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Nebraska - Science: 6th Grade
SC.6.4: : Energy
SC.6.4.1: : Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of energy.
SC.6.4.1.A: : Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.
Have you ever used a glove warmer to keep your hands warm? How about an instant cold pack to treat an injury? In the Feel the Heat Gizmo, create your own hot and cold packs using various salts dissolved in water and different bag materials. Learn about exothermic and endothermic processes and how energy is absorbed or released when bonds are broken and new bonds form. 5 Minute Preview
SC.6.4.1.B: : Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principle and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
SC.6.4.1.C: : Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.
Calorimetry Lab
Investigate how calorimetry can be used to find relative specific heat values when different substances are mixed with water. Modify initial mass and temperature values to see effects on the system. One or any combination of the substances can be mixed with water. A dynamic graph (temperature vs. time) shows temperatures of the individual substances after mixing. 5 Minute Preview
Heat Transfer by Conduction
An insulated beaker of hot water is connected to a beaker of cold water with a conducting bar, and over time the temperatures of the beakers equalize as heat is transferred through the bar. Four materials (aluminum, copper, steel, and glass) are available for the bar. 5 Minute Preview
Phase Changes
Explore the relationship between molecular motion, temperature, and phase changes. Compare the molecular structure of solids, liquids, and gases. Graph temperature changes as ice is melted and water is boiled. Find the effect of altitude on phase changes. The starting temperature, ice volume, altitude, and rate of heating or cooling can be adjusted. 5 Minute Preview
SC.6.4.1.D: : Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Adjust the mass and velocity of two gliders on a frictionless air track. Measure the velocity, momentum, and kinetic energy of each glider as they approach each other and collide. Collisions can be elastic or inelastic. 5 Minute Preview
Sled Wars
Explore acceleration, speed, momentum, and energy by sending a sled down a hill into a group of snowmen. The starting height and mass of the sled can be changed, as well as the number of snowmen. In the Two sleds scenario, observe collisions between sleds of different masses and starting heights. 5 Minute Preview
SC.6.6: : Structure and Function and Information Processing
SC.6.6.2: : Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the relationship between structure and function in living things.
SC.6.6.2.A: : Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
Cell Types
Explore a wide variety of cells, from bacteria to human neurons, using a compound light microscope. Select a sample to study, then focus on the sample using the coarse and fine focus controls of the microscope. Compare the structures found in different cells, then perform tests to see if the sample is alive. 5 Minute Preview
Embryo Development
Explore how a fertilized cell develops into an embryo, a fetus, and eventually an adult organism. Compare embryo development in different vertebrate species and try to guess which embryo belongs to each species. Use dyes to trace the differentiation of cells during early embryo development, from the zygote to the neurula. 5 Minute Preview
SC.6.6.2.B: : Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
Explore the processes of photosynthesis and respiration that occur within plant and animal cells. The cyclical nature of the two processes can be constructed visually, and the simplified photosynthesis and respiration formulae can be balanced. 5 Minute Preview
Cell Structure
Select a sample cell from an animal, plant, or bacterium and view the cell under a microscope. Select each organelle on the image to learn more about its structure and function. Closeup views and animations of certain organelles is provided. 5 Minute Preview
Adjust the concentration of a solute on either side of a membrane in a cell and observe the system as it adjusts to the conditions through osmosis. The initial concentration of the solute can be manipulated, along with the volume of the cell. 5 Minute Preview
RNA and Protein Synthesis
Go through the process of synthesizing proteins through RNA transcription and translation. Learn about the many steps involved in protein synthesis including: unzipping of DNA, formation of mRNA, attaching of mRNA to the ribosome, and linking of amino acids to form a protein. 5 Minute Preview
SC.6.6.2.C: : Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Trace the path of blood through a beating heart and the network of blood vessels that supplies blood to the body. Take blood samples from different blood vessels to observe blood cells and measure the levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, sugar, and urea. 5 Minute Preview
Everything we know about the world comes through our senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. In the Senses Gizmo, explore how stimuli are detected by specialized cells, transmitted through nerves, and processed in the brain. 5 Minute Preview
SC.6.6.2.D: : Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)
Test your reaction time by catching a falling ruler or clicking a target. Create a data set of experiment results, and calculate the range, mode, median, and mean of your data. Data can be displayed on a list, table, bar graph or dot plot. The Reaction Time 1 Student Exploration focuses on range, mode, and median. 5 Minute Preview
SC.6.9: : Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms
SC.6.9.3: : Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the inheritance and variation of traits.
SC.6.9.3.A: : Construct an argument based on evidence for how plant and animal adaptations affect the probability of successful reproduction.
SC.6.9.3.B: : Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Fast Plants® 1 - Growth and Genetics
Grow Wisconsin Fast Plants® in a simulated lab environment. Explore the life cycles of these plants and how their growth is influenced by light, water, and crowding. Practice pollinating the plants using bee sticks, then observe the traits of the offspring plants. Use Punnett squares to model the inheritance of genes for stem color and leaf color for these plants. 5 Minute Preview
Perform experiments with several seed types to see what conditions yield the highest germination (sprouting) rate. Three different types of seeds can be studied, and the temperature, water and light in the germination chamber can be controlled. No two trials will have the same result so repeated trials are recommended. 5 Minute Preview
Temperature and Sex Determination - Metric
Observe the sex ratios of birds and geckos as they hatch in an incubator. Vary the temperature of the incubator and measure the percentages of male and female hatchlings to determine if temperature has an effect on sex. 5 Minute Preview
SC.6.9.3.C: : Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Chicken Genetics
Breed "pure" chickens with known genotypes that exhibit specific feather colors, and learn how traits are passed on via codominant genes. Chickens can be stored in cages for future breeding, and the statistics of feather color are reported every time the chickens breed. Punnett squares can be used to predict results. 5 Minute Preview
Fast Plants® 2 - Mystery Parent
In this follow-up to Fast Plants® 1 - Growth and Genetics, continue to explore inheritance of traits in Wisconsin Fast Plants. Infer the genotype of a "mystery P2 parent" of a set of Fast Plants based on the traits of the P1, F1, and F2 plants. Then create designer Fast Plants by selectively breeding plants with desired traits. 5 Minute Preview
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Breed "pure" mice with known genotypes that exhibit specific fur colors, and learn how traits are passed on via dominant and recessive genes. Mice can be stored in cages for future breeding, and the statistics of fur color are reported every time a pair of mice breed. Punnett squares can be used to predict results. 5 Minute Preview
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Breed "pure" mice with known genotypes that exhibit specific fur and eye colors, and learn how traits are passed on via dominant and recessive genes. Mice can be stored in cages for future breeding, and the statistics of fur and eye color are reported every time a pair of mice breed. Punnett squares can be used to predict results. 5 Minute Preview
SC.6.12.4: : Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of factors and interactions that affect weather and climate.
SC.6.12.4.A: : Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric
Observe daily weather conditions in a coastal region. Measure temperatures and wind speeds at any location and use this data to map convection currents that form during the day and night. Explain the origin of land breezes and sea breezes. 5 Minute Preview
Hurricane Motion - Metric
Use data from up to three weather stations to predict the motion of a hurricane. The wind speed, wind direction, cloud cover and air pressure are provided for each station using standard weather symbols. 5 Minute Preview
Weather Maps - Metric
Learn about standard symbols used in meteorology to construct weather maps. Rain, sleet, snow, temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, and atmospheric pressure can all be recorded at two different weather stations on a map. Describe weather patterns characteristic of high-pressure systems, low-pressure systems, warm fronts, and cold fronts. 5 Minute Preview
SC.6.12.4.C: : Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the change in global temperatures over thousands of years.
SC.6.12.4.D: : Analyze and interpret data on weather and climate to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effect.
SC.6.13: : Earth's Systems
SC.6.13.5: : Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the flow of energy and cycling of matter associated with Earth's materials and processes.
SC.6.13.5.A: : Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.


