>Monday</item>
        <item>Sunday</item>
</string-array>
</resources>

And Use by R.id.nameOfResource
Here is much more to explore about them.
Hope this helps.
Update: We can also define resources like this in build.gradle script.
    android {
    buildTypes.each {
        it.resValue 'string', 'serverLink', "https://mylink.com"
    }
}

A: <resources>
    <string name="Key">Some Value</string>
</resources>

Should give you same result as:
<resources>
    <string name="Key" value="Some Value"/>
</resources>

Because of that I would recommend using the first example as that works properly.

A: Try this:
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<string name="Key2">@string/Key1</string>

update:
<string name="Key1">Some Text</string>
<string name="Key2">
    <some-attribute>@string/Key1</some-attribute>
</string>

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People are always baffled by the fact that my dizi (Chinese flute) teacher doesn't speak English and that I don't speak Chinese. The question usually begs itself, "How do you two communicate if you can't speak the same language?" I reply with a grin, "Simple. We communicate through music." Though he cannot put his thoughts in words, he shows me through his playing; with a few grunts and gesticulations, I am able to grasp the feeling and the nuances. Some people have said math is the universal language, yet somehow it still remains utterly incomprehensible to most people. Inevitably, in math, someone has to explain what all the symbols mean. Music, however, requires no knowledge of random scribbles, no memorization of vocabulary, no explanation, no translation. It is the one true universal language, and it allowed me to overcome the barriers separating me from my culture.
In seventh grade, my mother decided to enroll me in a Chinese orchestra, and before the first rehearsal had even started, I already knew I hated it. I figured it would be just a huge waste of time like all those years I spent in Chinese school. Five years and I didn't learn a thing. My mother would have to sit next to me and explain what the teacher was saying. As a half-Chinese half-Indian, I was different from the other kids, as I was kindly reminded by one of the parents. "This is Aaron. He's Indian," she said, as if my Indian genes had erased all traces of Chinese. My mixed blood had left me without a strong sense of belonging, and I, in turn, became distinctly American. Though born Chinese and Indian, I had become neither, and the thought of playing in a Chinese orchestra made me feel terribly out of place.
For my mother's sake, I continued with the orchestra. Initially, my mom had to stay by my side to translate, as the conductor had assumed Chinese people could understand Chinese. However, as time went on, I found myself needing her less and less. Eventually, I told her that she no longer needed to stay during rehearsal, as I was perfectly fine by myself. There was something different about the orchestra from Chinese school; it was the music. With the orchestra, it didn't matter that I was only half-Chinese or that I couldn't understand what people were saying because the music was universal. I could understand the flowing movements mimicking the soft, simple melodies. I could feel what it was like to be in China, among the red azaleas blooming over the mountains on a spring morning. I could feel the beauty and the tenderness, and that's all that mattered.
Now, music has become the one place where everything makes sense. When I am encumbered beneath the stress of homework and tests, when my parents are yelling at me for watching too much TV and everything is in chaos, I know that I can turn to music, and there I will find meaning amidst the jumbled pieces. With music, the meaning is not betrayed by words or symbols that dictate what it means or what it is supposed to mean. Instead, the music simply is, and the meaning comes in whatever way it speaks to me. I can make sense of it all, and I can be at peace. I hope to pass on this same sense of peace and security, and to bridge the language gaps that keep people apart – the same gaps that had kept me apart from my culture. Perhaps we can't all speak the same tongue, but through music, we can all speak the same language.
In my own way I have begun to fulfill this hope. In September of 2008 I held a solo concert in which I performed on nine instruments, including seven different Chinese wind instruments, something which I had never seen done before and yet somehow was attempting. I was excited to share my music, but in the time leading up to the concert I was so worried that none of the audience would find the concert enjoyable or interesting. Out of the approximately 400 audience members, more than half were non-Chinese. My dad had invited many of his friends, and they were much more used to the upbeat dancing rhythms of Indian music. How would they be able to appreciate the melodies of Chinese songs? I was forgetting that music transcended racial boundaries.
After the concert ended, I feared mediocre responses but was overwhelmed when so many people from all different backgrounds came up to tell me how much they enjoyed it. They told me how each song had spoken to them personally and from it they had learned so much about Chinese music. They themselves now wanted to find out even more about Chinese culture. To be able to speak and connect to such a diverse set of listeners gave me a great sense of fulfillment.
Without a language to anchor me, I had floated away from my ethnic roots, but music brought me back to my heritage in a way no fluency with Chinese or any other language could have done. Now, I can even connect to people of all cultures in a language unconfined to words, a language without prescribed limitations and thus all the more powerful. Barriers removed and with a renewed sense of appreciation, I am eager to learn about my Chinese as well as Indian culture. Once neither, I now know that I am both.
