This year the UC Berkeley campus is celebrating the centennial of its iconic Campanile bell tower.
Ironically, before another year is past it”s likely that one of the elements that makes that tower and its setting so special will be gone forever, sacrificed to private greed.
In 1915 the tower was completed at the head of a classic view corridor — Campanile Way — pointed directly at the Golden Gate.
Each day, thousands of students, faculty, and staff walk past Campanile Way, and many pause to snap a picture, take in a sunset, or just sit on the Campanile steps in contemplation.
Most of the hundreds of tourists and prospective students who visit the campus daily are also taken to that spot on tours, where their student guides explain the significance of the university looking out to the world through the Golden Gate from one of the most glorious campus sites imaginable.
However, if a private developer from Southern California and Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates have their way, students and visitors will soon be seeing a 194-foot-tall, 12- to 18-story wall of 302 luxury apartments or condominiums jutting into that view, permanently blocking out the sight of much of the Bay and Alcatraz Island and rising to cover the Golden Gate Bridge itself.
Public beauty will be captured for private gain. The “million-dollar view” currently available to all from the campus will become “million-dollar condominiums” reserved for the wealthy.
The high-rise development project, 2211 Harold Way, is working its way through the city approval processes and, despite protests from many directions for many reasons — including the likely loss of the popular 10-screen Shattuck Cinemas, which the development would demolish — seems poised to get its building permits in the next few months.
Only further public protest and pressure directed at city officials — and UC leaders who are publicly sitting on the sidelines and giving tacit support to the development — can get this project modified.
There has been a groundswell of opposition in recent weeks. UC Berkeley student Alexandra Smith was so upset by the project that she started an online petition on Change.org to lobby the City Council and UC Berkeley”s chancellor to advocate for altering the project to preserve the view.
In little more than a week more than 3,000 people, most of them UC students, have signed the petition, many of them also posting moving testimonials about what the view has meant to them and the campus.
Hundreds of Berkeley citizens have also protested at numerous public hearings, signed other petitions, written letters and lobbied.
To date, the developer has been unwilling to alter the building height and has only offered to decrease the width by a paltry 23 feet. And the City Council majority, led by Mayor Bates, seems poised to grant the needed permits, and the right to privatize a piece of Berkeley”s sky, quite possibly in the next few months.
Now is the crucial moment. Further public outcry must sway the remainder of the City Council to insist the building not block the view.
In the meantime, the Campanile clock is ticking and the view may be on borrowed time.
You can sign the petition at www.change.org/p/city-of-berkeley-save-the-golden-gate-view-from-campanile-way and write to the City Council at firstname.lastname@example.org.
If you have questions about the effort to preserve the view, write to email@example.com
Community historian Steven Finacom, who writes the Berkeley history column for the Voice, worked for 28 years as a career University of California staff member, primarily in physical planning.


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Troy Tulowitzki knocked in seven of the Colorado Rockies nine runs Wednesday in their 9-6 win over the San Diego Padres. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Tulowitzki is the second player in MLB history with more than 10 home runs and more than 25 RBI in any 14 games of September/October (Hank Greenberg did it in 1940 with 12 HR and 31 RBI). He also tied Ralph Kiner (1949) for the most home runs through the first 15 games of September with 11 (hit two on Wednesday). The Rockies’ club record for homers in a month is 12, accomplished most recently by Matt Holliday in 2007.
The Tampa Bay Rays moved back into first place in the American League East after posting a 4-3 win over the New York Yankees Wednesday. This was the fifth time in the last six meetings the game was decided by one run, including all three games in this series in Tampa (they play a four-game set in New York beginning Monday, September 20). Dan Johnson’s go-ahead HR in the bottom of the seventh inning – his second HR of the game – was the game-winner. Four of his five HR this season have come against the Yankees and Red Sox.
Yankees and Rays
Head-to-Head This Season
While the Rays own the edge in victories in their season series against the Yankees this season these two teams have battled each other extremely close. The Rays have outscored the Yankees by just two runs, while both teams have 19 home runs, and 121 hits in the 14 games they have played against each other.
Justin Maxwell of the hit his third career grand slam in the Nationals’ 4-2 win over the Atlanta Braves. Maxwell has nine career home runs, three of them are slams. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last player to hit three slams in his first 9 career homers was David Eckstein (2001-02).

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Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting for the year 2010.
Order intake increased during the first quarter
- In 2011 new plant became operational to manufacture tubes for umbilicals.
- New high technological added-value products for the power generation and oil and gas exploration and extraction under extreme conditions have been launched.
- Significant orders for power generation and OCTG tubes thanks to V&M agreement
- UBACEX will continue applying its plan based on improving competitiveness , productivity, cost savings and reducing expenditure
- In 2010 TUBACEX has made investments amounting to 52.30 million euros.
TUBACEX RELIES ON ITS STRATEGIC LINES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ITS RESULTS IN 2011
TUBACEX is confident in achieving an improvement of its results during 2011. The President of the company, Álvaro Videgain, has assured at the Shareholders’ Annual General Meeting, held today at the company’s headquarters in Llodio, Álava, that the new high added-value products recently included in the product portfolio and the plans to control expenditure and improve competitiveness, which represent the main elements of the Strategic Plan of the company, will be key to achieving this target.
Videgain added that the demand for seamless stainless steel tubes has shown some recovery, supported by an increased activity in the sectors demanding the company’s products – oil & gas, energy and petrochemical industries – as well as the increase of oil prices that has favored new investments in this industry. The President of TUBACEX has highlighted the strength of the German market and the recovery of the tube distribution industry in the US, as well as the growth expectations in the demand of tubes in Brazil, where important investments in this industry are expected.
In this sense, during the first quarter of the year, order intake has increased by 30% compared to the same period in 2010 and by 25%, if compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. This improvement includes orders for new investment projects in tube stockists and distributors. Sales for the first quarter of the year stood at 119.56 million euros, a figure that represents a relevant increase compared to the same period in 2010.
The current plan of the company is based on achieving growth in new high added-value products for power generation and oil and gas exploration and extraction under extreme conditions, the inclusion of tubes for umbilicals in the product portfolio and the development of the strategic alliance with V&M will actively contribute to the improvement of results during this year. As per the alliance with the French manufacturer, worldwide leader in its sector, Álvaro Videgain has added that “it is an important impulse for the innovation strategy of our company in the strategic areas of the oil and energy industries, which contributes significantly to the increase of sales and the profitability of our company”.
TUBACEX’s President added that “we should be cautious because this year will be very complex for our industry and our company” and he highlighted that he will continue to implement the plans for competitiveness, productivity, cost improvement and expenditure reduction as the company has been doing since 2008, focusing also on stock reduction and working capital optimization.
As regards to the year 2010, of which the Annual Accounts have been approved today at the Shareholders’ Annual General Meerting, Álvaro Videgain has stated that it developed in a better environment than 2009, although it is still very far from the level achieved before this international financial crisis.
“Despite our efforts – Videgain told the Shareholders -, the weak macro economical environment and even lower investment levels in the tube demand sectors have resulted in an insufficient growth in the demand for our products, preventing us from achieving net positive growth, although it has allowed us to reduce the losses of the previous year by 75%”.
Consolidated sales for the year amounted to 361.78 million euros, a figure 2.6% times lower than in 2009. Sales grew in Europe, Middle East and Latin America, while they dropped in North America and Asia. We must highlight the increase in the European market, where sales have accounted for 66.9% of the Group’s total sales and invoices have increased by 9.8%; and Brazil, where sales have grown by 75%.
The gross operating profit (EBITDA) has been positive, 12.77 million euros, which contrasts with the negative figure (-18.38 million euros) of 2009. The Group has recorded losses amounting to 6.55 million euros, which are 74.6% less than in the previous year.
TUBACEX is in a sound financial position accounting for over 40% of its total liabilities.
Investments amounting to 52.30 million euros
Throughout 2010, and fulfilling the commitments included in its Strategic Plan, TUBACEX has deployed investments in technical facilities and machinery amounting to 52.30 million euros, which were allocated to the development of production capacity in those segments requiring a higher level of expertise and added value within the oil, gas and energy industries, such as the exploration and extraction of oil and gas in extreme conditions (offshore and deep water extraction) and power generation in state-of-the-art plants. This figure is the highest in the company’s history.
Between 2007 and 2010 the investments, linked to the implementation of the Strategic Plan, have amounted to 113.37 million euros, almost 30 million euros per annum.
New off-shore plant
Among the 2010 investments included in the Strategic Plan we must highlight the completion of the construction of a new facility in the Group’s plant located in Ternitz (Austria) for manufacturing umbilical offshore tubes, a product intended for supporting activities in the exploration and extraction of oil and gas in critical conditions of pressure, temperature and corrosion. This new plant, that began its construction in 2008, is now fully operational and has become the international technological benchmark for this type of facilities. The plant has overcome complex product certification and validation requirements and will begin supplying the markets in 2011.
Umbilical offshore tubes are used for controlling equipment on the seabed and for the injection of fluids or corrosion inhibitors. It is an extremely long welded product that is supplied in coils. Requirements of performance and quality are extreme in this product. TUBACEX fully relies on a very positive evolution of the demand for this product in the upcoming years as a consequence of the increasing trend to extract oil in deeper and more corrosive environments.
These facilities will supplement the previous investment in a cold rolling mill for high- value products for the TTI factory in Amurrio, which specializes in tubes for drilling and pumping oil and gas (OCTG, Oil Country Tubular Goods) in special alloys. With this new investment, TUBACEX has increased its cold tube product portfolio, including large OCTG tubes.
To supplement this new product line, TUBACEX has developed improvements during 2010 in the finishing area of the TTI factory in Llodio. Moreover, the company has added two new ultrasound control machines in these facilities to strengthen quality assurance of the products.
Agreement with Vallourec & Mannesmann
During 2010, TUBACEX has continued developing the strategic agreement formalized in 2009 with Vallourec & Mannesmann (V&M) in the areas of R&D&I and sales, to strengthen its offer in seamless stainless steel tubes for the oil, gas and energy industries. The companies have set up joint teams for the development of new products.
For the power generation industry, TUBACEX and V&M are developing new materials that can withstand extreme pressure and temperature conditions for use in supercritical thermal power plants, a new generation of highly efficient plants that require the development of new materials that are more resistant than those used in the current thermal power plants. In 2010, we have obtained the first orders for the first steel grade developed jointly.
For the oil and gas market, both companies are working on the development of tubes for critical environments, on products with very high-performance regarding mechanical and corrosion-resistance properties, a high uniformity of features and a highly competitive process in terms of productivity and costs. In 2010, we completed the industrialization of a range of grades and tube sizes for their use as oil and gas production tubes in extreme environments and we have served the first orders.


