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The Siege of Krishnapur – J.G. Farrell
February 13, 2012 April 22, 2012 Ms Oh Waily
Book #343
Reviewer: Ms Oh Waily (first published 2008)
This is the 1973 Booker Prize winner by J.G.Farrell.
The setting is the 1857 Indian Mutiny. The story is told from the perspective of a number of British residents in Krishnapur. The central characters are Mr Hopkins, the Collector; Fleury, a recent arrival to India and his widowed sister, Miriam; the Dunstaple family – father, the local physician – son, a young military man and daughter Louise, the season's beauty; Mr Willoughby, the Magistrate; and the Padre.
I felt that the story started off very slowly and I was dreading another reading trial like The Poisonwood Bible. Fortunately as I went further through the book and when the siege finally began it all started to flow for me. In the end I was fascinated by the characters and the way the author grew them and altered their views through the trials and deprivations of living through a siege situation.
And for the first time in an absolute age, I actually felt like I picked up on some of the themes. Admittedly they came to me one morning in the half-dozing state that occurs when you are on the cusp of waking up.
The political & philosophical themes were primarily voiced in the observations of each main character given page time by Farrell, although behaviour was also used, especially by the minor players.
One aspect that this novel shared with The Poisonwood Bible is the theme of people under stress and what that brings out of their character. Are character and world view interlinked and changeable? The Poisonwood Bible seemed to suggest a strengthening of existing character traits and views, while The Siege of Krishnapur seems to suggest a person could go either way with an extreme strengthening of convictions or a complete weakening of convictions, even to the point of altering them diametrically.
Briefly the themes I identified were:
Materialism and Advancement through Invention of things versus the importance of Advancement of the human spirit.
This was primarily played out by Mr Hopkins and Fleury. Hopkins has fitted out the Residence at Krishnapur with items he believes represent advancement, especially items from The Great Exhibition. He is reverential about the Exhibition, almost to the point of worship.
Fleury, on the other hand, views the advancement of the spirit to be the most important thing that humans can aspire to. Certainly materialism and objects are not worthy of the reverence he sees Mr Hopkins display.
The Established View versus Scientific Observation and Rationalism
This pits the two Doctors against each other. Dunstaple is 'old school' and is frequently found to be criticising the methods of his colleague, McNab, as experimental and cold. Dunstaple views the 'establishment' as the source of information and direction, while McNab views his own observations (as well as alternatives to the prevailing treatments) as valid guides to patient treatment. This comes to a head over the treatment of a cholera outbreak. While the Dunstaple cholera episode should be sad, it is actually completely, gut-bustingly and ironically funny.
Scientific observation
The Magistrate also showcases the duality of science that prevailed during this time. On the one hand he views scientific rationalism very highly, as seen in his support of McNab's use of statistics to back up his arguments on the treatment of cholera. On the other hand is his interest and wholehearted believe in the "science" of frenology.
Farrell also touches on themes like "sin" as well. This is displayed through the Padre's progressively vigorous pursuit of sin, and the expunging of it from the congregation. The women also feature here, with a "fallen" woman, Lucy, brought into the enclave. She is socially shunned with the exception of Miriam and Louise who feel it their duty to be kind to her until she begins to make herself cosy with their brothers.
Through the latter half of the book, and the siege, the writing gets progressively more double-edged. You can't help laughing at the characters. I am sure that Farrell intended to almost caricature certain aspects of British India, Victorian science and the intensity with which people hang on to, or shed their beliefs.
I thought that the "voice" of the book was reasonably authentic. Apparently a lot of material was taken from diaries of events and there is even a note by Farrell that indicates some sections were almost completely lifted from his research. Presumably this is why it felt 'of it's time'.
I can highly recommend this novel. After the first, slower part of the book, it picks itself up and becomes at once entertaining, sad and thought-provoking.
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inspirationalreads February 13, 2012 / 1:02 pm
For some reason I have managed to overlook this one. Thanks for the rec – it has gone onto my TBR list! (*ahem* yes, all of the 1001 are on my list, the list in my mind. On my actual list, not so much)
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The Los Angeles Chargers' season ended last weekend with a painful loss to the Patriots, but the team is already looking to the future.
And not just the 2019 season, but 2020.
Chargers general manager Tom Telesco held a media session Thursday to wrap up the team's season. Among the topics: the future status of quarterback Philip Rivers, who is entering the final year of his contract.
Telesco seemed to guarantee the team will extend the 37-year-old veteran at some point.
"I can tell you he's not going anywhere," Telesco said. "He's going to be here, but we'll talk at the right point as far as the moves we need to make in the offseason, the resources we have and kind of see how it all fits in. But yeah, he's not going anywhere."
Rivers posted one of his best seasons in 2018 to help the Chargers finish 12-4. He passed for 4,308 yards, had a 32-12 TD/INT ratio and tied his career-high quarterback rating of 105.5.
When asked about Rivers' performance, Telesco responded, "Tremendous. I mean, I can't rank his years, but I know he had an excellent year this year all the way through. A lot of that has to do with him and a lot of that has to do with the team that's built around him, both offense and defense. He's forever our leader and he had a tremendous year this year."
Sounds like Telesco is eager to see Rivers, who started his NFL career with the Chargers in 2004, finish with the team.
"For how long he wants to play, you'd have to ask him that but we're really lucky to have him," Telesco said.
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Greens endorse policies that would limit access to energy
Wesley Smith explains at National Review Online why it makes no sense to demonize energy.
Electricity is essential to modernity. Prosperity depends on it. So does longevity and health. If you doubt that, ask those in impoverished nations who still don't have access to reliable electrical power! Indeed, if we could create a continental power grid in Africa — regardless of the means — it would ameliorate so much human misery.
So, why are the world's cities turning their lights off this weekend — as if electrification is a bad thing? To mark "Earth Hour," of course. From the Yahoo News story:
"Cities around the world were turning off their lights Saturday for Earth Hour, with this year's event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like Covid-19." …
… "The annual event calls for action on climate change and the environment, and this year, organisers said they want to highlight the link between the destruction of the natural world and the increasing incidence of diseases — such as Covid-19 — making the leap from animals to humans."
Good grief, what nonsense. Last year, California went through the wrenching experience of enforced blackouts, in part, because of the formerly Golden State's stupid environmental policies. Do we really want more of that? Moreover, there is no proof that climate change had anything whatsoever to do with COVID.
But do note, dear reader, the repeated attempts by globalists to symbiotically connect COVID to global warming. That's because the Davos Crowd wants to establish an international technocracy — sometimes called the "Great Reset" — all in the name of preventing future pandemics and combatting climate change. Indeed, Anthony Fauci has written that the U.N. and WHO should be empowered to "rebuild the infrastructures of human existence" because we have entered a "pandemic era."
The cost of such policies will be paid in lost personal liberty and desiccated prosperity.
Who Is Contracting Covid-19 in NC? Post-Vaccinated, Reinfected, and the Not Fully Vaccinated
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending November 8
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J Pharm Sci. 2006 Jun;95(6):1308-17.
Evaluation of a vaporizing device (Volcano) for the pulmonary administration of tetrahydrocannabinol.
Hazekamp A1, Ruhaak R, Zuurman L, van Gerven J, Verpoorte R.
Division of Pharmacognosy, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. ahazekamp@rocketmail.com
What is currently needed for optimal use of medicinal cannabinoids is a feasible, nonsmoked, rapid-onset delivery system. Cannabis "vaporization" is a technique aimed at suppressing irritating respiratory toxins by heating cannabis to a temperature where active cannabinoid vapors form, but below the point of combustion where smoke and associated toxins are produced. The goal of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Volcano vaporizer in terms of reproducible delivery of the bioactive cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) by using pure cannabinoid preparations, so that it could be used in a clinical trial. By changing parameters such as temperature setting, type of evaporation sample and balloon volume, the vaporization of THC was systematically improved to its maximum, while preventing the formation of breakdown products of THC, such as cannabinol or delta-8-THC. Inter- and intra-device variability was tested as well as relationship between loaded- and delivered dose. It was found that an average of about 54% of loaded THC was delivered into the balloon of the vaporizer, in a reproducible manner. When the vaporizer was used for clinical administration of inhaled THC, it was found that on average 35% of inhaled THC was directly exhaled again. Our results show that with the Volcano a safe and effective cannabinoid delivery system seems to be available to patients. The final pulmonal uptake of THC is comparable to the smoking of cannabis, while avoiding the respiratory disadvantages of smoking.
(c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association
10.1002/jps.20574
Evaluation Study
Administration, Inhalation
Cannabis/chemistry
Dronabinol/administration & dosage*
Dronabinol/metabolism
Dronabinol/pharmacology*
Drug Delivery Systems*
Lung/drug effects
Lung/metabolism*
Nebulizers and Vaporizers*
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
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Q: How to render to OpenGL from Vulkan? Is it possible to render to OpenGL from Vulkan?
It seems nVidia has something:
https://lunarg.com/faqs/mix-opengl-vulkan-rendering/
Can it be done for other GPU's?

