This essay was published in full in the Sept. 30, 1961, issue of America and was widely criticized by religious leaders like Billy Graham. Thomas Merton responded in the November issue of The Catholic Worker, condemning the mentality of "every man for himself." Historians like Arthur M. Schlesinger later wrote that Father McHugh's essay caused President Kennedy to reconsider urging citizens to construct backyard shelters, instead directing people to shelters in public buildings. This article has been republished as part of America's special 110th anniversary issue.
The American people are burrowing underground in a grassroots movement for survival; the shelter business is booming. Civil defense officials have already noted that many citizens are very furtive about building a modest haven in the cellar or yard. The more secret the nuclear hideaway, the less likely they are to be troubled by panicky neighbors at the shelter door when the bombs start falling.
How many would die in a nuke from North Korea? This simulator will show you.
What is your family shelter? It is more than a piece of property that should be secure against trespass. It is a property of a most vital kind. When the bombs start falling, it is likely to be the one material good in your family's environment which is equivalent to life itself. The shelter is your ultimate line of defense against fire, blast, radiation and residual fallout. Moreover, because of its strictly limited resources (space, food, medical supplies, etc.), its use must be carefully regulated if it is to guarantee even marginal opportunity for survival over a protracted period. If you go underground with just one occupant above the maximum number for which the shelter was designed, the survival value of the shelter diminishes for all that take refuge in it.
If a man builds a shelter for his family, then it is the family that has the first right to use it.
If others steal your family shelter space before you get there, you may also use whatever means will recover your sanctuary intact.
1. If you are an unattached individual and wish to yield your shelter space to others, God bless you. You can show no greater love for your neighbors.
2. Think twice before you rashly give your family shelter space to friends and neighbors or to the passing stranger. Do your dependents go along with this heroic self-sacrifice? If they do, and you have not yet built a shelter, don't bother to do so. Go next door and build one for your neighbor. In an emergency, he can take refuge there more quickly if it is on his own property instead of yours.
3. When you have sheltered your family, you may make a prudent judgment as to whether you may admit any others to your sanctuary without undue risk to the essential welfare of those who are most closely bound to you in justice and charity. It would be hard to prove that you have any grave obligation to do so.
4. If you are already secured in your shelter and others try to break in, they may be treated as unjust aggressors and repelled with whatever means will effectively deter their assault. If others steal your family shelter space before you get there, you may also use whatever means will recover your sanctuary intact.
This article also appeared in print, under the headline "Ethics at the bomb shelter doorway," in the April 15, 2019 issue.
L. C. McHugh, S.J., who taught ethics at Georgetown University before becoming an associate editor at America, wrote a regular column on science.


Editor's note: Dana Wachs dropped out of the race Friday, June 22, 2018.
Carlea Jo Lauer first met Dana Wachs in 2010 during a very difficult time in her life.
She had just been in an awful car accident that had left her paralyzed from the waist down.
"I was in the hospital for 107 days and I was doing speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and then I was also doing my schoolwork on top of all of that, because I wanted to graduate with the rest of my class," Lauer said.
She was a sophomore in high school when the accident happened.
Wachs, a trial attorney, came to the hospital to visit Lauer. Her mother had hired his law firm, Gingras Cates & Wachs, to represent her in a lawsuit following the accident.
"You know, I always felt comfortable that I could cry or I could scream or I could swear," Lauer said of her relationship with Wachs. "I could do whatever I needed to do to express myself and he was always supportive of that."
Lauer said Wachs, now a Democratic state lawmaker and 2018 candidate for governor, was comfortable sitting with her in her most vulnerable moments. She thinks that says a lot about who he is — that and the fact he could make her laugh, even in the darkest moments.
"Total dad jokes," she laughed. "I think that's important for people to know."
"I don't represent the big corporations, I represent regular people in terrible circumstances in life," Dana Wachs, one of several Democrats hoping to challenge Gov. Scott Walker in November, said.
Wachs, 60, is one of several Democrats hoping to win his party's nomination to challenge GOP Gov. Scott Walker for the governor's office this November.
The state representative, who has continued his law practice while representing a portion of western Wisconsin in the state Legislature, says his work as a trial lawyer is a lot like his work in the Capitol. He sees both jobs as opportunities to fight for people without a lot of power.
"I don't represent the big corporations, I represent regular people in terrible circumstances in life," he said.
Wachs took one lawsuit all the way to the state Supreme Court in 1996. His firm won the case, which challenged a doctor for failing to inform a patient about the risks of a surgical procedure on her brain.
The plaintiff, Donna Johnson, was injured during the surgery and lost her ability to walk and control her bowel movements. Her vision and speech were also impaired.
Wachs said he has stayed in touch with Johnson and her son in the years since the case.
"She's a wonderful lady, and even with all of this, she maintained a sense of humor," Wachs said of Johnson. "It really gives you faith in the human condition, when you see someone who faces that kind of thing."
Dan Freund, a longtime friend and colleague of Wachs', first met the lawmaker when they were young lawyers practicing in Eau Claire.
Freund said Wachs, who he described as "the kind of person I expected to be in Wisconsin when I moved here," didn't talk about running for office in those early days.
He's not too surprised his friend ended up in public service, however.
"I think to some extent it's the logical extension of his work representing injured parties against big insurance companies and being an advocate for those who couldn't necessarily advocate for themselves," Freund said.
Wachs is proud of his history as a trial lawyer, but some might see it as a political weakness. Opponents often try to paint trial lawyers as "ambulance chasers," people who take advantage of the injured for their own financial gain.
The state Republican Party has already labeled Wachs a "liberal trial attorney" on an opposition website, a clear sign they'd like to stoke any negative feelings or perceptions voters might have about the profession.
Critiques of his profession aren't the only potential hiccups the Wachs campaign might have to contend with in the coming months.
Last year, a document leaked from his campaign called Wachs a candidate who has, "progressive values without the veneer of a Milwaukee elitist or a Madison liberal."
The "Milwaukee elitist" and "Madison liberal" monikers stung for some in the party's base.
"It is unfortunate, how it was worded," Wachs said. "I think the wording was a bit on the clunky side."
Wachs said he didn't write the memo, but he sticks by the argument that he appeals to a different type of voter than others on the Democratic gubernatorial ballot.
"I will, in this election, be able to appeal to voters all over the state, from Superior all the way to Kenosha," he said.
He attributes that appeal to his hunting and fishing hobbies and his dedication to conservation.
"I think these are the types of hobbies and values that folks in the north and west part of the state, and the rural areas, by and large, are very attentive to and can identify with," he said.
"I will, in this election, be able to appeal to voters all over the state, from Superior all the way to Kenosha," Dana Wachs said.
Wachs isn't the only lawmaker from western Wisconsin in the governor's race. State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout also represents the area. Vinehout is a hunter as well.
Aside from his broad appeal, Wachs has made his opposition to Wisconsin's multi-billion dollar deal with tech giant Foxconn a big part of his campaign. He is uniquely positioned to do so among Democrats running for governor, as he sits on the board of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, which negotiated and approved the state's contract with Foxconn.
Wachs voted against the contract and was a high-profile critic during its negotiation.
"I think it's a terrible squandering of state resources — three billion spent on one company, buried deep in one industry, is a heck of a lot of eggs in one basket," he said.
Wachs said the contract didn't do enough to protect Wisconsin companies and Wisconsin workers, among other things.
"This government has strayed from regular folks," he said. "It's strayed on a mistaken belief that somehow if you give the benefits of society to the people at the very top of the economic pyramid, somehow that's going to trickle down to everybody else."
The needs of regular people are falling on deaf ears in the state Capitol, Wachs says. And he believes he's the candidate who can change that.


Free classes this fall: Creative Writing & World Literature!
Letter-Writing Club: August 9th, 2012 edition.
Sorry, I'm in a rush. The A/V's a bit off. And my hair looks weird. It was a long, hot summer's day, all-told. But still: nice.


text:
How much time do we waste in traffic and how to avoid traffic jams?
Do you think you spend too much time stuck in traffic? Want to know the best way to avoid it? We explore the best ways to spend less time stuck on the road
Traffic jams are the bain of most motorists lives. All we want to do when we get into our car is reach our destination as comfortably and quickly as possible. Agreed? Time spent in a car can be enjoyable. Driving along the open road, window down and breeze in your face. But when we're stuck in a traffic jam our cars can feel like a prison. Not moving anywhere and confined between the doors of your cabin for an undisclosed amount of time isn't a pleasant thought.UK roads have been hailed as some of the most gridlocked in the world. I suppose this is to be expected. As a Nation, we are very densely populated and it's no secret that Brits love cars. But that doesn't make the 'traffic jam pill' any easier to swallow. So, if you want to reduce your time spent sitting in traffic.... and let's face it, who doesn't. Then read on. In this article, we'll be taking a deeper look into how much time we waste in traffic and how to avoid traffic jams.
alternative route, How Much Time Do We Waste In Traffic and How To Avoid Traffic Jams, Learning Centre, sat nav, More Tags
Welcome to OSV Ltd – car finance made simple. We offer a stress free consultative solution for both business and personal car finance in the UK.
1.0 EcoBoost Mild Hybrid
£179.99+VAT
BUSINESS & PERSONAL CONTRACT HIRE
STRUGGLING TO FIND A CAR TO SUIT YOUR LIFESTYLE AND BUDGET?
Help is just a phone call away. Our experts can help you find your perfect car at a great price.
Looking for car reviews?
130+ car reviews to help you choose your next car.
Car Leasing Guide
Brand Reliability
How reliable is Subaru? An honest assessment
Is Jeep reliable? An unbiased look at the American classic
How reliable is Volvo? An honest assessment of the…
Is Mercedes-Benz reliable? An impartial look at the…
How reliable is Maserati? An unbiased look at the…

