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Full disclosure: at time of writing, I’m employed by Netlify, and I work there because I’m a fan of the platform.
One thing I’d never quite gotten around to in my Jamstack journey was using a headless CMS for a personal project. I suppose this is because I’m quite content to hang out in a Markdown file. I decided the time was more than nigh to try one out, and so I decided to create a snack review site, using Contentful!
World Snacks is a nice little excuse to try out international treats! All of this started when I was trying to track down a Ramune candy I’d had in Japan, and found japancandystore.com. I’ve since found a couple other neat sites, as well as some new-to-me local grocery stores to check out.
In any case, I grabbed my fave SSG (Eleventy), checked out this quick Eleventy + Contentful walkthrough, and got to hacking!
Contentful enables you to create individual entries of particular content types within spaces (more on the data model), via a CMS dashboard. Data can then be fetched asynchronously, and rendered in the web project of your choosing.
On Contentful, I have a few different content types each with their own fields:
- Snacks. These have “reference” fields pointing to relevant Country and Snack Type entries.
- Snack Types
- Pages (of which there is just one so far)
Integration with Eleventy
For most of the data above, integration with Eleventy goes a little something like this:
getEntries for whatever content I’m querying at the time. Let’s say it’s Countries. My data file returns an array of Countries and their fields from Contentful.
2. Generate country pages via pagination
In a country.njk file, I use pagination with a size of 1 to generate a page for each Country.
3. Render the country page
A country.njk layout file then prints data for this Country, e.g.
I also have a
for loop that renders the snacks in this country, using the Snacks data that was similarly pulled from Contentful. I ended up creating an Eleventy filter (
filterByCountry in my
.eleventy.js file) in order to filter the full array of Snacks down to only those in the relevant Country. This takes the Country name, then checks the Snack’s Country reference field for a match. It’s technically possible to filter
getEntries calls in a similar fashion, but I couldn’t figure out how to pass the Country name in as a variable to a Snacks data file…which I think makes sense given *handwaves* data lifecycles.
Anyway, that’s about it! Data is fetched live from Contentful any time the site is built, either locally using my build-and-serve command (
npm run start) or any time a new build is kicked off on Netlify. Which brings me to…
Building and deploy changes in Contentful to Netlify
When I was first putting together this site, I installed the Netlify app on Contentful, which enables you to manually trigger a build from the sidebar of the CMS. Funnily enough, I completely missed—until just now when writing this post—that there are simple auto-publish rules tucked a layer within the app.
Because I did want to automatically build and deploy newly published changes, I generated a Netlify build hook for my site, and registered it as a webhook on Contentful. Any time I (un)publish an entry or asset, a build kicks off on Netlify and grabs the latest data from the Contentful API (per the Eleventy integration I described). There are several other events to choose from as a trigger for webhooks.
Next I think I’ll filter triggers to particular content types. That way I can automatically deploy whenever I publish changes to a Snack, but not when I create a new Country; that could be empty until I “reference” it via a Snack.
I think I will keep using webhooks in lieu of auto-publishing with the app, because:
- There is far more granular control.
- The webhook logs let me view detailed information on when and why the webhook was triggered.
In general I would say Contentful’s user experience around webhooks is pretty nice. There’s a fair amount of detailed things you can do with them, but they’ve laid things out in such a way that make it pretty easy for me personally to digest:
Other Impressions on Contentful
In general, I found Contentful pretty easy to use, both from a CMS interface and headless API perspective. There are a couple minor things that are odd. For example, when viewing the “Snack” content type, the “Add” button is a dropdown, forcing me to take another click to add a new snack:
A split button might be more appropriate here.
The more meaningful gap I noticed is that Contentful doesn’t have a native concept of a “repeater” field. There is an app for that, but it’s limited to key-value pairs vs allowing you to repeat an arbitrary set of subfields (as Prismic’s group field does). Contentful’s play appears to be towards developer extensibility. Having built quite a few client websites in my day, though, I’d say a repeater field is worth building directly into the platform.
More fun, snacky things
To close out, I thought I’d share a few favorite details on this site.
For awhile now, I’ve been supporting both light and dark modes on websites, but always had that follow the user’s system. I finally got around to building in a theme switcher, in case you’d prefer to view this site in a different scheme than your system:
A coworker says that the dark theme reminds them of black currant candy packaging, which I am delighted by given that black currant is one of the world’s top tier candy flavors (IMHO).
I also got way too much joy out of my tortilla chip pagination icons:
And who doesn’t love a cheese puff pattern? I swear my time designing at Fuzzco has made me incapable of designing a subtle footer. There is just too much opportunity for one last burst of fun.

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Real Estate Investing Made Easy: Top Apps to Calculate Your ARV
When it comes to real estate investing, one of the most critical metrics is the after repair value (ARV) of a property. ARV is the estimated value of a property after it has been renovated or repaired. Accurately calculating the ARV can help investors make informed decisions about which properties to buy and how much to spend on renovations. Fortunately, there are many apps available that can help simplify the ARV calculation process. In this blog, we'll explore some of the best apps for calculating ARV in real estate investing.
Zillow: Zillow is a well-known real estate platform that offers a free, easy-to-use ARV calculator. Simply enter the property's address and select the "Improve Your Home" tab to access the ARV calculator. The tool provides a rough estimate of the property's current value, the estimated cost of renovations, and the potential ARV.
Property Fixer: Property Fixer is a comprehensive real estate investment app that includes an ARV calculator. The tool allows investors to input the purchase price, renovation costs, and potential selling price to determine the property's ARV. Property Fixer also offers features like mortgage calculators, rental analysis, and repair cost estimates.
Rehab Valuator: Rehab Valuator is a powerful real estate investment software that includes an ARV calculator as well as a range of other features. The platform allows investors to analyze deals, create professional reports, and track project expenses. The ARV calculator provides detailed reports on the property's current value, estimated renovation costs, and potential ARV.
FlipperForce: FlipperForce is an all-in-one real estate investment platform that includes an ARV calculator, project management tools, and financial analysis. The app allows investors to analyze potential deals, track expenses, and create detailed reports. The ARV calculator provides a detailed breakdown of the property's current value, renovation costs, and potential ARV.
Property Evaluator: Property Evaluator is a comprehensive real estate investment app that includes an ARV calculator. The tool allows investors to input property data, renovation costs, and other expenses to determine the potential ARV. Property Evaluator also offers features like cash flow analysis, rental property analysis, and mortgage calculators.
Accurately calculating the ARV of a property is crucial for real estate investors looking to make informed decisions and maximize profits. With the help of these top-rated apps for calculating ARV, real estate investing can be made easy and efficient. Whether you're a seasoned investor or just starting, these apps can help you streamline your workflow, analyze deals, and make informed decisions.


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The Los Angeles Urban League and the Harlem-based Abyssinian Development Corp. announced this year that for a three-year period, Starbucks will donate a minimum of $100,000 out of the profits from two of its stores to each of the nonprofit groups for use to help bolster programs in the communities the organizations serve.
In Los Angeles, the bustling Starbucks at Crenshaw Boulevard and Coliseum Street will serve as the focal point, and a location at 125th Street and Lenox Avenue in New York will support Abyssinian.
“Starbucks is partnering with two organizations doing heroic work to address the economic, social and education challenges in their communities,” said Howard Schultz, president, chairman and CEO, Starbucks Coffee Co. “These two partnerships are intended to help us learn how our company can successfully join with change-making community organizations in a localized, coordinated and replicable way.”
“Starbucks is taking the lead in very tough economic times. They fully recognize and appreciate the need for collaboration between forward-thinking organizations from the for-profit and nonprofit sectors,” said Blair H. Taylor, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League.
He further stated that Schultz and his company recognize the vital role Starbuck can play in rebuilding communities. Taylor also mentioned that the newly formed partnership will be replicated across the nation with other non-profits and community organizations.
The program began in October, and according to Urban League spokesperson Chris Strudwick-Turner, the funding will allow the non-profit to do some things it has not been able to do in this shaky economic climate.

