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Columbia University Apartheid Divest
Faculty Petition
Target Companies
Asian Political Collective
As a community of Asian and Asian American students striving to mobilize our people against injustice and oppression, the Asian Political Collective supports and honors the call from Palestinian civil society to boycott Israel and all Israeli institutions. We recognize the inherently imperialist motives of the Israeli state, and condemn the unjust surveillance, harassment, torture, and incarceration of Arab Palestinian community members at home and abroad, in particular the censorship and detainment of those who have organized publicly for the Palestinian cause. We recognize and name the state of Israel as a white supremacist and anti-Black project in conception, and in practice a tool to wage war and inflict violence on Black and Brown communities for the sake of profit, domination, and the expansion of Euroamerican empire. While we recognize that the struggle is not religious in nature, we acknowledge the fact that the Israeli state, particularly Netanyahu's regime, relies on Islamophobia to justify and perpetuate its repressive policies. We condemn all forms of Islamophobia, including Israel's complicity in the U.S.'s "War on Terror," which disproportionately targets and kills Muslims. As we are committed to fighting all forms of imperialism and racism, ending all walls and borders, we join Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Columbia University Apartheid Divest in demanding that Columbia University divest its holdings, both ideological and material, from the state of Israel, and align ourselves with the global boycott, divest, and sanctions (BDS) movement to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Barnard Columbia Socialists
As socialists, we are committed to fighting for a world free from oppression and for the self-determination of all people. We therefore stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their anti-colonial struggle for liberation and will fight until they can live in their homes without the everyday terror of military occupation; blockade and second-class citizenship in Israel; incessant waves of state-protected settler violence and execution by Israeli Defense Force soldiers; and separation from one another by Israel's colossal apartheid wall.
On our own campus, we fully support Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Columbia University Apartheid Divest in their struggle to divest our university's endowment from Israeli occupation. We believe that divesting from Israeli Apartheid is a necessary step towards building a just university community that supports its members' rights to free speech regardless of the political interests of its donors.
The battle for justice in Palestine is inextricably linked to struggles against all forms of oppression, including racism, sexism, imperialism, the destruction of the environment, the list goes on and on. As socialists, we believe in the unique power of the international working class and oppressed people to change society, and see BDS and justice for the Palestinian people as central components in today's fight for a better world.
Barnard-Columbia Prison Abolition Coalition
Barnard-Columbia Prison Abolition Coalition stands in solidarity with Columbia University Apartheid Divest. As an organization that is committed to dismantling systems of racialized social control and the carceral state in both the United States and around the world, we align ourselves with the goals of the campaign as it is embedded in the larger Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement to fight for and protect the human rights of the Palestinian people.
Columbia Divest for Climate Justice
We, Columbia Divest for Climate Justice, support the group Columbia University Apartheid Divest in calling for Columbia to divest our endowment from the following corporations that profit from Israel's violation of Palestinian human rights, as stated in CUAD's petition: Caterpillar, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Elbit Systems, Mekorot, Bank Hapoalim, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin.
The history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is long and complex, and a debate over the details often obscures the larger truth: Israel is taking the land of and abusing the human rights of Palestinians and Arabs; certain corporations profit from those endeavors; and institutions like our university profit from these unethical corporations.
We support divestment as a tactic for achieving equal, human rights for Palestinians and Arabs in Israel and in the region specifically because it has been called for by a coalition of hundreds of Palestinian civil society organizations since 2005. In the face of a great power differential of legal rights, financial resources, and military power with Israel, these organizations have found turning to the international community for support through the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) movement to be extremely powerful.
Divestment is a tactic that addresses the contemporary reality in the region. The companies represented include those that have supplied equipment to extralegally demolish Palestinian homes, erect Israeli settlements, build a wall that expropriates land and divides Palestinian communities, support asymmetric warfare, and more. Mekorot, an Israeli utility that controls water access in the area and already restricts access based on nationality, is only a suggestion of how climate change will exacerbate problems of equity in access to land and life-sustaining resources.
Let us repeat — this campaign is an affirmation of the equal rights of Palestinians and Arabs. This is not a campaign targeting Israelis or Jews as a people; divestment targets institutions that perpetuate the state's ability to commit documented human rights violations. Furthermore, we know that neither the broader Jewish community nor the citizenry of Israel, itself, is a monolith in consensus on Israel's practices. Israel does not speak for all Jews, or even all Israelis.
Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Arab sentiment exist on this campus, in activism of all political tendencies, in our country, and our world. We acknowledge the traumas that have affected all sides of this debate, and we are dedicated to fighting racism in every form.
We make this statement after lengthy discussion, but also knowing that our understanding of the conflict is incomplete. We, CDCJ, ask people to support fossil fuel divestment with a good but incomplete knowledge of the complex phenomenon of climate change; instead of knowing every detail of the science, we ask them to understand our values. Through conversations with Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, the coalition that forms Columbia University Apartheid Divest, we have come to see supporting divestment from the corporations named in the CUAD petition as being in line with our values. We stand for an end to racism and for a commitment to sharing resources equitably, both now and as we face the pressure cooker of climate change in the decades to come.
Columbia Muslim Students Association
The MSA board unequivocally supports and stands in solidarity with Columbia University Apartheid Divest in its campaign to hold the university accountable to its institutional values of equality and human dignity. The MSA board further recognizes the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign as a powerful tool to pressure the University to divest from companies that further the apartheid system and the occupation of Palestinian lands, which is illegal according to UN Security Council Resolution 446. We endorse the call to respect Palestinian human rights in full compliance with international law, as communicated in the three points of BDS:
Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall
Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and
Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194.
The Quran and the Hadith, in many instances, stress the importance of upholding justice for humanity. Surat al Nisa', Ayah 135 says: "O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even though it be against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, be he rich or poor, Allah is a Better Protector to both (than you). So follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you may avoid justice, and if you distort your witness or refuse to give it, verily, Allah is Ever Well-Acquainted with what you do." As Muslims, it is our duty to defend basic human rights, stand on the side of the oppressed, and to follow what is right above all else. It is within the call of our religion to stand with the oppressed, and to end all forms of oppression; those who remain silent in the face of truth are complicit in the oppressive occupation of Palestinian land.
We stand in support of BDS specifically because it is a human rights-based strategy, and as such opposes all forms of discrimination — including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. We encourage Columbia students and our general body to sign the petition and learn more about the necessity of BDS until Columbia begins investing responsibly and Israel complies with international law.
Columbia Queer Alliance
The Board of Columbia Queer Alliance is in solidarity with Columbia University Apartheid Divest. As an organization that has fought for the human rights of queer and trans students for almost 50 years, we align ourselves with the goals of the campaign as it is embedded in the larger Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement to fight for and protect the human rights of the Palestinian people.
Columbia University Black Students' Organization
As Black students at Columbia and Barnard, we have witnessed the many faces of oppression and we have heard it called by many names. We are aware that our own fight for humanity is not the only that occurs here. We acknowledge the many intersections that lie between the plight of indigenous people worldwide and that of Black communities within the Diaspora. Our struggle is one of many in the larger scheme of global systems of oppression.
Today, The Black Students' Organization stands in firm solidarity with Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, Columbia/Barnard Jewish Voice for Peace, and Columbia University Apartheid Divest during an active and ongoing struggle to end Columbia University's investment in Israeli Apartheid and, conversely, the mass mistreatment of Palestinians from Palestine to the United States and everywhere in between. We are all too familiar with the pain that accompanies living within an institution that invests in the demise of our own people.
