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These photos were taken so often that it was commonplace for the women to should climb into an engine after an 18 hour flight, with the thing still turning, just to generate still more low cost publicity. Each novel is set in a special a part of the world enabling the heroine, Shirley to expertise a series of thrilling but by the requirements of immediately, very innocent adventures.
Catala – Yes I guess we typically think about the previous is more glamourous than it actually was – Your remark about smoking is fascinating. I bear in mind sitting in a 'no smoking' seats however being overcome by the smoke from the smoking seats in front of me. There is nothing luxurious about being poisoned by smoke for several hours! Airfares in Europe and far of Asia Pacific are anticipated to stay flat, with slight increases depending on route and fare class within the APAC region. In Europe, fares would continue to be impacted by weak economy and security issues.
While a ban on tourism to Cuba remains U.S. legislation, President Barack Obama has approved exceptions. Citizens that meet one of 12 standards, equivalent to visiting for unspecified educational functions, can now go to Cuba. The legend of the Air hostess was encapsulated in a collection of novels revealed in the UK within the Nineteen Sixties by Judith Dale and Trudi Arlen. The cabin crew now had to endure uniforms so retro that even girls on dying row would refuse to wear them.


Invercargill Golf Club in Southland. Top golf courses of New Zealand.
Invercargill Golf Club is home to a generally well-regarded golf course, which includes several attractive holes and features. This tree-lined and open parkland layout will test most facets of your game, and should provide a round with plenty of enjoyable golfing challenges. Worth visiting if you are in the area.
5 km W of Invercargill centre.
Just 25 km south of Invercargill you'll find Bluff, New Zealand's most southerly town, and home to the country's finest oysters. Its well worth driving through Bluff to Stirling Point for a meal and fabulous ocean panorama at The Drunken Sailor Café.


Get ready for lift off with our Summer Readng Challenge, Space Chase, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landings. We're reaching for the stars and brining a Planetarium to Kirkcaldy, thanks to Cosmos Planetarium. Sit back and relax, as Cosmos Planetarium take you on an out of this world experience!! This event is across 2 venues: Free events and wrist bands for entry to the Planetarium from Kikcaldy Galleries. While the Planetarium is in the Adam Smith Theatre. Ticketed event, everyone requires a ticket for the Planetarium.


They should invite Tom Holland.
Honestly no offense but every time i see a Kardashian in this show i feel like james is so so so fake.
Manasandkook Talkers If they talk about any movies he's in like Avengers End Game, either he's a dead man or he's literally eating everything on their.
What a disgusting old whore!
Why must celebrities be filled with so much entitlement? The dickheads... then their team goes and does damage control For Them. This is why people think so highly and make such a big deal over the humble ones, because its just not common.
We need Chris Pratt on this!
I swear James like cow tongue, he takes a huge bit EVERYTIME.


One of my clients has offices near a river, and a taking quick walk during breaks has become a practice. At one spot, the remnants of two bridges are at either side of the current bridge. In the past, these blocks and pillars were the critical underpinnings of transportation – now they are reminders that needs of the community surpassed their capabilities. It's important to know which aspects of an organization that are not just creaky, but moving towards being impediments to innovation and sustainable growth.
Talent debt. The days are long gone where one set of skills will carry a person through an entire career. Perpetual learning and upskilling is necessary. Individual development plans, supported by time and money, are critical to ensuring skillsets don't slip too far behind the curve.
Process debt. Left unmeasured, processes can become concrete. Organizations can get weighted down by complex processes that, left unattended, expand operational expense and therefore limit investment capital.
Technology debt. Every technology has a half-life, after which negatives accelerate: value degrades, operational costs increase and replacement costs increase. Half-lives may vary, however they are all shortening. My #CIOchat colleague @dhinchcliffe recently published a great article on technology legacy debt.
Decision debt. Opportunities slip away if decision-making is too slow. Arcane governance processes or analysis-paralysis (what my grandmother would have called "dithering") hinder progress.
Talent, process, technology and decision debts can create barrier conditions that are greater than the sum of their parts. Inefficient processes can drive unnecessary customizations in software, exacerbating technical debt. Undeveloped talent leads to skills gaps, leading to poor decision-making ability.
Debt is more than a number on the balance sheet. Leaders must identify and measure all debt types that hobble an organization, and work to eradicate.
Depending on your industry, salaries can be 20% – 50% of revenue, so investments in people are important. Predicted trends in 2018 include the "consumerization of HR," whereby individuals are treated uniquely (much like Amazon treats its customers), vs. put into talent buckets.


