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.class public abstract Landroid/os/FileObserver;
.super Ljava/lang/Object;
.source "FileObserver.java"

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/MemberClasses;
    value = {
        Landroid/os/FileObserver$ObserverThread;
    }
.end annotation

# static fields
.field public static final ACCESS:I = 0x1

.field public static final ALL_EVENTS:I = 0xfff

.field public static final ATTRIB:I = 0x4

.field public static final CLOSE_NOWRITE:I = 0x10

.field public static final CLOSE_WRITE:I = 0x8

.field public static final CREATE:I = 0x100

.field public static final DELETE:I = 0x200

.field public static final DELETE_SELF:I = 0x400

.field private static final LOG_TAG:Ljava/lang/String; = "FileObserver"

.field public static final MODIFY:I = 0x2

.field public static final MOVED_FROM:I = 0x40

.field public static final MOVED_TO:I = 0x80

.field public static final MOVE_SELF:I = 0x800

.field public static final OPEN:I = 0x20

.field private static s_observerThread:Landroid/os/FileObserver$ObserverThread;

# instance fields
.field private m_descriptor:Ljava/lang/Integer;

.field private m_mask:I

.field private m_path:Ljava/lang/String;

# direct methods
.method static constructor <clinit>()V
    .locals 1

    .prologue
    .line 138
    new-instance v0, Landroid/os/FileObserver$ObserverThread;

    invoke-direct {v0}, Landroid/os/FileObserver$ObserverThread;-><init>()V

    sput-object v0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->s_observerThread:Landroid/os/FileObserver$ObserverThread;

    .line 139
    sget-object v0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->s_observerThread:Landroid/os/FileObserver$ObserverThread;

    invoke-virtual {v0}, Ljava/lang/Thread;->start()V

    .line 42
    return-void
.end method

.method public constructor <init>(Ljava/lang/String;)V
    .locals 1
    .param p1, "path"    # Ljava/lang/String;

    .prologue
    .line 151
    const/16 v0, 0xfff

    invoke-direct {p0, p1, v0}, Landroid/os/FileObserver;-><init>(Ljava/lang/String;I)V

    .line 150
    return-void
.end method

.method public constructor <init>(Ljava/lang/String;I)V
    .locals 1
    .param p1, "path"    # Ljava/lang/String;
    .param p2, "mask"    # I

    .prologue
    .line 162
    invoke-direct {p0}, Ljava/lang/Object;-><init>()V

    .line 163
    iput-object p1, p0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->m_path:Ljava/lang/String;

    .line 164
    iput p2, p0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->m_mask:I

    .line 165
    const/4 v0, -0x1

    invoke-static {v0}, Ljava/lang/Integer;->valueOf(I)Ljava/lang/Integer;

    move-result-object v0

    iput-object v0, p0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->m_descriptor:Ljava/lang/Integer;

    .line 162
    return-void
.end method

# virtual methods
.method protected finalize()V
    .locals 0

    .prologue
    .line 169
    invoke-virtual {p0}, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->stopWatching()V

    .line 168
    return-void
.end method

.method public abstract onEvent(ILjava/lang/String;)V
.end method

.method public startWatching()V
    .locals 3

    .prologue
    .line 178
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->m_descriptor:Ljava/lang/Integer;

    invoke-virtual {v0}, Ljava/lang/Integer;->intValue()I

    move-result v0

    if-gez v0, :cond_0

    .line 179
    sget-object v0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->s_observerThread:Landroid/os/FileObserver$ObserverThread;

    iget-object v1, p0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->m_path:Ljava/lang/String;

    iget v2, p0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->m_mask:I

    invoke-virtual {v0, v1, v2, p0}, Landroid/os/FileObserver$ObserverThread;->startWatching(Ljava/lang/String;ILandroid/os/FileObserver;)I

    move-result v0

    invoke-static {v0}, Ljava/lang/Integer;->valueOf(I)Ljava/lang/Integer;

    move-result-object v0

    iput-object v0, p0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->m_descriptor:Ljava/lang/Integer;

    .line 177
    :cond_0
    return-void
.end method

.method public stopWatching()V
    .locals 2

    .prologue
    .line 189
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->m_descriptor:Ljava/lang/Integer;

    invoke-virtual {v0}, Ljava/lang/Integer;->intValue()I

    move-result v0

    if-ltz v0, :cond_0

    .line 190
    sget-object v0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->s_observerThread:Landroid/os/FileObserver$ObserverThread;

    iget-object v1, p0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->m_descriptor:Ljava/lang/Integer;

    invoke-virtual {v1}, Ljava/lang/Integer;->intValue()I

    move-result v1

    invoke-virtual {v0, v1}, Landroid/os/FileObserver$ObserverThread;->stopWatching(I)V

    .line 191
    const/4 v0, -0x1

    invoke-static {v0}, Ljava/lang/Integer;->valueOf(I)Ljava/lang/Integer;

    move-result-object v0

    iput-object v0, p0, Landroid/os/FileObserver;->m_descriptor:Ljava/lang/Integer;

