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Tag Archives: Africa
The Clues Are All Around You
The most frequent question I get from blog readers is "OK, I'm convinced of the professional and cultural benefits of short-term working vacations, but where do I find them? How do I locate opportunities to live and work overseas?" I can't provide a short answer to that question; indeed, a hundred pages of my book, On The Other Guy's Dime, is devoted to answering that one query in great detail.
However, there is one technique that is easy to describe–be sensitive to the many opportunities appearing in print and electronic media, on television and radio, or discussed with friends and colleagues over a cup of coffee. In Chapter 3 of my book I write "Every newspaper article, TV show, radio program, and professional interaction has the potential to turn into a working vacation. A magazine story about a new university in Africa could, with the appropriate inquiries, lead to an invitation to work with local faculty. A TV feature about a primary care clinic in Southeast Asia could be a clarion call to health professionals in pediatrics, epidemiology, or tropical medicine, and that exchange teacher from South America could be the source of a future invitation to visit his or her home country. Whenever you read or hear about an overseas opportunity that is relevant to your field initiate a phone or e-mail conversation to determine if there is any way for you and your family to take advantage of it."
Simply put, I am saying keep your "working vacation radar" attuned to the clues that are all around you. And they are there. For example, on 12/6/2011 (only two days ago) the Science section of the New York Times ran a feature article entitled "Vast and Fertile Ground in Africa for Science to Take Root." The story tells of a new computer science/engineering center being established at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. This new institute, one of the best in East Africa, is growing rapidly and initiating research in areas ranging from wireless communications to artificial intelligence. It has acquired initial funding from Microsoft and Google and attracted some excellent faculty such as Dr. John Quinn, a researcher with a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, one of the best computing schools in Europe.
Photograph of Makerere University on Facebook
For most Times readers this will simply be a "feel good" story about the work of some visionary scholars and the creation of a high-quality educational institution in a region with precious few of them. But for professionals in computer science, computer engineering, management information systems, and telecommunications this article could turn into an opportunity to spend a few months (or more) in a fascinating region of the world doing some good work, living in a new and different culture, and having the adventure of a life time.
Of course, there is no guarantee that Makerere University will hire you as a paid, short-term member of the faculty. However, the cost of an email inquiry–including resume, classes you could teach, talks you could present, and references–is $0.00, so there is absolutely no risk in giving it your best shot. If they respond "No" nothing has been lost, and you can settle back and wait until the next working vacation clue appears, unexpected and unannounced. But if things happily turn in your favor, as they have for my wife and me 14 times in the last 30 years, then you (and spouse and children) will have a transformative cultural, social, and professional experience like no other. And, best of all, it will be on the other guy's dime.
Posted in Applying For, How To Find, Target Audience, Working Vacation
Tagged Africa, Career break, Cultural Experiences, Immersion Travel, Living Abroad, Makerere University, overseas work, Uganda, Working Abroad, Working Overseas, Working Vacation
The Damage That A Single Madman Can Wreak
In 1992 Zimbabwe was the success story of southern Africa. It was proof positive of the lies of apartheid and the bigotry of those whites who treated black Africans like children, unable to rule themselves. It was also a wonderful counterexample to the belief of many Americans that Africa is nothing more than urban slums, children with distended bellies, and people dying of starvation. On the contrary, in 1992 Zimbabwe was a country that provided its inhabitants with economic stability, good schooling, basic health care, and access to such essentials as food, housing, roads, and sanitation.
According to the World Bank, from 1980, when the country first achieved independence, until the early 1990s infant mortality decreased from 86 to 49 per 1000 live births, child mortality was reduced from 128 to 58 per 1000 live births, the immunization rate increased from 25% to 85%, and life expectancy for its citizens increased to 64 years. When we lived there Zimbabwe had a lower infant mortality rate, higher adult literacy and higher school enrollment rate than almost any other developing nation in the world. Simply put, the country was working, and working well. When walking along the tree-lined avenues of downtown Harare, overflowing with shops and cafes, you could be forgiven for thinking you were in a mid-sized American or European community rather than the heart of southern Africa.
Sadly, though, this social and economic success came to an abrupt end by the mid-1990s when Robert Mugabe, president of the country since 1987, began devolving from a benevolent leader into a brutal dictator with a death grip on power and an intolerance for public dissent. Mugabe, who enjoyed the perks of power and had no desire to relinquish them, began a campaign of repression of anyone who opposed him politically or wanted to run for the highest office in the land. He also imposed a series of draconian economic and social reforms that bankrupted the country.
He unilaterally imposed a poorly conceived land redistribution program, against the recommendations of the United Nations, that took farmland from whites and gave it to black political supporters even if they had no experience in managing an agricultural enterprise. Soon after, the food surplus in Zimbabwe began to wither and disappear. His hatred of the British led him to destroy the once impressive health care infrastructure established during colonial times. In an article in the New York Times columnist Bob Herbert wrote "If you want to see hell on Earth, go to Zimbabwe where the madman Robert Mugabe has brought the country to such a state of ruin that medical care for its inhabitants has all but ceased to exist." By the start of the 21st century he was running the country like a fiefdom whose sole purpose was to generate power and wealth for he and his family.
It's Easy to be a "Bazillionaire" in Today's Zimbabwe where the Currency Is Worthless
The end result of his ruinous policies was that by the year 2000 life expectancy at birth for Zimbabwean men, once 64 years, had dropped to 37 (34 for women)–the lowest such figure for any country on earth. Economically, the nation did not fare any better. It has one of the worst financial systems of any country in the world, with inflation running at tens of thousands of percent per year, making the currency essentially worthless. The effect of this on citizens was tragic and led to poverty, starvation, disease, and a mass exodus of people fleeing the horrors of their once lovely country.
It is difficult for me to write this post because of my memories of a beautiful country whose citizens were able to care for their families and provide them with the essentials of life. It does not always take an army to bring down a nation, and Zimbabwe is a tragic example of how a single misguided (or demented) individual can destroy the dreams and aspirations of millions. Please remember that when you go to the polls to vote for anational leader. Don't take this responsibility lightly or make your choice based on clever slogans, superficial promises, or a cute hairdo. The stakes are far too high.
Posted in Working Vacation
Tagged Africa, Cultural Experiences, overseas work, Robert Mugabe, Working Overseas, World Bank, Zimbabwe