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Forum shows importance of play in a vibrant city
Cathy HOPE
Making our city centre more fun and engaging for Canberrans both young and old will be the focus of a two-day forum in Canberra this week.
The 2017 Play (Creativity and Culture) Symposium will present an exciting line-up of local and national speakers who will discuss how the power of playfulness can create more liveable and sustainable urban environments.
City Renewal Authority chief executive Malcolm Snow said incorporating playfulness in urban design and place-making is about making our city more engaging and interactive for all Canberrans.
"Successful cities aren't created merely through grand design projects and bold architectural statements but are created through how people interact with each other and the spaces they are in," Mr Snow said.
"Play not only attracts children and families into the city but it can animate places and spaces to engage people and add to the user's experience.
"When asked what they want from their cities, people frequently cite social interaction, a feeling of connectedness, greater creativity and sensory stimulation. The ability to interact or engage in a fun and playful way with their environment is critical in creating urban areas that provide people these experiences.
"This can be done through both how we design the city, and through how we use and activate the spaces that people use."
Presented by the University of Canberra's Centre for Creative and Cultural Research and the City Renewal Authority, the Play (Creativity and Culture) Symposium at the will feature experts presenting on a range of topics:
Everyone can play: toward a people-led city
The public realm and the city
Digital play and the city
Playing with senses in the city
Art, play and public realm
Play (Creativity and Culture) Symposium is on from 22-23 November at the Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre, 180 London Circuit Canberra. Tickets are available for either one day ($30/$15 concession) or both days ($50/$30) at http://bit.ly/2zIYA6Z and include lunch, morning tea and afternoon tea.
Forums shows importance of play in a vital city
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Biffy Clyro Get The MTV Unplugged Treatment
Biffy Clyro is the latest band to get the MTV Unplugged treatment.
Dido Is Working On Album Number Five
Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong is preparing her fifth album.
Live Nation Launches Women Nation Fund
Live Nation has introduced am initiative to encourage female entrepreneurs in the music industry.
Mic Conway To Play 50th Anniversary Show
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band founder (and the voice of Wags the Dog) Mic Conway is planning a 50th anniversary show.
Freddie Mercury Biopic Trailer Released
After years in development hell, the Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, finally has a trailer and a release date of November 2.
Ray Davies Has A Second Volume Of Americana On The Way
Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Our Country: Americana Act II, the eagerly awaited new album from Ray Davies on Friday, June 29. This new studio album will be available on CD, 2LP vinyl and digital formats.
Macy Gray To Release Her 10th Album
The legendary and multi-award winning, multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter and actress Macy Gray has confirmed today that she will be releasing her tenth studio album titled Ruby on Artistry Music, a Mack Avenue label this fall. Talking exclusively to Billboard Magazine about the record today, Macy revealed the album will be "gritty and grimy and dirty," and have elements of pop, R&B and jazz.
Prince Band The Revolution Sets US and Euro Dates
Prince played with many talented musicians over the course of his 40-year career, but his most celebrated and iconic allies will always be Bobby Z, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink & Brownmark; The Revolution.
Boz Scaggs Has Another Blues Album Coming
Boz Scaggs is in the midst of a musical renaissance. Through his recent explorations in R&B, jazz and the Great American Songbook, the versatile singer/songwriter/guitarist has created a highly personal, unfailingly soulful modern repertoire.
Cream Members Family Members To Tour Tribute Band
After rave reviews in Australia and New Zealand from the media and fans alike, The Music of Cream: 50th Anniversary World Tour is primed to take over North America and celebrate the music and legacy their family members created.
Eric Burdon Cake Sets Patti Smith's Hair On Fire
Patti Smith personally delivered a birthday cake to Eric Burdon at his City winery show in New York on Friday night and accidentally set her hair on fire.
Backstreet Boys Prepare For Ninth Album
Backstreet Boys will release their first new music since the 2013 'In A World Like This' album soon.
Milk Carton Kids Premiere 'Big Time'
The Milk Carton Kids will release 'All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do' in June.
Puppet Ed Sheeran Says English Hotdogs Are Better Than America Hotdogs
Puppet Ed Sheeran has given one of his most controversial interviews admitting publically that he think English hotdogs are better than American hotdogs.
Smashing Pumpkins To Play Intimate Show Inspired By 1979 Music Video
Smashing Pumpkins will perform an intimate show known as the 1979 House Party as a secret show inspired by the video for their hit song '1979'.
Australia's Nick de la Hoyde Plays Rolling Loud Festival In Florida
Nick de la Hoyde joined a line-up featuring Post Malone, Machine Gun Kelly, Wiz Khalifa and Lil Skies when he played the Rolling Loud Festival in Florida on the weekend.
Keith Urban and Amy Shark Win Queensland Music Awards
Keith Urban has been awarded the Highest Selling Album award at the Queensland Music Awards while Amy Shark has taken home five awards.
Patti Smith To Release Horses: Patti Smith and her Band Documentary
Patti Smith has documented the 40th anniversary of the 70s masterpiece 'Horses' with the upcoming documentary 'Horses: Patti Smith and her Band'.
Sounds Australia Showcases Australian Acts For UK and Spain
The Kite String Tangle, The Teskey Brothers, Alex The Astronaut and City Calm Down are some of the Australia acts set to showcase for Sounds Australia in the UK and Spain in coming weeks.
Widow Of Chris Cornell Organisers Vigil To Mark First Anniversary
Chris Cornell's widow has invited the rocker's fans to pay tribute to him on the anniversary of his death.
Sam Smith Is Suing His Former Record Label
Sam Smith is reportedly locked in a legal battle with his former label to prevent the release of music he recorded before he became famous.
Regina Spektor To Play Sydney and Melbourne
Russian born singer songwriter Regina Spektor will return to Australia in July for concerts in Melbourne and Sydney.
Legal Bunfight Brews Over Melbourne's Newest Venue The Hummingbird
Melbourne's newest music venue The Hummingbird has changed its name after being threatened with legal action by millionaire real-estate developer Albert Dadon (aka Albare) for referencing a bird in their name.
Olivia Newton-John Is Now A Doctor In Australia
Olivia Newton-John has been given the title Doctor for her work in developing cancer research in Australia.
Neil Young To Start Charging For The Neil Young Archives
Neil Young will start charging at monthly or annual subscription for his online archive from June 1.
Foreigner Have The No 1 Album On Classical Chart In America
Classic rock band Foreigner are now officially a classical rock band. The legendary 70s rock band is number one on Billboard's Classical Chart.
The Gold Record Award Turns 60
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has passed a milestone. Gold record awards have turned 60 years old.
The Rubens New 'Never Ever' Video Directed By Sam Brumby
The Rubens have handpicked director Sam Brumby for their new 'Never Ever' video.
Tame Impala's Cam Avery Guests On New Arctic Monkeys Album
Cam Avery, from Perth bands Tame Impala and Pond, is a special guest on the new Arctic Monkeys album 'Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino'.
KT Tunstall Records Tom Petty Cover With Pearl Jam's Mike McCready For Vitalogy Foundation
Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, KT Turnstall and Leah Julius of Thunderpussy decided to get together and record a song by one of their all time musical heroes Tom Petty. They chose 'I Won't Back Down'. The 3 musicians felt it would serve as a loud shout of support to all the people all over the world marching, protesting and standing up for justice and equality".
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I also write for Swarajya Magazine and their publishing partner Creative India. These articles, while still on historical lines are more geared towards religion , culture , architecture etc.
Through these, I try to bring to light the religious and cultural revolution brought about by our ancestors as also the various common threads that bind one region of this country to another.
Please visit following links for my Swarjya Mag articles.
1. Devi Ahilyabai Holkar reignited cultural triumph
"The reign of Ahilyabai Holkar was the final triumph of the Maratha empire over the Mughal."
2. When Lord Jagannath witnessed the Great Maratha devotion
Architects of many victories, the new rulers not only pulled out Orissa and Jagannath Puri from the cruel jaws of demolition and destruction, they infused religious and cultural vigour into the vibrant temple life.
3. Dyes, colours, pigments in Assam
A variety of plants such as the kuhum (safflower), palash (flame of forest), indigo and Indian madder were used to produce specific colours. There are 175 dye yielding plants found in Assamese literature. Flowers, leaves, bark extracts, plant based products, lac, shells, lamp black, gold, and insects were used for making the dyes. Lac colours are more popular in eastern Assam.
4. Across the Brahmaputra with Lachit Barphukan
The great Assamese general knew his terrain, the brave river, the Mughals, and his battles well. Aneesh Gokhale follows his hero, this time, on foot in Guwahati, and returns drenched in history.
5. Chhatrapati Shivaji – Strategy of hill forts
He was aware that power in Maharashtra meant control of his strongholds. The visionary knew the science of building, using, protecting and empowering them to be victorious, says Aneesh Gokhale.
6. Chhatrapati Shivaji – Battle of Salher
The years between 1670 and 1672 are perhaps the turning point in India's history. Chhatrapati Shivaji began a grand counter offensive against the Mughals that saw more than a dozen forts retaken through tact and bravery, followed by lightning raids into Baglan, Khandesh and Surat. He topped it with a total rout of the Mughal army of 40,000, and more, on the open fields near Salher. A naval attack on Jinjira was carried out, another threatened on Bharuch. All of this happened within two years.
7. Durga Malla – Gorkha soldier in INA
The Azad Hind Fauj and martyrs like Durga Malla made many Indian soldiers rethink their place in the British Indian Army, leading to the revolts of 1946.
8. Savarkar – The historian
The nation that has no consciousness of its past has no future. Equally true it is that a nation must develop its capacity not only of claiming a past, but also of knowing how to use it for the furtherance of its future.
—Vinayak Damodar Savarkar


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Gooding & Company To Sell Clark Gable's 1935 Dusenberg: Video
Kurt Ernst August 7, 2012 Comment Now!
Clark Gable's 1935 Duesenberg JN - image: Gooding & Company
When it comes to Hollywood stars, few were bigger than Clark Gable. While his early films (some silent) brought him recognition, it was his roles in "It Happened One Night," "Mutiny On The Bounty" and "Gone With the Wind" that vaulted him to superstar status.
In the 1930s, no car was more befitting of a Hollywood superstar than a Duesenberg, and the Model J Duesenbergs (built from 1928 through 1937) are perhaps the most iconic. In 1935, Gable ordered a Model JN Convertible Coupe, one of only 10 JNs built, and one of only four in a convertible coupe body style.
The Bohman & Schwartz-bodied car features design touches like dual, trunk-mounted spare tires; rear fender spats; a machine turned dash and cognac leather upholstery. It was featured in the 1938 movie "Merrily We Live," and Inside Line reports that the car was a favorite of Gable and his third wife, actress Carole Lombard.
Power comes from a 420 cubic-inch in-line eight-cylinder engine, rated at 265 horsepower and mated to a three-speed manual gearbox. Suspension and brakes are decidedly old-school, with the car using a live rear axle and leaf springs, along with hydraulic drum brakes in all four corners.
The car has racked up "Best of Show" awards at Amelia Island and Meadow Brook, and was a "Special Award Winner" at the 2007 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Given its well-documented history and immaculate condition, Gooding & Company's pre-auction estimate of "in excess of" $9 million actually seems reasonable.
For more information on the car, or on Gooding & Company's upcoming Pebble Beach sale, head on over to the auction company's website.
High-Res Gallery: Clark Gable's 1935 Duesenberg JN - image: Gooding & Company
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If Miami isn't already monitoring Mark Richt's situation at Georgia, the time has come
| Filed in: College Football, Dave George
Mark Richt's name doesn't come up as often as some others when people list candidates for the Miami Hurricanes coaching job, but maybe it should.
Richt, once a quarterback at Boca Raton High School as well as at UM, may be in some real job jeopardy at Georgia.
Head coach Mark Richt of the Georgia Bulldogs on sidelines during the game against the Florida Gators at EverBank Field on October 31, 2015 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
Last Saturday's 27-3 loss to Florida left a lot of boosters sore over a lack of competitiveness against the best teams in the SEC, not to mention the necessity of having to drill down to the third string just to find a workable quarterback. The loudest of the critics is Pro Football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton, quarterback of Georgia's 1959 SEC championship team.
Appearing on Atlanta radio station WCNN this week, Tarkenton called the loss to Florida "a total disgrace" and offered the kind of support for Richt that can be interpreted as wavering at best.
"As long as Mark Richt is the coach, I support Mark Richt," Tarkenton said, "but I think there are discussions going on.
"People are evaluating things. I imagine Mark is evaluating things, but this is not a good situation. It's a bad situation at my alma mater."
Richt is one of the finest men you could ever meet and a very good coach. His career record of 141-51 at Georgia with two SEC titles will back that up.
It might just be that 14 years at any one school begins to wear on everybody involved. Even the most successful coaches get tired of the grumbling from boosters who want to win everything all the time.
[What Gators paid to get McElwain underscores UM's challenge in finding a coach]
[Going back 45 years to Charlie Tate, it's always taken extra thick skin to coach at UM]
[Dan Campbell, true believer and quote machine, on the majesty of football]
I wouldn't be surprised if Nick Saban's nine-year run at Alabama isn't nearing an end. Remember, too, how Steve Spurrier resigned at Florida without prodding in early 2002, saying "I simply believe that 12 years as head coach at a major university in the SEC is long enough."
Miami would do well to get Richt as head coach should he become available. He was the top playcaller who everybody figured would follow Bobby Bowden at Florida State, remember, but Georgia got to him first.
A fresh start at his alma mater might look pretty good to Richt right about now, though a strong finish against Kentucky, Auburn, Georgia Southern and Georgia Tech could still get the Bulldogs to 9-3 and that might just settle things down again.
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Today, I've written over 2500 words on GANI & SEAN, my latest novel ( in process ). I'm having more fun than I thought I would this April. Inside, my hands are upright and I'm waving them around and my feet are jumping in place, even though I am securely seated on my living room couch, laptop in lap, hands on keyboard.
Here's to the written word and the unfathomable imaginings of my mind!


