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'Art emergency': Wikipedia editors vote against classifying NFTs as art
A group of editors on Wikipedia, the free user generated encyclopedia, have voted against classifying NFTs as a form of art and have come to a consensus to shelve the issue until a later date.
A survey and debate started on the platform at the end of December revolving around the most expensive art sales by living artists and whether NFT art sales should be deemed as "art sales" or "NFT sales."
"Wikipedia really can't be in the business of deciding what counts as art or not, which is why putting NFTs, art or not, in their own list makes things a lot simpler," editor "jonas" wrote.
Much of the discussion centered on whether an NFT represented the art or if it was simply a token that was separate to the underlying art. The editors were torn on the definitions and some felt that there was a lack of reliable information to conclude from.
A call for votes found five editors opposed to including NFTs in art sales and just one in support. A consensus was made on Jan. 12 to remove sales such as Pak's NFT collection that fetched $91 million and Beeple's $69 million NFT from the top art sales list, and re-open the discussion at a later date.
The decision seems contentious when looking at Beeple's NFT "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" in particular, which depicts a collage of original artworks from a renowned digital artist that sold at the prestigious Christie's art auction house last year in March. The New York Times also described Beeple as the "third highest selling artist" alive at the time.
According to Wikipedia's guidelines, neither unaminty or a vote is required to form a consensus. To reach a decision, the consensus must factor in all participating editor's legitimate concerns that fall within the platform's policies.
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However, the consensus position didn't go down well with the sole NFT supporting editor "Pmmccurdy" who argued:
"How can we have a consensus when, from the start, I have argued in support of including NFTs on this list. The overwhelming evidence from secondary sources places NFT art as art and thus worthy of inclusion on this list."
"If we agree Beeple and Pak are artists, why would their sales not count on this list? I don't understand the logic here," they added.
Editor "SiliconRed" responded that the consensus they were reading was that: "NFTs should be removed from this list for now with the intention to re-open discussion at a later date. To my understanding, this incorporates all concerns, including yours."
NFT proponents such as Nifty Gateway co-founder Griffin Cock Foster were irked by the issue, noting on Twitter earlier today that:
"This is pretty messed up to see – Wikipedia mods are trying to say that *no* NFT can be art — as in, if it's an NFT, it can't be classified as art."
Foster's twin brother Duncan also chimed in, labeling it an "Art Emergency" as he called the community into action via a post that was re-tweeted by Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss.
"Wikipedia works off of precedent. If NFTs are classified as 'not art' on this page, then they will be classified as 'not art' on the rest of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the global source of truth for many around the world. The stakes couldn't be higher!" he said
Art Emergency!!
There is a debate happening rn on @Wikipedia that has the potential to * officially categorize NFTs as 'not art' on all of Wikipedia. *
Wikipedia is a global source of truth. Having NFTs categorized as 'not art' would be a disaster!
— Duncan Cock Foster (@DCCockFoster) January 12, 2022
Everipedia, a decentralized Web3 equivalent of Wikipedia, responded to the platform by comparing its approach to NFTs and art:
"Everipedia editors have created over 100 pages on #NFT collections while Wikipedia is moving to mark NFTs as "not art" across their platform. It's time for NFT projects to move to Everipedia $IQ, a Web 3.0 encyclopedia which supports art and innovation."
This isn't the first time Wikipedia has had issues with reporting crypto-related information. Cointelegraph reported in September 2020 that anti-crypto activist and senior Wikipedia editor David Gerard helped remove an entry relating to Australian blockchain software firm Power Ledger.
Gerard stated the post was deleted on the "basis of being a pile of press-release churnalism, and the only genuine press coverage was about how Power Ledger was a scam," despite the entry being sourced from reputable publications such as TechCrunch and The Economic Times.
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Published on Feb 5, 2007 11:40 AM
In a recent announcement on the official Sega of America / PSO message board, Sonic Team confirmed the shutdown of the PSO GameCube servers. It was also stated that new account registration would no longer be available as of this week. As mentioned before, players who have active accounts may continue playing until March 31st, 2007, with the final month (March) being free. In the announcement, Sonic Team thanked everyone for the good times on PSOGC and encouraged anyone who enjoyed the game to check out Phantasy Star Universe.
Thanks to Cranberry for the news!
PSOGC
SStrikerR - Feb 6, 2007, 07:18 AM
I think for a lot of the time, sega only let us down by not addressing cheaters and letting them roam freely. But by the time i left and did my gaming elsewhere, sega was failing at keeping the ships from fsoding you when you went into a team and things like that. lucky for me, if the people that still have accounts want to have one last party on the sega servers, i still have my account......PSO FOREVER!!!!!!
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Noooooo!
I shall forever miss you, PSO GC
Vandrell - Feb 6, 2007, 10:58 AM
Why? Because i had one more month before i can have my own credit card.
qrayg - Feb 6, 2007, 01:19 PM
And so it begins... the beginning of the end...
DikkyRay - Feb 6, 2007, 09:32 PM
So fucking lame. I was hoping to get a few more ep3 battles with VR Raiden during the free month.
But nooooooooooo Sega decideds that only the people with current accounts can play that month.
I Hope the 7 people have alot of fun
sonicburn - Feb 7, 2007, 04:31 PM
Offline mode will still be availible atleast. But still.Phantasy star online Gamecube it the best i've ever played.