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More Folk Music
A through C
The Abbey Tavern Singers
Ar Log
Barley Bree
Barleycorn
Dominic Behan
Eric Bogle
The Bothy Band
Paul Brady
Alex Campbell
The Ian Campbell Folk Group
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
The Corrie Folk Trio
The Corries
Jimmy Crowley
D through H
Dé Danann
Nigel Denver
Danny Doyle
Dublin City Ramblers
The Dudaim
Archie Fisher
Finbar & Eddie Furey
The Fureys & Davey Arthur
Patrick Galvin
Robin Hall
Hall & Macgregor
The Hennessys
I through O
Hamish Imlach
The Irish Rovers
Andy Irvine
Dafydd Iwan
The Johnstons
A. L. Lloyd
Dónal Lunny
Iain MacKintosh
Josh MacRae
The McCalmans
Matt McGinn
Mick Moloney
Moving Hearts
Watt Nicoll
Seán Ó Riada
P through Z
Planxty
Stan Rogers
Ryan's Fancy
The Sands Family
Silly Wizard
Stockton's Wing
Tannahill Weavers
Jake Thackray
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
The Wolfe Tones
The Wolfhound
The Sands Family • Tell Me What You See
Tell Me What You See
1982 - Pläne 88 303 LP (DEU)
Johnny I Hardly Knew You (Trad. Arr. Sands Family)
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore (Trad. Arr. Sands Family)
Kellie's Return, Go to the Well for Water & The Merry Blacksmith (Ben Sand, Trad. Arr. Sands Family)
Dear Uncle Sam (Colum Sands)
Open Up Your Prison Gates (Tom Sand)
Children of The Dole (Tom Sands)
The Boys of Mullaghbawn (Trad. Arr. Sands Family)
McElroy's Polka, The Twilight Jig & The Boys of the Lough (Colum Sands Trad. Arr. Sands Family)
Going to Morrow (Trad. Ian McIntosh)
The Last House in Our Street (Colum Sands)
Tom Sands: Vocals, Guitar, 5-String Banjo
Ben Sands: Vocals, Guitar, Tin Whistle, Mandoline, Harpsiphone
Colum Sands: Vocals, Guitar, Concertina, Fiddle, Bodhrán, Double Bass
Produced by Ulrich Maske & Martin Berschel
Recorded and Mixed by Volkspark Studio, Hamburg
Sound by Martin Berschel
Photos by Martin Nangle
Design by Peter Bucker
Johnny I Hardly Knew You — An old anti-war song written in a simple but effective form. The bitter comments of the abandoned woman when she sees what is left of her husband, who comes home from the war limping, paint an unforgettable picture of the nothingness and horror of the war. We have partially rewritten the last verse to make it clear that this song is just as important today as it was 100 years ago.
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore — This song is an emigration song, a theme that is very often treated in Irish songs, and a theme that unfortunately is still as current today as it was at the time this song was written. Although "Derry Quay" stops shipping ships to America, many young people, especially from Donegal and Derry, are still moving to America, England, and other countries, looking for work, a livelihood.
Kellie's Return, Go to the Well for Water & The Merry Blacksmith — These 3 melodies demonstrate three different Irish dance rhythms Hornpipe, Jig and Reel. Ben wrote the first tune himself, the other two are traditional melodies that we learned from our parents.
Dear Uncle Sam — Colum wrote this song in June 1981 during a visit to the BRD. He discovered at that time that the latest American cultural export to Germany was the television series "Dallas", another gift from Uncle Sam and probably not the last one: other "gifts" in the form of Pershing missiles are under discussion. Colum imagined a German writing a thank-you letter for all the gifts Uncle Sam has sent us over the last few decades.
Open Up Your Prison Gates — As a child, I often peeked under the flat stones in the meadows at home and watched as the darkness was dominated by a few large crawling and crawling creatures that tyrAnneized the weaker ones. When I took the stone and put light under the stone, these great dark spiders immediately hunted for other shadows, new darkness, to set up their prisons of exploitation there again. If more light came to Northern Ireland, there would be a lot of black shadows escaping in all directions and the others would be free to build a new world.
Orange is the color of loyalists in Northern Ireland; it has its origins in William of Orange, who won the crucial Battle of the Boyne for the English in 1690.
Green is the national color of Ireland, in Northern Ireland symbolic of the Republicans.
Children of The Dole — It seems that much more money is now spent on the art of killing people than on the art of letting them live in an acceptable mAnner. When money is needed for war, or "war games," it is available in millions, but when money is needed to fight poverty and unemployment, people either have to wait a long time, go on strike, or beg for it. In Northern Ireland, the unemployment rate is 28%, the highest in Western Europe. Conversely, a government that is disloyal to its people cAnneot expect loyalty or respect. "Frankie Brown" can give a lot to society, and yet society makes him suffer, squandering his abilities, and this social order will suffer and fall to the same extent.
The Boys of Mullaghbawn — Mullaghbawn is a small mountain village in South Armagh. This song was probably written at the beginning of the 19th century and refers to the "union" or union of a group of small peasants against the hard feudalism of the time, forced into exile and transported abroad, far from the hills of Mullaghbawn.
Me Elroy's Polka, The Twilight Jig & The Boys of the Lough — The polka was written by a man named Me Elroy from County Down, the jig was written by Colum and "The Boys of the Lough" is a well-known traditional reel.
Going to Morrow — The tongue twister's humor is based on a pun and it is absolutely necessary to understand English if you want to understand the problems that arise when someone wants to drive to tomorrow today and return tomorrow morning. If you do not understand English, you might comfort yourself that the officer at the ticket counter did not understand our traveler either; with the result that he did not arrive in the morning on that day.
The Last House in Our Street — In April 1982, the Sands Family had a gig on Cyprus Street in Belfast. Colum writes: "We had the address where the performance should take place, but when we arrived at the specified street, it seemed totally uninhabited and abandoned. All the windows were bricked up and stared at one another like blind eyes. We thought it was a mistake, and we were about to continue driving when we noticed a little girl playing ball at the other end of the street. As asked for the address and she led us through scree and empty houses in a backyard to the hall in which we were to play. I wrote this song about the little girl who was playing alone in a street, in a world few people know or want to know about."

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Argentina, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Does Argentina have a case in its fight for the Falklands/Malvinas?
March 14, 2013 Kevin Lees 2 Comments
On Sunday and Monday, 1,517 eligible voters in the Falkland Islands (or, if you like, las Islas Malvinas) turned out to vote in the referendum on its status as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
Fully 1,513 voters supported the current status, and three voters disagreed.
That should be an open-and-shut-case, right? Certainly under any principles of self-determination, a 99.74% victory for remaining under the aegis of the United Kingdom should be respected — the residents of the small islands that the United Kingdom (and the residents themselves) call the Falklands Islands and that Argentina call the Islas Malvinas, which lie just 310 miles off the coat of Argentine Patagonia (and over 8,000 miles from London).
The dispute goes back to 1833 — and really, even further:
To the 1520s, when Argentines claims that Ferdinand Magellan discovered them on behalf of Spain.
To 1690, when the British say that captain John Strong first landed on the islands, naming them for Viscount Falkand.
To 1764, when both sides agree that France settled Port Louis, though the Argentine and British stories vary as to what happened next — a British expedition certainly arrived in 1765 but had left, however, by 1774.
By 1833, the British were back — it's essentially pretty clear that UK settlers took control of the islands in that year, and that those settlers and their descendants have remained there continuously ever since. But Argentina argues that it inherited the Spanish claim to the islands when it won independence. It's unclear whether Argentina's then-ruler, Juan Manuel de Rosas, in 1850, as part of the negotiations for the Arana-Southern Treaty between the United Kingdom and Argentina, conceded the claim to the British. Maybe he did. Maybe not. It's not formally a part of the treaty.
Of course, settlers in North America rebelled against UK colonial rule to great effect — and independence — in 1776. But the claim here is different — and messier.
The UK-Argentine tussle only became more of an international tussle on Wednesday with the election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires as the new Catholic pope, Francis, who has asserted the Argentine claim to the islands. (For his part, monsignor Michael McMarcam the head of the Catholic Church on the islands, says the new pontiff is welcome in the Falklands/Malvinas).
Think of it this way: in a parallel world, imagine that the indigenous and Spanish settlers of Florida managed to withstand American invasion in the 1820s and form their own country. Within a decade, the United States (or, if you'd like, the United Kingdom) took control of the Florida Keys and, despite their proximity to Florida (remember, it's not a U.S. state but rather a sovereign nation in our parallel universe), formed settlements. For generations, the US/UK and their Keys settlers and descendants held sufficient power to develop and deepen those settlements. Is it necessarily an easy case, even 180 years later? (Would your opinion change if you were Indian? Irish? Residents of Diego Garcia, the emptied British naval base in the Indian Ocean?)
The Argentine government argues that principles of self-determination don't apply in the case of the Falklands/Malvinas, because the original generation of occupiers usurped the islands from Argentina, which was still in the growing pains of asserting its own independence. But that was 180 years ago, and generations of Falkands settlers have called the islands their home ever since. Is there a statute of limitations on such post-colonial claims?
For their part, Falklands settlers aren't convinced:
I would like to know under what legislation the Argentine government calls it illegal. We approved it under our own laws here at the Falklands (Malvinas) and I was told that there is a meeting in the Argentine Congress on Wednesday to discuss its rejection. For a referendum that is illegal and for voters that don't exist, they appear to be paying it a lot of attention.
The islands were the site of an infamous 1982 war between the United Kingdom (then under the leadership of prime minister Margaret Thatcher) and Argentina (then in the final years of Argentina's last military junta that took power in 1976 and prosecuted the 'Dirty War,' in 1982 under the leadership of Leopoldo Galtieri). Galtieri ordered an invasion of the islands in April 1982 (the joke is after one bottle of whiskey too many), hoping that his newly confirmed cold warrior bona fides from U.S. president Ronald Reagan would forestall a military response from the United Kingdom.
Galtieri was wrong. Continue reading Does Argentina have a case in its fight for the Falklands/Malvinas? →
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Denmark, Greenland
Greenland's Siumut returns to power
March 14, 2013 Kevin Lees Leave a comment
With the election results in, Greenland has made a decision to pull back — if only slightly — from the full-speed ahead instinct that's propelled such deep mineral exploration in the past four years, including widespread interest in the island of 57,000 from everyone from the European Union to China.
The populist leadership of Aleqa Hammond has returned the social democratic Siumut (Forward) to power — the party ruled Greenland for thirty years from home rule in 1979 until 2009. In Tuesday's election, Siumut won 42.8%, entitling it to 14 seats in the new Greenlandic parliament.
Its chief opponent, the governing Inuit Ataqatigiit ('Community of the People'), won just 34.4%, entitling it to 11 seats.
Three remaining parties each won two seats: the center-right Atassut (Solidarity, or 'Feeling of Community') with 8.1%, the Partii Inuit (Inuit Party), which won 6.4% and seeks a referendum on new Greenlandic laws with respect to mining exploration and foreign workers, and the independence-skeptical Demokraatit (Democrats), with 6.2%, who formed a governing coalition with the Inuit Ataqatigiit from 2009 to 2013 under prime minister Kuupik Kleist.
It seems much more likely than not that Hammond will form the next government.
Hammond campaigned on a program that remained critical of a recent large-scale development law that would open the way to widespread foreign migrant labor and the exploration and development of gold, iron, oil, natural gas, rare earth elements and uranium — with the advent of climate change, the island, an autonomous country within the kingdom of Denmark, has garnered increasing attention from global mining interest.
Like Inuit Ataqatigiit, Hammond's party is essentially pro-development, though with stringent social and environmental standards, if somewhat less enthusiastic about Greenland's ultimate independence.
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Caracas bleg
I'll be in Caracas from April 9 to April 16 — hopefully in pursuit of learning a little more about chavismo, its supporters, its opponents and the state of current Venezuela in advance of — and during — the April 14 snap election there.
Any tips — or contacts — are extremely welcome.
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First Past the Post: March 14
East and South Asia
Xi Jinping officially becomes the president of the People's Republic of China.
A senior leader of the Khmer Rouge has died.
Siumut wins Greenland's election.
Liberal MP Marc Garneau drops out of Canada's Liberal Party leadership race and endorses Justin Trudeau.
Vali Nasr makes waves with his criticism of being inside the Obama administration's foreign policyteam.
Latin America / Caribbean
More on the Malvinas/Falklands vote.
Is Nicolás Maduro so assured of victory in Venezuela's April 14 vote?
Maybe the body of Hugo Chávez will not be embalmed.
Argentina stunned to source the world's next Catholic pontiff.
The political impact of the election of Pope Francis on Argentine politics. [Spanish]
An interview with former Mexican president Vicente Fox. [Spanish]
The love-hate relationship in Brazil.
Digging deeper into the Kenyan election victory.
Martin Wolf calls UK austerity indefensible.
UK home secretary Theresa May feels the wrath of 10 Downing Street for her murmurs of leadership challenge.
The collapse of François Hollande's popularity.
Tunisia's new government has been sworn in.
Settlers have much power as Israel's new government takes shape.


