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Do we have the energy for low-income energy policy?
Major happenings colluded to make this a summer for the record books—and I don't just mean the hotter-than-usual temperatures. Energy programs, policies, and research—especially those focused on low-income households—dominated the news:
In mid-June, Pope Francis released his encyclical on the environment, Laudato Sí, where he calls for "… every ecological approach [needing] to incorporate a social perspective which takes into account the fundamental rights of the poor and the underprivileged." The Pope has framed discussions with mayors in July and his upcoming September visit to the US Congress with this issue in mind.
In July, President Obama unveiled new incentives for solar panel installation among the nation's federally subsidized housing stock. This announcement was a precursor to the really big event: the EPA's August release of the final Clean Power Plan rule, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions among the most egregious electricity-producing sources and has significant economic and health outcomes for all households—low-income and working families in particular.
Last week, the White House announced new (and not-so-new) initiatives in support of climate change mitigation to counter the limitations that plagued the growth of some energy-efficiency programs, like the Home Energy Score and FHA's restrictions on Property Assessed Clean Energy programs.
The AC's been on all summer
These events have pushed energy efficiency to the front pages of newspapers, but how these programs and policies actually help working families is still not so black-and-white.
In late June, the release of a cost-benefit study on over 30,000 Michigan households involved in the federal weatherization program from 2011 to 2014 got a lot of heat.
Produced by the E2e Project, it was the first evaluation of any energy-efficiency subsidy or service program to use a randomized controlled trial and measure the costs of recruiting households, of retrofitting homes, and all of the operations associated therein against the actual energy savings and greenhouse gas reduction benefits.
The study's finding that the costs were twice the energy savings (and that estimates of energy savings were overstated by two and half times actual savings) led to massive backlash among energy-efficiency advocates. The main objection was that other benefits to the health and safety of recipients and the employment of local workers were not monetized. Including those areas, advocates estimate benefits to be four times the costs.
Similar debates took place earlier in the year between the energy-efficiency advocacy and scholarly community, beginning with studies on adopting and measuring the outcomes from more stringent building codes for energy. But this summer heated up these controversies, from studies looking at the disparate effects on behaviors of rich and poor households from state energy conservation rebates, to less rigorous estimates of the effects of increasing renewable and efficiency requirements on "energy poverty."
Critics of the Michigan weatherization study are right to question whether these findings can be generalized, along with the limited focus on only a few of the benefits that the intervention produces, and the study's authors acknowledge that. But these controversies point to clear problems in how we measure energy savings, how we bring households at all income levels into energy-efficiency programs, how the programs are structured and operate, and what we know about how people use (and hopefully conserve) energy.
Keeping the poor in the dark
Anyone who's ever even just switched out light fixtures—let alone windows and walls—knows that home improvements are difficult and costly decisions. Advocates for programs that spur these decisions along often underestimate how time-intensive and complicated the process of implementation is for residents, as well as the costs of verification and compliance (especially when accountability for federal funds is involved).
In the background of these studies have been concerted attempts to convince low-income communities that they will be hurt by higher energy bills from any energy-related policy or action (which is partially true in some cases), that reductions in energy will come only from pricing and not from energy efficiency actions, or that poor and underprivileged racial groups are in favor of climate actions for both mitigation and adaptation (which is wholly true according to recent surveys)—though the latter don't necessarily provide any specific tools to act upon that sentiment.
What is it that these communities actually get from energy-efficiency programs and policies—or the lack of program and policy action?
Leaving the (right) lights on
The Clean Power Plan rule leaves the definition of "low-income communities" for later clarification. While the hope is that specific geographic locations and demographic households (including renters) are included, the ultimate challenge will lie more in how the proposed energy-efficiency programs overcome the huge gaps in knowledge regarding how these families will become aware of, participate in, and ultimately benefit from them. That is where the light should be shining.
This information will be critical for making efficient programs that actually produce energy savings along with other implicit benefits for the environment, and are effective vehicles for improving these families' life outcomes.
As the summer ends (and presidential candidate season starts to heat up in its place), we'll be keeping a few lights on—LED bulbs, of course.
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Visually impaired scholars receive aid on Airtel Touching Lives
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In the 11th episode of the third season of Touching Lives, the telecom services provider presented university scholarships, mobility equipment, and laptop computers with voice recognition to two students of the institution.
One of the beneficiaries, Philomena Ukwueze, 30, recently scored 243 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and had received an offer to study Guidance and Counselling at the University of Ibadan.
The other recipient, Christopher Essien, is still studying at the Bethesda school. In future, he said, "I want to be greater than Cobhams [Asuquo, the musician and record label owner]."
Chioma Evelyn, founder and headmistress of the school said the aid package would make significant difference for her wards.
In the school, we use shared laptops. But each of them is supposed to have a personal laptop as they leave for the university. Now you're giving us two. These will definitely go a long way for us," she said.
Host of the programme, Wana Udobang, noted that it had become important for businesses and private citizens to partner with charities and non-governmental organisations caring for disadvantaged Nigerians.
"There are 4.2 million visually impaired people living in Nigeria. With the support structures that are few and far between, when a person becomes bling, sometimes the families are unable to cope," she said.
Ms Evelyn said more than 90 visually impaired young people have been rehabilitated at the centre since it was founded in 2005. "Currently, we have 85 students," she added.
The NGO has received most of its funding from religious bodies and a few individuals, Evenly stated, and asked for more donations from whomever might be watching the television series.
"The life of blind people in Nigeria is hard," she said. "You see them on the streets. You see them begging because they don't have anyone to take care of them."
Ukuweze, who lost her sight at 21, lamented that her family locked her in a room for six years. "I lived inside like a prisoner," she said.
Essien was also confined to his compound for two years and later abandoned by his family. He said, "Going blind, I felt all hope was lost. I almost committed suicide."
Evelyn said, apart from reading and writing classes, Bethesda, which provides free room and board for everyone in its care, also offers training in farming, fishery, music, craft, and football, all at no cost to the trainees.
A new episode of Airtel Touching Lives will be aired this weekend on television networks across Africa, according to the Airtel Corporate Social Responsibility unit.

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But Long Haul's unhappiness can blunt his effectiveness, and he's very sensitive to teasing about the mundane nature of his job.
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The US and Mexico play on Saturday in a one game playoff to see who will play in the Confederations Cup in 2017 the game takes place in the Rose Bowl in California and the US coach Jurgen Klinsmann seems to be under extreme pressure with regards to keeping his job. Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley and Jose Altidore will look to lead the US to victory over El Tri but this is going to be an extremely tough test for the Americans who have really struggled in recent months. Losing out in the semi finals of the Gold Cup to Jamaica and losing the subsequent third/fourth place play off to Panama. The US have some quality players but Klinsmann appears to be struggling to get the best out of the team.
Mexico were excellent in the final of the Gold Cup and won the comeptition comfortably in the end, they have followed that up with a very credible 2-2 draw with Copa America and World Cup finalists Argentina. Former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez is the key man for Mexico alongside Carlos Vela up front. Mexico have lots of attacking talent and will be playing for their places in the World Cup qualifiers as new boss Ricardo Ferretti gets used to his new team.
This game is little more than a glorified friendly and although the Confederations Cup could be seen as good preperation for the World Cup it rarely means anything. For me though the only angle that could be worth looking at in this game is the pressure Klinsmann is under. I am going to take the US to get a win here against El Tri as I believe the players like and want Klinsmann to continue and they will win this one for him. Min bet as with all glorified friendlies though.


