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Before I get started talking about my subject directly, I need to say a bit about Auteur Theory. I have pretty mixed feelings about it, and I’ve tried to represent that in this blog by giving equal space to cinematographers and directors (although you’ll notice I put directors at the top). In the period I’ve been discussing, the division was beginning to be formalized, with the “director” being, first, the one who told the actors what to do while the camera operator figured out the visuals, and, later, the one with the ultimate authority on the set. Part of the problem is that the concept of “director” vs “producer” was unclear in the really early years, although as cinema moved towards narrative fictional representations, it followed the division of labor that had been established in the theater. In that context, a director was seen as a “creative artist,” while the producer was in charge of practical issues like financing and advertising (the director did answer to the producer for his job, though, more on that in a bit).
So, what’s my problem with Auteur Theory? Two things: first, I think it misrepresents the reality of working on film, especially after the division of labor caused it to become a large-scale, collaborative, industrial process, and, second, it’s promotes laziness among critics and fans.
Let me unpack that a bit for you. Auteur Theory states that a movie director is the “author” of the film, the person with ultimate responsibility for what appears on the screen. The equivalency is problematic. “Authors,” taken to mean the writers of modern novels, represent a new way of thinking about the artist as an individual in Western European society that emerged as Europe moved out of the Middle Ages. Authors are imagined as working in isolation, creating something wholly new and original from their own minds. However well this does or does not work for literature of different times and cultures, it doesn’t translate well to working on a movie. Anyone who’s been on a movie set knows that literally hundreds of decisions are made every day by people other than the director. The director may have “ultimate” authority on the set, and certainly has the right to suggest things he or she thinks are “important,” and will be the final arbiter of many of these decisions, but I’ve never seen a director who was enough of a micro-manager as to directly decide the placement of every light, or the exact shade that each wall is painted, or the detailed placement of every prop, or the precise body language the actors use. Directors do hire the people they think will do the best jobs for each of these things (often in collaboration with their boss, the producer), but that’s not the same as “authoring” them. That’s “management.” In terms of management, though, the producer really has the final say, even to the point of being able to fire directors in the middle of making a movie. And some producers seem to have as much right to be seen as “auteurs” as directors: noted examples would be Darryl F. Zanuck and “The Longest Day” and the collected works of Val Lewton. I think I’d suggest Spielberg’s influence on the original “Poltergeist” and George Lucas in terms of everything he’s produced as well.
Where I see the laziness creeping in is the language of criticism. I have seen classic movie bloggers write that a movie was “shot by” or even “lensed by” the director. No, that would be the cinematographer (or even the camera operator, to be really precise). I have a certain affection for cinematographers, partly because the movie “Visions of Light” was a turning point in my life and thinking about movies, and partly because of working for a cinematographer-turned-producer/director in my main real world movie job. But, I’m not going to propose a “Fotografia Theory” that places them as more important than directors, the way some writer did in proposing “Schreiber Theory.” Possibly, sometimes, especially in the very early years at Edison or Lumière, they might have been. But, my point is that there is no real “author” of a movie. It is a collaborative effort, and everyone’s job is worth noticing and recognizing. A serious critic needs to make themselves familiar with each of these jobs and, where possible, give credit where it is due. If you don’t have the time or ability to do that, at least try not to say Orson Welles did what Gregg Toland is actually responsible for, OK?
Gregg Toland cries every time you say Welles shot Citizen Kane
OK, back to 1915. I don’t mean all of the above to be taken to say that “directors are unimportant.” They have a lot of responsibility, and they do have an impact on the creative aspects of the movies they direct. So, let’s talk for a bit about some of the leaders, as well as the up-and-comers of 100 years ago.
I think I have to start with D.W. Griffith, who in 1915 was riding a wave of popularity and controversy to be possibly the most known director of his time. After years of making shorts for Biograph, he left over the issue of wanting to make feature-length films when the studio refused to release “Judith off Bethulia.” He is often credited in (lazy) film histories with having invented everything from the close-up to sliced bread. Actually, during the years he made shorts, he really was quite an innovator, and I think deserves special credit in terms of developing the editing techniques that allow audiences to understand simultaneous action taking place across distances, which is vital to establishing suspense in the movies. It’s fair to ask, however, whether there was a particular editor at Biograph he worked with in developing this technique.
I’ve already waxed poetic about Evgeni Bauer, who I think may be one of those few directors that might be able to claim something like “auteur” status, not least because of his training in set design and the obvious care he gave to camera placement. In 1915 his movies included “The 1002nd Ruse” and “After Death,” my personal favorite of his.
Not often spoken about in terms of directing is Charlie Chaplin, who directed most of the movies he appeared in, starting about mid-way through his year at Keystone Studios. By this point in 1915, he’s at Essanay, and is directing some of the classic shorts that made him an immortal. It’s hard to extract Chaplin’s directing from the rest of his mythos, but I would say that he had a talent for fast-moving action that slapstick work, and that it took him a while to start thinking seriously about character development or even sympathetic characters. His later work proves that he did get it, eventually. This year, his work includes “The Tramp” and “Burlesque on Carmen.”
One of the new faces on the scene is Cecil B. DeMille, who started out late in 1914 working for producer Jesse Lasky. DeMille is remembered today mostly for making sprawling epic films, but he actually did quite diverse work in the first few years. After two solid Westerns, he turned to character-driven melodramas, like “Carmen” and “The Cheat.” These are both very sophisticated movies for their day, both in terms of the mature subject-matter, and the complex story-telling structure and camerawork. DeMille was doubtless assisted by a crew of excellent quality, but he showed considerable promise right out of the gate.
We’ve also got Maurice Tourneur, whose son Jacques would also go on to be a director of stylistic films. Tournuer had started in France and wisely got out before World War One to work at the World Film Company. He gave us “The Wishing Ring” in 1914, an “Alias Jimmy Valentine” in 1915. These are both very good character dramas, with the former a pleasant fairy tale fantasy and the second an early installment in the gangster genre. The other night I was watching an old Abbott and Costello movie in which a safe was cracked and a joke came up about “making like Jimmy Valentine,” suggesting that the movie still had some resonance a generation later.
Finally, I want to mention Louis Feuillade, who kind of “started it all” for this blog with “Fantômas” and its sequels. I took time to look at some of his shorts earlier this year, and I found his work amazingly diverse. He probably would have agreed with Auteur Theory, being French and given to writing manifestos about filmmaking. Maybe in his case it applies. The thing that stands out to me about his productions is how visually rich they can be, especially when he goes outside and shoots on location, instead on the cramped indoor sets at Gaumont Studios. I anticipate returning to his crime series “Les Vampires” in time for Halloween this year.


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De La Rose (chest) is expected to remain a Red Wing in the 2019-20 season, Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports. As noted in this report, De La Rose underwent surgery to handle a cardiac issue which caused him to get shut down early in 2018-19. He's still operating under the terms of a two-year deal that he originally procured with the Canadiens in the summer of 2018. There shouldn't be much fantasy interest in the bottom-six grinder, but he should get every opportunity to impress new GM Steve Yzerman.
De La Rose said Monday that he underwent minor heart surgery but is expected to be cleared for offseason workouts and training camp, Dana Wakiji of the Red Wings' official site reports. De La Rose was diagnosed with an accelerated heartbeat in March, but this news is certainly positive for his overall health going forward. The Swede and the team will likely take a cautious approach, but all signs point to a healthy 2019-20 return. De La Rose only accumulated nine points while averaging 11:26 of ice time in 60 games this year.
De La Rose will meet with specialists Thursday to receive more information concerning his accelerated heartbeat, Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press reports, adding that the center is presumed out for the ensuing five-game road trip. De La Rose actually dealt with a cardiac episode before the start of the 2018-19 campaign, and the issue delayed his Red Wings debut upon the forward being claimed off waivers from Montreal. He's since totaled three goals and six assists over 60 games with Detroit. With De La Rose expected to be out for at least eight more days, this will clear more playing time for the likes of college prospects Ryan Kuffner and Taro Hirose.
De La Rose (chest) left Tuesday's game against the Rangers with an "accelerated heartbeat," Dan Rosen of NHL.com reports. De La Rose suffered from something similar prior to the start of this season but it wasn't believed to be serious at that time. Hopefully this is still a minor issue for the 23-year-old but it's unclear how long he'll be out.
De La Rose (illness) will not return to Tuesday's game against the Rangers. The bottom-line forward has just nine points in 60 games this season after collecting an assist before leaving Tuesday's contest. An update on De La Rose's ailment should be given after the game.
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i thought this would be a great idea too,but after tweaking the length of the forks and trying to dial it all in ultimately using a springer front end is the better way to go with the occ schwinn. the problem i came across the most was there is no way to use the front suspension properly at even the stock angle.if you want to try heres what i did RED'S OCC FORKS ?(west coast vs east coast)?
or RED'S OCC FORKS ?(west coast vs east coast)?
im in the middle of a homemade springer design right now that i might try to use some of the same parts to save some money.