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Real Stone and Tile's showroom manager Mark Strong is set to Brave the Shave for Cancer Research UK at the end of January.
Recently Mark's father has undergone cancer treatment, so to show his support for his Dad and people living with cancer, Mark will be taking part in a campaign to shave his head to raise money for the much-loved charity.
Established in 2002, Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity, aiming to reduce the number of deaths from cancer and supporting people living with cancer across the UK.
To show your support for Mark you can sponsor him by visiting the Real Stone and Tile showroom at Unit 4B of the Stanley Green Trading Estate in Cheadle or visit Kingfisher Health Club in Houldsworth.
Mark will be having his head shaved on 28th January at Jason Michael Barbers in Hyde!!


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Edna Funeral Homes
Funeral Homes in Edna, TX
Pic by Billy Hathorn / CC-BY-SA-3.0
Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Edna.
Suburbs of Edna: Cordele, El Toro, Morales.
Edna is also known as: Jackson County / Edna city.
Jackson County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.
Heritage Funeral Home of Memory Gardens
Heritage Funeral Home of Memory Gardens is a family owned and locally operated funeral home. Purchased in 2006 by the Hauck family, Heritage was formerly operated as Memory Gardens Funeral Home in the 80's and 90's.. Located at 8819 US Hwy 87 in...
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Cook-Butler Funeral Home
810 Martin Luther King Dr
Edna, TX 77957
Memory Gardens of Edna
204 Buffalo St
Oaklawn Funeral Home
900 Navidad Rd
Paradise Funeral Home
Slavik Funeral Home
209 N Allen St
Tracys Mj Santellana Funeral Directors
Nearby Funeral Homes for Edna
Barefield Funeral Home
1505 S Laurent St
Colonial Funeral Home
1801 E Red River St
Cook-Butler Funeral Service
1311 Mlk Blvd
El Campo, TX 77437
Ganado Funeral Home
Ganado, TX 77962
Garden of Memories
525 W Loop St
Grace Funeral Home
2401 Houston Hwy
Oaklawn Memorial Park Incorporated
602 Heights St
Taylor Deleon Funeral Home
1203 Burkedale Dr
Port Lavaca, TX 77979
Tracy's Mj Santellana Funeral
107 W River St
Triska Funeral Home
614 Merchant St
Victoria Mortuary Service
1505 La Valliere St
Wheeler Funeral Home
612 W Jackson St
Some of the notable people born here have been: (iben browning), and (candy barr).
Edna is a city in Jackson County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,499 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Jackson County.Edna is the gateway to 11,000-acre (45 km2) Lake Texana, which covers the site of Texana, Texas. The city has a hospital, convalescent home, library, museum, city park with swimming pool, three banks, two savings and loan associations, a country club with a nine-hole golf course, and Oak Creek Village, a retirement community. It is the center of a prosperous agricultural area with petroleum and natural gas production and has an active chamber of commerce, oilfield service industries, and two grain elevators.The town was named after a daughter of Count Joseph Telfener - an Italian entrepreneur who was building a railroad from Rosenberg to Victoria. Other family members had towns named after them as well. While the railroad had the ambitious name of The New York, Texas and Mexican Railroad, it didn't originate in New York, nor did it reach Mexico. Known as "The Macaroni Line" for the Italian workmen who were brought from Italy for construction, the rails eventually went as far as Victoria.On the courthouse lawn is a monument to Irwin Moore Laughter (July 28, 1893 - June 19, 1916) of the United States Navy, who was killed in Mazatlan, Mexico, during the attempt by General John J. Pershing to capture the Mexican bandit Pancho Villa.
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It was written on July 1st, 2014 that Ramon Mireles died in Toppneish, Washington. Mireles was 79 years old and was born in Edna, TX. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Ramon's life.
It was written by Visalia Times-Delta on June 7th, 2013 that Domingo Menchaca perished in Visalia, California. Menchaca was 78 years old and was born in Edna, TX. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Domingo's life.
It was noted by Odessa American on June 19th, 2012 that Bobbie Jack Grissom died in Edna, Texas. Grissom was 90 years old. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Bobbie Jack's life.
It was disclosed by Anna Gazette-Democrat on April 5th, 2012 that Matthew Scott Amezquita passed on in Anna, Illinois. Amezquita was 29 years old and was born in Edna, TX. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Matthew Scott's life.
It was disclosed on September 30th, 1905 that A J Mrs Condit passed away in Edna, Texas. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor A J Mrs's life.