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Hanging Due: Nirbhaya convicts to be hanged after response to mercy plea
All the four convicts in Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case are not likely to be hanged on January 22 at 7 am said the Delhi government as ordered by the courts earlier.
Published On Jan 15 2020 2:42PM IST, Last Edited On Jan 15 2020 2:49PM IST Published By Ujjwal Samrat
Mercy petition has been filed by Mukesh Singh, one of the four convicts.
The Additional Solicitor General and Delhi government lawyers have already said in the court that convicts will get 14 days from the day the President of India takes a decision on their mercy pleas.
Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi has said Mukesh Singh's mercy plea was immediately rejected and forwarded to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.
The recommendation of rejection was quite reflexive, said Sisodia.
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, has rejected curative petitions filed by Mukesh Singh, 32 and Vinay Sharma, 26 and refused to stay their execution.
Mukesh Singh then filed a mercy plea, last option available.
Also Read: SC rejects curative petitions of 2 convicts in Nirbhaya rape-murder case
Other two convicts have not filed curative petitions yet, but the review pleas from all the four convicts have been rejected by the Supreme Court.
Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Thakur were part of a group of six men who gang-raped a 23-year-old Delhi paramedic student -- now known as Nirbhaya, in December 2012. It was a brutal act which filled the people of India with fury and frenzy, causing them to be out on streets and demanding for justice. The victim soon died of her injuries.
One of the six rapists killed himself in jail and another, a juvenile, was released from a reformation home after completing a three-year term.
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Mr. Ujjwal Samrat is an English Editor who is a graduate in Journalism and Mass Communication from Lovely Professional University, Punjab. He has a vivid experience in reporting and writing for print as well, as he was an intern of the Hindustan Times, Chandigarh. He also got the experience of editing and writing from the web during his internship tenure with Hindustan Times, Chandigarh. During the college, he has won many writing contests includ ... Read More.


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Durham biotech startup inSoma Bio adds $200K to its coffers, seeks additional $690K
Date Published: October 14, 2020
DURHAM — Biotech startup InSoma Bio has raised an additional $200,000 in security, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
That's in addition to $110,000 raised in September and another $200,000 raised in July.
Five investors contributed to the round, which kicked off on August 20. The funds will be used for the payment of salaries and other compensation and benefits and reimbursement of expenses. No officer, director, partner, manager or promoter will receive any payments from the proceeds of this offering.
The Durham-based company is still looking to raise an additional $690,000, the filing noted.
Stefan Roberts, its chief scientific officer, signed the filing. His LinkedIn page names him as a research scientist at Duke University.
Founded in 2018, the Durham-based startup is a developer of protein-based materials created to address biological wounds and soft tissue.
According to its website, it specializes in research and development of genetically protein-based materials to mimic those naturally found in this environment, further modifying these proteins to assemble only with body heat allowing complex cellular environments created with simple solution injections.
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$2.9B in life science projects across NC so far in 2021 are setting stage for big jump in jobs
Date Published: June 23, 2021
by Rachyl Jones, NCBiotech WriterNorth Carolina has seen consistent life sciences growth over the years, by offering a talented…
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Is It Permissible to Pay Zakat Al-Fitr In Cash During Coronavirus Pandemic?
Q What's the ruling of paying Zakat al-Fitr in cash to those in need during the crisis of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting economic downturn?
It is permissible to pay Zakat al-Fitr in cash during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting economic shutdown if that is more beneficial to the recipient.
In responding to the question, the Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America's Resident Fatwa Committee states:
It is permissible to pay Zakat al-Fitr in cash during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting economic shutdown if that is more beneficial to the recipient. There is no doubt that people's need of money is greater than that of food during the current economic situation.
Giving Zakat al-Fitr in cash is a view which dates back to the early generations as has been narrated by Abu Ishaq al-Suba`i, one of the most knowledgeable of those who succeeded the Companions. He said, "I came in contact with them giving Zakah in cash instead of food."
Imam Al-Bukhari included a chapter in his Sahih entitled "Zakah Paid in Kind," in which Tawus related that Mu`adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the people of Yemen, "Bring me charity in kind: clothing instead of barley and grain. It will be easier for you and better for the Prophet's Companions in Madinah."
Can Zakat al-Fitr Be Paid in Cash?
This proves the permissibility of distributing (Zakah) based on its value. This was also applied by the rightly-guided caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Azeez, because he would instruct his governors to collect it in cash.
This is also the view of the Hanafis; and it was the opinion of Ibn Taymiyyah, of the Hanbalis, so long as it is more beneficial for the needy.
Additionally, we see no problem with distributing Zakat al-Fitr early—at the beginning of Ramadan–based on need, and because the reason for Zakah is present: that reason is fasting, which was mentioned by Ash-Shafi`i and his followers.
📚 Read Also: Can Zakat Al-Fitr Be Paid Early to Help COVID-19 Victims?
However, delaying the payment of Zakat al-Fitr to just before Eid by a day or two is more in line with the Sunnah, according to the narration reported by al-Bukhari on the authority of Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), who said, "They would give it before the Fitr by a day or two," and in another narration reported in al-Muwatta, "…by two or three days."
We ask Allah to grant everyone success and to remove hardship and the pandemic. We also ask that He pardon and grant wellbeing.
Source: www.amjaonline.org
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Edwards Lifesciences' work to support healthcare process innovation supports our aspiration of Transforming Patient Lives with Breakthrough Medical Technologies, as well as enhancing a value-based healthcare system.
Developing innovations that allow Edwards' products to improve efficiency, safety, and effectiveness of healthcare processes.
Edwards is powered by the unwavering belief that patient care can always be improved. It is our goal to make the patient experience better, reduce overall healthcare costs and continuously improve quality of care.
Our programs began with the recognition that patients, providers, and healthcare systems have come to recognize and require the monitoring of more non-clinical health outcome measures like quality of life (QoL) that lead to meaningful changes in healthcare status.
Furthermore, with an increasingly aging population, longer life-expectancy, growth of evidence-based treatment options, and constrained budgets, governments and other payers globally are increasingly focused on covering and paying for technologies that are cost-effective and/or cost-saving.
Edwards envisions a future where all patients in need have access to cardiovascular care. To that end, it is important that our treatments are cost effective for healthcare systems. Cardiovascular care innovations can pose a challenge when healthcare systems are unequipped to quickly adopt new technologies. Edwards seeks to bridge this gap by providing health economic data and tools to hospitals and healthcare systems implementing our therapies.
Our Global Health Economics and Reimbursement (GHER) team's mission is to increase patient access by developing and defining the related clinical and economic data that healthcare decision-makers need. Our dedicated GHER staff supports customers' and healthcare systems efforts to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs. We work directly with healthcare systems to provide the clinical and economic data that ensures equitable access, coverage and payment for our technologies is available to patients in need. The team reports through our corporate functions but works directly with business units to use appropriate data, tools and materials to accomplish this mission.
Edwards is more than a medical technology innovator and manufacturer—we provide solutions that transform possibilities for patient care. Post-surgery complications can increase the risk of patient mortality and extend the patient's length of stay in a treatment center. Edwards is driving best practice standardization among hospitals with individual approaches to surgical recovery.
Our Enhanced Surgical Recovery (ESR) Program provides guidance to surgical teams as they care for patients undergoing complex surgeries. We share best practices for keeping patients in an optimum hemodynamic volume range after an operation. When implemented correctly, these strategies improve post-operative outcomes and reduce patient length of stay. Research has also shown this approach can reduce complications by up to 32 percent, enabling more patients to return to their lives, family and home. We reached our original goal of 7,000 clinicians educated in 2014. In 2018, we strive to educate 16,000 clinicians on the benefits of Enhanced Surgical Recovery. This goal aligns with SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being and SDG 4: Quality Education.
Edwards' Therapy Awareness Programs (TAP) support and educate clinicians who treat patients with structural heart disease. We empower our clinical specialists, working with hospitals and physicians, to conduct regular outreach that improves awareness of diseases and available treatment options. Our objective is to help all patients to receive the most appropriate care for their needs. Please see our Access to Healthcare section within this report for additional educational initiatives.
One goal of our Global Health Economics and Reimbursement (GHER) program is to provide reimbursement support to individual hospitals or health systems providing TAVR and other Edwards technologies. Working with TAVR programs in support of their efforts to deliver quality care remained a top priority for Edwards throughout 2017. This year, for example, some TAVR programs needed to expand capacity to meet patient needs following the FDA approval of the intermediate risk indication, a change that introduced a new treatment option for many more patients. In 2017, Edwards worked with sites on understanding and adopting best demonstrated quality practices and realizing care efficiencies associated with TAVR. In turn, this led to an overall increase in patient access to care. These efficiencies also significantly reduced the costs of care.
Another goal within GHER is to make the patient experience better, reduce overall healthcare costs and continuously improve quality of care. Edwards previously launched a set of quality measurement tools for TAVR programs that are designed to enhance understanding of performance and identify opportunities to improve quality and the overall patient experience, as well as reduce costs. In 2017, we enhanced these capabilities and strengthened our ability to identify programs exhibiting best practices and enlist them to serve as peer mentors. In addition, we supported initiatives across the portfolio designed to improve the quality of care, reduce inefficiency, and provide cost saving and cost effective technology.
We met our original goal of educating 7,000 clinicians in 2015. In 2017, we educated more than 11,000 physicians and 3,000 nurses on the benefits of Enhanced Surgical Recovery. These trainings empower clinicians with strategies that improve patient outcomes after an operation. We met our goal to educate 13,000 clinicians on patient and provider benefits of perioperative and directed therapy to achieve fluid optimization and enhanced surgical recovery by 2017. This goal aligns with SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being and SDG 4: Quality Education.