The BSO condemns any co-optation of the Black liberation movement to promote settler-colonialism and a state that perpetuates apartheid. The decision to relate the experiences, past and present, of Black people in the United States in order to further the Zionist movement is, both, misinformed and a blatant subversion of the work that continues to be done in the name of true equity.
We reject the notion that peace may only come at the expense of justice. We refuse to be complicit in institutionalized violence against the people of Palestine. We urge the Columbia community to join us in this stand for justice.
Columbia University Turath
The Board of CU Turath, the Arab Students' Association, stands in solidarity with Columbia University Apartheid Divest. We believe it is essential for us to support the call for divestment as it is our duty to respond to the calls of Palestinian civil society for the larger Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The Israeli occupation of Palestine and the continuous violations of Palestinian human rights are issues that impact the Arab world and Arabs everywhere. In that sense, it is our duty to stand in solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers in whatever capacity we can.
We condemn the continuous violations of Palestinian human rights by the Israeli government as well the occupation of Palestinian and some Arab territories, and we recognize the ways through which this violence directly impacts Palestinians and the larger Arab community both in Palestine and across the world, even here at Columbia. We also condemn the cultural cooptation and appropriation of Palestinian and Arab culture, history, and traditions by Israel and its supporters in their efforts to erase the Palestinian identity.
As Turath board members, we believe in the power of the BDS movement. This sentiment is shared among the Arab community here at Columbia as well as the Arab community around the world. We also recognize the privilege that comes with attending an institution like Columbia, and hence support the call for divestment, as outlined by CUAD's campaign, from companies that are involved in and profit off of the violation of Palestinian human rights.
Divest Barnard from Fossil Fuels
Environmental justice is defined as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Advocating for climate justice is an intersectional struggle that encompasses the pre-existing systems of oppression of marginalized identities along gendered, racial and class lines. Divest Barnard from Fossil Fuels recognizes the complexity and disparity of struggles against environmental exploitation based on race, class and gender. The oppression of Palestinians living in territories occupied by the Israeli state is manifested in unjust resource allocation, environmental degradation, and political disenfranchisement. For these reasons, Divest Barnard recognizes the intersectionality of environmental justice with the struggle of the Palestinian people, and stands in solidarity with the Columbia University Apartheid Divest campaign.
Columbia University is profiting from investments in companies that violate Palestinian human rights through the exploitation of natural resources. The Columbia University Apartheid Divest campaign targets specific companies that profit from Israel's violations of human rights and international law. A notable example is Mekorot, Israel's national water utility, which destroys Palestinian irrigation systems and diverts water resources from the Occupied Territories for use by illegal Israeli settlements. Because of practices like these, Palestinians are afforded only 70 liters of water per person per day, below the 100 recommended by the World Health Organization and dwarfed by the 300 provided to the Israelis.
The exploitation of the environment is both a mechanism for and outcome of oppression, and divestment can serve as an effective political tool to counter this. As a campaign founded on the principle of environmental justice, we must account for all systems of oppression that inhibit this pursuit as we strive for a productive exchange within the larger liberation movement.
Extinction Rebellion Columbia University
Extinction Rebellion Columbia University stands in heartfelt solidarity with Columbia University Apartheid Divest's Campaign. By supporting imperialist extractive industries, Columbia University funds the oppression and suffering of the Palestinian people and climate death. XRCU demands the university to cease funding this exploitation and divest for justice for the Palestinian people and for all peoples who are most directly affected by the climate emergency.
XRCU endorses Apartheid Divest's demand for more transparency in Columbia investments. To become a good neighbor to the surrounding community and all communities most affected by the climate emergency, Columbia University must tell the truth and be held accountable for its lack of action. XRCU endorses further research on Columbia's holdings and investments in these industries, which should be available to the public. To enact a just transition, Columbia University must recognize that it has actively sustained systems of oppression and exploitation through its investments, which are tied inextricably to climate death.
As long as Columbia University invests in the oppression of peoples and the destruction of the Earth, its courses and research on human rights and environmental studies ring hollow, and its call for students to become global citizens and upright leaders sounds resoundingly hypocritical. What are Columbia students meant to learn from an institution that funds such suffering and destruction? XRCU expresses its grief and rage over the plight of the Palestinian people and demands divestment as a powerful symbol and step towards overcoming the imperialist capitalist systems that destroy the Earth.
GendeRevolution
The Board of GendeRevolution is in solidarity with Columbia University Apartheid Divest. As an organization that fights for the human rights of queer and trans students, we align ourselves with the goals of the campaign as it is embedded in the larger Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement to fight for and protect the human rights of the Palestinian people.
Native American Council (NAC)
The Native American Council of Columbia University knows the devastating effects of ecocide and settler colonialism better than most. The occupation and colonization of Palestinian lands has led to the continued displacement of the Palestinian people as well as their disenfranchisement and lack of recognition from the state of Israel. We, as the largest Indigenous student organization at Columbia, support the Palestinian people in the reclamation of their lands and homes as well as all efforts to grant them full legal rights. In the same way that voices in the wake of Standing Rock cried out 'Indigenous Rights are Human Rights,' we must also say 'Palestinian Rights are Human Rights,' and support decolonial efforts across the globe. Native American Council recognizes that we must not support corporations which profit from human rights abuses. We call upon Columbia to support subaltern and Indigenous peoples across the world by divest from the groups and organizations which perpetuate and fund violence against them.
No Red Tape
No Red Tape stands in solidarity with Columbia University Apartheid Divest. As an organization which fights to end rape culture, we recognize that sexual violence is intimately connected with colonialism, imperialism, and other forms of state violence. As shown by the stories of Rasmeah Odeh and countless Palestinian survivors, sexual violence has routinely been used as a tool of oppression against Palestinian women. It is unacceptable that women's bodies continue to be targeted as part of Israel's project of occupation. Because of these connections, our cause is intertwined with the Palestinian people's struggle for liberation. We support Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voices for Peace as they call on Columbia to divest from Israeli Apartheid and affirm the basic rights of Palestinian people.
South Asian Feminisms Alliance
The Board of South Asian Feminism(s) Alliance (SAFA) is in solidarity with Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), and with movements in solidarity with Palestine around the world. We align ourselves with the goals of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement to fight for the rights of the Palestinian people and liberate their communities and land. As a group comprised of Brown colonized people, we rise with our siblings in this movement for justice and liberation.
As an organization that fights for racial, queer/trans, disability, immigrant, Muslim, and economic justice, SAFA rises against colonialist rhetoric and the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. We recognize that the occupation of Palestinian land is not a religious conflict, but systematic settler colonialism, racial apartheid, and a violation of Palestinian human rights.
Stop bombing our siblings in the Occupied Territories.
End settler colonialism.
Stop the genocide of the Palestinian people.
Give the Palestinian people back their land.
We call upon our fellow Columbia University organizations to sign in solidarity with CUAD. As students at this university, we have a say in who our school supports and what industries our university invests in. Demand that Columbia divest from Israeli apartheid and call upon your community members to support justice for Palestine.
Inquilab Zindabad.
Student-Worker Solidarity
Student-Worker Solidarity stands for the rights of workers everywhere, whether they be in West Harlem or in Ramallah. From the 1936 general strikes against early Zionist settlers and British occupiers to those of the First Intifada, the resilience of Palestinian workers has long taught us that decolonization and labor struggle cannot be separated.
It is the same inhumane and relentless drive for profit which corporatizes our university and pays workers starvation wages that fuels the necessity for United States' and U.S.-backed imperial projects abroad. It is this profit-before-people system that drives the occupation of Palestine, and also makes our campus unlivable for working and low-income people. We therefore see our struggles as inextricably intertwined.
In that vein we stand by our allies Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace as they launch their campaign calling for Columbia University to divest its stocks, funds, and endowment from companies that profit from the State of Israel's ongoing system of settler colonialism, military occupation, and apartheid law.
Stand for justice. Demand Columbia divest from apartheid.