A: NVIDIA has created an OpenGL extension, NV_draw_vulkan_image, which can render a VkImage in OpenGL. It even has some mechanisms for interacting with Vulkan semaphores and the like.
However, according to the documentation, you must bypass all Vulkan layers, since layers can modify non-dispatchable handles and the OpenGL extension doesn't know about said modifications. And their recommended means of doing so is to use the glGetVkProcAddrNV for all of your Vulkan functions.
Which also means that you can't get access to any debugging that relies on Vulkan layers.

A: Yes, it's possible if the Vulkan implementation and the OpenGL implementation both have the appropriate extensions available.
Here is a screenshot from an example app in the Vulkan Samples repository which uses OpenGL to render a simple shadertoy to a texture, and then uses that texture in a Vulkan rendered window.

Although your question seems to suggest you want to do the reverse (render to something using Vulkan and then display the results using OpenGL), the same concepts apply.... populate a texture in one API, use synchronization to ensure the GPU work is complete, and then use the texture in the other API.  You can also do the same thing with buffers, so for instance you could use Vulkan for compute operations and then use the results in an OpenGL render.
Requirements
Doing this requires that both the OpenGL and Vulkan implementations support the required extensions, however, according to this site, these extensions are widely supported across OS versions and GPU vendors, as long as you're working with a recent (> 1.0.51) version of Vulkan.
You need the the External Objects extension for OpenGL and the External Memory/Fence/Sempahore extensions for Vulkan.
The Vulkan side of the extensions allow you to allocate memory, create semaphores or fences while marking the resulting objects as exportable.  The corresponding GL extensions allow you to take the objects and manipulate them with new GL commands which allow you to wait on fences, signal and wait on semaphores, or use Vulkan allocated memory to back an OpenGL texture.  By using such a texture in an OpenGL framebuffer, you can pretty much render whatever you want to it, and then use the rendered results in Vulkan.
Export / Import example code
For example, on the Vulkan side, when you're allocating memory for an image you can do this...
vk::Image image;
... // create the image as normal
vk::MemoryRequirements memReqs = device.getImageMemoryRequirements(image);
vk::MemoryAllocateInfo memAllocInfo;
vk::ExportMemoryAllocateInfo exportAllocInfo{
  vk::ExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits::eOpaqueWin32
};
memAllocInfo.pNext = &exportAllocInfo;
memAllocInfo.allocationSize = memReqs.size;
memAllocInfo.memoryTypeIndex = context.getMemoryType(
  memReqs.memoryTypeBits, vk::MemoryPropertyFlagBits::eDeviceLocal);
vk::DeviceMemory memory;
memory = device.allocateMemory(memAllocInfo);
device.bindImageMemory(image, memory, 0);
HANDLE sharedMemoryHandle = device.getMemoryWin32HandleKHR({
  texture.memory, vk::ExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits::eOpaqueWin32
});

This is using the C++ interface and is using the Win32 variation of the extensions.  For Posix platforms there are alternative methods for getting file descriptors instead of WIN32 handles.
The sharedMemoryHandle is the value that you'll need to pass to OpenGL, along with the actual allocation size.  On the GL side you can then do this...
// These values should be populated by the vulkan code
HANDLE sharedMemoryHandle;
GLuint64 sharedMemorySize;

// Create a 'memory object' in OpenGL, and associate it with the memory
// allocated in vulkan
GLuint mem;
glCreateMemoryObjectsEXT(1, mem);
glImportMemoryWin32HandleEXT(mem, sharedMemorySize,
  GL_HANDLE_TYPE_OPAQUE_WIN32_EXT, sharedMemoryHandle);

// Having created the memory object we can now create a texture and use
// the memory object for backing it
glCreateTextures(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 1, &color);
// The internalFormat here should correspond to the format of
// the Vulkan image.  Similarly, the w & h values should correspond to
// the extent of the Vulkan image
glTextureStorageMem2DEXT(color, 1, GL_RGBA8, w, h, mem, 0 );

Synchronization
The trickiest bit here is synchronization.  The Vulkan specification requires images to be in certain states (layouts) before corresponding operations can be performed on them.  So in order to do this properly (based on my understanding), you would need to...

*

*In Vulkan, create a command buffer that transitions the image to ColorAttachmentOptimal layout

*Submit the command buffer so that it signals a semaphore that has similarly been exported to OpenGL

*In OpenGL, use the glWaitSemaphoreEXT function to cause the GL driver to wait for the transition to complete.

*

*Note that this is a GPU side wait, so the function will not block at all.  It's similar to glWaitSync (as opposed to glClientWaitSync)in this regard.

*Execute your GL commands that render to the framebuffer

*Signal a different exported Semaphore on the GL side with the glSignalSemaphoreEXT function

*In Vulkan, execute another image layout transition from ColorAttachmentOptimal to ShaderReadOnlyOptimal

*Submit the transition command buffer with the wait semaphore set to the one you just signaled from the GL side.

That's would be an optimal path.  Alternatively, the quick and dirty method would be to do the vulkan transition, and then execute queue and device waitIdle commands to ensure the work is done, execute the GL commands, followed by glFlush & glFinish commands to ensure the GPU is done with that work, and then resume your Vulkan commands.  This is more of a brute force approach and will likely produce poorer performance than doing the proper synchronization.