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Province scrapping pot shop lottery, plans to add more stores
Published Thursday, December 12, 2019 6:38PM EST Last Updated Friday, December 13, 2019 10:44AM EST
TORONTO -- Ontario's legal cannabis retail scene will become better equipped to compete with the black market starting next month, the government said Thursday as it announced it was doing away with the province's controversial licence lottery system.
Attorney General Doug Downey announced details of the changes weeks after the government first signalled its intention of opening up the cannabis market.
Downey said the lottery system, first implemented to help the emerging retail market contend with a major supply shortage and since criticized as a cumbersome process preventing the province from staying competitive, will be eliminated as of Jan. 1.
"This is the direction we wanted to go from the start, but we had to make sure that we had the fundamentals in place," Downey said in an interview.
The government had frequently stated an interest in opening up the province's legal retail market since cannabis became legal in October 2018.
Downey said the lottery system used to issue the province's first 75 retail licenses will be scrapped, allowing stores to apply for provincial approval as they see fit.
Would-be retailers will still be subjected to criminal record checks and a government approval process, but the pre-qualification measures used with the lottery system are being abolished.
The new rules will also allow legal cannabis producers to enter the retail market by opening shops on their premises.
Downey said the primary issue that made the lottery necessary no longer applies in today's market.
"We know the supply issue has been resolved," he said. "We have some really good fundamentals in terms of rules and regulations, and we've seen them work."
The supply shortfall and the lottery system kept the government well shy of its stated goal of having as many as a thousand cannabis retailers throughout the province. The first lottery saw just 25 licences issued province-wide, with a further 50 awarded in a second round.
Critics have described the system as excessively slow, arguing the lack of private retail options has prevented the province from making inroads on the illegal weed market.
A group of rejected pot-shop applicants even spoke out against the lottery system in court, critiquing the application process in a legal challenge that was ultimately dismissed.
Ontario's opposition parties did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Cannabis consultant Omar Khan hailed the move as a positive step. He said it will help eradicate the illegal market and provide consumers with access to safe and regulated products.
Khan said the price of legal pot will be a key factor.
"As the government moves forward with this new licensing system it should also look at ways to enhance the online consumer experience and find ways to empower retailers to be better able to compete with illegal operators on price," he said in a statement.
This report by the Canadian Press was first published Dec. 12, 2019.
Cannabis on display is seen during a media tour of SpritLeaf's store in Kingston, Ont., Sunday, March 31, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg)
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On Insurrection
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insurrection: a violent uprising against an authority or government
I saw this event on facebook. Included is a link to a book, written recently about protest movements and the like
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###They Want to Oblige Us to Govern. We Won't Yield to that Pressure - Chapter 2
at its beginning insurrection is the doing of those who are nothing. Everything regarded as marginal, obsolete or without prospects returns to the center… their companion in misery.
exposing of every illusion of social peace. negation of the existing order.
it's not a people that existed previously but a people that previously were lacking.
Because what was lived throught shines with such a glow that those who had the experience have to be faithfult to it… constructing what was missing from their lives before.
collective power that consigns the ruling power to powerlessness
the insurrections no longer base themselves on political ideologies but on ethical truths.
Far from serving to describe the world, language helps us rather to construct a world.
Truths are what attaches us, to ourselves, to the world around us, and to each other.
When the world is fucked with, it's we ourselves who are being attacked.
On the Tunisia: Look at us little people barely existing humiliated see how we're beyond the miserable means by which you bling to your sick man's power.
Or at the beginning of Occupy Wall Street: "Yo! What up? My name is Mike. I'm just a gangster from Harlem. I hate my life. Fuck my boss! Fuck my girlfriend! Fuck the cops! Just wanted to say, I'm happy to be here with you all"
today's social movements are about disgust with the life we're forced to live. disgust with a life in which we're all alone, alone facing the necessity for each one to make a living… by oneself. The life in common… sadness of metropolitan existence. Grasp our shared condition together, our equeal reduction to the status of entrepreneurs of the self. That existential epiphany was the pulsing heart of Occupy Wall Street, for as long as it was fresh and lively.
And so people here in France can stop whining or crying wolf every time an earnest adolescent chooses to join the ranks of the "jihadists" instead of our suicidal army of wage workers of the service sector.
movements are ethical before being political, or that they are political precisely to the degree that they're contemptuous of politics, including radical politics.
As long as being of the left will mean denying the existence of ethical truths and correcting for that impairment with a morality that's as feeble as it is expedient, the fascists will continue to look like the only affitmative political force, being the only ones who don't apologise for living as they do. They'll go from success to success, and will go on deflecting the energy of nascent revolts back against themselves.
On european austerity movements: "austerity in countries with a protestant culture tends to be seen as a virtue, whereas in a large part of southern Europe being austere basically means being a pathetic loser"
What is needed for contesting the austerity plans is a different idea of life
it opens one up to a calm discovery of the thousand other ways the "good life" can be understood
Western rhetoric is unsuprising… aspire to democracy.
If for two whole centuries election have been the most widely used instrument after the army for suppressing insurrections, it's clearly because the insurgents are never a majority.
Like any large scale demonstration [insurrection] imposes its own ways of using public space. Like any specific strike, it is a politics of the accomplished fact.
"popular" comes from the Latin populor, "to ravage, devastate". It is a fullness of expression
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p58 hacktivists and real democracy
celebrations and reappropriations of communal life
the assembly is where one is forced to listen to bullshit without being able to reply, just like in front of the TV
people concluded that the assembly had no business validating what any group could do or intended to do, that it was a place of exchange and not of decision. The decisions took, materialized or didn't; they were never made.
What an assembly actualizes is simply the degree of existing commonality.
The only thing an assembly can produce with the right effort is the shared language of a common experience.
Where the only experience in common is separation, one will only hear the amorphous language of the separate life.
amorphous: lacking a moral sense, unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something
Then indignation is in fact the maximum political intensity attainable by the atomized individual, who mistakes his screen for the world just as he mistakes his feelings for his thoughts…
will only expose the paralysis induced by a false understanding of the political, and hence their inability to alter the world's drift in the slightest.
The feeling of collective helplessness after the joy of meeting up and being counted did as much to scatter the owners of those "Quecha" tents as the clubs and the tear gas attacks did.
collective political potential. inhabit spaces
If insurrection has to do with anger at first, then with joy, direct democracy is an affair of worriers. We want to be sure that nothing will occur that is not covered by some procedure. That no event will exceed our capacities. That the situation will remain something we can handle. That no one will feel cheated or in open conflict with the majority. That absolutely no one will ever have to count on their own powers to make themselves understood. That no one will impose anything on anyone.
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Oakland November '14: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/At-least-40-arrested-after-Oakland-protests-5916597.php#item-39786
Oakland May '15: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-protesters-voice-anger-at-Ferguson-5915541.php


Muhammad said: "Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him" (Bukhari 9.84.57).
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence. This is still the position of all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence, both Sunni and Shi'ite. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the most renowned and prominent Muslim cleric in the world, has stated: "The Muslim jurists are unanimous that apostates must be punished, yet they differ as to determining the kind of punishment to be inflicted upon them.
The majority of them, including the four main schools of jurisprudence (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi`i, and Hanbali) as well as the other four schools of jurisprudence (the four Shiite schools of Az-Zaidiyyah, Al-Ithna-`ashriyyah, Al-Ja`fariyyah, and Az-Zaheriyyah) agree that apostates must be executed." There is only disagreement over whether the law applies only to men, or to women also – some authorities hold that apostate women should not be killed, but only imprisoned in their houses until death.
Nothing a bit of "dialogue" won't fix, eh?


