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Reversals of Fortune and Misfortune
Posted on July 19, 2011 by John Easton
Salt is bad for you. According to a 2010 article in the New England Journal of Medicine, lowering dietary salt intake by 3 grams per day could "reduce the annual number of deaths from any cause by 44,000 to 92,000."
Or maybe not. A 2011 meta-analysis of seven clinical studies of salt reduction, published this week in the American Journal of Hypertension, found "no strong evidence that salt reduction reduced all-cause mortality." One of the seven studies showed that a low-sodium diet was associated with an increase in the risk of death for certain patients.
Studies of diet–eggs, caffeine and sugar; of screening tests–annual mammograms, PSA testing and lung scans for smokers; even topics as diverse as circumcision or drinking eight glasses of water a day, have all produced conflicting results. How can this happen? How often does this happen?
"We call them reversals," said Adam Cifu, associate professor of medicine and co-author of a recent research letter on the phenomenon, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. "Some new therapies are replacements," he said. "They are better than what came before, as demonstrated by large, well designed, controlled studies." Other new approaches arrive expecting to become replacements, but biology, complexity and, over time, better studies transform them into reversals.
"They make sense in the laboratory," Cifu said. "Doctors are eager to try things that should work, based on what we understand about the biology. But the human body is complicated; things that made perfect sense in theory may not work in quite the same way in the clinic. We wanted to find out how often this happened."
So Cifu and colleague Vinay Prasad, a former Pritzker student and now internal medicine resident at Northwestern, turned to the leading American medical publication, the New England Journal of Medicine. They focused on the 124 articles that appeared in 2009 involving investigation of a new medical practice or a practice already in adoption. Of those 124 articles, 16 could be characterized as a reversal. So 13 percent, one out of eight, contradicted an emerging or accepted medical practice.
The reversals included medical therapies such as tight control of blood sugars for patients in an intensive care unit, invasive procedures such as efforts to reopen clogged arteries for patients with chronic total artery occlusion, and predictive tests such as randomized prostate cancer screening.
One resounding reversal involved back-to-back studies in the August 6, 2009, issue that took a close look at vertebroplasty, a treatment for pain caused by compression fractures of the spine, a common problem for older women. The procedure, which had been widely used for more than a decade, involved injecting bone cement through a small hole in the back into a fractured vertebra. "We spent billions of dollars on this," Cifu said. Several small early studies implied good results, but there had never been a blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized trial.
However, once NEJM published results from the first such trials, the party was over. One study found "no beneficial effect of vertebroplasty over a sham procedure at 1 week or at 1, 3, or 6 months." The other reported that results for patients treated with vertebroplasty were "similar to the improvements in a control group." An editorial in the same issue predicted the procedure, "virtually always considered to be successful," would now be "considered no better than placebo."
Cifu and colleagues developed a Why-We-Got-It-Wrong-Initially chart summarizing the reasons behind each reversal.
By far the most common explanation was "confidence that the pathophysiological concepts underlying the practice were rational." This was a factor – sometimes the only factor – in 13 of the 16 studies. Other causes included studying only short-term endpoints, no good data beforehand, improperly controlled previous studies, or excessive confidence in a single-center trial.
Another study in the same issue, however, showed that new and better data do not always put the brakes on, much less shift the runaway treatment truck into reverse. The Occluded Artery Trial (OAT), published in NEJM in 2008, showed that opening clogged coronary arteries days after an infarct produced no benefit. But a new study that evaluated nearly 30,000 catheterization patients found no significant decline in the procedure for such patients after publication of the trial results and consequent revised treatment guidelines.
Such disregard for better data is disappointing, the authors noted. "The implications for reversals are notable. Reversal implies error or harm to patients who underwent the procedure in question, during the years it was considered effective. Reversal also undermines trust in the medical system."
Will studies like this one reverse the tendency to ride roughshod over reversals?
"It's hard to say," said Cifu. "I'm not that optimistic."
Prasad V, Gall V, & Cifu A (2011). The Frequency of Medical Reversal. Archives of internal medicine PMID: 21747003
Adam Cifu
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Taking place at a state art of the track, you'll be able to take control of some of the most beautiful yet monstrous vehicles such as an Audi, Lamborghini or Ferrari – pushing them to the limit as you keep your foot on the accelerator and reach heart-racing speeds.
There's a plethora of places to enjoy a Super Car experience in both the UK and Ireland, and even if you're not a self-proclaimed driving expert you'll be presented with full expert tuition to have you controlling the cars with ease.


