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/* globals Stats, dat*/

import ControlsTrackball from 'base/controls/controls.trackball';
import HelpersLut from 'base/helpers/helpers.lut';
import HelpersVR from 'base/helpers/helpers.volumerendering';
import LoadersVolume from 'base/loaders/loaders.volume';

// standard global letiables
let controls;
let threeD;
let renderer;
let stats;
let camera;
let scene;
let vrHelper;
let lut;
let ready = false;
let modified = false;
let wheel = null;
let wheelTO = null;

let myStack = {
  algorithm: 'ray marching',
  lut: 'random',
  opacity: 'random',
  steps: 128,
  alphaCorrection: 0.5,
  frequence: 0,
  amplitude: 0,
  interpolation: 1,
};

function onStart(event) {
  if (vrHelper && vrHelper.uniforms && !wheel) {
    renderer.setPixelRatio(0.1 * window.devicePixelRatio);
    renderer.setSize(threeD.offsetWidth, threeD.offsetHeight);
    modified = true;
  }
}

function onEnd(event) {
  if (vrHelper && vrHelper.uniforms && !wheel) {
    renderer.setPixelRatio(0.5 * window.devicePixelRatio);
    renderer.setSize(threeD.offsetWidth, threeD.offsetHeight);
    modified = true;

    setTimeout(function() {
      renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
      renderer.setSize(threeD.offsetWidth, threeD.offsetHeight);
      modified = true;
    }, 100);
  }
}

function onWheel() {
  if (!wheel) {
    renderer.setPixelRatio(0.1 * window.devicePixelRatio);
    renderer.setSize(threeD.offsetWidth, threeD.offsetHeight);
    wheel = Date.now();
  }

  if (Date.now() - wheel < 300) {
    clearTimeout(wheelTO);
    wheelTO = setTimeout(function() {
      renderer.setPixelRatio(0.5 * window.devicePixelRatio);
      renderer.setSize(threeD.offsetWidth, threeD.offsetHeight);
      modified = true;

      setTimeout(function() {
        renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
        renderer.setSize(threeD.offsetWidth, threeD.offsetHeight);
        wheel = null;
        modified = true;
      }, 100);
    }, 300);
  }

  modified = true;
}

function onWindowResize() {
  // update the camera
  camera.aspect = threeD.offsetWidth / threeD.offsetHeight;
  camera.updateProjectionMatrix();

  // notify the renderer of the size change
  renderer.setSize(threeD.offsetWidth, threeD.offsetHeight);
  modified = true;
}

function buildGUI() {
  let gui = new dat.GUI({
    autoPlace: false,
  });

  let customContainer = document.getElementById('my-gui-container');
  customContainer.appendChild(gui.domElement);

  let stackFolder = gui.addFolder('Settings');
  let algorithmUpdate = stackFolder.add(myStack, 'algorithm', ['ray marching', 'mip']);
  algorithmUpdate.onChange(function(value) {
    vrHelper.algorithm = value === 'mip' ? 1 : 0;
    modified = true;
  });

  let lutUpdate = stackFolder.add(myStack, 'lut', lut.lutsAvailable());
  lutUpdate.onChange(function(value) {
    lut.lut = value;
    vrHelper.uniforms.uTextureLUT.value.dispose();
    vrHelper.uniforms.uTextureLUT.value = lut.texture;
    modified = true;
  });
  // init LUT
  lut.lut = myStack.lut;
  vrHelper.uniforms.uTextureLUT.value.dispose();
  vrHelper.uniforms.uTextureLUT.value = lut.texture;

  let opacityUpdate = stackFolder.add(myStack, 'opacity', lut.lutsAvailable('opacity'));
  opacityUpdate.onChange(function(value) {
    lut.lutO = value;
    vrHelper.uniforms.uTextureLUT.value.dispose();
    vrHelper.uniforms.uTextureLUT.value = lut.texture;
    modified = true;
  });

  let stepsUpdate = stackFolder.add(myStack, 'steps', 0, 512).step(1);
  stepsUpdate.onChange(function(value) {
    if (vrHelper.uniforms) {
      vrHelper.uniforms.uSteps.value = value;
      modified = true;
    }
  });

  let alphaCorrrectionUpdate = stackFolder.add(myStack, 'alphaCorrection', 0, 1).step(0.01);
  alphaCorrrectionUpdate.onChange(function(value) {
    if (vrHelper.uniforms) {
      vrHelper.uniforms.uAlphaCorrection.value = value;
      modified = true;
    }
  });

  let interpolationUpdate = stackFolder.add(vrHelper, 'interpolation', 0, 1).step(1);
  interpolationUpdate.onChange(function(value) {
    if (vrHelper.uniforms) {
      modified = true;
    }
  });

  let shadingUpdate = stackFolder.add(vrHelper, 'shading', 0, 1).step(1);
  shadingUpdate.onChange(function(value) {
    if (vrHelper.uniforms) {
      modified = true;
    }
  });

  let shininessUpdate = stackFolder.add(vrHelper, 'shininess', 0, 20).step(0.1);
  shininessUpdate.onChange(function(value) {
    if (vrHelper.uniforms) {
      modified = true;
    }
  });

  stackFolder.open();
}

function render() {
  // render
  controls.update();

  if (ready && modified) {
    renderer.render(scene, camera);
    modified = false;
  }

  stats.update();
}

function init() {
  // this function is executed on each animation frame
  function animate() {
    render();

    // request new frame
    requestAnimationFrame(function() {
      animate();
    });
  }

  // renderer
  threeD = document.getElementById('r3d');
  renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
    alpha: true,
  });
  renderer.setSize(threeD.offsetWidth, threeD.offsetHeight);
  renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
  threeD.appendChild(renderer.domElement);

  // scene
  scene = new THREE.Scene();

  // stats
  stats = new Stats();
  threeD.appendChild(stats.domElement);

  // camera
  camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(45, threeD.offsetWidth / threeD.offsetHeight, 0.1, 100000);
  camera.position.x = 166;
  camera.position.y = -471;
  camera.position.z = 153;
  camera.up.set(-0.42, 0.86, 0.26);

  // controls
  controls = new ControlsTrackball(camera, threeD);
  controls.rotateSpeed = 5.5;
  controls.zoomSpeed = 1.2;
  controls.panSpeed = 0.8;
  controls.staticMoving = true;
  controls.dynamicDampingFactor = 0.3;
  controls.addEventListener('change', () => {
    modified = true;
  });
  controls.addEventListener('start', onStart);
  controls.addEventListener('end', onEnd);

  window.addEventListener('resize', onWindowResize, false);
  renderer.domElement.addEventListener('wheel', onWheel);
  // start rendering loop
  animate();
}

window.onload = function() {
  // init threeJS
  init();

  let filename = 'https://cdn.rawgit.com/FNNDSC/data/master/nifti/eun_brain/eun_uchar_8.nii.gz';
  let files = [filename];