    .line 188
    :cond_0
    return-void
.end method

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Summary (from author's site): Zac lives with his grandfather, Pops. When Pops is killed by muggers, Zac is devastated. Dumped with foster parents, then in an orphanage, Zac stumbles from trouble to trouble, but the one thing he hangs on to is Pops' obsession with their family history and his ambition to go to Ghana in search of a ransom paid by a descendant 200 years earlier, to keep his son from slavery – a ransom stolen by British government agents at the time, which then disappeared. At least, Zac thinks, he can keep faith with Pops by continuing his quest. So Zac wangles his own way to Ghana.
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Symposium > HR Blogs > Proactive strategies to prevent stress – A holistic approach to stress prevention and management
Proactive strategies to prevent stress – A holistic approach to stress prevention and management
Lisa Fowlie 13 October 2014 0 Comments
mental health, stres management, Wellbeing, wellbeing programmes
Discover how Bangor University used an effective holistic stress prevention and management programme to address all his employees health and stress issues
"The beauty and uniqueness of this intervention is that it has not cost the University any money, instead it has built on provisions and used internal resources in a cost effective way. This is the first time that our own expertise has been used in a targeted way to educate staff as well as students. "
Bangor University was established in 1884 and currently has over 2200 staff and 14,000 students.
The HE sector has experienced considerable change in recent years due to (amongst many other factors) new funding structures which are making the HE markets much more competitive and the increase in student fees which has resulted in a need to consistently improve services to students to deliver the 'Student Experience' agenda.
As in common with many institutions in the HE sector, staff wellbeing has increasingly become a priority at Bangor as the constant change and pressure to deliver excellent services impacts on its staff.
A staff survey in 2012 revealed that 28% of staff felt stressed at work. This a similar response rate to other institutions in the UK and many staff noted that workloads and work demands were key causes of stress.
With the level of change that is ongoing in the University all stressors as identified by the HSE are impacted:
* Demands –workload, work patterns and the work environment.
* Control – how much say the person has in the way they do their work.
* Support –encouragement, sponsorship and resources provided by the organisation, line management and colleagues.
* Relationships – promoting positive working to avoid conflict and dealing with unacceptable behaviour.
* Role – whether people understand their role within the organisation and whether the organisation ensures that they do not have conflicting roles.
* Change – how organisational change (large or small) is managed and communicated in the organisation.
It was agreed that only an effective holistic stress prevention and management programme would address all issues.
The first stage of this programme was to undertake a complete policy review and update of the Institution's Stress Policy. This was supported by new web pages with a "Toolkit" with relevant information about the effects of adverse pressure and stress, as well as assessment tools and support available. Assessment tools were made available to allow staff and managers to have a structured approach to identifying stressors and targeting controls.
Also, courses were developed on work-life balance and positive managerial behaviour. A wide range of University staff were involved in the consultation and development together with the University's trade unions.
The second stage of the programme was a holistic "Be Your Best Programme". The aim of the "Be Your Best Programme" is to provide staff with a better understanding of human behaviours and attitudes in order to encourage everyone to develop their approach to getting the best from themselves and others.
The core "Be Your Best Programme" includes a series of talks, short learning bytes, individual coaching and informal meetings – "Get Connected@Bangor".
Talks are provided on a wide and diverse range of topics by internal experts of academic and support staff and also include a presentation by the Vice Chancellor. The short Learning Bytes addresses topics like "If only I had time", "Achieving and effective work life Balance", "Understanding yourself and others" and "Growing Confidence". The "Get Connected @ Bangor" provides staff with informal networking events where staff who, as they are widely spread across the campus usually never have an opportunity to meet, can discuss common issues with colleagues in different departments face to face. A wide range of additional training courses including mindfulness and mental health first aid completed the programme.
The uptake of the programme is excellent. So far over 700 persons have attended talks, 600 attended associated training and 100 participated in the eight week mindfulness courses. In addition 80 staff have been trained as mental health first aiders to enable them to provide additional support to 12,000 students as part of very proactive Students Services team. Notably Bangor University was first in Wales, and in the Top Ten for the UK, for Student Satisfaction. These high attendance numbers give an indication of the value and usefulness to staff. Also, the willingness of academic and support staff to not only attend but also contribute demonstrated an enthusiasm for such a programme and a buy in and recognition of the importance of stress prevention and management.
The beauty and uniqueness of this intervention is that it has not cost the University any money, instead it has built on internal resources in a cost effective way. This is the first time that our own expertise has been used in a targeted way to support and train staff as well as educate students. This significantly improves the 'Staff Experience' which is now considered alongside the ever increasing demand to meet the 'Student Experience'.
If you are interested in finding out more about Bangor University's holistic stress prevention and management programme, join Lisa Fowlie at the Workplace Wellbeing & Stress Summit 2014 on the 27th November
About Lisa Fowlie
Lisa graduated with an Honours Degree in Occupational Safety and Health from Aston University in 1983 and has been actively involved in Health and Safety across a broad range of areas ever since.
Lisa is a consultant and past president of IOSH, and has particular interests in audits, stress management, behavioural safety and training.
Within the University she has designed, developed and implemented a standard university health & safety management system audit program, introduced a refreshed approach to stress management supported by a 'Be Your Best' programme of activities and events and delivered a wide range of Health & Safety training courses.
Her professional interests away from the University include being a current Member of the Risk Management and Audit Committee and a past President of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
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Better Than Stranger Things: Proctor Valley Road Review!
November 3, 2021 by Sean Dillon Leave a Comment
Horror Cinema is rarely kind to the people who make it.
The genre is often seen as a lower artform of ill repute where those who make it, at best, get a reputation for three films while their larger work is ignored as garbage. The best case scenario for many a horror filmmaker is to remake the same film over and over again for a quickly dwindling audience. Even filmmakers like John Carpenter or George Romero are left scrambling for budgets because no one wants to support their endeavors.
But perhaps the filmmaker most hurt by this reputation and systemic failure is Tobe Hooper. For many people, Hooper is the madman who did The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and then nothing else because he was too much of a wild card to actually make a real movie. Some might see him as the guy credited for Steven Spielberg's Poltergeist. Both of these are largely inaccurate claims to make about Hooper that only limit his range as a filmmaker.
In truth, Hooper was a consummate professional with a love of cinema. He used his keen and clean style to tell stories of capitalistic collapse, trauma, and also carnivals. While not as radical as the utopian Romero, Hooper nevertheless kept his art free from the so-called apolitical, even in his later works. He created many a beautiful neon drenched shot, worked with some of the best actors and cinematographers, and never forgot what made a good film. And, as with many a horror filmmaker, he was cast aside after The Mangler, an adaptation of a Stephen King story about a murderous laundry press, which Hooper turned into a parable about the systemic evils of capitalism. But even in his final works, the DTV Djinn, you can see the filmmaker who terrified the world with a chainsaw wielding cannibal.
I bring this up because in many ways, Proctor Valley Road feels like a lost Tobe Hooper movie. The story of a group of girls who can be best described as trouble going up against an evil, neon drenched witch in a story where capitalism is the impetus for the events feels right at home with Poltergeist's real estate horror and Dance of the Dead's rebellious youths. The inciting incident is even set in a carnival.
That isn't to say writers Alex Child and Grant Morrison (or the ever brilliant colorist Tamra Bonvillain) were heavily inspired by the works of Hooper, but rather the work fits within the mode Hooper's work reveled in. On that front alone, it's highly worth reading. To say nothing of the charmingly written script. Child and Morrison are a terrific writing duo, capable of making the cast of characters shine in even the most minor of scenes. That this is Child's first comics work is something of a shock considering how at ease he is in the field, even with Morrison's aid.
And yet, when I read and reread this book, what I always come back to is the art. While this is by no means Naomi Franquiz's first major work (she had previously done stellar work for the first Tales of Harrow County miniseries), this feels like a star making moment. Franquiz is capable of capturing both the grotesque horror of the supernatural as well as the humanistic quality of the main characters.
Take, for example, this scene where Rylee is possessed by the villainous Landlady:
In the first group shot, nothing seems out of place. At most, Rylee seems a bit too smiley here given what's happened so far. (Then again, she is offering e.) The next panel, however, shifts things slightly in Rylee's eyes. Where previously drawn with smoother lines, Franquiz adds more jagged lines to them, making the eyes look more and more manic. Not to mention the smile that's just a little bit too wide to feel right on a human being, a smile that only gets wider and wronger in the following panel. Not to mention the sudden shift from Rylee's brown eyes to the Landlady's toxic green added by Bonvillain makes the scene truly horrific.
And horror is indeed the game at play here, in a truly horrifying book. I could spend the whole article simply going "Look at this" and following it up with images such as:
And you'd get the point. But that would miss a large chunk of what the book is like. The fact of the matter is, this book is a delight with some of the funniest lines I've seen in a comic this year. Take this moment near the start of the series.
Our four leads are all being interrogated by the police for their involvement with the disappearance of four boys. The police think they helped the boys flee the country after getting their papers to fight in the Vietnam War. In the first four panels, we have the police officers feeling as if they're in a state of power and control with the girls. This leads to the punchline where the radical Jennie-O confronts the police over their incompetence. Note the facial expressions throughout the piece, how the pair of cops become more and more disheveled with each girl before buckling down to Jennie-O's confrontative manner. Even with the more timid Cora, there's a sense of exhaustion in the visible officer's eyes that only adds to the subtle humor of the scene.
There are other moments of comedic brilliance from Child/Morrison/Franquiz/Bonvillain from the vicious grin on August's face as she drives the stolen police car to the small, petty fight that breaks the girls up to Cora's method of defeating the child ghost to the Landlady's cruel sense of humor. It's an absolute blast that never goes too far into farce to take away from the horror the series keeps going at.
At its core, however, Proctor Valley Road is a charming tale about four girls fighting a ghost so they can see a Janis Joplin concert. What's not to love?
That isn't to say the book is without flaws, however. The writing on the final issue feels rushed in terms of what's happening. Like it would've been better as two issues instead of one. (I'm still not completely sure how the girls defeated the baddie beyond a vague "the power of friendship" and I suspect another draft/issue could've helped that.) There are points where the book is trying to be a bit too clever, like the opening issue's usage of clever transitions from one scene to the next. And the character of Cora feels a bit weaker and less developed than August, Rylee, and Jennie-O.
And yet, it's hard not to get caught up in the infectious and delightful spirit of the book. It's a fantastic horror story for the Halloween season and worth a read any time of the year. Highly recommended for anyone up for a good fright.
(For more on Tobe Hooper, please read Scout Tafoya's Cinemaphagy: On the Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper)
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About Sean Dillon
Sean Dillon is a writer and editor for many outlets, including PanelxPanel, Neotext, and Arcbeatle Press. He is the author of the book One Must Imagine Scott Free Happy, a book length analysis of Tom King and Mitch Gerads' Mister Miracle. They are often found puttering about on twitter @deathchrist2000 or on his personal blog thekinginredandblue.blogspot.com


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Q: Get user information in Windows Phone 8 app I'm making a game which have a hightscore table (on my server), now I need to get a unique information of the player (email, MS accout name, Live ID...) or any other way to define people to add to the highscore, so is there anyway to get that information ?

A: Take a look at the ANID2. It is an identifier that is unique to the Windows Live ID of the user and the publisher ID of the app.
string anid2 = (string)Microsoft.Phone.Info.UserExtendedProperties.GetValue("ANID2");

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From Down Under – Births, deaths, marriages and missing friends
TROVE online archives brings together content from Australia's libraries, museums and research organisations. It is a powerful repository of digital resources maintained by Australia's National Archives.
Researchers can search by various content types (as well as newspapers), and users can look at journal articles, reports, book chapters, artwork, maps and photographs. In most cases the TROVE results provide relevant meta data, information about the resource, but the newspapers are by far the most useful and interesting. Family notices, obituaries, crime reports and classifieds can provide additional family and local history information.
In Loughrea in May 1898, the W.A. Record (Perth, Western Australia) reported on a 'Strange Find' in the town:
The recent fine weather has been taken advantage of by the contractor of the new cathedral at Loughrea to forward the work with all possible dispatch. While the excavations were in progress, workmen discovered a human skeleton which must have been buried there for ages. A huge lantern of rather primitive design was also unearthed, which created considerable curiosity, inasmuch as the lantern was undoubtedly intended to be carried by hand, while at the same time, it was nearly three feet high, and of solid heavy workmanship, with a place for a candle in its capacious interior.
The same paper reported the great distress of the people of Ireland from Donegal in the north to Co. Kerry in the south. Fr. Mangan, PP of Sneem acknowledged assistance from a Cork Relief Committee:
The distress in this Parish is widespread. From morning til night I have applications for relief, and yesterday the relieving officers were besieged by applicants for outdoor relief. While those donations of the charitable may help to meet the most urgent cases, they cannot be depended upon to adequately cope with the general distress prevailing.
In July 1899 the same newspaper reported a death:
Mother Mary Bernard (in the world as Miss Clara Segrave, daughter of the late John Segrave, New Barn, Co. Dublin, Esq., J.P.,) who died recently at the convent of Mercy, Dundalk, Ireland, in the 41st year of her religious profession.
Those Irish who died in Australia were also regularly recorded. In April 1881, the W.A. Record again reported a death, in this instance of 'Elizabeth Hackett, otherwise Elizabeth Walsh, of Tullamore, King's County, Ireland, who departed this life at her residence, Greencough, Western Australia on the 20th March 1891'.
The TROVE repository of newspapers is available online for free at www.trove.nla.gov.au