Edna was laid out on land owned by Mrs. The contract for a new courthouse was awarded on February 11, 1884. The first church congregations in Edna were the Methodist and Presbyterian, whose memberships moved from Texana almost intact. A post office opened in 1886. The first train arrived on July 4, 1882; the first merchant was Gideon Egg, who moved his general merchandise store from Texana in 1882, and the first child born in the new community was Edna Louise Traylor.
Earnest Loren "Speedy" Wise
Earnest Loren "Speedy" Wise was born January 7, 1924 in Marrionville, Missouri to Edna Hazel and Ira Ottis Wise. He passed away November 4, 2010 at Amarillo, Texas at the age of ... 00 PM at the Billings Funeral Home in Woodward. Services will be held ...
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Tributes for Nov. 4
Instead of flowers donations to help with funeral expenses can be sent to the family at 615 13th Ave., Greeley, CO 80631. Edna Mae Casseday ... Holcomb of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas; his grandchildren, Landon Holcomb, Treston Holcomb, Brittany Holcomb, Caleb ...
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Obituaries from the Oct. 28 Herald
Survivors include his children, Thomas (Tammy) of Chaska, Pam (Jerry) Jacobsen of TX, Gary (Kayoko ... Funeral arrangements were with the Bertas Funeral Home of Chaska, 952-448-2137. Edna C. Poppitz Edna Poppitz, 83, of Waconia, passed away on Thursday ...
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Obituary: Rachel E. Sanders, 93
(Terri) Sanders of McAllen, Texas; 20 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son Dennis in 1966; three sisters, Edith Mason, Edna Ebersole ... 7 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home, Hudson and one ...
http://www.hillsdale.net/newsnow/x294035801/Obituary-Rachel-E-Sanders-93
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Listing all funeral homes in Edna, Texas so you can easily send flowers to any location (same day delivery) or find any funeral service.
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Find a Funeral Home inEdna, Texas TX to provide the caring burial and ceremonial services your family deserves.
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Earlier this Month, Bristol Rovers Community Trust were happy to announce a partnership with NHS staff to support a brand new weekly social football group with the goal of improving people's physical and mental wellbeing through sport.
The project has already boasted encouraging participation numbers in the opening two weeks, with a positive response to the overall sessions. Last Thursday, the group welcomed former Crystal Palace and West Brom 1st team coach Ben Garner to the session, to chat about this career and how his recovered from his own personal setbacks.
The group is open to everyone over 18, male or female, from those who've never played football to the more experienced. The project is part of the Wellbeing College and was created by staff from South Gloucestershire AWP NHS service.
The sessions will run weekly, every Thursday from 3pm, atShaftesbury Park, Frenchay Park Rd, Winterbourne, Bristol BS16 1LG. If you would like to attend the group, please contact the group organisers via email or telephone, details below.


An EVA4400 with embedded 8Gb B-series switch does not display correct speed in CV 8.02. The controller ports are internally connected to embedded switch ports 0 an 11, which are set to 4Gb. When EVA is started all host ports are displayed as "Unknown" speed. If you tricle the port speed in B-series switches from 4 to 2 Gb and then back the port 0 connected controller ports negotiate the speed fine and display the speed correctly in CV. With switch port 11, the ctrl port does not come up with any other than 4Gb and then it may flap with No_sync while switch displays the port mode being change between U_port and G_port and does to fix to F_port.
If I just set the speed to 4Gb, the ctrl's display Unknown speed, but I suppose the speed is actually negotiated fine (from switch side atleast). With EVA4400 without embedded switch the same issues does go away when fixing the speed, but with embedded switch it doesn't. This is with fw 09006000.
This is a known issue when the switch port is set to autonegotiate.
Scheduled to be fixed on next firmware release (expected next month).
Another issue you might encounter is that the HSV300-S needs specific SFPs: 4Gb SFPs (AJ715A) or 8 Gb SFPs (AJ716A).
the ports are already set to fixed 4Gb, not autonegotiate N4. And as it's embedded switch - no possibility of changing SFP's.
Anyway, wait for next firmware, it will change the way the chips report the FC port status.
If you have problems after that, open a case with HP.


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Head or heart? Black parents face tough trade-offs when it comes to education.
Special To The Washington Post
After a racist incident at my son's predominantly white school, I was forced to think long and hard about the trade-offs many black parents and other parents of color have to make when it comes to their educational options. My dear friend calls it the "head versus heart" dilemma. That's the frightening realization that while a certain school may be a better option academically, if it lacks racial diversity there is almost always a price black children will pay in terms of their sense of self and identity. As a parent, your head tells you putting them in a high-ranking public school or private school is a smart decision. But your heart — your heart aches at the thought of what your child may have to endure in these environments.
