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The Native American model of Palestine's future
Steven Salaita 10 March 2016
Members of the Idle No More movement for Indigenous sovereignty and to protect the land and water, at the Peoples's Climate March in New York City, 22 September 2014. (Allan Lissner/Idle No More)
Note: the hyperlinks throughout this article lead to book recommendations in American Indian and Indigenous Studies.
Comparison of Native Americans and Palestinians has become increasingly common. Thus arises a corresponding need to assess the problems and prospects of comparative analysis.
Because I teach American Indian and Indigenous Studies in the Arab World, I've been thinking frequently about how we might productively engage Natives from spaces of Palestine solidarity.
There's no way to adequately represent the heterogeneity of Native and Palestinian viewpoints, commitments and ambitions. It is unwise to present Indian Country and Palestine as stable sites of inquiry, especially if we approach them in tandem.
To compare Natives and Palestinians – or any constellation of discrete national communities – is to constantly balance the problems of vagueness with the value of structural critique.
The point of comparison isn't to theorize uniformity, but to discover political and intellectual paradigms that traverse national, cultural and geopolitical boundaries.
Comparative work is exceptionally difficult; my sloppiness often inspires rejoinder and correction. Tension is a necessary element of meaningful dialogue.
We have to select which points of tension are worth navigating. Here I'm concerned with the perception that Natives are defeated and disinherited. This perception exists in the Arab World, but originates in Canada and the United States.
People often assume that Natives have been permanently dispossessed or exist as ahistorical monuments of conquest unable to access modernity, if they exist at all.
Based on this assumption, those concerned with the colonization of Palestine can be tempted to evoke Natives as the victims of a tragic fate that Palestinians must avoid.
This formulation, however well-intentioned, does a tremendous disservice to Natives. A less sanguine reading might observe that it reinforces an ongoing colonial erasure of Indigenous peoples in (and beyond) North America.
It is based on an inaccurate understanding of both the past and present. Of course we don't want Palestinians to be forever deprived of their homeland or exist as romantic emblems of an irretrievable past. Nor do we want Israel to eternally occupy Palestine's history.
But Indian Country isn't an example of such closures having occurred. The United States and Canada haven't yet managed to settle the matter of their permanent supremacy.
The necessity of decolonization
Natives representing hundreds of discrete nations currently fight for restitution, sovereignty, treaty rights, self-determination and liberation.
Indeed, it is in Indigenous communities around the world, many of them supposedly defeated or disappeared, where we find principled and innovative forms of decolonization.
Coast Salish territory, known to many as British Columbia, remains unceded. The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) issues its own passports.
The Diné (Navajo) control a region much larger than historic Palestine. The Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiians) do not recognize US authority on their islands.
Ceremonial and spiritual practices have survived centuries of subjection. Native languages are increasingly taught and spoken. Scholars, artists and storytellers recover and accelerate sophisticated intellectual traditions.
Things aren't all peachy. The US and Canadian governments remain in violation of numerous treaties and retain ultimate jurisdiction over tribal governance.
Poverty on certain reservations is acute. Corporations, often with the complicity of a neocolonial elite, dump pollution in Native communities. They also destroy sacred sites and extract precious resources. Police violence is extraordinary in Indian Country. Indigenous girls and women disappear at an alarming rate. Sports teams use racist language and imagery.
These problems illuminate the continued existence of colonization and the corresponding necessity of decolonization.
Palestine solidarity activists needn't hold up Natives as either fabled warriors or cautionary failures. We can encounter them in the context of very real and relevant struggles for freedom.
Still undefeated
The image of the defeated Native arises from venerable discourses of conquest. Settler colonization relies on linear histories and biological hierarchies.
The US and Canada have supposedly surpassed the mythical point where ceding land or authority would still make sense. The Natives lost. Those who survived are multicultural tokens or anthropological curiosities.
Much of this reasoning invokes the persistent idea that Natives exist outside of modernity. As objects of the past, representing a tragic but necessary era of American progress, Natives cannot raise legitimate claims in the present.
The model of Native Americans as Palestine's nightmare scenario, then, reproduces the logic of settler colonization. The reproduction of that logic is often unwitting, but it is through circulation of unexamined orthodoxy that cultural exceptionalism most vigorously survives. Any notion that Natives lost is a triumph of US and Canadian colonial discourses.
I don't want to suggest that the logic I critique is a standard or even normal perception among Palestine activist communities around the world. However, I have encountered some variation of "we don't want to become like the Indians" enough times to say the formulation does exist.
Read, write, shout
Working on Palestine solidarity from the Arab World doesn't necessitate the inclusion of Natives, though any analysis of Israeli settler colonization that ignores corresponding colonial projects will be limited.
Working on Palestine solidarity from North America, however, does necessitate emphasis on Natives. Casting aside the notion that Natives no longer exist or are relics of a tragic past means making ourselves available to assist their political aspirations.
For instance, to perform boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activism in North America means being attuned to the horrors of settler colonization. Being attuned to those horrors should entail an understanding of its existence in the geographies we inhabit.
This isn't to say that we must find ways to make Natives and Palestinians analogous. We merely need to recognize that our obligations extend beyond Palestine.
Those of us in North America inhabit contested spaces. Deciding to align with the native or the settler should be an easy choice.
What to do once that choice has been made?
Read as much as you can about Indigenous peoples in North America (and, preferably, on other continents).
Seek sites of protest, celebration and learning. Proffer the forms of support that you most appreciate in relation to Palestine solidarity activism.
In short, participate in the projects that enliven rather than ossify Indigenous peoples around the world.
The Native American model redefined
Despite my vigorous rejection of the disappearing Native paradigm, we can nonetheless find appropriate models for Palestinian nationalism among Native communities.
Instead of declaring that we don't want Palestinians to become like Natives, it would be more accurate to think of Natives as a model for Palestinian resistance and survival. The point isn't simply recognition, but to emphasize the need for decolonization in North America.
Natives are still around despite persistent attempts at physical extermination and centuries of forced assimilation. They vigorously contest land theft and violations of autonomy. They are at the forefront of movements to transform the US and Canada from plutocratic armories into spaces of equality and justice.
If Palestinians can similarly survive the brutal assault on their peoplehood, as they have done thus far, then it will be an achievement worthy of celebration. That Natives aren't fully liberated doesn't negate the value of thoughtful comparison; it amplifies the need to compare.
It likewise amplifies the need to make decolonization of North America a central feature of BDS activism in the US and Canada.
As long as we practice anti-Zionist ethics on colonized ground, we necessarily involve ourselves in the politics of Native independence, whether or not we're aware of that involvement.
Those in the Arab World can explore the implications of discussing the United States and Canada as settler colonies rather than merely as imperial powers.
This sort of shift might generate greater recognition of Natives as contemporaneous agents and produce even deeper understanding of the conditions in North America that inform the colonization of Palestine.
Wherever we live, it is imperative to avoid replicating narratives of colonial triumph. Nobody interested in Palestine's liberation should imagine an obliquely terrible future. The past is vexing enough. And the present is still unsettled.
We needn't set Natives and Palestinians against one another in fixed iterations of linear history. It's better to participate in the timeless models of resistance that disturb settlers on both sides of the Atlantic.
indigenous resistance
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Diné (Navajo) Nation
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Steven Salaita's blog
My compliments to Mr. Salaita
Permalink D. replied on Fri, 03/11/2016 - 17:54
My compliments to Mr. Salaita (and by the way...you are a silver-lining to the abhorrence of rejection).
If I may, can I say as an American to the respect toward Natives. The title "Indian" was made by settler's. So in this present walk of their mindful persecution I have not only sent out email's of apologies to certain tribes, but I try to reject the brainwashed media terms that was so prevalent in my childhood...ie "Indians". Many American's have embraced their cause(s) and like Palestinians, have come to join them whether it be Powwow's, protests, and/or justice. We as Americans need so very much to make heartful solemn and sincere apologies to all peoples that this so-called Democracy has oppressed by voting for a government which has been against decency, respect and humanity for far too long. God Almighty requires it before healing can indeed come to anyone of us. The Internet has provided truth from propaganda and makes us all accountable in doing the right thing. When 'money'... in the form of taxes, tithes, charities and personal spending is not mindfully extended to the probable oppression of others...there will be no end to the suffering, so BDS really engulfs the world - it's land, sea, air, flora, fauna and finally man. When man has no more greed, hatred, supremacy, and love of war, is when peace can come to all life. Thank you for your words and may we all see peace soon.
Canada's second "Trail of Tears"
Permalink Peter replied on Sat, 03/12/2016 - 02:59
CBC's "Fifth Estate", 1991 documentary titled "Canada Park; Park with No Peace"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
First, the First Nation, then Palestine.
Aside: how CBC has fallen
thank you for the link
Permalink margaret ferguson replied on Tue, 03/15/2016 - 17:08
This is a powerful and important video--like many others who object to the U.S. funding of the state of Israel, I had not seen this 1991 production, and am shocked by how impossible it would be for the CBS of today to air such a show. Who is the interviewer, do you know? Thank you for the link.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT....
Permalink Peter Loeb replied on Sat, 03/12/2016 - 12:11
I find Mr. Salaita's points eloquent and scholarly in that
horrible sanitizd way of academia. I am certain I could
never persuade Mr. S.
The specifics may different. It remains that there a stunning
amount of description .
It remains that "Indian Removal" did happen. It was real.
Thousands of Indians were murdered,raped, dispossessed,
humiliated. The "trail of tears" is not just a fabrication.
This cannot be erased from history.
Andrew Jackson was the 7th President and did establish
"the Indian Removal tit" as he called it---the administration
to remove native Americans. Jackson did thumb his nose at
the US Supreme Court and because Native Americans
would not move, claimed he could not deprive
anti-Indian legislation but could compel other states to
comply ("nullification").
I have written before of these sources in these spaces. I am
sure Mr. Salaita is an excellent Professor and as such is
familiar with them.
With all due respect, his remarks read like a complex and
long-winded book one has to read to complete a college course.
As far as Palestine is concerned, I am more and more convinced
by the similarities between the dispossession, removal,
murder, extermination of Palestinians by colonizers. Yes,
of course there are differences. It is the obvious similarities
which are frightening. Deir Yassin and Wounded Knee (South Dakota,
December 1890).
Being in the forefront of of "movements to transform" or "surviving
an assault on their peoplehood" is insufficient. Thousands of Palestinians
are dying. Every day. Thousands of American Natives were eliminated.
----Peter Loeb, Boston, MA, USA
DISSENT FROM SALAITA PART ii
"The model of Native Americans as Palestine's nightmare scenario, then, reproduces the logic of settler colonization. The reproduction of that logic is often unwitting, but it is through circulation of unexamined orthodoxy that cultural exceptionalism most vigorously survives. Any notion that Natives lost is a triumph of US and Canadian colonial discourses." ---Steven Salaita, above
Wounder Knee, South Dakota, USA as described(in part) by Black Elk
(December 1890):
"...we followed down along the dry gulch, and what we saw was terrible.
Dead and wounded women and children and little babies were scattered
all along there where they had been trying to run away. The soldiers
had followed along the gulch , as they ran, and murdered them in there.
Sometimes they were in heaps, because they had all huddled together...Sometimes bunches had been killed and torn apart...I saw a little
baby trying to suck its mother, but she was bloody and dead..."
cited in Virgil J. Vogel, THIS COUNTRY WAS OURS....
Despite the unique character of each and every historical event there is
much to be learned.
There is much to be learned despite differences.
The fact is the the Native Americans in North America lost. The
Palestinians lost from the beginning and continue to lose every day.
The Israeli plans to build a wall around Jeruselum are a reminder. So
too are the continuing death, dispossession, home demolition etc.
Analagous events happened to the Native Americans.
See Also: Michael P. Rogin, FATHERS AND CHILDREN...
A suggestion: Focus on Border Narriatives
Permalink Nellie Jo David replied on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 09:59
DHS is planning 15 additional Elbit system towers in addition to those already constructed. Tohono O'odham have their lands divided by an arbitrary border, are still subjected to ongoing colonization, have to cross checkpoints to leave any point on the reservation, deal with drones and heavy artillery military vehicles regularly, and are treated quite disrespectfully - especially compared to treatment of non indigenous settlers. Border Patrol are unable to distinguish indigenous Tohono O'odham with indigenous migrants from so called South/Central America and Mexico, and all are treated as if we don't belong in our own homeland. Donald Trump would like to build a giant wall dividing Tohono O'odham people. There is an ongoing partnership between the U.S. and Israel - allowing the construction of these high tech towers, drones, and weaponry on our land. There is a direct connection that seems to be overlooked.
Permalink Jim Miles replied on Tue, 03/15/2016 - 18:02
Canada (and Australia) are examples of successful apartheid, more successful than in South Africa for its longevity and ethnic cleansing/genocide of the native populations. South Africa modelled its system on Canada's system - a combination of racist law (the Indian Act, (1876), cultural destruction (via laws and schooling), and apartheid separation policies. Israel followed both examples.
Canada now operates with double standards - an initial open attitude of the new Trudeau government towards settling indigenous issues domestically at the same time still supporting Israel without - at least publicly - commenting on its colonial settler policies in Palestine.
Here is a documentary by John
Permalink D. replied on Thu, 03/17/2016 - 17:28
Here is a documentary by John Pilger (who has been a needful and respected journalist for the suffering of indigenous peoples and foreign peoples at the hands of these empires US/GB/AU/CA). This particular one is his last one from his home country AU and the ongoing repression and denial of the government. Like e.i. and so many other courageous journalists...putting their lives on the line to report to the world atrocities that we need to be aware of.
http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/
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Q: Integration between Nutch 1.11(1.x) and Solr 5.3.1(5.x) I just started using Nutch 1.11 and Solr 5.3.1.
I want to crawl data with Nutch, then index and prepare for searching with Solr.
I know how to crawl data from web using Nutch's bin/crawl command, and successfully got much data from a website in my local.
I also started a new Solr server in local with below command under Solr root folder,
bin/solr start

