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Ohm je jednotka elektrického odporu, značí se velkým řeckým písmenem Ω (omega). V soustavě SI patří mezi odvozené jednotky, rozměr v základních jednotkách je: Ω = m2·kg·s−3·A−2.

Předmět má odpor jeden ohm, jestliže po přiložení jednoho voltu napětí jím protéká proud jeden ampér.

Jednotka byla pojmenována podle německého fyzika Georga Ohma, objevitele vztahu mezi napětím a proudem, známého jako Ohmův zákon.

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When Ben Bower, one of our KWES Project Leaders had the opportunity to travel to Kachchh in the state of Gujarat, India and utilise his woodland skills to help the local population, he jumped at the opportunity.
This opportunity came about because Ben did his Msc at Greenwhich University and worked with Dr Debbie Bartlett, Principal Lecturer at the university in the Faculty of Engineering and Science who was involved in this project.
Concern about the spread of the desert caused by live stock overgrazing and increasing salinity led to the introduction of a South American plant called Mesquite. This plant has been highly successful in stabilising the desert but has now become over invasive on grazing land in the region. Whilst removal might seem an obvious solution Mesquite has become an important source if income for the local population as wood fuel, or as a source for charcoal production.
Charcoal making – The aim was to assess the potential for developing a simple retort kiln to convert Mesquite into charcoal using recycled steel drums.
Hedge laying – to evaluate whether Mesquite could be used for laid hedging as a means of creating cattle and buffalo enclosures.
In the charcoal making trial, drums of various sizes and configurations were tested. These experiments strongly suggest that this method will produce charcoal efficiently and effectively from Mesquite.
The conclusion from the experiment was that further experimentation is required to find the ideal combination of drum sizes to ensure a hot enough burn to achieve full carbonisation.
The fuel consumption and temperature of the burn is likely to be more effective if the outer drum is insulated to stop waste of heat.
The aim as To determine if individual stems of Mesquite will survive and continue to grow after they have been pleach cut and laid.
The experiment showed it was possible to lay the stems by cutting through 60% – 75% of the stem and that Mesquite had the potential to be a suitable enclosure for livestock when used as a laid hedge.


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Confinement Centres in Malaysia: addressing the challenges of providing the best care for mothers and newborns
Health, Urban, Gender, SRHR
2021•03•10
by Dr Fatima Ghani, Dr Nasir Ismail, Yasmin Jasmy, Rebecca Lee and Hyeinn Cecilia Roh
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International Women's Day is a time to celebrate the achievements of women who have contributed to their communities, reflect on the progress made, and call for action that accelerates change in the challenging context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ensuring the provision of evidence-based care during the vulnerable perinatal period safeguards the health and wellbeing of mothers and newborns. It is a priority for all nations in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, particularly Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing; and Goal 5: Gender Equality.
Confinement practices are traditional postnatal processes related to diet and daily routine lasting 28-44 days post-birth to help mothers recover their physical and mental health while transitioning into motherhood and caring for newborns. Mothers rest and receive support from their families and confinement care providers. There are cultural variations in confinement practices, some of which may be outdated and potentially be harmful to mothers and newborns. Thus, these practices should be informed by the latest evidence-based perinatal guidelines to ensure the wellbeing of mothers and newborns involved.
In Malaysia, each ethnicity (Malay, Chinese, Indian and other ethnic minorities such as Orang Asli and Sabah and Sarawak native people) has its own unique confinement practices associated with postnatal care regarding diet, daily routines and behavioural taboos inherited from the elderly. For centuries, confinement ladies (pui yuet or bidan) would receive a modest wage during confinement to either visit homes or stay with families to support mothers (preparing special diets and herbs and keeping the mother's body warm via steaming or hot stones) and newborns (bathing, feeding, massage and night-time care).
In recent times, the shift towards urbanisation, higher educational levels for Malaysian women, and nuclear family trends have driven the demand for confinement practices that cater to different cultures and preferences. Confinement practices are being commercialised via Confinement Centres operating as private businesses with mostly female staff, offering mothers a wide range of services (both medical and traditional), modalities (mobile or with a physical location) and prices.
Mothers appreciate these centres as part of their postnatal recovery, receiving the support of specialised staff (e.g. confinement ladies, cooks, dieticians) to lighten their workload. Some centres hire dedicated medical staff (either doctors or registered nurses), which has driven best practices in breastfeeding and infection control for staff and mothers. In some cases, confinement centres also welcome husbands and older children to stay, allowing mothers to recover while receiving family support.
Over the past decade, Confinement Centers have been increasing in number, and are mostly located in Selangor, Penang, Johor and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. Most cater to the Chinese community and their cultural practices, although some offer services for other ethnicities. Confinement Centers are also recruiting and training women from low-income households and single mothers as staff, and therefore, provide important economic support for disadvantaged women. This is particularly relevant for vulnerable women negatively impacted by COVID-19 with fewer working hours, job loss and general economic instability who can diversify their skillset, and earn an income stream during the recovery period. Training modules are now delivered online, which has reduced the training costs, making them more accessible to disadvantaged women.
However, Malaysia has no existing laws, regulations, or standards to guide confinement centres in their operations, and there is no responsible overseeing agency to ensure the standardised and safe provision of confinement services, despite these centres caring for mothers and newborns during a vulnerable period.
Confinement Centres Study
The UNU-IIGH is conducting a study of Confinement Centres in Malaysia, commissioned by the UNFPA and supported by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (MWFCD) to generate evidence that informs recommendations for the standardisation of regulations. The goal is for confinement centres in Malaysia to operate with quality standardisation procedures that ensure the health and well-being of women and newborns.
The study is led by Dr Fatima Ghani and supported by Dr Nasir Ismail and has three components to inform the recommendations: 1) a literature review of the existing processes, regulations and practices that confinement centres abide by across selected countries, including Malaysia; 2) a 15-minute online survey for confinement centres in Malaysia to understand their characteristics and procedures; and 3) interviews with a range of relevant stakeholders including legal and medical experts, relevant ministries, training centres, Local Councils, and confinement centre management, staff and clients during the first half of 2021.
The study components will be evaluated to understand how confinement centres operate and what type of support they might require to ensure the health and wellbeing of mothers and newborns, particularly in the challenging context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and results are expected to be published by late 2021. Preliminary survey results indicate that most Confinement Centres have been impacted by movement restriction orders to minimise the spread of COVID-19. With fewer clients, they have been providing limited services with reduced opening hours and staff, while adapting to alternative work arrangements (working from home, virtual meetings). In a few cases, the centres were unable to sustain their business, and have had to close. This highlights the need to support the continued operation of these female-oriented businesses during the pandemic. Some suggestions include offering government subsidies, facilitating standardised online training (particularly in breastfeeding and infection control) and formalising standard operating procedures.
Importantly, for longer-term impact and given the absence of regulations, a regulatory framework must be agreed upon and implemented by relevant stakeholders along with standardised staff training and operating procedures to guide the operation of Confinement Centres. The feasibility of several regulatory mechanisms such as government regulation, co-regulation and industry self-regulation (each with their own relative advantages and disadvantages, as noted in Figure 1) is currently being discussed with the key stakeholder groups listed above to identify the next steps in formalising regulations.
Confinement Centres' key stakeholders have the opportunity to directly inform the study recommendations anonymously, as only collective findings will be reported and published by late 2021. (1)
Future guidelines should incorporate existing international best practices for mother and newborn care, as well as be culturally sensitive to facilitate endorsement by different ethnic communities. An Expert Advisory Committee (EAC) is being established with medical and legal advisers, alongside other experts to guide the research and champion the recommendations arising from this study.
Figure 1: Regulatory options for Confinement Centres in Malaysia being discussed with key stakeholders (2)
Confinement Centres play an important role in helping Malaysian mothers heal during postpartum (particularly for those away from extended family members) and teaching them important skills such as breastfeeding techniques and means of infection control. They also offer training and work opportunities to disadvantaged women, which is particularly relevant for vulnerable communities to recover from the pandemic. These diverse roles place Confinement Centres in an important position to advance postnatal care in Malaysia. This study, and particularly the ongoing consultations with key stakeholders, will inform feasible recommendations for a regulatory framework that supports Confinement Centres in ensuring the health and wellbeing of mothers and newborns in Malaysia, accelerating the progress towards achieving the SDGs by 2030.
(1) For further information about this study or if you wish to participate as part of the listed stakeholder group, please contact Dr Nasir Ismail.
(2) Based on the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA), further described in the following OECD resources: Hepburn, G. (OECD) Alternatives to traditional regulation and Larouche, T (OECD) Improving Regulatory Quality Using the Regional Charter for Regulatory Quality Effectively: A Training Course for Practitioners in Arab Countries.
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It was the silence that amazed him most. No engines. No gunfire. Nothing stirred . . . Then as they approached the Drop Zone came the shouting of the Jump Sergeant, Action Stations . . . Hook up . . . Stand by . . . Number One Go-o! It was Major John Frost's first combat jump. Immediately he felt elation of having survived the fall and the landing. They were now behind enemy lines in Occupied France. If only rehearsals for the raid hadn't gone so badly. Something had gone wrong every time.
It was the silence that amazed him most. No engines. No gunfire. Nothing stirred . . . Then as they approached the Drop Zone came the shouting of the Jump Sergeant, "Action Stations . . . Hook up . . . Stand by . . . Number One Go-o!" It was Major John Frost's first combat jump. Immediately he felt elation of having survived the fall and the landing. They were now behind enemy lines in Occupied France. If only rehearsals for the raid hadn't gone so badly. Something had gone wrong every time.