  // load sequence for each file
  // instantiate the loader
  let loader = new LoadersVolume(threeD);
  loader
    .load(files)
    .then(() => {
      let series = loader.data[0].mergeSeries(loader.data)[0];
      loader.free();
      loader = null;
      // get first stack from series
      let stack = series.stack[0];

      vrHelper = new HelpersVR(stack);
      // scene
      scene.add(vrHelper);

      // CREATE LUT
      lut = new HelpersLut('my-lut-canvases');
      lut.luts = HelpersLut.presetLuts();
      lut.lutsO = HelpersLut.presetLutsO();
      // update related uniforms
      vrHelper.uniforms.uTextureLUT.value = lut.texture;
      vrHelper.uniforms.uLut.value = 1;

      // update camrea's and interactor's target
      let centerLPS = stack.worldCenter();
      camera.lookAt(centerLPS.x, centerLPS.y, centerLPS.z);
      camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
      controls.target.set(centerLPS.x, centerLPS.y, centerLPS.z);

      // create GUI
      buildGUI();

      // screenshot experiment
      let screenshotElt = document.getElementById('screenshot');
      screenshotElt.addEventListener('click', function() {
        controls.update();

        if (ready) {
          renderer.render(scene, camera);
        }

        let screenshot = renderer.domElement.toDataURL();
        screenshotElt.download = 'AMI-' + Date.now() + '.png';
        screenshotElt.href = screenshot;
      });

      // good to go
      ready = true;
      modified = true;

      // force first render
      render();
      // notify puppeteer to take screenshot
      const puppetDiv = document.createElement('div');
      puppetDiv.setAttribute('id', 'puppeteer');
      document.body.appendChild(puppetDiv);
    })
    .catch(error => window.console.log(error));
};


I found this really awesome tool today that I wanted to share with you, my friends!
Ever get frustrated with your images that you want to share on social media? You want them to be sized properly for whichever social media platform and you want them to load fast – here is an amazing tool I stumbled upon. It's called Landscape .
What I love about it is you just drag your images into a place on the site, choose your networks that you want your images sized for, like Instagram or Facebook and then it sizes them right then and there and you download – super duper easy!
Next: Good Lord – turn that camera beep OFF!!


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Das Tschaman (ISO 639-3: ebr), auch Ebrie genannt, ist eine Kwa-Sprache aus der Sprachfamilie der Niger-Kongo-Sprachen und wird in der Elfenbeinküste von insgesamt 75.900 Personen (Volkszählung 1988) in 57 Ortschaften im Departement Abidjan gesprochen.

Die Sprache Tschaman ist mit keiner der benachbarten Sprachen in der Gegend verwandt. Zusammen mit der Sprache Mbato [gwa] bildet das Tschaman die Untergruppe Potou innerhalb der Sprachgruppe der Potou-Tano-Sprachen.

Obwohl es eine auf dem lateinischen Alphabet basierendes Schriftsystem gibt, verwenden die Tschaman-Sprecher in letzter zeit zusehends das Französische als Schriftsprache.