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Water well supplies in Barrington area could drop, environmental group says
By Todd Shields
Pioneer Press |
Janet Agnoletti, executive director of the Barrington Area Council of Governments, stands next to a monitoring well near Lake Barrington Village Hall. The council is warning private well owners about diminishing supplies. (Brian O'Mahoney / Pioneer Press)
Barrington area residents who own private wells could see property values decline and other repercussions, a regional environmental and planning groups warns, if groundwater levels that supply their wells continue to diminish.
The Barrington Area Council of Governments started monitoring the supply issue in the early 2000s, trying to keep tabs on the more than 7,800 local wells that provide water to 35,000 people throughout the area, according to Janet Agnoletti, executive director of the council.
And a recently released report from the Illinois State Water Survey now indicates that by 2050, shallow water levels underground could drop 10 to 20 feet in the Barrington area.
Residents, who have private wells, need to know the effects of diminishing water levels that supply their homes, Agnoletti said. The dynamic, though, hasn't adversely affected water quality of the wells, she said.
"If anything would happen to the water levels, there could be serious impacts," Agnoletti said, as she stood beside Flint Creek in the Grassy Lake Forest Preserve in Lake Barrington.
The Flint Creek is one stream that the council has started to monitor in recent years.
By gauging and analyzing the stream's velocity, environmental experts can see how underground aquifers are replenished, said hydrogeologist Kurt Thomsen, who works with the council on monitoring the groundwater supply.
Private well supplies likely started to diminish as more people moved into the Barrington area and consumed more water from the wells, Agnoletti said. The demand has outpaced the recharge of local aquifers, she said.
The end effect to homeowners on private wells could be diminished property values or paying contractors out of pocket to lower well pumps and reach water located deeper underground, Agnoletti said.
Only residents in Barrington and Tower Lakes don't use private wells since both communities have water distribution systems, according to the council.
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On a spring morning earlier this year, Agnoletti watched Thomsen collect data from a gauge in Flint Creek, an effort to map future groundwater levels in the area.
"We've collected enough data, so now we can monitor the sustainability of groundwater," Thomsen said.
The council began exploring this issue in 2001, when it formed its Water Resources Committee. By 2004, it began compiling state records of well drillers' logs, Agnoletti said.
The group then expanded the effort and started mapping the location of aquifers in the area, as well as tracking how the groundwater levels are being replenished, she said.
The focus on groundwater supplies also came after the council launched efforts to encourage people to test the quality of water coming from their private wells, Agnoletti said. Residents on private wells are responsible for testing the quality of the water, as well as maintaining the wells.
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"Our second goal was to provide information about aquifers, groundwater and wells," she said.
In early October, the Barrington Area Council of Governments and Lake County Health Department hosted an annual event for area residents, collecting well water samples from them.
The health department does contact homeowners if testing reveals that the water in their wells are contaminated, Agnoletti said. Unlike diminishing water supplies, water quality of the wells hasn't been adversely affected, she said.
Residents need to be mindful and make sure they are regularly testing their wells, Agnoletti said. The council also provides testing kits for well owners to monitor the presence of bacteria and nitrates in their water.
Lake Barrington resident Jane Sibley was one of the many residents who brought in water samples to be tested by the council and health department.
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"We do this every year because there's a high-iron content here in Lake County," Sibley said. "But all has been fine. This is a good program because it makes you be vigilant. I have heard of people having water problems but not in this area."
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Kelina Lobo: Vocal — "La Tierra Es Tu Madre"
Susan Lobo: Spanish Interpretation — "La Tierra Es Tu Madre"
Jaime Quill Smith Band: — "BIA Blues" & "How Long Have You Been Blind"
Eric Weisberg: Steel Guitar — "Or Do You Care"
Sandy Blanco: Vocal — "La Tierra Es Tu Madre"
Monica Baysinger: Vocal — "La Tierra Es Tu Madre"
Merl Saunders: Synthesizer Poly-61 — "La Tierra Es Tu Madre"
Max Gail: Piano — "Quiet Desperation", "La Tierra Es Tu Madre"
David Amram: Flute — "Rabbit Dance" & "Chante Waste Wi"
Liner Notes: Vine Deloria, Jr.
Production of this album was made possible with the co-operation and mutual support of Floyd Westerman, Red Crow Publishing, Max Gail, Full Circle, Harry Belafonte, BEI, Clara Music, and Jimmy Curtiss Music.
On a cold October morning, twelve miles from the Canadian border where they hoped to reach freedom, the remnants of a band of Nez Perce led by Chief Joseph surrendered to General Miles. They had created an epic rivaled by few other peoples in world history In a desperate effort to escape the Armies of the United States the. Nez Perce had marched over a thousand miles and defeated the American cavalry many times in battle. In his classic surrender speech Chief Joseph sorrowfully remarked: "I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find." Floyd Westerman is a modern Chief Joseph who has traveled many of the same miles as the old Nez Perce leader, gathering the children of all races who believe in justice, peace and good will. Over a decade ago in his record CUSTER DIED FOR YOUR SINS, Floyd provided the heartening lyrics and voice that expressed the sense of outrage and betrayal that lingered deep in the hearts of American Indians. His songs lightened the burden of many people and gave them renewed hope that the long night of despair could be conquered if only everyone would light their corner of the world.
In the past decade Westerman has expanded his vision beyond the American Indian to include all peoples and in doing go has brought a measure of strength to those whose hearts were heavy. He has been gathering his children to him in the old traditional fashion — by example and by caring. His new songs have given us a better vision of ourselves; they heal and comfort us and help us to move forward even as they remind us of the past from which we are emerging.
Floyd has become a world ambassador for peace in this intervening decade. He now travels to Europe, South and Central America, and any place the spirit calls him. The songs of this album, particularly the haunting and eternal "La Tierra es Tu Madre" express the secret hopes of millions who long only for simplicity of life with the earth and other relatives. "Sun, Moon and Tears" describes the experiences of the American Indian but expresses the history of many people who have been neglected and cast aside. "Quiet Desperation" a song of cities, issues from deep within the hearts of all the people who suddenly find themselves enclosed in concrete canyons while another life of freedom calls to them from memories and imagination. And Floyd includes here "BIA Blues" and "Chan-te Waste Wi" favorite and familiar songs to those people who have flocked to hear him in recent years.
Most representative of our feelings, however, is "Joseph", a tribute to the old Nez Perce chief who led his people in peace and war with unwavering devotion. The evocative drum in this song strikes at our very being, reminding us that we are, after all, but a part of the cosmic drama and that beneath our gruff and sometimes hardened exteriors always exists a reservoir of love and understanding. Floyd Westerman's latest album goes far beyond entertainment although it certainly provides us with rhythm and lyrics that set-feet to tapping and our hand to drumming. His first record called us to action and many people responded; this record calls us to understanding and we must again respond.


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Anthony Riding a Horse, Bike, and More….
Another day, another 826 pictures. Thank goodness that I decided to catch up a bit on email this morning rather than photograph the start of the Kyoto City Half Marathon, or I would have had even more photos to deal with.
As part of the festivities surrounding the half marathon, which starts and ends right here south of the Heian Shrine, the Kyoto Prefectural Mounted Police allowed kids between 4 and fourth grade to get a horse ride. Fumie's mom, who watched Anthony while Fumie and I were in Kanazawa took him over. Unbeknownst to him, I followed along with my long lens to capture the event. It was right in the park where Anthony likes to ride his bike, shown all snowy at the end of this post from two weeks ago.
The little kid ran by as we watched Anthony ride his bike. I figured that I should show at least one picture of a runner, so there you go. All runners received a bottle of water and a banana at the finish, so the kid went to his dad to get his banana.
Similar shots also appear on last fall's Anthony at the Kyoto Intercollegiate Festival post.
In the afternoon, I attended a ballet recital of a bunch of kids ranging from four years old through high school, including one of Anthony's classmates, Monet. It was adorable, and the resulting 584 photos accounts for the bulk of the day's images.
That looks like fun! Love the shot of anthony standing up on the bike. He must be proud.
I really liked the "You're Next" photo, what with the large out of focus horse framing small Anthony in focus. White out of focus haze "on the left edge, however, is rather distracting.


