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Fresh from life in Dublin as a clerk, Bram may seem the least colourful of the trio but he is wrestling with dark demons in a new city, in a new marriage, and with his own literary aspirations. As he walks the London streets at night, streets haunted by the Ripper and the gossip which swirls around his friend Oscar Wilde, he finds new inspiration.
Night Boat to Tangier
A Dubray Staff Recommended Read. The new novel, drenched in sex, death and narcotics, in sudden violence, old magic and the mysteries of love, from the winner of the IMPAC Award and the Goldsmiths Prize
The Globalist: Peter Sutherland - His Life and Legacy
Peter Sutherland is probably the most influential Irish person ever and a key figure in world history over the past 25 years.
Blindboy Boatclub
Boulevard Wren and Other Stories is the stunning follow-up to the bestselling Gospel According to Blindboy, and a warped mirror held up to the Irish psyche.
Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen
The third book in Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen's phenomenally successful, No. 1 bestselling 'Aisling' book series. Aisling's turning 30 and when the big birthday hits, she is faced with a huge surprise and an unexpected decision. Another hilarious and heartwarming chapter in the life of the much-loved small town girl living in a notion world.
Return to Sender pairs pioneering colour photographer John Hinde's instantly recognisable iconic postcards from Ireland in the 1950s, `60s and `70s, with corresponding contemporary photographs. The side-by-side contrast of these wonderfully captured by photographer Paul Kelly, illustrates the ways Ireland's landscapes have changed over the decades
Sally Rooney
When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts long into the following years. This is an exquisite love story about how a person can change another person's life - a simple yet profound realisation that unfolds beautifully over the course of the novel.
The Gospel According To Blindboy
The Gospel According to Blindboy is a surreal and genre-defying collection of short stories exploring the myths, complacencies and contradictions at the heart of modern Ireland. It is one of the most original collections of short stories to emerge in recent years.
The Hungry Road
Marita Conlon-McKenna
A story of courage, hardship and survival against the odds - this is the definitive account of the Great Irish Famine.
Growing Up with Ireland
Valerie Cox
One hundred years of memories from Ireland's 'independence babies' - a compelling story of a changing republic
Staff Recommended Reads


I am a San Antonio Spurs fan. I live in the Philippines and was introduced to NBA when I was in high school. Back then, there are only few teams from the NBA that I know of. Pistons, Celtics, Lakers. Then I learned of the Bulls, Knicks, Hornets, Rockets, etc. Then came 1997 when I learned of the Spurs with then Center, David Robinson. I found this guy to be a gentle-giant. He's a gentleman on his own right and then came Tim Duncan. I was so frustrated back then when David Robinson retired. But before he left, I have seen how he trained Tim Duncan on the lowpost. I saw him "pass the torch" to this young man who rarely shows his emotions and most of the times, keeps his emotions in check. I saw how Tim Duncan became the MVP for the 1999 season. And he won 3 more championships after that.
Now, reading Wikipedia, I saw that for this season, 2013. Tim has had some personal issue and says that he and his wife had been divorced. But still, his game was stellar and his leadership excellent.
When the Spurs were waiting for the Finals opponent, I mentioned to a friend that IF the Heat wins against the Spurs, their championship against OKC will be solidified and they will really be a great team, but if they lost to the Spurs, they're just a group of wanna-be's. The Finals were set, and down to Game 7, the Spurs lost to the Heat, which broke my heart. And it broke my heart further seeing pictures of Tim Duncan who, I know he walks with his head looking at the ground/bowed, but on this game, it seems that he carried the load too much and even goes on blaming himself that they lost. I thought that he should have his head up high for he has nothing to be ashamed of. He has nothing to prove because people know how great a person and a player he is. Even his opponents know how great a guy he is. Even Shane Battier said: "That's a shot Tim Duncan usually makes eight out of ten times. For whatever reason that shot didn't drop right then. I'm very thankful. It wasn't because of my defense. Just missed it." Even Dwayne Wade is fond of him and LeBron James.
I am a San Antonio Spurs fan. And will still be a fan.
I have been wanting to write this article for a long time now. I've been looking forward to have this posted on my blog site.
Charice Pempengko. Arnel Pineda of Journey. APL of Black Eyed Peas. Manny Pacquiao. Lea Salonga. What do these people have in common? They're all Filipinos. And they have already achieved their dreams. And they're proud Filipinos.
Reality check. THEY ARE PROUD FILIPINOS. Basically, there's nothing really wrong here. Except when you say, "I am a PROUD FILIPINO because of these people. "Did I just hear you say, "you're a proud Filipino because of some other Filipinos?" come on, that didn't sound right! Most Filipinos claim that they're PROUD FILIPINO because of an external factor. ESPECIALLY after PacMan wins a fight! It would seem as though that we're the ones fighting in the ring and not Manny.
There's really nothing wrong with applauding for Manny or the others, what's wrong is when one says that he's proud to be Pinoy because of Manny and the others. Or he's proud because of what Arnel Pineda, Charice and APL are singing on stage.
PRIDE should be from within. We should say, "I am a proud Filipino because I am a Filipino." It should be from the inside looking out, not the other way around. Pride should also know when to stop.
We became delusional and grew up thinking that we are better than the others. Even locally, Tagalogs think the Bisayan speaking people are inferior to them. That everyone who speaks with a strong accent is Bisaya. We are a nation of racists. We hate racism, but we can't face that fact. We can't stare in the mirror and say that we need to change. Change our attitude. Be humble.
I am not sure about the Filipino pride but we are also in a society of fixers, corrupt officials, law-breakers, child-abusers, kotong cops, government syndicates, customs robbers, MMDA idiots, immigration scumbags, spoiled priests, and jejemon youth… collectively known as PINOYS.
I don't want to be called PINOY by the way. I am not PINOY. I AM A FILIPINO. And a proud one at that. Filipinos have lost the true essence of being a proud Filipino. We have lowered ourselves to the negativities around us.
I am still hoping for a better Philippines. For a better Filipino.