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So this is somewhere between the jeep and the pickup truck(s)?
Much more sane a project than the Jeep, since I only took the motor out, and didn't disassemble the whole thing. More fun than the rangers, but probably less sane.
Now the cabin has a Jeep CJ6 rolling chassis, and a body getting prepped for paint in the basement. One ranger parts truck outside. A VW Bus without an engine outside, and a VW engine project in the basement. Need more parts storage racks.
Need two washing machines on the front deck and a busted wood stove on the lawn and it would be just like Vermont.
When I moved in I had three broken wood stoves, a busted bath tub and at least three mattress springs scattered around the field.
One 55gallon drum conversion stove is under the porch. Another wood stove in the basement, and at least one more in the wood shed. The bed of the old truck is the base of a scrap metal pile that is accumulating for pickup that includes a washing machine, and dehumidifier, and at least one lawnmower.
Ken, I remember back when skating was just getting started some folks were towing mattress springs behind their snowmobiles as "grooming apparatus".
And old washing machines are a great source of free sheet metal. I once patched the rusted out drivers side floor of a Buick with a chunk out of the side of a washing machine.
I tried towing a mattress spring and it certainly didn't work well for me.
Don't know about the sheet metal, but angles from the bed frames make up the structure of my trail roller. Also the frame for my track setter. Steel scrap is very useful.


IPhone: Europe wants to impose a single charger on Apple by 2024
The European Commission will table a draft directive on Thursday, September 24, 2021. These measures could require manufacturers of smartphones and tablets to adopt a single charger, with the obligation to integrate a USB Type-C port on their devices. . In addition, the chargers should be interchangeable.
This is a thorny question which has occupied the European Commission since 2009. At that time, the institution noted with dismay that there were around thirty different and incompatible load standards. In fact, the question of a universal and interoperable charger quickly arrived on the table.
Initial pressure from the Commission made it possible to reduce this number to three, with Apple’s USB Type-C, micro USB and Lightening port. But in the eyes of Brussels, it is still too much. That is why it was decided to put the measurement of the single charger back on the mat. This Thursday, September 24, 2021, the European Commission will table a draft directive requiring manufacturers of smartphones and tablets to equip their devices sold on the Old Continent with a single, interoperable charger.
More precisely, all the devices in question must be equipped with at least a USB Type-C port, with however the possibility of housing a second port. And as said above, the chargers must be interchangeable, the cables must be able to be used without loss of performance from one product to another. Besides, the project will also prohibit systematically incorporating a charger in the box of new devices.
Read also: Europe could introduce a right to repair smartphones from 2021
The adoption of the single charger from 2024?
On this last point, the European Commission is late, many manufacturers having already started to remove the charger from the box of their devices such as Apple with the iPhone 12, Samsung with the S21 or even Google with the Pixel 6. “More than 2 billion chargers are already in circulation in the world. By not producing them, we will save 2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions ″, explained Lisa Jackson, vice president of sustainability at Apple.
This measure will be presented by the teams of Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market. It will concern smartphones and tablets, but also headphones, cameras, or even connected speakers. The European executive hopes for a final adoption of the text in the first half of 2022, before consideration by Parliament and the European Council. This device could then enter into force in 2024, this period being necessary to transcribe the measure into the national law of the 27 Member States, then to give manufacturers time to comply.
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Spotlight: 'Cabin Fever'
Updated 8:02 pm, Sunday, May 20, 2012
Playwright Mark Dunn's "Cabin Fever," currently playing at Boerne Community Theatre, is about a family get-together in a Hill Country cabin. (David Clingan, left, plays the patriarch; Patricia Keele Hausman plays one of his daughters.) Final performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday at the theater, 907 E. Blanco. Tickets cost from $10 to $19. Call 830-249-9166 for reservations or visit boernetheatre.org to buy tickets online.

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My new boss is on the shorter side. He has a bald head and a big smile, and he wears a suit that is not tailored to his stocky frame. I enter the dimly lit bar and shake his hand, he says “welcome!” with a forced toothy grin, telling me his name is Rudy. He introduces me to the bartender, whose name I forget instantly.
Rudy shows me around, pointing at things, describing them. He tells me what time to come in on the days I work, and where to put my things. He hands me a new work shirt, it’s crisp and white. My new boss tells me that we only get two of these and if I want more I will have to buy my own. I nod seriously.
“Let me show you the kitchen.” Rudy says, and I follow him. He shows me how to taste each of our sauces, how to know if they are good or bad. He lets me taste a lemon dressing and asks what I think of it. Four members of the kitchen crew stare at me and I say that it tastes good. The tallest kitchen member blinks.
“Not really. Too sour.” He looks at the kitchen staff and they nod their heads, mumble a little. “It’s okay to tell them when it’s not good.” he says to me. I try to look agreeable, knowing I will never tell them anything about any dressings, ever.
Rudy takes me to the area where the freezers are. The freezer door opens and an icy cloud puffs out and covers us. He reaches inside and pulls out a large, red lobster. I take a tentative step back, watching the antenna wiggle at me. The creature’s claws are sealed closed with green rubber bands.
“You like lobster?” Rudy asks, smiling like a clown.
“To eat? Sort of.” I reply.
He roughly throws the lobster back in the freezer and I wince.
“So they’re all alive in there?” I ask as Rudy slams the icy door.
I must look sad, because he touches my shoulder and says: “Don’t become a lobster in your next life.”
I stand, unmoving next to the freezer. What could someone possibly do to merit becoming a lobster in their next life?
At night I can barely sleep. I toss and turn for hours, but comfort never finds me.

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1,091 people pledged $77,128 USD to help bring Covil board game to tables worldwide
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Halifax, Canada – Vesuvius Media is proud to announce its fifth board game, Covil: The Dark Overlords, will go into production this Fall, thanks to over a thousand people who pledged over $77K USD during its latest Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign that ended on Monday, July 3.
“We are over the moon! Thank you to everyone who supported this campaign!” said Konstantinos Manos, Vesuvius Media C.E.O and Lead Game Designer. “Every Kickstarter is a gamble. We wonder if people will like the game, if we will be able to engage the community. We work hard and hope people become as excited as we are about our games.”
In Covil, players take on the role of a Dark Overlord and struggle for supremacy of the regions surrounding an isolated town. Each player has unique powers and countless minions to help them defend against enemy hordes and bring peace to the territories (at a cost, of course!).
“This campaign was so much fun,” said Luis Brueh, Game Designer and Illustrator of Covil. “The community really got involved, guessing what cartoon characters inspired our minions and overlords, and coming up with some great ideas of their own. We loved it!”
Covil is a family friendly (9+), area control board game for 1 to 4 players. Playing time: 30-45min.
Late pledges, including all 28 unlocked stretch goals, will be accepted for a limited time in the Vesuvius Media webshop.
Vesuvius Media will produce the game in English, Mandala Jogos will produce the game in Portuguese, and Arrakis Games will produce the game in Spanish. Downloadable PDFs of the rule book and playing cards are also available in other languages for free online.
Covil is scheduled to be shipped to backers by November 2017; however, attendees at GenCon in Indianapolis this Summer will get a sneak peek and be able to play Covil during a special GenCon Event on Friday, August 14. Tickets are limited.
“We have a lot of work ahead of us and, as always, we will keep everyone informed on the game's progress,” said Manos. “We can't wait to get Covil on tables!”