Is there anything sweeter than seeing the love between a senior dog and his human? This tearjerker of a video shows a man in Japan who's so in love with his old dog that he made him a totally customized little bin to ride around in.
Because when your best friend has trouble walking, you give him a lift.
The little sign on the dog's box says "Pao, 16 years old." Pao may be getting up there, but at least he's got a bud making sure he still gets to go out and meet new friends.
The video was uploaded to YouTube back in 2012, so Pao and his human may not still be rolling around their neighborhood in style - but we like to imagine that they are.


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local Background = require("vyzor.component.background")
local Base = require("vyzor.base")
local Brush = require("vyzor.component.brush")
local Color = require("vyzor.component.color")
local ColorMode = require("vyzor.enum.color_mode")
local Frame = require("vyzor.base.frame")
local GaugeFill = require("vyzor.enum.gauge_fill")
local Lib = require("vyzor.lib")

local Gauge = Base("Compound", "Gauge")

local _MasterList = {}

--- A dirty global function to update all Vyzor Gauges.
function VyzorGaugeUpdate ()
  for _, gauge in pairs(_MasterList) do
    gauge:Update()
  end
end

--- Calls update on each Gauge after Vyzor has been drawn.
function VyzorInitializeGauges()
  if #_MasterList > 0 then
    for _, gauge in ipairs(_MasterList) do
      gauge:Update()
    end
  end
end

local function getField(field)
  local v = _G

  for w in string.gfind(field, "[%w_]+") do
    v = v[w]
  end

  return v
end

--- Gauge constructor.
-- @function Gauge
-- @string name The name of the Gauge.
-- @string initialCurrentValueAddress The string address of the current stat to track.
-- @string initialMaximumValueAddress The string address of the current stat to track.
-- @tparam Frame initialBackground The Background @{Frame}.
-- @tparam Frame initialForeground The Foreground @{Frame}. @{Size} and @{Position} values will be overwritten.
-- @tparam[opt=GaugeFill.LeftRight] GaugeFill initialFillMode Determines direction Gauge fills.
-- @tparam[opt] table initialOverflowFrames Numerically indexed table of @{Frame}s to be used for overflow.
-- @treturn Gauge
local function new (_, _name, initialCurrentValueAddress, initialMaximumValueAddress, initialBackground, initialForeground, initialFillMode, initialOverflowFrames)
  assert(initialCurrentValueAddress and initialMaximumValueAddress, "Vyzor: A new Gauge must have both current and maximum addresses to track.")

  --- @type Gauge
  local self = {}

  local _currentValueAddress = initialCurrentValueAddress
  local _currentValue

  local _maximumValueAddress = initialMaximumValueAddress
  local _maximumValue

  local _backgroundFrame = initialBackground
  local _foregroundFrame = initialForeground
  local _overflowFrames = Lib.OrderedTable()

  if initialOverflowFrames and type(initialOverflowFrames) == "table" then
    for _, frame in ipairs(initialOverflowFrames) do
      _overflowFrames[frame.Name] = frame
    end
  end

  local _captionFrame = Frame(_name .. "_caption")
  _captionFrame:Add(
    Background(
      Brush(
        Color(ColorMode.RGBA, 0, 0, 0, 0)
      )
    )
  )

  local _autoEcho = true
  local _textFormat = "<center>%s / %s</center>"

  _backgroundFrame:Add(_foregroundFrame)

  if _overflowFrames:count() > 0 then
    for frame in _overflowFrames:each() do
      _backgroundFrame:Add(frame)
    end
  end

  _backgroundFrame:Add(_captionFrame)

  local _fillMode = initialFillMode or GaugeFill.LeftRight

  --- Properties
  --- @section
  local properties = {
    Name = {
      --- Returns the name of the Gauge.
      -- @function self.Name.get
      -- @treturn string
      get = function ()
        return _name
      end
    },

    Container = {
      --- Returns the Gauge's parent @{Frame}.
      -- @function self.Container.get
      -- @treturn Frame
      get = function ()
        return _backgroundFrame.Container
      end,

      --- Sets the Gauge's parent @{Frame}.
      -- @function self.Container.set
      -- @tparam Frame value
      set = function (value)
        _backgroundFrame.Container = value
      end
    },

    CurrentAddress = {
      --- Returns the address of the Gauge's current value variable.
      -- @function self.CurrentAddress.get
      -- @treturn string
      get = function ()
        return _currentValueAddress
      end,

      --- Sets the address of the Gauge's current value variable.
      -- @function self.CurrentAddress.set
      -- @tparam string value
      set = function (value)
        _currentValueAddress = value
      end
    },

    Current = {
      --- Returns the Gauge's current value.
      -- @function self.Current.get
      -- @treturn number
      get = function ()
        return _currentValue
      end
    },

    MaximumAddress = {
      --- Returns the address of the Gauge's maximum value variable.
      -- @function self.MaximumAddress.get
      -- @treturn string
      get = function ()
        return _maximumValueAddress
      end,

      --- Sets the address of the Gauge's maximum value variable.
      -- @function self.MaximumAddress.set
      -- @tparam string value
      set = function (value)
        _maximumValueAddress = value
      end
    },

    Maximum = {
      --- Returns the Gauge's maximum value.
      -- @function self.Maximum.get
      -- @treturn number
      get = function ()
        return _maximumValue
      end
    },

    Background = {
      --- Returns the background @{Frame} of the Gauge.
      -- @function self.Background.get
      -- @treturn Frame
      get = function ()
        return _backgroundFrame
      end
    },

    Foreground = {
      --- Returns the foreground @{Frame} of the Gauge.
      -- @function self.Foreground.get
      -- @treturn Frame
      get = function ()
        return _foregroundFrame
      end
    },

    AutoEcho = {
      --- Returns a flag determining whether or not the Gauge automatically echoes text on every update.
      -- @function self.AutoEcho.get
      -- @treturn bool
      get = function ()
        return _autoEcho
      end,

      --- Sets a flag determining whether or not the Gauge automatically echoes text on every update.
      -- @function self.AutoEcho.set
      -- @tparam bool value
      set = function (value)
        _autoEcho = value
      end,
    },

    TextFormat = {
      --- Returns the text passed to string.format if AutoEcho is true.
      -- @function self.TextFormat.get
      -- @treturn string
      get = function ()
        return _textFormat
      end,

      --- Sets the text passed to string.format if AutoEcho is true.
      -- @function self.TextFormat.set
      -- @tparam string value
      set = function (value)
        _textFormat = value
      end,
    },