A: There is some more information in this more recent slide deck from SIGGRAPH 2016.  Slides 63-65 describe how to blit a Vulkan image to an OpenGL backbuffer.  My opinion is that it may have been pretty easy for NVIDIA to support this since the Vulkan driver is contained in libGL.so (on Linux).  So it may not have been that hard to give the Vulkan image handle to the GL side of the driver and have it be useful.
As another answer pointed out, there are still no official registered multi-vendor interop extensions.  This approach just works on NVIDIA.

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El palacio de los Duques de Medinaceli fue un edificio de la ciudad española de Madrid, residencia de esta familia nobiliaria. Se ubicaba en la confluencia de la carrera de San Jerónimo con el paseo del Prado, en el que fuera a su vez palacio del duque de Lerma, y fue abandonado al morir el XV duque de Medinaceli en 1873 y finalmente demolido en 1895.

Descripción de Mesonero Romanos

El patriarca y decano de los cronistas de Madrid, Ramón de Mesonero Romanos, describe así en El Antiguo Madrid (1861) la primera residencia de la familia Medinaceli en Madrid: El referido primer palacio de la familia Medinaceli, conocido como el «palacio del Prado», tuvo una larga agonía compensada con un monumental y fructífero renacer. La vida del viejo palacio de los duques de Medinaceli se quebró con la muerte del decimoquinto duque de Medinaceli en 1873, cuando su viuda decidió trasladarse a la plaza de Colón y consentir su demolición. En el solar se construyó entre 1902 y 1907 un parque de los llamados «cineflúo».

En 1910 el solar fue adquirido por el Ayuntamiento de Madrid y la sociedad Madrid Palace Hotel S. A. para la construcción de un hotel de lujo, pero la municipalidad se retiró por falta de fondos y el solar quedó en manos de la sociedad dirigida por el empresario belga Georges Marquet.

El segundo palacio madrileño de los de Medinaceli, también conocido como Palacio del Duque de Uceda, estuvo en el paseo de Recoletos esquina a la plaza de Colón, y también fue demolido, en la década de 1960.

Véase también
 Palacios de los duques de Medinaceli en España

Referencias

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Medinaceli
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Arquitectura en la Comunidad de Madrid en el siglo XVII
Palacios de España del siglo XVII

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was to cause havoc and destroy Nazi bases behind the lines as a distraction for the real push by Allied forces.
They landed exactly where they were supposed to and began their mission.
The odd storm had been a warp in time and they were in 2011 Germany instead of 1945.
Lieutenant Arthur Sutton led the group, but was soon injured and left behind. In charge now was a fanatical Sergeant, Roth, Jewish, who only wanted to kill Nazis for what they'd done to his family.
As far as Germany knew, they were terrorists hitting civilian spots and leading them was another fanatic, an old man left over from WWII, a member of the Hitler youth then.
Sutton learns the truth, hard as it was to believe and wants to rescue his beleaguered men before they get killed. The German wants them wiped out before the liberal press gets wind of it.
And one man from Washington suspects the truth and also wants to save them.
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Human spaceflight
The first crewed spaceflight mission was Vostok 1 ("East 1"), carrying the 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, on 12 April 1961. The spacecraft completed one orbit around the globe, lasting about 1 hour and 48 minutes.

On 5 May 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space with his Freedom 7 spacecraft travelling on a suborbital trajectory. Unlike Vostok 1, the mission featured the first manual controlling of the spacecraft and the presence of the pilot within it during landing, the latter making it the first "completed" human spaceflight by formalistic interpretation of past Fédération Aéronautique Internationale definitions.

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The Shape of Water – Movie Review
It's not very usual having fantasy or sci-fi related pictures nominated for the Best Picture award in the Oscars. However, Guillermo Del Toro has achieved to be there (and 12 other categories too, including Achievement in Directing and Original Screenplay) with The Shape of Water, a fable about a top-secret scientific discovery set in the early 1960s.
So I usually begin by writing a short, spoiler-free synopsis of the film's plot. However, this time around I'll let you know nothing, because I strongly believe that every single part of the story is best enjoyed by discovering it the way Del Toro presents it. This may sound exaggerated due to the mostly simple storyline the film boasts, but those who know the director's previous work and his aspirations at storytelling will surely be spoiled as the message he wants to convey with The Shape of Water will come as no surprise.
Let's start with that, with the way Del Toro makes the meaning behind the movie transcend. He has created a very powerful narrative in this film, having taking care of every possible variable. Characters are amazingly written, and they all evolve as the story arcs progress. The director also makes an extensive use of visual elements to tell their stories, and this really enhances the audience's experience. Cinematography greatly benefits the narrative, since Dan Laustsen has done a mind-blowing job with light and color. Probably one of my favorite features of this film was its editing, which I think it's crisp, clean and compelling.
Score was written by the very talented Alexandre Desplat, who had to work with a myriad of instruments to achieve the deep tunes he wanted to create. The result is amazing, a great fit to both the story and visuals of the film. I'm constantly listening to the album, as the dazzling and hypnotic pieces are a welcome addition to my daily commutes.
The Shape of Water is an incredible acted movie, too. Sally Hawkins does an amazing job at portraying Elisa, the main character, which is a complex role packed with subtleties and emotionally challenging scenes. Her character's sidekicks are played by Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer, and both of them are incredible in their roles. The same thing can be said about the movie's main antagonist, since Michael Shannon delivers one of the most compelling performances of his career, maybe on a par with his outstanding job in Nocturnal Animals.
Guillermo Del Toro loves his job. He is passionate about cinema, and that really shows in The Shape of Water, as the whole picture breathes enthusiasm throughout its runtime. It's personal, dramatic, relatable and much, much more. Don't let its fantastic elements fool you, as behind that layer there's tons of human emotion. It has taken a long time for this movie to be made, for everything to click into place. But Del Toro's dream is now a reality, and the staggering effort has probably been well worth it, as this is a genuinely timeless piece of filmmaking and visual poetry. 9/10
P.S. Now will you just listen to him for one damn minute?
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Most nannies get excited to hear those two words. After all, it usually means a little job security. It also means adding a new personality into your perfect little nanny pack. How do you navigate this new territory? Is your heart big enough to love another nanny kid? Will things be the same? Different? How so? So many thoughts and emotions!
Time to be real. Change is hard for me. Once in get in my groove, I struggle to adapt to new changes long term. The thought of adding a new tiny human permanently was so exciting, but also incredibly scary. I immediately started making lists of everything that needed to be done and imagining how my relationship with my singleton would change.
Welcoming a second (or third or fourth) nanny kid can be tricky. You don't want to step on toes when it comes to nesting and maternity leave is on the horizon. Yikes! But, the best advice anyone will give you is to schedule a sit down with both parents periodically throughout the pregnancy.
Parental leave – how will it affect your hours and pay; when will pay increase take place; how often will you have older siblings, baby, or all children, etc.
Baby prep – open a line of communication with the parents on what they want/need help with. Volunteer to jump in with baby laundry, washing bottles, etc.
How they want to work with older siblings on welcoming the new baby. Offer to help with research and different books to read. Offer advice if they seemed overwhelmed.
Once you get that all laid out, it's time to prep for the new tiny human! There's a learning curve and adjustment period when adding another baby to your crew, so don't be afraid to ask other nannies for help and advice. It's important to remember that each child is different, every situation is different, and we can't know how to handle every situation perfectly. Maybe you've always wanted to learn how to baby wear, but you don't know how. Maybe you have an older sibling who is truly struggling with accepting baby. Maybe you suspect Mom Boss is dealing with postpartum. Maybe you're stuck on what double stroller is the best. Ask! Ask for advice and different strategies. Many nannies have already been in your position and can offer some help!
Now let's talk matters of the heart. Many of us get attached to our nanny kids to the point where we can't imagine adding one more person (or sometimes multiples) in. But there's good news. Your heart is big enough and you will always have room to add more love! The love may look a little different because every child is different, but the amount will be the same.
My oldest nanny kid loves cars, trucks and trains. He would much rather play by himself and he keeps to himself at home. At the most we'll read a couple Thomas books and sing the theme song about 20 times. The rest of the time he's off on his own playing with his giant train set up. However his baby sister is a diva. She loves being the center of attention and rough-housing. If I sit down to catch my breath, she's right there climbing up on me and throwing herself back for flips. If I'm prepping lunch in the kitchen, she's right there trying to climb my leg. They are two very opposite kids, but they each hold half of my heart. It's taken me 10 months of having baby sister around, but I've finally realized that even though things are so very different, I wouldn't change them for the world.