My history of heartbreaking experiences recently involved watching my son have to attend class with two white girls who had created a racist blackface video, complete with monkey sounds, while the school engaged in hand-wringing over how to address this blatantly racist act. Who was there to protect my son and his learning environment while the school sought to protect the offending girls? My heartache was accompanied by sleepless nights, during which I tossed and turned about my decision for him to attend the school. Had I made a mistake? Was this a setup for educational success but personal failure? Was I diminishing his humanity as a black boy by keeping him in this environment? Being a black male in America is hard enough.
One black friend, an educator himself, pulled his fifth-grade son out of his city's most elite private school and put him in an all-black male academy. "I saw the collateral damage to his self-confidence and sense of agency. I had to say, no more," he said.
This is the constant "head versus heart' rumination black parents make on a regular basis. Even when there are no major racist incidents, your child faces an assault of daily challenges: not having teachers who look like them, the isolation of being an "only," which often comes with social exclusion, the burden of being the representative minority who has to explain or represent all black people all the time. In these environments black children can never come to school with the freedom to just learn. They are forced to carry so much more with them every day along with their backpacks.
That should be heartbreaking to all of us.
Other concerns for black parents include how blacks are represented in the curriculum, overrepresentation of black children in special education and how the parents themselves are treated by school staff. "Too many black parents say they're ignored, talked over, talked down to, and will speak of the radio silence they experience with school administrators except when it comes to the school staff wanting to discuss 'behaviors' that are, by most indicators, appropriate for their age level," notes Kelly Hurst, executive director of Being Black At School, a national nonprofit based in Springfield, Illinois, that works for an equitable school system.
African American students are 3.8 times more likely to receive one or more suspensions as white students, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. Analysis of that same federal report showed that in white suburban schools black students are discouraged from taking AP courses, and in some school districts white students are twice as likely as black and Hispanic students to be enrolled in at least one AP class.
It is no wonder then, that the question of, "is it worth it?" churns relentlessly. "The worth of the trade-off isn't always considered simply because parents don't have much choice or voice here," says Hurst, who is also a national trainer for Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training. "School boards and teachers are overwhelmingly white and lack the racial analysis or awareness, which means that black parents have to accept this trade-off."
Some parents do their best to mitigate the risk by seeking out sports programs, after-school programs and summer camps that are more diverse and more culturally affirming, notes Mahalia Watson, founder of Let's Talk Schools, an online educational resource that hosts parent information events in New York City.
That has often been my strategy. But for many parents, working hard to pay for private school or to live in the suburbs does not leave much time for the additional "jobs" of school advocate, bias watchdog, cultural cheerleader and everyday therapist. At times, it is exhausting.
What can black parents do? "Organize in every sense of the word — from curriculum choices and town halls to creating support for other parents in the same situation," Hurst advises.
All parents, and parents of color in particular, can do their due diligence by asking schools the right questions:
1. What is their understanding of terms like: racial equity, anti-bias/anti-racism ideology and pedagogy, trauma-informed work or behavioral programming, says Hurst. What do they know about implicit bias? Do they use restorative justice practices? Find out if the school has social and emotional safety at the center of its mission, how it uses crisis intervention and how anti-racism work is reflected in the curriculum, she adds.
2. Watson warns that asking about "diversity" is not enough. "Schools conceptualize diversity in many different ways — family composition, address (where students live), gender, religion, race, nationality, socioeconomic status. You need to know what diversity means to that particular school. Then parents should decide what type of representation is important to them and then see if the school includes it in their diversity goals," she adds.
3. With younger children, for whom social exclusion can be even more traumatizing, Watson suggests asking about any policies about social events. For example, some schools require that all kids be invited to birthday parties in elementary grades. The aforementioned friend who removed his son from private school said black parents may want to delay non diverse environments until the children are older and more established in their own identity and self-worth — his son began at the school in pre-K. "In those schools a child needs to show up with a strong sense of who they are, not at the age of still being formed into who they are," he said.
Hurst cites two glaring red flags: Schools that say, "We don't see color" and schools that exclude parents from the classroom and decision-making process.
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Lyric Essentials: Orooj-e-Zafar reads excerpts from Bilal Tanweer's The Scatter Here Is Too Great
Sundress: Welcome to Lyric Essentials, where writers and poets share with us a passage or poem which is "essential" to their bookshelf, and who they are, as a writer. Today Orooj-e-Zafar reads us four excerpts of Bilal Tanweer's debut novel, The Scatter Here Is Too Great.
Thanks for recording for us, Orooj. Before we take a listen, tell us a little about your love story with Bilal Tanweer. Is this the first novel of his you've read or one of many? I'm not personally familiar with his work, so perhaps you can tell us a little about him? Or what you know about the book that can help put the passages you've selected into context?