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Report: Baltimore teen featured on cable TV show shot dead
By Crimesider Staff
August 19, 2015 / 2:32 PM / CBS News
BALTIMORE -- A Maryland teenager who was featured on a cable television show aimed at turning lives of troubled kids around, was fatally shot last week, reports CBS Baltimore.
Franklin Morris was reportedly one of three teenagers shot and killed near a playground in North Baltimore. Morris had appeared on A&E's "Beyond Scared Straight" three years ago, family and friends confirmed to the station.
The victim had been gunned down on the same street near the area that he walked on the program, according to CBS Baltimore. The teen had been found shot in the head, along with 19-year-old Marquise Caldwell and 17-year-old Tyrik Adams.
Some have traced the reported uptick in crime rate to policing following Freddie Gray, but the mayor points to something else, according to the station.
"Basement of horrors" woman gets life plus 80 years
2 Chicago moms working to stop gun violence shot dead
Murder map: Deadliest U.S. cities
Missing Woman's Husband Named Person of Interest
"There's a national trend with the increased number of homicides in our country," Mayor Rawlings-Blake said.
Other major cities in the U.S. have all reportedly seen double digit increases, including Milwaukee, Saint Louis and New York.
Some West Coast cities like Los Angeles are not seeing more murders -- unlike Baltimore. Last month's record more than doubled compared to July 2014 -- 45 killings versus 22 last year, according to the station.
"It's a national uptick in crime," said T.J. Smith of the Baltimore City Police Department. "And that's not an excuse as we sit here in Baltimore. We all want instant gratification. We want right now for everything to stop."
First published on August 19, 2015 / 2:32 PM
Prince Harry reunites with family in Canada
Prince Harry is in Canada on Tuesday, reunited with his wife and son. He arrived in Vancouver overnight after what may be his last event as a senior royal. But, as Elizabeth Palmer reports, there are still many unanswered questions about his and Meghan's new life.
Coronavirus death toll rises to six people
Doctors in China now say the coronavirus can be transmitted from person to person as the illness' death toll rises to six victims. Taiwan has reported its first sign of the disease: a woman who had visited Wuhan, where officials designated nine hospitals as treatment centers in an effort to contain the deadly virus. Ramy Inocencio reports from Wuhan, where scientists are trying to figure out how to contain the outbreak.