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Newsletter 2013-2
Despite the summer lull everywhere, we have have a great deal of exciting news, announcements, and information for you in this issue of INSIDE ATLAS.ti:
We are proud to announce the recent launch of ATLAS.ti Mobile for the iPad. It is is the ultimate interviewers' field recorder and coder and a perfect companion on the road. Download the new ATLAS.ti Mobile for the iPad app for FREE from the App Store. Get the full information here.
We also announce that the release of a full native MacOS version of ATLAS.ti is on schedule for 2014. Read what to expect.
The 2013 ATLAS.ti User Conference in Berlin is shaping up to become a great success! Close to fifty presenters from eighteen countries will share their insights and experiences with you. Find a list of scheduled presentations and learn how to register here.
We congratulate the winners of the 2012 ATLAS.ti IIQM Dissertation Awards, s ponsored by ATLAS.ti and IIQM. Read more.
Training opportunities: There is always more to learn. Read a full overview of the wide-ranging activities of the ATLAS.ti the Training and Cooperation Center. More here.
Great Summer Specials: Until July 31, receive a 20% discount on all new Single User licenses (including student and semester licenses) and courses. Also, buy Susanne Friese's seminal book at a full 30% discount. Read more.
Your questions, comments and suggestions are always most welcome. Please do not hesitate to drop us a line via [email protected]
Happy coding,
Jörg Hecker
Director Business Operations
Free iPad App: ATLAS.ti Mobile for the iPad Now Released!
ATLAS.ti has recently received a highly effective and mobile companion--ATLAS.ti Mobile for the iPad. Using this free app you can collect and analyze data wherever you are.
Work on text, audio, video and images. Analyze existing data files or create recordings on location. Working in the field or on the go has never been easier!
ATLAS.ti Mobile for the iPad is the perfect interview tool: Simply record the interview (audio or video) on location, and start segmenting and coding on the way home. Write down your thoughts and ideas in comments and memos. Then simply transfer your project to the desktop version of ATLAS.ti for full leverage of its analysis tools, visualization, and team collaboration. At work, at home, or anywhere in between: ATLAS.ti Mobile keeps you moving right along!
ATLAS.ti Mobile utilizes all the same concepts that you know from your ATLAS.ti desktop application: Primary documents, quotations, codes and memos.
Supported file formats are: Text, PDF, images, audio and video files.
Specifically, the ATLAS.ti Mobile iPad app lets you do all of the following:
Create ATLAS.ti projects
Record, assign, segment, and code photos, audio, and videos
Assign, segment and code existing photos, audio, and videos
Assign, segment and code PDF documents, including Web downloads
Create and edit text documents
Create fine-grained quotation segments in text, images, audio and video files
Create and edit comments for all types of objects
Create and edit memos
Geo-tag images, recordings, videos, and documents with location info
One-step export of full project via Dropbox or iTunes file shares
Go to http://ipad.atlasti.com for additional information. You'll find am overview of its functionality, the official manual for download, and a way to contact our support.
Since ATLAS.ti Mobile for the iPad is brand new, we are eager to hear about your experience and your opinion of this new tool. Contact us at [email protected] with your comments. Or visit us on facebook at facebook.atlasti.com. Your praise, criticism, and suggestions are highly welcome!
ATLAS.ti Mobile for the iPad is available FREE OF CHARGE from the Apple App Store.
ATLAS.ti Is Coming to the Mac!
We have listened to the many requests made by our users and have great news for all you Mac users out there: ATLAS.ti is coming to the Mac!
Written as a native Mac app from the ground up, ATLAS.ti for the Mac will bring you the power and flexibility of our leading QDA software without the need to run Windows.
Easily collaborate with colleagues using PCs and import projects from ATLAS.ti 7 as well as from the new ATLAS.ti iPad app. Work in any language, with full Unicode support.
ATLAS.ti will bring our best-of-breed PDF support, slick and powerful video annotation tools, rich text editing, and much, much more to the Mac. All in a beautiful and easy-to-use app leveraging the power of OS X. Speed - Stability - Security: No emulators, no virtual machines, no vulnerable Java!
Expected release date of ATLAS.ti for MacOS will be in mid-2014.
For all ATLAS.ti 7 license holders, switching will be FREE!
ATLAS.ti User Conference 2013
The ATLAS.ti User Conference 2013 - Fostering Dialog on Qualitative Methods, happening from Sept. 12-14 in Berlin, is shaping up to be a truly globe-spanning event. We will be proud to welcome nearly fifty contributors from eighteen countries (Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia) to Berlin, and extend our invitation to all interested users, practitioners, researchers, teachers, and students who use ATLAS.ti centrally in their work.
Please find an overview of all papers, posters, roundtables and workshops below. For all those who are not able to attend, we will publish digital conference proceedings with full length papers. In addition, we will video record selected sessions and make them available online after the conference.
The first day of the conference ends with a conference dinner and a party on the roof-top of the conference venue where you can meet, chat, exchange ideas, network, and just have a bit of fun.
For the end of the second day, we have planned a semi-serious/semi-entertaining Pecha Kucha session: Pecha Kucha is a special form of presentation in which presenters have 6 minutes and 40 seconds to present their ideas on 20 slides. The slides advance automatically, thus there is no danger of going over your time—you have 20 seconds per slide and then must move on. Three presentations are already in place. If you would like to try it and have an interesting idea, please let us know via [email protected] . The best presentation will be awarded with a prize! Imagine, you could return home the winner of the first-ever ATLAS.ti Pecha Kucha event :-).
Conference registration is available online at http://conference.atlasti.com/index.php/conference-registration. Discounted early registration fees apply until August 1. For all those whose who live in or near Berlin and who want to drop by for just a few presentations, a workshop, or for networking with other ATLAS.ti users, we offer day passes.
Keynote: Analytic Strategies and Analytic Tactics
Nick Woolf - Henley Business School, University of Reading / Woolf Consulting, Santa Barbara, USA
Teaching the fundamental differences and relationships between analytic strategies and analytic tactics allows the gap between them to be bridged, and for ATLAS.ti to be used powerfully in any project.
It is challenging to teach students to use ATLAS.ti powerfully. The underlying reason is that the nature of QDA is fundamentally different from the nature of software. The tasks of a QDA are not pre-determined, but unpredictably iterative and emergent. Software, no matter how artful the user interface, is fundamentally deterministic: every function has a certain, predetermined outcome. This gap has to be intentionally bridged, or the software is used superficially: used only for the early stages of analysis, or only for those kinds of analysis that are so structured that the contrast between the nature of QDA and the nature of software is small.
One way to manage this challenge is to teach the fundamental differences and relationships between analytic strategies and analytic tactics, and how to bridge the gap between them. This allows ATLAS.ti to be harnessed powerfully from the beginning to the end of any kind of QDA. The contrast between analytic strategies and analytic tactics is proportional to how unstructured is the QDA, regardless of the research method. The more unstructured the QDA, the more there is a need for this perspective, and the greatest is the potential for ATLAS.ti to make a significant contribution.
2012 ATLAS.ti IIQM Dissertation Awards
We are happy to congratulate Carrie Mitchell and Holly McKenzie who have won the 2012 ATLAS.ti IIQM Dissertation Awards (at the PhD and the Masters level, respectively). Sponsored by ATLAS.ti and IIQM, this award is annually presented to the best Masters level thesis and the best PhD level dissertation, from any academic discipline, containing research based on qualitative methodology. Both winners receive $ 3,000 in cash and an ATLAS.ti software license.
Carrie Mitchell – PhD Level
Carrie Mitchell has a PhD and MEd from Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her research focuses on gender and education in the context of Nepal. She has worked within the field of education and international development in rural areas of Nepal for seven years, as well as teaching in other international contexts.
Her thesis is entitled: A narrative inquiry of women's lives in Mugu, Nepal: identities, power relations and education . Mitchell's study questions assumptions around universal understandings of gender and education. Using a narrative inquiry approach it focuses on the life -narratives of five women from the remote Himalayan district of Mugu, Nepal. It aims to examine the complexities of lived experience by gaining insight into how understandings of education are embedded in women's multiple and uniquely intersecting identities, and in doing so, it challenges singular definitions of gender and education. Influenced by po stcolonial feminist theory, this inquiry applies an intersectional analysis to consider how identities (including gender, ethnicity, caste, position in the family, role in the household, age and economic status) interlock to create unequal power relations, and how the meanings and values that the women attach to education are embedded in these relations.
As a narrative analysis this study foregrounds the five women's voices and experiences, challenging assumptions about whose experiences are valued and whose voice can be heard. Other voices have been interwoven with the women's stories and presented as a multi-layered narrative; these include the local expressive tradition of 'deuda' singing, interviews with educational stakeholders, and reflexive journaling. In keeping with narrative inquiry approaches, I use a more personal voice to reflect on concerns about power dynamics and ethical challenges involved in the research process. Issues of representation, as well as struggles relating to voice and positionality, are at the core of the study and reflexively considered throughout. By using a narrative inquiry approach; taking a postcolonial feminist perspective; and applying an intersectional analysis, this study refuses to rely on essentialist and homogenising constructions of women. It attempts to be an example of ethical and respectful research and claims to increase understanding of how identities, power relations and education intersect in women's lives in Mugu, Nepal.
The PDF version of her thesis is available at via this link: http://www.iiqm.ualberta.ca/en/DissertationAward/~/media/International%20Institute%20for%20Qualitative%20Methodology/Dissertation/Carrie_Mitchell_PhD_thesis.pdf
Holly McKenzie - Masters Level
Holly McKenzie's research explores how intersecting sexist, racist, classist, and colonialist discourses render Aboriginal women vulnerable to violence as well as how Aboriginal women resist this violence and the wider discourses that perpetuate it. Her Master's project brought together a Feminist Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis Approach and an Indigenous Storytelling Methodology. She completed her MA in Canadian Plains Studies at the University of Regina, where she was honoured to work with a number of Aboriginal scholars, Elders and other community members. While she is originally from small-town Saskatchewan, Holly recently made the move to Vancouver to pursue her doctoral studies at UBC. Her PhD research involves working with Aboriginal women living in poverty to identify what constrains and fosters their access to reproductive justice.
