The leaders of Taiwan and China will meet on Saturday for the first time since the two sides split amid civil war in 1949, and the historic summit has heightened anxieties about Beijing's intentions toward the democratic, self-ruled island — which China considers its own territory — as a pro-independence party looks set to dominate upcoming elections in Taiwan.
The scheduled meeting in Singapore, between Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, is widely seen as the culmination of Ma's years spent trying to foster closer China relations. Since taking office in 2008, Ma has signed a series of cooperation agreements with Beijing that have boosted trade and investment, but have also drawn accusations that Ma was selling out Taiwan and its de facto independence. Ma's warmth toward China has made him unpopular with an increasingly anti-Beijing electorate, but Ma — who must step down after the January vote following his maximum two terms in office — is widely seen as wanting to end on a diplomatic high note by taking a significant step toward lasting peace, for the sake of his legacy.
But many critics see the suddenly announced decision to meet as a cynical move by Beijing to manipulate Ma and sway the Taiwanese vote. Ma's China-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) party is polling about 20 points behind the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ahead of elections scheduled for January. Some believe Xi's apparently conciliatory agreement to meet Ma will help reassure voters of China's commitment to dialogue and peace, thus boosting the KMT's election prospects.
In Taiwan, "the reaction in many circles so far has been one of shock and derision, with the view that this is a naked attempt by Beijing and Ma to influence the elections," said J. Michael Cole, a Taipei-based Senior Fellow with the University of Nottingham's China Policy Institute. "It certainly encourages the view, in some circles, that Ma cannot be trusted, that he is 'in bed' with the CCP," Xi's ruling Chinese Communist Party.
Ma said on Thursday the meeting is "not about an election," but rather "is based on the consideration of the happiness of the next generation." His office had previously stated that the meeting is meant to "consolidate cross-Strait peace and maintain the status quo," meaning the island's de facto but unacknowledged independence. Much of Taiwan's electorate prefers the status quo to either a dangerous formal declaration of independence, or to unification with communist China.
Ma's opponents in Taiwan's DPP, a party that officially supports the status quo but also includes a significant pro-independence contingent, have jumped at the chance to emphasize their KMT rivals' closeness to China — an increasingly unpopular position among Taiwanese voters. Scores of demonstrators protested outside Taiwan's parliament hours after the Singapore meeting was announced. Anti-China protests have erupted in the past over Ma's bilateral trade agreements, which many say will give Beijing leverage in Taiwanese politics.
"For President Ma to announce his meeting with President Xi only a few days prior to their meeting, and so close to election day … the public is bound to be hesitant and skeptical of the purpose of such a meeting," Ketty Chen, a Taiwanese political analyst who now serves as senior deputy director for the DPP's Department of International Affairs, told Al Jazeera.
Others saw the meeting in the context of China's increasingly militaristic moves to enforce its disputed offshore territorial claims, which largely center on the rich fishing grounds and possible mineral reserves near the South China Sea's mostly unpopulated Spratly Islands. The United States has been fiercely critical of what it calls China's "aggression" in building artificial islands in disputed parts of the South China Sea. The U.S. last week sent a guided missile destroyer through China's claimed territory near its man-made islands in the Spratlys. Xi may be working to soften China's image, framing his legacy as one of peacemaker — not troublemaker — in the region.
Despite tense relations with China, the Taiwanese government has also occasionally backed Beijing when its territorial claims are disputed by other countries such as the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan. In Singapore, "Xi may be interested in soliciting Taiwan's support" on this wider regional issue, Hung said.
Whatever its motivation, the Singapore meeting fits a pattern of subtle Chinese diplomacy vis-à-vis its neighbors. Beijing has learned the hard way that overt intervention in Taiwanese politics can backfire horribly. During the Taiwanese presidential election of 1996, China's then-President Jiang Zemin ordered missile tests and war games in the waters around Taiwan in a brazen attempt to intimidate voters into not voting for Lee Teng-hui, the more pro-independence candidate. Instead, the militaristic posturing nearly triggered a conflict that could have drawn in the U.S. — and Lee was elected in a landslide.


