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CBI special director Rakesh Asthana (left) and CBI director Alok Verma.
CBI infighting: Rakesh Asthana, Alok Verma sent on forced leave
4 min read . Updated: 25 Oct 2018, 02:56 AM IST Shaswati Das
CBI director Alok Verma has challenged his forced leave in Supreme Court, even as joint director M. Nageshwar Rao took over as interim head
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New Delhi: In a surprise midnight move, the government divested Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Alok Verma and his deputy Rakesh Asthana of their powers, just hours after Verma directed his No. 2 to go on leave. The government intervened after days of intense feuding that threatened to sully the image of India's premier investigative agency that is probing a series of high-profile corruption cases. Tuesday's moves by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) are indicative of a sudden scramble by the government to prevent a perceived failure of governance.
However, Verma challenged his forced leave order in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, which leaves it to the top court to decide on the validity of Verma's "punishment" given that he had not been terminated before the end of his protected tenure.
The row puts at risk CBI's investigation into why fraud-accused Vijay Mallya was allowed to leave the country and his extradition from the UK, the ₹ 14,356 crore PNB fraud case as well as the AgustaWestland chopper scam.
In its order dated 23 October, the appointments committee of the cabinet named M. Nageshwar Rao, joint director of CBI, as the interim head of the agency.
Outlining the dramatic sequence of events, three officials familiar with the development said that at 9.30pm on Tuesday, Verma signed orders to send Asthana on leave—just a day after he had approached the PMO seeking Asthana's suspension, the people said.
Within the next two hours, the PMO, at the behest of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), summoned top officials of the department of personnel and training (DoPT), to issue immediate orders to send Verma on leave.
By 1am on Wednesday morning, the officials had reached North Block to execute the orders, after which Rao took charge of CBI, along with the case loads of both Verma and Asthana.
The agency denied reports that the office floors of Verma and Asthana were raided and sealed to protect data and documents.
Alongside, three key officials who were investigating bribery charges against Asthana, after the agency registered a case on 15 October, were moved out of CBI.
Fresh orders were issued on Wednesday morning to transfer 13 officers including Ajay Bassi, the investigating officer in the Rakesh Asthana bribery case, who was transferred to Port Blair. S.S. Gurm, an additional superintendent of police, was transferred to Jabalpur and Manish Kumar Sinha, a deputy inspector general, was transferred to Nagpur.
With the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, governing CBI, the central government said that it had exercised its powers under Section 4(2) of the act to divest both Verma and Asthana of their powers.
At the same time, the Centre in a statement said that "the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has also observed that the Director CBI (Alok Verma) has been non-cooperative with the Commission, non-compliant with the requirements/ directions of the Commission and has created wilful obstructions in the functioning of the Commission which is a constitutional body."
However, even as Verma approached the Supreme Court on Wednesday to challenge his leave order, the Centre announced a special investigation team (SIT) probe under CVC against both Verma and Asthana.
"This is an unfortunate episode. The CVC's powers are prevalent in this matter with prevailing powers of superintendence it is concerned to prevention of corruption act cases, the power of investigation is with the CVC. On Tuesday, the CVC suggested that these accusations can't be examined by anyone under their supervision. So, to maintain the integrity of CBI, an SIT not functioning under either of these two officers will investigate the case," finance minister Arun Jaitley said in New Delhi on Wednesday.
This, the government reiterated, had been done "as an interim measure and will subsist till the CVC concludes its inquiry into all issues which have given rise to the present extra-ordinary and unprecedented situation."
Rao, a 1986 Odisha Cadre officer, was number three in the ranking order. As joint director, he was overseeing the Chandigarh branch, prior to which he was in charge of the Chennai zone.
A former CBI official said that although the director has a fixed tenure of two years, the government's decision to send him on leave is not illegal.
"This is not illegal since it does not curtail the director's term. Technically he has been sent on leave and not sacked. This was decided on by the chief vigilance commissioner and this is much needed because two officers can't go on like this," the former official said, on condition of anonymity.
CBI, on its part, continued to maintain that the agency was functioning normally, while a new team had been reconstituted to look into the bribery charges against Asthana.
"CBI is functioning normally. Within CBI, a particular case team has been reconstituted. The idea is to have the best officers conduct an enquiry expeditiously, fairly and impartially. The new director's stress is on working unitedly as a team and be fair to all aggrieved parties," said CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal.


Following a string of new tracks this week, Lil Wayne has at last delivered his Dedication 6: Reloaded mixtape in its entirety.
The 16-track release comes with several guest spots, including Drake, Nicki Minaj, Gudda Gudda, Cory Gunz and Juelz Santana. It also features a pile of freestyles over some already familiar tracks, including ASAP Ferg's "Plain Jane," Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna's "LOYALTY.," and Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé's "Feeling Myself."
As for that Drake contribution, it's designated as a bonus track and features Weezy and the 6 God rapping over the beat of JAY-Z's "Family Feud" — a redo the pair shared previously.
Down below, you can dive into all of Dedication 6: Reloaded, which follows the recent Dedication 6.


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Entrepreneurs are the new stars of the Indian business landscape. They have achieved cult status due to megabuck evaluations, innovative products, novel marketing techniques and the ability to take on International giants.
The industry views with awe, their boldness in breaking traditional barriers and creating a new demand for their products and services. But for every one entrepreneur who rose to the top of the heap, there are hundreds lying at the bottom that could not complete the climb.
The very decision for an individual to set upon the entrepreneurial path in itself is a bold step. Though successful entrepreneurs eventually end up making a lot of money but that is not the objective alone with which they chose this path.
Right from that leap of faith into the unknown, till a successfully running business, there are quite a few qualities at work in such entrepreneurs which make them leaders of the pack.
It's an idea that ignites an entrepreneur's passion. An idea may be a new technology, a new way of doing an old thing and a creative twist to revolutionise business models. When the idea is coupled with complete conviction, an overriding passion becomes the driving force. All successful entrepreneurs are defined by this lifelong passion for their idea or ideas which are so strong that they are able to convince their team, their investors and their customers to be a part of this passion. History is proof of how the passion of all great leaders was the biggest motivational force to mobilise support and unite the masses towards one objective.
A true leader can visualise how their ideas can be brought to fruition right until the end. They have thought out the whole process in detail, debated with themselves over the pros and cons and anticipated the problems that they might come across. Such entrepreneurs can visualise in advance the path they want to take, what form their company will take and how their future will unfold right from conception to realisation. Entrepreneurs like the late Steve Jobs had this ability. He was able to set the trends for the future. His technological innovations made the brand 'Apple,' capture the imagination of the world.
It is not that entrepreneurs set out to take risks but it is a part and parcel of their journey. It is an iron will that makes them persist in the face of opposition or failure. With an unwavering focus on the task at hand, a leader will accept the challenges and ultimately conquer it.
It always pays for a leader to have a very high emotional quotient. A leader should be able to engage and invest in a team which can be trusted to take forward the vision. Successful leaders are able to listen well, respect others opinions, and can convince people to their own point of view. To be able to do this they have to possess exceptional communication skills. Entrepreneurs also need mentoring skills to train up their support team, value them and inspire them. Plus they should be able to network well with other contemporaries to keep an ear to the ground for new developments, acquire resources, and find potential partnerships.
In the choppy waters of an entrepreneur's journey, the ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstances is a very important survival skill. In the superfast technology highway of today, if the entrepreneur is not innovating they can be easily left behind.
Though many entrepreneurs have inherent leadership qualities but to survive in a highly stressful, uncertain and competitive environment, they have to constantly hone their skills.