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Ilford Hill to become bus-only as part of major transformation project
Published: 12:00 AM December 3, 2019 Updated: 9:08 AM October 13, 2020
Ilford Hill is going to be closed to cars as part of major transformation of the junction. Picture: Google - Credit: Archant
The "concrete collar" around Ilford town centre is set to be scrapped by closing Ilford Hill to cars and turning Chapel Road into a two-way road.
The plans, which are part of the "rejuvenation" of Ilford town centre, aim to create a "public realm that rebalances the currently car-dominated environment".
The initial idea is to remove the one-way system around Chapel Road and the Ilford island development, providing two-way traffic along Chapel Road and restricting Ilford Hill to buses, access and loading only.
"The Ilford Prospectus sets out an ambition to reduce the impact of the 'concrete collar' around Ilford, setting the scene to remodel the gyratory systems and interconnecting highways infrastructure to create safe, attract streets which reduce the impact of vehicles and better connect surrounding neighbourhoods," the council said.
New bus routes and infrastructure will be introduced in Ilford Hill, including improved transport interchange arrangements and provision for two-way bus movements.
The plans for Ilford Hill and Chapel Road. Picture: Momentum/Redbridge Council - Credit: Archant
The scheme also proposes to integrate TfL cycle routes to connect with Stratford via Ilford Hill and Barking via Roden Street.
"The scheme will re-introduce the historic north south priority for Ilford Lane into Cranbrook Road, which will focus on providing better access into the town centre for those that want to visit Ilford and not use it as a conduit to travel further afield and to make the town centre more accessible for local residents," the council said.
"The scale of transformation is significant and requires dedicated resources to ensure development of this major infrastructure project is delivered."
Provision of £1million has been made available from the council's budget to kick-start the project.
Chapel Road is going to become a two-way road. Picture: Google - Credit: Archant
Redbridge Council's cabinet has been asked to approve the concept scheme in order to press ahead with a programme of community engagement, pop-up events and workshops for residents and organisations to contribute to the final design.
The council has also highlighted the potential to deliver 600 new homes on the Ilford island development as part of the transformation project.
Public consultation is expected to take place between April and May next year, with the final design published in July.
Initial stakeholder engagement starts this month and ends in February next year.


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Alter function EnqID()
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Q: Content Assist (Left Ctrl + Space) not working in Eclipse (Windows 8.1) I am using
Eclipse 2020-06 (4.16.0)
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro
English(US) styled keyboard.
Issue:
Content Assist is not working in my Eclipse when I am pressing Left Ctrl + Space. Whereas it is working with Right Ctrl + Space.
Expecting Solution
It should start working with Left Ctrl + Space
Already Tried

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*Tried Keybinding with Left Ctrl + Space but the eclipse field is not accepting it but it is accepting Right Ctrl + Space.
Eclipse>Windows>Preferences>General>Keys
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*Eclipse>Windows>Preferences>Java>Editor>Content Assist>Advance
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*Removed all languages from windows except one English (US)
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teried Keybinding with Left Ctrl + Space but the eclipse field is not accepting it but it is accepting Right Ctrl + Space.

That is strange, maybe the left Ctrl button is not working at all? Just to rule it out, you can try opening an On-Screen keyboard (Windows key, then type on screen keyboard), click on the left CTRL button, and see that the on screen keyboard is receiving this input.


In June 2015 my beautiful three year old son Riley was diagnosed severely autistic. Riley was set in his ways watching certain TV programmes and he became increasingly interested in my iPhone. In August 2015 I got in touch with Family Fund after being pointed in their direction by professionals. I requested an iPad, not believing I would actually get one for Riley. However a few weeks later an iPad air, an indestructible case, and a glass screen protector arrived through the post!
Holy moly!! I was over the moon and so appreciative! I instantly started downloading apps for Riley it was so straightforward. I typed 'preschool' in the search bar and then selected whichever I felt suitable.
Riley absolutely loves his iPad, he takes this everywhere he goes. Not always using it but more of a comfort. Riley's favourite app is the Baby TV jukebox, he plays the songs and nursery rhymes over and over again. Next up is the Baby TV episodes app which I pay a £2.99 subscription fee every month. I have to say not only do I know most of the episodes off by heart but Riley has also started to copy various words and expressions from this.
A few weeks back Riley counted from 1-10 four times in a row completely out of the blue; this brought tears to my eyes and was an extremely special moment. Summer, my two year old daughter and I are always singing various songs including number songs with Riley along with the preschool so I cannot say its due to the iPad definitely but I personally feel Riley has developed further since having this.
I thank the iPad hugely for colour matching, shape sorting and remembering games. No matter how often I encouraged play with wooden shape sorters or block building Riley would pay no interest.
I feel that Riley having an iPad it has massively helped him to connect with something and also have a huge impact on his development. I'm so grateful for this luxury for my little Riley; he makes me proud every day.
You can also find out more about our Digital Skills Programme, supporting families to get the most from their devices.