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A Remarkable Recovery
The journey of a brain tumor patient marked with support and hope.
By: Tracy Collins
Aaron "Melvin" Turner knew of the battle raging in his head between his brain and a growing tumor. He and his wife, Joan, had been working toward surgery for more than a year. Neither one of them was thrilled about it.
"The doctor we were seeing at another hospital only focused on risk," Joan said while counting on her fingers all the ways they were told Melvin's surgery could take a turn for the worse.
Their lives changed on Aug. 29, 2017, when emergency medical technicians rushed Melvin to UF Health Jacksonville and, ultimately, to neurosurgeon Daryoush Tavanaiepour, MD.
Two years earlier, the Turners were enjoying retirement and celebrating 50 years of marriage with four children and two dozen grand- and great- grandchildren when Melvin began displaying a series of questionable medical symptoms.
"My husband started experiencing a loss of bladder control," Joan said. "The first time was at a family picnic in 2015."
Her Master of Science and Health degree and certifications in geriatric studies told her he was relatively young for the condition. He was 70 at the time. Other warning signs developed quickly in the following months.
"By 2016, I started falling out of bed," Melvin said. "Every night, my wife would have to call our son to pick me up and put me back."
"There were days she would come home and I was in the same spot from when she left," Melvin said. Leg weakness set in, preventing him from getting up without aid. Melvin seemed to be deteriorating in front of Joan's eyes. She feared he may have dementia.
"I requested an MRI of his brain," she said, exhaling heavily. "That's when they found a tumor."
When asked what the future holds, Melvin Turner gets choked up talking about his wife, Joan. "I want to do something really, really special for my wife."
Coming to UF Health
The couple started the laborious process of moving toward surgery. She carried a notebook to doctor appointments. She kept detailed notes on every question asked. Her files filled up with Melvin's office visit print-outs, pictures of his brain and countless test results.
During the same year, unbeknownst to the Turners, Tavanaiepour guided the opening of the first Skull Base Surgery Center in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
The stellar medical team conducts leading-edge research and clinical trials. Their diverse knowledge collectively extends into neurosurgery, head and neck surgery, proton therapy, neuroradiology, neuropathology, endocrinology, otolaryngology, neuro-ophthalmology, radiation and medical oncology.
Once a week, the cast of specialists sit down at a conference table and review patient records to consider best options from every angle.
"This is a game changer," Tavanaiepour said. "We put all the doctors at one table, interact live and come up with solutions. Mr. Turner is one specific beneficiary of that."
The facility's opening and Melvin's tumor discovery were each about a year old when Joan came home from the store and found her husband on his knees. Like many times before, she tried helping him up. This time, however, he toppled over.
"A voice in my head said, 'Call 911. He's stroking. Call 911.'"
An ambulance rushed Melvin to UF Health North. Imaging revealed worrisome tumor results. Staff whisked Melvin off to UF Health Jacksonville. He flatlined on the way, but made it.
"Mrs. Turner was very caring of her husband," Tavanaiepour said, crediting Joan's quick action with saving Melvin that day. "She's thorough, intelligent and very insightful with her questions."
Daryoush Tavanaiepour, MD, is a neurosurgeon at UF Health Jacksonville.
While Tavanaiepour consulted his team, Joan consulted the internet to analyze neurosurgeons. "I even looked into doctors in other parts of the country. Dr. Tavanaiepour was the best. Trust me. I did my research."
Tavanaiepour said one of the major arteries that supplies blood to the brain was embedded in the tumor. He acknowledged the risk of a devastating stroke, but says he never assumes every patient wants to rush to surgery.
"We have to respect people's diversity — their religious and cultural background, as well as their wishes. Some people don't want surgery," Tavanaiepour said. "We want to provide the family with enough information and options to make an informed decision."
Allowing the Turners to take ownership of the decision provided a sense of comfort Joan had not felt previously. The choices included observation, radiation and surgery.
"He drew out a sketch, and he explained it in a language I could understand," Joan said. The plan was to piecemeal the tumor and dissect it carefully away from the artery, using extreme magnification and very fine tools. His attention to detail gave her comfort.
"You never want to exaggerate the potential for recovery," Tavanaiepour said. "But you don't want to be so pessimistic that you don't provide hope."
Melvin and Joan celebrate 54 years of marriage this year.
During the procedure, their large family gathered in the waiting room. Joan felt at peace.
"Dr. Tavanaiepour showed me diagrams of a brain on his cell phone before surgery," Joan said. "I had a visual. I knew exactly what was happening and how long it would take."
Between her praying and receiving regular updates from a member of the surgical team throughout the 10-and-a-half hour procedure, Joan never wavered in believing the love of her life would be OK.
Melvin later awoke, with no idea of what transpired.
"The last thing I remember is being at UF Health North," he said. "I didn't know what was going on. They told me I had surgery. And do you know what? Not one bit of pain. Nothing. Dr. Tavanaiepour is the best doctor in America."
Tavanaiepour throws his head back in a hearty chuckle upon hearing this, then leans forward in his chair and gives credit to the team.
"This isn't a surgeon and patient story. It really is an institutional approach. It's about our community, this hospital, the region," Tavanaiepour said, listing personnel who deserve credit, including operating room staff, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, post-op staff and intensive care unit staff.
"This isn't a surgeon and patient story. It really is an institutional approach. It's about our community, this hospital, the region," Tavanaiepour said.
The Skull Base Surgery Center's peer review board doesn't close the file when surgery is over. They assess results and discuss treatment moving forward. In Melvin's case, results could not have been better.
"His recovery is remarkable," Tavanaiepour said. "Cases like this are important for hope, for surgeons to have in the back of their minds for the next case."
Since the surgery, Melvin renewed his Transportation Worker Identification Credential and returned to work — not because he had to, but because he wanted to. He no longer suffers from any of the symptoms that worried his wife when the road to recovery started. Joan says he is also a lot more engaged at family functions and with life in general.
In January, UF Health Jacksonville received the distinct recognition as one of America's 250 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a national organization that analyzes the performance of hospitals across the country. In addition, the hospital's Skull Base Surgery Center was among the top 5% nationwide in overall clinical excellence.
Tracy Collins
Tracy Collins was born in Bismarck, North Dakota and raised in Great Falls, Montana. After four years in the U.S. Navy as an award-winning broadcast journalist, she graduated from the University of North Florida with a B.S. in Communications.
As media personality Tracy Dot Com, she is known for her entertainment insight in Jacksonville, Florida. She appears weekly on WJXT/TV-4 The Local Station and CW17, writes a column for The Florida Times-Union and BUZZ Magazine and was voted Best Righteous Crusader two years in a row by Folio Weekly readers for her work in the community.
She is currently working on her first full-length book and speaking around the country promoting alcohol awareness and education.
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Q: Device going offline randomly (and appearing multiple times as offline) in Eclipse - fixes? This problem has been bugging me for ages and I can't seem to fix it or fully localize the source of the problem (although at times I can force it by allowing the phone to Standby while connected to Eclipse, but sometimes that doesn't even cause a problem).
Let's go through the steps.
I connect my device, it pops up and seems to be working fine:

I double-click it to ensure LogCat is logging it at which point 1 of 2 things happen:

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*It seems to work, I swap to LogCat
window which sliiides through a
bunch of text and then goes white, I
swap back to Devices and see

*Device goes offline immediately

Now if I leave it for a while and do random things around Eclipse, the number of offline devices slowly increase (they all have the same ID, mine):

Things that help:
I have Googled and looked at other questions regarding this and only managed to find a few "guides" that tell me to restart the adb server.
I've done that through the use of the commands:
adb kill-server
adb start-server

The problem is, that only fixes it very rarely. At times a complete PC reboot will fix it, but not always...
Also, turn off Standby mode on your phone when it's plugged in. For me, this is achieved by going

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*Settings -> Programs -> Development
-> Stay Awake

Does anyone have a true solution for this? I've tried most of what I could find on Google and had zero luck yet and it's really starting to annoy me.
EDIT: Holy crap, this is SO ANNOYING!
EDIT 2: Adding a bounty to this as soon as I can.
EDIT 3: Probably related to the fact that it's connected through a USB hub as our machines are located in another room to keep noise & heat levels down in our offices. I have gotten it stable enough to deploy applications and test very quickly, but it still goes Offline at times. Oh well, done with my project for now.

A: I had a similar problem. I just solved it by plugging in the cable into the usb2 port instead of usb3.

A: My case is...
Nexus-4, Android version. 4.2.2
Because of Security Enhancements in Android 4.2.2, my device was offline.
Android 4.2.2 introduces secure USB debugging which when enabled ensures only host computers authorized by the user can access the internals of a USB connected device using the ADB tool included with the Android SDK.
Update your SDK, accept the RSA key on your phone.
Here is some references.
http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/02/android-4-2-2
http://www.androidcentral.com/semi-pro-tip-android-422-here-your-android-sdk-might-need-updating

A: If your platform and platform-tools path is set:
Then from command prompt:

adb kill-server
    adb start-server

It will definitely solve the problem as it restarts the daemon with the specific port

A: Make sure you don't have HTC Sync or Samsung Kies trying to steal adb connection. If you do, simply stop them when you're debugging.