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It's time to start thinking about summer camp 2018!
1. You register ONLINE at the website stated on next page. A deposit will need to be paid at that time.
2. You register using a PAPER REGISTRATION FORM, which is found in the camp brochure or printed from the camp websites. Your deposit accompanies registration. You then mail registration form and payment directly to the Camp. See addresses following.
Deposit Amounts: Shetek—$75; Green Lake—$125.
** IMPORTANT: If you wish financial assistance from Christ Lutheran right away when registering, please call Rhoda—507 829 1426.


I often find I can understand things better myself when I explain what I'm attempting to do. Spock would probably say this illogical, I'd retort that not all of us have the benefit of being half Vulcan. Thank you.
Since attempting to boot my MacBook Pro with OpenSolaris and since writing about it here an hour ago I've learned more about the problem I was having with the partitioning stage.
I found this page and on their instruction I installed the Sun Device Detection Tool which checks the hardware of machines and determines whether or not OpenSolaris and Solaris have appropriate driver support. Aside from the gigabit Ethernet card, I was told my original generation MacBook Pro had full hardware support. Cool.
Returning to the aforementioned page I saw the screenshot shown above and recognised the errors instantly from when I tried to install OpenSolaris myself. Turns out OpenSolaris needs to be installed on the first partition to work; I was attempting to install it on the third partition after the EFI and Mac OS X Leopard ones respectively.
I could mess around for another few hours to try and figure out how to overcome this limitation (when I was an early teenager I was quite the dual-booting wizard) but I'm thinking I'll save myself the headache, backup my data and repartition this machine from scratch.
As I said in my previous post about this, this semester I'm working almost exclusively with Java and Oracle software and I'm SSH'ing into Solaris machines at the campus here already, and I'd like to be able to use a similar setup on my own machine too. Also I love trying new things :).


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Q: Flipping a descending value I want to reverse the result I have here:

I know I have to use a sub query but its not working as my SQL codes is this:
SELECT MONTH(CaseTime) as 'Month',
       COUNT(Case_ID) as 'Num'
FROM `Case`
GROUP BY MONTH(CaseTime)
ORDER BY CaseTime DESC LIMIT 6

MONTH(CaseTime) might be conflicting with the alias.
Current output is:

Month / Num
5 / 1
4 / 1
3 / 1
2 / 1
1 / 18
12 / 13

Expect output should be:

Month
12 / 13
1 / 18
2 / 1
3 / 1
4 / 1
5 / 1

A: This should work
SELECT MONTH(CaseTime) as 'Month',
       COUNT(Case_ID) as 'Num'
FROM `Case`
GROUP BY MONTH(CaseTime)
ORDER BY 1 DESC LIMIT 6

NOTE: you may need a where clause for the YEAR
SELECT MONTH(CaseTime) as 'Month',
       COUNT(Case_ID) as 'Num'
FROM `Case`
WHERE YEAR(CaseTime) = YEAR(CURDATE())
GROUP BY MONTH(CaseTime)
ORDER BY 1 DESC LIMIT 6

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Over 400 pupils from 4th and 5th year classes from Kildare experienced a behind-the-scenes tour at the Curragh last Friday.
They also met with Curragh racetrack foreman, Pat Webb who took them onto the track and explained how the team at the Curragh prepare for a raceday.
The children got demonstrations from the Irish School of Farriery and RACE (Racing Academy & Centre of Education), using the racehorse simulator, and were shown how to ride a racehorse.


Several years ago I was asked to tell a staff member at camp that much of the current staff wasn't super into her because of certain behaviors she was exhibiting.
It didn't go well. She got really defensive and started arguing with me. I didn't even know what she was arguing about! I was just relaying a message, handing out some constructive criticism. I didn't want her walking around with a bad rap–I liked her–so when I heard what was "going around" I agreed to bring it to her attention because I thought that's what she would have wanted.
That's what I would have wanted. But not everyone is like me.
OK. I get that, NOW.
The incident with the staff member taught me to become better about delivering criticism. I am more conscious about cushioning blows and I always try to put on "kid gloves." But if someone comes to me, they're coming to me—so as far as I'm concerned, all bets (and gloves) are off.
Obviously, I don't have all the answers, so I defer to someone else when I need to, but more often than not, if someone is coming to me, it's because they want to know what I think, and they are ready to hear it.
Or they think they are.
Another staff member from camp (a boy this time) used to come to me with concerns about his then-girlfriend. I told him exactly what I thought about his situation and how things were going to turn out if he didn't make some changes, but he wasn't hearing me and sure enough, that's exactly how things turned out.
I kept my mouth shut, but I decided I would no longer waste my time dispensing valuable info to someone who wasn't going to listen.
Negative feedback, unsolicited comments, criticism—they're all part of life. None of us are immune. The key is to forget the ego and accept the information as a suggestion, not a judgment.
The thing is…criticism can be exhausting. It's a lot of work to better yourself or something you're working on. The people who are all "You know what you should do…? or Why don't you do this…?" They are tough because they require us to have restraint. It's knee jerk and natural to get defensive when someone offers a different point of view, but some people are genuinely meaning to be helpful.
It's just not always easy to know which ones will lead to growth and which ones will lead to a broken spirit.
I got RIPPED once for how I am "as a parent" and it crushed me. I started second guessing everything and how my "questionable" parenting skills were going to possibly affect my kids. It was only after weeks of self-doubt that I finally took a look at my kids and how they were progressing. And then I asked myself if the person who shredded me was the right person to be listening to.
Do you respect the person? Is she credible?
Listening to someone who doesn't know what she is talking about is like getting directions from someone who hasn't been where you are going.
In other words, if criticism is coming from someone you respect and admire, it's definitely worth a listen. But if it's coming from someone who also doesn't know what the EFF they're doing, or someone who isn't doing anything so great themselves, don't make yourself crazy.
The people that want you to succeed, those are the people to listen to. They are the ones who want to see you do well. It's not always easy for people who care to tell you something you don't want to hear, but if they do, be gracious and thankful because it's coming from a place of love.
And when they give you information you're not entirely comfortable with, don't get defensive or agrumentative or preoccupied planning what you're going to say, just shut it and listen. Chances are, they have already been there so they know.
If we can learn to accept criticism with the same amount of grace we use to accept compliments, I can't imagine the growth that will come from it. Because criticism happens, so when it does try to remember to consider the source as much as the comments.
And also, don't shoot the messenger.
An excellent post! I have told people (friends, bosses and co-workers) that I welcome criticism and I offer this piece of information. I tell them that my knee-jerk reaction will often be defensive tears (a few minutes or less) but once that passes I will consider what is being told to me. As I have gotten older it has been easier to hear criticism and I am more willing to consider it and take action.
When someone asks for advice, I start with the following question: Are you asking me because you wish to consider what I tell you or do you just want reassurance and I should just agree with you? That tells me where that person's head is at. It tells me how I should respond because, in my experience in dealing with people, most people who ask for advice already know what they "should" do. They want someone to talk them out of it and convince them that what they are currently doing is just fine.
As far as employees go, criticism is different. You need to get someone to make a change or they may find themselves in bad circumstances such as the loss of a raise, destroyed relationships with co-workers or customers, demotion or termination. When I handle this I discuss the behavior and what effects the behavior creates. I ask the person if they are willing to change and then we discuss specific behaviors that need to be demonstrated. I also have the person tell me what they are willing to do, if anything to change.
This comment is so great for not only my girls, but also me! For you to take the time to give us these pointers, I'm grateful. I love the idea of finding out where the person's head is who is asking for advice and also finding out if they (or an employee) is willing to change. I'm going to come up against all of this with my girls and (I'm sure) employees at the boutique.
Thank you for these VERY well received tips! I can't wait to start using them. You have always been so good to us. Please know it doesn't go unappreciated.


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Pikker was an Estonian magazine of satire and humor published between 1943 and 2001, named for the Estonian lightning god Pikker.