Wiz - Feb 9, 2007, 06:39 PM
So, now we can't renew the account? That's so dumb! WTF SEGA?!
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I think I'm going to cry...
no, i should say more than that. what's really sad is that not only is PSU not on any nintendo console, but PSO's getting replaced by a game with a lightning ball for zonde. that makes me really, really sad
no fucking kidding...
idea..
That's an interesting idea and would have added a variety to the area as it would be a Retem exclusive feature. Maybe even have it so you had to be near
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Here you stand the lion before the lambs...
Yet time seems to be going by a lot faster these days.
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Time hasn't ended us yet, Ketch.
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Palawan palm oil presence likely to grow, industry rep denies harmful impact
by Shaira Panela on 23 December 2014
This is the first part in a two-part series examining the planned expansion of palm oil production on the island of Palawan. Read the first part here.
Plans to convert eight million hectares of land for palm oil production on Palawan island in the Philippines have been met with opposition from environmental and social advocacy groups, with a petition to cease development sent to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights by an anti-palm oil expansion group. But an industry representative denies claims that all eight million hectares will be cultivated to the detriment of wildlife and human communities, maintaining palm oil expansion will be beneficial to the people of Palawan.
The current oil palm expansion project is overseen by Palawan Palm & Vegetable Oil Mills, Inc. (PPVOMI), and Agumil Philippines, Inc. (AGPI). Both companies have only partial Philippine ownership, with PPVOMI 60 percent Singapore-owned and AGPI 25 percent Malaysia-owned, according to the SEI paper.
A tributary of the Taranaban River in Palawan, where a new species of spider water beetle was discovered in 2011. Photo by By Hendrik Freitag & Michael Balke.
C.K. Chang, who represents PPVOMI and AGPI, said even though it may be possible to grow oil palm on approximately 200,000 hectares (ha) in Palawan, in reality only a fraction of that is developable.
"If you have seen the aerial data, most of the parts in that 200,000 ha are protected areas, some parts are hills which require terracing and building of roads which is costly to develop," Chang told mongabay.com. He added that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) permit they received only allows them to develop up to 15,000 hectares.
A working paper released by the Sweden-based Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) earlier this year, showing the extent and implication of the growing palm oil industry in Palawan. According to the paper, six towns have seen the expansion of oil palm plantations. These include Aborlan, Bataraza, Brooke's Point, Rizal, Quezon, and Sofronio Española. The paper states palm oil concessions occupy up to 99 percent of the total amount of agricultural land in southern Palawan.
Government staff in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan's capital, disclosed that foreign investors coming from Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, China and Japan are looking into acquiring agricultural lands in the province, according to the SEI paper.
"Altogether, the Provincial Agriculturist Office receives 15–20 requests per year from agricultural investors hoping for government support. Beyond the existing palm oil project, informal estimates suggest that between 10,000 and 20,000 ha of new land may have already been acquired for oil palm plantations, including for the establishment of new mill(s)," states the paper.
Palawan is deemed an ideal location for growing oil palm for a number of reasons: it is relatively accessible, land is affordable, and the population is peaceful—especially compared with conflict-laden Mindanao, where much of the country's oil palm cultivation occurs. In addition, the town of Brooke's Point where the Palawan oil palm mill is located has an international port that facilitates easy shipping and trade.
The brunt of the current palm oil expansion plans will affect the southern portion of Palawan, which lost more than 600,000 hectares of tree cover from 2001 through 2012 despite most of the island's designated as a protected area, according to Global Forest Watch. Click to enlarge.
Meanwhile, the provincial government recorded at least 14 smallholder palm oil growing cooperatives and two other oil palm cultivation operations in 2013, all of which are bound by contracts to deliver fresh bunches of oil palm fruit to PPVOMI. The SEI paper also showed that many members of the cooperatives are migrant settlers while the laborers on the plantation are indigenous people who complain of unfair labor practices.
But the biggest problem faced by indigenous people in Palawan is land encroachment as the plantations expand.
A tribal farmer in Brooke's Point was quoted in the SEI paper as saying, "The company is still expanding… burial grounds [are] cultivated with oil palm… herbal plants and trees normally used by native doctors are cut… bamboos, trees, vines for daily life and wild fruits and materials for houses are cut or bulldozed."
According to the paper, some members in cooperatives were disqualified from entering the out-grower scheme for failing to provide land titles to the plots they volunteered to be cultivated for oil palm.
These complaints have been the basis for a petition for a moratorium by various indigenous people's rights groups and advocates, including CALG.
For their part, AGPI staff recognized they need to review its means of land acquisition. In the SEI paper, an AGPI staff member admitted the company made mistakes, taking advantage of loopholes and selling land as "informal realty," adding that "in some cases people were rightful owners, for instance indigenous peoples, but couldn't sell since the land was ancestral domains…[in other cases] they were not the rightful owners."
But a representative of the Palawan provincial government pointed his finger to the National Council on Indigenous People (NCIP), asserting that it was the one responsible in securing the ancestral domains of the tribes.
Meanwhile, Chang told mongabay.com that PPVOMI and AGPI do not encroach into tribal lands because they cannot develop without clearance from NCIP, DENR, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Agricultural Reform (DAR), and local government units. He maintained that the companies' presence is benefiting the populace of Palawan.