Well our latest release is called "Feels Like A Storm", and tells a story about the world we live in, and the things we seek comfort in, to cope with reality. That's a tough one – you might not get the real feel with the song the first time, but listen to it a couple of times, and you would get in the vibe of the lyrics and the groove. Well we do not aim in that direction, but if you listen to our debut album you might find something :).
2. What got you into music, and can you tell us about the moment you realize you wanted to be a musician?
All of us have played music since we were little kids, Lars (drummer) says, it all started out when he first came across a drum kit, and when he got into it, he came across some rock bands like, Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden and he really fell in love with the energy in the music, and he kept rehearsing until got the hang of Drumming.
Only 5? It's not easy to find specific 5 bands, but if we have to choose it would be bands like Queens Of The Stone Age, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana and Fu Manchu, but it's really difficult to aim at just five bands, we listen to a lot of music, and we get inspired by many Genres, so it's really not just fair to point out 5 of them :).
There is so many to choose from, but one guy in particular comes to mind, he has always been inspiration to us and everything he does musically is very professional and very cool. It could be very cool to collaborate with a musician that both has the flair for tone and rhythm at the same time… and we think it would be awesome.. you have properly guessed it by now… of course it's Dave Grohl.
Our music is often described as Tight Stoner Grunge with a melodic twist, we aim to write interesting songs, and we really do our best to keep things new, although we play a certain genre like Grunge. We add some new flavors to the genre, and we're not here to repeat the past at any point, we really aim to do things our own way, and we put a lot of effort into creating our own sound.
For us it's creating the music – it's like painting a picture, the more you put into it the more dimensional it gets. Releasing new music and follow it on its wings flying wherever the wind blows, different songs go different places, and some fans really focus on the lyrics, and others on the music and the riff's.. But it all comes together when we perform Live, and have the chance to see / fell and talk to the audience, it makes you wanna write more songs.
What's an acoustic guitar?? hahaha. It often just ends up with the pizza guy arriving – always to late 🙂 But we're Danes and we love Beer's. Drinks are for wimps :). But Lars love homemade food, he never makes it though.
Hmm – is there anything else than being a musician you could dream about?
The only thing we regret to this date, it's signing and releasing our debut album with MIGHTY MUSIC. It started out good but in a couple of months it was clear to us, that these guys just rip you off and nothing gets done right… so we took matters into our own hands, and it's only because we did so our album got this much attention as it did. Now we're with TUBE IT – MUSIC and we keep 100% of our rights.


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Joykrishnapur is a  village in the Bishnupur CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.

A Medieval Survey of History

A beautiful Garuda pillar of 12th‒13th-century was found at Joykrishnapur which is a part of the Bishnupur capital, now preserved in the Bishnupur Museum. Apart from these, Ayudhapurusha and Sankhapurusa have been found, which are associated with symbols of Vishnu.

Geography

Location
Joykrishnapur is located at .

Area overview
The map alongside shows the Bishnupur subdivision of Bankura district. Physiographically, this area has fertile low lying alluvial plains. It is a predominantly rural area with 90.06% of the population living in rural areas and only 8.94% living in the urban areas. It was a part of the core area of Mallabhum.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Joykrishnapur had a total population of 2,749, of which 1,396 (51%) were males and 1,353 (49%) were females. There were 307 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Joykrishnapur was 1,788 (73.22% of the population over 6 years).

Education
Joykrishnapur High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1963. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 5 computers and a library with 1,750 books.

Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathiababa Mahavidyalaya was established at Bhara in 2009.

Healthcare
Radhanagar Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Radhanagar, is the major government medical facility in the Bishnupur CD block.

Notable Person
 Maniklal Sinha

References

Villages in Bankura district

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Rabushe
Rabushe, about 50, beams with pride when she shows us the greenhouses, in the nearest village to Lushnje.
"Together with my husband we started with greenhouses in our village – she says. But believe me, we thought it would be better for us and for our children to go to Greece. It was difficult to sell the vegetables in the town because there was no road and we did not a truck of our own. Our children were still young and life was not easy. We decided to emigrate to Greece, so we left everything we had here.
We worked in greenhouses in Greece for several years, but in our dreams we were back in our small house in Albania, planting our greenhouse, surrounded by friends and relatives. We missed our discussion evenings with our neighbors outside, under the trees, our laughs and children's noise while playing in the green yard.
The children were growing and with the desire to keep the family together and with a rich experience and strong motivation we decided to come back and invest our savings here. Our savings were not enough to start a greenhouse of 3.5 dynym so we started to ask around where to get a loan. This is how we contacted Ina, the Credit Officer in Fondi Besa who was very helpful. We got the loan in due time and recently we got another loan of 1 million ALL. Last winter frightened us. It was forecasted snow, so we had to act immediately, covering the greenhouse with a second layer of plastic to protect the plants.
We asked for the loan and it was Fondi Besa that respond to our need immediately. The credit officer came to see our greenhouse and we finished the coverage before the freezing started.
I am very happy with the business. All the family works here, my husband, my sons and their wives and still we employ seasonal workers during the peak of production.
"Though it is a hard work, I still intend to employ more girls in my business – she says."
Rabushe feels strongly about girls, because of her own struggles growing up with little money and hard work. She wants to be a role model to show girls what is possible when they persevere in education and work hard.
With her business success, Rabushe has seen a change in how she feels about herself, and her standing in her community. She feels more confident now and more involved in the community.
Her advice to other women who want to be successful is to work hard and don't have regrets. "It's you who make your life," she says. "Success is in our hands."


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Hugh performs Greensleeves at the medium speed practice tempo of 90 beats per minute. Included in lesson is the same performance shown in two camera angles. The first playthrough is an overhead shot with notation overlaid. The second playthough is an over the shoulder side view of the same performance for people that prefer that vantage point.