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In Situ Synthesis of Hybrid Inorganic⁻Polymer Nanocomposites.
Adnan MM1, Dalod ARM2, Balci MH3, Glaum J4, Einarsrud MA5.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway. mohammed.m.adnan@ntnu.no.
poLight ASA, Kongeveien 77, 3188 Horten, Norway. antoine.dalod@polight.com.
Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway. mustafa.h.balci@ntnu.no.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway. julia.glaum@ntnu.no.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway. mari-ann.einarsrud@ntnu.no.
Hybrid inorganic⁻polymer nanocomposites can be employed in diverse applications due to the potential combination of desired properties from both the organic and inorganic components. The use of novel bottom⁻up in situ synthesis methods for the fabrication of these nanocomposites is advantageous compared to top⁻down ex situ mixing methods, as it offers increased control over the structure and properties of the material. In this review, the focus will be on the application of the sol⁻gel process for the synthesis of inorganic oxide nanoparticles in epoxy and polysiloxane matrices. The effect of the synthesis conditions and the reactants used on the inorganic structures formed, the interactions between the polymer chains and the inorganic nanoparticles, and the resulting properties of the nanocomposites are appraised from several studies over the last two decades. Lastly, alternative in situ techniques and the applications of various polymer⁻inorganic oxide nanocomposites are briefly discussed.
in situ synthesis; metal oxides; nano-hybrids; nanocomposites; sol–gel
10.3390/polym10101129
The (a) hydrolysis; and (b) condensation reactions of a silicon alkoxide precursor (Si(OR)4) in a sol–gel process.
In Situ Synthesis of Hybrid Inorganic–Polymer Nanocomposites
Polymers (Basel). 2018 Oct;10(10):1129.
The polymerization behavior of aqueous silica from silicon alkoxide precursors in basic and acidic solutions with and without flocculating salts. Reproduced with permission from Reference [].
Reactions for the formation of (a) addition polymers (showing radical polymerization with one of the possible termination steps); and (b) condensation polymers. R· represents a free radical, while R1 and R2 represent two different organic groups.
Schematic displaying the general principles of the (a) one-step procedure; and the (b) 'simultaneous'; (c) 'sequential'; and (d) 'chronological' two-step procedures used in the in situ synthesis of epoxy nanocomposites. The colors of the various solutions are described as follow: The pure epoxy resins are indicated either by light green (monomer solution), dark green (polymer solution), or orange (monomers modified by silane coupling agents (SCA)), the inorganic oxide precursors are indicated by light purple, or dark purple (pre-hydrolyzed), and the SCAs are indicated by red.
Schematic of the in situ sol–gel reactions possibly occurring in the 'chronological' two-step procedure for the preparation of epoxy–SiO2 nanocomposites. Diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) is used as the epoxy monomer, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) as the coupling agent, and tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as the silica (SiO2) precursor. The curing step is not shown in this schematic.
TEM micrographs of epoxy–SiO2 hybrids with 10 wt % SiO2: (a) Hybrid films prepared without SCAs; and (b) hybrid films prepared with APTES. Reproduced with permission from Nazir et al. Progress in Organic Coatings; published by Elsevier B.V., 2010.
3D atomic force microscopy (AFM) micrographs showing the surface morphology of epoxy nanocomposites (15 and 20 wt % of SiO2). The ESA (epoxy silica A) hybrids (left) were prepared without 3-glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS), and the ESB (epoxy silica B) hybrids (right) were prepared with GPTMS. The peaks represent silica nanoparticles and/or agglomerates, and the SiO2 is distributed more homogeneously and less agglomerated when GPTMS is used. Reproduced with permission from Afzal and Siddiqi, Polymer; published by Elsevier Ltd., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2011.
Changes in the glass transition temperature (Tg) with silica content in epoxy nanocomposites. ESA hybrids were not prepared using GPTMS, and ESB hybrids were prepared with GPTMS. Reproduced with permission from Afzal and Siddiqi, Polymer; published by Elsevier Ltd., 2011.
TEM images of the (a) epoxy–SiO2; and (b) epoxy–TiO2 nanocomposites prepared with GPTMS as coupling agent. Reproduced with permission from Wu and Hsu, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C; published by American Chemical Society, 2010.
Schematic for various applied synthesis approaches for the preparation of epoxy–SiO2 nanocomposites (a) without ionic liquid (IL) C7O3MImMeS; (b) with IL C7O3MImMeS; (c) with GPTMS; and (d) with GPTMS and IL C7O3MImMeS. GPTMS is labelled as GTMS in the original figure. The gray platelets represent SiO2 nanoparticles. Reproduced with permission from Donato et al., Journal of Materials Chemistry; published by The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012.
Schematic illustration of the formation of PDMS-based hybrids with metal alkoxide precursors complexed with chelating agent ethyl acetoacetate (EAcAc). Reproduced with permission from Yamada et al. Journal of Sol–Gel Science and Technology; published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
Optical properties of PDMS–O–M hybrids (M = Al, Ti, Zr, Nb or Ta) prepared using M-alkoxides. (a) UV-VIS transmittance spectra for hybrids prepared with metal alkoxide to PDMS ratio of 4; (b) Change in refractive index with metal alkoxide to PDMS molar ratio for various hybrids. Reproduced with permission from Yamada et al., Journal of Sol–Gel Science and Technology; published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
(a) Zr3d XPS spectra of a PDMS–ZrO2 hybrid (ZBO/PDMS molar ratio of 4) and ZrO2; (b) Fourier transforms of extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS_ spectra for PDMS-ZrO2 hybrids (ZBO/PDMS ratio of 8 and 2) and ZrO2. Reproduced with permission from Katayama et al. Journal of the American Ceramic Society; published by Wiley–Blackwell, 2002.
Changes in the (a) storage modulus and (b) tensile strength, for different PDMS hybrids, as a function of temperature and metal alkoxide to PDMS ratio, respectively. Reproduced with permission from Yamada et al. Journal of Sol–Gel Science and Technology; published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
UV-VIS spectra of PDMS–TiO2 hybrid films for different TIP/PDMS–OH molar ratios (shown in the legend), using PDMS–OH precursors with viscosities of (a) 25; (b) 65; and (c) 750 cSt, corresponding to average molar masses of 2100, 4000, and 20,000 g mol−1, respectively (calculated based on experimental measurements from []). Reproduced with permission from Dalod et al. Nanomaterials; published by MDPI, 2017.
Changes in the refractive indices for PDMS–TiO2 hybrid films for different TIP/PDMS–OH molar ratios (shown in the legend), using PDMS–OH with viscosities of (a) 25 cSt; and (b) 65 cSt, corresponding to average molar masses of 2100 and 4000 g mol−1, respectively (calculated based on experimental measurements from []). Reproduced with permission from Dalod et al. Nanomaterials; published by MDPI, 2017.
Thermally stimulated depolarization currents (TSDC) thermogram for PDMS and PDMS–SiO2 nanocomposites in the glass transition region. Reproduced with permission from Fragiadakis et al. Polymer; published by Elsevier Ltd., 2005.
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Longhorns legend Johnny 'Lam' Jones passes away at 60
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Former University of Texas football and track star Johnny "Lam" Jones died Friday morning at the age of 60 after a long battle with myeloma cancer, a disease which accumulates in the bone marrow.
Jones won a gold medal in the Olympics before his college career as part of the United States' winning 400-meter relay team at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
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Q: Combine multiple result sets into a single table Scenario: I need to prepare a documentation of excel sheet for a permission matrix. Totally 15 roles and 20 modules in the application, using an user-defined function to passing the roleid and moduleid, I get the individual role's permission details and I can copy and paste into excel sheet.
But going forward, I'm repeating the same task for 300 times. To reduce the work, I'm planning to combine all the role's permission in module wise. So I can do the task only 20 times.
What I have tried: I have created an UDF function to split the comma separated results from the SP into column wise. Also creating 20 variables to store the each role's permission details in the table format.
Sample Data and Tables: Consider each @UDF_Function stored the each role's permission details and I want to display all the results in a single table format.
DECLARE @UDF_Function1 TABLE (Details VARCHAR (10));
INSERT INTO @UDF_Function1 (Details)
SELECT 'hidden' UNION ALL SELECT 'edit' UNION ALL SELECT 'edit';

DECLARE @UDF_Function2 TABLE (Details VARCHAR (10));
INSERT INTO @UDF_Function2 (Details)
SELECT 'view' UNION ALL SELECT 'edit' UNION ALL SELECT 'view';

-- SELECT * FROM @UDF_Function1;
-- SELECT * FROM @UDF_Function2;

SELECT F1.Details AS R1, F2.Details AS R2 FROM
(SELECT * FROM @UDF_Function1) F1,
(SELECT * FROM @UDF_Function2) F2;

The output result is not in my expected format, How can I achieve in the expected format as below?
Expected Result:
| R1        | R2      |
|---------------------|
| hidden    | view    |
| edit      | edit    |
| edit      | view    |

Mine is SQL Server 2012.

A: Try this
DECLARE @UDF_Function1 TABLE (id int identity,Details VARCHAR (10));
INSERT INTO @UDF_Function1 (Details)
SELECT 'hidden' UNION ALL SELECT 'edit' UNION ALL SELECT 'edit';

DECLARE @UDF_Function2 TABLE (id int identity,Details VARCHAR (10));
INSERT INTO @UDF_Function2 (Details)
SELECT 'view' UNION ALL SELECT 'edit' UNION ALL SELECT 'view';

SELECT F1.Details AS R1, F2.Details AS R2 FROM
(SELECT * FROM @UDF_Function1) F1,
(SELECT * FROM @UDF_Function2) F2 WHERE F1.id=F2.id;

In your query you need join condition supplied in WHERE clause for which i have used self generating identity column id.
Without join condition Cartesian product between rows of the two tables is occurring giving more than required result number of rows.