During 1943–1944 Pikker existed as satire and humor supplement to the Soviet Estonian newspaper  Rahva Hääl and printed in Moscow and Leningrad. In 1945 its editorial office was moved to Tallinn, Estonian SSR. In 1973 Pikker published two articles which criticised the planned economy which were censored by the authorities soon after the publication. In 1987, on April Fools' Day the magazine issued a humor award, Meie Mats.

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2001 disestablishments in Estonia
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by Paul Lilly — Thursday, July 23, 2015, 11:50 AM EDT
Electronic Sports League Introduces Drug Testing Following Adderall Scandal
Unlike sports like baseball and football where the use of performance enhancing drugs has been a major issue at times, you would think that electronic sports would be immune from such issues. You'd also be wrong. To ensure a level playing field among participants, the Electronic Sports League (ESL) -- one of the biggest eSports organizations around -- is going to implement and enforce drug policies.
What prompted the move is a recent admission by Cory "Semphis" Friesen, a professional Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer, that he and other players on his team, Cloud9, took Adderall to gain a competitive advantage during a $250,000 tournament in Poland. Adderall is a drug that's intended to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), though it's become a popular street drug, especially on college campuses.
Why Adderall? In college settings, sleep-deprived students abuse the drug because they feel it can help them stay focused on studying for an upcoming exam. According to a National Survey on Drug Use and Health report (PDF) released in 2009, full-time college students between 18-22 years old were twice as likely to use Adderall non-medically compared to their counterparts who were not not full-time students.
Just as some students feel that Adderall can help them concentrate on their studies, there's a concern that professional video gamers can and have abused the prescription drug to stay alert during gaming tournaments.
Despite his admission, Friesen gets a pass for using the drug.
"We have no way of knowing whether Semphis, despite what he said, has actually taken Adderall or not," Anna Rozwandowicz, Head of Communications at ESL, told Motherboard. "We can't punish someone if we are not 100 percent sure he is guilty. And as we have no way to test it anymore (we're four months after the event), we won't take action in this specific case."
Instead, ESL will do the next best thing, which is to implement an anti-doping policy. However, ESL isn't the only professional gaming league, and it will be interesting to see if other organizations like the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) take a similar stance.
Tags: games, esports, cory friesen, counter strike

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Submitted by: JOHN STAIBER
The West Catholic Boys Class of 1958 gathered at the Airport Ramada Hotel on May 10, 2012 for a luncheon to celebrate the 54th anniversary of their graduation. The social/cocktail hour began just before noon and it was immediately apparent that this would be an especially spirited crowd. Turnout increased substantially this year over last, there were 58 total attendees; 55 classmates and 3 guests, Joe Aliano '60, Joe Kady '59 and Bro. Gregory.
George Light was the Master of Ceremonies and began by acknowledging five first time luncheon attendees, Al Gresh, Bob Houlihan, Andy Thompson, Joe Inemer and Bernie Lawless, and a special mention to Al Gresh who flew here from Florida this morning and is to return tonight. George took a few moments to address the recent events which were so much in the news lately. He referred to this as "The Miracle on 45th Street" - how the school was saved from extinction, at the 11th hour. It is a compelling and exciting story but George stressed that it is a "work-in-process" and requires continuous effort.
George introduced the honored guest Brother Gregory Cavalier. Brother Gregory spoke of his memories of people like "Moon" Mullen and Father James King who we all knew as "Brother Azzie" and as he spoke he told about his love for the West Catholic spirit. He told how he still gets choked up just talking about West and this from a "kid who grew up in Pittsburgh". Brother Gregory who is one of the most admired teachers any student could hope to have. Officially, Brother Gregory taught Latin, French and Religion, but way beyond his classroom work he taught self-confidence, the values of compassion, quiet dignity and personal honor to all of the fortunate boys who landed in his classrooms.
The luncheon was a truly enjoyable occasion and it concluded with the singing of the school song and the reminder of the upcoming 55th Reunion Dinner Dance planned for May 2013.


Create a feminine flair in Elizabeth K GL1337D. This jersey long gown features V-neckline with racer back provides a sporty yet exciting appeal. Intricate patterns of stones and beads embellished the entire form-hugging bodice.


The company that employs knowledgeable staff and reliable management functions will offer quality services that will help you achieve your agenda. The reputation of an office supplies company is critical and you need to look for sign that tell you if they will provide the services you need. Office supplies company that has been around is like to maintain consistency since they have a reputation to guard. Since you will be placing bulk orders, check whether the company will offer attractive discounts.


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Q: How to avoid overwriting a List Item when using the same name? In my project the user can add and edit List Items. The Problem is, that if the user add a List item with an already existing List name, the old one gets overwritten, with the error 'Multiple widgets used the same GlobalKey'. How can I avoid that, so that the user can add multiple items with the same name?
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class PlanOverview extends StatefulWidget {
  const PlanOverview({Key key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  _PlanOverviewState createState() => _PlanOverviewState();
}

class _PlanOverviewState extends State<PlanOverview> {
  List<String> plans = ['Plan A', 'Plan B'];

  void addPlan(String newPlan) {
    setState(() {
      plans.add(newPlan);
    });
    Navigator.of(context).pop();
  }

  void newEntry() {
    showDialog(
        context: context,
        builder: (BuildContext context) {
          return AlertDialog(
            content: TextField(
              onSubmitted: addPlan,
              decoration: InputDecoration(
                  border: OutlineInputBorder(
                      borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(10)),
                  icon: Icon(Icons.text_snippet_outlined),
                  labelText: 'Name des Plans'),
            ),
          );
        });
  }

  void edit(int i) => showDialog(
      context: context,
      builder: (context) {
        final plan = plans[i];

        return AlertDialog(
            content: TextFormField(
                decoration: InputDecoration(
                    border: OutlineInputBorder(
                        borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(10)),
                    icon: Icon(Icons.text_snippet_outlined)),
                initialValue: plan,
                onFieldSubmitted: (_) => Navigator.of(context).pop(),
                onChanged: (name) => setState(
                      () {
                        plans[i] = name;
                      },
                    )));
      });

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text('Trainingspläne'),
        shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
          borderRadius:
          BorderRadius.only(bottomLeft: Radius.circular(10.0), bottomRight: Radius.circular(10.0)),
        ),
        actions: [
          IconButton(
            onPressed: newEntry,
            icon: Icon(Icons.add),
          ),
        ],
      ),
      body: ReorderableListView.builder(
          itemCount: plans.length,
          onReorder: (oldi, newi) => setState(() {
                final i = newi > oldi ? newi - 1 : newi;
                final plan = plans.removeAt(oldi);
                plans.insert(i, plan);
              }),
          itemBuilder: (context, i) {
            final plan = plans[i];

            return ListTile(
              tileColor: Color.fromARGB(255, 34, 34, 34),
              key: ValueKey(plan),
              contentPadding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 20, vertical: 5),
              title: Text(plans[i]),
              onTap: () {
                Navigator.push<Widget>(
                    context,
                    MaterialPageRoute(
                        builder: (context) =>
                            ExerciseTable(key: GlobalKey(), title: plans[i])));
              },
              trailing: IconButton(
                  icon: Icon(Icons.edit),
                  onPressed: () {
                    edit(i);
                  }),
            );
          }),
    );
  }
}

A: When the user creates an element and adds it to the list, you can check the list for an element with the same name and if it exists, add its index to its name this way there cant be two elements with the same name.
You dont need to show the index part of the name to the user if you dont want to, its just for control purposes.
If you have a search bar where the user types the name of the element he wants to access you can use auto complete to show the elements tht contains what the user is typing.