In the coming decades, two converging nightmares are likely to produce a tidal wave of unrest, rebellion, competition and conflict.
Brace yourself. You may not be able to tell yet, but according to global experts and the US intelligence community, the earth is already shifting under you. Whether you know it or not, you're on a new planet, a resource-shock world of a sort humanity has never before experienced.
Two nightmare scenarios—a global scarcity of vital resources and the onset of extreme climate change—are already beginning to converge and in the coming decades are likely to produce a tidal wave of unrest, rebellion, competition and conflict. Just what this tsunami of disaster will look like may, as yet, be hard to discern, but experts warn of "water wars" over contested river systems, global food riots sparked by soaring prices for life's basics, mass migrations of climate refugees (with resulting anti-migrant violence) and the breakdown of social order or the collapse of states. At first, such mayhem is likely to arise largely in Africa, Central Asia and other areas of the underdeveloped South, but in time, all regions of the planet will be affected.
In 1990, this principle was invoked by President George H.W. Bush to justify intervention in the first Persian Gulf War, just as his son would use it, in part, to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Today, it remains the basis for US plans to employ force to stop the Iranians from closing the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean through which about 35 percent of the world's seaborne oil commerce passes.
Normally, when we consider the impact of climate change, we think primarily about the environment—the melting Arctic ice cap or Greenland ice shield, rising global sea levels, intensifying storms, expanding desert and endangered or disappearing species like the polar bear. But a growing number of experts are coming to realize that the most potent effects of climate change will be experienced by humans directly through the impairment or wholesale destruction of habitats upon which we rely for food production, industrial activities or simply to live. Essentially, climate change will wreak its havoc on us by constraining our access to the basics of life: vital resources that include food, water, land and energy. This will be devastating to human life, even as it significantly increases the danger of resource conflicts of all sorts erupting.
* Rising sea levels will in the next half-century erase many coastal areas, destroying large cities, critical infrastructure (including roads, railroads, ports, airports, pipelines, refineries and power plants) and prime agricultural land.
* More severe storms and intense heat waves will kill crops, trigger forest fires, cause floods and destroy critical infrastructure.
No one can predict how much food, land, water and energy will be lost as a result of this onslaught (and other climate-change effects that are harder to predict or even possibly imagine), but the cumulative effect will undoubtedly be staggering. In Resources Futures, Chatham House offers a particularly dire warning when it comes to the threat of diminished precipitation to rain-fed agriculture. "By 2020," the report says, "yields from rain-fed agriculture could be reduced by up to 50%" in some areas. The highest rates of loss are expected to be in Africa, where reliance on rain-fed farming is greatest, but agriculture in China, India, Pakistan and Central Asia is also likely to be severely affected.
Heat waves, droughts and other effects of climate change will also reduce the flow of many vital rivers, diminishing water supplies for irrigation, hydro-electricity power facilities and nuclear reactors (which need massive amounts of water for cooling purposes). The melting of glaciers, especially in the Andes in Latin America and the Himalayas in South Asia, will also rob communities and cities of crucial water supplies. An expected increase in the frequency of hurricanes and typhoons will pose a growing threat to offshore oil rigs, coastal refineries, transmission lines and other components of the global energy system.
It is safe to assume that climate change, especially when combined with growing supply shortages, will result in a significant reduction in the planet's vital resources, augmenting the kinds of pressures that have historically led to conflict, even under better circumstances. In this way, according to the Chatham House report, climate change is best understood as a "threat multiplier…a key factor exacerbating existing resource vulnerability" in states already prone to such disorders.
Like other experts on the subject, Chatham House's analysts claim, for example, that climate change will reduce crop output in many areas, sending global food prices soaring and triggering unrest among those already pushed to the limit under existing conditions. "Increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events, such as droughts, heat waves and floods, will also result in much larger and frequent local harvest shocks around the world….These shocks will affect global food prices whenever key centers of agricultural production area are hit—further amplifying global food price volatility." This, in turn, will increase the likelihood of civil unrest.
For the US intelligence community, which appears to have been influenced by the report, the response was blunt. In March, for the first time, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper listed "competition and scarcity involving natural resources" as a national security threat on a par with global terrorism, cyberwar and nuclear proliferation.
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Introducing CuCo's latest client win – GirlZone!
The brand represents originality, fun and encourages adventure and discovery through the wide variety of products available. GirlZone are unique and different in the fact that they offer girls a strong choice of trending products but also ensure they follow very strict standards, including ethical sourcing, and all of their products are also organic.
After meeting with the Founder of GirlZone to discuss her strategy for moving the business forward, both in terms of operations and marketing, it was soon apparent CuCo were the perfect fit to help move the Girl Zone brand up to the next level. As an agency we have nearly a decade of experience in marketing fashion brands to children.
We were absolutely delighted when Girl Zone selected CuCo as their new branding and marketing agency. Our first project is to re-design the brand's packaging creative.
Ashton Milton, Graphic Designer at CuCo said: 'GirlZone is a brilliant addition to our ever-growing list of clients, and we are very excited to be working with them. We will ensure the new packaging creative reflects the strong brand ethos of beautiful and appealing products with a dash of sparkle'.
Stay tuned and look out for our new designs which we will post on our blog later this month!
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Londoners Window Shop for Animal Testing
By Don Ferguson on Tuesday, December 24, 2013
One of this year's most visually disturbing PR stunts took place on London's Regent Street, in the window of artisan high-street soap peddlers Lush – who gave their shop window over to a compelling protest against animal testing.
Working with The Humane Society, to highlight their ethical standing within the cosmetic industry, a young female artist was restrained and tortured via force-feeding and the injection of cosmetics – in front of hundreds of high-street shoppers.
Jacqueline Traide, a 24 year old artist ffrom Oxford, subjected herself to ten hours of experimentation – having her head shaved and a number of irritants sprayed directly into her eyes, all on one of the busiest days in the festive shopping calendar. Looking sincerely petrified by the whole affair, many gazed open mouthed as the men in white coats pinned her down to a medical bench and forcibly opened her mouth with metal hooks, before feeding her until she gagged.
What's more, Jacqueline was injected needles, burnt and suffered the smearing of painful ointments across her face, in her eyes nose and mouth. Judging by the reaction of those who saw it, the hideous spectacle successfully highlighted the various cruelties inflicted on animals during lab testing.
The stunt itself coincided with World Week for Animals in Laboratories, which will see a multinational roll-out over 700 Lush Ltd stores in the United States, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Russia.
Lush campaign manager Tamsin Omond said: "The ironic thing is that if it was a beagle in the window and we were doing all these things to it, we'd have the police and RSPCA here in minutes.
"But somewhere in the world, this kind of thing is happening to an animal every few seconds on average.
"The difference is, it's normally hidden. We need to remind people it is still going on."
For more information about the campaign, visit www.fightinganimaltesting.com"
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Hot out the gate, strutting to a punchy guitar riff dancers posture in the space like pro-wrestlers. The work is inspired by cyber–personas, video-game trolls, anthropomorphism, taxidermy, descriptions of humans in animalistic terms, CGI and graphic violence, and the phenomenon of the popular mouthless "Hello Kitty" icon. Quickly, these dystopic obsessions subsume the dancers' female form. Performing a certain mixed-species embodiment, we imagine one's organic body tissues interacting with a computer coding's set standards of perfection, resulting in the display of a very particular sexuality, laiden with disturbing imagery between the two performers.


Local 112 members discussing their 2015 legislative priorities.
Local members of the Pipes Trade Association Local 112 came up from the District and met with the Senator's Chief of Staff, Jim Thomas.
They talked about their opposition to eliminating the Scaffolding Law and the Wicks Law. The Wicks Law requires public entities to bid out plumbing, heating, HVAC and electrical work separately on projects.
Senator Libous' Chief of Staff, Jim Thomas (far left), listens to local library advocates.
Librarians from the Four County Library System and the Finger Lakes Library System, and some of their patrons, visited the Capitol to seek increased funding for the important roles played by our local libraries.
This year, the Systems want to be funded at $102.6 million Statewide. Last year, they received $86.6 million in State funding.
Now more than ever, libraries offer crucial safety-net services to those who don't have access to a computer or broadband.
Senator Libous has been an ardent supporter of local libraries through his BOOKS Program that encourages kids to read and provides content and programming grants.


Part of my problem was that I just didn't identify as "blind." Even though I was born with a visual impairment, I didn't think of myself as disabled. Everyone always went on about sight loss, but I'd never had it in the first place! It was my normal.
This part of Amy's quote "I just didn't identify as blind" speaks volumes to me. Her words take me back to a time before I received my first pair of eyeglasses. Granted, even though I was myopic (severely nearsighted), the difference between me and Amy was my eyesight back then was correctable to 20/20.
The situation of seeing versus not seeing is one of the most baffling aspects of blindness. Back in the day, when a person was defined as blind we generally understood it to mean they couldn't see anything. Today, we know that greatly diminished, uncorrectable eyesight can severely impact a person's day to day life. For those of you who wear corrective lenses when you aren't wearing them do you notice a difference in your sight?
I can relate to Amy only from the perspective of 'my normal' (nearsightedness) wasn't a problem until my sight was corrected. In other words, 'normal' was blurry vision because 'I didn't know what I didn't know.' Before my eyes were corrected I didn't know I couldn't see.
As I read and reread Amy's words I wonder how many people don't identify as blind because it's their normal. When we add in the stigma associated with blindness it takes this thinking to another level. For years, because Amy was living her 'normal' she didn't take advantage of tools and training that could have made her life easier. I'll tell you what though, I'm happy she came around because today she's a fearless activist. Her #JustAskDontGrab campaign speaks to respecting the personal space of people with disabilities.
Blindness is complex. People are complex. If there were one lesson to come out of this post it would be we all 'see' differently (literally and figuratively). I think we run into problems when we measure our circumstances against others.
Featured image is a faux fashion magazine cover titled Blind Beauty. Amy Kavanagh's image on the cover is black & white. This photo is a head and shoulder shot. Amy is sat in front of a wall with the BBC logo on. She is wearing big headphones over her bright pink hair and she's smiling and looking at the camera.
This photo is a selfie. It's a sunny day, with trees and blue sky in the background. Amy is smiling looking at the camera in large round sunglasses. Her hair is blond with bright pink hair fading from the top. She is wearing a black t-shirt and badge, the badge shows a pair of sunglasses and reads, medical necessity not fashion accessory.
I was 8 years old, and I remember the school nurse saying, "You just aren't seeing what you are supposed to see." So it was off to the optometrist where he discovered my astigmatism. My parents picked out my glasses frame, which I didn't like. But I could really tell the difference in my seeing! I appreciate school nurses and was glad to work with them in our practice.
I still remember how I felt the first time I put on eyeglasses. It was like a whole new world opened up to me and my heart still flutters a little just remembering that feeling.


