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Fatema Mernissi: A Pioneering Arab Muslim Feminist
Against the Current, No. 182, May/June 2016
Politics of the New Abnormal
Why Blacks Vote for "Pragmatism"
"This Deportation Business": 1920s and the Present
— Emily Pope-Obeda
Trouble Down in Texas (and elsewhere)
Disasters in Syria and Yemen
— an interview with Gilbert Achcar
Russia's Intervention and Syria's Future
— Gilbert Achcar
— Zakia Salime
Destroying Detroit Schools
— Dianne Feeley and David Finkel
U.S. Labor -- What's New, What's Not?
— Kim Moody
Auto's Permanent Temporaries
The Murder of Berta Cáceres
Free Oscar Lopez Rivera Now!
— Steve Bloom
Homonationalism and Queer Resistance
— Peter Drucker
An Introduction to the Life of James Connolly
James Connolly and the Easter Uprising
— Paul Buhle
American Literature and the First World War
— Tim Dayton
Review Essay on Haymarket
The Contested Haymarket Affair: 130 Years Later
— Allen Ruff
Messer-Kruse's Haymarket History
— Rebecca Hill
Water in a World in Crisis
— Jan Cox
Standing Against Counterrevolution
Inside/Outside the Campus Box
— Michael E. Brown
Zakia Salime
Zakia Salime is associate professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. This tribute is to Fatema Mernissi: mentor, insightful teacher, organic intellectual, incisive feminist, powerful voice, charismatic presence, craftswoman, generous host, and friend. It appeared at http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/23388/remembering-fatema-mernissi and is reprinted here with the permission of the author and Jadaliyya.
FATEMA MERNISSI, WRITER, professor, sociologist and a central figure of Arab feminism, passed away at the age of 75 on Monday, 30 November, in Rabat, Morocco. Mernissi was a professor at the Mohammed V University of Rabat and a research scholar at the Institut Universitaire de Recherche Scientifique (IURS) in the same city.
Fatema Mernissi will remain an inspirational figure to many of us whose lives she marked with her warm presence, ample generosity and hilarious sense of humor. Mernissi lived in her apartment in Rabat surrounded by generations of scholars, activists, artists, musicians and visitors from across the globe. She inspired them and in turn found inspiration in their struggles, their voices, lives and creativity.
In particular, Fatema Mernissi will remain an inspirational figure for generations of women whose lives were marked by a convergence of colonialism, nationalism, nation-state formation, modernization, feminism, Islamism, neocolonialism and revolution. Her navigation of these legacies and political currents were prominent themes in her scholarly research, public sociology, books and novels.
As she consistently reinvented herself — through her small roles as an actor, her writing style and her ideals — she generated new audiences. As she traveled across ideological currents, she always wrote against the grain, broadening the scope of creativity and debate from center stage as well as behind the scenes.
Fatema Mernissi celebrated "new talents" by transforming her home into a platform for workshops and gatherings for intellectuals, activists, and policy makers. Her feminist practice did not grow out of specific partisan politics, or out of gender segregated feminist spaces. Rather, it grew from her embrace of Islamic philosophy and its articulation of the Qur'anic principle of communicative jadal (debate and argumentation), and most recently, from her encounter with Sufism and its nexus of love and compassionate knowledge.
Powerful Feminist Legacy
Bridging, inventing, subverting and always transcending are terms that condense the great intellectual legacy and human print of Fatema Mernissi, a crossing most expressed in her world-renowned novels Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood (1995) and Scheherazade Goes West: Different Harems, Different Cultures (2002).
Since the publication of her first book Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Muslim Society in 1975, Mernissi documented specific turning points in the history of political and intellectual debates that Muslim societies generated in their relationship to Western modernities, in all their colonial interventions and aggressions.
The first Gulf War was one of these turning points. In Morocco, this war was lived as a major wound generating a protest that drew an estimated one million to the streets of the capital city. Mernissi's 1992 book Islam and Democracy: Fear of the Modern World reads as a powerful reaction to the U.S. war on Iraq, and to the Arab leadership's complicity in it.
The book presents an incisive critique of "fundamentalism," autocratic rule, and deep "fears" of Western modernity by revisiting the Islamic intellectual tradition of political debate and rational thinking.
Mernissi was a pioneering voice in redefining sharia and the Islamic textual tradition of prophetic rhetoric — hadith — as interpretive, contingent, and subject to human scrutiny. Her loving incursion into the life of the Prophet Muhammad, exemplified in her book The Veil and The Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam (1991), generated one of the most powerful paradigms in feminist studies by widely opening the realm of hadith and Islamic studies to feminist scrutiny.
This book challenges the perception of the mosque as an exclusive male space for prayer, by claiming that the mosque had initially been an open platform of political debates and feminist contestation of Qur'anic revelations, Islamic jurisprudence, and established patriarchal practices.
The centrality of Islam as a tradition of knowledge production, knowledge seeking, border crossing, and trespassing by women is best represented by Mernissi's use of Sinbad and Scheherazade. These were emblematic figures in her writing and understanding of voice, border crossing, and knowledge production.
Mernissi was a cornerstone for a series of debates, notably on women, Islam, democracy and modernity.
Mernissi's work reads as a powerful account of women's fields of power and agency, rather than oppression. In her work and despite her powerful incisive voice, it is indeed all the other women that we hear — the peasant, the factory worker, the homemaker, the activist and the writer.
Her impact on feminist theory and gender studies stems from this paradigm shift. Mernissi never claims space or rights for women. Rather, and throughout her writing, Mernissi shows that women have always been taking that space, and without asking permission.
This was also her understanding of the rise of the most conservative forces in political Islam. Political Islam is not to be viewed solely as an utterly patriarchal interpretation of sharia, but as a fear of women's massive presence in public spaces and of their irreversible engagement with the structures of knowledge acquisition and production, and with the institutions of the modern state.
She put these conservative forces in dialogue with Muslim women's early reflection, debates and contestation of the foundational texts of Islam, as well as with the West's truncated view of Muslim women's lives and lack of power.
Though Mernissi inaugurated a new phase of feminist research and writing in the Muslim world, she never entered controversies. She was a federating force that brought men and women together in service of feminist projects. Mernissi was the founder of several influential collective book series, including Approches, Humanistic Islam and Profile de Femmes, all of which were written by male and female scholars.
Al Jazeera, in a recent interview with Mernissi, asked her if she was constantly in conversation with "the street vendor, the city dweller, the underground artist, and the marginal factions of the Moroccan population?" Her answer:
"I was born in Fes, in the same neighborhood where the University of al-Qarawiyyin (founded in 859 CE by Fatema El-Fihriyya) is located. The University of al-Qarawiyyin has seventeen doors that were constantly open to the neighborhoods and surrounding markets. The street vendor, the shop keeper, and the ordinary person could engage in business for part of the day, and enter al-Qarawiyyin to perform prayer and seek knowledge at various times of the day. Teachers ('ulama) were lecturing throughout the day and everyone was free to choose from whom to seek knowledge. My grandmother used to take us with her to listen to her favorite lectures. When she was not happy with what she heard, she simply moved to the next one. So, I was born in a world in which there was no rupture between the street and the intellectual elite. Knowledge was not privatized, and its doors were always open to all." (Author's translation)
Mernissi's own doors are now closed. But her memory will remain with many of us whose paths went through her open doors. Thousands of us learned, in the intimacy of her company, how to value a woman's intellect in addition to the ways of seeing and of being in the world. She has elicited a range of tributes, if the numerous responses to my post about her death on Facebook, are any indication.
"She was an incredible force of nature and a wonderful human being."
"It is through her work that I got introduced to gender studies in the late '80s."
"She was the first feminist I read in my youth (not Greer, not Friedan, but her!) and she has stayed with me since then…may her ruh (soul) be received in jannat (paradise)."
"Many of us would not have been here without her."
"My condolences for the loss of such a treasure."
"Rest in power."
"Let us read her and re-read her."
"If you have not read her before, get a copy of her beautifully written memoir Dreams of Trespass, which among other things, recalls the arrival of American GIs in Morocco during World War II, and deconstructs the western idea of the harem. Rest in Peace."
I cannot end without recalling Fatema's love for handcrafts and jewelry gift making, during the long summer evenings in Rabat. You would know that you were embarking on a long journey of friendship with Fatema when she brought her beads, stone, and silver pieces, asking you to chose the ones she would use to make you a gift.
Fatema shaped the modern fashion style of professional women by adopting traditional Moroccan self-made jewelries and the two main Moroccan garments worn by women for centuries: the caftan and the fuqiyya. She made these garments her own by shortening and wearing them on top of European-style shirts and pants, giving new life to them as well as to the thousands of jobs related to their hand crafting.
Fatema Mernissi will be missed. But her rich legacy, her visionary work and powerful impact will continue to inspire generations. As one of my U.S. students put it in a condolence email to me:
"While I feel deeply mournful, I also feel very proud to know of Fatima Mernissi's work. And I have you to thank for that. Thank you so much for bringing her ideas to my attention; I genuinely look forward to doing my part to make sure that her legacy is not forgotten or under-appreciated."
May/June 2016, ATC 182