And started the example files core under the example folder with below command:
bin/solr create -c files -d example/files/conf

And I can login below admin url and manage the files core,
http://localhost:8983/solr/#/files

So I believe I started the Solr correctly, and started to post the Nutch data into Solr with Nutch's bin/nutch index command:
bin/nutch index crawl/crawldb \
-linkdb crawl/linkdb \
-params solr.server.url=127.0.0.1:8983/solr/files \
-dir crawl/segments

Hoping with Solr5's new Auto Schema feature, I can put myself restful, however, I got below error(copy from log file):
WARN  util.NativeCodeLoader - Unable to load native-hadoop library for your platform... using builtin-java classes where applicable
INFO  segment.SegmentChecker - Segment dir is complete: file:/user/nutch/apache-nutch-1.11/crawl/segments/s1.
INFO  segment.SegmentChecker - Segment dir is complete: file:/user/nutch/apache-nutch-1.11/crawl/segments/s2.
INFO  segment.SegmentChecker - Segment dir is complete: file:/user/nutch/apache-nutch-1.11/crawl/segments/s3.
INFO  indexer.IndexingJob - Indexer: starting at 2015-12-14 15:21:39
INFO  indexer.IndexingJob - Indexer: deleting gone documents: false
INFO  indexer.IndexingJob - Indexer: URL filtering: false
INFO  indexer.IndexingJob - Indexer: URL normalizing: false
INFO  indexer.IndexWriters - Adding org.apache.nutch.indexwriter.solr.SolrIndexWriter
INFO  indexer.IndexingJob - Active IndexWriters :
SolrIndexWriter
    solr.server.type : Type of SolrServer to communicate with (default 'http' however options include 'cloud', 'lb' and 'concurrent')
    solr.server.url : URL of the Solr instance (mandatory)
    solr.zookeeper.url : URL of the Zookeeper URL (mandatory if 'cloud' value for solr.server.type)
    solr.loadbalance.urls : Comma-separated string of Solr server strings to be used (madatory if 'lb' value for solr.server.type)
    solr.mapping.file : name of the mapping file for fields (default solrindex-mapping.xml)
    solr.commit.size : buffer size when sending to Solr (default 1000)
    solr.auth : use authentication (default false)
    solr.auth.username : username for authentication
    solr.auth.password : password for authentication