"We are actually helping southern Palawan to solve its poverty problem. We are helping farmers… We help develop even the Muslim areas in Bataraza… We do not encroach their lands," he said.
The Palawan peacock pheasant is endemic to Palawan, and is listed by the IUCN as Vulnerable. Photo by Dante Alighieri.
CALG said in a statement that even the NCIP—the government agency tasked to protect the rights of the tribesmen—is slow in protecting them from the encroachment of oil palm plantations in their area.
The SEI paper noted, "the provincial government appears to have placed itself in a somewhat difficult position by promoting the oil palm industry without clear terms of reference or regulatory environment. This has made it more challenging to define the responsibilities of Agumil, further complicated when provincial offices of national government agencies ceased involvement and the project became a solely private undertaking. While it has the mandate to oversee the implementation of the national policy on oil palm, the PCA in Puerto Princesa lacks guidelines for implementation that would clarify its regulatory role."
Furthermore, the SEI study recommends the land grabbing issue should be taken up by the NCIP, DENR and DAR together to adequately address the concerns of Palawan residents and ensure their wellbeing, as well as that of the environment.
"The palm oil sector, like other large-scale agro-industries, is often promoted with a promise of
economic benefits to cash-strapped local governments and landowners looking to improve
limited livelihood opportunities," states the paper. "Meanwhile, any large-scale land conversion and centralization of productive control carries social and environmental risks.
"Questions arise as to the net benefits of the changes in land use, the creation of winners and losers in local communities, and whether institutions are equipped to manage the agro-industry and safeguard the
interests of local communities, other stakeholders, and citizens in general."
Hansen, M. C., P. V. Potapov, R. Moore, M. Hancher, S. A. Turubanova, A. Tyukavina, D. Thau, S. V. Stehman, S. J. Goetz, T. R. Loveland, A. Kommareddy, A. Egorov, L. Chini, C. O. Justice, and J. R. G. Townshend. 2013. "Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA Tree Cover Loss and Gain Area." University of Maryland, Google, USGS, and NASA. Accessed through Global Forest Watch on Dec. 23, 2014. www.globalforestwatch.org.
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(10/31/2014) About an hour and a half plane ride from the Philippine capital Manila is Palawan, a long, narrow island home to about a quarter of all the animal species found in the country. But the province is losing its forests at a rapid clip due to human population increases, logging, quarrying, mining, and even a huge palm plantation.
How protected are they? Report finds world's Protected Areas may relax, shrink, even completely disappear
(10/28/2014) On March 1, 1872, the United States Congress declared 3,400 square miles of land spanning three states as the country's – and the world's – first national park. We call it Yellowstone. Today, there are over 160,000 PAs spanning 12.7 percent of the planet's land surface.
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NASA: Forest loss leaps in Bolivia, Mekong region
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The Philippines: where 'megadiversity' meets mega deforestation
(07/31/2014) Ongoing loss of forest cover in the Philippines places it among the top ten most threatened forest hotspots in the world, with the archipelago ranking fourth, behind Indo-Burma, New Caledonia and Sundaland (a region encompassing Australia and parts of Southeast Asia). According to a report issued by Conservation International, only seven percent of Philippine forests remain intact.
Philippines targets 8M ha for palm oil production
(06/04/2014) The Philippines is proposing to convert 8 million hectares (20 million acres) of 'idle, denuded and unproductive lands' for oil palm plantations, reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Extreme cold and drought in U.S. linked to climate change
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Chinese poachers caught with 555 marine turtles, most dead (PHOTOS)
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Alex Hecker + Riley Leitch & Two-Way Street + Matt Nelson
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Trombonist Riley Leitch and clarinetist Alex Hecker perform works by Alvin Lucier, Noah Jenkins, and more.
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William Riley Leitch is a Chicago area trombonist. Riley has performed at the Nief Norf Festival, soundSCAPE Festival, and the Lucerne Festival Academy where he studied with members of Ensemble Intercontemporain and Ensemble Modern. Riley has premiered over 20 new works for solo trombone, chamber ensemble, and orchestra with groups such as Ensemble Dal Niente and at events and venues such as Ear Taxi Festival and Red Note New Music Festival. His performance and composition focus on deconstructing tradition barriers between disciplines and between performers and audiences.
Alex Hecker is a clarinetist and bass clarinetist located in Minnesota. They have performed with the Minnesota Ballet Orchestra, at the Tweed Museum of Art, and with the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra. Hecker has also performed in contemporary music festivals such as the Nief-Norf Summer Feestival, the Music By Women Festival, and in the Waterloo Regions Contemporary Music Sessions. They currently teach for Saint Paul Public Schools and The Music Coop.
Hecker enjoys exploring contemporary clarinet including electronics, preparation, disassembling, and techniques such has slap tongue, multiphonics, and reed clacks. She enjoys all kinds of music including improvisation and contemporary classical.
Hecker has a B.M. and a M.M. in clarinet performance from the University of Minnesota, Duluth where they studied with Dr. Theodore Schoen.
