Book Review: Fly-Casting Finesse . . .
When a new hardcover book dedicated to some aspect of fly fishing reaches print, there should be a pause, as the production time and cost for such a lasting document indicates the publisher's belief in the value of the information on the printed pages between the covers.
Skyhorse Publishing, no stranger to readers of angling literature, has just released such a book.
160 pp., Skyhorse Publishing. Hardcover, $29.99.
First impression of the cover is reaffirmed by the fact the same glossy color is sleeved in a matching dust jacket. A quick flip through reveals excellent illustrations, diagrams, and chapters than contain numerous subsections with page breaks, a format that gives the busy reader plenty of places to pause and pick up again, almost the way one works a fly line on and off the water.
Who is the author? His name may be new to those used to hearing Kreh, Krieger, Rajeff, and Wulff, all giants associated with the cast. Field, who lives in Connecticut, is a former president of the New York City Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the American Casting Association. His casting reputation is solidified by his status as an IFFF Certified Master Casting Instructor. Credentials enough to author a book on the fundamental mechanics of fly fishing.
I invite readers to explore the book for themselves for an elaboration of such phrases. Set aside some time outdoors as well to put into practice what Field has written on the page.
Tenkara is not given any featured place in this book. What may to some appear to be a shortcoming, or weakness, actually on reflection refocuses the fact that, tackle choice aside, it is the angler and the positions, angles, and motions used in the fishing process that matter. A chapter on the double haul has no practical value in the world of fixed line fly fishing, but so much else – line mending, casts in close quarters, the roll, the bow and arrow, et al, can all add to the skill set of those who fish the rod, line, and fly.
Fly-Casting Finesse is available at Urban Angler, Ltd. in Manhattan and, of course, online.


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Michal Brůna (* 28. Januar 1978 in Karviná, Tschechoslowakei) ist ein ehemaliger tschechischer Handballspieler und Handballtrainer.

Karriere
Der 1,90 Meter große Rückraumspieler spielte bis 2002 bei HC Baník Karviná, anschließend bis 2003 bei Toulouse Union HB, in der Saison 2003/2004 wieder in Karviná sowie bei Frýdek-Mýstek. Mit Baník Karviná war er dreimal tschechischer Meister. Seit dem 1. Juli 2004 hatte er einen Vertrag beim Stralsunder HV. Der Vertrag galt bis 2010. Da sich der Stralsunder HV aus finanziellen Gründen von Spielern trennen musste, um die Insolvenz abzuwehren, wechselte Brůna im Januar 2009 im Rahmen eines Leihgeschäfts zu den Füchsen Berlin. Hier spielte er bis zum Ende der Saison. Seit Oktober 2009 stand er beim HC Empor Rostock unter Vertrag. Im November 2011 wurde er beim HC Empor Rostock zusammen mit Jens Dethloff zum Interims-Trainer berufen. Im März 2012 gab Michal Brůna seinen Abschied vom HC Empor Rostock zum Saisonende 2011/2012 bekannt; er wechselte zur Saison 2012/2013 zum polnischen Verein Pogoń Szczecin, der nach der Saison 2011/2012 in die PGNiG Superliga Mężczyzn, Polens erste Liga, aufgestiegen war. Im Juli 2013 wurde er Mannschaftskapitän. Im Mai 2017 beendete er seine Karriere, für seinen polnischen Klub hatte er bis dato 492 Treffer erzielt. Anschließend entschloss er sich jedoch, seine Karriere bei seinem ehemaligen Verein HCB Karviná fortzusetzen. In der gleichen Saison erkämpfte er mit der Mannschaft seinen vierten Titel als tschechischer Meister. Brůna beendete im Jahr 2020 seine Karriere und übernahm anschließend das Traineramt und den Posten als Vereinspräsident bei HC Baník Karviná. Unter seiner Leitung gewann Baník Karviná 2022 die tschechische Meisterschaft.

Nationalmannschaft
Brůna gehörte zum Aufgebot der tschechischen Nationalmannschaft bei der Europameisterschaft 2004 (Platz 11), der Weltmeisterschaft 2005 (Platz 10), der Weltmeisterschaft 2007 (Platz 12) und der Europameisterschaft 2008 (Platz 14). Er spielte 66-mal in der tschechischen Nationalmannschaft und warf dabei 159 Tore (Stand: 9. Februar 2008).

Leben
Michal Brůna stammt aus einer Handballer-Familie. Sein Vater, Schwiegervater und sein Onkel waren erfolgreiche Handballer. Brůna ist verheiratet und hat zwei Töchter.

Weblinks
 Brůna auf der Internetpräsenz von Pogoń Szczecin

Belege

Handballnationalspieler (Tschechien)
Handballspieler (Stralsunder HV)
Handballspieler (Füchse Berlin)
Handballspieler (HC Empor Rostock)
Handballspieler (Pogoń Stettin)
Handballspieler (Toulouse Handball)
Handballtrainer (Tschechien)
Rückraumspieler
Tscheche
Geboren 1978
Mann

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Округ Арма (, ) је један од 32 историјска округа на острву Ирској, смештен у његовом североисточном делу, у покрајини Алстер. Округ је данас део подручја Северне Ирске. Седиште округа је истоимени град Арма, док је највећи град Њури.

Данас појам округа Арма има више историјско значење, а нема управни значај (као и других 5 округа у оквиру Северне Ирске), пошто је 1972. Северна Ирска добила нову територијалну поделу на Савете.

Положај и границе округа
Округ Арма се налази у североисточном делу ирског острва и јужном делу Северне Ирске и граничи се са:
 север: округ Тирон,
 североисток: округ Антрим,
 исток: округ Даун,
 југоисток: Ирско море,
 југ: округ Лауд (Република Ирска),
 запад: округ Монахан (Република Ирска).

Природни услови
Арма је по пространству један од мањих ирских округа - заузима 28. место међу 32 округа.

Рељеф: Већи део округа Арма је брежуљкасто подручје, 50-200 метара надморске висине. Местимично се издижу ниска брда. Због повољног рељефа у округу се гаји воће, па је округ Арма познат и као "округ воћњака". На крајњем југу округа издиже се једина планина у овом делу државе, планина Слив Галион.

Клима Клима у округу Арма је умерено континентална са изразитим утицајем Атлантика и Голфске струје. Стога град одликује блага и веома променљива клима.

Воде: Најважнија река у округу Арма је Блеквотер на северозападу округа, док је источни округ познат по тзв. Њурском каналу. На крајњем северу округа је језеро Неј, највеће на ирском острву.

Становништво

По подацима са Пописа 2011. године на подручју округа Арма живело је близу 160 хиљада становника. Ово је за 50% мање него на Попису 1841. године, пре Ирске глади и великог исељавања Ираца у Америку. Међутим, последње три деценије број становника округа расте по стопи већој од 0,5% годишње.

Етнички и верски састав - Становништво округа је подељено између већинских Ираца римокатоличке вероисповести (око 60%) и британских досељеника протестантске вероисповести (око 40%). Први преовлађују у средишњим и јужним деловима, док су други у већини у северним деловима округа.

Густина насељености - Округ Арма има густину насељености од око 125 ст./км², што је приближно просеку Северне Ирске (преко 120 ст./км²). Цео округ има равномерну насељеност.

Језик: У целом округу се званично се користи енглески.