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Le 12 octobre 2010, la Villa Gillet organisait à l'Institution des Chartreux une rencontre autour de la perception des religions dans notre société. Réunissant des spécialistes français et américains des questions religieuses, cet évènement était l'occasion de faire le point sur ces "nouvelles conflictualités" qui sont souvent la conséquence de préjugés et de pratiques culturelles spécifiques à chaque nation.
Le Guardian et la Bertha Foundation présente dans ce documentaire le groupe des Radical Monarchs, qui repense le mouvements des girl scouts aux Etats-Unis. Loin de la couture et des ventes de cookies, ses membres défendent la communauté LGBTQ, s'intéressent à la protection de l'environnement, soutiennent le mouvement 'Black Lives Matter' et réfléchissent aux problèmes de justice sociale.
Vous trouverez sur cette page des liens vers les directs mis en place par les grands quotidiens anglophones, un état des lieux des campagnes des candidats au jour J, ainsi que des articles sur le rôle des "swing states" et sur la violence qui a marqué ces élections présidentielles.
Le journal britannique The Guardian propose une série de douze documentaires, réalisés en partenariat avec la Bertha Foundation. Cette série s'attache à sensibiliser le public aux enjeux mondiaux contemporains et à faire avancer les débats sur les sujets de société.
À l'occasion du débat "L'Amérique : encore un modèle ?", organisé par la Villa Gillet en partenariat avec le Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse et l'Opéra de Lyon, la Clé anglaise vous propose ce texte de Nicolas Baverez sur le rôle des États-Unis dans le monde aujourd'hui. De quel modèle l'Amérique est-elle le nom ? Les États-Unis, qui s'affirment encore aujourd'hui comme la première puissance mondiale, sont-ils, à long terme, toujours un modèle viable ?
La comparaison de ces deux spots publicitaires pour les campagnes de Hillary Clinton et de Donald Trump peut s'inscrire dans une séquence sur les thèmes "Visions d'avenir: créations et adaptations" ou "Lieux et formes de pouvoir". Une analyse des stratégies de communication de ces deux candidats peut être l'occasion de faire un point sur les élections américaines.
This article aims at exploring the available means of political response in Ireland to the issue of the Famine. What comes first to mind is the case of the representative function, democratic, or approximately so, by the standards of the day; i. e., parliamentary activity. Compiling the records of all individual Irish MPs in Parliament over the period is a tempting intellectual task but clearly beyond the scope of this paper; instead, I approach electoral activity during the period, since elections provide the opportunity of assessment of past contributions, and of confrontation. In the specific context of the Famine, theoretically at least, Irish MPs at Westminster were instrumental in bringing about a better knowledge of what was going on – and indeed some did so in quite a sustained, articulate, and often humane manner. Conversely, elections are moments in a country's life when voters can take their representatives to account; and clearly, there was much to account for.
This paper will argue that Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political discourse was profoundly influenced by his liberal Protestant worldview. The paper begins with some background on Roosevelt's Christian upbringing. It moves on to show how FDR consistently used Protestant precepts and Biblical allusions as a rhetorical tool to gain electoral support. However, the author argues that Roosevelt's simple yet profound Christian faith went far beyond this purely rhetorical usage and that liberal Protestant teachings in fact structured his political philosophy.
Parts of this article were presented at the Agrégation/Research conference at the University of Caen, 23rd January, 2015. An earlier version appeared in Maryann Gialanella Valiulis and Mary O'Dowd (eds), Women and Irish history: essays in honour of Margaret MacCurtain (Dublin, 1997), pp. 109-124.
En 1985, l'intellectuel français Marcel Gauchet publiait un ouvrage intitulé Le Désenchantement du Monde. Renouant délibérément, par delà presque un siècle de négligence, avec des perspectives inaugurées par Max Weber en matière de sociologie des religions, l'auteur y décrivait le christianisme comme ayant constitué éminemment « la religion de la sortie de la religion », voyant en lui cette forme particulière de croyance dont la dynamique interne et les potentialités de développement avaient permis une « sortie » de plus en plus marquée du régime inaugural et fondateur de l'hétéronomie radicale. On s'efforcera de montrer que ce sont les perspectives développées initialement par Marcel Gauchet qui restent les plus prometteuses aujourd'hui, non seulement afin de comprendre les origines de l'Etat mais aussi afin d'envisager une redéfinition de la notion sécularisation dans la perspective de ce que l'on pourrait appeler une « dialectique de la préservation et du dépassement ».
A peculiar feature of the modern world is the asymmetry in the knowledge of the other between the West and the non-West. Nonwestern societies know a great deal more about Western history than Western societies know about theirs. Religious principles clearly possess a peculiar quality: because they are held with particular reverence by religious individuals who see them as principles created, or at least sanctioned by God rather than men. Their denial by others consequently can cause unusually intense offense. Not observing a principle of a particular religion is considered by strict adherents of that religion as sacrilege. This is why conflict of religious principles gives rise to conflict of particular intensity and severity: it can also give rise to spectacular cruelty, because the object of one's attack are entirely dehumanized, and considered enemies not of man or king or nation but of God himself.
Can I say thank-you for that reception but above all thank-you to Scotland for 1.6 million votes for Scottish independence. Our friends in the Highlands of Scotland are still to speak so the final results aren't in, but we know there is going to be a majority for the No campaign. It is important to say that our referendum was an agreed and consented process and Scotland has by a majority decided not, at this stage, to become an independent country. I accept that verdict of the people and I call on all of Scotland to follow suit in accepting the democratic verdict of the people of Scotland.
David Treuer took part in the eighth edition of the Assises Internationales du Roman, organised by the Villa Gillet and Le Monde. He answered our questions on his involvement in the protection of Indian culture.
Kevin Powers took part in the eighth edition of the Assises Internationales du Roman, organised by the Villa Gillet and Le Monde. He answered our questions on his first novel, The Yellow Birds.
The new stakes for healthcare policy in the U.S. are apparent in what Obamacare concretized — the further privatization and stratification of healthcare—and what it left unsaid—the assertion of a right to health. Solutions lie outside of the formal domain of policy and in the realm of ethics and human rights. Yet, it is hard to imagine the application of these remedies at a time when life can be taken with impunity and in a world in which the US kills through drone warfare with each bomb carrying not only the threat of death but also the message that some lives matter less than yours or mine.
The Young Lords were the children of the first large wave of Puerto Rican migration to the North East of the United States, in cities like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Hartford. The Young Lords was begun not in New York, interestingly enough, but in Chicago. And it was initiated by the efforts of the leader of the Young Lords, who initially in Chicago had been a gang. Cha Cha Jimenez, who was the leader of that gang, worked with a leader of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, to transform this gang into a political organization.
Alondra Nelson tells us about the history of the black community in New York; where they came from, where they settled and why. She also explores issues related to the urban development in Manhattan and to the gentrification of Harlem.
Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC initiative was a thirty year plan to say 'what do we need to do to ensure that a 9.4 million New York City works better than an 8.4 million New York City works today?' so that when you open the door in the year 2030 you like what you see. That long term planning view, understanding the growth that's going to happen, meant that we needed to change some fundamental things. One of the first things we needed to do was to look at our transport systems differently and use the lever of growth to modernise those transport systems.
Now that we're living most of our lives online, all of us are vulnerable to the internet. The difficulty with young people is that they may not have experienced the dangers of not being able to escape your past until it's too late. I like to tell the story of Stacy Sneider, the young 22 year old teacher in training who posted a picture of herself on Myspace wearing a pirate's hat and drinking from a plastic cup that said drunken pirate. Her supervisor at the school said she was promoting drinking and she was fired. She sued and was unable to get her job back and she had to pick an entirely different career. That's a very dramatic example on how vulnerable all of us are to being judged out of context by a single image or ill chosen picture and once you do that it may be very hard to escape your past.