INFO  indexer.IndexerMapReduce - IndexerMapReduce: crawldb: crawl/crawldb
INFO  indexer.IndexerMapReduce - IndexerMapReduce: linkdb: crawl/linkdb
INFO  indexer.IndexerMapReduce - IndexerMapReduces: adding segment: file:/user/nutch/apache-nutch-1.11/crawl/segments/s1
INFO  indexer.IndexerMapReduce - IndexerMapReduces: adding segment: file:/user/nutch/apache-nutch-1.11/crawl/segments/s2
INFO  indexer.IndexerMapReduce - IndexerMapReduces: adding segment: file:/user/nutch/apache-nutch-1.11/crawl/segments/s3
WARN  conf.Configuration - file:/tmp/hadoop-user/mapred/staging/user117437667/.staging/job_local117437667_0001/job.xml:an attempt to override final parameter: mapreduce.job.end-notification.max.retry.interval;  Ignoring.
WARN  conf.Configuration - file:/tmp/hadoop-user/mapred/staging/user117437667/.staging/job_local117437667_0001/job.xml:an attempt to override final parameter: mapreduce.job.end-notification.max.attempts;  Ignoring.
WARN  conf.Configuration - file:/tmp/hadoop-user/mapred/local/localRunner/user/job_local117437667_0001/job_local117437667_0001.xml:an attempt to override final parameter: mapreduce.job.end-notification.max.retry.interval;  Ignoring.
WARN  conf.Configuration - file:/tmp/hadoop-user/mapred/local/localRunner/user/job_local117437667_0001/job_local117437667_0001.xml:an attempt to override final parameter: mapreduce.job.end-notification.max.attempts;  Ignoring.
INFO  anchor.AnchorIndexingFilter - Anchor deduplication is: off
INFO  indexer.IndexWriters - Adding org.apache.nutch.indexwriter.solr.SolrIndexWriter
INFO  solr.SolrMappingReader - source: content dest: content
INFO  solr.SolrMappingReader - source: title dest: title
INFO  solr.SolrMappingReader - source: host dest: host
INFO  solr.SolrMappingReader - source: segment dest: segment
INFO  solr.SolrMappingReader - source: boost dest: boost
INFO  solr.SolrMappingReader - source: digest dest: digest
INFO  solr.SolrMappingReader - source: tstamp dest: tstamp
INFO  solr.SolrIndexWriter - Indexing 250 documents
INFO  solr.SolrIndexWriter - Deleting 0 documents
INFO  solr.SolrIndexWriter - Indexing 250 documents
WARN  mapred.LocalJobRunner - job_local117437667_0001
java.lang.Exception: org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer$RemoteSolrException: Expected mime type application/octet-stream but got text/html.

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<title>Error 404 Not Found</title>

HTTP ERROR 404

Problem accessing /solr/update. Reason:

    Not Found

Powered by Jetty://

    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalJobRunner$Job.runTasks(LocalJobRunner.java:462)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalJobRunner$Job.run(LocalJobRunner.java:529)
Caused by: org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer$RemoteSolrException: Expected mime type application/octet-stream but got text/html.

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<title>Error 404 Not Found</title>

HTTP ERROR 404

Problem accessing /solr/update. Reason:

    Not Found

Powered by Jetty://

    at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer.executeMethod(HttpSolrServer.java:512)
    at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer.request(HttpSolrServer.java:210)
    at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer.request(HttpSolrServer.java:206)
    at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.AbstractUpdateRequest.process(AbstractUpdateRequest.java:124)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexwriter.solr.SolrIndexWriter.write(SolrIndexWriter.java:134)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexWriters.write(IndexWriters.java:85)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexerOutputFormat$1.write(IndexerOutputFormat.java:50)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexerOutputFormat$1.write(IndexerOutputFormat.java:41)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask$OldTrackingRecordWriter.write(ReduceTask.java:493)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask$3.collect(ReduceTask.java:422)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexerMapReduce.reduce(IndexerMapReduce.java:356)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexerMapReduce.reduce(IndexerMapReduce.java:56)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask.runOldReducer(ReduceTask.java:444)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask.run(ReduceTask.java:392)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalJobRunner$Job$ReduceTaskRunnable.run(LocalJobRunner.java:319)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
ERROR indexer.IndexingJob - Indexer: java.io.IOException: Job failed!
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobClient.runJob(JobClient.java:836)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexingJob.index(IndexingJob.java:145)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexingJob.run(IndexingJob.java:222)
    at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:70)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexingJob.main(IndexingJob.java:231)

I remember this
org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer$RemoteSolrException: Expected mime type application/octet-stream but got text/html.

Is something related to the Solr url, but I double check with the url I used 127.0.0.1:8983/solr/files, I think it is correct.
Does anyone know what the problem is? I search on the web and in here, got nothing useful.
Note: I also tried the way which disabled Solr5's Auto Schema feature in examples/files/conf/solrconfig.xml and replaced examples/files/conf/managed-schema.xml with Nutch's conf/schema.xml, still hit the same error.
Update: After trying the DEPRECATED command bin/nutch solrindex(Thanks to Thangaperumal), the previous error is gone but hit another error:
bin/nutch solrindex http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/files crawl/crawldb -linkdb crawl/linkdb crawl/segments/s1

Error message:
INFO  solr.SolrIndexWriter - Indexing 250 documents
INFO  solr.SolrIndexWriter - Deleting 0 documents
INFO  solr.SolrIndexWriter - Indexing 250 documents
INFO  solr.SolrIndexWriter - Deleting 0 documents
INFO  solr.SolrIndexWriter - Indexing 250 documents
WARN  mapred.LocalJobRunner - job_local1306504137_0001
java.lang.Exception: org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer$RemoteSolrException: Unable to invoke function processAdd in script: update-script.js: Can't unambiguously select between fixed arity signatures [(java.lang.String, java.io.Reader), (java.lang.String, java.lang.String)] of the method org.apache.solr.analysis.TokenizerChain.tokenStream for argument types [java.lang.String, null]
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalJobRunner$Job.runTasks(LocalJobRunner.java:462)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalJobRunner$Job.run(LocalJobRunner.java:529)
Caused by: org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer$RemoteSolrException: Unable to invoke function processAdd in script: update-script.js: Can't unambiguously select between fixed arity signatures [(java.lang.String, java.io.Reader), (java.lang.String, java.lang.String)] of the method org.apache.solr.analysis.TokenizerChain.tokenStream for argument types [java.lang.String, null]
    at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer.executeMethod(HttpSolrServer.java:552)
    at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer.request(HttpSolrServer.java:210)
    at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer.request(HttpSolrServer.java:206)
    at org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.AbstractUpdateRequest.process(AbstractUpdateRequest.java:124)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexwriter.solr.SolrIndexWriter.write(SolrIndexWriter.java:134)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexWriters.write(IndexWriters.java:85)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexerOutputFormat$1.write(IndexerOutputFormat.java:50)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexerOutputFormat$1.write(IndexerOutputFormat.java:41)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask$OldTrackingRecordWriter.write(ReduceTask.java:493)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask$3.collect(ReduceTask.java:422)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexerMapReduce.reduce(IndexerMapReduce.java:356)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexerMapReduce.reduce(IndexerMapReduce.java:56)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask.runOldReducer(ReduceTask.java:444)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ReduceTask.run(ReduceTask.java:392)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalJobRunner$Job$ReduceTaskRunnable.run(LocalJobRunner.java:319)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
ERROR indexer.IndexingJob - Indexer: java.io.IOException: Job failed!
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobClient.runJob(JobClient.java:836)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexingJob.index(IndexingJob.java:145)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexingJob.run(IndexingJob.java:222)
    at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:70)
    at org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexingJob.main(IndexingJob.java:231)

A: Instead, Try this statement to integrate solr and nutch
bin/nutch solrindex http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/ crawl/crawldb -linkdb crawl/linkdb crawl/segments/

A: Have you tried specifying the Solr URL using:
-D solr.server.url=http://localhost:8983/solr/files