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
CALL FOR PAPERS: "SCIENCE IS POLITICS BY OTHER MEANS REVISITED", Joint EASST-4S Conference, Barcelona, 31 August-3 September 2016
We invite scholars and postgraduate students to send proposals for this thematic session organized by Dominique Vinck (Université de Lausanne) and Eve Seguin (Université du Québec à Montréal).
Since its inception, Bruno Latour's claim that "science is politics by other means" has had intense circulation in the academic world and beyond (Latour, 1983, 1988). In Science and Technology Studies (STS), it seems to have shifted the focus of attention from science to politics (Seguin, 2000). But the remarkable aspect about it is that nowadays most of us just take it for granted when, in fact, it raises a number of questions. To begin with, it is not clear what should be made of it since no two scholars understand it in the same way. Here are some interpretations found in scientific literature, with no claim to exhaustivity:
• The contestation of scientific ideas (Edgecoe, 2001)
• The disciplinary policies targeted at nonhumans (Seguin, 2015)
• The laboratory as the locus where new sources of power arise (Pels, 2003)
• The struggle for the public interpretation of reality (Vandenberghe, 2014)
• The building of alliances between nonhumans and social interests (Brown, 2015)
1. A first cluster of questions bears upon this interpretive diversity. Do the above, and other, interpretations overlap, and to what extent? Are they complementary or incompatible? Are they equally valid in relation to Latour's writings? Do they have equal relevance for empirical research?
2. How does this claim connect to other approaches used by Latour, such as actor-network theory (Latour, 1987) or the extended symmetry principle (Latour, 1993)? How does it stand in relation to theoretical approaches developed by other thinkers, for instance Bennett's vital materialism (Bennett, 2010), Foucault's power/knowledge (Foucault, 1977), or Jasanoff's co-production idiom (Jasanoff, 2004)?
3. Why has this claim not gained currency in political theory? Why is Latour not widely regarded as a political thinker when politics pervades his entire work (Harman, 2014)? Why has it not led political theorists to embrace science as an object of study? What impact did it have in other disciplines (epistemology, sociology, etc)?
4. Do Latour's explicit writings on politics actually depart from it? What can we learn from the debates he had with political scientist Pierre Favre, philosopher Gerard de Vries, or sociologist Ulrich Beck in the mid-2000s (Favre, 2008; Latour, 2004, 2007, 2008)?
5. Have case studies in STS paid lip service to it? How has it enhanced rather than impoverished our understanding of both science and politics? How useful has it been for the conduct of empirical research? Is it still relevant today?
We hope this thematic session will provide an opportunity to revisit one of the most exciting and challenging insights of contemporary thought.
Please contact Eve Seguin by 7 February 2016: eseguin22@yahoo.com
Dr Eve Seguin
Department of Political Science & Programme of Postgraduate Studies in STS
eseguin22@yahoo.com
Bennett, Jane (2010) Vibrant Matter. A Political Ecology of Things. Durham: Duke University Press
Brown, Mark (2015) "Politicizing science: Conceptions of politics in science and technology studies", Social Studies of Science 45(1): 3-30
Edgecoe, Adam (2001) The Politics of Personalised Medicine: Pharmacogenetics in the Clinic. Cambridge: CUP
Favre, Pierre (2008) "What science studies do to political science: reply to Bruno Latour", Revue française de science politique 58(5): 817-829
Foucault, Michel (1977) Discipline and Punish. New York: Vintage
Harman, Graham (2014) Bruno Latour: Reassembling the Political. London: Pluto Press
Jasanoff, Sheila (ed) (2004) States of Knowledge: The Co-Production of Science and Social Order. New York: Routledge
Latour, Bruno (2008) "For a dialogue between political science and science studies", Revue française de science politique 58 (4): 657-678
Latour, Bruno (2007) "Turning Around Politics: A Note on Gerard de Vries' Paper", Social Studies of Science 37(5): 811-820
Latour, Bruno (2004) "Whose Cosmos, Which Cosmopolitics? Comments on the Peace Terms of Ulrich Beck", Common Knowledge 10(3): 450-462
Latour, Bruno (1993) We Have Never Been Modern. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press
Latour, Bruno (1988) The Pasteurization of France. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press
Latour, Bruno (1987) Science in Action. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press
Latour, Bruno (1983) "Give Me a Laboratory and I will Raise the World" in K. Knorr & M. Mulkay (eds) Science Observed: Perspectives on the Social Study of Science. Los Angeles: Sage
Pels, Dick (2003) Unhastening Science. Autonomy and Reflexivity in the Social Theory of Knowledge. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press
Seguin, Eve (2015) "Why Are Exoplanets Political? Pragmatism and the Politicity of Science in Bruno Latour's Work", Revue française de science politique 65(2): 279-302
Seguin, Eve (2000) "Bloor, Latour, and the Field", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 31A(3): 503-508
Vandenberghe, Frederic (2014) What's Critical About Critical Realism? Essays in Reconstructive Social Theory. Abingdon: Routledge


I am not sure, did it come with brackets? If not.. it's just double sided sticky tape..
Hey Drift.. I live in Union Township in Jersey. Moved here with wife to months ago. I wanted to ask you about the window visors. How too put the on? I don't have instruction for window visers.


We started off as a humble group of amateur runners and bikers, clumsily trying out energy supplements during our training routines. After much experimentation, we concluded that everyone seemed to like different energy supplements. And so begins the first step in buying and sharing all the different types of energy gels, culminating in a small business!
We offer FREE DELIVERY on all products purchased, Tracking Number provided.
We offer you an easy payments system with 3 payment options: Bank Transfer, Credit Card & Paypal.
We promise you that we put the utmost effort in packaging to ensure your products arrive safely.
We answer all emails within 1 working day.
No hidden costs, no GST, no extra shipping charges, no minimum order. What you see is what you get!
We are a Proudly Singaporean Owned Business, born and bred here!
So with that being said, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, feedbacks or comments! We would love to hear from you!


text:
Ciales es un municipio de la región central montañosa de Puerto Rico. Fue fundado el 24 de junio de 1820 por Isidro Rodríguez. También es conocida como «La Ciudad de la Cohoba», «La Tierra del Café» y «Ciales Puerta de la Cordillera central». Ciales  está repartida en 8 barrios y Ciales Pueblo, el centro administrativo y principal pueblo del municipio.: Ciales está situado en la zona norte y centro de
Puerto Rico.    Colinda  por  el  norte  con  los  pueblos  de  Manatí   y
Barceloneta, con Jayuya y Orocovis por el sur, con Morovis por el este
y por el oeste con Utuado. Actualmente, Ciales  cuenta  con  ocho  barrios:  Jaguas,  Pesas,
Cordillera, Pozas, Hato Viejo, Cialitos, Toro Negro y Frontón.

Historia
Fundado en el año 1820, Ciales lleva al principio el nombre de «Villa Lacy», con el que honraba el nombre de su fundador, el general español Luis de Lacy. Sin embargo, desde sus comienzos muchos lo conocían como "Hato de Ciales" en referencia a las montañas calizas que le circuncindaban, y aún le circundan. Con el transcurrir de los años, muchos nombres y mucha historia (que inicia con su fundación el 24 de junio de 1820 y continúa hasta el presente siglo XXI) se agolpan sobre cada cialeño permitiendo que, aunque se dé bienvenida al progreso social y económico natural del desarrollo de los pueblos, permanezcan en el alma cialeña los gratos recuerdos como ejemplo de tesón y enseñanza de laboriosidad para las futuras generaciones de los conciudadanos orgullosos.

A la mitad de la década de 1810, un grupo de vecinos de uno de los sectores que se componía el pueblo de Manatí, bajo la dirección de Don Isidro Rodríguez Villalobos, inició las gestiones para construirse un pueblo aparte. Para el año 1818, el grupo elevó la petición formal de separación y comenzó la organización del futuro municipio de Ciales o "Villa Lacy". Dos años después, ya el pequeño poblado contaba con 1,064 habitantes. En esas circunstancias, el alcalde de Manatí se trasladó a la nueva comunidad acompañado del cura Juan Candelaria Collazo para organizar y supervisar las elecciones que darían como resultado la constitución del nuevo municipio. Así, constituido en 1820, se elige a Don Manuel Maldonado como el primer alcalde cialeño.