    Overflow = {
      --- Returns the overflow @{Frame}s of the Gauge.
      -- @function self.Overflow.get
      -- @treturn table
      get = function ()
        local copy = {}
        for k, v in _overflowFrames:pairs() do
          copy[k] = v
        end
        return copy
      end
    },
  }
  --- @section end

  local function getOverflowScalars(currentScalar)
    local scalar = currentScalar - 1
    local overflowScalars = {}

    if _overflowFrames:count() > 0 then
      local i = 1

      while scalar > 1 do
        overflowScalars[i] = 1
        scalar = scalar - 1
        i = i + 1
      end

      overflowScalars[i] = scalar
    end

    return overflowScalars
  end

  local function fillLeftRight (scalar, overflowScalars)
    _foregroundFrame.Size.Width = scalar

    if _overflowFrames:count() > 0 then
      for frame in _overflowFrames:each() do
        frame:Hide()
      end
    end

    if #overflowScalars > 0 then
      for index, frame in _overflowFrames:ipairs() do
        local overage = overflowScalars[index]

        if overage then
          frame:Show()
          frame.Size.Width = overage
        end
      end
    end
  end

  local function fillRightLeft (scalar, overflowScalars)
    _foregroundFrame.Size.Width = scalar
    _foregroundFrame.Position.X = 1.0 - scalar

    if #overflowScalars > 0 then
      for index, frame in _overflowFrames:ipairs() do
        local overage = overflowScalars[index]

        if overage then
          frame:Show()
          frame.Size.Width = overflowScalars[index]
          frame.Position.X = 1.0 - overflowScalars[index]
        end
      end
    end
  end

  local function fillTopBottom (scalar, overflowScalars)
    _foregroundFrame.Size.Height = scalar

    if #overflowScalars > 0 then
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Creative Work by Kiai Kim
Kiai Kim
Nonprofit Website Do-Over
When Love Brooklyn Libraries, Inc. had to slash their budget, I helped them get rid of a ridiculous service that charged $200 a month for this:
Yes, it's WordPress. For $200 a month, the nonprofit had this site hosted on the service provider's servers. Included in the cost was a Facebook page and a limited number of updates. Granted, it's really not very expensive compared to hiring a WordPress developer to build it and continue updating it. But with this subscription service, both the website and the Facebook page were filled with stock photos, and the site was rarely updated. Not very enticing.
For the price of a tax-deductible receipt, I had the domain pointed to my Dreamhost server and built this, also in WordPress:
The Howard Johnson's color scheme had to go. Well, it had red not orange, but it was still ugly.
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Resurrecting an HTML4 Website
In 2009 Adobe CS4 was relevant software with some of the best desktop publishing tools available, back when "desktop publishing" referred primarily to creating printed documents from a laptop or desktop computer and HTML4 was sexy markup. With the suite came Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks – shiny software originally by Macromedia. Adobe soon would integrate functions within Flash and Fireworks into their own Photoshop application, though integration was not entirely successful; Flash's animation ability would later become the focus of Edge Animate.
Back then Dreamweaver was less than perfect. It had a graphical user interface that allowed users to drag and drop elements onto a page while the program created the markup in the background. The markup was sloppy, containing complicated-looking classes and IDs that made simple text changes to the HTML document a visual nightmare. I tended to stay away from the GUI and create websites from the text console, making use of Dreamweaver's preview and tag-closing functions. One of those websites is still alive at kiai.us.
Note the black background; looks sleek and saves energy. :D
As of today's date (October 8, 2017) many of the links don't work. At some point, the site had been migrated and its secondary pages got lost. (There must be a backup somewhere...)
The fun side to this website is that it was built in HTML4. The pink page links were created in Fireworks, which automated the production of mouseOver, onClick, and mouseOut images. The GIFs are encased in a table, Internet Explorer–friendly. The comments at the top and music player at the bottom are linked to Revernation.com and require a Flash plug-in to operate. One of these days, I'll replace the comment widget with something on my own server, maybe javascript-based.
For simple websites, I still like typing out HTML. It's a little like knitting: meditative but still requiring thought and planning. Though it's hard to keep up with developments in styles and tags, at least W3.org does a good job and keeping its content updated. I'm thanking Adobe for giving us Brackets to help out. And Dreamweaver has been greatly improved since CS4. I still rely on console windows.
This is a Known website
I don't mean this website is known. If that were the case, I'd probably be making a living off of ad revenue or more book sales. Rather, the platform on which this website is built is called Known, co-founded by Ben Werdmuller. Like WordPress, Known allows website owners to post their content in a feed. But one of Ben's goals with the platform is to enable content owners to keep their content without the risk of losing it to a corporate shutdown a la Geocities in 2009 or MySpace Blog in 2013. He and other independent web pioneers breathe life into IndieWeb.org, a website and community aimed at promoting independent web content ownership everywhere.
Why use Known to blog instead of WordPress?
The interface is extremely simple. Installation, as easy as WordPress; maybe even easier. Some webhosting services offer one-click installation, like WordPress. Standard installation, however, is still simple even for novice developers: Create a database, unpack the Known zip file in your web server's root or designated directory, and then visit your domain or directory on the domain. Known walks users through the set up process, also like WordPress. Posting is done right on the main page with a WYSIWYG panel. No Dashboard visits to post.
Look and feel can be edited through the Site Configuration portal with functions appearing on separate pages. Site configuration is a little more friendly for the less tech-savvy user than WordPress. On WordPress it's very easy to break the site since WordPress enables PHP edits to templates' core files from its dashboard. Fine for developers; not fine for non-developers. With Known, users must know how to access the server in order to mess with templates.
Also like WordPress, Known is open-source. Improvement and development of plug-ins, themes, and core files is welcome as long as developers follow coding standards and guidelines.
Perhaps best of all, Known is young and Ben and other developers involved in the project are reachable by email. Maybe not for long though. But isn't that true for all great developments? Well, I'm still trying to figure out if Known is great. So far, so good.
Known's default theme
The default theme is ready to color – it's simply black on white:
I didn't use the default theme, but the Tabula rasa theme is pretty close to it:
I prefer black, grays, and darker backgrounds and have tended to make the margins of my webpages black in the past. Cuts down energy use. For the sake of time, I've made minimal changes to this theme's CSS, just enough for me to be happy to publish. I do have the ability to make more drastic style changes, but I prefer to keep it simple.


SAN DIEGO — February 26, 2019 — Sony Electronics Inc. has today introduced a new Wireless Remote Commander (model RMT-P1BT) via Bluetooth® wireless technology that provides a reliable, responsive solution for imaging enthusiasts that want to precisely control their camera during landscape shooting, architectural photography, astrophotography, still motion photography, group portraits and more.
The new RMT-P1BT wireless remote commander operates via Bluetooth connectivity, eliminating the need for wires, cables or receivers to connect the remote directly to the camera. The remote features an extremely fast response, within approximately 0.05 seconds release time-lag, that ensures the shutter can be released with precise accuracy. There is also an LED light that indicates operating status to camera by flashing or lighting continuously. Additionally, the remote is designed to resist dust and moisture plus hot and cold temperatures, offering reliable operation in a wide variety of environments and weather conditions.
To maximize control over camera functionality, the new RMT-P1BT wireless remote commander features focus buttons for manual control over subtle focus changes, a remote C1 custom button that can be adjusted based on users preferences. It also includes Start/Stop movie recording and control over power-zoom or digital-zoom functionality, making it the ideal accessory for remote movie shooting. For photographers that prefer to shoot on 'Bulb' exposure mode, the remote commander can be set to open and close the shutter with respective clicks of the main button, eliminating the need to press and hold the button throughout exposure time.


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Arab HS alum excited for new traditions for UNA Volleyball
Anna Katherine Griggs from Arab is one of three girls on the Lions roster from the Tennessee Valley
Posted: Aug 5, 2019 5:44 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2019 11:25 PM
Posted By: Lauren Cavasinni
While students at the University of North Alabama aren't back on campus quite yet, the Lions student-athletes are getting back into the swing of practices and work outs ahead of the fall semester.
Heading off to college for the first time can be both exciting and kind of scary all at the same time, but imagine also being an athlete at your university. Now you've got to balance a new school, and the work load, as well as everything for your sport. For Arab alum Anna Katherine Griggs that's something she's learning as she transitions from high school to college level volleyball.
"It's really awesome," freshman Anna Katherine Griggs said. "It's definitely a step up going from such a smaller level to such a bigger level coming from a small school to college level, but I'm really excited about it. Especially being here with other freshman and we're all starting out on the same page I think it's really going to be a good year."
UNA's volleyball team is quite possibly the youngest team in the Atlantic Sun Conference this year with 10 true freshman on its roster, plus this Lions team has the most Alabama natives on it with five; three of which are from the Tennessee Valley.
Griggs says she excited to be part of a new tradition of bringing Alabama players to UNA.
"I really enjoy it because I see a lot of familiar faces too who I've played against or I've seen play and so that's always a good feeling to come here and kind of have that familiar faces here, so I really enjoy that and all of us starting out in the same place," Griggs said.
The Lions volleyball teams first match up this season is an exhibition game against Tennessee State on August 20, with their first true game following ten days later against Belmont up in Nashville.
We'll be on the lookout for Anna Katherine and the other ladies from the Tennessee Valley as the season goes on.
Arab alum Anna Katherine Griggs named ASUN Freshman of the Week
Arab Senior Center reopens
Arab honors veterans in ceremony
Excitement builds for Guntersville's HydroFest
Bob Jones alum hopes to find perfect match
Mars Hill Bible alum gets invite to Braves Spring Training
Brooks alum Joe Gurley earns third Big South Award
Police in Arab open fire on suspect
Arab man dies in Morgan County wreck


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Q: How to catch keypress event on inactive tab I am developing a web application. I want to catch the keypress event with javascript / jquery while the user is browsing on another tab, i.e. while the tab in which my web application is running is inactive.
Is it possible to do that, with javascript or another technology?