Two-Way Street, the duo of percussionist Adam Lion and cellist Ashlee Booth, along with double-bassist Matt Nelson, hail from a burgeoning experimental music scene in Knoxville, Tennessee, that is merging contemporary concert music, noise, jazz and free improvisation- an inevitable civic consequence from hosting Big Ears. Together, they combine these genres to explore different themes in experimental music, both composed and improvised. Previous performances include the Red Room (Baltimore), Spectrum (NYC), The Black Mountain College Re:Happening Festival (Asheville, NC) and the Big Ears Festival (Knoxville.)
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Apple takes aim at Snapchat, Instagram
Apple seems to be aiming at Snapchat and Facebook's Instagram with a new video-creation app.
Dubbed Clips, the app promises to allow users to easily make videos by combining live takes with pre-recorded video clips and photographs. The app, which is set to debut next month as a free download for iPhones and iPads, will let users customize their videos with filters, special effects and virtual stickers.
"Clips gives iPhone and iPad users a new way to express themselves through video," Susan Prescott, Apple's vice president of apps product marketing, said in a statement.
The new app is an indication of the growing importance of cameras and video on smartphones and could portend new camera features on upcoming iPhone models, analysts said.
A screenshot of Apple's new Clips app on an iPad. Due out next month for certain iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models, the app will allow users to apply custom filters to videos.
Apps like Clips "are helping them make their device more attractive" to consumers, said Brian Blau, an analyst with market research firm Gartner who focuses on personal technologies.
IPhones and iPads already come with a "Photos" app pre-installed that allows them to shoot videos. They can also download iMovie, an app that allows users to edit clips to create polished-looking videos and movie trailers.
But the new Clips app is more akin to Snapchat and Instagram, social media apps that allow users to create fun photos and videos they can share easily with friends on social networks. Unlike those apps, though, Clips won't be attached to a social network itself. Instead, users will be able to share the videos they create elsewhere, including in apps like Instagram, and via Apple's Messages app.
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Clips will have one thing that Snapchat and Instagram don't, a feature Apple calls "Live Titles." That feature will automatically create and add captions or titles to a video that echo what a user is saying. The app will automatically sync the text generated by Live Titles with the corresponding audio in the video. Clips will also allow users to add music clips to their videos that will automatically adjust to the length of their videos.
The app represents an opportunity for Apple to show that the iPhone's camera can do a lot more than simply take pictures or shoot videos, said Cathy Boyle, principal analyst for mobile at eMarketer, a market research firm.
"They're showing you that the camera paired with all the sensors on these devices is much more powerful than people thought it to be in the past," Boyle said.
It remains to be seen what effect Clips will have on Snapchat and Instagram, which are among the most popular apps on the iPhone. The fact that Clips users will be able to share the videos they create on Instagram and potentially on Snapchat could actually boost usage of both apps, Boyle said.
But because it will offer similar tools to edit and enhance videos, it could also lead iPhone users to spend less time in those apps, Boyle said. That could hurt Snapchat in particular, because part of the company's business model is to get other companies to pay to sponsor certain filters or stickers.
"This could be a real challenge" for Snapchat, Boyle said. "What Apple is doing with this is to take back ownership of the camera."
But Apple will face challenges of its own with the new app. Because it's something that users will have to download, rather than coming with their phones, Apple will face the same daunting problem that other companies encounter in trying to gain attention in the App Store, convince users to try out their apps and then use them regularly, said John Jackson, an analyst with tech research firm IDC.
"This is a big ask for almost any app," Jackson said.
Users will have to be running Apple's upcoming iOS 10.3 software to run Clips. The app will be available for the latest iPhones models beginning with the iPhone 5s and for all iPad Pro, iPad Air models and for the iPad mini models starting with the iPad mini 2.
Apple announced the app on the same day that it announced minor updates to its iPad and iPhone lineups, including a new red iPhone 7 model.
Screenshots from Apple's new Clips app (Courtesy, Apple).
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Fast & Furious (2009) Review
Fast & Furious is one of the duller entries in this series but it has a decent villain and it's great to have the crew together again.
Plot: Brian O'Conner, now working for the FBI in LA, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.
Review: The old gang is back together after being AWOL for Tokyo Drift… except this is set before it; it's all very confusing isn't it? Anyway, Fast & Furious is a surprisingly dull entry in the series and despite having the crew back I can never remember anything about it.
There is also some rather obvious CGI in places which defeats the purpose of these movies. We watch them because we want to see real stunts, not crappy CG effects and the synthetic looking tunnel during the finale totally removes any sense of threat or excitement from the action.
It's funny how after watching the 6th entry of the series, this movie is now pretty pointless; Letty doesn't really die so all of Dominic's grief was for nothing.
It's not a total loss as there are some decent set-pieces and John Ortiz is good value as the villain Campos. The lovely Gal Gadot makes her first appearance in the series but the poor girl really should eat a few cheeseburgers.
It's great to have Dominic and Brian back together but one has to wonder how Brian got back into the FBI after quitting in the first movie; was it explained in Part 2 ? I can't remember but this is The Fast & Furious series where logic does not apply, so best not to overthink things.
The story is quite unengaging and it's actually a little in slow in parts, so for me I think this might be the weakest of the series.
It's really the characters of Dom, Brian and Letty that keeps the franchise going and the addition of Dwayne Johnson as Hobbs really elevated the later movies above being forgettable Saturday night fare.