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Vents Reinvented... Vintage goodness inside.
Well... Here's what you've all been waiting for.
Details and pricing are in the following posts.
I'm always looking to buy Vents mouth guards and good condition Vents straps... I can give you 35 dollars in trade value for a good, uncracked, mouthpiece and 10 dollars in trade value for a nice strap.
Last edited by alpha434; 04-04-2012 at 12:24 AM.
These softears take the best features from the vintage Vents mask system and bring it up to modern performance specifications. The size and flexibility of the soft ear reduce your target profile considerably. And the generous venting keeps you calm, cool, and collected under fire.
Last edited by Harbinger[TG]; 06-24-2012 at 09:40 PM.
This component is an exact replica of the early breath deflectors in the original Vents mask. The idea was to catch and channel your hot breath in the mouth guard and out the ports in the side. In dry Colorado weather, it's hard to see a difference, but test results from a ski trip says that it does make a difference... For the guy who needs that extra 10%.
Last edited by alpha434; 06-25-2011 at 02:13 AM.
Pricing starts at 50 dollars when the user supplies JT Spectra frames, a lense, a strap, and a Vents mouth guard.
For a mask made with used frame components, a new lense, a new strap, pricing will be around 90 dollars.
Pricing escalates based on what components I will need to source to build your mask.
Current pricing for new spectra frames are around 40 dollars retail. Lenses alone are 25. Please keep this in mind when I quote your build. Spectra frames with lenses are closing out at 27.00 on ANSgear... I highly recommend that anyone interested in my system snag some new frames at a good price.
In fact, I like the purple, aqua, and lime green frames so much, that I'll trade reVent ears for any of them.
Special one-off components are also available. Please ask!
CUSTOM MASKS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE; mouthguards in stock.
Last edited by alpha434; 08-25-2012 at 04:21 AM.
tried one of these on at alpha's house the other day and they are awesome, real close fitting and I personally would totally prefer them to a flex.
They are about the same weight as proflexes - very, very light. They have a ton of soft protection around the sides for deflections, but don't have the slapback or face-spray problems that I've had with every other mask when you get a grill shot. The vents go sideways, so you can't really get paint in your mouth on a direct shot.
Can't really recommend them enough.
So I would need a Vents mouth piece for one of these?
P.S. Would you be willing to take a LNIB blue i4 as a trade?
I have a small stock of mouthpieces available with completed masks.
Unfortunately, I'm not looking for i4s... I've got 4 of those laying around my house.
Can you show a pic on how you attach the frame to the bottoms?
And are there any color options as well? I was thinking about a set of multicam side pieces just like the soft top you made for your i4.


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Santa Clara Magazine
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 48 Number 2, Fall 2006, Santa Clara University Oct 2006
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 48 Number 2, Fall 2006, Santa Clara University
8 - TRUTH, LEGEND, AND JESSE JAMES By Ron Hansen M.A. '95. Jesse James' exploits made him a legend even in his own time. Now the author of the novel The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford reveals what it takes to get beyond coloring book heroes and villains to understanding a charming psychopath and his killer. Plus insights into the making of the forthcoming film starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck.
14 - VIOLENCE IN THE MOVIES By Jim Shepard. Movies keep giving us more motion, more mayhem-which is exactly what we want. But what price that ...
Santa Clara Magazine Volume 48 Number 1, Summer 2006, Santa Clara University Jul 2006
Santa Clara Magazine Volume 48 Number 1, Summer 2006, Santa Clara University
8 - THE MAN BEHIND THE SOUND by Karen Crocker Snell. As a young music-loving soldier in the final days of World War II, John T. "Jack" Mullin '36 went to investigate a German recording device called a magnetophon. His resulting work in sound profoundly affected the field of recorded audio.
14 - THREE ROOMMATES IN PARIS By John Patrick Donnelly, S.J. It has been 500 years since Francisco Xavier and Pierre Favre were born, and 450 years since the death of Ignatius of Loyola. Quite a lot has happened since 1529 at the University of Paris, when the three men ...
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 47 Number 4, Spring 2006, Santa Clara University Apr 2006
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 47 Number 4, Spring 2006, Santa Clara University
8 - A DREAM OPPORTUNITY by Monte Lorenzet. Santa Clara University's sleep lab is one of just a handful of similar research facilities at undergraduate institutions. Students, alumni, faculty, and the research community are all benefiting from the fledgling lab.
10 - SCIENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE by Kim Kooyers. Social entrepreneurs use technology to address some of the world's urgent needs. Last November, some of these innovators were honored at the Tech Museum Awards, an international awards program.
14 - GIGANTES Y CABEZUDOS by Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. In an intensive workshop featuring seasoned artists from Spain, SCU students explored virtues ...
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 48 Number 3, Winter 2006, Santa Clara University Jan 2006
Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 48 Number 3, Winter 2006, Santa Clara University
8 - WELCOME HOME, STEVE By Steven Boyd Saum. Basketball superstar Steve Nash '96 comes home to Santa Clara for a unique honor: a ceremony retiring his Bronco jersey. In a convocation address, he tells how Santa Clara changed his life. Now he wants the University to take its mission global.
12 - THE SCHOOL OF HOPE By Martha Ellen Stortz. Scholar and teacher Bill Spohn earned deep affection and the respect of the Santa Clara community in his years directing the Bannan Center for Jesuit Education. When he was stricken with cancer, he and his wife, Marty Stortz, looked death in ...

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Letters are of different style than in previous years, as clearly seen in "QU" of word "QUEEN", and in the year. The numeral (marked in yellow) is quite different also. Finally, 2010 type is a bit thinner.
A series of Ethiopian circulation coins is available with year EE2000 (2007/2008). These coins were minted by the Royal Canadian Mint. The 5 and 10 cents were previously minted by the British Royal Mint (with years EE1996 and EE1998).
In these EE2000 types the lion's head is smaller, so, because of it, and because of the different mint, they should be considered new subtypes.
"20 years of the Commonwealth of Independent States"
While in 2003 item (KM25) the text was "BANKI NASIYONALI Y'U RWANDA", this 2009 item bears the text "BANKI NKURU Y'U RWANDA".
"50th Anniversary of the Triple Zero Emergency Call Service"
Portland Coins "Coin collecting kit"
This is an off-topic to talk about a great product I've just tested, from my good friend Tyler, of Portland Coins.
If you're looking for an easy way to get yourself or someone you know started with collecting world coins, you should check out the coin collecting kits made by Portland Coins. They are designed for people just beginning to get into the hobby.
Tyler sent me a kit to take a look at, the one on the image below. Each kit includes a large 3-ring binder labeled specially for coin collectors, a bunch of flips to protect coins, some pocket pages to store coins in the binder, and a magnifying glass for better viewing of coins. Because new collectors may not be familiar with how to use flips, there is a step-by-step instruction sheet for how to properly secure a coin in a flip. And because it isn't always easy to tell what country a coin is from, it includes several pages of common world coin words and pictures to help identify coins. It even comes with a pack of 30 different world coins so that you have something to put in the collection right away.
The Portland Coins Web site has even more coin identification words and pictures to help collectors, and sells additional flips, pages, and packs of coins to add to a collection.
I think these kits would be a great way to introduce someone to world coin collecting. They seem especially kid-friendly because of the instructions and coin-identification help that come right inside the binder. World coin collecting is an easy, inexpensive, and exciting hobby, and with one of these kits it's dead simple to give it a try.
"Customs and national games of Kazakhstan: Aitys"
This unique coin depicts the New Winnipeg Jets team to join the NHL.
The coin is being issued as part of activities to celebrate 10 years of Financial Information Month.
"100th Anniversary of the Society for the Care of the Blind"
The 500 francs KM#27 was last minted with year 1999 (mainly for sets, as happened with 1997 issue, although some spare pieces were released for circulation as well). Circulation issues in big quantities were minted only with dates 1989 and 1991. In those 4 issues the mint marks were placed on both sides of "UNITÉ" word. In 2010 issue the mint marks have been moved to both sides of year "2010", as for the other denominations.
This is a new 50 Francs coin issued in September 2011, replacing the 50 francs banknote.
"500th anniversary of the birth of Jirí Melantrich of Aventino"
"Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania: Vilnius Upper Castle"
remaining 90 with a matte die. The polished die (the coin is the one on the left) was considered as an error but these coins have gone mixed in circulation.
"Cities of Military Glory: Elets"


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Trunkfish Species
Trunkfish are saltwater fish belonging to the Ostraciidae family. The family contains boxfish, cofferfish, cowfish and trunkfish. Trunkfish are also called boxfish at times, making the names interchangeable. There exists at least 23 different species worldwide, divided over 6 genera. Trunkfish are most abundant in temperate and tropical seas and tend to stay in shallower waters. They don't tolerate fish from the same family in their own territory. Trunkfish come in a variety of bright color patterns, but their body is always triangular and covered with hexagonal bony plates. This armored body and boxy design leads to limited mobility though. Their dorsal and anal fins propel the fish with rotary motion while the tail acts as a rudder with limited propulsion. This makes them very sluggish, inept swimmers. Their ventral fins also move continually to force air through their constricted gill openings.
Trunkfish are omnivores who consume minute plant and animal matter such as sponges, tunicates, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, algae and sea plants. Their jaws are powerful enough to crack open mollusks and crustaceans. They will bite off pieces of coral to get to the polyps or expose other prey underneath. Their lips protrude outward, and thus make it easier for spraying a jet of water to blow away bottom sediment. This helps to expose prey like worms. The two most prevalent species of trunkfish in the Atlantic and Caribbean basin are smooth and spotted trunkfish. Buffalo trunkfish also inhabit this region. Close cousins of these Atlantic trunkfish include the honeycomb and scrawled cowfish. While similar in design, cowfish can be identified by their "horns" or sharp spines over each eye. A trunkfish grows anywhere between 6-20 inches in length while a cowfish will generally grow up to 15 inches in length. Unlike trunkfish species in the Indo-Pacific basin, Atlantic-Caribbean trunkfish are more singular with flattened undersides that reinforce their angular structure.
When disturbed, trunkfish are capable of secreting a poison known as ostracitoxin that is fatal to other fishes. It's even powerful enough to kill a nurse shark, but the toxin must be ingested to take effect. Their natural armor also makes it difficult for them to be preyed upon. Despite these defenses, they are still palatable for humans. Some South Pacific islands will serve trunkfish baked in their shells. They are an important food fish in many parts of the Caribbean. Currently, successful breeding of trunkfish in captivity has not been consistent. Luckily, trunkfish are of least concern according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) red list.