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'A South Asian Ninja': Burqua-Clad, and Armed With Books and Pens
The story about the launch of an animation TV series for children in Pakistan titled Burka Avenger has already caught the imagination of media. Both NDTV and The Times of India have covered it, closely following the coverage in The Guardian, London. What is so special about the series that its trailer and preview have generated so much of interest? I, for one, found the event appropriate for my blog because it covers two of my basic concerns: women empowerment; and the pride of place that books and learning should have in our scheme of things.
The focal point of the first such animation series to be launched in Pakistan in early August on GEO TV is its lead protagonist, a young female school teacher called Jiya, who turns herself into a burka-clad superhero to take on her enemies using a martial art called Takht Kabaddi with books and pens as her major 'weapons'. The storyline has been interpreted by The Guardian with the headline "The Pakistani cartoon challenging the Taliban on girls' education", while stating that 'The series is intended to provide a positive role model for girls in the face of the Taliban's opposition to female education.'
On the other hand, the fact that the Jiya becomes burqua-clad to take on the enemies of the society has been seen regressive and ironical. One of the readers of this animation story published on dailymail.uk.co commented thus, "The idea of this is to get young impressionable girls to want to wear the Burka." Another reader wrote, "Propaganda to persuade more girls to cover up and hide themselves, why? Females were given pretty faces by nature, why hide them? It is not a religious thing; it is a way for men to control women." It appears both the readers are UK-based. On the other hand articles like the one written by Ms. Ema Anis for The Express Tribune, Pakistan ('What's so wrong with a burka anyway?'-http://tribune.com.pk) has tried to put forward the angle of 'freedom of choice' for those who want to wear 'burka'. This particular article has also drawn numerous comments, which are mixed.
However, to begin with, I would like to go by the rationale given by the maker of the animation series, Aaron Haroon Rashid, popularly known as Haroon, one of the biggest pop-stars of Pakistan, who has been quoted by Daily Mail as "'It's not a sign of oppression. She is using the burka to hide her identity like other superheroes... Since she is a woman, we could have dressed her up like Catwoman or Wonder Woman, but that probably wouldn't have worked in Pakistan." This rationale seems acceptable because after all it is a commercial venture and it would unfair to expect them to do something at the cost of their commercial interests, set as the story is in a place called 'Halwapur', which stands for any typical city of Pakistan. Moreover, Jiya dons 'normal' attire while she is off-duty as a superhero, and gets into burqua-mode only when she is action. To further quote Daily Mail: "The version (of burqua) worn by the Burka Avenger shows only her eyes and fingers - though it has a sleeker, more ninjalike look than the bulky robes of an actual burka."
A ninja, as we know, traces its ancestry from ancient Japan, and is a symbol of a covert agent who specialize in unorthodox warfare.
In India, day in and day out we get exposed to advertisements and Television serials, where many stereotypical notions of women are (mis) utilised to make the ventures commercially successful and socially palatable. Some of the television screen firebrand 'reformist and rebel' female protagonists—from Rajani to Tulsi to Anandi—could never get rid of the traditional male-induced identities of women like 'managalsutras', 'bindis', 'bangles', 'sindoors' etc.
I only hope that the form of the costumes of the characters of the animation series remains only a form to deflect unnecessary and obvious criticism, and the makers will give enough emphasis to meaningful and entertaining content. I find their website absolutely professionals with all kind of downloadable apps and games woven around the animation series. I do hope that just like many of the legendary writers, like, for example, Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), who wrote a revolutionary renaissance play Doctor Faustus, within the form of the orthodox religious theatre conventions called Morality plays, the present series will be able to achieve its apparently reformist objectives intelligently and without giving in too much to the pressures of the society and the 'market'. What is commendable is that the animation series has been made in Urdu and not in English.
I will leave you with the descriptions of the main characters, and the opening lines of the trailer of the animation series:
In the quiet land of Halwapur...
Lived three kids and a goat
JIYA
Separated from her parents at a young age, Jiya was adopted by a wise old Kabbadi Master, Kabaddi Jan. He took her under his wing and taught her the art of Takht Kabaddi, a new kind of fighting style where books and pens are primarily used as weapons in conjunction with a variety of karate moves. To the locals, she is known simply as the demure school teacher but whenever evil is afoot, she takes on her alter identity, Burka Avenger and uses the Takht Kabaddi to defeat her enemies. As the Burka Avenger, she uses the Burka to hide her true identity, which no one knows except for her father, Kabaddi Jan.
IMMU
Ashu's twin brother and also best friends with Mooli and Golu, Immu is very protective of his sister. He is always calm and composed but tends to be a bit aloof. He is also somewhat fearless and relies mostly on his instincts to get him and his friends out of tough situations.
Vadero Pajero
The Mayor of Halwapur, Vadeo Pajero is the typical corrupt politician seeking to gain power and money for himself. He rules with an iron fist and often partners with Baba Bandook to accomplish his evil projects. He is cunning and crafty and can be quite persuasive when he wants to be.
MOOLI
Cute and goofy, Mooli is best friends with Ashu and Imran and accompanies them in all their adventures. He gets scared easily yet has a knack for getting into trouble and Ashu and Imran often have to rescue him. He loves eating mooli and is rarely seen without his pet goat Golu.
BABA BANDOOK
Baba Bandook aka Jaali Jadoogar (fake magician) is the main villain of the story. He thirsts for power and wealth and is always planning new ways to spread terror and take over control of Halwapur city. Any
progress of the people of Halwapur threatens him as content and aware people will have no use for a Jadoogar. He is a mercenary for hire and often teams up with Vadero Pajero in his evil schemes. Most of his time is spent in planning the destruction of the Burka Aveneger. He is supported by 3 henchmen and a crow whom he uses to spy on others.
Images of the animation series and the descriptions of the main characters above are courtesy: http://www.burkaavenger.com/ copyrighted and promoted by Unicorn Black and have been used for the purpose of illustrations.
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AN ESSAY IN PARTS
'Almost I can recall where I was born:
The hot verandas where the chauffeurs drowse,
Backyard dominion of the ragged thorn,
And nameless servants in my father's house,
Whispering together in the backyard dirt
Until their talk came true for me one day:
My father hugging me so hard it hurt,
My mother mad, and time we went away.'
Dom Moraes
'A Letter' from POEMS (1960),
'My mother's parents were both doctors...and Roman Catholics. My paternal grandfather was an engineer, and a Roman Catholic too, but the Hindu caste system of their forefathers had worked on Indian Catholics over the years, splitting them into communities: and my parents' families came from different Catholic communities. A great deal of fuss ensued, but in 1937 my parents married, and on July 19th, 1938, I was born.'
My Son's Father, p. 7
I have been thinking of posting something on Dom Moraes (19 July 1938-2 June 2004) and the perhaps the idea that egged me on was to write a piece on the poetic nature and elements of his prose writings. I have been sort of fascinated by his poetic prose for a long time, something which I find in equal measure in the Hindi writer Nirmal Verma (1929-2005). In fact, the idea struck me to do some kind of comparative analysis of their writings—both being contemporaries, though Verma was a bit senior, and both sort of 'outsiders' to the Indian socio-literary and cultural ethos in their own way.
I tried to probe, I got a feeling that the tag of being an 'outsider', has been used quite indiscriminately for Dom Moraes. Some blame Dom himself would have to take for he seems to have used it to create an aura of mysteriousness around him as reflected in his verse and the titles of his books like Gone Away, Never At Home, Absences etc. However, what disturbs me more—and this needs to be evaluated further—is the claim of certain critics that Dom actually hated India. Khushwant Singh, one of the most over-estimated commentators of our times and the perfect practitioner of the art of employing superlative degrees and exaggerations without any qualms, went on to say in his Tribune article (Saturday, October 13, 2007, Requiem to Dom Moraes), "He (Dom) disliked everything about India, particularly Indians", adding in good measure, "The only exceptions he made were good-looking women he took to bed." I deliberately quote the second line from that para of Singh, because even in an article written by Geeta Doctor in The Hindu as recently as on July 14, 2013 under the title 'The Poet Who Remained a Boy', the focal point states, "The greatest asset of Dom Moraes, whose 75th birth anniversary falls on July 19, was his closeness to women and beauty."
My concerns are two-fold: One, this is the way how journalists approach the literary figures and do greatest disservice to the personality as well as to the readers, and secondly, which is more important, is how new generation of readers and critics should make their own assessment of writers or for that matter of any public figure of the times gone by for better understanding of their relevance.
The first concern I am not going to dwell on here because journalistic simplification of literary dilemmas is a deep-rooted disease, and hence I am only leaving it to the judgment of the readers.
For the second, I wish to look at the cosmopolitan, almost alien figure of Dom Moraes as it has been handed down to us from the standpoint of the sort of cue that he gives in his masterly crafted poem titled 'Babur'—the last poem of his Collected Poems 1957-1987, published by Penguin Books in 1987:
If you look for me, I am not here.
My writings will tell you where I am.
For this kind of close reading, I would rely upon his autobiographies My Son's Father and Never at Home, and his Collected Poems 1957-1987, while touching briefly on his travelogue The Open Eyes: A Journey Through Karnataka and some other relevant writings.
END OF PART I
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This write-up was written in May 2008 for a brochure published by Sahitya Akademi on the occasion of its programme 'Meet The Author' organised for the eminent Hindi poet Manglesh Dabral at India International Centre. I thought of sharing it among the readers of this blog without making any revision or updation. With this, I hope to bring out such short critical pieces on contemporary poets of India and abroad, whom I admire personally. -KV
Among the post-Raghuvir Sahay generation of poets, Manglesh Dabral (b. 1946) stands tall as a poet who has consistently been exploring the idea of 'the other' in Indian socio-political discourse as a tool to understand as well as reflect change in his surroundings. It is perhaps the most integral aspect of his poetic journey in which the cross currents of different worlds find a disturbing echo. In fact, for Dabral, coming to terms with the reality of the other is almost akin to coming to terms with himself, with his inner world and his poetic journey seems to be unconsciously working its way onward towards a kind of reconciliation between the two. It is certainly not an easy journey to take, and what separates Dabral from many of his contemporaries, is his ability to reach out to ever-changing distressing realities that lie beyond the boundaries of his daily ambience.
Manglesh Dabral
In his first collection of poems Pahar Par Lalten (A Lantern on the Mountains, 1981), he has some vague notions of the other in the form of 'his shadow' that automatically becomes 'another person's shadow' in the Section 4 of Train Me Saat Kavitayen (Seven Poems in Train,1977). This vague notion is further concretized when he gets aware of his 'other hand' that is 'almost in disuse', oblivious of the bad world that the main hand encounters day in and day out. It is only when things are stretched a bit far that 'the other hand sometimes registers its protest'. However, this awareness of the other still carries a tone of patronage as the poet believes it 'remains hidden somewhere like a hare in the bush' or 'between ball and the wooden horse of his childhood', perhaps not ready or not meant to engage with the dark realities of life.
This awareness of the silent identity of Doosra Haath (The Other Hand), written in 1983 and collected in Ghar Ka Raasta (Path to Home, 1988), takes a great leap and in Sangatkaar (The Accompanist, 1995), included in Awaaz Bhi Ek Jagah Hai (Voice is also a Space, 2000), it gets transformed into a symbol of something of a historical relationship between the dominant and the minor with the experiences of the minor in the focus: Since long ago/ The resonance of his voice has echoed/The sonority of his master's.
But the restlessness of Dadral's poetic journey does not allow him to be complacent. The recognition of the silhouetted identity of the other inevitably leads him to a painful understanding of the reasons behind his own backwardness as an individual as well as a social being as he finds he has 'two lives' to handle in a manner in which the success of the one is not dependent on the failure of the other: Had I only one life I would have reached immediately/Would have arrived somewhere successfully/-----/But I have two lives to contend with at the same time. In his latest and perhaps the most mature poem 'Two Lives' (Kathadesh, May 2008), we find that the other walks with him on equal footing
My one hand often pushes some mountain
With my other hand I hold on to a piece of sky
even though the agonizing dramatization of the poet's situation in these lines makes it a reflection of the forked times that we are living in.
What may appear to be Dabral's temporal and apparently simplistic movement towards the proper understanding of the other is actually a reflection of the revolutionary socio-political changes that have been sweeping the Indian landscape for the last two decades, especially in the North India. A significant poet like Manglesh Dabral, trained under the parameters of the left-liberal poetic dialogue, responds by criticizing the mindless globalization taking place in the society where one day, when humanity loses all its humanness, it will be 'awarded' with 'the key to a big car and a fat cheque' (Bhoomandlikaran, Globalization, Kathadesh, May, 2008). He goes further and directly attacks the divisionary tactics of the reactionary forces and leads the secular poetry of protest of our times.
Raghuvir Sahay (above) and Muktibodh below)
dealt with a less complex world than the one
faced by poets of Dabral's generation
But the problem for Dabral's generation of poets comes when it has to deal with the historical analysis that is brought in by the post-colonial writers in the form of Dalit writings and writings by women. This makes it all too complex, a complexity that was denied to a Muktibodh 1917-1964) or a Raghuvir Sahay (1929-1990)--the pioneers of 'modern' Hindi poetry. It certainly arises out of the clash of 'alternatives' brought about by the economic liberalisation of, by and for the upper middle class on the one hand, and the rise of the subaltern consciousness forcefully altering the agenda of the socio-political discourse as well as power structure, on the other. The communal agenda is brought in to create confusion about the terms of these discourses and changes.
In the face of this onslaught, when the majority of the poets of Dabral's generation appear to take the short cuts of uncritical admiration, patronage, or turn inward and start regretting the loss of the so-called tranquil past, Dabral pulls up his socks and makes genuine engagement with the sociology and the psychology of, what many believe, the 'real' poetry of protest. Not only in 'Two Lives', but also in a masterly crafted poem Chhhuo (Touch, Naya Gyanoday, 2007), we find him reaching out to values and systems, that have been considered 'untouchable': Do not believe in instructions like 'Please Do Not Touch' or 'Touching Not Allowed'/It is a conspiracy in vogue since time immemorial'.
The muted, almost sensuous tone of the poem also gets linked up with a range of poems about personal relationships that Dabral has written in abundance but has remained under the shadow of poems that have pronounced social relevance. It is a reflection of Dabral's poetic range that his personal memory, regret, sense of loss and failure allow him to identify with wider human suffering. Such poems abound in his collection Hum Jo Dekhte Hain (That Which We See), in particular, where he engages himself with his childhood, the mountains where he grew up, and the pictures of his ancestors that he tries to relate with. Similarly, in his collection Awaaz Bhi Ek Jagah Hai (Voice is also a Space), which was noticed for its range of poems on music and musicians, we find that he is capable of relating with the other in some unknown, unseen moments of spontaneous love: while walking, some one else is found walking along side/and in darkness too an arm appears with love (Drishya, Scenes).
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"The Town of Wakefield is fortunate to have two fire stations to service the needs of the community, one in close proximity to Wakefield Square, the other in the Greenwood section of town. The central station was located near the Wakefield Common on Church Street until the official opening of a new station in 1891 at the corner of Crescent and Mechanic Streets. T he station house was formerly the Academy Hill Center School (circa 1853) which was moved from its location a few hundred yards away on the current site of the Lincoln School House. Bricks from the Church Street station were used for the foundation and the total cost of renovating and moving the former school building was $6000. The station house was in operation until the Hathaway Fire of October 23, 1899. A new station was built shortly thereafter in 1900 by Roger Howard of Wakefield at a cost of $14,554. The station was officially opened on December 22, 1900. As the town grew, so did the Fire Department. In 1902 the original Greenwood Fire Station was built, recycled from the former Greenwood School. The original structure was built in 1847 and was located on the East side of Main Street, just south of Meriam Street. The building was later moved to Oak Street in 1858 at a cost of $450. The schoolhouse was converted in 1902 to Greenwood Engine 2 Station and remained in operation until it was torn down in 1962. The existing Greenwood Fire Station was opened on Monday, May 6, 1962 and also housed the Greenwood Branch of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library." -- Text from calendar.;Captions: 1. The Greenwood Station today. -- 2. The Central Fire Station today. The addition on the right was built in 1975. -- 3. The Central Fire Station in 1894 during the 250th anniversary celebration of the town. At the time, the station housed the Silsby Steamer 'Lucius Beebe No. 1', supply and hose wagons for the steamer and Abbott Downing Ladder Truck. -- 4. The Greenwood Fire Station in 1931 was the former Greenwood School. It was converted to the Greenwood Engine 2 Station in 1902 and was in operation until 1962.
Photos courtesy of the Wakefield Fire Department and Murray Young.
"Wakefield fire stations," NOBLE Digital Heritage, accessed April 20, 2019, https://digitalheritage.noblenet.org/noble/items/show/7127.