I am getting pretty close now to launching the NEW wines.com site. I would like to get a few (3 or 4) people to test it for me in their browsers. This might start, say, tomorrow? It won't take long as there is not that much content yet... But I want it to work perfectly, if I can.
Anyone willing to spend an hour or so as a beta-tester?


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Athletics-Hotel says it's not to blame for athletes' stomach bug
Mitch Phillips
LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The London hotel at the centre of an outbreak of sickness that has struck down scores of competitors at the World Athletics Championships said on Tuesday it was not the source of the illness. Several Botswana, German, Canadian, Irish and Puerto Rican athletes staying at the Tower Hotel, near Tower Bridge, have been taken ill over the last few days, with some put into effective quarantine and others forced to miss their events. Thirty German competitors arriving on Tuesday will be moved to other accommodation. Competition organisers said on Monday that the illnesses were a result of gastroenteritis, but public health officials said on Tuesday that laboratory tests have confirmed two cases of norovirus among approximately 30 illness victims. Norovirus, sometimes called "the winter vomiting bug," is easily spread, partly because the virus can survive for several days outside the body, Britain's National Health Service says. It advises sufferers to avoid contact with others for at least 48 hours after the symptoms have passed. Tower Hotel, used annually as the base for the London Marathon, said in a statement: "We have worked collaboratively with the EHO (Environmental Health Officer) and the IAAF to investigate the origins of the illness and can confirm that the hotel was not the source. "We have followed strict hygiene protocol, ensuring that those affected are not in contact with other guests and all public areas have been thoroughly sanitised." London 2017 organisers said on Monday night that a number of teams had reported cases of gastroenteritis. "Those affected have been supported by both team and LOC medical staff, in addition we have been working with Public Health England to ensure the situation is managed and contained," the organising committee said in a statement. One of the highest-profile victims was Botswana's Isaac Makwala, who was withdrawn from the 200-metre heats on Monday after vomiting in the call room where athletes make their final preparations. Makwala is now hoping to be cleared to race in Tuesday's 400m final, where he had been among the main threats to world record holder Wayde van Niekerk. "According to IAAF medics I am apparently suffering from food poisoning which has affected several other athletes in the athletes' hotel," Makwala wrote on his Facebook page late on "Lets hope they will allow me to run my final tomorrow." Irish athletes were staying at the Tower and their 400m hurdler Thomas Barr was another to suffer, missing his semi-final on Monday. "I wasn't feeling great yesterday evening and later in the night I was hit with a bout of gastroenteritis," he said. "My whole year has been focused on the World Championships and to not be able to go out and compete for Ireland today is beyond disappointing." At least seven Canadians were affected, including Eric Gillis, who was forced to drop out of Sunday's marathon after around 20 miles. "I was one of the athletes in quarantine," Canadian sprinter Aaron Brown said. "I was in my room the entire day in the dark. I was like a vampire. I was holding my stomach the entire night." Brown recovered well enough to race in Monday's 200m heats and ran an impressive 20.08 seconds, only to be disqualified for a lane violation. Olympic champion Elaine Thompson was also physically sick before the 100 metres final on Sunday, though the Jamaican said that was not unusual for her and hadn't had any effect on her below-par performance. She finished fifth. (Editing by Larry King)


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Local Author Camille Pagán Depicts Midlife Marriage in Her Latest
Author Camille Pagán's new book, I'm Fine and Neither Are You may resonate with the overextended mothers of today's world.
A busy mom of two living in Ann Arbor, Pagán purposely stays away from autobiographical storytelling, although her ideas are stoked by real life interactions. Striving to create relatable characters, this latest book is her fifth, with another due out next year and one more in the works. "A lot of people say that (reading) my books are like having a candid conversation with a good friend."
Penelope's story
The newest story centers on Penelope Ruiz-Kar, a wife, mother and breadwinner for her family, trying desperately to hold it all together. Meanwhile, her friend Jenny Sweet seems to have the perfect life until tragedy strikes and the veneer of perfection is shattered. Penelope reacts by trying to inject radical honesty into her own life and marriage which causes its own brand of upheaval.
Pagán says the character of Penelope grew out of a conversation she had with a good friend several years ago whose mother was going through cancer treatments. At the time, Pagán was working full-time as an editor and trying to finish a book. Her son wasn't sleeping through the night and she had a lot going on. When her friend asked how she was, she answered the way so many women answer—"I'm fine." "I didn't want to say I wasn't fine because I was measuring my pain against hers."
"She looked at me and said: 'Camille, I didn't ask you to be nice. I want the honest answer. It's okay if you're not fine,' and she said 'you know that right?' I think I knew it logically but not emotionally."
Facade of fine
Pagán said she wanted to bring the spirit of that interaction to life in story form knowing many mothers wear the facade of being "fine" when they really are not. The other theme of the story came to her when she heard about a distant acquaintance who had died of an opioid overdose.
"Everyone in her life was really surprised because she looked like she had it all together," Pagán said. As a health writer for 20 years, she had been hearing about the opioid epidemic for a long time and the personal story of the acquaintance hit her especially hard.
Her book is a meditation on midlife marriage, describing mothers trying to do it all and sometimes losing themselves in the process. The fact that her characters are similar to her and her husband in terms of life stage is really where the similarity ends, but she writes with an understanding of the overextended lives of working moms. "I just think everyone is stretched thin and exhaustion is almost a default state as a working parent."
Pagán counts herself lucky in being able to work from home as a writer. She also has a supportive husband, JP, who does much of the cooking and is a very hands on parent when it comes to their children, Indira, 11 and Xavi, 8.
Ann Arbor author and mom Camille Pagán offers a fictional depiction of a woman struggling to be 'enough' in I'm Fine and Neither Are You. Photo by Myra Klarman
Q&A with Camille Pagán
Favorite local spot to relax with the family: Our front porch. We live on a one-block street, and we're a tight-knit little community. When we're out on the porch, we often wind up having neighbors stop over.
Where do you do your most productive writing: My home office. That's where I do 99% of my writing.
What is your favorite children's book to read to/with your children: The Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel. All four of us quote them all the time.
Favorite Ann Arbor-area restaurant: Morgan & York is my go-to hangout for lunch and coffee (and now wine! They just opened a bar). The owner, Tommy York, knows all of his regular customers.
Best outdoor recreation spot within 20 miles of your home: The Arb! I loved it when I was a student at UM. I lived right near there, and all these years later, the appeal hasn't worn off.
To find out more about Camille and her upcoming book This Won't End Well, visit her website at camillepagan.com


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Scientific theory
From Issuepedia
A scientific theory is "a proposed description, explanation, or model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation. It follows from this that for scientists "theory" and "fact" do not necessarily stand in opposition. For example, it is a fact that an apple dropped on earth has been observed to fall towards the center of the planet, and the theory which explains why the apple behaves so is the current theory of gravitation." [W]
Also, "A coherent statement or set of statements that attempts to explain observed phenomena, which has testable implications, and which is well tested and widely accepted as true." (wiktionary)
This should not be confused with the common usage of the word "theory", referred to here as informal theory.
Evolution is often dismissed by supporters of direct creation theories as being "just a theory". This usage attempts to confuse the scientific usage of the word "theory" with its less formal usage. Just as there is a "theory of orbital mechanics" which explains and accurately predicts the positions of the planets in the past and future, there is also a "theory of evolution" which explains how an observed phenomenon (evolution) resulted in countless aspects of the living world we see today, correctly predicting many details not known in advance.
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INDXBIB

Section: User Commands  (1)
Updated: 27 June 2001
Index
Return to Main Contents

NAME

indxbib - make inverted index for bibliographic databases

SYNOPSIS

indxbib

[ -vw ]

[ -c file ]

[ -d dir ]

[ -f file ]

[ -h n ]

[ -i string ]

[ -k n ]

[ -l n ]

[ -n n ]

[ -o file ]

[ -t n ]

[ filename... ]

It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its
parameter.