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Singer, TV Presenter and Personality
Sinitta is an American-British singer, who initially found commercial success in the mid-1980s with the single "So Macho"; the first of a number of hit singles.
Sinitta has appeared on stage, in film and onnumerous television shows. These include ITV's Loose Women (presenter), Grease is the Word (judge), I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Xtra Factor (presenter and producer), Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Channel 4's Celebrity Come Dine With Me (contestant), The Jump (contestant), BBC's Children in Need and Celebrity Masterchef (contestant).
During the first series (2004) of the X Factor, Sinitta was Simon Cowell's right hand woman at the Judge's Houses stage. Together they selected his final three acts for the Live Show. During the live section of the programme Sinitta acted as mentor to the talent. In series three, she chose Leona Lewis, who became the second winner of the show selected by Sinitta and Simon. Leona then went on to become one of the most successful acts of the show. Sinitta returned to X Factor in 2009, when she helped Simon select Olly Murs at the Judges House stage and mentored the talent through the live shows. In 2010 she helped Simon chose One Direction, who have become the biggest act to ever come out of X Factor. Sinitta returned to the show in 2011 and 2013 but this time as Louis Walsh's right hand woman and talent mentor. She partnered with Simon again in 2014.
Also during 2014, Sinitta returned to her music career; her comeback single being "So Many Men, So Little Time", which she performed at Pride in London.
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Jewish World Review May 6, 2002 / 24 Iyar, 5762
Wes Pruden
The Invisible Hollywood Jews
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | My previous column dealt with the complete lack of news coverage given to the Israel Independence Day Festival by the Los Angeles Times. Governor Gray Davis spoke at the event, as did his Republican opponent in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, William Simon. Many other local and national pols spoke as well, including Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn and former Ambassador Alan Keyes.
While the festival was primarily a celebration of Israel's independence, it offered an opportunity for the Los Angeles Jewish community to come together in an enormous show of support and love for Israel at a time when she is fighting for her very existence in a world which has become increasingly anti-Semitic. Though virtually every other news gathering organization in town was there, the Times chose not to attend. But guess what? They weren't the only ones absent that day.
Also missing amongst the crowd of 60,000 attendees were the Jewish entertainers, film makers and moguls of Hollywood. Where were they? All the big machers of show biz. The big shots with the big mouths. Where was Barbra Streisand? Steven Spielberg? Rob Reiner? Michael Eisner? Jeffery Katzenberg? Richard Dreyfuss? Bette Midler?
Not one Jewish actor, singer, director, writer, producer or entertainment executive of note was there. Not one Jewish television personality. Not one Jewish talk radio host. Not one Jewish motion picture executive. It's like, once you make it in this town you don't have to be Jewish anymore.
In fairness, KABC, the local talk radio station owned by ABC/Disney sponsored a booth at the event -- but interestingly, the only celebrity representing the company was radio personality and fellow JWR columnist Larry Elder, an African/American. Now, Larry is fantastic and a great friend and supporter of Israel, but again I ask -- where were the entertainment industry Jews? At a fund raiser for the kangaroo rat? Out saving the ozone? At a Green Peace pep rally?
Perhaps it has become "out of fashion" to be supportive of Israel at this time. Since show biz folk are notoriously concerned with what's hot and what's not, that might explain it. It's not hip to be Jewish anymore. Gay is cool, a woman is cool, a black or Latino is cool. And a gay black woman with a Latino surname is very cool! But Jewish? Gimmie a break. It's been done. Jewish is last year's fashion. A has-been minority from your grandfather's era.
Unfortunately, this mindset has spread beyond Hollywood and beyond the entertainment industry. There are plenty of Jewish people throughout America that feel no particular kinship to Israel or, for that matter, the plight of any other Jews anywhere. They take pride in the fact that they are open minded, liberal-thinking, compassionate citizens of the world. They see no difference between the Israelis and Arafat's Palestinians. "There are extremists on both sides," they explain. "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter," they'll say.
Some have labeled these free thinking Jewish Americans as self-hating Jews. Maybe they are, who knows? It's a cinch that they don't see themselves that way. They just want to be "fair." After all, doesn't everybody on the planet want to live in peace and brotherhood with everyone else? The short answer to that, of course, is no.
As hard as it might be for many to comprehend, there are some cultures who teach their people that the greatest thing they can do, is to murder other people who don't believe the same as they do. This is the culture of Arafat's Palestinian Authority. The culture of Saudi Arabia's Wahabbi Islamic clerics. Not all cultures are equal, but to accept this sad fact is not the politically correct way to think. Indeed, for some American Jews, it is completely unthinkable.
So who are these American Jews that just can't seem to find it in their hearts to condemn suicide mass-murdering of their own people? Who are these American Jews who refuse to "take sides" because they want to be fair to all -- including the terrorists? The answer is, sadly, that many are simply non-Jewish Jews -- Jews by birth, but who have become secularized. And because they don't feel all that "Jewish" anymore -- they just don't care. To them, Israel holds about as much meaning as Sri Lanka, maybe less. Getting in touch with their Jewish roots means eating a bagel and cream cheese or watching a Woody Allen movie. Liberalism is their religion and they worship it dearly.
Some are secular young twenty-somethings, well-educated in moral relativism by America's finest universities and liberal mass media. They believe what they are told by their professors, they believe Dan Rather, and because they know nothing of the history of the Middle East, they believe the problems in the region began when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took office.
Many are baby boomers who came of age in the sixties and were reared in the axiomatic slogan culture of the time, an era which spawned such astute thought-provoking gems as "give peace a chance" and "make love, not war." At their best they are misguided idealists, appeasers at any cost, multiculturalists whose core belief in moral equivalency trumps all else -- including truth. At their worst they are cowards, enablers, and coconspirators of evil -- and if that is the case, then they are no better than Yasser Arafat himself.
JWR contributor Greg Crosby, former creative head for Walt Disney publications, has written thousands of comics, hundreds of children's books, dozens of essays, and a letter to his congressman. A freelance writer in Southern California, you may contact him by clicking here.
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Q: displays - drive displays from USB-C hub Is it possible to drive a monitor from a hub? If the hub was Thunderbolt 3 compatible and I used a USB-C to HDMI adapter, from the hub to the monitor, would this work? The monitor in question is a Full HD (1080p@60Hz) monitor - nothing crazy.
I ask this question as I'm currently looking at a USB-C to 3 HDMI adapter however the price is pretty high - and I'm looking for a workaround. It seems that individual USB-C to HDMI cables are a lot cheaper.

A: This is can work, however, it depends on your personal equipment.  Both my motherboard's onboard video and my Geforce RTX 2080 Ti have the ability to do what you are asking.
For example, the "Anker USB C Hub" has the HDMI port built in, as well as USB and an Ethernet port.

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Is it possible to drive a monitor from a hub?

Yes.  Thunderbolt hub options were slim to none for a long time, I'm seeing them come to market now though.  Here's an example, not an endorsement:
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-thunderbolt-hub
The problem with a Thunder bolt hub is that until USB4 the operation of a USB-C hub was not defined.  Someone could make a Thunderbolt-only hub with USB-C ports but then face all kinds of support problems as people try to use them with their USB-only devices.  With the USB4 spec they filled in the parts on how a USB-C hub works and so manufacturers are confident that they can produce USB compliant hubs.
The product description leaves out what kind of displays can be connected.  It may require Thunderbolt displays or allow DisplayPort.  If DisplayPort works then common inexpensive USB-C/DP to HDMI (or VGA, or whatever) should work also.  If only Thunderbolt is allowed then HDMI (or whatever) can be used with a Thunderbolt GPU, also common but not so inexpensive.
I know this is a couple years old but I post anyway given that there's a new development.