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Ann Bowers is a former Corinthian Colleges Inc student and organizer with the Debt Collective.
Eleni Schirmer is a writer, educator and organizer. Her writings have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Nation, Boston Review, and elsewhere. She currently works as a research associate with the Future of Finance Initiative at UCLA's Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, and organizes with The Debt Collective.
#CancelStudentDebt: A campaign to transform an idea
By Andrew Willis Garcés | abridged version published in The Forge
It's hard to believe that a mass movement to cancel student debt was openly ridiculed when Occupy Wall Street activists first proposed it in 2011. Just over ten years later, President Biden authorized billions in student debt cancellation — months before the midterms. During his own tight midterm race, Senator Raphael Warnock pushed Biden to take even more dramatic executive action to cancel student debt. (Organizers are pointing out that the president could now cancel debt without waiting on federal courts to authorize it.)
Before they became the Debt Collective, several of the group's founders, participants in Occupy Wall Street, started an OWS offshoot, Strike Debt, to encourage debt resistance, and innovated crowdfunding debt purchases on the secondary debt market (later borrowed by John Oliver's late night show) as an outreach tactic. Using crowdfunded donations, the Rolling Jubilee abolished more than $32 million of medical, student, payday loan, and probation debt.
The organizers (themselves largely debtors or former debtors) described that as their campaign scouting phase — what would it look like to organize people around debt? They came to the conclusion that, if they used the basic principle behind labor organizing — alone, a single worker is weak compared to the power of the boss — then millions of debtors together could use their debt to threaten their creditors. What if they said, "can't pay, won't pay", all at the same time?
During the scouting period, they built relationships with all kinds of debtors, and to this day continue to organize around housing, bail and medical debt. But in 2014, many of the group's leaders focused increasingly on debtors with student debt, many of whom were already organizing together online. Finding themselves shut out of buying private student debt by lender Navient, they turned to for-profit college debt. Their initial focus on the students of Corinthian Colleges Inc. showed the group's knack for both basebuilding and waging narrative campaigns. Organizing around debt wasn't easy: most student debtors, particularly those who had attended for-profit schools accused of fraud, initially felt a level of shame, not anger. But when Debt Collective organizers bought $4 million in student debt for $100,000, erasing the debt of 2,700 former Corinthian Colleges Inc. students, it communicated their belief that the students weren't to blame — that they should, in the organizers' words, turn "shame into outrage". After purchasing and canceling their debt, the collective continued to build relationships with former Corinthians students, finding them in Facebook groups with names like "Everest College Avengers," a group instigated by Nathan Hornes, who would become a key part of the evolving campaign.
Around the same time as the original Strike Debt formation dissolved, with many of the same leaders sticking around to focus on building the Debt Collective's vision of a debtors' union, organizers invited student debtors to virtual and IRL "Debtors' Assemblies" where they could tell their stories, and support each other to understand how the higher education debt system was put in place over the last several decades; how student debt skyrocketed by over 700% from 1995 to 2017, growing from $187 billion to $1.4 trillion; how successive administrations had done nothing to slow it down. Over 200,000 students had attended for-profit schools like ITT Tech accused of defrauding their students, but as of 2014, those borrowers were still on the hook to lenders.
Focusing on Corinthians students ended up giving the Debt Collective significant inside-game leverage. They announced their debt purchase the same week the Obama Administration sued Corinthians Inc, putting the debtor organizers technically on the same side as their target, the Department of Education, who organizers thought were moving too slowly to hold Corinthians accountable and help students left in the lurch. But the collective didn't want to be in the position of pleading for Obama's aides to work faster. They wanted them to work differently, and to take seriously the demand that hundreds of thousands of defrauded students deserved to have their loans canceled. The question was how to force the Department of Education to do this. What if the student debtors turned their unwillingness (and in some cases, inability) to pay back their debts into a collective action? A debt strike. Collective organizers invited two dozen Corinthians debtors to a strategy meeting in San Francisco, where they weighed out the risks and the opportunity at hand. Fifteen decided to go forward with launching the nation's first student debt strike, Hornes among them.
Following the strike's launch in February 2015, the group was contacted by an Obama appointee, Rohit Chopra at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (now the agency's chief under Biden): Would debt strikers like to tell their stories in Washington? They were given a sympathetic audience of high-level CFPB, Department of Education and Treasury Department officials, who probably thought they would get congratulated for taking initial steps to hold the for-profit education company accountable. Instead, the group "dropped a bombshell" on the Obama aides, as organizer and Corinthians debt striker Ann Bowers recounted later. They had discovered an obscure provision of the 1965 Higher Education Act, "borrower defense", allowing the government to discharge the loans of students who attended schools accused of fraud. But there was no formal process for requesting loan cancellation. So the group had created their own application for debt relief, and had quietly solicited former students of Corinthians, ITT Tech and The Art Institute in advance, bringing hundreds of borrower defense claims to the meeting. "We had a red box full of them and Luke, one of our legal guys, picked it up and slammed it on the desk," said Bowers. "And he said, 'We did your work for you'. They were stunned."
The meeting ended, unsurprisingly, without a commitment by the administration to use what the Debt Collective asserted was presidential authority to fully cancel all student debt, beginning with the debts of defrauded students. The collective continued to collect borrower defense applications on their website over the spring, eventually collecting tens of thousands of submissions, and a few months later, the Department of Education borrowed it almost verbatim to use as the official application form on the department's website. By the end of 2016 over 82,000 borrowers had used it to file claims for loan cancellation, and Bowers had even been invited to participate in the committee that created new debt discharge rules. As Debt Collective co-founder Hannah Appel pointed out later, striking had won them a seat at the bargaining table.
But unlike many campaigners who, once they are invited into a formal alliance with their targets, abandon the "outside game" for a more collegial relationship, the Debt Collective didn't simply sit at the negotiating table — throughout 2015 and 2016, they continued to put public pressure on the administration to move faster, and initiated direct actions challenging the logic of student debt itself. As just one example, dozens of dues-paying Debt Collective members traveled to the annual student financial aid professions conference in New Orleans in the summer of 2015, and performed satirical public actions exposing the reality that Black, Indigenous and other borrowers of color were more likely to have unsustainable debt loads, and drawing attention to the financial aid industry's complicity.
By the end of 2016, with the Debt Collective pushing from both the outside and the inside, over 30,000 borrowers had over $400 million in debt canceled by the administration.
But their "inside game" vanished after Trump's election, forcing the group to pivot back to a focus on building a debtors' union. They held Debtors' Assemblies in cities around the country, agitating former students to see themselves not only as victims of a predatory industry but as a sleeping giant with untapped leverage. And they continued to shape the narrative around student debt by finding and amplifying the stories of more and more borrowers.
That narrative started to go mainstream as Democratic presidential candidates began launching their campaigns, simultaneous to the introduction of the Free College for All Act by Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Sen. Bernie Sanders, with Corinthians strikers by their side. Biden eventually promised to "forgive" all undergraduate student debt – that framing, as if debt is a sin someone commits and for which they must ask forgiveness, is one of the key ideological frameworks the Debt Collective pushes against – for borrowers making less than $125,000 a year, and a minimum of $10,000 for all borrowers, with even more relief for students who had attended HBCUs.
But even as what was politically feasible within the Democratic Party shifted dramatically, the logic underlying the Debt Collective's demand to cancel all student debt remained untested. The federal government had canceled billions of dollars in loans owed to students who had been victims of fraud. But what would be the consequences of canceling all $1.7 trillion?
The Trump Administration, which had blocked student debt cancellation already underway, ironically enough, helped foreshadow the answer, by announcing a pause on all federal student loan payments at the beginning of the pandemic. All told, the "pause" will have lasted almost three years by January 2023, when Biden has ordered payments to resume, with no obvious repercussions for the federal government or higher education writ large, in line with predictions by the Debt Collective's academic allies.
After Biden was elected, the collective's organizers correctly assumed he wouldn't immediately stick to his campaign promises. They announced the Biden Jubilee 100, one hundred new debt strikers who would each refuse to pay their student loans in his presidency's first 100 days, with a particular goal of visibilizing Black women borrowers. (The group threatened larger mass strikes in advance of each of the three subsequent payment pause deadlines.)
Throughout 2021 local and federal elected officials called on Biden to use his authority to cancel all student debt. And although he reiterated his willingness to cancel some debt, administration officials punted constantly, saying they were still "studying" their own legal authority. But then Debt Collective organizers discovered, through Freedom of Information Act requests, that the administration's lawyers had already written a memo delineating presidential authority, prompting congressional Democrats to demand he release it.
Doubling down on the pressure campaign, dozens of organizations, from labor unions to the Dream Defenders, sent hundreds of people to a "Pick Up the Pen, Joe" day of action at the Department of Education headquarters in April 2022, thirty days before the latest scheduled payment pause deadline. Along with a Debtors' Assembly, the event included a "debt burn", with borrowers invited to write down something that represents their debt on a piece of paper, and burn it together. A month later the group purchased and cancelled the debt of five hundred Black women former students of Bennett College, erasing $1.7 million owed to the college to call attention to the fact that Black women have higher balances on average, and highlighting Biden's promise to forgive debts owed by HBCU borrowers. They followed that with a documentary on Black women borrowers produced in partnership with The Intercept, and a featured story in The New Yorker on the fastest-growing group of student debtors, seniors, followed by an announcement of a "50 Over 50" debt strike, all of which had the effect of keeping pressure on Biden's team, who was also getting pushed publicly by Senate Democrats (who were themselves responding to pressure from organizations like New Georgia Project).
When the announcement finally came at the end of August that Biden was canceling up to $20,000 for Pell grant recipients and $10,000 for all borrowers, the group tweeted its response: his action "didn't achieve a goal – it confirmed a method: organized debtors have power." The collective held a previously planned a 50 Over 50 strike strategy call the following week. As organizer Eleni Schirmer related, many of the Debt Collective's members, saddled with over $100,000 in debt, weren't ready to celebrate what was a historic campaign victory: "Someone logged in and they were like, 'Look, I almost didn't come to this call tonight. I'm just so mad. I'm so insulted like I'm supposed to be clapping. Like this is doing nothing for my loans. It's doing nothing for my payments. The only thing that's really this is gonna change is that now in January I'm gonna have to figure out how to come up with $500 a month.'"
"And at the same time," Schirmer said, "twenty million people, when cancellation gets administered, will have their debts totally wiped away." Bowers expressed a similar sentiment in the days following the announcement: "It is disappointing, but it's a stepping stone. It shows us if we keep going, you know, we can climb that mountain with stepping stones, basically."
According to Schirmer, the collective has already begun up the path to accumulating more of those stepping stones: "Over the next year the goal is really to draw out that student debtors are also medical debtors are also housing debtors and are working in indebted cities and sending their kids to indebted schools.The idea is to draw out the connections of debt and indebted life. That's one of the major things that we hear from Mitt Romney, etc, is like, well, 'what are you going to do after you cancel student debt, cancel housing debt, cancel medical debt?' And we say, 'Hell yeah we are, absolutely.' So that's what's next: To stitch all of these issues together to see them not as single issue campaigns, but part of the same project."
In reflecting on what lessons this stage of their fight to abolish all debt has for our movements, Schirmer points, first, to their creation of real human connection that destigmatized debt and neutralized the shame many of the group's members carried, and transform it into a feeling of collective power: "The real signature organizing move of debt organizing is making space where people can say, 'Hey, we see you, we see you as, as having like more than just a drawer full of unopened loan statements.' And we see that those loan statements are actually part of our power and we all put them together and can organize around them."
She also points to the group's willingness to "hold to this relentless vision of what justice demands, to cancel all debt." She says she told the 50 Over 50 debtors, "you all have been pushing this demand, and you got a partial win of this demand. You didn't get it all canceled. You got a partial win. And so you're not starting from zero. The baseline is now this many people, this much debt has been canceled." And she notes that even as the group received access to insiders at the Obama Administration, and high-ranking congressional Democrats and presidential candidates, they never moderated their demands, choosing instead to "hold the left pole, keeping the demand far to the left, and having it backed by demands and action to follow, like a strike demanding free college for all."
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Seeing with our own eyes the forge where the iron is being burned, then see it being shaped and transformed, are special, fascinating moments which help people have a broader view on the craft. By visiting the "Blacksmith workshop", you will have the possibility to see old equipment, of over 100 years. They are all functional or about to be reconditioned and will be used for making objects both decorative and useful. Therefore, do not hesitate to come and see how the iron is stricken while it is still hot!
"Luca Blacksmith Workshop" bears the name of a person very important for us, a wonderful man who believed in our dreams and helped a lot to give them shape. Mr. Luca was a printing house mechanic and helped us a lot to install, move and restore most of the equipment in the Paper Mill Workshop-Museum.
He is no longer in this life, but he will always remain in our heart and memories.


