Create a page template to show a taxonomy list.
WordPress gives us categories, and we can create custom taxonomies, but this week I discovered that there is nowhere on your average WordPress site where you can actually list your categories, unless it's an archive page or a 404 page. It isn't something I've ever needed yet, and according to my searching, that's true for most everyone (a lot of fruitless searching), but hopefully there is at least one person out there who wants to know how to do this, because I figured it out–here's how to make a custom page template to list your categories or other taxonomies.
I'm building a website with a custom post type with several taxonomies. I needed to create couple pages which would show each taxonomy as a list. The Codex showed me how I could PHP my way into it, but it necessitated hard coding in the taxonomy name, which doesn't help me, as I would really like to have this available for multiple taxonomies.
This tutorial works for the Genesis Framework by StudioPress (this is a referral link).
So your blog template will show your portfolio custom post type, sorted alphabetically.
My thought was to use something similar for the category lists, but it took some digging. In the Codex, I found the page on get_terms (see the custom taxonomy example), which pointed me in the right direction–I just needed to set it up to be configurable from the front end.
Name the template page_taxonomy.php (or whatever you want to call it), upload it to your theme file, and voila! You'll have a new template to choose from when you create a page.
Create your page, name it whatever you want, call it whatever you want (you can set the permalink to be /category, actually, as that throws a 404, so I used my taxonomy), add in content (it will show above your list of terms), set the page template, and then add your custom fields. You must enter a field named taxonomy and the value will be your taxonomy–for example, category. Entering arguments for order or anything is optional.
You could trick this out more, either in the template or CSS–the template at this point is just a simple list, with each li set at 50% and floated left, but the hard work of setting it up is done.
If you find this useful, I'd love to see what you do with it!
Thanks for the article, I was looking for something like this.
Catchable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in taxonomy-accommodations.php I am getting it when enabling my taxonomy custom template.
Janeth, my guess is that you haven't added your taxonomy as a custom field, which is required–if there is no custom field with a name of taxonomy and a valid entry for value, you'll get that error.
There is probably a way to tighten up this code so that the page will function on a generic level if no custom field is added, but I haven't dug that far yet to do so. At this point, if there is no taxonomy field, the page does break.
Janeth, did a bit more digging and have revised the template to show a list of the post categories if no taxonomy custom field is set.
Hi Robin, Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question. You were totally right, it seems I was not setting correctly my taxonomy custom field set. Now I can see my custom taxonomy list on my page.
Janeth, I'm not 100% sure what you are wanting to do. If you want multiple pages which could show these lists, the easiest way to do so, I think, is to use this as you would any other template–mine, for example, is set up exactly as posted and saved in the theme file as page_taxonomy.php. I can create any page, use this template, and add the custom field for the specific taxonomy and it's good to go, no extra work. Does that make sense? The php is a one-time job, but the template itself can be reused multiple times, much like the Genesis blog template.
I think I did not undesrtand your explanation. instead of adding your code to taxonomies-custompost.php I should use custompost.php?
Janeth, I'm not sure–you may be beyond using a template and may need to hard code this in, probably with a way to rewind and repeat the loop somehow. I'm afraid it's beyond me at this point. Good luck!
I am having an issue with only getting a 404 page or a page that dose not display anything depending on the url. I have added all the custom fields to the corresponding page. Any toughs?
If you've set the url slug to be category, you will get a 404. If the template doesn't display anything, my guess would be that your custom field(s) may not be correct. If you remove the custom fields, the template should show all of your categories by default. I'd try that to see if it works–it does for me here. If that works, then double check that your taxonomy in your custom field is correct.
When I changed the url slug I am now getting a blank page (the site header and footer loaded but nothing else). I removed all the custom fields and only added back the custom filed (taxonomy = series) on the page. Any other thoughts? What am I missing?
If you remove that custom field as well, do you get a list of all of your categories? If so, my guess is that your custom field is incorrect. If series is a valid taxonomy, make sure that your custom field Name is simply taxonomy, and the Value is series. There isn't going to be an = in there anywhere. If your custom field looks correct, then my guess is that the taxonomy is really something other than series (you need the actual name of the taxonomy, which can be different from the labels WordPress uses).
Do I need to change anything in the php template your provided above or can I just copy and paste it exactly how you provided it?
The template works for me with no changes. I would double check that you've got everything copied over exactly, but there may be something else going on, since none of the page markup is being output at all–the template should only modify the entry content. Do you have a working link for a series archive? Because the only way I get similar output is if I put in a made up taxonomy name, at which point I get errors.
From what I can see here, that seems like it should work, but it's hard to tell from the front end. If you want to use my contact form and send me an email with admin access information, I can take a look, if you like. How is the taxonomy/post type being created? That may be another clue.
I've also just updated the template so that if an error is the result of getting the taxonomy, you'll get the "No taxonomy custom field was created." message instead of just nothing.


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By Sihle Ndebele - 29 March 2019 - 14:02
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Kaizer Chiefs' chances of defending their MultiChoice Diski Shield (MDS) crown seem to have been imperilled by a number of factors.
Chiefs clinched the inau-gural MDS in May last year, coming from behind to beat Mamelodi Sundowns 3-1 in the final at Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa.
Given Thibedi, Yusuf Bunting and Katlego Ntsabeleng were on target for the Arthur Zwane-coached side, while Vuyo Mantjie's early strike eventually proved a mere consolation for the Brazilians.
Beginning their title defence by battling it out with Highlands Park in their first group stage encounter at Thohoyandou Stadium on Sunday, Amakhosi will be led by a new skipper after Nkosingiphile Ngcobo ascended to the senior side, but an Achilles injury has cut short his season.
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Ngcobo's absence will surely be felt in this year's tournament as he had captained the Soweto heavyweights for the past three seasons.
It remains to be seen who inherits the armband. Amakhosi will also have to soldier on without another key player in last season's success, Happy Mashiane, who's now an important first-team player as well.
Bunting finished as Chiefs' top scorer but now he's on loan at Highlands. Given the fact that he's struggling to break into the first team, the young striker may feature against his parent club on Sunday and could possibly haunt them.
In the first round of the tournament teams, grouped into four pools, play each other once and the teams with the highest number of points at the end of the group stages progress to the semifinals.
Only players under 23 are allowed to play in the MDS.
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LibDems Fight Tory Government's Hard Brexit and Demand Final Say for the People
Liberal Democrat MPs moved an amendment to the bill to trigger Article 50 to ensure the final deal on BREXIT would be put before the voters, but this was opposed by Tory and most Labour MPs.
South East LibDem MEP Catherine Bearder commented: " The article 50 Bill sailing through unamended gives a massive thumbs up to Theresa May's hard Brexit agenda, dragging the UK out of the Single Market & Customs Union with all the disastrous implications for our economy and jobs. Far from holding the Prime Minister's feet to the fire, Labour have been only too happy to walk hand in hand with the Government in the triggering process. Liberal Democrats will continue to highlight the dangers of a hard BREXIT and demand that the British people have a say over the destination of this country. Once the negotiated deal is on the table the very final say must be given back to the people"
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"You see, Sarah was a very, very special lady. Although she was a small child and then a small adult, she had the heart of the moon. When Sarah would give you a hug or showed you her love, it was always genuine and you knew it. She had to go through so much in her short time with us and I always felt like I was holding her hand the whole time. Now I realize it was her holding mine and she was guiding me through life with her. I was and still am very, very proud to be known as her Papa. She taught me so much about life, feelings and how to be extremely patient. She also exposed me to the special need kids and adults, they too taught me as well. I know I am a better person because of the time I spent with her and her friends. That is one reason why I am part of the foundation. The other is to keep her memory alive and to share her love of life with others."
Francine Strohman leads the board in determining the focus and direction the foundation will take. Francine is no stranger to the special needs area, having raised her daughter, Sarah, who was autistic and had mental, physical and behavioral challenges. She hopes to help the foundation grow into an organization that Sarah would be proud of. Outside of the foundation, Francine works full time with Global Data Consultants as an IT Consultant.