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From office to profitable HMO!
From the outside, it can still be mistaken for a village high street shop front, but inside, this HMO property (House in Multiple Occupation) has been converted into a beautiful five-bedroom shared home with real character, were going to talk about how Ben took this property from Office to HMO!
Platinum Property Partner, Ben Gould, has successfully retained the historical features of the 16th century Grade II Listed building while creating a stylish, modern and contemporary home for up to nine tenants. It has been a long and rocky road to get to this stage, but Ben is thrilled with the result and has been able to add yet another string to his quirky HMO portfolio bow.
"I'm so thrilled with the final product, and can't quite believe we're here," said Ben. "What was once a run-down old-fashioned office building, which has lain empty for a decade, is now a stunning space. Not even I could have imagined that it would turn out so well."
The property, located in the centre of Gillingham, Dorset, is Ben's third HMO since he joined PPP in 2017. True to his vision, it differs from the other two properties in Bridgewater, Somerset, to give his portfolio diversity. Not only is it located in the high street, but it has no parking and because of the inability to move any internal walls, the rooms are large and also licensed for double occupancy.
While his first HMO caters more to contractors and his second HMO attracts longer-term tenants looking for a 'home', this one will likely attract local professionals looking to take their first step towards living independently or couples saving for their own home.
Ben added: "The property is situated just five minutes' walk from the station, from which you can get a direct line to London. There is no allocated parking, but lots of nearby free or low-cost parking for tenants who might have cars. We think one or two of the rooms will be suitable for couples, but we do not want to overcrowd the property and instead ensure everyone is happy living there."
Lack of transport shouldn't be an issue, with two pubs neighbouring the property, multiple takeaways available on the high street as well as several supermarkets.
16th century character with a modern twist
Inside the property itself, Ben has been able to make excellent use of the space available, despite not being able to change the layout or remove certain features.
At the heart of the property is the large open-plan kitchen and dining area. To the front is the original bay shop-front window and to the back, a breath-taking exposed brick wall which also features a stunning internal window seat. It's more than big enough for housemates to eat and socialise together.
Also downstairs is the utility room and three double en-suite bedrooms. The original inglenook fireplace remains in one of the bedrooms and the two at the back of the property have direct access to the courtyard garden, with one of them being 22sqm in size (ideal for double occupancy).
To the left of the kitchen is a hallway with its own private entrance from the quiet high street that leads upstairs to a large landing space and two further double en-suite bedrooms.
In all rooms, there are original wooden window frames that have been refurbished and secondary glazed, exposed timbers and beams and beneath your feet, you can feel the quirky uneven floors.
Finally achieving a return on investment
Until now, this property had been a liability for Ben and his family, but it will now be generating up to £3,000 per month in rental income and is expected to be valued at £350,000 after a £90,000 refurbishment cost (£20,000 of which was to repair the roof). That's a £200,000 uplift on its valuation as a commercial property!
Ben concluded: "It's come together really well and it's certainly left me with an appetite to continue to develop a diverse portfolio and not be put off by anything quirky."