Види још
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package serviceaccount

import (
	"bytes"
	"crypto/ecdsa"
	"crypto/elliptic"
	"crypto/rsa"
	"errors"
	"fmt"

	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/authenticator"
	apiserverserviceaccount "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/serviceaccount"
	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"

	jwt "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
	"github.com/golang/glog"
)

const (
	Issuer = "kubernetes/serviceaccount"

	SubjectClaim            = "sub"
	IssuerClaim             = "iss"
	ServiceAccountNameClaim = "kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/service-account.name"
	ServiceAccountUIDClaim  = "kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/service-account.uid"
	SecretNameClaim         = "kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/secret.name"
	NamespaceClaim          = "kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/namespace"
)

// ServiceAccountTokenGetter defines functions to retrieve a named service account and secret
type ServiceAccountTokenGetter interface {
	GetServiceAccount(namespace, name string) (*v1.ServiceAccount, error)
	GetSecret(namespace, name string) (*v1.Secret, error)
}

type TokenGenerator interface {
	// GenerateToken generates a token which will identify the given ServiceAccount.
	// The returned token will be stored in the given (and yet-unpersisted) Secret.
	GenerateToken(serviceAccount v1.ServiceAccount, secret v1.Secret) (string, error)
}

// JWTTokenGenerator returns a TokenGenerator that generates signed JWT tokens, using the given privateKey.
// privateKey is a PEM-encoded byte array of a private RSA key.
// JWTTokenAuthenticator()
func JWTTokenGenerator(privateKey interface{}) TokenGenerator {
	return &jwtTokenGenerator{privateKey}
}

type jwtTokenGenerator struct {
	privateKey interface{}
}

func (j *jwtTokenGenerator) GenerateToken(serviceAccount v1.ServiceAccount, secret v1.Secret) (string, error) {
	var method jwt.SigningMethod
	switch privateKey := j.privateKey.(type) {
	case *rsa.PrivateKey:
		method = jwt.SigningMethodRS256
	case *ecdsa.PrivateKey:
		switch privateKey.Curve {
		case elliptic.P256():
			method = jwt.SigningMethodES256
		case elliptic.P384():
			method = jwt.SigningMethodES384
		case elliptic.P521():
			method = jwt.SigningMethodES512
		default:
			return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown private key curve, must be 256, 384, or 521")
		}
	default:
		return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown private key type %T, must be *rsa.PrivateKey or *ecdsa.PrivateKey", j.privateKey)
	}

	token := jwt.New(method)

	claims, _ := token.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)

	// Identify the issuer
	claims[IssuerClaim] = Issuer

	// Username
	claims[SubjectClaim] = apiserverserviceaccount.MakeUsername(serviceAccount.Namespace, serviceAccount.Name)

	// Persist enough structured info for the authenticator to be able to look up the service account and secret
	claims[NamespaceClaim] = serviceAccount.Namespace
	claims[ServiceAccountNameClaim] = serviceAccount.Name
	claims[ServiceAccountUIDClaim] = serviceAccount.UID
	claims[SecretNameClaim] = secret.Name

	// Sign and get the complete encoded token as a string
	return token.SignedString(j.privateKey)
}

// JWTTokenAuthenticator authenticates tokens as JWT tokens produced by JWTTokenGenerator
// Token signatures are verified using each of the given public keys until one works (allowing key rotation)
// If lookup is true, the service account and secret referenced as claims inside the token are retrieved and verified with the provided ServiceAccountTokenGetter
func JWTTokenAuthenticator(keys []interface{}, lookup bool, getter ServiceAccountTokenGetter) authenticator.Token {
	return &jwtTokenAuthenticator{keys, lookup, getter}
}

type jwtTokenAuthenticator struct {
	keys   []interface{}
	lookup bool
	getter ServiceAccountTokenGetter
}

var errMismatchedSigningMethod = errors.New("invalid signing method")

func (j *jwtTokenAuthenticator) AuthenticateToken(token string) (user.Info, bool, error) {
	var validationError error

	for i, key := range j.keys {
		// Attempt to verify with each key until we find one that works
		parsedToken, err := jwt.Parse(token, func(token *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {
			switch token.Method.(type) {
			case *jwt.SigningMethodRSA:
				if _, ok := key.(*rsa.PublicKey); ok {
					return key, nil
				}
				return nil, errMismatchedSigningMethod
			case *jwt.SigningMethodECDSA:
				if _, ok := key.(*ecdsa.PublicKey); ok {
					return key, nil
				}
				return nil, errMismatchedSigningMethod
			default:
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unexpected signing method: %v", token.Header["alg"])
			}
		})

		if err != nil {
			switch err := err.(type) {
			case *jwt.ValidationError:
				if (err.Errors & jwt.ValidationErrorMalformed) != 0 {
					// Not a JWT, no point in continuing
					return nil, false, nil
				}

				if (err.Errors & jwt.ValidationErrorSignatureInvalid) != 0 {
					// Signature error, perhaps one of the other keys will verify the signature
					// If not, we want to return this error
					glog.V(4).Infof("Signature error (key %d): %v", i, err)
					validationError = err
					continue
				}

				// This key doesn't apply to the given signature type
				// Perhaps one of the other keys will verify the signature
				// If not, we want to return this error
				if err.Inner == errMismatchedSigningMethod {
					glog.V(4).Infof("Mismatched key type (key %d): %v", i, err)
					validationError = err
					continue
				}
			}

			// Other errors should just return as errors
			return nil, false, err
		}

		// If we get here, we have a token with a recognized signature

		claims, _ := parsedToken.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)

		// Make sure we issued the token
		iss, _ := claims[IssuerClaim].(string)
		if iss != Issuer {
			return nil, false, nil
		}

		// Make sure the claims we need exist
		sub, _ := claims[SubjectClaim].(string)
		if len(sub) == 0 {
			return nil, false, errors.New("sub claim is missing")
		}
		namespace, _ := claims[NamespaceClaim].(string)
		if len(namespace) == 0 {
			return nil, false, errors.New("namespace claim is missing")
		}
		secretName, _ := claims[SecretNameClaim].(string)
		if len(namespace) == 0 {
			return nil, false, errors.New("secretName claim is missing")
		}
		serviceAccountName, _ := claims[ServiceAccountNameClaim].(string)
		if len(serviceAccountName) == 0 {
			return nil, false, errors.New("serviceAccountName claim is missing")
		}
		serviceAccountUID, _ := claims[ServiceAccountUIDClaim].(string)
		if len(serviceAccountUID) == 0 {
			return nil, false, errors.New("serviceAccountUID claim is missing")
		}

		subjectNamespace, subjectName, err := apiserverserviceaccount.SplitUsername(sub)
		if err != nil || subjectNamespace != namespace || subjectName != serviceAccountName {
			return nil, false, errors.New("sub claim is invalid")
		}

		if j.lookup {
			// Make sure token hasn't been invalidated by deletion of the secret
			secret, err := j.getter.GetSecret(namespace, secretName)
			if err != nil {
				glog.V(4).Infof("Could not retrieve token %s/%s for service account %s/%s: %v", namespace, secretName, namespace, serviceAccountName, err)
				return nil, false, errors.New("Token has been invalidated")
			}
			if secret.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
				glog.V(4).Infof("Token is deleted and awaiting removal: %s/%s for service account %s/%s", namespace, secretName, namespace, serviceAccountName)
				return nil, false, errors.New("Token has been invalidated")
			}
			if bytes.Compare(secret.Data[v1.ServiceAccountTokenKey], []byte(token)) != 0 {
				glog.V(4).Infof("Token contents no longer matches %s/%s for service account %s/%s", namespace, secretName, namespace, serviceAccountName)
				return nil, false, errors.New("Token does not match server's copy")
			}