instead of the -params approach? At least this is the right syntax for the crawl script. And since both invoke an underline java class to do the work should work.
bin/nutch index crawl/crawldb \
-linkdb crawl/linkdb \
-D solr.server.url=http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/files \
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A tasty nutritional powerhouse with 18g Protein, 15% Daily Value of Calcium, and an average of 1,800mg EPA and DHA Omega 3 per 3oz serving.
Caught in the North Pacific Ocean, these meaty, firm and flavorful sardines are a delicious source of essential nutrients: Omega 3, protein, Vitamin D, calcium, potassium and iron. Each tasty little fish is scale-free and delectable on a sandwich, as a salad topper, or as an ingredient in our Mediterranean Seafood Antipasto Platter or Sardine Power Lunch.
Wild Planet offers five traditional sardine varieties: in Extra Virgin Olive Oil; in Water; in Water with No Salt Added; in Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Lemon; and in Marinara Sauce.
• Ingredients: Sardines (Sardinops sagax or Sardinops melanostictus), organic extra virgin olive oil, water, sea salt, aqueous natural smoke.
I fry cut 5 to 6 cloves of garlic and add sardines one can. Fry for 5 min and add fresh lemon juice over it. Fry for a min and add in salad or sandwich or as u want to eat. its awesome. I use mix green and no sauce needed.
My wife and I are in Week 3 of eating Ketogenic diets to help support her as she goes thru chemotherapy. I picked up sardines for me and your albacore tuna for her. Haven't had sardines since I was a kid. These are fantastic! Only wish sardines weren't so stinky, as my cubicle smells like the fishing boat just capsized. LOL! Oh well, great lunch and packed w/ nutrients.
Surprisingly delicious! To me, they taste more like a really good piece of salmon. Perfectly seasoned, too.
I eat them with tomatoes for lunch. Save me a lot of money. The only thing I don't like is it's very salty.
I bought a box yesterday at Costco because they did not have King Oscar. Wild Planet sardines are the best ever. I eat at least three cans of sardines a week. I will stock up on Wild Planet while the getting is good. Delicious, great portions and price.
These are great covered in hot sauce. I also heard about Wild Planet on the Joe Rogan podcast with Dr. Dom. These are the best sardines I've eaten and I've had many brands. I ordered Albacore tuna as well. The tuna is very good, but the sardines are my favorite of the two.
Thanks Dr. Dom! Wild planet has changed the way I fuel my keto life. These sardines are perfect for on the go and so filling. Keep it up Wild Planet!
Love these. Heard about them on the Joe Rogan pod cast with Dom D'Agostino talking about the keto diet.
These are excellent and the quality is consistently good. They are my go to for omega 3s, sustainable and delicious!
Super delicious snack with a squirt of lemon, a dash of tabasco, or a dollop of grainy mustard into the can. Savory, light, and tastier than tuna fish.
I eat at least 3 or 4 cans per week, usually right out of the can they're so delicious. Lately however I've been eating them Mediterranean-style: I'll toast some good bread, rub the crusty toast with garlic, then rub a sliced open tomato onto it, then put the sardine (or mackerel) on top. Addicted!
Wild Planet is my go to brand, by far the best. Always disappointed if I can't find them.
I used to get my omega 3 through capsules, but these Sardines have the best Omega 3 source which assimilates in your body much faster! Throw in the Protein, Calcium, Phosphorous, Iron, B12, Calcium, Vitamin D, and Selenium, and you have a Power – packed Snack which is more delicious Than an Unhealthy Cheeseburger. Everyone here Mentions Costco as there Source, But I have mine Purchased on Amazon at a great price delivered right on my Doorstep. If you aren't eating these, you are doing something wrong!
I've never been a sardine-eater. Read about these in Tools of Titans (Ferriss, 2016) and tried them out. They are my everyday snack between breakfast and lunch. Love them.
This brand is Perfect! Thank you for your sustainable practices, and delicious fish.
The best on the market. Our oceans are in a precarious state, and this company leads the way in sustainability and good stewardship.
The best! Even my young grandchildren love these. If you think you don't like sardines, try them. They are more like smoked salmon. I buy 18 at a time at Costco. And thanks for the sustainability.
What more can I add to all the other 5-star reviews. I CAN say that they are telling the truth. My story is like the rest…I tried them and instantly knew I had a keeper. They taste great, fresh, wonderful mouth feel… You HAVE to try these if you like sardines. Beware though…you WILL get hooked. Now I'm off to find a 12-pack like another poster did. Good luck finding YOURS!
I will be trying them out!!!
I love this brand of Sardines…..I can not have salt and find they are lower in salt…..most other brands are to salty.I will be buying Wild Planet Sardines…Will try other products too.
I am a sardine fanatic. I've been extremely happy with the King Oscar brand but I tried these on a lark and found them even more delicious. They have a buttery melt-in-your-mouth, can't stop eating them, thing going. Love 'em.
These sardines are absolutely awesome. I wasn't sure I would like sardines very much, but in looking for a quick and easy, yet sustainable seafood option, I decided that I had to give them a try. I chose Wild Planet because of their exceptional ratings and reviews by ocean-stewardship organizations, and am so thankful that in this case sustainable also means premium-quality here. I fell in love with these sardines at first bite. Since my first can, I've all but bought out my local grocer and have now ordered a 12 can stockpile to keep on hand. Thank you Wild Planet!
By far the best sardines that I have ever had!!!
Love these! Sampled at Costco (on a Triscuit) and bought a box on the spot. Best canned fish ever. Extra virgin olive oil makes all the difference. Big tasty portions; a can and crackers makes a super tasty and healthy lunch or snack.
Love love love these sardines. Brought back from a trip to Florida. Better than any others I've tasted. My only complaint is not being able to find them in Ontario Canada. Would love if my local Costco had them. I'm about to run out…..
Made sandwiches. Had one can bumble bee sardines in mustard sauce and a can of the wild sardines in extra virgin olive oil. The bumble bee can was pretty much mush I couldn't split them they fell apart. Then I opened the wild sardines, I was in shock at how BIG they were! It was like a whale in a can.
So scrumptious and what I love is their convenience! While everyone is running for a 30 minute unhealthy lunchtime burger, I run with the fish and open me a can of whoop *8s so healthy better 4 me!
I am a mermaid…gotta have me these sardines.
Excellent! Tried a sample at Costcos in Ga, and my son and I have been hooked on these! Yum. Yum.
Purchased these Sardines at Costco and returned for more the very next day. You cannot find nutrition this good, makes for a perfect quick snack. Very very awesome!
These are the perfect snack. Pets seem to love getting the oil on top of their food afterwards. Sardines are a sustainable seafood source & this mermaid approves!!!
They are delicious and not salty, excellent for my whole family!
Thank you for giving shoppers a sustainable option and for these tasty, nutritious products!
I love all of their sardines! The lemon ones are great too. They taste so much better than any other brand I've tried.


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donor organs are scarce, with long waiting lists. The science is a other solution: The possible Transplantation of a pig heart in a human body has moved a big step closer.
With the new technology of genetically-modified pig hearts into baboons – which survived much longer than in previous experiments. Five animals, two were still after 90 days in good health, as their experiment was terminated. Two animals lived even 195 and 182 days, so a good half a year before they were killed. Heart and liver function had been normal, rejection reactions did not exist. One animal died after 51 days of a thrombosis.
The researchers reported the team to the Munich heart surgeon Bruno Reichart and veterinarian Eckhard Wolf in the scientific magazine "Nature".
▶ explained The overall result is a milestone on the way to a possible Transplantation of pig hearts in people, the scientists. As a General rule, the time is fulfilled, with the Survival of three months by the International transplantation society established a requirement for clinical Trials.
About three years would take more preparations before the first clinical studies in selected patients could be possible, "if everything goes well," said Reichart, the German press Agency.
Independent experts evaluate the study as an important step on the way to a transplant in humans. Four of the five baboons seemed to tolerate the transplant well without developing serious infections due to immunosuppression, stressed the Berlin transplant expert, Christoph Knosalla, in a "Nature"comment. Therefore, this advanced technique could work in humans, if the Xenotransplantation – advanced exchange across Species boundaries – far enough to start the first clinical Trials.
▶ The Aachen-based physician, Rene Tolba, called the results "clinically highly relevant". "The first clinical indication for such Xenotransplantation could be the so-called "Bridge to transplant". A critical heart patient waiting for a donor organ would be offered, the transplant of a pig heart as a Bridge.
Xenotransplantation is being explored since the 1980s. Pigs are useful as donors, especially because your metabolism to the the people similar to. Reichart, 1983 succeeded the first heart-lung transplantation in Germany, has been working for a Long time with the issue; he was for many years the Board of management of the special research group for Xenotransplantation of the German research Foundation (DFG).
so Far, had survived baboons transplantation of pig hearts and a maximum of 57 days. The Team Reichart changed, especially in the type of transplant. To cool, instead of, as usual, the heart, and it was connected to a circuit with a plasma-containing liquid, so that it was before and during the Operation, oxygen is supplied to the.
This was, possibly, also in the case of conventional transplants, a way to improve the success, said Reichart. In addition, the researchers reduced the blood pressure of the baboons at the SURGERY on the pigs, in order to conserve the Organ. "Obviously, the pig, keep the heart worse at life as a human heart," said Reichart.


A blindfolded child reached into a crystal chalice and pulled out a slip of paper — and Egypt's Coptic Christians had a new pope.
Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, has died. He was 88.