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text:
namespace policy {

namespace {

#define SCHEMA_VERSION "\"$schema\":\"http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema#\""
#define OBJECT_TYPE "\"type\":\"object\""

bool ParseFails(const std::string& content) {
  std::string error;
  scoped_ptr<PolicySchema> schema = PolicySchema::Parse(content, &error);
  EXPECT_TRUE(schema || !error.empty());
  return !schema;
}

}  // namespace

TEST(PolicySchemaTest, MinimalSchema) {
  EXPECT_FALSE(ParseFails(
      "{"
        SCHEMA_VERSION ","
        OBJECT_TYPE
      "}"));
}

TEST(PolicySchemaTest, InvalidSchemas) {
  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails(""));
  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails("omg"));
  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails("\"omg\""));
  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails("123"));
  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails("[]"));
  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails("null"));
  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails("{}"));
  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails("{" SCHEMA_VERSION "}"));
  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails("{" OBJECT_TYPE "}"));

  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails(
      "{"
        SCHEMA_VERSION ","
        OBJECT_TYPE ","
        "\"additionalProperties\": { \"type\":\"object\" }"
      "}"));

  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails(
      "{"
        SCHEMA_VERSION ","
        OBJECT_TYPE ","
        "\"patternProperties\": { \"a+b*\": { \"type\": \"object\" } }"
      "}"));

  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails(
      "{"
        SCHEMA_VERSION ","
        OBJECT_TYPE ","
        "\"properties\": { \"Policy\": { \"type\": \"bogus\" } }"
      "}"));

  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails(
      "{"
        SCHEMA_VERSION ","
        OBJECT_TYPE ","
        "\"properties\": { \"Policy\": { \"type\": [\"string\", \"number\"] } }"
      "}"));

  EXPECT_TRUE(ParseFails(
      "{"
        SCHEMA_VERSION ","
        OBJECT_TYPE ","
        "\"properties\": { \"Policy\": { \"type\": \"any\" } }"
      "}"));
}

TEST(PolicySchemaTest, ValidSchema) {
  std::string error;
  scoped_ptr<PolicySchema> schema = PolicySchema::Parse(
      "{"
        SCHEMA_VERSION ","
        OBJECT_TYPE ","
        "\"properties\": {"
        "  \"Boolean\": { \"type\": \"boolean\" },"
        "  \"Integer\": { \"type\": \"integer\" },"
        "  \"Null\": { \"type\": \"null\" },"
        "  \"Number\": { \"type\": \"number\" },"
        "  \"String\": { \"type\": \"string\" },"
        "  \"Array\": {"
        "    \"type\": \"array\","
        "    \"items\": { \"type\": \"string\" }"
        "  },"
        "  \"ArrayOfObjects\": {"
        "    \"type\": \"array\","
        "    \"items\": {"
        "      \"type\": \"object\","
        "      \"properties\": {"
        "        \"one\": { \"type\": \"string\" },"
        "        \"two\": { \"type\": \"integer\" }"
        "      }"
        "    }"
        "  },"
        "  \"ArrayOfArray\": {"
        "    \"type\": \"array\","
        "    \"items\": {"
        "      \"type\": \"array\","
        "      \"items\": { \"type\": \"string\" }"
        "    }"
        "  },"
        "  \"Object\": {"
        "    \"type\": \"object\","
        "    \"properties\": {"
        "      \"one\": { \"type\": \"boolean\" },"
        "      \"two\": { \"type\": \"integer\" }"
        "    },"
        "    \"additionalProperties\": { \"type\": \"string\" }"
        "  }"
        "}"
      "}", &error);
  ASSERT_TRUE(schema) << error;

  ASSERT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_DICTIONARY, schema->type());
  EXPECT_FALSE(schema->GetSchemaForProperty("invalid"));

  const PolicySchema* sub = schema->GetSchemaForProperty("Boolean");
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_BOOLEAN, sub->type());

  sub = schema->GetSchemaForProperty("Integer");
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_INTEGER, sub->type());

  sub = schema->GetSchemaForProperty("Null");
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_NULL, sub->type());

  sub = schema->GetSchemaForProperty("Number");
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_DOUBLE, sub->type());
  sub = schema->GetSchemaForProperty("String");
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_STRING, sub->type());

  sub = schema->GetSchemaForProperty("Array");
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  ASSERT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_LIST, sub->type());
  sub = sub->GetSchemaForItems();
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_STRING, sub->type());

  sub = schema->GetSchemaForProperty("ArrayOfObjects");
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  ASSERT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_LIST, sub->type());
  sub = sub->GetSchemaForItems();
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_DICTIONARY, sub->type());
  const PolicySchema* subsub = sub->GetSchemaForProperty("one");
  ASSERT_TRUE(subsub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_STRING, subsub->type());
  subsub = sub->GetSchemaForProperty("two");
  ASSERT_TRUE(subsub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_INTEGER, subsub->type());
  subsub = sub->GetSchemaForProperty("invalid");
  EXPECT_FALSE(subsub);

  sub = schema->GetSchemaForProperty("ArrayOfArray");
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  ASSERT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_LIST, sub->type());
  sub = sub->GetSchemaForItems();
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  ASSERT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_LIST, sub->type());
  sub = sub->GetSchemaForItems();
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_STRING, sub->type());

  sub = schema->GetSchemaForProperty("Object");
  ASSERT_TRUE(sub);
  ASSERT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_DICTIONARY, sub->type());
  subsub = sub->GetSchemaForProperty("one");
  ASSERT_TRUE(subsub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_BOOLEAN, subsub->type());
  subsub = sub->GetSchemaForProperty("two");
  ASSERT_TRUE(subsub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_INTEGER, subsub->type());
  subsub = sub->GetSchemaForProperty("undeclared");
  ASSERT_TRUE(subsub);
  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_STRING, subsub->type());
}