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There is a lot of talk about how gas prices affect stock brokers, middle-class homeowners, corporations, and people who can afford Hummers. But how much can the blue collar/poor take? Where do they stand in all this? What are their views on the gas prices? Will they eventually start rioting? What will make them riot?
Now we must not take into consideration the science, the geology of Peak Oil nor take into account the price of a barrel of oil when discussing blue collar/poor people's view on oil. The only thing that affects them is price. They have been trained to be consumers, they view themselves as consumers. They view this problem in terms of consumption. All they see and feel with their hands empirically is that they are having less money to spend on things they want like vacations, four-wheelers, new car stereos, and intoxicants. They see that their raises have stopped coming or not being as large. They can see that their employers are trying to get by with less employees.
They do not concern themselves with stocks or geology. This is not because of America's education system or even because of apathy particular to the American character. There is no point in history where the workers and peasants were intellectual geniuses. The fact that they know how to read is a first in human history. If we had a limitless supply of resources perhaps in two hundred years they could have advanced to the point of being rational, empirical and logical. (Probably not though, if there were limitless or alternative resources for 200 years the world would probably end up being completely owned by Wal-Mart.) This is only the second generation of workers that know how to read on a large scale. And also at the same time 20 percent of American adults do not know how to read above a fifth grade level.
The Blue Collar/Poor View: There are three main views.
1. Gas prices are so high because corporations are doing it to make a profit. They do not understand economics and that the ways to make a profit are through cheaper machinery, cheaper labor, advertising, and coupons. It is absurd to raise the price of a product by 100 percent in one year. That will only cause a decrease in sales. Most blue collar/poor have no idea how capitalism works.
2. There is oil in Alaska and in the gulf and "tree-huggers" will not let us use it. Even though the science shows that there isn't that much oil there and it is expensive to get it out and refine.
Blue collar/poor people have no interest in alternative energy sources. I have never heard the phrase "alternative energy source" come out of a blue collar/poor person's mouth. That phrase is used by upper class people who have an invested interest in our current way of life. They have thirty year plans and think life is awesome, they take vacations, have newer cars, nice houses, etc. A blue collar/poor person goes to work, deals with their kids, either in a stale marriage or divorced and sleeping alone. Or on craiglist looking for a casual encounter. They get treated like children by their bosses. They feel small and lonely and the leaders of the churches, politicians and unions have left them. They now turn to the television which has tons of great people, looking beautiful, getting paid a lot of money, doing great things, etc. They sit in their home sad, lonely, and emotionally isolated imagining they are as great, beautiful, and rich as the people on television.
This "small" feeling of the lower-classes is what led them to being Republican. For them voting is not a way of creating the direction of one's nation. But of "feeling" powerful. When a government no longer bothers to consider one's needs, a person has three choices: take up action, become apathetic (intoxicants), or escape into an imaginary land of power. The Republicans and racism offers this sense of power, the Republicans say to the blue collar/poor person, "You might not have any real power. But by aligning yourself with us, we will grant you the illusion." Because if you align yourself with the Republican party you have those with money on your side and even God himself.
The Blue collar/poor will get hurt bad: The trucking industry employs 9 million people. 3.3 million of them are truckers. When you include the families of those 9 million people it adds up to thirty, perhaps forty million people using income from the trucking world. That is no joke. The destruction of the trucking industry led by The Brotherhood of The Teamsters will not be taken lightly. We know that without semi-trucks food and other supplies will not arrive to locations. But we must factor in what that 30 million people, who are hard tough people, will do. No alternative energy source could help that, unless it was possible to close down on a Wednesday, replace all the vehicles and open back up on a Thursday. Which is impossible.
We can also factor in if the semi-trucks stop moving on such a large scale that warehouses and factories in remote locations will not be able to operate also. What I mean by "remote locations" are factories that ended up in country towns and in the middle of nowhere because a town gave a good tax abatement to the business. There are many factories located in rural areas without a highway or river in sight. Also the factories were moved to these country areas because rural people commonly come from farming families and do not know about the union and would not pressure the business into giving them one.
The construction business will be hurt. There is obviously no need to build any new houses. We have so many houses we don't even know what to do with them. There are so many empty houses in the Youngstown area you can buy a two story house for $10,000. You can buy a mansion for $60,000. Many of the tools, parts, and machines used for construction jobs contain and run off of oil. There are a total of 7.7 million jobs related to construction in America. If you add in their families that is another 20 million people involved.
So between trucking and construction there are at least 50 million people doomed. If we added in auto-workers there is another 20 million probably. (Mechanics are included with auto-workers.) Which adds up to 70 million.
And should we even dare to add in all the gas station workers? Should we add the 11,278,850 restaurant employees and their families dependent upon semi-trucks?
Obviously from some simple googling of statistics the blue collar/poor will be in bad shape if gas hits $12 to $15 dollars a gallon. They might not all lose their jobs. But their disposable income will disappear. Their lives will be reduced to working and sleeping, that is all.
How will they react?: This is the thing I'm trying to get at. What will they do? What will the blue collar/poor do when this happens? Will they riot, revolt, will they resort to some form of racism? Will they be strong and try to adapt? Because how they react affects the chain of events also. If they choose violence they could disrupt any attempt at making our way of life different but still okay. If they riot and kill they could cause foreign investors to take even more money out of our country. It could cause a pull-out of troops from the middle-east. Or will the government persist in foreign wars, and create an even more horrible reaction. If anyone wants to understand what a foreign war can do to the choices of a population when everyone is hungry and starving read And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov. The Cossacks that were Russia's version of our redneck turned on their government.
No one is factoring this in.
Now we have to understand this first: The blue collar/poor do not "care" why the gas prices are so high. What I mean by "care" is, when someone "cares" about something they learn about it. When a person "cares" about football, they learn who the players are, they watch the games, they read about it in papers and magazines. When a person "cares" about their spouse they learn about them, they ask them where they were, where they are going, what their favorite color is, what bands they like, etc. "Caring" involves the behavior of seeking evidence, of seeking facts.
Why gas prices are so high is abstract, too distant. Blue collar/poor people live small lives, very empirical lives. They are trained since they are little by their blue collar/poor parents to only care about what is around them. It must be noted that that the blue collar/poor way of life does not require thought or truth. They grow up in public school getting told what to do, their parents tell them what to do, then they get a job where they are told what to do. It is not a necessity to read above a fifth grade reading level. If there is any reading at the blue collar job it is usually in one or two word phrases. A trucker looks at the address, the cook looks at the food ordered. There are no paragraphs to be understood, no three page memos to be read. We have to recognize that reading a single word is different than reading a sentence. A single word is an object. A sentence is a thought. Their jobs do not require thought. Why they are not a thinking/analyzing people comes directly from their environment.
Even though they do not "care" about why gas prices are so high, when things get really bad they will want an answer. The answer that is given will create the result of how they will behave.
If there are food shortages there will be rioting no matter what. When people do not have food for themselves and their families they will act insanely to get it. But there are bigger problems than just riots. And concerning riots.
In random locations in America where racial tensions are high, a scared lunatic who assumes the role of leader could blame it on race. And start a small racial war in their little area. But I see problems with this: it is definitely possible. But I think it would be very hard to blame the rise of gas prices on black people or Hispanics. Unless Barack Obama is president at the time, then the racist mentality will blame it on all black people. You must never underestimate the leaps of logic the racist mind can do. I heard a man screaming that the people in Nigeria were the cause of ALL the gas problems. Concerning the Arab population I have heard black people and white people sit together and say endless racist comments about Arabs.
The only way Barack Obama could possibly help this is if he could really help, very quickly, and in very efficiently in ways I don't think are possible in terms of our economic and political context. We must realize that our president protects the ruling class first. That has been their job since the beginning, if Barack Obama did not make that deal he wouldn't have gotten this far.
There are two possibilities though: Perhaps Obama with his sense of positivity could make some good choices and divert a massive amount of chaos. But I cannot think of any declining civilizations that produced such an ubermensch type of character. When civilizations fall they usually star the likes of Nero, Caligula, King Louis the 16th, and Czar Nicolas. Declines often do not produce great men of vision. But maybe Barack Obama could take on the role of Theodore Roosevelt and galvanize the population.
The other possibility is that John McCain becomes president. This will be bad and good. It will be bad because John McCain lives in a spaceship of war and does not mind fascism. He seems to have no problems with detaining people without Habeas Corpus and shooting scuds at innocent civilians. He will always choose to protect the ruling class by any means necessary. But I think he would not induce a race riot. If his old rich white face was the cause of all the problems, then the blue collar/poor would blame it on the old rich white faces. The ability to blame it on a certain race would be very hard. If the ability to blame it on a certain race is gone then other more hopeful chances open up. The teamsters, union workers, and the families involved might use that previous unity to funnel their needs and emotions through that.
There is one final thing to be noted. What if the television is turned off?
Blue collar/poor rely on television like 1250 A.D. Europeans relied on the church. The television tells them what to do, what to think, what to purchase. They go to the television seeking answers on love, relationships, family, work, what kind of hand soap to use, what shoes to wear, where to buy lumber, what outfits look the best, how to cut their hair. We have to view the television's influence on blue collar/poor people's lives like Islam is to the Arab. The television completely engulfs their existence. We know from Communist countries that people do not react well when their religion is taken away. But unlike religion television can't be practiced in secret locations.
We have to recognize that blue collar/poor view marketers and television show producers as the philosophical and literary geniuses of our time. We know also that the average American spends four hours in front of the television everyday, the middle-ages Catholics only went to church once a week on a Sunday. The question is who and what will give them their new miracle, mystery and authority?
I will not dare to predict what the outcome of not having television would be: but I do think it is as important to consider as the lack of jobs and food.
Concerning the question will the blue collar/poor be able to adapt. There are many poor who do not have cars now. Many of the blue collar/poor know how to garden, hunt, carpentry, they are used to hard work and suffering. But I will not say there is an American or blue collar "spirit" involved that could help them. I think those who will adapt to a new world, will come from every class and ethnic group and the important factor will be if they make the personal choice to change. It is a strange choice though, our modern oil-age life-choices are usually a person making a change. But this will be the world is changing, and you submit to change and flow with it. The world dictates your change and you go along for the ride finding your new niche in it. Which is very different than picking a major in college or choosing to move to a new city.
There are a lot of peak-oil articles that like to say something positive at the ending. To give some glimmer of hope. I could say with a few good voices the blue collar/poor could be galvanized and do some good things. But we know how our government with the use of the military extinguishes insurgents and voices in Iraq and Afghanistan (Shock and Awe, illegal search and seizure, suspension of habeas corpus and broomsticks).
We know they are making a huge surveillance system. Youngstown craiglist government jobs first listing is for jobs in Homeland security in which it says, "America Department of Labor predicted by the year 2010 there will be more than a 30% increase in need for Security Agents." The exact year the price of a barrel of oil is supposed to explode. And now there is discussion of a draft. I don't see any help wanted adds for windmill builders or local farmers. Or a new draft to get kids into agriculture and engineers to stop thinking about oil based machines and maybe machines that run on animal manure and solar power. But instead it looks like they are trying to find people to hold guns and attempt to make 1997 last for eternity.
link to this essay on Noah Cicero's website.


