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Indian Doctors Call Off Strike After Authorities Promise Improved Hospital Security
A medical student participates in a protest called by Indian Medical Association (IMA), during a nationwide doctors strike in Kochi, India, June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Sivaram V
Doctors in India's eastern state of West Bengal called off a strike late on Monday after authorities promised improved hospital security, ending a week-long dispute that had spread to other parts of the country and crippled medical services.
The protests began last week after three junior doctors were seriously injured in an attack by family members of a relative who had died at the NRS Medical College in Kolkata, the state's capital city.
"We are calling off the stir as the CM (Chief Minister) has assured zero tolerance with regard to assaults on doctors," one junior doctor told a late-night news conference. He did not give his name.
"We will get back to our duty as early as possible," said a second junior doctor who also gave no name.
West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had initially condemned the striking doctors, arguing that police did not go on strike when one of their colleagues was killed.
But on Monday she relented and promised better infrastructure at government hospitals, which suffer from a lack of facilities and poor hygiene standards.
Banerjee also visited one of the injured junior doctors and her meeting with the striking medics was streamed live on television.
PK Mitra, director of medical education in the state government, told Reuters that normal services would resume from Tuesday at government facilities.
Earlier on Monday, thousands of doctors had protested outside hospitals across India, holding placards and wearing black arm bands and bloodied mock bandages and demanding improved security and working conditions.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA), which represents more than 300,000 doctors and half-a-million junior doctors, medical students and other staff, said almost all its members, apart from those providing emergency services, had joined the protests.
The IMA is demanding tougher punishments for those who attack doctors, as well as higher recruitment to support overworked medical staff.
A doctor at an outpatient unit in India often saw more than 100 patients in a day, Dr RV Asokan, the IMA's honorary general secretary, told Reuters. Despite tens of thousands of junior doctors graduating every year, many are out of work, he said.
"The workload of doctors is inhuman," he said. "The government is not recruiting enough."
Reporting by Alasdair Pal in NEW DELHI and Subrata Nagchoudhury in KOLKATA, additional reporting by Sivaram V in KOCHI and Jatindra Dash in BHUBANESWAR; Writing by Promit Mukherjee; Editing by Gareth Jones
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ABC's 'The Wonderful World of Disney' Film Series Returns in January
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ABC is ringing in the new year with more Disney magic moments at home thanks to the return of "The Wonderful World of Disney" film series on Tuesday nights in January. For three weeks ABC will air the broadcast premieres of iconic titles currently available to stream on Disney+ including Academy Award® nominees Disney's "The Lion King" (2019), Marvel Studios' "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and Disney's "Cinderella" (2015).
Presenting these iconic films, listed below, on ABC is one of many ways The Walt Disney Company is bringing the magic of Disney into homes right now. At DisneyMagicMoments.com, fans and families can find more entertaining stories, videos and activities from Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel and National Geographic that inspire imagination and discovery.
The Wonderful World of Disney: The Lion King – Tuesday, Jan. 5 (8:00-10:30 p.m. EST)
Disney's "The Lion King," directed by Jon Favreau, journeys to the African savanna, where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his. The all-star cast includes Donald Glover as Simba, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala, James Earl Jones as Mufasa, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa and Billy Eichner as Timon. Disney's "The Lion King" utilizes pioneering filmmaking techniques to bring treasured characters to life in a whole new way.
The Wonderful World of Disney: Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Tuesday, Jan. 12 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EST)
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel Studios' "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" finds Steve Rogers, aka Captain America (Chris Evans), living quietly in Washington, D.C., and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon (Anthony Mackie). However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan).
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This case study describes how a dual-sector regional university in Ballarat (Victoria, Australia) developed and implemented a voluntary, no-fee, student academic capability supportive initiative in 2012. The initiative required 4-6 months of planning prior to the first delivery. The FedReady 5-day initiative was purposely designed to provide both domestic and international students from all disciplines, with knowledge, skills and opportunities to apply these skills 2 weeks prior to the commencement of their teaching semester. The initiative complements existing Federation University (FedUni) student academic support initiatives targeted at supporting students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds, first in family student cohorts and those who have minimal engagement experience with higher education. The initiative is co-delivered by both staff and student academic leaders (students employed as staff) and is delivered twice a year. The initiative is comprehensively evaluated using both qualitative and quantitative methods in conjunction with faculty and service centre staff.