Nikki Giovanni outside of a bar in DC!
"The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be"
Nikki is in DC quite often, and I see her just about every time that she is in town. I must admit that I am a semi -Nikki stalker. I have seen her so many times, that when I show up to see her, she gives me shout-outs. You just don't know how happy it makes me to receive a shout-out from someone whose writings are in textbooks.
Click on the link below to see Nikki at a great restaurant in DC called Busboy and Poet. The restaurant is named for Langston Hughes who was a busboy/poet. I am in one of the pictures with a CD that she gave to me.


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Comment on the Capital's reasoning about flawed procedural and electoral outcomes
Posted by J.H. Snider | Jan 19, 2016
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Our Say: Hogan should reappoint Webb, Ritchie to school board, Capital, January 19, 2016.
Snider Comment
Granted, the process was flawed here. But the process was equally flawed for prior SBNC nominations. Under the previous SBNC regime, rules were also routinely ignored–even after the SBNC was given notice of them–but since the SBNC acted as a block no one had the incentive to point them out.
Perhaps the most substantive flaw with the previous process was that four AACPS public bargaining unit reps (teachers, administrators, and support personnel) were given veto power over all nominations. At the initial election cycle in 2015, only two bargaining unit reps (the executive director and vice president of TAAAC, the teachers union) were given veto power because two of the eleven SBNC commissioner slots were vacant and eight of nine commission votes were needed to nominate a candidate. In all its reporting on the SBNC, the Capital somehow managed to ignore this vital procedural fact.
Note that by law public employees cannot serve on the public bodies that regulate them. That's because it's a gross violation of democratic principles. According to the theory of democracy, the principal (the people) is supposed to have control over its agents (public officials). When the agent is placed in the position of principal, it creates an unacceptable conflict of interest. Until recently, five of eight adult members of the Board of Education had at least one immediate family member working for AACPS. The SBNC's shift to a simple majority voting rule was an attempt to correct this heinous violation of democratic norms.
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Landscape highlights of a trip to Sweden
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Research Agreement between Valdebebas Management Board and the Polytechnic University of Madrid
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Park construction suspended in areas affected by court ruling annuling Valdebebas Special Plan.
An urban lab initiative in Valdebebas
On November 10th a framework agreement was signed between the Valdebebas Management Board (Junta de Compensación de Valdebebas) and the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM) to facilitate collaboration between both institutions relating to scientific and technical support. The initiative was promoted by Evergreen Paisajismo, and enthusiastically supported by Valdebebas in order to highlight the environmental measures designed by the landscape team (formerly SC Paisajismo), and very notably the sophisticated irrigation system implanted in Valdebebas, perhaps one of the most complete nationally, that allows the irrigation control of the district parks, from a single central computer connected to a weather station.
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Luis Ricote, Head of the School of Agronomic Engineers, in name of the Polytechnic President, headed the group that attended the event from the University. On behalf of Valdebebas the document was signed by the CEO of Valdebebas, Jorge Serrano.
This public-private initiative begins with a first project conducted by the Department of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Irrigation of the School of Agronomy, to carry out a study comparing the Smart City irrigation system installed in Valdebebas, with other more traditional irrigation methods.
An experimental test area has been created next to the offices of the Management Board, where comparison of the different types of underground drip irrigation used on the project will be compared. Optic fiber will allow a mapping of water moving in the soil to give better information on efficiency and variables to be taken account in future landscaping projects, as well as quantifying the savings in water compared to aerial irrigation and surface drip irrigation, the standard in Madrid.
The infrastructure for the test area was sponsored by the construction company Sacyr, as well as Valoriza, the environmental services company of the group, now in process of building an important part of the Valdebebas Central Park. These two companies were also responsible for building one of the sectors of the Valdebebas district and have had a relevant role in Valdebebas since its creation. Valoriza was also the maintenance company of the urban parks up to the reception by the city of Madrid, at the end of 2014.
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If you've been reading our articles for a while you probably know that we're huge fans of roof racks. They're vital for off road touring, giving you the space you need for all your bulky camping gear. If the weather isn't cooperating a roof rack lets you keep wet tents out of the cabin, and they're also a useful mounting point for awnings and mozzie nets.
Over the years we're used a lot of different roof racks, in all sorts of different styles. It's like anything else, though; it isn't easy to find the "perfect" roof rack, because designing one always involves compromises. We think Front Runner's amazing slimline racks come pretty close, though.
Front Runner racks are easy to mount on just about any vehicle with standard rails. They have no shortage of T-slots for fitting tie-down points. Their low profile makes them easy to reach and helps keep your centre of gravity as low as possible, which is vital for stability across rough ground. And they're incredibly robust, too, with heavy-duty high density aluminium construction and a deep powder coat finish that's as attractive as it is durable.
That bomb-proof build quality is one of the things we really like about Front Runner racks. A cheap or flimsy roof rack doesn't just risk losing your expensive gear; it can also be dangerous. If it breaks while you're crossing rough ground the sudden shift of weight can turn your vehicle over. Luckily there's not much chance of that happening with these sturdy racks.
Front Runner racks are ideal for storing tents and other bulky items, thanks to the T-rails on the top and bottom of every slat and the edge frame. If you want a handy bin for small items you might do better with a roof cage, but we prefer to keep the small gear in storage boxes inside the vehicle where it's less likely to bounce out and get lost.
If you like Front Runner racks they have a load of other excellent storage solutions that might interest you as well. If you have a Ute, you can increase its load capacity and versatility with a bed rack. Built to the same design as their roof racks, this is a perfect way to load jerrycans, bikes and other bulky stuff you need quick access to.
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Yilmar Mosquera (San José del Guaviare, Colombia, 19 de febrero de 1996) es un futbolista colombiano. Juega como arquero y su actual equipo es el Tempo Białka de Polonia.

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Inicios
Yilmar nació en San José del Guaviare, la capital del departamento del Guaviare al sur de Colombia. Allí, empezó a jugar fútbol, e integró la selección del Guaviare hasta los 14 años.  A esa misma edad, gracias a la gestión de Eduardo Cañón, el director de las inferiores de Santa Fe, llega a la ciudad de Bogotá a jugar con el primer campeón del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. En el conjunto de la capital de Colombia, hace todo el proceso en las inferiores.

Entre 2015 y 2016, fue convocado al equipo profesional de Santa Fe a varios partidos de liga y su debut deportivo se da 2015 vs Olmedo. En el primer semestre del 2017, Yilmar llega a Cúcuta Deportivo en condición de préstamo, donde igualmente es convocado a una considerable cantidad de partidos, tanto por el Torneo Águila como por la Copa Águila, pero  a final de año decide irse del equipo.