Under direction of the Billing Manager perform services billing routines as defined below.
Purpose This position is responsible for proactively owning the technical relationship between the customer and C Spire Business. The Client Success Manager II and III (CSM) is technical support engineer, customer champion, and relationship manager for a defined group of post implementation customer accounts. The C Spire Business Client Success Manager (CSM) has a single mission: Partner, Serve, and Lead. Essential Functions Proactively own and manage multiple high-visibility and high-touch customer relationships. Understand short- and long-term customer goals and objectives as they relate to Information Technology (IT) and Business Alignment. Drive issue resolution using standard process/procedures in coordination with supporting resources. Provide single point of contact for customer account concerns. Regularly communicate with assigned accounts, set expectations, and negotiate priorities appropriately. Develop highly effective relationships across all departments. Assist in establishing and documenting each customer's processes, procedures, customizations, and configurations. Provide mentoring and assistance to other team members. Assist in proactively managing, measuring, and tracking customer tickets (incidents) to ensure their timely resolution. Provide timely issue/incident status updates, root-cause analysis, and strategies to address. Recognize and resolve systemic issues (problems) to prevent them from repeating. Provide recommendation for product enhancements and implementation of new technologies. Escalate issues as appropriate. Apply fundamental troubleshooting skills to issues before escalating to the appropriate group. Recognize revenue opportunities and facilitate them inside current accounts. Document, track, and support compliance with Service Level Agreements. Ensure ticket data is accurate and regularly updated (e.g., statuses, owners, billing). Ensure customer service level agreements. Regularly meet with the Service Owners, Systems Administration Team, and others to identify immediate and long-term customer needs. Competencies Some of the core competencies of a successful Client Success Manager, are project management, IT Service Management, and a comprehensive technical acumen across a broad spectrum of computing disciplines. Additional capabilities include strong leadership, communication, and technical skills. Leadership/Ownership/Accountability: Accountable for all technical issues and technical relationship Able to actively drive problems to resolution Able to create and drive a technical strategy to address customer issues Able to own issue resolution, root cause analysis, and remediation Sound decision making and critical thinking skills Able to mentor and coach team members Expert organization and prioritization skills Communication skills: Excellent written and verbal skills Strong interpersonal skills to interact with clients, management, and peers Effective cross-department communication Document and communicate problem/resolution and information/action plans Able to stay calm during times of crisis Able to contribute to a team environment with a high degree of professionalism and skill Technical skills: High-level process knowledge and technical skills relating to virtualization, networking, and IT Service management Knowledge of Windows-based server operating systems and Windows Domains Knowledge of enterprise support tools and ticketing/documentation systems Strong familiarity with process frameworks such as ITIL, MOF, and CobIT Experience supporting enterprise-level applications is preferred Supervisory Responsibility There are no direct reports. Work Environment In most cases, work will be performed in a climate-controlled office space. Physical Demands There may be some lifting up to 75 pounds, but most activities are clerical in nature and require the use of computers and phones. Position Type/Expected Hours of Work Standard Business Hours, Monday through Friday. Travel Market-based travel is estimated to be approximately 50-75%. Overnight travel is estimated to be 1%. Required Education, Experience, and Certifications This position requires advanced customer service and rapport-building abilities, strong analytical and problem solving skills, a high level of professionalism, the ability to multi-task, strong attention to detail, and self-motivation. The candidate should have 5+ years experience in progressively responsible roles relating to technical services delivery in the Managed IT Services industry. All candidates will be subject to a technical screening. Preferred Education, Experience, and Certifications Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, MIS, or related field is preferred. The candidate should have 5+ years experience in progressively responsible roles relating to technical services delivery in the Managed IT Services industry. Additional Eligibility Qualifications none Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
The purpose of the Enterprise Commerical Account Manager (ECAM) role is to keep renewal of customer contracts at an acceptable level as well as assist the client with any purchases that may arise during the normal course of service delivery.
The Sales Engineer serves as the primary technical resource for the sales team. Responsibilities include working with the sales team and prospective clients to determine technical requirements and conceptualize the network design required in order to fulfill the solution being marketed to the prospective client. The Sales Engineer is also responsible for ensuring all technical information required is communicated into an order. The Sales Engineer will conduct pre-sales site surveys and will also be responsible for training the sales and customer service teams on our products. Must enjoy and have the ability to work successfully in a team environment.


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Youth and National Service
January 22 Issues
Youth and national service go together like boats on the water. Given the right motivation and inspiration, young people are essential to building nations, empowering the disenfranchised, sustaining communities and enriching democracy. Involved in deliberate nationwide programs focused on serving the greater good and empowering individuals, national service can create connections beyond local borders and enhance pride and belonging. Whether serving locally, nationally or internationally, any peace-building activity might allow young people to change the world in a powerful ways.
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. — John F. Kennedy
Ways Youth can Change the World focusing on National Service
Project-Based Learning — National service should be an action learning opportunity for young people, focused on learning practical skills and powerful knowledge while serving the greater good in the country. Acknowledging project-based learning within national service allows a lot of relevance and applicability. Children and youth can change the world while they serve their countries by reaching beyond their borders to strengthen their nations, too.
Community Youth Development — By taking empowered, appropriate action focused on building communities and changing the world, community youth development engages young people in positive action focused on social change. Using this approach in national service program can appropriately position young people as problem-solvers and leaders in the communities where they serve.
Youth as Activity Leaders — Whether they're focused on education, the environment, public health and safety, unmet human needs or other areas, young people can lead national service projects. Moving beyond simply enacting plans made by others, children and youth can step into planning, design, building, facilitation and other key roles throughout national service.
Things Youth Need to Change the World focusing on National Service
Training — Learning how to do the service they're engaged in is important and obvious. Learning why they are involved in national service is more important. However, learning how to lead, facilitate, motivate and recruit others into national service is vital for youth to change the world, too, as they can step into these important roles and foster important change.
Youth/Adult Partnerships — Being supported through healthy and supportive relationships can help everyone flourish. In national service, bridging intergenerational gaps by building youth/adult partnerships may be essential to success. Young people and adults can both initiate these relationships, effectively building community and securing support for themselves and others, too.
Opportunities — Young people need substantive opportunities to participate as the leaders, facilitators and implementors of national service activities. These should acknowledge the complexities in participants' lives; be infused into the regular functions of communities; and constantly acknowledge their relationship to national health and well-being.
Youth as Nation Builders
Youth as Planners
Youth as Community Organizers
"National service" article on Wikipedia
Global Youth Service Day
Voices for National Service
"The Economics: Why National Service Is Worth It" by Clive Belfield for Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
"The Case For National Service" by TIME magazine
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Q: Reuse Cipher but change IV For performance reasons, we would like to reuse our Cipher object (java) for a given key whenever possible. However, we would like to follow good crypto hygiene and use a random IV on every set of plaintext to encrypt. Is it possible to reuse the same cipher object, change the IV, AND do that all without reinitializing the cipher object each time (i.e., only initialize once in the beginning)? I want it to use a new IV after every doFinal call. I can set it manually after every doFinal call if necessary.
I thought about extending IVParameterSpec and overriding the getIV method so that it generates a random one every time, but, I have two problems with that:

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*Probably wouldn't be an issue in practice but how do I know that a given CipherSpi object doesn't call this twice for a given plaintext? I would need to return the same IV for a given plaintext but a different IV for different plaintext. I imagine most providers wouldn't call this twice but I don't know that for sure.