A: Add identity column and do a simple join
DECLARE @UDF_Function1 TABLE (id int identity,Details VARCHAR (10));
INSERT INTO @UDF_Function1 (Details)
SELECT 'hidden' UNION ALL SELECT 'edit' UNION ALL SELECT 'edit';

DECLARE @UDF_Function2 TABLE (id int identity,Details VARCHAR (10));
INSERT INTO @UDF_Function2 (Details)
SELECT 'view' UNION ALL SELECT 'edit' UNION ALL SELECT 'view';

SELECT F1.Details AS R1, F2.Details AS R2
FROM @UDF_Function1 f1 inner join @UDF_Function2 f2 on f1.id=f2.id

A: you can use cte yoo, like this:
with
UDF_Function1 (id, Details) as (
select 1,  'hidden'
union all
select 2,  'edit'
union all
select 3,  'edit'
),
 UDF_Function2 (id, Details) as (
select 1,  'view'
union all
select 2,  'edit'
union all
select 3,  'view'
)

SELECT F1.Details AS R1, F2.Details AS R2
FROM UDF_Function1 f1 inner join UDF_Function2 f2 on f1.id=f2.id

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The tide of public opinion appears to be turning against Occupy Wall Street. A new national survey from Public Policy Polling finds that support for the protesters has dropped over the last month. The poll found that 33 percent supported the goals of the Occupy movement and 45 percent opposed them; in a poll from one month ago, 35 percent supported the protests and 36 percent were opposed. When asked whether they had a higher opinion of Occupy Wall Street or the Tea Party, 43 percent favored the Tea Party and 37 supported Occupy.
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Ray Wylie Hubbard Made 'Co-Starring' With a Little Help From His Friends (Interview)
By Bobby Moore | July 10, 2020
Ray Wylie Hubbard's Big Machine Records debut Co-Starring, out July 10, allows its co-stars to claim something even bigger than taking part in Hubbard's recent career highs. The likes of Aaron Lee Tasjan, The Cadillac Three, Pam Tillis, Paula Nelson, Elizabeth Cook, Tyler Bryant, Ashley McBryde, Larkin Poe, Peter Rowan and Ronnie Dunn can forever boast that they appeared on the same album as one of The Beatles.
The Fab Four member in question, Ringo Starr, performs on opening track "Bad Trick" alongside a pantheon of rock gods: the Black Crowe's Chris Robinson, award-winning bassist and producer Don Was and Starr's brother-in-law, Joe Walsh.
Starr's appearance on Hubbard's first departure from independent releases since 1975 culminates several years of friendship between a pop culture idol and a renegade poet.
"About six years ago, a friend of mine here in Austin said, 'Ringo Starr's talking about you on his website,'" Hubbard says. "I go to his website, and Ringo's saying, 'This is what I've been listening to. George Martin sent me some mono Beatles tracks, here's Dylan's thing and here's Ray Wylie Hubbard's 'Snake Farm.' Then six or seven years ago, I was playing out in Santa Monica and this fellow came by to the gig there and said, 'My name is Brent Carpenter, and I do all of Ringo's videos. I'm the one that burned him a copy of 'Snake Farm.' Ringo's playing the Greek Theatre tomorrow night, and he'd like to meet you.' So my drummer and I went out there and met Ringo, and he was really gracious and fun. He spent a lot of time with us.
"It's kind of grown from there," Hubbard adds. "We've gone to see him play, and he invited me up to his house for a while. It just all came together. Then about two years ago, we were in Santa Fe, my wife and I, seeing the All-Stars play at the Opera Theater there. He asked me what I was doing, and I said, 'I'm making this record with other people.' He said, 'If you need a drummer, please let me know.' I thought he was just being kind of gracious and everything."
Starr approached his session with Hubbard without a hint of ego.
"He puts you so at ease and he's fun and gracious," Hubbard says. "The thing is, he's a musician and entertainer and songwriter. I think that's why he still does it. That's not only what he does. It's who he is."
Despite a longstanding friendship with Starr, Hubbard still has trouble wrapping his head around who's drumming on "Bad Trick."
"I'm kind of amazed at how it all came about," Hubbard says. "When I was in 11th grade in high school, I saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in '64. Here it is over 50 years later. How strange is that?"
Big Machine Records, an independent label distributed by Universal Music Group, might seem like an odd fit for Hubbard. Yet label founder Scott Borschetta convinced Hubbard to join the label home of Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts.
"I said, 'Scott, I'm an old cat. I'm an old folk, blues, roots cat. I don't really sell a lot of records.' He said, 'Well, we're going to see if we can remedy that,'" Hubbard explains. "It was an opportunity we couldn't pass up to be on Big Machine. They've been very gracious and helpful, and their team has been first-class."
Friends' positive experiences with Big Machine eased Hubbard's mind when he signed his first big-time recording contract since an ill-fated run with Reprise in the '70s.
"I looked at their roster, and I'm not commercial country or any of that stuff," he says. "I see they've got Sheryl Crow and Cadillac Three, and that's kind of where I fit."
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Hubbard might not consider himself a Nashville-friendly country artist, but he's embraced by that world. Examples of this include Eric Church's Hubbard namedrop in the song "Mr. Misunderstood" and Tillis' role in lining up Hubbard's Opry debut at age 72.
"I was at the Nashville airport getting ready to fly home, and I hear this voice behind me go, 'Ray Wylie!,'" Hubbard says when asked about Tillis. "I turn around and she goes, 'It's Pam Tillis. I recognized the back of your head.' I guess there's a benefit in cutting your own hair."
Hubbard says he's got six songs completed for a Co-Starring sequel, and he teased an appearance by the country music equivalent of a Beatle, Willie Nelson.
Co-Starring Track List
"Bad Trick" (featuring Ringo Starr, Don Was, Joe Walsh, Chris Robinson)
"Rock Gods" (featuring Aaron Lee Tasjan)
"Fast Left Hand" (featuring The Cadillac Three)
"Mississippi John Hurt (featuring Pam Tillis)
"Drink Till I See Double" (featuring Paula Nelson & Elizabeth Cook)
"R.O.C.K." (featuring Tyler Bryant and The Shakedown)
"Outlaw Blood" (featuring Ashley McBryde)
"Rattlesnake Shakin' Woman" (featuring Larkin Poe)
"Hummingbird" (featuring Peter Rowan)
"The Messenger" (Ronnie Dunn & Pam Tillis)
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India, Bangladesh to hold 3-day mega military exercise from today
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New Delhi: The Indian and Bangladeshi navies will hold a mega military exercise in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday which will be followed by a two-day joint maritime patrolling in the region to further expand operational coordination between the two forces, officials said.
A wide spectrum of maritime drills and operations will be conducted as part of the annual 'Bongosagar' exercise whose first edition was held in October last year, they said.
"It is aimed at developing inter-operability and joint operational skills through conduct of a wide spectrum of maritime exercises and operations. Ships from both navies will participate in surface warfare drills, seamanship evolutions and helicopter operations," an Indian Navy spokesperson said.
He said the exercise will be followed by the third edition of Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) in Northern Bay of Bengal on October 4 and 5 under which both navies will undertake joint patrolling in the region.
"Conduct of CORPAT has strengthened understanding between both the navies and instituted measures to stop conduct of unlawful activities," he said.
The Indian Navy will deploy anti-submarine warfare corvette Kiltan and guided-missile corvette Khukri in the 'Bongosagar' exercise. The Bangladeshi navy will be represented by guided-missile frigate Abu Bakr and guided-missile corvette Prottoy, the officials said.
In addition to ships, maritime patrol aircraft as well as a number of helicopters from both navies would also be participating in the exercise, they said.
"India and Bangladesh have a close, long-standing relationship covering a wide spectrum of activities and interactions, which has strengthened over the years," the Indian Navy spokesperson said.
The Indian Navy has participated in a number of joint maritime exercises in the last few weeks including a three-day drill with Japanese navy from September 26-28.
Last month, Indian Navy also carried out a two-day mega exercise in the Indian Ocean Region with the Australian Navy that featured a range of complex naval manoeuvres, anti-aircraft drills and helicopter operations.
In July, the Indian Navy carried out a military exercise with a US Navy carrier strike group led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the coast of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The USS Nimitz is the world's largest warship.
India has significantly expanded its deployment in the Indian Ocean Region with a plethora of warships and submarines following its border row with China in eastern Ladakh, ostensibly to send across a message to Beijing.
India, Bangladesh to hold 3-day mega military exercise from today added by Press Trust of India on 1:56 am October 3, 2020