			// Make sure service account still exists (name and UID)
			serviceAccount, err := j.getter.GetServiceAccount(namespace, serviceAccountName)
			if err != nil {
				glog.V(4).Infof("Could not retrieve service account %s/%s: %v", namespace, serviceAccountName, err)
				return nil, false, err
			}
			if serviceAccount.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
				glog.V(4).Infof("Service account has been deleted %s/%s", namespace, serviceAccountName)
				return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("ServiceAccount %s/%s has been deleted", namespace, serviceAccountName)
			}
			if string(serviceAccount.UID) != serviceAccountUID {
				glog.V(4).Infof("Service account UID no longer matches %s/%s: %q != %q", namespace, serviceAccountName, string(serviceAccount.UID), serviceAccountUID)
				return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("ServiceAccount UID (%s) does not match claim (%s)", serviceAccount.UID, serviceAccountUID)
			}
		}

		return UserInfo(namespace, serviceAccountName, serviceAccountUID), true, nil
	}

	return nil, false, validationError
}

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Tim Allen 'overwhelmed' by fans' push to bring back 'Last Man Standing' after 'Roseanne' backlash
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Fox411: Tim Allen speaks out after ABC cancelled his sitcom 'Last Man Standing'
Tim Allen is feeling inspired by fans who have recently begun petitioning again for a "Last Man Standing" revival.
"Last Man Standing" fans called on ABC to bring back Allen's show after Roseanne Barr revealed on Monday her sitcom character is a Trump supporter in the upcoming "Roseanne" reboot headed to the network. Allen's show famously featured conservative values and many speculated that was the reason behind its cancellation.
"The support from all the fans to bring back 'Last Man Standing' is truly overwhelming to me and so appreciated," Allen told Fox News exclusively. "I, along with the talented writers, wonderful crew and terrific actors would definitely entertain the idea of bringing the show back as there is so much gas left in the tank, more to be said, and laughs to be had."
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Roseanne Barr (left) said making her TV counterpart a Trump supporter made sense for the show about a working-class American family. Tim Allen (right) played played Mike Baxter who is also politically conservative on the canceled show "Last Man Standing." (ABC)
The 64-year-old told us his fans' recent push to revive "Last Man Standing" has given him hope that the show could make a comeback.
"I know fans would love nothing more than for us to take the cover off, fire up the engine, back this car out of the garage and get it back on the highway, full-throttle," Allen said. "My sentiment sits in the front seat beside you."
Allen, a conservative himself who has voiced his support for President Trump, played Mike Baxter, who is also politically conservative, on the show -- which was canceled in May 2017 despite its high ratings.
"Last Man Standing" has been praised for being one of the few shows that appeal to a conservative viewership and ABC vehemently denied it gave the show the boot over its politics.
TIM ALLEN 'STUNNED AND BLINDSIDED' BY 'LAST MAN STANDING' CANCELLATION'
In May 2017, the network revealed that it would not be renewing "Last Man Standing" for a seventh season. The sixth -- and final -- season of the show, which skews more toward a blue-collar audience, was the network's second most-watched comedy with 8.1 million views, behind only the seemingly untouchable "Modern Family," which scored 8.7 million in the same year.
"Stunned and blindsided by the network I called home for the last six years," Allen wrote on Twitter at the time.
Tim Allen (left) as Mike Baxter and Nancy Travis as Vanessa Baxter in the canceled ABC sitcom "Last Man Standing." (ABC)
The former "Home Improvement" star has been open about his conservative-leaning politics in the past. Allen told Jimmy Kimmel in March that living in Hollywood right now is akin to Nazi Germany.
"You gotta be real careful around here," Allen noted. "You get beat up if you don't believe what everybody else believes. This is like '30s Germany."
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In an effort to transform the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) into an attractive destination for visitors, the QREC management, led by His Excellency the QREC Chairman Issa bin Mohammed Al-Mohannadi has signed an agreement with Al Sulaiti Holding recently. The agreement is meant to promote horseracing, maximise racegoer turnout in race meetings throughout the season and serve the community and in particular the equestrian community. Under the agreement, Al Sulaiti Holding will use the shops existing at QREC to serve as an open market serving customers throughout the week and not only on race days. Such shops will offer a wide range of services, including products and entertainment for children and families.
The three-year renewable agreement was signed in presence of QREC CEO Nasser bin Sherida Al-Kaabi and Al Sulaiti Holding Chairman Dr. Ahmed Al Sulaiti.
Al-Mohannadi: Attraction for visitors
His Excellency the QREC Chairman Issa bin Mohammed Al-Mohannadi shed light on the agreement. "The main purpose of the agreement is to transform QREC into an attraction for visitors to be added to the other attractive destinations in Qatar", he said, "This will maximise racegoer turnout and promote the equestrian culture and horseracing in particular. It is not the first effort in this field as we have already made other efforts to this end by operating some shops at QREC. Such shops will attract many horse fans, not only on race days but also throughout the week as they will be interested in the services available at QREC as an organisation of a special nature. In addition, families and children will have the opportunity to enjoy the events and associated ambiance. It is a new demonstration that QREC's services are not limited to a certain category, but are rather available to the community at large, which is another factor contributing to realising our objectives by having QREC accessible to all and attracting more visitors."
"This new agreement will improve the experience of racegoers, which will in turn play a role in increasing the number people associated with horseracing", added Al-Mohannadi, "The presence of children and their interest to attend the events will definitely foster their association with QREC. No doubt this agreement will be key in achieving equestrian sustainability at QREC through the diversification and enhancement of outcome in line with the QREC management's objectives and aspirations. We have already moved in this direction for a long time now with a view to benefiting from and investing in the existing facilities at QREC.
Al-Sulaiti: Looking forward to success
Al Sulaiti Holding Chairman Dr. Ahmed Al Sulaiti said "We have a certain area at QREC and it will be invested in shops after having obtained the approval of the competent authorities so that all licenses will be valid and in accordance with the regulations in effect. We are interested in attracting the public throughout the week by providing a wide range of services and the events of interest for both families and children. Accordingly, the scale of activities at QREC will be large, which will be in favour of good investment. There will be shops and cafés and, being at QREC, there will be special emphasis on horse equipment shops."
"I am not new to the equestrian sport", added Al-Sulaiti, "I used to be a jockey and ride at QREC race meetings. I have also been involved in the sports field in general as I was the General Secretary of the Al Arabi Club. I, therefore, look forward to success in this effort and to contributing to maximising racegoer and QREC visitor turnout, especially as the project will be open and operating throughout the week. It is also a good investment for QREC, so I wish it would be a successful step in realising the goals shared by me and QREC.
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Hitchcockian Guide to Everyday Life
American photographer Gregory Crewdson unearths the psychological unease beneath mundane existence.
Rahul Jayaram Rahul Jayaram | 14 Oct, 2009
Q Why is your show called Beneath the Roses?
A This show is my effort through the last seven years. As the work progressed, a theme developed. That of beauty and sadness in everyday life. That's why I think I called it that.
Q What are you trying to say through the show?
A I'm very interested in the psychological mystery behind everyday life. I guess I wanted to show what's lurking underneath our everyday life and behaviour, which we take for granted. I wanted to probe that.
Q Are most American artistes fundamentally unhappy people?
A I don't know about others. Speaking about myself, I think these are beautiful photos too. I think I'm inclined to capture psychological unease. But I don't think that makes me unhappy as an artiste.
Q Is your function as an artiste to capture the world as it is, or is it to intervene in what you see with your vision?
A I can't make that distinction. My focus is just to make powerful, memorable and beautiful images. To catch the unexpected theatricality of daily life.
Q You seem clearly inspired by cinema. Which artistes have influenced you?
A Many. Painter Edward Hopper and photographer Robert Frank. Filmmakers David Lynch, Orson Welles and, of course, Alfred Hitchcock.
Q These photos seems like they were taken in New England? Is that part of America always bleak?
A Yes, it is New England. A small town called Pittsfield in Massachusetts. It's not really sad all the time.
Q Is it fashionable in the US to deal with suburban alienation?
A Not quite sure. But there is space for idiosyncrasy. My photos are quixotic.
Q You were part of a one-song wonder punk band, The Speedies. How and why the switch from music to photography?
A The Speedies happened when I was 17. I was a guitarist and after college, the band just went its different ways. Although people still remember Let Me Take Your Photo. HP bought its rights later. So, we haven't vanished from the public imagination.
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Guardian of the Cause of God
Shoghi Effendi was related to both of the twin Manifestations of God of this age. His father was related to the Bab and his mother to Baha'u'llah. Abdu'l-Baha was the grandfather of Shoghi Effendi, and He taught His grandson how to pray. The early education of Shoghi Effendi included attending Catholic schools and a Protestant College. Shoghi Effendi loved his grandfather and mastered the English, French, Persian, Turkish, and Arabic languages so he could spend more time with Abdu'l-Baha and act as His secretary.
Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Cause of God, September 1957
When he finished his studies at the American University in Beirut, Shoghi Effendi was sent by Abdu'l-Baha to Balliol College, one of the schools of Oxford University in Oxford, England.
After the passing of Abdu'l-Baha, the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha was read by His Family. Shoghi Effendi was shocked to learn that he was named the successor of Abdu'l-Baha, who designated him "the Sign of God, the chosen branch, the Guardian of the Cause of God." Moreover, he learned that Abdu'l-Baha, his beloved grandfather, had designated him as the Guardian when he was a child, but had never disclosed it to anyone.
In His Will and Testament, Abdu'l-Baha made it very clear what He bequeathed to humanity and put under the protection of the Abha Beauty, Baha'u'llah Himself. He delineated how humanity should respond to their inheritance of both the authority of the Guardian and the Universal House of Justice:
"…The Guardian of the Cause of God, as well as the Universal House of Justice to be universally elected and established, are both under the care and protection of the Abha Beauty… Whatsoever they decide is of God. Whoso obeyeth him not, neither obeyeth them, hath not obeyed God; whoso rebelleth against him and against them hath rebelled against God; whoso opposeth him hath opposed God; whoso contendeth with them hath contended with God; whoso disputeth with him hath disputed with God; whoso denieth him hath denied God; whoso disbelieveth in him hath disbelieved in God; whoso deviateth, separateth himself and turneth aside from him hath in truth deviated, separated himself and turned aside from God."
Shoghi Effendi was not only the Guardian of the Baha'i Faith, he was a visionary who could cast into words what his infallible guidance understood to be the purpose of Baha'u'llah's mission to unite the earth. In The Unfoldment of World Civilization, written in 1936, a year that would be sandwiched between two devastating world wars, Shoghi Effendi envisions the future when the Universal House of Justice would work to direct the establishment of order across the planet and fashion an age of peace for the benefit of humanity:
"The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Baha'u'llah, implies the establishment of a world commonwealth in which all nations, races, creeds and classes are closely and permanently united, and in which the autonomy of its state members and the personal freedom and initiative of the individuals that compose them are definitely and completely safeguarded …."
"A world federal system, ruling the whole earth and exercising unchallengeable authority over its unimaginably vast resources, blending and embodying the ideals of both the East and the West, liberated from the curse of war and its miseries, and bent on the exploitation of all the available sources of energy on the surface of the planet, a system in which Force is made the servant of Justice, whose life is sustained by its universal recognition of one God and by its allegiance to one common Revelation – such is the goal towards which humanity, impelled by the unifying forces of life, is moving."
In God Passes By, a masterpiece of English prose, Shoghi Effendi wrote majestically and with a thunderous clarity about the early and triumphant history of the Faith. Yes, it was a torturous road that the Bab and Baha'u'llah and their followers were forced to walk, with tens of thousands of them being slaughtered for their beliefs and for refusing to recant their newly born faith, but they did it joyfully for the sake of God, and today their oppressors are all forgotten. The light of the Twin Manifestations of God still shines; its radiance is sweeping across the planet, uplifting souls everywhere.
At age 68, Abdu'l-Baha, having spent fifty years as an exile and a prisoner of the Persian and Ottoman Empires, chose to spend 239 days in North America. He traveled to many of the major cities in the United States, on both on the East and West coasts, and also in the central states, and gave hundreds of talks and presentations along the way to a like number of diverse audiences of all races, religions, and social classes. All were delighted by His presence – even those who were predisposed not to like Him for whatever reason they might have imagined. Years later, Shoghi Effendi wrote that Abdu'l-Baha's sole purpose was to raise the call of Baha'u'llah throughout America. Everywhere He went, Abdu'l-Baha's pivotal theme is summarized in this quote:
"In countless verses Baha'u'llah acclaims the potencies with which His Revelation has infused the life of the planet. 'The oneness of mankind' is the central theme and ultimate goal of His teachings; hence, He repeatedly calls for the world's peoples to establish unity among themselves, warning that there is no alternative if the human race is to fulfill its purpose for being. The insistence of this call implies the coming of age of the entire human race – the highest level to which humanity can evolve after untold ages of social development involving the prolonged stages of its collective experience. An organic global unity – a Golden Age of peace as promised in all the Holy Scriptures – is the consummate stage to which Baha'u'lláh directs humanity. This pivotal theme was elucidated by Abdu'l-Baha in His numerous addresses to American audiences in a variety of settings."
Abdu'l-Baha arrived in New York on April 11, 1912. At the time, America was a third-rate power. Nonetheless, Abdu'l-Baha loved the American people. In His public addresses, He rained encouragement and His blessings on America. In Cleveland He said, "The American continent gives signs and evidences of very great advancement; its future is even more promising, for its influence and illumination are far-reaching, and it will lead all nations spiritually."
In addition to other labors, Shoghi Effendi, who loved the English language, translated into peerless English a host of the writings of the Bab, Baha'u'llah, and Abdu'l-Baha. The significance of this is that Shoghi Effendi was designated by Abdu'l-Baha as the authoritative interpreter of the Baha'i writings. The inspired quality of his translation work assures humanity that they have been conferred the Will of God through the authoritative pillars of the Baha'i Faith.
The list of the accomplishments of Shoghi Effendi will confound and delight scholars for hundreds of years as they dig through the volumes of his indefatigable work. From the beginning of his Guardianship, Shoghi Effendi had a vision of how the religion of God should progress. He worked tirelessly to communicate his inspired vision to Baha'is throughout the world. In addition to writing books, he wrote thousands of letters of encouragement, advice, and guidance to both individual Baha'is and Baha'i communities during his short life. Shoghi Effendi was 60 when he passed away in 1957. He was one of some two million people worldwide who caught the Asian Flu and died in the global pandemic. He is buried in London's New Southgate Cemetery.
Why Baha'u'llah?
Baha'is believe every human being is born with the capacity to recognize the Manifestation of God. In view of all the evidence that Baha'u'llah is the promised one, sooner or later the recognition that "God doeth whatsoever He willeth" is what compels people to declare, "I am a Baha'i."
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Interview With Abel Goldfarb: "Using no dialogue was a challenge but a significant one"