Weblinks
 Ethnologue

Einzelnachweise

Ebrie
Einzelsprache

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Is the iPod Nano the Radio Jesus?
Filed In Radio Commentary Op Ed
Forget the Jesus Phone, the Radio Industry is Gushing Over the Jesus iPod.
It's as if the sky opened and the light of divinity was shining down on the pundits and soothsayers of the radio business when Steve Jobs introduced the new iPod Nano at the Apple music event. Forget about the iPod Nano's shiny, who cares if it records video, never mind if the Nano dropped a few bucks, it's got an FM Radio.
I'll be honest, I took the announcement with a grain of salt. Let's face it, video recording is really the feature that the geeks and mortal humans are gonna' get juiced about. An FM Radio? Ah, it's an also-ran. But watching a video of the FM tuner capabilities, I must say I'm quite impressed. The FM radio is incorporated in true Apple fashion. The features and usage of the iPod Nano FM tuner look very impressive and exceptionally user-friendly.
The iPod Nano FM Tuner Operation is Drop-Dead Simple and Impressive
The reports from the usual radio suspects and pundits have been likening the incorporation of the FM tuner in the iPod Nano as if the device will become the salvation of the radio business (first, I assume, you have to agree with the assertion that the radio business needs "saving"). It is very cool that the darling of the tech and new media industry has "rubber stamped" or whatever you want to call it, the inclusion of a radio tuner in the iPod Nano. Either way you look at it, it's a good thing. But let's be clear on one key issue… The iPod Nano is a device.
Without Content Any Tech Device is Just a Brick
Let's look at this inductively. In tech circles it's called the "Killer App." The Killer App of the early Internet, and some would still argue that it is still today, was email. The advent of the home computer in its infancy saw other killer apps drive usage of hardware. There was VisiCalc on the Apple II and Lotus 1-2-3 on the early IBM PC's. Arguably, the driving force behind the iPhone is the Apple App Store, the iPhone Killer App. The success of the App Store has been the driving force behind the wild success of the iPhone. So what does all this have to do with radio?
Content is the Killer App of Radio
It seems like a pretty obvious assumption that without content, a radio is just a brick. The iPod or iPhone or iWhatever, without the applications to drive their adoption, are just another "dongle." It's no real surprise to learn that the Apple App Store has over 65,000 third-party applications. The number of applications for the Palm WebOS, Nokia's Ovi, Windows Mobile and Google Android combined don't add up to Apple's 65k mark. But I digress… It's absolutely mind-numbingly a-farking-mazing that Apple has included an FM receiver in the iPod Nano, but if radio doesn't deliver a product, it's killer app, it's just another application sitting on the iPod begging to be used.
Do not assume tech will cure all and lead radio, or any business, into the promised land. You have to give the user of that tech a compelling reason to actually use it. Radio's compelling "killer app" is unfortunately its most discarded, flogged and wasted resource… it's programming. We sold off our birthright, fired the innovators and talent that drove the listeners because we had a corner on the audio content marketplace. For too long managers and mergers offhandedly served up also-ran content and overlooked the importance of the product because there was no where else our radio consumers could go. Those days are gone. Over. Exit stage Left.
So now the mad scramble begins. The radio business, finally realizing that they've been caught with their pants down as the flurry of new media is taking the wind out of their add dollar monopoly sales, is running to tech to save the day. Again, the radio industry is missing the forest for the trees. It's not tech! Tech is just a brick. It's the killer app! Instead of scrambling for the safe-harbor of silicon valley to bring radio back to the promised land, use your head. It's the content, stoopid.
*John Ford is a Broadcast programming professional with nearly three decades of experience in local and network major market radio Programming and Consulting. Including stints as a VP of New Media Sabo Media, Network Programming and Imaging at ABC Radio Networks, Greenstone Media. Programming, Imaging and Morning/Talk positions at WIOD/Miami, WLLZ/Detroit, KZPS/Dallas, The Edge/Dallas, Zeta 4/Miami, WSHE/Miami and others. John's also an uber-geek who holds numerous Apple Technical Certifications and enjoys breaking and fixing code and kit. Reach him at his website johnford.net.
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Home » Reviews » Road Tests » 2018 Acura TLX
Just 3 years ago, Acura pared down their sedan lineup by replacing both the TL and TSX with the single TLX. Reviews certainly weren't bad, as its luxurious blend of technology and performance fit right in with flagship RLX. However, most would say it was not as exciting as it could be, and even Acura agreed with that. So let's see if a revised 2018 TLX is the right answer.
Adding a new dose of excitement to the 2018 Acura TLX starts with an updated look. Front fascia, fenders, and hood are all new; and the Jewel Eye headlights are re-designed. But, best of all, Acura has replaced the awkward "shield-like" grille with the much more attractive "diamond pentagon" first seen on their Precision concept.
V6 models take it a smaller step further with freshened rear fascia and new exhaust tips.
All in all, it makes for a more dynamic take on what was already there.
No radical changes to the inside either, other than updated software for the twin-screen infotainment system, which we were happy to see. We're still not fans of the overall design, but it's much more responsive than before. Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are now in play, but we found it odd that the apps show up in the upper screen which uses a central controller, not the lower touchscreen.
A carryover 206-horsepower 2.4-liter I4 engine is still standard; with an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission.
Upgrade to the 3.5-liter V6; and in addition to 290-horsepower, 267 lb-ft. of torque, and a revised 9-speed automatic transmission, you can get mechanical Super Handling all-wheel-drive. Those without all-wheel-drive come with Acura's rear-toe adjusting Precision All-Wheel Steer.
Our early drive time came in the rolling hills around Louisville, Kentucky; the majority spent with the V6. The 9-speed transmission is very smooth, and with both drive systems, ride quality is equally compliant.
Putting the Integrated Dynamics System in Sport+ increases steering feel and throttle response, adds some engine noise, initiates more aggressive programming for the transmission and SH-AWD, and even cuts the HVAC system out temporarily when at full throttle.
It certainly wakes things up a bit, but not to full-alert status. So, where's the real excitement coming from?
Well, that's what the new TLX A-Spec is for. Available with V6 only, the A-Spec gets retuned electric power steering; and when combined with SH-AWD, adds stiffer springs as well as a rear stabilizer bar that keeps things much flatter and confidence inspiring in corners.
SH-AWD worked as great as always, torque vectoring us around corners even in the rain. And while we still don't think the best handlers in the luxury sport sedan category have anything to worry about, the TLX has certainly moved up the list, and more importantly without losing any of Acura's luxury feel.
And speaking of feel, we love the thicker steering wheel that comes with the A-Spec. Other interior highlights are more heavily-bolstered seats, red trim for the gauges, and brushed aluminum trim.
A-Spec exteriors are also set apart with their own unique blacked-out front fascia, round fog lamps, pronounced sill extensions, 19-inch wheels with high performance Michelin Primacy tires, rear diffuser with round exhaust outlets, as well as gloss black rear spoiler and trim.
A host of AcuraWatch safety systems are available, but Collision Mitigation Braking is standard on all models.
Government Fuel Economy Ratings range from the 2.4-liter's 23-City, 33-Highway, and 27-Combined; to the 3.5-liter SH-AWD A-Spec's 20-City, 29-Highway, and 23-Combined.
Some shuffling of prices and more standard features, results in a slight increase in base price, now at $33,950. Stepping up to all-wheel-drive or A-Spec will have you around $40,000, though you no longer have to opt for Technology or Advance packages to get SH-AWD.
They say competition brings out the best in people, and surely that sentiment applies to the automotive world. The 2018 Acura TLX is certainly the best it's ever been, but also still unique in that it's not trying to be a BMW; rather a whole lot more exciting TLX. And that's good news to Acura fans, and us!
Engine: 3.5 liter
Torque: 267 lb-ft.
EPA: 20 mpg city / 29 mpg highway