A: Sorry. The simple answer is NO
The farthest you can go with javascript is to detect whether/when a window/tab becomes inactive. Read here.

But you sure can do it if you write your own browser plugins. But then again, I shudder to think how far that will get you.

A: I do not believe you can get to that level with JavaScript or jQuery.  You need something that can get to a higher level.
Off-hand, you might want to look into a Java Applet.

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Ferdinand of Brunswick
Hierarchical Path: Seven Years War (Main Page) >> Personalities >> Ferdinand of Brunswick
Ferdinand Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Prussian major-general (1743-50), lieutenant-general (1750-58), general of infantry (1758), field-marshal (1758-66), Austrian field-marshal (1766-92)
born January 12, 1721, Wolfenbüttel, Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel , Germany
died July 3, 1792, Vechelde, Brunswick
Painting of Ferdinand of Brunswick (with the order of the Garter) by J. H. Tischbein in 1765 - Source: Source: Castle of Hořovice in the Czech Republic (photo made available by H. Skala)
Ferdinand was the fourth son of Ferdinand Albert II, duke of Brunswick. He was educated for a military career.
On June 29, 1740, his brother-in-law, King Frederick II, the Great appointed Ferdinand as chief of the new 39th Infantry Regiment raised in Brunswick for service in the Prussian Army.
On April 10 1741, at the start of the War of the Austrian Succession, Ferdinand was present at the Battle of Mollwitz as an aide-de-camp to Frederick II.
On May 17 1742, Ferdinand took part in the Battle of Chotusitz. When peace was signed with Austria, Ferdinand received the Order of the Black Eagle.
On May 27, 1745, Ferdinand was promoted to major-general.
On December 17, 1744, in succession to Margrave Wilhelm of Brandenburg, killed at Prague, Ferdinand received the command of Frederick the Great's Leibgarde Battalion.
On June 4 1745, during the Battle of Hohenfriedberg, Ferdinand led a brigade. On September 30, Ferdinand greatly distinguished himself at the head of his brigade during the Battle of Soor. He stormed a height defended by Ludwig, one of his younger brother, as an officer of the Austrian service and another brother of Duke Ferdinand was killed by his side in this charge. During this attack, he captured five guns. After the peace of Dresden, Duke Ferdinand paraded with King Frederick II in Berlin.
After the war, Ferdinand was in the closest touch with the military work of Frederick the Great who supervised the instruction of the guard battalion. Furthermore, Ferdinand became one of the most intimate friends of the king. During this period, he became successively lieutenant-general (May 19, 1750), Governor of Peitz (September 17, 1752), Governor of Magdeburg (June 7, 1755) and colonel of Braunschweig Infantry (June 7 1755).
In 1756, during the Prussian invasion of Saxony, the opening campaign of the Seven Years' War, Ferdinand led the rightmost of the three Prussian columns which converged upon Dresden. On September 13, he commanded the Prussian vanguard that chased the Saxon Army out of Nollendorf. During the blockade of Pirna in September and at the Battle of Lobositz, on October 1, he commanded the right wing of the Prussian infantry. Ferdinand then spent the winter of 1756-57 with Frederick II at Dresden where he took part in the preparation of the coming campaign.
On April 23 1757, Ferdinand captured Aussig (present-day Ústí nad Labem). On May 6, he was present and distinguished himself at the Battle of Prague where he commanded a division. He also served in the campaign which led to the Battle of Rossbach on November 5. However, he was not engaged into this battle. In November, shortly after this battle, he was appointed to take over command of the Allied Army (about 50,000 men) from the Duke of Cumberland after the rejection of the Convention of Klosterzeven by George II of Great Britain. Ferdinand found the army demoralized by its defeat at Hastenbeck (July 26 1757) and by its capitulation at Klosterzeven. On November 9, he took command at Stade and, within six weeks, launched a counter-offensive in Hanover which surprised the French army within its winter-quarters.
His conduct during the five campaigns which he led in Western Germany was naturally influenced by the teachings of Frederick, whose pupil the duke had been for so many years. Ferdinand, indeed, approximated more closely to Frederick in his method of making war than any other general of the time. Yet his task was in many respects far more difficult than that of the king. Frederick was the absolute master of his own homogeneous army, Ferdinand merely the commander of a group of contingents (Prussians, Hanoverians, Hessians, Brunswickers, and men of Gotha and Schaumburg-Lippe), and answerable to several princes for the troops placed under his control.
By the end of March 1758, Ferdinand had conducted a winter offensive in western Germany and driven the French army across the Rhine. On March 25, he was promoted to general of infantry. On June 23, he fought Clermont's French army at the Battle of Krefeld, several marches on the French side of the Rhine. His army divided into three columns launched a coordinated attack against Clermont's position. Ferdinand won the day, the French loosing about 4,000 men. After their defeat, the French had to abandon plans to send reinforcements to Austria. In the following months, Ferdinand was unable to maintain his advanced position and had to fall back to the Lippe. His success induced the British Parliament to send a reinforcement of 8,000 British troops which joined him in August. On December 8, Frederick promoted Ferdinand to field marshal.
In March 1759, Ferdinand launched a spring offensive in western Germany but was defeated at the Battle of Bergen (near Frankfort-on-Main) on April 13. However, he won the Battle of Minden on August 1, forcing the French army to abandon most of the territories that it had conquered during the year. After his victory at Minden, King George II gave him the Order of the Garter, and the thanks of the British Parliament were voted on the same occasion to the "Victor of Minden".
On July 31 1760, Ferdinand defeated a French army in the Battle of Warburg. However, he was gradually pushed back into Germany but managed to protect Frederick's flank.
In 1761, Ferdinand had to face two French armies totaling more than 100,000 men. He threatened their lines of communications forcing the two armies to merge. He then confronted these armies with his 60,000 men at the Battle of Vellinghausen on July 15 and 16 and defeated them.
In 1762, Ferdinand still faced two much larger French armies. He defeated one of these armies in the Battle of Wilhelmsthal on June 24.
Frederick, hard pressed in the eastern theater of war, owed much of his success in an almost hopeless task to the continued pressure exerted by Ferdinand in the west.
Early in 1763, after the Seven Years' War, Ferdinand visited Frederick at Potsdam. In June, they toured together the battlefields of Minden, Warburg and Vellinghausen. Later, Ferdinand resumed his function of Governor of Magdeburg.
In 1766, Frederick and Ferdinand relations became strained and the duke resigned from Prussian service. In November, Ferdinand became a field-marshal in the Austrian service and colonel of a Bohemian regiment.
In 1767, Ferdinand acquired the Castle of Vechelde. In the following years, Frederick and Ferdinand finally came to a reconciliation and the former payed repeated visits to Ferdinand at Vechelde in 1772, 1777, 1779 and 1782.
During the War of American Independence there was a suggestion, which came to nothing, of offering Ferdinand the command of the British forces.
Ferdinand died unmarried on July 3 1792, leaving lots of debts.
Encyclopedia Britannica, "Ferdinand of Brunswick", 1911
Encyclopedia.com
Fürst R., W. Kelsch. Wolfenbüttel. Ein Fürstenhaus und seine Residenz, Wolfenbüttel, 1990
Grosser Generalstab Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II: Die Kriege Friedrichs des Grossen, Part 3 Der siebenjährige Krieg 1756-1763, Vol. 6 Leuthen, Berlin, 1904, Anhang 24
Knowles, L.; Minden and the Seven Year's War, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton & Co. Ltd, London, 1914, pp. 52-56
Military History Encyclopedia on the Web
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2017 Genetic Counselors
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Counselors identify these conditions by studying patients' genes through DNA testing. Medical laboratory technologists perform lab tests, which genetic counselors then evaluate and use for counseling patients and their families. They share this information with other health professionals, such as physicians. For more information, see the profiles on medical and clinical laboratory technologists and technicians and physicians and surgeons.
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Judge Bernard Friedman takes a constitutionalist view of FGM.
Hope For Women Who Want To Be Branded: Detroit Judge Rules: Federal Statute Outlawing Female Genital Mutilation is Unconstitutional
Branding adult women on their pubic region is not the same as female genital mutilation [FGM]. Indeed, it may be worse.
Branding is perfectly legal – but it shocked many when it was revealed on Frank Report in June 2017 that Keith Raniere and Allison Mack had devised a secret group to brand women on their pubic region with their initials.
Since 1996, FGM has been a federal crime in the United States.
While Raniere and Mack and the other DOS-related defendant, Lauren Salzman, have been arrested for their roles in DOS – according to a report in CNS News – on Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman of Detroit [Eastern District of Michigan] declared the FGM law to be unconstitutional.
He said it was federal overreach because it should be up to states to make it a crime.
He dismissed most of the charges faced by two doctors and others – including four of the girls' mothers – who are accused of subjecting at least nine girls to FGM.
FGM (also referred to as female circumcision) involves the partial or entire removal of the female genitalia.
Like with DOS, it is women – [usually mothers] – who organize FGM.
The practice is most prevalent in Islamic countries.
The defendants are members of a Muslim sect.
An affidavit by an FBI special agent described how two seven-year-old Minnesota girls were accompanied by their mothers for a "special" girls' trip to Detroit, but, once there, they were taken from the hotel to a doctor for a procedure "to get the germs out."
Both girls said they were told the procedure was a secret they were not to talk about.
The 1996 federal statute under which the charges were brought says that "whoever knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another person who has not attained the age of 18 years shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both."
In his 28-page opinion, Friedman said the statute was unconstitutional, arguing Congress "overstepped its bounds" legislating a prohibition that should have been left to the states.
"[i]n keeping with longstanding tradition and our federal system of government, is for the states to regulate, not Congress," he wrote.
27 states have enacted FGM statutes.
Women were branded in DOS
Unlike FGM, there is no law against branding women. The defendants in the NXIVM case have not been charged with branding. Instead, they were charged with extorting women by using the collateral they collected as a coercive, threatening and extortionate power over them. This may have led some of them to submit to branding.
If a DOS woman had FGM when she was a girl, she would not have been able to easily comply with Mack and Raniere's requirement of providing nude pictures for collateral – since those photos must include the labia – since they would not have a labia anymore.
FGM is believed to be hygienic in cultures where it is practiced and believed by some to keep women from inordinately desiring sex.
Many of these cultures believe, as Raniere does, in one-sided polyamory – or polygamy – where a man has multiple women but a woman is subject to only one man.
Raniere is not known to have required any of his slaves to submit to FGM. Perhaps, given more time, he might have explored it – perhaps with Rainbow Cultural Garden girls.
In combination with his branding, the FGM, he might have thought, would add a nice touch to his female slave society.
And, say, now that it is legal, how about trying out FGM? [Painting by MK10ART.]
Keith Raniere seeks women's empowerment, he says.
How Lauren Salzman operated as a slave master in DOS
Allison Mack stalked by middle aged man — gets restraining order