*Looking at the CipherSpi docs, it looks like it gets passed the IVParameterSpec on initialize and I have no idea if the provider will then get the IV immediately and then cache it for the life of the object. If it does that then the IV would always be the same, regardless of whether the plaintext to encrypt is different.
Is there a different way to reuse the Cipher object but change the IV after every doFinal call that doesn't require reinitializing it? I am aware that some modes like SIV have less stringent IV requirements but that is not an option right now. Also, I am aware that I can pick a particular provider that might support the solution I described above but I was hoping for a solution that is provider-agnostic.
Thanks!

A: Per my understanding, you can use fixed initialization vector and prepend random bytes prefix to each message. There's overhead of additional AES invocation per message, however it's nothing compare to the time needed to initialize Cipher. In my case, the approach with random prefix was about 100 times faster (encrypt and decrypt 6-128 length messages in 16 threads with Cipher in ThreadLocal).

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Interview: Antica Terra Winemaker Maggie Harrison
Expressive bottlings of beauty from Oregon's Willamette Valley
Surprise and delight defines the Antica Terra tasting experience. Based in Dundee, Oregon, the winery's offerings include annual Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vintages. Owner and winemaker Maggie Harrison—also the head of the masterful California Syrah label, Lillian—taps into the intrinsic, aesthetic merit of the Willamette Valley as a whole. But as much as each wine is a study of the exquisite land and luscious grapes, it's also about the dialogue drawn from decisions in the winemaking process. Harrison's process is unlike any other and anyone who gets their hands on a bottle understands what this means—and benefits from it.
The wines of Antica Terra do have one important unifying factor. "If you could say one thing—yes, I'm the winemaker and the owner and I make all of them—but I think it's about the way that we make wine and it's paramount to understanding what we do: we don't call out anything in advance, ever," Harrison begins to explain.
"In every winery, the idea is born before the wine. 'I am a low alcohol winemaker or this wine is going to come from that vineyard or I use 25% new oak.' We do not do any of that," she says. "The way that I learned to make wine is by keeping my head down. If you keep your head down, all you are ever doing is looking at what is right in front of you in that moment. Whether you're designing a label or selecting a cork or pruning a vine, you say, 'What's the most beautiful thing I can do in this moment?' And then you do it. You do it with fairly maniacal rigor and you trust that if you keep stringing beautiful actions together, you don't know exactly where you'll end up—100% whole cluster or 2% whole cluster, from one vineyard or 17 different vineyards—but you'll end up with the most beautiful example of what was possible from those fields in that year."
"When we first started making wine, there was a real concern over how anyone was ever going to understand who we are," Harrison says. This fear stems from their process: one that embraces variations year after year. The winemaking team at Antica Terra blends everything blind. First, they take a sample from every barrel in the cellar—which represents 10 vineyard sites and 42 picking blocks—and number it, make notes and then assemble or divide. For the 2017 vintage of the Ceras, 154 different barrels went it. "We keep everything meticulously separate," she continues. "There are no moments for homogenization. Our cellar ends up being full of fraternal twins."
Three-day blocks of eight to 11 hours each day follow, where they "put things together and take them apart and put things together and take them apart in every different way possible, looking for a place of harmony and where the wines rise," Harrison says. "The through-thread is one of integrity and intention," she adds.
Those who seek Antica Terra out are aware of, and celebrate, the variation. Still, further principles guide each style that the brand releases. "Ceras and Botanica are counterparts of one another," Harrison says. "What they represent are the two ends of the range of expression, whatever we see upon the table that year: light to dark, red to blue, pale, fair and ethereal or sappy and dripping. We find the natural moment of bifurcation and make two wines." Ceras orients toward the terrestrial, with mineral notes and blue fruits. It references the prehistoric seabed. "Botanica refers to the richness, fertileness and fucundity above ground with fruit and flower and blossom," she says. Antikythera—a nod to the mechanism built in 205 BC to track celestial movement—is drawn from Harrison's own vineyard and speaks with the clearest voice.
Harrison loves her job, but one particular reason shines forth. "I used to have terrible dreams," she says, "about what if I became allergic to grapes or what if I run this business into the ground—because the way I make wine is antithetical to the way one should run a business. But what I realize now is that I just like making beautiful things. If somebody took wine away from me I would make candles and if those were taken away I'd make ceramics and if they were taken away I'd make dinner. I like making."
It's impossible not to mention that Harrison loves her work and the process so much that for Lillian, she and her team destem one whole barrel of grapes by hand with manicure scissors. She'd heard about the winemaker Jean-Francois Ganevat doing it and at first thought it was ridiculous. Then, "I was at the sorting table one day and I was thinking about how I make decisions. It's easily 10 to 20 hours of just staring down and your hands are flying but it allows you to go to this crazy place where your right brain gets let off leash." She reconsidered it one Tuesday and the next day she found herself in a Walgreens in Oregon where she "bought every manicure and eyebrow scissor available." One person can destem four pounds of fruit an hour—and it takes 950 pounds of fruit to fill the one barrel.
Half of the bottles Antica Terra produces go to Michelin-starred restaurants around the world. The other half goes to consumers on their mailing list (which now has a lengthy waitlist). Harrison likes this balance and finds that the trade channel exposes more interested people to her wines, rather than potentially having more bottles sit in a private cellar somewhere.
There's one other way to get ahold of these sought-after releases: the tasting room. "The winery itself is a glorified tin can," Harrison says, but their tasting room (inside a barrel room) is next-level, complete with a full-time chef. There, visitors can buy from the room's allocation of Antica Terra "or other crazy rare things," Harrison adds. Her personal collection of wines resides there and a tasting session involves a flight of what she's made and a flight of five wines that inspired them (at Harrison's cost). "And we always start with Champagne," she says.
Images courtesy of Antica Terra
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Glyphosate-based herbicides : Evidence of immune-endocrine alteration
Glyphosate (G) is the active ingredient of the most widely used herbicide products. It targets the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), which lacks in humans, suggesting to confer a low mammalian toxicity to G-based herbicides (GBHs). Despite this, the use of G is currently under intense debate. Many studies indicating its hazard and toxicity on non-target organisms are emerging, and associations between GBHs and immune-endocrine disturbances have been described. This review aims to investigate, based on recent epidemiological studies and studies performed in vitro and in vivo in animals, the possible association between GBHs and immune-endocrine alterations. Published data suggest that GBHs have endocrine disrupting potentiality targeting sex and thyroid hormones, although its relevance for humans will require further investigations. Evidence of immunotoxicity are limited compared to those on endocrine effects, but overall highlight possible noxious effects, including lung inflammation and rhinitis. An attractive hypothesis could be the one that connects microbiota dysbiosis with possible immune-endocrine outcomes. Indeed, several intestinal microorganisms express the enzyme EPSPS and, studies are emerging that highlight a possible G-induced dysbiosis. Considering the wide use of GBHs in agriculture, further studies investigating their noxious effects at levels relevant for human exposure should be performed. A critical analysis of emerging evidence of G toxicity is required to better characterize its safety profile. In addition, attention should be paid to the differences between G alone and its formulations, which, containing substances able to increase G absorption, may present a different toxicity profile.