Kalwarianka
Su paso a este club se da en el segundo semestre del 2018, Yilmar llega al equipo de la Ciudad de Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, en este equipo suma 14 encuentros a su prematura carrera.

Tempo Białka
En el segundo semestre del 2019, se informa que Yilmar es transferido al Tempo Białka del mismo país.

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Campeonatos nacionales

Campeonatos internacionales

Enlaces externos
 Ficha en Transfermarkt
 Ficha en ESPN.com
 Ficha en Soccerway
 Entrevista en DXT Capital

Nacidos en San José del Guaviare
Futbolistas de Colombia

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It is All About the API, Not the App
pam baker / 01 Aug 2011 / Work
As IT becomes more consumerized and cloud computing becomes more of a reality, the app itself is becoming almost irrelevant across enterprises. As the desktop PC model has morphed into the network, and as the network has become just another extension of the Internet, it is all about the API, the ways that apps talk to each other that has made them front and center to today's corporate computing infrastructures.
Pam Baker has written hundreds of articles in leading technology, business and finance publications. She has also authored several analytical studies on technology, eight books and an award-winning documentary on paper-making. She is a member of the National Press Club (NPC), Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and the Internet Press Guild (IPG). She can be reached at bakercom1@gmail.com and on Twitter at @bakercom1.
Remember the old days, when a mainframe or PC operating system dictated what corporations would buy and support? They seem so quaint now. "Anything that's platform-specific is doomed," agrees Peter Price, Webalo's CEO. "Employees are driving the need to have mobile enterprise apps work on the devices they prefer," explains Price.
Part of this trend is that more of our business computing has gone mobile: last year smartphones outsold PCs for the first time.
Trying to wrest control over this rapidly evolving situation is impossible. IT can try to control which phones are being used across the enterprise, but it is a doomed exercise. "That results in new apps that IT has to maintain and update, apps that consume storage space on smartphones and tablets and apps that can take months to prototype, develop, test and deploy," says Price. "And they still require the purchase and installation of the mobile development software and, often, the use of consultants to integrate the software and provide implementation and training assistance, since IT skills are mandatory."
Then along came the cloud with its "pay by the sip" affordability and its superior abilities in mass distribution.
"There are two things that consumerization of IT and the cloud bring to the table: atomization of applications and distribution of processing, incidentally, two of the largest promises of true cloud computing," says CRM guru, Esteban Kolsky, founder and principal at ThinkJar consulting.
With the rise of the API and the atomization of apps comes a release from the prerequisite over-hyped, over-bloated and cumbersome software platform. This new generation of apps is built and sold as independent atoms that can integrate with a wide variety of software tools and apps to form highly customized molecules. Remember reusable object-oriented code? This time around the apps are built like Lego's and connect to one another with flexibility and ease. In this latest case, though, the little building blocks are the beginnings of programming interfaces between the apps themselves. What is important is not the code itself, but what is being communicated between programs. Compare the first Tron with last year's sequel: the Master Control Program is irrelevant.
As integration is built in for the convenience of the user what software is used becomes more and more irrelevant to everyone. That being the case, one wonders how much longer the clunky software platform models can continue to be profitable and how fast devices may become obsolete (at least in terms of relevance to the buyer).
"The distribution opens the world of remote operations and multiple providers to bear," explains Kolsky. "Any small vendor who knows how to, literally, build a better mousetrap can now get people interested in it to use its systems on a per-use or rental basis. This basically makes any small vendor competitive with the larger ones – even more appropriate against those that have not adopted this model."
For now, these APIs tend to be seen only by developers, although end users are catching on and voting with their mouse clicks at various app stores. And while there are a few critics claiming that many APIs aren't quite fully baked for enterprise use, others realize their agility and simplicity and the power of choice. Enterprises want everything to work with everything else. That's precisely what these new APIs provide.
"Users benefit because they can automatically route their applications to any other remote component as they need, with minimal preparation," says Kolsky.
I offer for your esteemed consideration the following exemplary examples of this new breed of APIs, in no particular order of importance:
TweetRoost by MediaRoost is an inversion of social CRM (sCRM) in that it is a social media product with CRM built-in, rather than the other way around, thus enabling sales, service desk and support personnel to work directly in Twitter. It integrates with Salesforce.com and Zendesk but requires the user to own or use neither.
HYVE is enterprise application suite that combines social networking, geo-location and analytics tools in a mobile platform for internal collaboration. It's produced by DoubleDutch, a software start-up in San Francisco. HYVE's API is compatible with SAP, SalesForce, Oracle and other workflows typically embraced by large companies. Cisco, HP and other big corporate brands are already using the application within specific workgroups.
Bime is a business intelligence (BI) app by We Are Cloud, a privately funded French start-up based in the academic R&D hotbed of Montpellier. Bime is able to work with a variety of platforms including, but not limited to: Google Docs, SalesForce, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Mysql, Microsoft Sql Server, FireBird, Informix, SADAS and IBM DB2.
TeamViewer is remote support and presentation software that is superb for screen-sharing and file transfers and even offers easy means to flip user control. Features include a whiteboard, video screen capture, chat, VoIP, integrated teleconferencing and other neat functionality without requiring firewall reconfiguration. The TeamViewer app can be installed on any device but it can also be used simply through a web browser without any installation necessary. Inter-platform connections are easy and seamless.
EchoSign is a cloud-based e-signature and contract management service which allows users to edit, redline and track changes, revise and negotiate 100% online by leveraging both Google Docs and Microsoft Word. It can be accessed from any mobile device and is integrated with a number of systems including SAP, Salesforce, NetSuite, SugarCRM, Google Apps, DropBox, Box.net, Xobni, Evernote and many more. It was acquired just a few days ago by Adobe and is now slated to become part of Adobe's document services.
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An olive grove in Bursa, Turkey has revealed what experts are hoping is just the beginning to a treasure trove of ancient Greek archaeology. In...
Anti-depressant Medicine Dating Back 1,300 Years Discovered in Ancient Greek City
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It seems that even back in the ancient times people were prone to depression as archaeological finds from the Ancient Greek city of Bathonea,...
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Lady Hamilton, a woman who became famous in Europe for her astonishing beauty as well as her political influence, also spread Ancient Greek-inspired fashion...
Ancient Greek Clogs Discovered in Istanbul
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A pair of ancient Greek clogs, dating back 1,500 years, were among the findings unearthed by archaeologists in Istanbul, Turkey. According to the Turkish newspaper...
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BOSTON (AP) — Lawsuits filed Monday against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argue that affirmative action policies should be banned at colleges across the nation.
The federal suits allege Harvard and UNC rely on race-based affirmative action policies that impact admissions of high-achieving white and Asian American students. The Harvard lawsuit also contends that the Ivy League university specifically limits the number of Asian Americans it admits each year.
The Project on Fair Representation, an Alexandria, Virginia-based legal defense fund, said Monday's filings will be the first in a series of legal challenges against colleges across the country in an effort to ban race-based admission policies outright.
"Allowing this issue to be litigated in case after case will only perpetuate the hostilities that proper consideration of race is designed to avoid," state the lawsuits, both of which cite "Students for Fair Admissions" as plaintiff, a nonprofit group based in Austin, Texas made up of recently rejected applicants, prospective students and parents. "Racial preferences are a dangerous tool and may only be used as a last resort."
Both universities defended their admission policies Monday, noting that they are fully compliant with federal law.
"(T)he university continues to affirm the educational benefits diversity brings to students, as well as the importance of preparing students for a diverse society and assuring a pool of strong state leaders by admitting undergraduates from every background," said UNC-Chapel Hill spokesman Rick White.
Harvard University's General Counsel Robert Iuliano pointed out that the Supreme Court's landmark 1978 decision in Regents of University of California v. Bakke, which upheld affirmative action, specifically cited Harvard's admissions plan as a "legally sound approach" to admissions.
"Then and now, the college considers each applicant through an individualized, holistic review having the goal of creating a vibrant academic community that exposes students to a wide-range of differences: background, ideas, experiences, talents and aspirations," he said.
But the lawsuit against Harvard argues that the "holistic approach" the school touts is a large part of the problem.
"Statistical evidence reveals that Harvard uses 'holistic' admissions to disguise the fact that it holds Asian Americans to a far higher standard than other students and essentially forces them to compete against each other for admission," the lawsuit argues.
The lawsuit goes on to allege that Harvard is engaging in "racial balancing," enrolling the "essentially the same percentage" of African Americans, Hispanics, whites, and Asian Americans year after year, even though the application rates and qualifications for each racial group have undergone significant changes over time.
"Harvard's remarkably stable admissions and enrollment figures over time are the deliberate result of system wide intentional racial discrimination designed to achieve a predetermined racial balance of its student body," the lawsuit states.
The lawsuits conclude that "race neutral" policies — such as giving greater consideration to a prospective student's socio-economic background and boosting financial aid, scholarships and minority candidate recruitment efforts — can promote diversity better than affirmative action.
Elite schools should also stop giving preference to so-called "legacy" students and offering early admission deadlines, both of which tend to hurt low income and minority applicants and favor wealthy and white ones, the lawsuits suggests.