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United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Sibelius: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Christian Reif (conductor). Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 14.12.2019. (GT)
Shostakovich – Festive Overture in A Major, Op 96
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op 47
Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel) – Pictures from an Exhibition
When Scotland’s most celebrated musician Nicola Benedetti appears on stage a full audience is virtually guaranteed, and filling this venue is no easy task, but perhaps the Christmas period helps. It was splendid to see the chorus seats behind the Royal Scottish National Orchestra full. It made this a festive occasion.
It was splendidly appropriate that Shostakovich’s bright Festive Overture launched this packed concert. The first bars from the brass were splendidly bright and upbeat, with beautiful playing from the violins, and joyful in the best example of socialist realist music of the period. Shostakovich certainly knew how to turn out all manner of music pieces from what may seem poor material yet produce a colourful garment of richly textured melodies. The German conductor Christian Reif was successful in his conducting, and not too demonstrative.
Originally, the Bartók Second Concerto was scheduled – however for reasons unknown – Sibelius’s late romantic Violin Concerto replaced it. Nicola Benedetti is always a captivating presence on the concert platform; her beauty and charm matched by her splendid virtuosity. The musical public here enjoy a close association with her music-making – a factor reinforced by her campaigning for increased funding for music education.
In the opening Allegro moderato, Benedetti eloquently revealed the dark – almost fatalistic – nature of the music. The evocation of the murky, wintry night sky, and the tough sinewy texture set against the lively accompaniment. This orchestra has enjoyed a prolonged affinity with Sibelius’s music – particularly when Sir Alexander Gibson was the Music Director here – they recorded all the Sibelius symphonies. The orchestra splendidly captured the mysterious shade of this Nordic music. Benedetti in her extended cadenza gave a majestic and supple performance. There was marvellous playing from Luis Eisen on the bassoon and Adrian Wilson on the oboe. In the culmination of the great first movement, the electrifying playing had us on the edge of our seats.
In the Adagio di molto, there was luminous playing by the clarinet of Nicholas Carpenter and Wilson’s oboe; the tone was meditative, intense, and dark. The soloist sought brightness in tone and harmony and – despite the technical difficulty – Benedetti delivered a deeply heartfelt interpretation; ever so slowly descending in impetus before a beautiful hushed close on the strings.
In the Allegro, ma non tanto there was again – from both Benedetti and orchestra – some magnificent gutsy playing, invoking what Bramwell Tovey called ‘a polonaise for polar bears’. As the soloist mixed it with a stirring upbeat figure, lyricism emerged in the final crescendo of the finale along with magnificent colours, harmony and beauty.
It is a pity that a different version of Pictures from an Exhibition could not have been performed instead of the familiar orchestration by Ravel as other variants allow a more colourful orchestral texture emphasising Russian folk music. The 1954 version by Gorchakov has been widely performed, and there are others by several conductors including Golovanov, Leonard Slatkin, Ashkenazy, Stokowski, Toscanini, and Henry Wood, as well as, diverse ensembles including Tangerine Dream, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Vladimir Horowitz. However, this piece is always a marvellous vehicle for a top-class orchestra and for a conductor to show off their virtuosity. The opening grand theme in Promenade was finely performed, and the appearance of The Gnome with the weird nature well depicted by brass and woodwind. The Old Castle had hints of Italianate romantic nostalgia – illustrated by a stunning solo on the alto saxophone by Lewis Banks – all transformed by the Tuileries with its playful seesaw figures and semiquavers evoking children at play and delightfully recreated by the bubbling woodwind and strings. This sequence was quickly replaced by Cattle with the oxen hauling the cart and its great crescendo and diminuendo slowly dying away. Once more a complete switch to the Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells – a bizarre scherzo depicted by vivid chattering from the woodwind backed by the stirring strings. The depiction of Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle invoked imitations of speech by angular and repeated notes marvellously reproduced by the orchestra. The scene of The Market Place at Limoges with its picture of haggling women amusingly coloured by clarinet, oboe and flute, was quickly interrupted by the Catacombs of Paris. Melancholy strings and macabre skulls gloomily evoked by multicoloured playing by those strings and the woodwind led to The Hut on Fowl’s Legs, a fairy-tale depiction of a hut standing on legs, or the Russian fairy-tale character of Baba Yaga, before The Great Gate of Kiev brought Pictures from an Exhibition to a close with its monumental grandeur featuring some glorious brass playing,
This was well conducted by Reif, drawing all the best from the superb orchestra, who so often play superbly in Russian Romantic repertoire. Hopefully, the conductor will be making a return to Scotland in the near future as he seems a fine prospect.