Her thesis is enttitled: The Different Stories of Cree Woman, Daleen Kay Bosse (Muskego), and Dakota-Sioux Woman, Amber Tara-Lynn Redman, Understanding their Disappearances and Murders Through Media Re-Presentations and Family Members Narratives.
Mc Kenzie's dissertation explores Pauline and Gwenda's stories about their daughters and their families' experiences, Aboriginal and mainstream media coverage, and the discursive practices underlying media coverage. Bringing together these methodologies made the tensions between Aboriginal communities' stories and mainstream institutional stories (and the ontologies that inform them) visible. Recognizing how Aboriginal family members' stories are often marginalized, she utilized Indigenous Storytelling Methodology to center Gwenda and Pauline's stories. Further, she used FPDA to address how print and broadcast coverage (and the discursive structures that shape coverage) reproduces and resists the discourses operating within white masculine hegemony.
From ATLAS.ti Training Center
By Ricardo B. Contreras, PhD
Director Training & Partnership Development
Phone: 1 (541) 286-4391 (United States)
The ATLAS.ti Learning System
ATLAS.ti has a learning system constituted of two sets of services and products, both of which complement and support each other. At the center of the learning system is what I would call the "primary learning sources," made up of free webinars, video archives and tutorials, premium trainings, and written manuals. Supporting these services and products are the "secondary learning sources", configured by the Knowledge Base on the ATLAS.ti website, the newsletter which periodically publishes useful articles on functions and best practices, the forum, and the ATLAS.ti Facebook page where users regularly exchange insights and ask and answer questions.
Product Support services (support.atlasti.com), all of which are free of charge to ATLAS.ti users, are not included in this model because rather than constituting a source of systematic learning, these services are aimed at solving specific problems that users may encounter when using the software. However, from a larger perspective, it is legitimate to consider Product Support as a complement of the ATLAS.ti learning system. The figure below depicts this system.
Primary and Secondary Sources
Following, I will describe the primary and secondary learning sources that make up our learning system.
Primary Learning Sources
Primary learning sources consist of different training services and products that allow newcomers to learn ATLAS.ti systematically and experienced users to further specialize in specific areas of the analysis process with the program. This system consists of free webinars, video archives, premium trainings, and written manuals. The diagram below shows an integrated view of these learning sources.
We offer four different types of free webinars: introductory, special topics, community of practice, and colloquia on qualitative methods. You can register for them at www.atlasti.com/webinars.html. Each of these categories is described below.
Introductory webinars
These are one-hour webinars that provide an overview of ATLAS.ti and teach how to create a project, code, and produce basic outputs and reports. These webinars are scheduled regularly every week in the English language, at 12:00 pm New York time/5:00 pm London time. Additionally, we teach, twice a month, an introductory webinar in the Spanish language, at 15:00 CLT (Santiago de Chile time). We will be scheduling soon a series of introductory webinars, also in the English language, but at a time convenient to those of you from Asia/Pacific time zones.
Special topics webinars
These are one-hour webinars in which the instructor discusses specific functions and applications of ATLAS.ti. This semester we will be offering webinars on the following topics: analysis tools, approaches to coding, family organization, geo-coding, memos, multimedia coding, networks, surveys, and teamwork.
Although not an absolute requirement, basic knowledge of ATLAS.ti is beneficial in order to take the most possible advantage of these webinars. I would particularly encourage those of you wanting to work in teams to attend the corresponding webinar before venturing on your own into the intricacies of teamwork.
ATLAS.ti Community of Practice
Our objective with this program is to promote peer learning in the ATLAS.ti community of users. Once a month, researchers will share the strategies and approaches they have followed, the challenges they have faced, and their accomplishments using ATLAS.ti in their analysis projects. Researchers from multiple disciplines will be invited to present their work in one-hour webinar sessions (30 minutes of presentation plus 30 minutes of dialogue). Presentations will be in the English and Spanish languages. Our intention is that the ATLAS.ti Community of Practice will eventually become a permanent virtual congress of ATLAS.ti and its role in the research process. If you would like to join the program as a presenter, please contact us. We would be happy to hear from you!
This is a virtual colloquia series on qualitative methods co-sponsored by ATLAS.ti and the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM). Participating scholars have included specialists in computer-assisted qualitative data analysis, hermeneutics, interpretative writing, ethnography, applied health research, and media ethnography. To learn more about this webinar series, visit the program website at http://www.iiqm.ualberta.ca/en/ResearchTraining/WebinarSeries.aspx. Although these webinars do not teach ATLAS.ti, I do include them as one of the primary learning sources because they provide the necessary methodological context within which ATLAS.ti is used.
Video Archives and Tutorials
We have a growing library of videos available on the ATLAS.ti Youtube channel. There, you can find archived videos of past introductory and special topics webinars as well as tutorials in the English and Spanish languages. This library is constantly growing and, as always, we welcome your suggestions for improvement. Access it at youtube.atlasti.com
The Premium Training program includes online, face-to-face, and on-site courses. Following is a description of these training opportunities.
Introductory and advanced web-conferencing workshops
In these courses we teach ATLAS.ti in a systematic way. We are now offering introductory and advanced workshops in the English, Spanish, and German languages. The introductory courses in the English language are regularly taught bi-monthly at 12:00 pm New York time/4:00 pm London time. Starting in October, we will be offering an introductory course also in the English language at 9:00 am London time/4:00 pm Singapore time. We also teach introductory courses in the Spanish language at 3:00 pm Santiago de Chile time. Our advanced courses are taught at 11:00 am New York/3:00 pm London.
Face-to-face courses
These courses are taught in two days (12 hours of classroom work). This year, we have scheduled courses in the following cities in the United States: Washington, DC, Houston, Portland (Oregon), Atlanta, and San Francisco. For 2014, we plan to add Chicago and Vancouver (Canada) to our offer of courses in North America. We are also happy to announce that starting in September we will be offering courses in Spain (Madrid), the UK (Manchester, Bristol, and Glasgow), and Germany (Berlin). Independent consultants offer courses in other parts of the world and you can learn about them at http://workshops.atlasti.com
We offer on-site workshops that can be contracted by institutions from anywhere in the world. In these workshops, one of our instructors will plan with you a course program that fits the needs of your group. These workshops are taught in two days of intensive work. If you are interested in contracting one of these courses, write or call us.
If you are a student and would like to apply for a scholarship that would allow you to take the web-conferencing and face-to-face courses either for free or at a discounted price, please do so by completing the Student Scholarship application form: http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/Caz82b0gIE6aaLMX.
Written Manuals
Finally, we have a set of written materials that supports the learning process, which can be accessed at manual.atlasti.com. These are the full manuals for versions 7 and 6, the Quick Tour (also for versions 7 and 6), and a set of short documents that describe specific features of ATLAS.ti. I would also like to add that specific chapters from the full manual may be downloaded from the ATLAS.ti Training Center weblog at http://atlastitrainingcenter.com/resources/manual/.
Secondary Learning Sources
The secondary learning sources are those that do not play an essential role in the ATLAS.ti learning process. However, they are certainly important as a complement to the webinars, videos, courses, and manuals, allowing users to address specific questions that come up in the normal process of working with ATLAS.ti. The figure below summarizes this system of secondary learning sources.
The Knowledge Base
The Knowledge Base is equivalent to the Questions & Answers (Q&A) section in other websites. It is found under Support in our website (http://www.atlasti.com/knowledgebase.html). There you will find short entries explaining specific issues that users have identified as particularly relevant or difficult to understand. For instance, you will find entries explaining why it is not recommended to use online cloud storage systems to host the project data and/or ATLAS.ti libraries, entries on video formats that are accepted by ATLAS.ti, an entry explaining backing up procedures, among many more. It is essential to realize that the Knowledge Base is ever expanding as ATLAS.ti expands and evolves. Thus, I encourage users to send us questions and issues that you think should be addressed in this section of the website. As always, your feedback is very important to us.
In "INSIDE ATLAS.ti," the regular newsletter, you will find articles introducing and describing innovations and improvements, such as the article introducing ATLAS.ti 7 (issue 2012/1) or the article introducing the iPad app in the current issue. You will also find articles that describe and explain best practices with ATLAS.ti, such as the one published in the issue 2012/3 which explains the process of importing transcripts transcribed in f4/f5 and Transana. Finally, the Newsletter also includes articles from researchers who explain how they have used ATLAS.ti in their research projects, or share their methodological insights.
The forum is a space for peer support and discussion. It can be accessed at forum.atlasti.com. It is not a channel for product support from the ATLAS.ti company software and methodological specialists. For that, we encourage people to submit questions to [email protected]
The forum consists of four sections: general questions and comments, suggestions for innovation and improvements, a section on XML, and an archive of posts from 1999 through 2004. It also includes a section on qualitative data analysis. I encourage users to engage in dialogue with other users, offering your insight whenever you think that you can contribute to other people's learning.
Finally, the ATLAS.ti Facebook page is the space where the community of ATLAS.ti users gathers to learn about what is going on. There you will find announcements about updates, innovations, and trainings, as well as questions and answers from users. Some recent questions posted by users have been about using ATLAS.ti with Windows 8, running it in a Mac, linking codes in networks, the use of comments versus memos, etc.
As you have probably concluded by reading this article, there are multiple ways of learning ATLAS.ti. I would like to suggest that novice users use the following learning resources, more ore less in this sequence:
Finally, in case of doubt, do not hesitate to write or call us. I will be able to answer your questions about trainings. For other questions, always contact Product Support at [email protected] Thank you!
Upcoming Training Events
We regularly hold free webinars for anyone who wants to get a head start with understanding the concepts and functions of ATLAS.ti.
All events in English unless otherwise noted.
Introduction to ATLAS.ti
Monday July 15 - 12:00pm-1:00pm (EDT)
Monday July 15 - 3:00pm-4:00pm (CLT) - In Spanish / en Español
Tuesday July 23 - 12:00pm-1:00pm (EDT)
Thursday August 6 - 12:00pm-1:00pm (EDT)
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Tuesday August 20 - 12:00pm-1:00pm (EDT)
Tuesday September 3 - 12:00pm-1:00pm (EDT)
Monday September 16 - 1:00pm-2:00pm (CLT) - In Spanish / en Español
Tuesday September 17- 12:00pm-1:00pm (EDT)
Tuesday September 24 - 12:00pm-1:00pm (EDT)
Tuesday November 26 - 12:00pm-1:00pm (EDT)
Multimedia Coding - Wednesday August 7, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Team work - Tuesday August 13, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Approaches to Coding - Tuesday August 20, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Survey Analysis - Thursday August 22, 12:00pm-1:00pm (EST)
Geo-coding in ATLAS.ti - Wednesday August 28, 11:00am-1:00pm (EST)
Analysis Tools - Tuesday September 10, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Family Organization - Thursday September 19, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Team work - Tuesday September 24, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Networks - Thursday September 26, 12:00pm-1:00pm (EST)
Memos - Wednesday October 2, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Approaches to Coding - Tuesday October 8, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Multimedia Coding - Wednesday October 16, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Analysis Tools - Wednesday October 23, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
Survey Analysis - Thursday October 24, 12:00pm-1:00pm (EST)
Geo-coding in ATLAS.ti - Wednesday October 30, 11:00am-12:00pm (EST)
The ATLAS.ti Community of Practice is a space where researchers share with other researchers strategies and best practices about the integration of ATLAS.ti into their data analysis projects. Participate in the community of practice and learn from colleagues from all over the world.
Upcoming Presentations:
Dr. Eugenio di Gregorio. University of Genoa. Title of presentation: "Using ATLAS.ti to Define Corporate Positioning, Social Responsibility, and Collective and Individual Behaviour. Tips for Effective Work." - Thursday August 1, 11:00am-12:00pm (EDT)
Dr. Ricardo Contreras. Adjunct Research Professor East Carolina University. Title of presentation: "The Role of Photo-Voice in Ethnographic Research". - Friday September 20, 12:00pm-1:00pm (EDT)
Qualitative Methods Master Class
The Qualitative Methods Master Class Webinar Series is a program jointly sponsored by ATLAS.ti and the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology.
Dr. Maria Mayan. Associate Professor of Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta. Title of presentation: "Teaching Qualitative Research Well". - Thursday July 25, 3:00pm-4:00pm (EDT)
Dr. Gina Higginbottom. Professor of Nursing, University of Alberta. Title of presentation: "Focused Ethnography." - Thursday September 19, 11:00am-12:00pm (EDT)
Note: No ATLAS.ti license is required to take part in a free webinar. However, you may get the most out of it if you at least have the free trial version installed.
To sign up for these and more free webinars, go to http://webinars.atlasti.com
Face-To-Face Seminars
In our seminars, you learn to design and implement an effective analysis process with ATLAS.ti. Through a combination of lecturing and hands-on work with your own data you will explore the main functions of the software. Emphasis is put on data integration, organization, and constant documentation of the analytical process.
Participants have the opportunity to discuss with peers and the instructor the methodological challenges of their own projects.
All events in English unless otherwise noted
Atlanta, GA, USA - August 22 and 23, 2013 (9:00am each day). 12 hours. Location: AMA Executive Conference Center, 1170 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, GA 30309. Instructor: Corey Abramson
Madrid / Spain - September 19 and 20, 2013 (3:00pm each day). 12 hours. Location: Ibercenter Azca. Plaza de Carlos Tr¡as Bertr n, 28020 Madrid (inmueble de Holiday Inn). Instructor: Neringa Kalpokaite. - In Spanish / en Español
Portland, OR, USA - October 17 and 18, 2013 (9:00am each day). 12 hours. Location: Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201. Instructor: Ricardo Contreras
Madrid / Spain - October 24 and 25, 2013 (9:00am each day). 12 hours. Location: Ibercenter Azca. Plaza de Carlos Trías Bertrán, 28020 Madrid (inmueble de Holiday Inn). Instructor: Neringa Kalpokaite.
To sign up for these and more seminars, go to http://www.atlasti.com/seminars.html
Upcoming Conferences/Exhibitions
We regularly exhibit at prestigious research conferences throughout the world. This year, we will be present at several events in the United States, Canada, and Europe, in which our staff will be exhibiting ATLAS.ti and providing introductory instruction to those wishing to learn about the quality and advantages of our software.
July 12-13: 9th Berliner Methodentreffen. Berlin, Germany
August 9-13: 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. New York, USA
August 28-31: 11th European Sociological Conference. Torino, Italy
September 12-14: ATLAS.ti User Conference. Berlin, Germany.
September 23: Qualitative Methoden in Informatik und Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Leipzig, Germany
October 27-29: 19th Qualitative Health Research Conference. Halifax, Canada
November 2-6: 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association. Boston, USA
Book: Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLAS.ti
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Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLAS.ti by Susanne Friese is the very first book designed to guide you step-by-step through your research project using ATLAS.ti. In the book, you will find clear, practical advice on preparing your data, setting up a new project in ATLAS.ti, developing a coding system, asking questions, finding answers and preparing your results.
The book features:
Methodological as well as technical advice
Numerous practical exercises and examples
Screen shots detailing each stage of analysis
Companion website with online tutorials and data sets
Susanne Friese teaches at various PhD schools, provides training and consultancy for ATLAS.ti at the intersection between developers and users.
As a seasoned qualitative researcher and avid user of ATLAS.ti for more than 10 years, I found Susanne's text way over-due! It provides beginners with step-by-step instructions on how to use the software. More experienced users may find her insights on how to maximise the various tools and new offerings of ATLAS.ti quite refreshing. Teachers will also benefit from the improved lay-out, to induct students into computer-assisted qualitative data analysis. A definite must-have for all doctoral students using qualitative methodology!
Dr Brian van Wyk, Senior Lecturer in Health Research Methods
This the kind of book on ATLAS.ti that we have been waiting for as qualitative reseachers and for our post graduate students in qualitative methods. Friese has produced a text that is both broad ranging in explaining and describing the capacity of ATLAS.ti software to analyse different types of text and visual data, and at the same time she provides thorough and clear detailed instructions and ideas in terms of the analytic processes (from file format, transcription, coding, managing and interpreting outputs). I will be recommending this for all my post graduate students and fellow researchers at all levels of experience in qualitative methods.
Dr Amanda Bingley, Division of Health Research , Lancaster University
I would like to express my gratitude for your great effort to bring CAQDAS, and ATLAS.ti in particular, closer to myself and my students with your excellent publication "Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLAS.ti", and the enormous volume of instructional and guiding materials, videos, powerpoint presentations, examples of interviews, audios. I have no place to even begin of how grateful I am as a researcher but also as a professor...A great thank you.
Christos Kyrou, Research Director, The Center for International Relations, Fairfax and Professor in the School of International Service, American University
Qualitative Data Analysis with ATLAS.ti has been written by an author with strong practical experience in the use and teaching of ATLAS.ti, and this shows in the depth and practicality of her treatment of this data analysis software... Targeting both undergraduates and postgraduates, Friese has designed the book in a novice-to-expert manner in eight chapters... Overall this is a thorough, accessible guide to an important qualitative data analysis tool that has become more popular in recent years. It is well suited to an audience of both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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Today I just want to talk about life and how it's going. Everyday we all have many challenges. Some we conquer and sometimes they conquer us. I know that I've had my share of challenges in my 40 years. I'm pretty sure we can run down a general list of challenges that we all have at some point in time. I like to believe that these challenges typically make us stronger once we get through them. It may be hard while going through them, but the end result should make us better people.
Life isn't just full of challenges. Life is also fun and exciting. There are so many things for us to enjoy. Don't you think so? I want to talk about some of those things. Yes, you may be in pain, or going through something right now and may not see it, but life itself is a joy. One of the things that I really love is nature. I just love to sit and watch nature and see how it was created for our pleasure and enjoyment. Even the rain (as long as it isn't a storm) is beautiful and part of the life cycle process. It's wonderful to sit and watch on any day.
Let's be transparent for a moment. I don't claim to be happy 24/7, or even near perfect health. Still I am who I am. I embrace all of me, my size, my aches and pains, my strengths and my weaknesses. After all, it's a part of me. It's what makes me me. Yes, like everyone, I have plenty of room to grow and some things I want to change. Grow because I want to. Not because someone else said I should do this, this or that.
So go ahead, ask me, what makes me happy? My belief and hope for the future play a strong part. Or better yet, the majority. I know and understand that a lot of people I can't depend on. Yes I have a few outside of my mom and sister that are my ride or die. They are my roots and bark of the tree.
A major reason I enjoy this life I was given is because I know who I am. My standards and morals are where they are because I put them there. I know what I like, want and need. I know my worth. Once in a while I hit a slump and wonder about things I don't have. Then I realize that the things I don't have right now are not meant to be. At least not at this moment. I may have to work a bit harder, sacrifice a bit more, and that's okay with me. I see it so often, people lower their standards to fit others low standards because they are afraid or just not strong enough top follow through.
As we begin this new year, I encourage you all to enjoy life. Work hard, yes, focus on your goals, yes, still have fun, yes! Join me in making 2017 unforgettable! Let's have that #UnrelentlessPursuit while managing that #UnapologeticTakeover. It's our life to live to the fullest.