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Bitcoin is a new currency that was created in by an unknown person using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. Transactions are made with no middle men – meaning, no banks! Bitcoin can be used to . May 11, · Bitcoins are a rival to government currency and may be used for black market transactions, money laundering, illegal activities or tax evasion. As a . Aug 30, · Bitcoin is meant to be an entirely anonymous platform, like the way cash works in the physical world. You are supposed to be able to buy and sell things on digital platforms without financial details and records being exchanged. In reality, it doesn't work that way for most people.
Why Use Bitcoin?
Volatility in price, combined with lengthy transaction times on the busy blockchain, make it more difficult for establishments to accept bitcoin payments. Still, should bitcoin continue to survive and manage to hit an even higher peak, we may see websites and retailers start considering an expansion and letting you use bitcoin. If you're looking to spend instead of selling or trading your bitcoins , here are some of the things you can buy.
Bitcoin, being a digital currency accessed online, is naturally more of a fit for being used via websites than via actual stores. And indeed, there are many more options for spending your bitcoin online. Some large companies have gone all-in on blockchain, so they are set up for bitcoin purchases on their sites. Other places have tinkered with the idea, dipping their toes in the bitcoin waters to see if it can give them a larger base of consumers.
Even as bitcoin has become more about long-term investing, it has still become far easier than it used to be for bitcoin owners to purchase goods online, with some sites developed specifically to accommodate bitcoin. There's one site that's entirely devoted to getting you pizza with bitcoin! Popular gift card sites like Gyft and eGifter now offers the option to create and pay for gift cards using bitcoins.
Whether purchasing something or using bitcoin to add funds to an online account, the process is fairly similar across the board for using it. Click "Pay with bitcoin," give the site your wallet information often a QR code, especially if you're doing this on mobile , confirm your information, and place the order.
This can be done through companies like ShapeShift, which allow for digital cryptocurrency trading. Some desktop sites may also provide the wallet address for you to send bitcoins to. Intuit has also developed a system called PayByCoin to help more businesses accept bitcoin payments.
Try to make that order in a timely fashion, though; due to the severe volatility of bitcoin, some bitcoin merchants will only give you a minute window to complete your purchase. After that, the price may update based on the new exchange rate. Do the proper research on whether a company is currently allowing for bitcoin use, as some may have integrated it at one point but may not be using it at the moment.
Steam, Valve's video game distributing platform, stopped allowing bitcoin payments in December , citing the volatility but admitting they may come back to it. Dell claimed it was a lack of interest that led it to stop accepting bitcoin in November But there are plenty of other places that continue to allow you to pay with bitcoins.
What can you buy with bitcoin online? Depending on the retailer you choose, quite a bit. Electronics retailer Newegg has also been a big proponent of bitcoin. Computers, televisions, gaming consoles and more can be purchased with bitcoins on Newegg, with separate methods of payment depending on whether you are on mobile or desktop. Microsoft users now have the option to add bitcoins from their wallet into their Microsoft account, but also make sure you know that when you redeem bitcoin for your account, it's only available to use in the Windows Store and Xbox Store.
Other companies are acting similarly to Microsoft by dipping their toes in the bitcoin waters, and only allowing it for certain payments.
Expedia EXPE - Get Report is known for helping book hotels, flights, cruises and vacation rentals, but currently bitcoin payments are reserved for booking hotels. Should the bitcoin experiment succeed for Expedia, could expanding it for flights and cruises be next?
In the market for satellite television and want to pay your bill in bitcoin? Turns out this specific dream of yours can be a reality: Dish Network DISH - Get Report was an early adopter of bitcoin amongst larger companies, deciding to allow for transactions with the cryptocurrency back in Bitcoin can also be used in some cases to make donations.
Want to donate to Wikipedia? You can do it anytime and they connect with Coinbase to allow for bitcoin transfers. There are many other websites that currently allow for bitcoin too, including but not limited to:. Bitcoin still hasn't hit a point yet where it's a common method of payment at your average retail outlet. But whether as a novelty or because the owners truly believe it's the wave of the future, there are some places out there that you can physically go to and pay with bitcoin.
Checkpoints which have been hard coded into the client are used only to prevent Denial of Service attacks against nodes which are initially syncing the chain. For this reason the checkpoints included are only as of several years ago. This limited the maximum network capacity to about three transactions per second. A network alert system was included by Satoshi Nakamoto as a way of informing users of important news regarding bitcoin.
It had become obsolete as news on bitcoin is now widely disseminated. Bitcoin Core includes a scripting language inspired by Forth that can define transactions and specify parameters. Two stacks are used - main and alt.
Looping is forbidden. Bitcoin Core uses OpenTimestamps to timestamp merge commits. The original creator of the bitcoin client has described their approach to the software's authorship as it being written first to prove to themselves that the concept of purely peer-to-peer electronic cash was valid and that a paper with solutions could be written.
The lead developer is Wladimir J. Andresen left the role of lead developer for bitcoin to work on the strategic development of its technology. In Charles Stross ' science fiction novel, Neptune's Brood , the universal interstellar payment system is known as "bitcoin" and operates using cryptography. Bitcoin was obscure back then, and I figured had just enough name recognition to be a useful term for an interstellar currency: it'd clue people in that it was a networked digital currency.
The documentary The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin portrays the diversity of motives behind the use of bitcoin by interviewing people who use it. These include a computer programmer and a drug dealer. It covers studies of cryptocurrencies and related technologies, and is published by the University of Pittsburgh. Authors are also asked to include a personal bitcoin address in the first page of their papers. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Decentralized cryptocurrency. Issuance will permanently halt c.
Main article: History of bitcoin. Number of bitcoin transactions per month, semilogarithmic plot [95]. Number of unspent transaction outputs [96]. For broader coverage of this topic, see Blockchain. See also: Bitcoin network. The chips pictured have become obsolete due to increasing difficulty. Today, bitcoin mining companies dedicate facilities to housing and operating large amounts of high-performance mining hardware. For broader coverage of this topic, see Mining pool.
For broader coverage of this topic, see Cryptocurrency wallet. A paper wallet with a banknote -like design. Both the private key and the address are visible in text form and as 2D barcodes. A paper wallet with the address visible for adding or checking stored funds. The part of the page containing the private key is folded over and sealed. A brass token with a private key hidden beneath a tamper-evident security hologram. A part of the address is visible through a transparent part of the hologram.
A hardware wallet peripheral which processes bitcoin payments without exposing any credentials to the computer. See also: Fork blockchain and List of bitcoin forks. Main article: Bitcoin scalability problem. Further information: Crypto-anarchism. Main article: Economics of bitcoin. Price, [j] semilogarithmic plot. Annual volatility [95].
Further information: Legality of bitcoin by country or territory. Further information: Cryptocurrency bubble and Economics of bitcoin. Further information: Cryptocurrency and security. The start screen under Fedora. Business and economics portal Free and open-source software portal Internet portal Numismatics portal Money portal. Some sources use Bitcoin , capitalized, to refer to the technology and network and bitcoin , lowercase, to refer to the unit of account.
The timestamp of the block is This block is unlike all other blocks in that it does not have a previous block to reference. The fact is that gold miners are rewarded for producing gold, while bitcoin miners are not rewarded for producing bitcoins; they are rewarded for their record-keeping services. Usually, the public key or bitcoin address is also printed, so that a holder of a paper wallet can check or add funds without exposing the private key to a device.
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Shalin-Tanita Rogall (* 25. Juli 1990 in Berlin) ist eine deutsche Schauspielerin, Synchronsprecherin und Hörfunkmoderatorin.

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Rogall spielte in der KI.KA-Serie Schloss Einstein die Rolle der Annika Schubert von Ende November 2003 (Folge 286) bis Ende November 2007 (Folge 480). Des Weiteren war sie in der Sat.1-Serie Für alle Fälle Stefanie und diversen Werbespots vor der Kamera aktiv. 2009 stand sie für die Echtzeitserie Allein gegen die Zeit vor der Kamera.

Rogall hatte außerdem bereits einige Rollen als Synchronsprecherin in TV-, Kino- und Hörspielproduktionen. 2004 war sie Sprecherin im Computerspiel TKKG 12 – Alarm in der Geisterbahn.

Seit August 2014 gehört Rogall zum Team der Morgensendung "Wir lieben Berlin" beim Berliner Rundfunk 91.4.

2018 moderierte Rogall die Reihe Twin Teams – Die Geschwister Challenge.

Rogall tanzt seit ihrem sechsten Lebensjahr Ballett. Sie lebt in Berlin. Dort besuchte sie bis zum Jahr 2010 das Paul-Natorp-Gymnasium in Berlin-Friedenau.