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House of Order may be one of the more gripping, interesting and unusual collections of short stories I have ever read. I have to admit, it took me a little while to "get into" the book, as the MC, Manito, uses quite a bit of Spanish in the stories. It has been far too long since I have read any Spanish, so that held me at arms length for a bit.
Once I got past the feeling of being on the outside looking in, I was able to really sink myself into these short tales as narrated by Manito's uncle, Neto.
John Paul Jaramillo paints a bleak, but vivid picture of the harshness of Hispanic life after the steel industry closes down. I really like the style he uses — a minimalistic approach as it were, telling and showing us so much with so few words. He holds nothing back, making sure to show us the brutality of the lives they lived. We see the Ortiz family struggle with drugs, alcohol, religion and familial abuse.
At only 108 pages, the stories are short and to the point, but even with their brevity, they speak volumes about what it was like to grow up in that harsh environment, and I really felt like I had a much better understanding of the Hispanic male psyche by the time I finished the last page. I would warn that this is not what I would consider a "happily ever after" type of book. I found myself a bit broody when I was finished — as some of the truths and realities expressed in the book are just that heartbreaking.
I think of all the stories (or chapters), my favorite would me "Little Blue Box". The story had me laughing out loud and my boyfriend wondering what the heck I was reading that had me so entertained.
Despite being a white, Irish girl, I still felt drawn into the experiences of the characters as if I was living through them alongside Neto and his family.
Overall, I would say I enjoyed this book much more than I expected, and would give it 3.5 of 5 stars.
I would recommend this one to any fan of short story collections and for anyone looking for a glimpse of what life is really like in a Hispanic family.
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Hello. I slept in a bit longer this morning because it's a holiday, so I was especially ready for breakfast this a.m. I am hungry in the morning 98% of the time : ) This last weekend I made a batch of muffins from a beautiful recipe book I received last Christmas from my brother. I like to bake muffins and store them in the freezer for "on the run" breakfasts. I just pop 1 or 2 in the microwave, and can enjoy a warm, homemade muffin in seconds. The original recipe is Honey Oat Apple, but I made a couple changes by using agave nectar instead of honey, and adding chopped walnuts for some extra crunch. I also had a steaming cup of (decaffeinated) green tea – a new addiction.
I hope you are all enjoying a day of rest.
Tell us something about agave nectar. I see it everywhere, but have been out of the loop on its nutritional value.
And, I am sure our Phoebe would have enjoyed the muffin crumbs that might have fallen her way.
Agave nectar is a natural sweetener, most commonly made from the Blue Agave plant. It has a lower Glycemic Index than other sweeteners. A lower GI means that carbohydrates are broken down more slowly, releasing glucose more gradually into the bloodstream.
Okey dokey. It's going to be on our shopping list. Thanks.


We drafted a Customer Charter which is a group of commitments which set out the level of service you can expect from Yarlington. We asked you to give us your opinion and help us improve it.
91% of you said that the Charter was easy to understand, 87% of you said it clearly sets out what Yarlington will do and 86% of you said that the Charter aims to treat everyone equally.
We also received some great feedback on how we can improve the charter and each point will be looked at individually and considered against the draft Charter.
The Customer Charter is an exciting but big piece of work. With the great number of responses we received we're currently looking at improving the charter, ensuring it is relevant to everyone and working towards launching the finished product to you very soon!
Yarlington have created a draft Customer Charter and would like your views, as Yarlington customers on what is in it and how it can be improved.
A Customer Charter is a group of commitments which sets out to customers the level of services they can expect from a company.
Why has Yarlington created a Customer Charter?
It is important to us that you understand the service you can expect from Yarlington and what to do if something goes wrong. A Customer Charter explains this clearly and simply.
This consultation is asking for your views as a Yarlington customer. We would like to find out what you think about the draft Customer Charter and how we can improve it.


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A week of fighting between Taliban militants and fighters loyal to a commander from the mainly Shi'ite Hazara minority has heightened fears of a dangerous new phase of sectarian violence in Afghanistan.
The clashes in the central province of Uruzgan, which have killed at least 21 people, have highlighted concerns that Hazaras, members of a mainly Shi'ite Persian-speaking minority targeted by Islamic State attacks over recent years, may take up arms in frustration at a lack of action by the government.
Sectarian violence had until recent years been relatively uncommon in Afghanistan but suicide bombings at Shi'ite mosques and cultural centers by Islamic State as well as attacks on Hazaras traveling on provincial highways have fueled growing anger. Many Hazaras blame Sunni Pashtuns for the attacks.