Orooj: The pleasure is mine! This is, I believe, his only novel, also a winner of the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2014, after his extensive work as a translator of books by Ibn-e Safi. Story-telling being his forte, he has published short stories with international magazines like Words Without Borders and Granta.
When I read this small bio behind The Scatter Here is Too Great, I was impressed. I never met him personally but I asked a friend, studying at his university to tell him, "he changed my life." From the way my friend described it, he didn't see it coming at all. His humility is admirable because he wrote for the people of his country and in that, he feels he succeeded.
He told an interviewer that "fiction writing came late and translating, even later," but his flair of the written word is nothing short of a gift. A reviewer called The Scatter Here is Too Great "a collection of blood-stained letters to Karachi," and it could not be truer. He wrote stories about the city at its prime and fall—its people, its places, their niche and interaction thereof—that he believed were lost if not retold and felt for. With multiple narrators, all connected to the other by either the city or circumstances, you don't have any room to surface. The realness and profundity of his language—vernacular but narrating grotesque, unfortunate events—is that of a poet; it kept me gasping for air throughout the book.
The bits I chose to read out are the pages preceding a new part of the book. He used a bullet-shattered windscreen as a metaphor for the city he grew up in, using different (or rather the same) descriptions of it to carry his stories forward. Not only did this part of Karachi become a dangerous place to live in, it lost its more prominent voices to cruel circumstance.
Sundress: Forgive me for asking the obvious before we listen—this is not a translation, but was written in English, right? Can you tell us a little about English literature in Pakistan?
Orooj: Of course but I'm still discovering it myself! Tanweer originally wrote it in English, yes but I suppose Alamgir Hashmi understood the untapped potential Pakistani writers had to tell this country's story and make it accessible. He was the first English-language Pakistani writer I knew of. Recently, thanks to the glowing reviews I read about them, I discovered Mohammed Hanif, Muneeza and Kamila Shamsie.
Sundress: "The hole at the center throws a sharp, clean web around itself and becomes crowded with tiny crystals. That is the metaphor for my world." That's a hell of an image. This sounds almost like a fable, like the book will be an attempt to give a complete image of a war, of the brutality and the day-to-day.
Orooj: That's exactly what it did. The image of war like you said, doesn't hit you right away. As I said before, the language is so colloquial, the tragedy comes as a shock, but not a surprise. It is almost like a snare in this part of the book; nothing goes horribly wrong at first until it does.
Sundress: Listening on to this second clip, The Scatter Here Is Too Great sounds like more than just a letter to Karachi—I hear any city suffering under the fear of a bullet. I think perhaps it's also how you're reading it, but it sounds more like a love letter to the human spirit. A universal message. But what roots it in Pakistan? Can you share some of these colloquialisms with us?
Orooj: I agree and I'm glad you share my views. Maybe unintentionally he struck a chord with, not just the Pakistani in me, but also the human. As for its placement, Tanweer takes real places like Clifton Beach, Lyari etc. He uses native words for parents, (Amma/Ammi, Baba) and even incorporates some of the local lingo (aray bhaiyya), even if some are derogatory terms. Then of course, the surreptitious meetings between characters and the events that followed – bomb blasts, robberies.
Sundress: The idea of layered stories always appeals to me, so I'm curious. Without giving away too many spoilers, what are these "different stories" that the windshields are telling?
Orooj: First we have "A Writer in the City" about a boy and his father, now impoverished playing a game with blackboards. He comes and goes in the book, through different points in his life, growing up to be like his father – you guessed it – a writer.
There's the couple who sneak away to be away by themselves, the girl seeking some time with her beau who she "swears she's in love with" and the boy, hormonal and eager but with an interesting background of his own. The one I found most interesting was that of an ambulance driver who had a meltdown after he was helping victims of a bomb blast in the city.
Sundress: This is definitely my favorite section. Hearing you read this tale brings back the news media for me—Peshawar certainly feels new and immediate again, but this passage is less hopeless than news coverage. Your pacing catches that "sense of wonder" Tanweer's talking about. I get the sense that even though there are multiple protagonists, this need for wonder is Tanweer's; "…stories were reasons that allowed us to connect ourselves to the world, to compose ourselves in ways others could read… we needed stories in order to imagine the mad world we live in." That's such a powerful idea.
Orooj: Exactly. What I love about this book is that though it has multiple protagonists, the main character is Karachi itself. There's a powerful monologue in the story, part of which was, "the city is dying," and it completes the story until that point so perfectly. All the characters are pieces playing their part, most victims but so significant in Karachi's tale. This is why I think it's something everyone should read.
A mentor once told me, "poetry is not for the lazy," because there's a reason every word in a poem is where it is, even its punctuation. The flow in a written piece is crucial especially when it comes to slam poetry. Reading The Scatter Here is Too Great made me realize that every one of his stories was vital – irreplaceable – to Karachi's tale. Quite simply, he narrated the horrors housing in those streets, eloquently defending that it was not always like this and there will be a time when it will not.