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FREDERICK JOHN G KEEVIL 1915 � 2009
John�s family moved to Winchester in 1928 when he was 13, his father having bought Abbey Mill in preference to remaining in Calne where milling was in decline. Sadly, however, the decline was national and in 1932 his father was forced to sell, obtaining employment at Wharf Mill until 1933 when that too had to be sold because of ever-keener competition. John was also employed at Wharf Mill and was sent back to Abbey Mill on a number of occasions �to grind a bit of animal feed�. Thus he was the last miller to work that historic mill, and was on the pay roll of the last working mill in Winchester.
So it was in 1932 that his parents bought the house in Edgar Road, where he lived until his death in March this year, interrupted only by the war years when he served in the RNVR (42-46). He was a kind-hearted if reclusive neighbour, entirely self-sufficient and unwilling to involve others in his life unless essential. This included both housekeeping and building work; when we first knew him it worried us, which amused him, that he would lower himself by a rope fastened to a chimney stack to replace slates on the roof of his 3 storey house � such is the resourcefulness of millers! His workshop was a treasury of traditional tools mostly inherited from his father and there was nothing he could not make.
He became an employee of Ranks, the big commercial millers and flour merchants in Southampton, but when we first knew him in 1967 he was in charge of the stores for Curry�s when their warehouse was Worthy Park House (now Princes Mead School). We would hear him leave each morning on his venerable Royal Enfield, making that friendly accelerating putter of English motorbikes. Wearing his leather flying helmet he looked very distinctive and was affectionately known to our children as �Evil Keevil�.
John Keevil taken in 1946 when he was 31, well medalled from his wartime experience.
Photo supplied by Michael Carden
As those who live alone so often are, he was a target for burglars so his house became more and more like a fortress. Burglary was one thing that made him seek help and I remember, early in our friendship, when he appeared at the door late one evening. Asking to use the phone and wielding a long 19th century French bayonet in case he met the burglars on the way!
Although his experiences had left him somewhat bitter about milling (the reason I was unable to persuade him to join HMG) John had an abiding and extremely knowledgeable interest in mills and milling, and he would send me notes and talk eagerly on the subject as we jointly explored the possibilities of a mill at St Cross prior to the William of Wykeham mill downstream (see article in the Newsletter of 2007). Apart from milling he maintained a great interest in history, particularly in Winchester, and corresponded over the years with the City�s curators and other experts about the many mysteries connected with buildings in the City and, whenever he found interesting stones following some demolition, he would bring them back to his garden.
His other great interest was this garden where, until the very last months of his life, he cultivated and took pride in his extensive vegetable crop, assisted by his black and white cat. His house has been bought by a family of 6 and I am sure this would give him pleasure because he told us, when we first moved in to the other half of the semi-detached pair, that it had been his hope to see a family established there again after many years of fleeting tenancies.
In his memory and on John Keevil�s behalf I am donating to HMG his mill bill and a book called Flower Milling, by Peter A. Kozmin of the Polytechnic Institute in Petrograd (editor of The Russian Miller), translated from the Russian by M. Falkner and Theodor Fjelstrup, 1917. The preface opens with this explanatory sentence: It is a singular fact that there is no serious modern work on flour milling in English.
Here is a typical example of one of his notes. often accompanied by freehand diagrams, which I would receive from John, in answer to some query of mine.
Looking at it from head to tail, when the water wheel is shut down or under repair the waste hatches are opened to an alternative route to the lower level. The mill hatches shut the water out of the mill. Looking at it from across the stream I have tried to show by bevel gears how power reaches the mill stones. This of course varies according to the water power available � the size of the stream. These stones were dressed. In a mill with four stones, one was always being dressed by a man using a mill bill (I still have one).
If there is very limited water power available the river is impounded in a mill pond or pound. This may have been the case at St Cross where an early mediaeval mill could have produced flour during the day and a head of water to flush the toilets during the night. From late Victorian times the stone mills were slowly giving way to roller mills. The roller mill consists of a steel frame carrying four rolls of about 7 inches diameter, 40 feet long and four small feed rolls. The break rolls were fluted so that the lower, running slightly slower, held the grain while the upper cut it like a scissor. This then led to small smooth rolls, the grist having been sifted first by machines covered in different grades of steel mesh and eventually as it got finer to grades of silk mesh.
In 1935 Ranks were building a huge mill in Southampton docks where I got work in shifts (6-2, 2-10,10-6). The only way to get there for the 6-2 was by push-bike, and the 2-10 and 10-6 by train from Winchester to the Dock Station until I was able to get a little BSA motor-bike in 1936 for �30. Then came the war: at 6am one Monday morning two high explosive bombs came down through the warehouse, and the mill was a fire bomb wreck! I had taken correspondence courses and passed my intermediate and final exams at Southampton University.
A few further explanations: as mills grew bigger and had more floors carrying the different types of machines it required a number of bucket elevators to take the grist from the bottom to the top for the next process: silks floor; purifier floor, roller floor, and as the flour passed through it was bleached in chlorine gas. In my time the flour was sacked up in 10 stone sacks, the bran and wheatings in 8 stone bags and a small amount of wheat germ, about 8 stone per shift (I do not know what it was used for). The whole process is now bulk handled right up to the bakehouse door.
FJGK 20 Edgar Road.
A great grandfather was William Lawes who sailed round the world twice (1835 & 1845). The Lawes came from Argyleshire.
John Keevil October 2009
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News & Views Friday February 28th, 2020
Austin Ivereigh Tells Us What We Already Know
by Chris Ferrara
Fatima Perspectives #1381
While the "conservative" Catholic commentariat exults that the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia (QA) did not explicitly authorize the ordination of married men in the Amazon (read: eventually everywhere), nor mention any prospect of female "deacons," the Francis biographer/adulator Austin Ivereigh tells us what we already know from even a cursory reading of QA: "The pope, in short, defers to the discernment of the local church."
Ivereigh prattles on about how QA presents, not an explicit canonical directive to do this or that by way of innovation, but rather "a dream, a vision, and a prophecy" and that (quoting Fr. Augusto Zampini Davies, one of Francis' Argentine cronies installed in the new Vatican dicastery for "Promoting Integral Human Development") "if you don't get inside Francis's dreams, they won't change you. But if you do, you are changed."
That neo-gnostic nonsense aside, there is no explicit directive in QA for the ordination of married men or the invention of female deacons because those directives will come at the local level, just as Francis intends. To quote one of Ivereigh's Vatican sources: "The pope is asking the bishops to come up with concrete proposals" for the ordination of married men because "He thinks the time wasn't yet ripe for any kind of decision by him…"
Moreover, says Ivereigh, citing a fact the "conservatives" appear to have forgotten, "Another door has meanwhile opened to a female diaconate. At the end of the synod, Francis promised to reopen and reconstitute the commission looking into women deacons that ended last year in disagreement. That will now happen, says the official involved with the synod."
This might seem like speculation, but QA itself settles the question with two short phrases that make it quite clear Francis wishes local bishops to apply, not QA, but the Final Document of the Amazon Synod to the question of married priests and "deaconettes." Let him who has ears to hear, hear:
"At the same time, I would like to officially present the Final Document, which sets forth the conclusions of the Synod…
"May the pastors, consecrated men and women and lay faithful of the Amazon region strive to apply it…"
Of course, the Final Document opens wide the door to married "elders" in the Amazon and thus ultimately everywhere (¶ 106) as well as "deaconettes" upon further study by the commission Francis has reconstituted in order to tell him what he wants to hear, the first one having found no evidence that the Church ever ordained women as deacons (¶ 103).
But it will happen at the local level, just the way it happened at the local level concerning the admission of public adulterers to Holy Communion by the bishops of Buenos Aires, whose "guidelines" for applying Amoris Laetitia were promptly published by Francis as "authentic Magisterium" in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis (AAS).
I really hate sports metaphors, but this one applies too well: Francis will deliver his own football to the endzone by having local bishops carry it there in the near future. What was wrong with predictions that Francis would authorize married priests and lady "deacons" in QA (including my own prediction) was the manner in which the authorization would be expressed. Francis has opted not for the quick touchdown pass of an express authorization by him, but rather the running game of a first down in the form of the exhortation to "apply" QA locally, followed by local bishops who plan to rush the defense so that at least one of them can reach the end zone.
And so, the "dreams" of Francis, which are a nightmare for the Church, will be realized in time. Or at least that is the plan. Only God knows whether the plan will succeed before He brings the lunacy of this pontificate to an end, as He inevitably will do.
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Le  est un palais situé dans la ville de Mantoue en Lombardie. Résidence aristocratique de la famille , originaire de Trente, il fut construit à Mantoue à partir de 1784 par l'architecte Antonio Colonna.