Michel Lussault, professeur de géographie et directeur de l'Istitut Français d'Education, répond aux questions de Clifford Armion, responsable de La Clé des langues, dans le cadre d'une rencontre organisée par la Villa Gillet dans les locaux newyorkais du Guardian, le 13 octobre 2012. Il évoque les changements opérés dans le paysage urbain de New York ces dernières années aux travers d'exemples comme la reconfiguration de Time Square, la transformation de la High Line en promenade ou bien encore le mémorial du 11 septembre.
The original World Trade Centre site was 16 acres which if my calculations are correct is about 10 hectares in French geographical terms. So it was a very large space in the centre of the downtown Wall Street business district in New York. Those two buildings were each 110 stories tall. Each floor was an acre square. So you had 10 million square feet of floor space in those buildings. It really was an attempt to build the largest buildings in the world and bring companies from around the world to do business in those buildings. Once the attacks came and the buildings collapsed, it emerged very quickly in the planning process that the actual footprints of the buildings, those places were the they stood, were considered sacred ground.
Since the 1990s, a new generation of American historians has been exploring the "other," counter-countercultural side of the 1960s, focusing on either the higher echelons of conservative power, the work of conservative militants at the grassroots, or on the ideas of specific conservative thinkers. This article aims to review some of the existing literature, while providing insight into what a comprehensive history of the conservative sixties should also include.
Mary Creagh is the Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. She has been a Member of Parliament for Wakefield since 2005. She answered our questions on the environmental policies implemented by the coalition government and the position of Labour on energy and environment related issues.
Jeffrey Rosen a écrit ce texte dans le cadre de la rencontre intitulée "The end of privacy: the state and surveillance", organisée par le festival "Walls and Bridges" de la Villa Gillet. Cette rencontre propose de réfléchir au degré de surveillance auquel les États occidentaux astreignent leurs citoyens a considérablement augmenté au cours des dernières années, que ce soit dans les espaces publics ou sur internet.
Le degré de surveillance auquel les Etats occidentaux astreignent leurs citoyens a considérablement augmenté au cours des dernières années, que ce soit dans les espaces publics ou sur internet. La menace du terrorisme a généré d'innombrables mesures, mais dans l'après-11 septembre, quelle part de notre liberté sommes-nous prêts à sacrifier au nom de la sécurité ? Le spécialiste français du droit international Didier Bigo en débat avec l'expert américain, Jeffrey Rosen.
La Clé des langues vous propose de lire et d'écouter les points de vue engagés de Didier Bigo, Jeffrey Rosen et Mireille Delmas-Marty sur l'enregistrement et la diffusion d'informations personnelles par diverses administrations et entreprises. Le degré de surveillance auquel les Etats occidentaux astreignent leurs citoyens a considérablement augmenté au cours des dernières années, que ce soit dans les espaces publics ou sur internet. La menace du terrorisme a généré d'innombrables mesures, mais dans l'après-11 septembre, quelle part de notre liberté sommes-nous prêts à sacrifier au nom de la sécurité ?
Dominique Cardon, sociologue, est chercheur à Orange Labs et au Centre d'études des mouvements sociaux (EHESS). Dans La Démocratie Internet, ce spécialiste des usages des nouvelles technologies s'intéresse à la fonction politique du web, véritable laboratoire d'expériences démocratiques qui élargit formidablement l'espace public et renouvelle les possibilités de critique et d'action. Ce texte a été écrit à l'occasion d'une rencontre organisée par la Villa Gillet autour de la "webculture : nouveaux modes de connaissance, nouvelles sociabilités".
Comment ne pas voir, a fortiori quand on est un économiste, qu'un certain économisme est à l'oeuvre dans la conversion de la Nature en « ressources naturelles » ? L'analyse économique vivrait dans le fantasme de l'abondance perpétuelle, justifiant une quête inconséquente de prospérité dont nous récolterions aujourd'hui les fruits empoisonnés. Le temps serait venu de mettre un terme à cette course folle à l'abîme vers lequel nous pousse une « science » économique aussi réductrice qu'impérialiste.
I will begin with a point of intellectual history. It is well known that one difference between ancient Scepticism and modern scepticism as first formulated by Descartes is this. The great innovation in Descartes' First Meditation was to suggest that if one could doubt our knowledge of the external world, then one put into doubt the very existence of the external world. In ancient scepticism, though doubts were also raised by philosophical sceptics about our knowledge of the external world, this was never meant to put into doubt its existence.
Akeel Bilgrami, directeur du Heyman Center for the Humanities (Columbia), est une figure centrale de la philosophie contemporaine du langage et de l'esprit. Ses ouvrages, Belief and Meaning (Blackwell, 1992) et Self-Knowledge and Resentment, ont connu un grand succès aux États-Unis. Portés par une démarche philosophique originale et singulière, ils proposent un nouveau cadre de pensée. Après s'être intéressé aux questions de la connaissance de soi et l'intentionnalité, il bouscule les manières de penser la nature et les relations que l'homme entretient avec elle.
Alain Lipietz, économiste, est un acteur majeur de l'engagement politique pour l'écologie. Ancien député Vert européen (1999-2009), il participe activement à la construction d'Europe Écologie et à l'élaboration du programme économique et social pour 2012. Dans Face à la crise : l'urgence écologiste, recueil d'entretiens avec Bertrand Richard, il propose un « New Deal Vert » : la reconversion de la société selon les normes du développement durable.
La question centrale de cette conférence est le basculement du concept de "nature" en "ressources naturelles". Nous ferons état de la généalogie de cette transformation en montrant qu'elle est liée à toute une série de changements dans les domaines métaphysique, religieux, politique et économique à la fin du dix-septième siècle en Europe. Nous élargirons ce constat et montrerons comment ces mêmes bouleversements sont à l'origine de changements de concepts bien plus conséquents : le passage du concept "d'être humain" à celui de "citoyen" par l'expérience du contrat social, le passage du concept de "peuple" à celui de "populations", et enfin le passage du concept de connaissances - sur lequel trouve à s'appuyer l'existence - à celui, avant-gardiste, d'expertise - sur lequel trouve à s'appuyer le pouvoir.
Lorsqu'elle émergea sur la scène politique américaine en 1960, la Nouvelle Gauche, et plus particulièrement le Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), son porte-drapeau, décida de se démarquer de la « vieille » gauche marxiste idéologique et doctrinaire. Entre 1960 et 1965, elle adopta une stratégie résolument réformatrice reposant sur un idéalisme convaincu, une spontanéité à toute épreuve et une prédilection pour les actions directes dont les résultats étaient tangibles, repérables et par conséquent particulièrement valorisants et motivants pour les participants et les bénéficiaires. De la sorte, n'avait-elle pas adopté des principes d'anarchisme existentiel ?
La Nouvelle Gauche américaine est une mosaïque rassemblant différents mouvements contestataires. Elle vit le jour en 1960. Pendant ses cinq premières années d'existence, son approche fut essentiellement contestataire et réformatrice. En 1965, jugeant que ces actions n'étaient pas couronnées de succès, elle décida de s'engager ouvertement dans la désobéissance civile et la révolution, profitant de l'émoi suscité par la guerre au Vietnam. Ses principales actions révolutionnaires furent le soulèvement de l'université de Columbia en avril 1968 et les émeutes de Chicago en août. Une telle radicalisation entraîna inexorablement sa désintégration au début des années soixante-dix.
Les 24, 25 et 26 septembre 2010 se tenait à Lyon le Forum Libération dont le thème était cette année la planète durable. Dans le cadre d'un partenariat entre l'ENS, Libération et la ville de Lyon, La Clé des langues a le plaisir de publier une partie des interventions de ce forum. Nous vous invitons à découvrir sur cette page le point de vue éclairé de trois hommes politiques britanniques sur des questions liées au développement durable. Nous vous proposons également d'écouter les interviews de Lord Peter Melchett, Peter Ainsworth et Jonathan Porritt qui ont tous trois répondu aux questions de La Clé des langues.
My problem with GMOs is not that I am against science. None of the organisations that campaign against GMOs have opposed the use of GM technology in medicine for example. There is now a strong move to support a crop breeding technology called marker assisted selection which allows you to use our knowledge of the DNA to inform conventional crop breeding and to speed up or make more effective this conventional crop breeding.
La Grande Séparation entre le politique et le religieux, pour reprendre le vocabulaire de Mark Lilla, est au fondement de la démocratie. Construire un lieu public commun à tous est apparu progressivement comme le moyen d'unir dans une même organisation politique les fidèles que leurs affiliations et leurs convictions religieuses opposaient, éventuellement avec violence, les uns aux autres. Selon les penseurs des Lumières, la Raison parce qu'elle était commune à tous les hommes permettrait de faire vivre ensemble ceux que divisaient leurs croyances sur le sens ultime du destin humain et l'appartenance à des Eglises organisées qui se combattaient de manière radicale.