I still never feel anything while watching these films though; it's basically moving wallpaper for a few hours and you'll quickly forget what happens after 5 minutes, but there's enough to be entertaining.
There is some good banter between the cast and you can tell they are all having a blast.
Overall, Fast & Furious is one of the duller entries in this series but it has a decent villain and it's great to have the crew together again. It's now pretty pointless though after Furious 6.


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Alert of War is a real-time strategy mobile game with classical elements. Players can build powerful bases and conquer with the help of different unit combinations and troop formations. Alert of War is a game that will bring a new adventure to strategy game and war game fans.
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In Alert of War, players take the role of a commander on a mission. Alert of War has been developed by a team of professionals with vast experience in SLG and PVP. Alert of War is a game that will bring a new adventure to strategy game and war game fans.
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The Americans are handing the relay over to the Norwegians.
At the moment there are 1,60 meters of snow in Beitostølen and very good skiconditions. «We are looking forward to see all the athletes taking part in Minneapolis here next year in Beitostølen, and if everyone of you taking with you a friend we will easily reach our goal on 1200 participants!», says a enthusiastic Secretary General, Erik Østli, in Beitostølen.
Beitostølen is a small village up in the Norwegian mountains, well known for its capability to organize sports-events in different types of sports. Since 1985 we have organized the norvegian season opening in cross country every year, as a three days competition fully covered by the Norwegian national Broadcaster, NRK.
The company, Øystre Slidre Idrettsarrangement AS, is fully owned by the local sports club, Øystre Slidre Idrettslag, to organize sports events. The sports club also owns Beitostølen Stadion AS, which owns and maintain the ski-stadium. The last five years we have stored snow over summer under saw-dust, and guarantee 5 K cross-country competition tracks from November 1st every year.


I mars 2016 blev källan i Luwola färdig. Den sponsras av Trollhättan Starkodder Rotaryklubb.
Vi kan här se en bild alldeles efter att källan blev klar och en efter några månader.
The villagers can now access clean and safe water after protection.
The travelling distance has been shortened in search of clean and safe water hence time saved. Children will not spend as much time fetching water and also women can do other productive actives in their homes.
Health of the villagers will be improved as a result of the provision of clean and safe water leading to reduction of water borne diseases such as diarrhea disease.
Protection of water source catchment area which promotes steady supply of water.
Källan i Luwola efter färdigställandet. Den sponsras av Trollhättan Starkodder Rotaryklubb.
Luwolakällan efter några månader. Byborna har förvaltat den väl.


Kritic | The youngest food critic in town! Kritic – The youngest food critic in town!
Hello ladies and gentlemen hope you are having a great day. I'm having an ok day. School starts tomorrow, so I'm not very happy. But let's talk about food. This past weekend as I told you I went to the Lao New Year Celebration and it was nice.
I met monks, got blessed, ate plantains, beef jerky and beef on a stick, heard music, visited the temple, and had a lot of fun.
The temple was beautiful. The monk we met explained so much about their habits, why they throw water on the statues, why they play the drum, or why they don't eat after 12PM. Such an interesting culture.
The beef jerky had a different taste, I didn't like it but my sister liked it, although she didn't like the snow ball. The snow balls had different tastes and different things on it. The beef stick had a bit of fat on it but the seasoning was good.
They had chicken feet and other foods to taste, but I got full and didn't try it. But overall, because it gave me an idea of the Laotian culture, I give the Lao New Year Festival 3.5 Starts. That's that ladies and gentlemen. Have a great day and don't forget to go out and try new food and new places.
These were delicious. A different way of flying sweet potatoes and plantains.
These were meat balls. But they had fish and beef and other stuff. They would fry it once you purchased it.
Beef and pork on a stick.
I liked beef on a stick.
My sister also liked the beef on a stick.
A monk giving us bracelets.
Durian fruit stinks but tastes very good.
Lafayette, are you looking for something to do tomorrow? Go check out the Lao New Year Festival. This is an annual event that takes place at 7913 Champa Avenue, Broussard, LA 70518.
3. Go early or parking will be a bit far and you will have to pay.
I hope to see you because the food smelled good, a lot of kids were playing around, some monks were practicing to play the taiko (a huge drum), ladies were practicing for the pageant, they had floats, snowball machines, and many other fun things.
Can't wait to visit this temple tomorrow.
My sister enjoying the monks playing the taiko.
Green magoes with salt and seasoning…this is a must try.
Jackfruit. I tried this in Sao Tome & Principe.
A lot of things you can try and buy.
Hello ladies and gentlemen hope you are having a great day. By the title you can tell that I went to Pedros with my friend. Pedros is a new restaurant located at 3323 Ambassador Caffery, Lafayette, LA 70506.
When I arrived it was a nice place and the art was cool. I asked for a lemonade and an enchilada with a lot of cheese. It didn't take them that long to give us our meal. They enchilada came with rice and beans. When I took the bite of that enchilada I thought my taste buds exploded with deliciousness. The enchilada had a good taste with the cheese. The beans were good but I liked it the most because of the cheese inside. The rice was okay it was good but normal for me.
I gave Pedro's a 4.5 only because of the rice. That's that ladies and gentlemen have a great day.