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Mayor Gary Fuller's Biography
Mayor Fuller was President and CEO of Fuller Broadcasting Company, Inc. from 1985 until he sold the company in December 1998. His six stations received numerous awards and accolades for community service and local news coverage. Some of you spent the night with Gary on October 4, 1995 when he anchored the all-night coverage of Hurricane Opal on 97.7 Kicker FM. The Kicker was the only station within a 50-mile radius that was still on the air. In 1988 WZMG and WKKR became the first stations in Alabama to earn the National Association of Broadcasters Crystal Award for community service.
President and CEO of Fuller Broadcasting Company which owned and operated WKKR, WMXA, WZMG, WTLM, WCJM and WPLV
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Served on the City Council 2000 - 2004, first elected Mayor August 24, 2004, re-elected in August, 2008; re-elected unopposed in the 2012 election. He won the 2016 city election with almost 80 percent of the vote and was re-elected to his fifth term in August, 2020 with 66 percent of the vote.
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Hotel Calamaro es el primer disco solista del músico argentino Andrés Calamaro, lanzado el 8 de julio de 1984.

Entre sus canciones se destacan "Fabio Zerpa tiene razón", "Otro amor en Avellaneda", "Radio actividad radial" y "No me pidas que no sea un inconsciente", que lograron cierta repercusión en las radios argentinas entre 1984 y 1985.

Historia
En este trabajo, Calamaro se aleja mucho del sentido new wave de la banda de Miguel Abuelo y se vuelca hacia un sonido más pop. El álbum contiene varias canciones compuestas por el artista para la obra "Tango Salsa" del argentino Roberto Granados.

El disco fue producido por Charly García y en sus sesiones estuvo a punto de participar Fito Páez, quien trabajaba en el mismo estudio en su primer disco "Del 63".

Este disco no tuvo gran repercusión mediática pero aún se conservan varias de sus canciones como verdaderos clásicos de Andrés. La canción "Detenida" fue compuesta junto a Pipo Cipolatti para "el repertorio de Los Almirantes (primer grupo fundado en 1984 por Andrés y Pipo)" y fue interpretada en vivo por la Ray Milland Band, banda que integraban con Daniel Melingo. La balada "No me pidas que no sea un inconsciente" fue compuesta "en Navidad de 1982 para Los Lamidosos", según reza en la contratapa del LP.

Según Iván Adaime, crítico de AllMusic, "el álbum contiene algunas canciones extrañas, como 'Fabio Zerpa tiene razón', en la que Fabio Zerpa, un especialista argentino en OVNI, da su particular punto de vista sobre una invasión de marcianos marcada por propuestas de paz. 'No me pidas que no sea un inconsciente' y 'Otro amor en Avellaneda', sin embargo, prefiguran el camino que Calamaro seguiría más adelante".

El título de este álbum hace referencia al histórico disco Morrison Hotel de la exitosa banda The Doors y se puede apreciar como un homenaje de parte de Calamaro hacia su idolatrado Jim Morrison.

Cómo curiosidad, cabe señalar que el disco se mezcló completamente en mono: detalle no menor en una época en que la mezcla estéreo cumplía ya dos décadas como estándar mundial. Por otra parte, "la grabación tiene un defecto en la velocidad: todo el disco está un poco acelerado y afecta el sonido de la voz. No fue una buena idea", confesó Calamaro en declaraciones a la revista Rolling Stone en 2017.

Lista de canciones

Músicos
 Andrés Calamaro - canto, sintetizador, piano, emulator, drumulator, guitarras.
 Charly García - guitarra eléctrica y coro en «Fabio Zerpa tiene razón», «Detenida», «Amor iraní»; sintetizadores y bajo en «Amor iraní», guitarra eléctrica y sintetizador en «Perdería el corazón».
 Pablo Guyot - guitarra eléctrica en «Fabio Zerpa tiene razón», «Detenida», «Perdería el corazón».
 Willy Iturri - batería en «Fabio Zerpa tiene razón», «Detenida», «Perdería el corazón».
 Alfredo Toth - bajo en «Fabio Zerpa tiene razón», «Detenida», «Perdería el corazón».
 Gringui Herrera - guitarra eléctrica en «La vi comprándose un sostén».
 David Lebón - solo de guitarra eléctrica en «Detenida», «Perdería el corazón».
 Gustavo Bazterrica - guitarra eléctrica en «Radio actividad radial».
 Paul Dourge - bajo en «Radio actividad radial».
 Daniel Colombres - batería en «Miro por la ventana».
 Fabio Zerpa - orador en «Fabio Zerpa tiene razón».
 Pedro Rodríguez - saxo soprano en «Otro amor en Avellaneda».
 Oski Amante - coro en «La vi comprándose un sostén».
 Willy Campins - coro en «La vi comprándose un sostén».
 Aníbal Forcada - coro en «La vi comprándose un sostén».
 Claudio Ponieman - coro en «Radio actividad radial».
 Fabiana Cantilo - coro en «Detenida».
 René Greco - emulator en «Bienvenidos al hotel».
 Mario Breuer - técnico de grabación.
 Amílcar Gilabert - técnico de grabación.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
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Álbumes de Andrés Calamaro
Álbumes de Argentina de 1984
Álbumes debut de 1984
Álbumes en español
Álbumes de pop-rock