Transformé en musée en 1973 et géré par une fondation, il conserve les collections de la famille D'Arco, réunies dans de nombreuses salles, dont notamment la salle des Ancêtres (sala degli Antenati), avec ses soixante portraits de famille, et la salle du Zodiaque (sala dello Zodiaco), aménagée dans un petit édifice Renaissance situé dans le jardin, abritant un cycle de fresques exécutées autour de 1510 par le peintre Giovanni Maria Falconetto.

Histoire

Le palais a été édifié à partir de 1784 sous l'impulsion d'une branche de la famille aristocratique , originaire de Trente (Italie), qui s'était installée définitivement à Mantoue depuis 1740. Après avoir acquis la demeure des comtes Chieppo, le comte Giovanni Battista Gherardo d'Arco, inspiré par l'œuvre d'Andrea Palladio, envisagea de transformer le palais selon les règles du néo-classicisme. La construction en fut confiée à l'architecte Antonio Colonna. Il en résulta un exemple notable de résidence aristocratique, dotée d'un mobilier précieux et de tableaux remarquables, d'une bibliothèque, d'une collection naturaliste et d'un jardin clos par une exèdre, sur lequel donne une aile du  constituée de deux petits édifices, dont l'un abrite l'impressionnant cycle de fresques de la Salle du Zodiaque, œuvre de Giovanni Maria Falconetto, datant d'environ 1515. Ces bâtiments de style Renaissance et le jardin attenant, qui appartenaient aux marquis Dalla Valle, furent acquis en 1872 par . L'ensemble architectonique qui donne sur la place Carlo D'Arco, se poursuivait à gauche par les écuries, transformées aujourd'hui en un théâtre (Teatrino d'Arco), siège depuis 1946 de l'Académie théâtrale , fondée par .

Le palais fut également habité par le comte  (1799-1849), historien et collectionneur de documents historiques, maire de Mantoue de 1847 à 1848.
La dernière descendante de la famille, Giovanna dei Conti d'Arco Chieppio Ardizzoni, marquise Guidi di Bagno, décédée en 1973, constitua la Fondazione d'Arco. Elle disposa en 1956 dans son testament qu'à sa mort, tous ses biens, y compris le palais et les collections qu'il contient (herbier, pinacothèque, archives, bibliothèque, instruments de musique, meubles, armes), seraient rendus accessibles au public sous forme de musée.

En 2014, la Fondazione d'Arco a reçu en donation des œuvres du marquis Federico Cavriani, descendant de la noble famille mantouane des Cavriani, en partie rassemblées et exposées dans une salle dédiée, la "Sala Cavriani".

Le Palazzo D'Arco, récemment restauré, avec son surprenant jardin, est un admirable exemple de résidence aristocratique.

Salles et collections
Les salles, richement décorées, abritent des legs de la famille et une éclectique collection d'art. Elles sont présentées ci-après dans le sens de la visite.

Entrée
Elle se situe au centre de la façade néo-classique donnant sur la place d'Arco

Escalier
L'escalier à trois volées, réalisé lors de la rénovation du bâtiment au , mène à l'étage noble, d'où débute l'itinéraire de visite.

Salon des Ancêtres
Une vaste salle ornée de stucs et de frises où sont exposés soixante portraits provenant du château d'Arco et racontant l'histoire de la famille du .

Salles 2-4
Au Salon des Vedute, avec ses vues romantiques et quatre épisodes de la vie d'Adonis, succèdent le Salon des Portraits et celui des Natures mortes, aménagé en salle à manger et décoré de toiles de Vincenzo Campi et de l'école du Cerano.

Loge
À l'origine petite chambre à coucher, elle est aujourd'hui dédiée à la sculpture et donne accès au Salon de la Musique, ancien cabinet de toilette où de précieux instruments de musique (dont une harpe anglaise du début du  et un théorbe vénitien au manche très long datant de 1647) se reflètent dans un miroir de style Empire.

Salles 7-8
La salle de Diane présente des tableaux attribués à Palma le Jeune et au Benédette retraçant des épisodes mythologiques. Le salon Rouge, avec ses murs recouverts de damas carmin et ses meubles achetés en 1874 à Londres, rappelle une demeure victorienne et accueille d'importants tableaux et portraits de famille, dont celui de Giovanna de' Capitani d'Arzago, femme de Luigi d'Arco, qui avait tenté d'intervenir en faveur des martyrs de Belfiore.