Pueblo de artesanos e innumerables yacimientos arqueológicos, Ciales está localizado entre diversos mogotes, algunos con apariencia de busto de caciques taínos, a los que llaman "El cerro de los Caciques". Esa peculiaridad, entre muchas otras, convierte a Ciales en pueblo atrayente, especialmente para aquellos quienes gustan la exploración. Sus frondosos cafetales mantienen el pueblo arraigado a las viejas y queridas tradiciones de pueblo cafetalero, sencillo y trabajador, amante de la naturaleza y de la rica cultura puertorriqueña. Todavía se cultiva el café en Ciales y existen dos torrefactores de café ( uno en el barrio Cialitos y otro en el barrio Frontón), en la actualidad la artesanía es un arte ampliamente practicado. De ahí que Ciales se conozca en toda la isla como "la ciudad de los artesanos y los bellos paisajes".

Geografía
Ciales está localizado en la región Central Montañosa de la Isla; al noroeste de Orocovis, al sur de Florida y Manatí, al este de Utuado y Jayuya, al oeste de Morovis.

Barrios

 Cumbre

Ríos

Símbolos municipales

Escudo de Ciales
Fondo de oro, un león rampante color púrpura sosteniendo un documento enrollado color plata acompañado en jefe por tres rosas de gules, hojadas de sinople verde puestas en faja.  Por timbre, una corona de oro mural de tres torres, azonada de sable negro y aclarado en púrpura.  Rodean al escudo por sus flancos y puntas, dos ramas de cafeto, frustradas de su color natural, cruzadas bajo el escudo y atadas por una cinta de gules.  Debajo o pisando el lazo de la cinta y los extremos de las ramas de cafeto, va una filacteria o cinta volante blanca con la inscripción «LACY ES» escrita en letras negras.

El león púrpura es símbolo de la familia LACY.
El pergamino que sostiene el león significa la libertad y el régimen  constitucional de los LACY.
Las tres rosas simbolizan la patrona del pueblo, la Virgen del Rosario.
La corona mural es insignia cívica de las ciudades.
Las tres torres significan que es una villa.
Las ramas de cafeto recuerdan que Ciales es un municipio ubicado en la región cafetalera de Puerto Rico.
El lema LACY es un anagrama de Ciales....

Patrimonio
 Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Rosario (actual 1963)
Puente Mata de Plátano (1905)
 Antiguo Cementerio Municipal (1861)
Casa Pintueles Co. (1850)
 Antiguo Hospital Municipal (1912)
 Casa Alcaldía (1915)
 Antigua Plaza del Mercado (1924)
 Antiguo Parque de Bombas (1947)
 Nuevo Parque de Bombas (1999)
 Museo del Café – Calle Palmer y Paseo del Aroma
 Museo Juan A. Corretjer
 Casona de la Familia De Jesús Blanco
 Centro de Acopio
 Fábrica de Muebles" Los Villalobos"
 Aserradero de Nando Otero – Bo. Hato Viejo Cumbre
 Rio Encantado (14 millas subterráneo)
 Cueva Las Archillas
Bosque de los Tres Picachos (5,000cds.65% en Ciales)
 Lago del Guineo- Es el lago ubicado a mayor elevación en Puerto Rico, Bo. Matrulla
 Cascada Las Delicias
 Plaza Recreo – (1927)
 Edificio Wincho – (1985- 1900)- Construido porCarlos Ereño, el mismo que construyó la antigua iglesia (1895-1900)
Parque Lineal Juan Antonio Corretjer

Atractivos naturales
Río Encantado-Es uno de los ríos subterráneos más largos del mundo,
Bosque Los Tres Picachos (65% localizado en Ciales)
Lago Guinea - El lago de mayor elevación sobre el nivel del mar en Puerto Rico
Cascada Las Delicias
Río Toro Negro,
Cueva de Las Archillas,
Cueva Las Golondrinas, Bo. Cordillera
Cueva Juan Nieves, Bo. Frontón
Cueva Yuyú (subterránea)  Bo. Frontón
Cueva del Niño Encantado, Bo. Caliche
Cueva de la Virgen, Barrio Jaguas Ventana
La Cara del Indio

Lista de alcaldes de Ciales
 1820 Manuel Maldonado
 1821 Isidoro Rodríguez Villalobos
 1898-1902 Lorenzo Vélez Nieves
 1902-1904 Gregorio Durán Báez
 1904-1905 Eduardo Barreras
 1905-1912 José Pilar Santiago
 1912-1917 Luis Aguilera Viera
 1917-1920 José Pilar Santiago
 1920-1924 Toribio Rivera González
 1924-1928 Luis Aguilera Viera
 1928-1930 Jacobo Córdova Dávila
 1930-1932 Álvaro Corrada del Río
 1932-1936 Gregorio Durán Báez
 1936-1940 Andrés Robles Pérez
 1940-1943 Santiago Ruíz López
 1943-1946 Miguel Rodríguez Echevarría
 1946-1964 José López Vega
 1964-1968 Ovidio Lamoso Coira
 1968-1972 Ismael Nazario Morales
 1972-1976 Alexis E. Otero Fernández
 1976-1980 José Villanueva San Miguel
 1980-1988 Roque Otero Cortés
 1988-1992 Daniel Jiménez Martínez
 1992-2004 Ángel M. Otero Pagán
 2004-2012 Luis "Rolan" Maldonado Rodríguez
 2012-2016 Juan José Rodríguez Pérez
 2016-2020 Luis "Rolan" Maldonado Rodríguez
 2020-Actual Alexander Burgos Otero

Referencias

Municipios de Puerto Rico
Localidades de Puerto Rico

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Víctor Balaguer Museum and Library
browsing menu
Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (1824-1901), founder of the institution.
Víctor Balaguer i Cirera (Barcelona, 1824-Madrid, 1901) is considered to be one of the most important 19th century Catalan politicians and writers. His ideas, which helped create a collective Catalan consciousness and revalue traditional Catalan symbols, are expressed in works of poetry, drama, prose, newspapers and, needless to say, in speeches and other political texts. On the purely literary side, alongside his poetry and legends we should note the contribution he made to renovating Catalan theatre with Tragèdies (Tragedies) (1876) and the Los Pirineus (The Pyrenees) trilogy (1892).
Regarded as one of the principal guiding spirits of the Catalan Renaixença movement, he was appointed Barcelona 'City Chronicler'. In this city, he named streets in the Eixample district corresponding to territories, institutions and personalities of the Crown of Aragon, which he invariably extolled as a paradigm of liberal, democratic political organisation.
In the mid-19th century he set off on his political career. Here he stood out as leader of the Partit Progressista (Progressive Party) as well as by forming part on four occasions (1871, 1872, 1874 and 1886 to 1888) of the Madrid government, where he became Minister of Public Works and of Foreign Affairs. He was also a very influential member of Catalan and Spanish Freemasonry.
01. Víctor Balaguer Library
Listen to the audio guide of this museum
All audios available
About Visitmuseum
Mobile privacy policy
Legal notice: The ©Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) allows the reuse of content and data without restrictions beyond mention of the source, non-alteration of information and specification of last update, and so long that it does not contradict any license.


This short William Shakespeare - Richard III speech Now is the winter of our discontent featured is in the form of a transcript, extract, passages or lines and demonstrates the good oratory skills of a great public speaker with the ability to use clear words and text.
William Shakespeare - Richard III speech "Now is the winter of our discontent..."
This famous short William Shakespeare - Richard III speech Now is the winter of our discontent is a great example of a clear address using excellent text to persuade and inspire the audience by a natural leader and motivator. Use this famous short transcript of the William Shakespeare - Richard III speech Now is the winter of our discontent as an example of a great oration and clear dialogue. A Quote or extract from this short William Shakespeare - Richard III speech Now is the winter of our discontent, provides an illustration of, or allusion to, the famous events the era. This famous short William Shakespeare - Richard III speech Now is the winter of our discontent is famed for its powers of verbal communication making good use of the words and language to illustrate the subject. Whether this short address can be described in the category of powerful, persuasive, motivational or inspirational speeches the excellent powers of oration which are used makes it a famous short speech.


gb. Any risk of future harm to the child posed by the child's parents, relatives or any other person the local authority consider relevant.
k. In respect of the child's siblings under the age of 18-(i) The person with whom the sibling is living; (ii) Whether the sibling is looked after by a local authority or provided with accommodation by a voluntary organisation; and (iii) Details of any court order made with respect to the sibling under the Act, including the name of the court, the order made and the date on which the order was made.


text:
Select your Higher Ed platform
Select your PreK–12 platform
my.mheducation.com C
Sign in to mheducation.com
Angelo T. DeGenaro
CHIEF INFORMATION AND OPERATIONS OFFICER
Angelo T. DeGenaro joined the company in 2015 and serves as Chief Information and Operations Officer for McGraw-Hill. He leads McGraw-Hill's Global Technology and Digital Platform Groups, including the development and support of customer-facing products, as well as the IT architecture, infrastructure, operations, and cybersecurity of front and back-office systems. He oversees Global Supply Chain Management, including manufacturing, inventory planning, fulfillment, and order management. Angelo also leads the Customer Experience Group, providing customer support for students using our digital products. In May 2019, after McGraw-Hill and Cengage announced their intent to merge, Angelo was appointed to lead McGraw-Hill's Integration Management Office.
Angelo began working for The McGraw-Hill Companies in 2004, with his last position being Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at McGraw-Hill Financial. In that role, he was responsible for enterprise architecture, global infrastructure delivery, business systems, and IT risk management. Before joining The McGraw-Hill Companies, Angelo held senior technology leadership positions at Cigna and Citi. He spent seven years at Cigna as the Senior Vice President of Infrastructure Implementation Services and also held several operational and engineering leadership roles during his earlier 18-year tenure at Citi.
Angelo is a member of The Research Board, a New York-based international think tank. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from New York University and a Master of Science in telecommunications and computing management from Polytechnic University.