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Black Shark, which is known for its gaming smartphone, is going to move in India too. Xiaomi-owned company Black Shark is going to start its office in Bangalore, India. For this, the company has started building the team too. Xiaomi launched its two new smartphones Redmi Note 7 and Redmi Note 7 Pro yesterday. Now the company is in the process of launching its gaming smartphone in the Indian market soon.
At the launch of Redmi Note 7 and Redmi Note 7 Pro, Black Shark’s Global Vice President David Lee said through a press note, “A Big” Hello “to India’s team by Black Shark.” Black Shark Prior to OnePlus The communication head has been included in the brand building in India for the brand building. The headquarters of the company will be in Bangalore and the company will operate from there.
Talking about the features of the Black Shark Gaming smartphone, it can offer a 5.99-inch LCD display. The phone comes with Snapdragon Qualcomm 845 chipset processor. For graphics, Adriano 630 has been given. The phone works on Android OSO 8.0 operating system. The phone comes with two RAM options 6GB and 8 GB. Talking about the memory of the phone, it can be given 64 GB and 128 GB of memory. Talking about camera features of the phone, dual rear camera can be given in its back. Primary sensor 12 megapixels and secondary sensor 20 megapixels can be given. Talking about the selfie camera, a 20-megapixel single selfie camera can be given. The phone can come with 4,000 mAh battery. The fingerprint scanner can also be provided for the phone’s security.
Xiaomi Black Shark can be fought from the already launched Asus ROG in India. Asus ROG has a 6.0-inch display. Talking about the phone processor, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset processor has been given in it, with which the Adreno 630 GPU is also included. The phone has 8GB of RAM and 128GB of inbuilt memory. The memory of the phone can be increased to 512GB via microSD card. Talking about camera features, it has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera. Talking about the front camera of the phone, it has an 8-megapixel selfie camera. To give power to the phone, it has a battery of 4,000 mAh. There are many types of sensors in the phone that are essential for a gaming device. The fingerprint sensor is also given on the phone. The phone supports Quick Charge 3.0. Also, the phone runs on the Android Orao 8.0 operating system.


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Happy Sunday, friends! My latest bi-weekly roundup in wine, food, lifestyle, design and travel.
Since everyone had royals on the mind this month, here’s how to feel like royalty while you’re vacationing.
I absolutely love a chilled red. A good number of red wines come to life when served at cooler temps—and they happen to be the lighter-bodied reds that many people prefer to drink in the summer months. What to know about this category of red wine.
From Mexico to Morocco, these are the 20 best-designed new hotels in the world. Get booking.
This link claims the best beach reads of all time, from hot new debuts to classic picks that deserve a re-read. I’m doing my shopping from this list!
A French luxury travel company will soon charter luxury rides to the stratosphere, with a gorgeous view of the earth’s curves. The rides are three hours and French culinary master-made meals with guided wine tastings.
The aesthetic of this ~500 sq ft box house is too good not to share.
How Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon became “Napa Cab” by the 1990s is a story of agricultural science, winemaking technology, inspired marketing and two huge strokes of luck.
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By Lee Alan Dugatkin
In an international supposedly ruled via ruthless survival of the fittest, why can we see acts of goodness in either animals and people? This challenge plagued Charles Darwin within the 1850s as he constructed his thought of evolution via average choice. certainly, Darwin fearful that the goodness he saw in nature may be the Achilles heel of his idea. Ever in view that then, scientists and different thinkers have engaged in a fierce debate concerning the origins of goodness that has dragged politics, philosophy, and faith into what continues to be a huge query for evolutionary biology.
The Altruism Equation strains the heritage of this debate from Darwin to the current via a unprecedented forged of characters-from the Russian prince Petr Kropotkin, who desired to base society on altruism, to the bright biologist George fee, who fell into poverty and succumbed to suicide as he obsessed over the matter. In a last unbelievable flip, William Hamilton, the scientist who got here up with the equation that decreased altruism to the chilly language of common choice, desperately was hoping that his thought didn't follow to humans.
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The past two weeks I have been busy cramming for my mid-term, eating way too much chocolate and walking around in a constant state of stress due to school and work. But now that my mid-term is over, I finally have brain space for more creative endeavors, like this blog. I’m not going to lie though coming up with recipes lately is tough. For dinner, I’ve been throwing whatever we have into a skillet and calling it a day. Thankfully, my boyfriend is happy to eat whatever comes out of the kitchen.
What has really been saving my meals from boringville is pre-prepped sauces, like this Rosemary White Bean Hummus. I have been throwing it onto everything from grain bowls to sandwiches.
This Rosemary White Bean Hummus is ridiculously creamy and thick. It is perfectly seasoned with garlic and rosemary, neither one overpowers the other. You can use it as a base for a number of dishes and it only takes five minutes of prep with ingredients you probably have in your pantry right now!
All you need to do is throw all the ingredients into a food processor and blend baby blend until you have a smooth mixture. I’m now a proud White Bean Hummus convert and you will be too once you taste a spoonful of this dreamy spread.
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can white bean, drained and liquid reserved
- ⅓ cup well-stirred tahini
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped
- ⅓ cup reserved bean water
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- ¼ cup olive oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Place all the ingredients into a food processor except the olive oil and blend for about 20 seconds. Scrap down the sides and blend for another 20 or so seconds while slowly streaming in the olive oil. Garnish and serve.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The official manual of the South Carolina Legislature no longer references “Negro” or “scalawag” in historical listings of Reconstruction leaders.
The words quietly disappeared from the 2010 manual, a year after drawing scrutiny.
House Clerk Charles Reid said the listings of lieutenant governors and House speakers which included the references were first produced in the early 1900s and simply transferred to the book as is.
African-Americans who held the offices from 1870 to 1876 were noted as “Negro” in parentheses beside their names. The word “scalawag” denoted the House speaker who served from 1868-72. The term referred to White Southerners who supported the federal government’s actions in the region.
Despite the documents’ historical nature, Reid said, he decided to remove the terms from the 700-page manual distributed this week because they’re now irrelevant.
“It’s past time. I applaud Charles Reid for doing it,” said Rep. Todd Rutherford, a Black Columbia Democrat, adding he hadn’t realized the words were ever in the manual. “It went unnoticed for many years. It’s beyond shocking that it had to be removed in 2010.”
Rep. Joe Neal said he first came across the words four years ago but didn’t make it an issue.
“In the larger scheme of things, I chose not to focus on it,” said Neal, D-Hopkins, who called their ousting appropriate. “It’s reflective of an era and mindset that doesn’t fit well in the 21st century.”
But Neal, who is Black, was not surprised the references survived more than a century.
“There are those who deeply venerate everything that came out of our past,” he said.
Resignations and deaths are among other descriptions the 2010 manual continues to recognize in parentheses next to names. The reason why “Negro” and “scalawag” were included when nothing indicates the state’s only woman to be lieutenant governor, from 1979-83, is lost to history. Historians have long noted the people who took power after Reconstruction took great steps to discredit those who ran South Carolina immediately after the South lost the Civil War.
Lonnie Randolph, president of the South Carolina branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, welcomed the change to the manual’s language. But he said he’d rather see lawmakers change their outlook on education, health care and other issues.
“I’d like to see us make even greater progress in our actions,” he said. “When all things are equal, I could care less what someone says.”
Reid, clerk since 2004, has said that a decade ago the lists helped identify the two Black House speakers, after a Black lawmaker discovered their existence, so that portraits of them could be made and put in the chamber.
The lieutenant governors and speakers with “Negro” beside them are the only Blacks to ever hold those offices in the state. Reconstruction was by far the peak of Black office holders in South Carolina, where at one point more than 60 percent of the Legislature was made up of Black lawmakers.
A brief history of the state in the back of the manual references that: “African-Americans played a prominent role in South Carolina government while the state was occupied by federal troops from 1866 to 1877,” it reads. “Confederate General Wade Hampton III’s tenure as governor after a disputed and violent election in 1876 marked the return to power of native-born Whites.”
Randolph said the role African-Americans played in the state’s history should be more prominently noted, in a positive way.
“One of the things they have done is ignored the contributions of people other than White men,” he said, noting he never learned in school about Jonathan Jasper Wright, a state senator who was elected to the state Supreme Court in 1870, becoming the nation’s first African-American elected to any appeals court. “This isn’t done by accident.”