Filmografie (Auswahl)

Schauspiel
 2000: Für alle Fälle Stefanie, Fernsehserie (Krankenhausserie), Rolle: Luna
 2004–2007: Schloss Einstein, Fernsehserie (Kinderserie), Rolle: Annika Schubert
 2008: Die Wette
 2010–2012: Allein gegen die Zeit, Fernsehserie (Kinderserie), Rolle: Jacky
 2013: Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, Fernsehserie (Gastauftritt)
 2020: Wisst ihr noch

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Filme
 2003: Sarah Baker (Alyson Stoner) in Im Dutzend billiger
 2003: Sati (Tanveer K. Atwal) in Matrix Revolutions
 2003: Sue (Jianna Ballard) in Scary Movie 3
 2005: Sarah Baker (Alyson Stoner) in Im Dutzend billiger 2 – Zwei Väter drehen durch
 2006: Morosina (Poppy Rogers) in Herr der Diebe
 2010: Fiona Chataway (Eleanor Tomlinson) in Alice im Wunderland
 2011: Amelia Ruth in Professor Layton und die ewige Diva
 2012: Yuu Yazaki in Children Who Chase Lost Voices
 2012: Kirby (Kirby Bliss Blanton) in Project X

Serien
 2004: Henrietta in Gunslinger Girl
 2004–2007: Suzie Grabgrass (Christian Serratos) in Neds ultimativer Schulwahnsinn
 2010: Cora in CHI RHO – Das Geheimnis
 2011: Emily (Brittany Anne Pirtle) in Power Rangers Samurai
 2011: Nodoka Manabe in K-On!
 2011: Maggie Ritter (Skyler Day) in Gigantic
 2012: Brittany Hanson (Hannah Lochner) in Highschool Halleluja
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Jenny Schumacher is a USAW National Level Coach, an IWF National Referee, and has been elected as the new Grassroots Director of the USAW Board of Directors. She is also a Registered Nurse and holds certifications in CrossFit, Olympic Lifting, Mobility & Explosivity. She is the owner and head coach of Proven Strength Training in American Fork, UT. In this interview, we talk about her new role on the USAW Board, her background as an athlete and coach, how her training as an RN informs her coaching methodology, and more.


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Congrats to the National School Counselor of the Year!
Happy National Counseling Week! It's a great time to recognize the great efforts school counselors put into making sure our nation's young people make the right decisions and steer clear of harm. At The Century Council, we understand the crucial role school counselors play in encouraging kids to say "YES" to a healthy lifestyle and "NO" to underage drinking!
One of our upcoming Ask,Listen, Learn Superstars, Mindy Willard, has just been named the 2012-2013 National School Counselor of the Year and we'd like to congratulate her on a job well done! We thought we would share this article we received from Sunset Ridge School in Arizona, where Mindy has been helping students for the past 9 years.
"The American School Counselor Association surprised Sunset Ridge Counselor Mindy Willard by naming her the 2012-2013 School Counselor of the Year at a school assembly Wednesday, November 28.
Sunset Ridge is a K-8 school in the Pendergast Elementary School District which serves nearly 10,000 students in West Phoenix, Glendale and Avondale.
Willard is the sixth counselor nationally to receive the honor and the first in Arizona. Jill Cook, Assistant Director of ASCA, made the surprise announcement to Willard at an assembly attended by Sunset Ridge students, staff, District counselors and administrators. The Counselor of the Year finalists were selected based on criteria including counseling innovations, effective counseling programs, leadership and contributions to student advancement.
A graduate of Ball State University, Willard started as a counselor at Sunset Ridge in 2004. Among her achievements and innovations at Sunset Ridge is Club Ophelia, a program to increase self-esteem and resiliency in 7th and 8th grade girls.
She previously won the Arizona Multi-level School Counselor of the Year award in 2007 and she and Sunset Ridge were presented the prestigious RAMP Award (Recognized ASCA Model Program) in 2011."
You can also watch a news clip about Mindy's nomination here
On behalf of the Ask, Listen, Learn Team, thank you, Mindy, for your great work, and thank you to all the school counselors who are on the front lines doing a great job!


Referee Mike Dean drew the ire of Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock during his side's 2-0 Premier League loss at Burnley on Saturday.
Neil Warnock expressed frustration after Cardiff City's Premier League survival hopes were dealt a potentially fatal blow by losing 2-0 at Burnley in a game that saw a penalty decision overturned by Mike Dean.
Chris Wood's double gave Burnley a big three points at Turf Moor on Saturday, but the key moment came when referee Dean initially pointed to the spot for handball against Ben Mee.
Mee inadvertently diverted the ball down on to himself, moments after the Burnley defender blocked Harry Arter's shot with his arm.
But after consulting with his assistant Darren Cann, Dean signalled he was overturning the call, much to the fury of Warnock and Cardiff's players, the Bluebirds seeing a further appeal rejected when Aron Gunnarsson went down in the box.
Cardiff were infuriated by decisions against them in a recent Premier League loss at home to Chelsea, with Warnock charged by the Football Association (FA) for his post-match comments.
And, although the veteran manager was keen not to find himself under further FA scrutiny, he could not contain his annoyance at the penalty decision belatedly reached by Dean and his officials.
"There were two handballs really, you only have to look at the player's reaction," Warnock said to BBC Sport.
"[Mee] looked so guilty and the second one we felt there was a movement of the hand towards the ball.
"Mike must have seen something to go over and we're gutted really. I think Darren made the right decision and Mike has talked him out of it.
"We gave Burnley too much credit really, I felt we could have done with more devilment in the final third. Our lads keep getting kicked in the teeth really, week after week.
"My lads should surround the referee really, they [Burnley] had three lads in his ear straight away. I'm looking forward to hearing what they [the officials] say – I'm sure when I get in there they'll all be singing from the same hymn sheet. Can I say I'm lost for words?
Burnley are almost sure of safety after a third consecutive Premier League win moved the Clarets 11 points clear of Cardiff in 18th place, with manager Sean Dyche backing Dean's eventual decision.
"I wasn't happy at first because the linesman gave the penalty from 70 yards away and you can't give penalties from 70 yards away," Dyche told reporters.
"And I think the referee has officiated that moment really well. I've looked at it back and it hits Ben Mee in the face and slid down his arm. For me, there's no chance it can be a penalty and it's very brave [of the referee] by the way.
"We've had enough [decisions] go against us – I know Cardiff have as well. But it's not a penalty. I know Neil won't agree, I've known him for a long time. I haven't spoken to him about it. It's a tough call, it's a big call but it's the right call.
"We would say it's a difficult marker for Cardiff to chase now, so we're in a healthy position. By half-time the game should be over, but credit to Cardiff in the second half because they gave it a real go.


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Dutch team drops out of America's Cup, US squad remains in
by: BERNIE WILSON, Associated Press
Posted: Jul 1, 2019 / 07:08 PM PDT / Updated: Jul 1, 2019 / 07:37 PM PDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Dutch syndicate withdrew its challenge for the America's Cup on Monday while an American group says it will continue on after restructuring its management team and continuing to seek corporate sponsorship.
DutchSail, headed by former America's Cup champion Simeon Tienpont, said it couldn't secure the sponsorships needed to be an effective challenger.
DutchSail joins Malta Altus Challenge in dropping out of the 36th America's Cup, scheduled for Auckland, New Zealand, in 2021.
That leaves only four challengers, including Stars & Stripes Team USA, which confirmed it is continuing on. The team will have to restart construction on its boat, which was halted earlier this year, and complete payment of a $1 million late entry due in installments by Oct. 1.
DutchSail, Malta Altus Challenge and Stars & Stripes Team USA were all late challengers.
While Stars & Stripes Team USA has been sidelined, the other three challengers, New York Yacht Club's American Magic, Sir Ben Ainslie's INEOS Team UK and Italy's Luna Rossa Challenge, have all launched test boats.
Stars & Stripes Team USA is backed by the Long Beach Yacht Club. The LBYC had to terminate the agreement it had with two Stars & Stripes executives who left, and sign a new agreement with the two who remained, Mike Buckley and Taylor Canfield.
Part of that process involved sorting out payments to defender Emirates Team New Zealand for a design package for the new AC75 foiling monohull.
The winner of the challenger series will face Team New Zealand for the oldest trophy in international sports.
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By the 14th century, mechanical clocks in Europe to become more common. Clocks, similar to how they were used in China and Middle East, could also be used in conjunction with astronomical events, such as in predicting positioning of the moon, sun, and other objects. These astronomical clocks tried to keep of time and better understand how the amount of light might change on a daily basis. Mechanical clocks now began to have, by the 14th-15th centuries, more sophisticated appearances, including the use of weights and pendulums to . Pendulums were studied by Galileo but first utilised by Christiaan Huygens in 1656, where swinging of the pendulum would help the escapement to be put in place. Early clocks were not as accurate as sundials, where they often had to be rewound. Equation clocks, which tried to adjust for variation in ticking mechanical clocks, were also created to adjust for the variation in time among mechanical clocks. These clocks would try to measure solar time throughout the day rather than only during daylight hours. These equation clocks would try to self-adjust as ticking mechanical clocks often slowed down, where the equation clocks could then be used to reset the mechanical clocks.
By the 16th century, clocks were becoming more common. Now, individuals wanted to be able to better keep time as they moved about their day rather than have to look up or hear the clocktower ring out. Small versions of mechanical clocks were made that used miniature wheels and gears to tick and keep time, which were the first watches. Watches were often carried insight inside a coat pocket because the elements could foul or corrode the devices in the watch. Some wristwatches were worn, mostly by women, but these were often avoided due to the harm they might be exposed to.
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STS-57 byla mise raketoplánu Endeavour. Celkem se jednalo o 56. misi raketoplánu do vesmíru a 4. pro Endeavour. Cílem letu mise stanice Spacelab.