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It provides the ideal, cost effective solution for insulation and condensation problems and can be applied to virtually any surface. It improves the working environment and reduces fuel costs, and may also be used for asbestos encapsulation in older buildings.
In both new and existing buildings, the foam is applied to the underside of the steel, aluminium or asbestos roofs and walls to a specified thickness. A K-value of 0.023 W/mK gives unrivalled insulating benefits, reducing U-values from ~6.0 W/m²K with as little as 75mm of foam. A U-value of ~0.48 W/m²K is achieved with as little as 50mm of foam.
The finished surface is non- toxic and odourless, it has low water absorption and high resistance to chemical attack. It may also be high-pressure jet washed. All spray foam insulation materials used are made to BS 476 Part 7 fire retardant standards. Where additional fire protection is required, Class zero standard can be provided. It is also possible to coat the surface with emulsion paints or chlorinated rubber vapour barriers.
Below is a short video demonstrating one of our teams applying BASF Walltite spray foam insulation to the roof of a project at Ryegate Childrens Centre in Sheffield.
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Total of 7,200 square metres of under croft completed for Sainsbury's Plc, Ely. Thickness of 85mm Webtherm (class 1) spray foam insulation applied plus two coats of white emulsion.
A large converted railway station, now being used for commercial use in Oswestry, Shropshire. The contract consisted of four separate buildings, in each we installed a 50mm thickness of Webtherm (class 1) spray foam insulation plus two coats of white emulsion.
A plastics recycling facility in Nottinghamshire required a full air tight seal on the perimeter walls, to insulate and prevent air leakage. We also insulated three large storage silos at 100mm thickness (class 1) Webtherm spray foam insulation to reduce operating costs whilst maintaining a constant temperature. The walls were insulated with 100/50mm thickness. Full case study here.
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(1) A school district, education service district or public charter school shall develop and adopt a plan, to be known as the Healthy and Safe Schools Plan, for the district or school. The plan must address environmental conditions at the facilities owned or leased by the district or school where students or staff are present on a regular basis. The Department of Education, in consultation with the Oregon Health Authority, the Department of Environmental Quality and other interested stakeholders, shall develop and adopt a model plan to provide guidance to the districts and schools in developing and adopting plans under this section.
(2) A school district, education service district or public charter school shall provide a copy of a plan developed and adopted under this section to the Department of Education. The district or school shall annually review the plan. If the information contained in a plan has changed since the preceding annual review due to the acquisition or remodeling of a facility, the termination of regular use of the facility by students and staff or a modification in the method, location, scope, frequency or other aspects of addressing environmental conditions, the district or school shall revise the plan as necessary to address the change in information and provide a copy of the revised plan to the department.
(3) A plan developed and adopted under this section must, at a minimum, include the following:
(a) The identification of, and contact information for, a position within the administration of the school district, education service district or public charter school having responsibility for maintaining and overseeing performance of the plan.
(b) A list of all facilities of the school district, education service district or public charter school that are subject to the plan.
(c) Provisions regarding testing for, and reducing exposure to, elevated levels of lead in water used for drinking or food preparation as required under guidelines adopted by the authority.
(d) Provisions consistent with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule set forth in 40 C.F.R. section 745 regarding testing for, and reducing exposure to, lead-based paint.
(e) Provisions consistent with federal law regarding testing for, and reducing exposure to, asbestos.
(f) Provisions consistent with ORS 332.345 (Tests of schools for elevated levels of radon) regarding testing for, and reducing exposure to, elevated levels of radon.
(g) Provisions for carrying out integrated pest management as provided under ORS 634.700 (Definitions for ORS 634.700 to 634.750) to 634.750 (Pesticide application records).
(h) Provisions for installing carbon monoxide detection devices in proximity to fuel burning appliances that emit carbon monoxide, if installation is required under the state building code.
(4) A plan described in subsection (3) of this section must provide for any laboratory analysis on test samples to be carried out by a laboratory having a type and level of accreditation recognized as appropriate by the authority.
(5) The authority, in consultation with the department, school districts, education service districts, public charter schools and other interested stakeholders, may provide districts and schools with recommendations regarding evidence-based practices for the reduction of environmental conditions not addressed in subsection (3) of this section that may present health concerns if present in district or school facilities. The recommendations may include, but need not be limited to, recommendations regarding:
(a) Methods for limiting or reducing exposure to high levels of diesel engine exhaust; and
(b) Identification of mold, including but not limited to advice regarding how to recognize the presence of mold.
(6) The authority shall develop information sheets for use by school districts, education service districts and public charter schools to inform staff, students, parents of minor students and other interested stakeholders about substances that may present health concerns if present in district or school facilities.
(7) The department, in consultation with the authority, representatives of school districts, education service districts and public charter schools and other interested stakeholders, shall make opportunities for professional development available to district and school staff regarding plan requirements under this section and the provision of information as required under ORS 332.334 (Tests of schools under plan). [2017 c.700 §1]
Note: 332.331 (Healthy and Safe Schools Plan) to 332.337 (Healthy School Facilities Fund) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 332 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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Balance Like a Pirate is an important book for all educators—professionals who too often are overworked and overstressed. This book moves beyond platitudes and, instead, offers keen insights, resources, personal stories, and action steps for moving beyond 'work-life' balance and simply doing a better job at 'life-balance.' This book is written by three highly respected educators who share their own struggles with balancing Personal, Professional, Passion, and Positional responsibilities as well as their solutions for overcoming such struggles. If you serve as an educator in any role, you must read this book. It will resonate with you and rejuvenate you. Get ready to 'set sail' on a journey you will not soon forget and which you will want to return to often as a way to serve your students, colleagues, friends, and family members more passionately.
You. Need. This. Book. Trust me. As an elementary teacher, global keynote speaker, CEO of my own company, author, fitness fanatic, faith-filled Christian, dog mom, and proud auntie, Balance Like a Pirate resonated with me on so many levels. After reading this book, I've found the four balance quadrants (personal, professional, positional, and passions) to serve as a valuable guide in my efforts to fit it all in, focus in and do it well, reframe my day, and identify the true priorities and non-negotiables with my time. This book helped me reflect and reprioritize. What are you waiting for? If you're hoping to regain balance, let go of the things out of your control, and free up time and space for you, start reading now! You won't regret it.
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Balance Like A Pirate, supports school leaders with reflection and empathy. The three authors, using gripping personal examples and humor, show you why it is important to seek balance in your life and share with you how to create balance through innovative strategies and common sense reminders. This text equips you with the tools you need to be a reflective leader for children and others. The three authors demonstrate a intimate understanding of the struggles of school leaders and teacher but, show you how not only to survive bad days, but build to being stronger for tomorrow. The authors' deeply personal examples will build your own empathy, build your awareness of your own issues, and support greater reflection of your leadership and life balance.
Balance LAP is available in bulk rates for schools and leadership teams through Dave Burgess Consulting, but signed copies can be purchased directly from Sarah.