text:
Austin Jewish Film Festival Starts Tomorrow Night
By Chale Nafus on April 12, 2013 - 9:30am in
Local Film Fests
The always-popular Austin Jewish Film Festival is back with a selection of stimulating films. The fest starts tomorrow night (Saturday, April 13) and runs through Friday, April 19 at Regal Arbor. Tickets and festival badges are still available, and some noon screenings are free.
Austin Film Society is co-sponsoring two of the fest's movies this year:
The Other Son (pictured above) (Lorraine Levy, France/Israel, 2012) is a powerful, yet hopeful, portrait of two young men -- one Palestinian, one Israeli -- switched at birth. They learn to transcend cultural, national and religious boundaries after they meet. [screening info]
Out in the Dark (Michael Mayer, Israel, 2012) joins the growing list of well-made Israeli films exploring gay life in Israel. In this film, we see the difficulties of love between a young Palestinian student and a slightly older Israeli lawyer. In a well-acted but tough role as a homophobic cop, new Austin resident Alon Pdut proves his ability to inhabit unflattering roles, just as he did in The Long Journey, which AFS and AJFF screened a few weeks ago. [screening info]
Watch the Out in the Dark trailer below:
I'm excited about seeing a number of other narrative films and documentaries in this year's AJFF lineup:
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Thierry Binisti, 2011) is another French-Israeli film featuring a Palestinian and an Israeli. A note in a bottle starts an email relationship between Naim and Tai with the ongoing border conflicts in the background.
Berlin 36 (Kaspar Heidelbach, Germany, 2011) tells the story of a star German gold medal contender destined for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin until the Nazi government discovers she is also Jewish.
Glickman (James Freedman, US/Israel, 2012) is another 1936 Olympics film, this one a documentary. It tells the story of an outstanding Jewish-American track star, barred from participation by the Nazis, but who goes on to become a pioneer sportscaster.
Brothers (Igall Niddam, Israel, 2008) explores the divide between two brothers, one an ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn attorney, the other a secular shepherd living peacefully on a kibbutz, who reunite after 25 years and see how far apart they have grown.
Hava Nagila: The Movie (Roberta Grossman, US, 2012) delightfully chronicles the century-old song, known by Jew and Gentile alike, but with a much richer history than its stereotypical use in films and TV would imply.
Invisible (Michal Aviad, Israel, 2012) pushes two long-separated friends to confront and process painful memories of being raped.
Kaddish for a Friend (Leo Khasin, Israel, 2011) is a powerful statement about transcending age, ethnicity and class, as a young Palestinian refugee in Germany has to pay for his vandalism by helping an elderly Russian Jewish neighbor put his home back in order.
Melting Away (Doron Eron, Israel, 2011) is a feature narrative about gender identity, as a son exploring transvestism is thrown out of his parents' home, only to return years later as the transgendered Anna, tenderly caring for her dying father.
Simon and the Oaks (Lisa Ohlin, Sweden, 2011), based on a popular Swedish novel, chronicles a wartime friendship between two boys, one working-class, the other a son of a Jewish German refugee.
The Ballad of the Weeping Spring (Benny Toraty, Israel, 2012) sounds like a fascinating postmodern mosaic of film styles and genres, all focused on a son's struggle to reunite his father's legendary band.
Yossi (Eytan Fox, Israel, 2012) is a sequel to Fox's own groundbreaking gay Israeli film Yossi & Jagger (2002). Here, Yossi, now a successful cardiologist, still mourns for his dead lover but finds possibilities of happiness on a vacation in Eilat.
In addition, AJFF is also screening wonderful short docs dealing with the New York City garment industry, the rescue of an essential Israeli photo archive, the testimony of concentration camp survivors with the telltale tattooed numbers, efforts to overcome hunger in America, the embroidery art of Ester Nisenthal Krinitz and other subjects.


We always thought our space was fab, and we always hear lots of 'wow's' and 'oooh's' when people first walk through the door, so we thought we might be on to something with the design of our space and now we are happy to have been officially recognised as an "Inspired Space North".
Inspired Spaces North in conjunction with Prolific North & Active Profile together with sponsors and partners Capital&Centric, Brabners and Zut have been looking across the Northern regions to find amazing workspaces. Their remit was to find places that are interesting and innovative in their approach to collaborative working. Spaces that have a day to day impact on the people and businesses using them. Working environments that inspire creative outputs. The ODILeeds fits those requirements exactly so we showed them our space here in Leeds and we are delighted to announce that ODILeeds has recently been shortlisted as one of the most inspired workspaces in the North.
The competition was tough and we are happy to stand alongside businesses from the media, design and creative industries across the North.
If you would like to find out more about how we designed our space and why or if you would like to pop in and see for yourselves why we are an Inspired Space then please get in touch at kathryn.connell@odileeds.org.


text:
Kejia Wu: An Art Market Emerging Before Our Eyes…
Published on 23 April 2019 , by Pierre Naquin
The author of the latest TEFAF report, Kejia Wu, has seen the birth of the world's most important secondary market from the inside. She reveals her take on it here.
Kejia Wu
Courtesy of TEFAF
Having grown up in Beijing, Kejia Wu spent a decade developing cultural projects in the Chinese capital. This included founding its first contemporary art centre – before the 798 Art District and UCCA – though unfortunately, it was destroyed some time later. After obtaining an MBA at Yale, she decided to move to New York, where she first worked in the office of the Sotheby's CEO on special Asia-related projects. In 2015, she began teaching at the Sotheby's Institute. She was the one who designed and produced the 2019 TEFA report, dedicated this year to the Chinese art market: a fascinating overview in a singular format.
How did this report come about?
Patrick van Maris van Dijk, TEFAF's CEO, approached me, suggesting the idea of carrying out a study dedicated to the Chinese art market. Of course I went along with him! But it was clear to me that in view of its "youth", it was crucial to dwell on its history to give a clear idea of its organisation and get an inkling of how it might be in the future. China began opening out to the world exactly forty years ago. And it's only been a member of the WTO since 2001…
So how did the market start up, exactly?
After the Cultural Revolution, the government restored objets d'art that had been confiscated to the people. But the population was still suffering from terrible job insecurity. Many decided to sell all or part of these pieces to improve their daily lives. So the government was able to build up a large stock and train a generation of experts through its antiquities stores. These shops were authorised to sell a few expensive pieces to strangers passing through to finance their acquisitions. One of these stores in Shanghai, Duo Yun Xuan, was inspired by auctions in Hong Kong – and the incredible results they achieved – to set up a similar system in mainland China. A year later, in 1993, it staged its first sale, which was attended by the people who created China Guardian the following year. So it was only in the mid-nineties that an auction market began to put down roots, which then encouraged the development of the art market in general.
Marc Heiremans stand. TEFAF Maastricht 2019.Photo Loraine Bodewes. Courtesy TEFAF
And today, how is the auction scene doing in China?
The market literally exploded, reaching a peak – clearly founded on speculation, in part – in 2011. Since then, it has become more effectively structured and has matured. In practical terms, the scope of foreign auction houses is still restricted, as they are not allowed to sell Chinese antiquities and traditional art. When Sotheby's set up in Beijing in 2012 through a joint venture, it was hoping for rapid change in the regulatory framework. But this has never come about, and I don't think things are likely to change any time soon. Meanwhile, Chinese operators have the right to sell what they like, but they need time to build up teams. They don't lack expertise so much as "specialists" who will go out and look for business, and who know who owns what.
How have galleries developed, for their part?
Chinese contemporary art galleries were still pretty embryonic until quite recently. The first one ever registered, Brian Wallace's Red Gate Gallery, goes back to 1991. ShangART opened in 1996 while Galleria Continua – the first foreign gallery – only set up in 2004, four years before PACE. Then there was a huge rise in new galleries, working up to the peak of 2011, but numbers have been falling off again more recently. So the number of new galleries opening rose from thirty-three in 2001 to three hundred and forty-seven in 2014, dropping back to twenty-four in 2017. Even though collectors are much keener to buy art in galleries than in the past, paradoxically Chinese galleries are having a much harder time than in 2008. This is the result of much tougher competition, particularly from Western galleries, which have been arriving in droves over the last few years, and a globalisation in taste. But new business models are being tried out. For instance, I found the "teamLab" at the PACE Gallery in Beijing in 2017 really interesting from that point of view: nothing was for sale, but people paid to get in [CNY 80: around €10 – Ed.] The result was 400,000 visitors. We think that international galleries will continue to set up in the country. Local brands will need to adapt, perhaps collaborating with their colleagues to survive and develop.
@ Tina Kim/Kukje Gallery stand. TEFAF Maastricht 2019. Photo Natascha Libbert. Courtesy TEFAF
To carry out your study on collectors' behaviour, you seem to have approached the most prominent. Are they representative?
Yes, we collected thirty or so detailed answers from some of the leading collectors. The majority own collections with an estimated worth of over $10 million; one even spent a billion dollars on art works. There are obviously not very many of these collectors, even among very wealthy people. The aim was perhaps not to be representative of all Chinese art buyers, but rather to provide a counter-argument to the fairly widespread idea that they are merely speculators. Once we established that there are a lot of passionate and committed collectors, it was interesting to find out more about their behaviour.
Some have decided to open private museums…
… and others haven't! For instance, Liu Gang, whom we invited to the Symposium, owns over three thousand pieces, and likes to loan works but doesn't want to open a museum. He wouldn't have the time to devote to it. Others, on the other hand, think it's the best way to share their passion. Still others do it so that they can buy more easily. It's true that buying for oneself and for a museum is perceived differently by the big international galleries. But it's very difficult to generalise. Today, there are fifteen hundred private museums in mainland China. We expect that many of them will close down in the long run, as the economic equation simply doesn't work.
The Chinese government seems ambitious as regards access to culture.
Yes: the last five-year plan [2016-2020 – Ed.] wanted five thousand museums to be opened in the country. This figure was achieved with time to spare. In addition, and not many know this, the party wanted free admission for everyone. So Chinese museums received 970 million visitors in 2017 [the total number of visitors in France is around 60 million each year – Ed.]. Often these museums started by building on the collections of other non-museum institutions. However, we lack information and visibility as to current acquisition policies. Even through there are several types of museums – public, national, regional and provincial – they are all financed by the State. They generally feature the traditional arts (painting, ceramics, objets d'art, etc.) with clearly established goals in terms of conservation and research. So there is a fairly clear division between these institutions and private museums, which focus much more on Chinese and Western contemporary art, and this state of affairs looks set to continue.
7 key dates
in a market
China opens out to the market economy
Opening of the Red Gate, the first private gallery
Art Bazaar in Guangzhou, the first fair in China; the first auction; creation of China Guardian
Hong Kong is incorporated into China
China joins the WTO
Opening of the UCCA, China's first private museum; creation of Art HK, which later becomes Art Basel Hong Kong
Taikang Life Insurance Company (China Guardian) becomes the biggest individual shareholder in Sotheby's (13.5%)
Print the article
Lin Han: Pushing Art's Boundaries
Dimitris Daskalopoulos: Contemporary Art Open to the World
Artprice 2021: China and Contemporary Art
Alain Némarq of Mauboussin Is a Sophisticated...
Mauboussin chairman and CEO Alain Némarq, who gave the brand's image...
Pauline Prévost-Marcilhacy: The Rothschild Wo...
This art historian specializing in the Rothschild collections is...
Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing Is Selling Part...
No less than 181 lots are listed in the blue-ribbon sale catalog of the...
Nicolas Milovanovic: "Poussin is an Extraordinarily...
Nicolas Milovanovic, co-curator with Ludmila Virassamynaïken and...
Welcome La Drouot Gazette offers you 2 Articles.
You still have 1 article(s) left to read.