Abel Goldfarb's remarkable stop-motion and CGI animation 'Ian' tells the inspirational story of a real-life boy called Ian who has Cerebral Palsy. This film has won the hearts of every audience at every film festival it has screened at and now, Ian is eligible to be considered for a 2019 Oscar, which is not surprising at all. We had the pleasure of talking to the highly skilled director about what led him to start directing films, why he decided to use the combination of CGI and stop-motion to tell this story, how using no dialogue in the film makes the story more significant and what he wants people to take away from this film.
Would you like to share a bit about yourself? Where are you from? What led you to directing?
I`m from Argentina. I think I fell hopelessly in love with cinema since the first movie I ever saw, "The never-ending story" when I was 4 or 5 years old. I`ve been doing my projects for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I was lucky and some of those have some recognition. I´m really grateful that I am able to do this for a living, that is not always so easy. I`ve been doing a lot of music videos and advertising, but also leaving some space to develop the more personal and artistic things that I love.
Can you give us some details about the true story that inspired you to write this short?
Sheila (Ian's mother), came to MUNDOLOCO CGI studio and told us about the difficulties that Ian faces every day and Gastón Gorali, the co-founder of the studio, thought that it was the kind of story that could go very well with my type of sensibility.
Sheila told us that when he first attended a rehabilitation center, kids at an elementary school across the street would mock him from behind their school fence as he entered and left. Their attitude inspired her to act. But, rather than fight ignorance with violence, Sheila wrote a book," The Gift," which shows a typical day of a family with a child who has a disability. Every time a kid made fun of Ian, she gave them a book. She always says that it is amazing, the positive impact the book had on them.
She wanted to turn "The Gift" into a short film to reach a bigger audience, and we all agreed it was a fantastic idea. With Gastón, we noticed that while the "The Gift" described Ian's common day and gave the readers an idea about his difficulties, for the short film, we wanted to go back to the original situation that motivated the creation of the book, it was more powerful to connect emotionally with Ian´s feelings through that journey. From there we played with the metaphorical freedom of animation to give it a more profound meaning.
What does the wind symbolize? As well as what does the characters breaking apart symbolize?
The wind is literally and metaphorically the force that pushes him away from the group, and the place where he wants to be. It is related to the attitudes that generate that feeling of rejection.
With the little pieces, the idea is that there are many small things that are making us who we are, and those things such as values, decisions, and situations link among each other and also give us the possibility to change, redefine, grow and modify ourselves, helping us to evolve or making us take a step back. Making this pattern repeat in each one of the characters, even if they look different or come from different backgrounds, works as a factor that shows that we are unified on a more essential level. The things that unite us are much more significant than what divides us. As humans, we all have the same essence.
Do you think no dialogue makes the story?
With no dialogue, it's a challenge, but a significant one. We try to make it as universal as possible. That's why we use no spoken language, to avoid idiomatic or cultural barriers. We also try to keep it simple, but powerful, to approach audiences of all ages, from toddlers to seniors.
What was the most difficult obstacle in making this animation?
I would say that the hardest part was finding the way to use and take advantage of the CGI-Stop Motion mix techniques. Stop Motion and CGI, are two different universes and two different labor forces. We had to find the way to enrich from both fields. There is something about the collage that I always love, but the concept of it seems to be perfect for this particular story.
We physically constructed Stop Motion sets, which allowed us to create a lot of details playing with elements from different universes, that mixed together to grow into new forms, new shapes, and new meanings: screws become benches, guitar strings, lanterns, disposables trays, hills, among many others. We subtly let part of that visible enough so you can feel it but pick it in a second view and hide enough so that it doesn't distract you from the narrative of the story.
Then we shot the background for every single frame, with and without character references, and with and without each prop on it. So we can work later in compositing with CGI.
The CGI characters allowed us to play with things that are really hard to make in stop-motion, like the main concept of the little pieces that the characters are made of.
Finally, Juan Elías has the difficult task of unifying everything into a unique and organic aesthetic, making everything co-exists harmoniously and empowering each other, as the main theme of the film aims to.
What message do you have for kids that are having trouble in school due to health problems?
I think the most important thing that I have to say, the message wouldn't be for them but it would actually be for the rest of society, there is nothing wrong with kids who have health problems. If the other kids continue to pick on them and exclude them, we are failing as a society on educating these kids on serious matters. The social conventions are the ones creating barriers among us, but through an open discussion, we can work to create a better environment for them.
What are the major themes of this short?
We had the possibility to make a small contribution to a bigger cause. We try to make a significant piece, that helps to open the conversation about inclusion. We aim to give the audience a glimpse to experience the point of view of someone who struggles with a different and harder situation, hoping to help the audience connect emotionally with that. Because, despite the physical differences, we all have similar emotional needs.
What was your overall goal for this film?
If just for a moment at least, we achieve the empathy, the connection that pushes the audience to understand that, we are all equal in essence. It would be a goal fulfilled. Because essentially, the things uniting us are much more significant than the ones that divide us.
Will you be working on more animated films?
I hope so, I'm developing a feature film and a TV series. It's a wonderful tool to narrate stories, a direct line to metaphors and emotions.
Please click here for the trailer of Ian.
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Deep Dive: Extensions
By Brian Miller on October 17, 2013
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Several times throughout the Deep Dive series I've mentioned "catch all" objects and a future post — here it is. The framers of the Experience API specification knew that the overall structure of a statement, particularly with its oft mentioned Actor-Verb-Object pattern, could capture a great deal of information about learning experiences, but they also realized that there was no way for them to account for all types of experiences that people wished to record. So they left an out in the form of 'extensions' properties.
These 'extensions' properties take a special kind of object where the set of available properties is not known ahead of time, unlike all other objects in the specification. It is this unique structure that leaves it up to the Activity Provider to decide what to capture, and to own how it will be captured.
The 'extensions' property takes as its value an object where the properties of that object are strings in the form of URIs and the values can take any form, including objects. Using URIs as the properties allows for the identifiers to be owned via domain ownership, and therefore prevents the possibility of collisions as long as people respect that ownership. This means that to create (or coin) a new Extension property you should do so in a domain that you own, control, or have been given permission to use.
Here are two example Extension objects, one used to include an ISBN (a book identifier), and the other used to specify a starting point and ending point (perhaps page numbers):
"http://id.tincanapi.com/extension/isbn": "978-1449304195"
"http://id.tincanapi.com/extension/ending-point": 36,
"http://id.tincanapi.com/extension/starting-point": 48
The 'extensions' property can be used in multiple locations within a statement, specifically the Activity Definition, Context, and Result objects. The first example above, the ISBN, would be a perfect fit to include in an Activity Definition for a book Activity. Another key is that specific 'extensions' properties can be used in any of these positions. In other words, the starting/ending point properties could make sense in the context of one statement and the result of a different one. The second example above might be used by a teacher to assign a student a set of pages to read which might be included in the context of a statement about the assigning, while the same object might be used in the result of the statement capturing the student's reading of those pages.
As mentioned, the format of the value for an Extension property is left open which is both maximally flexible for Activity Providers and problematic for reporting systems. In the above example the page numbers are captured as integers (or more specifically numbers), but some other starting point may need to be captured as a string. There is no right answer as to whether an extension will always have the same formatted value or not.
Using different types of values with the same identifier is problematic for systems that will leverage the data from the statements later. In some cases, distinguishing the format will be straightforward and reporting systems will be able to handle it relatively easily. In other cases, there will be a clear format that an extension value must use. For example, the "http://id.tincanapi.com/extension/geojson" extension has a very precise value format based on the GeoJSON specification. The ISBN extension property used earlier always takes a string but a user must examine the length to properly handle it. Still other times it may be left up to the context in which the property is used as to how to handle its value. This is the trickiest of cases and one which has been coming up in conversations around Experience API more and more frequently. Extension coiners should consider including in the description of their extension (more on that below) information about what form the value should take. The example of the ISBN specifically includes:
Value should be either a 10 digit ISBN or 13 digit ISBN string. Either value is acceptable as implementing systems can easily distinguish the two based on the length of the value.
This allows developers to understand whether an extension will serve their purpose or not, and by conforming to the definition provided, they can expect their usage to interoperate with others' usages.
Unlike other objects in a Statement, because the extension property URIs are the Extension object's properties themselves, there is no place to provide metadata information about the property itself. In other words, there is no "local" way in the statement to provide a human readable name for the extension property or the description needed to explain how that extension property is to be used. This is another key to using URIs as the representation of the properties — many of them are easily convertible to URLs. Specifically using a URL and making that address resolvable enables a way to fetch metadata about the extension property. The format of the metadata is specified in the Experience API, when resolving the URL with a request for content-type of "application/json" the host should return a JSON object including a "name" and "description" properties whose values are language map objects as seen elsewhere in the specification.
By example, fetching the resource for an extension property such as "http://id.tincanapi.com/extension/tags" will return:
"en-US": "tags"
"en-US": "A list of arbitrary tags to associate with a statement.
Value of the extension should be an array with each tag being
a string value as an element of the array."
As described in other posts in this series, The Registry has been created to catalog available extensions to assist with interoperability. New Extension properties can be created in the "id.tincanapi.com" domain using the web interface to ensure that they can always be resolvable. Other extension properties can also be recorded to make them easier to find. There is a nice and ever growing list of extensions already listed, some of which we pre-populated in anticipation of their need by the community. Browsing the list is an excellent way to see the extent of the varied ways extension properties can and will be used.
Additionally, 'extensions' are also prescribed for use in the "/about" resource that an LRS must provide, though including the property isn't specifically required at this time. An example is the "powered-by" extension as part of the /about resource result on SCORM Cloud, it returns:
"http://id.tincanapi.com/extension/powered-by": {
"name": "xAPI Engine",
"homePage": "../lrs-lms/lrs-for-lmss-home/",
"version": "2012.1.0.5039b"
"version" : [ "1.0.0" ]
"With great power comes great responsibility," or so it is said, and using "extensions" is no different. With its flexibility it is simple to turn to the easy way out and just shove any data into an Extension when selecting a more complex statement structure or being more specific about an Activity may be more suitable. Even within our own walls, we recently had a conversation about using an Activity with a specific Activity Type rather than using an Extension property with a value that would be a URI itself. It turned out we didn't need to use "extensions" at all and were better served by using Context activities in its place.
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Texas woman shoots, kills neighbor over alleged 'bouncy house' theft
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A Texas woman has been charged with murder after she shot and killed her neighbor during a dispute over the alleged theft of a "bouncy house," officials said on Friday.
Nora Lee Lopez, 30, turned herself in to the Austin Police Department for the murder of her 52-year-old neighbor James Traylor, who she allegedly shot multiple times after she accused him of stealing the inflatable party attraction, APD said in a statement.
Police responded to a call of shots fired in East Austin just after 8 a.m. on Nov. 1. When police arrived, they discovered Traylor with several gunshot wounds. He was transported to Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, where he was pronounced dead an hour later, cops said.
Lopez fled the scene.
Police canvassed the area and spoke to witnesses, who described the bouncy house argument. A warrant was then issued for Lopez.
Nora Lee Lopez was charged with murder after she fatally shot her neighbor during a dispute over the alleged theft of a "bouncy house."
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Neighbors described the chaotic morning in the neighborhood, which they described as a "rough" part of the Texas capital.
Police said this was Austin's 77th homicide of 2021.
"They sounded like, 'bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang,' Like that," a neighbor, who identified himself as Henry, told KXAN.
When police arrived on scene, they found the victim on the ground and transported him to Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, where he was pronounced dead.
"It's a rough neighborhood," he added.
Another neighbor, who declined to identify herself, lamented the violence and told the outlet the argument should have never escalated to a fatal shooting.
"I don't want to see the world like this, I don't want to see people keep dying. They're doing things with guns that they can't change. It's going to live with them for the rest of their life," the neighbor said.
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Chocolate Covered Kitchen Projects. | Eat More Plants.
I kept seeing everybody post those chocolate covered frozen banana & peanut butter sandwiches and was like OK I GET IT. I love the concept but I wanted to make it my own.
So I thought of a whipped coconut cream instead of pbutter. I wanted it pink…beet juice! Yes. Not for flavor but for aesthetics. Just a few drops. I grated raw beets for a salad and scooped out a teaspoon of juice before adding anything else to it. I also added a tablespoon of maple syrup while whipping my coconut cream.
I sliced bananas 1/2-1/4 inch thick, piped about a tablespoon of coconut cream onto one and gently laid another slice on top. I should have cleaned up the edges where the coconut cream protruded out but I'll remember for next time. Minus 3 points for neatness.
I transferred the sandwiches to a little plastic tub and froze them over night.
Whisk every thing together in a sauce pan over low, low, looooow heat until smooth. You can sub regular cocoa powder or carob if need be.
Take your banana sandwiches out of the freezer. They must be frozen! Only take them out when you're ready to coat them, after you make the chocolate sauce. Have a piece of wax paper on your counter to work on.
Lay each sandwich on a fork and with your other hand, spoon the chocolate over it, letting the excess drip back into the sauce pan. Cover the sides as best as you can and then gently slide it onto the wax paper to set.
The chocolate should harden as soon as it touches the frozen bananas. Pop them in the freezer and keep them there until you're ready to eat them.
They must stay frozen! They will melt and get soggy if you leave them out.
Alternatively you could melt a super dark chocolate (85% cacao works great) with some coconut oil and use that to coat them. It might be a bit more stable if it's very hot out and your coconut oil is liquidy already.
If you're not familiar with whipped coconut cream, read this recipe to make it.
I love this idea and especially the bite sized pieces… Perfect for the summer!