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  Ronald J. Grabe (4) velitel
  Brian Duffy (2) pilot
  George Low (3) velitel užitečného zatížení
  Nancy J. Sherlock (1) letový specialista 2
  Peter J. Wisoff (1) letový specialista 3
  Janice E. Voss (1) letový specialista 4

Výstupy do vesmíru (EVA)
 EVA 1: 25. června 1993 (5 hodin, 50 minut) - Low a Wisoff

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Chicago's 38th album, 'Born for This Moment,' released today
Chicago's new studio album, Born for This Moment, arrived on Friday.
The 14-track collection is the band's 38th official album and was mostly recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, although the horns were laid down live at founding trumpet player Lee Loughnane's studio in Arizona.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees are enjoying some chart success with the album's lead single, "If This Is Goodbye," which currently sits at #19 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary tally.
You can check out an official music video for the upbeat pop tune on Chicago's YouTube channel.
Born for This Moment features three songs that founding singer/keyboardist Robert Lamm co-wrote with Ides of March frontman and ex-Survivor member Jim Peterik — the title track, "Crazy Idea," and "Our New York Time."
Chicago fans will likely pick up on the fact that the intro to "Our New York Time" recreates the start of the band's classic 1969 song "Beginnings."
"That was [producer] Joe Thomas's idea to do that there," Lamm notes. "Initially, I had a little trepidation about it because I always want to hear something new, but the guys felt really positive about it, so I was cool with it."
Born for This Moment is Chicago's first album of original material to feature singer Neil Donnell, who joined the group in 2018.
Founding Chicago trombonist James Pankow says of Donell's contributions, "Not only is Neil a technically gifted performer, he is an amazing, multirange singer … Without a doubt, he is a big asset to the band."
Chicago currently is on the road with founding Beach Boys member Brian Wilson's solo band. The trek continues Friday night in Wantagh, New York, and runs through a July 26 show in Clarkston, Michigan.
Here's the full Born for This Moment track list:
"Born for This Moment"
"If This Is Goodbye"
"Someone Needed Me the Most"
"Our New York Time"
"Safer Harbours"
"Make a Man Outta Me"
"She's Right"
"The Mermaid" ("Sereia Do Mar")
"You've Got to Believe"
"If This Isn't Love"
"House on the Hill"


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Get These as Souvenirs! 5 Traditional Crafts from Fukuoka
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Fukuoka, in Kyushu, has many of traditional crafts that are rooted in daily necessities, and they have continued to be loved for a long time. Here are 5 that are perfect for souvenirs, all of which are made with the techniques of high-quality craftsmen.
1. Hakata Magemono
2. Hakataori
3. Koishiwara-yaki
4. Kurume Kasuri
5. Hakata Dolls
Hakata Magemono was created in the Hakata region during the Edo period (1603 - 1867). They use thin pieces of wood like Japanese cedar or cypress bound together at the ends with strips of cherry bark. It creates a very light product that uses absolutely no metal.
Also, since it's breathable and retains moisture, it is often used for daily necessities such as rice storage or bento lunchboxes. You can find various items like bowls, trays, and even wine coolers.
Depending on the item, the price varies, but on average you can find items for around 6,000 - 7,000 JPY to tens of thousands.
Hakataori is another famous Hakata product that is a plain weave made with dense yet thin warp woven with fat weft to create a light yet thick fabric with characteristic glossy patterns. While it's mostly used for obi (kimono belts), it's a technique used to make various products like bags, neckties, wallets, coasters, table cloths, and more. You can also hang it up as a decoration.
The price varies based on the item, but you can usually find them from 2,000 - 3,000 JPY to several tens of thousands.
Koishiwara-yaki is a type of ceramics that has a history of more than 400 years. It was the first traditional craft to be registered in the country, and it's made in the Toho area of Fukuoka.
Its characteristics are the simple, warm appearance and the unique geometric designs. The mix of functionality and beauty makes it highly popular both within and outside of Japan.
The price depends on the item, but you can usually find it around 1,500 - 2,000 JPY.
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Kurume kasuri is designated as a national intangible cultural asset. It's a type of woven fabric that's made in the area around Kurume. It's very strong, so it's often used for practical clothing, but now they also make it for house clothes such as lounging pants and aprons, as well as everyday items like bags and pouches.
Price varies based on product, but you can usually find affordable items for around 1,000 JPY and expensive items for several tens of thousands.
Hakata dolls have a history of over 400 years, and are made using clay from the outskirts of the city of Fukuoka, then fired without glaze, and colored using shellfish powder and paint.
The dolls have various motifs, such as scenes from ukiyo-e paintings, kabuki or Noh plays, the Chinese zodiac, and more. They're elegant traditional crafts that are also respected internationally. The prices range from around 2,000 - 3,000 JPY to hundreds of thousands.
All of these products can be found in souvenir and specialty shops within the city of Fukuoka, as well as miscellaneous goods stores, department stores, and the airport. Please keep an eye out for them.
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A Palm Springs City Guide – canyons, culture, and leisurely breaks in a favorite getaway spot
Palm Spring has long been an escape for the rich and famous thanks to its sleek resorts, as well as exclusive leisure facilities such as world-class golf clubs. The town's location in the Coachella Valley means it's ideal for hiking, with plenty of rocky terrain to explore, and there's a charming Downtown area which offers an exciting array of events throughout the year. Students, families, and retirees alike will relish this time-honored American holiday spot.
Where to Stay in Palm Springs – a neighborhood guide
Palm Springs has several picturesque neighborhoods, from upmarket areas with designer boutiques and fine dining, to family-friendly residential areas with local charm and kid-friendly attractions. Surrounded by mountains, Palm Springs has spectacular views wherever you decide to stay, and you can choose from central locations with small town charm, or rural retreats with golf courses and hiking trails nearby. It's no wonder it's been a favorite holiday destination since Hollywood's golden age.
Palm Springs Shopping Guide – where and what to shop and buy
Shopping is a serious business in Palm Springs, with a huge variety of modern malls, boutique-laden streets, and outdoor plazas in a relatively small area. The upmarket reputation that the city has gained over the years means that you'll find lots of world class designers, and there's also a tendency to embrace up and coming talent, with lots of local artists creating their own brands.
What to See and Do in Palm Springs – a guide to notable attractions and landmarks
Droves of visitors come to Palm Springs for its natural beauty and outdoor attractions from mountains to canyons. It's also a major destination for golf, with several lush green courses to choose from, with world-class facilities. The town also has a rich history, from being a time-honored spot for recuperation, to a place for the stars of Hollywood to relax, and you'll find many historic homes and buildings to explore.
Where to Eat in Palm Springs – a food and dining guide
Palm Springs is full of gastronomic delights, and its reputation as an upmarket vacation spot means that you'll be treated to a wide variety of dining destinations. There are raucous party hang outs with cocktails and live entertainment, and steakhouses with beef raised in the surrounding areas. However, there are also many casual places to eat, from bakeries and stylish cafés to fast food and laid back American dining.
Palm Springs Travel Tips
Set in the picturesque Coachella Valley, Palm Springs has long been a hideaway for the rich and famous, with spectacular mountain views and sunshine all year round. It's known as a party spot, but it's also rich in arts and culture, with festivals and events hosted throughout the area. And you can really make the most of the epic landscape thanks to the biking and hiking trails on offer.
Nightlife & Entertainment in Palm Springs
Once the sun goes down over the desert, Palm Springs comes to life, with the majority of nightlife venues being casual and laid back. Expect beer and dancing rather than pretentious celebrity joints, although there are some more upmarket venues for special, sleek occasions.
Family Friendly Attractions in Palm Springs
Thanks to the year-round Californian sunshine and laid back atmosphere, Palm Springs is an ideal holiday spot for the whole clan. There's plenty of open desert space that's ideal for hiking and exploration, and a variety of attractions designed for younger visitors. If the sunshine gets too much, head for calm, indoor spaces such as museums and galleries which often run events or tours suitable for their youngest guests.
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Palm Springs isn't just about the nightlife, the partying, and high-end lifestyle. The natural beauty of the desert landscape has long inspired artists and writers who have taken up residence here, and there's a thriving creative scene which anyone hungry for a bit of culture can sink their teeth into.
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Clayton Williams: A Reasonable GOP Voice
September 3, 2011 UncategorizedEvo-Creo, Perry-RickGreg Laden
At least with respect to one issue: Science.
You all know that Texas had a messy Board of Education fight over whether to teach good science or something else (creationism) in Texas schools. You also know by now what Texas Governor Rock Perry, whom we count as a presidential contender, made the statement in public that "we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools — because I figure you're smart enough to figure out which one is right." (This is totally incorrect, of course.)
Perry is now raising funds in Texas for his run at the Oval Office, and there is a fundraiser coming up hosted by wealthy Texan and former GOP gubernatorial nominee Clayton Williams. It turns out that Williams was concerned some time back about the effects of hitching the statewide Republican Platform to the anti-science unicorn, and told Perry this in a letter, which said:
"If Texas enters into a debate on the teaching of fundamental religious beliefs in public schools, it will tarnish our strong academic reputation, set our ability to attract top science and engineering talent to Texas back decades and severely impact our reputation as a national and global leader in energy, space, medicine and other high tech fields … Governor, this is a very important issue for Texas. I urge you to quell this issue quietly, firmly and permanently."
Perry ignored this advice.
The story is here. That news site allows comments, so you may consider taking the opportunity to put a word in for science!
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4 thoughts on "Clayton Williams: A Reasonable GOP Voice"
annp says:
Well, my sense about this guy is that he's going to be real rough around the edges and not make any concessions toward the middle until he's the Republic nominee. Then he'll start in with apologies about how he was way too religious before and he regrets it. And he'll admit that handcuffing the Fed Chairman for printing more money, well he didn't actually do it, he just said it, but it probably gave everyone the wrong idea, and he regrets it.
But I don't think he'll budge too much on the Education issues; if he's asked about his appointments to the BoE Chair he'll get his back up and act insulted and then say something like, "Well, now, maybe I should have appointed someone a little less intolerable to be the Chair of BoE. Maybe. But to me that's a big decision and it's one of those State's rights that I care about," and on and on. He might slip in a pointed, "You're not from Texas, are ya?" But everyone will stop paying attention after he says State's rights. And he'll also say that even though he appointed the most rigid authoritarians, I mean, trustworthy and responsible people in the state of Texas, his appointments really didn't change the curriculum. So everybody back off and let the guv do his job. Then he'll laugh and half-shrug and not say anything stupid until December.
I sure do miss Molly Ivins. She'd have something to say about this testosteroney wrapped in a suit.
RIP Molly
Francisco Bacopa says:
You have to remember that Molly Ivins rose to national prominence by ripping to Clayton Williams back when Ann Richards was first running for governor. And now Calytie is a voice of reason. Clayton Williams didn't change, Texas and the whole national discourse changed.
Where the hell did the progressive Texas of the 60's through 80s that I grew up in go to? We still got in inner-loop Houston with Mayor Parker and it still lives on in Austin, as everyone knows. Dallas seems to not be ruled by idiots. So how did we end up becoming so crazy that Williams is the voice of reason?
Greg, my apologies in advance for commenting on something that is none of my business, but I want to say that I think the photo you have chosen for your FTB blog is a particularly bad choice.
To get the ruder observation out of the way first – I would say that this particular photo makes you look like some cheesy politician. (Sorry!)
My more general thought is that on any blog I don't want to have to scroll past a large full face close-up of the author. It is disconcerting at the very least.
It may be the case that the current FTB layout has settled on a size for the photo box that is too large for my personal taste, or alternatively that I have my web browser at a higher than normal size.
My advice (for what it's worth) would be to have a shot from a greater distance, and also one with a background that tends to reduce the contrast between the individual and the rest of the photo. i.e definitely not blue screen, or standing against a curtain, or as you have here, blurred so that the face is the only thing to focus on. (Your wedding photo on your other blog was ideal by my standards)
Once again, apologies for sticking my oar in!
Strange to think that around twenty years ago we thought Clayton Williams was a bit crazy and voted against him as governor. Now he's a voice of reason and moderation. What the hell happened to us?