}  // namespace policy

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A facility for detection of scattered neutrons in the energy interval 50-130 MeV, SCANDAL (SCAttered Nucleon Detection AssembLy), has recently been installed at the 20-180 MeV neutron beam line of the The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala. Elastic neutron scattering from 12C, 56Fe, 89Y and 208Pb has been studied at 96 MeV in the 10-70° interval. The results from 12C and 208Pb have recently been published, while the data from 56Fe and 89Y are under analysis. The achieved energy resolution, 3.7 MeV, is about an order of magnitude better than for any previous experiment above 65 MeV incident energy. The present experiment represents the highest neutron energy where the ground state has been resolved from the first excited state in neutron scattering. A novel method for normalization of the absolute scale of the cross section has been used. The estimated normalization uncertainty, 3%, is unprecedented for a neutron-induced differential cross section measure ment on a nuclear target. The results are compared with modern optical model predictions, based on phenomenology or microscopic theory. Applications for these measurements are nuclear waste incineration, single event upsets in electronics, dosimetry and fast neutron therapy.


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Everton transfer news: Marco Silva explains the club's plan to "attack" the market this summer
By Steve Jennings
Published: 17:31, 15 May 2019
Marco Silva has urged Everton to be "creative and smart" in the transfer window this summer in order to build on a mixed first season at Goodison Park.
The Everton manager wants the club make the loans of Kurt Zouma and Andre Gomes permanent while adding in other important areas.
Marco Silva's first season at Everton: Five key things to know…
Silva took over at Everton last summer following his sacking at Watford in the 2017/18 campaign.
The Portuguese coach oversaw a number of summer arrivals including Richarlison, Yerry Mina and Lucas Digne.
Loan signings Zouma and Gomes have been instrumental in Everton's rise to eighth in the table.
Silva found himself under pressure following a run of eight defeats in 11 league games from December to February.
But the Toffees finished the season strongly and Silva is now targeting reinforcements going into the new campaign.
Zouma spent the season on loan at Goodison from Chelsea, while Andre Gomes is set to return to his parent club Barcelona.
Gomes has been linked with Tottenham in recent weeks, and the idea that Richarlison could leave after just a year was recently put to Silva.
And the former Hull City boss insisted Richarlison isn't the only player Everton must retain this summer.
"Not just Richarlison. One of the key [things] for us, to give a strong signal for us and our fans, is to keep the level we have," he said, as reported the Liverpool Echo.
"The starting point for us will be to keep the same level we have inside because just in this way we can start to improve.
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"Keep the level and attack the market in the positions we should attack and improve our squad. In this way, step by step, we can improve as a team and challenge some of the other teams in the Premier League.
"For me it is key to keep the same level and then be creative and smart also in the market to attack the right players for us."
Everton must be realistic – Silva
While Silva hopes Everton can lure the likes of Zouma and Gomes to the club on permanent deals, he has also acknowledged the need to be realistic.
The Toffees finished 12 points behind sixth-placed Manchester United, who were deemed to have had a poor season.
They will be aiming to break into the top six next term, and a positive transfer window is key to their chances of that happening – something Silva has emphasised.
READ MORE: The most underrated Premier League player in every position this season
He added: "I am a really ambitious coach but I like to look at everything in a realistic way. I know what is our history and culture as a football club but I like to be honest.
"We have to make the right steps to achieve being a top four team. For us to be ready to challenge them we have to keep making the right steps but look in a realistic way.
"I don't have doubts, right now, that we are a stronger team than at the beginning of the season. Our players, now, are in a different level than when they started the season, it is my job to do that.
"Of course, we need a strong market. It will be tough for us. We want to keep two key players who are on loan, we want to attack the market well. It is part of the job, part of the steps.
"When you finish the season strong, you just have one way to go for next season, to improve. It is what I want, to improve what we did this season and it must be our target.
"The next market will be key for us and to keep our level."
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Monday - June 29, 2009
From: Dallas, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Privacy Screening
Title: Need suggestions for shrubs for for screening along a 70 ft fence in Dallas, TX.
Answered by: Jimmy Mills
Hi, My new home backyard is right adjacent to an intersection of reasonably busy roads. The other side of one of these roads is commercial area. From your website, I understand that Wax Myrtle is best and fast growing as a shrub to be used for screening alongside a wood fence. My fence is about 70ft and slightly curved. I plan on planting these Wax Myrtles alongside the fence spacing them 8ft. I hope these would provide the necessary screening and noise reduction. Are there any alternatives that can be planted in between these? I prefer flowering shrubs. Thanks for your response in advance.
Wax myrtle, Morella cerifera (wax myrtle), is a good choice. It is a fast growing evergreen shrub, growing 6-12 ft tall. See more at Aggie Horticulture Database.
Here are three more shrubs to choose from that can compliment the Wax myrtle. Their flowers aren't particularly showy, but they produce red berries that are attractive.
Yaupon, Ilex vomitoria (yaupon) a picturesque, evergreen shrub growing 12-25 ft tall. Female plants produce an abundance of red berries. See more at Aggie Horticulture Database .
Possum Haw, Ilex decidua (possumhaw) is a small deciduous tree growing 15-30 feet tall. The leaves remain dark green through the fall, finally turing yellow before they drop. Female trees produce red berries that persist through the winter. See more at Aggie Horticulture Database.
Fragrant Sumac, Rhus aromatica (fragrant sumac) is a small to medium-size, deciduous shrub with aromatic foliage. It can grow 6-12 ft. tall, and produces dark red berries that can persist into March. See more at Aggie Horticulture Database.
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Memoir delivers engaging account of bringing phones to rural Alaska villages
Author: David A. James
Finding Alaska's Villages: And Connecting Them
By Alex Hills; Dog Ear Publishing; 2016; 188 pages; $19.95
Alaskans are used to cellphones, satellite dishes and internet service pretty much anywhere in the state, even the smallest villages. The networks these services were built on, however, are quite new compared to elsewhere in America. In fact, modern telephone service didn't reach rural Alaska until the 1970s, the same time that television and radio arrived as well.
The primary reason for the delay was the absence of profit. There weren't enough people living in remote regions of the state to make commercial systems pay for themselves. Governmental intervention and the dedication of a handful of people willing to tackle the logistical problems of connecting rural Alaska to the greater world was required to make it happen.
[Inventor of Wi-Fi got inspiration from connecting Alaskans]