Salles 9-11
Les salles dédiées à Pallas (avec les portraits de Vincent Ier de Gonzague par Frans Pourbus le Jeune et de Benoît XIII par Giuseppe Bazzani), à Thémis (salon Vert ou de la Justice, avec sa Vierge à l'Enfant sur fond d'or attribuée à ) et à l'art sacré recèlent quelques-unes des œuvres picturales les plus prisées du palais.

Salle Alexandre le Grand
Elle doit son nom aux grandes toiles évoquant l'histoire de l'illustre roi. Elles font partie des toutes premières œuvres de Giuseppe Bazzani, réalisées vers 1739.

Salles 14-15
Le salon Néo-classique, abritant divers instruments de musique, et le vestibule du Miroir ramènent au salon des Ancêtres.

Bibliothèque
Joyau néo-classique, elle rassemble plus de dix mille volumes anciens. Elle renferme une copie de la statue des Trois Grâces, d'Antonio Canova .

Salle Andreas Hofer
Elle est consacrée à l'insurgé tyrolien condamné à mort en 1810 par un tribunal français réuni au Palazzo d'Arco. Les murs sont couverts de papiers peints français du début du .

Cuisine
La cuisine, du , renferme une riche collection d'assiettes, de poêles et d'ustensiles de cuisine.

Salle du Zodiaque
Ayant traversé le jardin avec sa magnifique exèdre, on pénètre dans le petit édifice Renaissance qui abrite des fresques attribuées à Giovanni Maria Falconetto. Elles représentent les signes du Zodiaque dans des scènes où se mêlent cycles de la nature, réminiscences archéologiques et allusions mythologiques inspirées des Métamorphoses d'Ovide. Les douze fresques aux couleurs vives et au trait à la fois incisif et délicat, sont surmontées d'une frise peinte évoquant des mythes classiques. Chaque arc est dominé par le signe du zodiaque correspondant au mois représenté. Les références littéraires y sont complexes et si imbriquées que leur interprétation demeure une des principales enigmes de l'art de la renaissance à Mantoue.

Elles sont datées de 1515-1520. Le peintre s'inspira pour les réaliser du cycle des Mois que peignit Pinturicchio vers 1490 pour le palais romain du cardinal Domenico Della Rovere.

Salle des Césars
Située sous celle du Zodiaque, elle conserve des copies des onze Césars exécutés en 1536 par le Titien pour Frédéric II de Mantoue.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Palais à Mantoue
Musée à Mantoue
Château en Lombardie
Architecture civile du XVIIIe siècle
Patrimoine du XVIIIe siècle
Art à Mantoue

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CIPPIC tries to intervene in Overseas Spying Appeal
CIPPIC attempted to intervene at the Federal Court of Appeal on a matter that raises many fundamental issues arising from the ability of Canadian intelligence agencies to make use of the extensive -- and arguably unconstitutional -- practices of foreign intelligence partners such as the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK Government Communications HeadQuarters (GCHQ). The proceeding, an appeal of a decision issued by Justice Mosley of the Federal Court last December, has been shrouded in secrecy due to the important national security interests it is examining. This secrecy has made it difficult for CIPPIC to attempt intervention in a timely matter and its request for directions regarding any such intervention arrived too late in the proceeding for the Federal Court of Appeal to address these shortcomings. CIPPIC will continue to monitor this file as it is likely to make its way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Letter from CIPPIC to Federal Court of Appeal regarding attempts to intervene in a secret proceeding, July 31, 2014, FCA File Number A-145-14


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namespace rx
{
using namespace gl_d3d11;

RenderStateCache::RenderStateCache()
    : mBlendStateCache(kMaxStates),
      mRasterizerStateCache(kMaxStates),
      mDepthStencilStateCache(kMaxStates),
      mSamplerStateCache(kMaxStates)
{}

RenderStateCache::~RenderStateCache() {}

void RenderStateCache::clear()
{
    mBlendStateCache.Clear();
    mRasterizerStateCache.Clear();
    mDepthStencilStateCache.Clear();
    mSamplerStateCache.Clear();
}

// static
d3d11::BlendStateKey RenderStateCache::GetBlendStateKey(const gl::Context *context,
                                                        Framebuffer11 *framebuffer11,
                                                        const gl::BlendState &blendState)
{
    d3d11::BlendStateKey key;
    const gl::AttachmentList &colorbuffers = framebuffer11->getColorAttachmentsForRender(context);
    const UINT8 blendStateMask =
        gl_d3d11::ConvertColorMask(blendState.colorMaskRed, blendState.colorMaskGreen,
                                   blendState.colorMaskBlue, blendState.colorMaskAlpha);

    key.blendState = blendState;

    for (size_t i = 0; i < colorbuffers.size(); i++)
    {
        const gl::FramebufferAttachment *attachment = colorbuffers[i];

        if (attachment)
        {
            key.rtvMax = static_cast<uint32_t>(i) + 1;
            key.rtvMasks[i] =
                (gl_d3d11::GetColorMask(*attachment->getFormat().info)) & blendStateMask;
        }
    }

    return key;
}

angle::Result RenderStateCache::getBlendState(const gl::Context *context,
                                              Renderer11 *renderer,
                                              const d3d11::BlendStateKey &key,
                                              const d3d11::BlendState **outBlendState)
{
    auto keyIter = mBlendStateCache.Get(key);
    if (keyIter != mBlendStateCache.end())
    {
        *outBlendState = &keyIter->second;
        return angle::Result::Continue;
    }

    TrimCache(kMaxStates, kGCLimit, "blend state", &mBlendStateCache);

    // Create a new blend state and insert it into the cache
    D3D11_BLEND_DESC blendDesc;
    D3D11_RENDER_TARGET_BLEND_DESC &rtDesc0 = blendDesc.RenderTarget[0];
    const gl::BlendState &blendState        = key.blendState;

    blendDesc.AlphaToCoverageEnable  = blendState.sampleAlphaToCoverage;
    blendDesc.IndependentBlendEnable = key.rtvMax > 1 ? TRUE : FALSE;

    rtDesc0 = {};

    if (blendState.blend)
    {
        rtDesc0.BlendEnable    = true;
        rtDesc0.SrcBlend       = gl_d3d11::ConvertBlendFunc(blendState.sourceBlendRGB, false);
        rtDesc0.DestBlend      = gl_d3d11::ConvertBlendFunc(blendState.destBlendRGB, false);
        rtDesc0.BlendOp        = gl_d3d11::ConvertBlendOp(blendState.blendEquationRGB);
        rtDesc0.SrcBlendAlpha  = gl_d3d11::ConvertBlendFunc(blendState.sourceBlendAlpha, true);
        rtDesc0.DestBlendAlpha = gl_d3d11::ConvertBlendFunc(blendState.destBlendAlpha, true);
        rtDesc0.BlendOpAlpha   = gl_d3d11::ConvertBlendOp(blendState.blendEquationAlpha);
    }

    rtDesc0.RenderTargetWriteMask = key.rtvMasks[0];

    for (unsigned int i = 1; i < D3D11_SIMULTANEOUS_RENDER_TARGET_COUNT; i++)
    {
        blendDesc.RenderTarget[i]                       = rtDesc0;
        blendDesc.RenderTarget[i].RenderTargetWriteMask = key.rtvMasks[i];
    }

    d3d11::BlendState d3dBlendState;
    ANGLE_TRY(renderer->allocateResource(GetImplAs<Context11>(context), blendDesc, &d3dBlendState));
    const auto &iter = mBlendStateCache.Put(key, std::move(d3dBlendState));

    *outBlendState = &iter->second;

    return angle::Result::Continue;
}

angle::Result RenderStateCache::getRasterizerState(const gl::Context *context,
                                                   Renderer11 *renderer,
                                                   const gl::RasterizerState &rasterState,
                                                   bool scissorEnabled,
                                                   ID3D11RasterizerState **outRasterizerState)
{
    d3d11::RasterizerStateKey key;
    key.rasterizerState = rasterState;
    key.scissorEnabled  = scissorEnabled ? 1 : 0;

    auto keyIter = mRasterizerStateCache.Get(key);
    if (keyIter != mRasterizerStateCache.end())
    {
        *outRasterizerState = keyIter->second.get();
        return angle::Result::Continue;
    }

    TrimCache(kMaxStates, kGCLimit, "rasterizer state", &mRasterizerStateCache);

    D3D11_CULL_MODE cullMode =
        gl_d3d11::ConvertCullMode(rasterState.cullFace, rasterState.cullMode);

    // Disable culling if drawing points
    if (rasterState.pointDrawMode)
    {
        cullMode = D3D11_CULL_NONE;
    }