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An NBCC Nod for Sullivan
John Jeremiah Sullivan's Pulphead in on the shortlist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction
By Margaret Renkl | January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 At a gala Saturday night, the National Book Critics Circle announced the names of finalists for the 2011 NBCC Awards. Representing Tennessee n the shortlist is John Jeremiah Sullivan, whose collection of essays, Pulphead , was published in November and continues to be reviewed in rhapsodic terms. Read the full list of finalists here. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 8 at 6 p.m. at the New School in New York.
For more updates on Tennessee authors, please visit Chapter 16 's News & Notes page, here. To read Chapter 16 's review of Pulphead click here, and click here to read a summary of accolades the book has earned from reviewers so far.
Finding a Place in the Light
Europe's Bloody Borderlands
Also by Margaret Renkl
A writer measures her life by October weekends at the Southern Festival of Books
Rachel Held Evans, author of four books on progressive Christianity, has died at 37
Mary Gauthier talks with Chapter 16 about becoming your own witness
Editor Adam Ross talks with Chapter 16 about the 500th issue of The Sewanee Review
Billy Collins, former poet laureate, talks with Chapter 16 about why we're all born for poetry—and how school kills it for kids
See More from Margaret Renkl


Platelet-rich plasma injection, or PRP, is a procedure in which the doctor injects patients with their own blood that has been treated to concentrate platelets in the plasma. PRP is used to support tissue regeneration, including hair growth, and works in conjunction with hair transplants and other procedures.
PRP: Why Choose Johns Hopkins Facial Plastic Surgery?
In addition to decades of expertise and renowned skill, our team ensures clear communication, warmth and compassion throughout each step of your procedure.
All treatments are safe and effective, as supported by scientific studies.
To ensure your safety and optimal results, be sure to follow the doctor's instructions if you are taking aspirin, antibiotics or other medications.
If you are getting PRP for hair loss, wash your hair on the day of treatment, but do not use any products on the hair. Bring a clean hat to your appointment to wear after the procedure to protect the area.
Because PRP therapy involves drawing blood, it is important to eat a meal before the procedure to avoid lightheadedness.
First, the doctor draws blood from your arm, and then separates the PRP from the rest of the blood's components.
After injecting lidocaine to numb the treatment area, she carefully injects the PRP into multiple places under your skin. The platelets break down and release their growth factors, which trigger the natural processes of cell proliferation and tissue renewal.
The procedure takes about 30 minutes, and most people can resume their normal activities immediately afterward.
Avoid washing the treatment area for 48 hours. After that, you can use your regular hair products and continue any topical medications.
The treatment area may be sore for two or three days, and you may notice some bruising. Acetaminophen can help ease discomfort. In case of severe pain, notify the doctor's office right away.
You can use hair dye or coloring treatments one week after PRP treatment for hair loss.
You will notice the effect of treatment after at least six months. Repeat treatments may be necessary to maintain the improvement.
Lisa Ishii, M.D., is board certified in both otolaryngology–head and neck surgery and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, which gives her a unique and comprehensive level of expertise.


Maverick's breaching torch isn't meant to create entire doors or windows like Hibana and Thermite. Instead, use the blowtorch to secretly cut a hole in a barricade, normal wall, or reinforced surface. Use the hole to send in a drone, a grenade, silently eliminate any Operators, or even plant a bomb!
Maverick's unique ability is his Breaching Torch. This is a simple blowtorch that can melt any destructible surface while barely making a sound. Nothing will catch fire in the game, not even the wooden barricades; instead, they will all break down after a few seconds of being torched.
The Breaching Torch comes equipped with five gas canisters. Each gas canister will fuel the torch for a max of four seconds. The torch is also great when used against Maestro's Evil Eye.


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A film still from the Netflix movie "Farha," directed by Darin J. Sallam. Still: TaleBox/NetflixA film still from the Netflix movie "Farha," directed by Darin J. Sallam. Still: TaleBox/Netflix
Netflix's "Farha" and the Palestinian Right to Process Pain Through Art
Israeli officials railed against the depiction of the 1948 Nakba, or ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Their campaigns failed.
Murtaza Hussain
December 3 2022, 11:00 a.m.
The Jordanian film "Farha," released this week on Netflix, tells the story of an individual tragedy that took place during the 1948 war to create the state of Israel — where Palestinians, who remember the event as the Nakba, or catastrophe, were expelled from their homes by the hundreds of thousands.
A 14-year-old Palestinian girl, nursing dreams of breaking out of the traditional gender expectations of her village to attend school at a nearby city, is forced into hiding by her father after their quiet settlement is attacked by soldiers of the newly created Israeli Defense Forces. Hiding inside a locked pantry while waiting for her father to return, she watches through a small opening in the wall as Israeli soldiers execute a Palestinian family — including two young children and a baby.
Filmmaker Darin Sallam's debut, "Farha" is also the Jordanian entry for the 2023 Academy Awards. Sallam has said that the movie is based on the true story of a friend of her mother, who, living years later as a refugee in Syria, recalled her experience as a young girl during the Nakba. Sallam describes the film as a means of helping process a painful memory of that time.
"I'm not afraid to tell the truth. We need to do this because films live and we die," Sallam said in an interview last winter following the film's premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival. "This is why I decided to make this film. Not because I'm political, but because I'm loyal to the story that I heard."
Cancel Campaigns
Predictably, the film — and the attention that it is now getting on a major platform like Netflix — has angered Israeli officials, who have denounced "Farha" and even threatened consequences for its airing.
"It's crazy that Netflix decided to stream a movie whose whole purpose is to create a false pretense and incite against Israeli soldiers," outgoing Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman said in a recent statement. Lieberman also took steps to revoke state funding to a theatre in the Tel Aviv suburb of Jaffa that screened the film, with the "goal of preventing the screening of this shocking film or other similar ones in the future."
Various other Israeli officials have denounced the production of "Farha" in public statements. In response to its screening on Netflix, there has been coordinated downvoting of its ratings online, as well as a social media campaign calling on people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions.
Many people do not want "Farha" to be seen under any circumstance. Yet this attempt to shut down screenings of the film seems to reflect an unfair denial of yet another basic human right to Palestinians: the ability to process their trauma through art. Rather than gratuitously attack Israelis, the creator of "Farha" has said that this personal impulse was at the core of why the film was created.
"The story traveled over the years to reach me. It stayed with me. When I was a child, I had this fear of closed, dark places, and I kept thinking of this girl and what happened to her," Sallam said following the film's release. "So when I grew up and became a filmmaker, I decided that this would be my debut feature."
The desire to use art as a means of dealing with pain — including historical traumas passed down through generations — should be familiar to Israelis, many of whom are descendants of genocide survivors from Europe, about which there is a voluminous history of cultural production continuing into the present day.
Despite the documented fact of the Palestinian refugee exodus, the individual accounts of those who suffered these events have often been suppressed, only recently receiving halting recognition from the broader public, decades after the fact. The Palestinian film industry, which has achieved popular success in recent years, has emerged as a vital tool for capturing the historical memory not just of the Nakba, but of the continued traumas suffered by millions of Palestinians living as occupied subjects of the Israeli military.
Acknowledging the Other Side
The pivotal scene in "Farha" showing the murder of a Palestinian family depicts the wartime Israeli military in a poor light. Yet far from being unthinkable, such incidents have been documented by Israeli historians as common during the Nakba.
"The Jewish soldiers who took part in the massacre also reported horrific scenes: babies whose skulls were cracked open, women raped or burned alive in houses, and men stabbed to death," the historian Ilan Pappe wrote in his book, "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine," describing accounts of a massacre that took place in the Palestinian village of Dawaymeh.
Despite attempts to shut down its production, there is a strong case to make that "Farha" should be seen.
The massacre in Dawaymeh was just one of countless incidents of ethnic cleansing during this period, many of which have survived in the memory of Palestinians but are only now being recognized by others.
That the people who suffered through the Nakba and their children have a right to memorialize their experience through art should not be denied, even if, as is likely, the stories they tell make some people uncomfortable in the present day.
"Farha" is now available to millions of people to watch on Netflix. Despite attempts to shut down its production, there is a strong case to make that it should be seen — though not to deepen hatred over terrible events that cannot be reversed. Rather, the film should stand as an acknowledgement of the other side of a historic story about the creation of the state of Israel that has too long been ignored or denied: the story of its victims.
Murtaza Hussain[email protected]theintercept.com@mazmhussain


Apex Legends update version 1.06 is out now for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Here are the patch notes for this update.
Respawn Entertainment has released a brand new update for Apex Legends today that patches the game to version 1.06 on the PS4. It is officially labeled as update 1.1 by the developers. There are some minor additions and the patch notes itself are small. Most of the changes are bug fixes or quality of life tweaks.
Apex Legends update version 1.06 patch notes can be seen in full below. They cover the game on all platforms.
We are aware of the reports of accounts being reset after the update and looking into it now.
Apex Legends is out now on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC.