One such individual was Palmer resident Alex Hills, who spent the early years of his career laying the groundwork for telephone networks and helping launch public radio stations in some of the last places in America to acquire them. In his second memoir, "Finding Alaska's Villages: And Connecting Them," he tells of his adventures in this field and offers personal observations of some other key players. It's personal history, but it offers a firsthand account of a decade of rapid change in Alaska.
'Bad Boys of Radio'
Hills isn't a household name, but he's been a major innovator both here and internationally in the realm of electronic communications. Among other things, he helped create the world's first large wireless network at Carnegie Mellon, where he is a distinguished service professor (he's also on the University of Alaska faculty). Part of what he brought to that project was knowledge he acquired overcoming communications obstacles in Alaska, which he wrote about in his previous memoir, "Wi-Fi and the Bad Boys of Radio."
His new book is strictly about Alaska, where Hills arrived at the onset of the 1970s. Armed with degrees in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he earned his bachelor's, and Arizona State University where he obtained his master's, he was ideally suited for the job he took establishing phone services in rural villages.
In 1971, Alaska Communications Systems, then run by the U.S. Air Force, was purchased by the Radio Corporation of America, or RCA. As part of the agreement, state officials demanded that RCA provide phone service to 142 villages within three years. Until then, villages had depended on short-wave radio for contacting other areas, especially when dealing with medical issues.
Hills was hired to travel the state and set each village up with a single telephone that would be shared by all the residents. The early chapters of the book detail the headaches he faced building primitive systems, including vast distances, weather and corporate foot dragging.
Hills kept abreast of technological advances and soon realized that the most efficient way to serve the villages would be with small satellite earth stations that could send and receive signals from space rather than attempting to relay them via land transmitters. RCA was in no hurry to try this idea, however, and by 1973 Hills was burned out by lack of progress and took a job launching KOTZ, the public radio station in Kotzebue.
Different story in Kotzebue
This is where the book gets particularly interesting. Public radio was still a fairly new idea in the early 1970s, and in much of the country it provided classical music and jazz programming, serving listening audiences that were too small to make commercial stations viable.
In Kotzebue, it was a different story. There the purpose of the station was to reach dozens of outlying villages and connect residents with each other and the outside world. Thus the station was placed on the AM band, which provided it with a broader range than it would have had on FM. It was staffed by local residents, who brought their own personalities to the airwaves. Musical programming was primarily top-40 and country and western, something that would have horrified public radio aficionados in metropolitan markets, but that met the demands of listeners in Northwest Alaska who had never had a radio station before.
Hills was hired as both the manager and engineer, and he also held down the morning shift. His stories of this time are a lot of fun to read. One of the station's best innovations was its "Eskimo Stories" program wherein "the region's elders took turns telling traditional stories in the Inupiaq language … Through their stories, the elders helped to preserve the vanishing oral legends of the Inupiaq of northwest Alaska." The same technology that was irrevocably changing rural Alaska was simultaneously archiving its remembered history. The series continues today as "Inupiaq Stories."
KOTZ became a focus for the region with local news, missing-persons reports, birth and death announcements, and the relaying of personal messages. It highlighted for Hills the need for better communications networks and phone service.
The election of Jay Hammond as governor in 1974 was the turning point for connecting the villages. After a lot of pushing, RCA finally agreed to install satellite stations, and home phones became a reality for most Alaskans living outside the major population centers. Rural Alaska became a part of the modern world.
"Finding Alaska's Villages" is a quick read, enlivened by Hills' amiable writing style and his readiness to credit a great many people for their roles in connecting the farthest reaches of the state to each other and beyond. While a personal memoir, it tells a much bigger story than just the author's experiences. On first glance it wouldn't seem like a particularly interesting topic to anyone other than technology geeks, but Hills' enthusiasm, generosity toward others and focus on the human side of the story with a minimum of clearly explained science and engineering help make it an accessible read for anyone interested in an important part of how Alaska got where it is today.
David A. James is a Fairbanks-based freelance writer and critic.
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How long until this gets hacked to load your main system?
I was passed along some confidential slides on how Express Gate/SplashTop works... waiting for permission to post them.
This motherboard sounds amazing. I'd buy this board just for the express gate feature even if the rest of the board sucked (which luckily does not appear to be the case if you can judge a board from it's outward appearance).
Having an updated Express Gate that allows updating of the BIOS through Express Gate out of the box is critical though. There is no way I'm going to buy and install a copy of windows just to update the bios/express gate so I'm glad to hear that's high on their todo list.
Anyway, thanks for the excellent and exciting preview.
Once I get clearance from DeviceVM, I will be releasing new details including what type of devices SplashTop will be on next and some hints of the future.
The real question is, can you install extensions to the included Firefox? There are now two webs, one is what you get with all the ad crap filtered out with Adblock+ and Flashblock. The other web is the one full of blinking junk. So which web does Asus offer?
ASUS offers the web that doesn't steal from publishers.
Tomorrow DeviceVM's SplashTop product will be officially unveiled but since posting our original article on this technology and later an ASUS update, we have learned some new details about this instant-on Linux desktop environment. Specifically, yesterday a private briefing was held with David Speiser (DeviceVM's VP of Marketing), Thomas Deng (DeviceVM's CTO), and Andrew Kippen (Stage Two Consulting), where new details were shed on the technical workings of SplashTop and its future.
I can think of a lot of uses for this.
How many times have you had to find out which piece of hardware is bad in a computer?
Is it the OS installation (windows likes to mess up over time), the video card, the memory, the hard drive etc.
When I suspect it is the OS installation I usually wind up booting off of a Knoppix-like live CD and see if the problems are still there.
Another use for this would be to install Linux to a hard drive without burning any CDs.
I use Gentoo. When I install it, I use whatever Live CD I have lying around. All you need is a handful of commands. You need fdisk, wget, tar, an editor, etc.
Another good use for this would be a built in (recovery mode).
How many times has a Windows machine not been able to boot itself but all the data is still there?
You either have to take out the hard drive and put it in another computer and burn stuff to CDs / DVDs before reformating the hard drive or you have to boot into a Live Linux CD and do something similar. With this...its right there.
Now...having said that. I wouldn't want to pay more than the $0.10 it would cost me to burn a CD to have this feature.