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CarePlus Foundation and Bergen Community College Wellness Center Present The Gospel According to Josh
Join the CarePlus Foundation for a 15-character, one-man musical theater experience about a small town Jersey boy who follows his dreams to Hollywood. The Gospel According to Josh follows his experiences which transform him into the star of two reality TV shows, and explores the great obstacles of his life, his strict upbringing and intimate relationship with his father, and the tragedy of his father's suicide. Written and performed by Josh Rivedal, this play and a panel discussion on suicide prevention that follows the performance, was held at the Anna Maria Ciccione Theater, Bergen Community College, Paramus.
The Gospel According to Josh was designed to be used as an educational tool and presents a true life picture of depression by someone who has experienced it. The panel discussion will help make it acceptable to talk about mental illness and reduce the stigma surrounding depression and suicide.
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The CarePlus Foundation – a supporting arm of CarePlus – was created with a mission to decrease the stigma of mental illness and pave the way to accessibility of care for those looking to seek help.
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Thallus with prostrate and erect axes or erect axes only; the latter terete to flattened, irregularly, alternately or pinnately branched; prostrate axes stoloniferous, irregularly branched, terete to compressed, attached by complex brush-like haptera consisting of both internal rhizines, growing independent and protruding between surface cells, and pigmented multicellular filaments originating from surface cells; haptera adhering to or penetrating the substratum. Structure as for the order, generally with many internal rhizines originating from the inner cortical cells and growing basipetally, obliquely or transversally through the thallus. Life history biphasic or triphasic. Gametophytes dioecious or occasionally monoecious. Cystocarps raised, bilocular, with carposporangia developing on both locules; spermatangia in colorless sori. Tetrasporangia in apical sori with or without sterile margins, cruciately or tetrahedrally divided; young sori usually with tetrasporangia arranged in ordered parallel rows; mature tetrasporangia either irregularly arranged or in parallel rows.
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package com.employment.model.student.adapter;