What better way to welcome 2019 than with sustainable beauty! For that, we now have Love Beauty and Planet, a brand started by people who believe that looking good and doing good should go hand-in-hand. Sound good?
Love Beauty and Planet was launched in the US back in 2017. I'm so happy the brand made it to the Philippines! Now what's so special about Love Beauty and Planet?
It's vegan and it's made of a 95% biodegradable formula.
All the ingredients are ethically sourced so the brand supports farming communities and the like.
There's absolutely no animal testing.
All the products have no silicones, no parabens, and no dyes.
The bottles are made from 100% recycled materials and they are also readily recyclable.
The conditioners use a fast rinse formula which shortens shower time, therefore saving water.
So far, Love Beauty and Planet has 4 product categories: Shampoo (P390 for 400ml), Conditioner (P390 for 400ml), Body Wash (P290 for 400ml), and Body Lotion (P390 for 400ml). Three variants were launched earlier today.
The first variant is Tea Tree Oil and Vetiver. It's available as a shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. This is a daily detoxing and revitalizing treat for the tresses. For the body, it's a skin purifying indulgence.
The second variant is Murumuru Butter and Rose. The shampoo and conditioner are recommended for color-treated hair. Meanwhile, the body wash and body lotion moisturize for glowing skin.
The third variant is Argan Oil and Lavender. The shampoo and conditioner smooths out frizz while the body lotion soothes skin.
I love that we could all go around and experience the products for ourselves. The Murumuru Butter and Rose products indeed smell like a bouquet of fresh roses.
What do you know, we could also actually try the shampoo and conditioner on site! I had my hair shampooed and conditioned with Love Beauty and Planet Tea Tree Oil and Vetiver.
Got my hair styled by folks from Creations by Lourd Ramos afterwards.
I love the cooling sensation of Tea Tree Oil and Vetiver on my hair and scalp. My hair felt super light afterwards.
This is the style I ended up with. This is what it looks like front view, I forgot to take a proper photo lol.
I got to pick which products to take home and of course I got the Love Beauty and Planet Tea Tree Oil and Vetiver line.
Love Beauty and Planet will be exclusively available online via Lazada, Shopee, Watsons, and Beauty Bubble on Jan. 21, 2019. There will be a Love Beauty and Planet Pop-Up at the South Wing of the Power Plant Mall from Jan. 25-27, 2019. Select Watsons branches and leading supermarkets nationwide will carry these products starting Feb. 1, 2019.
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Wow icheck ko po yan sa watsons baka yan na po ang sagot sa buhok kung naglalagas . Since vegan sya at wala masyadong halong chemical. Nakita ko nga po sa fb story nyo na nagpaayus kayo ng hair ang ganda po bagay po sa inyo.
Gusto kong itry ung shampoo. Ano ung para makes Den ang hair fall?
I want to try also this kind of brand to have a better better look like you mam .
For a first time mom at 35 this really what I needed. Hope to try it anytime soon. Thank you.
Congratulations on your upcoming 10th year bloversary!!!
I love supporting and using sustainable products like these mommy rowena. Congratulations on your 10th blogversary!
If I were to choose I would choose the first variant, Tea Tree Oil and Vetiver too. Hoping I could try those products, since I'm pregnant I guess pregnants like me would really enjoy oraganic products like these and great must haves. I love those brands that continue to support and care for our Mother Earth, cause I do believe that it's not too late to care and protect for our Mother Earth.
Advance Happy 10th yr anniversary to your blog Ms. Ro more power and God bless you.
Thank you for sharing this amazing and wonderful products po. Such a blessing to know all of the information and all ot its benifits. It was clearly and stated. Love your blog po as always.
More blessings to come po.
I like to support brands like this who really cares for the Planet as well as our beauty.
Maganda na yung packaging tapos recyclable pa. Thanks for giving us a chance to try Love Beauty and Planet products.
Wow, I am sure that this is a great brand because it does good to its user, to the farming community, and to the environment. Hope the WATSONS near our place have LOVE BEAUTY and PLANET already as I can't wait to buy it so that me and my wife can try it the soonest!
I really support vegan products that are ethically sourced because it makes me healthy and gives me an assurance that I am helping farming communities and our environment in my own little way.
LOVE BEAUTY and PLANET really caught me because of its brand name as it is like being beautiful while using products that helps sustains our planet. Also, reading your blog about this made me super excited to try it. I am still on my quest on finding hair products that will match my hair needs and hopefully I will find my match with this one. Of course love to try the body wash and lotion as well for moisturizing my skin.
I can't wait to have my first dibs of LOVE BEAUTY and PLANET!
I wanna try their products!
Want to try these! Super cute packaging indeed!
Wow the products is so amazing and packaging is good!
I'm starting to love the products of Love Beauty and Planet because they are vegan and environment friendly, safe to use. Looking forward to try and have these products for our daily use at home.
Such a great product! Sa panahon ngayon maging mindful na rin dapat kung environment friendly ang mga products na gagamitin.
Brand name palang, maganda na! I hope to try their products,especially their lotion! I am an advocate of all things that are eco-friendly! Happy 10th Blog Anniversary! Congratulations and more years to come po!
nakakaintriga . hahanapin ko talaga 'to sa watsons.
I love environmental friendly and cruelty free products. I will support this. Congratulations on your 10th blogversary!
The packaging is so cute. Hope to find it soon!
I'd love to try their shampoo and conditioner!
Wow! I love the combination of the ingredients! Hope I will be given a chance to try their lovely products.
Wow!!! I love to try the shampoo and conditioner for my crowning glory to be more shiny and bounce.. And its made of natural ingredients.. Hope to experience it, soon. I love your new look Miss Rowena.. Lalo po kayo bumabata.. Parang teenager lang..
Environmental and eco friendly Product that I truly support,With Nourished hair, glowing skin and a little love to the planet in every bottle.
Congratulations and Happy Anniversary Ms.Rowena.


He's in his eighth season as a big-leaguer but Justin Turner has finally become a bit of an animal at the plate with a career-high 23 homers and 72 RBI (so far) this season for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He's been a mainstay at third base for the team the last couple of seasons and with his emerging presence he's attracted some fans — or do we call them promotional buddies? — along the way, which probably has helped get him on the radar of a few more.
There's one problem, though. When it comes to cardboard, he's a bit of a rare breed — and that's translated into some cash for some collectors who have found and sold.