This article is a placeholder list of information but serves as the initial help all students need to train smarter, better, easier, etc.
So here's some questions. As a student, where is it that we learn how to learn? Interesting question. I think that when we become a student that has the understanding of how-to-learn, it can enhance the way we actually go about it.
There is this study called pedegogy, where teachers take on the dicipline of practicing to influence student's learning. As a martial arts teacher, I am most definitely interested in developing better methods. Here are some of my findings on observing students and myself learn. They are currently divided into eight sections listed below.
To get started in martial arts, a student must be open and coachable. To be otherwise, in my opinion, is contradictory to being a student. That is the true base and foundation to any skill you wish to develop. Period. Not sure how else to describe it but that is it. Accepting new information with the risk of affecting or influencing your beliefs would essentially be the first challenge. Pass this challenge and you'll be primed to unlock unlimited potential.
Our first technique will always be one to remember. As small as it may seem, it is a life changing experience. Every teacher is different and every single one has opinions on which technique is technique number one. In any case, it is a single basic technique designed for situations not yet known to the student because knowing the dynamics first would create unneeded worry. Let's just start from a basic and get good at that with focus and attention. Don't get too carried away with the abundance of details. They will be addressed in the next section. For now, grow your basic with the intention to internalize.
What I've discovered is that the first techniques are actually reference points to situations. These situations should be treated like hubs for options. My teaching method always has a reference point in mind and we work from there. Practice with these in mind and it will make future lessons easier to absorb.
A sign of a good student is to question the reference point to get as many options as possible so that a solution can be decided on that suits their skillsets and attributes. But there's a catch. That's only when they have internalized a few single basic techniques and an unknown time has been served building these skills.
I know that sounds unfair to say since we're only at phase three but here's what to consider. The questions can only be asked one at a time so to give internalization the chance to take place. Don't allow too much intellectual pride obstruct the connection mind and body must make. Time and purposeful effort are factors here.
A creative mind can mold the technique to his or herself. We are of different sizes, shapes, preferences, etc. There is no single way to handle situations. We all wish there was but the truth is that there isn't. Better is to see how the technique was created under a circumstance. Find the reason why it is more efficient and the technique will no longer exist. Only its objective.
Naturally, we are all looking for ways to make accomplishing objectives efficient; ergo the definition of technique. When we find out what we want to do in the most efficient way possible, the technique actually reveals itself. Its like reverse engineering. Or what history likes to call, learning from past mistakes.
This phase is quite simple and one of my most favorites. It is self explanitory. The problem is the willingness to do the work. So how do we gain the desire to practice? We have to own why we practice first. That makes the work feel like less and the results feel like more.
As I write this, I read the name given to this section and thought it is a long winded way to say Spar. I think the term spar is too simplified. It kind of hides what is happening in the activity. Especially when ego gets in the way.
When you spar, I'd like to offer a question. What are you trying to do? Depending on your answer, a certain catalog of techniques will appear. When your objective changes, so too does the catalog. The new problem then becomes choice and knowing current capabilities. If you've practiced your reference points deliberately, sparring becomes a physical game of chess that has no turns. It's just creativity in motion. Artistry immerges.
In the last point of section six, this phase describes recognizing reference point in the microfraction of time during sparring. Train the mind to observe while in flight without letting your guard down. Study the energy given; the intent, the intensity, emotional content, the strategy against you, your strategy against them, etc. Learn how to anticipate the common responses, expected responses and desired resonses. When you get this down, then move on to the final phase.
You made it! You've made it to the new problems that need action. When you are good at identifying the reference points but still feeling like there is no progression, then that means you may be suffering from one ore more of these suggested issues.
You are wrestling with too many technique catalogs.
The urgency in your objectives changes too quickly.
Not wanting to make a mistake from the uncertainty of success.
Imagination of being dominated because you tried.
There are many more. Those are just a few. In any case, the solution is very simple. Just pick one but do it with the intention of going for it. Don't try. Trying is an excuse. When you use the word Try, that has an undertone of expected failure that you're comfortable with. This mindset can be improved with the activity of going for it. The parts that need work will reveal itself. Take that back to phase 4 and 5. You'll find purposeful training there.


Relating to fees for certain recreational vehicle parks.
Summary of Legislation: This legislation clarifies previous legislative intent regarding duplicative metering practices for certain commercial businesses.
Notes: This bill seeks to clarify previous legislative intent treating recreational vehicle parks as commercial businesses. Currently recreational vehicle parks are charged sub-meter rates by municipal utilities even though they operate for all intents and purposes as a commercial business. This means that instead of being charged one flat commercial hookup rate they are instead charged for each tenant as if they were residential homes. This practice significantly arbitrarily raises the business owner's rates and by extension, the recreational vehicle park user rates. This bill is good for reducing harmful government practices and enhancing property rights by ensuring that the property owner is charged the appropriate rate.