The Project on Fair Representation is affiliated with Project Liberty Inc., a nonprofit organization focused on "free market and liberty oriented solutions to society's most pervasive and radial needs," according to its IRS filings.
Project on Fair Representation has been involved in a long-running federal lawsuit in which a white student, Abigail Fisher, is challenging the University of Texas at Austin's affirmative action policy after being denied admission in 2008. That case is likely on its way back to the U.S. Supreme Court, after a lower appeals court earlier this month refused to reconsider the case, as the nation's highest court had ruled last year.
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In Images from a Closed Ward, composer Michael Hersch has crafted a tone poem for string quartet inspired by the haunting images of Michael Mazur (1935–2009). By turns harrowing and uneasy, the work gives instrumental voice to something voiceless, finding a genuine grain of human experience in a dark, difficult place.
Art critic John Canaday, writing on Mazur's etchings and lithographs of inmates from a Rhode Island psychiatric hospital in the early 1960s, said the subjects "have the terrible anonymity of individuals who cannot be reached, whose ugly physical presence is the only symptom of a tragic spiritual isolation." It was these images that resonated with Hersch, leading him to compose his first string quartet in almost twenty years. The highly regarded artists in residence at Vanderbilt University, the Blair String Quartet, who gave the work's premiere and for whom it was written, deliver a definitive accounting on his innova Recordings release.
The Philadelphia Inquirer said, "Much of the piece uses the string quartet medium to create sonorities that might be paradoxically described as vividly pale, against which there are dabs of more bold colors or short themes, vaguely pointing in several possible directions that are left unpursued. Rarely is there a completed thought: All movements end inconclusively, often with several seconds of designated silence that freezes the musical idea in suspended animation. … Emphatic, fortissimo dissonance suggests unsolvable crisis. One movement tosses and turns, like an ill person trying to find a position without pain. … This isn't at all what W.B. Yeats had in mind when coining the term 'terrible beauty,' but it fits."
"It is the sound of a string quartet playing with rage and inconsolable sadness." —ArtNowNashville
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"[W]renchingly sad in corresponding ways to the bleak imagery Mazur so movingly puts before us. Tempos are mostly quite slow, dirge-like at times. There are strident assertions well beyond perceived tonality and there are quieter, more tender, regretful and a bit more tonal landscapes, both ends capturing the shifting moods of the inmates and Mazur's portrayals. … This is extraordinarily expressive High Modern music, perhaps something like Morton Feldman on an overdose of Belladonna. … It is masterful music and the Blair Quartet tackle the extremes of expression with excellent artistry. Surely this is some of the darkest string quartet music to be found. Nevertheless the kind of transcendence that well-composed music contains makes it not just bearable, but rather extraordinary, a music filled with humane compassion as well as despair. … Michael Hersch is a phenomena." [FULL ARTICLE]
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"Images ... finds ways of using a sparse texture to open up an extremely dissonant aural vocabulary as a means to let us inhabit this space in a meaningful way. Even melodies exist in this world, like small bits of coherent thought wedged between paranoid repetitions of the base material. It's music for people and I find myself being drawn into its language more and more after every listening. ... This music stands very much on its own and I hope that Mr. Hersch can provide us with more human experience moving forward." [FULL ARTICLE]
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The one thing I often wonder about is how I don't find myself missing Bangalore. I lived in Bangalore for close to 12 years and it is the longest I have ever been in one place. I do miss "things" of Bangalore, the coffee, the darshinis, the food, the vibe of MG Road but that's about it.
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Carleton Eastlake takes us from a Farscape to The Outer Limits
I've been a Science Fiction fan since as far back as I can remember. I grew up watching shows like Star Trek, The Time Tunnel and The Twilight Zone. Back then sci-fi (or is it SyFy?) shows were few and far between.
One of the best science fictions series ever to air, in my opinion, was Farscape. I know a lot of Battlestar Galactica fans will probably take umbrage with that, and don't get me wrong, I liked BG, but there was something unique about Farscape that I'd never seen before and haven't since. The cast, the premise, the writing, the stories all came together in an oddly appealing formation that came at you from out of left field. How a show like that ever made it onto the air I have no idea. Chalk it up to the genius of Rockne O'Bannon and the guts of the Sci-Fi channel.
So imagine my excitement when I became friends with one of the series writer/producers several years ago. During his tenure with the series, Carleton Eastlake had written one of my favorite episodes, the two-parter titled, "Infinite Possibilities." Yeah, even writers get a little fan struck from time to time.
So with that in mind I grabbed a few moments with my friend, Carleton Eastlake.
In addition to being a Sci-Fi writer, Carleton's credits include work in crime fiction, historical fiction, action-adventure, and comic action-adventure. He's written for V, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek Voyager, Earth Final Conflict and Farscape. Carleton has also written scripts for Airwolf, Murder She Wrote and The Equalizer. Currently, Carleton is running for the Writers Guild Board and was the first nominee I personally endorsed. Fortunately, that hasn't detracted other writers from endorsing him too.
Jeffrey Berman: You've written for some of my favorite Science Fiction TV series. So how does writing Sci-Fi differ from say, a drama or procedural series?
Carleton Eastlake: I think good science fiction and fantasy, because they break some or many of the rules of the real world, require that the rules of the imagined world be interesting and consistently applied. So much more attention needs to be paid to the mythology.
At the same time, there's more room, if done in a credible way, to keep things fresh by evolving those rules, making new discoveries…here come The Borg with all sorts of new moral and psychological issues – and very different spacecraft!
On the other hand, it's a little harder to keep the dramatic, psychological side of a science-fiction show compelling. It's easier to ignore those concerns or be distracted from them. But if the show is consistent about its rules, then the character side of the show can absolutely work. Crichton and Aeryn on Farscape were very much in love and very much troubled by the moral conflict between running away and having a life, or staying and fighting to save their societies.
It's also important in a science fiction show that the plot issue of the day be motivated by the implications of the world the show is set in. Attempts to do actual medical or criminal or legal procedural shows in a science fiction setting are very, very hard to pull off – the science fiction side undermines the credibility of the procedural issue, and the procedural issue rarely delivers on the magic and wonder of the setting.
JB: What kind of research, if any, did you do when you were writing/producing episodes of Seaquest DSV?
CE: Very little. In its first season, when I wasn't on it, the show had the famed Bob Ballard as a consultant. The new team second season dropped his deal and approached SeaQuest mostly as fantasy without much arcing or attention given to the implications of its own imagined technology.
I had actually spent five days on a U.S. Navy guided missile frigate, and drew on that experience and on my general love of military science fiction and technology, but it wasn't a requirement of the show.
Burning Zone, on the other hand, in its first several episodes, made good use of medical and science consultants. In my first episode, when the team synthesized an antiviral drug from ingredients on board the 747 so the pilot might live long enough to land the plane, the real science team devised at least a scientifically conceivable way of doing so.
JB: Farscape was by far one of the greatest Sci-Fi series that ever aired. When writing for a show like that, or any of the other series you were on staff for, was there a bible you were required to follow or were you free to write pretty much anything you wanted? And if there was a bible, does that in any way restrict your creativity?
CE: Farscape didn't have a written bible after, I think, the first season, but absolutely had a deep respect for the continuity of its characters' histories. You just had to learn it, and of course David Kemper would guarantee you followed it.
The shows had season or even series-long arcs, so most things had to fit into the sequence. The last episode I wrote – near the end of the last season – had 18 regular and recurring characters to service!
But within that context, there was plenty of room and need for creativity. I did an episode in which I had to service the arc's requirement that the heroes discover two opposed alien enemies are in fact forming a secret alliance that will jeopardize all the alien civilizations. At the same time, as a lark, the preceding episode established all the males had gone off on a macho guy thing. So my episode had to be about the females – who in general were probably more competent and formidable than the males – going off alone.
But then it was up to all of us to make a story around that. So we had the females go to a spa world to get make-overs…but for their starship, changing its sensor profile when scanned at long range so it seems like a different type of ship. (This then became part of the continuity and yes indeed, in later episodes, other writers used the identity generator to sneak the ship into places where it didn't belong. And it's good S-F – U.S. Navy warships use fairly similar technology to disrupt missile attacks.) While waiting for the ship mod, they are horrified to stumble across the evidence that the new alliance is forming. To escape, etc., some of them have to get make-overs themselves, changing their DNA signature…and turning our Black-And-White Girl into a Technicolor marvel for awhile. That's an example of creativity interacting with continuity.
I've been on another series where the writers had contempt for, or fear of, the genre and the audience and laughed about the written bible, which had been produced only to assuage the network, and then abandoned. That was a sad, sad experience.
JB: Were your episodes of the new Outer Limit series based on original ideas or were they pitched to you? What are the rules a writer should follow when writing for an anthology series?
CE: I wrote two episodes on which I had sole credit. (Trilogy had a smart policy that showrunners could only write one episode before shooting began and a second over the Christmas break – producing an anthology show was just too time consuming to allow the showrunner to take more time away from the daily production and from rewriting to budget.)