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Illinois 'wins' free-speech-offender award
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RICHMOND, Va. — A Tennessee sheriff accused of deleting atheists' comments on a county Facebook page, a school chief who dismissed a teacher who stepped on the American flag in class and the U.S. Senate for a bill targeting speech on college campuses are among the winners of the Jefferson Muzzles — satiric awards bestowed annually by a free speech group.
The Charlottesville, Va.-based Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression today announced its eight winners of its 25th edition of the Muzzles, a dubious honor given to those deemed egregious offenders of free expression.
The winners will receive T-shirts bearing an image of Jefferson, the nation's third president and an ardent free speech advocate, with a black rectangle over his face. The awards are announced each year on or around the April 13 birthday of Jefferson.
Past winners have included White House administrations, the Defense Department and giant corporations. But the center's director, Josh Wheeler, said it's important to also honor less well-known offenses because the award "challenges the assumption held by many that, because of the First Amendment, attempts at censorship are few in the United States."
"In fact, such acts occur every day," his statement added. Each year, the group considers hundreds of nominations before whittling them down and eventually selecting the winners.
Bradley County, Tenn., Sheriff Eric Watson won after being accused of deleting comments by atheists and blocking atheist commentators from an official county Facebook post about the Easter holiday. The county admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to pay $41,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a national atheist organization.
"Sheriff Watson should have known better than to censor comments from the Facebook page because they reflected beliefs different from his own," the center said.
A sheriff's office spokesman didn't respond to a request for comment by The Associated Press. But Watson previously denied violating the plaintiffs' rights and said the settlement was a business decision made by the county.
School Superintendent Frank Till in North Carolina's Cumberland County won for suspending and ultimately letting go a teacher who stepped on an American flag to illustrate First Amendment protections. The teacher was suspended for 10 days, transferred to a warehouse job and later didn't get his contract renewed.
"The irony of disciplining a teacher for teaching a lesson on free speech" deserves the Muzzle, the group said.
Till declined comment to AP through a district spokeswoman, but said previously that stepping on the U.S. flag was "inappropriate in our schools" and had violated policy.
As for the U.S. Senate, it won for unanimously passing a bill in December targeting speech on college campuses. The bill would change the definition of prohibited "anti-Semitism" to one that is so broad the center says it essentially would apply to any speech critical of Israel or its policies. An identical bill has been introduced in the House.
This year's other winners are:
The Illinois state government, because the General Assembly passed, former Gov. Pat Quinn signed and the state's attorney general defended what the center called an "unconstitutional restriction" on medical marijuana dispensaries donating to political candidates. Last month, a federal judge ruled the ban violated the businesses' First Amendment rights.
The California legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown for passing a law banning online employment databases from listing the ages of actors and actresses — a move against age discrimination that the free speech group called "well-meaning" but found had disregarded First Amendment principles.
The Collier County School District in Florida for a policy requiring students who elect not to stand for the national anthem to first obtain parental consent.
The administration of Boca Raton Community High School in Florida for giving a student the choice of removing her anti-Hillary Clinton T-shirt that said "Hillary for Prison 2016" or serving an in-school suspension.
The Los Angeles Community College District and the administration of Pierce College for not allowing a student to hand out Spanish-language copies of the U.S. Constitution outside of the college's tiny designated "free-speech zone."
The top nominees are typically sent letters informing them of their consideration. Wheeler said no one has responded this year.
"Nobody likes to think of themselves as a censor," Wheeler said. "But when push comes to shove, it's often very difficult to defend free speech" because it means you must defend people whose views you disagree with, he said.
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Judge: Purdue Pharma can resume groundwork on its settlement plan
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By Geoff Mulvihill
Clarence Thomas gives speech at Notre Dame, criticizes judges for veering into politics
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Thursday criticized some in the judiciary for veering into the role of legislators and politicians, saying it is not the role of judges to make policy or to base decisions on their personal feelings or religious beliefs.
By Sara Burnett
Health care conscience act change will head to Pritzker
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate joined the House on Thursday in approving a change to the Health Care Right of Conscience Act that was requested by the governor and attorney general, putting it one signature away from becoming law.
By Jerry Nowicki
Panel strikes down earlier version of Illinois legislative redistricting plan
A three-judge panel on Tuesday struck down the Illinois state legislative redistricting plan approved in June, holding the districts are malapportioned in violation of the one-person, one-vote requirement under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
Federal court upholds Wisconsin treatment center's restriction on video games
A Wisconsin facility for sexually violent persons did not violate a patient's right to free speech by barring him from obtaining his own video games and gaming system, a federal appeals court held.
Judge: No order barring police union from discussing city vaccine mandate
An order barring the president of the police union from making public statements encouraging members to disobey Chicago's COVID-19 vaccine mandate expired after a judge on Monday denied a request to extend it.
By Sophia Tareen