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How do we take the pulse of the BI/analytics industry? What if those who promote the technology, advise the clients, and build the systems actually measured their collective progress with a number? It would be an ongoing, forever-updating, simple benchmark. It would be the industry's Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Here's that eternal question again: how do you know when whatever you're working on is good enough? Today, two perspectives.
I asked a San Francisco taxi driver I happened to sit next to about indicators he sees. I didn't mean "low oil," I meant big things. Whether the economy is still falling or not, for one.
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The exhibition From Sketch to Sculpture – Drawings by Ásmundur Sveinsson presents a small insight into the rich collection of drawings by the sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson. A selection has been made among the works based on subjects, which can be identified throughout the collection. Also included at the exhibition are a number of drawings that can be tied to known sculptures by the artist, especially from his earlier years.
The digital registration of all the drawings in the collection of Reykjavík Art Museum – Ásmundarsafn has recently been completed, and it is a great advantage finally to have good access to this part of the artistic creativity of the sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson. The drawings number almost 2.000 and cover a wide range of subjects; devotional drawings, landscape, form studies, portraits, model studies and a variety of other things – among them quite a number of drawings that can be related to specific sculptures, that Ásmundur Sveinsson created during his long and prolific career.
The drawings of Ásmundur Sveinsson have not been exhibited extensively, and the selection here is bound to capture the attention of all those that are interested in getting to know this new chapter in the history of art in Iceland and in the oeuvre of this great artist.
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Curator's talk with Eiríkur Þorláksson.


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LeoVegas Casino Player Wins €5.5 Million On Mega Fortune Dreams.
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Naturally, our man of the hour entered this feature with hopes of boosting his online bankroll with an instant cash prize, but as the stars aligned and his journey to the central bonus wheel picked up pace, he must have been left open-mouthed as the final "advance" arrow took him to jackpot dreamland.
The win – which amounts to roughly £4.8 million – was paid out just three weeks after another of NetEnt's slots, Hall Of Gods, was also plundered for the princely sum of €7.5 million. Indeed, over the past year alone the software providers have paid out well over £54 million in progressive jackpot wins.
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Greenfield District will be holding its first art fair on December 7 to 8, 2013 at the Central Park. Entitled Art for Generations: The Greenfield District Art Fair, it will be a two-day event featuring an enjoyable art market, outdoor art film screenings, and insightful art appreciation talks.
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Warangal Municipality corporation . It is became Special Grade Municipality in July 1960 and into a Selection Grade Municipalities in July 1961 and declared as Municipal Corporation on August 18, 1994.Warangal is the Headquarters of Dist. of the same name and is located between 8 latitude of 18′-4″ north and of 78°-4′-27″ cost longitude on the Chennai ,Delhi section of the South Central Railway at an height above sea level of about 900 Ft. above the sea level. Warangal district is a centre of Education both academic and specialised courses and a place of growing interest for a keen historian, an enthusiastic Geologist, an ambitious archaeologist and a curious pilgrim to explore more and more the Historical movements, a variety of geological formations and the ancient temples available in and around the city. to know more information visit Official website.