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Category: Segregation
No problem here?
Photo by James Eades on Unsplash
In the second of two articles for Black History Month, my friend and colleague, Tony Adams reviews No Problem Here: Understanding Racism in Scotland (Luath, 2018) Neil Davidson, Minna Liinpaa, Maureen McBride and Satnam Virdee (eds.). This article originally appeared in The Scottish Left Review (Issue 106 July/August 2018).
Racism in Scotland is often relegated to the back burner. Even when the issue of racism is broached by anti-racists campaigners the stock responses they are met with is that 'Things aren't as bad as all that, you exaggerate; you're indulging in special pleading or you must be paranoid'. Little wonder there is this widely held view both by politicians and academics that 'there is no problem here'. Ethnic minorities are congratulated for integrating better and there is a welcoming attitude towards refugees and migrants.
Meanwhile research into the historical record and contemporary reality tells a different story. The racialized outsider faces discrimination in education, jobs, housing and at the hands of the police and criminal justice system. Racism in Scotland is, therefore, not a side issue and it is not peripheral either. It is central to the way things work. The question of racism in Scotland and the interplay, of race class, nationalism and other intersecting issues are very focal to this edited book. It brings together the views of academics, activists and anti-racism campaigners who argue that it is vital that the issue of racism be brought into public discourse.
In contrast to England, there has been relatively little public discussion about the historical or contemporaneous structuring power of racism in Scotland. 'We wish to dig beneath the 'race
blind' narrative that Scotland and its elites have crafted for many years, to perhaps unsettle them a little, so that we might begin to open up space for writing a historical sociology of racism in Scotland' the book says. Its contributors 'contend that the narrative of an absent racism in Scottish history and that the Scots are more egalitarian, more likely to place an emphasis on collectivism over individualism and on government intervention over self-reliance reinforces the myth that Scotland does not have a serious racism problem'. Instrumental to the consolidation of this powerful myth that 'there is no problem here' is that memorable Scottish phrase, 'We're a' Jock Tamsin's bairns'.
Such myth making has the effect of deflecting attention away from the disproportionate role that Scots actually played in the British Empire. It occludes any discussion of racisms in the country. Empire is central to the union. TheAct of Union, 1707, opened up English colonial markets to Scottish merchants and made it possible for Scots to play
a role in the construction of the British Empire. But when we think of the British Empire our minds often drift to England rather than to Scotland. Yet Scotland was complicit in the slave trade and had colonies predating the joining of the union. It is significant to note here that slavery or the slave mode of production was central to early capital and racism became its justification. Thus racism has evolved entwined with capitalism over the last three centuries.
There is a level of amnesia that clouds the history of empire. Glasgow was the second city of the empire and, by the end of the Victorian era, Scots firms had attained a controlling position in key sectors of the economy of British India. Rather than sanitizing its past in order to re-imagine a post-union future, perhaps we need to look back at Scotland's imperial history and connect it to a broader understanding of the British empire and Britain's colonial past.
This perception that Scotland has less of a problem with racism than other areas of the UK is not borne out by the statistics either. In 2013-14 there were 4,807 racist incidents recorded by police
in Scotland, the equivalent of 92 incidents a week without accounting for the many cases that go unreported. And lest we forget that there has been racist murders here many of which have still not been formally acknowledge as racist – Nuer Mohamed, Hector Smith, Shamsie Din Mohamed, Imran Khan, Sanjit Singh Choker and Sheku Bayoh to name a few. The growth of far right parties and the rise of Islamophobia across Europe and the US has to be challenged and driven back. Scotland is not immune from this.
The book explores the different modalities of racism in Scotland and the ways in which cultural racism has become central to the experiences of particular social groups. It also seeks
to locate the contemporary debates on racialization and racism in their appropriate context in Scottish history. As the late historian E H Carr once put it: 'There is no more significant pointer to the character of a society than the kind of history it writes or fails to write'. No Problem Here is a welcomed and important starting contribution that will invigorate the debate of what kind of Scotland we live in and what kind of Scotland we want it to be.
Tony Adams is a lecturer and EIS equality rep at City of Glasgow College. He has published in the Asian Times, Caribbean Times, Morning Star and Weekly Journal.
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Black sailors and the battle of George Square
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To mark Black History Month, my friend and colleague, Tony Adams recalls a forgotten chapter of the events around 'Red Clydeside' in 1919. This article was originally published in the Scottish Left Review.
The year, 1919, in Britain represents a high point in working class struggle and one un-matched since in its breadth and scale. Over 34m working days were not worked due to strikes compared to an average of 4.5m for each of the preceding four years. Two thousand soldiers, ordered to embark for France, instead mutinied and formed a Soldiers' Union. Even the police force struck and demanded the right to unionise. Britain, it is said, was on the brink of a revolution. On 31 January that year a violent confrontation took place in Glasgow between the police and radical striking workers centred in and around the area around George Square. The workers were striking to demand a reduction of the working week from 54 hours to a 40 hour working week.
At a massive union rally in George Square on the day of the protest, the red flag was raised above 60,000 striking shipbuilding and engineering workers. Newspapers of the next day dubbed the demonstration which saw pitched battles between the police and strikers as 'Black Friday' or 'Bloody Friday'. What began as a protest soon became a riot, with fighting across the city continuing throughout the night and 53 people were recorded injured. This dramatic incident and the leaders of the strike have been mythologised under the banner of 'Red Clydeside'.
Meanwhile, a lesser known harbour race riot on Thursday 23, January 1919 in which black British colonial sailors were branded as unfair economic competitors by the national seamen's unions and their local delegates, has been overlooked both in the personal and historical accounts of the general strike until more recently. The riot began in the yard of the mercantile marine office in James Watt Street where sailors gathered for their chance to be signed on to a ship. While waiting to see if they would be hired, competing groups of black and white sailors jostled and shouted insults at each other. This baiting descended into a pitched battle which spilled out of the yard onto the street. More than thirty black sailors fled the sailors' yard pursued by a large crowd of white sailors. White locals joined the crowd which grew to several hundred strong. The rioters used guns, knives, batons and makeshift weapons including stones and bricks picked from the street. On being chased out of the hiring yard, the group of black sailors initially ran towards the nearby Glasgow sailor's home on the corner of James Watt Street and Broomielaw Street. The white crowd smashed the windows of the sailor's home and then invaded it. The two or three beat police officers in the harbour area were overwhelmed and an additional force of 50 police officers was called in. The large police force cleared the two set of rioters from the sailors home.
Though the staging of a general strike in Glasgow, its collapse following 'Bloody Friday' and the presence of tanks in the city centre the next day were far more eye-catching than the riot in the harbour a week earlier, the two events were explicitly inter-connected through the activities of the members of the leadership of the 40-hours strike movement. Emanuel Shinwell, leader of the Glasgow branch of the Seafarer's was in addition, president of the Glasgow trades and labour council and chairman of the workers strike committee. Although a moderate, he advocated direct action in the most inflammatory terms in the days leading up to both the harbour riot and the mass protest of the 40-hours campaign. He and other strike leaders, such as William Gallacher, sought to encourage unskilled workers – including seamen – to take part in the sort of strike action that had been the province of the skilled workforce on wartime Clydeside. The two episodes ought to be viewed together as the harbour riot and the George Square demonstration occurred within a few days of each other. This proximity was much more than coincidental especially as the riot in Glasgow seaport, was soon followed by similar riots in South Shields, Salford, London, Hull, Liverpool, Newport, Cardiff and Barry.