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20 years ago this month:
Pursuant to the recommendation of the Judiciary Commission based on a stipulation, the Louisiana Supreme Court publicly censured a judge for failing to decide 32 cases for from 1 to 2 years and to decide 14 other cases for from 2 to nearly 3 years, inaccurately and/or delinquently reporting 34 cases taken under advisement, and completely failing to report the undecided status of 7 cases. In re Wimbish, 733 So.2d 1183 (Louisiana 1999).
Pursuant to the recommendation of the Judiciary Commission based on a stipulation, the Louisiana Supreme Court publicly censured a judge for (1) maintaining a policy and practice of intentionally refusing to set status conferences or issue scheduling orders, (2) failing and/or refusing to timely sign ex parte orders, (3) 1‑year delays in deciding 2 cases, and (4) failing to report 1 case as under advisement. In re Emanuel, 755 So. 2d 862 (Louisiana 1999).
Agreeing with the Commission on Judicial Performance, the Mississippi Supreme Court publicly reprimanded a judge and fined him $1,500 for, contrary to the law, accepting plea bargains that reduced DUI second offense charges to DUI first offense in 3 cases and reduced DUI charges to disorderly conduct in 1 case. Commission on Judicial Performance v. Jones, 735 So. 2d 385 (Mississippi 1999).
Approving a statement of agreed facts and joint recommendation, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly censured a judge for circumventing normal procedures in appointing guardians, appointing 2 lawyers as law guardians in a disproportionate number of cases, and failing to scrutinize their bills. In the Matter of Ray, Determination (New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct April 26, 1999) (http://cjc.ny.gov/Determinations/R/Ray.Herbert.B.1999.04.26.DET.pdf).
The Ohio Supreme Court publicly reprimanded a judge for speaking at governmental meetings and before a planning commission on behalf of real estate partnerships in which he owned an interest. Ohio State Bar Association v. Reid, 708 N.E.2d 193 (Ohio 1999).
Adopting the recommendation of a judicial conduct panel, the Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimanded a judge for stating, "I suppose it was too much to ask that your daughter keep her pants on and not behave like a slut" when a woman explained she had not been able to pay her fines because she was caring for her daughter's children and making statements in his letter of apology that manifested a bias based on socioeconomic status. In the Matter of Michelson, 591 N.W.2d 843 (Wisconsin 1999).
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Welcome to the Data Science Math Skills Section on Exponents and Logarithms.
We'll be beginning now with the basic integer exponents.
And we'll start with positive integer exponents.
2, 3, and so on.
When we have a number like 9, which is equal to 3 times 3.
Three is a factor of nine, and it repeats, it occurs twice.
In the number 27, the factor 3 occurs 3 times.
And of course in the number 81, the factor 3 occurs 4 times.
right corner of a factor to count how many times the same factor repeats in a number.
where 2 is the exponent.
the 3rd, where 3 is the exponent.
equals 3 to the 4, where 4 is the exponent and so on.
So we read this as 3 raised to the 4th power or simply 3 to the 4th for short.
times 12, times 12, times 12.
where 5 is the exponent and this number is 12 to the 5th.
power have special names as well as a regular name.
So this is 4 to the 2nd but it's also 4 squared.
but it's also 4 cubed.
Next we're going to talk about 0 as an exponent.
These problems are easy, why do I say that?
except 0 raised to the 0 with power equals 1.
long as x does not equal 0, and so on.
so that is simply undefined.
Next we'll look at negative integer exponents.
-1 is read 2 to the -1.
And it is equal 1 over 2 to the 1 or 1/2.
2 to the minus 2 is equal to 1 over 2 to the 2, or one quarter.
And 2 to the minus 3 is equal to 1 over 2 to the 3, or one eighth.
So you should see the pattern here.
by the same integer if that integer were positive.
Now let's consider dividing by a negative exponent.
the -1, simply = 2 to the 1 or 2.
to the 2nd or 2 squared or 4.
1/2 to the -3 simply = 2 to the 3rd or 2 cubed or 8.
negative exponents using letters to stand for just about any number.
1 over x to the minus n equals x to the n.
something that we call scientific notation.
numbers that otherwise would have a very large number of zeros in them.
here 5,972 and we put one digit to the left of the decimal place.
then we multiply by 10 raise to the appropriate exponent.
Which in this case is 24.
you're going to move the decimal place 24 spaces to the right.
we are going to be moving to decimal place to the left.
And we are going to have a negative exponent.
we're moving the decimal place 31 places to the left.
we always have one digit, to the left of the decimal place.
One digit to the left.
And that's all you need to know for scientific notation.
And that concludes our first video on exponents.