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Paul Hartnoll (* 19. Mai 1968 in Dartford, Kent) ist ein britischer Musiker. Bekannt wurde er mit dem Studioprojekt Orbital, das er 1987 zusammen mit seinem Bruder Phil Hartnoll ins Leben gerufen hatte.

Die Band avancierte Anfang der 1990er Jahre vor allem in ihrem Heimatland zu einer der meistbeachtetsten Bands im Bereich elektronischer Musik. Nach der Produktion von sieben Alben beschlossen beide 2004, die gemeinsame Arbeit ruhen zu lassen.

Noch im selben Jahr begann Hartnoll an der Arbeit für seine Solokarriere. Dabei wandte er sich von seinen früheren Werken ab und setzte erstmals herkömmliche Instrumente in seinen Songs ein. Im Dezember 2006 erschien in limitierter Auflage bei Rough Trade unter dem Titel Patchwork Guilt Hartnolls erste Single. Die zweite Single entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit Robert Smith, dem Sänger der Band The Cure.

Diskografie
Alben
 2007: The Ideal Condition

Singles
 2006: Patchwork Guilt
 2007: Please (feat. Robert Smith)

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The company, to the Board which included the son of the Vice-President of the USA, bought gas assets in the Donbass
KIEV, February 1. Cyprus company Burisma Board of Directors is the son of the Vice-President of the USA hunter Biden and former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, has acquired gas assets in the Donbass, the canadian Serinus Energy.
This is stated in a statement released by the company-seller.
The white house: the work of the son of Biden to the Ukrainian holding company does not pursue political goals
Burisma subsidiary, Resano Trading, acquired from Serinus Energy for us $30 million 70% of the shares of KUB-Gas Holdings. She owns six licences to develop shale gas fields located in the territories of Luhansk oblast controlled by the Ukrainian side, Aligovska, Makiivka, North Makeyevka, Virginscom and Krutogorovsky.
Burisma holding company, registered in Cyprus, owned by the Ukrainian businessman Mykola Zlochevsky, who held the post of Minister of environment protection and natural resources and Deputy Secretary of the security Council of the country in 2010-2014.
The company owns 20 licenses for oil and gas on the territory of Ukraine.
About Biden, Jr.
Earlier it was reported that hunter Biden oversees the company's legal unit and is engaged in its promotion in international organizations. His main job remains the law firm of Schiller & Flexner LLP based in new York.
Together with Biden's son on the Board of Directors of Burisma became a close friend of Kerry's stepson
In addition, Biden Jr. holds the position of Chairman of the Coalition of U.S. global leadership, Center for security policy and the National democratic Institute.
Commenting on the appointment earlier in Burisma Biden, White house press Secretary Jay Carney said that, "like all members of the family of the Vice President, hunter Biden is a private individual". And that's where he works, does not mean any support of the administration, the President or Vice President," Carney said.
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The Kaliningrad authorities will strengthen control over the reconstruction of the airport
The Russian Federation does not impose embargoes on goods from Turkey, and taking control measures
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▶ So evidently Americans' confidence in all three branches of government is at or near record lows, according to a major survey that has measured attitudes on the subject for 40 years. We are going to talk about some of the possible reasons for this. You will probably (not) be shocked by what we have discovered.
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Victoria County History - Somerset
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 4
Crewkerne Hundred: Introduction
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 4. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1978.
CREWKERNE HUNDRED
The small hundred of Crewkerne is a compact area on the southern boundary of the county at the eastern end of the Windwhistle ridge with a complex geological structure. Its irregular and often dramatic landscape has much in common with north Dorset, from which it was originally divided by the river Axe. The great parish of Crewkerne was a royal Saxon estate which once incorporated all but two of the later parishes into which the hundred was divided, though the town itself was never large, and looked southwards into Dorset rather than north and west into Somerset for most of its trade.
The hundred was formed by 1084. At its head was the royal manor of Crewkerne itself together with its church estate and the parishes of Hinton St. George, Merriott, and Seaborough (now Dors.). (fn. 1) Misterton and Wayford then formed part of Crewkerne. The tithings of Crewkerne parish varied during the course of time and for differing purposes, but in 1599 included two 'towns' known as Guyan and Bonevile, evidently medieval freeholds, the second of which was almost certainly part of Crewkerne and not a separate settlement. (fn. 2) The hundred remained so constituted until the 19th century. (fn. 3)
Ownership of the hundred evidently followed the manor until its division in the 16th century. The 'foreign hundred' was given by William de Reviers (d. 1217) to his daughter Mary on her marriage to Robert de Courtenay, and thence descended through the Courtenay family. (fn. 4) In 1556 ownership was divided, and a survey of 1599 recognized the existence of several lords, but subsequent enfranchisements within the manor evidently extinguished some claims to the hundred. (fn. 5) The Vivians certainly claimed their 1/8 share of the hundred in 1608, (fn. 6) and the Trelawneys at least retained manorial rights until 1613, (fn. 7) but the Pouletts alone continued to exercise jurisdiction, in 1666 in respect of their ¼ share and by the beginning of the 19th century the whole hundred. (fn. 8)
The only court roll to be found is a fragment dating from 1585–7, the court apparently held jointly by Amias Poulett and William Mohun. (fn. 9) Court books survive for 1651–77, 1703–10, and 1715–26. (fn. 10) In 1514–15 the lord held two lawdays and eight other courts for the hundred, (fn. 11) and in 1526–7 two lawdays and ten other sessions. (fn. 12) A similar pattern continued at least until 1545. (fn. 13) In 1599 the twice-yearly lawdays were attended by freeholders called 'hundreders' and the three-week courts by the customary tenants. Hinton and Merriott had by that time achieved some independence, for Hinton's tithingman and four posts were obliged to do suit only on two occasions during the year, and the Merriott tithingman and posts had only to attend the Easter and Michaelmas lawdays to do royal suit and were not obliged to make presentments. (fn. 14) The jurisdiction then claimed was over waifs and strays, felons' goods, and the assizes of bread and of ale.
By the 17th century the court was held annually in October, on the same day as the Crewkerne manor court, and made orders for highways, bridges, and Crewkerne farming administration.
Until the 17th century the hundred was represented at the sheriff's tourn, held also for adjoining hundreds, on Ham Hill at Easter and Michaelmas. (fn. 15) By 1652 these had been 'much discontinued', (fn. 16) though the churchwardens of Hinton paid money to their tithingman in 1646–7 either for his expenses at the tourn or for the amercement for non-attendance, the parish register was similarly paid in 1656–7, and amercements are recorded until 1670. (fn. 17)
Hundred courts were maintained by the Pouletts apparently until the 19th century. In 1785 the Michaelmas court leet met at 10 a.m. on 19 October, (fn. 18) and jurisdiction was still claimed in 1805. (fn. 19) In the 1680s the court met in the church house. (fn. 20)
In 1526–7 the officers of the court were two stewards, one of whom was Amias Poulett, and an under-steward. (fn. 21) A hundred bailiff was still in office in 1851. (fn. 22)
1. V.C.H. Som. i. 532; R. W. Eyton, Dom. Studies, Som. ii. 21–2. Seaborough was transferred to Dorset in 1896 and is thus reserved for treatment under that county.
2. S.R.O., T/PH/hsy, survey 1599. Geoffrey, succeeded by John Guyan, held 1/8 fee in Crewkerne in 1303 and 1346 (Feud. Aids, iv. 316–17, 339); the Bonvilles, lords of Clapton, also had a freehold estate in Crewkerne in the 1480s (Cal. Fine R. 1471–85, 284) which they still held in 1599 by knight service (S.R.O., T/PH/hsy, survey 1599).
3. S.R.S. iii. 318.
4. G. Oliver, Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis, 343–5; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 693; see below, p. 11.
5. S.R.O., T/PH/hsy, survey 1599.
6. Cornw. R.O. 22 M/T/2/6; D.D.G.R. 725.
7. E. Devon R.O., CR 675.
8. C.P. 43/334 rot. 199; C.P. 43/887 rot. 21.
9. Sherborne School, MS. A 29B; S. & D. N. & Q. xxiii. 215. The occurrence of William Mohun (d. 1587) as joint lord and reference to the death of Stephen Mitchell, a tenant (d. 1585: S.R.O., D/P/crew 2/1/1), provide the dating evidence.
10. Penes Countess Poulett, Jersey.
11. E. Devon R.O., CR 528.
12. S.C. 6/Hen. VIII/6174.
13. Ibid. 6173.
14. S.R.O., T/PH/hsy, survey 1599.
15. Cal. Pat. 1553–4, 259.
16. E 317/Somerset 11.
17. S.R.O., D/P/hin.g 4/1/1.
18. S.R.O., DD/PT, box 41, proposal bk. 1780 etc.
19. C.P. 43/887 rot. 21.
20. S.R.O., DD/SS, bdle. 54.
22. Crewkerne in 1851 (statistical table etc. in church).