text:
The Call by Michael Grant
Review by: Jonathan C.
New York, Grade 6
Mack is an unlikely hero who gets beat up a lot, but still gets a lot done.
I liked this book because it was funny and had lots of action. Also there is a strange mix of heroes.
See all the reviews of Fantasy & Science Fiction books.


Some companies will do just about anything to become one of IndustryWeeks 100 Best-Managed Companies. When asked to submit a questionnaire for consideration, representatives from one company volunteered -- twice, actually -- to fly in to our offices here in Cleveland to plead their case. (We turned them down.) Other companies sent videos to tell their stories (please, no cartoons next time). One company, well known for its spices, included an annual report scented with peppermint. (Last years was scented with ground pepper.) Needless to say, the process of selecting our elite group was -- achoo! -- interesting. All sneezing aside, selecting our list of IWs 100 Best-Managed Companies was indeed a challenge. Sure, there were some easier picks, but once we got close to choosing company No. 100, the process became agonizing. How do you tell one twin you love him more than the other? We think you get the idea. In this, our third annual report, we highlight those 100 companies that have demonstrated superior, consistent financial performance. Given the approach of the new millennium and the challenges that will bring, we also recognize those companies that are investing heavily in such areas as change, market development, people, and society. Inevitably, for economic reasons or because the competition was too strong, there were winners from previous years that did not make the final cut this year. That certainly does not mean they are no longer well-managed companies. It simply means that this year they did not pass our subjective and objective tests for superior performance. Twenty-two companies appear for the first time this year, 15 for the second time, and 63 for the third time. Twelve countries are represented. Here, then, is how we determined our list of IWs 100 Best-Managed Companies. The candidate companies were drawn from the IndustryWeek 1000, a list of the worlds largest publicly held manufacturing companies based on revenues. The IW 1000 was published in our June 8 issue. Two companies of the Dun & Bradstreet Corp. -- Dun & Bradstreet and Moodys Investors Service -- supplied the data for the IW 1000. First, the 100 companies chosen as winners in 1997 were considered finalists. Second, using a proprietary financial formula -- created in partnership with Moodys Investors Service and applied by IW -- we selected 100 additional finalists from the IW 1000. We looked at each companys performance in the following areas: profit margin, leverage, sales turnover, inventory turnover, receivables turnover, return on assets, and return on equity. In our judging, we also considered measures such as total revenues, earnings per share, and profit growth. Four years of data supplied by Dun & Bradstreet and Moodys were analyzed. IW also asked 85 international expert panelists, including business leaders, analysts, and academicians, to vote for those companies among the 200 finalists that they believe to be among the best-managed in the world. All IW editors also were asked to complete the ballot. Because panelists and editors had the opportunity to nominate companies in the IW 1000 that did not appear on the ballot, the total number of finalists surpassed 200. Each IW 1000 company had been asked to complete a questionnaire detailing its strongest performance and best practices in the following four areas: investments in people, society, markets, and change. IW reviewed the finalists questionnaires and also consulted its own research on each finalists management practices. Using all of the collected data -- financial-formula results, questionnaires, company information, and expert panelist and editor votes and comments -- IW editors carefully selected the 100 winning companies. In summaries written by Kristin Ohlson, IW details which companies made the list and why. Editorial Research Director David Drickhamer analyzes some of the practices the 100 winning companies have in common. Senior Editor John H. Sheridan describes how companies are preparing for the future by investing in technology and change. Senior Editor John S. McClenahen explains how some of the worlds best-managed firms are investing in new markets. Contributing Editor Shari Caudron details how the worlds best-managed firms are investing in their employees. Senior Editor William H. Miller examines how companies are investing in their communities, society, and the environment. Completing the package is an interview with noted author Christopher A. Bartlett, a professor at Harvard Business School.