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By Gokul Krishnamoorthy
The Welfare of Stray Dogs was born in 1985 to fight against the killing of strays by the corporation. It has come a long way since then. CEO Abodh Aras traces the journey and outlines future plans.
Team WSD at work on the streets of Mumbai.
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Leela Diwadkar stayed in the Rajawadi locality of Mumbai's Ghatkopar. Back then, the Vidyavihar railway station did not exist. So to get to her college, she had to walk to the Ghatkopar station to board a train. Accompanying her all the way on the 16-minute walk each morning was a canine friend, one of the many 'indies' that were part of her family. The indie would even try to jump into the train to go with her.
These were the stories her son Abodh Aras grew up hearing. His childhood home near Bhatia Hospital in Tardeo, was a building that bore the year '1921' on it. His paternal grandfather moved into the premises in the 1930s. It housed 15 to 20 cats, recalls Aras.
"I had a neighbour next door who loved animals. Whenever he spotted an ill animal, he used to take it to the vet and he also took me along. That was also a time when dogs on the streets used to be killed by the Municipal Corporation. They would be caught and kept for three days. If there was no one who went to claim the dog, they would be electrocuted on the fourth day. I went with my neighbour once to rescue a dog from our area that had been caught. Once we claimed it, they gave the dog a tag with a number on it," recalls Aras.
It comes as no surprise then that the graduate in hotel management, after working in the hospitality sector, volunteered for The Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD) while doing his MBA in 1996. He has been CEO of the not-for-profit trust since 2000.
In a telephonic chat with Stimulus Unplugged, Aras explained the origins of WSD in 1985. It all started when a group of people from the Jain community got together to stop the killing of street dogs in Mumbai. It was a milder reincarnation of the 'Parsi Riots' of 1932, when another community went up in arms against the British to stop the killing of street dogs.
They went to the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) and tried to convince them with numbers. Their contention was – and is – that removal doesn't help as other dogs replace the dogs that have been removed. After all, killing was just one form of removal. There are some statistics now to show that two dogs can multiply to 300 in a few years, says WSD. The solution they proposed was that they be allowed to sterilise the dogs instead of killing them. The killing pound in Mahalaxmi became the sterilisation centre WSD started operating in 1994.
Abodh Aras
Now, the Tata group is building an animal hospital, in which WSD will be given space to continue its sterilisation programme and other activities. And WSD does a lot more than just sterilisation of street dogs before returning them to where they were picked up from.
Why On-site Care Matters
While pursuing his MBA in 1996, Aras recalls going to the kennel as a volunteer and taking dogs for sterilisation. He fondly remembers taking eight of them in a Maruti 800. A call about a puppy in distress at Oval Maidan led him to the location. He admitted the pup with a little wound to an animal hospital. About 20 days later, he was working late at B-school, when his mother informed him that the hospital had sent the pup home.
"It was in a terrible state – almost comatose, with a bloated tummy. The pup was dead by morning. If I had a wound, I would visit a doctor, not get admitted to a hospital. Why couldn't basic treatment for dogs be on-site?" pondered Aras then.
"One can't blame the hospital. The immunity of puppies isn't great. Bundled with other sick animals, they are bound to catch something," he reasons now.
He trained under a veterinarian for two to three months. A volunteer-driven on-site first aid programme was initiated. Every Sunday, they used to meet outside Eros cinema in South Mumbai at 9.30 am until before the lockdown, as he says, 'Come rain, shine or earthquake.'
Cases to be treated were distributed among volunteers with new volunteers assigned to those more experienced, to be trained. Over time, WSD started adding on full-time animal nurses. Now the on-site treatment team comprises 10 such nurses besides a veterinarian. Every month, until before the lockdown, 1,000 animals on average were treated. This number has come down to 700 in the lockdown.
"This has helped. The animals are less traumatised because you are treating them in their own space. There is no chance of catching another animal's infection. Further, it elevates the status of a street animal," explains Aras.
He cites the case of 'Saint' Suresh, who happens to volunteer in the Dharavi area of Mumbai. Aras notes that when a dog with a maggot wound is trying to fend itself from flies attacking the wound, it tends to run into homes for protection. People do not know what to do and they end up getting scared of it. In trying to keep it away, they sometimes hurt the animal, even.
"When they saw others like Suresh treating it, they knew it wasn't a pagal kutta (mad dog). Some people started calling us for help when they saw such animals. It stemmed cruelty," says the WSD CEO.
In the time of the lockdown, this set of people who had turned empathetic to the animals thanks to seeing them being treated, was a blessing. WSD knew who could be contacted in the area for distribution of food to the animals. These people also helped catch the dogs, which were more comfortable and trusting of the locals, for sterilisation. WSD also carries out on-site vaccination every Sunday against rabies, an annual ritual for every dog.
Having pioneered on-site first aid in Mumbai and encouraged by the recognition for it from the likes of politician and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi, WSD also got involved in training others. Through the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), of which WSD is one of the founding members and a trustee, NGOs in Kolkata, Kerala, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune and even smaller cities like Hubli and Varanasi have been engaged.
WSD continues to provide on-site first aid in the Island city, stretching from Cuffe Parade to Mahim and Sion. All NGOs in the city work together without conflict born of competitive spirit and that is how it should be, says Aras.
Human Rabies Deaths Decrease
The vaccination drive has significantly reduced the human deaths due to dog bites. When killing street dogs to prevent them from biting humans and hence rabies deaths, was the norm, before 1994, there were 50 to 60 deaths a year, states the MBA-turned-animal welfare activist. This number is down to single digits now, with no deaths or a lone death in the last two to three years, he adds.
"There are a few reasons for this. One is the street dog vaccination. Equally important, is the education and awareness on the issue of dogs. WSD started these programmes in schools – especially municipal schools – 15 to 20 years ago. Things like, 'What to do when a dog bites?' The third thing is the realisation of the importance of the post bite vaccination to humans, given free in municipal hospitals," explains Aras.
The focus was on municipal schools because a huge percentage of dog bites was amongst underprivileged kids. The education programme in schools employs two full-timers from WSD now. They engage kids in Marathi and Hindi in partnership with NGOs dealing with children, and in English medium schools, they also encourage adoption of indies. The programme is now held online thanks to Covid19.
WSD has been doing its bit for increasing public awareness on the issue and busting myths. On occasions like World Rabies Day, there have been workshops in schools that impart a skill, but through the lens of street dogs. Like one on 'How to photograph a street dog.'
Adopt An Indie
According to the WSD website, Daisy Sidhwa has a career in commercial floral designing and in-store advertising. She is also Manager – Projects at WSD and heads the street dog adoption programmes of the trust. She has been with the organisation since 1993. "Daisy has been around even before me. Back then, no one wanted to adopt an indie," reflects the CEO.
Efforts in the direction of encouraging adoption of indies started a while ago. Aras recalls a campaign featuring former Miss India, (late) Nafisa Joseph. It showed street dogs as glamorous. The CEO still uses the copy from the campaign to urge people to adopt an indie: 'Adopt A Street Dog, They're A Breed Ahead.' Other campaigns followed. Its most recent campaign was launched in August 2020 led by a web film (right), which urges #ProudIndieans to get 'Vocal For Locals' and 'Adopt an Indie'.
In 2011, WSD started what is now called 'Adoptathon'. Back then, it was called an 'Adoption Mela'. It went on to host three ot four adoption melas in a couple of years, recalls Aras.
He adds, "It was a huge success. But we realised that adopting a dog is not like going to a store. It needs to have some amount of thought-through decision making."
Around the same time, canine behaviourist and trainer Shirin Merchant offered help in training about adoption, through behavioural assessment. The process has helped in fitting the dog to the family adopting it, vouches Aras, as evidenced in the success rate (of adopted dogs not being returned).