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source $(dirname "$0")/utils.sh
args=(
    working_dir
    input_faa_dir
    py2_conda_env
    threads
    stdout
    stderr
    verbose
)
get_args "$@"

$verbose && echo "Preparing files for OrthoFinder .."
ofdir=${working_dir}/orthofinder
mkdir -p $ofdir

# convert species names and sequence names into incremental numbers, as
# required by OrthoFinder
isp=-1  # index of current species
iseq=0  # index of current sequence
for sp in ${input_faa_dir}/*.faa
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    iseq=0
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$verbose && echo "Done"

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$verbose && echo "Done"

$verbose && echo "Running OrthoFinder .."
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# command
cmd="orthofinder --blast $ofdir --threads $threads"
$verbose && echo "Command:"$'\n'"  $cmd"

# run OrthoFinder and record time
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user_time=$(echo $TIME | awk '{print $1}')
wall_time=$(echo $TIME | awk '{print $2}')
echo "Total user time OrthoFinder: ${user_time}" >> $stderr
echo "Total wall time OrthoFinder: ${wall_time}" >> $stderr

source deactivate
$verbose && echo "Done"


diplomats of fuzz behind Temporary Residents.
We are on a mission to explore our planet by connecting with other people and inspiring others to do the same.
Always learning, trying, failing, trying again and enjoying the small stuff. I love music and anything that makes me laugh. I'll be the first to admit that I dance. A lot. I will forever stick to my life philosophy of never dancing when I'm expected to, and always dancing when it makes you super uncomfortable.
We love staring contests, but if you look away, we'll know you are weak and an attack is likely to follow. We have a secret stash of cap nip and hip-hop records that we bump when our humans are away. In our spare time we write romance novels under assumed names.
The road to self-employment really began in 2015 when we dug ourselves out of $60,000 in debt and radically changed our money habits. We were working full-time at Disney and our small audio job on the side began to grow into something we absolutely loved to do. We made the decision that we wanted to do this full-time. We wanted flexibility in our schedule, we wanted to ditch the 60-minute commute, we wanted to be free — not from working in general, but from doing work that didn't require being chained to a cubicle. Most importantly, we wanted to travel the world full-time!
After nearly two years of building up enough work, it became clear that we had to choose. We essentially had two full-time, demanding jobs, and we were burning out. Clients were reaching out, but we didn't have the time to take them on. We simply didn't have enough energy to do this any longer. It was decision time. Our friends were happy for us. Our families began to think of things to worry about. The owner of the store where we bought our wine, cried a little. But everyone knew that we were passionate about traveling. We had been planning and dreaming of doing this for years and now our dream was becoming a reality. We prepared the cats to travel and sold nearly everything we owned. Cats, music equipment, computers in hand, and with one suitcase each for all of our worldly possessions, we were ready.
The day we left Disney, we were definitely excited but sad to be leaving some great friends there. It was hard to leave a job that you put so much of yourself into, for so many years. Quitting our job forced us to venture outside of our comfort zones, where we discovered just how self-sufficient we really are. We learned that we didn't have to settle for a career that didn't allow us to do the things that mattered to us most, on a regular basis. We love what we do now but most importantly, we love the freedom of working from anywhere in the world.
It has been over 2 years since we started this journey and we still love every minute of it. We have traveled to over 36 countries together and learned a lot along the way. Now we want to share that knowledge with you.
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The movement against vaccines and the flat earth conspiracy. It's a counter-revolution against science.
Perhaps one of the most amusing and interesting linguistic changes I've noticed among young people in recent years is using the word "adult" as a verb.
The controversial research by Chinese researcher He Jiankui, a scientist who recently claimed to have created genetically-edited infants before being ordered by the Chinese government to halt research, had me thinking about a topic in medical science I've always been interested in and curious about – transhumanism.
When I left Science Hill after covering the mock election, one thing seemed clear: the students I spoke with believe many current proposals and incremental "market-based" measures may be too little, too late.
In order for the trail to remain pristine, I think it's important to remember our place within this ecosystem every time we visit.
What would alien contact look like?
Growing up, I used to gaze at the night sky and wonder what type of lifeforms, if any, were out in the distant cosmos.
Everyone needs a comfy corner sometimes.
How does our health care compare to other developed nations?
When it comes to measuring the prosperity of any modern civilization, the state of health care is always an important metric.
Psychologist says 'spanking debate is over,' so why does it seem to persist?
Most sociologists and psychologists today appear to have reached a consensus that "spanking" children is harmful to psychological and social development, yet the majority of people I've discussed the subject with insist that doing so is the only true way to "discipline" a child.
Playing with your cats can keep them physically healthy through exercise, while also helping them relieve impulses and the inherent aggression natural predators often have.
What's the deal with southern English?
Does anybody in the United States – or any former British colony for that matter – really speak "correct" Queen's English? Furthermore, is Queen's English spoken all throughout the British Isles themselves?
What does a journalist encounter in a few months?
Like many people in my generation who grew up here in the Tri-Cities, I never realized just how much is happening here on a day-to-day basis.
I happened to catch a few minutes of an interview with former President Jimmy Carter on NPR's "The Diane Rehm Show" last week and was taken by something he said regarding the current state of race relations in this nation.