text:
CuChullaine O´Reilly
arab worldBlog
New Year, New Hope By CuChullaine O'Reilly a.k.a. Asadullah Khan
By Mikael Strandberg January 1, 2010 December 29, 2014
New Year – New Hope
CuChullaine O'Reilly a.k.a. Asadullah Khan
As if we needed any reminders of what a murderous year 2009 has been, a few days ago another deluded fool attempted to destroy an airplane in flight. This time the destroyer was from Nigeria, not England, and he hid the explosives in his underpants, not his shoes. Nevertheless, both would-be assassins not only attempted to massacre their fellow man, they added to their sins by daring to cloak their crimes in the name of Islam.
Ironically, in a world full of instant news, one which rings out every few minutes with the words "Taliban" and "al-Qaeda," it would serve mankind well to remember that there is a vast portion of the Muslim world which has gone largely unnoticed. Unlike the chilling Puritanism of some movements, which helped inspire and finance the forces of political poison currently disguised as religion which are at work today, the Indo-Islamic civilization created the most tolerant and pluralistic example of Islam ever known.
The most important example of this alternative vision of the oft-misunderstood religion was the great Mughal emperor, Akbar (1542-1605). The hallmark of his reign was the emphasis he placed upon Hindu-Muslim unity and the concept of individual religious tolerance. Because he was convinced that spiritual truth was not the monopoly of any particular religion, Akbar organized the first global congress of faiths, fostered the spirit of enquiry and allowed every man and community to develop in its own spiritual manner.
Faith has no caste, nor national origin, taught this powerful ruler who placed the love of God above the rituals of religion. When a theocracy of Sunni extremists condemned Akbar's spirit of Sufi generosity, he transported the belligerent mullahs to Kandahar, and exchanged them for colts.
"You should not allow religious prejudice to influence your mind. The propagation of Islam will be better carried on with the faith of love and obligation than with the sword of oppression," Akbar warned his fellow Muslims.
This flowering of Mughal religious tolerance reached its crescendo on April, 4th, 1934, when the city of Lahore witnessed the creation of the greatest literary treasure ever seen in the Indo-Islamic civilisation. That was the day upon which the scholar Abdullah Yusuf Ali released the first instalment of his English language translation of the Qur'an. For the princely sum of only one rupee, the first fifty pages of the revered work could be purchased. The resultant six-hundred plus pages were published as they were completed, in twenty-nine more sections over the next three years, thanks to a remarkable gathering of enthusiastic university students, calligraphers, printers and publishers, all of whom urged, and assisted, the Allama (most learned) Yusuf Ali to commit to paper the English language translation he had spent the majority of his life creating.
Born in India in 1872, Yusuf Ali was an extraordinary scholar, confident horseman and traveller par excellence. Thanks to his intellectual gifts, he was the first Indian to serve on Great Britain's Indian Civil Service. A noted jurist, a devotee of Shakespeare, an expert on Alexander the Great, and a prolific author, Yusuf Ali was also an Islamic scholar of tremendous wisdom. Thanks to Yusuf Ali's travels between England and India, he believed there was a vital need to translate the enduring message of the Qur'an into the English language, so as to offset the same forces of religious extremism which Akbar faced and which still threaten us today.
Yusuf Ali – "Though the English language translation of the Qur'an created by the famous Indian scholar, Allama Yusuf Ali, was rightly considered to be the most beautifully written version ever seen, it was altered by unknown parties in the late 1980s so as to fall in line with the more politically rigid version of Islam as practised by the Wahhabis."
"Although I am earnestly and sincerely devoted to my own religion, I have always advocated the desirability of a better understanding between Christians and Muslims in all spheres of life. Such an understanding is likely to become a great guarantee of world peace and international understanding," the humble scholar wrote.
Like the great Mughal, Akbar, whose religious tolerance had inspired him, Yusuf Ali believed in what he termed a "progressive Islam." By the mid-twentieth century Muslim institutions and patterns of thinking had become moribund and obsolete. Not only should Muslims cope with the challenges of the day, he warned, they should use their faith to rise above the prejudices of race. Islam, he said, should be a way to transcend narrow political interests.
Yusuf Ali admonished the Muslims of his day, reminding them that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had abolished any hereditary and privileged priesthood, while instituting the right of private judgment, personal responsibility, equality in brotherhood, removal of racial or caste barriers and the selection of rulers by democratic choice. It was these principles, Yusuf Ali said, which were the true basis of Islam.
After years of work, when Yusuf Ali's English language Qur'an was released, it was acclaimed a masterpiece worldwide. This revered book, he said, was not the legacy of one nation, it was the heritage of mankind. "Each verse represents something immediately applicable," he wrote, "and something eternal and independent of time and space."
No sectarian views were propagated throughout the extensive commentary. On the contrary, Yusuf Ali's emphasis was on the spiritual dimension of Islam and its message of a common humanity. This search for God within liberated the seeker from the restrictions of a narrowly orthodox version of Islam, encouraging the devotee instead to look beyond the letter of the law to its mystical essence.
Sadly, power is a jealous mistress who tolerates no rival. This is especially true of those who wield the sanctity of religious authority.
Though many other authors have attempted to emulate his efforts, Yusuf Ali's English language translation of the Qur'an became the most widely respected, and trusted, version ever known. "In translating the Text I have aired no views of my own," he wrote, then went on to hope that thanks to this version, "a new renaissance of Islam will sweep away cobwebs and let in the light of reason."
Alas, the message of tolerance, as practised by Emperor Akbar and Allama Yusuf Ali, has been one of the unmarked victims of today's climate of political hatred. In 1987 unnamed "editors" bowdlerized Yusuf Ali's magnum opus, removing various appendices, revising the commentary, diluting its message of compassion and ignoring its apolitical tolerance.
"Nothing can be more damaging than the admission of rough and tumble politics into the serene atmosphere of religious peace and freedom," Yusuf Ali wrote before his death in 1952. The result, he warned, would be the rise of leaders who promote dangerously simplistic creeds designed to promote a spirit of political vengeance and narrow self interest.
Sadly, as the bleak religious war between East and West goes on, Yusuf Ali's prophecy has come true, with political hirelings in clergymen's gowns from both sides mistaking the shell for the substance.
"A foundation of hatred or hostility can never support any edifice of national life and will be subject to sudden earthquakes when the forces of disorder are let loose," Yusuf Ali predicted. Recent events demonstrate that he was right, as the venom of one side continues to provide the lifeblood of the other.
As the year 2009 and this decade come to a close, what a cruel mockery it is then to dispute, on the religious plane, national ambitions, tribal allegiances and the need for personal glory. The fruits of this tree are intolerance, rancour and uncompromising hostility, nestled among the leaves of barren and bigoted sectarianism.
A Sufi once remarked, "Everyone lives on the same Earth. One reads the Vedas, the second the Qur'an. One is called a pandit, the other a mullah. They style themselves separately, though they are pots of the same earth. Neither have found God and both live in futile disputes."
Yusuf Ali, who spent his life attempting to reconcile East and West, counselled that counting beads or wearing a hermit's gown is no sure sign of faith. Service to our brethren is the only worship that counts. Likewise it is folly to believe that war can end war.
Before his death, this remarkable man of two worlds wrote, "Many new streams of wisdom were poured through the crucibles of noble minds and thinking men of action."
I like to think that Yusuf Ali, the scholar and traveller, would have supported Mikael Strandberg's idealistic goal of travelling on camelback, from one distant ocean to another, so as to draw attention to what we all share in common.
CuChullaine O'Reilly, a.k.a. Asadullah Khan, along with his wife, the Swiss equestrian explorer, Sayeeda Ayesha Khan, will be re-publishing Yusuf Ali's 1934 Qur'an, complete with its original translation and unedited commentary, in early 2010. The royalties will be donated to victims of suicide bombings in Pakistan.
akbar al queda arab world Asia cuchullaine o´reilly explorers club guestwriter kandahar long riders guild muslim Quran sufi sunni taliban the prophet the royal geographical society wahhabi yusuf ali
Föhnvinden har anlänt/The föhn wind has arrived
Posted In: arctic, Blog
Några dagar i London
Voices of Exploration – John Blashford-Snell
Posted In: africa, antarctica, arab world, arctic, Blog, middle east, north america, Regarding Expeditions, adventures and the meaning of life, south-america, Turkey
Five tips to handle extreme cold!
The heating just died, we are dressed up inside like we would be outdoors, I could hardly get the door to our room open a...
Serious thoughts from the prairie
"Why do people join Al-Queda?", my Arabic teacher in Yemen repeated my question to himself, "Well, because in most cases they don´t have a choice....
Leila Franklin says:
The elephant in the room that this analysis does not address is the question of why Islamic inspired terror is occurring in the first place. Despite the fantasies of Dick Cheney it is true that direct US military engagement has fanned the flames, but it did not start it. No the roots lie in two main issues which date back more than 100 yrs;
1) a battle within religious Islam as to what is orthodoxy and true Islam with terror being a tool of a large fanatical minority who believe that Islam is the final word of God and that they must defeat his enemies both within and without.
2) the nature of most modern Islamic states which are dictatorships of varying type and degree in which corruption and state violence suppress the dreams of a huge underclass who want nothing more than a job and fair chance in life.
The ruling elites of the Islamic world know just how precarious their grip on power is and have cynically allied with the religious fanatics who tell the disaffected masses that the reason they are poor and downtrodden is that it is a punishment from God for not being pious enough and that the way to heaven is through martyrdom by killing infidels.
These issues will only be resolved by Muslims themselves and especially by moderate Muslims standing up to the fanatics. A good start would be an very public and unequivocal condemnation of the use of terror for political ends by western muslim leaders – something so far missing.
Pingback: Explorer Mikael Strandberg » Guest writer # 28 on Ethical Exploration
Time limit is exhausted. Please reload CAPTCHA. 9 × = forty five
South Pole Ponies The Forgotten Story of Antarctica's Meat-Eating Horses, part 2


Looking to take full advantage of being home every night, and run a fifty hour plus working week on OT Rates?
A strong order book requires an additional Trade Qualified Boilermaker to join the Team and assist with workshop-based fabrication and welding.
You will work with a smaller sized team with a hands on leader that is trade qualified himself, honest, open and committed to working alongside the team to deliver results.
You will be Trade Qualified, skilled in reading and interpreting drawings, work within deadlines, be seeking a stable engagement, take pride in your trade and work ethic to deliver on time and attendance and quality.
This requirement is actively being recruited and for immediate consideration APPLY NOW or email Simone Young at simone@youngbrookrecruitment.com.au or call 07 3399 6899.