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The Abu Dhabi T10 tournament, which is being endorsed by some of the top cricketers including England’s World Cup-winning skipper Eoin Morgan, will be held in the UAE capital from November 19 to 28.
The dates for the Aldar Properties sponsored event have been confirmed despite the COVID-19 pandemic massively affecting the cricket calendar.
T10 League is a 10-over format cricket event held in the United Arab Emirates and has the approval of Emirates Cricket Board.
The duration of each match is 90 minutes. The tournament is a round robin followed by Eliminators and the Final.
The 2020 edition of the event will be hosted by Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Sports Council and Abu Dhabi Cricket.
The last edition witnessed over 1.20 lakh fans thronging the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium across 10 days.
The 2019 edition of the league was won by Dwayne Bravo-led Maratha Arabians.


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Sony doesn't reveal hard data, and the titles are never arranged based on total revenue, but it's something. This year, we have several lists to go through. Top PS4 downloads, PS4 DLC, and PS VR downloads. There are also lists for top PS Vita, PS Classics, and PS4 themes - for some reason.
Wolfenstein isn't your only option for when it comes to killing Nazis this year. Call of Duty: WW2 is nearly upon us, hitting Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC on November 3. And if you're looking to get into the action as soon as possible, you can start preparing right now. Preload is currently available for all platforms, allowing you to download the game early and start playing as soon as the servers turn on on November 3. Xbox One users have been able to preload for a week.
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The brainchild of Arlee Bird, at Tossing it Out, the A to Z Writing Challenge basically requires bloggers to put up 26 posts in 26 days based on 26 letters of the alphabet, one post beginning with each letter during the month of April, with Sundays off for good behavior.
There was an A to Z video challenge in the run-up to April, and the shortlisted entries are up for the vote.Go have a look-see and vote your choice.
Besides being under the weather and struggling with the posts for the challenge, I’ve been reading—In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, and loving the brilliance of writing and the chilling beauty of his voice.
They call it a non-fiction novel, the pioneer of the true-crime genre, but to me it is a poetic study in human psychology, which loses none of its objectivity for all its lyricism. I admire the genius of how the story starts, with the short-lived characters of the murder victims—how Capote gives us their last day so we can imagine the characters and empathize with what they went through. The parallel of the story of the murderers, which gives us empathy with and understanding of these warped humans is another bit of writing wizardry. I can quite believe this novel took six years to research and write. I can’t believe I hadn’t read it so far.
Have you read In Cold Blood? What did you think of it?
Hope your feeling better, looking forward to the challenge and reading your posts.
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I have not yet read the book. I checked it out from the library once, but never got around to it. After reading your post, I will have to push it up on the TBR list.
Hope you feel better and good luck with the posts! 🙂
I'm glad you're doing the A to Z challenge. I'm planning to do so as well. I'll try to check in for your alphabetic posts, and I hope you like mine. I think it's a really great and creative way to stay motivated and posting.

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Two suspects believed involved in a car burglary case can be seen
on a surveillance video entering Casey’s.
A man and a woman are suspects in a shoplifting case
under investigation by Sallisaw police.
Sallisaw police are searching for suspects in a shoplifting case and suspects in a car burglary case.
In the shoplifting case, a man can be seen in a video pushing a cart which appears to be full of clothes or materials of some kind. In other surveillance video he appears to be accompanied by a woman. The surveillance video is from Walmart.
In the car burglary case, surveillance video shows two suspects entering Casey’s.
Det. Jeff Murray with Sallisaw police said the suspects in the car burglary case stole a credit or debit card and the card was used almost immediately at Casey’s.
Anyone with information about either case is asked to contact the Sallisaw Police Department at 918-775-4177 and ask to speak to a detective, or send a message on the department’s Facebook page. More photos of the suspects are posted on the department’s Facebook page.
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Playhouse to open in ‘Jefferson’ building
by BRIAN NADIG
The Jefferson Playhouse will open next month on the site of the first movie theater in Jefferson Park in the 100-year-old building at 4766 N. Milwaukee Ave.
The Windy City Music Theater, formerly Youth Company Chicago, has signed a long-term lease for the site and has been renovating the building since January. The performance center, which will feature a concessions counter and dressing rooms, will have 77 seats, about 200 fewer than when the Jefferson Theater, a silent movie house, operated in the building.
A second-floor projection room remains from when the building was constructed. It is not known when the movie theater closed, but it may not have operated past the 1920s because it is believed that movies with sound never played there, Northwest Chicago Historical Society researcher Frank Suerth said. Suerth said that at one time there were four movie theaters operating at the Milwaukee-Lawrence intersection.
Imperial Fruit Market occupied the building in the 1980s, and about 25 years ago a fire damaged portions of the building, with features the name "Jefferson" on its facade.
The building’s storefront has been vacant for about 10 years, while the rear portion of the building has had several uses in recent years, including a woodworking shop and a rehearsal studio for a band. In 2010 there were reports that an unlicensed business was operating in the building, and two building code citations were issued.
"The building has been a bit of a mystery," Windy City founder Jerry Foust said. "We’re glad we can open it up. There is no reason why people have to go Downtown to see good theater."
Jefferson Park already features a storefront playhouse in the Gift Theater, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave., which opened about 10 years ago, and cultural shows also are held at the Copernicus Center, 5216 W. Lawrence Ave., and the Paschke Art Center, 5415 W. Higgins Ave.
Windy City’s performing arts school opened in 2012 at 5340 W. Lawrence Ave. It previously operated at temporary locations in Lincoln Park, but Foust said that it was more cost effective to lease a permanent space. He said that the program has grown hosting from seven children at a summer camp to having 550 participants.
Foust said that he helped creating a successful acting company in California and that he wanted to start a similar theatrical group in Chicago.
Windy City’s programs initially were only for children, and the company manages musical productions at more than a dozen area schools. However, it recently expanded its programming to include adult workshops.
The first performance at the Jefferson Playhouse is scheduled to be the musical "Cinderella" on Saturday, April 18. While the venue will be available for rent for outside productions, it is expected that eventually it will only feature shows produced by Windy City, Foust said.