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Manitoba History: Review: Jim Wallace, A Double Duty: The Decisive First Decade of the North West Mounted Police
by Allen Kear
Number 38, Autumn / Winter 1999-2000
The title for Jim Wallace’s book A Double Duty comes from Commissioner George A. French’s 1874 annual report to the Minister of Justice after the march west of the North West Mounted Police (N.W.M.P.): “But that little force had a double duty to perform: to fight, if necessary, but in any case to establish posts in the far west.”
To fight meant potentially against the whiskey smugglers who were debauching the Indians, while simultaneously exploiting them in the fur trade. That force of 274, armed with rifles, lances, revolvers, 2 howitzers and 2 field guns went forth to bring Canadian “peace, order and good government” to the North West Territories, and to establish good relations with the various Indian tribes who were facing an uncertain future with the rapid disappearance of the buffalo, and the probable decline of their age old way of life because of incoming settlers as farmers.
French was commenting on the longest march ever known to the world (exceeding Alexander the Great’s feat), the precursor of today’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police which has become the best known internationally recognized symbol of Canada. The 1874 march west is a world epic in itself, and is fundamentally Canadian. That march became part of our heritage, both for what was accomplished and for what was prevented.
Upon arriving at its destination at Fort Whoop Up, near contemporary Lethbridge, the Mounties found only one old man because news of their coming had travelled by mocassin telegraph. Indeed, long before they arrived at that infamous hunters’ and traders’ fort, some Indians had met Commissioner French and men, and demonstrated their pleasure at the approach of the Mounties. French later returned to Fort Dufferin, after travelling 1900 miles round trip. Assistant Commissioner James F. Macleod then led the remaining men to build their first of a chain of forts, Fort Macleod (Alberta), before winter set in. It was here the 1999 reenactment ended.
Part of the rationale for publishing this book review in Manitoba History is because the first contingent of the Mounties travelled in the fall of 1873 from Ottawa to Toronto, then via Collingwood by ship to Prince Arthur (today’s Thunder Bay), and over the Dawson Trail to Lower Fort Garry, where they overwintered. (See the plaque on entering the Fort’s interpretive centre.) Hence, their first training took place in Manitoba, where they also engaged in their first patrol, appropriately against an illegal liquor operation.
In the spring, they were joined at Fort Dufferin by others who had come out via American railway. From there they marched into history, a scene graphically described by Wallace’s first few paragraphs, scarlet tunics and all.
The Mounties were part of Canadian government policy so that law and order preceded settlers, contrary to what occurred in the U.S.A. Settlement of our west was peaceful compared to the Americans’ opening of their west as repeatedly celebrated by Hollywood. American methods resulted in Indian wars conducted by their army, a method totally avoided here. The N.W.M.P. helped establish peaceful treaty relations with the different tribes who had a tradition of warfare among themselves. This book ends just prior to the outbreak of the 1885 North West Rebellion when mutually respectful relations between the Mounties and the Métis unfortunately deteriorated due to Canadian government policy.
Most accurately, Wallace chronicles the glory days of the Mounties, a story every Canadian should be proud of, and knowledgeable about, as part of our ethos. It is more than a Western Canadian story, even though the events chronicled took place mostly in what became the Prairie Provinces as the Canada of four provinces of 1867 expanded westward.
Jim Wallace’s approach stems from his continuing admiration of the Force while admitting some of its personnel had clay feet. This is not surprising as he delved into archival sources where he read deeply into the Force’s history as made by its men, as recorded by these men, and later as interpreted by scholars. This was also the period when British ways and values were uppermost in Canada. For example, the first Commissioner was a professional British army officer, and most of the men were products of the Victorian period. Needless to say, there were no women in that march west, a situation that has now changed with the appointment of the first female in charge of the Training Academy in Regina.
“No book should be judged by its cover,” a useful maxim when reading any book, holds true for this one. The front cover shows what became the Musical Ride, a glamorized version of everyday police work, an activity unknown in 1873-74. The rear cover never mentions the 1874 march west, a most significant event in the N.W.M.P’s formative years.
Both the author and this reviewer have points of view known to each other. Wallace wrote in his preface: “... I have attempted to remain unbiased, objective and analytical in presenting the facts. Along with many other Canadians, I have had a lifelong admiration and respect for the place of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Western Canadian history. As my research progressed I found that some of my idols had feet of clay; however, ultimately, my admiration and respect both for the organization and individual members remained undiminished.” His book is not hagiography.
My wife and I began studying the Force in 1981 when we travelled by car and provincial road map attempting to find anything about the Mounties. Unlike Wallace who has devoted many, many hours in archives and has an extensive bibliography, in addition to travelling over the West, I have used secondary sources, maps and conversations with people mainly in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. They have accompanied me in walking some of the remaining ruts of the Boundary Commission Road in Manitoba, the exact route that now famous march took in 1874.
This has led to many papers to historical societies throughout Manitoba, including a memorable evening in 1983 with the Manitoba Historical Society. Two members of that audience had antecedents in that march. One of them is the grandson of J. B. Mitchell, the last remaining original of 1874. Many people have aided me in my subsequent research, in addition to my being an inaugural Board member of the Boundary Commission North West Mounted Police Trail Association, and later its Treasurer.
That organization was replaced by Manitoba’s Boundary Commission Heritage Region, the first of its kind in Western Canada. It is devoted to commemorating Manitoba’s Highway #3 as the route closest to the actual route taken by the force. Organizations need to do similar historical, preservation and commemorative work in Saskatchewan (by eliminating, where necessary, reference to fallacious Highway #18 as the Red Coat Trail) and also in Alberta so travellers and tourists alike can follow the 1874 route to try to experience what the Mounties saw, felt and accomplished.
Most of my knowledge lies within Manitoba, but not exclusively so. To illustrate, I participated in the 1993 reenactment of the March from Roche Percee until Big Muddy Valley in Saskatchewan in a week long wagon ride organized by interested volunteers. The wagon trek was conducted at a much cheaper rate than my three-day official 1999 Mountie reenactment which had 1/4 the number of participants, even with replicated uniforms etc. My experience with volunteers was superior in all ways, including the historical element, because there was less official hoopla but more reality, and better scenery. To experience the treeless country of southern Saskatchewan enabled me to better understand and appreciate Commissioner French’s diary, his official report to the Minister of Justice, and what the “originals” experienced.
I like “on the spot history” to try to imagine what 187374 was all about. Have you the reader yet visited Fort Walsh in southwestern Saskatchewan’s Cypress Hills? Do so, and then you will understand why it is necessary to reconstruct Fort Dufferin in our own province, from where the march began. Will the R.C.M.P. Foundation and the R.C.M.P. Veterans’ Associations across Canada jointly or separately lobby Ottawa to reconstruct Fort Dufferin so tourists travelling westwards recreate in their own minds “1874 and all that”? A few of the original buildings used by the Mounties still stand guard. And so Jim Wallace’s book complements my own approaches, such as my enjoyable 1999 evening at The University Women’s Club where members watched the video of part of my Saskatchewan march.
Wallace has been the sole researcher, author, proofreader, editor, index maker etc. of his book. Since no sources of financial assistance for publication are acknowledged, one knows his is a labour of love, tinctured by his own sense humour and not expecting to make money from his book. Sales are good, however, indicating that people are interested.
If we compare Wallace’s book with that by David Cruise and Allison Griffith, The Great Adventure: How The Mounties Conquered The West (1996), as listed in his bibliography but not the index, we better understand the value of his research and writing style. Note their use of the word “conquered,” shades of an American attitude. The Great Adventure is a pot boiler for fans of Reader’s Digest based almost wholly on others’ research, and without the usual scholarly footnotes to verify sources of information. Its bibliography mentions the books they consulted, to the extent that most of what they provide is culled from others work. Their book ends with a pseudo-reconstruction of what is alleged to have been a confrontation between Commissioner French and the Assistant Commissioner who later succeeded him, James F. Macleod. This alleged confrontation took place on the parade square before the assembled men. They assert this so-called quarrel took place in full sound of everyone. I very much doubt this ever happened, knowing what I do about the military as a graduate of the Royal Military College, and the paramilitary methods of the Mounties.
Wallace made good use of maps to help the reader. The map opposite page one gives an overview of the west, including the postage stamp province. That on page 58 is accurate of the route taken out to the western foothills. Henri Julien’s well known sketch on page 74 of man-handling the artillery guns through the Dirt Hills in what is now Saskatchewan demonstrates vividly the hard life of the trek, and gives the reader a taste of what the men experienced. Conditions haven’t changed, as we discovered in our own trip near Swift Current. Each of us got dehydrated, and I got a splitting headache in what Commissioner French had recorded more than a century earlier as 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
Part of the Mounties’ task was to establish good relations with Canada’s Indians on their hereditary lands. An especially awkward episode occurred when Sitting Bull crossed into Canada. He was one of the participants of the Indian conquest of General Custer in 1876. Notice the Battle of the Little Bighorn occurred two years after the Mounties’ march west. What were the Mounties to do, in addition to keeping the American and Canadian Indians apart? One answer is to visit the Wood Mountain Depot, now the site of a museum in Saskatchewan, and see for yourselves. Furthermore, some Sioux descendants still live at Wood Mountain.
One role of the critic is to help the writer. Later chapters suggest future volumes in a series on the Mounties’ later history, but not explicitly so, reflecting the author’s indirect style. He may differ with some of this critic’s remarks, but that is par for the course. One of the book’s delights is the author’s good, clear prose based on having read various accounts of the Mounties’ early years. Unfortunately the publisher has not served the author well. For example, page 2 confuses the 1870s for the North West Company’s activities in the 1780s. Also, the publisher, or printer uses apostrophe “s” when the apostrophe is wrong. And then on pages 80, 82, 85, 89, 91 and later throughout the book there are spaces where there should be none.
One interesting strength of his book is “What Happened To Them?” These character sketches are fascinating to read, a method that should be adopted by other writers. For example, Commissioner French’s own brother was killed in the 1885 Rebellion.
The latter half of the book describes very well the challenges and tribulations of relations with the Indians, providing patrols for the peace of mind of new settlers, meeting their needs, and similar social welfare types of services one doesn’t usually associate with police chasing criminals. We are struck with the scope of their responsibilities. Wallace sets out changes in government policy which made their work increasingly difficult. Western Canadians, Indians and settlers alike, whether they fully understood or not were almost inevitably moving towards the confrontation at Batoche, the subject of Wallace’s next volume. For avid readers, there is an excellent bibliography for those wanting to deepen their understanding. All in all, despite the unintentional shortcomings which can be corrected in a second edition, Wallace provides a good read for Westerners and other Canadians interested in the formative first decade of the North West Mounted Police.
Page revised: 26 June 2015