DESCRIPTION

indxbib

makes an inverted index for the bibliographic databases in
filename...

for use with
refer(1),

lookbib(1),

and
lkbib(1).

The index will be named
filename.i;

the index is written to a temporary file which is then renamed to this.
If no filenames are given on the command line because the
-f

option has been used, and no
-o

option is given, the index will be named
Ind.i.

Bibliographic databases are divided into records by blank lines.
Within a record, each fields starts with a
%

character at the beginning of a line.
Fields have a one letter name which follows the
%

character.

The values set by the
-c,

-n,

-l

and
-t

options are stored in the index;
when the index is searched, keys will be discarded and truncated in a
manner appropriate to these options;
the original keys will be used for verifying that any record
found using the index actually contains the keys.
This means that a user of an index need not know whether these
options were used in the creation of the index,
provided that not all the keys to be searched for
would have been discarded during indexing
and that the user supplies at least the part of each key
that would have remained after being truncated during indexing.
The value set by the
-i

option is also stored in the index
and will be used in verifying records found using the index.

OPTIONS

-v

Print the version number.

-w

Index whole files.
Each file is a separate record.

-cfile

Read the list of common words from
file

instead of
/usr/share/groff/1.18.1.4/eign.

-ddir

Use
dir

as the pathname of the current working directory to store in the index,
instead of the path printed by
pwd(1).

Usually
dir

will be a symbolic link that points to the directory printed by
pwd(1).

-ffile

Read the files to be indexed from
file.

If
file

is
-,

files will be read from the standard input.
The
-f

option can be given at most once.

-istring

Don't index the contents of fields whose names are in
string.

Initially
string

is
XYZ.

-hn

Use the first prime greater than or equal to
n

for the size of the hash table.
Larger values of
n

will usually make searching faster,
but will make the index larger
and
indxbib

use more memory.
Initially
n

is 997.

-kn

Use at most
n

keys per input record.
Initially
n

is 100.

-ln

Discard keys that are shorter than
n.

Initially
n

is 3.

-nn

Discard the
n

most common words.
Initially
n

is 100.

-obasename

The index should be named
basename.i.

-tn

Truncate keys to
n.

Initially
n

is 6.

FILES

filename.i

Index.

Ind.i

Default index name.

/usr/share/groff/1.18.1.4/eign

List of common words.

indxbibXXXXXX

Temporary file.

SEE ALSO

refer(1),

lkbib(1),

lookbib(1)

Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

FILES

SEE ALSO

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We've seen what Al Qaeda, a branch of the FSA terrorist group, done to the Bamiyan Buddha Statue in Afghanistan that stood 1,700 years at a 150 meters height when they under the wing of Taliban in 2001 took control of the country there.
Now, they're in Syria fighting the culture, heritage, history, tradition and the people of this old country, which history is recorded since 12,000 years and invented the alphabet some 7,000 years ago.
The Old Souq in Aleppo, a World Heritage site registered by the UNESCO in the year 1986 is now ruins, the hundreds of shops that make the living of thousands of Aleppo merchants and their workers are burnt to earth by the savage, barbaric, medieval terrorists whom were invented, supported, financed, trained by NATO and smuggled into Syria by Turkey, a NATO's very faithful member state.


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Sŵn Festival pioneers talent
Chloe Allen
Sŵn festival, Cardiff's original multi-venue music festival, will make a huge return this weekend with more venues and acts than ever before.
This year Sŵn festival has made a strong commitment to harnessing Welsh language talent. It will run from 17 – 20 October and will focus on Welsh and international sound.
Established in 2007, Sŵn 2018 is now firmly in the hands of top music venue Clwb Ifor Bach.
In comparison to previous lineups, there is a stronger overtone propelling new Welsh acts to the forefront of the event.
Headliner Gwenno, notable for her debut album, Y Dydd Olaf, will be joined by Carmarthen outfit Adwaith on Wednesday. Using the language as their platform for self-expression, the bands are making a cultural statement in their own right, acknowledging the resurgence in Welsh language and the pride associated with it.
Acts such as Breichiau Hir and Patblygu are also on the bill performing a wide range of material in the Welsh language.
Zac Mather, who works closely with Clwb Ifor Bach and Sŵn, has a clear view of the value of Welsh language in the Cardiff scene. " Sŵn festival is very important to Welsh bands looking to firmly establish themselves," he says. "From a Welsh language perspective, bands that write and perform in the language have an outlet and this means there is a movement out there that people can truly relate to."
Young bands like Adwaith bring a fresh take on Welsh language music, stepping away from traditional associations and providing a contemporary sound. This dedication Sŵn has to the Welsh language is in keeping with the vision for one million Welsh speakers by 2050, according to gov.wales.
Offering the best in post-punk, rock and indie, Sŵn festival works a platform for both established and lesser-known bands to showcase their material. The festival kicks off on Wednesday at Tramshed and will run until Sunday.
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Panel Addresses Domestic Violence in Tennessee
Angela Burchell Beverly walked outside of her home early on the morning of September 24th, 2014. There, she was confronted by her estranged husband, Andrew. One of Angela's friends recalls watching the ex-couple argue before Andrew produced a gun and fatally shot Angela.
"A physical altercation took place," says the warrant for Andrew Beverly's arrest. "Angela Beverly screamed for help, [her friend] Jabari Dial exited the residence and witnessed the defendant, Andrew Beverly holding Angela Beverly around her shoulders and head and then witnessed Andrew Beverly shoot Angela Beverly with what he described as a small black firearm."
This wasn't the first time violence erupted between the couple.
According to court records, Andrew Beverly physically assaulted his wife Angela at about 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 8 of the same year.
"He attacked me and threw me to the ground," Angela told authorities. "He put me in a choke hold and cut the blood flow off in my body, causing damage to my eye. He bruised my body very badly."
Just a few months later, Angela was dead.
Her story, along with the stories of many other domestic abuse victims, was the subject of a symposium held at Tennessee's South College late last month. A 90-minute discussion preceded a candlelight vigil held in Burchell-Beverly's honor.
The symposium took place in the form of a panel discussion composed of school and law enforcement officials, as well as experts on domestic abuse and family law.
Topics ranged from warning signs of domestic violence to advice on getting help.
4th Circuit Court Judge Greg McMillan said the most common causes of domestic abuse are mental health issues, substance abuse, and economic woes. He further stated that pressures outside of the relationship can boil over into violent abuse.
"When it's good, we all get along," he said, "and when it's bad, we go to hell in a hand basket."
Another panelist, Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch, told the audience that the city has been an increase in aggravated assaults in 2015. Many of them, he said, are cases of domestic abuse.
"You don't need to worry about the people you don't know, you need to worry about the people you do know," he said.
Other panelists spoke about the wide-ranging variety of domestic abuse cases, driving home the point that there is no one typical domestic abuse victim.
Debbie Maline, an assistant attorney general, told the audience that domestic violence victims rarely fit into a specific mold. YWCA executive director Alle Lilly said domestic violence is an issue that affects everyone, and can happen to anyone.
"The more awareness we raise in the community, the more we are going to be able to reach the victims," Lilly said.
Panelist Elizabeth Newman, from the Knoxville Family Crisis Center, warned that abusive relationships get worse over time.
"Domestic abusers can be very charming," she said.
A personal story came from Amy Rowling, of the Knox County Health Department. She says she became involved in an abusive relationship after a period of loneliness following a break up.
She met her ex-partner on a blind date, and says things weren't immediately problematic. Soon, however, he became intensely jealous, and prevented her from going out or spending time with other people.
"I stayed because I kept thinking I needed the friendship," she said.
She was eventually able to escape from the abusive relationship, but notes how difficult it can be to break away fully.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, domestic violence accounted for 21 percent of all violent crime between 2003 and 2012.
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La Clinica de La Raza, Inc.
aka La Clínica | Oakland, CA | www.laclinica.org
The mission of La Clínica de La Raza is to improve the quality of life of the diverse communities we serve by providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible health care for all.
Ms. Jane Garcia
1450 Fruitvale Ave 3rd Floor
Oakland, CA 94601 USA
Mr. Javier Ramirez
Annual Fund Administrator
1450 Fruitvale Avenue
Legal name of organization: La Clinica de La Raza
Community Health Systems (E21)
Community Mental Health Center (F32)
We believe that health care is a basic human right, and that culturally and linguistically appropriate care is essential for all. Not only do we provide care to all who come to us, regardless of income, insurance, immigration status, housing status, or language spoken, but we are unique among Federally-Qualified Health Centers in that we place a tremendous emphasis on supporting the Spanish-speaking and Latino communities, among others, by hiring multi-lingual providers and applying traditional Latin American and Indigenous cultural and healing practices where applicable.
Patient Profile
La Clínica's many services include: medical, dental, optical, women's health, prenatal care, preventive medicine, health and nutrition education, adolescent services, mental health services, behavioral health services, case management, referral services, pharmacy, radiology, and laboratory services. The majority of people (>95%) La Clínica serves earn below 200% of the poverty level. Most of our patients (64%) are Latino, 8% come from Asian and Arabic heritages, 11% are African American or come from such East African countries as Ethiopia and Eritrea, and 10% are of European heritage. More than 75% of our patients need to be served in their native languages. Ninety-five percent (95%) do not have private health insurance. In recent years, La Clínica has been serving more and more people without other means for health care. Last year alone, we served nearly 87,000 individuals. Almost half (43%) of these patients were children and adolescents; and the numbers continue to rise. We expect to see more and more people as families struggle to pay the increasing costs of health coverage.
Building a Healthy and Revitalized Vallejo for All
Number of practicing physician assistants
Number of practicing nurse practitioners
Number of practicing medical doctors
Number of people who received clinical mental health care
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Number of La Clínica dental patients
Our Vision is for La Clínica to be a premier community health center, rooted in the concepts of wellness, prevention and patient-centered care, in a world where health care is viewed as a basic human right.
As outlined in our 2015-2020 Strategic Plan, we seek to:
- Achieve optimal health outcomes for all La Clínica members and the broader community.
- Provide every member with a La Clínica experience that meets or exceeds their expectations.
- Attract and retain capable and culturally-agile staff who are committed to excellence.
- Strengthen La Clínica's long-term financial sustainability to achieve its mission in a dynamic
health care environment.
- Advocate for a more equitable health care system to ensure the well-being and success of
La Clínica and the communities we serve.
http://www.laclinica.org/forms/laclinica-strategic-plan_2015-2020.pdf
With 1,200 staff members and 35 locations across three counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano), we are a well-respected force in the community health center realm in California. We achieve success through our internal efforts as well as our external advocacy, as well as our engagement with the Community Health Center Network, Essential Access Health, and other networks and organizations.
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import java.util.Properties;