Without him "prettying it up," he makes you see that it wasn't just the poor who suffered, or the uneducated, or even the prominent. You did not have the time to fall in love with a particular character because you only knew them for so long. The scatter of sorrow, anguish and pain was truly too great. Heroically, he collected whatever he could of the timelines that were cut short and gave realism a completely different meaning for me.
What is essential to you as a writer or poet? What piece changed your life? Gave you hope, validated and voiced your fears, was there while you triumphed over them? What piece brings you joy? Made you laugh or grin like a fool? Who was it who made you sit back in wonder, inspiring you to be a stronger writer? We want to know. Send us a recording (or packet of short recordings) of you reading your Lyric Essential—a short story, a handful of poems, an excerpt or two—to SundressLyricEssentials AT gmail DOT com. Then we'll talk.
Orooj-e-Zafar is a Browncoat nineteen-years-young mosaic in her first year of med school. She fancies herself a certified overthinker and spoken word poet, frequently performing in front of audiences in her city at venues such as Kuch Khaas, among many others. Orooj is a reader for cahoodaloodaling and has been published at The Missing Slate, Pankhearst, Up the Staircase Quarterly. She recently released her first spoken word album, the articulation of my vertebrae: from being spineless to finally standing tall. She resides in Islamabad, the dharna capital of Pakistan. She has been married to slam poetry since she heard the word, 'onomatopoeia' and would like nothing more than to wake up to a hot cup of chai and a good poem; engaging conversations are a close third. Her best friend is her copy of A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. She's been playing the guitar for eight and a half years (badly), sings decently enough and bakes till her problems go away. Some days she is Ron Swanson and others, Leslie Knope. Though she married slam poetry early and (un)foolishly, the universe itself remains her one true love; she's just passing through.
Bilal Tanweer, whose native language is Urdu, was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. He received his MFA in creative writing at Columbia University. A fellow at the University of Iowa's International Writing Program in 2012, Tanweer's fiction, poetry, and translations have appeared in various journals, including Words Without Borders, The Caravan, Granta, and Vallum. He lives in Lahore, Pakistan where he is an assistant professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences. The Scatter Here Is Too Great won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2014 and was a finalist for both the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015 and The Chautauqua Prize 2015. Recently Tanweer was selected as a Fellow of Akademie Schloss Solitude for 2015-2017.
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ST JOHN CANTIUS, CONFESSOR
ST JOHN CANTIUS, CONFESSOR – MEMORIAL: DECEMBER 23
John was born in the diocese of Cracow in the town of Kenty, from which he took his surname Cantius. His parents Stanislaus and Anna were holy and respectable people. From his infancy, his sweetness of disposition and innocence gave hope of the greatest virtue.
HE BECAME A PRIEST
After becoming a priest, he increased his ardour for Christian perfection. For some years he administered the parish of Ilkusi with great efficiency. Whatever time was left from his studies he devoted partly to the salvation of his neighbour, especially preaching sermons on sacred subjects, and partly by prayer.
ON FOOT, HE MADE FOUR VISITS TO ROME
He made four visits to Rome, travelling on foot and carrying his own luggage, both to show honour to the Apostolic See and, as he used to say, to save himself from the punishments of Purgatory through the indulgences obtainable there daily.
HE ABSTAINED ENTIRELY FROM MEAT
He guarded his virginal purity most vigilantly, and for about thirty-five years before his death abstained entirely from flesh-meat. On Christmas Eve [1473], his soul took flight to heaven. Pope Clement III added him to the list of the saints, and he is honoured as one of the foremost patrons of Poland and Lithuania.
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that by following the example of blessed John, your Confessor, we may advance in a knowledge of holiness and, by showing pity for others, obtain your forgiveness through his merits. Through our Lord…
– From: An Approved English Translation of the Breviarium Romanum, Burns & Oates, London, 1964 [bold titles added]
Posted by prayers4reparation on October 19, 2019 in Our Beloved Saints and Holy People
Tags: 23rd December, Apostolic See, Christian mortification, Christian perfection, Cracow, holy virtues, indulgences, Lithuania, mortification, pilgrimage, Poland, purgatory, purity, Rome, St John Cantius, vegetarian
ST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, CONFESSOR
ST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, CONFESSOR – MEMORIAL: JUNE 21
Aloysius, the son of Ferdinand Gonzaga, Marquis of Castiglione della Stivere, was baptised so quickly, since he was in danger of death, that he seemed to be born to heaven almost before he was born on earth.