text:
Pop Culture gets out of the classroom and into history
Alissa Williams
The third week of VAMPY is starting off with a bang! The Pop Culture class is an interesting take on American history and culture that the students may not get in their traditional school curriculum. We are able to focus on popular trends within different decades and see how those past trends may affect future ones.
A main topic is the course is how pop culture has been transmitted to the masses through the use of TV, radio, and the newspaper. We toured a local TV and radio station to see just what goes into broadcasting in those mediums and visited the offices of the Bowling Green Daily News to learn how that newspaper operates.
Last week the Pop Culture students, along with students from Presidential Politics and Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, went to D.C. for a one-day trip. The students were able to see multiple Smithsonian museums, and in the American Stories exhibit at the National Museum of American History, each student gave a presentation in front of an item she or he has been researching related to the pop culture of its time. They also had a conversation with a curator from the National Museum of American History about what his job is like and how pop culture has influenced the items in the museum.
On Monday the class was able to Skype with Kirker Butler, one of the writers from the TV show Family Guy. They talked to him about the writing process for the show, discussed pop culture influences, and received some advice for their future endeavors. Since Kirker attended SCATS as a kid, the students were able to relate to him and how he got started in his career.
Later on this week the students will be visiting Hitcents, a local company specializing in web design and app and mobile game development. The students will also be creating their very own pop art in the coming days and will explain to the class what makes their project fit the definition of pop art.
PrevPreviousStudents experience hands-on learning at Camp Innovate
NextVCon 2017: Legends Vs. Heroes!Next


text:
Q: Sum a column having text(interpreted as number dynamically) based on condition on another column I need a help under below condition(simplified to save effort) in excel:

*

*I have two columns containing string values i.e. Type and Status

*I want the sum as a number in my output
Type               Status
-----             --------
Fixed            Yes
Floating            No
Fixed            Yes
Floating           Yes
Fixed               No
Fixed            Yes
Floating            No

Expected Output :: 3

Condition:
If Type column is "Fixed" and corresponding "Status" column is "Yes"
Then add plus 1 to the total
In this case, I have 3 cases where Type is "Fixed" and "Status" is "Yes", hence the expected output is 3.
Thanks in advance for your replies!

A: Use COUNTIFS():
=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$8,"Fixed",$B$2:$B$8,"Yes")

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Thankyou so much! that was very enjoyable!!!
the layout to your weblog. Is this a paid topic or did you modify it yourself?
Either way stay up the nice quality writing, it is rare to see a great blog like this one these days..
My spouse and I absolutely love your blog and find a lot of your post's to be just what I'm looking for. Does one offer guest writers to write content for you personally? I wouldn't mind producing a post or elaborating on a lot of the subjects you write about here. Again, awesome blog!
excellent. I actually like what you've acquired here, certainly like what you are saying and the way in which you say it.


A small island has formed in Russia's northern Laptev Sea, increasing the Russian territory by a tiny fraction.
The landmass apparently formed thanks to ice drifts and a peculiar seabed in the area, where a group of islands used to be decades ago.
The new horseshoe-shaped islet is only several square meters in area, a local natural reserve reported after taking pictures of the land mass during a helicopter flyover. It looks like a formation of ice hummocks from the air.
"An ice field could get stranded there. Then the current and tides covered it with sands and organic sediments. The original ice may have long thawed, but the soil was left behind," he explained.
The new islet is about 150 meters in diameter and barely rises over the water surface. It was first spotted last autumn, but it wasn't until daylight hours got long enough in the area that explorers could properly study it. While it was initially dubbed Yaya, now researchers prefer to call it Vasilyevsky after the original island, which disappeared in 1936.
A new expedition to the islet will be dispatched on a ship this summer, Gudkov said. It will try to establish whether the landmass would grow further or be destroyed by the waves. The expectations are not very bright, because shorelines in the Laptev Sea tend to be eroded, as climate change and greater temperatures thaws ice in the soil and make it less stable.


text:
Spatio-temporal changes in ecosystem service values: Effects of land-use changes from past to future (1860–2100) – Research article on Journal of Environmental Management
This study analysed the impacts of land-use/land cover (LULC) changes on ecosystem service values from the past to the future (1860–2100) in the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (Italy). Future scenarios were based on socio-economic storylines and their spatial distribution mapped. By attributing ES values to LULC types, changes in ES values were assessed as well as their spatial patterns.
Increasing global pressure on natural resources requires that decision makers and land managers adopt sustainable solutions to ensure the long-term provision of essential ecosystem services (ES). Analysing the effects of land-use changes on ES can contribute to an improved understanding of the interactions between socio-economic development, landscape changes and ES, which is fundamental in order to avoid or mitigate the undesired consequences of today's decisions. Studies at longer timescales are still underrepresented but are also fundamental for capturing slow social and ecological processes. This study therefore analysed the impacts of land-use/
land cover (LULC) changes on ES values from the past to the future (1860–2100) in the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (Italy). Future scenarios were based on socio-economic storylines and their spatial distribution mapped. By attributing ES values to LULC types, we assessed changes in ES values as well as their spatial patterns.
Our results indicate that the abandonment of mountain grassland induced an ongoing shift in ES at higher elevations, from grassland-related ES towards forest-related ES. The intensification of use in the valley bottoms had predominantly negative effects on regulation & maintenance, and cultural ES in the past. Under future scenarios, changes in ES values at lower elevations greatly depend on expected socio-economic development.
Negative effects on regulation & maintenance and cultural ES were highest for the 'Food sovereignty' scenario due to huge transformations of grassland and permanent cultures to arable land in order to optimize food provision at the regional level. In contrast, under the Liberalisation' and 'Rewilding' scenarios, there were positive trends for forest-related provisioning ES and less negative effects on regulation & maintenance and cultural ES within the study area, but the dependence on imported products increased. Our findings provide valuable information for decision-making and policy development in order to minimise negative consequences through targeted management measures or payments for environmental services.
Click here for translation
Uta Schirpke
Simon Tscholl
Erich Tasser Department of Ecology
University of Innsbruck Institute for Alpine Environment
Ecosystem service mapping
Scenario analysis Policymaking