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GA--Archbishop must reach out to potential victims of accused international priest
For immediate release, November 8, 2016
Statement by Joelle Casteix, western regional director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPnetwork.org), (949) 322-7434, jcasteix@gmail.com
A priest who worked in Atlanta in 2012 and was the second-in-command of an influential international religious group—founded by another priest who molested up to 100 children—has now also been accused of child sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed in CT last week.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/06/did-second-most-powerful-man-at-top-catholic-order-sexually-abuse-teenage-boy.html
We are sad, but not surprised. The Legionnaires of Christ was a religious order founded by a man, Marcial Maciel Degollado, who devoted his career to molesting children. It makes perfect sense that he would attract and recruit men like his second in command, Father Luis Garza.
Garza spent years defending Maciel. Now, he has been accused himself. Garza traveled the world forcing Maciel's victims into silence with "private vows"—telling them is was a mortal sin to tell anyone that Maciel had sexually abused them. We fear that there could be more Garza victims worldwide forced into the same kind of vows of shame and silence.
Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory must immediately reach out to every parish, home, retreat center, and organization where Garza worked and stayed. There may be victims in Atlanta who have no idea where to turn for help and accountability now that Garza is out of the country. Garza has been sent to the Philippines.
We applaud the brave victim in this case. Coming forward to talk openly about child sexual abuse and demanding accountability is never easy, but it is the only way to ensure that sex crimes against children and the cover-up of those crimes stop. We encourage anyone who has been sexually abused to come forward and get help. It is safe to report and find healing.
We also urge anyone who has seen or suspected abuse by Father Garza or anyone to call law enforcement immediately. We fear that there may be men and women in Atlanta who have information about Fr. Garza, but may not have known whom to tell. Even the smallest of information can help a victim and save a child.
Contact - Joelle Casteix of Orange County, volunteer western regional director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (949 322 7434, jcasteix@gmail.com), David Clohessy (314-566-9790 cell, davidgclohessy@gmail.com), Barbara Dorris (314-503-0003cell, bdorris@SNAPnetwork.org)
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Understanding fluid dynamics under extreme confinement, where device and intrinsic fluid length scales become comparable, is essential to successfully develop the coming generations of fluidic devices. Here we report measurements of advancing fluid fronts in such a regime, which we dub superconfinement. We find that the strong coupling between contact-line friction and geometric confinement gives rise to a new stability regime where the maximum speed for a stable moving front exhibits a distinctive response to changes in the bounding geometry. Unstable fronts develop into drop-emitting jets controlled by thermal fluctuations. Numerical simulations reveal that the dynamics in superconfined systems is dominated by interfacial forces. Henceforth, we present a theory that quantifies our experiments in terms of the relevant interfacial length-scale, which in our system is the intrinsic contact-line slip length. Our findings show that length-scale overlap can be used as a new fluid-control mechanism in strongly confined systems.