A: Try these two things, now everything is working for me:

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*Install the device's manufacturer USB Drivers.

*Replace the data cable you are using.

A: I was just tinkering around at home with some development, and started noticing this behavior for the first time.  After reading through the suggestions (USB plugs in particular), I got to thinking that the USB cable I had at hand is pretty wimpy looking, so I grabbed the cable I normally use for work (it's a larger diameter, I don't know, what that means internally), and since then everything has been working fine.
So for anyone landing here with these troubles, you might also check to make sure it isn't the USB cable.

A: Toggle on/off for 'USB Debugging' in settings worked for me.

A: Some of the above suggestions would help sometimes but not consistently. Like many, I've suspected the USB cables but in the end I've decided that it was the USB jack on my Android device simply wearing out from so much use. I guess they're only meant to be plugged in once or twice a day to charge, and not 10 times a day 5 days a week doing development. In this case a new cable may help but there may be no good solution short of a new device.

A: I get this problem too, sometime it helps to connect it to another USB-port.

A: This is because of over stack/stack overflow.
1. Switch off and Switch on your Android Device
2. Restart your ADB server(adb -kill server and adb -start sever)
3. Check the mounted SD card and check the USB debug ON

A: I had this problem for long time and now I found solution that works good for me. In DDMS perspective there is an arrow on devices tab which has 'Reset adb' option. This action resolved my problem.

A: I have been in this situation a number of times and many of the above solutions usually work. Today none of them worked. Restarted ADB server, toggled USB debugging off and on, tried a different cable and port, re-installed driver, restarted computer. Experienced the same problem on other computers. No luck...
Solution for me:
Restarted the android device.

A: In my case the issue with offline mode was the phone being plugged in a USB 3.0 port/USB hub. As soon as I moved it to a USB 2.0 port it worked with no issues.

A: I just solved the problem by rebooting my Android phone. Hope it works for you.

A: I had a similar disconnect issue in which the connection gets lost soon after a reboot.  On my LG VS840 4G phone, changing the USB connection mode from Mass Storage to Internet Connection helped.  Apps Key > Settings > Connectivity > Default connection mode > Internet Connection.

A: I also searched high and low for a solution to this problem.  The description of my problem when getting ready to compile and run  my project over adb/USB:

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*I would 'Run' or Cntrl-F11, for the Android Device Chooser window to pop-up

*plug in my Samsung Galaxy Nexus

*the state would show Offline then Online (for varying lengths of time) then Offline again

*my workaround has been to click fast during the window where it shows Online

I tried reinstalling different drivers suggested by various sources, and even tried 5 different USB cables.  But in the end, what fixed it was plugging the USB cable into one of the free USB sockets in the back panel of my PC, instead of the front where it's more accessible.
However, peculiarly this problem only happens with my Samsung Galaxy Nexus (which is rooted and currently running Codename Android ROM) and not with my HTC Nexus One (running CyanogenMod).  My N1 would always stay online even if plugged into the front USB panel.
So now I'm still running the ADB drivers that come with the Android SDK, my PC is self-built (running Asus P5Q Pro motherboard <- a likely culprit here), and my OS is Win7 64-bit.  And both my phones are staying Online connected to adb.
Thus I suggest those with similar problems to try different cables and USB ports.

A: same problem with galaxy s2 / windows 7 / eclipse juno
switch off usb debugging helps, somtimes also killing and restarting adb
seams to be

A: Changing the usb port worked out for me, also check if you are using usb hubs for connecting the devices. front usb port and back usb ports also make a difference. preferably use back usb port.

A: 2016 and this problem is still happenning , using Lenovo device android 4.4.2. The majority of proposed solution work 'sometimes'.
Still there is no explanation for this.
What worked for me was installing the Wifi ADB (app) and it even liberated me from usb cable limitations.BTW the device does not appear in android device monitor but appears upon running app Shift+f10.

A: Not sure if anyone will find this answer valuable, but I had a similar situation, where my device was online, and then randomly went offline. I tried things like checking the cable, adb kill-server, and so on. What finally worked for me was restarting my computer and my phone. I feel like this will only be applicable if you find that your device is suddenly offline, when it was working fine before.


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In 1409, There Were Three Simultaneous Popes
(Depiction of the Council of Constance, c. 1417, [Public Domain] via Creative Commons)
The Years from 1309 to 1377 were called the Avignon Papacy, or the Babylonian Captivity. It was a time when the headquarters of the pope was moved from Italy to France. In 1377, Pope Gregory XI moved the papacy back to Rome, but after his death in 1378, the Catholic Church was thrown into an even stranger set of events.
The people of Rome took to the streets to voice their desire that the papacy be kept in their city. After all, Pope Gregory XI had only just moved back to Rome right before he died. Romans, understandably, did not want the next pope to immediately pack up and leave for France.
With unrest in the streets, Cardinals met in a conclave and elected Pope Urban VI (1378-1389) to lead the Catholic Church. A large group of the Cardinals, however, felt that the election of Urban VI had been a mistake that had only occurred because of the rioting Romans. As a result, the disillusioned Cardinals snuck out of Rome and elected Clement VII (1378-1394) as their pope. Of course Urban VI, in Rome, scoffed at the election of another pope and he excommunicated Clement VII. In turn, Clement VII excommunicated Urban VI.
Urban VI remained in Rome and Clement VII returned to Avignon. The Christian countries of Europe began to fall in line behind the two popes. Pope Urban VI was supported by Italy, Germany, Hungary, Poland, the Scandinavian countries, and England. As England was on the side of the pope in Rome, it was not surprising that France and Scotland, along with the Spanish countries of Castile, Aragon and Navarre were on the side of Clement VII, in Avignon.
The Council of Pisa in 1409 sought to end the schism between the popes in Avignon and Rome, so they elected a new pope, Alexander V (1409-1410). Then, they decreed that the other two popes should step down in favor of the new pontiff. The popes of Avignon and Rome, however, refused to comply. There were now three popes—The pope of Rome, the pope of Avignon and the pope of Pisa.
Alexander V's successor, John XXIII, called the Council of Constance into session in 1414, hoping that he would be legitimized in favor of his rivals in Rome and Avignon. Instead, in 1417, the Council of Constance put an end to all the crazy nonsense by deposing all the popes and having a new election. They elected Pope Martin V (1417-1431) as the sole pope and finally restored the Catholic Church to stability.
Written by C. Keith Hansley.
The European Reformations (Second Edition) by Carter Lindberg. Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Nursery worker coughed into hand then carried on preparing children's food
Rocking Horse was recently inspected by Erewash Borough Council for their food hygiene
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A food handler was seen to cough into their hand and then continue handling food at an Ilkeston day nursery.
The staff member at Rocking Horse, in Heanor Road, committed the contamination blunder when Erewash Borough Council food hygiene inspectors visited the premises.
The firm was also found to be storing mouldy cheese in the fridge and raw meat next to ready-to-eat fruit.
When food hygiene officers inspected the premises, they witnessed a food handler cough into their hand but not wash their hands prior to continuing food handling duties.
The officer said: "You must ensure that food handlers wash their hands regularly and follow an appropriate technique using soap and water."
Rocking Horse day nursery in Ilkeston. (Image: Google Maps)
The report also noted that a small piece of mouldy Cheddar cheese stored in the fridge was not safe to eat.
The report said: "You must dispose of unfit food immediately as it is an offence for food that is unsafe to be placed on the market."
Pieces of raw minced beef were noted on a work surface next to some fruit that was also on the work surface.
According to the Food Standards Agency, the nursery currently has a two-star hygiene rating, due to its food-handling practices. The premises were found to be good and the management of food safety was 'generally satisfactory'.
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The inspector said: "I was informed that the pieces of fruit had been intended for the children's desert that day.
"The practice of placing ready-to-eat food such as fruit on the same work surface that is used for raw meat handing is likely to lead to cross contamination."
A bin lid that could only be opened by touch was not clean, which mean that food handlers' hands were being re-contaminated each time they opened the bin to dispose of towels.
Also, seals between a work surfaces and the sink were found to be mouldy and in poor condition.
The inspector noted: "Remove the defective sink and replace it with one which is maintained in sound condition."
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The inspector further noted that they considered the level of food hygiene awareness in the premises to be inadequate, specifically with regards to the control of cross contamination when handling or preparation raw and ready-to-eat foods.
The business was originally inspected in January, but the food hygiene report has only just been released to the Derby Telegraph following a Freedom of Information request.
After the business is inspected, the council has 14 days to inform them of their decision and scoring.
The business then has 21 days to appeal the decision, and only after this can a Freedom of Information request be made which can take up to 20 days to be provided by the council.
The business was approached for comment but none was provided.
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PAMS was founded in 1973 as a voluntary, non-profit organization to help peruvians in medical need. Pams provides medical assistance to peruvians of all ages in and in over 25 different cities and towns in Peru. Several million dollars have been donated for more modern medical equipments that were in use during missions and donated to local healthcare facilities in Peru.