It is important to note that the Glasgow harbour riot was the first instance of a spate of rioting focussed upon black residents in British ports which reached its height in June of that year. It was also part of the wider picture of industrial strife which has been simmering below the surface on Clydeside and other heavily industrialised regions throughout the war years and into 1919.
During these riots, crowds of white working class people targeted black workers, their families, black owned businesses and property. One of the chief sources of the violent confrontation in the run- down port areas was the 'colour' bar implemented by the sailors' unions campaigning to keep black, Arab and Asian sailors off British ships in a time of increasing job competition. The imposition of a 'colour bar' on black workers at Glasgow and elsewhere around Britain's seaports to protect white British sailors' jobs illustrates the disregard for sections of the working class among many of those who considered themselves protectors of the organised workforce. Historically expressions of racist hostility have been tied to questions of employment. Hostility towards groups of fellow workers among trade unionists was nothing new. The opposition of white union members to the employment (in some cases) of cheaper overseas merchant sailors, violently demonstrated at Glasgow harbour, bears comparison to the wartime industrial action on Clydeside which aimed at preventing the 'dilution' of skilled with unskilled job losses and the permanent undercutting of 'engineers' wages.
The sea port riots of 1919 in which white crowds attacked black workers, their families and communities, have long presented a painful conundrum as they prefigure a century of conflict and harassment of people of colour in Britain. The causes of the riots are located in the interplay between on-going strikes, riots and other collective violence elsewhere in Britain and the Atlantic basin as well as the local context and meanings (including housing shortages and unemployment). In this light, the British riots appear less an isolated eruption 'proving' British racism, as they have often been portrayed. They were part of a broader political movement of resistance against post-war betrayals. This made the role of service and recently demobilised men a significant factor in the riots, one which was commented upon in many local press accounts of the violence. It is also clear that the specific grievances of the white sailors were not the only issues in the riots. The sense that the great sacrifices of the war years had been futile was being experienced at a national level as post-war shortages in housing and increased competition in the job market were the first results of mass demobilisation. Wider frustrations were being focused on the black community in Britain as a means of release. That the authorities in part recognised this is often apparent from the light sentences meted out to the white rioters in various centres around the country. However, there is also an element of racial antipathy revealed by the official response to the riots.
The fear of violence in the immediate post-war period became a worldwide phenomenon, and not without reason. The level of global unrest in the late 1918 and 1919 is also worth considering as it provides a wider context in which the race riots in Britain may be discussed. The Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1918 provided governments worldwide with a spectre of the overthrow of the state in a situation of crisis. The attempted revolts of the Spartakist movement in Berlin, the establishments of soviets in Bavaria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia and the socialist revolt in Austria fuelled the worldwide fear of Bolshevism. It was not merely in the 'defeated' nations that unrest occurred for the politicising effect of war service and the strains placed on every day society by the war resulted in riots in the United States, the Caribbean, Africa as well as in Britain. As one of Scotland's leading expert calls for a permanent fixture to remember the demonstration which took place on 31 January 1919, the black sailors of the Glasgow harbour riots deserve a place to be commemorated too because there is a single working class in Britain by historic right and present participation.
Tony Adams is a lecturer and EIS equality rep at City of Glasgow College. He has published in the Asian Times, Caribbean Times, Morning Star and Weekly Journal. Jacqueline Jenkinson's 'Black 1919 Riots, Racism and Resistance in Imperial Britain' (Liverpool University Press, 2009) is the best available study of the issues.
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Words can be deadly … literally
Pictures at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem
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Sometimes words can kill: the 15 high ranking members of the Nazi Party certainly knew this when they met at a villa in Berlin's up market suburb of Wannsee. The villa would have had an interesting history irrespective of this meeting: built by Ernst Marlier, a corrupt and violent German industrialist; sold to Friedrich Minoux (another German industrialist and swindler); and finally sold to the Nazi Party's Stiftung Nordhav (run by the notorious Reinhard Heydrich – one of Adolf Hitler's henchmen and potential successor).
As Professor Mark Rosen stated, the objective of this ultra secret meeting, which took place on 20 January 1942, was nothing less than a 'signpost' on the road to the 'Final Solution' regarding the Jewish People (or question as the Nazis would have posited things – language, after all, is important here).
A sobering thought, on this Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK, is that many of the participants were lawyers or had some form of legal education. They certainly knew the meaning of words and that words have meaning.
Lawyers are used to jokes about their lack of integrity, but many members of the profession regard law as a noble profession, a civilising force or a discipline firmly rooted in the humanities. Precious little humanity would be shown to millions of Jewish People following the discussions at Wannsee.
During the summit, there was an almost comical incident: the participants got bogged down in what seems to be an arcane discussion about levels of Jewishness that a person might have. The discussion was deadly serious – quite literally. The outcome would decide who would live and who would die.
This was, of course, to be entirely expected: the Nazi regime (1933-1945) had already started the process of dehumisation of the Jewish People when the Nuremberg Decrees were passed in 1935. This led to the wholesale removal of Jews from the public square in Germany (and later throughout the expanded Reich and Occupied Territories). Jewish businesses and property were confiscated; Jews were forced out of the professions; they were stigmatised and ghettoised. To be Jewish in Hitler's Germany would simply become unbearable.
The Nuremberg Decrees and the Wannsee Protocol demonstrate that there is a darker side to the law: in the wrong hands, it can be used to stigmatise and oppress certain groups of people.
At the end of the meeting (which had lasted for about 90 minutes), the participants were served Cognac, fine wines, food and cigars. Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi who chaired the proceedings, ordered that all copies of the minutes be destroyed. Some copies survived as damning evidence of the criminal conspiracy to murder an entire race.
You can find out more about the Nuremberg Decrees at and the Wannsee Conference at the links below:
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2010/winter/nuremberg.html
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/wannsee-conference-and-the-final-solution
Wannsee reminds us of the importance of the meaning of words and that words have meaning:
"Poets, priests and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no one's jamming their transmission
'Cos when their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you"
(Lyrics by Gordon Thomas Matthew Sumner (or 'Sting'); 1980 taken from the track "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da")
The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting: Wannsee and the Final Solution by Mark Roseman (Allen Lane/Penguin Press: 2002)
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NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – President Barack Obama has endorsed Newark Mayor Cory Booker for U.S. Senate.
Booker, a Democrat, won last week's primary and will face Republican Steve Lonegan in the special general election October.
"Cory Booker has dedicated his life to the work of building hope and opportunity in communities where too little of either existed. Whether as a college student working in East Palo Alto or as mayor of New Jersey's largest city, Cory has time and again taken on tough challenges, fought for the middle class and those working to join it, and forged coalitions that create progress – and that's the spirit he'll carry with him to Washington," President Obama said in a statement released Wednesday.
"His passion for his city has helped create new jobs and attract some of America's top businesses to Newark. Cory will be an important partner in our efforts to reduce gun violence, give every American a fair shot in a global economy, and make our country stronger," the President's statement continued.
Booker beat out three other Democrats to win the nomination.
Booker's opponent Steve Lonegan issued a statement following the endorsement.
A special election was called after longtime Sen. Frank Lautenberg died in office in June. Gov. Chris Christie appointed former state attorney general Jeffrey Chiesa to temporarily fill the seat until a special election could be held.