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Performance - Hakushu
Japan - 1988
Milford Graves and Tanaka Min (dancer)
Milford Graves (born August 20, 1941 in Queens, New York is an American jazz drummer and percussionist, most noteworthy for his early avant-garde contributions in the early 1960s with Paul Bley and the New York Art Quartet alongside John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, and Reggie Workman.
He is considered to be a free jazz pioneer, liberating the percussion from its timekeeping role. In fact, many of his music contemporaries, musician inspirees, and fans world-wide would argue that Graves is perhaps the most influential known musician in the development and continuing evolution of free-jazz/avant-garde music, to date.
Milford Graves taught at Bennington College, in Bennington,Vermont, being a tenured professor from 1973 to 2011; in 2011, he is awarded Emeritus status.
Initially playing timbales as a kid growing up in Queens, Graves has worked as a sideman and session musician with a variety of jazz musicians throughout his career, including Pharaoh Sanders, Rashied Ali, Albert Ayler, Don Pullen, Kenny Clarke, Don Moye, Andrew Cyrille, Philly Joe Jones, Eddie Gomez, and John Zorn.
He has invested his time in research within the field of healing through music.
Milford Graves - Andrew Cyrille
Dialogue Of The Drums
1. Message to the Ancestors 0:00
2. Blessing from the Rain Forest 9:54
3. Nagarah 15:59
4. Rejuvenation 19:06
5. The Soul Is the Music 24:18
6. The Substance of the Vision 31:48
7. Call and Response 38:57
Andrew Cyrille: tom tom, gongs, whistles, hand clapping, words, phonetics, tympani, osi drum, cymbals, castanets, temple blocks, agogo bells, chimes, foot rhythms, drum responses with audience
Milford Graves: phonetics, bongos, darabukkeh, whistle, gongs, osi drum, galloping, tympani, cymbals, balafon, agogo bells, bells, tambourine, shekere, African talking drum, mnemonics, antiphonal caller with audience
This album, produced by Andrew Cyrille and Milford Graves, is the result of a working musical association between the two men going back to April of 1969. Since that time the two men have coordinated and performed concert hall engagements, cultural center appearances, and performed a work for NBC Television. It should also be noted that on most of these occasions the efforts and talents of the brilliant drummer, Rasheid Ali, were also incorporated.Acknowledgement should also be made to pianist, composer, Cecil Taylor whose program for the musical arts in New York City during January 1974 - accomplished at Columbia University's Wollman Auditorium, aided in the realization of this recording.
Label: IPS (Institute of Percussive Studies) / IPS ST001 (1974)
Milford Graves - Joe Lovano
David Murray
Beaver Harris
Sunny Morgan
Wasantha Singh
Hugh Glover
Roswell Rudd
John Tchicai
Lewis Worrell
Don Moye
Don Pullen
Montego Joe
Giuseppi Logan
New York Art Quintet
Lowell Davidson
Eddie Gomez
Art Christ
Sonny Morgan
Leonard Goines
Reggie Workman
Arthur Jenkins
Al Gibbons
Richard L. Alderson
Eddie Thompson
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Nikol Pashinyan Sent Birthday Greetings to Georgian Counterpart
Region, World, Armenia
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has sent birthday greetings to Georgian Premier Mamuka Bakhtadze on his birthday. The congratulatory message says:
"Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on your birthday anniversary. I wish you and your family peace, health and happiness. I also wish you every success and new achievements in your position of high responsibility.
I am confident that with joint efforts we will be able to further strengthen the centuries-old friendship of our peoples and expand cooperation between our states. I am full of optimism with regard to the future of our peoples.
I am convinced that as underpinned by shared values, the Armenian-Georgian relations will continue develop for the sake of our countries' progress and prosperity."
Three Transport Corridors between Russia and Georgia Can Become a Reality The delay of the implementation of the agreement for more than five years was due to various nuances and elements of the agreement (indirect participation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the scope of eligibility,...
Armenia Sends Units of Fire Appliances to Borjomi, Georgia Georgia was offered help from Russia too, but Prime Minister Kvirikashvili said "what we have so far is enough." He hopes that no additional help will be needed.
Putin Did Not Rule Out the Possibility of Visa Free regime with Georgia "It is extremely important to establish normal relationship between the special services and law enforcement agencies [of the two countries], in order not to allow this [possible] visa-free regime harm...
Georgia to Continue Balanced Policy in Relations with Russia However, at this stage, there is no progress in resolving main problems.
Georgia Does Not Exclude Elimination of Visa Regime with Russia According to him further simplification of the visa regime between Russia and Georgia will be discussed at his meeting with the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin.
The Prime Minister sends congratulatory message to the Prime Minister of India
Giorgi Sharvashidze, former rector of TSU, appointed Ambassador of Georgia to Armenia
Prime Minister Pashinyan receives Toivo Klaar
SRC performance results for 2022 summerized
The Prime Minister sends congratulatory messages to the President, and the Premier of China
PM Pashinyan reported on the performance of the Police for 2022
The document adopted by the European Parliament expresses the objective reality: Prime Minister


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Each ear cup swivels a full 90 degrees, while the auto-return feature makes them ideal for on-the-shoulder monitoring. Plus the rugged swivel/fold mechanism and hard carry case means theyre easy to transport between gigs.


While playing around with a tweak (ScrollingBoard) I tried to set the battery widget to the dock. Well once I did that my phone went into an immediate bootloop. Needless to say I was surprised and not very happy. I think the cause of this was that I also use Battery Doctor Pro and these two tweaks cause a conflict that resulted in a bootloop.
So to get it out of this nasty situation do a hard reset (hold Power+Home buttons) once the screen goes black immediately press and hold the Volume Up button and continue holding power+Home. Once the Apple appears let go of the power and home button and keep holding the Volume Up button. It will then boot up. This method should work no matter what caused the bootloop.
I also had to un-install ScrollingBoard due to it going back into a bootloop during a re-spring or re-boot. I also removed any add-ons as well.
In replace of ScollingBoard I used Infinidock and infinifolders. Hope this helps some of you out.


I love strawberries, and I love chutneys too.
In an attempt to make something "Out-Of-The-Box" using strawberries, I tried making chutney out of them and I am so happy that it came out to be super tasty and pleasantly different.
This chutney is sweet and sour in taste with some hints of chili-flakes, black pepper and lovely aroma of fennel or 'saunf '. It goes really well with North Indian cuisines.
This Strawberry Chutney can be used as an accompaniment for chaats, as a dip with crackers, as a spread over bread or even along with parathas for breakfast.
In a mixing bowl, add chopped strawberries, salt, and brown sugar. Toss it gently and keep it aside for 20 minutes.
In a non-stick pan, heat oil. Add fennel seeds and chopped red chilli to it.
Once the spices begin to swell up, add chopped strawberries and black pepper. Mix well. Cook the mixture on low flame for 15-20 minutes till it gains paste-like consistency.
Once the mixture is of desired consistency, switch off the flame. Add lime juice to it. Mix well.
Store it in airtight bottles in the refrigerator. Enjoy!!
You may made blueberries and pineapple chutneys like this.
I have used fresh red chili, you can youse green chill and red chilli powder too.
To my own surprise, this homemade jam tasted far better than what I used to get from the supermarket, and my daughters approved it with both thumbs up. Below is an easy recipe for the same.
First of all wash and pat dry the strawberries. Now chop the strawberries into small pieces.
Take a glass jar to store the cooked jam in it and make it completely dry either putting in the oven for few minutes or keep it in sunlight for few hours.
Take a Nonstick pan and keep it on low flame. Add strawberries and sugar to the pan and with the help of a masher slightly mash the strawberries.
Now raise the flame to medium and cook the jam until it reaches 1/2 of its quantity, stirring occasionally.
Now squeeze the juice from both the lemons and add it to the jam. Again cook the jam for few more minutes. Now, let's check the jam if it is cooked properly.
Take water in a clean bowl and add a drop a little jam in it. If it sets at the bottom without dissolving in water, the jam is cooked.
Switch off the flame and store it in the glass jar once it's completely cooled.
Enjoy it as spreading on bread or scone. Have it your way!
I didn't put any preservative or any artificial color/ flavoring to the jam, but you can. Adding preservative will have its own taste of the jam. Sugar on its own acts as a great preservative.
Don't over mash the strawberries, slightly mashed strawberry gives small chunks in the jam which taste really nice.
I am a big fan of chutneys and pickles. without them my food is not complete. Everyday I try a new one.
This amla dhaniya pudina chutney is another quick and super healthy side that you can prepare in a jiffy. There is not even a recipe to be honest, just blending everything together makes it. And you can keep the proportion of things as per your own taste so even thats not a worry.
Its Super healthy and flavourful chutney- rich in vitamin C, antioxidants and minerals. Cooling and aids in digestion.
These aamlas are from my friends kitchen garden .
Wash all the herbs and roughly chop them.
plum like shape and seed inside, so chop through the sides).Combine all ingredients together with ½ cup of water and blend in a mixer to a smooth paste.
This chutney (or any herbs' chutney) tastes best when eaten fresh. So try not to keep it longer than a day. It wont get bad after that and can be kept in fridge for upto 5 days. But will lose its texture and a bit of flavor.
Guava is a Fruit which I had Always cherished to have it as a whole! But In form of chutney???
Guava can be enjoyed in a variety of ways from eating it raw, making its sabzi or as jams and jellies. Through this post I will be sharing the chutney version of the humble guava. I got the idea of making this chutney from my maid. She makes this at her home.
This Guava chutney is sweet as well as tangy and has a nice smooth and velvety green texture to it. This chutney goes very well with aloo paratha or mooli paratha or as a dip for samosa or potato fries.
De- seed the guava and roughly chop them. Avoid taking too raw or ripe ones.
In a grinder add the chopped guava and all other ingredients.Grind to a smooth thick paste without adding water.
Your Guava (Amrood) Chutney is ready. Serve it along with parathas, chat, samosa etc.