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PROFESSOR OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
MISLEADING MEDIA STORY MAY DOOM MIDDLE EAST ROADMAP
If you read a roadmap carefully, you can usually tell what’s around the next bend in the road. To predict what comes next in Israeli-Palestinian relations, you need a roadmap and the latest news. But it all depends on where you get your news.
If you get all your news from mass circulation media
If your news comes from more diverse sources, you know
the situation is more complicated. You
know that there is serious doubt whether any Palestinian leaders can prevent
all violent attacks against Israelis.
You know that
In this broader news context, things around the next
bend look somewhat different. The
choices that Palestinians make may not matter very much. Some Palestinians will surely continue to
resist the roadmap, since it envisions a limited kind of freedom for the
Palestinians on a limited amount of their own land. Whatever other Palestinians say or do, this rejectionist minority will continue to be righteously
indignant. The more the Palestinian
leaders repress the rejectionists (which is what the
roadmap requires, according to
The next step along this road is tragically
predictable. Sharon and his government
will “discover” that the new Palestinian prime minister,
Mahmoud Abas, is no
different from Yasir Arafat. All the labels pinned on Arafat will be
transferred to Abas:
“supporter of terrorism,” “no partner for peace,” “failed leader,”
and—that most damning word of all in today’s political
If your news comes only from the mainstream media, this will sound perfectly plausible. After all, isn’t Palestinian terrorism the main roadblock to peace? What’s a peace-loving Israeli government to do? That’s the way our mass media, and the Israeli government, tell the story.
Again, if you have a broader news context, you know that Palestinian violence does not simply appear out of nowhere. It is not an inevitable fact, rooted in some supposedly ahistorical Palestinian hatred of Jews. Palestinian violence is just one half of a circle of violence. The other half is perpetrated by uniformed Israelis, carrying out their government’s orders. If you ignore that other half, as our news media so often do, you fundamentally misunderstand the problem.
In the end, the success or failure of the roadmap
depends on how we talk about it. If our
discourse is framed by the premise that Palestinian violence is the primary
problem, the roadmap does not have a chance.
As long as
Sharon and his government surely understand this
simple fact. They will use the roadmap’s
failure as justification for even harsher occupation policies. Extreme right-wing views will become more
popular— like the idea of moving all Palestinians to
If we want language that matches reality and may lead to peace, we will recognize that Palestinian and Israeli violence forms a single circle, each feeding the other. We will demand that both sides scale back their violence simultaneously.
Unless those things happen, Israelis must expect more
attacks and more fear. If their own
government will not take these steps, they should pay attention to the more
skeptical among their media analysts, who say that the
I hope these skeptics are not right. But if the
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The following article was published in the Chronicle on January 30, 2013. We reprint it in memory of Mr. Young who died on January 17.
Got a problem in West Glover? Talk to “The Mayor”
by Tena Starr
WEST GLOVER — They call him the mayor of West Glover, population somewhere around 75. It’s a title that Merle Young Sr. actually gave himself back in the late sixties when West Glover ceased being a separate entity and became, at least legally, part of Glover.
“It’s just an honorary thing I bestowed on myself,” Mr. Young said during a recent interview at his house, which is high on a hill overlooking the tiny village he “rules.”
He doesn’t have any official duties since West Glover doesn’t have its own government anymore — and never did have a mayor — but he has plenty of things to do.
For instance, he informs newcomers that, if they have any problems, practical or political, they should take them to the mayor — himself. It’s a suggestion guaranteed (and likely meant) to startle them, since no place the size of West Glover really has a mayor.
When Governor Peter Shumlin showed up not long ago at Parker Pie, the village’s popular pizza restaurant, one of the people he shook hands with was the mayor. “I told him it didn’t mean he’d get my vote,” Mr. Young said….
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Introducing Bubble Yum Yum! It's the perfect pleather dress for those hot summer nights, with unbeatable stretch for a snug fit. So be a fashion barbarian and get ready to turn heads - it just doesn't get better than Bubble Yum Yum! *hair flip*
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Gay Dream Symbol – Dreaming about being homosexual symbolizes insecurity in your sex. It’s important to enable you to ultimately shed spiritual or preconceptions that are social homosexuality. Which means in some way to allow yourself to explore the excitement that same-sex relationships can be full of that you should force yourself to experience it.
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Nagpur: As the Local Body Tax (LBT) is going to be abolished from the state of Maharashtra, the state government is likely to suffer a loss of Rs 22 crores on its revenue generation. As the loss is going to directly affect as many as 26 Municipal Corporations across the state, it is intended that the loss be recouped through the revenue generated by professional tax and hike in stamp duty tax.
When the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party government was ruling the state it was contemplating over the issue whether or not to abolish the LBT. But, when the Bhartiya Janata Party was facing elections, it attracted the business community saying that it would abolish LBT if came to power. Truly, having come to power, the BJP government is going to abolish LBT from coming August 1 from all 26 municipal corporations across the state, informed State Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, adding that the financial burden on each municipal corporation across the state would be compensated with 1% hike in stamp duty and diversion of professional tax to municipal corporations.
According to sources, the state government’s permission is being sought to make recoveries from those businessmen/ traders who are trying to evade payment of outstanding LBT dues against them. It is also learnt that the state government has announced ‘abhay yojana‘ but the said scheme is feared to be misused by the business community, causing heavy loss to the NMC.
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It’s Thanksgiving day, and there’s no better way to celebrate the holiday than with some delicious, stuffed turkey. And while you might yours stuffed with cornbread and celery, I like mine stuffed with lithium-ion batteries, motors, and wires.
I’m here in Tokyo this week for the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, and while here, I stopped by the new headquarters for the Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development (TRI-AD) to check out some of the technologies the company and their partners are working on.
I always thought the point of a drone was so it could fly around and do its work without having to touch the ground. But engineers from Caltech’s Center for Autonomous Systems & Technologies (CAST) have been working on an unusual drone which actually has legs.
Do you have a neighbor who likes to steal the parking space in front of your house? Well, have I got the ultimate deterrent for you! All you need is a gigantic, car-crushing mech to stand guard on your front lawn, and they’re sure to stay away.
Robots usually have either legs or wheels to move them around. But this unusual robot has both. Its builders say the combination provides it with greater versatility than other quadruped robots, and from the looks of the video footage engineer Marko Bjelonic shared, I’d have to agree.
Hitmakers headline the new concert stage every week at SoCal’s popular Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula wine country. But the five-star getaway’s real star is Buddy, the first autonomous security robot in the country to patrol a casino.
The robot arms you see in most factories have a limited reach and they weigh several tons. The Giacometti Arm, however, can reach much further and extend over 65-feet. This is likely the longest robot arm ever.
The first time I came across the concept of a robot dog was Doctor Who’s pet dog K-9, and then Rags, the talking dog in Woody Allen’s Sleeper. While both of these science fiction dogs were charming in their own ways, they’ve got nothing on the latest version of Sony’s Aibo robot companion, a true wonder of 21st-century engineering.
Over the years, R2-D2 has proven to be a highly versatile and useful droid. He can hack security systems, relay holographic transmissions, electrocute enemies, extinguish fires, and even serve cocktails to guests on Jabba’s sand barge.
When it comes to augmenting the human body with technology, video games and science fiction movies have us dreaming of giant mech-like exosuits, arm-mounted missile launchers and flamethrowers, and superhuman vision and hearing. What we’ve got for now is a robotic tail.
I’m always amazed when I see people playing bagpipes. That weird sack with pipes sticking out of it looks so complicated that I can’t believe anyone could master it. I’m just not musically gifted I guess.
Amazon is showing off its latest robots in use at its sorting center in Denver, Colorado. Their orange Pegasus robots are 2 feet-high and 3 feet-wide, and are designed specifically to swiftly sort packages and get them on their way.
Chinese tech company DJI is best known for its excellent photography drones. Now they’ve taken their expertise in remote-controlled vehicle design, and applied it to an earth-bound vehicle, dubbed the RoboMaster S1.
This $499 robot isn’t just for play though, it’s designed to teach kids (and kids at heart) about robotics.
Bipedal robots are those that walk using two legs like humans do. The problem is that this isn’t always the fastest way to travel. That’s why humans developed wheeled transports like cars, bikes, roller skates, and even so-called “hoverboards.” Well, robots want to be just like us.
We’ve seen Boston Dynamics’ animal-inspired robots perform some impressive tasks over the years, from stacking boxes, to doing backflips, to performing sick dance moves, to pulling an airplane. But you can’t expect robot perfection 100% of the time, can you?


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The Land Transportation Office (LTO) may soon require personal mobility devices like electric scooters (e-scooters) to be registered, while riders will have to possess a driver’s license, an official of the agency said during a recent radio interview.
In an interview with DZMM Teleradyo on Tuesday, LTO chief Edgar Galvante confirmed that the agency has already submitted a draft copy of the guidelines to Department of Transportation (DOTr) and is now waiting for approval of Secretary Art Tugade.
“Generally, lahat ng mga sasakyan, either electric- or gasoline-powered at gumagamit ng ating mga pampublikong lansangan, kailangan yan ay rehistrado at ang gumagamit ay may drivers license. Yun ang isa sa mga guidelines ng draft. Inaantay na lang ang approval ni Secretary,” Galvante said.
Once approved, the department will issue an administrative order that will oversee the regulation of all kinds of electric vehicles, including e-scooters and two-wheeled e-bikes.
The LTO official further explained that under the draft guidelines, electric scooters and e-bike will fall into categories with limited use. Those on the lower category will only be allowed inside private compounds like villages and subdivisions, while the higher categories may cross main roads but not traverse along highways and main avenues. If allowed on public roads, riders must always wear protective gear.
“Ito ay na-clasify depende sa bigat at bilis at kung saang mga lansangan pwedeng gamitin. Dahil sa nature nito at gaan, maaring mag-cause ito ng danger sa gumagamit kung hindi tama ang paggamit,” he added.
Galvante emphasized that requiring licenses and registration for e-scooters and e-bikes is necessary for the safety of riders and welfare of road users.