Glyphosate-based herbicides : Evidence of immune-endocrine alteration / A. Maddalon, V. Galbiati, C. Colosio, S. Mandic-Rajcevic, E. Corsini. - In: TOXICOLOGY. - ISSN 0300-483X. - 459(2021), pp. 152851.1-152851.10. [10.1016/j.tox.2021.152851]
Titolo: Glyphosate-based herbicides : Evidence of immune-endocrine alteration
MADDALON, AMBRA
GALBIATI, VALENTINA (Corresponding)
COLOSIO, CLAUDIO
MANDIC-RAJCEVIC, STEFAN
CORSINI, EMANUELA
Parole Chiave: Endocrine system; Glyphosate; Glyphosate-based herbicides; Immune system; Microbiota; Toxicity; Animals; Glycine; Herbicides; Humans; Immune System; Microbiota; Endocrine Disruptors
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: Settore BIO/14 - Farmacologia
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2021.152851
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Home / News / Verizon Backs Off Plans To Throttle Unlimited Data Users
Verizon Backs Off Plans To Throttle Unlimited Data Users
Verizon Wireless customers with a grandfathered unlimited data plan can breath a sigh of relief.
The nation's largest wireless carrier by subscriber base said Wednesday that it would no longer go through with its "network optimization" policy, which was its plan to limit the data speeds of its most excessive users.
"We've greatly valued the ongoing dialogue over the past several months concerning network optimization and we've decided not to move forward with the planned implementation of network optimization for 4G LTE customers on unlimited plans," the carrier said in a statement.
The decision comes amid criticism it faced from its base of unlimited data customers — people who held on to their plans even as Verizon eliminated the option when it moved to shared and tiered data offerings — as well as from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, who called the proposed change "disturbing." The policy, which already affects 3G customers, was supposed to go into effect for its 4G customers starting today.
Verizon has argued that it has the right to manage the network and temporary slow down the connection speed of a user who is hogging up a significant amount of bandwidth. The company said that unlike rivals such as T-Mobile, who will slow down the connection of a customer after they hit a certain limit, Verizon's throttling measures are temporary, and are lifted once the user is no longer hampering the connection for people around them. The company said only the top 5 percent of users would be affected.
The carrier has for years tried to get customers off the unlimited plans, forcing them to buy their own smartphones and stick with their existing plans in order to keep that perk. By signing a new contract, taking a subsidized smartphone, or moving to one of Verizon's mobile share plans or individual tiered data plans, the customer sacrifices the unlimited data part of the service.
While Verizon faced network issues late last year, the company has bulked up its network with additional spectrum that has helped alleviate capacity issues and increased speed, part of the "XLTE" campaign it has been pitching to consumers.
The decision, which will go over well with existing unlimited data customers, also comes amid intensifying competition in the wireless industry. The company earlier Wednesday offered a promotion to double the amount of data on certain tiers of family plan, following similar moves by AT&T and Sprint.
Here's the full statement:
Verizon is committed to providing its customers with an unparalleled mobile network experience. At a time of ever-increasing mobile broadband data usage, we not only take pride in the way we manage our network resources, but also take seriously our responsibility to deliver exceptional mobile service to every customer. We've greatly valued the ongoing dialogue over the past several months concerning network optimization and we've decided not to move forward with the planned implementation of network optimization for 4G LTE customers on unlimited plans. Exceptional network service will always be our priority and we remain committed to working closely with industry stakeholders to manage broadband issues so that American consumers get the world-class mobile service they expect and value.
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Black Matter co-founder Maximilian Rea said: "Team 17 have a long history of delivering robust and highly accomplished titles. Their philosophy of delivering a great final product whilst importantly allowing us to protect the unique identity of an FPS title like Hell Let Loose was a key factor in our partnership. A title this epic in scope posed a huge challenge for a small studio like us. Working with Team17 will allow us to focus on the development of the game while ensuring we deliver players the polished experience they expect.
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Harri Otsa
November 3, 1926 Tallinn – October 30, 2001 Tallinn
Member of the Estonian Composers' Union since 1956
Composer and pedagogue Harri Otsa started music studies with piano lessons at Niina Murrik-Polonsky's piano school, and took private lessons from Theodor Lemba. In 1944, he was mobilised into German army where he got wounded and stayed in Germany until 1945. In 1946–1948, he studied music theory at the Tallinn Music School, and graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory in composition with Mart Saar in 1953.
In 1953–1959, Otsa was the music director at the Tallinn Drama Theatre. From 1953–1962 he taught music theory at the Tallinn Music School and from 1962–1988 at the Tallinn State Conservatory (1982–1987 head of the theory department). For a short time he taught also at the Tallinn Music High School. Otsa has compiled educational materials as ''Estonian folklore'' (1967) and ''Harmonic Successions'' (1985).
His musical creation is often based on Estonian old and new folk songs and many of his compositions have a humorous and joyful character. From 1960's to 1980's he was the most productive chamber music composer in Estonia. He wrote obligatory pieces for instrumental and choral competitions.
His pieces have been performed by Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (conductors Roman Matsov and Peeter Lilje), numerous choirs (including performances at Song Festivals), Jaan Tamm Woodwind Quintet, ensembles Vikerlased, Kurekell, Kukulind and Pasunapoisid, interpreters Margarita Voites, Ines Rannap, Matti Reimann and many others. Many of his pieces were recorded at the Estonian Radio and printed mainly at Estonian sheet music collections.
In 2001, Harri Otsa awarded the V class Orden of the Cross of the Eagle.
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Q: React Native connecting with firebase Error : " Please provide the appropriate client ID " Error:  Please provide the appropriate client ID
First I have created a firebase project, then I have created two apps(Android and iOS).
After the creation of Android I have installed .json file, then after building the apk, from the command "expo fetch:android:hashes", I just got Google Certificate Hash (SHA-256) where I put in the fingerprint in the Google App. With the IOS I have downloaded the .plist file after the creation of the app.
Code:
const config = {
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  iosClientId:
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};