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ASERCOM Statement on a Refrigerant Scenario to comply with the European F-gas Regulation
25 years ago, a small group of people had the idea to join together to address some technical
issues including the link to the Montreal protocol and the CFCs phase out to prevent Ozone layer
depletion. This group was assembled by ASERCOM and brought together a number of engineers
who succeeded in harmonizing their views on a way to find replacements for CFCs and in the
harmonization of standards related to declaration of performance data.
As recent studies have indicated, it seems that the Ozone layer has begun to grow back thanks to
the overall industry involvement and engagement.
The latest F-gas Regulation is a recent challenge for which all members of ASERCOM again
have agreed to jointly find solutions for drop-in, retrofit and for new installations in the HVACR
The CO2 emission reduction is a clear global environmental challenge and our industry
represents 2% of it. Thanks to the new F-gas Regulation the placing on the market of F-gases
(expressed in CO2 equivalent) has to be reduced by 79% by 2030 versus the reference period of
Among all segments concerned in our overall activities, commercial refrigeration is one of the
larger contributors. The F-gas Regulation already clearly introduces a number of measures in
commercial refrigeration, like some placing on the market bans of HFCs. We will concentrate on
all other activities from our industry such as air conditioning, heat pumps and other applications at
a later stage.
Other key aspects of the F-gas Regulation are more stringent rules for leakage control, as well as
the phase down mechanism which reduces the quantity of refrigerants available to the market. In
order to achieve this target, experts consider that the average GWP value of all refrigerants used
by 2030 should be around 400. This average of 400 GWP takes the use of natural refrigerants
already into consideration, like CO2, ammonia or HCs, which will be important contributors.
The entire industry will have to be creative to adapt its current technologies to meet this very
ambitious target. It poses a challenge to most of our current products that will be upgraded to
cope with the alternative refrigerants.
For 2 years now, ASERCOM's refrigerant working group has been very active in multiple ways:
• building its own simulation of the phase down until 2030
• publishing a guideline on refrigerant temperature glide and its effect on the performance
• revising its approach to prioritize highest potential for reducing environmental impact
Additional aspects to adapt technology have to be worked on:
• operating envelope
• refrigerants properties and lubrication aspects (solubility, miscibility and viscosity)
• material compatibility
• performance testing
• research and redesign of products
• impact on heat exchangers and system design with higher temperature glide refrigerants
• refrigerant charge size in regards to safety criteria
• safety of usage
• qualification of personnel and training
• product qualification and certification
• economic impact and availability of components
Seeing all the efforts behind qualification of refrigerants and components it is clear that too much
proliferation of alternative refrigerants delays market adaptation and can also not be handled in
practice by contractors and installers, let alone inflating the amount of training even further.
In addition to considering natural refrigerants which are separately covered in ASERCOM
Statements, our engineers have jointly evaluated the currently known public test results with new
proposed synthetic refrigerant alternatives:
The currently still dominant refrigerants in commercial refrigeration are R404A/R507A (both will
not be allowed anymore in new installations as of 2020) and R134a.
For drop-in and retrofit of existing applications it is necessary to check with the respective
compressor/equipment supplier for the approved refrigerants. Existing non-flammable
replacement refrigerants for R404A/R507A are in the range of 2000 (e.g. R452A, R452C
according to AR5) and as low as 1400 GWP (e.g. R449A, R448A) and for R134a in the range of
600 GWP (e.g. R450A, R513A).
For R404A/R507A installations, the replacement options below the 1400 GWP range fall already
into a range of 300 GWP and below (e.g. R454A, R454C, R455A, R457A, R459B) and are mildly
flammable (category A2L).
As a major change, the now published standard EN 378-1:2016 includes safety and
environmental requirements for the use of mildly flammable refrigerants A2L and B2L. For new
installations it defines and enables the use of mildly flammable refrigerants in determined charge
amounts, considering the safety aspects accounting for the low burning velocity, reducing the
probability and consequences of ignition risks.
All market players have to strive for a fast approach to train up for the handling of flammable
refrigerants. New installations designed according to EN 378:2016 and performed by qualified
technicians will be safe. Meanwhile it can still be preferable for new installations to use non-
flammable refrigerants.
The international and publicly available compressor test data of these alternative refrigerants
show higher compressor discharge temperatures than R404A. They also have a significant
temperature glide, so systems must be designed accordingly.
For R134a installations, the replacements options below the 600 GWP range fall already into a
range of 150 GWP and below (R1234yf, R1234ze). The main trade-off gathered from the test
data was loss of refrigerating capacity versus the baseline for some refrigerants, like R1234ze.
In summary, when selecting an alternative refrigerant either so-called "natural" or synthetic, all
market players should take aim at the lowest GWP solution possible.
The trade-offs to be considered are:
• flammability and the related safety measures
• temperature glide and the resulting system design
• control of discharge temperature
• refrigerating capacity
The HVACR industry faces significant product and technology changes. Most of our current
products have to be qualified or redesigned to meet the very ambitious targets of the F-gas
Regulation. This is a time and lab capacity consuming process without precedence in the
industry. The flammability of the alternative refrigerants changes the landscape to a much larger
extent than the change from CFCs to HFCs ever did.
First and foremost the knowledge barrier must be overcome by training involved stakeholders,
mainly servicing, repairing and maintenance staff, to ensure a timely roll-out when working with
alternative refrigerants.


Ordering an Uber to get around is now a no brainer, but ordering an Uber with little kids in tow is another story. Too often we are asked if children need to be in a car seat when in an Uber or Lyft (our answer is ALWAYS YES!) as it is never a simple procedure to deal with installing and unstalling (let alone carrying) car seats. While Uber and Lyft both have services that now include car seats in the car and other rideshare companies have designed their entire fleet to be family friendly, you still may find yourself in an area where neither of these options are present. We suggest checking our RideGuru Fare Comparison to see if a child-friendly rideshare service is available in your area of travel and if not, or if you travel quite frequently, we highly advise that you check out our list of top travel car seats! All these car seats are relatively inexpensive, lightweight, and easy to transport!
The Cosco Scenera NEXT is affordable, lightweight (less than 11 pounds!) and can be used forward-facing or rear-facing (up to 40 lbs).
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Our final car seat for rear-facing is the priciest but features advanced air protect technology for increased side-impact protection. Weighing in at about 12 lbs, it is also the heaviest but you do receive extra safety for the few extra pounds and dollars!
If your child is ready for a forward facing seat (typically around 3-4 years old) the Evenflo line of car seats is our MVP. The first option is the Evenflo Chase weighing in at just 11 pounds, the Chase goes up to 40 lbs in harness mode and 110 lbs in booster mode.
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The Ta' Ħaġrat () temples in Mġarr, Malta are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with several other Megalithic temples. They are amongst the world's oldest religious sites. The larger Ta' Ħaġrat temple dates from the Ġgantija phase (3600–3200 BC); the smaller is dated to the Saflieni phase (3300–3000 BC).

Location
Ta' Ħaġrat is on the eastern outskirts of the village of Mġarr, roughly one kilometer from the Ta' Skorba temples. Characteristics of the Ta' Ħaġrat façade resemble those in the Ta' Skorba complex.

Temple complex
The excavation of pottery deposits show that a village stood on the site and predates the temples themselves. This early pottery is dated to the Mġarr phase (3800-3600 BC).

Ta' Ħaġrat is built out of lower coralline limestone, the oldest exposed rock in the Maltese Islands. The complex contains two adjacent temples. The smaller temple abuts the major one on the northern side.

The two parts are less regularly planned and smaller in size than many of the other neolithic temples in Malta. Unlike other megalithic temples in Malta no decorated blocks were discovered; however a number of artifacts were found. Perhaps most intriguing is a scale model of a temple, sculpted in globigerina limestone.

The model is roofed and shows the typical structure of a Maltese temple including a trilithon façade, narrow-broad walling technique and upper layers of horizontal corbelling.

Major temple
The Ġgantija phase temple is typically trefoil, with a concave façade opening onto a spacious semicircular forecourt. The façade contains a monumental doorway in the center and a bench at its base. Two steps lead up to the main entrance and a corridor flanked by upright megaliths of coralline limestone.

The corridor leads into a central torba (a cement-like material) court, radiating three semi-circular chambers. These were partially walled off at some time in the Saflieni phase; pottery shards were recovered from the internal packing of this wall. The apses are constructed with roughly-hewn stone walls and have a rock floor. Corbelling visible on the walls of the apses suggest that the temple was roofed.