import org.apache.pig.ExecType;
import org.apache.pig.backend.executionengine.ExecutionEngine;
import org.apache.pig.impl.PigContext;

public class SparkExecType implements ExecType {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    private static final String mode = "SPARK";

    @Override
    public boolean accepts(Properties properties) {
        String execTypeSpecified = properties.getProperty("exectype", "")
                .toUpperCase();
        if (execTypeSpecified.equals(mode))
            return true;
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public ExecutionEngine getExecutionEngine(PigContext pigContext) {
        return new SparkExecutionEngine(pigContext);
    }

    @Override
    public Class<? extends ExecutionEngine> getExecutionEngineClass() {
        return SparkExecutionEngine.class;
    }

    @Override
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B.C.'s Long Awaited Climate Leadership Plan Released
Tag: Carbon Prices, Carbon Trading, Clean Energy, Cleantech, Climate Change, Emissions Management, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Investments
GLOBE-Net, August 19, 2016 – The British Columbia government today unveiled the Climate Leadership Plan, with goals to create up to 66,000 jobs over the next ten years, and to reduce net annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 25 million tonnes below current forecasts by 2050.
Premier Christy Clark
"We are continuing to lead the way in reducing emissions and creating jobs with the release of our new Climate Leadership Plan," said Premier Christy Clark. "We are taking action with an approach that balances environmental responsibility with economic opportunity."
The plan's initial 21 action items include making electric vehicles more affordable and buildings more energy efficient. Government is also targeting sequestration opportunities in the forestry sector and achieving emission reductions in natural gas production and processing.
The overall level and rate of emissions reduction are less than what was recommended last year by the Climate Leadership Team (CLT), a group made up of diverse leaders from British Columbia businesses, First Nations, local governments, communities, academia, and the environmental sector.
Some members of that consultative group have signaled disappointment with the plan released today, calling it a missed opportunity to reduce emissions and to support B.C.'s transition to a clean economy (Pembina Institute), and a failure (Clean Energy Canada).
"We are taking further action to keep our province on track to meeting our greenhouse gas reduction targets, while continuing to grow our economy," said B.C.'s Environment Minister Mary Polak.
Emissions will be reduced further as subsequent actions are introduced, putting B.C. on course to achieve its 2050 target of an 80% reduction in emissions from 2007 levels.
The Climate Leadership Plan has been put forward as a living, dynamic document and the Government intends to establish periodic progress reviews on meeting its targets and will update the plan as necessary.
The Plan will be further updated over the coming year in response to work underway to develop a pan-Canadian approach to climate action under the Vancouver Declaration announced in March at GLOBE 2016.
Four different areas of climate action were set out in that Declaration including:
Clean technology, innovation, and jobs;
Specific mitigation opportunities;
Adaptation and climate resilience; and
Carbon pricing mechanisms.
The plan does reflect many recommendations made by the Climate Leadership Team and feedback received through two rounds of public engagement with stakeholders and citizens, as well as consultations with sector-specific industry groups noted Parliamentary Secretary for Energy Literacy and the Environment Jordan Sturdy.
"As chair of the Climate Leadership Team, I am very proud of the ideas the team, along with thousands of families, First Nations, local governments and organizations submitted to government," he said.
Today's announcement addresses 18 of the Climate Leadership Team's 32 recommendations including reaffirming its legislated 2050 target of achieving a reduction in GHG emissions of 80% below 2007 levels.
Action items cited include:
Launching a strategy to reduce methane emissions;
Regulating carbon capture and storage projects; and
Working to provide the necessary capital to develop the required infrastructure to close the gap between electricity and natural gas costs:
Increasing the Low Carbon Fuel Standard to reduce the carbon footprint of transportation fuels to 15% by 2030;
Providing Incentives for using renewable natural gas for use in commercial fleets, as well as expanding fueling infrastructure;
Providing incentives for purchasing a clean energy vehicles;
Supporting vehicle charging development for zero emission vehicles; and
Launching a10-year plan to improve B.C.'s transportation network by transitioning to low carbon fuels in buses and for BC Ferries; a new Broadway SkyTrain line in Vancouver; and Developing rapid transit in Surrey; and reducing congestion by replacing the George Massey Tunnel.
Enhancing the carbon storage potential of B.C.'s forests; and
Developing a nutrient management program to reduce emissions.
INDUSTRY AND FACILITIES
Making B.C.'s electricity 100% renewable or clean;
Efficient electrification through expanded demand-side management (DSM) programs for BC Hydro;
Fueling marine vessels with cleaner burning LNG;
Setting new energy efficiency standards for gas fired boilers; and
Expanding incentives to promote adoption of efficient gas equipment;
COMMUNITIES AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Instituting regulations for more energy efficient buildings
Encouraging development of net zero buildings
Refreshing the Climate Action Charter for communities
Creating a strategy to turn waste into resources and to reduce the waste sent to landfills.
PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERSHIP
Promoting use of low carbon and renewable materials in infrastructure including approving use of Portland Limestone Cement and increasing use of B.C. wood products that store carbon and reduce emissions, through B.C.'s Wood First program; and
Reducing emissions and planning for adaptation in the public sector.
Readers can view the Climate Leadership Plan, and learn more about the actions B.C. is taking, at: www.gov.bc.ca/climateleadership
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The scene is set in Chicago on the south side. T-Low (Larenzo Simmons) is a mid level hustler that gets a call from Jay (Darius Dotson) about a sweet deal on street merchandise. T-Low had his reservation about the seller because Cheeks (Antonio Tillis) never had the means to put his hands on the level of product T-Low can afford to pay for. Despite T-Low's doubts about Cheeks he decides to take the risk because of the price. If the deal goes through he can stand to make a lot of money and do something else with his life. He just doesn't know what.
Since T-Low has reservations about this current deal, he takes Man Man (Vernard Rule) to meet as backup incase things go afoul.