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SkyBlew
Introducing, SkyBlew! A young BUZZING emcee who resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by way of Auburn, Alabama. Signed to Mega Ran's RandomBeats Music label, he is rapidly becoming the hip-hop voice for a new generation with a NEW SOUND…
His music is very positive and inspirational but it still gets the fans attention with infectious jazzy/abstract beats and lyrics. This kid sounds like NOTHING out right now! Speaking from his life experiences such as: foster care, homelessness and etc, he uses his message in hopes to make a difference. He chose to rise above the dire circumstances and share his story. SkyBlew also, uniquely incorporates anime, cartoon and video game references/themes into his repertoire to create hip hop like you've never heard before! He doesn't want to put himself in a box, so he strays away from putting certain labels on his style. He simply titles it - Painting The Sky,Blew!!! Most say he is a breath of fresh air actually! Although he is VERY UNDERRATED, this young man still perseveres and has built a following that reaches far beyond the borders of this state. Following the narrative "I Don't Rap, I Paint The Sky,Blew!!!" He's the coolest nerd, you ever heard!
SkyBlew is featured on some of the most notable websites in cyberspace such as: 2DopeBoyz, Afropunk, MTV, AXS TV, Impose Magazine, Earmilk, Inverse, HotNewHipHop, Rapzilla, and countless others! Also, he received MAJOR recognition from ReverbNation as a "Break Out Artist" in their "ReverbNation Artists Shine in 2013" video!
SkyBlew, accompanied by his LIVE JAZZ HOP BAND - The Digi Destined, made HEADLINES after their MEMORABLE performance at the MAJOR, Hopscotch Music Festival 2015, opening for Pusha T! SkyBlew has also, opened for countless MAJOR acts including: Lupe Fiasco, Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y, Flobots, Del The Funky Homosapien, Jedi Mind Tricks, Watsky, Slum Village, MC Chris, Grieves, Wax, MC Lars & many more!!
SkyBlew is destined for GREAT things. His exposure is growing exponentially on the regional, national, and international levels. His last 3 albums, which were released under Mega Ran's imprint - RandomBeats Music, debuted on the Bandcamp front page as BEST SELLERS, in the Hip-Hop category! SkyBlew was also nominated for the NCUMAS (North Carolina Underground Music Awards) 2012 Lyricist Award! His powerful music video/short film "Running in Place" won Best Music Video at the Rumschpringe International Short Film Festival, Great Lakes International Film Festival and more! He released multiple albums in South Korea that made it to their TOP 10 CHARTS! Also, he has a song on the album, "In Ya Mellow Tone 10 Anniversary Best" that made it to #1 ON JAPAN ITUNES CHARTS!!! The nominations continue to soar! Legendary performances are in the making... Appointed times appear, and with the state of Hip-Hop today, we need more from SkyBlew!
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Forty-three businesses, organizations and individuals are nominated for Stratford and District Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence awards.
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using System;
using KitchenPC.Modeler;
using KitchenPC.Recipes;
using KitchenPC.UnitTests;

namespace KPCServer.UnitTests
{
   /// <summary>Mock UserProfile object for user with no ratings or fav ing/tags</summary>
   internal class MockNoRatingsUserProfile : IUserProfile
   {
      readonly RecipeRating[] ratings;
      readonly PantryItem[] pantry;

      public MockNoRatingsUserProfile()
      {
         ratings = new RecipeRating[] {};

         pantry = new PantryItem[]
         {
            new PantryItem() {IngredientId = ModelerTests.ING_EGGS, Amt = 6}, //6 eggs
            new PantryItem() {IngredientId = ModelerTests.ING_MILK, Amt = 16}, //16 cups of milk (1 gallon)
            new PantryItem() {IngredientId = ModelerTests.ING_FLOUR, Amt = 8}, //8oz flour
            new PantryItem() {IngredientId = ModelerTests.ING_CHEESE, Amt = 16}, //16oz cheese
            new PantryItem() {IngredientId = ModelerTests.ING_CHICKEN, Amt = 16} //16oz chicken
         };
      }

      public Guid UserId
      {
         get
         {
            return new Guid("ccb283de-c980-46a5-8fb4-1bb55398b8bb");
         }
      } //This is a unique identifier for the user, and is not used by the engine

      public RecipeRating[] Ratings
      {
         get
         {
            return ratings;
         }
      } //This is a list of all the ratings the user has made on recipes in the database.

      public PantryItem[] Pantry
      {
         get
         {
            return pantry;
         }
      } //These are the items the user has available to use, engine will use as many of these as it can

      public Guid[] FavoriteIngredients
      {
         get
         {
            return new Guid[] {};
         }
      } //Engine will tend to favor recipes with these ingredients

      public RecipeTags FavoriteTags
      {
         get
         {
            return 0;
         }
      } //Engine will tend to favor recipes with these tags

      public Guid? AvoidRecipe
      {
         get
         {
            return null;
         }
      }