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Blog: Sainsbury's latest Brand Match ad hits UK screens
Michelle Russell | 12 September 2012
UK retailer Sainsbury's has launched its latest television advertisement for its Brand Match scheme that takes a swipe at rivals Asda and Tesco.
The advert, which will air this evening (12 September), is "strongly weighted towards reinforcing the message that customers won't pay more for branded goods at Sainsbury's than they would at Asda and Tesco", the retailer said.
The ad features a mother and daughter returning home from their weekly Sainsbury's shop and driving past both Asda and Tesco stores, before posting their Brand Match voucher - which compares the price of their shop against both chains - on their fridge.
"This is the next step in making sure that Brand Match is the most widely recognised and trusted price matching scheme by UK customers", said Sarah Warby, marketing director for Sainsbury's.
UK regulator shines light on Amazon's Deliveroo investment
Amazon's move to invest in UK food-delivery business Deliveroo caught the eye when it was announced in May – but it's also attracted the attention of the country's competition regulator....
Ocado branches into vertical farming
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Amazon tries again in UK food delivery
Perhaps today's most eye-catching corporate food story here in the UK is Amazon's decision to invest in food-delivery business Deliveroo....
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To ensure total public participation in the Smart City Project, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will reach out to a large number of citizens on facilities available at present and concepts for making the city Smart. Almost 1,000 staffers from the civic body will cover over 6 lakh households between 13th and 18th October, 2015.
The NMC has also incorporated nine options in the form to know from the citizens about facilities and problems prevailing in their respective areas; namely employment opportunities, security of women on roads, education facilities, water supply for drinking and other purposes, cleanliness, medical facilities, garbage collection service, sports and entertainment facilities.
Mr. Shashikant Hastak, Superintending Engineer, NMC, announced a six-day workshop will be organized to take views of experts from various fields between 13th to 18th October, 2015. Experts will give their insights on various sectors such as e-governance and digitalization, health care, safety, security and disaster management, education, tourism and heritage, housing, waste management, sanitation and environment, water, transport and mobility, energy, income, economy and employment and infrastructure.
The Delivering Change Foundation (DCF) has been appointed to assist the NMC in its drive to transform Nagpur into a Smart City. "Data collected from citizens will be uploaded in a special app prepared for the NMC. A 'War Room' will be managed by the DCF team at the NMC for the project. All details about citizens and their views will be uploaded on a daily basis." said Mr. Bobby Nimbalkar, Director, DCF.
Datke further added, "The NMC was optimistic to feature in top 20 cities list. Necessary documents along with a detailed project report will be submitted to the Centre on or before December 15, 2015." He has also requested citizens to ensure identification and destruction of insect-breeding spots in their households and the neighbourhood. NMC and district administrators will create an awareness amongst students about the necessary steps to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases. Students of all NMC schools will be given a pledge on 18th October, 2015.
* Committee set to finalize best 20 ideas/concepts received in contest.
* Staffers to go door-to-door and get fill forms for views and concepts on smart city.
* Six-day workshop to be organized to take views of experts from various fields.
* Presentation to be submitted with centre before December 15 for selection into top 20 cities.


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Q: Copying git history to new Rails app? I decided to do a big coding overhaul in one of my Rails apps where it was easier to start again from scratch and then re-add the pieces from my old code one by one until I had most of it reintegrated.  Now I want to basically take what I have now and make it my new app and get rid of the old one, but I want to old git log from that app to be present, and my app changeover to be treated like just another commit (albeit a big one).  Any good way to do this?
I thought of deleting the entire directory structure of the old app except for the .git directory and then copying in the whole directory structure of the new app, adding, and committing, but that seems rather messy.  Is there a better way to do it?

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I thought of deleting the entire directory structure of the old app except for the .git directory and then copying in the whole directory structure of the new app, adding, and committing, but that seems rather messy. Is there a better way to do it?

That sounds perfect. You'll want a git add -u in there as well to catch any deletions.