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MADNESS - July & August 2018 Sybrand Veeger
To Madness
Written by Sybrand Veeger
To Madness:
Just A Mad Ode:
A Merely Mad Mode?
Schizó, Psycho, Bi- : Political?
Yet, honest(l)y: is that its fundamental Property?
That one Uncle, occasionally Lyrical:
Flirts with Existence – never with Conformity.
Vibrant, just Because.
Its Intensity takes no Pause.
Recalcitrance or Equanimity,
Are those its hidden Cause?
The Madman within Me:
Compelling yet Cynical,
"Get Rid of it!" – They tell Mé,
– Never! It is to the Substance and I:
Umbilical!
A Reversal of the Logos,
Is that the Voice of God?
Profound and Superficial!
It's a Ma(er)(s)k! It's Official.
"Madness": what's that, anyways?
"Normality", that's Mad, – Always.
Suicidal – due to our Wa(y)ze.
Social-madness plagues the Highways.
Existence-and-existence,
Repeated with no Distance,
Schizó with no Resistance?
Society is his Resistance!
Then, does Madness not exist?
Is it like some sort of Mist?
Maybe Existence with a Twist?
Or a Twister: never, -Fixt!
Upon Reflection, I, Deduce,
Surely Mads-ness is my Muse,
Call me "Crazy" or "Obtuse",
"Insanity": Concept-misuse.
Anxiety and Depression:
Just any Youth's Expression,
I fly Economy on Melancholy,
I fly First on a lick of Molly!
Flying, indeed Crucio,
Physically and spiritually,
Flying TitanicAir: a Nutshell,
Takes ticks of Self and Cruelty!
You think Hegel lived no Pain?
Or that Spinoza was a plain?
Great Spirits lovelive in Greatlie,
Please be Mad! Not only faintly.
Brandy Veeger,
FULLY Hope,
Infinity.
To Punctuation and Capitalization (another day at the Word:Lab):
"…c;O,m"- m!A.?.
ode to the Ode: anatomy of the Ode: meta-Ode
Keats: that great Preacher of the Ode.
Keats! that great Creature of the Ode.
Borges: why don't you ode?
Nietzsche: that mad(denning) Death: also an Ode?
It describes and creates.
Is it bounded to a nutshell?
It is yet King of All Space!
Discovered: an Obsession!
Maddening and heavenly,
With great Intentionality:
The depths of my Affection.
Obsessed: a Discovery!
A strange Columbian Enterprise,
Philosophy in disguise?! Or Reason in the Skies?!
Nietzsche screams "Genealogy"!
Heidegger: Poiesis,
Look there! You see Homer?
He oded through Ulysses!
Maybe the Origin of Spirit,
With great Certainty its Future,
Timeless and ethereal,
(Modernity: its Butcher?)
The Soul in vocal Form,
The Form and Soul and Wrath,
…Before Plato was born,
The Song was dressed in Math!
The Rhythm and the Beat,
The tempo of my feet:
The Temple of Delight…
Silence…what a Fright!
An Ode throughout the World,
The World through in the Ode,
The Metronome of Joy:
Orchestrating. Whole.
Spinoza: Odal Geometry!
The recipe for Harmony:
A base of God or Nature,
Bring mind, bring soul to Structure.
A cup of strength and rigor.
Voila! Now Man is bigger!
Borges: He did ode.
The Maze indeed abode.
Reflections to Infinity,
In story and in poetry,
His essayistic whisper,
Containing all Eternity.
The Mirror and the Mirror,
Repeating my existence:
The echoes of my soul!
The great eternal Ode!
That is God! Ich bin Whole.
Dr. Brandy Reyes,
FU11Y Hope-,
MADNESS - July & August 2018 Phillip Morris
The Thing About Thanos
Written by Phillip Morris, Editor-in-Chief
The last three Marvel movies were my favorites and some of the best examples of the superhero genre. The last two, Black Panther and the Avengers: Infinity Wars, really took things to a new level beating out Spawn for its special place in my heart. The stories were compelling, the action engaging, but more than anything, these are my favorites because they allow for some real critical thought. I'm hard-pressed to think of another superhero film, or any film in the broad spectrum of blockbusters, where it was possible for audience members to come away with diverging experiences. Usually, we're all strapped in for the same emotional rollercoaster laughing, gasping, and crying on cue, but with these films, it's possible to feel something rare: sympathy for the villain.
With Thanos and Warmonger, Marvel delivered two of the best antagonists of the current wave of superhero films. They were driven by personal, righteous causes that the audience was meant to sympathize with. They weren't out to cause chaos and destruction purely for their own sake. They craved power for the good they could do with; Thanos to avert an impending disaster life creates for itself by imbalanced consumption, and Warmonger to stop the injustices faced by the African diaspora. However, rather than bringing balance and equality to the people of the world, Warmonger wanted to just flip the script and put his people in control, so between the two of them Thanos' cause is more sympathetic, so he'll be the focus of this piece.
It has now been over two months since Avengers came out, and four for Black Panther, so if you don't know what happens in the movies, that's on you. By the rules of all polite societies, it's been long enough that spoilers can be freely talked about. Hell, it's even been enough time for the subreddit r/thanosdidnothingwrong to gain almost 100K followers. Still, here's your chance to turn back.
Screen capture from Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018) available at Marvel Studio News.
For the first time in a while the main villain of in a superhero movie unquestionable won (Surthur got to bring about Ragnarok but he wasn't the main villain; in another universe, Ozymandias reached his goal of world peace, but it isn't expected to last). Throughout the film, Thanos makes his final push to gather the Infinity Stones. Just before the end, he gets his gauntlet on all six and finally makes his dream come true, killing half of all sentient life in the galaxy. Everyone not protected by theirs magically profitable status as an original Avenger was given a 50/50 chance of blowing away like dust on the wind. As any fan of comics will tell you, death is only a temporary set back for most heroes so I'm still looking forward to Black Panther and Spider-man sequels. I'm also expecting Marvel to keep to the high bar they've set for themselves with future villains. In Thanos, I see a villain I can almost agree with.
Let me just say I don't think his plan is in anyway a solution to the problems we face in the real world that have broadly been blamed on "overpopulation" or capitalism since those would largely be alleviated by reigning in greed, and properly managing resource distribution. But Thanos doesn't exist in the real world and in his world, his solution works, despite being the bad guy. Superheroes tend to focus on solving the problem immediately at hand, which tends to be saving the lives of those in danger right now. Thanos is thinking on a larger time-scale, and not without reason.
He didn't start out wanting to kill half of everyone. When he saw the path his planet was heading towards to tried to warn those in charge. He had to then watch his planet die when they didn't listen to his advice. That's what put him on the path of taking matters into his own hands, and successfully so. He mentions how Gamora's planet was once in so much poverty that much of its population was left to starve to death, but following his culling, it is now flourishing. I don't think there's any suggestion he's lying when he tells Gamora this. I feel the film's presentation of Thanos' motivation, as just preventing population growth from exceeding a level sustainable level, as a simplification driven by the fact that Hollywood isn't really one to blatantly critique the systemic flaws in our society and generally thinks the mass audience is dumber than it is.
If you accept the commonly used definition of crazy as doing the same thing over and over again expecting to get different results, then superheroes are crazier than the villains they fight, and ultimately cause more suffering. Most heroes don't kill if they can avoid it (Thanos wouldn't have won had the Avengers just killed one android). Instead of death, villains can expect to be placed in some form of containment be it in prison, an asylum, or another dimension. Much like how death cannot keep a profitable hero down, neither can any villain be permanently contained. They inevitably escape to wreak havoc yet again. Thanos, on the other hand, offered a permanent fix, then promptly retired.
The thing about Thanos is he's a bad guy for the right reasons. Killing half the population of the universe is, of course, traumatic, but trauma induces change. If life across the universe consistently develops in a way that eventually kills itself, then change is necessary. Doctor Stranger saw 14 million futures and still decided it was worth it to give Thanos the Time Stone knowing exactly what it would mean. It could be that ultimately Thanos was right, or more likely that Captain Marvel will be able to undo everything, but the fact that it's possible to at least for a moment consider that maybe the bad guy has a point is a nice change of pace.
Jurek Wotzel MADNESS - July & August 2018
Politicizing Mental Illness in the Age of Absurdity
Written by Jurek Wötzel, Head Writer
The madman is a curious category. It works as the opposite of the ideal functioning person: everything that the functioning person is and does, the madman is not and does not. It is a concept that is essentially defined through what it is not, rather than what it is.