When a dog comes into the shelter, besides health checks, it is also assessed on behavior – how it relates to kids, to food, and so on. Corrections are carried out where needed. A description based on the assessment and treatment is made out.
WSD requests those coming to adopt a dog to visit two or three times. After all, as they say, "The dog also needs to get to know you."
A year ago, WSD started a chapter for rescue and sterilisation in Alibaug, a coastal tourist town South of Mumbai. It also runs a smaller centre in Navy Nagar now. Including the Mahalaxmi facility that it will shortly vacate, it has around 40 staffers and is helped by 150 volunteers.
WSD has come a long way in its mission to save the street dogs of Mumbai, as have several other animal activists and organisations. But their job is far from over. There has been a lot of push and pull on the fight to stop the killing of street dogs, and the truce seems temporary. The WSD CEO informs is that in 2001, a court ruled that dogs straying around can be caught and put down after three days, 'if they are a nuisance.' "But there is no definition of nuisance," he observes.
"Luckily, one had the presence of mind to ask for a stay. But what if they had said, 'No'? That was a scary, stressful moment in my life, and that of every animal lover," reminisces Aras. The case is still being heard, in 2020.
So what's next for WSD, we ask the activist-CEO. "I really need to look at someone to take over so that one can focus on expanding. We don't want to go to some place if another NGO is already operating there. There are other places with little or no infrastructure or NGOs," he explains.
On his immediate to-do list is setting up a hospital in Alibaug. Even in the lockdown, animals that needed hospitalisation had to be brought down to Mumbai. With active and targeted sterilisation, Aras estimates that in the areas covered by WSD, 90 percent of street dogs have been sterilised, a figure he pegs at 70 percent for all of Mumbai. The focus on quality of treatment is unwavering. "Not one dog needs to die because of sterilisation," he underlines.
With the dog population coming down, cats have become more visible, notes the CEO. The next challenge will be sterilisation of cats, he says. In the new hospital, there will be a separate cat sterilisation programme, heralding a new chapter in the history of WSD.
"WSD will go on. The plan is to expand it to areas which need help," signs off Aras.
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Cellphones for kids -- and seniors
New markets are being targeted at the CTIA Wireless 2006 trade show.
By Peter Lewis, FORTUNE senior editor
April 6, 2006: 4:33 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS (FORTUNE) - There's something for young and old and everyone in between at the CTIA Wireless 2006 trade show that opened here yesterday. While most of the new mobile handsets introduced here are aimed at active adults -- more than 70 percent of whom already have a mobile phone, according to market research -- at least two new services are hoping to dial up seniors and kids.
Going after different ends of the age spectrum, Disney Mobile (for children and their parents) and Jitterbug (for seniors and their boomer kids) are mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), a new breed of specialized mobile phone service for targeted demographic niches.
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MVNOs buy excess capacity from the big national wireless companies, and then offer phones and phone services customized for a certain demographic niche. ESPN Mobile (also a Disney company) is one such MVNO, catering to hard-core sports fans who want the latest headlines and game videos delivered to their mobile phones.
Disney (Research) once again enters the MVNO business on the Sprint Nextel (Research) network, this time going after the so-called "tween" market of 8- to 12-year-olds, and their parents.
Specially designed Disney Mobile phones allow parents to track the location of their kids -- or, at least, the location of their phones -- using GPS technology. Parents can also program the phones to restrict incoming and outgoing calls, including the times the phone can be used. They can set monthly spending limits for text messages and downloaded ring tones, thus avoiding unpleasant billing surprises and, one hopes, teaching the kids important budgeting skills.
Disney says parents will appreciate the safety and security features of the Disney Mobile service, including a dedicated 911 emergency button and programmable buttons to call, say, Mom or Dad at the office.
"Finally, a phone that gives moms what they need and kids what they want," the Disney Mobile tagline goes.
What kids want, according to Disney, is a real phone -- not some plastic kiddie phone with big Mickey ears or goofy colors -- with real features like a digital camera, downloadable ringtones and graphics, and other ways to customize the phone (including, of course, lots of Disney-themed content). The clamshell handsets introduced here are made by the South Korean companies LG and Pantech.
Disney Mobile expects to launch the service this summer. Pricing of the service has not been announced.
Cellphones for seniors and their parents
Jitterbug, meanwhile, is the creation of GreatCall (www.greatcall.com), a company founded by two long-time veterans of the wireless industry, including Martin Cooper, who is credited with making the first wireless phone call 33 years ago.
Jitterbug, also launching later this year, consists of a simplified mobile phone and service designed especially for baby boomers and their parents. The Jitterbug phone, designed for GreatCall by Samsung, features oversized keys, a large text display, loud and clear audio, and an easy-to-hold design.
Another Jitterbug phone is even less complex, with just three buttons: One that connects directly to a Jitterbug operator (a live human being who can help make calls), a dedicated button for 911 emergencies, and a programmable button for calling a relative or friend.
The live Jitterbug operator and the simplified design of the phone are likely to be appealing not just to the elderly and the disabled, but also to technophobic boomers. The live Jitterbug operator can retrieve phone numbers from an online personal phonebook, help check voicemail, and assist in making calls. GreatCall says the service can even detect when the user's phone battery is failing. Pricing has not been set, however.
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↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Avar". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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African Consciousness (revised Edit)
Quite interesting as we move towards our next forth coming democratic election is the fact that the final appeal to us to register to vote was organized in February, the month of which the 11th day of marks Madiba's release from prison in 1990. The teaching of that historical moment was not exhausted let alone touched on, as the campaign ensues. Someone reading this article may as well roll their eyes inwardly with impatience. However they will be missing the point that we are witnessing a remarkable transition in African history let alone the history of the African people as far as charting our history and our destiny is concerned. We are in the midst of the soap opera of change and it can be dizzying sometimes because the events are not reported in retrospect but in medias res – in real time as they take place. Individuals' and organizations' awareness of this fact can put people in an advantageous position to take charge of the situation and ultimately lead them to a fruitful desired state of development or ,on the contrary, ignorance can lead the nation into the destruction of a brighter future for Africans . Africa must rise! And it will take Africans to uplift it.
I have just been through a weekend which, in my uneventful life, can be sampled as a rare germ in terms of its enlivening effects to my rather lethargic weekends. At the opening of the last week of February I got an invitation to attend a lecture at the Centre for African Renaissance Studies, Unisa here in the capital. Fortunately my mother was coming over to spend time with her grandson. Her coming over gave me the chance to slip away for a few hours to slip away to the Centre whose existence has been hovering at the back of my conscience, ever since I stumbled across it in its accompaniment of Prof. Shadrack B.O. Gutto's name in several television interviews where he gave comments concerning Africa and its state.
The coordinators and the people attending the event were warm and welcoming. It felt as if I have been attending events at that institution from ever since. Guests were treated to an African lunch meal of Pumpkin, Spinach, Tomato Gravy, Mielie Pap and Juicy Stew. A couple of people I know also pitched for the lectures. So as far as companionship is concerned, at this unfamiliar place which had a sense of familiarity to it, is concerned, I was not wanting. I must congratulate Ebukhosini Solutions and Azani Nuru for the splendid organization of the guest speakers, also for the mounting of Cheikh Anta Diop's Exhibition illustrating his life's work. Many thanks are due as well to Brother Baba Buntu for making Afrikan literature available, What an education experience1.