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Hydrologic modeling practices used by TxDOT are outlined in the 2001 TxDOT Hydraulic Design Manual. Methods used by TxDOT primarily include unit hydrographs, the Rational Method, statistical analysis of stream flow data, and regional regression equations.
The NRCS (National Resource Conservation Service) dimensionless unit hydrograph along with the NRCS Runoff Curve Number Method (also known as the SCS curve number method) is the primary unit hydrograph technique used by TxDOT. The unit hydrograph, a method for estimating storm runoff, was first proposed by L. K. Sherman in 1932. The unit hydrograph is defined as the watershed response to a unit depth of excess rainfall uniformly distributed over the entire watershed and applied at a constant rate for a given period of time (Chow et al., 1988).
Unit hydrograph techniques consider the time distribution of rainfall, the initial rainfall losses, and an infiltration rate that decreases during the course of the storm. Variables include the drainage area, time of concentration, curve number (if the SCS curve number method is used), rainfall distribution, and total
design rainfall. Equations to watershed parameters such
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hydrograph application programs used by its TR55 variant) and HEC-1. TxDOT is HMS. (Stolpa, 2002)
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The Rational Method is very simple, and is best suited for small urban and rural watersheds. The statistical analysis of stream gauge data method is applied

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KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) Annual Report
Oftentimes vivid storytelling and photography is best seen in print!
KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) wanted to show their donors and advocates not only how they survived 2021 but how they thrived and what better way to do that than to create a beautiful printed annual report?
Our team was tasked with creating the initial concepts for the 2021 KIND Annual Report which we did by taking the existing KIND brand architecture and evolving it to look crisp, compelling, and current. After presenting our initial concepts we moved to formally layout the over 30 page report using visual storytelling that will keep readers engaged while also calling out key facts about the year. We achieved that by using simple typography principles and a bit of an unusual layout design approach. Additionally, our idea was to allow strong photography to delivers most of the story while we supported it with minimalistic infographic elements and clean full color backgrounds.
At the end of the process we color matched the full report to ensure all colors within the report was crisp.
We could not be happier with the report.
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The Boulder Library Foundation funds 90% of library programs within the Boulder, Colorado library system and most importantly, needed a new website to attract donors to continue their mission.
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How do you science like a New Yorker? You go to the reimagined New York Hall of Science in Queens, or visit their new website, which not only brings their interactive STEM exhibits to life digitally but also hosts a smorgasbord of at-home science resources.
Seattle Pride Website Redesign
Every June, Seattle Pride hosts the largest pride parade in the Northwest, our team designed their new website with the goal of helping thousands of visitors find the information they need to attend along with balancing a clear concise advocacy message on behalf of the organization.

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This BLM campground is a couple of hours east of Bend, OR. Right now, the lake is so low that the dock and boat ramp no longer reach the water, resulting in an empty campground.
Chickahominy Reservoir - BLM Campground, near Riley, OR: Site #25 (28 RV sites total) - This site has: water nearby. Campground Notes: vault toilets • dump not station available • lake access • trails nearby • 4,324’ elevation. August 13th - 14th.
• Lots of vacant campsites.
Cons: • Lake extremely low.
• Folks in a pickup driving up & down the dirt road along the lake after sunset with spotlights shooting something. Maybe rabbits?? Creepy
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Riteish deshmukh is very talented Bollywood actor and director. Recently, he hit bull’s eye with his Marathi productions “Lai Bhaari” and Balak Palak. Now he decided to venture into Punjabi cinema and in southern cinema.
Riteish deshmukh will now join Punjabi cinema as a producer. Riteish said to media, “Regional cinema is a space one needs to understand. It doesn’t mean if a film has worked in Marathi cinema then it will work in other language as well. I would love to explore (producing film in) other languages as well.”
“I have friends who have produced Punjabi cinema. I would like to collaborate. Genelia has worked extensively in Tamil and Telugu with her experience we will try to collaborate there.”
If we talk about beautiful Genelia, she is 37th year old actress, Riteish Deshmukh misses seeing her on screen because right now she is busy with babies. We are also huge fan of her. She is really wonderful actress.

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The Wing Gundam finally comes to the HG lineup after years of waiting! This 1/144 scale rendition of the Wing Gundam is every inch the modern HG kit, with great articulation and poseability. It comes equipped with its signature Buster Rifle and can also convert in Bird Mode. Please note - the Action Base 2 is not included.
High Grade models are snap fit, and moulded in colour - no cement or glue is required for completion. For best results, painting is recommended. Contains small parts, not suitable for young children.

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A Florida judge has ruled in favor of NBC and dismissed George Zimmerman‘s defamation lawsuit in connection with the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman had filed the suit in December 2012 alleging NBC portrayed him as racist in a series of news reports about Martin’s death in February 2012.
Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson made the ruling Monday. She had written that Zimmerman was a “public figure” and he had to prove “actual malice.”
“NBC News is gratified by the court’s dismissal of this lawsuit, which we have always believed to be without merit,” the network said in a statement.
Nelson had placed Zimmerman’s suit on hold pending his criminal trial. He was acquitted in 2013 of second-degree murder and manslaughter in Martin’s shooting at a gated community in Florida.
Zimmerman had accused NBC News of defaming him by broadcasting edited clips of a 911 call he made. Those clips made it appear as if Zimmerman volunteered that the teenager was black and had been racially profiled when Zimmmerman had actually said “he looks black” in response to 911 dispatcher asking, “Is he black, white or Hispanic?”


Veera Electric Acrodite Lab has made quality assurance the main goal and focus of its work through a variety of tests and has always been a quality assurance.
In this regard, some experiments on a variety of samples include:
1) Durability Test:
This test examines the power of disconnection and durability in normal work on plugs and switches. In this test, durability is applied to the normal operation of 40,000 switches for switches from 10 to 16 amps and 250 volts and 10,000 switches for plugs.
2) Anomalous heat and fire insulation resistance test:
This test is carried out by the Glover machine at temperatures of 650, 750 and 850 ° C for various tests.
3) Heat resistance test:
This test was performed by a kiln oven apparatus and the samples were raised to 100 2 2 ° C without weight and to 125 2 2 ° C.
4) Insulation resistance and electrical endurance test:
The insulation resistance test is measured by the Meiger apparatus one minute after the direct voltage is set at 500 volts and applied to various parts of the test for a minute of 50 s, with a frequency of 50 Hz for an electrical endurance test. Supplies with a rated voltage of up to 130 volts, 1250 volts and for appliances with a voltage above 130 volts, are 2000 volts.
5) Moisture Resistance Test:
This test was performed by SALT SPRAY at 70 2 2 ° C for 7 days to test for aging resistance with a humidity of 91 to 95% and a temperature of 20 to 30 ° C for 48 hours. Moisture resistance.
6) Electrical shock protection test:
This test is performed by the test finger. An electrical indicator with a voltage of at least 40 volts and a maximum of 50 volts is used to indicate the electrical contact. Move the test to the surface of the sample, and if the electrical contact is electric, the device will sound an alarm.
7) Mechanical endurance test:
The test is performed by the impact tester, which tests 5 beats with different fall heights to different parts of the test.