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Ramsus Hits Grand Slam, Blue Jays Beat Pirates
Filed Under:Baseball, Blue Jays, Bucs, Grand Slam, Pirates, Recap, Sports, Toronto
PITTSBURGH, PA - APRIL 17: Edinson Volquez #36 of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers during the game at PNC Park April 17, 2014 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)(Justin K. Aller/Getty)
PITTSBURGH (AP) Colby Rasmus hit a grand slam and Melky Cabrera added a two-run homer, leading Dustin McGowan and the Toronto Blue Jays over the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 Sunday.
McGowan (2-1) pitched three-hit ball for seven innings, allowing one run and striking out five.
It was just the fourth win in 13 games for Toronto, which prevented the Pirates from completing their first series sweep of the season.
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle and first base coach Rick Sofield were ejected by plate umpire Greg Gibson at the end of the fourth inning for arguing a called third strike on Jordy Mercer. The strikeout stranded two runners and ended the inning.
Rasmus connected in the second inning for his fourth career slam. He also doubled and singled.
The Blue Jays held on to this early lead. Toronto wasted a 5-3, ninth-inning edge in the series opener and a 5-0, fourth-inning advantage on Saturday night.
Josh Harrison hit two triples for the Pirates.
Edinson Volquez (1-3) gave up six runs and seven hits in five innings. He also allowed six earned runs in his last outing April 21 against St. Louis.
Volquez pitched himself into a jam in the second inning before Rasmus stepped to the plate, issuing walks to Edwin Encarnacion and Juan Francisco to start the inning. Brett Lawrie reached on an infield single to load the bases with no outs.
Rasmus hit a full-count curveball about 10 rows deep in the right-field seats for his seventh home run of the season, giving the Blue Jays a 4-1 lead.
The slam negated an early lead the Pirates built on Neil Walker's groundout, scoring Harrison after his triple.
Harrison also tripled in the eighth inning and scored on an Andrew McCutchen sacrifice fly.
Toronto's Jose Bautista walked in the fifth inning to reach base in his 31st consecutive game, the longest active streak in the majors. But he went hitless, snapping a career-best 13-game hitting streak.
Cabrera had three hits, and extended Toronto's lead to 6-1 with a two-run homer off Volquez in the fifth inning. Rasmus scored another run in the eighth on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro.
NOTES: Highly regarded Blue Jays RHP Marcus Stroman made his big league debut, allowing one earned run and one hit while getting two outs. The Blue Jays selected the 23-year-old Stroman Triple-A Buffalo and optioned OF Anthony Gose. … The Pirates plan to recall LHP Jeff Locke to start against San Francisco on Monday night. An All-Star last year, Locke struggled in the second half of 2013 and did not make the Pirates' opening day roster. … J.A. Happ (0-0, 4.15) is scheduled to pitch for the Blue Jays at Philadelphia on Monday night.
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Driftwood Outdoors: Missouri loses longtime voice for conservation
Special to the Tribune
One of the most important conservation voices in Missouri history has gone silent, yet his words will live on forever.
Joel Vance passed away Wednesday.
His work as a writer for 50-plus years inspired generations to enjoy the natural resources of Missouri and beyond. He leaves a legacy as a legendary communicator that will stand the test of time.
Vance was best known for his time spent with the Missouri Department of Conservation, but his outdoor writing was recognized far beyond the borders of his beloved Missouri. He served as president and board chairman of the Outdoor Writers Association of America.
He was also one the very few writers to have won three of the Outdoor Writers Association of America's major awards: Excellence in Craft for journalistic excellence, The Jade of Chiefs for adherence to and support of the principles of conservation, and The Ham Brown Award for outstanding service to OWAA over a period of years.
"Joel became a familiar and trusted presence in hundreds of thousands of homes where subscribers to Missouri Conservationist magazine watched for his byline," said Jim Low, who succeeded Joel as a writer for MDC. "The literary rapport he built with millions of readers came into play when he wrote the entire August 1975 issue of the Conservationist, explaining what the agency would do if voters approved the one-eighth of 1 percent sales tax for conservation.
"They did approve it, and the stable, dedicated financial foundation it provides to this day has made Missouri the envy of nature lovers the world over. Some U.S. presidents have left legacies less significant."
Low, one of the most thoughtful outdoor communicators I have ever had the fortune of knowing, admired Vance and cared about him in a special way. Following in his footsteps, Low came to appreciate the work and life of Vance in a way most never could.
"Writing was always more than a vocation or even a passion for Joel," Low said. "For him, it was akin to breathing, and continued until the grave claimed his restless pen."
In April of 2017, I interviewed Vance for an episode of The Conservation Federation Podcast. It can be found on the CFM website (www.confedmo.org). To wrap up the interview, I asked Vance to give some sage advice to the next generation of Missouri conservationists.
"Every citizen of Missouri has a stake in the outdoors because it is in my mind the No. 1 conservation state in the country and has been for many years," he responded. "And I think it is almost a duty of every kid growing up, even in the city or country, it doesn't matter where, to get educated about the outdoors.
"There are great education programs the conservation department has about wildlife. Learn about the outdoors. Read about it. Become interested."
Bobby Whitehead, who recently retired as editor of the Outdoor Guide Magazine, said, "Joel Vance was the best outdoor editor I ever knew. He was my longest-running columnist in the Outdoor Guide. He was tough and didn't hold back about how he felt. I'll miss his honesty and heartfelt love and passion for all the people and places that make the outdoors in Missouri so special."
We should all be so lucky to live a life as full as the one Joel Vance just left behind. Missouri is a better place for having had Vance telling her stories of beautiful places, wonderful people and a conservation ethos without parallel for so many years.
See you down the trail.
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What Has Changed? By Modiu Olaguro
The country has never been this insecure and incompetently managed. It was so bad at a time in the life of this administration that the president's security chiefs fell on one another to take sides with warring factions while their employer bat no eyelid. One of them asked that a legal document restricting open grazing be banned; another called for the head of a sitting governor. The head of the anti-graft agency, a supposedly independent organ of the state was seen on television wearing a lapel that had the insignia of the president campaigning for another term. In defiance to professionalism, his agency rushed to twitter to prophesize the conviction of the corrupt and imbecilic ex-governor of Ekiti when his tenure neared completion!
by Modiu Olaguro Feb 09, 2019
Modiu Olaguro
"I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those that do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation."—Malcolm X.
With barely a week to the 2019 general elections, the question of what has changed in Nigeria may appear to be late in coming if the thought that the chunk of voters have in one way or the other made up their minds on whom to vote for. This is more so as nationals are not known, or for a lack of a better expression, have not shown an advancement in the innate capacity to deploy their thought-processes to engage in the scrutiny of persons who wish to hold positions of power across the executive and legislative arms of government.
Going by this allusion, this intervention may appear to many as a fruitless one, a rhetorical question whose answers could pose little or no threat to the purveyors of change whose cry of corruption, insecurity and a weak economy reached the highest of decibels that countrymen had to put them in office lest they lose their eardrums. But whichever way one perceives the question of change since nationals handed power to General Muhammadu Buhari and his fellow pseudo progressives, the sanctity of wilful action (and its attendant consequences), a luxury granted to us by nature poses a huge burden on every individual to tarry awhile and foray into a mood of self-introspection and appraisal of the current situation as it affects him/her as guide to determining whether to return these army of mediocrities to office or not.
This can only be achieved if the ears were shut to the very many malodorous symphonies of lies and half-truths coming from elected officials and their mouthpieces whose job it is to adorn the perfectionist garb to their dealings however miserable they might have fared in office. Their glaring failures have been responsible for the unleashing of their propaganda machinery in full throttle, knowing full well that the continuous repetition of their phantom achievements could blur the minds of nationals, making it arduous to carry out an objective assessment of them.