Taking work home from the office often cuts into your personal time. But bringing your personal life, with all of its ups and downs, into the workplace may hurt your chances for career growth.
''It`s true whether you are in a large organization or in a family-owned organization that when you start bringing the personal aspects of your life into the workplace it diminishes how you are regarded,'' LeVan says.
LeVan says that at some organizations employees get into trouble for making too many personal phone calls.
''It takes away from the time available to do work and brings personal business into the office where I don`t think it belongs,'' she says.
But sometimes a personal crisis won`t wait until you`re home from work, particularly if you are responsible for an elderly parent or child.
She told of a principally male law firm that tested employee loyalty by purposely scheduling the firm`s seminars and outings on weekends and during holidays, times normally reserved for personal pursuits.
Daniels also says that women who work in lower-paying jobs have a harder time managing their work and home-related problems because they have less leeway in scheduling work hours.
''The paradox is that women take less demanding (and low-paying) jobs to meet their responsibilities at home, and then they get locked into them,'' she says.
organization. Each worker must ''make the best deal that she can'' with her employer, she says, when it comes to combining work and personal-time needs.
Employees who receive special scheduling to accommodate their personal responsibilities might be resented by their co-workers, LeVan notes. One way to make a boss and coworkers understand better an occasional request for special scheduling is to ''operate as though there`s a balance that in the long run works itself out,'' she says.
Some corporations have gone a long way toward becoming more concerned about workers` multiple roles, but LeVan says the burden of solving personal problems while sustaining a regular work load still must rest with the individual.
''Try to deal with it through your own resources outside of work, or if the company has an employee assistance program, try that,'' LeVan advises.
- Approach the problem with a practical point of view. Do some groundwork and anticipate how supervisors are likely to respond to your request.
- Propose a system of temporarily handling your work from home. Tell your boss how the work can get done, even though you won`t be in the office.
- Make the case that your personal situation is not a common occurence. A boss who knows you will not be asking for special favors on a regular basis may be more willing to allow you some flexibility.
- If you require an extended period of time off, ask for a leave of absence. Corporate policies vary, but you should prepare to go without pay. Such a request may put your job in jeopardy if your boss finds out the work can get done without you.
- Offer to work staggered hours or weekends as a way of fulfilling your job responsibilities and handling your personal matters at the same time.
Municipal Women of Chicago is open to women in the municipal bonds industry, including traders, buyers and analysts. Annual dues ($35) includes four meetings and job hunting aid. Call Katherine R. Bateman, 312-917-7700.
The Chicago League of Women Voters offers meetings on social policy and governmental issues, including day care. You must be 18 or over to join. Annual membership: $40. Call Laura Sabransky, 312-939-5935.
The Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry offers individual memberships to people interested in a variety of business and governmental issues. Annual dues: $275. Phone 312-580-6900.
''The Woman in Management: Career and Family Issues,'' by Jennie Farley (ILR Press, $8.95). By mail: Cornell University, ILR Press, Ithaca, N.Y., 14853-3901; 607-255-2264.