While medical literature did exist in premodern times, the scientific interest in mental illness explosively grew from the 1960s onwards. Modern forms of mental illness have been clustered under various terms nowadays. Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorder, anxiety, psychosis, bipolarity, the list goes on. Categorization still largely relies on the statistical testing of patterns of lived experience. Both, reports of the inner feelings of patients and external observations of doctors, family members, and friends remain to be the main source for classification and diagnosis. While there have been some advances in uncovering physiological mechanisms lying at the heart of these mental illnesses there's no consensus. There are researchers that believe serotonin imbalance causes depression, researchers who believe it is actually dopamine imbalance, and those who find the real reasons in genetics. Recently, a study found that our chances of becoming depressed in our lifetime is one in four – and if one of our parents had depression, it's three in four.
The difficulties that we have with finding medical causes of mental illness may be overcome with time, but the dangers that come treating it a scientific problem will stay. One such issue sparked by the insufficient exploration of mental illness by medical researchers is that treatment often does not match the condition. Many times, chemical antidepressants prescribed by doctors bring little actual improvement and fight symptoms rather than causes. A meta-study by the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre showed that across the field, antidepressants relieve the symptoms by 50% after two months, but those who have experienced incidences of depression know it comes at a cost. Yes, you sleep better, and your mood is improved, but then you also get the side effects.
Photo by Stefano Pollio
Another trending illness is ADHD. The UK National Health Service says symptoms of ADHD are essentially of two types: inattentiveness and hyperactivity/impulsiveness. A closer descriptions of symptoms lists 'excessive talking', 'acting without thinking' or 'interrupting conversation' as problematic behaviors.
Indeed, these problematic behaviors can cause distress for the patient. Repulsive reactions of peers in school or nursery, as well as problems in managing everyday life as an adult, are common issues related to ADHD. However, framing these behaviors as a disorder ignores the fact that the social organization necessarily produces misfits. Those who struggle to function within the established society are given a medical diagnosis and a medical treatment with the aim to make their personalities fit in. For ADHD, the medications often given, Adderall or Ritalin, are strong stimulants that can have long-term side effects such as heart-rhythm disorders, psychosis, and addiction. Headaches, dizziness, and anxiety belong to the more harmless side effects the patient may experience daily.
The most dubious of all classes of mental disorder are those of the personality disorders. Among them are for example the 'antisocial personality disorder' and the 'obsessive-compulsive personality disorder'. The NHS says that expressions of anti-social personality disorder are "manipulative, deceitful and reckless, and won't care for other people's feelings". They often have histories of repeatedly breaking the law. Obsessive-compulsive behavior means that a certain thought causes stress and anxiety, which is then relieved by repetitive actions that temporarily relieve this. While the antisocial personality disorder does not come with pharmaceutical treatment, OCD is treated with an antidepressant, an SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) which can cause insomnia, reduced sexual desire and has been found to double the risk of suicidal thoughts.
All these examples inherently have political relevance. We should ask ourselves to what extent mental illnesses are serious medical conditions of the individual or simply deviations from the norm – which could be totally fine to live with. Only our definition of what is normal produces the unnormal, which we for some reason cannot integrate in the workings of society. It is wrong to give strong drugs to children with the aim of making them behave like all the others, especially since many of the symptoms are based on social interaction in the first place. Even in cases when there's no medical treatment as with the antisocial personality disorder, personality differences or non-conformism should not be treated as a medical condition, but accepted as a social phenomenon.
It is wrong to pretend as though the upsurge in depression is merely a result of increasing diagnosis rather than systematic causes that lie at the heart of the social order. In the past decade, depression has increased significantly among U.S. teens and it is estimated to become the world's leading cause of illness by 2030. High-speed capitalism, the progressive up-breaking of stable social ties due to increasing job flexibility, and the constant fear of economic and social decline are just some of the societal developments linked to depressive disorders.
In general, I think there is a lot to be learned from investigating what is called mental illness. Often it can actually give us a hint at societal issues we would not have seen as issues otherwise. This can work in two ways. First, through addressing the question of whether something is an individual mental illness, or actually the symptom of a greater problem; and second, by questioning the extent to which the normalization of the individual is desirable. Repoliticizing mental illness instead of accepting it as a medical condition is crucial and it can be done by saving the debate from revolving around pure pharmaceutical expertise.
MADNESS - July & August 2018 Sarah Osei-Bonsu
Crude: The Black Curse of the Niger Delta
Written by Sarah Osei-Bonsu
You know what's crazy? Dying from poverty while surrounded by wealth. The Niger Delta is known for its wealth; it is literally coated in it. The Delta is Nigeria and Africa's biggest oil producing region, generating Nigeria an approximated $10 billion per year. The ludicrousness is that this wealth pools at the feet of the poorest, taints their skin, and poisons their food. The wealth that is at the fingertips of those who need it the most is killing them instead. The coveted wetland has been tormented by the treasure it sits on for over 40 years.
Major oil corporations such as Shell, Agip, and ExxonMobil have stakes in the Niger Delta with catastrophic impacts. Protected by the government, these corporations act as invincible invaders exploiting and destabilizing the region and very rarely facing accountability. This makes the Niger Delta a paradigmatic case of environmental racism. The environmental and human rights violations are often left unresolved because the outcries of the local black populations hold less value than the black gold provoking the outcries. In trying to take power back, the inhabitants of the Delta have resorted to large-scale illegal harvesting, refining, and selling of the same oil that foreign corporations let leak into their communities, turning the government against its own people. This has turned the Niger Delta into a dark backdrop for a mad battle royale of local militias, large corporations, military raids, and embittered locals.
Once boasting a rich vegetation, the Niger Delta now looks like a post-apocalyptic Mad Max-esque landscape. Petroleum coats virtually everything; the soil, trees, even water are all highly flammable. The traditional livelihoods of the local communities such as fishing and farming have almost entirely been destroyed. Scarred and abused, the environment has turned against the people. Regrettably, the ones responsible are not there to face the consequences. This is a common phenomenon; environmental devastation is often visited on impoverished rural communities – in the African context, by foreign corporations. Environmental impact is usually not objective, the populations affected are not only impoverished, but there are often racial factors at play as well. These racialized approximations of value create environmental segregation with disastrous consequences for communities.
The Niger Delta has a tragic history with the oil industry, which includes decades of regular oil spills and oil-well fires. Oil contamination has severely damaged the environment; the high rainfall rate and riverland location mean that spilled oil is continually being washed outward and spread. In this way farmland, rivers, and potable water are corrupted. The oil has penetrated the earth so deeply that agriculture has almost reached a standstill. Ecologists argue that damage can persist in the soil and plants forty years after an oil spill has occurred and been cleaned up. At this rate, the Delta doesn't stand a chance at recovery. Petroleum so corrupts the groundwater reserves supplying the local communities, that one UN report observed a layer of refined oil as thick as 8 centimeters in a community well. Many oil spills occur from the facilities of these multi-billion dollar corporations, often without appropriate action being taken. For instance, in 2008 and 2009 Shell was responsible for a series of oil spills in the fishing town of Bodo, but Shell did not take action for weeks, and finally only offered the affected community a paltry compensation of $4000. The Niger Delta is a world where even culpability has become a commodity.