Right from the very top down to the bottom, it is obvious that Nigerians have had their lives mismanaged in ways that reflect shoddiness on the part of their representatives. Contrary to their claims, the change the APC campaigned on has manifested as continuity to the bitter pill its predecessor served the populace. The president—coming into office in 2015 with a goodwill that perhaps is second in enormity and pervasiveness only to that showered on his immediate predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan—has through his words and actions eroded every bit of it in ways suggesting a lack of appreciation of democracy and the latitude it grants voters to choose as they deem fit when the 97%--5% diatribe against the south-east and south-south is considered. Buhari is not only a man firmly ensconced in the parochial cocoon of ethnicity upon scrutinizing his choice of appointments but a soul beholden to a mafia whom, having realized early enough how intellectually deficient and morally vacuous he was (and still is), decided to run the country on his behalf against the choice of the people who found him most worthy to preside over their affairs.
This miserable presidency of Buhari has forced many to be—in the words of Brother Malcolm X—disillusioned, disenchanted and dissatisfied with the democratic process, a reality they've had to deal with having put all they had to send the irredeemably corrupt Jonathan away with the hope that Buhari's sterling credentials of incorruptibility and independent-mindedness—qualities that have now been known to be mythologies—were what the country needed to clear the Augean stable the ruinous PDP-led administrations had as their defining legacy. Alas, the president had barely been sworn in that he revealed himself as a not-so-different character from those countrymen rallied to chase away.
The Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka reckoned that the much touted fight against corruption is nothing but a mere trivialization of it. The whole process has been exposed as a farce, for we are witnesses to the swiftness of the anti-graft agencies to addressing petitions against members of the opposition while deodorizing those linked to members of the ruling APC. It is so blatant that individuals who had hitherto committed egregious acts like ex-minister of state for defence, Musiliu Obanikoro (who laundered security funds to rig and gag voters in Ekiti State) and ex-governor of Akwa Ibom and now senator, Godswill Akpabio were left off-the-hook the very minute they joined the ruling party while a few others who left the APC had their files dusted. The economy he promised to inject life into now cringes under the heavy weight of mishandling and racketeering his handpicked handlers subject it to.
Sadly but unsurprisingly, the president's support base appears to be intact, a grim reality of democracy as a system of government which, for all its hubris of being the best amidst counterpart governance systems, not only grants everyone an opportunity to take part in leadership recruitment, but goes further to apportion equal weights to their choices no matter how stupid those choices and their makers are. This makes it possible for the opinion of the insane becoming as relevant as that of the sane, the wise finding it hard to find his voice amidst the din of the foolish, and more blatantly, the incentive it accords fellows whom the Afrobeat maestro, Fela Anikulapo-kuti labelled authority thieves and other vagabonds in power (VIPs) to keep weaponizing misery and ignorance with the sole purpose of keeping the people ensconced in intellectual poverty and a perpetual state of want that surely would guarantee their continuous hold on them.
But if history is anything to go by, it is that we must not to enter into despair in totality, for the little progress we've witness Young Turks like Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress (AAC) and Tope Fasua of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) made so far should rejig our consciousness to once again throw our hats into the ring never to allow these roguish politicians—as exemplified in the characters in the APC and PDP—continue to have a hold on us. The gospel has to be preached to all and sundry. Nigeria belongs to us all and not a few individuals who have dedicated their lives to keep her in detention.
The choice confronting Nigerians in the forthcoming election is an easy one. It is a contest between a new breed of accomplished, nay futuristic guys and old characters whose achievements are darkness in power, death for the people and destruction across the country. The question that should decide our choice of action is how President Buhari and the APC have succeeded in clearing the mess we claimed was our angst against the inept Dr Jonathan. Instead of doing that, the president has further worsened the situation and created new ones for us to grapple with. Neither Boko Haram nor the killer herdsmen have been tamed, with Nigerians still confronted with existential challenges less endowed nations have since taken for granted.
Polio is still here. Tuberculosis is breathing. Infant mortality keeps procreating. Politics remains the most viable business. Hospitals keep producing more bodies than they save. Universities are shut. Open defecation has become our new pride. Kidnapping still thrives. Policemen kill more than they save. The omen is there for all to see. President Buhari has failed. It behoves on Nigerians to send him packing.
I will not only be doing that with my PVC, but be voting for the African Action Congress to lead our country out of the ditch ideologically blank elements in the APC and PDP intentionally put her. Nigerians have a chance to decide on whose side they are on. Their choice will determine whether this system of oppression and exploitation collapses or not.
The very reason why Buhari has to go makes a case for an equal repudiation of Atiku Abubakar and every other person with a hand in the despoliation of our nation. Nothing short of a revolutionary change can advance our position beyond the present. The decision is ours and ours alone.
What has changed? Nothing.
Modiu can be reached on dprophetpride@gmail.com
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There is a cartoon I remember as a kid, featuring spike (a large bull dog) and his side kick, some little rat dog that had attached itself to this great white beast with the confidence of a blood hound tic, squatty little legs, and the "made for a fly swatter" personality of a chihuahua. Typical mismatch of a slightly dim, intellectually unburnished schoolyard bully and his evil twin handler, patrolling the schoolyard in the late afternoon, trolling for stragglers and easy pick en's.
Spike the alpha, provides the muscle but endures poking, prodding, and is egged on mercilessly by the rat dog, and as it turns out, spike really isn't all that spikey. More so, the rat dog is the real protagonist in this saga of Mutt and Jeff personalities and basically carries the leash.
So here in my new castle in the great north west, I had my own version of Spike and Rat dog for housemates in the room next door. Wino Mike and big jawed Steve. That was what lay behind door number one.
Hidden behind door number two was the front lawn trio I had encountered so often when making my way down the LoveJoy sidewalk. I never did get which of the three had the resources to lease the room, or if by some stray act of kindness some unknown benefactor had stepped up to the plate, but yes indeed, the rough and ready jungle was rooted right next door.
Honestly? I don't think they ever recognized me. I know they saw me as very different from themselves, I wasn't really the "street bro that had their backs" so to speak, I was just a fresh faced kid that dressed up in a whitish gray herringbone suit jacket setting out early in the mornings to try to find work in down town Portland.
So nature has it's way and cream floats to the top right?
I wouldn't say so looking back and not forgetting how bad things were. It was less than 1980, there was a recession in full swing, any one without a particular song to flourish by was doomed to whatever obscure second choice was left on the dinner table. College was still on the back side of the menu. The post Vietnam stuff mixed it into a cloudy mess, a bowl of soup that salted everyone's vision and tended to tempt away individual courage.
And then there was the latest crop of 18 year olds. An abundance of youth and the newest journey yet, trying to figure out what happened to the spirit that took us to the moon and bypassed the gun. There was more to it than skipping breakfast, avoiding a cereal box of carnage, and pursuing songs as an alternative to living life.
War had passed but the past was war, so it became a waiting game against facing reality, but again not really a game. It was becoming abundantly clear that the product of living could not be reconciled on a balance sheet, the scales don't tip as a cumulative function of ones actions. Changing your fate is a tricky business and for the most part requires intrepid action and steadiness of conviction. But some times, just sometimes- plain and painful ignorance "dumb luck" as some would have it, can get you a little further ride.
So taken in that context, I must say I was truly in the middle of a grove of lost souls of which I think I was one- or about to become one. One shouldn't walk away from the odd and unexpected crossroads that further separates us from childhood in life's table of circumstance, so I did what still came natural… I said hi, and introduced myself to my new housemates.