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Rafael Nadal Claims 11th Roland Garros Title in Straight Sets over Dominic Thiem
Steen Kirby, Tennis Atlantic
Rafael Nadal entered as the French Open favorite and left as the French Open champion for the 11th time in his illustrious career. Nadal, the game’s best ever on clay (perhaps by some margin), dropped just one set the entire tournament as he cruised through a crop of solid ATP players to triumph in Paris yet again.
In the final it was Nadal against Austria’s Dominic Thiem, a player that beaten Rafa before on clay, but was contesting his maiden Grand Slam final (having previously reached the semis at Roland Garros). Thiem wasn’t a pushover, and on the surface he’d probably beat anyone else in tennis, but not Nadal. The Spaniard got off to a strong start and in every pressure moment, forced Thiem to buckle under his attack. Nadal prevailed 6-4 6-3 6-2, the scoreline reflecting how he took control of the match as the minutes ticked by. The final point securing Nadal his 17th Grand Slam overall as he continues to chase Roger Federer in tennis history.
Nadal’s path to the final saw him tested in his opening match against Simone Bolelli. The Italian put everything he could into the opening set and nearly took it, but in the end Nadal grinded his way to a three set victory. Guido Pella and Richard Gasquet put up far less resistance in rounds 2 and 3. Max Marterer played a good third set but still lost in straights. The quarterfinal match against Diego Schwartzman was Rafa’s toughest of the tournament. He struggled at the start and went a set and a break down, then the rain came. Forced to come back the next day to complete the match, Schwartzman couldn’t maintain his high level and lost in four sets.Embed from Getty Images
Nadal took on Juan Martin Del Potro in the semis, Del Potro blitzed his way to that stage and was looking to be in great form, but then the Nadal hurricane hit as the Spaniard lost just 7 games and reached the final via straight sets.
Thiem’s path wasn’t so smooth, as he had to battle through the middle rounds. He put away Ilya Ivashka in straights, then defeated Stefanos Tsitipas and Matteo Berrentini in 4 sets. Kei Nishikori pushed him to four at the start of week 2, but after winning that Thiem really found his groove against an exhausted Alexander Zverev and upset hero Marco Cecchinato. Cecchinato stunned Novak Djokovic in the match of the tournament to reach his first ever slam semi, but the rising Italian was no match for Thiem.
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French fans found some joy as Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut continued their strong doubles partnership and took the title over Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic. It’s the third slam title for the French pair, and their first at their home slam in Paris.
Looking ahead, Nadal and Roger Federer will take their battle for world #1 into the grass and hard court seasons, while Thiem looks set to have a strong run on hard courts (at least), Cecchinato will look to consolidate his breakthrough, and Del Potro will look to stay among the game’s elite.Embed from Getty Images