HE MADE A VOW OF PERPETUAL VIRGINITY
He kept this first state of grace so faithfully that it was believed that he was confirmed in it. At Florence, when he was nine years old, he made a vow of perpetual virginity before the altar of the Blessed Virgin, upon whom he always looked as a parent.
AN ANGEL IN THE FLESH
By a special grace of God, he kept this vow untried by any conflict either of mind or body, so he might be truly called a man without flesh or an angel in the flesh. Having transferred to his brother the right to his ancestral rank, he joined the Society of Jesus at Rome.
HE JOINED THE SOCIETY OF JESUS
Even in the novitiate he began to be considered a master of all virtues. His love for God was so ardent that it gradually weakened his body. Including his neighbours also in his marvellous love, while he was eagerly serving them in the public hospitals, he caught a contagious disease. So, slowly consumed by it, on the eleventh day before the Calends of July [1591], having already begun his twenty-fourth year of age, he departed to heaven. Benedict XIII entered him among the saints and commended him as a model of innocence and chastity, and at the same time as the special patron of students.
O God, bestower of heavenly gifts, who in the angelic youth Aloysius joined wondrous innocence of life to an equally wondrous love of penance; grant, by his merits and prayers, that we who have not followed him in his innocence may imitate him in his penance. Through our Lord…
– From: And Approved English Translation of the Breviarium Romanum, Burns & Oates, London, 1964 [bold headings added]
Tags: 21st June, Catholic, Catholic Church, Charity, chastity, Florence, holy virtues, Jesuits, Pope Benedict XIII, Rome, Saints, Society of Jesus, St Aloysius, St Aloysius Gonzaga, students, Virginity
"ST JOSEPH TOOK GREAT CARE TO KEEP HIS VIRTUES CONCEALED UNDER THE SHADOW OF HOLY HUMILITY"
"'What a magnificent Saint St Joseph is!' affirms the pious Bishop of Geneva. Not only is he a patriarch, but also the coryphaeus of all the patriarchs; he does not simply form part of the confessors of the faith, but has something extra, since his sanctity embraces the dignity of the bishops, the generosity of the martyrs and that of all other Saints.
HOLY SIMPLICITY, HOLY VIRGINITY
It is with good reason that St Joseph is compared to the palm, the king of trees, and which symbolises virginity, humility, and that of courageous tenacity; three virtues in which St Joseph is particularly distinguished. Many sustain that amongst all the Saints, St Joseph excelled in these three virtues.
In His divine providence, God established from all eternity that a Virgin would conceive a Son, Who would be both God and man; and yet She would have a husband. But for what reason, ask the holy doctors, did He ordain two things which are so incompatible: to remain a virgin and yet at the same time to be married? Most of the Fathers explain that it was to avoid Our Lady being calumniated by the Jews, who would, in fact, have calumniated Her and started to investigate Her story. Then divine Providence, in order to safeguard the purity and virginity of Mary, entrusted Her to the care of a chaste man, so that, in the shadow of the holy espousals, She would conceive and give birth to the sweet fruit of life, Our Lord Jesus Christ.
The union between Mary and the glorious St Joseph was, so to say, divine. Thanks to it, the good of the eternal goods, that is Our Lord, belonged to St Joseph, just as, according to grace and not according to nature, He belonged to Mary. In fact Christ received His flesh from the womb of the most Holy Virgin by the workings of the Holy Spirit, whilst grace rendered St Joseph a participant in all the goods of his beloved Spouse. That explains his constant progress in all the virtues… How great were his dignity and his virtues, which likewise remained hidden under the veil of total poverty and simplicity.
LIVING IN A MORE HIDDEN WAY THROUGH HUMILITY
And yet let us think how great must have been the dignity of St Joseph: he had to take care of Our Lord, indeed he was His putative Father, apart from being the spouse of His Most Holy Mother. We cannot doubt that the Angels came in astonishment – one choir after the other – to contemplate, enraptured, the humility of St Joseph whilst he guarded that adorable Child in the poor workshop, where he laboured, in order to nourish the Son and the Mother Who had been entrusted to him.
St Joseph took great care to keep his virtues concealed under the shadow of holy humility, but above all he hid the precious pearl of his virginity. He accepted to get married, because no one would know this, and under the sacred veil of matrimony he would be able to live in a more hidden way.
HOLY OBEDIENCE
This teaches us that for those who are virgins or who want to live a chaste life, this is not enough if one is not humble and does not guard his virtues within the precious casket of humility. Otherwise one risks ending up as did the foolish virgins, who, lacking humility and merciful charity, were turned away from the wedding of the Bridegroom and constrained to go to the wedding of this world.
On every occasion St Joseph was entirely submissive to the divine will. Who could doubt this? Pay attention: the Angel turns him and turns him again. He tells him to go to Egypt and Joseph goes; he orders him to return and he returns.