The decoration was cool and the place was very clean.
About to go check it out.
Chips and salsa were okay.
That enchilada looked so good.
Beans, rice, guacamole, pico de galo.
I haven't been posting but I will soon post. I've been to three places that I want you to know all about. But today I want to talk to you about KELONaid, my fundraiser.
Every other year I sell lemonade and donate all the money to a charity I pick. This year I picked St. Joseph. I love volunteering there and I like the work they do with the homeless.
So come out this Saturday, March 23, 2019 from 10AM to 12PM at CrossFit Acadiana (401 E. Cypress St, Lafayette, LA 70501).
If you can't make it, you can still donate through Venmo. Just search for @KELONaid.
Hello ladies and gentlemen hope you are having a great day. I have gone to a very intriguing place called Poké Geaux. It is located at 2668 Johnston St Suite C4, Lafayette, LA 70503.
When I walked in they had many things. It was very clean. They had three things to chose from, a poké bowl, poké roll, and a poké salad. I got a poké roll. They set it up by having a green thing and then putting seaweed on top of and then adding what you like. I picked my ingredients. I got tofu, fried shrimp, edamame, cream cheese (which I don't recommend because its kind of heavy but do you), sushi rice, hot mayo sauce, and rice puffs. He then got the green thing and rolled it to make it like a burrito, like a sushi burrito. Mom got the bowl and she selected the ingredients also.
The employees were very nice. When I sat down I took a big bite. The seaweed gave it a crunchy flavor and so did the rice puffs and the shrimp. The edamame was also good, but not as much. I give Poké Geaux a 4.5 guys, it was outstanding.
That's that ladies and gentlemen hope you you have a great day.
The place was very clean. The decoration was simple and nice.
The food was fresh and tasted delicious.
What to pick? Roll, bowl, or salad?
The preparation of my poké roll.
Hello ladies and gents, since I miss Portugal, I figured I would start the year with a throwback to my Portugal vacations.
Portugal is my Mom's home country. It is located on west Europe close to Spain. The capital is Lisbon or Lisboa. It's a beautiful place, and a good place to eat. There's a drink I adore, and wish would come to America more, it's called sumol. There are different flavors such as, orange, ananás (pineapple), maçã (apple), maracujá (passion fruit). My favorite personally is maracujá. I also like that everywhere I went, they had natural juices.
The food tastes different, but it tastes good. I liked the fries, the chicken, and I gained mad love for seafood. But let me assure you that not all the place are were good. So I will stick with the good, Pastelaria Suiça in Rossia, o Carmo in Chiado, o Pastilhas in Fátima, Nosolo Italia in Praça do Comércio, and Casa dos Sabores all over Lisbon. These five places were amazing.
The desserts in Portugal are amazing. I don't like desserts, but the desserts were amazing. Same thing with the seafood. The fish was outstanding, my first time eating fish with skin. Luckily I didn't choke on a bone.
Last but not least Berlin not the capital of Germany, the doughnut like ball with sugar kept me wanting to go back to Portugal.
So for the next weeks we will be talking about these places and trying to convince you to go there and also eat at these places. That's that ladies and gentlemen I give Portugal 10 out of 5. Hope you have a great week.


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Bursting onto the underground house scene in 2011, Max Chapman was just 23 years old when he released his first record. Since then the Essex based DJ and producer has taken on a journey of energy, creativity and unconditional passion and even bagged himself an overall number one on Beatport.
It's this passion that has been the drive and motivation behind Max's flawless production, extensive versatility and limitless capabilities. Just 8 months into his DJing career Max started up his own label, Resonance Records. To this day he still maintains his imprint, placing himself at the helm of showcasing exciting new talent from every corner of the globe.
Utilising his resources, the label has since blossomed into a monumental platform for the finest underground tech-house music, and as a result, some of the artists involved are playing at the biggest parties in the world, week in, week out.Storming through Continents such as North and South America, Australasia and Europe is now the norm. On a weekly basis he's ploughing through set after set and pleasing all his fans. Space, Amnesia, Sankeys and Privilege are just some of the venues amongst the plethora of places Max has performed at and the sky is the limit.
Max's track 'Body Jack' climbed the Beatport Tech House chart pretty quickly and once into the top 100 it was unstoppable, reaching the top spot after 10 days of being released. It then went on to claim the overall number 1 across all genres a few days later.Releasing tracks and EPs on WOW!, Hot Creations, Snatch, Elrow, Lost, Madtech, Resonance and VIVa is now becoming a regular occurrence; earlier in 2016, Max was the only producer to have two tracks featured on VIVa's compilation album, with 'Freaks Come Out' charting the highest out of the whole record.
Not content with that, his debut album 'Catch Me If You Can' was given a 9/10 from Mixmag and DJ Mag, as well as hitting number 10 in the Beatport chart.
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So, Sam loves her raw vegetables salad. But she won't eat bacon anymore. But salads are so much nicer with that occasional crunch one gets from bits of crisp fried bacon. Should she lose out on the texture? Nah, she doesn't have to. There's always tofu skins that can be fried to a crisp, crumbled then sprinkled on top of a pile of raw veggies.
Here, take a closer look.