Photo by Dewang Gupta
The rapid increase in artisanal refining, where crude oil is refined illegally in makeshift facilities, is creating even more pockets of devastation. Impact areas are on the rise, but the level of damage cannot even be assessed because these enterprises are clandestine. The Nigerian government has taken steps to destroy this black market, going as far as out-right warfare. In the ongoing Niger Delta crisis, the Nigerian army has launched several offenses against rebel groups which have lead to many casualties, including alleged civilian deaths. The military has also made the local population its target, with regular spontaneous raids on villages, where they confiscate and dump any petroleum found. These are communities that have lost almost all other revenue due to petroleum pollution, resorting to trading in what is left: oil. These wanton raids by the Nigerian military are making an already vulnerable environment even more critical; a layer of petroleum left in the African sun is highly flammable and sometimes fires rage uninterrupted for weeks in the Delta.
While the people of the Niger Delta deal with these environmental and armed threats, oil multinationals and the Nigerian government continue to make billions from the region. The stark disparity between the living standards at the frontlines of oil production and the revenue of the industry abroad is a case of environmental discrimination. This chasm is indicative of a divide which neglects one group of people while enriching the other. The black sediment beneath the earth is more important than black lives. The Niger Delta in terms of resources is one of the wealthiest regions in Africa, and yet its inhabitants live in the most deplorable situations, tormented by the misfortune of having been born on rich soil. The bloody origins of oil are rarely questioned as it fuels global economies. The Niger Delta is literally being kept in the dark. When the temporary spotlight is shone on the Delta, it has been fleeting and ineffective.
In an attempt to bring some sanity to this chaos, the Nigerian government launched the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme (NDAP) in 2009. This programme was at its core built on the human capital theory. This theory views an educated population as the most productive investment for society or for a state. And as such the NDAP sought to quell the mounting violence in the Delta by engaging with militants offering them an alternative path. State aid was awarded to militants, and amnesty granted if they dropped their weapons and agreed to enter vocational training that could re-integrate them into society. The premise was simple: forgive the boys, rehabilitate them, save the Niger Delta. Easy.
And yet the programme derailed. It became a channel for corruption. Many allegations have been made that Nigerian politicians were making money bringing in multitudes of people for 'rehabilitation' who were not even militants. This meant that a lot of the people who needed this opportunity were neglected.
What should have been a simple solution for these helpless people, ended up being another mockery with which the elite filled their pockets. Militant activity in the Niger Delta only returned with fuller force after the NDAP debacle. More militant groups arose in the Niger Delta with a vengeance. For instance the suitably named Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), whose contribution to the crime and violence cut Nigerian oil production in 2017 to its lowest level in over 20 years. With this, the illegal oil market has again become central to the livelihoods of the Niger Delta's rural communities. If the NDAP had really lived up to its promise, the people of these communities would not have needed to return to this black market, because there should have been sufficient infrastructures in place to offer them a better way of life. It remains that oil is their only means of survival. Again, facing military raids has become routine.
The retaliation which inspires the Niger Delta Avengers is understandable. The Avengers claim to be more than just a rebel group, and have actual political aspirations. For them, vandalizing pipelines and terrorizing foreign corporations means bleeding out the oil industry in the region. It's the logic of reprisal: I supply you, you get rich, and yet you keep me in poverty? No, there has to be a reckoning. But what follows in effect is retaliation from the government for being retaliated upon. What is often forgotten in this vindictive cycle is that the environment feels every blow from all sides.
As long as there is oil in the Niger Delta, the global economy will continue to get a hold of as much of it as possible, irrespective of the struggles on the ground. And the actors at the heart of the conflict will continue to play their parts too, because of a dismal thing called greed. How far are we willing to let the environment and human state deteriorate for material gain? The Niger Delta almost resembles a fantasy world and in this twisted drama the cast is driven to madness: all parties distrust each other, fear the combustible land and are driven to desperate points of survival. The fruits of madness are used to fuel a dysfunctional multi-billion dollar industry that the people of the Niger Delta do not benefit from. In this drama ,a kingdom crippled by greed is about to go up in flames.
Christian Hazes MADNESS - July & August 2018
Learning Insanity
Written by Christian Hazes, Staff Writer
Being Dutch is inevitably accompanied by a couple of long-lasting stigmas and traits. According to outsiders, but often also according to ourselves, every Dutch person loves cheese, uses a bike to get from A to B, and probably the most notorious habit: "going Dutch" on the bill.
A tradition the outside world is less acquainted with, but that an abundance of Dutch people detests, is what we call zesjescultuur. The fact that the term entails the Dutch word for the number 6 (zes) already makes it a bit more convenient for you to guess the habit's gist. It is simply the Dutch equivalent of the culture of mediocrity plaguing education. A culture of obtaining a grade that barely meets the threshold to pass a test or a course reigns in the Netherlands.
Unsurprisingly, a lot of prominent Dutch newspapers write about the highly vexed topic of education. Newspapers such as De Volkskrant, Trouw, and De Telegraaf identify challenges, unveil problems and provide recommendations for the future concerning the Dutch education system. What caught my attention is the Dutch newspapers' tendency to (over)emphasize the prevalence of the zesjescultuur. Lately, it seems to be the only thing they can discuss.
In my opinion, the tradition of the zesjescultuur in the Netherlands is largely non-existent: a contemporary Dutch myth.
There seems to be not a culture of mediocrity, but the opposite: a culture of having to excel in school. This myth is reinforced by the perpetual stream of news that argues that education has to improve and that the majority of the Dutch students are towards education.
Photo by Jonas Jacobsson
Together with the dawn of the efficiency pivoted thinking in Dutch education, particularly universities (companies that strive for profit, students are merely products and need to be fabricated as quickly as possible), the two amalgamated into an acceleration of the solidification of the culture to academically excel, including far-stretching consequences. Academic pressure takes its toll, mostly in the form of depression. Many students struggle psychologically; succumbing to the daunting pressure of having to perform. In South Korea, the leading cause of death amongst Koreans aged 15 to 24 is suicide thanks to extreme academic pressure.
Hopefully, the Netherlands (and elsewhere in the world) is able to circumvent such an extreme fate. The first signs are not hopeful. Recently conducted research in higher education in the Netherlands produced baffling figures: a quarter of the students copes with burnout symptoms, 1 out of 7 students face depression and suicidal thoughts which also frequently occur. Oftentimes, the detrimental effects of excessive academic pressure on mental well-being are less overt, but not less harmful. The instilled urge to perform and excel academically kills both self-esteem and happiness, and stifles creativity.
Severe academic pressure negatively affects physical health as well, ample research suggests. Insomnia, increased cardiac risk and an increased blood pressure are all valid concerns. The fact that a lot of students turn to coping mechanisms such as drugs or alcohol does not help either. What's more, due to the increased focus on performance, education has become substantially more expensive. Many students build up a considerable debt at a young age, especially now that the Dutch government stopped funding students.