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Important new breeding sites of mythical ibis discovered
It has had a dramatic history and was almost lost to extinction. Now this Critically Endangered bird is bouncing back with record breeding success in Morocco in 2017.
Although Critically Endangered, the Northern Bald Ibis could be in recovery © Vincent Legrand/Agami
By Shaun Hurrell
As the day drew to a close, the orange light reflecting from the Atlantic seemed to soften the texture of the sun-baked Moroccan cliffs so much so they looked like they could crumble in an instant. There the birds were: perched on a couple of sloping, sandstone ledges, an entire colony of about 20 settling in for the night, low squawks and rustles heard above the scouring waves only a few metres below. Birds often nest in precarious places, and despite the cliffs in Tamri, southwest Morocco, actually being pretty strong, by knowing this species' Critically Endangered status, you cannot help but feel a little worried for these large, iridescent-black creatures.
Throughout history, Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita has had a turbulent relationship with humans. This mythical bald bird with a punkish crest once had an extensive range that spread across North Africa, the Middle East and Europe, and has been idolised by humans as symbols of fertility and virtue, even mummified to accompany Ancient Egyptian royalty.
Today, almost all remaining wild birds are restricted to Morocco
Yet it has lost its feeding areas to land-use changes, its nest sites have been built on or disturbed, and it has also been poisoned by pesticides, hunted, persecuted, collected in a gold rush for museums, and a dramatic range-reduction resulted in an all-time population low at the end of the 20th century with only 59 breeding pairs remaining in 1997. Today, almost all remaining wild birds are restricted to Morocco.
A local man approaches with a GREPOM (BirdLife in Morocco) cap to watch the colony, having arrived on a motorbike at the exact time the flock landed in the area. He's a warden, coordinated by Souss-Massa National Park, and trained to prevent disturbance of the ibises at the colony and surrounding fields where they feed on lizards, scorpions and beetles. He also provides safe drinking water and sees off any threats.
They're social birds, easily spooked, so this work has really boosted the global population of wild Northern Bald Ibis in recent years, bringing it up to 600 birds for the first time in modern history — thanks to long-lasting commitment from BirdLife, and recently, to GREPOM and the Moroccan government protecting colonies at Souss-Massa National Park, and this smaller site at Tamri. GREPOM have also undertaken public awareness work to help raise the profile of such an important species.
"With great cooperation between BirdLife and the Moroccan government, the colonies started to look crowded", says Chris Bowden, AEWA Coordinator for the species on behalf of BirdLife. "Perhaps along the coast a new colony would form." Something every conservationist would delight in saying. But don't count your colonies until your ibises have hatched: with better official protection still needed for the colony at Tamri, for example, nothing could be certain for a species that has been listed in the highest category of threat on the Red List for over 30 years.
A few tentative reports came in. Then: "We found what we'd been waiting for: a new colony!" said Halima Bousadik, GREPOM, who co-authored the paper heralding the welcome news. During the 2017 reproductive season, two new breeding sites were discovered on two distinct coastal cliffs north of Tamri, with adults incubating at least three confirmed active nests, and totaling a new record of 122 wild breeding pairs.
"The importance of this news is that, with a steady population increase, Northern Bald Ibis are now exiting their 'comfort zone' of the guarded sites, giving us a lot of hope for more similar discoveries", said Jorge F. Orueta, SEO/BirdLife (BirdLife in Spain), who has worked on the species since 2000. "We now need to check all suitable sites in the region, and implement a GPS tracking programme to learn their movements."
A story of East and West
The wild Moroccan birds are those remaining from a western population that used to range throughout northwest Africa, but are now restricted to wandering locally. This year, a flock of 11 to 15 ibises was also seen at the northern edge of the known breeding range. But what of the historical eastern population?
A semi-wild, but substantial breeding colony still exists in Birecik, Turkey. It's a catch-22, because the birds need to be fully released so their migratory habits are restored, but at the start of winter, a team led by the Turkish government has to put them in captivity else they will fly into bullets over Syria or be subject to illegal hunting further south in Arabia. When they are free to roam in the summer, these birds face threats of disturbance, electrocution or collision with powerlines.
The Syrian conflict has brought added complications, increased disturbance and the possibility of persecution, as large numbers of refugees have settled in around Birecik (more than 400,000 in Urfa Province at present), occupying areas used by feeding ibises.
However, one Syrian refugee, a warden who worked with a small relict Northern Bald Ibis colony in Syria, has joined Doğa Derneği (BirdLife in Turkey), where his unique situation may be the key to protecting ibises once more. And, with conservation programmes to control threats and return the birds to fully wild status, there is no reason why this eastern population should not eventually roam free once again — hopefully remembering their migration route to Ethiopia. Sadly though, for the one wild female, and handful of Syrian birds that remained in captivity in Palmyra, the faint light of hope for them is likely extinguished.
Elsewhere, in the Austrian Alps, and southern Spain, two separate re-introduction programmes have released substantial captive-reared birds with the hope they establish again in Europe.
With new colonies and an international effort, it's a new phase in the species' conservation
Whilst, then, probably all wild Northern Bald Ibis are now found in Morocco, the species' conservation is once again becoming an international effort. Hope is far from lost for the Turkish population, and many countries are joining the effort across the bird's historical range, with support, both financial and technical, coming through SEO/BirdLife, RSPB (BirdLife in the UK), SVS-BirdLife Switzerland and VBN (BirdLife in the Netherlands). The work is carried out in Morocco with the High Commission for Water and Forest and Fight Against Desertification (Government of Morocco).
The Northern Bald Ibis International Working Group has just held its second ever meeting, as part of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA). Held in Sous Massa National Park, attendee conservationists from all ibis territories are now equipped with an updated International Single Species Action Plan to continue the trend.
Leaving the cliffs of Tamri, it strikes you that those who wish to call the Northern Bald Ibis "ugly" haven't seen healthy birds up close in their natural habitat; haven't seen how the light shimmers green against their magnificent black flanks. With news of new colonies, and a new phase in ibis conservation, perhaps history will repeat itself and the Northern Bald Ibis will once again be idolised throughout North Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
Video by Brian Stone (tnstours.co.uk) of Northern Bald Ibis preening in the sun at Sous-Massa National Park.
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BirdLife's success in helping the recovery of Northern Bald Ibis internationally has been funded since 2009 by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. In 2017, Zeiss became a BirdLife Species Champion for Northern Bald Ibis alongside His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco.
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A tool for curating rss feeds by keyword

##Usage
###Get the gem:
```
gem install rss_searcher
```
If you're using it in a bigger project, require in your Gemfile
```
gem rss_searcher
```
###The Interface
Initialize the class
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searcher = Rss_Searcher.new
array_of_links = searcher.get_links_of_interest(rss_feeds, keywords, match_level, minimum_publish_date)
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####rss_feeds:
Can be a path to a file of line separated urls to rss feeds or an array of urls to rss feeds.