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Qin Fan in the study started tonight’s work.
After more than an hour, Qin Fan’s focused gaze relaxed, and he checked everything he had processed in the computer to confirm that he had done the right thing, and then sent the packaged file to Guo Chengxiong.
All he had to do was to finish and confirm the most important things, and leave all other complicated small problems to Guo Chengxiong, and leave a sentence: I will give you one night.
As a technical nerd who was still on vacation and yearned for something less boring but still had too many things to do every day, he was of course still awake at 1:00 in the morning, but when he heard the system beep, he clicked on the background of the account, and after receiving this file package, his whole person did not feel very well.
After several minutes of mental preparation, Guo Chengxiong called Qin Fan, “Master, did you send the wrong document?”
“No.” Qin Fan’s answer pierced into Guo Chengxiong’s heart like a sword. He couldn’t laugh or cry, “Let me do such a small matter of company transfer, it is too contemptuous of me!”
Qin Fan calmly said, “I have already finished the main line, since it is a small matter, please get it done as soon as possible.”
As soon as Guo Chengxiong heard his tone, he knew that this matter could not be dismissed. When he called, he had already turned on the computer and began to quickly browse the contents of the file. He was secretly surprised by Si Huang’s decisive methods. However, thinking about what Qin Fan said about having sexual thoughts about men before, and how he still didn’t know what the result would be, but he was busy going up and down by helping the young master to get through the relationship, Guo Chengxiong felt that this matter was not expected to develop in a safe direction, so he quietly probed: “Master, you help him with everything, aren’t you pampering him too much? Don’t spoil people.”
That’s right, it’s spoiling! In Guo Chengxiong’s feeling, Qin Fan’s behavior now was tantamount to pampering someone.
It was fine if it was pampering his younger brother, but he was afraid of him falling deeper, pampering him as a relative and a lover, because as a bystander, he had witnessed Qin Fan’s changes towards Si Huang all the way.
Thinking about it now, maybe the master had bad intentions towards others from the beginning?
Guo Chengxiong sweated a lot, and roared in his heart: The Master Qin I know is not like this, he can be so calmly ruthless? I still remember that Master Qin said before that commercial things are extremely troublesome, and usually he would not do it himself if he could ask others to do it. It’s good now, the big man is done, and the little bits and pieces are thrown to him, it’s like killing a chicken with a bull’s knife!
“Stop talking nonsense.” As a result, Qin Fan hung up the phone after leaving this sentence.
As one of his subordinates, Guo Chengxiong didn’t have the courage to continue playing the game even if he was thrown out a task with no bonus or benefits during the vacation.
While sorting out the documents, he began to operate according to the requirements, feeling very itchy: he really wanted to invade Young Master Si’s house and see what the hell they were doing.
This idea was just a thought, if he really dared to do this, Guo Chengxiong believed that the chief would definitely have the ability to make him really reincarnate as a bear in his next life.
When she woke up early the next morning, Si Huang still had a lot to do. As Bai Qinglan’s legitimate son in name, she had to make arrangements for Bai Qinglan’s funeral on the surface.
Firstly, it was not good to hold a big funeral when the Chinese New Year was approaching, and secondly, Bai Qinglan’s death was dishonorable, so her funeral was done quickly and in a low-key manner, so not many outsiders knew about it.
The cremated ashes were buried in the cemetery, but very few people came to the scene. Si Huang was wearing a black suit, next to him Si Zhihan was also wearing black, and Jiang Yajing stood behind them. When seeing Jiang Yajing, Si Huang didn’t say anything, thinking in her heart that she had notified the Bai family, but still no one came. She didn’t know whether it was Bai Qinglan’s failure in life, or that the people in the Bai family were cold enough.
After a series of processes, it was already afternoon before they could relax a little after the ceremony was completed.
At this moment, Jiang Yajing found a chance to say something to Si Huang: “My condolences.”
Si Huang nodded politely, “Thank you.” Then, without giving Jiang Yajing any more chances to speak, she went to push Si Zhihan’s wheelchair herself, taking him to the car.
Si Zhihan was very satisfied with Si Huang’s work efficiency, especially the behavior of her personally pushing the wheelchair for him and helping him to get on the car, which made Si Zhihan feel a little flattered. In retrospect, Si Huang had not been so close to him for a long time.
For a moment, he looked at Si Huang with a gentler look.
What he couldn’t feel when he was healthy before, now he had a deep understanding of it, which made Si Zhihan feel a little bit of regret, but he quickly ignored it, thinking that it was not too late to wake up.
“Where is this going?” The car drove for a while, and Si Zhihan found that this road was not the direction to return to Si’s villa.
Si Huang chuckled lightly and said, “City H is not peaceful during this time, so I want you to go to Yuhai Bay Resort to avoid the limelight, just to relax.”
Her smile was soft and her eyes were so pure that there was nothing you could do about it, and Si Zhihan was also happy for her thoughtfulness. Looking back on what happened during this period, he was indeed a little tired, but… “Without me in charge, can you handle the ups and downs of Fenghua by yourself?”
“Yes.” Si Huang said: “I have already bought a house near the resort, and there is internet in it, and you can watch the results I create on TV.”
“It’s good that you have this confidence.” Si Zhihan nodded, looking out the window at the road with cars passing by, he held back what he was about to say.
It was true that he hadn’t rested for a long time. Ever since Fenghua Entertainment became bigger and bigger, he had been living in City H. He had never thought about traveling, and at most he spent some time in surrounding cities. Si Zhihan had never thought about abdicating so soon, and he felt that many things were different from before when he had nothing to do. Maybe he could really live a relaxed retirement life in advance? As long as Fenghua grew steadily in the hands of this child, he could easily become the overlord of Fenghua Entertainment.
“If there is anything you don’t understand or is difficult to do, call Dad.” Si Zhihan felt relaxed after thinking it through and felt that it would be good to go to the resort to rest for ten days or half a month, and told Si Huang: “Next year, you would still be going to Huaxing Art School, the courses there are easy, and you can have more time to manage the company.”
Si Huang nodded when she heard this, but there was no clear answer on her mouth.
After arriving at the airport, Si Huang accompanied Si Zhihan on the plane and personally sent him to the resort in Yuhai Bay.
This behavior fell in Si Zhihan’s eyes as filial and considerate. He was in a happy mood along the way, and he didn’t look like how a widower should look like at all.
The climate of Yuhai Bay Resort was different from that of City H. It was winter in City H, but here it was just right. Everyone here could even wear single clothes and shorts.
The house Si Huang bought was in the mountains to the west of the resort. The location was very remote, but the scenery was very good. It could be said that there were both advantages and disadvantages.
There were already people in the small villa, a man and a woman, both of whom were foreigners. The man was nearly forty years old, and the woman was in her thirties. They were also Si Huang’s servants who had long been prepared to serve Si Zhihan.
Pushing Si Zhihan into the villa, Si Huang greeted the two of them, “Uncle Alan and Aunt Luni, I will trouble you to take care of him from now on.”
Alan was relatively taciturn and nodded without speaking. Luni looked at her lovingly and complicatedly, “Leave it to us.”
Si Zhihan looked surprised, and asked Si Huang, “Do you know them?” This attitude was not like treating ordinary hired servants.
“You forgot?” Si Huang was also surprised: “They were responsible for taking care of Li Lisi before.”
As soon as the name Li Lisi came out, it exploded in Si Zhihan’s mind like a thunderbolt.
He thought a lot in a flash.
He was not familiar with the names of Alan and Luni, but the place of Yuhai Bay Resort immediately made his hair stand on end.
Because it had been too long and because Si Huang’s attitude was so natural when she mentioned it; so he didn’t wake up immediately.
Yuhai Bay Resort was the place where he hid Li Lisi before. Taking advantage of the fact that she was far away and didn’t know anything, he married Bai Qinglan outside and took her to get a certificate.
Yuhai Bay Resort was also the place where Li Lisi secretly spent her pregnancy and gave birth to Si Huang!
Si Zhihan’s face suddenly became ugly. He was holding on to the armrest of the wheelchair tightly, but he couldn’t use his strength at all. This made him very insecure. He could only pray in his heart that things were not what he suspected. He said sternly: “You book the flight to go back right now, I don’t want to stay here for a second more.”
Si Huang pursed her lips and smiled, “Don’t let me down.”
Si Zhihan couldn’t feel even a trace of warmth from her bright smile at this moment, and his face was completely livid, “You!”
“Besides this, I have prepared other gifts for you, and you will see them soon.” Si Huang said with a smile, like someone expecting his father’s praise.
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Ershui: What is your lower limit?
Qin Fan: Huanghuang is my lower limit.
Ershui: (⊙o⊙) Who said you can’t talk about love?!
Your Majesty: Is this also worthy of being called a love story? Lower limit treatment, do you understand?
Dishui: (ˉ﹃ˉ) I understand~ I like it~
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SYDNEY • Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government will provide modelling to the states in a bid to get them to back its proposed “national energy guarantee” to bolster reliability of Australia’s faltering electricity grid.
“It’s in the country’s interest and it’s in the states’ interests to get on board with this,” Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg said in an Australian Broadcasting Corp television interview yesterday.
Australia’s six states and two territories will need to approve the national energy guarantee for it to function properly. That may be a tough ask, particularly in states such as South Australia and Victoria that are governed by Labor, the main political opponent to Turnbull’s ruling Liberal-National coalition.
Turnbull on Oct 17 ditched plans to set renewable power targets as part of his latest policy to lower electricity prices and require generators to guarantee reliable supply and limit emissions. The nation, one of the world’s biggest coal and gas exporters, is reeling from an energy crisis that has pushed up local power prices and cast doubt on the reliability of its grid.
Advocates for renewable energy have warned Turnbull’s decision to walk away from a clean energy target will mean a decline in clean-energy investment, leading to a jump in power prices. The government has argued that falling costs mean the technologies no longer need government subsidies to compete against traditional energy sources.
“We’re not going to support this because it reduces incentives and support for renewable energy,” South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill told reporters on Oct 19. Victoria Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has also been sceptical about Turnbull’s claims the plan will save average consumers as much as A$115 (RM380.58) a year.
The government is “absolutely confident” that the national energy guarantee will result in lower electricity prices, even though modelling on the plan is yet to be produced, Frydenberg said yesterday.
“We will be doing the modelling, we will be providing it to the state ministers,” Frydenberg said. The plan will be discussed with state energy ministers next month, he said.