Materials include personal papers, color transparencies, photographs, and 16mm film relating to Johannes's career as a motion picture and television technician. Materials relate to the television series "Boots and Saddles" and motion pictures "The Conqueror," "The Searchers", "Timbuktu", and "MacKenna's Gold", as well as a 1956 expedition to Iran for a possible remake of the silent documentary "Grass". Television and film locations include some in Utah. Dated 1956-1969.
Access Restrictions: Access Restricted. Permission to obtain access must be granted by the Curator of the collection.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Robert P. Johannes papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Initial Citation: MSS 2255; Robert P. Johannes papers; Arts and Communications Archives; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following Citations: MSS 2255, LTPSC.
Materials created by Johannes, donated to BYU by his widow in 2001, 2014, 2016.
Donated; Marjorie Johannes; 2001. Donated; Marjorie Johannes; 2014. Donated; Marjorie Johannes; 2016.
Processed; James V. D'Arc and John N. Gillespie; 2001. Processed; Mary-Celeste Ricks; 2017.
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2017-06-22 18:09:19 -0600.
Robert P. Johannes (1916-1964) was a camera operator and assistant cameraman in Hollywood.
He worked on such movies as The Searchers, Timbuktu, and MacKenna's Gold. He also worked on such television series as Boots and Saddles and Route 66.