The first episode was about a resource exploration team from Earth who discover a valuable planet and eliminate the native savages who get in their way. It turns out the "savages" were the alien equivalent of boy scouts on a camping trip – which the explorers learn when a Star Destroyer (an alien warcraft that looks like it could eat even a star for lunch) roars out of hyperspace responding to the dead kids' emergency beacon…and incinerates our guys before heading toward Earth.
This episode was inspired by a newspaper account of the jolly adventures of a company of Serbian mercenaries raping and pillaging their way through a copper-rich province of the Congo. They had a great time, and thought that they were far superior to the savages…until they ran into a unit of the South African Army special forces. Ooops!
The second episode was about an engineering graduate student who flunked out of school after being badly treated, he felt at least, by various faculty and staff. Turns out that an exam question demanding he download the reasons why cold fusion is impossible inspired him to actually see that it is possible. To prove his point, he builds a cold-fusion bomb and returns to the university demanding that the people who treated him badly be executed by the government or he'll destroy the entire city. The hostage negotiator finally realizes to his horror that the student is in part so nihilistic because he sees that the genie is out of the bottle. The insights he had were inevitable and so, soon, many people will be building city-destroying bombs in their kitchen sink.
The director actually rebelled over this script initially, telling me it was immoral to suggest that the government would start shooting innocent people to stop or appease a terrorist. Obviously, this was before 9-11.
Anyway…this script was inspired by an account I had read of the history of the atomic bomb. It mentioned that possibly the first person in the world to realize an A-Bomb could be built was a graduate student in Germany who was riding on a subway while reading a technical journal with a note reporting an excess release of energy from the neutron bombardment of fissionable material. It occurred to him, hey, since the reaction also released more neutrons, if this was a big enough lump of uranium…it would release a whole lot of energy all at once.
I am deeply concerned that mankind will engineer its way into a kitchen-table means of killing itself. And then somebody will do it. This was meant as a totally serious cautionary tale.
As for anthology writing, I suppose the major rule is that the episodes of an anthology need to have enough thematic consistency that the series feels like a series., i.e. that it offers a sufficiently predictable type of experience that the audience gets what it was looking for when it tuned in. I think not many people really understand this rule, which is one reason why most anthology series fail and we have so few of them.
JB: What is it about writing Science Fiction that attracts you and what advice would you offer for up and coming writers who are fans of the genre?
CE: As you can see above, I enjoy writing social-science fiction that explores moral themes. Most, not all, so-called science fiction is really fantasy or technologically enhanced action adventure, which I also enjoy. Like nerds everywhere, I love technology and its implications, and love military and social history.
Fans of a genre, whatever it is, of course need to be good writers generally and respect the genre and love it. They need surprisingly little actual knowledge to write television science fiction. On the other hand, if they intend to write prose, they need a deep grounding in technology for hard-core SF, or in medieval and ancient history and the conventions of the genre for sword-and-dragon fantasy. And so forth…
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(HONG KONG) -- Huge crowds of anti-government protesters took to the streets in Hong Kong again on Sunday, in a first major action following a violent break-in into Hong Kong's legislative council last week.
Organizers claim more than 230,000 people, much more than had been expected, rallied in the afternoon march in the Kowloon area, where most mainland Chinese tourists arrive and shop.
Hong Kong police said there were far fewer protesters, putting the number at about 56,000 at its peak.
Whatever the crowd size, many of the protesters wore black T-shirts and were holding up signs and boards that read "Rise up, Hong Kong," "No Extradition Bill" and "No rioters, Only despotic rule."
Some waved British flags, a nod to the territory's rulers before China.
The extradition bill is currently suspended after weeks of protests, but people were calling for a complete withdrawal of the hated legislation, which would allow transfer of fugitives to the mainland and other jurisdictions with which Hong Kong has no extradition deal.
"The government only suspended the deal. That means it could be brought up again to the legislature anytime. We don't want to be subject to Chinese law and that's why we are so angry," Holly Ho, a student, told ABC News.
A protester said the bill would create "horror."
"If the Chinese government decides to target someone, they could easily create a situation to get any one of us arrested," the protester, a man who didn't want to be identified, told ABC News. "We march now peacefully, but if that bill passes none of us would be alive."
Hong Kong has been besieged by protests for the past month, sparked by the extradition bill and general dissatisfaction with local politicians.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam suspended the bill and apologized for how it was handled, but protesters want it to be formally withdrawn and for Lam to resign.
March organizer Ventus Lau said the purpose of Sunday's protest was twofold: to reiterate the protesters' demands to the government and to give mainland visitors a firsthand look at their movement.
"The information is rather blocked in mainland," he said. "We want to show them the true image and the message of Hong Kongers."
The march was the first major protest since last Monday, when protesters smashed thick glass walls to break into the city's legislature building and wreaked havoc inside, spray painting slogans on the walls, overturning furniture and damaging voting and fire prevention systems.
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When Green Meets Grand
1 Hotels,Adam Farmerie,adaptive reuse process,AgroSci,AvroKO Hospitality Group,Barry Sternlicht,green wall,industrial architecture,Manhattan,One Hotel Central Park,SH Group
SH Group CEO and Chairman, Barry Sternlicht, started 1 Hotels with the simple belief that "those who travel the world, care about it." His efforts have been towards breaking the stereotype that 'green' design and luxury cannot coexist.
The core principle of the fledgling chain is sustainability combined with high-end luxury. With this vision in mind, the in-house design unit led by Kemper Hyers assembled a team of professionals that shared the same ethos for nature. Following the completion of 1 Hotel South Beach in Miami, AvroKO Hospitality Group (New York-based firm) was brought on board to design 1 Hotel Central Park. Situated in the middle of Manhattan, the site is one block away from Central Park, at the corner of 58th Street and Sixth Avenue.
The biggest challenge in the brief came from the decision to reuse an existing building. The project aimed at converting a 19-storey office building into a 230 key luxury boutique hotel. "It's impossible to predict all the conditions that will have to be addressed throughout the adaptive reuse process," says Adam Farmerie, one of the founding partners of AvroKO.
The project involved selective demolition and asbestos removal, working around two existing tenants. The facade was restored and new entrances constructed. Internal renovations included relocation of stairwells, introduction of an elevator shaft and planning of a fully integrated IT control room.
The facade features a three-storey green wall (created by AgroSci) and two large steel doors clad in 16,000 fallen twigs – totally a red carpet experience. The ivy-covered skin not only offers homage to the neighbouring park, but also provides passersby some respite from the bustling street. Retaining the industrial architecture – the exposed concrete ceilings and floors, steel columns and beams, and terracotta block masonry walls – a natural material palette of wood, brick, marble, stone and glass was blended in.
Original markings, veining, knots and colour variations were preserved and celebrated. Materials were selected to adhere to LEED standards and sourced locally, wherever possible. These include a salvaged water tank, wood branded with its source, river stones, plant species, linen screens, leathers, natural cotton linen soft furnishings, and hemp-blend mattresses.
Barry Sternlicht wanted to blend conventionally opulent materials with the ideas of eco-friendliness and artisanship. "In some cases, the materials wouldn't read as 'luxe' to the guest, so we had to find ways to layer them," says Philip Pond, design director at AvroKO. The marble in the showers contrasts the rougher wood and metal textures. Similarly, wood panelling becomes a sculptural statement with brass insets.
Elevators open onto artistic renditions of floor numbers, designed in repurposed materials like penny nails or acorns. Preserved moss fills the hallway niches.
The overall concept was to keep the space simple, transparent and approachable. Greg Bradshaw, one of the principals at AvroKO, says, "Our goal was to leave the space feeling somewhat unadorned, so the materials and core of the space could speak for themselves." The idea of 'approachability' was to leave some of the spaces designed ever so slightly, to allow for moments of breath and pause.
The ground floor houses public spaces – the lobby, check-in desk, concierge, seating areas, and restaurant (Jams by Jonathan Wax). Here, Napa-style paned windows overlook the street. The design highlights the industrial interiors complementing it with natural light, reclaimed oak, a quarry stone bar floor, a soap stone bar top and a plum-coloured palette.
The next floor houses the communal spaces, gym, and a mezzanine which overlooks the restaurant. Five private meeting rooms boast of full-height windows, millwork decor, and the latest technology for business needs (sound systems, 55" TVs, interactive surfaces).
Three of these rooms can be combined into one forming a 600 sq ft space called The Great Lawn. A business area, The Hive, features two e-kiosks. A fitness centre, The Field House, equipped with the latest in exercise technology, is flooded with natural light and fitted with flooring reclaimed from the University of Wisconsin's basketball court.
The remaining floors house the guest rooms. Here, furniture made by local craftsmen is proudly displayed, offset by a palette of warm, neutral colours and accents of blues and creams. Green touches throughout the building (provided by Sprout Home) include terrariums in the guest rooms. Custom box-bay window seats allow guests to perch above the street. Landscape design elements (contributed by Harrison Green) include planters before each room entrance.
Other sustainable elements include energy-efficient heating and cooling systems, custom 1 Hotel products like naturally-derived scents and eco-friendly cleaning solvents, and a paperless approach. This entails electronic check-in, bedside chalkboards, and an in-room Nexus device loaded with newspapers, magazines and 1 Guide (the hotel's app).
Additionally, the hotel provides electric vehicle rides within a 15-block radius and complimentary bicycle valet parking. "Ofcourse travellers will always want the ultimate in experiences and services," Sternlicht says, "And I believe we can deliver that in a modern, responsible way that feels natural, organic and connected with the local environment."
Text By Priti Kalra
Photographs Eric Laignel
email: info@avroko.com
web: www.avroko.com