A small sculptured temple was discovered here.

Minor temple
The Saflieni phase temple rests to the north and is six and a half meters long. It is entered through the eastern apse of the larger temple. Smaller stones have been used in its construction and it exhibits irregularities in design considered archaic or provincial.

Excavation
The site was excavated between 1923 and 1926 by Sir Temi Zammit, then Director of Museums. The site was again excavated by John Davies Evans in 1954, and British archaeologist David H. Trump accurately dated the complex in the 1961 excavation.

The temple was included on the Antiquities List of 1925.

Restoration
Parts of the façade and doorway were reconstructed in 1937.

See also
List of megalithic sites

References

External links

National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands

World Heritage Sites in Malta
Megalithic Temples of Malta
Neolithic sites
Mġarr
National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
Sites managed by Heritage Malta


Title Alliance, a RESPA-compliant ESOP company who specializes in joint ventured title insurance agencies, announced today that they will be exhibiting at next week's Keller Williams (KW) Realty Mega Camp conference in Austin, Texas. The event brings together real estate professionals throughout the country to network and learn innovative tools that can better their business.
The Mega Camp will take place at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from September 15 – 19, 2014. The conference includes break-out sessions that focus on leadership, Keller Williams' culture, technology and becoming a better agent. This year's list of featured speakers includes Gary Keller, Mo Anderson, Mark Willis, Mary Tennant, Chris Heller, Cary Sylvester, Dianna Kokoszka and John Davis.
During the event, Title Alliance will be located at booth #305. This is Title Alliance's 11th year participating in Keller Williams' events. Title Alliance and Keller Williams have been working in partnership for years and currently the company has 19 entities with individual Keller Williams Market Centers.
Monday, September 15, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 from 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
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The year 2021 in Fashion
By Samantha Beltran Published Dec 31, 2021 5:00 am
Year Two into the pandemic, and we have finally eased into the new normal. No longer a vague concept, we've gotten cozy with al fresco dining affairs, masked jaunts and rejoicing over vaccination cards and booster shots.
While far from perfect, the optimism of 2021 has channeled itself into the realm of fashion, embracing the whole "out with the old, in with the new" mantra, arms wide open — from virtual pop-ups and blockchain fashion, to wearing our values and beliefs on our sleeves.
Not all prospects have been bright-eyed this year, however: the world mourned over the sudden passing of beloved talents such as Virgil Abloh. Still, if the events of 2021 are any indication, next year holds more groundbreaking style moments to look forward to. Behold, a recap of the 2021 that was in fashion.
On Wednesdays, Kakampinks wear pink
Social media was awash in bright fuchsia hues when Vice President Leni Robredo announced her bid for the presidency in October this year, as supporters dubbed themselves "Kakampinks" — the color is said to reflect the Vice President's strength as a leader.
Since the announcement, Kakampinks have devoted their Wednesdays to pink, following the tradition of The Plastics in the film Mean Girls, with celebrities and everyday people getting creative with their hot pink OOTDs.
Barbie is one of the iconic figures who posted in pink on the day Leni Robredo announced her candidacy.
Pink in itself is an interesting choice, as it emerged as a color of protest in last year's US elections. As Robredo said, "Pink is not just a color, it's a way of life."
Greenbelt 3 reopens with a new roster of boutiques
The Dior flagship in the new Greenbelt 3. Greenbelt 3
After a long period of construction, fashion fans can look forward to a renewed retail experience as Greenbelt 3 opened its doors again to the public — this time housing major flagship brands and exclusive retail concepts.
New to its roster of boutiques are brands that have opened this month, such as Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Dior, Off White, Univers and Thom Browne, Bulgari, Kenzo, Max Mara, Rimowa, Patek Philippe, and L'Officine Universelle Buly — plus, a bigger and better Hermès boutique.
Virgil Abloh passes away
Remembering Virgil Abloh's legacy outside the Off-White store in Greenbelt 3. Greenbelt 3
News of the sudden passing of Virgil Abloh, 41, shocked the world and made headlines in late November, as online tributes poured in to celebrate the beloved designer's brief yet meaningful life.
Born to Ghanaian immigrants, Abloh was a master at merging various influences such as streetwear and hip-hop with luxury and classical art, later founding the much-celebrated label Off-White, before being named the artistic director for Louis Vuitton's menswear collections. "Streetwear in my mind is linked to Duchamp," Abloh, who was also a close collaborator of Kanye West, once toldThe New Yorker.
Tributes described Abloh as "a true inspiration who gave so much of himself" with a "fearless drive to create." He died of cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer.
Filipino Fashion goes virtual
The Katutubo Pop-Up Fair is one of the fashion platforms to go online.
On our shores, the demand for Filipino-designed and artisanally handcrafted pieces continues to go full steam ahead, yet this year's restrictions still put a halt on the beloved pop-up fairs of the stylish set. Still, that didn't stop these platforms from seeking out their patrons.
Once packed with event-goers and rows of booths, events such as the Katutubo Pop-Up Fair, ArteFino, and even Manila FAME launched their own online portals where shoppers can peruse their pieces, while MaArte Fair struck up a partnership with Zalora.
The rise of TV fashion
Ewan McGregor (second from left) as designer Halston in the Netflix original. Netflix
Although 2021 has been slowly coaxing people out of their shells again, people largely continued to stay at home — which means being glued to the TV or laptop screen for binge watching.
Viewers this year have been spoiled for choice by the numerous options for sartorially worthy shows: from the liberating and luxurious archival pieces in Netflix'sHalstonand the intricate period gowns inBridgerton, to, yes, even the juxtaposition of ostentatious American style and the effortless je ne sais quoi between Emily and Camille inEmily in Paris.
The return of Haute Couture: Demna and Balenciaga
Balenciaga made a haute couture comeback with The Simpsons. Balenciaga
While last year may have seen more austere sensibilities at the height of the pandemic, the comeback of couture signals a more optimistic outlook for fashion. Balenciaga's creative director Demna announced that the brand was to return to haute couture after a 50-year hiatus. The return of the runways at this year's Paris Fashion Week also saw the official comeback of high fashion, as befitting for the City of Haute Couture.
Digital Fashion: NFTS and the Metaverse
Gucci partnered with Christie's to present its first NFT inspired by Aria, Alessandro Michele and Floria Sigismondi's film presentation of the Spring 2021 collection. Gucci
Time to brush up on terms like non-fungible tokens and prepare to add them to your fashion lexicon. 2021 was the year for digital fashion — from owning NFT wearable art and fashion to runways and fashion shows in the metaverse, a "second world" where one can seek out virtual experiences closer and closer to the real world.
Brands such as Gucci, Ralph Lauren, Burberry, and Dolce & Gabbana now offer virtual clothing while Nike just acquired a virtual sneaker designer.
Body diversity is finally in: Victoria's Secret clips their angel wings
The new Victoria's Secret includes a new cast of characters, such as plus-size model Paloma Elsesser (center). Victoria's Secret
After year-on-year slumps in the viewership of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, once one of the most anticipated fashion events in a year, the lingerie brand announced that it was retiring its angel wings for good.
Facing long-time criticisms such as the lack of body diversity in their shows and a reportedly misogynistic workplace, VS is moving towards a more progressive direction with the VS Collective, a diverse group of seven women who serve as the brand's ambassadors that include Priyanka Chopra and footballer Megan Rapinoe.
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According to the Federal Reserve, anyway. We'll play some of Chair Jerome Powell's statement from today's rate hike announcement and unpack how the central bank sees this economy right now. Then, with the NAFTA deadline looming, we'll look at how close the United States, Mexico and Canada really are to a deal. Plus, your tariff questions, answered by a customs broker.
In the latest installment of My Economy, a dispatch from a far-flung group of Scottish islands.