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Sadara cracker eyes richer chemical rewards
By Anthony King2016-09-07T14:38:00+01:00
Joint venture between Dow and Saudi Aramco will target added value plastics and speciality chemicals
A mixed feed cracker has started up in Saudi Arabia to process oil into higher value chemicals. It will allow the Sadara Chemical Company to generate a diverse range of plastics and chemicals and follows a regional trend of firms moving to producing higher value petrochemicals.
The cracker consists of 12 furnaces. Seven will crack ethane and the other five liquid naphtha, but they will also be capable of switching to a gas feedstock. Ethylene and propylene – key building blocks for petrochemicals – will be produced and converted into a range of speciality chemicals.
Sadara is a joint venture of Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical formed to construct an integrated $20 billion (£15 billion) chemical complex in Jubail industrial city II. The site will deliver 14 products completely new to Saudi Arabia, and could put price pressures on European and Asian petrochemical plants.
'This is a trend in most Middle East countries which have been relying solely on petroleum production for their revenue stream. We are seeing quite a bit of development in downstream activities to take advantage of higher value products,' explains Hal Miller, chairman of the energy consultancy Galway Group.
The crackers will produce around 1.5 million tonnes of ethylene a year. This is the equivalent of 1% of global market share.
Ethane feedstock will give the plant a cost advantage over those that use naphtha. 'Ethane is typically sold in Saudi at a local pricing level and is what really gives the cracker a significant cost advantage,' says Matthew Thoelke, senior director at IHS Markit. 'It translates into an ethylene cost of around $200 per tonne, which currently compares to around $400 per tonne for naphtha crackers in Asia or Europe.'
As a higher cost producer, Europe has been in a difficult position for years yet continued to operate, with some assistance from protective import tariffs, says James Ray, senior consultant at chemical market intelligence firm ICIS. However, recent falls in the price of oil also levelled the playing field for Europe.
The naphtha feed will be more expensive for Sadara, but generates a host of other products, such as propylene, aromatics and four carbon hydrocarbons. Other products include amines, isocyanates and polyolefin elastomers.
The venture gives the Saudis a platform to supply the Asian market, where they have a light footprint. 'This is a way for Dow to support their desire to grow in Asia and get access to low-cost feedstocks,' Thoelke adds.
Anthony KingI am a freelance science journalist based in Dublin, Ireland. I cover a variety of topics in chemical and biological sciences, as well as science policy, health and innovation.
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Zoran Roganović (born 26 December 1977) is a Montenegrin former handball player and current coach of Swedish club Eskilstuna Guif.