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CBP Stops Illicit Goods From China
by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Public Affairs
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on September 23, 2020 that Operation Mega Flex has yielded more than 4,200 seizures of illicit goods and 2,400 agriculture violations over the past 15 months.
The seizures included counterfeit goods, illegal narcotics, fake identity documents, prohibited plant and animal products, and other items that threaten the health and safety of consumers, undermine the competitiveness of U.S. businesses, and put U.S. agriculture and the environment at risk.
Unapproved pills seized by CBP in Indianapolis during Mega Flex. (Photo by U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Operation Mega Flex is a CBP-led, interagency effort that was initiated in July 2019 to measure compliance and assess illicit networks in the international mail environment through periodic enhanced inspections. The ongoing operation is part of the Trump Administration's commitment to protecting U.S. businesses and consumers from unfair Chinese trade practices. CBP conducts Mega Flex operations at international mail facilities and express consignment hubs nationwide in close coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
The explosive growth of e-commerce has generated a substantial increase in international mail and express consignment shipments. Foreign sellers, particularly those in China, are exploiting this trend to ship counterfeit and other illicit goods into the United States and to commit other trade violations.
"The Trump Administration and CBP are strongly committed to putting an end to both the Made in China contraband inundating America through small parcels and the role that e-commerce platforms are playing in facilitating such illegal trafficking," said Dr. Peter Navarro, Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy. "If e-commerce platforms like Alibaba, Amazon, and eBay fail to increase their scrutiny of China's contraband trafficking and continue to refuse to accept their full and fair share of policing this dangerous problem, they will be held accountable. American lives and livelihoods are both at stake, and the Trump Administration and CBP will continue to do everything necessary to protect both."
"Every day, hundreds of thousands of parcels arrive from China through the international mail, many of which contain illegitimate goods that threaten our economic security and the health and safety of American consumers," said CBP Acting Commissioner Mark A. Morgan. "Through Operation Mega Flex, CBP is taking decisive action to address unfair trade practices and stopping dangerous goods from entering the United States."
Firearm suppressors seized by CBP in Miami during Mega Flex. (Photo by U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
On average CBP processes more than 420,000 parcels of mail and 180,000 express consignment shipments from China each day. Through Operation Mega Flex, CBP has found that approximately 12.5% of targeted parcels contain counterfeit goods or contraband:
In September 2020, CBP Officers in Memphis seized more than a kilogram of a white, powdery substance manifested as "Silicon Dioxide" in a shipment from China. After laboratory testing, CBP determined the substance to be Xylazine, a horse tranquilizer that is sometimes used to cut heroin and fentanyl.
In September 2020, CBP Officers at the International Mail Facility in Miami seized two illegal firearm suppressers in a parcel from China. Defense articles cannot be imported into the United States from China under U.S. law.
On a single day in August 2020, CBP Officers at the International Mail Facility at John F. Kennedy International Airport made 130 intellectual property rights seizures - including handbags, footwear, purses and watches. Counterfeit goods are sold at low prices to undermine legitimate U.S. businesses and multiply the illegal profits of smugglers and traffickers.
In June 2020, CBP Officers in Indianapolis seized more than 12,000 counterfeit pharmaceutical pills from China. Counterfeit medicines can harm or even kill American consumers.
CBP urges consumers nationwide to exercise diligence when making online purchases or otherwise ordering products through the international mail. The illicit and potentially dangerous goods seized in Operation Mega Flex have been destined for locations throughout the United States, including Castle Rock, Colorado; Grandview, Missouri; Palm Harbor, Florida; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Suspected counterfeit footwear seized by CBP at the JFK International Mail Facility during Operation Mega Flex. (Photo by U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
"Whether purchased online or in stores, counterfeit and illicit products threaten the security and prosperity of Americans throughout the country," said William A. Ferrara, CBP Executive Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Field Operations. "The dedicated men and women of CBP will continue to use all available means to protect Americans and our businesses from dangerous goods."
If you have any suspicion of or information regarding suspected fraud or illegal trade activity, please report the information to the e-Allegations Online Trade Violation Reporting System or by calling 1-800-BE-ALERT.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection | U.S. Department of Homeland Security