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By Martin Matishak - 07/15/14 11:34 AM EDT
A senior member of the House Armed Services Committee said Tuesday that Congress would likely need to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the Defense Department (DOD) until after the November elections.
“I’d love to see all the appropriations bills get done prior to the end of the budget year … but all the discussions I’ve had point to a short-term CR until after the election and then putting together the budget bills,” said Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), head of the committee’s Readiness subpanel.
“So that leads us to a short-term CR,” Wittman said during a Defense Writers Group Breakfast.
Congress has about only 20 working days left this year. Lawmakers have already begun to cram in legislative business before the August recess and will only meet for a handful of days before the November election, leaving little time to finish the government’s policy and spending bills.
The full House has already passed both measures for the Pentagon, but things have moved slower in the Senate. The Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee began marking up its draft of the DOD spending bill on Tuesday. The full committee will take up the bill on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Senate’s defense authorization bill is stuck in limbo. Leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee have implored their colleagues for amendments to the policy blueprint, but no floor time has yet been scheduled.
Wittman said, “There’s lots of history to indicate that there will be a national defense authorization act regardless of what happens with the election.”
He said the only “good side” to a temporary spending measure is that there is more certainty to when it will end, as lawmakers already have a “framework of what happens on the appropriations side.”
He guessed that there would be an omnibus budget bill once Congress reconvenes.
“I don’t see them going through and passing each of the appropriations bills individually, but I do see an omnibus right after we get back,” Wittman told reporters.
He added it would be better for an omnibus bill to come up before the end of the budget year, but he did not hold out hope that would happen.
“I’m a optimist, but I’m also a realist,” Wittman said.


Classification of environmental noise at the DataFest Africa 2022 Hackathon
Still buzzing about our first ever chance to participate in the DataFest Africa 2022 Hackathon.
Under this year’s theme “Big Data, Little Data and everything in between ” we were glad to provide noise data sets for participants to train a classification model that classifies noise audios into various categories and even more excited about partnering with Pollicy and Zindi Africa on making this challenge come to life. But before we go further you’re probably wondering, why noise?
If you walk up to your local trading center, you’re likely to be met with a loud fusion of different sounds. Some vendors trying to sell groceries to passersby, a truck reversing, a preacher with a loudspeaker, a herbal specialist going on about the advantages of their treatments. The closer you are to the city, the louder the area. Unlike air or water pollution, there’s no immediate substantive evidence of the negative consequences the exposure to high levels of noise does to our psyche, nervous system, productivity levels and general way of life. Pollicy’s Director of Programs, Gilbert Beyamba shares, “Noise pollution, like all other forms of pollution, is an emerging environmental health hazard in African cities, with potentially complex spatial and temporal patterns. This is further challenging due to the limited local data which is a barrier to the formulation and evaluation of patterns to reduce noise pollution.” This leaves concerned stakeholders such as city planners, engineers and policy makers with no point of reference.
Here at Sunbird AI, we believe we could fill this gap in Uganda by developing AI-powered tools to remotely collect, test and monitor noise in order to empower enforcement institutions such as the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) with real time, accurate and contextualized data to regulate noise levels. We piloted this project in Entebbe city, installing 7 sensors across different locations.
Our team of engineers built autonomous solar powered noise sensors that pick-up different types of noises. These noises are then assessed to know whether the levels exceed the statutory thresholds of decibels (dBs. We then share access to a public dashboard that continuously shows noise levels across Entebbe and empower community champions as well as technical officers on how to read and develop actionable plans.
Some key terms to note;
1. dB- A decibel is a unit used to measure sound pressure levels.
2. Exceedances- Total number of times noise levels go beyond a given threshold in a given area.
About the Hackathon.
The hackathon that ran from July 7th to 26th, was exclusively open to African countries lasted six weeks and with over 100 participants finding solutions on how to classify noise categories using machine learning. The first, second and third place solutions won $500, $300 and $200 respectively. Sunbird AI’s goal is to integrate parts of the winning solution into our autonomous sensors to enable classification of noise on the edge.
It was interesting for the participants to see the realization that noise, especially in capital cities, not just in Uganda but across Africa has the potential of causing serious harm. It was good to see that participants interacted with a fairly new type of data with the winning solution managing to achieve 88% accuracy on this machine learning task.
“It is indeed a problem that needs to be addressed. Deeper and further analysis and processing should be done on the data in order to provide more insights.” Dan Ofula, a Machine Learning Engineer and Data Scientist who emerged winner remarks.
The second runner up Youssef FADHLOUN an Embedded Telecommunications Engineer and Data Scientist went ahead to suggest ways the new noise datasets produced can be used, “Use the data to create a database of sound levels and locations for future reference. This can be used to inform policy makers so that they can come up with measures to reduce noise pollution.”
Zindi’s competition lead Amy Bray who was in charge of coordinating and monitoring the noise challenge on the Zindi platform shared, “You don’t think about noise pollution in Africa. Africa has noisy cities. That’s it. However this data and this challenge has shown me that it doesn’t have to be like this. Why can’t Africa have the same systems other countries have, even better, why can’t Africa have solutions created by Africans for Africa that are tailored to her needs.” Lucky for you! This data will be on the Zindi platform and other data scientists interested in this problem can look at it. This data isn’t limited to noise classification and can be used to explore sound data.
We’re hoping that the solutions shared will spur the conversation on how as Africans, we can continue leveraging better data technology to mitigate some of our most pressing challenges, more specifically, challenges that are detrimental to our wellbeing over the long term.


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A great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, too the time is coming when there will no longer be one standard of morality for poetry and another for life. To anyone tender of conscience, the ties formed by a free connection are stronger than the legal ones.
__Ellen Key, Sprading in Liberty and the Great Libertarians
And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical activities we gain more or less apart from the action. And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.
__Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, "Book X: Pleasure and Happiness," translated by W.D. Ross
Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and set out on the road that was to take him back to the house of the lovely Fairy.