Steve Jobs went on stage and announced the Apple iPad 2 March 2nd. The new iPad had improved specs and kept the same price point with models between $499 and $829. Samsung has not announced an official price yet, but it appears that what they were planning on was higher than what Apple has.
Competition is a wonderful thing. The Galaxy Tab probably will not end up costing $499, but there is a good chance that we will end up seeing a $599 model.
The 10-inch (tablet) was to be priced higher than the 7-inch (tablet) but we will have to think that over.
– Lee Don-Joo
The Samsung Mobile VP also goes on to say that the parts in the Galaxy Tab 10.1 are inadequate to the iPad 2 and that Apple made the new iPad very thin. That previous statement does not make very much sense since the iPad 2 is only 2.1 mm thinner than the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Also the parts in the Galaxy Tab 10.1 seem on par if not better than the iPad 2. Maybe Samsung knows something that we don’t.
Either way if the price goes down, then the consumer wins. So let’s rejoice.
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GENDER BASED VIOLENCE A SILENT DRIVER OF GLOBAL MALNUTRITION AND POVERTY
’Violence’ means any form of physical, emotional or mental injury or abuse, neglect, maltreatment and exploitation, including sexual abuse, intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against an individual which may result in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, mal-development or deprivation.”
In Uganda, VAWG remains particularly widespread. According to the 2016 Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS), 51 per cent of women aged 15-19 years have ever experienced physical violence. More than one in five (22 per cent) women have ever experienced sexual violence in their lifetimes (UBOS & ICF, 2018)
Hon. Betty Amongi, the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) presented a statement on the l6 Days of Activism Campaign against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). This global campaign was inaugurated in 1991 and spearheaded by the Women’s Global Leadership Institute (WGLI), a program at Rutgers University in New Jersey USA which trains women in leadership based on global good and practice. The campaign has since grown globally and is marked by a wide range of activities organized by various stakeholders. This year 2022, marks the 31st Anniversary of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign.
The Gender Minister said, “Since Uganda engaged in the 16 Days of Activism Campaign, there has been increased public awareness of gender-based violence as a human right, public health, economic and social issue at the family, community, and national levels”. She said Bukedi region was leading with the highest intimate partner violence at 48%, followed by Acholi at 47% and Elgon at 33%, while South Buganda registered the lowest rate at 8%. The National Survey on Violence Against Women (2021) conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) indicated that 95% of respondents had experienced physical or sexual violence, or both, by partners, or non-partners, since the age of 15 years. The lifetime prevalence of intimate partner sexual violence was at 36%, whereas physical violence among ever-partnered women was at 45%. There are regional disparities with Bukedi registering the highest intimate partner violence at 48%, followed by Acholi region at 47% and Elgon Region at 33%. South Buganda registered the lowest rate at 8%.
The 16 Days of Activism Campaign commenced on 25th November, which is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, with a National Launch which flags off various activities at national and district levels in line with the national theme and ends on 10th December, which is the Human Rights Day. This year’s Global Theme is; UNiTE! Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls“. Uganda has adopted this global theme as the National theme
Violence against women and children in most communities, include poverty, substance abuse, discriminatory gender roles, and widespread acceptance of violence, which are reinforced by social norms.
Violence in all its forms remains a public health concern across the world. Intimate partner violence (IPV) can be physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological, among other forms.
Previous research has shown that women are susceptible to poor health outcomes due to violence. Violence against women can have direct health consequences related to injury or psychosocial distress, such as anxiety, depression, and trauma, stress—which may last longer even after violence is no more.
Such findings indicate that experience of psychosocial distress is higher among people who experience violence than people who do not experience violence.
Previous research shows that women who are exposed to intimate partner violence are more likely to acquire HIV than women who have not experienced intimate partner violence. Other negative health effects associated with violence include induced abortion, low birth weight, suicide, homicides, and alcohol disorders. Due to this, there is a need to start recognizing violence against women as a societal or community problem rather than an individual problem.
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious violation of human rights and a life-threatening health and protection issue. It refers to harmful acts directed at an individual based on their gender, and is rooted in gender inequality, the abuse of power and harmful norms. This can take several forms such as intimate partner violence, sexual violence, child marriage, and female genital mutilation.
GBV hinders women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of reproductive health rights. Victims of sexual violence may need emergency contraceptive pills for any unintended pregnancies; treatment for sexually transmitted infections including HIV; medical attention for other injuries including mental and psychological trauma.
GBV – CHILDREN impact & Nutrition Factors
An adult in the neighborhood ever: • punched, kicked, whipped, or beat a child, choked, suffocated, tried to drown a child, or burned them intentionally!
Emotional Violence – Drains Emotional Stability and that has a high probability of damaging a child’s mental health or his/her physical, mental, spiritual, moral, or social development. This is more on emotional acts of violence perpetrated by parents, adult caregivers, or other adult relatives.
According to the United Nations (UN), food insecurity is increasing in Uganda, rising from 24.1% in 2006 to 41% in 2018. The ongoing COVID-19 and Global Economic crisis have contributed to this considerable increase in Ugandan food insecurity and is likely to continue to do so. Likewise, there is great concern that GPV is increasing across the world because of social isolation, poverty and despair due to COVID-19-related lockdowns, social and financial hardships.
Due to GBV, the productivity rates are so low due to low energy levels that are always responsible for physical attributes to work hence low food production. Uganda. This is coupled with Land and Property Ownership Issues.
Mental health issues (depression or anxiety), which occur when concerns about food availability are accompanied by poor coping mechanisms such as alcohol consumption, can further lead to GBV and the concept of ‘patriarchal risk’ can help to theoretically explain the cultural and societal dependence of women on male family members for food and protection, and traditional gender roles are closely linked to all dimensions of food insecurity: access, availability, stability and utilisation. Although women tend to have less control over the household budget, they are often held responsible for feeding the family and blamed if they fail to provide food on the table, leading to different harmful coping strategies such as transactional sex, which in turn increases their risk of HIV.
There is a lot of GBV among the Teenage parents (Mothers) and Poverty is the leading cause leading to limited capacity to provide for.
- Address the younger generation to create sustainable change related to gender-based violence
- Implement more community meetings on empowerment
- Provide a moving gender transformation center for the more remote areas of Kabale
- Help girls understand their basic rights.
- Intentional and consistent mass awareness among the communities and leaders.
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Sticky Stigma: The Impact of Incarceration on Perceptions of Personality Traits and Deservingness
Stigma is often cited as a mechanism driving the consequences of incarceration for formerly incarcerated people and their families. Few studies, however, provide quantitative evidence of the nature and strength of stigma stemming from direct and indirect interaction with jails. In this article, we use an experimental vignette design to make two contributions. First, we use two nonincarceration control groups that allow us to differentiate the stigma attached to incarceration relative to one condition that is not stigmatized (colorblindness) from another that is (drug addiction). Second, we test whether having a partner or family member who has been incarcerated in jail generates stigma. We find that having a formerly incarcerated relative negatively impacts perceptions of personality traits, financial deservingness, and parenting quality. We also show that the stigmatized control condition is comparable with the prior incarceration of a male relative, but more favorable than one's own prior incarceration, indicating unique incarceration stigma. These findings have implications for our understanding of social inequality because they demonstrate how members of marginalized groups who are most likely to experience incarceration or have an incarcerated loved one continue to face informal social exclusion and the attendant consequences long after the formal punishment.
Brew, B; Alani, F; Li, A; Wildeman, C
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Lusakert village is located in the northern part of Armenia’s Shirak region. Severe weather conditions throughout the year make it consistently difficult for families to grow enough food to eat. Water is becoming increasingly scarce and they face recurrent droughts.
In this village, many people grew up thinking that small plots of land were not enough to help families to run productive and profitable businesses while meeting the households’ food needs. With a limited amount of both land and water, families were unable to grow a variety of crops on their small plots.
To help rural families to fight poverty and food insecurity, the World Food Programme (WFP) launched the COVID-19 South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Opportunity Fund in 2021, with technical support from China.
These were important challenges for the WFP team, which aimed to support poverty reduction efforts in Lusakert while making agriculture and food systems more sustainable. As part of the response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Armenia, a pilot project was launched under the scheme.
WFP supported the farmers with drip-irrigation systems for backyard berry gardens in 15 households in the community and provided seedlings to help establish berry gardens as an alternative product to ensure larger harvests from the same plot of land, compared to other crops. This gives farmers an opportunity to sell their products in the local market and make a profit.
WFP provided trainings on modern irrigation systems and how they contribute to increasing agricultural production. The drip irrigation system will help the farmers to save up to 40 per cent more water compared to the traditional methods. Farmers were taught the main principles of efficient agriculture, the care and characteristics of high-value crops, and how to improve competitiveness in the diverse market of agricultural products.
“Thanks to the support, we are able to do so much more with farming now. I will be able to sell in the long run which will help to support my family,” said Zvart Safaryan, a participant in the.
”Knowing the science behind everything is extremely important,” said Edgar Sargsyan, Programme Assistant (Food Value Chains) at WFP Armenia. ”The quality of the crops depends on the farmers’ capability to take care of the plant in the initial stage of planting.”
Farmers engaged in WFP’s project are interested in long-term sustainability and priorities soil quality that successfully promotes healthy crops.
“When it comes to sowing and irrigation details are important, the quality and even sometimes the quantity of the crop is dependent on how and when you sow them,” added Edgar Sargsyan, Programme Assistant (Food Value Chains) at WFP Armenia.
When it comes to the profitability of the crops and selling techniques, the smallholder farmers received information about the entire berry plant, and how to transform all of it into consumer goods. “Let’s take the raspberries as an example. Many people think that you can only sell the berry, but you can use the leaves of the raspberry and make healthy tea. There is no food waste because in case of leftovers, the berries can be dried or used for jams, which can be sold during winter” says Stella Sarukhanyan, a training specialist at NGO Green Lane, WFP’s local technical partner.
“What I appreciate the most in this project is the fact that WFP is providing us not with just something to survive, but with something which will become a source of income in the future and help us expand, have a business of our own, and better cope with the existing agricultural challenges,” says community leader Samvel Balabekyan. “Thanks to this opportunity we have a new vision for agricultural activities and excited about putting our new knowledge into practice.”
Apart from the drip irrigation system, within the framework of the food value chain project for poor communities, WFP Armenia has provided the community with a new solar station.
The establishment of this new solar station also benefited from technical support provided by Chinese experts through an online webinar organized by the WFP China Center of Excellence for Rural Transformation. While solar energy is the most affordable energy source in the country that helps farmers to save money and reinvest in agriculture, it also increases clean energy production.
The project was implemented through the generous donation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, WFP through its COVID-19 SSTC Opportunity Fund implemented an agricultural development project in Lusakert, Shirak province of Armenia. With the support, 15 smallholder farmers received drip irrigation systems for backyard berry gardens, berry seedlings, solar stations, and training sessions on skills improvement and selling techniques. Additionally, a 20kWh solar station has already been installed in the community, allowing them to save around 1,4 million AMD (around US$ 3,000) yearly for 25 years.


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Formed in 2007 by composer/pianist Brian Friedland, this six-piece ensemble fuses intricate compositions with bold collective improvisations. Influences combine the sonorities of modern jazz, the rhythmic complexities of Balkan music, the energy of rock, the experimentation of avant-garde improvisation, and the thematic development of classical music. To celebrate Fathers Day and Juneteenth, FoMu is providing free ice cream.
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Without mineralogy, estimating the optimum Grind Size for Gold Ore Sample is most conveniently made by Laboratory Testing and the agitation leaching method, and it will be necessary to make up 3 or 4 bottle charges in order to have enough ore* for the subsequent screen analysis. Take an average sample of the ore and grind on the bucking table to pass No. 30 sieve.
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MINOT, N.D. — Sen. Nicole Poolman, a Republican from Bismarck first elected in 2012, used a floor speech at the special session in Bismarck today to announce her retirement from office.
In her remarks, a prepared version of which I obtained in advance, Poolman cited personal and professional reasons for leaving elected office. She wants to focus more on what she described as her “real” job as a teacher, and also on the needs of her son who has an intellectual disability.
But she also cited a growing lack of civility in politics.
“Politically, we are living in divisive times. Toxic times. I would be lying if I didn’t admit to feeling a little weary,” she said in her prepared remarks. “When I ran ten years ago, it was because I saw civility diminishing in our national conversations, and I didn’t want that to happen here in North Dakota. I hope I have contributed to the atmosphere of respect and decorum in my time here, but I do feel civility and respect slipping — even here in North Dakota. Some days, even in the legislature.”