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Nick Jonas isn’t taking his sex symbol status too seriously.
As a matter of fact, the pop music heartthrob said he’s a “little embarrassed” by it.
In a new interview with GQ Hype, Jonas shared his thoughts about his music, his marriage to Priyanka Chopra Jonas and how he feels about all the attention surrounding his appearance.
“I think it’s flattering, but attraction is such a nuanced thing,” the Wyckoff, New Jersey-bred Dallas native told Michael Cragg. “I don’t take it too seriously. I just learn to laugh about it and think about the fact that my parents are probably reading some of the comments.”
“It’s not something I wear as a badge of honor,” Jonas added. “I tend to try to not think about it, because it would make me feel a little embarrassed.”
The 28-year-old former Disney star was also asked by British GQ’s digital edition if his good looks ever impacted his career in a negative way.
“I don’t know if I’m at liberty to say that or not because it’s something about me,” Jonas said. “That certainly doesn’t affect my ability to appreciate someone else’s work. But we don’t all think the same way, so I’m not sure. I can understand that it is a thing.”
The usually hard-bodied Jonas Brothers star – who became social media fodder in 2019 for having a “dad bod”– did say that people’s critical reactions to a celebrity’s body image can be problematic.
“I think when it’s comments attached to things like appearance and body image, that’s when it can become quite dangerous, because no one ever knows what someone is going through or how it affects them personally,” he shared.
But Jonas understands that it all comes with the territory and that the majority of the people wouldn’t be that critical to the subject’s face.
“They’re very sensitive topics but in the same way, you live a public life and therefore parts of your life are going to be talked about and it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s fair,” he said. “It’s just a part of your reality. I’m always hopeful that people will think about whether they would say it at a dinner party if the person was sitting opposite you and I’d guess that 99.9 percent of people would say they wouldn’t.”


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Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
Oak Hill Academy guard Doron Lamb has cut his list to four schools.
The 6-foot-4 Lamb, a Queens, N.Y. native ranked No. 3 among shooting guards in the Class of 2010, is considering West Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas and Arizona.
UConn and Oklahoma had previously been in the mix.
The news was first reported by BlueGoldNews.com.
Lamb scored 20 points Saturday when Oak Hill downed Decatur (Ga.) Columbia, 63-56, in the Primetime Shootout at the West Virginia Coliseum.
He then watched as West Virginia came from behind to beat Ohio State, 71-65.
“He met with the coaches. His mom and dad met with the coaches down in West Virginia,” Oak Hill coach Steve Smith said. “So he probably made an unofficial visit during his trip down there.”
Lamb played on the New York Gauchos with current West Virginia freshman Danny Jennings, and the Mounties roster features several other New York-area players in Devin Ebanks, Kevin Jones and Darryl “Truck” Bryant.
He has taken visits to Kansas, Kentucky and, most recently, Arizona.
Lamb previously said he was looking for “a good coaching staff, a winning program and somewhere that I feel like home and I feel comfortable.”
Asked when he might decide, Lamb said, “Probably April.”
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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Aglaonema (Chinese Evergreen) is one of the most popular indoor plants. It’s easy to care for, and it adds a splash of green to any room.
But what happens when your Aglaonema needs a little TLC, and you don’t have another one to take its place? You propagate it, of course! Therefore, in this article, we’ll learn how to propagate Aglaonema.
Being popular indoor plants, Chinese evergreen may be found in homes worldwide. Aglaonema, often known as the Chinese evergreen, is prized for its hardiness and ability to adapt to various environments.
Because they’re so adaptable, you won’t have any trouble spreading them in cold or warm climates. The fact that Aglaonema’s gorgeous foliage blends in with any form of interior design are one of the most compelling reasons why so many people include it in their indoor living areas.
You’ll be relieved to learn that propagating Aglaonemas isn’t as difficult as it appears. You can either propagate using seeds, root cutting, tissue culture or stem cuttings.
You’ve come to the right site if you want to learn how to propagate Aglaonema. Let’s look at each of these strategies in more detail.
How To Propagate Aglaonema using Seeds
- Aglaonema seeds are very small and should be sown on the surface of a moistened potting mix.
- It would be best if you also used new seeds for propagating Aglaonema.
- Fresh seeds can be collected from the base of mature Aglaonema flowers.
- Before you do anything else, ensure sure you wash your seeds in acidic water.
- When propagating Aglaonemas from seeds, use a seed germination soil mix or coco-peat mix.
- After that, put the fresh seeds on the mixture’s surface before covering them. Seeds should be surface sown in a well-drained potting mix and lightly covered with soil.
- You can place several seeds in each pot, but be sure to thin them out once they germinate.
- Place the container in an ordinary room temperature where the seeds have indirect sunlight exposure for optimal outcomes.
- The typical time for seed germination is 45 to 60 days.
- Once the seeds germinate, they should be thinned to the best individual plant.
- As with most seeds, light is necessary for germination, moreover, keep the soil surface moist but not wet until after the seeds have germinated.
- The new plants should be transplanted into their containers after they have developed a few leaves.
- Like all plants, Aglaonemas will grow better if they’re fertilized regularly.
According to the majority of plants enthusiasts, the most unassailable procedure to propagate Chinese evergreen is to use root cuttings. However, this procedure might not be easy for beginners because it necessitates extra caution.
To put it another way, this is not a method for the faint of heart. When utilizing this procedure, you detach the mother plant’s roots from a plant. Taking root cuttings is one of the simplest ways to propagate Aglaonemas.
- All you need to do is cut a healthy, new growth from an actively growing plant and place it in moistened potting mix.
- Roots will develop in a few weeks, at which time you can transplant the new plant into its container.
- It would be best to transplant the seedlings into a new pot and place them at a location that will receive indirect sunlight.
- The new plant will establish its roots during 5-10 days.
- It’s crucial to set up the new plant in a little warmer environment.
If you need to propagate a big number of Aglaonema seedlings in a short amount of time, this method will work perfectly. As a result, tissue culture is commonly employed for both bulk manufacturing and commercial objectives when propagating these plants.
This procedure entails using a little piece of the parent plant’s stem, leaves, or root to create new seedlings.
Tissue culture is a little more complicated than propagating Aglaonemas from seeds or root cuttings, but it’s still a relatively easy process. You’ll need to purchase a tissue culture kit from a reliable supplier.
- The process begins with you selecting a healthy, disease-free mother plant.
- Using a sterile scalpel, make a cut on the stem and remove a small piece of tissue.
- Plant the tissue in the culture medium and wait until it roots.
- The new plant will be ready for transplanting after it has produced a few leaves.
- Remember, tissue culture is the most reliable means of propagating Aglaonema, but it’s also the most expensive.
This propagation method, which requires tissue culture, will not operate without a lab-like atmosphere. Seedlings are gradually revealed to natural weather conditions. Although tissue culture propagation slows Aglaonemas’ growth rate, it is still the greatest approach to generate them in large quantities.
Stem cuttings are the most typical technique for propagating Aglaonema.
- To propagate Aglaonemas from stem cuttings, you’ll need a sharp knife or razor blade and a container of water.
- You can either cut the stem of an old plant or look for new shoots having at least 5 leaves to get started. Regardless of which option you choose, you must ensure that the cutting tool is sanitized to protect your plants’ health.
- Remove a 6-inch segment from the stem of an actively growing plant and make a clean cut below a node. The cutting should include at least two nodes.
- Remove the lower leaves and place the cutting in water immediately.
- If you’re not going to propagate the cutting right away, you can place it in a plastic bag with moist paper towels.
- The ideal time to propagate Aglaonemas from stem cuttings is late spring or early summer.
- The harvested cuttings must be planted in a coco-peat mix or soil immediately. It would be best to place the container at a location receiving indirect sunlight and moderate temperatures. Keep in mind that putting your new cuttings in a cold environment will kill them.
- A period of 25 to 45 days will be necessary for new shoots to emerge from cuttings.
- Aglaonemas grown from stem cuttings should be transplanted into a potting mix after they have developed a few roots.
- The new plant will need to be placed in a location where it will receive indirect sunlight.
- Stem cuttings will take anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks to develop roots.
Aglaonema is a popular houseplant that is relatively easy to propagate. Aglaonema is propagated by different means depending on the time of year and the intended end use of the new plants.
The most common methods are stem cuttings, root cuttings, and tissue culture. Now that you know how to propagate Aglaonema, you can enjoy this lush, easy-care houseplant in your own home.
Anyone interested in growing Chinese evergreen should learn how to propagate Aglaonema. Select one of the options provided above, and you’re ready to go. The Aglaonema may send out blooms if there’s plenty of bright, indirect light.
These flowers have a slender spadix encircled by a leafy spathe. You might believe it’s a new leaf unfurling at first, but it’s a one-of-a-kind bloom.
While it’s wonderful to see your plant flourish, Chinese evergreens are best known for their lush foliage, so you won’t have to put much effort into getting yours to blossom.