Visit the city's largest favela to see how its huge communities live, in a safe and sensitive tour.
Venture out into the lively Lapa district to discover Rio's famed nightlife and live music scene.
Enjoy a match at the world-famous Maracanã stadium, host of two World Cup finals.
Get off the beaten track with a tour of the estate of the world famous landscape designer and the charming Folk Art museum.
Head out of Rio to the Imperial City of Petropolis, visiting its palaces, museum and cathedral.
Board a schooner boat to sail to the tropical islands of Sepetiba Bay, around 50 miles from Rio.


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In 100 Days Of Gov. Diri, Workers, Retirees Are Smiling – Alabrah
by Michael Jegede
in Interviews, News
Daniel Alabrah is the acting Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Diri Douye of Bayelsa State. Diri, a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was sworn in as the governor of Bayelsa State on February 14, 2020, after he got a favourable judgement at the Supreme Court, against the original winner of the last Bayelsa guber poll, David Lyon of All Progressives Congress (APC). Alabrah, in this interview with journalists, said in hundred days, Gov. Diri has demonstrated strong determination to make a difference in the governance of Bayelsa State, despite coming into office at a time COVID-19 had started threatening the world and most countries including Nigeria were locking down. The acting CPS noted that the low number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Bayelsa has been as a result of the sound and proactive leadership provided by Diri in his effective handling of the dreaded pandemic.
By Sunday, May 24, your boss, Senator Douye Diri, would have spent 100 days as governor of Bayelsa State. What are some of the highpoint of his first 100 days in office?
One hundred days in office is a very short time. It is just three months and ten days. It is not a period you would expect that new projects or serious infrastructure would be initiated and completed. It is generally a foundational period for the new government to begin to showcase some of its policy initiatives and direction.
However, the Governor Douye Diri administration came in at a time that COVID-19 had just started ravaging our country. Nigeria had the index case on February 27 just two weeks after the Senator Diri government was sworn in on February 14. As it was beginning to settle down after inauguration, the issues with COVID-19 came up and we started hearing about the lockdown, shut down your state and that people should stay at home.
Regardless of these early COVID-19 warning signs, the government was determined to kick-start its urban renewal programme. So, one of the first things the governor alongside his deputy did was to visit the Edepie/Etegwe axis where you have the popular 'Tombia' roundabout. That area had been earmarked by the immediate past administration for another flyover in Yenagoa, the state capital. During that visit, the governor, based on the already prepared construction designs, saw the need for the roundabout to be expanded. He also said that an alternative route would be opened through restarting of the work on the AIT/Elebele road that leads to Igbogene to decongest and reduce the traffic bottleneck at the Edepie/Etegwe roundabout.
The governor equally visited the Bayelsa Mall project site at Okaka, which he said he would try to complete even within the first hundred days. Unfortunately, COVID-19 slowed him down. As you are aware, there is hardly any state (maybe one or two) in Nigeria today where serious construction work is going on. It is a huge challenge to mobilise contractors to site.
There are however things that have happened that have made people begin to see the government in a different light. For instance, before now public power supply was a big problem in our state, particularly in Yenagoa. But now most areas of the state capital enjoy better power supply than before. This was not by happenstance. Immediately the governor assumed office, he held several meetings with the management of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company just to underscore the importance he attached to the provision of electricity to Bayelsans. He has consequently taken measures to ensure that whatever it was that made us have that parlous power situation in the past was corrected.
Previously, in a whole week, the area I live got a public power supply for not more than maybe two hours. But now, we have a power supply for three or four days consecutively for about 18-20 hours a day. These days whatever you have in the refrigerator all get frozen. This had not happened in the last two or more years. And that is the testimony from across different parts of the state capital. So, the Diri government has been able to address that issue and still addressing it.
There is also the issue of the street light in Yenagoa, especially along the major roads. The moment the governor came in, he decided that we needed to light up the whole of Yenagoa city. He started by providing a new generator to power the lights on the Sani Abacha road, which was usually very dark at night. The solar-powered lights on the Mbiama-Yenagoa expressway, which takes you into the state capital, are now on at night. As we speak, the installation of poles on the yet to be completed Isaac Boro expressway is ongoing. At night, some of the lights are on along some portions of this major road.
People are beginning to see a different approach to some of these issues. And it is based on the feedback process that has been put in place. The governor listens to Bayelsans and responds to whatever it is they are asking him to do.
How is the governor handling workers welfare and the issue of payment of pension and gratuity?
The issues of pension and gratuity are areas that the Senator Diri administration deserves thumbs up for, particularly in its handling of the gratuity of retirees. The gratuity backlog dates back to 2008, about 12 years.
While he was campaigning, the governor promised that he would prioritise the welfare of workers in the state. Whether retirees or those currently working, he vowed to properly motivate them and ensure that those still in service are efficient and productive. Without mincing words, he is fulfilling that promise and they are all now smiling. For him, the payment of pensioners and their gratuity is a priority just as the welfare of civil servants is. He does not see it as an achievement because he believes it is a responsibility he owes the workers. But the beneficiaries see it differently and they are happy. To them, it is an achievement for a government that is barely three months old.
The last government was paying the pension of retirees monthly but there were issues with their gratuity. So, what this new government is doing differently is that it sets aside about N200 million monthly to take care of the backlog of gratuity. Every month, a set of retirees gets their gratuity. For those that have unfortunately passed on, their families are invited to present their documents for payment of even their death benefits. We expect that in a few years from now we would have put behind us the issue of the backlog of gratuity as a state. It is being done equitably. It is not that some influential people are collecting theirs while others are left out. The governor directed that it must go round, local government by local government and year by year. So, it will take a while before it will be cleared. Anyone entitled to gratuity will get it.
How true is the insinuation that the previous government of Hon. Seriake Dickson, under which you also served, did not leave money in the treasury for the new government?
This is not a straight Yes or No answer. It is common in Nigeria for one administration or people, often for political reasons, to accuse another administration of leaving an empty treasury. But, realistically, is it possible for a government to have an empty treasury when in actual fact the government is a going concern? A new government assumes all the assets and liabilities of the previous one, including the revenue-generating agencies that daily receive the income accruing to the state. Therefore, it is actually hollow talk when people say a government left an empty treasury. It is more within the realm of political talk than a reality on the ground. The question I ask those who make such bogus, unfounded claim is have they seen the financial books of the state?
The governor had said he would form his cabinet three months after the inauguration. One hundred days after, he is yet to appoint Commissioners and Special Advisers. What could be responsible for the delay?
In every state, we have only one governor that appoints people into offices. Even me talking to you, I'm an appointee of that one appointor, the governor. So it is his prerogative to pick his appointees, whether commissioners or advisers when the time is right for him to do so. He has said he would make known his new cabinet at the appropriate time. I can assure you that he will make it public sooner than later.
How is the Bayelsa State government responding to the COVID-19 scourge as one of the states in Nigeria with confirmed cases of the deadly virus?
You will agree with me that Bayelsa is one of the states where active cases are very low. We have been able to take measures to ensure that our people are protected from the scourge. It is not a mere happenstance that the figure of Bayelsa in terms of active cases is low. It is because of conscious, deliberate efforts taken by the governor and the state task force, which he chairs. The COVID-19 team has been working very hard to ensure that our state is seriously defended and protected against the incursion of the virus. Quite a few measures have been taken. And they include locking down of our boundary points with our neighbouring states of Delta and Rivers. All the points through which people could enter into the state, we have been able to identify them, including the illegal routes. And the enforcement has been very, very strong. The governor himself had to personally visit the boundary points when he was getting information that maybe the security officials were being compromised. He had to go to the boundary points with Delta and Rivers states to personally enforce the directive on the ban on interstate movement.