Club career
Born in Cetinje, Roganović started out at his hometown club Lovćen. He also played for fellow Yugoslav team Partizan (1998–2000), before going abroad. After spending three seasons in three countries, Roganović moved to Sweden and joined H43 Lund in 2003. He spent 11 years at the club, also having brief loan spells with Aragón, Al Sadd Beirut, Al Qiyadah, El Jaish and Lekhwiya. After playing for fellow Swedish teams Lugi HF and HK Malmö, Roganović returned to H43 Lund for the 2017–18 season.

International career
At international level, Roganović represented Montenegro at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship and 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.

Coaching career
In August 2018, Roganović was appointed as coach of the Montenegro national team. He coached them at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship, as they would record their first ever victory at the European Championships.

Honours
Partizan
 Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia: 1998–99

References

External links

 EHF record

1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cetinje
Montenegrin male handball players
RK Partizan players
Lugi HF players
Liga ASOBAL players
Expatriate handball players
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Montenegrin handball coaches
Handball coaches of international teams
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Portugal


Ilex aquifolium Keywords: Envious, jealous, feelings of hatred. Holly is for people who can be bad-tempered, hard-hearted, even cruel and on occasions violent. Inside, they are suffering – often with no good cause. They find it difficult to open their hearts to love. The negative Holly state is full of hatred, envy and jealousy. Suffering, perhaps unconsciously from insecurity, Holly people are suspicious and aggressive. They lack the ability to love and feel a generalized anger towards their fellows. Holly is a good remedy for children who are jealous of their siblings. Bach Flower Remedies Created by a Harley Street doctor in the 1930's, the Bach Flower Remedies are 38 plant and flower based remedies that can help you manage the emotional demands of everyday life. Each remedy aids a specific emotion. You can take them individually or mix them together to match the way you feel. Looking for Bach Flower Remedies for Pets?
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"Practical ideas on what to do" is the request I often get when I ask my readers what I should write about in my blog – so here are 21 of them to cover the different stages!
1. Get used to speaking your language with your child as early as possible. When you are expecting, speak to the bump (goes both for mums and dads)!
2. It does not matter what you speak about – describe what you are doing, speak about the weather, your plans, the shopping list, a film you saw, a person you met … anything will do!
4. Keep up with the talking – continue speaking as you go about your daily life. Even though you are not getting an answer yet, your child is learning as you speak.
5. Talk directly to your baby, look him or her in the eyes and make the connection. Notice how your little one reacts to your speech. Social interaction is vital for the language development.
6. Sing songs and read rhymes, and repeat!
7. I am sure you do not need reminding, but do show excitement at this new stage of your child's life, even if the first word is 'daddy' not 'mummy' or vice versa!
9. Keep in mind that there can be big differences between children, even siblings, when they start to speak. Do not compare with other children, and if you are concerned about anything, speak to a professional who has experience with bilingual children.
10. Continue engaging your child in communication and building on the words he or she already knows.
11. Speak about a variety of topics with emphasis on your child's interests.
12. Play different word games, encourage imagination and creating stories – and read plenty of books together.
13. Speak about the new experience making sure your little one knows all the new vocabulary and read books about the preschool experience to make it more familiar.
14. Talk to the teachers about your family's language setup – if your child starts school in a language he or she does not speak yet, give the teachers a list of words in your language which could come in handy.
16. Be prepared that the child will start to use the majority language more and more from now on. Use different ways to motivate your child to maintain the minority language.
17. Find ways of expanding the group of people that your child speaks the minority language with – could a relative or friend do a weekly video call in your language?
18. Speak to your son or daughter about the importance of the family language.
19. You might think that there is not much you can do with regards to the family languages at the time when you have a teenager in the house, but there is! Respect their wishes with regards to which language your child speaks when, but always be a role model by sticking to yours and being proud of your language.
20. Allow your teenager to travel, preferably alone or with other adults, to a place where your language is spoken – it may or may not be where you have relatives. Being surrounded by and having to cope in a language is an effective booster.
21. Make your son or daughter aware of available education and career opportunities because of their language skills.
What do you recommend doing when your bilingual child is refusing to choose the minority language as a subject in High School?
Hi Amy – sounds like there has already been some discussions about the topic in your family? In my opinion it is not a good idea to try to pressurise your child to choose the minority language as a subject if he/she does not want to. It will only cause resentment and negative feelings towards the language and might lead to further frustrations.
– how well does your child know the language?
– what are his/her reasons for not wanting to study it?
– what kind of discussions have you had about this?
– why do you think she/he should definitely choose it as a topic?
She says she can speak it and doesn't want to start with the basics and would hate the other pupils asking her for answers all the time. She also refuses private lessons where other pupils wouldn't be an issue.
I have tried to explain to her that it would enhance her grammar, reading, writing, understanding and could be helpful with her career, also that is part of her family/upbringing and important to me but she is having none of it.
I feel it is important as it is part of our family and apart from myself nobody really speaks it. My husband has never made an effort to learn my language and I am gradually using it less and less because it feels like a huge struggle to be honest.
thank you for your additional comments – we will pick up your question in the next available Q&A slot which is on the 21st of January. I will send you an email to notify you once the reply is up!
Thank you for some excellent tips. I grew up bilingually – both my parents and one set of grandparents spoke both languages depending on the mood they were in and I was fluent in both. When I went to school we were advised to stop speaking the 'minority' language except with grandparents. It was a real shame and although I can speak and am comfortable watching TV and conversing in Dutch it takes me some time to get into the swing of it so to speak and my vocabulary is limited at first. There are still some thoughts and concepts that I can only feel completely right addressing in Dutch as they just do not exist in English.
When our son was born my parents and I planned to speak Dutch together whenever he was at their house (my husband can understand it a little) but then my mother died. My father and I did not really feel much like speaking it and now my step mother is there it would be unfair on her.
Great tips. Very good article. This is kind of article every parents should read.