    D3D11_RASTERIZER_DESC rasterDesc;
    rasterDesc.FillMode              = D3D11_FILL_SOLID;
    rasterDesc.CullMode              = cullMode;
    rasterDesc.FrontCounterClockwise = (rasterState.frontFace == GL_CCW) ? FALSE : TRUE;
    rasterDesc.DepthBiasClamp = 0.0f;  // MSDN documentation of DepthBiasClamp implies a value of
                                       // zero will preform no clamping, must be tested though.
    rasterDesc.DepthClipEnable       = TRUE;
    rasterDesc.ScissorEnable         = scissorEnabled ? TRUE : FALSE;
    rasterDesc.MultisampleEnable     = rasterState.multiSample;
    rasterDesc.AntialiasedLineEnable = FALSE;

    if (rasterState.polygonOffsetFill)
    {
        rasterDesc.SlopeScaledDepthBias = rasterState.polygonOffsetFactor;
        rasterDesc.DepthBias            = (INT)rasterState.polygonOffsetUnits;
    }
    else
    {
        rasterDesc.SlopeScaledDepthBias = 0.0f;
        rasterDesc.DepthBias            = 0;
    }

    d3d11::RasterizerState dx11RasterizerState;
    ANGLE_TRY(renderer->allocateResource(GetImplAs<Context11>(context), rasterDesc,
                                         &dx11RasterizerState));
    *outRasterizerState = dx11RasterizerState.get();
    mRasterizerStateCache.Put(key, std::move(dx11RasterizerState));

    return angle::Result::Continue;
}

angle::Result RenderStateCache::getDepthStencilState(const gl::Context *context,
                                                     Renderer11 *renderer,
                                                     const gl::DepthStencilState &glState,
                                                     const d3d11::DepthStencilState **outDSState)
{
    auto keyIter = mDepthStencilStateCache.Get(glState);
    if (keyIter != mDepthStencilStateCache.end())
    {
        *outDSState = &keyIter->second;
        return angle::Result::Continue;
    }

    TrimCache(kMaxStates, kGCLimit, "depth stencil state", &mDepthStencilStateCache);

    D3D11_DEPTH_STENCIL_DESC dsDesc     = {};
    dsDesc.DepthEnable                  = glState.depthTest ? TRUE : FALSE;
    dsDesc.DepthWriteMask               = ConvertDepthMask(glState.depthMask);
    dsDesc.DepthFunc                    = ConvertComparison(glState.depthFunc);
    dsDesc.StencilEnable                = glState.stencilTest ? TRUE : FALSE;
    dsDesc.StencilReadMask              = ConvertStencilMask(glState.stencilMask);
    dsDesc.StencilWriteMask             = ConvertStencilMask(glState.stencilWritemask);
    dsDesc.FrontFace.StencilFailOp      = ConvertStencilOp(glState.stencilFail);
    dsDesc.FrontFace.StencilDepthFailOp = ConvertStencilOp(glState.stencilPassDepthFail);
    dsDesc.FrontFace.StencilPassOp      = ConvertStencilOp(glState.stencilPassDepthPass);
    dsDesc.FrontFace.StencilFunc        = ConvertComparison(glState.stencilFunc);
    dsDesc.BackFace.StencilFailOp       = ConvertStencilOp(glState.stencilBackFail);
    dsDesc.BackFace.StencilDepthFailOp  = ConvertStencilOp(glState.stencilBackPassDepthFail);
    dsDesc.BackFace.StencilPassOp       = ConvertStencilOp(glState.stencilBackPassDepthPass);
    dsDesc.BackFace.StencilFunc         = ConvertComparison(glState.stencilBackFunc);

    d3d11::DepthStencilState dx11DepthStencilState;
    ANGLE_TRY(
        renderer->allocateResource(GetImplAs<Context11>(context), dsDesc, &dx11DepthStencilState));
    const auto &iter = mDepthStencilStateCache.Put(glState, std::move(dx11DepthStencilState));

    *outDSState = &iter->second;

    return angle::Result::Continue;
}

angle::Result RenderStateCache::getSamplerState(const gl::Context *context,
                                                Renderer11 *renderer,
                                                const gl::SamplerState &samplerState,
                                                ID3D11SamplerState **outSamplerState)
{
    auto keyIter = mSamplerStateCache.Get(samplerState);
    if (keyIter != mSamplerStateCache.end())
    {
        *outSamplerState = keyIter->second.get();
        return angle::Result::Continue;
    }

    TrimCache(kMaxStates, kGCLimit, "sampler state", &mSamplerStateCache);

    const auto &featureLevel = renderer->getRenderer11DeviceCaps().featureLevel;

    D3D11_SAMPLER_DESC samplerDesc;
    samplerDesc.Filter =
        gl_d3d11::ConvertFilter(samplerState.getMinFilter(), samplerState.getMagFilter(),
                                samplerState.getMaxAnisotropy(), samplerState.getCompareMode());
    samplerDesc.AddressU   = gl_d3d11::ConvertTextureWrap(samplerState.getWrapS());
    samplerDesc.AddressV   = gl_d3d11::ConvertTextureWrap(samplerState.getWrapT());
    samplerDesc.AddressW   = gl_d3d11::ConvertTextureWrap(samplerState.getWrapR());
    samplerDesc.MipLODBias = 0;
    samplerDesc.MaxAnisotropy =
        gl_d3d11::ConvertMaxAnisotropy(samplerState.getMaxAnisotropy(), featureLevel);
    samplerDesc.ComparisonFunc = gl_d3d11::ConvertComparison(samplerState.getCompareFunc());
    angle::ColorF borderColor;
    if (samplerState.getBorderColor().type == angle::ColorGeneric::Type::Float)
    {
        borderColor = samplerState.getBorderColor().colorF;
    }
    samplerDesc.BorderColor[0] = borderColor.red;
    samplerDesc.BorderColor[1] = borderColor.green;
    samplerDesc.BorderColor[2] = borderColor.blue;
    samplerDesc.BorderColor[3] = borderColor.alpha;
    samplerDesc.MinLOD         = samplerState.getMinLod();
    samplerDesc.MaxLOD         = samplerState.getMaxLod();

    if (featureLevel <= D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_9_3)
    {
        // Check that maxLOD is nearly FLT_MAX (1000.0f is the default), since 9_3 doesn't support
        // anything other than FLT_MAX. Note that Feature Level 9_* only supports GL ES 2.0, so the
        // consumer of ANGLE can't modify the Max LOD themselves.
        ASSERT(samplerState.getMaxLod() >= 999.9f);

        // Now just set MaxLOD to FLT_MAX. Other parts of the renderer (e.g. the non-zero max LOD
        // workaround) should take account of this.
        samplerDesc.MaxLOD = FLT_MAX;
    }

    d3d11::SamplerState dx11SamplerState;
    ANGLE_TRY(
        renderer->allocateResource(GetImplAs<Context11>(context), samplerDesc, &dx11SamplerState));
    *outSamplerState = dx11SamplerState.get();
    mSamplerStateCache.Put(samplerState, std::move(dx11SamplerState));