But tofu skin is bland! It isn't salty and tasty like bacon! Right. But there's a solution for that too. Herbed croutons. Substitute butter for the olive oil or use a combination of butter and olive oil. Add salt to the seasonings too. Finally, don't scrimp on the herbs because they give so much depth of flavor.
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Yes, I am getting the hang of this vegetarian thing.
Hi Connie,thanks for another great tip on how to avoid the fatty bacon.can you also give us some tips on the proper way to wash leafy veggies for vegetable salads?do you soak them in any solution like soda? i love fresh veggies but i want to make sure that it is clean and safe to eat.


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The American Revolution, Newspapers, Social Media, and Driving Change...
The larger the group and more dispersed the group, the more complex the factors involved in affecting momentous change. Whether it's a large organization trying to shift gears in recognizition of a changing marketplace or citizens of a Middle East country primed for new leadership, getting from point A (where we are now) to point B (where we want to be), the conditions have to be in place to support the change.
Too often, we overlook the channels through which information moves, sometimes going so far as to focus too much on strategy and implore people to not get hung up on channels. Malcolm Gladwell famously insisted that social media channels like Twitter and Facebook can't be a catalyst for revolution, arguing that "high risk social activism requires deep roots and strong ties."
Gladwell took a lot of heat (and rightly so), but stuck to his guns after Egyptians, mobilizing over Facebook and Twitter, ousted three-decade dictator Hosne Mubarak. "People with a grievance will always find ways to communicate with each other," he wrote in a brief New Yorker blog post in February. "How they choose to do it is less interesting, in the end, than why they were driven to do it in the first place."
I disagreed when I read his first essay and I disagreed with the update. But, despite reading volumes of arguments against his insistence that channels aren't interesting, I couldn't quite put my finger on why I so vehemently dissented.
Now I can. And it's the American Revolution that has helped me clarify my thinking.
I'm a fan of the American Revolution. When I'm not engaged in work, family or music, I'm probably reading a book dealing with the Revolution. I devour the stuff. Anything in U.S. history from the Mayflower through the War of 1812 is like a narcotic to me. I can't get enough.
The book I'm reading now offers a fresh and unique take on the Revolution. In American Insurgents, American Patriots, T.H.Breen (William Smith Mason Professor of American History at Northwestern Unviersity) hypothesizes that common folk were at least as responsible for the Revolution as the founding fathers so often credited with it, if not moreso. We may be repulsed by the insurgencies and the horrors they inflict in faraway lands, but Breen argues that we forget, here in modern America, that our own origins were the result of similar actions by countless farmers, shopkeepers and craftsmen, most of whose names have long been lost to history.
I was reading American Insurgents last night in a Hartford hotel bed (on my Kindle, of course), starting a new chapter about a third of the way through the book when I sat up and read several pages again. And again. It was one of those epiphanous moments when clouds lift and clarity is granted. Here's Breen's concise summation of several preceding pages:
Newspapers-a relatively innovative form of communication in eighteenth-century provincial society-helped persuade colonial readers that no matter where they happened to live, they had a personal stake in what occured in Boston. During 1774 and 1775 an unprecedented exchange of political intelligence gained momentum, and long before the Continental Congress got around to declaring independence, a surge of shared information convinced Americans that they could in fact trust other Americans whom they had never met.
In other words, the strong ties Gladwell insists must exist at the core of upheaval of revolutionary scale don't work their magic in a vacuum. The colonists in Boston-which was suffering a shutdown of its port and an occupation of British troops in the aftermath of the Tea Party-didn't have weak ties with colonists in, say, South Carolina. They had no ties beyond the fact that they were all colonial British subjects under the rule of King George III.
The bonds were created by the shared experiences reported in newspapers. In the South, where the Coercive Acts weren't being enforced by the Crown, reading reports of what was happening to Boston's residents led to a general understanding that it was altogether possible that the same thing could happen to them, too. If not for newspapers-the newfangled communciation channel of the era-many outside of the hotbed colony of Massachussetts may have been tempted to dismiss what was happening so many miles away rather than embrace the Boston cause as their own, larger American cause.
"The success of the Americans in reaching out to one another owed a lot to the creation of effective networks of communication," Breen argues. "The dissemination of information about local incidents of resistance or about ordinary colonists who had experienced severe hardships in the name of American liberty served to promote bonds of sympathy, the key to effective mobilization." (The emphasis is mine, for what I hope are obvious reasons.)
The parallels are striking. Social media are as new to inhabitants of the twenty-first-century as newspapers were to those of the eighteenth. And through social channels, individuals are able to create a common shared experience directly, rather than relying on the filter of the press, and they can engage one another over those tales rather than simply read a detached account of them. They can use the channels to mobilize rather than have them serve as just the catalyst for mobilization. The outcome, though, is the same. Again, here's Breen:
For political information to become a powerful mobilizing force-as it did during the two years before independence-it had to spark the sympathy of colonists...Shared knowledge, therefore, assumed a grasp of the basic facts, the punitive character of the Coercive Acts, for example-as well as an empathy for the suffering of others who did not seem all that different from one's own neighbors. The emotional content of political intelligence encouraged people to act on what they thought had happened to others. This was precisely what occured on the eve of independence. Colonists reading about events in Boston persuaded themselves that ordinary people who lived there were suffering for all Americans. Their cause was the cause of any person capable of compassion for the victims of political oppression. As with other insurgencies in more modern times, the ability to imagine the condition of strangers-again, a function of effective communication-provided the emotional foundation for united resistance.