Sometimes, we overdo it at the grocery store. We buy more food than we can eat and it ends up going stale and being tossed into the trashcan. This is a waste of both food and money, and it may not be necessary, because some foods that you think are no longer edible can be salvaged. In the below excerpt from an episode of the Rachael Ray Show, the host's guest, Sara Moulton, has pointers for reviving stale foods. This is a great video for everyone as it teaches some kitchen tricks and will hopefully help save a bit of money.
Sara starts with a stale loaf of bread – a food item that often doesn't get finished and ends up turning hard as a rock. But Sara insists that you shouldn't be so quick to throw it away., because not all hope is lost. She puts the baguette under cold running water and then wraps it up in foil before heating it in the over for just about 10 minutes. When she takes it out? Phenomenal.
According to the Society of St. Andrew, almost 40% of food readied for consumption goes to waste in the United States. On top of that, the country spends nearly one billion dollars disposing of food waste. Being resourceful with your (extra) food is good for society and good for your wallet. There are 805 million undernourished people in the world today, according to the World Food Programme; the excessive waste in our country serves only to highlight that number.
Watch the video below to see a couple tips on reviving stale food. Will you try these techniques at home? Leave us a comment and let us know.
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Trump wants to expand religious exemptions. Critics say the law doesn't allow it.
President Trump holds a Bible outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Square from the White House on June 1. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
Joe Davidson
Columnist focusing on federal government issues
Jan. 5, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Protests are mounting against far-reaching Trump administration policies that could foster discrimination in the name of religious liberty in a variety of federal programs.
Rather than protecting religious freedom, opponents fear three sets of policies will inappropriately allow faith-based organizations liberty to discriminate.
Faith organizations are allowed a certain level of religious bias not permitted elsewhere. Secular employers may not deny employment or services based on a person's religion. But under the Supreme Court's "ministerial exception" a Baptist church, for example, can't be forced to hire a rabbi or an imam to preach Sunday sermons.
President Trump wants to push this limited exception beyond what critics say the law allows. His appointees want his plans ensconced before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration this month. Despite Trump's lies about winning in November, administration officials know they have no time to tarry.
"The Trump administration is almost certainly pushing to finalize regulations prior to Biden taking office," said Sarah Warbelow, legal director of the Human Rights Campaign.
The converging church-state debates involve separate, yet connected issues with overlapping arguments that span the government. They are "definitely related in the sense it's part of the administration's effort to expand religious exemptions and to license discrimination based on religion," said Lindsey Kaley, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union's Center for Liberty.
One set of proposed regulations takes effect on the eve of Inauguration Day and covers a broad swath of faith-based social service programs in nine agencies — the Departments of Education, Homeland Security, Agriculture, Justice, Labor, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and the Agency for International Development.
President Trump has maintained his evangelical support even while making strange comments about church, prayer and the Bible over the years. (The Washington Post)
The new rule, drafted jointly by the agencies in response to a May 2018 Trump executive order, reflects Trump's commitment "to protect the religious freedom and conscience rights of all Americans, including those who receive support from federal programs to do their good work," said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. The rule clarifies that faith-based organizations do not lose their legal protections and rights because they participate in federal programs and activities.
"The executive branch wants faith-based and community organizations, to the fullest opportunity permitted by law, to compete on a level playing field for grants, contracts, programs, and other Federal funding opportunities," Trump wrote in the executive order.
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), chairman of the House Education Committee, opposes the rule. It would "undermine the rights of beneficiaries, employees and students in federally funded programs," he said in a statement, and "underscores this Administration's fundamental misunderstanding of religious liberty as envisioned by our founders."
Separately, a rule affecting federal contractors and subcontractors is designed to ensure the government "respects religious employers' free exercise rights, protects workers from prohibited discrimination, and defends the values of a pluralistic society," says the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
The protect-and-defend parts of this mission statement could be turned upside down, opponents argue, while the rule gives too much deference to religious employers' prejudices. The rule is scheduled to take effect Friday.
"It is particularly troubling that the proposed rule seeks to so broadly expand the religious exemption that it would allow companies claiming sincerely held religious beliefs to discriminate against Catholics, Jews or, for example, LGBTQ individuals, pregnant and unmarried women, interracial married couples, divorced men and women, and other workers who do not conform to their employers' beliefs," Scott wrote to Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia last month. "For the first time ever, for-profit companies, not just religious nonprofit organizations, would be allowed to use taxpayer dollars to discriminate on the basis of religion or religious beliefs in federal contracts."
Also, a proposed update to an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) compliance manual says the new language "provides guidance to employers on how to balance the needs of individuals in a diverse religious climate."
But organizations from American Atheists to the Union for Reform Judaism, from the NAACP to the Women's Law Project, are urging the EEOC to withdraw the proposed guidance because, among a long list of objections, it "takes an expansive, unsupported view of the range of entities that qualify as 'religious organizations.' "
In their Dec. 17 letter to the EEOC, the 44 groups told the commission it should abandon its "Proposed Updated Compliance Manual on Religious Discrimination" because it "would be especially detrimental to the employment rights of women, people of color, LGBTQ persons" and others, including nonbelievers.
House and Senate Democrats accused the EEOC of a "rushed and limited process" to clear the update because time for public comment and consideration by the presidentially appointed commissioners was restricted. The EEOC said the 30-day comment period is in its regulations, but a spokesperson would not comment on the substance of a matter under deliberation.
Trump's 2018 executive order established a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative and directed agencies to designate a liaison for related programs.
"All agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law," the directive added, "provide such information, support, and assistance to the Initiative as it may request to develop public policy proposals."
But how much government support and assistance to religious organizations is permitted in a nation guided by the separation of church and state?
Not as much, perhaps, as Trump wants.
Some groups want Biden to fire Trump's Social Security commissioner. That's not easy to do.
The coronavirus took her mother. Now this woman, like millions of others, fears she'll be evicted.
Biden urged to rebuild the relationship between the government and its workers


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Symmetric. F (R U R' U') (R U R' U') F'. Adjacent. (R U2 R' U') (R U2) (L' U R' U' L). 2x2x2 PLL (inc. Ortega P2L). Diagonal. U Face Only PLLs. U & D Face PLLs. Using Ortega as a 2x2x2 method first involves solving one face intuitively; don't worry about solving an entire layer, because. Specifically, the Ortega method and the Guimond method, perhaps the two most popular advanced 2x2x2 methods, both finish with a PBL step.
Finally, you permute both layers at the same time by using PBL. In terms of the overall level of breitling replica sophistication, compared with movement chronometer certification COSC precision timepieces than twice.
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It's not too hard to learn as it is basically the layer-by-layer method with one major shortcut and a few extra algorithms: Even though two layers are being permuted at once, though, solvers conventionally refer to the steps as simply CP irtega EP. AvGalen Premium Member Apr 14, Using Ortega as a 3x3x3 method involves first solving the corners completely, followed by insertion of the D layer edgesand 3 of the U-layer edges.
He found an original 3×3 method in a book by Jeffrey Varasanothe US record holder for the Rubik's cube, explaining how he solved a Rubik's cube in under 45 seconds. This led to Chris creating a video to rename the Ortega method to the Varasano method.
Hey, Andy, great to see that you've posted these guides. Any ideas for that? Skip to main content. There are only five distinct cases. His was a Corners-first method similar to the method used by Minh Thai to win the World Championship This 2s2x2 be quite confusing when you're only used to a 3x3x3 with its fixed centres. Try doing r2 l2 u2 r2 l2 u2.
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CHELSEA have been put on alert after Paulo Dybala had a huge bust-up with manager Massimiliano Allegri in front of the entire Juventus team.
CHELSEA and Livepool are set to go toe-to-toe over Brescia prodigy Sandro Tonali.
The midfielder, 18, has been instrumental in his side's rise to the top of the Serie B table.
And Inside Futbol claims Brescia will demand £43million for their top talent should they get promoted.
MANCHESTER CITY host Chelsea in the pick of this weekend's action – and there's a secondary plot line set to steal the headlines.
While City aim to increase their lead at the top of the Premier League, the Blues will be desperate to cling on to their spot in the top four.
But then there's the battle of the Argentines – as Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain prepare to go head-to-head.
EDEN HAZARD has hinted he will stay at Chelsea after revealing he and manager Maurizio Sarri "think the same" about football.
Chelsea's star man is a sought after commodity with Real Madrid a presence that will not leave the Belgian's side.
Recently the Blues No10 revealed he has "made a decision" about his future at Stamford Bridge, which sparked major concern for Chelsea fans.
However, speaking to The Times, Hazard praised his manager Sarri and hinted at a Stamford Bridge stay after revealing he and his boss think the same way.
ISCO looks set to leave Real Madrid this summer, with Chelsea one of the clubs interested.
The Spanish playmaker has had the third least minutes of any Real Madrid player under Santiago Solari, and Arsenal and Chelsea are interested in the 26-year-old, according to the Daily Mail.