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Scientists in China overwhelmingly choose Google over Baidu for their research, which AllThingD's John Paczkowski sees as lending credence to Google's original decision to enter China despite the known censorship minefields.
Evidently, Baidu isn't nearly as effective an academic research tool as Google, because the latter's threatened withdrawal from China has got the country's scientists pretty worried.
A survey of 784 Chinese scientists by the journal Nature (PDF), found that many feel the search engine is indispensable to their work, particularly if it requires English-language searches for material outside China.
Of those surveyed, 80 percent said they regularly use Google to find academic papers and nearly 60 percent said they use it to keep abreast of new research. Why Google and not Baidu, which is used as a primary search engine by only 17 percent of respondents? Because Google casts a wider net, indexing information that its Chinese rival does not.
"Research without Google would be like life without electricity," ecologist Xiong Zhenqin told Nature.
An interesting perspective on Google's China debacle, eh? Certainly, it lends credence to the company's claims back in 2006 that offering a censored version of services in the country was better--and more importantly--"less evil" than not offering them at all. As Google CEO Eric Schmidt said at the time, "We concluded that although we weren't wild about the restrictions, it was even worse to not try to serve those users at all. We actually did an evil scale and decided not to serve at all was worse evil."
But the question of to serve/not to serve is more binary in these days of highly sophisticated and targeted attacks on the corporate infrastructures of American companies. And that's too bad, particularly for Chinese scholars whose work may end up as collateral damage in Google's battle with China.