####keywords:
Can be a path to a file of line separated keywords or an array of keywords.

####match_level:
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One or more keywords must be found in the feed to be declared of interest.
#####"ALL":
All keywords must be found in a feed to be declared of interest.
#####An Integer between 1-100:
Denoting the percentage of keywords that must be found in the feed to declare it of interest

####minimum_publish_date:
A date object denoting the last date an article can be published before it is considered not of interest

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It's been such a long week. I have been home taking care of Gavin. He has been sick with the flu and a mild ear infection, and in that same week I started my IVF injections. They make me feel awful. I instantly get so drowsy and get really strong headaches. I have not been able to get any rest, until today. Gavin is still very congested, but seems like his fever has dropped. He played with his trains a bit and ate for the first time in 4 days, so that was a big deal!
So today I got out of my leggings and sweatshirt and got a little dolled up. Sure felt good to look a bit normal and not a mom of 20 kids.
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Argo is a 2012 feature film Hollywood thriller loosely based on a memoir written by Antonio "Tony" Mendez, a CIA operative, who led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, Iran during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. The film stars Affleck as Mendez, was co-produced by Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov, and was directed by Ben Affleck. The film is well done and satisfying as a thriller, and is now being touted for awards consideration for the Golden Globes and Oscars. Although there are many issues with the historical accuracy of the plot as well as the portrayal of Canadians, and the Iranian people; and I understand these issues as I have made a career of producing historical films and biographies where I have striven to be as accurate as possible. I get that dramatizations and inventions are part of the necessary compromises needed to create a historical dramatic entertaining film. However, what has been done in Argo falls into a different category of perpetuating ethnic and racial invisibility of Latinos in Hollywood.
Antonio "Tony" Mendez is an American hero of Mexican ancestry whose exploits are dramatized in the movie Argo. He was awarded the Intelligence Star for Valor for his role in the rescue. He retired with the rank of SIS-2, the equal to a two star General in the military. He was also awarded the CIA's Intelligence Medal of Merit as well as the Intelligence Star and two Certificates of Distinction. Antonio Mendez was one of fifty officers awarded the Trailblazer Medallion from among all officer in the history of the CIA.
I have a tangential connection to the events portrayed in the movie as I was working for Jerold Rafshoon, President Carters' Communications Director in the White House during this time on the reelection media campaign. I witnessed the impact of the Iranian hostage crisis on the reelection efforts.
The concern I am focusing on here is the director/producer's choice to portray Tony as if he is a white non-Latino, so he could play the role. This is classic "brown face" at its worst. There is no reasonable justification for this choice as the film could have been cast otherwise without affecting its commerciality.
Not only did a Latino actor not play Tony, who clearly in real life looks like a Chicano, but his ethnicity is stolen from the Latino community at a time when Latinos have been demonized. Our real Latino national heroes if acknowledged would dramatize our patriotism and contribution to the United States. The film actually goes out of its way to obscure Tony Mendez' ethnicity. His name (Mendez) is mentioned only once and the character says he is from New York (Tony was born in Nevada from a mining family with six generations in Nevada and raised in Colorado). Nowhere in the movie does the viewer get that the hero is Mexican American.
Ben Affleck's portrayal of Antonio "Tony" Mendez was very contained and had very little range, I don't know what Tony personality is like to judge the portrayal but this did not impact the movie's success or failure. It was an excellent role that would have elevated a Latino actor like Benjamin Bratt or Michael Peña.
Instead, like with the story of Guy Gabaldon, whose extraordinary achievements in the WWII Battle of Saipan, capturing, by himself, 1800 enemy soldiers, more than any other American soldier in the history of our country, was similarly white-washed as Jeffrey Hunter played him in the 1960 film, "Hell to Eternity." But that was more than half a century ago, Argo is now.
In the closing credits, the photos of the real people portrayed are presented side-b- side with the actors' photos showing the very close resemblance and care that was taken in the casting process to cast actors who looked like the real people. Yet, for the key role of Tony Mendez, the director/producer Ben Affleck chose a single long shot of Tony with President Carter where his image was not distinct or recognizable, breaking the pattern he had chosen for all the other real people depicted.
In Argo we have yet another instance where the public has been denied of an opportunity for all Americans to learn of an American Latino's valor, talent and patriotism. This occurs because there has been no consequence to this behavior. It is time for a change.
Moctesuma Esparza is an award-winning producer, entertainment executive, entrepreneur and community activist. He is CEO of Maya Cinemas, a first run mainstream theater chain in the United States principally located in and serving Latino communities , and a partner of Robert Katz in the company Esparza/Katz Productions.. He can be reached at moctesumae@mayacinemas.com.


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Screening: Colombia – Promises and Bullets
Screening Sunday 1st June, 2008
Colombia is a country embroiled in a violent and bloody civil war, but what are the roots of this conflict and who should be held accountable? The media and the government state that guerrilla groups, particularly the FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, are responsible for the violence and its social and economic costs. 'Colombia : Promises and Bullets' charts the history of Colombia 's war, from its humble origins to one of the most protracted and violent conflicts Latin America has ever seen.
By exposing the role of the guerrilla, paramilitary groups, the army and the Colombian government, the film illustrates the full magnitude and complexity of Colombia 's war. The film gets a first hand account of the FARC's objectives, structure and ideology through exclusive interviews with its leaders who explain why the guerrilla refuses to give up its armed struggle.
The film also analyses the role of the Colombian government and questions its ability and readiness to broker a real and lasting peace and finally it offers a space for ordinary citizens to speak about the conflict and how it affects them."
Since the making of the documentary, Raul Reyes, leader of the FARC, was killed in his sleep by the Colombian army during an illegal bombing in Ecuadorian territory. The bombing has led to the current diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Ecuador.
Director: Monica del Pilar Uribe Marin
Sunday 1st June, 2008


Congratulations to Senior, Savannah S., for being awarded the 2019 Aquinas Medal. The medals were awarded to one student from each Catholic school in West Virginia in recognition of their faithful discipleship, academic excellence, leadership and service.
Congratulations to Seniors McKenzie M. and Joe F. for being awarded the 2019 St. Sebastian Medals. The medals were awarded to one female and one male from each Catholic school in West Virginia for excelling in personal achievements & representing their community in Athletics, Academics & Service.
The medals will be presented at a luncheon in Morgantown in April.


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Armée territoriale peut faire référence à :
 Armée territoriale britannique, la Territorial Army, armée de réserve de la British Army;
 Armée territoriale française.
 Armée territoriale royale hongroise.
 Armée territoriale impériale-royale autrichienne.

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