    return angle::Result::Continue;
}

}  // namespace rx

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SBV encourages M&As to restructure banks
Customers make transactions at ABBank. Việt Nam's central bank plans to restructure the credit institution system by encouraging M&A activities. - Photo giaoduc.net.vn
HÀ NỘI – The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) will continue to encourage the practice of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as a solution to dealing with ailing credit institutions.
The solution is stated under the project of restructuring the credit institution system in the 2016-2020 period, urgently developed by the central bank.
According to the project's goals, by 2020, Việt Nam's banking system must have at least 1-2 commercial banks with scale and capacity equivalent to large banks in the region to gradually meet the requirements of international economic integration.
Nguyễn Văn Hưng, deputy chief inspector of the SBV's Inspection Agency, said M&A is a popular and effective solution to handle weak credit institutions and has many advantages compared with other measures.
In particular, with the support of the central bank, the process of M&A will not disrupt the operations of credit institutions, will continue to protect the rights and interests of shareholders and customers, and save costs, time and human resources.
In the 2011-2015 period, the number of banks decreased by 19 through the implementation of M&A, dissolution and by revoking licences. Of these, there were nine banks, two non-bank credit institutions and eight branches of foreign banks.
Currently, in the banking system, there are still 12 banks with charter capital of less than VNĐ4 trillion (US$179.4 million). This source of capital is modest because in the context of fierce competition, banks need a strong financial capacity to boost lending activities and trade support as well as to invest in infrastructure such as information technology system and business-related services.
Therefore, in the near future, banks will have to continue restructuring so as to be able to develop sustainably. In case raising capital from existing shareholders is not feasible, banks will have to find potential M&A partners.
Nguyễn Thùy Dương, deputy director of Ernst & Young Vietnam's financial-banking services, told Tin Tức (News) newspaper that with the increasing openness of the financial market, foreign financial institutions with abundant capital resources will seek to penetrate the market.
Meanwhile, the policy of the central bank is not to increase the number of banks. Therefore, it is quite possible that domestic small- and medium-sized banks will be acquired by foreign partners.
In addition, banks must divest capital in other banks to reduce the cross-ownership rate, Dương said.
At present, there are still a number of banks holding over 5 per cent of the shares of other banks or financial companies. For example, the Bank for Foreign Trade of Việt Nam currently holds 7 per cent stake of the Military Bank, 5.07 per cent stake of the Oriented Commercial Joint Stock Bank and 8 per cent of the Sài Gòn Bank.
Việt Nam Commercial Joint Stock Bank for Industry and Trade holds 10.4 per cent stake of the Sài Gòn-Công Thương Commercial Joint Stock Bank, while An Bình Bank owns 8.4 per cent stake in the EVN Financial Company.
However, according to SBV's Circular 36, commercial banks are only allowed to purchase and hold less than 5 per cent of voting shares of other banks.
Thus, banks which are holding more than 5 per cent will be required to divest to ensure compliance with the circular's regulation.
For this reason, it is expected that in the near future, the market will witness more cases of M&A among banks, Dương said.
Many banking insiders argued that to boost the practice of M&A, lifting the cap on foreign investors' ownership is worth considering.
According to deputy chief inspector Hưng, this issue needs a thorough study and an appropriate roadmap.
Hưng said the limit of foreign investors' ownership and shares owned by foreign strategic investors in Vietnamese credit institutions under the current regulations is suitable.
Specifically, a foreign strategic investor can own up to 20 per cent of the charter capital of a credit institution, while the total percentage of shares held by foreign investors is not allowed to exceed 30 per cent.
Hưng added that the central bank was studying overall measures to report to the Prime Minister for consideration.
Economic expert Nguyễn Trí Hiếu said barriers to the restructuring of banks came from their internal resources. Strong banks are generally not interested in merging with smaller and less effective banks.
Even shareholders in these banks, especially strategic ones, are often opposed to the merger with ailing banks, unless they're forced to do so.
Moreover, Việt Nam has yet to permit bank bankruptcy, thus it is difficult to reduce the number of banks.
Hiếu said the number of banks is not a matter; the important thing is that banks must have good governance to be able to compete. – VNS
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Q: SVN problems re-integrating branch I'm trying to re-integrate a branch in SVN.  When I run this:
~/branch$ svn merge ^/trunk .

everything is clean.  The branch has all ^/trunk revisions merged in ok.  However, when I try to merge the branch back into the trunk, I get:
~/trunk$ svn merge ^/branches/std2_1dev .
svn: E195016: Reintegrate can only be used if revisions 15985 through 16741 were previously merged from https://xxx/svn/repo/trunk to the reintegrate source, but this is not the case:
  branches/std2_1dev/00_common/etc/qtg
    Missing ranges: /trunk/00_common/etc/qtg:16700-16701

I found a similar question that suggested this problem is related to svn sw, but ~/trunk is a fresh svn checkout.
When I look at the actual commit contents:

*

*16700 contains a change to ^/trunk/00_common/etc/qtg's property svn:mergeinfo.

*16701 performs a reverse merge of 16700 with svn merge -r 16700:16699 . undoing 16700.

*svn diff -r 16699:16701 returns nothing (so the reverse merge seems to have worked).

How can I recover and perform the re-integration of my branch?

A: The svn:mergeinfo on the root suggested that the revisions were merged:
~/src/branch$ svn propget svn:mergeinfo . | grep trunk
/trunk:15985-16741

But the problem still existed.
The solution was to explicitly merge in these revisions and commit:
~/src/branch$ svn merge -r 16699:16701 .
~/src/branch$ svn ci

Then the re-integration worked great:
~/src/trunk$ svn merge ^/branch/std2_1dev .

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Recently we been having a lot of customers interested on online transactions and ways to start accepting credit cards and checks online, most of them have no idea how this could be done, and the opinions are as wild as they could be, so we decided to write an article, and try to explain as clear as possible, what a payment gateway is and how to integrate it into your website.
If you don't know what a gateway account is we can say it is like a credit card terminal which is on a website instead as a physical machine. The gateway have the ability of getting the transaction information from your customer and submit it to the merchant bank for processing, once the process is done the merchant send information back to the payment gateway and this one let your customer know it the transaction was in fact accepted or declined by the bank along with other information such as transaction ID, messages of why the transaction wasn't accepted and so and so.
Let's use Authorize.net as a sample.
For people how don't know, Authorize.net is one of the biggest in the Payment Gateway business and it's also one of the most popular.
Authorize.net on top of the payment gateway services, they also have other services on their list, Recurring Billing, Customer Information Manager, checks processing, among others. Other Payment Gateway Companies have different services, but those are the most commonly used on the today's online everyday transactions.
Once you decide to charge for your services online or sale your products in your ecommerce site you need a payment gateway to process and handle your customer's payments. The prices for these services vary; you can expect to pay about $25 to $150 for the gateway setup, about $5 to $15 per month for the gateway, and around $.00 to $0.10 per transaction. Of course there are some merchant or gateway providers that will give away a gateway setup for free, but as there are setup costs that the merchant provider usually pays, you may still have a higher than normal monthly. So paying something for the setup may reduce your monthly costs and keep them down for the duration of the account. This pricing is usually in addition to the internet merchant account pricing, so make sure that if you are quoted one rate (or both for that matter) that you have the entire picture of what you'll be charged so you aren't left with surprises after you get your first monthly statement.
In our never ending search for options for our clients we had made some good relationships with some of the most prestigious merchants and we can obtain some very good rates based on it. Our clients can have all the advantages of Authorize.net payment gateway with no setup fee and very, very low monthly rates. Give us a call and we will explain to you with no compromise.
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The cuddlier side of Ryanair's Michael O'Leary
Yes, you read that right. The combative Ryanair boss has pleasantly surprised MT this afternoon...
by James Taylor
It's fair to say that Michael O'Leary is not renowned for his impeccable manners; the Ryanair chief is renowned as the master of the controversial soundbite, and is rarely shy to give a forceful opinion on any subject (particularly his bete noire, regulators). So it was with some surprise that we opened a letter from him here at MT Towers this afternoon - to discover one of the politest missives we've ever received. Has the Ryanair boss undergone a Damascene conversion? Or was he just misunderstood all along?
Let us explain: towards the end of last year, we wrote to Ryanair to say that it been voted by its peers into second place in the Quality of Management category in our Britain's Most Admired Companies awards; it also was the second most admired company in its sector (behind Stagecoach). The airline wasn't able to send anyone to our shindig in December, but today a letter arrived from its HQ in Dublin, signed by O'Leary himself. 'While we don't have much time for awards,' he began (unpromisingly), 'I would like to thank you and the editorial team of MT for recognising Ryanair's achievements in your awards ceremony'. He went on to wish us all the best for 2011, before signing off.
Regular readers will know that we have had occasion in the past to take issue with some of O'Leary's public pronouncements, and his/ Ryanair's 'unique' approach to the concept of customer service. So we were, it must be said, a little surprised to receive such a courteous response (especially since some companies don't bother replying at all).
But perhaps we were just looking at it the wrong way. After all, when O'Leary speaks to the press, it's usually with the intention of promoting Ryanair, or undermining its rivals, or furthering his cause with regulators or governments. But that doesn't mean that he can't be polite, charming and perfectly reasonable at a personal level. After all, if Ryanair's corporate peers are so admiring of the airline's quality of management, he must be doing something right.
Anyway, we'll leave you to make up your own minds about O'Leary. But we thought this provided an interesting alternative perspective...
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Melanie Casey makes beautiful rings like this one above, In the Sky with Diamonds. This one is $1980 which falls right under the limit. It's a beauty with many stacking rings to compliment it.
Of course I had to feature Eden Philippa who made my gorgeous engagement ring. I love the vintage look of this Celeste ring and she has several wedding band options to go with it. At $1399 it's right on budget and will surprise everyone with it's beauty and price tag.
I love rose cut diamonds! They are so pretty and unique. This ring is made by Trumpet and Horn. Although they are known for their incredible vintage rings, they make some pretty ones like this Cambria ring. At $1200 it's picture perfect.
Davie and Chiyo is a local Vancouver store that I adore. They make stunning rings and gorgeous accessories. This Chloe ring is a little over budget at $2400 (but in USD that would only be $1856). You can also choose a Moissanite and it would only be $1200. I bet you couldn't tell the difference.
This one has the best name, Cosmic Witch Ring. Oh yes, for all my ladies who love the stars and full moon. I thought this ring was so unique and had to include it. It's made by a Montreal designer Sofia Zakia. At $1700 this will definitely be a conversation piece.
DMD Metal makes this stunner! The Isadora ring is absolutely spectacular with the rose cut diamond and all the little details. I love the art deco vibe of this ring. For only $1500 it definitely stands out.
There you have it, six rings under $2000 with a diamond centre! It is possible to have a big love and a gorgeous ring on a budget! Affordable no longer means plain and simple, there are rings out there that shine on a budget.