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The past year has produced evidence on some of the most successful anti-poverty programs in history. “Cash, livestock, and training” seems to be a simple and scalable way to help thousands and maybe millions out of poverty. This is great news. But while we should celebrate, we should pause before pouring millions into these programs. Paternalism and high price tags could mean that the charities are helping only one person when they could be helping two, three or four.
About two weeks ago, I opened the New York Times to see a full-page ad from a private charity called FXB (at left, click to expand).
“We know how to end global poverty” read the ad:
There’s now a proven approach. The journal Science just published a study proving what works to raise people permanently out of extreme poverty. It worked. And was cost-effective, paying for itself many times over.
The ad was talking about a program that gave extremely poor people livestock, training, a cash stipend for a few months, plus some supervision and advising. Nine scholars tested the program in six different countries, with thousands of people and several charities. (The charity with the Times ad was conspicuously not among them.)
The program did work. After two years, the households who received it were consuming an extra $120 per year — consumption being the most reliable measure of poor people’s income. Three years later, these same households were consuming an extra $80 per year. Since a dollar goes farther in poor countries, this is like getting $250 more purchasing power a year. When each person in your home is earning just a dollar a day, these gains are a big deal.
Given how many aid projects don’t pass a simple cost-benefit test, this “livestock-plus” approach is clearly a huge success. As a result, it’s getting scaled up in countries around the world. Bravo to the charities that did a rigorous evaluation, especially for opening their accounting books to inspection.
Cash-plus programs are showing promise, too. I studied one, in post-war northern Uganda, that gave some of the poorest women in the world $150 cash grants plus some business training and regular supervision and advice. It too paid for itself many times over. After two years, households who got the program were consuming an extra $202 per year (about $500 in local purchasing power).
As big a victory this might be (and it is), we shouldn’t pat ourselves on our backs just yet. The benefits are largely projections, while the large costs are not. Before we scale these programs to millions, we have more work to do.
First, consider the price tag. The cheapest livestock-plus program, in India, cost $413 per household. But the most expensive, in Peru, cost more than $3,000. The average cost of the six was $1,700. The cash-plus program in Uganda I studied was cheaper, but not by much. It cost $843. (Note: all the figures I use are adjusted to the same unit, 2014 U.S. dollars).
These are big sums. Fortunately, the estimated benefits to these programs are also big: about $2,000 for the average livestock-plus program, and more than $4,000 for the Uganda cash-plus one.
But these benefits are mainly based on estimates about what will happen in the future. None of the evaluations had more than three years of data. My cash-plus study had the shortest horizon — we measured impacts just 18 months after the grants.
To believe that the benefits of the cash-plus program exceed costs, you would need to believe that the increases in consumption will go on for at least two years past the final surveys. The same goes for the livestock-plus program in India.
Personally I think it’s likely that benefits go on at least a couple of years. But the other livestock-plus programs were much more expensive, and so the break-even point far further in the future. More than 85 percent of the benefits estimated by these papers (including mine) are in the future.
Indeed, on average, the livestock-plus programs take 18 years or more to break even. If the benefits of getting a goat and training tend to disappear after a decade, then the program doesn’t pass a simple cost-benefit test.
So while it’s reasonable to say these programs pay back more than they cost (indeed, this is some of the best quality evidence on poverty in the world) we shouldn’t forget this success is an extrapolation. In terms of cost-effectiveness, these cash and livestock programs are promising but not proven.
Fortunately, I think there’s a way for these programs to break even faster. The biggest expense across all the programs was staff time. Especially for supervision. Delivering training and cows takes skilled labor, and it’s hard to cut this back. But supervision? Charities feel a lot better when they can personally help their clients along. It’s not just paternalism, but also compassion. The staff care about these men and women and do not want them to fail. So they devote almost unlimited time to helping them. At, unfortunately, great cost.
Undoubtedly that investment of time helps the client. But should it cost 50 or 60 percent of the program? Is it more valuable than the cow or the grant itself? It’s hard to believe.
We tried to test this with cash-plus program in Uganda. Supervising the women cost about $377, about half the cost of the program and 2.5 times as much as the grant itself. After the 18-month impact evaluation, the charity brought the control group into the program. This time, however, the charity randomized the supervision: Some women got the training and grants with full supervision, some with only one or two visits, and some with none at all.
We surveyed the women a month and then a year later, and found that the supervision helped the women maintain the new businesses they started, but there was virtually no effect on consumption. We have no idea whether the supervision helps another year down the road. Maybe, eventually, it pays for itself. But the simple fact is this: taking away the most expensive part of the program had little effect on benefits after a whole year.
Indeed, if we cut staff time, and just gave training and cash to the very poorest, the Uganda cash-plus program could cost $300 a person or less. The low cost livestock-plus program in India is proof it can be done. Even if the benefits dropped by half, this program would still pay for itself in one or two years. It would get far more cost-effective.
Most important, three people could be helped instead of one.
That is the message I want you to walk away with: So long as aid is scarce, compassion and paternalism could mean helping only a million people out of poverty instead of three million. As the givers of all that aid money, I think we have a responsibility to do better.
Last week, the head of one of the world’s largest refugee and crisis response organizations, the International Rescue Committee, called on humanitarian organizations to make their crisis response twice as effective by cutting costs. Every charitable leader ought to publicly echo this call, yet almost none do.
To anti-poverty organizations around the world: Take the risk of putting your entire philosophy to the test. Put supervision and staff time under the microscope. Explore whether you should be in a different business: the business of handing out cash and low-cost services to millions of poor people instead of staff-intensive services to a few cherished thousands. The answer is not clear. But the lives of millions depend on it.