A proposal was presented by engineer Josh Little to the City Council Monday night during work session.
Volkert Engineering is wanting to conduct a traffic study. It would start at Redstone Credit Union and end at Highway 35. Little stated that it would be similar to the one done recently at the County Park and 72 intersection. Last month a speed study was done by ALDOT in that area to see if the city could lower the speed limit to 55 mph. After the study, the State recommended to keep the speed as is.
Councilman Greg Mashburn requested an email be sent to the ALDOT asking for them to look at looking a red light at Byron Road and Hwy. 72 intersection. Little verified that he would send an email the following day to the State.
Councilman Patrick Stewart stated that he wanted to set up a road committee consisting of Greg Mashburn, Richard Bailey, the Mayor and Josh Little to look at some of the city roads that suffered flood damage and see which roads need fixed. He asked them to come up with 10-15 roads, meet between now and May 6 come back with a list and cost of each road. The City Council is supposed to meet with the County Commission on May 8 to discuss teaming up together and paving Gant Road.
The Bond issue that has been brought up a few times already was brought up again. The amount is $4.5 million with the same payments that are in the budget now. The original Landfill Bond issue will pay off this year, and this current bond issue will pay off in 16 years. Of the $4.5 million, $3 million will go to the landfill expansion, $517,00 to go towards the Parks Avenue bridge, $500,000 to the Heritage Center expansion and $275,000 for the purchase of the landfill truck. That is a little less than $4.5 million, the rest will go in the general fund in case something else comes up that needs funds. Mashburn asked how much interest over the 16 years the City would pay on the $500,000 that would go towards the Heritage Center. The amount will be about $250,000.
During a meeting held after the works session, the council voted to approve the bond issue. Mashburn mentioned that he had a problem on giving the Heritage Center $500,000. He said he wants to see an exact dollar amount on how much the addition of the Heritage Center would cost. All five council members votes yes on the approval of the money distribution to the following: $3 million going to the landfill expansion, $517,00 for the Parks Avenue bridge, $500,000 to the Heritage Center and $275,000 for landfill truck.
In May 2018, the City purchased property at 101 Mimosa Lane as part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Grant. Whitney Phillips, the City Clerk, stated that there is a house on the property that needs torn down, burned down or declared surplus. The money spent on this will be reimbursed from the FAA Grant. Attorney Stephen Kennamer suggested that it be surplus because some parts could be of value that the City could sell at an auction.


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The coronavirus pandemic. More than 8 million cases globally and 440,000 deaths worldwide. More than 2.1 million U.S. cases and over 116,000 deaths. As society starts to reopen with the virus surging in some states, as summer gets under way in parts of the globe, as economies falter and stabilize, as we await vaccines and treatments, what can we expect next and how can we prepare and respond? Harvard Chan epidemiologist Caroline Buckee and The World's Elana Gordon discussed these issues during a Facebook Live Q&A on June 23, 2020.
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Artist: Transatlantic
Availability: 05-02-2021
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Transatlantic The Absolute Universe The Ultimate Edition Boxset
On its fifth album, the conceptual The Absolute Universe, Transatlantic - Neal Morse, Roine Stolt, Pete Trewavas and Mike Portnoy - has done something a little unusual.
"We've come up with something unprecedented," says Portnoy proudly. "We've got two versions of this album. There's a two CD presentation (Forevermore), which is 90 minutes long, and a single one (The Breath Of Life) which is 60 minutes long. The single CD is NOT an edited version of the double CD. They're new recordings. What we have done are different approaches to the songs for this! We wrote fresh lyrics and have different people singing on the single CD version tracks as compared to those on the double CD. We revamped the songs to make the two versions different."
"What we have is essentially one giant composition, split into chapters. The storyline is about the struggles facing everyone in society today," comments Portnoy.
The Absolute Universe – The Ultimate Edition collects both versions together as a limited deluxe clear 5LP + 3CD + blu-ray box-set, featuring expanded 16 page LP-booklet, 5.1 surround sound mix with visuals, making-of documentary, 60x60cm poster – contained within a lift-off box finished with silver foil.
Copies come with a free logo sticker while stocks last.
1 Overture 00:08:11
2 Heart Like A Whirlwind 00:05:11
3 Higher Than The Morning 00:05:29
1 The Darkness In The Light 00:05:43
2 Swing High, Swing Low 00:03:48
3 Bully 00:02:11
1 Rainbow Sky 00:03:19
2 Looking For The Light 00:03:59
3 The World We Used To Know 00:09:21
1 The Sun Comes Up Today 00:05:38
2 Love Made A Way (Prelude) 00:01:25
3 Owl Howl 00:07:05
1 Solitude 00:05:41
2 Belong 00:02:49
3 Lonesome Rebel 00:02:53
1 Looking For The Light (Reprise) 00:05:12
2 The Greatest Story Never Ends 00:04:17
3 Love Made A Way 00:08:02
2 Reaching For The Sky 00:05:40
2 Take Now My Soul 00:03:31
2 Can You Feel It 00:03:17
10 Belong 00:02:22
11 Can You Feel It 00:03:17
12 Looking For The Light (Reprise) 00:04:57
13 The Greatest Story Never Ends 00:02:57
14 Love Made A Way 00:09:02
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2 Reaching For The Sky 5.1 Surround Mix 00:05:40
3 Higher Than The Morning 5.1 Surround Mix 00:05:29
4 The Darkness In The Light 5.1 Surround Mix 00:05:43
5 Take Now My Soul 5.1 Surround Mix 00:03:31
6 Bully 5.1 Surround Mix 00:02:11
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8 Looking For The Light 5.1 Surround Mix 00:03:59
9 The World We Used To Know 5.1 Surround Mix 00:09:21
10 The Sun Comes Up Today 5.1 Surround Mix 00:05:38
11 Love Made A Way (Prelude) 5.1 Surround Mix 00:01:25
12 Owl Howl 5.1 Surround Mix 00:07:05
13 Solitude 5.1 Surround Mix 00:05:41
14 Belong 5.1 Surround Mix 00:02:49
15 Lonesome Rebel 5.1 Surround Mix 00:02:53
16 Can You Feel It 5.1 Surround Mix 00:03:17
17 Looking For The Light (Reprise) 5.1 Surround Mix 00:05:12
18 The Greatest Story Never Ends 5.1 Surround Mix 00:04:17
19 Love Made A Way 5.1 Surround Mix 00:08:02
20 The Making of the The Absolute Universe Documentary 01:02:27
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How the California Gold Rush Impacted the San Francisco Bay
May 19, 2016 By B.Z. Smith 2 Comments
SF Bay before the Gold Rush. San Francisco was then called Yerba Buena
I've been a full-time California resident since 1965. I love this state! I attended two of our great California State Universities where I majored in history. While doing research for Striking Up Gold Mountain, I had many chances to update my understanding of how our Great State took form. ~ bz
SF Bay from the Marin Headlands
In just two weeks Bay Area voters will decide whether or not to create a tax that will be used to clean up the San Francisco Bay. Throughout the West water quality has become a vital issue. San Francisco is one of America's most visited places. We love the vistas, the beauty, and the history. This vote on June 7th will effect all of us…one way or another.
People all around this Earth love to learn about California's Gold Rush history. Visitors and locals love hearing about the wild and woolly days of Early California. But often we forget to take notice of the huge environmental scars that plague us still today.
Before the Gold Rush the non-Native population of California was about 8,000. But by 1850, just two years after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, CA, the non-Native residents swelled to 92,000! Yes, the world did come rushing in! One of humankind's greatest and fastest mass migrations took place as Gold Fever struck and people from everywhere poured into California.
SF Bay from space!
Along with those people came an environmental shift that changed the natural landscape of California. Mountains were washed away as folks searched for gold. Mud washed into pristine rivers, filled the marshes and deltas, and caused silt to fill much of the great San Francisco Bay.
What would our environment be like today if this devastating man-made event had not happened? What if the needs of the future had been on the minds of those gold seekers?
Now Bay Area voters have a chance to consider restoring much of our beautiful Bay, a world landmark. The rest of us will just have to wait until June 8th to hear the results of their election. What will our future be in the hands of Bay Area voters? I'm waiting.
Filed Under: CD Resources & Links, Environmental Storytelling, History & Storytelling, Striking Up Gold Mountain, Striking Up Gold Mountain
Tillywig "Brain Child" Toy Award for Audio Media! Yee-Haw!
May 6, 2016 By B.Z. Smith Leave a Comment
Striking Up Gold Mountain has struck it rich again! Peggy and I are pleased as punch to announce that our audio storytelling project has been honored with a second national award!
The Tillywig Awards Program presented us with a "Brain Child" Award for Music & Audio Media. Tillywig's mission is to parents, and consumers with product information and reviews of superior children's products available in today's marketplace. We're very thrilled that they've selected us and given us a delightful review! Here it is:
"This 2-CD set presents a fabulous mix of deeply absorbing stories and utterly compelling music that harks back to the days of California's rugged, adventure-laden past. The richly descriptive language and expressive delivery in the spoken word pieces reveal storyteller BZ Smith to be a master of her craft. Interspersed with the stories are numerous songs, gorgeously rendered by singer and ukulele player Peggy Reza, at times accompanied by a talented group of guest musicians. The songs are largely traditional, beautifully adapted and performed, with a lovely original piece by Ms. Reza. The effect of these historic tunes and tales, variously rooted in fact and legend, is to take the listener deeply into authentic American territory in the most entertaining of ways. It's a great way to get children and parents excited about history. The 2-CD set includes eight great songs, eight captivating tales, and an exciting audio novel."
THANK YOU, TILLYWIG FOLKS!
Filed Under: Arts Education, Awards, BZ's Art, CD Resources & Links, CD Reviews, History & Storytelling, Striking Up Gold Mountain, Striking Up Gold Mountain, Tillywig Toy Award, Uncategorized
Winners of A Parents' Choice Gold Award? We did it!
April 7, 2016 By B.Z. Smith Leave a Comment
This morning "Striking Up Gold Mountain" really did strike REAL GOLD when we received an announcement from the Parents' Choice Foundation. Word reached us that we were one of 4 audio storytelling projects to win their prestigious honor: A Parents' Choice Gold Award for Spring 2016.
And to top it off, we got to read the incredible review, written by Lynne Heffley, music critic for Parents' Choice Foundation and former staff arts writer and children's arts and entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Thank you for these amazing words, Lynne! Here is our review!
We hope that you'll want to add "Striking Up Gold Mountain" to your own playlist. We'll be happy to send you one (or 2 or 3 or 4…). Just CLICK HERE!
If you'd prefer to have a downloadable version, CDBaby.com can help you HERE. Or if you've been waiting to use that Amazon gift card you got last December, then try HERE.
We'd also like to offer big congratulations to our fellow award winners:
More Than a Cup of Kindness by storyteller Carol Birch
Pharoahs and Queens of Ancient Egypt by storyteller Jim Weiss
The Nutcracker by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with narration by Jim Weiss (yes, the same guy!)
Filed Under: All Levels, Arts Advocacy, Arts Education, BZ's Art, CD Resources & Links, CD Reviews, History & Storytelling, House Concerts, Library Programs, Musical Art, Parents' Choice, Performance Level, Performances & Concerts, School assemblies, Sierra Nevada, Storytelling, Striking Up Gold Mountain, Striking Up Gold Mountain, Uncategorized
More Songs of the Gold Rush & Logan English
January 18, 2016 By B.Z. Smith Leave a Comment
Peggy Reza, our Striking Up Gold Mountain Music Director, grew up learning many traditional folk songs. She's also had a keen interest in the songs of early California. Peg came to this project with a vast knowledge of old time songs. We've also found several different versions of some of those old songs. Here's is a rich source, available through the Smithsonian and Folkways…
On this recording you'll find one singer's interpretations of The Banks of the Sacramento, Sweet Betsy from Pike, The Days of '49, and many other incredible songs of the era. Recorded in 1957 with Logan English, an American folk balladeer (1928-1983). Born in rural Kentucky, English traveled on to New York's Bohemian districts. He knew and respected Woody Guthrie, and he gave Bob Dylan a"leg up" to get his start. English has an outstanding collection of recordings available through Folkways.
Along our journey, we found other recordings and versions of the songs we chose for Striking Up Gold Mountain. And of course, we'd love your input for even more! If you have more suggestions, please send them our way via the comments' feature.
Filed Under: CD Resources & Links, Striking Up Gold Mountain, Striking Up Gold Mountain
Mining for Family History's Gold to weave into "Overland Girl."
December 8, 2015 By B.Z. Smith Leave a Comment
I hope you're enjoying Striking Up Gold Mountain! On CD #2 you'll meet "Overland Girl" ~ a novella about a family traveling to California on a wagon train. Along the way, the McCorkell* Family is befriended by a man traveling alone. The character's name is Taurone, and he is a Wyandotte (Wendat/Huron) Indian. And here one of the places where facts and fiction become intertwined, the essential hallmark of creating Historical Fiction!
(*My grandmother's maiden name was McCorkell. She married into the Wyandotte Tribe when she married my Wyandotte grandfather Kenneth "Tyanonka" Walker.)
I grew up with a story that one of my "greats," a grandfather, came to California during the Gold Rush. He was a member of the Wyandotte Tribe, and was one of the men who founded the Wyandotte Mining Company, which worked a claim in today's Yuba County.
Finding documentation for this story is an on-going project. There are little snippets along the way, like evidence of the Wyandotte Mining Company in logs of registered mining claims from the early 1850's. Plus, there is a geographic spot on the Yuba River, known as Wyandotte Camp. Those little discoveries are pure gold!
Nicholas Cotter, circa 1870. This one-time chief of Wyandotte Nation reportedly traveled to CA with John C. Frémont.
During my research, I found out that one of our tribal chiefs, Nicholas Cotter, had come to California before the 1849 Gold Rush. He had been a member of at least one the John C. Frémont expeditions. But again, trying to find documented proof is a bit like trying to catch a feather on the wind. Here is an example of me trying to grab that feather as it blew right past me. Below is a bit of email correspondence between me and a historian, who has been researching Frémont's expeditions:
Filed Under: CD Resources & Links, History & Storytelling, Striking Up Gold Mountain, Striking Up Gold Mountain, Uncategorized Tagged With: John C. Frémont, Long Camp Salt, Nicholas Cotter, Wyandotte Nation