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.bumptech.glide.Glide;
import com.employment.R;
import com.employment.model.student.bean.Recruit;

import java.util.List;

import butterknife.BindView;
import butterknife.ButterKnife;
import de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView;

/**
 * Created by roy on 2017/4/9.
 */

public class EmploymentAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<EmploymentAdapter.MyViewHolder> {

    private List<Recruit> recruits;
    private OnclickListener onclickListener;
    private Context mContext;

    public interface OnclickListener {
        void onItemClick(View view, int position);
    }

    public EmploymentAdapter(Context mContext, List<Recruit> recruits) {
        this.recruits = recruits;
        this.mContext = mContext;
    }

    @Override
    public MyViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
                .inflate(R.layout.fragment_employment_item, parent, false);
        return new MyViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(final MyViewHolder holder, int position) {

        Recruit recruit = recruits.get(position);
        holder.employmentPosition.setText(recruit.getRjobName()+"");
        holder.employmentCompanyName.setText(recruit.getRjobName() + "");
        holder.employmentAddress.setText(recruit.getCmCompanyByCid().getCaddress() + "");
        holder.employmentSalary.setText(recruit.getRsalary() + "元");
        Glide.with(mContext).load(recruit.getCmCompanyByCid().getCface()).into(holder.companyChrImage);
        holder.companyChrName.setText(recruit.getCmCompanyByCid().getChr());
        holder.employmentLayout.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                int pos = holder.getLayoutPosition();
                if (onclickListener != null)
                    onclickListener.onItemClick(view, pos);
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return recruits.size();
    }

    public class MyViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

        @BindView(R.id.employment_position)
        TextView employmentPosition;
        @BindView(R.id.employment_salary)
        TextView employmentSalary;
        @BindView(R.id.employment_company_name)
        TextView employmentCompanyName;
        @BindView(R.id.employment_address)
        TextView employmentAddress;
        @BindView(R.id.company_chr_image)
        CircleImageView companyChrImage;
        @BindView(R.id.company_chr_name)
        TextView companyChrName;
        @BindView(R.id.employment_layout)
        LinearLayout employmentLayout;

        MyViewHolder(View view) {
            super(view);
            ButterKnife.bind(this, view);
        }
    }

    public void setRecruits(List<Recruit> recruits) {
        this.recruits = recruits;
        notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    public List<Recruit> getRecruits() {
        return recruits;
    }

    public void setOnclickListener(OnclickListener onclickListener) {
        this.onclickListener = onclickListener;
    }
}


How do I set up outbound SMTP on Eudora OSE?
How do I set up outMail on Eudora OSE?
Follow the guide below to configure EuduraOSE to send emails using the outMail service.
Launch Eudura from the Desktop or from the Start > All Programs menu. The icon looks like the one shown below.


Is MQTT protocol appropriate for transmitting sensor readings over BLE?
Assume that there are numerous weak sensors (e.g., Arduino level devices) which rely on BLE as means of communication and that these devices are connected to a more powerful gateway (e.g., Raspberry pi level of devices).
I would like to know if MQTT is considered an appropriate protocol for transmitting their readings (short, frequent bursty messages).
A number of blogs/documents consider MQTT appropriate for "IoT applications" because it is light(er) weight when compared to HTTP and conserves power. However, to my understanding it requires a connection be be kept open which is not the case with BLE or other communication protocols appropriate for IoT. BLE does not maintain the connection open for prolonged periods of time to reserve energy. Apparently, MQTT is appropriate when a MAC layer protocol such as WiFi is used. This almost breaks the rationale behind using MQTT in the first place (i.e., if the device computably handles a protocol such as WiFi then it might not need a protocol such as MQTT). Do you see a flaw in this logic?
Is there any alternative application layer protocol for that purpose? What is the most frequently seen structure of these type of messages (e.g., raw binary data, JSON, XML) when they communicate with a gateway and when they communicate with a server directly?
MQTT has to run over TCP/IP (I can't remember if it's actually in the spec or if just enough assumptions are made to make it so) but its sister protocol MQTT-SN can be run over nearly any protocol that can pass data, I've seen implementations in UDP and serial.
Having said that I'm not sure what you gain by running either over BLE, BLE's built in Characteristics offer much of the same benefit (if only on a 1 to 1 basis) with things like notification.
I think one of the important thing to remember is what the "I" stands for in IoT, it's implies access to the Internet at some point (even if it's a gateway device or phone). At that point MQTT can be very useful, but it doesn't necessarily mean all the way to the (bleeding) edge.
Arguably, you'd be better off doing a simple mapping of the data from BLE paradigms to MQTT, rather than trying to literally send MQTT over BLE.
BLE generally exchanges data in the form of characteristics. These have various BLE-unique mechanisms for discovering value change that you may find useful. But they have a maximum data length of 20 bytes.
It is possible to stream serial data over BLE, moving 20 bytes at a time. This is sometimes done to implement a virtual serial port, and you could tunnel full MQTT through this.
But you'd probably do better to use a collection of BLE characteristics to carry the data of different topics, and have a bridge which maps the characteristic identity to an MQTT topic and maps the value to the MQTT payload.
BLE has its own sense of ongoing connected sessions vs. non-connected ones. Likely you should figure out what usage of BLE is best for your application, and then map this to the MQTT sense of maintaining a connection.
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged mqtt power-consumption bluetooth-low-energy or ask your own question.
BLE only partially connected in iPhone?
Are there standardized MQTT topics?
What are the hubs for non-WiFi, DIY/open/hackable devices?
How to monitor extra MQTT information with Home Assistant?
Does MQTT inresponse can cause a reset due to network activity?


Do you have to let all of your wedding guests bring a plus-one? How do you decide who gets to bring someone?
The short answer is no. Plus-one invitations are tricky and each situation is different. Guests who are married, engaged or living together should definitely be invited as a pair, but even then the rules aren't entirely rigid.
Start by taking an inventory of your proposed guest list and calculate the total head count both with plus-ones and without. Extra guests means more money is going into the wedding, so if your budget is tight, it will pay to closely examine any plus-ones you have listed.
I have personally debated the plus-one question regarding single friends with my fiancé, and while I think we'll end up giving people at least the option of bringing someone (though it's unlikely everyone will take the offer), my gut reaction was thinking I didn't want to have a bunch of complete strangers at our wedding.
Whatever your strategy may be, be consistent – either give every person a plus-one, or have guidelines. Perhaps plus-ones are only given to close family members or members of the bridal party. Or maybe you break it down to age groups, like plus-ones only for those over 18, for example.
Also consider that without a plus-one, some guests may not know anyone else at the party, which can happen if you're inviting an old childhood friend or a co-worker from years ago. For me, many of my single friends are already friends with a number of other guests, so I know they'll still have fun going solo.
Overall, there are no hard and fast rules about plus-ones. Just be sure to be clear with your guests in the invitation if they're allowed to bring someone.


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Alessandro Cesarini, italijanski rimskokatoliški duhovnik, škof in kardinal, * ?, † 13. februar 1542, Rim.

Življenjepis
1. julija 1517 je bil povzdignjen v kardinala.

Bil je postavljen za apostolske administratorje:
 Pamplona (27. februar 1520 - maj 1538);
 Otranto (9. april 1526 - marec 1536);
 Gerace (28. januar 1536 - 20. februar 1538);
 Oppido Mamertina (2. september 1536 - 20. februar 1538) in
 Cuenca (24. maj 1538 - ?).

31. maja 1540 je bil imenovan za škofa Albana, 14. novembra 1541 pa še za škofa Palestrine.

Sklici

Glej tudi
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Italijanski rimskokatoliški duhovniki
Italijanski rimskokatoliški škofje
Italijanski kardinali
Rimskokatoliški škofje Albana
Rimskokatoliški škofje Palestrine
Kardinali, ki jih je imenoval papež Leon X.