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The French midfielder prevented his Portuguese teammate from taking the last-minute penalty against Aston Villa.
Manchester United fell for the first time this season on Saturday when they lost at home to Aston Villa (0-1). An infuriating defeat that could have been avoided if Bruno Fernandes had converted his penalty in stoppage time.
A laudable but detrimental intervention by Pogba
Usually very skillful in this exercise, the Portuguese midfielder was totally missed this time. He sent the leather well over the frame, missing the opportunity to save the draw for his team. A failure that he will certainly ruminate on for a long time.
Fernandes was therefore the unfortunate hero of this game. A label that he could have escaped since it was not he who was supposed to execute the sentence, but his compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo.
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So why didn’t CR7 take charge of a set piece? For the simple reason that Paul Pogba prevented him from doing so. Just after the referee indicated the small white dot on the surface, the Frenchman was seen calling out the five-time Ballon d’Or to ask him to let Fernandes shoot. The initiative was laudable, but so far it was not very inspired on the part of La Pioche.
Solskjaer doesn’t blame Fernandes
Asked about this streak at the end of the match, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Mancunian coach, refused to argue. “You can make all the assumptions about the reaction of the players, Bruno is a very good penalty taker and I hope that you (the journalists, note) will support him by putting out the figures”. Indeed, the former Sporting rarely misses in this exercise. He has only had two failures in 23 tries since moving to MU. And the last one dates back to October 2020 against Newcastle United.
The Norwegian rather deplored the attempt of deconcentration made by the Villans towards his shooter, and in particular goalkeeper Martinez. “What I didn’t like was the way they crowded Bruno and the referee and it’s not great to see they got what they wanted and achieved what they needed “, cursed the coach of the Red Devils.


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The 2021 budget approved in December by the Mancos Board of Trustees is largely similar to previous year’s budget because of a hesitancy to invest in improvement projects without knowing the full financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Budgets for the general, water and sewer funds were all balanced, said Town Administrator Heather Alvarez.
The 2021 property tax was set at 9.443 mills, as it has been for several years. The property tax revenue needed to balance the budget for general operating purposes is $102,619.
Water and sewer tap fees were increased marginally to adjust for inflation.
There were no changes to monthly utility rates as a result of COVID-19. The issue will be revisited in April, but it is likely that any rise in rates would only to be adjust for inflation.
Sales tax revenue from 2020 is estimated at $680,000, a considerable drop from 2019 at $877,365.
According to Alvarez, the town is largely focused on finishing ongoing projects that were halted or slowed because of the pandemic.
“We’re working to make sure that the promises we made in 2020 will be kept in 2021,” Alvarez told The Journal. “The board decided to be conservative since we didn’t know what effect COVID was going to have on the town.”
Several projects are currently in the works. The town will be spending $323,000 from its reserves on these projects, but officials are not concerned because the town’s fund balance for 2021 is estimated at $1.8 million.
According to Alvarez, one of the key projects for 2021 is the Parks Master Plan. At a cost of $40,000, the town intends to hire an outside consultant to help produce a guiding document for future expenditures and development of Mancos’ parks.
Other projects include the production of a Stormwater Master Plan ($60,000), the replacement of wooden picnic tables with metal ones ($10,000) and the replacement of the old water tank and running new fiber to the water plant($1,780,000).
Alvarez anticipates that work on the Main Street Bridge ($1,550,000) will finish up this year. The town has been partnering with the Colorado Department of Transportation on that project since 2015.
One new project is the Raw Water Transmission Line ($30,000). Design and engineering will begin this year on the multi-year project to replace the line that takes water from the Mancos River to the water plant to be treated.

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Book - Burns poetical works; Collins Clear-type Press; 2008-3262-1
Book - Burns poetical worksAbout this object
Donated by Mrs A Bracken
A book of Robert Burns collected poems. Bound in burgundy leather, gold edged pages.
Inscribed inside fly leaf with "To Miss Andrew from C1A 1951"
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Okay, to clarify: I haven’t invented this car. But I thought of it, and I’m going to devote the rest of this evening to figuring out the complex mechanics behind it. It’ll be road-ready by 2091.
I thought of this idea while on a road trip to obtain grampahol earlier this summer. After stopping to go to the bathroom for the third time on a four-hour trip, I realized that my bladder was really cutting into my driving efficiency. I wasn’t making good time. To solve that problem, I could hook up a catheter to a bag and urinate at will in the car, never needing to stop.
But wait. I would still have to stop to get gas, and now I’d step out of the car with a pee-bag sloshing against my calves. I’d dispose of the urine, of course, but it seems like a waste. That’s good urine going down the drain.
Suddenly it clicked in my head. Why use gas when I could use urine to run my car? Of course, my current engine runs on gas, but what if I had an engine that could run on urine? The catheter would hook up directly to the urine-tank so that I could pee while driving and fuel the car. I’d never need to stop—I’d make great time on long trips.
Obviously, the one and only catch is that you have to invent an engine that runs on urine. It would probably involve some sort of fuel-cell hydrogen converter, meaning that your urethra would essentially be hooked up to an atomic bomb under your hood. I’d put in a safety valve or two to keep things balanced.
The name of the car? The Urine-Mobile. That’s the best name according to the focus group I spoke with (my cats). Ideas that were shot down: The Pee-Prius, the Septic Car, the Yellow Cab, the Bladder Blazer, and the Chevy Malipoo.
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Even when all domestic felines are still little wild cats inside, the wild heritage involves the fore most prominently in cats whose wild blood shouldn’t be too far back in the family tree.
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Perfect location in Mala Strana, short walk to the castle district, Charles Bridge and both Old Town and New Town. Tram stop right outside. Beds were a bit hard, but it was a good size room. Nice breakfast. Our room had some cobwebs and a...More
The rooms were spacious and beds were comfortable. The courtyard outside of the room was great to relax at in the morning with some coffee. The location was great--a few minutes walk to the Charles Bridge, but far enough away from the crowds were it...More
Those year we had decided, to celebrate my wifes birthday in Prague. It was for us not the first trip to those beatyfull city. Last Christmas days we are in the same B&B. Surprisingly we are located in the same room #2 with wiew to...More
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shops and restaurants. Do not hesitate to turn a corner into any narrow street. You will suddenly find yourself in a calm and charming neighbourhood full of hidden gardens, parks with peacocks, fruit trees and ponds. As the neighbourhood is a home to Czech Parliament and many ministries, you can also run into well-dressed officials. If you are thirsty or hungry, it is the right place to be. Restaurants offer delicious traditional food and of course, the best Czech beers.

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Yoenis Cespedes hit three doubles and drove in four runs, leading the Mets over the Miami Marlins 12-1 and putting them atop the NL East.
There is no doubt that the two teams starting a 3-game series at Marlins Park are going in the opposite directions.
Adeiny Hechavarria hit a three-run home run off Brandon Maurer with one out in the ninth inning, and the Miami Marlins topped the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Sunday.
While the underachieving Miami Marlins shed salary prior to the trade deadline, the San Diego Padres stood pat believing there’s still time to salvage their disappointing season.
A.J. Ramos forced home the tiebreaking run with a bases-loaded, four-pitch walk in the 11th inning, Jedd Gyorko added a two-run single and the San Diego Padres beat the Miami Marlins 8-3 Friday night.
Who says Marlins Park favors pitchers over hitters?
Playing a home game for the first time in weeks, the struggling Miami Marlins gave their fans something to cheer about.
The way things were going, it seemed the Padres would likely be sellers as the trade deadline approaches. That was before they won five of eight on homestead that might change the front office’s thinking.
Ian Kennedy, being mentioned in various trade scenarios, pitched six strong innings and the San Diego Padres defeated the Miami Marlins 3-1 on Saturday night.
It’s clear that the Marlins are being careful with hard-throwing Jose Fernandez as he works his way back from Tommy John surgery.


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Many of the Vincennes police department vehicles are in bad shape. Mayor Joe Yochum addressed the issue during last night’s city council meeting. Yochum requested that the council approve the spending of river boat gambling dollars and some edit dollars to purchase 4 more police cars. Yochum said they currently buy two new vehicles a year but that he wants to see that change.
Each police car can cost up to 40,000 dollars. The police department is looking at possibly adding a few trucks to their fleet of vehicles, which have a higher trade in value than the patrol cars.

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Millville (N.J.) police Chaplain Bob Ossler (left) prays with Baton Rouge police Cpl. Trina Dorsey and her brother, Cpl. Joseph Keller, for the slain officers.
Regarding the shooting in Baton Rouge and Donald Trump’s response: Trump had an opportunity to appear presidential and diplomatic when he responded to President Obama’s address to the American people in response to the latest shooting.