But what was this event all about? It was about Africa, her present state in reference to Sudan through Dr. Samba Buri Mboup2 as far as government of national unity which has been established recently in Sudan is concerned and the referendum (for my thoughts on secession see http://wp.me/syl4Y-secede) that will be signed in 2011 and the implication of it to the rest of Africa; Dr. Mboup cautioned, that Africa's future with regard to sensitization of African people to their identity in terms of pre-colonization, colonization, and looking ahead, post-colonial Africa, is of paramount import in order to curb out future conflicts internally. This was a plight to espouse awareness about the problems facing Africa. While opening these discussions Mpho Mothoagae3 reminded all present that historical depiction of Africa from a western perspective should be rejected and revamped from an African stance so that it can be endowed with truth not humiliation; Western depictions of African are rich with degradations on the part of the African contribution to World history. In their light, the African gave nothing world history.
The main speaker was Prof. Catherine Odora-Hoppers4 whose topic Identity, Culture and Knowledge in addition to offering a different approach for the alleviation of Africa's challenges, was a historical exposition of our continent's past. I shall come back to her just now. There were also three poets who shared their poetry with all present , their performances embedding the main presentation. I feel proud to know one of them personally – Percy Mabandu.
Unfortunately I did not take notes during Odora-Hoppers presentation. With all due respect the reader will bare with me; however I have tried to pick up the essence of the lecture and I feel that there are key points that stood out for me and it these points that i will presently like to turn to.
Of the key points that stood out, one was the fact that about 88 African states were colonized by 8 European countries who legitimized their rights to the resources of African States while their inhabitants suffered poverty and degradation and submission. Using slides and verbal enunciation Odora-Hopper also tied the entry of Europe into the continent with the age of imperialism (which was preceeded by missionary work) to expand Europe territorially and commercially. Two slides stood out in that presentation. One, showed Africa in pre-colonial period. What was remarkable here was how the ancient states seem to encompass all the states that were neighboring them without bias of borders in a somewhat osmological formation. The slide in particular demonstrated a fact which is pivotal in understanding our relations to one another as Africans – that pre-colonization there existed no borders dividing Africa into the states that it finds itself divided into today. When you look at how varied and amalgamated they were (the ancients states), one gets a sense that in pre-colonial period there existed no separation amongst Africans. The partition which continues to dictate terms of association and accommodations today in the continent were created by the colonialists; in turn breeding limitation and resentment amongst Africans and ultimately in the long run self hate.
Observing and meditating you will begin to get a sense of how lethal to the well being of people the xenophobic attacks we experienced last May are in the light of unification of Africans; you get a sense that hate was bred into us from time immemorial which was somewhat, I come to think of it, what Odora-Hoppers indirectly implied.
The second slide which, for lack of flair and vocab' that Odora-Hoppers possess, I will make a feeble attempt to describe to you, showed three layers which illustrated how violence against humanity in the face of revenge and survival gets bred. This was illustrated by using three parallel line bars in a vertical formation; In the bottom line, violence is harvested, Let us say those whom you wrong start to feel the pain and are able to identify that they are being wronged (potentiality to violence is born). Second line, in the face of continued violence, the wronged, prance to strike back (potentiality violence is legitimized) and lastly, with regard to the top line, violence as revenge and a savage undertaking is endorsed by the two bottom lines and put into action (effect/revenge). In other words crime against humanity is justified.
This is an important lesson to remember in that we keep thinking that action is the result of a single provocation all the time, we mostly neglect to consider that it is potentially given impetus by continued motivation for it to be committed.
Does Odora-Hoppers offer a solution? Yes indeed she does and it is an African solution. She pointed out that the first thing to acknowledge is the cause. To ask how Africa/Africans got where they are [at the moment] and to try to restore our dignity in unity and skills sharing rather than isolate people (other Africnas) based on ethnicity and mark them as potential hazards to our individual progression and survival. Here caution was sounded for the fact that individualism is a Eurocentric tenant not an African aspect in terms of progressive thought within the African context. Africans are communal in finding solutions and solving problems.
How then will Africa find its way into the future? Odora-Hopper specifies that a vertical and horizontal movement will have to be adopted by us Africans in our attempt to reclaim the rightful place that Africa deserves in terms of civilization. By vertical movement, Odora-Hopper, points out that while looking ahead into the future Africans must acknowledge the past so as to learn from it while simultaneously avoiding past mistakes in our progression towards the future. In the Horizontally movement she maintains that Africans should look around at the status quo of Africa and devise solutions to the problems facing the continent by taking into account that the solutions offered will also affect other African states – thus sensible solutions considerate of other African states should be borne in mind at all times – this can be considered to be a practical approach to African solutions.
What an education stance this is because then it makes it possible that the African sense (Ubuntu As Ndumiso Dladla argued in 'The Philosophy of Ubuntu'5 of doing things is once more revived to its ancient state as it was prior to colonization. Odora-Hopper here is offering a universal solution to the African way of maneuvering around unnecessary conflicts and social challenges. As much as I have tried to report to you verbatim of what I learnt at that lecture I feel I am somehow failing you, for it would have been better for you to attend the event personally, the learning is vital for all self learning essential. After all is Africa not the ancient home of humankind?
Much to my delight Odora-Hopper in one sense concur with what I have said last May 2008 concerning the terrible xenophobic attacks. The reader may also find the reading of my review of Zakes Mda's Cion review worthwhile for my comparative reading of that text against the argument for qualifications on being defined as African, link up @ http://wp.me/ptAqt-60
For interest sake the Centre for African Renaissance Studies is situated in 287 Skinner Street, in the City of Tshwane.
Africa, Salutations unto you as you rise up and the Eurocentric attitude bow out to take the back seat.
1. Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December, 1923–7 February, 1986) was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture. He has been considered one of the greatest African historians of the 20th century.(see Wikipedia for more information)
2. Dr. Samba Buri Mboup
Dr Mboup is an Associate Professor with CARS with academic merits and involvement within General and Comparative Literature, Swahili/Bantu Language and Civilization, African Renaissance Studies, NEPAD and African Politics.
3. Mpho Mothoagae
Mr Mothoagae is a lecturer with CARS and researcher within African languages, IKS, Indigenous Peoples and African Renaissance. He is involved in Kgautswane Community Development Project, the National House of Traditional Leaders and Tshwane Traditional Healers Forum.
4. Prof. Catherine Odora-Hoppers
Prof. Odora-Hoppers is a policy specialist and senior consultant to multilateral and bilateral agencies on international development, North-South questions, social policy, disarmament, peace, and human security. In 2001, she was appointed by the Minister of Science and Technology to lead the Task Team to Draft the National Policy on Indigenous Knowledge Systems (now under full implementation), and redraft the Legislation on the same. She has served as expert to the OAU, United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and UNESCO She is currently the holder of the DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Development Education at UNISA.
5. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/note.php?note_id=27105757402
1. Perhaps the reader may find the articles Zakes Mda's Cion at http://wp.me/ptAqt-60 worth their while to read.
To read the original version of this article, publish on 2 March 2009, for comparative purposes and tracing of ommisions, corrections and editions the reader may link at http://wp.me/puRfy-g
20 December, 2010 Mmutle Arthur Kgokong/mmutleakPolitics, social commentary, thoughtsafrican thinking, Azani Nuru, Brother Baba Buntu, Brother Buntu, Cheikh Anta Diop, Culture and Knowledge, Dr. Samba Buri Mboup, Ebukhosini Solutions, Identity, Mpho Mothoagae, Ndumiso Dladla, Opinion, pan africanism, Percy Mabandu, politics, Prof. Catherine Odora-Hoppers, Prof. Shadrack B.O. Gutto, Sudan's Referendum
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