The obligation of (excessive) striving and prospering throughout one's academic career is indoctrinated from a young age on. Many Dutch elementary schools have joined the quest for eradicating the lethargic youngsters. Schools sell and promote themselves with award-worthy marketing, promising to turn your little boy or girl into the next Nobel prize winner. At an age of about five, kids get exposed to government official tests for the first time. A flood of others will follow in the years to come. Most fascinating is the implementation of student-based rankings. A huge in-class billboard shows in which category a pupil belongs. The bright students are identified as "stars" (or something else in a similar vein), those who still need to make considerable progress are called "rockets," and the hopeless belong to the category consisting of "moons". But do not panic! If you work hard, outdo your 8-year old peers, and perform well, you can climb the ladder and reach the class' upper echelons.
Parents can contribute a lot to the solidification of academic pressure. Their role can be summarized with one simple, yet powerful, sentence: there are not a lot of gifted children, but there are a lot of parents with gifted children. Parents to (intentionally) overestimate the abilities of their kids. Parents obviously want the best for their offspring, but the academic pressure they impose on their children might backfire. Children undergo intense pressure in order to fulfill dreams that are sometimes not even their own.
Progress and the need to perform in school are undoubtedly important and justified. The youth needs to be motivated and stimulated in order to develop, not just for their own sake but also for that of the world. Education is invaluable and its fruits are sweet. At the same time, striving comes at a price and poses an inescapable trade-off. Should we always strive for the highest attainable or rather take it easy and aim for general well-being and happiness? A healthy balance should be found, especially when taking into consideration the rapidly enhancing intense nature of society and contemporary life. A step in the right direction might come in the form of pursuing the Humboldtian education ideal. The leitmotif of this school of thought is academic freedom, which is a two-fold concept. Universities should be independent from governmental influence and external economic constraints. But there should also be academic freedom from within, meaning that students themselves are pulling the strings of their educational journey.
Education might be the blueprint for successful living, but let's refrain from an excess of zeal.
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Some Disney animated movies in recent years have taken a beating as being unworthy of the legacy of Walt Disney. However, two animated movies created under Walt's supervision during World War II, Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros, show that he wasn't always at the top of his game. The two related films have been released on one pretty average DVD.
Saludos Amigos, released in 1942, and The Three Caballeros, released in 1944, have a few things in common. Both are relatively short animated films that are set in Latin American. Both feature Disney second banana Donald Duck, although not exclusively. Both ignore a storyline in favor of short segments that are often only loosely related in style, tone, and subject matter. Finally, both rank near the bottom of the animated projects overseen by Walt Disney himself, but have their charms.
Walt Disney was asked by the U.S. Government in 1942 to do something to help strengthen relations with Latin America during WWII. Saludos Amigos, which clocks in at a brisk 42 minutes, features a 16mm documentary of Disney and a team of his artists and musicians heading down to South America and visiting counties including Brazil and Argentina. They are shown sketching, drawing, and soaking up the local color, giving us a view of South America in the 1940's.
The supposed inspiration from this trip takes the form of four animated shorts. Donald Duck is a tourist visiting Lake Titicaca and, apart from his location, it's a pretty standard Donald short. A short about a young anthropomorphic airplane that delivers the mail is, likewise, much like lots of other animated shorts except his stops are in small South American cities rather than small U.S. Towns. Then Goofy shows up to do his usual "this is how a (fill in the blank) works." In this case he's a gaucho. Finally, Donald returns to meet José Carioca, a cigar smoking Brazilian parrot who introduces Donald to Samba music.
The shorts are not particularly strong, but they are solid efforts and the documentary interludes of Disney and his group shows a lot of nice scenery. Ultimately, though, the lack of any sort of cohesive story, the brevity of the overall film, and the fact that, with the exception of the last short, the cartoons don't give you much of sense of South America, it's not very impressive.
It's a little more impressive than The Three Caballeros, though. The film, though longer at 71 minutes, has a real scraping of the bottom of the barrel feel. This time the plot device is Donald Duck getting presents from "his friends in Latin America." The first present is a movie and allows the showing of two shorts, one about a penguin who wants to move someplace warm and the other about a boy with a flying donkey.
The rest of the film moves in this same direction with the addition of a Mexican rooster named Panchito Pistoles, who leads several segments focused on Mexico. Most of this section involves Donald hitting on the live action women he sees. The animation runs the gamut from static animated drawings, probably by Mary Blair, to almost psychadelic sections that bring to mind Pooh's Heffalumps and other trippy Disney freak outs.
The lack of any cohesion in the story segments (there are seven) is not quite as jarring in this movie as the wildly different animation styles. Some of it is quite good and interesting, but it jumps around so much and varies so widely, it doesn't feel comfortable. There is some decent Latin American music in both movies.
Some allowances need to be made for the impact of WWII on these films and the resources available to the Disney studio. Still, these movies rank nowhere near the quality and interest of the full length cohesive feature films released just before these two movies and during the 1950's. They do give an opportuntity to introduce a child with little sense of the world outside the U.S. a way to see South America and Mexico. Other than that, they are just ho-hum.
Since both movies are fairly short, especially Saludos Amigos, putting them on the same disc makes sense and is a better value than either alone. That said, while the print of Saludos Amigos isn't bad, The Three Caballeros does not look good at all. Especially on an HDTV, the film has lots of scratches and a bland overall appearance. It doesn't seem like Disney took particularly good care of the film and then put no effort into restoration. The presentation is 1.33 to 1, not widescreen, so if you have a widescreen TV, you will get black bars on each side of the picture.
The extras are nothing special and it's clear that rather than give these two minor films a big release, Disney is just tossing them out there as something not seen recently and able to fill up the coffers a bit. There is a 33 minute documentary called "South of the Border." It is basically the same type of 16mm footage used in Saludos Amigos of Walt Disney and his team of artists and animators in South America, just without the animated shorts. It doesn't duplicate what is in the film, but it was obviously shot at the same time and functions more like a companion piece. It's really an old-fashioned travel documentary, with the sights of Brazil, Chile, etc. taking precedence over the animators. It's not the best thing on this disc, but it's pretty enjoyable. It's also fun to see film of a fairly young Walt Disney who is mostly remembered on film and television when he was middle aged man or older.
There is a really short interview with Walt Disney talking about the two films. He doesn't have much to say, since the whole thing lasts about 90 seconds, but he does cover the U.S. Government's request that he do some goodwill projects during World War II. The interview is undated, but it's obviously the same one that many of us have seen where Disney talks about how he came up with the idea for Disneyland. This is another part of that same interview and seeing a different segment is interesting, albeit brief.
Finally, there are two Donald Duck cartoons, each about eight minutes long. I have never been a huge Donald fan; something about that voice has never been cute to me. That said, these are fun little shorts and when you add the sixteen minutes to the running time of the two films, you get almost two hours of animation. That's not too bad.
If you don't have either of these movies in your collection or have never seen them, a two-fer is not a bad way to go. This is a less than stellar release, but it's not like these movies warrant individual special editions. Just realize what you are getting and you might enjoy these old animation segments and gain a new appreciation for South America; at least South America of the 1940's.