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4 seater aircraft crash in Azamgarh, trainee pilot dies
Lucknow: A 4-seater aircraft crashed into a field in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday. One trainee pilot died in the accident. The pilot leaped with a parachute, but could not save his life. The pilot is identified as Konark Saran. Bad weather is said to be the cause of the accident.
The accident occurred in the Manjit Patti Kushan area of Saraimir area of Azamgarh district at around 11:30 am on Monday morning. According to eyewitnesses, at about 11.20 am in the morning, an aircraft was seen falling into the ground staggering in the sky. The plane was on fire while falling and smoke was coming out, it also exploded after the plane fell.
At the time of the accident, the pilot jumped through the parachute, but could not save his life. The pilot's body was found 400 meters away at the farm. A crowd of people gathered on the spot after the accident. Police also arrived after receiving information.
Aircraft TB-20 flew from Mau to Phursatganj in Indira Gandhi National Flight Academy, Amethi. The aircraft was to return after flying to Mau. The aircraft was a 4 seater. The trainee pilot was alone in this. The aircraft lost contact with ATC at 11.11 am. After which news of the plane crash was received.
Also read in Hindi: आजमगढ़ में 4 सीटर एयरक्राफ्ट क्रैश, प्रशिक्षु पायलट की मौत
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From Tanzania to Hammerfest. We're supporting female engineering talent across borders
Ghati Mwita
Ghati Mwita started as an Equinor sponsored student in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. She has studied in Trondheim, worked in Oslo and Harstad, and is now based in Hammerfest. Her story reflects Equinor's approach to equality, diversity and inclusion; creating value for society through employment and people development as well as workforce diversity.
Ghati Mwita was in the first batch of students to benefit from Equinor Tanzania's work to build local capacity by sponsoring engineering students through the Angola Tanzania Higher Education Initiative (ANTHEI).
The programme, run in collaboration with the University of Dar Es Salaam and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), allows 10 local students per year to undertake a master's degree in engineering.
The students spend one year at NTNU in Trondheim, then the final year back in Dar Es Salaam.
Growing up with her five siblings in the town of Tarime in northern Tanzania, Mwita always dreamed of becoming an engineer.
"My father brought me many books that gave me ideas about many kinds of jobs, and I was fascinated by the idea of building and creating things," says Mwita.
Engineering is not a common profession for women in Tanzania and Mwita is grateful for her father's support:
"He went out of his way to make sure that we all achieved our dreams."
From intern to production engineer
After finishing her bachelor's degree in mineral processing engineering at the University of Dar Es Salaam, Mwita applied for and received the ANTHEI scholarship. She successfully graduated from her master's programme in 2014 and became the first graduate that Equinor Tanzania recruited for its internship programme.
Initially based in Dar Es Salaam, Mwita later spent three months in Oslo. Upon completion of her internship in 2016, Equinor Tanzania hired her to support operations that were ongoing related to exploration activities.
Towards the end of the exploration campaign, Mwita was offered an opportunity to continue building her experience: a move to Harstad, Norway, to work on the Snøhvit and Aasta Hansteen gas fields as a production engineer..
Bringing LNG experience from Hammerfest to Tanzania
Ghati Mwita, along with several other colleagues in Equinor, are an example of how our international portfolio continues to embrace diversity and contribute to driving internationalisation, which is one of the success factors for Equinor being a truly global company.
In May 2019, Mwita completed her assignment on Aasta Hansteen and set began a new chapter in her Equinor journey as a senior engineer on the Snøhvit project.
"I've gained more competence working with the Melkøya LNG in Hammerfest. In the future, it could be a possibility for me to go back to Tanzania and take part in the LNG project under Equinor."
Mwita has travelled halfway across the globe in her career so far, but her Equinor journey is just beginning.
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Imogen Heap and Guy Sigsworth at Sage Gateshead
A Few Moments With Davy Knowles
Blues, Interviews, US
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Artist Feature, Rock, UK
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Kris Barras Band at Trillians in Newcastle, UK
Blues, UK
The Kris Barras Band take a 10-hour journey up north to make their Newcastle debut at Trillians Rock Bar.
It's fair to say that 2018 has been a great year for Kris Barras. His sophomore album The Divine and Dirty has been receiving widespread critical acclaim that has resulted in a string of radio playlisted singles and an army of new followers.
With a relentless touring schedule that has taken Barras throughout Europe, netted him a slew of high profile festival billings, alongside support tours with the likes of Beth Hart and Joanne Shaw Taylor, it just goes to show that hard work pays off.
Earlier this year, Kris Barras added a further string to his bow by picking up the reigns as the frontman of the Supersonic Blues Machine whilst teaming up with the likes of Billy F Gibbons, Kenny Aronoff, and Fabrizio Grossi.
With the buzz surrounding Kris Barras presently it's no surprise that a packed out crowd awaits the former MMA fighter for this intimate show on Tyneside.
Barras opens the set with a foot stomping, slide fuelled rendition of "Heart On Your Sleeve", which is followed in quick succession by a pair of tracks from his latest offering in the shape of "Kick Me Down" and the emphatic honky-tonk rock and roll number "Stitch Me Up". Kris showcasing his blistering fretwork during the latter. The keyboard work of Josiah J Manning adds great texture to this number. Both Barras and Manning come together seamlessly throughout the course of the evening.
Even though The Divine and Dirty was only released earlier this year Kris Barras already has his sights firmly set on the next chapter. Tonight the audience is treated to a new track "What A Way To Go". With its cowbell-infused tight rhythm and catchy groove, it certainly hits the spot.
The soulful tones of "Propane" and the unmistakable Planet Rock anthem "Hail Mary" has the crowd hanging on every word from the off. Barras switches things up with some exceptional fingerpicking during "Small Town Blues" before Will Beavis takes his moment in the spotlight with a ferocious drum solo.
Glancing around the room this evening, it's apparent that the makeup of the audience is a good mix of blues purists and hard rock fans alike. Such is the draw of his genre-defying sound, Kris Barras can bring both groups together under one roof. Not wanting to put himself inside of any one box, in particular, Barras has his foot firmly in each camp. Subsequently, his performance this evening seems to play to each group of music lovers in equal measures.
To illustrate the breadth of his musical pallet, at one point in the evening Barras is leading the band through Gary Moore style licks during "I Don't Want The Blues" the next moment he is injecting a few bars from AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie" into "She's More Than Enough" and rocking out with a cover of the Creedence Clearwater Revival' classic "Fortunate Son". The Kris Barras Band traverses the full spectrum of the blues-rock arena.
The show is brought to a close with a beautiful airing of "Watching Over Me", which is full of emotive playing from Barras, and the hard rocking "Lovers and Lovers". The aforementioned features crowd participation from the Geordie faithful and some Hendrix-esque showmanship from Kris who performs part of the track with his guitar behind his head and even plays the guitar strings with his teeth at one point. An encore airing of the groove-heavy, old favourite "Rock and Roll Running Through My Veins", closes the night to great effect.
On the strength of tonight's performance, it goes without saying that the Kris Barras Band won't be playing venues of this size for much longer.
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Big Boy Bloater and The Limits at Stereo in Glasgow, UK
10 Years at Broadcast in Glasgow, UK
Adam Kennedy is an experienced music photographer based in northeast England. He has been shooting concerts for several years, predominantly with the band Vintage Trouble. In 2013, he was one of their tour photographers, covering the UK and Ireland tour including the headline shows and as opening act for The Who. As an accomplished concert photographer, Adam's work has been featured in print such as, Classic Rock Blues Magazine, Guitarist Magazine, Blues in Britain magazine, broadcast on the MDA Telethon on ABC Television in the US, used in billboard advertising for Renaissance Hotels in the US, and featured online via music blogs such as Uber Rock and Guitar Planet. He is also the official photographer at Newcastle Rock and Blues Club.
Dirkschneider at The Riverside in Newcastle, UK on 14-Apr-2016
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"Der Kassenarzt" is a popular German magazine for physicians bringing monthly news and information to the doctor's practice. mmi – Der Wissensverlag asked MESO Web Scapes and our project partner DG Medien to integrate the new website for the magazine into the already existing content management system for the Handbuch Reha- und Vorsorgeeinrichtungen.
We designed a website that keeps close to the well known design of "Der Kassenarzt", but still takes care of the specialities of the world wide web and computer displays and thus avoiding the dullness that usually appears when trying to keep a website too close to print design. The result is a not so fancy but still very pretty website that looks a little bit like the magazine. It is optimized for good overview of the content and readability, because your average physician is usually not known to be so much computer prone.
For the startpage we have integrated the aspekt:ratio news list that shows the detail page of the news right in place, alongside several special modules that resemble known rubrics of the magazine, like the editor's corner and quotes of the month.
Further inside (sorry, you have to be a physician to be allowed in for German medicine law reasons) the specialist finds numerous forums about legal advice, software used in a doctor's practice and other interesting topics. And for those who feel the need to publish on the internet easily, there is also a system called "Kollegentips" ("colleague's tips and tricks") where one can write about e.g. a peculiar case and how he cured the patient.
Newest development is a special knowledge test for physicians, where they can collect "points", which is part of the "Continued Medical Education" (CME) program.