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A survey of the paranormal and haunted happenings on Second World War airfields in the UK.
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Fascinating subject with mass aviation, local and national appeal: the popular Flypast form has over 1,226 posts to the subject within a few days
Overviews of paranormal investigations that have been conducted by research groups at airfields with details and web addresses of the online reports
Includes a hand-drawn plan for each airfield
The culmination of fifteen years of research into the topic
For seventeen years, Christopher Huff has studied paranormal phenomena on RAF airfields. Convincing reports of ghosts and inexplicable happenings have radiated from these sites since the First World War, and continue to do so today, but why are so many airfields haunted? The answer may seem obvious, but a true understanding can only be attained through a careful study of the history of each airfield and the squadrons that passed through them. In this last of three volumes, the emphasis shifts to the RAF, RCAF and the bomber airfields of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, together with examples from Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Here we find Bomber Command at its most active and from where it suffered most of its losses, and indeed where some of the most haunted airfields in Britain are to be found. Indeed, some 55,573 aircrew lost their lives in Bomber Command.
Haunted Second World War Airfields is a fascinating and highly informative guide to this country's historic airfields and is essential reading for RAF enthusiasts and those interested in the paranormal.
PUBLICATION DATE 15 February 2016
ILLUSTRATIONS 87 black-and-white illustrations
Christopher Huff has both researched and investigated the paranormal since the mid 1970s. The author visited a number of airfields through his father's passion about them (ex-RAF) and his own involvement in the ATC. Academically he holds a BA from York in Archaeology, a post-graduate diploma from the University of Kent in Research & Technology, and an MA from Durham in archaeological surveying. Also, Huff has written articles for a number of journals both paranormal and archaeological, and been interested in haunted airfields since 1976 and began actively researching 15 years ago.
A comprehensive account of RAF Drem Aerodrome near Edinburgh that participated in the first air battles over Britain at the outbreak of the Second World War.
610 Squadron's history from 1936 to its courageous actions as a Spitfire squadron at Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain.
The second volume of this superb three-volume series detailing the history of Britain's most distinguished RAF station.
A history of one of Kent's famous airfields and its development from the early days of aviation during war and peace.
The dramatic account of American secret agents trained in England at RAF Tempsford to be parachuted behind enemy lines.
Farnborough is best known for its experiments and development of aircraft. After the war, it played host to a considerable variety of aircraft, including a number of captured Axis types.
The history of Britain's foremost Cold War fighter squadron.
Fascinating autobiographical anecdotes from a young air force man of the '60s and '70s.
The third volume of this superb four-volume series detailing the history of Britain's most distinguished RAF station.
Personal recollections of serving members of the Royal Navy Airship Service in the First World War against the dreaded U-boat.
A detailed history of this well-known Devon airbase, superbly illustrated with almost 300 photographs.
The definitive history of the Biggin Hill International Air Fair from 1963 to 2010.
An up-to-date survey of the paranormal and haunted happenings on Second World War airfields in the UK with a historical timeline of each airfield.
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When playing Truth or Dare as a precocious middle schooler, I would ALWAYS take the dare. With gusto.
Next week, I'll knock your 'stache glasses off with recipes using Peppermeister's homegrown peppers.
Peppermeister, can you tell me the names of these peppers? I dare you to send me something HOTTER!
Haha Rachel!! This is why I love you. That just made my morning.
I'm glad you got through the whole thing. 🙂 Five minutes of me just eating peppers is a bit much.
Rache!!! I am crying, too, with tears of laughter. I swear on half and half I am laughing WITH you. This was incredible. I wish I was there. I would have NEVER done this, and now I'm worried Peppermeister is going to realize the type of woman he should be after. I'm sure he'd be glad to film your next vlog from any angle. I can't believe he might not be able to watch this until he gets home.
Okay. I'm totally watching this again right now.
P.S. – Was that yogurt local?
P.S. – Peppermeister just watched this on his free period but can't comment until later. I'm pretty sure this is his new favorite thing.
I'm nerdily curious which peppers I chose and how hot they are on the "hotness scale." I think Peppermeister should take a half-day just to field comments and questions. I mean, come ON, what could be more important than THIS?
ME TOO! And of all days, he's getting home late today. But he said it's amazing. We're taking over your blog later. I've already watched it three times.
Oh, Jules, you know that yogurt was local! So was the half and half. I had to cut a poignant scene where I explain the half and half. It was sad, but I couldn't subject my readers to over seven minutes of me just eating peppers.
Thank you for the vlogging inspiration! I wish my speaking voice was as lovely as yours. I'm going to start working on my articulation, Henry Higgins style.
Oh my Gawwwd! I love this so very much. I hope you get Pressed for it. This is so off the charts, Rache. Nothing like half-and-half or yogurt to cool a pepper throat.
I only just learned about a year back how to buy a really hot jalapeno (I make pico de gallo daily). Look for the ones with the "stretch marks." That's as hot as I go anymore, because my kids also have eat it!!
I didn't know that about the stretch marks. I'll have to make some salsa tonight with my stretch marked peppers. I'll keep the yogurt handy, of course.