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Long time since my last entry, well let's see what's been happening. I spent a lot of the middle part of 2012 as well as the beginning of 2013 developing a play of mine called "In Da Boogie Down" and have had several readings both in New York and Chicago with more readings to come into 2014. This year I was also honored to be a playwright-in-residence for Voices Inside/Out in Kentucky and I wrote a new full length play titled "Full Moon Inside A Red Sky" which was developed at The LAByrinth theatre company's Summer intensive at Connecticut Collegewhich with much reliefe was very, very well receivedThis past year I was completed a run of "To Fool The Eye" presented by the Boomerang theatre company.
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Terrific time at the table read for "Bob's Gang" an original screenplay written by David Henry Hwang (M Butterfly) and director Jonathan Caovette (Tarnation). A very promsing and at times very moving and inspirational script.
With the work that was started during my couple of hours of writing as part of WRITE OUT FRONT event I now have a new play I'm working on with the working title "Full Moon in a Red Sky" - the basic story line is as follows: Two strangers with wounded hearts find themselves underneath a full moon with a red sky discover that love is only a fallen snowflake away.
Last week I had a great time doing the WRITE OUT FRONT at the drama book store. I think I may have discovered the sees of a new one act play. This week is also very exciting to me because rehearsals have begun for the west coast premiere of my two one acts play "By The Dawn's Early Light: Midnight Mass & Los Embrujados" - performances begin in September
Rewrites continuing on "In Da Boogie Down" - the script is getting tighter-more focused and much to my surprisse with the changes less hopeful and more tragic. Yesterday I got new representation, I have a manager now. It was an excellent meeting, the best I've ever had with new representation. She will be focusing on the acting side of my life, which is fine with me. This was a little sunshine after a tough week.
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Just got some great news, I've just be slelected to be a part of a playwrights residency titled Northpoint Inside Voices in Kentucky to take place in July of 2013. Pretty cool knowing what you're gonna be doing a year in advance.
It's been a pretty good week. Rehearsals are going well with "Undertow" and I just got invited to be part of a panel discussion of playwrights called "The Art of Feedback", looking forward to this and learning a few things from my fellow playwrights.
Big day - callbacks for a play tited Welcome to America and a teaching-artist gig. Crossing fingers.
Very excited that my play "Los Embrujados" will have a benefit readin on Feb. 22nd in Los Angeles. It's a young theatre company named Working Artist LAB. It's a benefit reading prior to a full production in the fall of both parts of By The Dawn's Early Light one acts.
Well another play has closed. I had a fun time doing "Don Pedro De La Cebolla". This play and the rehearsal process really helped me shake the funk of a previous production that didn't turn out to be the best of experiences. Now it's time to get back and do some serious heavy duty re-writing on a script of mine. It's interesting it's been tough getting back behind the desk to write. I think I'm mentally tired. I've been sort of going none stop with writing-acting-writing -acting since last February. But I got to suck it up and dive in. Much work still nees to be done and I'm the only one who can do it.


Huge underground tunnels and cities, extraterrestrial bases on the moon and Mars? Anti-gravity flying disks and huge cigar shaped craft used to shuttle between the earth, moon and Mars? This 4:40 hour video documentary offers an amazing amount of proof and concludes that Alternative Three is not a hoax, but a real program. The documentary also explores the claims of Bob Lazar and John Lear, who both claim we have secret bases on the moon and Mars and have had them for years. Also deeply explores Alternative One, chem-trails, the coming Ice Age and much more.


You could be forgiven for thinking that each orb of Lowland's chandeliers is made from the bleached shell of some long-extinct sea creature. Although the bone-white porcelain globes are thrown on a potter's wheel, the patterns etched onto their surfaces evoke the natural beauty of decay, recalling the structure of a seed pod.
Kelly Storrs, the potter behind the wheel at the Woodstock, New York–based studio, says her inspiration for this work was the cyclical nature of life-forms. "[It] started with this tension between the life that exists when something grows and the beauty of its death, as well as the rebirth," she explains.
The theme of change, so present in her work, seems fitting, given Storrs's career in ceramics. At her Catholic high school in Rhode Island, she discovered a potter's wheel in the basement and persuaded a nun to teach her how to use it. Later, she studied ceramics in college, then spent ten years exploring pottery traditions around the world, using local clays and traditional wood-firing techniques to produce stoneware.
After a decade away from the craft, Storrs founded Lowland in 2015. Her objective was to take her pottery in a completely new direction, beginning with the clay itself. Instead of a heavy, iron-rich stoneware clay body, Storrs chose to work with porcelain, finding the material's translucence well suited for lighting. "By carving the porcelain and then putting the light into it, it's sort of a surprise every time," she explains. "You see one thing when the light is off, but then you turn it on and it looks like it completely transforms. That makes it exciting for me." Storrs applies the technique to pendant lighting and chandeliers, and has had her wares featured at Field + Supply, the destination upstate New York craft fair. But most of her work, she says, is custom.
For Storrs, the textures she etches into each piece relate to her experience as a landscape designer during her hiatus from ceramics. "The carving is definitely inspired by the work I did in landscaping, witnessing the decay of the natural world as well as the growth," she says. The nearby Saw Kill River is another muse, one that Storrs describes as a destructive force, eroding the land as it flows from the Catskill Mountains.
The string lights were a collaboration with local weaver The Catskill Kiwi. Storrs also works with an electrician in her studio.