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UT Health San Antonio’s Dr. Jason Liu receives $100,000 grant from The Mary Kay Foundation
The Mary Kay Foundation on Oct. 22 announced that UT Health San Antonio is among its 2020 cancer grant recipients. The grants are awarded annually to top accredited research institutions in the United States conducting innovative translational research to better understand cancers that affect women.
Zhijie “Jason” Liu, PhD, assistant professor of molecular medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine and an investigator with the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, will leverage the $100,000 Mary Kay Foundation grant to study estrogen receptor alpha (ERα), a biomarker of breast cancer. Dr. Liu is exploring the role of ERα cofactors that enable reprogramming of proteins during breast cancer progression, leading to hormone therapy resistance.
The Liu laboratory will use genome-wide approaches to uncover the key roles of these ERα cofactors. Next, lab members will target the cofactors with drug therapy to reverse resistance in breast cancer cells. This is expected to provide potential therapeutic insights for treating hormone-resistant cancers.
The Mary Kay Foundation has provided $30 million for cancer programs and services since 1996, including grants to support innovative cancer research and clinical trials to find a cure for cancers affecting women.
After a review of nearly 75 applications by The Mary Kay Foundation Research Review Committee, $100,000 grants were awarded to 10 cancer research institutions including UT Health San Antonio.


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Guthridge Hall 11/16/12 – 3:15 a.m. – Case closed
University Police Department officers responded to complaints of a party and discovered a female subject who was previously banned from campus.
Ivory Tower 11/22/12 – 10:15 p.m. – Case closed
UPD officers responded to a report of a suspicious male inside the lobby. He was identified and arrested.
Drug Law Violation
Off campus 11/18/12 – 9 to 10 p.m. – Case closed
Metropolitan Police officers arrested a male student off campus on drug charges.
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Off campus 11/22/12 – Multiple times – Case open
A female student reported a sexual assault occurred during a car ride from Montgomery County Maryland through Clara Burton Parkway and to 21st and F streets. The subject threatened the victim with a knife and said that he would return in the morning if she didn’t call or text him.
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Smith Center 11/26/12 – 11:33 to 11:40 a.m. – Case open
A staff member reported escorting an uninvited male intruder from his office. The staff member later noticed his credit card was stolen and had fraudulent charges on it. Upon investigation, UPD discovered that a loading dock door was found unsecured.
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Let’s face it…we never shut up.
We don’t though, do we? Morning, noon and night we are all yammering away. This happened, that happened, he said, she said. I’ll tell you what…you’re joking…give me a break…
Non stop noise all day long.
So with all that practise, being steeped in wall to wall research for our entire lives, how come writing dialogue can be so difficult?
You can have the best characters, a plot that knocks spots off “Rebecca”, a turn of phrase that makes James Lee Burke seem prosaic. But this is all for nothing if, when your hero or villain opens their mouth to speak, they end up sounding like a cliché, or worse, out of place.
It’s the stuff that gives writers nightmares, and for my money, is probably the hardest part of writing to conquer.
We all have lines of dialogue that have stuck with us, from books, movies, even the odd TV show. With a beautiful economy of language they can belt us with various emotions.
Laughter…Niles talking to his brother Frasier Crane on the TV sitcom. Frasier as usual is protesting his innocence in some dreadful situation of his own making “Frasier, shouldn’t you make a beeping noise when you back up like that?”
Terror…Roy Scheider to Robert Shaw in “Jaws”…”You’re gonna need a bigger boat”.
And If you get it really on the money it can even convey an entire book in one line, as Elmore Leonard did with this character line in his novel “Glitz” – “Wonderful things can happen”, Vincent said, “when you plant seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes.”
Elmore Leonard (bows head and acknowledges genius) was the ultimate king of dialogue in my humble opinion. In his very helpful “10 Rules of Writing” he talks about John Steinbeck’s admission
“I like a lot of talk in a book and I don’t like to have nobody tell me what the guy that’s talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks…”
Wow! No pressure there then…make the characters sound authentic…and give a sense of what they look like all at the same time. No mean feat.
When writing my own book London Interrupted, I had this front of mind. I especially applied it to the villain of the piece, Harkness. He is part psychopath, part narcissist. He loves the sound of his own voice, likes to hold forth passing on pearls of wisdom and quoting great thinkers and leaders of history. He does this for two reasons. One I wanted him to sound grandiose, so that you always knew when he was in the room (he likes it that way too) and secondly I wanted the reader to know that he quotes these various luminaries because it is obvious he believes himself to be their equal. Well I did say he is a narcissist.
I’ll leave it you to see if you think I did a good enough job or not but I do have to admit the few times my editor KT liked or laughed at a line of my dialogue I did a mini power grab celebration in my head.
One invaluable tool I found in creating credible dialogue is a game I like to play when walking almost anywhere in public. “Snatches of caught conversation” is one of my very favourite past times. If you leave your iPod headphones out and take a stroll, you’ll be amazed at the snippets (often very funny in isolation) that you can pick up. Some of my own personal favourites include a woman on Oxford Street declaring to her female companion “He’s just entirely obsessed with my toes…”. Another favourite was the day in Soho when I witnessed two guys passing a bar with a bouncer outside on the door. One of them nodded towards the security man and in a half laugh half whisper declared “If only I could take the weight…”
Real life can point the way with dialogue…it’s just about having your ears open and creating your characters with confidence. If you believe in them, make them real in your mind’s eye, their voices should follow on behind hopefully. I have “borrowed” speech patterns and turns of phrase from real life, but only when they reflect the character who uses them. But still…it’s bloody difficult.
I’ll leave the last word to Elmore…he was way better at all of this anyway:
“I’m very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be a rhythm with it … Interviewers have said, you like jazz, don’t you? Because we can hear it in your writing. And I thought that was a compliment.”
I don’t like jazz…but I do very much like Elmore Leonard and almost every word of dialogue he ever wrote…


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"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak." -- Alan Dundes
A friend of mine called me last night in tears, telling me that she had a very serious fight with her mother over the situation in Turkey. It wasn't hard for me to relate to her. Recently, I have sadly been witnessing fights or attacks on good friends or have been targeted by them because of disagreements over the chaotic political situation in Turkey. Since the start of the Gezi demonstrations, Turkey has become more polarized every day. There are confusing and unpredictable actions and irresponsible statements made by politicians, media members and public figures every other day. Of course social media is fueling the fire in these uncertain times, and pandemonium is going on.
It seems that everyone has an incurable "fight to be right syndrome," and it is going from bad to worse. Most people are busy speaking or criticizing harshly while very few are listening to understand.
Think about it, most of us were hurt during childhood by either a bully or a teacher or a loved one and still remember some of the things that were said to us ages ago if they were said in criticism, humiliation or rejection. They had an impact on our feelings, ambitions or sense of selves for a long time. In this heated period, unfortunately, many of us have fought with parents, siblings, cousins or best friends just because of disagreements in politics. We should be cautious, because words can be extremely damaging, and their momentary effects can change our relationships forever. Such damage can filter down into our emotional memories to reflect in the back of our minds.
However, since words can be very powerful, I don't understand why we don't use them to lift someone up and support them rather than knocking them down. As a society we should remember that problems are ours and it is our responsibility to be part of the solution. It is time to think of what we can do to protect ourselves from others' hurtful words to eliminate destructive dialog. However, since people hear what they want to hear no matter what we say, we can be pulled into a very uncomfortable conversation without realizing it.
Here is what I repeatedly remind myself to remain sane these days and what I told my friend to make her feel better for her second round of talks with her mother: If things get heated, remain grounded in wise speech and remember, you are not responsible for the other person's words, but you are responsible for your own. You don't have much influence on others, but you have power over yourself. Try to be faultless with your words. To be able to do that speak from your heart and always tell the truth. If you cannot speak the truth at the moment just be quiet and wait for the right time to come, but never be manipulative by taking words out of context and say only what you mean. Speak with integrity. Make an effort not to be driven by impulse. Think more and talk less. Use your own judgment to see if your words are necessary or beneficial to make things better or worse. Always speak with goodwill. Be constructive. "Raise your words, not voice," says Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. So remember, you shouldn't be harsh with others. In a good statement, words can be firm, pointed or intense but cannot be rude, inflammatory or snarky.
Use some empathy. Courage is not only speaking up to be an advocate of your thoughts but also sitting down and listening to others. "We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak," Epictetus said, so be a good listener. That's all I can say. Of course those principles cannot guarantee that the person you are speaking to will respond to you fairly. Nevertheless, at least you wouldn't be resentful later.
Turkey is striving for true democracy to be more transparent and accountable in all sectors. Good days are approaching. We should be ready. We are at the learning stages of freedom of expression and figuring out that it is not meant to be the freedom to humiliate or accuse others but to guarantee the ability to freely defend our thoughts and ideas. So we should speak to be heard and understood. It is time to communicate with care and wisdom. Remember, it is a difficult time not only for you, but it is a very sensitive time for everyone.
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domain: psychology