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Changes to the National Junior High Championship
By US Chess|November 18, 2019|Kids, National Events, News
The 2019 NJH Championship
In June 2019, the Scholastic Council formed a subcommittee of the Scholastic Committee to examine the current structure of the Junior High Nationals. This nine-person subcommittee from across the country examined data from the last four years and discussed the impact of any proposed changes, including projections of both section and grade restructuring. Their extensive report recommended a two-step process: (1) Immediate move to one K-9 Championship section and adding new class sections; and (2) Effective no earlier than 2022, the intent to transition Junior High Nationals to K-8.
1. New class sections are immediately needed that will increase opportunities for all eligible players rated under 1700 and encourage the growth of chess at Junior High Nationals at every level. Meanwhile, the new championship section can be more competitive and ideal for all the top players and teams in the country. This restructuring would be consistent with previous section changes to the National High School in 2015 and National Elementary in 2016, which added new class sections to reflect the increased competition at all levels of the game.
2. Restructuring into one K-9 Championship section is more appropriate given that the event did not have a significant number of 9th graders and the current size of Junior High Nationals. Keeping the two championship sections with the addition of a higher class section would result in sections that would be too small.
3. An immediate change to one K-8 Championship section, thereby making Junior High Nationals K-8, would not be fair to the current field of participants without proper notice.
4. Since the Junior High Nationals were first created, more middle and junior high schools around the country have transitioned to going up to only 8th grade.
Based on the recommendation of the subcommittee and further discussion at the 2019 U.S. Open, the first step of restructuring the event as outlined below was recommended by the Scholastic Council and approved by the Executive Board and is effective for the 2020 Junior High Nationals:
K9 Championship
K9 U1700
K9 U900
K9 Unrated
The second step toward transitioning Junior High Nationals to K-8 sections is actively being discussed and is intended to be effective no earlier than 2022 Junior High Nationals. The subcommittee will remain active during this transition.
If anyone wants further information on the process or would like to provide feedback, please reach out to the chair of the Sections subcommittee, Daniel Rohde, at [email protected], who will circulate any feedback to the subcommittee and the Scholastic Council.
The comments thread has been deleted and closed. The US Chess Issues Forum is the appropriate place for discussion.


Can go negative 40 hours if needed... which can be handy.
Vacation and PTO are in one bucket.
Existing employees have good amount of vacation days. New employees don't get as much.
I had 10 days of combined, vacation & sick leave, but we were routinely "strongly encouraged" to take 5-8 of those days over the week of Christmas so that they could shut down our office, even though we had work to do.
Getting Federal Holidays and a few weeks of comp leave right out of the gate is nice, but when you realize that there is no paid sick leave and that comp leave cannot be negotiated, it's less nice.
accrued days, you don't come in with a pre-set number of time off.
Not all fringe packages are competitive. As others have mentioned, no sick leave, no paternity leave, no vacation, only comprehensive leave. The Comp Leave is accrued per hours worked; for example, I earn 1.85 hours per work week; so I can work 5 weeks for 8 hours off, or ~10 days per year. To offset this, two elective holidays are offered per year (so ~12 days off per year). I am blown away to see some people state 40 days of comp leave, or even 19 -- must be nice!
PTO amount was 19 days, which is decent.
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Targets can now be set easily as Fagus indicates areas of need for a specific child and they give a more complete picture than the results from the SDQs. I can now share this data with the play/drama therapist and all work towards the same target, it is also a lot easier to make the targets SMART and very appropriate for the child.
I found that Fagus isolates an area of need and then it is much easier to set a goal especially when you couple it with the proactive therapists' interventions. It makes it clearer for the therapists to know what to concentrate their time on and along with target setting, everybody can see clear visible evidence of the impact of the intervention and show real value for money."
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We have used the Developmental Guides to help us devise specific interventions and it has been very encouraging to see the difference these are having. For the first time we have been able to observe our children's social and emotional developmental progress in specific and measurable ways."
Testimonial: St Francis Primary Catholic Primary School, South Ascot
St Francis Primary Catholic Primary School, South Ascot
"Using the Fagus resource, we have had real success with one of our Year 6 students. We have set an appropriate goal based on one of the statements in the Coping guide and this has enabled us to focus on one behaviour and reaction".
"The layout of the guides and checklists are broken down into different age categories and this comprehensive structure has been very useful when sitting down with a child's parents and helping them make sense of and understand their child's behaviour."
Inclusion Manager
Testimonial: Furze Platt Junior School, Maidenhead
Furze Platt Junior School, Maidenhead
"We have found the Fagus Developmental guides to be very comprehensive and easy to use. The fact that they are suitable for our very youngest children enables us to offer support for vital areas of child development which can be frequently overlooked and not understood. We are therefore able to promote the holistic development of all our children."
Assistant Head Teacher & FS2 Leader
Testimonial: Boyne Hill Infant & Nursery School, Maidenhead
Boyne Hill Infant & Nursery School, Maidenhead
"Fagus provides a clear and comprehensive framework for teachers to support a child who feels disconnected from the educational environment because they are not emotionally and socially equipped to cope. By applying Fagus tools and checklists, teachers can assess a child's current development and in so doing, acquire a deeper understanding of their challenges. Then the Fagus resource can be used to develop a clear pathway – punctuated by achievable objectives – to help the child attain the skills they need to build emotional resilience, improve mental welfare, succeed academically and ultimately, feel happier at school."
Testimonial: Jennifer Nock – Chartered Psychologist
Jennifer Nock - Chartered Psychologist
"We have conducted an evaluation of the Fagus developmental guides and can confirm their academic rigour; the authors have accessed a wide range of appropriate psychological research articles to create the resource. The information is presented accurately, clearly and in an accessible format.
The developmental guides will be a helpful resource for professionals working with all children. They can be also applied in educational settings in particular to:
Support the professional development of school staff regarding children's emotional and social development.
Assist teaching staff when they are setting goals for children in relation to their social and emotional functioning."
The group of reviewers consisted of:
Dr Alana I. James: Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
Professor Patrick Leman: Professor, Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Rebecca Lucas: Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
Dr Yvonne Skipper: Lecturer, Keele University
Dr Dawn Watling: Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London
Testimonial: Psychology Department – Royal Holloway, University of London
Psychology Department - Royal Holloway, University of London
"The guides are fabulous. They allow you to dip into any specific area of a child's development and increase your knowledge. You can investigate a child's current point of development and identify specific behaviours that you think they could improve."
Sue Wells, Specialist Teacher
Testimonial: Beech Lodge School
"Fagus is an incredibly powerful tool. It has helped staff, parents and the whole school community have a deeper and broader understanding of typical social and emotional development in children and improve learning outcomes."
Lucy Barnes, Head Teacher
"The staff at Beech Lodge School understand my son's emotional needs and can support him appropriately."
Margaret Smith, parent of a son who attends Beech Lodge School
"I've seen huge changes in pupils at the school. Since giving the children their Fagus goals, they are so much happier and able to access the full educational curriculum to reach their potential."
Jack Rider, Assistant Head and Teacher
"Using the checklists was hugely insightful for schools in gaining a shared understanding of the child. They have been "incredibly useful" to demonstrate that a child's developmental age is different from their chronological age."
"Without the guides I wouldn't have been able to set such a specific goal which was developmentally appropriate."
Testimonial: PAC-UK Project – Adviser's Perspective
PAC-UK Project - Adviser's Perspective
"Fagus gives really clear guideline's as to where children are in key areas of their development which in turn helps us to set smart targets to individually support that child in appropriate ways. It's also very easy and clear to use."
Primary SENCo
Testimonial: PAC-UK Project – Teacher's Perspective
PAC-UK Pilot Project - Teacher's Perspective
"I have found the materials really useful. The materials allowed me to realise just how under developed she was and that I was basically teaching a 10 year old child with the emotional intelligence of a 3 year old! This in itself was shocking but it ultimately allowed me to appreciate how best I could move forward and help her to progress in those areas that were identified through the use of the Fagus materials."
Year 5 Class Teacher
PAC-UK Project - Teacher's Perspective
"We worked with the Fagus Coping Guide and recognised that the student we were working with aged 16 was working developmentally at about age 8. We then worked out what behaviours we wanted to improve and set targets for the next 4-6 weeks. This has resulted in a great reduction of poor behaviours and in particular the flight reactions that had been exhibited. He is very proud that he has not had any after school detentions recently."
Secondary School House Leader & Key Worker
"Every SEMH provision should have a set of the Fagus developmental guides, they are such an invaluable resource when undertaking school to school support.
•	The guides themselves are well designed and presented which make them easy reads and superb for use in staff induction and ongoing staff training.
•	We also use the developmental steps to inform our target setting and writing our SEMH support plans (pupil risk management documents)
Testimonial: Longspee Academy, Poole, Dorset
Longspee Academy, Poole, Dorset