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Lyft Agrees To Come Back To San Antonio
by Mark Reagan
Lyft could be back in operation by next week.
According to a news release, District 1 Councilman Roberto C. Treviño announced that Lyft signed an operating agreement that City Council will consider August 13.
By signing to agreement, Lyft agrees to utilize a driver profile feature on its platform that will let customers know whether the driver acquired a voluntary background check conducted by the City of San Antonio. The city encourages Lyft drivers to get the additional background check, and San Antonio will be able to conduct random driver inspections, according to a news release.
"We are on our way – we have developed a great strategy within the business platform with flexibility that will allow additional TNCs to resume operations in San Antonio," Treviño says in a press release. "This agreement is not exclusive to Lyft. We are open for any and all TNCs to operate in San Antonio and expand alternative transportation options in our community."
Mayor Ivy Taylor said this has been a great week for innovation in San Antonio, referencing Google Fiber's announcement that SA will be a Fiber City.
"We have developed a ride share business framework that meets the public safety considerations of the City, as well as requests from our residents to provide mobile transportation options in our community. The new agreement with Lyft provides San Antonians with the ability to make an informed mobile transportation choice," Taylor says in a press release.
Even Lyft chimed in in the press release.
"San Antonio is embracing innovative, new technologies that benefit its residents," said David Estrada, Lyft's Vice President of Government Relations.
Last we heard, Uber was not onboard with the proposal.
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Here's Everything You Need To Know About The Pilot Program That Would Bring Lyft Back
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Alex Stein had a dream 15 years ago while a college student at Ohio State University. He dreamed that the 3-week-old puppy he'd just adopted would be famous.
In fact, the puppy would become Ashley Whippet, the dog who captured the World Frisbee Disc Canine Championship in 1975, 1976 and 1977, clinching the popularity of the sport that pairs a dog's speed and agility with human strength. Irv Lander, Stein's partner and co-promoter of the Ashley Whippet Invitational, a yearly contest held throughout the United States, says, "The sport provides both dog and owner with an excellent cardiovascular workout."
Stein, 35, and his dogs have appeared on a number of television shows and have performed as part of half-time and pregame shows in most of the major stadiums in the country. In 1977 they appeared at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. They even gave a performance at the White House for Amy Carter, after which they taught her dog, Grits, to catch a Frisbee. All this caused envy in some of Stein's more traditional classmates at Ohio State, who are still incredulous that someone could make a living and find fame in so unconventional a manner.
While still a student, Stein knew that he had stumbled on something that had never been done before. He weaned his 3-week old puppy, a gift from a girlfriend, by feeding him from a Frisbee. Then, when Stein threw the disc, the dog learned to retrieve it, thinking it was his food dish.
By the time Ashley was 6 months old, he could jump 12 feet in the air to retrieve the disc. Stein would take the dog to the college green on the main campus around the time classes let out, and start throwing the Frisbee. He says, "The next thing I knew, there would be a crowd making a circle around us. Ashley would run, soar through the air, catch the Frisbee and bark. His loud, piercing bark would bring out people who were on the other side of the green. I did this every day on the campus, and I'd always get the same kind of crowd. The thought came to me, 'This dog is something special.' The dog amazed me. He would jump in the air and extend himself to the greatest limit that a dog could leap. It was like ballet. I knew there was some money to be made on it."
In 1972, Stein decided to try his luck in Hollywood. He says, "I thought I might take the dog out to make a commercial, but then I met with one of the trainers of dog actors. He said, 'Hey, kid, if you think you're going to make the big time off your dog, you had better think again. All they pay you is $100 a day, and if you can get one commercial a year, you're lucky.' "
Talent agents were also negative. Stein says, "I would call agents on the phone and say, 'I have a dog who weighs 28 pounds and stands 21 inches high at the shoulder, who can jump upwards of 9 feet in the air and can catch a Frisbee at 100 yards. They would answer, 'You have a what that does what?' and hang up. One even called me a crackpot and said they didn't talk to people like that."
His first contacts with the manufacturers of the Frisbee, Whammo Corp., were also discouraging. Stein says that some of the executives were put off by his wild looks and brash manner. He admits that at that time he looked like a typical student of the 1970s, with long hair adding to his rebellious appearance. At that time Frisbee catching was a rarity although the International Frisbee Assn. had a canine corps.
At one of the meetings with Whammo, Stein met Irv Lander, then president of the International Frisbee Assn. and now his partner. Lander was attracted by Ashley's talent and by Stein's optimism and determination. Lander says, "If I had to cut through red tape to accomplish something, I would ask Alex Stein to do it because he can cut through any obstacle and get success. He has been a good person for me to be around." Lander also shares Stein's love of dogs. Finally in 1974, Stein's persistence led Whammo to invite him to appear at the World Frisbee Championships, to be held later that year in the Rose Bowl.
In the meantime, Stein had been living at the beach for a year, painting houses for a living and training Ashley to further refine his skills. He finally realized that he would have to do something spectacular to get attention. This opportunity came in August, 1974, at a televised game between the Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. Stein sneaked Ashley into the stadium, and at a fortuitous moment dashed out onto the outfield, timing their appearance to come after the commercial break preceding the ninth inning. Stein tossed his Frisbee, and Ashley went after it, soaring into the sky. The crowd roared and cheered at the unscheduled performance. The show went on for about eight minutes, after which Stein was arrested and separated from his dog. A 15-year-old boy sitting in the front row managed to lure Ashley off the field, taking him home to Long Beach.
Stein, meanwhile, found himself in a holding tank at Parker Center, worrying about his dog. Several hours later he was released, charged with trespassing. Later, he was fined $250. Through an article on The Times' sports page and announcements on a local television program he was reunited with Ashley after several days. But the unscheduled appearance brought invitations to do half-time exhibitions at Rams' games and to appear on several talk shows, resulting in a certain amount of national prominence.
Stein attributes much of his success to the fascination people have with animals. He says that on many occasions when they went into studios, otherwise blase employees would come out of offices and ask for Ashley's "pawtograph." "In visibility dogs attract more attention than humans because they have an explosive energy," he says. "You don't know their limits. Whenever Ashley would make a tremendous leap in the air to catch the Frisbee you would hear a roar from the crowd."
Throughout 1975 and 1976 Stein waited for another break. On his own he contacted the Miami Dolphins and the St. Louis Cardinals and performed in half-time shows for both, selling himself through his letters. Finally, in 1977 he approached Lander, who decided it was about time to start a national contest for people who had trained their dogs to catch Frisbees. The contest, which is now sponsored by Gaines Dog Food, was originally sponsored by KalKan. The competition is now called the Ashley Whippet Invitational, and Stein spends about 25% of his time promoting it and serving as judge throughout the country.
When Ashley Whippet died earlier last year at the age of 13, he was eulogized in sports magazines, newspapers and on television. Stein, who lives in a small house with a large yard in Sierra Madre, is grooming three of Ashley's 60 offspring, Lady Ashley, Ashley Whippet Jr. and Ashley Whippet III, to continue the tradition of performing at exhibitions of canine disc-catching and at sporting events. In the past three years they have performed in over 20 major stadiums.
Lander says Stein's demands for Ashley's comfort and safety have resulted in generally better treatment of dogs on airplanes and in hotels. Ashley flew about 60,000 miles a year and belonged to frequent flyers' clubs for United, TWA and American Airlines. Stein and Lander also put on exhibitions for charity and fund-raising events.
Stein says that his college friends have expressed envy of his rather flamboyant life style, and that girlfriends are sometimes jealous of the time he spends with his dogs and on the road promoting the exhibition. But, he says, "I would do this even if I didn't make money from it."
Lander attributes much of Stein's success to his uninhibited personality and the fact that he never looks back. He says, "Alex can do things without worrying too much about the consequences. He reaches for new horizons. The fact that he served as a catalyst for an emerging sport that brought new respect for dogs has caused many people to come up to us when we are on the road and thank us for what we are doing."


Gazidis, who is kingmaker at the Gunners, has been agonising over the Serie A giants offer to quit the Emirates.
The San Siro outfit are prepared to hand Gazidis an extra £1 million a year on his £2.6m salary.
However, Gazidis – the man who won acclaim from many Arsenal fans for ending Arsene Wenger's 22-year tenure in N5 – is yet to make an announcement about his future.
The Johannesburg-born former law graduate, who turns 54 the day before Arsenal play Newcastle United, took time out to support the Arsenal Women's team on Sunday at Boreham Wood during their 5-0 rout over Neil Redfearn's visitors.
Striker Vivianne Miedema netted a treble as a dominant Arsenal kicked-off the Women's Super League One season with a dominant performance over the Reds.
The Netherlands international striker turned provider to set up Lisa Evans while Kim Little also chipped in with a goal.
Speaking to the Islington Gazette immediately after the match he praised the team, saying: "It was a brilliant start.
"We think we've got a really great squad. There's great spirit in the team. You can see they're fighting for each other.
"Their movement today was excellent, they looked very sharp.
"Joe [Montemurro] is doing a great job and is set to have a very successful season.
"There is quality right across the squad from top to bottom is really good. But what is also important is that there are a lot of young players out there who will grow together.
The expectation at the club is that Gazids will accept Milan's offer, but it is understood he is yet to make a firm decision.
Gazidis would not be drawn on his future when questioned by the Gazette but is believed to be seeking assurances from Milan's new American bosses, Elliott Management, that they are willing to back the Italian club with hard cash for the Rossoneri to compete against Juventus and city rivals Inter.
Gazidis, who appointed Unai Emery as head coach at the Emirates after a lengthy selection process in May, is hugely influential at Arsenal and in the corridors of power in the Premier League, and his stock has never been higher in North London.