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Home Editorial RSN Pick of the Day Muslim Rape Culture and Lara Logan
Muslim Rape Culture and Lara Logan
When Lara Logan traveled to Egypt to cover the Tahrir Square protests, she was unaware that she was going to be working in a country where sexual harassment rates of women and especially foreign women are so high as to be universal. In a politically correct profession, such truths are politically incorrect. And even now all of the coverage studiously avoids mentioning one dangerous word. Islam.
Muslim rape culture did not begin in Tahrir Square and it won't end there. Not when it actually began in the year 624 when Mohammed came up with an ingenious means of rewarding his followers. In addition to the trophies of war, he made it legal for them to capture and rape married women.
Previously that would have been considered adultery. Now it was an incentive to become one of Islam's Holy Warriors. It doesn't take much to imagine how ugly and awful the camp of Mohammed's followers was for a woman. That's why the Burka was invented.
Muslim apologists insist that the Burka has something to do with female modesty. But the Koran spells out clearly the reason for it. "Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies that they may thus be distinguished and not molested." The Hijab was invented for similar reasons in 1970's Lebanon to mark out Shiite women so they wouldn't be molested by Muslim terrorists. The purpose of the Burka was closer to a cattle brand, separating women married to Muslim husbands, from slave women who were captured in war. The former were the property of their husbands and untouchable, the latter were fair game for everyone. To a Muslim, the Burka is a sign that says, 'only my husband may rape me' and the lack of a Burka means, 'everyone can rape me.'
When Australia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Hilaly justified a notorious series of gang rapes by comparing women to uncovered meat left out in the presence of a cat, he laid out the basis of Muslim rape culture. Women are always the guilty party, because they are women. If they refuse to defeminize themselves by putting on a Burka and becoming just another dark ghost haunting the streets of Cairo or Sydney with their lack of selfhood, then they are automatically guilty of their own rape.
In the West rape is a crime because it an assault on a human being. In Islam, it is only a crime because it is a sex act that takes place outside of marriage. In many Islamic countries, 'Zina' meaning adultery or immoral sexual conduct in general, is a charge that can be levied against both the rapist and his victim. Even in a case where Mohammed ordered the execution of a rapist, he first 'forgave' his victim for her part in it. To the extent that Islam criminalizes rape, it is as a property crime or a disruption of public order. And it imposes a high standard of proof that is unlikely to be met.
In Islam, women are objects, not subjects. Physically their entire bodies are considered 'Awrah',an Arabic word meaning 'nakedness', 'fault' or 'defect', terms that amply sum up the Islamic view of women. Even their voices are considered 'Awrah' meaning that even a fully covered up woman speaking is an immoral thing. A woman exists within Islam as an immoral object. And that gives Muslim men implicit permission to assault her, while holding her very nature accountable for tempting them to commit the act.
Islam does not consider rape to be a crime against a woman. It is a crime against their fathers and husbands. There is no crime involved in a husband raping his own wife. That is a ruling Muslim scholars continue to preach today. And the UK's Islam Channel was shut down for broadcasting that view. Under Islamic law, a husband is fully entitled to beat his wife if she refuses to service him until she finally consents. The woman has no control over her body. Only the men she belongs to do.
In a tribal society, rape is a crime against property and honor. To a father, his daughter's virginity is a valuable item that increases her market value. Marrying her off is way to build a relationship between two families. To a husband, his wife's chastity maintains the value of his property and insures that the offspring is his. To assault a woman is to commit a crime against the communal property of a family. But a woman herself has no rights over her body that any man is bound to respect. As Lara Logan discovered in Tahrir Square.
An unaccompanied woman is ownerless. A foreign woman is outside the protection of the tribal system which uses family vendettas to settle disputes. It's no wonder that the already stratospheric sexual harassment rates in Cairo climb to a universal value where foreign women are concerned.
The Burka placed responsibility on women to defeminize themselves and mark themselves as property. Centuries of Islamic jurisprudence put the burden of responsibility for any assault on a woman as the object that tempts men to sin. The circular reasoning of Islam says that if a man assaults a woman, it is because she tempted him. That femininity is inherently an object of temptation. The Burka and the Hijab began as a way of defeminizing women for their protection, but then became an indictment of women. Women were no longer being defeminized to protect them, but to protect men from them.
Why else do women have to be defeminized, their faces masked and their voices silenced, if there isn't some terrible mysterious force about femininity that causes men to act out? That is exactly what the first president of Iran claimed, when he said that, "Scientific research had shown that women's hair emitted rays that drove men insane." More recently an Iranian cleric explained that women who do not dress modestly corrupt men and cause earthquakes. The flight routes of Iranian planes had to be diverted from a stadium where women played soccer for fear that their hair rays might affect passengers in the planes above.
Behind this hair ray nonsense lurks an uglier notion, that women are unnatural creatures and that men are not responsible for their conduct around women. If a man rapes a woman, maybe her hair rays made him do it. If they can cause earthquakes, why not. Western legal culture says that men have more control over a situation with a woman. Islamic jurisprudence creates reasons why women do to exonerate their rapists.
How do you sell the notion of equal rights to people who view women as dangerous objects that have to be kept under lock and key?
Under Islam a woman can't say 'no' except passively by defeminizing herself. By remaining in Purdah at home or taking a mobile purdah along by covering up her entire body and face in a Burka, never meeting a man's eye or speaking to him. And even if she follows all those rules and is still assaulted, then maybe those hair rays can punch through stifling black cloth after all. There's no way for a woman to be innocent, except by never being born. As an object, she is always guilty of luring men on. The levels of guilt may vary. If the levels are low enough, then she may be 'forgiven' for causing immorality and her rapist may face punishment. And her family may still kill her anyway to bury the shame that she represents for them along with her body.
Like all social rules, they don't apply equally. The daughter of a wealthy and westernized urban family will enjoy an immunity from them, that the daughter of a poor family in a village will not. The wealthy daughter will attend the London School of Economics, use Twitter and serve as an example that her country and Islam are really very liberated. The poor daughter will be a second wife to some bored fat merchant and be considered lucky if he doesn't beat her to death when she loses her looks.
Meanwhile the young men will roam the streets bored and frustrated. They will steal anything not nailed down, join protests and sexually harass women. When Western reporters poured into Cairo to report on a pro-democracy movement, they surrounded themselves with what they thought were pro-democracy protesters. What they were actually doing was walking into one of the largest overcrowded cities in the world, where gangs of protesters had smashed the police, and created an open state of anarchy. Muslim rape culture did the rest.
As far as her attackers were concerned, Lara Logan had no rights they were bound to respect. She wasn't the wife or daughter of anyone they knew. She wasn't even a Muslim. They had no bond of kinship with her. Which meant that just like the uncovered in Mohammed's camp, she didn't belong to anyone. And that meant she was fair game.
In Muslim rape culture, a woman cannot actively decline a man. She can only passively demonstrate that she is off limits by defeminizing herself. Lara Logan hadn't done that. But even if she had, it wouldn't have done much good. Previous gang assaults on women in Cairo a few years back had targeted even those covered from head to toe. To add fuel to the fire, came the chants of, "Yahood, Yahood." "Jew, Jew". Mohammed's ruling had made it legal to capture and rape Jewish women. The association may not have been directly made, but indirectly it was there. Lara Logan had been marked as a member of an enemy tribe.
The reasoning is awkward, but Islamic jurisprudence is the product of such awkwardness. It derives from the will of Mohammed whose only consistent principle was to do whatever he wanted. As a prophet he frequently made and broke his own laws, and then made new ones. Four witnesses are required for an act of sexual immorality, because at one point three witnesses accused Mohammed's own wife of such an act. Prior to that Mohammed had taken action based only on a single witness.
Mohammed modified the law to allow him to marry his son's wife and to shift the turns of his own wives. After Mohammed had received another urgent 'revelation' allowing him to do as he sexually pleased, his wife Aisha said, "O Allah's Apostle I do not see but that your Lord hurries in pleasing you." There you find the whole of Islamic jurisprudence. It was a code that existed only to please Mohammed's sexual impulses.
If Allah existed only to enable women to sexually service Mohammed– what agency can women have in Islam?
Muslim rape culture springs from that same code. A code that exists to please and flatter the Muslim male and demean the female as an inferior specimen, whose body is filth, whose form is corruption and who can only be good to the extent that she becomes a non-person. Remaining quiet and out of sight. It begins with the inferiority of women, and ends with a paradise filled with eternal virgins who can never say no. What do women get, some ask. But it doesn't matter. It was never intended for them.
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