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France, Germany seek revamp of Schengen laws to fight Islamic extremism exodus
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LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - France and Germany on Thursday pressed for urgent reforms to the European Union's visa-free Schengen travel zone to counter the increasing number of Europeans leaving to wage militant war in Iraq and Syria.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve led the impassioned plea to EU counterparts at a meeting in Luxembourg, calling for "a European PNR (Passenger Name Record)... and a more efficient system of checks at airports.
"This is urgent," he said.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere echoed Cazeneuve, saying "three thousand fighters have left Europe to wage jihad and we don't want Europe to become an exporter of terror".
"We above all do not want battle-hardened fighters to return to Europe and plan attacks," he said.
"We need measures both at the national and European levels."
Cazeneuve said a new category of "foreign fighters" should be added to the list of suspect individuals for police at European borders.
The current categories include offenders, criminals and fugitives.
The Schengen zone comprises 26 European countries, 22 EU members as well as Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Iceland.
France has Europe's biggest Muslim population and is thought to have provided the largest contingent of Western extremists to the conflict in Syria.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls told MPs last month that around 1,000 French citizens are involved in militant networks, with an estimated 580 having travelled to fight in Syria and Iraq.
A new counter-terrorism law was passed last month banning the departure of those suspected of leaving to join militant movements.
The ban would see suspects have their passports and ID cards confiscated for six months, renewable for up to two years.


If you're sick of doing the old point and grunt routine when you're at your local jianbing vendor in China, why not take a few minutes to learn some Mandarin that will help you look like a pro. It's time. It really is. Do it for World Jianbing Day (April 30 from 2019 'til eternity).
Jennifer from Adventurous Appetite joined UnTour Shanghai for our Night Markets tour. Here's a taste of what she had to say: I recently discovered a food tour group that has made this desire a bit more feasible. UnTour was founded in 2010 by a woman named Jamie Barys, a food writer and longtime Shanghai expat.


Thread: Anyone use a Hobie Mirage drive?
I'm thinking of purchasing a Hobie Pro Angler 14 since I'm selling my motorcycles and conventional 16' Kayak. My shoulder surgeon says I'm wearing out my artificial shoulder by using it too much so it's a foot operated kayak as my only option.
I looked at one at The Great Outdoor Provision Co. in Charlotte Sunday and was very impressed with the boat overall. I know it's heavy but I have a lightweight Cox trailer I'm not using currently and it can be adapted easily to haul the 150 Lb kayak around on.
I like the camo model.


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Peshang Rad, född 1 januari 1984 i Kurdistan, är en svensk skådespelare.

Rad är utbildad vid Teaterhögskolan i Malmö 2007–2010.

Filmografi i urval

Teater

Roller

Referenser

Externa länkar

 Peshang Rad på Uppsala stadsteater
 Peshang Rad på Malmö stadsteater

Födda 1984
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Svenska skådespelare under 2000-talet
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MISS YOU LIKE HOME Community Events Announced At Olney Theatre Center
Miss You Like Home is a free, all-day open house on Saturday, February 1 from 10:30 am - 6:00 pm, celebrating Olney Theatre's production of Miss You Like Hell, with events centered on what it means to be at home in America today. Through story circles, art workshops, panels, and discussions, as well as theatre and dance performances featuring amazing local Latinx artists, we'll celebrate and amplify the diverse perspectives and unique stories of home in our community.
Says Rebecca Dzida, Community Engagement Manager, "This began as an urge to organize a civic engagement event, and has grown into a full day of activities. When we reached out to artists, explaining our idea, all of them enthusiastically said yes. I am so pleased Olney Theatre Center gets to host such an event with incredible local artists from the Latinx community as well as provide a platform for people to share their own stories of home. Whoever you are or wherever you come from, you are welcome here."
All events are free, however reservations are encouraged and can be made at olneytheatre.org/home
Welcome featuring La Gloria de la Danza
10:30am-11:20am in the Historic
Olney Theatre Center kicks off the day with special guest La Gloria de la Danza, a children's and adult dance group based in the Wheaton area that performs cultural and folk dances from Central America. La Gloria de la Danza has performed at Montgomery County's Hispanic Heritage Festival as well as the Nicaraguan Embassy in Washington, DC.
Staged reading and discussion of Óyeme, the Beautiful
11:30am-12:50pm in the Mainstage
Laura and Valentina are teenagers just trying to make it through another day in middle school. But, unlike many of their peers, they are refugees from Central America who have fled brutal violence in their home countries to find shelter and pursue their dreams in the United States. Step inside their shoes, hear their stories, see their struggle, and feel their strength as we move through their day. Óyeme, the beautiful brings to light the undaunted courage and beautiful spirit that fuels these young people and teaches us the power of friendship, family, and hope. Written by Miriam Gonzales and commissioned by Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Óyeme, the Beautiful is inspired by the stories of real students living in the Greater Washington, DC area. A discussion will follow the reading with the playwright Miriam Gonzales and Imagination Stage's Director of Education & Community Programs Joanne Seelig Lamparter.
A conversation with artists Muriel Hasbun, Nicoletta de la Brown, and Beatriz Del Omo-Fiddleman
1:00pm-1:50pm in the Historic
Join us in a conversation about what it means to find your home with amazing local artists. Muriel Hasbun is a visual artist and educator who focuses on issues of cultural identity and memory. Nicoletta de la Brown is a Baltimore-based interdisciplinary performance artist, speaker, mother, and self-love champion. She is a Black Latinx, first-generation Panamanian born in the US and comes from a long line of healers.. Beatriz del Omo-Fiddleman is a graphic and book artist born and raised in Mexico City. She currently works as a substitute teacher in Montgomery County Public Schools and spent two years working with ESOL students at Sherwood High School to create illustrated books inspired by their personal stories.
"Undocumented and Unafraid," a panel with Casa de Maryland
Members of the undocumented community are often the hidden voices missing in our national conversation about immigration, but Olney Theatre Center, in partnership with the nonprofit Casa de Maryland, gives these incredible individuals a platform to share their experiences because no human is illegal, and no one should be afraid to tell their story.
The barquitos de papel collective archive workshop, Paper boats with Muriel Hasbun
3:00pm-4:00pm in the Actors' Hall (2nd floor), limited capacity
Artist and educator Muriel Hasbun will lead a family history workshop. Participants are invited to bring copies of documents and family photos to add their stories to the barquitos de papel collective archive. Hasbun has been gathering migration stories from all over the world since 2006 and invites you to contribute a paper boat with your story as well. In the workshop, we are encouraged to remember, to (re)discover and to claim our individual stories, inscribing them in a communal space. Our barquitos stand on their own as documents of our diverse journeys. They highlight our individuality while gesturing that together, we may find our belonging.
Ipseity, a hip-hop fusion dance performance by Cristina Camacho
Cristina Camacho is an educator, filmmaker, choreographer, and dancer who grew up in Montgomery County, MD. She is now a professional dancer based out of New York City. She's performed internationally with Culture Shock DC, featured on the VMA Awards on TV, and can be seen in the upcoming West Side Story motion picture adaptation by Steven Spielberg. Her new piece Ipseity uses hip-hop and modern dance to explore the relationship between identity, culture, and belonging in a world dictated by boundaries.
StorySlam
5:00pm-6:00pm in the Mainstage
To close out the day, participate in our first ever StorySlam! Prepare a 3-5 minute story about home, whatever that means to you. Moving into a new house. Navigating a new country, missing an old one. Visiting some place that used to be home. What people, food, sights, and memories make you feel at home? Come prepared to listen, support, and share.
Any changes to the above schedule will be posted at olneytheatre.org/home
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My first Singular song. First project in this new adventure, pushed into taking a leap by all the dancers in my life and creating a choreography that takes me back to my first form of expression.
Finding a deep connection  with my purest and most primitive essence. Going back to my Singular core.
Though they are not the professional, their performance is very natural.