MADISON – Wisconsin tart cherry growers may now nominate candidates for two board member positions on the Wisconsin Cherry Board.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) will accept nominations postmarked by April 1, 2019. Completed nomination forms must include signatures from at least five eligible growers other than the nominee. The affidavit of eligibility, located on the nomination form, must also be completed and notarized.
DATCP will mail nomination forms to eligible growers. Growers who have not received nomination forms by March 15 or who have other questions about the nomination process can contact Debbie Gegare, DATCP Market Order Coordinator, at 608-224-5116 or Debbie.Gegare@Wisconsin.gov.
DATCP will conduct the Wisconsin Cherry Board election from May 15 through June 10. The elected producers will serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 2022.


Our metal spoons are a must have addition to your love milo ceramic cups! They add a touch of shine, sophistication and elegance that compliment the wood and ceramics perfectly. They work beautifully with all designs.
brass plates metallic spoons, these spoons are cast from handmade spoons giving them the natural organic shape.
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Spotted this gem the other day while picking up some wax at Advance Auto Parts. I think most of us get a little excited when we spot a 3000GT, but that was quickly replaced with cringe and disappointment.
Happy Easter! I promise my next posting will NOT be car related. I have several sets of pictures in the pipeline that simply cannot be posted yet.
This thing is my rental for the next 10 days. Only 960 on the odo (I'm the 2nd renter). I'm thinking of doing a short review at the conclusion of my trip.
What a strange weekend. First there were the Camelopardalids, which was kinda a bust, although I did catch a few meteors, and even more satellites. Then it was a last minute decision to attend this weekend's Cars and Coffee at Katie's Coffee House.
This weekend I did something a little different. After spending about an hour at Katie's, I headed over to Bethesda's Cars 'N' Coffee to check it out, since I heard there would be some fellow Jalops meeting up there.
A lovely, pre-Easter day at Katie's! Last weekend I was unfortunately unable to attend, due to four consecutive photoshoots - what an insane weekend! It was nice to just relax and spot some cars today. There was an amazing turnout, with the weather finally warmed back up for good.
It's been several months since I've visited Katie's, and this seemed like a great weekend to visit for the first time in 2014. Things got started off slowly, but more gearheads rode in as the weather slowly grew warmer.
Apparently there is a how-to for everything. Look what I stumbled across earlier.
I've republished this blog post of mine here on Oppositelock because it contains some serious Planelopnik of a Harrier. Hope you enjoy!