BOSTON (CBS) — The Red Sox will retire Wade Boggs’ No. 26 on Thursday night, but “The Chicken Man” may want to rethink the bling he wears on the field.
When Boggs and other members of the 1986 Red Sox took the field at Fenway Park Wednesday night for a ceremony honoring the 30th anniversary of that team’s run to the World Series, Boggs had his 1996 World Series ring on his right hand — a title he won with the rival New York Yankees.
This would obviously sting much more had the Red Sox not won a World Series title — let alone three — in the last 16 years. The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry has gone from heated to just a smidge over lukewarm in recent years, and Boston fans have eased up a bit with their hatred of everything Yankees.
Boggs is known for wearing the ring to just about every event he attends, so it really shouldn’t be much of a surprise. But it would probably be a good idea to keep the ring in his pocket when the spotlight is on him Thursday night.


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Night Monkey, Day Monkey
When they try to play together, Night Monkey and Day Monkey learn how differently they see the same world. From fireflies to butterflies, shadows to parrots, they just can’t look at things in the same way! Luckily, in spite of all their contrasts, they also learn to be the best of friends… Written by Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, this comical and touching rhyme explores individual differences, opposites and night and day. A fascinating look at how different the world can look through two sets of eyes, it also shows that you don’t have to be the same as someone to get on well with them!
“Reassuring and funny, this is ideal bedtime reading.” Independent on Sunday
“A charmingly rhythmic poem… a clever way of reassuring small children about night-time.” The Evening Standard


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A controlled burn got out of hand on Tuesday southwest of Saskatoon, destroying a trailer and possibly some vehicles, according to the Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD).
SFD received a report of the uncontrolled fire along Highway 60 south of Valley Road just before 3:00 p.m.
Upon arrival at the scene, firefighters faced a large grass fire which was moving quickly due to a strong wind blowing up to 55 km/h, said SFD.
The SFD had initially sent one fire engine, two tanker units, two brush trucks and the battalion chief to the scene, but later three additional fire engines came out to help.
Firefighters from Pike Lake and Delisle were also on scene to help put out the fire.
“SFD’s fire crews prioritized protection of structures that were in the fire’s path,” said the Saskatoon Fire Department in a media release on Tuesday afternoon.
“With the wind gusts, this fire is difficult to extinguish and to get ahead of at this time.”
The fire consumed a trailer and potentially some vehicles, said SFD.
Warman RCMP was also at the scene of the fire.
They initially asked the public to avoid Highway 60 as well as Valley Road near Vanscoy.
Just after 6:30 p.m. Saskatchewan RCMP shared the update that the highway was now back open.
Second out-of-control fire near Saskatoon in one week
On Monday, the Saskatoon Fire Department were called to another uncontrolled fire in the Saskatoon area.
The fire on Monday also initially started as a controlled burn, said the SFD on Monday.
A large area of grass the size of a “football field” was on fire south of Saskatoon on Highway 219 at the entrance to Beaver Creek, according to the SFD.
The fire was apparently not connected to Beaver Creek Conservation Area and not part of the Meewasin Prescribed Fire Program, said the Meewasin Valley Authority.
“Any fires conducted by Meewasin requires a permit through the Saskatoon Fire Department where a plan is presented which includes where, when and how the burn will be conducted, along with considered conditions,” the authority said in a news release.
“These conditions include wind speed, wind direction, days since precipitation, fuel moisture and relative humidity among other factors. Meewasin’s prescribed fires are all planned and supervised by an experienced fire boss with assistance from trained staff and volunteers. The weather conditions on April 18th would have not met Meewasin’s safety criteria.”
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The power transformer protection is realized with two different kinds of devices, namely the devices that are measuring the electrical quantities affecting the transformer through instrument transformers and the devices that are indicating the status of the physical quantities at the transformer itself.
An example of the former could be current-based differential protection and of the latter oil temperature monitoring.
Protection Devices //
The following discusses protection devices typically delivered as a part of the power transformer delivery.
The power transformer protection as a whole and the utilization of the below presented protection devices are not discussed here.
The Buchholz protection is a mechanical fault detector for electrical faults in oil-immersed transformers. The Buchholz (gas) relay is placed in the piping between the transformer main tank and the oil conservator. The conservator pipe must be inclined slightly for reliable operation.
Often there is a bypass pipe that makes it possible to take the Buchholz relay out of service.
The Buchholz protection is a fast and sensitive fault detector. It works independent of the number of transformer windings, tap changer position and instrument transformers. If the tap changer is of the on-tank (container) type, having its own oil enclosure with oil conservator, there is a dedicated Buchholz relay for the tap changer.
A typical Buchholz protection comprises a pivoted float (F) and a pivoted vane (V) as shown in Figure 1. The float carries one mercury switch and the vane also carries another mercury switch. Normally, the casing is filled with oil and the mercury switches are open.
When minor fault occurs…
Here is assumed that a minor fault occurs within the transformer. Gases produced by minor faults rise from the fault location to the top of the transformer. Then the gas bubbles pass up the piping to the conservator. The gas bubbles will be tapped in the casing of the Buchholz protection.
This means that the gas replaces the oil in the casing. As the oil level falls, the float (F) will follow and the mercury switch tilts and closes an alarm circuit.
When major fault occurs…
It is also assumed that a major fault, either to earth of between phases or windings, occurs within the transformer. Such faults rapidly produce large volumes of gas (more than 50 cm3/(kWs) and oil vapor which cannot escape.
They therefore produce a steep buildup of pressure and displace oil. This sets up a rapid flow from the transformer towards the conservator. The vane (V) responds to high oil and gas flow in the pipe to the conservator. In this case, the mercury switch closes a trip circuit. The operating time of the trip contact depends on the location of the fault and the magnitude of the fault current.
The gas accumulator relay also provides a long-term accumulation of gasses associated with overheating of various parts of the transformer conductor and insulation systems. This will detect fault sources in their early stages and prevent significant damage.
When the transformer is first put into service, the air trapped in the windings may give unnecessary alarm signals. It is customary to remove the air in the power transformers by vacuum treatment during the filling of the transformer tank with oil.
The gas accumulated without this treatment will, of course, be air, which can be confirmed by seeing that it is not inflammable.
Other technical articles related to Buchholz relay //
Many power transformers with an on-tank-type tap changer have a pressure protection for the separate tap changer oil compartment. This protection detects a sudden rate-of-increase of pressure inside the tap changer oil enclosure.
Figure 3 shows the principle of a pressure relay.
When the pressure in front of the piston exceeds the counter force of the spring, the piston will move operating the switching contacts. The micro switch inside the switching unit is hermetically sealed and pressurized with nitrogen gas.
The simplest form of pressure relief device is the widely used frangible disk. The surge of oil caused by a heavy internal fault bursts the disk and allows the oil to discharge rapidly. Relieving and limiting the pressure rise prevent explosive rupture of the tank and consequent fire.
Also, if used, the separate tap changer oil enclosure can be fitted with a pressure relief device.
The pressure relief device can be fitted with contact unit(s) to provide a signal for circuit breaker(s) tripping circuits.
A drawback of the frangible disk is that the oil remaining in the tank is left exposed to the atmosphere after a rupture. This is avoided in a more effective device, the pressure relief valve, which opens to allow the discharge of oil if the pressure exceeds the pre-adjusted limit.
If the abnormal pressure is relatively high, this spring-controlled valve can operate within a few milliseconds and provide fast tripping when suitable contacts are fitted. The valve closes automatically as the internal pressure falls below a critical level.
Transformers with oil conservator(s) (expansion tank) often have an oil level monitor. Usually, the monitor has two contacts for alarm. One contact is for maximum oil level alarm and the other contact is for minimum oil level alarm.
The top-oil thermometer has a liquid thermometer bulb in a pocket at the top of the transformer. The thermometer measures the top-oil temperature of the transformer. The top-oil thermometer can have one to four contacts, which sequentially close at successively higher temperature.
The figure below shows the construction of a capillary-type top-oil thermometer, where the bulb is situated in a “pocket” surrounded by oil on top of the transformer. The bulb is connected to the measuring bellow inside the main unit via a capillary tube. The bellow moves the indicator through mechanical linkages, resulting in the operation of the contacts at set temperatures.
The top-oil temperature may be considerably lower than the winding temperature, especially shortly after a sudden load increase. This means that the top-oil thermometer is not an effective overheating protection.
However, where the policy towards transformers’ loss of life permits, tripping on top-oil temperature may be satisfactory. This has the added advantage of directly monitoring the oil temperature to ensure that it does not reach the flash temperature.
The winding thermometer, shown in the figure below, responds to both the top-oil temperature and the heating effect of the load current.
The winding thermometer creates an image of the hottest part of the winding. The top-oil temperature is measured with a similar method as introduced earlier. The measurement is further expanded with a current signal proportional to the loading current in the winding.
This current signal is taken from a current transformer located inside the bushing of that particular winding. This current is lead to a resistor element in the main unit. This resistor heats up, and as a result of the current flowing through it, it will in its turn heat up the measurement bellow, resulting in an increased indicator movement.
The temperature bias is proportional to the resistance of the electric heating (resistor) element.
The result of the heat run provides data to adjust the resistance and thereby the temperature bias. The bias should correspond to the difference between the hot-spot temperature and the top-oil temperature. The time constant of the heating of the pocket should match the time constant of the heating of the winding.
The temperature sensor then measures a temperature that is equal to the winding temperature if the bias is equal to the temperature difference and the time constants are equal.
With four contacts fitted, the two lowest levels are commonly used to start fans or pumps for forced cooling, the third level to initiate an alarm and the fourth step to trip load breakers or de-energize the transformer or both.
In case a power transformer is fitted with top-oil thermometer and winding thermometer, the latter one normally takes care of the forced cooling control.
Reference // Distribution Automation Handbook – ABB