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Glowy Beauty Buffs: Glossier Is Coming Back to L.A.
Beauty, Coming Soon
The beauty brand reveals that it's reopening not far from its previous boutique.
Photo: Danielle Directo-Meston/UncoverLA
Good news for glow-loving Angelenos. After shuttering all of its brick-and-mortar stores last year, Glossier is opening new boutiques in Los Angeles as well as in London and Seattle.
The cult-favorite beauty brand tells us that it's opening an L.A. outpost this fall not far from its former Melrose Place location (which debuted in 2018). In a recent blog post, founder and CEO Emily Weiss explains that the trio of boutiques is "the culmination of everything we've learned from our prior offline experiences, and like these experiences, they look at each city through Glossier-colored glasses." (We're guessing that also includes 'grammable elements, like that photogenic hidden canyon.)
The interior of Glossier's former L.A. boutique on Melrose Place. Photo: @glossier
"Each of these stores is designed to inspire everyone to find joy and confidence in their personal beauty style, with a customer journey centered around self-discovery and belonging. People first, products second," Weiss continues.
Glossier Head of People for Retail Hector Camacho adds that the company is looking forward to building employee experiences rooted in "connection, leadership, communication, growth, and engagement, each in a way that is equitable and inspiring." (Read more all about that at Camacho's blog post.)
Stay tuned for more — in the meantime, you can catch us scouting the neighborhood for Glossier's new L.A. store.
Tags: emily weiss, featured, glossier, hector camacho
Universal Studios' After-Hours Pride Night, The Other Art Fair Returns, Re/Done Flea Market & More of L.A.'s Best Events
L.A. County Sees a Slight Rise in COVID-19 Cases; 4th of July Travel to Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
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Q: Flash setting doesn't work on firefox I have a problem with flash in Firefox.
When the flash setting opens I can not click any button or link.
I'm embedding the swfobject with the following code:
<script type="text/javascript">
  var params = {};
  params.wmode = "<?echo (strlen(strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Firefox')) > 0)?"direct":"transparent";?>";
  swfobject.embedSWF("record_swf", "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf",null,params,null);
</script>

I found some sources that say that maybe the error is related to container margins. I removed all css styles and didn't work.
They also say that maybe is the wmode so I changed only for Firefox to "direct" and still  didn't work.
I don't know what else could I do. If there's any as3 library could help please let me know.
Source for both solutions: Can't click allow button in flash on firefox

A: Have you tried "window" or "opaque" wmode?

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Extremism & Terror
By APT / January 17, 2022
Boston Jewish leaders willfully ignored signs of Muslim Jew-hatred In 2010, APT caught a Boston imam urging Muslims to act...
WATCH: Jew Blasts His Friends' Silence as Jew-Hatred Surges
British Jewish podcaster: people "are absolutely content with the idea of Jews living in fear…" As Jew-hatred surges, and Jews...
Desmond Tutu: Once a Hero, Twice a Bigot
By APT / January 9, 2022
Op-ed: Desmond Tutu's sins go deeper than Jew-hatred Bishop Desmond Tutu deserves universal praise for helping to liberate blacks from...
2022 New Year's Resolution: Face the Ugly Reality
By APT / December 30, 2021
In 2022, we must resolve to do everything we can to prevent Jew-hatred from reaching the tipping point Hostilities against the...
Jewish Leaders Failing to Fight Anti-Jewish Curriculum
Jewish intellectuals denounce Jewish leaders who fail to protect the community Watch prominent Jewish commentators and scholars Jonathan Tobin and William Jacobson...
Black Lives Matter and the Jews
We are witnessing the demise of a liberal culture, and its replacement by a radical and hostile culture.
This emerging movement claims to advance fairness, justice, and righting historical wrongs; but its actions are doing the opposite. Sadly, it's hard for Jews not to be fooled by good intentions.
America's Jews, who have been in the forefront of the struggles for black civil rights, now face a serious dilemma.
While the slogan "Black Lives Matter" is a justified plea for equal treatment and a passionate commitment to the well-being of our black fellow Americans, significant elements within the Black Lives Matter leadership pose a threat to the Jewish community.
While purportedly combating racism, too many Black Lives Matter demonstrations have intensified the already prevalent anti-Semitism coming from other vociferous anti-Zionists and Jew-baiters. Moreover, the original 2016 BLM manifesto contains vicious demonization of Jews and Israel, including blood libels and conspiracy theories concerning the murder of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers.
As shown in the video, we cannot afford to allow our compassion for social justice to delude us as to the ugly reality of a dangerous form of Jew-hatred emerging from non-traditional sources.
The Influence of Qatar on American High Schools: Collusion of Haters and Educators
The kingdom of Qatar uses its enormous wealth to promote radical Islam around the world. Qatar is a leading sponsor of global terrorism. It has provided funding to al-Qa'idah, ISIS, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood
Qatar is also a major promoter of Jew-hatred. Qatar has been active in distributing anti-Semitic educational material in the Arab and Muslim world, including cartoons repeating blood libels which are meant to incite children against the Jewish people.
In addition to promoting terrorism, Qatar has invested billions in trying to influence American politics and education. Most disturbingly, Qatar has targeted the American educational system as a way of influencing American politics and foreign policy.
Qatar funds K-12 Middle East Studies curricula for use by American teachers which promote the pro-Arab, pro-Islamic, anti-American, and anti-Israel points of view. This is often done under the guise of "mutual understanding" or "global citizenship."
Qatari efforts to influence U.S. education are managed through the Qatar Foundation International. In Massachusetts, QFI promotes its educational agenda through Primary Source, an educational non-profit which trains K-12 teachers in "global education." At least three high school history teachers in the Newton, Massachusetts, school system participated in Qatari-funded programs.
Qatar is not the only Arab country influencing American public school children. Taxpayer-funded school textbooks are often vetted by activists with Saudi ties, who advise and influence major American textbook companies.
Watch the video on Vimeo.
Hates Spaces (Trailer)
On American campuses today, many Jewish students who grew up with expectations of equality, inclusion, and a nurturing learning environment, are saddened to discover a harsh and ugly reality, one which is mostly ignored by college officials.
The hostility toward Jewish students on campus is part of a larger change within academia, which has embraced radical social activism, ideological indoctrination, and coerced conformity.
The film illustrates how anti-Semitism is being made fashionable at many American universities through the on-going academic de-legitimization of Israel, the normalization of hatred in the name of social justice, and massive donations of Arab oil money to universities.
Hate Spaces includes commentary and analysis from distinguished writers and academics including Professors Alan Dershowitz of Harvard, William Jacobson of Cornell and Richard Landes of Boston University, along with journalists Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal, and Caroline Glick of The Jerusalem Post.
Morally Confused Rabbi Howard Jaffe Enables CAIR Fundraising at Temple
APT exposed an event at Temple Isaiah in Lexington, Massachusetts where Rabbi Howard Jaffe allowed a CAIR official to raise money from his congregation. According to the ADL and the FBI, CAIR was founded as a Hamas fundraising front group. Hamas proclaims all Jews must be killed. Hamas murders Jews. Helping CAIR officials raise funds is unacceptable. Rabbis cannot demand to be above criticism, especially when they engage in politics.
JNS article describing the event
ADL statement concerning CAIR
IPT News report on the FBI severing ties with CAIR
Hamas Charter (August 18, 1988)