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Health Stocks, GDP Data Boost Wall Street
By Akane Otani and Riva GoldDow Jones Newswires
U.S. stocks edged higher Tuesday, as gains in health-care stocks helped offset losses in the energy sector.
Stocks have rallied in the weeks since the Nov. 8 presidential election, sending the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000 index of small-capitalization companies to fresh records.
All four indexes declined Monday, stalling the rally. But health-care shares led U.S. stocks higher again Tuesday.
The prospect of corporate tax cuts, fiscal stimulus and higher interest rates under President-elect Donald Trump is providing a "huge tailwind" to stocks, said Brian Smoluch, portfolio manager at Hood River Capital Management.
"We haven't had potential policies this business-friendly for a long time," Mr. Smoluch said, adding that he believes U.S. stocks will be able to extend their rally over the next 12 months.
The S&P 500 health-care sector added 0.7% Tuesday, with Alexion Pharmaceuticals, AbbVie and Centene leading gains. The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index rose 0.1%.
Gains in broader indexes were limited by falling energy shares, which slid 1.2% in the S&P 500 as oil prices tumbled. Transocean shares fell 3.3% and Marathon Oil declined 3.8%.
Crude prices have been volatile in recent weeks, as investors and analysts have sought clues about whether the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will be able to hammer out a deal to cut output this week.
On Tuesday, U.S. crude for January delivery lost 3.9% and settled at $45.23 a barrel, a two-week low.
"Oil prices are moving on [ministers'] comments now more than anything else until a decision comes out," said Brian Youngberg, an energy analyst at Edward Jones. "We still think oil prices will gradually recover in the next year or two, whether OPEC does anything or not, but an OPEC agreement would push it forward," he said.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 24 points, or 0.1%, to 19122. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.2%.
Government bonds, which have been pressured by expectations of higher inflation and interest rates since the election, strengthened Tuesday after selling off earlier in the session. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell to 2.305% from 2.319% on Monday. Yields move inversely to prices.
Yields had hit session highs in the morning after the Commerce Department said U.S. gross domestic product in the third quarter expanded 3.2% -- its fastest pace in two years. Investors widely expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month, and upbeat data bolsters that case.
Expectations that President-elect Donald Trump's potential policies would boost economic growth have also added to investor optimism.
"For now, markets are running on hope and promise," said Graham McDevitt, portfolio manager at Macquarie Investment Management.
"The dollar and interest rates move in tandem with each other on expectations that in six months' time and beyond, U.S. growth will be stronger, and that will deliver a better environment for the U.S. economy and probably higher U.S. interest rates."
Longer term, however, Mr. Trump has also mentioned trade restrictions and changes to immigration in his platform, which could crimp growth in the future, and it remains to be seen which policies will actually be implemented, Mr. McDevitt added.
Elsewhere, the Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.3% and Asian markets mostly retreated. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 0.3%, led lower by financials and electronics, while the Shanghai Composite eked out a slight gain to reach its highest closing value since January.


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/*
 * File:   Utils.h
 * Author: cesco
 *
 * Created on 16 maggio 2014, 16.32
 */

#ifndef UTILS_H
#define	UTILS_H

#include <string>

namespace DLV2
{

    class Utils {
    public:
        Utils() {}
        ~Utils() {}

        /** Convert a string, representing a numeric value,
         * to a long int variable.
         * @param value The long int variable to be converted
         * @param result The result of the conversion
         * @return true if the conversion was successfull
         */
        static bool parseLongInteger( const char* value, long int& result );
        /** Convert a string, representing a numeric value,
         * to an int variable.
         * @param value The long int variable to be converted
         * @param result The result of the conversion
         * @return true if the conversion was successfull
         */
        static bool parseInteger( const char* value, int& result );
        /** Check whether a string, representing a numeric value, is
         * valid number under base <baseN>
         * @param value The long int variable to be converted
         * @param result The result of the conversion
         * @return true if the check was ok
         */
        static bool isNumeric( const char* value, int baseN );
    };

};

#endif	/* UTILS_H */


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LADY PRODUCERS
NAOMI ELIZABETH
Naomi Elizabeth is a multidisciplinary artist who gained a reputation for posting alluring music videos on Youtube. DIY is a large part of her work as her music and videos are
seemingly self- produced. For the most part her creative process remains unknown.
You can't talk about lady producers without mentioning Grimes
who writes,
performs and produces all of her music. With no real training she has shaped her own method of music making. She works with the gear available to her, admitting to using Garageband to record her album Visions.
LAURA SISK
Laura Sisk has the ears behind numerous pop hits of the past decade. As the sound engineer behind many Grammy-award winning albums, you've definitely heard her work before. Her discography is phenomenally impressive and varied - having worked on albums for Taylor Swift, Lorde, tUnE-yArDs, Sigur Ros, P!nk, Eminem, and SO many more. On this album, Santigold also worked as a producer on most of the tracks.
SUZI ANALOGUE
With an upcoming tour with Princess Nokia, a recent gig at New York Fashion Week with inclusive designer Chromat, and her own label, Suzi Analogue holds a spot as one of the most influential artists in underground electronic and hip-hop. She writes and produces all of her music, played Moogfest, has taught workshops at Yale, and worked with the UN. Do not sleep on Suzi Analogue - you never know what she'll be up to next.
Artist, musician, and director - Laurie Anderson has done it all in regards to experimenting with sounds and visuals. She created her own experimental electronic instruments for her music in the '80s. Since, Laurie Anderson has stayed very involved in the art, music, and cinema worlds. Her most popular work is the 8-minute long "O Superman" which nearly topped charts at it's release.
Best known for producing the theme song for Doctor Who, Delia Derbyshire was an English electronic music composer who worked for the BBC creating music for television in the 60's. This track was written for an episode of "Out of the Unknown". The voices are reversed and the Oo's were created using a wobbulator, a piece of equipment that does wave sweeps. The track was sampled in Die Antwoord's song "Hey Sexy."
There's a shockingly limited amount of information on Virna Lindt out there - however she seems to be a very strong influence on music both past and present. One article by LTM Recordings credited her as the originator of the "retro-lounge movement" and that's probably the best way to describe her music. She created her albums with just one other person, Tot Taylor.
As half of the Japanese duo Cibo Matto, Yuka Honda is credited for sampling, sequencing, playing synthesizer, singing backing vocals and producing several of their albums. Outside of Cibo Matto, she has produced albums for Sean Lennon, Maki Nomiya, Mia Sakamoto, Martha Wainwright, and her own solo work including this song "I Dream About You" from her 2004 album Eucademix.
JESSY LANZA
With a background in more traditional musical styles, Jessy Lanza has taken her knowledge of music and incredible vocal range to create R&B inspired electronic music with a fierce attitude. She has worked as a co-producer on all of her albums.
SIOUXSIE SIOUX
Susan Janet Ballion or Siouxsie Sioux grew up in London listening to bands like the Sex Pistols but started to focus on her own music in 1976 when she formed Siouxsie and the Banshees. She began producing later in her career to further control the outcome of her music. In collaboration with Budgie, Siouxsie produced many albums in the 90's as The Creatures including this track, "2nd Floor."
Three albums in, Laurel Halo still brings genuine eeriness to her experimental electronic tracks. She has worked in collaboration with the likes of John Cale and Julia Holter - having gained a significant place in the music world during her decade of production. She regularly DJs on the radio in Berlin and recently created a mix for Discwoman.