SYRIZA has shown its ability to integrate new forms of radicalism and the aspiration for social justice and direct democracy that emerged from the Square Movement – the grassroots response to the austeritarian Memoranda of Understanding imposed upon the country by the Troika and actively implemented by local political elites. Supporting the movement without co-opting it, and actually learning from it, was one of the keys of its electoral success. The on-going harsh political confrontation over Greece's debt is an existential threat to the neoliberal consensus, and could pave the way for a change of course in Europe. Stakes are high. What does it mean for the European actors of social transformation – be they social movements, trade unions or Left parties?
As most of the participants recalled, the party-movements relation has been traditionally difficult. Parties have always tried to control the movements in order to take advantage of the social dynamics they had aroused. Although the situation is now different, notably with the anti-austerity campaign that popped up throughout Europe, other difficulties stand in the way of a broad unitary movement – such as the sometimes complex relations between social movements and trade unions. As an example, the new social movements tend to be more inclusive with precarious workers than the unions, which are confronted with "a problem of representation" against a background where labour is more and more fragmented. Moreover, their differences in terms of organisational structure may prevent a higher degree of unity to occur.
SYRIZA, whose political roots reach back to the euro-communist tradition, has been open to discuss with social movements and NGOs for a very long time. As a coalition, it gathered different forces of the Left, as well as several components of the feminist and ecological movements. It has always been active on issues going beyond capital-labour opposition – just to name a few: Palestine and Western Sahara, World Social Forums, LGBT rights, environmental issues, migrant rights. This culture of dialogue allowed SYRIZA to engage in fruitful discussions with the Square Movement. The strategy was the following: "towards the electoral arena through the support of the movements" – support that the party could gain thanks to a better inclusion of their demands. Its involvement on the grassroots level is strong, as is shown by the positive implication with "Solidarity 4 All".
Now that SYRIZA won the general elections, we are witnessing a new political momentum. For the very first time, the neoliberal consensus is threatened from within the EuroGroup. This unique situation raises new challenges for the movements, understood in the broader sense of the term. Not the least of which is to build a European movement in the midst of a brutal political confrontation between Greece and the European partners and institutions, and with a Left party in power. A mass mobilisation throughout Europe to support the respect of popular sovereignty and the Greek government's will for another change of course is highly necessary. It requires a large coalition of forces – movements, trade unions and progressive political parties – aiming at a common goal, but this is not sufficient. The key is to build coalitions operating at the national level, while – at the same time – working towards their unification at the European level. This patchwork of both organisations and levels of action is the common challenge shared by Left parties, trade unions and social movements.
In a way, the anti-TTIP campaign is achieving the completion of such a patchwork. Numerous and diverse grassroots initiatives (environmentalists, social movements, farmer organisations, etc.) united at the European level, and still benefit from the active support of trade unions and progressive political parties. The 2 millions signatures gathered by the self-organised European citizens' initiative against TTIP demonstrates the success of such a "glocal" approach. The struggle for a new cultural and political hegemony, in constant dialogue with all the actors of social transformation, could serve as common ground for the transformative patchwork on the making.
First workshop of its kind, the idea of bringing together social movements researchers and activists proved to be successful. A discussion paper compiling the outcomes of the discussions is on the way, and the initiative will be repeated next year.


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Funnel cakes a perk at State Fair stop
by IowaBicycle | Jul 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Funnel cake is one of several State Fair foods available to RAGBRAI riders.(MARY STEGMEIR / The Register)
Funnel cake from the Iowa State Fair was impossible to pass up for RAGBRAI rider Elizabeth Deiter.
The 48-year-old had already been craving something sweet when she pedaled past a food stand selling the fried bread this morning.
"I've been meaning to have a funnel cake since I've been on the ride," said the woman from Sabetha, Kansas.
"There are a lot of us that ride on these long rides just so we can eat junk food," said Deiter, resting on a bench inside the state fairgrounds. "We don't allow ourselves to eat it the rest of the year. But on RAGBRAI, anything goes."
Funnel cake vendor Terry Dobbin arrived at the fairgrounds this morning at 4:30 a.m.
Her funnel cake sales goal? "To sell as many as we can."
Steve Rouw, a cyclist from Chariton, predicted the fair staple would be in high demand today.
"How can you ride into the State Fair and not want a funnel cake?" he asked.
His 12-year-old son, Billy Rouw, enjoyed one for breakfast this morning.
"Yesterday, when we were walking around downtown (Des Moines), he wanted one," said the elder Rouw. "I had to let him get one today."
This is the first time a RAGBRAI route has included the State Fair. Roughly 70 percent of RAGBRAI riders come from out-of-state, so for many cyclists, today marked their first time seeing Iowa's famed fairgrounds.
Other foods for sale this morning included walking tacos, muffins and Liquid Sunshine – a concoction that includes Red Bull and orange juice.
The Iowa State Fair Sky Glider is running, but as of 8 a.m. there were few takers as early bird cyclists started the day's 50-mile ride to Knoxville.
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