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Newsline Special: Requests for Prayer
"Let my cry reach you, Lord; help me understand according to what you've said. Let my request for grace come before you" (Psalm 119:169-170, Common English Bible).
Over the weekend, a tragedy involving students at Manchester University, the sudden hospitalization of associate general secretary Mary Jo Flory-Steury, and a fire at Cross Keys Village, one of the Church of the Brethren-related retirement communities, have prompted calls for prayer.
Three Manchester students die in traffic accident
Photo courtesy of Manchester University
A gathering at Manchester University on Sunday evening. "This is why Manchester University is such a strong community ," said the university's Office of Multicultural Affairs in a Facebook post. "Could have been anywhere else but many piled into the Jo Young Switzer Center to pay tribute to fallen classmates and fellow Spartans. #MUStrong."
A traffic accident took the lives of three Manchester University students early Sunday morning, Feb. 21. The three were international students from Nigeria and Ethiopia, studying at the Church of the Brethren-related university in North Manchester, Ind.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Manchester University president Dave McFadden shared the names of the three students: Nerad Grace Mangai, Brook M. Dagnew, and Kirubel Alemayehu Hailu.
Brook Dagnew is a brother of former Brethren Press employee Lina Dagnew, who worked on the Gather 'Round curriculum in 2010-11.
Here is McFadden's post in full:
"It is with great sadness that I share news of a tragic accident early this morning that claimed the lives of three Manchester University students, Nerad Grace Mangai, Brook M. Dagnew and Kirubel Alemayehu Hailu.
"A fourth MU student, Israel Solomon Tamire, is being treated for injuries at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Three other students, Nebiyu Shiferaw Alemu, Amanuel Atsbha Gebreyohannes and Dagmawi Meseret Tadesse, were not injured and have returned to North Manchester.
"A gathering for the MU community is planned for 8 p.m. this evening (Sunday) in Petersime Chapel. Students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend, reflect and provide comfort to each other as we process our grief. Campus Pastor Walt Wiltschek will lead us.
"The students had been to Ball State University and Taylor University earlier and were northbound on I-69 heading back to North Manchester. Based on what we were told, they had a flat tire and were outside of the vehicle changing it when several of them were struck by another vehicle.
"All of the students are from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, except for Nerad, a sophomore biology-chemistry major from Jos, Nigeria. Brook was a sophomore majoring in biology-chemistry and Kirubel was a first-year medical technology major.
"Please hold all of the people who love these students in your thoughts and prayers. Counseling services are available today at the Intercultural Center and we will ensure that counseling support is available for students, faculty and staff in the difficult days ahead.
"We anticipate that there will be a memorial service on the North Manchester campus in the coming days and will share details with you when plans are confirmed.
"We can't begin to understand the tragic loss of Nerad, Brook and Kirubel, young lives so full of promise. The MU community grieves their passing and will miss them deeply."
In an update today, the university shared a way to send condolences and also to offer monetary help to the students' families: "For those wishing to provide support to the students and their families, in any form, you may send them to the President's office. We will be collecting and mailing cards and support to the families of the students lost this weekend. Monetary donations can be offered as well, more information will be provided as resources are confirmed. Thank you to all who have provided so much love and support in our community's time of grief."
The address for cards and condolences is: Office of the President, 604 E College Ave., North Manchester, IN 46962.
Associate general secretary is hospitalized
Church of the Brethren associate general secretary Mary Jo Flory-Steury was hospitalized on Sunday morning, in Pennsylvania, after suffering bleeding in her brain. She and her husband had been driving home to Elgin, Ill., after spending time in Shenandoah District and with family in Pennsylvania.
The most recent information received from her husband, Mark Flory Steury, is that she underwent surgery yesterday. Today it is anticipated that she will be transferred to a hospital in a larger city in Pennsylvania, in order to have further testing and additional medical procedures.
"Please hold Mary Jo in your prayers, as well as Mark, the family, and Mary Jo's medical team," said a prayer request from the office of the General Secretary.
Updates will be posted on the Church of the Brethren Facebook page at www.facebook.com/churchofthebrethren as more information becomes available.
Fire at Cross Keys Village destroys new building under construction
Cross Keys Village-The Brethren Home Community in New Oxford, Pa., suffered a fire early Saturday morning, Feb. 20. The fire destroyed a new building that was under construction, and not yet occupied, and no injuries were reported.
The community had planned to put the new building into use in June, as a 30-bed Memory Care Residence. The fire did not spread beyond the construction site. Several residents who live in the homes near the construction site had to be evacuated, but not for a long period of time.
"When there is publicity of a fire at a senior living community that people get especially concerned," wrote Cross Keys Village COE Jeff Evans in an e-mail to the Fellowship of Brethren Homes, an organization of the Church of the Brethren-related retirement communities. "We are blessed with an outpouring of support and thankful it was not worse."
Evans told the Evening Sun newspaper that the value of the project under construction "was $7.8 million, although it was only 15 percent complete at the time of the fire." He added, "We don't know the cause, but have no reason to believe it's anything malicious."
The Evening Sun reported that state and federal fire investigators are looking into what caused the fire. Find the newspaper report and photos of the fire at www.eveningsun.com/story/news/2016/02/20/fire-burns-cross-keys-brethren-home/80656416 .
Newsline is produced by the News Services of the Church of the Brethren. Contact editor Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford at cobnews@brethren.org . Newsline appears every week, with special issues as needed. Stories may be reprinted if Newsline is cited as the source. The next regularly scheduled issue of Newsline is set for Feb. 26.
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Newsline for February 20, 2016Congregational Life Ministries and ADNet Extend Agreement to Work Together


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Live(?)blogging the entirety of Super Show 2, in 40-ish-minute chunks! Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 are here, and you can follow along here. This entire last segment is encores; Part 4 ended with the original/first ending, and everyone running off stage yelling thank-yous.


Tinker Tangles: New App and Contest!
Hello! It has been a while since I posted but I wanted to take a moment and share some exciting news!
Last month I was contacted by John Young of John Young Apps to work with him to create a coloring app based on Zentangles. John already has one app, Coloring Advanced in the app store and it's pretty cool. Having never created coloring pages before, I thought that I would enjoy the challenge so I accepted it.
I created the 12 images in the app using my own tangle patterns as well as some of the official tangle patterns. Once they were done, I scanned them and sent them off to John who then did the hard part/magic and created the app.
The app is complete and has been accepted by the Apple App Store and will be available on August 31st. There will be two versions available, one is free with ads, and a paid version that has no ads and some extra color options. All the images will be available in both versions of the app. But before that happens, I have 5 codes to giveaway that will make the full, ad free version available to you before it is available to the world. I have both versions and John's other app and I can tell you that the apps are fun and easy to use.
If anyone is wondering, I will not be making any money from this app. It was John's idea and John's hard work to create the app. I will however be offering a download of the images in the app through my etsy shop for the same price as the paid app ($1.99) should anyone wish to support me and/or like to color the images on paper.
So, now that all the talking is out of the way, now for the fun part. Entering! There are going to be 5 winners. Each winner will get ONE code to open a fully unlocked and ad free version of Coloring Advanced App. I am also running the contest on my Facebook Fan page, and instagram account (@tinkertangles). If you'd like to enter there you can, but you may only win one time.
This contest is run on Rafflecopter and starts tomorrow. I am not smart enough to embed the code here so, Enter here to win!


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China's Terracotta Warriors
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The Terracotta Warriors are a household name to millions around the world. But how did the ancient craftsmen create something never done before. Today, science is making new discoveries that is blowing away our image of these word-famous wonders. Watch as the NGC team visits the site of the ceramic army of around 8,000 life-sized warriors, created to protect Emperor Qin on his journey into the afterlife.
The army of clay infantry, archers, generals and cavalry was first discovered by archaeologists in 1974 after farmers digging a well outside the Chinese city of Xian unearthed pieces of clay sculpted in human form. Poised for battle, each warrior has a unique facial expression and is positioned according to rank. Further excavations have revealed swords, arrow tips, and other weapons, many in pristine condition.
It was one of the world's greatest archaeological discoveries, the warriors date back more than two thousand years. But what was the purpose of this army of clay soldiers? Who ordered its construction? How were they created? This documentary film investigates the story behind China's Terracotta Warriors and documents their return to former glory for the first time.
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