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President Infinity
1637 Massachusetts Election 2.0!! (Events added)
May 26, 2017 in President Infinity
1637 Massachusetts Election
1. Do you plan on downloading this election?
2. Why are you interested in playing this election?
I am interested in Massachusetts history
I am interested in colonial history
I long for the days when the separation of Church and State was barely existent.
I want to learn more about this time period through the game
I want to rewrite history by winning the election with a liberal (Henry Vane) or a more radically religious Puritan (Endicott).
I don't know why I am interested in the scenario, but I am.
I am not interested in this election
3. If you lived in 1636-1637, you would have probably voted for
Dep. Gov. John Winthrop -- moderate conservative, and the most powerful man in the colony since 1630.
Gov. Sir Henry Vane -- liberal incumbent governor who is much more of a Londoner than a Utopian puritan, and elected governor purely by his pedigree
Assist. Thomas Dudley - moderate conservative, and political rival of Winthrop, consistently the second fiddle trying to topple Winthrop
Assist. John Endicott - radical conservative, the fiery, militant leader of Salem
Version 2.0 is now up and is filled with events. What-if candidates now have portraits. All candidates, what-if or regular, have unique colors. The election is also now using an "electoral vote" rather than a "popular vote". The EV stands for the number of votes that town had (number of voting officials). The popular vote stands for support power, rather than really popular vote.
http://campaigns.270soft.com/2017/05/25/1637-massachusetts-gubernatorial-election/
Feedback is desired,
@jvikings1 @Patine @CalebsParadox @republicaninnyc @Reagan04 @The DM @SeanFKennedy @Sunnymentoaddict @TheMiddlePolitical @Conservative Elector 2 @koneke @pjw21200 @sasso
@vcczar Dudley was a rival of Dudley's? Interesting.
Just imagine a Pitcairn Island Legislative Council (probably the most overrepresented legislative body above the local/municipal level in the world) election - there's only seven last names among permanent residents in circulation on the island.
14 minutes ago, Patine said:
I'm not sure I'm familiar?
Pitcairn Island, an isolated South Pacific Island and a remote British Overseas Territory, with a permanent population of 54 in one settlement (Adamstown) who are all direct descendants of the mutineers of the HMS Bounty and their Tahitian wives from the 18th Century.
Nantucket was very much like this well into the 19th century. Nearly every surname in Nantucket for 200 years was Coffin, Starbuck, Macy, Coleman, Hussey, Swain, Folger, and about three others. I'm directly related to Tristram Coffin and Thomas Coleman, two of the founders. Tristram Coffin pretty much ruled the island for decades. They weren't puritans, some were even Anglicans. Pretty much every whaling ship had multiple people surnamed Coffin on them. Macy is the famous family that founded the department. Folger is the famous coffee family and founders of the Shakespeare library. Starbuck is the name of one of the characters in Melville's Moby Dick, and probably the namesake of Starbucks coffee.
1 hour ago, vcczar said:
Actually, one of the early leaders of Pitcairn, and the main original spiritual leader, who possessed the HMS Bounty ship Bible, was named John Adams (Adamstown is named after him), but many historians call him Jack Adams, not just because that's what he was commonly called in his day, but to differentiate him in general 18th Century historical parlance from the 2nd U.S. President.
@republicaninnyc
I saw your comment regarding the electoral/popular vote result. The reason I use the electoral vote is because only select members actually voted for the governor, deputy governor and assistants. That is, the Deputies of the General Court, assistants, deputy governor and governor, which was less than 40 people. I can't use a popular vote of 40 people because the game would be unplayable, as there would be more candidates than voters in some of the towns, especially if all the what-if candidates are turned on. Ideally, the vote would just be getting the endorsers to endorse you, and that translates to an automatic vote. But the engine doesn't allow that.
As such, I use the popular vote to show the relative power of each town in the colony, and it acts as "support power," rather than as a popular vote, since there wasn't a popular vote for the governor. If a town supports a specific candidate, the delegate is likely to follow the whim of his town. The electoral vote, as a I say, stands for the specific vote of the leaders of that town for a candidate. I wish I could turn off benchmark number that has to be reached, so a straight majority of electoral votes would work. If I can figure out how to do this, then I will remove that barrier, or at least remove any candidate from "controlling" the Congress.
Historically speaking, the leader in votes would become governor, the second place finisher would become deputy governor. They would then vote for 8 to 10 assistants to the governors, generally people who also received votes. They may have also voted for Deputies to the General Court at the same time, but this probably would have been done in the towns rather than at the General Court elections, since the records show only the new or reelected governors, dep. gov., and assistants.
I'm wondering if @Patine @Reagan04 @Conservative Elector 2 @SirLagsalott have played the scenario yet.
I've only just re-installed all my TheorySpark games onto my new computer yesterday, and now plan to transfer my backed up fan-made scenarios (by both me and others), including unfinished projects, from my portable HD, then enter all the validation codes to unlock my games, and THEN I'll be able to give it a go.
@vcczar I simulated through it actually. I did not play a whole game myself, but it was interesting to see how it developes as the Simulator character (I even like simulating more, than playing myself - not just with this scenario). Dudley won with 21 compared to Winthrop's 16. Endicott could win 4 EVs.
And I think it works good, and the portraits look really nice!! A great scenario, the only thing I noticed is, that in the end some cities are just reporting for instance 97 % of the votes, but the election night is over. I guess that's a small flaw within the game engine, however - and not with your scenario.
1 hour ago, Conservative Elector 2 said:
That's strange. I'll see if I can fix it. I also like simulating more than playing, much of the time.
9 hours ago, vcczar said:
Oh it's just a minor thing. Don't worry.
On 5/28/2017 at 1:57 PM, vcczar said:
I haven't played a full game yet because the only start date is 320 days until the election. But I'll start soon.
@vcczar
Alright, all my games are installed, updated, and activated, my computer settings in order, and my computer updated, and I will now give this and the other recently put out scenarios a try. But just one question, largely out of curiosity - it doesn't directly affect my playing of this particular scenario. Did the term New England for the rough region referred to nowadays exist as a referential term in colonial times before the political creation of the Dominion of New England in 1689, or was the term first coined to actually give a name to the political consolidation that briefly existed under Edmund Andros, and stuck as a term thereafter? I can't find a clear and concise answer or statement on that either way.
It was coined in 1616, before a single settler moved to the region: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/john-smith-coined-the-term-new-england-on-this-1616-map-180953383/
21 hours ago, vcczar said:
Another question that the answer is difficult to find. The Wikipedia article on the Dominion of New England says that, during it's existence between 1689-1692, it's legislative body was called the "New England Council," but has no separate link for that body, or much information at all (or really much mention otherwise) in the base article. Was this body elected by the colonists by any means or method, EVEN by indirect voting and/or stiff suffrage restrictions, or was it all just appointed by Andros upon arriving in Boston and/or brought with him from England?
I could be incorrect, but I think it was appointed by Andros, or at least approved by him.
Have you played the 1637 scenario yet?
I'm still deciding whom to play. Who would you suggest?
5 minutes ago, Patine said:
It depends what you find more exciting:
1. Returning Winthrop to power?
2. Having Dudley emerge ahead of Winthrop, so as to no longer play second fiddle to him.
3. Get Vane reelected and send Massachusetts on a more "liberal" trajectory?
4. Win with Endicott and begin religious persecutions ahead of schedule.
5. Pick one of the many what-if candidates, some of them former governors and future governors.
6. Space bar through to watch the scenario with the Simulator party
I'd probably start with the simulator, just to get a feel for it.
If I may ask, with this pretty much complete except for maybe a more attractive map at some future point (it's quite engaging, interesting, and educational on my first couple of plays, though I've thus far been unable to unseat Winthrop), is there any chance you'll do one of the several Republic of Texas Presidential scenarios in a similar light?
Maybe if someone else co-created it. Although born in Texas, and currently living here, I'm about to move from Texas for the 2nd time in my adult life. I'm not terribly interested in the history of Texas enough to build a scenario for it by myself; although, I know a lot about it and I've read several books about it. I think Massachusetts, and select mayoral elections in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Francisco might be my limit for regional or local election scenarios. I also have slight interest in colonial Virginia elections.
As far as Texas goes, I've thought about making a fictional election for San Marcos, TX--which is probably the most pleasant place I've ever lived. Although, it's no longer what it used to be. It used be extremely affordable ($330 for a one bedroom apartment in a prime location), a downtown with a lot of things to do. Centrally located Coffee shops with really intelligent, well-read, interesting and often eccentric people of unusual talent, but no ambition for money or power. Coffee for a $1 with 25 cent refills A river that was permanently 72 degrees. Hills and greenery everywhere. Very walkable, not too much traffic. Almost zero crime. A good mix of differing ideologies, but the more interesting parts of town were primarily frequented by left-wing people, except for a sizable Libertarian minority. 30 minute drive to Austin and 45 minutes to San Antonio. It was easy to know everyone that frequented downtown. I feel like everyone could have run for mayor, and not really had to get to know the voters. Population was about 20,000, if you didn't count the 30,000 college students that generally went home in Summer and Winter. This was from about 2001-2007. Now the population has skyrocketed to about 100,000, as so many people want to work in Austin or live near it now. Prices have gone way up, and priced out the interesting people. Now it's filled with mainly future suburbanites that don't talk about anything other than their family and hipsters (or are they post-hipster?). I moved back here in 2013 after returning from NYC, and I went from knowing 90% of the people that frequented the downtown area to knowing about 5% of the people. It was like being in a dream, where you recognize the place, but everything isn't quite right and all the people have changed. I hope to write about my time in San Marcos at some point.
If I ever get Prime Minister forever, I might do some of the Victorian Era elections, maybe go as early as the French Revolution-Napoleonic Wars.
Some NYC mayorals to do:2009,1993,1989
18 hours ago, republicaninnyc said:
I was living in NYC for the 2009 election. I think the 1970s mayoral elections would have been interesting considering how much urban decay was going in certain parts of the city.
1 minute ago, vcczar said:
If you want to do a 1970's one I'd recommend you do 1977 as 1973 was heavily one-sided towards Abe Beame
I remember in the original Ghostbusters movie (1982, I believe, or 1983), Egon Spangler says the neighbourhood around the shut-down old fire station they buy as a headquarters looks like a "demilitarized zone" (I believe referring to some footage of Berlin in the late '40's), as a reference to a lot of the urban decay in NYC at that time.


Need some help creating below tool.
Yellow solid is cutting portion.
Best method I have found so far was to define kinematics & cutting portion in MTB & then using a standard parametric tool in CAM environment to define the tool parametrs, but there is no pre-defined tool that matches with the tool in question.
This in turn becomes a problem when generating tool path as it uses standard tool parameters & NOT THE SOLID BODY to create the tool path.
Brown portion is to be machined.
This is a bit important & needs to be done by tomorrow.
Are you just cutting a notch with the side of the tool? The model looks like a radii, but the tool seems to have sharp angles on it?
Planer profile, along with using "tracking points" would work fine for this if it is a simple notch.
I am not sure of the size of the featue, so I am not sure how you are approaching it.
See the attached part file.
The standard parametric tool that resembles yours the closest is the Chamfer Mill. I had to add a couple of tracking points and use Planar Profile just as @TechniCsNC suggested. However, the top 11 tool paths are reporting gouges when gouge checking with holder. It's hard to tell, but this may just be because the shank is contacting the face. In reality the angled part of the shank is of the cutting portion according to your description, so this is not likely to be actually gouging but rather cutting.
I originally tried the Tool Path drive method but the results were not good. This is likely because of the shape and nature of the Chamfer Mill.
Give this a try and let us know if it works.
Probably too late, but I believe this tool can be defined using a step drill (under holemaking).
You can use a step drill in (I believe all) milling operations.
First of all, apologize to everyone for the late response.
End diameter goes as low as 0.2 mm in the die.
The tool does have sharp angles so I am not sure how the customer is approaching the problem.
Thanks for taking out your time & doing this.
Only problem here is that the cuts have to done along the shape of the profile (curved).
Moreover, it would take too much time to create all the curves as the stepover value is very small.
Anyways, your suggestion indeed will help.
I totally had ignored some of the tools in hole making template.
Tool now looks good with Tip Length '0.001' haha.
Any help with the operation type that can best suit the profile?