(Again, that's my emphasis in the preceding paragraph.)
As newspapers played this role in pre-revolutionary America, social media has played it in Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle East hot spots. Gladwell is right, of course, that the conditions need to exist in order for people to have stories to share. But without the communication channels, as Breen says, they remain highly localized stories and don't unite people under a common cause.
The role communication channels play in affecting change cannot be understated; they are anything but uninteresting. The lessons from the use of these channels can be gleaned by anybody willing to pay attention to them, from activist leaders to the dictators faced with growing opposition, and even corporate executives seeking to drive change in their organizations-or employees and their advocates who want organizational change in spite of leadership transigence.
Had Gladwell lived in 1775, I suspect he would have dismissed the role of newspapers (or minimized them as the least interesting dimension of the Revolution). Shrugging off the communication channels employed in momentous change, though, leaves a vital piece of the puzzle in the shadows and allows the most unfortunate aspects of history to repeat themselves. Ultimately, channels matter at least as much as the information and stories conveyed through them.


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Avishka Gunawardena confident of building up a strong team for under 19 World Cup
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The newly appointed National under 19 coach Avishka Gunawardena has started his duty with the 26 member National pool at the 22 day training camp which started from September 9 at the SSC grounds.
Due to the present Global pandemic situation this is conducted under a Bio Bubble Environment. Former National cricketer Gunawardena is not new to the young cricketers. The 44 year old dashing left hand opener played six test matches and 61 ODI's during the period 1998 to 2006 but he has done a fine job as a qualified coach to build up so many cricketers.
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Week in Review (Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2020)
SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC INDICATORS & REPORTS
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The manufacturing sector grew for the third month in a row in August and at its fastest pace since November 2018, according to the Institute for Supply Management. The ISM Manufacturing Index continued to rebound from its lowest reading in 11 years in April. New orders increased at their highest level since 2004. However, employment remained depressed, contracting for the 13th month in a row, although at a slower rate than in July.
Total construction spending was statistically unchanged in July compared both to June and to the year before, the Commerce Department reported. Residential spending, however, rose 2.1% for the month and 1% from July 2019 as home buyers capitalized on historically low mortgage rates and at-home workers invested in their living quarters. Non-residential spending declined in both periods, led by lodging, offices, schools and amusements. Public spending rose 5.1% in July, led by public safety and water projects.
The Commerce Department said manufacturing continued to recover although at a slower pace in July with factory orders up 6.4%, following a slightly higher increase in June and a rise of nearly 8% in May. Demand for manufactured goods was still down 6.1% from the pre-pandemic level in February. Orders remained 9.6% lower than the year before. In particular, orders for automobiles and military aircraft have boosted manufacturing's comeback.
The four-week moving average for initial unemployment claims continued receding from historic highs, dipping just below 1 million for the first time in 24 weeks. The average before the pandemic, dating back to 1967, was about 350,000. Including ongoing claims, more than 29 million Americans received jobless benefits, according to the latest Labor Department data, up from 1.6 million at the same time last year. Nearly 15 million beneficiaries received special pandemic relief.
Worker output and hours worked both decreased in the second quarter at the steepest pace ever, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. As a result, worker productivity declined at an annual rate of 10.1%, the most since the beginning of 1971. For the latest quarter, output fell at an annual rate of 37.1%, while hours worked dropped 42.9%. Compared to the second quarter of 2019, productivity rose 2.8%, vs. an average annual increase of 2.2% since 1948.
The U.S. trade deficit widened in July to its biggest gap since 2008, amid uneven recovery attempts across the globe. The Bureau of Economic Analysis said the trade gap grew by 18.9% to $63.6 billion, with exports rising 8.1% and imports up by 10.9%. The disparities suggest the post-pandemic revival in global demand was not keeping up with U.S. consumption. A larger trade gap will be a negative factor in the gross domestic product in the third quarter.
The U.S. service sector expansion slowed in August, its third month of recovery after contracting in April and May. The Institute for Supply Management said its ISM index of non-manufacturing activity showed sector growth for the 125th time in 127 months as businesses reopened from pandemic closures and demand picked up. Of 18 industries surveyed, 15 reported growth in August. An index component for employment indicated contraction for the sixth month in a row.
The labor market recovery slowed in August amid continued progress in both jobs and the unemployment rate, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. A net gain of 1.4 million jobs in August brought the comeback to 10.6 million since April but was still 11.5 million or 7.6% below the all-time high in February. Jobs were on par with the employment level in March 2015. Nearly a quarter of the additional jobs were government positions, and most of those were temporary census takers. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.4% from 10.2% in July and 14.7% in April but remained a far cry from the 50-year-low of 3.5% just before the pandemic. Data showed the number of workers on temporary layoff declining, but the number of permanent job losses increased.
MARKET CLOSINGS FOR THE WEEK
Nasdaq – 11313, down 383 points or 3.3%
Standard & Poor's 500 – 3427, down 81 points or 2.3%
Dow Jones Industrial – 28133, down 521 points or 1.8%
10-year U.S. Treasury Note – 0.72%, down 0.01 point
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