The deceased, aged around 25-26, could not be identified yet, said officer-in-charge of Nalitabari Police Station Fasihur Rahman.
Locals saw the body floating in the Bhogai River and informed police who later recovered it, he said.
The body might have been washed away from India as the victim is a Garo youth, the OC said.


Our August 2018 production was Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten, a guest production at 24th STreet Theatre. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our production, whether in person at 24th STreet Theatre, via social media, or other means. Producing theatre is a daunting endeavor, and this would not have been possible without each and every one of you. We are very grateful to have had such an incredible run. Thank you, all!


Thankfully the weather was kind as Beech class ventured off to Moor Park this week. They made the visit as part of their local area topic they are studying this half term. They looked at lots of different things in the environment and at the park and even got to play on the swings!


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*setup authentication

*broadcast data back and forth

I read many articles, including the official docs, and yet I feel confused. So, the first thing I did was add the following to my config/application.rb:
    # Mount ActionCable.
    config.action_cable.mount_path = '/websocket'

I also setup authentication:
module ApplicationCable
  class Connection < ActionCable::Connection::Base
    identified_by :current_user

    def connect
      self.current_user = find_verified_user
    end

    private

    def find_verified_user
      current_user = User.find_by_api_key(token)
      if current_user
        current_user
      else
        reject_unauthorized_connection
      end
    end

    def token
      # TODO: verify if this is really safe.
      request.headers[:AUTHORIZATION].split('=').last
    end
  end
end

I do not use device, and my authentication is token based. Each user has a fixed API token, that's it.
Hopefully that authentication is correct, I would appreciate if someone with more experienced could point me if this is not right.
Now, I've created a channel called spell_checking_channel:
class SpellCheckingChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel
  def subscribed
    stream_from 'spell_checking_channel_' << current_user.id
  end

  def unsubscribed
    # Any cleanup needed when channel is unsubscribed
  end
end

Once I receive data from the frontend, I would like to call SpellChecker.call('text') and broadcast back to it with the results. I know, it's ridiculous that I'm asking for help with this, but I'm truly not finding an example for it. Also, should I do anything on the unsubscribed method?

A: ActionCable is wrapper around WebSockets, on websocket connection browser passes the same cookies as it does to regular requests, that's why devise and similar cookie-based auth methods work. For token-based auth it's easier to pass the token in params like so:
const my_token = '...';
const cable = ActionCable.createConsumer(`/websocket?token=${my_token}`);

it will be in request.params[:token] in connection.
In your js send data to channel:
const channel = cable.subscriptions.create({ channel: "SpellCheckingChannel" }, {
  received(data) {
    // handle data from channel in some way
    console.log("received from rails:", data);
  }
});

channel.send({ some_data_to_rails: "goes_here" })

on backend:
class SpellCheckingChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel
  def subscribed
    # here we instruct ActionCable to send messages from following topic
    stream_from "spell_checking_channel_#{current_user.id}"
    # there may be multiple subscriptions in one channel:
    stream_from "spell_checking_channel_common"
  end

  def receive(data)
    # channel.send(data) ends up here

    ActionCable.server.broadcast("spell_checking_channel_#{current_user.id}", { this_goes_back: "to js" })

    if data[:foo] == "bar"
      ActionCable.server.broadcast("spell_checking_channel_common", { hey_listen_all: "lala" })
    end
  end
end

main trick is that you can use ActionCable.server.broadcast from anywhere in your app, not only in channels, for example - in channel you can enqueue a background job, that will send its result to the channel