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Annals of Technology
Greening the Tea Party
By Carolyn Kormann
Can small-government, free-market conservatives make the case for solar energy?
Photograph by Christina Mendenhall / Bloomberg via Getty
The solar-energy business is booming. The average cost of installing solar panels has dropped by half since 2010, and a new solar electric system is now installed somewhere in the United States every four minutes. The growth extends well beyond the rooftops of American homes and small businesses; last week, Apple announced that it is investing in an eight-hundred-and-fifty-million-dollar solar farm in Monterey County, California, which it says will power its operations in the state by the end of 2016. Although solar is still small, supplying less than one per cent of the country's electricity, its growth has alarmed the energy industry's old guard—coal, oil, and utility companies. Working primarily through conservative advocacy groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which lobbies at the state level, and Americans for Prosperity (A.F.P.), which was founded by Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists, this coalition is doing its best to weaken the nascent industry, particularly rooftop solar. In a curious twist, however, ALEC and A.F.P. have found themselves butting heads with—and even losing battles to—tough-minded, pro-solar branches of the Tea Party.
Debbie Dooley was one of the twenty-two organizers of the first nationwide Tea Party protest, in 2009. A preacher's daughter from Louisiana, she is a co-founder of the Atlanta Tea Party, on the board of directors of the national Tea Party Patriots, and, since 2012, has been a fierce solar-power advocate. "I thought that the regulated monopoly in Georgia had far too much power," she told me recently, describing the dominant utility company in her state. "They had begun to look out for the best interests of their stockholders instead of their utility customers." Solar, she said, promised to give people energy autonomy. "The average person cannot build a power plant, but they can install solar panels on their rooftop, and they should be able to sell that energy to friends and neighbors if they wish."
Dooley led a fight to persuade Georgia's all-Republican utility commission to require Georgia Power to buy more of its energy from solar sources. A.F.P. fought back, sometimes in ways that Dooley found troubling. "They would put out completely false information," she told me. Through mailers, mass e-mails, and Twitter, "they said that adding solar would cause disruption to the power supply and your household appliances. Electricity would be forty per cent higher! I don't think they were really expecting me to go after what they were saying as forcefully as I did. I just ripped them to shreds over not being factual. We won that battle." (A.F.P. did not respond to repeated requests for comment.) That was in 2013. Dooley had teamed up with the Sierra Club to form the Green Tea Coalition. Later, that coalition helped defeat an effort by Georgia Power to impose heavy fees on customers with rooftop solar systems.
Dooley and her environmentalist partners have tacitly agreed to disagree about many things, starting with climate change. "That's something we don't get involved in," she said. "If you mention climate change, they're going to tune you out." She meant her Tea Party compatriots, of course, with whom she emphasizes, when she talks about solar energy, the free market, consumer choice, and national security. "Rooftop solar makes it harder for terrorists to render a devastating blow to our power grid," she said. "There's nothing more centralized in our nation. If terrorists were able to take down nine key substations, it would cause a blackout coast to coast."
Utility companies are not wrong to fear rooftop solar. Its popularity, if unchecked, will certainly cut into their profits and, perhaps, into their budget for maintaining the electrical grid. Hence an ALEC campaign, revealed by the Guardian last winter, to promote legislation to penalize individual homeowners who use rooftop solar and to label them "free riders." This effort is part of a broader campaign against renewable energy—solar, wind, biomass—that ALEC, whose leading members include such fossil-fuel giants as ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy, has been conducting for years. In 2012, according to the Guardian, "The group sponsored at least 77 energy bills in 34 states," many with the goal of blocking renewable-energy efforts and weakening clean-energy regulations. The model legislation developed by ALEC in this area is called, of all things, the Electricity Freedom Act.
Solar is prospering in spite of these efforts, and not only among wealthy liberals in California. According to the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, the majority of solar-equipped households in New York and Massachusetts are located in neighborhoods with a median income of between forty and ninety thousand dollars. A recent study by researchers at Yale and the University of Connecticut found that socioeconomic and demographic factors like income, party affiliation, and the unemployment rate had little influence on the spread of residential solar-power systems in Connecticut between 2005 and 2013. The main factor that seemed to drive whether a household installed such a system was whether a neighbor had recently done so.
In Georgia, thanks in part to Dooley's efforts, the State Senate is likely to pass a bill that will make rooftop solar easier and cheaper for residents to install. (The House just passed it unanimously.) "Georgia is the new sunshine state," Dooley told me happily. When we spoke, she was driving to the old sunshine state, Florida, which has notably limited options or incentives for solar investors. Dooley is helping lead the launch of a major ballot initiative that would amend that state's constitution to allow individuals and businesses with solar panels to sell the power that they generate directly to their tenants or neighbors. (Current law permits only utility companies to sell electricity.)
Floridians for Solar Choice, the group behind the initiative, is an inchoate alliance of libertarians, Christian Coalition conservatives, liberal environmentalists, and eighty-five Tea Party groups—Dooley's people. They need to collect seven hundred thousand signatures by next February to get the measure on the ballot the following November. The stakes in Florida are high, and Dooley and her colleagues expect substantial resistance from the utility companies and their allies. Last fall, however, a Republican pollster found that seventy-four per cent of Floridians support the goals of the ballot measure. "I've got other states saying, 'Please help us,' " Dooley told me. "But Florida is ground zero."
Carolyn Kormann is a staff writer at The New Yorker.
David H. Koch
The Three Hundred Thousand
On Sunday, climate-change activists were going for a broader coalition—and they got it.
The Swimmer: Manhattan Edition
A daylong swim across Manhattan's pools, in homage to John Cheever's "The Swimmer."