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Body set up to probe allegations of women prisoners’ rape
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Officials in western Herat province on Monday said a committee had been formed to investigate allegations that 35 women inmates had been raped by attorneys and judges in the western zone of the country.
A recent research conducted by the “Rights and Justice Organisation” show some women were raped by lawyers and judges in Herat, Farah, Ghor, Badghis and Nimroz provinces.
Ahmad Tabriz Juraat, civil society head for the organisation in the western zone, claimed nine lawyers and six judges in Herat, six lawyers and four judges in Badghis, five lawyers and four judges in Ghor, four lawyers and three judges in Farah and three lawyers and two judges in Nimroz had sexually assaulted female prisoners.
Shamsuddin Shams, another official of the organisation also admitted at least 35 women had been raped in western provinces. He also called for justice to the victims.
“Of these women 12 were raped in Herat prison and all the accused judges and lawyers continue with their work,” he alleged, saying the perpetrators’ names had been sent to the Presidential Palace.
Shams said majority of the women were taken to residences of the judges and lawyers at night and were raped there. The inmates and their family members had also been threatened by the officials many times, he added.
The organisation warned that if the government did not pay attention to the matter, it would reveal names of the accused.Shams said since the beginning of the investigation, five men and two women employees of the organisation had been killed and 12 more male and four female staffers imprisoned by powerful individuals.
Meanwhile, Ehsanullah Hayat, the governor’s spokesman, said Herat’s attorney general office and appellant court had appointed a delegation to investigation the allegations.
He promised the perpetrators would be punished in accordance with the law if the allegation were proved true. He also asked the Rights and Justice Organisation to share its evidence with the delegation.
The rights and justice organisation had earlieralso said there were more than 130,000 ghost soldiers in Afghanistan. But the Presidential Palace rejected the claim as baseless.
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A Modern Retelling
In 2010, April Lindner's
novel Jane was
published by Little, Brown. It is a modernized retelling of the Jane
Eyre story, apparently aimed at the “young adult” book
Following is my review of this homage. (You
can order it by clicking on the image below.)
Jane: A Jane Eyre for Modern Young Adults?
Modernizing a well-loved old tale is a challenge. It can be done with wonderful skill, as
when Romeo and
Juliet was turned into the smash musical West Side Story. It can also be done mediocrely, of course, with too many examples to name. (Off the top
of my head, I’ll cite the 1998 film Great Expectations, set in the late 20th
century and lacking the lavish Victorian-era social mannerisms of Dickens’s original
you can imagine (given this website’s title), I was excited to open my local paper earlier this winter and
spy a review of a Jane
Eyre homage. Jane is the first novel from April Lindner, a member of Saint Joseph’s University’s
English department. The book’s premise, as cited on its dust jacket: “What if Jane Eyre fell in love with a
ready answers for that question leaped to mind, but I decided to read the book first to see what Lindner
good news, as far as it goes, is that she hews fairly closely to Brontë’s general story line. The not-as-good
news is that her book is a “young adult” novel in which many important details differ substantially, and in
which the tone may repel typical Jane Eyre fans.
largest change is that Lindner omits the whole Jane-as-a-child, Jane-at-evil-boarding-school introduction,
which occupies about one sixth of Jane Eyre and sets the book's tone as
well as creating the motivations for many of Jane’s later thoughts and actions. Instead of being
orphaned as a youngster, Jane Moore loses her parents in a car crash and thus has to leave Sarah Lawrence
College — a prestigious liberal arts school that is nothing like the miserable Lowood School, where poor
girls are taught inferiority and self-denial.
Jane ends up seeking a position as a governess/nanny. Jane Eyre makes her way to Thornfield Hall; soon after
arriving, she helps a mysterious man who has fallen from his horse – a man who turns out to be her employer,
Edward Rochester. Similarly, Jane Moore is walking toward Thornfield Park, the modern mansion of musical hero
Nico Rathburn, when he swerves away from her and wrecks his Porsche. Both romances proceed from those
you’ve read Jane
Eyre, you know roughly what happens from here. (If
you haven’t read Jane Eyre, please stop now, as some
“spoilers” are coming!)
each book, Jane bonds with the young girl she’s caring for and learns from the “man of the house” how this
girl came to be living with him. She discovers that her new home is a peculiar place, with a weird nighttime
visitor who sets a fire in the master’s room. Later, a group of the master’s privileged peers spends time at
the house, including a pretty woman who is clearly currying (and receiving) the master’s
books feature a man named Mason visiting the house and being attacked by a mysterious attic-dwelling
creature. After leaving Thornfield to tend to some unpleasant family matters, each Jane returns, only to find
the master apparently intent on proposing to his earlier beautiful houseguest. Jane suffers and threatens to
leave ... until the master discloses that she is his true object of affection.
Although they ride similar paths, the two stories have greatly different means of
conveyance: the yearnings of a tortured, lonely, and fate-buffeted man in one tale, the sometimes obscenely
expressed passions of a world-renowned rock star in the other. The latter is, I suppose, meant to be more
enticing to the target audience (late-teen girls?) than the former.
part of writing a young-and-hip book, Lindner didn’t shy from adding nasty language. Here is how Nico bares
his tender innermost feelings to Jane (pardon me for partially bleeping out the crude
Jane: “Some of them probably want to sleep with you for
your money,” I told him.
Nico: “Maybe so. But that’s still not the same as wanting
me because they know and understand me and like me even though I’m a flaming a__hole,” he said. “Jane, you
get me. And I think I get you.
Now can you f___ing well believe me?”
Further obscene and degrading epithets spew from the mouth of the attic-dwelling lunatic,
who merely makes animalistic noises in the original work.
another taste of the contrasts between these two books, compare the endearments that each man shares with his
respective Jane once she has consented to be his love.
Rochester: “Come to me – come to me entirely now,” said he; and
added, in his deepest tone, speaking in my ear as his cheek was laid on mine, “Make my happiness – I will make
Nico: “Come inside with me,” he whispered, “and let me
make love to you” – he undid another button – “all night long, and then all day tomorrow, and then the day after
Urgh. In light of the touching sentiment murmured by Rochester, Nico’s whispered come-on
strikes the reader as cheap hormonal cliché-speak.
conclude the storylines: each Jane accepts her master’s marriage proposal, but shocking events stop the
weddings. Jane secretly leaves Thornfield, has trouble surviving on the streets, and throws herself on the
mercy of a family of strangers. In the end, after facing a life-altering choice, she returns to her master,
and ... well, if you want a happy ending, you’re in the right place.
Reading Jane Eyre leaves me overwhelmed with Brontë’s
torrents of lyrical passion. Her brilliant dialogue and sharp social criticism are juxtaposed with her
depictions of the heroine’s depth of feeling, determination, and passion — remarkable attributes for a
mid-1800s female character. Reading Jane, however, merely makes me disappointed that the author
aimed her book at such a low standard.
answer to the dust-jacket question — “What if Jane Eyre fell in love with a rock star?” — is that she
wouldn’t be Jane Eyre any more, or at least her story wouldn’t be the story of the Jane I knew. Overcoming
fate and suffering to win a tempestuous, idiosyncratic heir’s love is simply not analogous to hooking up
with a platinum-selling rocker seeking authenticity in a world of groupies, magazine covers, and easy
conquests. This book may serve as a younger reader’s gateway to the original story, but I fear that someone who enjoys this book will find Jane Eyre a tough slog.
give April Lindner credit for undertaking a near-impossible task, but in the end, her book strikes me as
a literary exercise — a grad student’s thesis task, perhaps — rather than as an inspired work of
literature. It’s not awful; it’s just, in a word, tawdry.


US 2224518 A
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Description (OCR text may contain errors)
Dec. 10, 1940.
J l.l-l. LAKRl-rz DIAPER Filed May 11. 1958 Patented Dec. 10, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.
The present invention relates to infants under garments, such as diapers and the like, and aims generally to improve existing garments of that type. l
One of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of a pinless and buttonless diaper which is simple in construction and which may be readily applied to and removed from the infant.
A further object of the invention is the construction of a diaper and the like from a generally rectangular blank having integral ties formed as continuations of the side edges of the blank and adapted to be inserted through openings near the opposite end of the blank so as to fasten the garment to the infant.
A still further object is to provide in such a diaper bibs extending above the Walstline and substantially surrounding the body of the infant so as to provide additional warmth for the stomach and back of the infant immediately above the waistline.
My invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating one preferred i'orm thereof.
In the drawing- Fig. 1 is a top view of 'the diaper according to the invention as worn by an infant; Fig. 2 is a. plan view of the diaper; Fig. 3 is a front view: and
:Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the fastening for the ties. The present garment, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, advantageously may be formed of a suitable blank I0 of desired textile material, for example, cotton flannel or the like. Preferably lthe blank Ill is elongated, shown herein as of generally rectangular form, providing front and back` edges I I and I2, and elongated 4p side edges I3, and may be formed of double layers of material so as to Ienclose a sheet of waterwashable rubberized cloth.
The blank I0 has'formed therein integral ties 45 I5 as continuations of the longitudinal side edges, and preferably a substantial amount of material is provided between the ties I5 to provide a stomach bib or protector I6, which advantageously may be formed with tapered side edges 5o I1. Preferably the ties are formed adjacent the front end II.
The back portion I2 of the blank is formed with two or more tie-receiving openings I8 and these 'are preferably located a substantial distanceinwardly from the edge thereof so as to provide a back bib I9. Preferably the back bib portion I9 is wider than the front bib portion Il so u to provide corners 2li adapted to bo folded proof material I4, for example a large sheet of (Cl. 12S-284) over the tapered side edges I`I of the front bib or protector I6 when the diaper is Worn by the infant.
In applying the diaper to the infant, the ties are first folded along lines 2| as continuations. 5 of the side edges II and the ends are then inserted through adjacent openings I8. The corners 20 of the back bib I9 are then folded over the tapered edges I1 of the front bib, forming a complete enclosure about the waist of the infant. 10 The ties I5 are then brought around the waist of the infant from the back to the front, vover the corners 20, thus holding all waist portions of the diaper snugly around the waist of the infant. l5
The ends of the ties I5 may be tied or otherwise fastened-to secure the diaper on the infant, but preferably one tie carries a pair of rings 2| adapted to receive the end ofy the other tie. As shown in Fig. 4, the free end of one tie I5 may 20 be passed through both rings, and then looped back over one ring and through the, other, to readily and securely fasten the ends ofthe ties together.
Advantages of the invention reside in the sim- 25 plicity of the construction providing a simple convenientl diaper which may be-readily applied and removed from the infant without the necessity of pins or buttons. The construction is such that there is a minimum of waste in cutting the 30 blanks of material which makes for economy of manufacture. Furthermore, the front and back bib portions protect and add warmth to the mid-portion of the torso immediately above the waistline. Furthermore, the garment is soft, .35 comfortable and waterproof.
Having described one 'embodiment of the invention, I claim: .fr
A diaper of the class described comprising an elongated blank of material having longitudinal 40 side edges and front and back end portions, ties integral with said blank and formed as for- .wardly extending continuations of the side portions of the blank, a front bib portion between the ties, said bib portion being spaced from said ties so as to form a recess between the ties and the sides of the bib portion, said ties being adjacent the front end portion and extending beyond the front bib portion, the back end of the blank being provided with a pair of tie-receiving openings a substantial distance above the edge: thereof, thereby providing a back bibv portion,
said ties being adapted to be secured together and to extend from the back to the front of the diaper upon the infant, said front and back end portions together with said ties being cut out of. a single blank of material.,
JOSEPH H. LAKRIIZ.