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Home Technology Former Clinton aide seeks to rewrite anti-tech lobbying rulebook
Former Clinton aide seeks to rewrite anti-tech lobbying rulebook
From an office in Londons diamond district, Ben Scott has his eyes set on Big Tech.
The former tech policy aide to Hillary Clinton has spent the last three years leapfrogging between elections from Germany to Canada looking for ways to counter the rise of online misinformation and halt the growing dominance of social media giants.
Now, the bespectacled 42-year-old, who worked with Clinton when she was Secretary of State and during her failed 2016 presidential bid, is reentering the fight with a new lobbying shop called Reset. It aims take on the power of Silicon Valley companies just as officials from Brussels to Ottawa look to rewrite the rules for the digital world.
With up to $10 million in annual funding from philanthropic organization Luminate and the Sandler Foundation — a U.S.-based donor that also supports the likes of the American Civil Liberties Union and media outlet ProPublica — Reset hopes to level the playing field between Big Tech and lawmakers. It will help officials gain access to data, and insider knowledge, that so far have been largely shielded from public view.
"The concentration of power that a few companies now have on a global level is unprecedented in human history," said Scott, the former director of policy and advocacy at Luminate, a funder of nonprofit organizations thats backed by Pierre Omidyar, a co-founder of eBay. "People are pissed off."
"The geopolitics of internet policy has changed. Washington isnt making any policy right now" — Ben Scott
From his base inside Luminates headquarters, whose glass-fronted meeting rooms and designer furniture give off a startup feel, the American plans to target national capitals across Europe, North America and in Australia.
His aim is simple: to provide an alternative to Big Tech when policymakers are seeking evidence and advice on how companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter shape peoples everyday lives. The message will go out via a barrage of on-the-ground lobbying, well-funded academic research and public calls-to-arms
Scotts initial targets are lawmakers in Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Ottawa and Canberra — but not in Washington, DC where, he says, digital rulemaking has stalled for more than a decade.
"The geopolitics of internet policy has changed. Washington isnt making any policy right now," said Scott, whose policy talk is peppered with pop culture references.
In Canada, Scott advised Justin Trudeaus government on how it could sidestep some of the failings of the 2016 U.S. presidential election | Kai Müller for POLITICO
To help him marshal evidence, Scott has tapped Dan Blah, a co-founder of the Open Technology Fund, a digital rights nonprofit financed by the U.S. government, as Resets director of technology. He plans to recruit more people in the coming months.
"It would be a mistake to get countries to do the same thing at the same time in the same way," said Scott. But "we need to mandate access to data to be able to analyze the social impact of these companies to make regulation."
David vs. Goliath
Picking a fight with some of the worlds most well-resourced companies may not sound like the smartest move, even if the political winds have shifted against Silicon Valley.
But Scott is not coming into this blind.
Ever since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, in which Russian-backed groups targeted voters with sophisticated social media campaigns, according to U.S. national security agencies, he has been working across several Western democracies to combat this ever-evolving online warfare.
Clintons election loss in 2016 left its mark, though Scott tries to play it down.
Scotts first big lobbying push will be to urge lawmakers to demand access to tech companies user data.
"Its painful for me, but in a Forest Gump sort of way," he said, in what feels like a well-used line about the hero of the 1994 film who finds himself present at a series of world events. "Im not Hillary Clinton or John Podesta," he added, referring to her campaign manager whose emails were hacked. "I was just there watching it all happen."
Ahead of the 2017 German federal election, for instance, he teamed up with a Berlin-based think tank to track misinformation, highlighting how domestic groups, not foreign actors, were the most likely to disseminate highly partisan and mostly false messages online. That strategy, in part, led to Alternative for Deutschland, the countrys far-right party, gaining its largest-ever percentage of the vote.
In Canada, he advised Justin Trudeaus government on how it could sidestep some of the failings of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and funded, through Luminate, work at McGill University to analyze the spread of disinformation and hate speech. The country passed some of the most far-reaching digital election rules in the world, though was still targeted by coordinated misinformation campaigns, mostly from domestic groups.
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He also backed several projects at the Mozilla Foundation and New York University (NYU) to track political advertising on Facebook, which highlighted the companys inability to police such content. Despite pumping millions of dollars into transparency efforts around paid-for messages, social media companies have been powerless to stop misinformation as it has shifted toward so-called organic content like peoples regular online posts.
"Ben is one of the few funders that I can periodical call up and say, Ben, I dont know what to make of this, what do you think?'" said Laura Edelson, part of NYUs Online Political Ads Transparency Project, who met Scott in late 2018 and has received roughy $100,000 from Luminate for her teams work. "He has broad understanding of the issues, a lot better than I do."
Scott plans to replicate these tactics in his new global push.
Hes already started to write big checks to fund academic research into everything from misinformation campaigns on Facebook to algorithmic bias on Youtube, so when policymakers are looking for evidence of wrongdoing they do not have to rely on tech companies to serve up data.
U.S. tech firms, collectively, spent more than €20 million to influence policymaking in Brussels in 2018 alone.
His first big lobbying push will be to urge lawmakers to demand access to tech companies user data — information that is often held back from public scrutiny because of either commercial or privacy concerns.
If hes successful, such greater access to data may change the power dynamic when regulators look to overhaul competition policy, rulemaking around harmful content online and proposals to tweak global privacy rules.
"Im tired of getting into policy debates with a bunch of tech company employees and they win the argument because theres no competition in who has access to data," said Scott. "My first focus is mandatory access to data."
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Woman has first care home visit to dementia-hit husband cancelled
Woman says she is 'heartbroken' after care home visit to see her dementia-hit husband for the first time since March is cancelled the day before she was due to see him
Susan Ogden, 73, was separated from husband Peter, 72, due to the pandemic
She was due to visit his care home on December 21 for first time since March
But the visit was cancelled the day before as the home decided to wait until the vaccine became available to residents
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A pensioner has been left 'heartbroken' after her dementia-struck husband's care home cancelled her first visit to see him since March.
Susan Ogden, 73, was given just a day's notice that she wouldn't able to see her husband of 50 years Peter, 72, because coronavirus rates nationally were rising.
Mrs Ogden, a retired teacher from North Shields, North Tyneside, said it was the first time she had cried since her beloved husband went into care more than three years ago.
She said: 'It felt like the last straw as I'd been building myself up to how the visit was going to go. I just want to hold his hand, and just to sit beside him, which wouldn't be such a risk if I had a visor.'
Susan Ogden, 73, was given just a day's notice that she wouldn't able to see her husband of 50 years Peter, 72, because coronavirus rates nationally were rising
Mrs Ogden is among millions of relatives who have had their Christmas wish of seeing a loved one snatched away from them as the rules on visiting are interpreted differently across the country.
The decision was all the more frustrating as infection numbers in the local area are below the average for England.
But the care home have now stopped all visits until residents receive the one of the coronavirus vaccines.
She added: 'It was just a judgment made by the company, based in Birmingham, who basically said Covid cases are rising so no visits.
'Some people had already made their visits by then. I've had a recent picture of Peter and my daughter said "he looks like an old man mum."
'He hasn't got Covid at the moment but they're going to be suffering from physical and mental neglect, even with the best will in the world.'
The couple, who have two children and four grandchildren, have been able to see each other virtually but Mrs Ogden said it was not the same as face-to-face contact and her husband struggled to use a screen.
In the summer, she was offered a socially-distanced visit wearing a mask in the care home's garden but turned it down, believing it would be more likely to be upsetting for him than comforting.
She said the best way to engage with someone with dementia is by touch and that was not possible.
Last week Matt Hancock (pictured) said the Chelsea Pensioners had been given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, but the heath secretary neglected to mention that at the time only seven other care homes had been vaccinated so far
However, after nine months apart she changed her mind and arranged a visit with PPE and social distancing for 21 December, only to receive a call from a nurse the night before to inform her of the policy change.
Some residents who were asymptomatic have tested positive, she said.
Mrs Ogden said she understood the problems faced by the care home, which was 'incredibly short of staff', but had no idea when she would be reunited with her husband.
She said: 'It's at the point now where it's just cruel. We were never one of these lovey-dovey couples, always holding hands, but we take our marriage vows seriously 'The emphasis seems to be on keeping people alive and safe, but what about quality of life?' Mrs Ogden requested the care home not be identified.
D-Day veteran and Chelsea Pensioner Bob James Sullivan, 98, was injected with the coronavirus vaccine at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on Wednesday, December 23
A spokesman for the home said: 'This is not a decision that has been taken lightly and we understand that it will be upsetting for families.
'We look after some of the most vulnerable people in society and have a duty of care to keep them safe.
In a statement, the home said the vaccine programme gave them hope that 'we will be able to facilitate visiting again'.
The UK's 11-point vaccine priority list
1. Older adults resident in a care home and care home workers.
2. All those 80 years of age and over and health and social care workers.
3. All those 75 years of age and over
6. High-risk adults under 65 years of age
7. Moderate-risk adults under 65 years of age
10. All those 50 years of age and over
11. Rest of the population
Source: Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
Last week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted that the vaccines had only been rolled out in seven care homes, accounting for just 0.3 per cent of all inoculations.
Many care home residents have once again been allowed to hug their loved ones as rules on visiting were relaxed after being torn apart for nine months.
But charities have warned that 'the cruellest of lotteries' remains, with tens of thousands of families stuck in limbo due to a patchwork of different visiting rules across the country.
The new Tier Four restrictions – now affecting 23 million people – include a ban on 'close-contact' visits, dealing a devastating blow to families hoping to be reunited.
Other relatives had hopes of Christmas visits crushed because some local authorities are advising against the use of rapid lateral flow tests amid concerns over their accuracy.
Government rules on visiting are vague, saying it should be supported and enabled 'wherever it is possible to do so safely' and in line with guidance.
It adds that care home leaders are best placed to make their own decision, but the views and needs of individual residents should also be considered.
A spokesman for the Department of Health and Social Care said: 'We know visiting restrictions in care homes have been very difficult for residents.
'We have sent out millions of tests, provided free PPE and issued guidance to enable visits across all tiers.'
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