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Schools Pay a High Price for Low Teacher Salaries
By Elizabeth Heubeck — July 08, 2021 4 min read
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Charles Carr has been teaching at Carol City Elementary since 2007. He said he fell in love with teaching early in his career, and is proud to work in Miami-Dade County's Miami Gardens, the community where he grew up.
As one of only two full-time male teachers at his school, Carr is an important role model for his students, 77 percent of whom, like him, are Black. He also tutors his students for free after school—a support most students wouldn't be able to afford at the Title I school where he works. But despite Carr's commitment to his career, its financial downside creates ambiguity about his professional future.
"Almost on a weekly basis I think about doing something else because of the money," he said.
Carr said he can support himself on his annual salary of $54,600 in the pricey South Florida area where he lives—a 35-minute commute to work—only because he's single with no kids. The trappings typically ascribed to a successful mid-career professional remain out of reach for Carr. He would like to buy a single-family home, for instance, but with starting prices in his area around $400,000, he says that's not feasible.
Recent statistics show that Carr's situation is not unique. In a nationwide March 2021 survey of nearly 700 teachers conducted by the EdWeek Research Center, 57 percent of respondents said a salary hike would make a major difference in reducing their likelihood of leaving the K-12 teaching profession in the next two years. In recent years, teachers have acted on this impulse. From January through October of 2018, public educators quit at an average rate of 83 per 10,000 a month, the highest since 2001 when the U.S. Department of Labor began tracking this information.
President Biden's recent assertions indicate his commitment to improving teachers' financial circumstances. Last week, in his address at the 2021 National Education Association annual meeting, Biden pointed specifically to his $20 billion increase in the budget for Title 1 schools, which he said would prioritize educator raises.
In the meantime, teachers—who, according to recent data by the Economic Policy Institute, earn about 20 percent less than other professionals with similar experience—continue to face financial hardships.
Living on a low salary isn't easy
Getting priced out of housing is one of those hardships.
This problem is particularly acute among beginning teachers, as evidenced by a USA Today analysis of 2017 Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In 278 of 291 metro areas analyzed, new teachers were unable to afford to rent a median-priced unit. In some of the priciest cities—including San Francisco, Napa, and Salt Lake City—beginning teachers would have to pay upwards of 90 percent of their salary to live where they work.
To compensate for low wages, many teachers take on second jobs. About 20 percent of teachers work second jobs outside of the school system, according to a recent report by the Center for American Progress. The same report noted that, in some states, that figure is as high as 25 percent.
Joy Jackson, who has spent the last 46 years teaching students with emotional disabilities in Miami-Dade County public schools, can relate. Earlier in her career, she worked at department stores to help pay the bills. Now she serves as a pastor at a community church, for which she makes a nominal amount of money. Jackson's present teaching salary of around $75,000 doesn't stretch far, especially since the untimely death of her daughter two years ago when she began caring for her two grandchildren. She's also had to take a second mortgage to make repairs to her aging house. But Jackson's financial challenges haven't dampened her enthusiasm for her chosen profession.
"I love what I do," said Jackson. "I'm good at it."
Jackson describes the relationships she shares with her students as "awesome," in spite of the concussions and broken bones she has suffered over the years at the hands of her students with emotional disturbances.
Asked if she would repeat her career decision again, Jackson said she likely would have started out in teaching, but she's not sure she would have stayed as long. "Numerous have left because of the salary," Jackson said. "More than that, many won't come into the profession."
An association makes a call to improve pay
Recognizing the consequences of low salaries on recruitment and retention, some advocacy groups are taking action. The North Carolina Association of Educators this summer spent six figures on a digital ad campaign urging state officials to boost funding for public schools, with an emphasis on teacher pay raises. It's the association's first such campaign in a number of years, according to Kevin Rogers, a spokesman for the association.
Rogers said the association would like to see a 10 percent teacher salary increase over the biennium, in line with what North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has proposed. Nationally, North Carolina ranks 43rd in starting teacher pay and 33rd in average teacher pay after incorporating local supplements, which rural locales are far less likely to apply, explains Rogers.
"It's taken us a long time to get where we are, and it will take us a long time to dig out," he said.
In the meantime, the state's public schools confront well over 1,000 vacancies at any given time, according to Rogers; currently, they face a shortage of substitutes as well. Rogers expresses optimism that the calls for increases in teacher salary will be heard.
"Every [state] public opinion poll has put this as a priority," he said. "If we want our education to be good, we have to invest in it."
Rogers' message rings true for teachers. "Something has to change," said Carr, the Miami Gardens elementary school teacher. "Or else I have to leave education entirely."
Elizabeth Heubeck
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Photographic views of Galich by Smodor were well known in Russia. They were printed in the form of postcards, with editions running to many thousands. Unfortunately they never bore the name of the photographer. / Propaganda aircraft, 1931.
Life in Russia as captured 100 years ago.
As part of the 11th International Month of Photography in Moscow 'Photobiennale 2016' the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow presents the exhibition 'Regional Town of Galich (1900s – 1930s)' in Photographs by Mikhail Smodor. / Centre of Galich, 1914.
Smodor was on friendly terms with many of the fishermen, photographing their families and work collectives. It was the inhabitants of the Fishing Settlement that supported Mikhail Smodor and his family in 1935, when he was falsely denunciated and dispatched to the GULAG to work on construction of the Moscow-Volga Canal. / Fishermen from the Fishing Settlement, 1913.
For 30 years Mikhail Smodor carefully and meticulously created a photo chronicle of the town and its surroundings. / Manual fire pump at the Galich Civilian Firemen's Society, 1926.
His images include architecture, landscapes, genre scenes and the everyday life of Galich townspeople, the faces of ordinary fishermen and esteemed citizens of the town. / Flooding from the River Keshma, 1932.
Mikhail Smodor (1882-1942) studied with the famous Warsaw photographer Jakow Tiraspolski for seven years. / Staged scene, 1932.
In 1906 he visited Galich for the first time. He probably made the trip for 'reconnaissance', since he looked around, visited the photo studios of potential rivals, convinced himself of their inadequacies and fell in love with the town and its inhabitants before leaving. A year later he returned to Galich, this time for good. / Races on Galich Lake, 1930s.
His work allows us to take a trip back in time and see how Galich (a city in central Russia, 446 km from Moscow) and its inhabitants looked in the early 20th century. / Ice yacht on the lake, 1930s.
After receiving permission from the governor, he opened his own pavilion studio entitled 'М. Smodor's Universal Photography' and began receiving the first clients, who very quickly appreciated the quality of his photography and the high standard of service. / Book kiosk, 1923.
These were disturbing and troubled times for the country. Initially Smodor was an enthusiastic supporter of the 1917 Revolution but later, like many others, he became disillusioned and completely disagreed with the new social structure. / 'Children's Town'. Sewing workshop, 1932.
In 1937 Smodor was released 'for shock work'. The townspeople were not all welcoming, his health was failing, the photo studio no longer belonged to him and photography had lost its pleasure. After bidding farewell as his eldest son left for the front in 1941, Mikhail Smodor was too weak to recover from the suffering and illness he had endured. The photographer died in Galich, in 1942. / String of sledges, 1928.


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Q: Parse emoji to words nlp My task is to parse emojis to words, so given a text I was place at volleyball last year I need to parse it to I was 1st_place_medal at volleyball last year.
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 '': ':1st_place_medal:',
 '': ':2nd_place_medal:',
 '': ':3rd_place_medal:',
 '': ':AB_button_(blood_type):',
 '': ':ATM_sign:',
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}

Given the UNICODE_EMO dictionary above I tried running convert_emojis, but I ended up with error: nothing to repeat at position 1.
def convert_emojis(text):
    for emot in UNICODE_EMO:
        text = re.sub(u'('+emot+')', UNICODE_EMO[emot].replace(':', ''), text)
    return text

NOTE: I m running my code on a jupyter notebook

A: One of your dictionary keys is being interpreted as a regex repeater in u'('+emot+')'. As an example, if one of your keys is '*', you would get (*), which is an invalid repetition.
Try escaping the dictionary keys:
u'('+re.escape(emot)+')'


I'm a hands-on person who loves to create meaningful messages on the web through the use of digital media. As a Web Developer, I believe that good user experiences will build long term connections and trust with your users.
By constantly exercising my large array of skills, it challenges my way of thinking and work habits that gives me the ability needed to adapt quickly and be flexible to the constantly evolving web.
What got me into digital media is that some of the closest people I know, I've met through the web. Maintaining these relationships through the web has really opened my mind to how powerful the web can be in connecting with people.
Communication through the web has came a long way and I really want to utilize the available tools to help others create their own voice and connections and continue to learn what the web has to offer and where it's heading.
As a young kid, I was given my first RPG at the age of 7. Because I didn't have much options in terms of what games to play, I had to figure things out the hard way and slowly make progress through brute force and repetition. It really developed my problem solving skills (and patience) and that eventually grew to become one of my best strengths. It's a great feeling to find the right path to a solution after hours of trial and error. I believe theres a solution to any problem with the right attitude and perspective and obstacles are the learning steps to finding that path--very cliche, but it's what I grew to love doing.