(Dracaena draco), a tree of the genus Dracaena of the family Agavaceae. The thick, branching trunk attains a height of up to 20 m, with a diameter of up to 4 m at the base, and has a secondary growth in thickness. The leaves are linear, leathery, and long, growing in fascicles at the ends of the branches. The flowers are large, bisexual, and regular, with a petaloid, choriphyllous perianth, and are found in fascicles of two to four. The dragon tree grows on the Canary Islands and the island of Socotra; some trees live to 5,000 or 6,000 years. A resin called dragon's blood flows from incisions in the bark. The leaf fibers are used for weaving.
The National Botanic Garden of Wales' Dragon Tree was already a quarter of century old when it was first planted in the attraction's Great Glasshouse 15 years ago.
The Dragon Tree will be touring throughout January and into February.
We sank items such as a dragon tree into the ground in pots so they'll be easier to lift out.
One of the best arboreal crossover candidates is the Madagascar dragon tree (Dracaena marginata).
Or, descend the other side of Mount Teide to Icod de Los Vinos where you can see the centuries-old Dragon Tree with its enormous trunk and sword-shaped leaves.
British Cactus and Succulent Society - Northumbria branch, talk, Socotra: Dragon Tree Island, by David Porter, St Aidan's Church Community Centre, Brunton Park, Gosforth, 7.
ALTHOUGH hard to miss, the 12-metre tall Kaweesak's Dragon tree went unnoticed since classification of trees began.
Scientists at NASA, no less, researched this field and came up with a list that also includes dumb cane, dragon tree, English ivy, Pothos, peace lily, umbrella plant, spider plant, tree philodendron, weeping fig and white butterfly to improve air quality.
It is home to El Drago - the world's largest and oldest dragon tree, which is anything from 500 to 3,000 years old with impressively gnarled branches.
This is often seen in indoor plants such as weeping fig (Ficus benjamina) and variegated dragon tree (Dracaena marginata).
Terraced, cultivated fields give way to sprawls of prickly pear,palm groves,lofty eucalyptus, wild pink and white blossomed almonds clinging to sheer-faced cliffs and, finally the dragon tree, a tough yucca crowning the skyline.


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Divot ist eine Bezeichnung aus dem Golf- und Pferdesport.

Bei einem Golfschlag können Grasstücke aus dem Rasen herausgeschlagen werden. Sowohl dieses Grasstück als auch die beschädigte Stelle nennt man Divot. Es gehört zur Etikette, das herausgeschlagene Stück auf dem Fairway wieder sorgfältig einzusetzen. Ohne das Zurücklegen könnten später die Bälle anderer Spieler in einer Vertiefung liegen bleiben. Das würde ein sauberes Treffen des Balles erschweren.

Insbesondere im Polo ist es üblich, dass die Zuschauer die herausgetretenen Grasstücke wieder einsetzen und festtreten.

Ursprünglich stammt der Begriff aus dem Schottischen und steht für ein dünnes Stück Grassoden (engl. turf, sod), das unter anderem zum Dachdecken verwendet wurde.

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The bootcamp intends to train higher ed students in software engineering and increase employability.
Pearson and New York City's Flatiron School have announced a new on-campus "Coding Bootcamp" for college and university students. Students enrolled in the bootcamp will have access to a full-time, 800-hour training program in software development skills that simulate a professional coder's environment.
· Virtual-classroom features that allow students to interact in real time.
Upon completing the program, students will have a full, professional portfolio of work on GitHub, an industry-standard project-hosting site for sharing software code.
The partnership is part of Pearson's broader initiative to help students develop skills and competencies they need to succeed in high-demand career fields by providing them access to high-quality course offerings.
Further information is available via the Flatiron School site.


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Roman J Israel Esq
Take a look to the official track list of the soundtrack of Roman J. Israel, Esq., the upcoming crime drama movie directed by Dan Gilroy and starring Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, and Carmen Ejogo:
Roman J. Israel, Esq. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music by James Newton Howard.
1. Supreme Court of Absolute Universal Law
2. Just Continuances
3. Roman Walks Home
4. George Pierce Offices
5. Nonprofit Talks
6. The Brief
7. Maple Glazed Donut
8. The Drop
9. The Real Enemy Within
10. Roman's Judgment
11. It's All in the Rearview Mirror
12. To Make the Call
13. Are You Okay Mister?
14. Guard! Guard!
15. Filing the Brief
A dramatic thriller set in the underbelly of the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. Denzel Washington stars as Roman Israel, a driven, idealistic defense attorney who, through a tumultuous series of events, finds himself in a crisis that leads to extreme action. Colin Farrell costars as the monied, cutthroat lawyer who recruits Roman to his firm.
The movie soundtrack of Roman J. Israel, Esq. will be released on November 3, 2017 by Sony Classical.
Roman J. ISRAEL, ESQ
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Eric D. Brown wrote a short post on his leadership organizational change blog. While I understand the sentiment, I don't really draw the same conclusions.
I hear a lot of other folks say many of the same things about the way the tools of leadership and change management make them feel. This often reminds me of Samuel Clemens' quote about how "[t]hose who respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made." Organizational change and true leadership cannot be apolitical simply because they fundamentally are about dealing with people and their varied interests.
His primary complaints about the book he read is that it appears to be giving the reader advice on how to play the political game to manipulate people into doing what you want. When put that way these things really sound pejorative. However without further context it is hard to tell. Motivation for manipulation is critical to understanding the ethics of persuasion, just ask the mother of any two year old trying to get them to eat something "good for them".
It is all fine and good to say that a good leader "should already have people aligned with the necessary changes and have them ready to implement change." But how does the leader do that exactly? Well, one way is to create a sense of urgency. To say that if a leader is doing their job a sense of urgency already exists is just plain silly. That implies that a leader doing their job has created a sense of urgency. But that's exactly the advice Eric appears to argue against.
Further, Eric posits that organizational change should be about changing the game not playing it. But implementing change within an organization in a smooth and orderly fashion requires that you work within the existing structure to gain support for your change. This is particularly true if the change is to the game itself.
The "political acumen" and "art of persuasion" that disturb him are simply tools in the toolbox of a good leader. A good leader without political acumen will get eaten alive by some jackass that out flanks them in the executive ranks. A jobless leader is not particularly effective. A good leader without mastery of "the art of persuasion" is an oxymoron since a good leader persuades (not forces) people to follow them, even when the way forward is unclear or difficult.
I suspect that there was something else about this book that set off Eric's alarm bells. I've had this happen several times with books where the advice they were giving was clearly "good" yet I hated (and hate is not too strong for how I felt about some of them) something about it. The tone, the subtext, something set me off. I'll bet if Eric looks closer he'll discover the same thing.
Eric has many great posts about change management and leadership and I think he understands how technology fits into and can help drive the very changes he advocates (that's why I read his blog). But I think that like a lot of other people before him, he went off track on this one.
Hi Bruce - I posted this comment on my blog and wanted to cross-post to yours as well.
Good stuff and thanks for making me take a step back and think about what I said.
You make some excellent points here...and are 99% correct.
I think what bothered me about the book the most was the comment about 'creating a sense of urgency' and the description of how to 'create' that urgency. My thoughts, which I may not have described well in my original post, is that you shouldn't have to 'create' anything....the sense of urgency should already be a part of the culture of the organization. The term 'create' is what bothers me most as it conjures up an idea of 'making something out of nothing'.
How does this urgency come into existence? At some point it does have to brought to the forefront of the organizational mindset....perhaps that is what 'create a sense of urgency' really meant to the authors.
Your points on Political acumen and art of persuasion are spot on...I definitely downplayed these as a necessary skill set for leaders to have. These are skills that are necessary tools for any leader to have...especially to keep the jackass' at bay :) The bothersome aspect to these skills were how the book authors were telling readers to use these to 'play the game' rather than change the game.
The book was "Creating the Project Office: A Manager's Guide to Leading Organizational Change"...which turned out to have some really interesting topics in it. I still can't recommend it completely though because I felt that the authors were pointing people down some roads that just don't follow my own thought processes on leading organizational change.


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What was once the home of the 1946 Grand National Winner 'Lovely Cottage', the Stables, located on the outskirts of Winchester, has now been transformed into a wonderful 3 bedroom Home.
What was once the home of the 1946 Grand National Winner 'Lovely Cottage', the Stables, located on the outskirts of Winchester, has now been transformed into a wonderful three bedroom home.
This dilapidated stable block has been remodelled into a refreshingly minimalist house whilst retaining key pieces of its characteristic history, such as the re-conditioned stable partitions and the painstakingly restored drinking troughs, which have been brought back to life as wash basins, located in the en-suite bathrooms.
Scheme: Refurbishment
Commencement: June 2012.
Completion: March 2013.
Photographer: Martin Gardner, www.martingardner.com
2013 – Grand Designs Magazine
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Prominent Syria expert Joshua Landis from the University of Oklahoma and senior fellow Steven Cook from Foreign Affairs offer their latest political analyses on Syria and America's role in resolving the conflict. Syrian-American journalist Patricia Sabga, a special correspondent for PBS Newshour, moderates the discussion.
Joshua Landis is Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Professor at the University of Oklahoma's College of International Studies. He writes "Syria Comment," a daily newsletter on Syrian politics. He has lived over 14 years in the Middle East.
Patricia Sabga is an Economics & Global Affairs correspondent whose work has appeared on PBS NewsHour Weekend, Al Jazeera English, CNN, CNBC and NBC News.