God wanted him to remain always poor; one of the heaviest trials to bear. But Joseph knew how to accept poverty with love and not for a certain amount of time, since he was poor for the whole of his life.
But what was his poverty? It was obscure and exposed to the uncertainty of the next day; his poverty was truly considerable. Voluntary poverty of which religious make profession, is bearable because it does not prohibit the use of what is necessary; only that which is superfluous is forbidden. But the poverty of St Joseph, of Jesus and of Mary was not like this. Though it was voluntary and loved, it was also obscure and painful.
We will be truly fortunate if we could enjoy the intercession of St Joseph. Certainly neither the Virgin Mary nor the glorious Son would refuse him anything. It will be enough to have faith in him and he will obtain for us the grace to grow efficaciously in all the virtues, but especially in those which characterised he himself: purity of body and spirit, a most amiable humility, constancy and persevering courage."
– St Francis de Sales (published in "De Vita Contemplativa", March 2013; capital headings added)
Posted by prayers4reparation on June 25, 2013 in Prayers for Ordinary Time
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Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence (Section 319 of CrPc)
(2) Where such person is not attending the Court, he may be arrested or summoned, as the circumstances of the case may require, for the purpose aforesaid.
(3) Any person attending the Court, although not under arrest or upon a summons, may be detained by such Court for the purpose of the inquiry into, or trial of, the offence which he appears to have committed.
(4) Where the Court proceeds against any person under sub-section (1) then—
(a) The proceedings in respect of such person shall be commenced afresh, and the witnesses reheard;
(b) Subject to the provision of clause (a), the case may proceed as if such person had been an accused person when the Court took cognizance of the offence upon which the inquiry or trial was commenced.
As per Section 319 of the Code, Court of Session has power to issue t process against accused not charge-sheeted under Section 193 after recording some evidence. The Court can exercise its power under Section 193 independent of Section 319.
The Court has discretion to summon additional accused but while exercising this power the Court has to arrive as satisfaction that there exists the possibility that accused so summoned in all likelihood would be convicted.
Such satisfaction can be arrived at upon completion of cross-examination of witnesses. It was also pointed out that no exception to the above can be taken far less at the instance of witness and when State was not aggrieved by the same.
In Brindaban Das & Others v. State of West Bengal, it was observed that the fulcrum on which the invocation of Section 319, Cr. P.C. rests is whether the summoning of persons other than the named accused would make such a difference to the prosecution as would enable it not only to prove its case but to also secure the conviction of the persons summoned.
Section 319, Cr. P.C. contemplating a situation where the evidence advanced by the prosecution not only implicates a person other than the named accused but is sufficient for the purpose of convicting the person to whom summons is issued.
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New media article featuring Alan: A Manager's Guide To Holding Your Team Accountable!
Check out this great article at kintone, "A Manager's Guide To Holding Your Team Accountable," featuring Alan Dobzinski of Accountability Experts!
Accountability in the workplace is something that most managers want, but feel powerless in creating.
A recent Workplace Accountability Study reported that 82% of respondents have no ability to hold others accountable, but 91% of people consider accountability as one of the top development needs they'd like to see at their organization.
While creating accountability doesn't happen overnight, there are immediate steps companies and leaders can take to successfully implement it in the workplace.
Alan Dobzinski, who's been coaching on accountability to various industry owners and executives for more than 25 years, stresses it all comes back to people. He's taken the accountability challenge head on by helping companies improve their office culture, retain good employees, acquire loyal clients, and enhance productivity.
In a recent Transformation Talk, he shared some practical tips to help business leaders bridge that gap in efficiency so they can create a culture of accountability.
kintone: What are some effective methods for building organizational-wide accountability?
AD: At the root of all people problems is miscommunication about who is supposed to be doing what. There is either no accountability, inconsistent accountability, or hard-hitting accountability that leads to disengagement and high turnover.
The RUG is the core basis of my motivational accountability system.
Your accountability RUG is the soft, supportive and protective bottom layer on which everything else rests. Build on it with whichever strategies appeal to you, but don't neglect any of these essential components.
kintone: What are some things that leaders can do immediately to start creating a culture of accountability?
AD: First of all, I encourage them to go to chapter 15 of my book "The Buck Starts Here" and read about upfront agreements to create a closer relationship with the people that they lead and or manage.
The second thing is how they treat people. It's a huge thing. And fresh in my mind is a workshop I did recently called "All About Them." I had eight different techniques on how to make it more about the person that you're managing as opposed to making it about themselves, the leader. As leaders, we should help others get what they want. Do the leaders even know what the person they're managing wants? Do they even care about it? If a person can approach their people in that regard they're going to get what they want as well.