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“If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, you ain’t black.” – Joe Biden
If this was a joke, as the Washington Posts suggest, (1) Biden sure took his time to set up and deliver and an awful punchline that produced no chuckles.
But apparently, the black community is fine with being the butt of a joke as long as it comes from the right mouth.
If you need any clarification at all, this wasn’t a joke. This “gaff” was a freudian slip for how the Progressive Left views the black vote. (2)
Blacks only have themselves to blame – voting Left at a 90% clip and expecting largely nothing in return. (3)
Democrat elected cities make it harder for them to find successful schools. (4) They run states making it harder to find good work or start their own business. (5) Their states do more to champion illegal aliens then black causes – and of course working ceaselessly to remove their ability to protect themselves against a government they still claim is racist. (6/7)
If this were merely a joke, it would not so clearly echo exactly the same attacks against those us who dared to escape Democrat’s ideological plantation. Attacks we’ve been on the receiving end for years now: (8)
- “How can you vote for Republicans, they don’t care about your people.”
- “You’re an oreo.”
- “Uncle Tom.”
- “You forget what color you are?”
- “You’re in the sunken place.”
- “House nigga.”
- “Sell out.”
- “Race traitor.”
As a black Constitutional Conservative, I have been labeled all these things and more. The latter of which is unironically borrowed from the Nazis (Hello Godwin). (9)
What is ironic, however, is that most of these attacks against black conservatives and libertarians are from black enforcers.
Biden didn’t say anything new. (10) In some weird way, I pity him for the heat he has received on the issue.
When boiled down, Biden’s message is atrociously racist in that it assumes blacks cannot think for themselves. The suggestion that merely considering voting Republican meant losing your “blackness,” would never had made waves if a black man said the same thing.
In essence, Biden simply violated the same rules afforded to the “N” word. He uttered it while white. And thats why the Left in the main stream media have been so soft on their response to the issue.
Instead of outright condemnation of this statement, they choose to act as apologists.
Somehow, the Left understands that calling Obama “articulate” is underhanded racism but they shrug their shoulders at the suggestion that blacks will lose their identity by considering Trump. (11)
If this all sounds strange to you in the non-black community – just understand that having you blackness questioned is common tactic in the black community. It is a way in which the community at large disowns and disavows a person in their entirety.
It is similar to a hispanic being disowned by hispanics for not speaking Spanish. It is likened to an asian being disowned by their specific asian community for marrying outside their race. Or similar for a homosexual man being told he is less of a man for not preferring women. I am ignorant of such an equivalent in the caucasian community.
This is why Clarence Thomas, despite his status as a Supreme Court Justice, would not be mentioned inside the Black History Museum in DC had it not been curators devoting a portion to his black female accuser, Anita Hill.(12)
This is why Thomas Sowell is an unknown figure to the black community despite being a renowned economist and social commenter in Conservative-Libertarian circles. (13)
Some people call it, “being uninvited to the cookout.” I call it an extreme form of identity politics. I call it racism. (14)
Perhaps they’ll consider the words of Malcom X (or maybe they’ll suggest he wasn’t black enough).
Whatever they decide, they’ll be used by the Left to vote blue because they foolishly fear the Right will… “put ya’ll back in chains!” – Joe Biden (15)
– Signed, a black Constitutional Conservative, Ken Gulley
(1) WP – https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/22/come-bidens-you-aint-black-comment-was-clearly-joke/?outputType=amp (Leftis bias)
(2) Fox – https://www.foxnews.com/media/marc-lamont-hill-biden-black-voters (Right
(3) Pew – https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/11/08/the-2018-midterm-vote-divisions-by-race-gender-education/ (Research)
(4) Cato – https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/2020-democrats-are-school-choice-hypocrites (Libertarian Bias)
(5) CFP – https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/opinion/freepress/story/2013/jul/28/liberal-policies-harm-black-americans/114341/
(6) SFT – http://www.sfltimes.com/opinion/democrats-blind-to-illegal-immigration-blacks-middle-class
(7) NYT – https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/opinion/sunday/gun-ownership-blacks.html (Left bias)
(8) Quora –https://www.quora.com/Why-are-black-conservatives-hated-in-the-black-community
(9) Rassenchade – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rassenschande
(10) Larry Elder – https://bit.ly/3daoCAk (Right bias)
(11) News One –https://newsone.com/3881474/joe-biden-obama-articulate-clean-context/ (left lean$
(12) TheHill –https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/353035-justice-delayed-black-history-museum-finally-recognizes-justice-clarence (Liberal bias)
(13) RCP –https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/08/10/the_shameful_blackout_of_thomas_sowell_and_williams_134711.html (Right bias)
(14) KYM –https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/invited-to-the-cookout
(15) CBS – https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-tells-african-american-audience-gop-ticket-would-put-them-back-in-chains/ (Liberal lean)


The extreme broadening phenomenon of supercontinuum (SC) generation in optical fibers is the basis of SC laser sources. These sources have numerous applications in areas, such as spectroscopy and microscopy due to the unique combination of extremely broad spectral bandwidths, high spectral power densities, and high spatial coherence. In this work the feasibility of applying gain-switched all-fiber lasers to SC generation is investigated. It is motivated by the simplicity of the architecture and the ability to scale the optical output power of such fiber lasers. The physics of fiber lasers are reviewed to understand the mechanisms involved in gain-switching. A detailed numerical model is provided to give deep insight into the different stages of pulse generation. A simplied model is also developed to derive an analytic expression for the pulse duration. Extensive experiments with gain-switching of fiber lasers with a variety of different configurations are carried out. The peak power, pulse duration, bandwidth, and scaling with repetition rate are thoroughly described. General guidelines are submitted to enable designing of gainswitched fiber lasers with specifically tailored properties. The physics of SC generation are reviewed with focus on the quasicontinuous wave pumping regime. Experiments with a gain-switched ber laser as a pump for SC generation in photonic crystal fibers are carried out. Requirements for effcient SC generation are analyzed. Finally, an optimization of photonic crystal fibers for gain-switched fiber laser-pumped SC generation is presented.
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Mattsson, Kent Erik, Skovgaard, Peter M. W., Hansen, Kim P., Bang, Ole