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To socialize piglets, the solid barriers between groups of three farrowing pens were removed. The piglets were thus able to move freely between the different farrowing pens. During the first four days after removing dividers, significantly more exploring behaviours were observed. Socialized piglets also rested less than non-socialized piglets. After the first four days, the socialized piglets showed more playful behaviour. Thanks to the social and physical enrichment of the environment, the socialisation is beneficial for the welfare of the piglets.
Mixing different litters also enables cross-sucking. This way, the piglets have a chance of finding a teat of another nursing sow. 9% of the socialized piglets found a teat belonging to another nursing mother for the rest of the lactation period. There was an average of 15% foreign piglets per sow during lactation. Lactating sows generally accepted unknown piglets well, and in 79% of cases the nursing were synchronised. This synchronisation is beneficial to sows and piglets because it reduces squealing and fighting for the sow’s teats, and therefore leads to less interruption of nursing. Early socialisation of piglets during lactation period also reduces stress and aggressive behaviour at weaning. Weaning is known to be a relatively stressful period for piglets. Socialized piglets at weaning have lesser social stress, making them more resistant to infection. The use of antibiotics can therefore be reduced. Post-weaning weight gain is also increased.
Mixing litters during pre-weaning period therefore improves the welfare of piglets and their future performance.
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Adding experienced depth to the offensive backfield and return potential to the special teams, the Green Bay Packers have signed veteran running back Lamar Smith, a 10th-year veteran, and Antonio Chatman, a record-breaking Arena Football League performer, GM/Head Coach Mike Sherman announced Monday.
The 5-11, 230-pound Smith, who spent the 2002 season with Carolina, has rushed for nearly 5,000 yards (4,792) over his NFL career. In 2002, a workhorse for the first 11 games, he emerged as the Panthers' leading rusher with 737 yards in 209 attempts, a long of 59 yards and 7 touchdowns, closing out the season with 904 total yards from scrimmage before being given a paid lead of absence on Nov. 29 and eventually being placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury Dec. 18.
Originally selected in the third round of the 1994 draft by the Seahawks, with whom he spent his first four NFL seasons, the 32-year-old Houston University alumnus had his most productive experience as a member Miami of the Dolphins, amassing 2,107 rushing yards over the 2000 and 2001 seasons.
His 309 carries set a Miami team record in 2000 and his 14 rushing touchdowns and 16 total touchdowns tied for second in the American Football Conference and third in the NFL that season. Smith's 1,139 yards rushing also were a career high, his output including a 155-yard rushing performance against the Jets (Oct. 23) that included a 68-yard touchdown excursion that tied the longest run of his career.
He went on to climax his '00 campaign by establishing an NFL playoff record with 40 rushing attempts against the Indianapolis Colts, rolling up 209 yards – the second-highest single game total in NFL postseason history.
The 5-9, 177-pound Chatman, a former University of Cincinnati standout, had a spectacular 2003 season with the Chicago Rush, breaking the Arena Football League's all-purpose yards record, amassing 3,678 yards in 18 games.
En route, Chatman caught 123 passes for 1,608 yards and 29 touchdowns and returned 84 kicks for 2,062 yards and 7 scores while becoming only the fourth player in AFL history with more than 25 receiving touchdowns, 100-plus receptions and 1,000-plus receiving yards and 1,000-plus return yards in the same season.
Earlier a two-year letterman at wide receiver at the University of Cincinnati, Chatman was the Bearcats' leader in both receiving yards (609) and all-purpose yards (1,257) as a senior in 2000.
Signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Francisco 49ers, he subsequently was waived during training camp.
Smith and Chatman, who joined the Packers on the practice field today, have been assigned jersey numbers 25 and 2, respectively.


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On Thursday, April 28, Variety revealed actress Viola Davis signed an overall deal with ABC Studios and ABC Signature Studios. Earlier this week, the network’s other leading lady, Kerry Washington, announced a similar deal.
Davis and her husband, actor Julius Tennon, will develop new projects for ABC’s broadcast, cable, and streaming services through their company, JuVee Productions.
“We started JuVee because we wanted to see narratives that reflected our multi-ethnic and multifaceted culture,” Davis said. “We wanted to be a part of classic storytelling, and we didn’t want to wait.”
Andrew Wang serves as Head of Television Development and Production at JuVee.
“Our goal has always been to champion bold, authentic, and courageous voices and Andrew Wang is just that. Andrew has an outside-the-box mindset and the experience to propel our vision forward, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome him to our team,” Tennon said.
Davis, who currently stars as “Annalise Keating” in How To Get Away With Murder, recently produced the legal drama, Custody, in which she plays a judge, in addition to a legal television series, Conviction.


Former Vice President Joe Biden was uneven at times Wednesday night in the CNN Democratic debate, but unlike his previous outing, he definitely showed up and mainly held his own against what must have felt at times like a circular firing squad.
His performance was not equal in energy, passion or policy with Elizabeth Warren’s or even Bernie Sanders’ on Tuesday night. But he was up against stiffer competition from Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, and he seemed to understand that he was going to have to go toe-to-toe with them if he wanted the nomination. Those in the party who think he is the only candidate who can beat President Donald Trump had to be feeling slightly better as the Detroit debate came to an end.
As for Harris, she was off the high level of her knockout performance in the MSNBC debate where she tore into Biden for his Senate record on busing in the 1970s and left him looking bloodied and bewildered by the end of that encounter. Not only didn’t she land many punches on Biden, but she she also some tough hits from Rep. Tulsi Gabbard over her handling as California attorney general of cases she prosecuted. Gabbard’s attacks clearly knocked Harris off balance, and she never fully recovered.
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By surviving what seemed like one attack after another the first 90 minutes, Biden will likely be judged a winner of the debate by some. But the best performances were those of Gabbard, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who was fighting for her life as a presidential candidate, and Booker, who had an energy and almost joy at times unmatched by any of his opponents. Booker definitely stood out.
The former mayor of Newark, N.J., successfully confronted Biden on criminal justice and some of the “zero tolerance” policies he said Biden was involved in during his Senate career. Booker said that as mayor and then a senator he had to try to undo some of the damage Biden did to his community with such policies.
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Gillibrand drilled Biden with a quote from an op-edit piece she said he wrote about women who worked outside the home.
“And I want to address Vice President Biden directly," she said. “When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care, he wrote an op-ed. He voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote in an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.' ”
She asked him pointedly what he meant by those words. When he ducked the question, she called him out on his dodge twice — until one of the moderators, Dana Bash, moved the conversation along.
If all that sounds like a lot of action and verbal combat compared with Tuesday night’s debate, it was. And that’s not surprising given the deeper level of talent onstage and the knowledge by some of them, like Gillibrand, that it was now or never in terms of getting enough money and high enough polling numbers to stay in the race until the next round of debates.
The moderators — Bash, Jake Tapper and Don Lemon — again kept a mostly tight rein on the candidates in terms of time limits and talking over one another. While the moderators and CNN came under some criticism for the structure and handling of the debates in reviews of Night 1, I have no serious complaints of either Night 1 or 2.
The NFL-like hyped-up opening graphics and candidate introductions were not a major distraction for me. And if you want a mass TV audience, you have to speak to some extent in the rhythms and conventions of television that audience members have come to expect when sitting down in front of the screen. Don’t open on two guys in cardigans sitting in wingback chairs in front of a fireplace smoking pipes and putting down their books to welcome viewers, and expect 10 million viewers to stay tuned in today’s media world.
The questions were serious and focused enough once the debate started. And as much emphasis as there was on getting everyone into the conversation, the moderators knew enough to give candidates some space when they were intensely engaged as Gillibrand was when she pushed Biden on that troubling op-ed statement about “jeopardizing the family.” And the person being challenged was always given a chance to respond.
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I am a fan of TV debates. And nothing I saw the past two nights changed that. I was glad to see some of the fringe candidates get more time.
I thought the time given to former Maryland Rep. John Delaney on Tuesday helped sharpen the fault lines in the party between moderates like him and the progressives like Warren and Sanders. And Warren ultimately was able to brilliantly use Delaney as foil — making herself look like a stronger candidate.
Wednesday’s debate again exposed some of the heavy baggage Biden brings with him, but it also gave Democrats a better sense of how he might fare in a one-on-one confrontation with Trump. The jury is still far from out on whether he’s the guy. But at least Democrats have seen he can still punch back.


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Long-Awaited School Officially Opens Morganton Campus | Local News
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State, county and city leaders gathered with faculty, staff, students, alumni and supporters of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics to celebrate the grand opening of the Morganton campus Friday.
For school leaders, Friday represented the culmination of more than a decade of planning and work.
“We are delighted to be able to share this day with so many people who have helped make it happen,” said NCSSM Chancellor Todd Roberts. “To be here on this day for the grand opening is fitting, not only a historic day for our institution, but truly for the UNC system and the state.”
Kevin Baxter, vice-chancellor and campus director of NCSSM-Morganton, agreed.
“It’s a day we’ve been waiting for a long time; it’s amazing that it’s finally here and we’re so excited to celebrate it with all of our friends across the state,” he said.
Held in a large tent that can accommodate more than 600 people, the Grand Opening Ceremony included remarks from Roberts and Baxter as well as North Carolina Commerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders; North Carolina Rep. Hugh Blackwell; CN House Speaker Tim Moore; Jabbar Bennett, Chairman of the NCSSM Board of Directors; NC Senator Warren Daniel; NC Senate Vice President Pro-Tempore Ralph Hise; Peter Hans, president of the UNC system; Morganton City Manager Sally Sandy and some NCSSM students and alumni.
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“Today marks a new chapter in the rich history of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics,” Bennett told the crowd. “A story full of early challenges and boundless future opportunities for our students, the city of Morganton, Durham, and the state of North Carolina.”
Secretary Sanders emphasized the critical importance of STEM education to the future of North Carolina’s economy.
“STEM education and careers are critical components of our current success and our future economic success,” she told the crowd.
Sanders said the new Morganton campus will have a statewide impact, increasing access to world-class STEM education for North Carolina students, regardless of background or geography.
“It’s going to expand access to STEM programs here to North Carolina’s brightest and best students and have a huge economic impact,” she said. The herald of the news.
Rep. Blackwell told the crowd he was especially excited about the new campus being located in western North Carolina.
“He says to people out of state and people inside of state, this kind of quality education, this kind of education for the future is available wherever you choose to live,” he said. he declared.
Hans told the crowd that NCSSM represents equal opportunity for all students, regardless of background, financial status or location in the state.
“The science and math school was intended to serve not just those students lucky enough to attend, but all of North Carolina,” he said. “It would attract talent from all regions, inspiring students from around the world, reminding us all that ability is not tied to geography.”
NCSSM serves academically talented high school and senior students from all parts of North Carolina, including in its residential high school program in Durham and hundreds more through online programs. Funded by $85 million in public appropriations and an additional $12 million in private investment, the new campus will expand both residential and online offerings.
Hise told the crowd that Morganton was the perfect location for the new campus.
“The community of Morganton and surrounding area was really the only community in the state to stand up and say, ‘We want this campus here. There were other considerations, but they were never going to happen,” he said.
Sandy praised the commitment and energy surrounding the project, not only at the state level, but also from local leaders and educational institutions.
“It’s a project that from the start has received positive support,” Sandy said. “Everyone is excited about it, and everyone brings excitement and energy to the table to do it.”
Roberts agreed, saying The herald of the news local support was essential in realizing the vision of a new campus.
“We had universal support from day one,” he said. “We wouldn’t be here today without lots of people from the city, county, public schools, local colleges and local community efforts.”
Roberts reiterated NCSSM’s continued commitment to partnering with educational institutions, including Burke County Public Schools, Western Piedmont Community College and North Carolina School for the Deaf.
“We are blessed to expand what we can do in this amazing place,” he said. “We have incredible supporters in the region as well as in the UNC system who make things possible and will make things we can’t even imagine possible as we work together in the future.”
Construction of NCSSM-Morganton is nearing completion, and the new campus is now welcoming its first batch of students for summer programs before opening its doors Aug. 10 to an inaugural class of 150 high school students. Full campus enrollment of 300 residential students will arrive in August 2023.
Jason Koon is editor and can be reached at [email protected]