The 27th annual Spirit of Christmas Food Drive, sponsored by Brookshire Grocery Co. and Glen Rose Lions Club is under way.
The food drive provides food for needy families in the Glen Rose area at Christmas.
Area residents can make donations by placing non-perishable food items in designated bins located in participating Brookshire�s or Super 1 Foods stores.
People are asked not to donate homemade goods or items in glass jars. Bulk items, such as flour, sugar and corn meal, should be donated in smaller sizes to allow for more variety in the boxes given to the recipients.
In addition to the public food donations, each family will receive at least one roasting hen from Brookshire Grocery Co. Members of Glen Rose Lions Club will sort, package and distribute the food to the families before Christmas.
All food collected in the area will be distributed in the Glen Rose area. Families assisted by the Spirit of Christmas Food Drive are selected by local relief organizations or government agencies according to need.
The Spirit of Christmas Food Drive began in 1982, when 92 families in Tyler, Texas, received assistance.


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Sunwest Park INC & The Lift Adventure Park LLC
PARK WARNING, ASSUMPTION OF RISK, RELEASE OF LIABILITY & INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING. THIS IS A RELEASE OF LIABILITY & WAIVER OF LEGAL RIGHTS.
1. Definitions. The person who is using the cable park shall be referred to hereinafter as Participant. The Undersigned means only the Participant when the Participant is age 18 or older OR it means both the Participant and the Participants parent or legal guardian when the Participant is under the age of 18. Released Parties mean SunWest Park Inc, The Lift Adventure Park LLC, or any of its respective successors in interest, affiliated organizations and companies, insurance carriers, agents, employees, representatives, assignees, officers, directors, members, and shareholders. The Activity means using the cable park, Aqua Park, paddle boards, kayaks, WaterMats, waterbees and using its facilities for any purpose.
2. Risks of Activity. The Undersigned agree and understand that taking part in the Activity can be HAZARDOUS AND INVOLVES THE RISK OF PHYSICAL INJURY AND/OR DEATH. The Undersigned acknowledge that the Activity is inherently dangerous and fully realize the dangers of participating in the Activity. The risks and dangers of the activity include, but are not limited to: water flow; tides; currents; wakes; drowning; entanglement; impacts; collisions with other participants; watercraft and other manmade and natural objects; weather conditions; exposure to elements; slips and falls; equipment failure and/or defects; marine and other wildlife; operator error; mental distress from exposure to any of the above; and negligence of others. The Undersigned acknowledge and understand that the description of the risks listed above IS not complete and that participating in the Activity may be dangerous and may include other risks.
Release, Indemnification, and Assumption of Risk. In consideration of the Participant being permitted to participate in the activity, the Undersigned agree as follows:
Release. The Undersigned hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release, forever discharge, and agree not to sue or bring any other legal action against the RELEASED PARTIES with respect to any and all claims and causes of action of any nature whether currently known or unknown, which the Undersigned, or any of them, have or which could be asserted on behalf of the Undersigned in connection with the Participants participation in the Activity, including, but not limited to claims of negligence, breach of warranty, and/or breach of contract.
Indemnification. The Undersigned hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all liability, cost, expense or damage of any kind or nature whatsoever and from any suits, claims or demands, including legal fees and expenses whether or not in litigation, arising out of, or related to, Participants participation in the Activity. Such obligation on the part of the Undersigned shall survive the period of the Participants participation in the Activity.
Assumption of Risk. The Undersigned agree and understand that there are dangers and risks associated with the participation in the Activity and that INJURIES AND/OR DEATH may result from participating in the Activity, including, but not limited to the acts, omissions, representations, carelessness, and negligence of the Released Parties. By signing this document, the Undersigned recognize that property loss, injury and death are all possible while participating in the Activity. RECOGNIZING THE RISKS AND DANGERS, THE UNDERSIGNED UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE ACTIVITY AND VOLUNTARILY CHOOSE FOR PARTICIPANT TO PARTICIPATE IN AND EXPRESSLY ASSUME ALL RISKS AND DANGERS OF THE PARTICPATION IN THE ACTIVITY, WHETHER OR NOT DESCRIBED ABOVE, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, INHERENT, OR OTHERWISE.
4. Minor Acknowledgment. In the case of a minor Participant, the Undersigned parent or legal guardian acknowledges that he/she is not only signing this Agreement on his/her behalf, but that he/she is also signing on behalf of the minor and that the minor shall be bound by all the terms of this Agreement. Additionally, by signing this Agreement as the parent or legal guardian of a minor, the parent or legal guardian understands that he/she is also waiving rights on behalf of the minor that the minor otherwise may have. The Undersigned parent or legal guardian agrees that, but for the foregoing, the minor would not be permitted to participate in the Activity. By signing this Agreement without a parent or legal guardians signature, Participant, under penalty of fraud, represents that he/she is at least 18 years of age. If signing as the parent or guardian of a minor Participant, signing adults represent that they are a legal parent or guardian of the minor Participant.
5. Medical Care. Undersigned authorize the Released Parties and/or their authorized personnel to call for medical care for Participant or to transport Participant to a medical facility or hospital if, in the opinion of such personnel, medical attention is needed. Undersigned agree to pay all costs associated with such medical care and related transportation.
6. Miscellaneous. The Undersigned further agree and understand: (a) Participant will not engage in any activities prohibited by any applicable laws, statutes, regulations and ordinances; (b) this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida, and the exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any claim arising out of this Agreement shall be the state courts located in Orange County, Florida, and Undersigned expressly agree and consent to jurisdiction in said courts; (c) this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto and supersedes any and all prior contracts, arrangements, communications, or representations, whether oral or written, between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof; (d) the Undersigned understand and acknowledge that this Agreement is a contract and shall be binding to the fullest extent permitted by law. If any part of this Agreement is deemed to be unenforceable, the remaining terms shall be an enforceable contract between the parties. It is the intent of the Undersigned that this agreement shall be binding upon the assignees, subrogors, distributors, heirs, next of kin, executors and personal representatives of the Undersigned.
I HAVE CAREFULLY READ THE FOREGOING ASSUMPTION OF RISK, RELEASE OF LIABILITY & INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTAND ITS CONTENTS. I AM AWARE THAT I AM RELEASING LEGAL RIGHTS THAT OTHERWISE MAY EXIST.
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Lil Wayne Pays Tribute to Man Who Saved His Life in Emotional BET Hip-Hop Awards Speech
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"Uncle Bob" rushed the 12-year-old Wayne to the hospital following his suicide attempt
Lil Wayne accepted the 2018 I Am Hip Hop honor at the annual BET Hip-Hop Awards, which was televised last night. During his acceptance speech, the rapper thanked his friends and family before shouting out the man who saved his life following his suicide attempt at age 12. Referring to the former New Orleans homicide detective as "Uncle Bob," Wayne told the story of how "a bunch of police hopped over me, but he refused to do so," rushing the young Wayne to the hospital. Watch the speech below.
Wayne has spoken publicly about Uncle Bob before. In 2016, when asked to clarify his comment that there was "no such thing as racism," Wayne cited the example of the white cop who saved his life. It wasn't until recently, on his latest album Tha Carter V, that Lil Wayne confirmed that his self-inflicted gunshot wound was a suicide attempt.
Read "Lil Wayne's Long Road to Tha Carter V" over on the Pitch.
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Driving in Europe can be an incredible experience, and no matter which part you visit you're sure to find some unbelievable scenic routes.
Located between Sorrento and Amalfi in Italy, this stretch of road is actually carved out of the cliff-face. It's a huge tourist attraction, probably because of the breathtaking ocean views. An absolute must if you're staying anywhere near Southern Italy.
Experience the beauty of the Bavarian Alps on this winding road that stretches on for almost 300 miles. It begins at Lindau on Lake Constance and finishes at Berchtesgaden on Lake Königssee, and it even comes with the slogan 'every mile – a smile'.
Rural French roads, cobbled streets and beach-lined coastal roads await you throughout Pas de Calais in Northern France. The scenic countryside views and bustling streets within the towns in this French department will amaze you, especially when you compare them to hectic Parisian streets. Sit back, relax and enjoy the drive.
Explore the stunning natural landscape along this historic stretch of Irish coastline and marvel at the sights you'll uncover. With majestic cliffs, white sandy beaches and the incredibly Giant's Causeway waiting for you, you'll certainly find yourself wanting to stay in this beautiful location.
Situated in southwestern and west-central England, this fantastic Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is famous for its rolling hills, lush green landscapes and quiet lifestyle. It's perfectly connected with main roads, but also offers up some country-lane driving.
Take this six-hour drive through the Taurus Mountains in Turkey to really make the most of this incredible landscape. Stop off for some fresh spring water from a creek in the mountains, or keep going and soak up the sights of snowy mountains and clear skies.
Do you know of any other astounding European drives?
This guest post was written by travel expert Aurora Johnson on behalf of Central Contracts, a company specialising in car contract hire in the UK and Europe.
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