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"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
— Queen Gertrude, Hamlet.
Whenever someone insists too strongly about something not being true, we tend to suspect that maybe it is. In their denials of involvement in 9/11, do Israel's apologists "protest too much"?
While it would take a small book to adequately document the Israeli connection to 9/11–"as Antiwar.com editor Justin Raimondo has attempted in The Terror Enigma–"let us briefly recall some of the more intriguing facts as reported in the mainstream media, involving dancing Israelis, Odigo warnings, and Zim's timely move.
The story of the five Israelis who were seen celebrating and filming as the Twin Towers burned and collapsed was investigated by Neil Mackay in Scotland's Sunday Herald. The so-called "dancing Israelis" worked for Urban Moving Systems, later deemed to be a Mossad front by the FBI. Despite failing numerous polygraph tests, the young men were deported to Israel two months later. Back home, several of the men appeared on a TV chat show, in which one of them amazingly said, "Our purpose was to document the event."
Two employees of Odigo, an Israeli instant messaging service, received messages two hours before the World Trade Center attack on September 11 predicting the attack would happen, Ha'aretz reported.
Zim-American Israeli Shipping Co., part-owned by the Israeli government, moved their North American headquarters from the 16th floor of the WTC to Norfolk, Virginia one week before the 9/11 attacks, incurring a $50,000 fine for breaking its lease, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Despite being in the public domain, none of these relevant facts are mentioned in the 9/11 Commission's 567-page report.
Moreover, Philip Zelikow, the executive director of the 9/11 Commission, is concerned about the spread of such inconvenient facts to the wider public. "Our worry," he says, "is when things become infectious…. [then] this stuff can be deeply corrosive to public understanding. You can get where the bacteria can sicken the larger body."
But was Zelikow speaking here as an American government official or as a pro-Israeli insider?
In the same month that he authored the so-called "Bush Doctrine" of preemptive war, which provided the justification for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Zelikow made this candid admission: "Why would Iraq attack America or use nuclear weapons against us? I'll tell you what I think the real threat (is) and actually has been since 1990–"it's the threat against Israel."
Yet, instead of investigating the Israeli connection, Zelikow used the 9/11 Commission to sell the Israeli-inspired Iraq war to the American people.
Zelikow's "bacteria" quote is cited in a 2008 paper entitled "Conspiracy Theories." Co-authored by Cass Sunstein, who currently heads President Obama's White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, the main focus of the paper "involves conspiracy theories relating to terrorism, especially theories that arise from and post-date the 9/11 attacks."
Rather than attempting to debunk such theories, Sunstein and Vermeule claim that those who suspect Israeli involvement in 9/11 suffer from a "crippled epistemology." This, the authors argue, is due to "a sharply limited number of (relevant) informational sources." In other words, "they know very few things, and what they know is wrong."
To counter these suspicions, Sunstein recommends "cognitive infiltration of extremist groups, whereby government agents, or their allies (acting either virtually or in real space, and either openly or anonymously) will undermine the crippled epistemology of those who subscribe to such theories. They do so by planting doubts about the theories and stylized facts that circulate within such groups, thereby introducing beneficial cognitive diversity."
It could, of course, be argued that Sunstein's work also suffers from a crippled epistemology–"his research relies heavily on pro-Israeli sources, most notably the notorious Islamophobe Daniel Pipes.
Pipes is a bit of an expert on conspiracy theories, having written two books on the subject. "Conspiracism provides a key to understanding the political culture of the Middle East," Pipes opines in The Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy. "It helps explain much of what would otherwise seem illogical or implausible, including the region's record of political extremism and volatility, its culture of violence, and its poor record of modernization."
Like Sunstein, Pipes is concerned that many in the region suspect Israeli involvement in 9/11. "The implications in the Middle East are quite profound," Pipes told the LA-based Jewish Journal. "It's one more brick in the edifice of fear and loathing of Israel and the Jews."
In the absence of a proper 9/11 investigation, there remains a broad range of opinion about the precise nature of Israeli complicity. In The Terror Enigma, Justin Raimondo tentatively concludes that the Israeli connection to 9/11 amounts to "foreknowledge and passive collaboration with Bin Laden's jihad." Other experts, such as Alan Sabrosky, are less circumspect. Dr. Sabrosky, former director of studies of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College, has recently stated that "it is 100 percent certain that 9/11 was a Mossad operation. Period."
Either way, it's hardly surprising that some of the most obsessive critics of 9/11 "conspiracy theories" have ties to Israel. If Americans ever find out that their "staunchest ally" had anything to do with the mass murder of their fellow citizens on September 11, 2001, the would-be conspiracy debunkers have good reason to be afraid.
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Just days after their debut in the US, Samsung is celebrating the arrival of its newest flagships in the Philippines. Welcome, the new Samsung Galaxy S10+, S10, and S10e.
All sport a new design, and are packed with features that cater to those who want the ultimate entertainment and productivity experience. These are the three devices that mark the 10th year of the Samsung Galaxy Smartphone.
The king of the pack, the Samsung Galaxy S10+ sports the new punch hole design for its dual front camera system that can take UHD selfies. Its new Infinity-O display and oozes with detail, giving the phone an astonishing 90% Screen-to-Body Ratio. It uses a Dynamic AMOLED screen which supports HDR10+, gives better color-accuracy, and is more gentle to the eyes.
Under the hood is a powerful Exynos 9820 octa-core processor, backed by up to 12GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. It runs on Samsung's One UI and houses a 4,100mAh battery.
The Galaxy S10, is basically everything the S10+ is, only slightly smaller with its 6.1-inch display, has less the amount of storage, and single front camera. It still boasts an Infinity-O display with an Exynos 9820 processor at the helm, backed by 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It also packs a smaller 3,400mAh battery.
The Galaxy S10+ comes in four colors – Prism White, Prism Black, Prism Green and Ceramic White (12GB/1TB storage), while the S10 only comes in two – Prism White and Prism Black.
Both the Galaxy S10+ and S10 are equipped with a triple rear camera system – one telephoto, one wide-angle, and a third super wide angle camera that gives you a 123° field of view. It also boasts Intelligent Scene Recognition, which can now identify up to 30 scene categories, along with AR Emoji with body tracking.
Both are also the world's first smartphones to make use of an Ultrasonic fingerprint scanner, which can learn and recognize the 3D characteristics of your fingerprint, making it less-prone to spoofing.
For those who prefer a more compact device with no compromise in performance, there's the Galaxy S10e. It utilizes a 5.8-inch Dynamic AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution, and is powered by the same processor as the S10 and S10+, paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Unlike its bigger siblings, the S10e also retains a more traditional fingerprint scanner, located on the side.
The S10e may only have the wide-angle and super wide-angle lens of its bigger siblings, but it still has Dual Aperture mode for switching between f/1.5 and f/2.4 for great low light shots. It runs on Samsung's One UI and packs a 3,100mAh battery. It only comes in Prism White color.
All three devices support wired and wireless fast-charging, and Wireless Power Share, which allows for charging a compatible device just by placing them against the phone.
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All three Galaxy S10 devices are available for pre-order until March 3, and comes with your choice of freebies. All three will be available in stores starting March 8, 2019.
Galaxy S10+ Prism White, Prism Black, Prism Green – 32″ HD TV or a PhP7,000 voucher
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Galaxy S10 Prism White, Prism Black – Galaxy Buds + Bluetooth Handgrip bundle or a PhP4,500 voucher
Galaxy S10e Prism White – Galaxy Earbuds or a PhP3,500 voucher
Pricing for the Samsung Galaxy S10+, S10, and S10e starts at PHP55,990, PhP49,990 and PHP39,990 respectively, while the Pre-Order exclusive S10+ Ceramic White will cost PhP89,990.
Samsung is also launching new cases for the Galaxy S10, including an LED case that's customizable, and Marvel-Themed cases that affect the UI of the phone when used. Then there's the Galaxy Watch Active, and the Galaxy Fit/Fit E – devices that allow you to keep track of your health and fitness goals.
You can also purchase a Wireless Charger Duo Pad, which can charger both the Galaxy Watch and the Galaxy S10 at the same time, and offers 36% faster charging. For on-the-go use, there's the Wireless Combo Charge accessory, a powerbank that can charge devices wired and wirelessly.
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Georges Garot (ur. 7 kwietnia 1936 w Saint-Berthevin) – francuski rolnik, związkowiec i polityk, poseł do Parlamentu Europejskiego (1997–2004).

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Z zawodu rolnik, związany z branżowymi związkami zawodowymi. Zaangażował się w działalność Partii Socjalistycznej, został jej sekretarzem krajowym ds. rolnictwa i obszarów wiejskich.

W 1997 z ramienia Partii Socjalistycznej objął mandat posła do Parlamentu Europejskiego IV kadencji, dwa lata później uzyskał reelekcję na V kadencję. Należał do grupy socjalistycznej, pracował w Komisji Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Obszarów Wiejskich. W PE zasiadał do 2004.

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Twins who found global fame for being 'the world's most identical sisters' have admitted they'd like to marry the boyfriend they share.
Anna and Lucy DeCinque, 30, from Perth, have both been dating electrical mechanic Ben Byrne, 32, for four years.
The duo met Ben after he added them on Facebook on the suggestion of mutual friends.
It's my first time with two girlfriends, and to be honest it's very difficult because it has to be 100 per cent even,' Ben told Woman's Day in July 2014.
Now, the sisters have announced that they'd 'love' to marry Ben.
We'd love to marry Ben, but as it's not legal, one day we'll have a commitment ceremony instead,' Anna told The Sun.
Ben treats us completely equally. If he kisses Anna, he kisses me right after, and holds both our hands when we're out," said Lucy.
Speaking about having children with Ben, she added: 'We want babies, but have to get pregnant at the same time, even if that means having IVF.
Of course, because they'd share a dad, it means our children would be half-siblings as well as cousins - which we know we'll be criticised for - but no one should judge what a 'normal' family is these days.
Put it this way, we're very active girls and he needs twice the energy,' she said.
The three share a 'super king-sized bed'.
From an early age Anna and Lucy were inseparable. The sisters went to the same nursery, primary and secondary schools, before enrolling on a beauty course at college together.
They undertake an extensive joint beauty regime to maintain their appearances. Once a week, Anna and Lucy take advantage of infra-red saunas, microdermabrasion and skin peels to maintain the mirror image.
Anna and Lucy, who recently appeared on US cosmetic surgery TV show 'Botched', are just as strict with their diet and exercise as they are with everything else.
If she does a squat then I need to do a squat and if she walks 10 metres then I have to as well. We need to burn the same calories,' they said.
If she has like two chips then I need to have two chips but they have to be the same size... when our boyfriend cooks us nachos the Doritos have to be the same size chip too.