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The car eluded police and ended up in a Route 102 driveway where it was located by State Police. The car took off again, headed up I-93 north, took the ramp to I-293 north and shortly thereafter ran out of fuel.
Police caught up with the car and arrested Blodgett and placed a female companion in protective custody.
In addition to the drunk driving, Blodgett has been charged with operating after suspension, disobeying a police officer, reckless conduct and resisting arrest.
Bail was set at $5,000 cash. Blodgett will face arraignment in Manchester District Court.
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China's RBN-DGPS System to Begin Operation
Coverage area: 300 kmThe China Maritime Safety Administration (CMSA) released in Beijing on December 28 that RBN-DGPS system will be formally put into full operation for public navigation service on January 1, 2002. Within the 300-km signal coverage area of single RBN-DGPS station at sea, the position accuracy is better than 5 m for sub-meter navigation receiver.
20 RBN-DGPS stationsAccording to "CHINESE MARINE RBN-DGPS SYSTEM PLAN", 20 RBN-DGPS stations have been set up by CMSA through 1996-2000 in three phases. The signal coverage (or multiple) can fully cover the critical China coastal harbor, harbor approach and waterways.
Position accuracy: 5 meterThe position accuracy depends directly on the performance of the user's DGPS receiver and the distance of the user from the receiver reference station. In normal conditions, in the coverage area of 300 km radius, the meter accuracy DGPS receiver can obtain position accuracy better than 10m(2drms), while the sub-meter accuracy receiver better than 5m(2drms).
As from January 1 next year ships along the coastal areas of China will be able to receive the signal for navigation so long as they are installed with satellite signal receiver for professional use, thus being able to get high-precision positioning signal.
Marine RBN-DGPS in China
To meet the operational requirement of marine
public navigators, marine surveying, marine
petroleum exploitation, dredging and pilotage
in China critical harbors, waterways and
coastland, in 1996, taking full advantage of
the equipment of existing radiobeacon and
Loran-A station, China Maritime Safety
Administration(MSA) started the construction
of RBN-DGPS station system that was already
completed before the year of 2000. The
RBN-DGPS navigation service is designed to
provide coverage with the specified signal
strength for all harbor and harbor approach
areas and other critical waterways wherein the
MSA provide aids to navigation. For some
critical harbor and harbor approach areas,
coverage of which is provide by more than
one broadcast site.
The 20 RBN-DGPS Stations:1 Dasanshan ; 2 Laotieshan ; 3 Qinhuangdao ; 4 Beitang ; 5 Chengshanjiao ; 6 Wangjiamai ; 7 Yanweigang ; 8 Haozhigang ; 9 Dajishan ; 10 Dinghai ; 11 Shitang ; 12 Tiandashan ; 13 Zhenhaijiao ; 14 Luyu ; 15 Sanzao ; 16 Naozhoudao ; 17 Fangcheng ; 18 Baohujiao ; 19 Sanya ; 20 Yangpu
RBN-DGPS Technical Specifications
Transmission Frequency: By assigned ITU for marine radio
beacon, China MSA RBN-DGPS stations
transmit correction information in the
frequency band 283.5-325.0 kHz.
Following the recommendation on the
allocation and assignment of reference and
broadcast station identification number by
IALA, the ID number are assigned from north
to south, 601-609 for reference station and
601-629 for broadcast site.
300 km at sea for single station.
Signal Format and Type:
Message type is in the format RTCM
SC104 Recommended Standards for
differential navstar GPS Service. Type
Message 9-3, 16 are applied. However, the
message type may be changed if appropriated.
Transmission Rate:200 BPS.
Reference station utilizes WGS-84
Coordinate System , in which its antenna
position accuracy would be better than 0.5 m .
Position Accuracy:The meter
accuracy DGPS receiver can obtain position
accuracy better than 10m(2drms), while the
sub-meter accuracy receiver better than
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domain: geography


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Ultimate Grilled Cheese
"lifeblood and homesickness remedy"Serves 4 | Prep Time 10 minutes | Cook Time 10-12 minutes
Why I Love This Recipe
Quick and nurturing
Ingredients You'll Need
6 tablespoons butter, softened, divided
8 slices sourdough bread or your choice
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
3 tablespoons finely shredded Manchego or Parmesan cheese
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 cup shredded sharp white cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Spread 3 tablespoons butter on one side of bread slices. Toast bread, butter side down, in a large skillet or electric griddle over medium-low heat until golden brown, 2-3 minutes; remove. In a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise, Manchego cheese, onion powder and remaining 3 tablespoons butter. In another bowl, combine cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gruyere.
To assemble sandwiches, top toasted side of four bread slices with sliced Brie. Sprinkle cheddar cheese mixture evenly over Brie. Top with remaining bread slices, toasted side facing inward. Spread mayonnaise mixture on the outsides of each sandwich. Place in same skillet and cook until golden brown and cheese is melted, 5-6 minutes on each side. Serve immediately.

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Where my love of birds, nature, photography, art and poetry combine.
Happy New Year!
One never knows where the New Year will lead us…
Artsy Fartsy Fridays
Very pretty scene, Kathie! Happy weekend!
...love those colors! Cool shot...
Happy New Year Kathie.....:)
Love it! Looks like walking into the unknown.
Beautiful - looks just like a pinting
A beautiful image Kathie. Quite magical.
Welcome to my nest! I hope you will enjoy spending time here with me and the birds. Thank you for your comments. I will try to get back to you as soon as I get back from counting more birds.