Join Australian Glass Artist Christine Stewart at the Las Vegas Glass Craft & Bead Expo on Saturday, March 29th from 8am-4pm.
SA_02 – GLASS MOSAICS – An inspiring informative visual and hands on journey!
This class is designed to both inspire and inform all those who attend.
adorning a myriad of surfaces for both indoor use and outdoors.
designs; cutting, assembly and finishing techniques will be covered in detail.


A hundred years ago, Uganda was branded the Pearl of Africa. Wildlife of every kind could be found in abundance. Then in the 1970s, the dictatorship of Idi Amin followed by years of civil war saw a rise in poaching that took many species to the edge of extinction, gorillas included.
With less than 1000 mountain gorillas in the world, Gladys Kalema from Uganda, a veterinary scientist and founder of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) decided to take care of the fierce looking but calm animals.
"It's very appealing to work with gorillas because saving a critically endangered species you prevent it from going to extinction and it's a priority." Gladys says.
The first contact Gladys had with themountain gorillas she had gone to work on a species of her own choice in Bwindi one of the impenetrable forests in Western Uganda.
"That's when I fell in love with the gorillas and gorilla conservation. They are very similar to us.We share over 98.4 per cent genetic," she says.
Gladys and her team often track gorillas in forests to check their health and ensure there's no human threat near them. They follow the trail on the ground left by the gorillas to track them.
Gladys Kalema from Uganda pointing to an excrement of a gorilla in a nest. To check the health condition of gorillas, Gladys and her team test the excrement.
To determine the health of the gorilla, they take a sample of gorilla excrement found in the nest and test it.
"Gorillas build a nest every night then they move an average of a kilometer per day and build another nest. In the nest you find many surprising things, sometimes you find blood in the nest andyou know that this gorilla could be sick. Sometimes they've given birth and you find blood. So it's very important to reach the nest every day," she explains.
Tracking gorillas is a small fraction of Gladys' work. Next to Bwindi forest, CTPH reaches out to the local people, convincing them that healthy gorillas bring a better way of life to them.Instead of hunting gorillas and clearing the forest, keeping gorillas safe generates more income from tourism.
Gladys holding a training session. Gladys and her team educate the local people living near the forest about the importance of conserving gorillas.
Gorillas have to be kept safe from human infection. Humans should keep a 7 meter distance away from gorillas not to transfer any diseases to them. So CTPH campaigns vigorously to improve hygiene among nearby people, preventing the spread of tuberculosis, scabies and dysentery.
The number of gorillas has increased from 300 to 400, thus showing the success of conservation work done by Gladys and her team.
Bwindi forest thicket, at the far off Gladys and her team crossing a water stream. They are tracking gorillas.
Gorillas only have babies once every 4 to 5 years. As a leader Gladys sets her own example. With just two children of her own, she's been careful to space them four years apart, just like the gorillas of Bwindi.
"I space my children like they do.So Indigo and Tendon are four and half years apart. If we did this as humans, the world wouldn't be so overpopulated," says Gladys chuckling.


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