Short movies of 5 Annapurna College of Film and Media alumni have been chosen for digital streaming as a part of Creators’ Summit initiative
Five alumni of Annapurna College of Film and Media have been in for a nice shock once they learnt that their quick movies, made as a part of their graduate programme, will probably be streamed on OTT platform Aha for public viewing.
The transfer comes within the wake of Aha’s collaboration with Annapurna College of Film and Media for its Creators’ Summit initiative. The Creators’ Summit is a year-long initiative via which the digital platform plans to determine promising new voices within the artistic group from throughout the nation, finally paving approach for collaborations.
To kick begin this initiative, 5 quick movies started streaming on October 16. Here’s an introduction to the filmmakers and their quick movies:
Director, Atma Rama Ananda Ramana
The 2018 undergrad alumni of Annapurna shot this movie in January-February 2018, specializing in the dilemma of going overseas for higher profession prospects versus staying again in India within the firm of family members. “The idea triggered when I learnt that our late President APJ Abdul Kalam preferred to work with DRDO and ISRO and turned down an offer from NASA. In my film, one character is torn between going abroad and staying back. He has a newborn baby and elderly parents and won’t be able to spend time with them if he goes abroad,” says Mahesh. The budding filmmaker introduced in points from mythology to provide depth to the story, drawing parallels to conversations between Krishna and Arjuna in Mahabharata.
Uthkarsha Dahatr Balaram
Director, Nene Devudu
An alumna of the 2019 masters’ batch, Uthkarsha took a leaf out of her childhood reminiscence for her commencement quick movie. The Bengaluru resident remembered being aware about a ‘Bootha kola’ or spirit worship ritual practiced in coastal Karnataka. She used that ritual as a instrument to handle relationship points. “We filmed in areas around Hyderabad like Chilkur, and Bapatla in Andhra Pradesh to get that coastal atmosphere. My film was in Kannada, titled Naan Devullu (I am God) and when Aha chose this film for streaming, our college generously took up the responsibility of dubbing it in Telugu,” she says.
Currently working as an assistant director for a Kannada movie, Uthkarsha has used the lockdown to jot down new content material for sequence and have movies.
Allahabad-bred and now Chennai-based Purvangi appears to be like again with pleasure at her commencement movie Chuppi (Hindi), which addresses the necessity for sexual schooling for kids, albeit in a lighter vein. “Rather than a heavy, preachy film on the subject, I thought why not make a family-friendly humorous film that can be a conversation starter,” she says. The 2019 commencement batch alumni made Chuppi as a crowdfunded movie and the concept was to not make it miserable or darkish. “We have been missing conversations about sex education in our homes for generations. I believe that one has to talk to children openly, sensitively about sex,” she says.
Chuppi was dubbed in Telugu as Mounam by Annapurna faculty fraternity for digital streaming: “When I worked on the film, a lot of people said I should have picked up another idea. But it’s heartening that my film was chosen for streaming,” says Purvangi.
Venkat Sai Santosh
The 2016 alumnus’ movie Varnamala is a interval drama within the early 1900s, within the backdrop of the zamindari system and deep-rooted class biases. He had shot this movie in 2014 within the neighborhood of Ramoji Film City and Kompally in Hyderabad, the place he discovered just a few places that have been bereft of urbanisation. “The story explores the tussle between a cruel village head who upholds untouchability, and his benevolent son who wants to change the age-old practices,” explains Venkat. The aspiring filmmaker is now helping director Krish on his new Telugu interval drama.
Director, Maraka Aithe Emiti
Now primarily based in Surat, Vaishvi recollects how she approached a number of faculties in Hyderabad, searching for permission to shoot her quick movie of their premises. Many have been reluctant, one yielded. She wanted to shoot at two faculties and eventually knocked on the doorways of her alma mater in Surat. The topic: The contrasting tales of how two households method the menstrual travails of their adolescent daughters. Originally titled Sort the Spot, the movie was dubbed in Telugu for digital streaming. “The parents and the young girls were extremely cooperative and without their help, I couldn’t have made this film. Many girls face these situations in school while growing up, unknowingly staining their clothes. How their peers and parents react to such a situation makes a huge impression on the girls,” explains Vaishvi. When many colleges in Hyderabad have been reluctant to permit filming this story of their premises, Vaishvi was all of the extra decided to place the story out.


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Title: Green Family Financial Records
Description: This folder includes a small ledger kept by Daniel Green in which he lists all his slaves and their birth dates and their children. Also included is information about trips to take livestock to market and information about prices and buyers. A separate list of Alexander Fife's enslaved people and a note held by Ann White complete the folder.
Source: Green/Fife/White Family Papers
Format: financial document
Rights: Contact Special Collections and Archives, Crabbe Library, Eastern Kentucky University for reproductions, rights and permission to publish.


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Donations From The 17th Annual Fundraiser For LLUCH Will Go Towards Building New Children’s Hospital Tower
RIVERSIDE, CA (February 2018) — Farmer Boys®, the popular fast casual concept which has built a reputation on their farm fresh cooked-to-order menu, comfortable restaurant atmosphere, and friendly staff, raised $68,832 for Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital during their 17th Annual LLUCH Fundraiser, which took place at Farmer Boys’ Riverside and San Bernardino County locations during Fall 2017.
The money, which was raised through in-store customer donations, will help fund a new tower at LLUCH as part of the hospital’s Vision 2020 campaign. The tower is being constructed to meet the community’s growing health care needs, and will feature private rooms for every patient, a SafeZone Play Space, on-site school room, dedicated Children’s Emergency department, and 100-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
“We’re honored to continue our support of such an important organization with the help of our generous guests,” said Larry Rusinko, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Farmer Boys. “For 17 rewarding years, the Farmer Boys family has come together to make an impact on our community with this fundraiser. This year, we are even more proud to be contributing to the construction of a new tower that will allow LLUCH to care for more children in the future.”
Farmer Boys’ President and COO Karen Eadon presented the check to Tiffany Hoekstra, Major Gifts Officer for LLUCH, during a check presentation ceremony on Thursday, February 15. Since 2000, Farmer Boys has donated nearly $720,000 to LLUCH. Every dollar collected helps provide world-class clinical care and outreach programs to children in San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo, and Mono Counties.
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Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Riverside, California, Farmer Boys® is a fast casual restaurant chain serving award-winning burgers, specialty sandwiches, crisp salads, signature sides, and all-day breakfast. Farmer Boys knows farm fresh food will never go out of style. Today, thanks to an ever-expanding franchise operation, the Farmer Boys family continues to grow. The chain continues to seek sites and franchisees in new and existing regions. Farmer Boys currently operates 91 restaurants in California and Nevada. For more information, visit www.farmerboys.com .