My grandfather (an old gardener) used to cross-pollinate varieties in his garden to see how hot (and sweet?) a pepper could actually get. He'd use me as a guinea pig 'cause I'm a little dumb that way.
Me? Only sweet bells in my garden. My jalapeno plant failed, but I'll try again next year.
ALL the peppers planted by two experienced gardeners in my neck of the woods failed. We had weird pepper weather, I guess, or maybe no one knows as much as Peppermeister.
You know? None of my peppers made it last year either. ZERO. But six, neglected, otherwise un-watered (we occasionally empty potty pee into the mulch), haphazardly propped up, fully-fruited pepper plants have been rewarding me this year. I've been picking from them for three solid months now. Go figure.
Love those peppers. Still love this post! *shouting* Come ON WordPress people! Give this girl her day!
Oh, and Pressed???? You are too kind. Have they ever Pressed a vlog before?
I don't know, but there's always a first!!
Shannon, send me an email and I'll send you much better pepper seeds for next season.
Great filming, Mr. Rachel. I thought the vertical was the way to go, personally!
Mr. Rachel will be pleased to hear your encouraging words. Maybe I'll give him one more chance.
I won with 3 points to his measly 2. I am the master of Peppermeister Roulette.
P.S. I wish there was a finale; I believe that's this vlogs ONLY flaw–lack of a clear ending. At least the Red Hot Chili Peppers made a vocal appearance.
I think it was perfect. Waiting to see your mug on FP.
This Was Awesome. It felt a bit like the end of Blair Witch Project in some sense, where you're narrating your own demise (although your husband is a better videographer and I can't tell here if your nose is running). Yikes!
I agree with Shannon that this needs Freshly Pressed, even if they don't feature vlogs (not sure if I've seen one up before). I disagree with you though…your presentation skills were top notch! And are you a dead ringer for Kate Middleton or what?!
I'll tell you who is not a dead ringer for Kate Middleton — that awkward crimp-haired girl shown in the photo in your kitchen. My apologies if you're related.
Peppermeister, I raise my glass of Tang to you and the peppers.
I HAVE seen a vlog get Freshly Pressed, which leads me to believe Rache (and Nnng's crimped hair) are up next.
Is this your nickname for Angie? Nnng? How does one pronounce that?
These Freshly Pressed comments are going straight to my head.
And Kate Middleton? Princess Kate? I feel so regal! Thanks! I'm not sure I'd look as good as she does in a weird hat, though.
At certain points I felt like I was in a horror film. But I took out the scariest parts–where I stood over the sink and blew my nose while spitting.
That adorable girl with crimped hair is my cool best friend. We like to drink Tang together while talking about John Cusack.
Very cool! My first visit here was a blast!
All I can say is WOW. Never have I been so captivated by a vertically shot video. I predict that it is soon to go viral. Months of preparation went into this production (I started the seeds in March). Watching my peppers make you tear up was filling me with an amount of pride that I imagine parents feel when their children make other children cry.
So about the peppers, the first one you bit into is called Aji Crystal (pronounced "ah-hee"). It is one of my favorites, Citrus-like and back of the throat burn, it's way too hot for most people.
The second is Mini Chocolate Bell. It is a sweet pepper and I agree that it is ideal for stuffing, haven't tried pickling that one yet but now I may have to stuff it, then pickle it just to prove I can.
The next is Beni Highlands. It's from Bolivia and I use it to make an amazing mango hot sauce.
The next is Cherry Bomb, which is a hot cherry pepper, very tasty and very hot.
The last is Czechoslovakian Black, I got it from a white guy in Hungary. I use them to make paprika and they are great in salsa.
Also… in an effort to plunder your thunder, I must inform you that the bottom tip of any pepper is the least hot section. That being said, at 2:58 you experienced true pepper glory. Also why the Cherry bomb got you, it has no end, it's all heat.
Great job, seriously. Those are way hotter than the vast majority of people could handle biting into. You've got serious pepper prowess. You now qualify for my pork tacos.
The illusive Peppermeister makes his glorious appearance!
"when their children make other children cry" haha!
You make your own paprika AND hot sauce? This local girl needs to know how to do these things.
Way to steal my glory. (And so many "just the tip" jokes going through my head right now, so thanks for that.) BUT I am also honored that you said "Great job." I will take the pork tacos, but I want them hand delivered. By Jules.
Honestly, I don't remember much of anything after 2:58 and we had to cut the part where I was spitting into the sink and coughing. That Cherry Bomb was the worst. But it hurt so good! I think I'm addicted to Peppermeister Roulette.
What do you think Jules would do if I challenged her to a game of Peppermeister Roulette?
Thanks for naming the peppers, now I know which ones to watch out for!
Rachel's Table Plays Peppermeister Roulette… Will She Survive???
This had Farmer Ben and I on the edge of our seats! Loved this!
Thanks, Noelle! Happy to entertain!
This was so funny! Thanks for sharing the wide range of peppers.
I never knew there were so many different types of peppers. Peppermeister knows his stuff!
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I live with a pepper junkie. We currently have a front porch covered in potted Butch T Trinidad Scorpion plants (the world's 2nd hottest pepper) that we started from seed. My back garden is covered in habaneros, jalapenos, and hungarian hot wax peppers. I've posted hot sauces that made me cry and one that seriously required a gas mask to prepare. We watched this video together… loved every sideways minute. Thanks!
I believe the gas mask part! Crazy! I used a jalapeno for something the other day (which isn't even that hot) and I could not get the residue off my fingers. It ended up in my eyes.
This is a great video! Your reactions have prompted me to try some new peppers! What a great way to be introduced to them!