"If this was the 90s, one of us would bust out rapping at any second …" Abby (Melissa McCarthy), Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon), Erin (Kristen Wiig) and Patty (Leslie Jones) prepare to stare down evil inside the haunted Mercado Hotel in a scene from Paul Feig's reboot of GHOSTBUSTERS. Credit: Hopper Stone. © 2015 CTMG, Inc. All rights reserved.
WEB SITE: http://www.ghostbusters.com/HERE'S THE STORY: Possibly the most controversial movie of the summer, Ghostbusters is a reboot of the beloved 1984 film that now stars Kristen Wiig as Erin Gilbert, a professor at Columbia University thisclose to obtaining her tenure. Problem is, her old friend Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy) has just put the old book they co-authored together up on Amazon.com. That wouldn't be so bad if the book didn't propose the presence of ghosts and other spirits in our world, which Erin knows might make her look like a crackpot and ruin her tenure chances.
But once Ed Mulgrave (Ed Begley, Jr.) comes calling to Erin to let her know about the presence of a ghost at a nearby museum, Abby and her assistant Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon) reluctantly rope her along for the ride to investigate – which turns out to be an experience they will never forget. For not only do they see a ghost, the ghost sees them – which leads to a rather nasty encounter for Erin and her dry cleaning.
Meanwhile, subway worker Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones) is simply doing her job when chasing an aspiring graffiti artist leads to her discovering a ghastly figure of her own and eventually contacting Abby, Holtzmann and the now-fired Erin. And as a series of similarly otherworldly events unfold, the foursome decide to go into business, eventually settling on the name Ghostbusters (much to Erin's chagrin) and hiring Kevin (Chris Hemsworth) as their secretary … Even though the only thing he knows how to do well it seems is make Erin's heart aflutter with his good looks.
SO, IS IT GOOD, BAD OR ABSOLUTELY AWFUL? Much safer and played broad for laughs than it should be, the new Ghostbusters movie is about as polarizing as Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. And unless you're 100 percent on board with one of those candidates, you'll realize that is a choice that might make many people want to abstain from electing it as their choice over the original. First, while the well-documented online backlash about the film's female leads was in many instances ridiculously misogynistic, one thing that it was somewhat valid was the fact that the move was gimmicky. And not just because of the casting of four female leads. For one, while it's no secret executive producer Dan Aykroyd had been pushing for years to get a third Ghostbusters movie made, neither is the fact that by casting four female leads the production team knew they were going to have a built-in talking point. Despite the success of women like Amy Schumer, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Samantha Bee, Jessica Williams and more recently Nikki Glaser, etc., the debate over whether or not are women funny has long since been settled. Because they are. And Ghostbusters co-writer and director Paul Feig's 2011 female comedy magnum opus Bridesmaids is a prime reason that has since been settled to all but the usual Internet trolls.
In the case of Ghostbusters, though, once you get past that issue, you have to examine the actual film itself. And in doing so, the flaws start to become more and more detectable by each frame. Whereas Leslie Jones' character was looked to be made a fool in the trailer – another source of deserved and preventable controversy – she actually makes her character fit into the mix … But for every one person that will see her actions as funny and fitting, there's the distinct chance others will see her as the loud black female that is usually the loud black male role in a comedy with a predominantly white cast. Feig and Jones' have defended the character in recent interviews, but depending on what you see (or more accurately, want to see and focus on), it's going to be hard to tell either side of that argument they are wrong.
It has its fair share of laughs, to be sure, and the acting – even that of Leslie Jones (which was among the many beleaguered elements of the film's debut trailer) – is not horrible and works for the characters. McKinnon essentially steals the show with her character's super wackiness (this is her on Saturday Night Live turned up all the way to "10"); then again, her character is so wacky and off the wall that she might be too intense for some people. (Harold Ramis' character was weird but subdued; McKinnon's is NOT subdued to put it mildly.) But other than Jones and McKinnon, the biggest laughs are generated from Chris Hemsworth's portrayal of an ultra-dimwit male secretary – a not-subtle-at-all dig on gender roles. Despite their comedy pedigree, Wiig and McCarthy's characters are so one dimensional they are under utilized. While the chemistry among the four female leads is clear, that chemistry isn't matched with the material as the jokes – for a film that is attempting to flip its haters on its ear – is often to broad and doesn't go big enough. Often fed with a "here comes the joke!" setup, the 2016 Ghostbusters always make sure you are two steps ahead of them, which hurts the enjoyment of the film.
Cast-wise, it's the same except you've got two passive, somewhat simple scientists (the Dan Aykroyd character) instead of one, the wacky scientist (the Harold Ramis character) … And the non-scientist black character (the Ernie Hudson character) – but no Bill Murray character, which was so essential to the first one. Likewise, there's the delusional I will be the leader of the ghosts character (see the first two films), but no Walter Peck EPA villain that was perfectly snarky to deal with nor any other really intriguing side characters save for some extremely quick cameos from the likes of Matt Walsh and Steve Higgins.
What? Surprised I didn't mention the cameos from the original cast? That's because they really aren't that good – Aykroyd has the best joke of any of them and it's now in the film's opening week TV commercials. (It is nice to see Annie Potts in a movie again, though … And the subtle tribute to the deceased Ramis was kinda nice.) There's also a rehash of Slimer and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, but they are little more than meaningless nostalgia meant to appease fans of the original – and the usage of one of them makes even less sense. I mean, the original theme song is used and then presented with a lame modern remix for heavens sake – how much more of an homage are you trying to make?!
Therein lies the failed opportunity of a movie that many will say is fine but many more will likely say never needed to exist: It fails to outdo the original, placate many of its detractors (although one must admit they likely may not have ever been placated) and give its four female leads the vehicle worthy of their talent to overcome the monumental task ahead of them. If the mission was to craft a movie worthy of a girls' night out – sorry again, Mr. Feig – and/or create a simple cinematic diversion for the mainstream, then mission accomplished.
If the mission was to create a film that could be considered as beloved as the original, well, I'm sorry – the question isn't who ya gonna call, it should have been why did the call to get this version of Ghostbusters get answered.
SKELETON TWINS and ALIVE INSIDE Open at THE NEON!
We're moving forward this weekend with 2 new films! THE SKELETON TWINS has been winning high praise for Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader, and ALIVE INSIDE is a moving documentary that will uplift audiences and perhaps start a local movement.
Synopsis for THE SKELETON TWINS: "When estranged twins Maggie (Kristen Wiig) and Milo (Bill Hader) feel they're at the end of their ropes, an unexpected reunion forces them to confront why their lives went so wrong. As the twins reconnect, they realize the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship." (taken from Roadside Attractions) Click this LINK to visit the film's official site.
Synopsis for ALIVE INSIDE: "Alive Inside is a joyous cinematic exploration of music's capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. Filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett chronicles the astonishing experiences of individuals around the country who have been revitalized through the simple experience of listening to music. His camera reveals the uniquely human connection we find in music and how its healing power can triumph where prescription medication falls short. This stirring documentary follows social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, as he fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music's ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it…An uplifting cinematic exploration of music and the mind, Alive Inside's inspirational and emotional story left audiences humming, clapping and cheering at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award." (taken from Bond/360) Click this LINK to visit the film's official site.
We received wonderful news late last week. THE WAY HE LOOKS, the opening night film of this year's Dayton LGBT Film Festival, was selected by Brazil to represent their country in this year's Oscar race. We're so delighted that this little gem is getting such great recognition around the world! Our festival's official website is now live, and festival passes (only 2 left) and single tickets are starting to move. Click this LINK to visit the site and read all about the films. If you get a ticket to Opening Night (only $8), you get to see the film (sponsored by Square One Salon & Spa) and attend the Opening Night Party at Salar (sponsored by Lisa Hanauer & Sue Spiegel) – where there will be complimentary wine and delicious appetizers. It's really the best deal in town!
THIN ICE + Great NEON News!
We're moving right along this week. On Friday, we will open a new dark comedy starring Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin and Billy Crudup – THIN ICE. If you still need to see A SEPARATION, you only have until tomorrow. Though THE HEDGEHOG did not perform wonderfully, audiences have been adoring this film…so we're going to keep it for one show a day over the weekend – thus Sunday will be your last chance to see it. FRIENDS WITH KIDS, which I think is a smart and sweet comedy, will stick around!
And now some great news. Many of you have asked about SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN – starring Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, and Kristin Scott Thomas. We just secured the film to open exclusively at THE NEON on March 30! If you come during opening weekend, you'll help us send a message to this new distributor that they have made the right decision by chosing THE NEON. To learn more about the film, visit the official site.
The 4th Annual LUNAFEST in Dayton will be held Sunday, April 1 at 3:00. "Nine Short Films By/For/About Women, including a funny view of a Persian woman at her younger sister's engagement party and a serious look at treating obstetric fistulas in Africa. Also: PARK, by WSU film grad Liz Cambron, about a teenaged girl coming of age during summer in a Dayton-area trailer park (selected for this year's SlamdDance Film Festival). Filmmaker will be do Q&A.
Tickets: $10 (suggested), $5 (minimum), $3 (students w/ ID).
Proceeds to National Breast Cancer Fund and Planned Parenthood of SW Ohio.
For this week's remaining showtimes, please visit www.neonmovies.com.
For those of you who use Facebook, we finally have an actual page…not just a "group" page. We will soon be fazing out the old group, so please LIKE us by following this LINK.
As always, all dates are tentative.
Many of these dates will change.
FRIENDS WITH KIDS and THE HEDGEHOG Open Friday at THE NEON!
Due to the underwhelming performance of recent titles, we had to make some quick changes to our upcoming schedule. On Friday, we will open 2 new films. First off is a film we've been marketing for several months – THE HEDGEHOG. This film is based on a beloved book that many of you have mentioned to me – The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Secondly, we will open a comedy with an all-star cast –FRIENDS WITH KIDS. In addition to the 2 new films, we will hold onto A SEPARATION (winner of this year's Oscar for "Best Foreign Film") for a few more screenings. With 3 very different films, we think we've got something for almost everyone this weekend. We hope you'll make it down to see us.
Synopsis for FRIENDS WITH KIDS: "FRIENDS WITH KIDS is a comedy about a close-knit circle of friends at that moment in life when children arrive and everything changes. The last two singles in the group observe the effect that kids have had on their friends' relationships and wonder if there's a better way. They decide to have a kid together – and date other people. This unconventional 'experiment' leads everyone in the group to question the nature of friendship, family and, finally, true love." (taken from Roadside Attractions) Written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt (KISSING JESSICA STEIN), FRIENDS WITH KIDS also stars Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Edward Burns and more. Click this LINK to visit the official site.
Synopsis for THE HEDGEHOG: "THE HEDGEHOG is the timely story of Paloma, a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father's old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renee Michel. When Paloma's camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renee's back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As the unlikely friendship deepens, Paloma's own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect." (taken from NeoClassic Films) Click this LINK to visit the film's official website.
On Thursday, March 22 at 7:30, Keener Farm has rented our space for a special screening of the acclaimed documentary AMERICAN MEAT. "The film explains our current industrial meat system and shows the feedlots and confinement operations – not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work there. The film then shifts to the burgeoning sustainable, local-food movement made up of farmers, food advocates, chefs and everyday folks who could change everything about the way meat reaches the American table…Sustainable farming is expanding exponentially as Americans learn more about their food and how to connect with local farmers…" (taken from press notes) The screening will be preceded by a meet and greet with appetizers provided by Olive: An Urban Dive (beginning at 6:30), and a panel discussion with the filmmaker as well as local farmers & restaurateurs will follow the screening. Admission is free (first come, first serve), but donations will gladly be accepted to help offset costs.
Save The Date! April 1 at 3:00 – LUNAFEST: Short Films By…For…About Women. More details in next week's newsletter.
P.S. We now have TWITTER. If you use this application, we hope you'll follow us.


text:
Other, RPG
20th Sep 2016 (USA)
21st Oct 2016 (UK/EU)
nisamerica.com
Review Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters: Daybreak Special Gigs
Hits some good notes
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters: Daybreak Special Gigs is billed as an enhanced version of the original Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters, which was released to Western audiences only last year on the PlayStation 3 and Vita. The story, played out as a visual novel, is developed through chapters, and is a fairly formulaic affair. New...
Fri 21st Oct 2016
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters: Daybreak Special Gigs is an enhanced version of Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters, which was originally released in Europe in 2015. The game is a visual novel that offers a unique battle system and an immersive tale of life, death, and the space in between. You start life at Kurenai Academy in Shinjuku as an ordinary transfer student. On your first day touring the school grounds, you quickly encounter something supernatural, which throws you headfirst into the world of ghost hunting. You must come face to face with ghosts as you blur the line between life and death.
Wow, no comments yet... why not be the first?