Within the state, we have something like a partial lockdown – more or less a stay-at-home order, which started with civil servants from level 1-12 since March 26. They were asked to stay at home to be able to reduce the movement of people. Even schools had remained closed before we had the index case in the state on April 26. We had already taken measures in preparation against any outbreak. We set up an isolation centre at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital at Okolobiri. It was properly equipped and we ensured that the personnel were adequately trained and motivated to take care of any eventuality.
To what extent has the state government sensitised the people and created awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic?
Several measures have been taken to ensure that our people get aware. The awareness campaign is very important. In collaboration with civil society groups and other volunteers, the state government has gone round to sensitise our people. In local languages, we send out messages through different channels – radio, social media, flyers and other ways to disseminate information. So, our people were more or less prepared. By the time we had the index case, we were already prepared for it. A few days after we had the first case, four other persons that were linked to the index case were also confirmed to be positive. That brought the figure to five. By last week, we had two more cases that made it seven. But the good thing is that by May 16, five of them had been discharged leaving the state with just two active cases at the moment.
What is the level of compliance in Bayelsa to the measures put in place by the government?
We have an attitude towards enforcing compliance. The governor does not believe that compliance must be done by force. He believes in using persuasion. And that is why even when we have cases where some persons had defaulted in terms of compliance, we were not too hard. The governor had not been too hard on them. We have situations where even the task force members were attacked when they went on enforcement. We also have persons that have defied some of the measures. But at the end of the day, we still let the people know that these measures are not punitive. They are not meant to make Bayelsans suffer. Even when the federal government warned that not wearing a face mask could attract prosecution, the governor also gave that warning. But what we did was that we had to even produce face masks to distribute to the people. We had to do that because we wanted to, first of all, give them something before you begin to implement the action you said you want to take. That is the attitude. Our attitude is that of persuasion.
There are indications that some states of the federation are not keying into the COVID-19 national response strategy mapped out by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) put up by the President. Is Bayelsa aligning with the PTF in terms of strategy for the fight against the dreaded Coronavirus?
Bayelsa State has fully complied with all the presidential directives, at least the ones that affect the state. For instance, the federal government has said that wearing of face mask is now mandatory for everyone. We have ensured that the directive gets to our people. And we are also complying as government officials by wearing the face mask in public. We are also observing the curfew, which is a presidential directive, from 8pm to 6am in our state. We have gone ahead to set up our isolation centre to ensure that infected persons in the state are properly treated. All the measures the federal government wants us to take as a state we have done them.
Unfortunately, on its part, the federal government has not supported Bayelsa except for 1,000 bags of rice, which we had to go and pick up from Calabar in Cross River State with our resources. In terms of COVID-19 support, neither the federal government nor the World Health Organisation has given Bayelsa one kobo. Even the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa that is supposed to have equipment for testing, the federal government has not been able to activate that centre. They are more or less waiting for the state government to activate a test centre that is in a federal government health institution. We are not trying to make any noise about it but just stating the fact.
Can we have the details of the donations and what the Bayelsa government has done in terms of palliatives to lessen the plight of citizens in the state due to the COVID-19 plague? How much has been spent so far?
The money spent on palliatives is an ongoing thing and I cannot give you any figure specifically. But I can tell you that every kobo that comes into this state as a donation is put in a special account opened for that purpose. I can give you the figures we have received as a state in terms of donations from corporate organisations. NDDC gave us N100m, Sterling Bank N100m, UBA N28.5m while the Local Content Development and Monitoring Board donated items including two ambulance vehicles, 300 bags of rice, 75 bags of beans, 70 bags of garri and pharmaceutical items.
Other donors include the Nigeria Agip Oil Company and its JV partners that are building an infectious/viral disease hospital in Bayelsa to cover the whole of South-South, Ecobank 350 bags of rice and 300 bags of garri, Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company 300 bags of rice as well as 7Up with 2,004 packs of bottled water and 8,400 packs of soft drinks. Even Crunches, an eatery in the state, gave us 50 cartons of noodles.
Also, former President Goodluck Jonathan donated 1,000 bags each of rice and beans while the immediate past governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson gave N10million. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, equally donated two motorised modular fumigators while one Mr. Freeborn David donated 150 face masks. First City Monument Bank, Yenagoa branch supported with 114 cartons of instant noodles, 979 10kg bags of rice, 80 packets of face masks, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Port Harcourt zone 100 milligrams of 500 bottles of sanitisers as well as the Yenagoa branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 50 bottles of 200-milligram sanitisers.
The state government is very appreciative of these donations and at the appropriate time, it will give an account of how the funds were spent. This is a government that believes in transparency. If we have disclosed the amount received so far and also disclosed how these items were distributed, I do not think that Bayelsans should worry about how the money would be spent. It will be accounted for to the last kobo.
So far, the government has shared out food items as palliatives twice to Bayelsans, non-indigenes resident in the state, the physically challenged and visually impaired as well as corps members serving in the state among others. The process was largely handled by the local government chairmen, who were responsible for the distribution of the items. For as long as COVID-19 remains and the need arises, the government would make the necessary interventions to assuage the pains of the people.
On April 21, Gov. Diri presented an appropriation bill of N242.3b for the 2020 fiscal year to the state assembly. It was tagged: "Budget of Consolidation for Prosperity." Do you think the budget is achievable?
That budget is based on current realities. It is a very modest budget. The government did not want to embark on a flight of fancy by coming up with a budget that will be difficult to execute or implement. The milestones in that budget are achievable. If you look at the allocations made to some of the sectors, like works and transport, you will see that we have identified infrastructure as one of the areas that government will emphasize on as we go ahead in this first year. We are starting an urban renewal programme, particularly in the state capital involving roads, flyovers and reconstruction work. A lot of things will be done. We also have about N8 billion allocated to agriculture. If you are a government of prosperity, you should be able to feed your people. Food security is an important ingredient of any government that wants to ensure that the people are properly taken care of. We are concerned about food security, and so, we are going to be doing much in the area of agriculture.
How would you describe the recent appeal court victory of Gov. Diri in a pre-election case brought against him by Timi Alaibe, the governor's major opponent in the primaries that produced him as the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last Bayelsa governorship poll?
The governor has had four victories already within this period. The first one was at the Supreme Court on February 13. The second one on February 26 again at the Supreme Court, then the high court victory and this one at the appeal court. He has described himself as the "Miracle governor." And if you look at everything happening, these things are miraculous. There is a divine seal to all of these. For him, his attitude to all these victories is that of no victor, no vanquished. Whether you like it or not, the persons who are going to court, are expressing their legitimate right. But the truth of the matter is that a lot of Bayelsans are already saying that let us move on. Bayelsans do not like this attitude of if it is not me, somebody else must not be there.
But, the attitude of the governor is that whoever is going to court is my brother. He has an open mind and has embraced even those who go to court to try to challenge his emergence. He has told them that they are part of the rebuilding process of our state. He has invited them to join hands with him to build our state. He has extended that olive branch to all of them, including our big brother, Chief Timi Alaibe, severally. This is a man who was in Alaibe's political camp for about 10 years. So, they are not enemies. He had supported Alaibe very well in the past. So, now people expect that there will be reciprocity.
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What's a few snacks and raffle prizes among co-workers? The answer: A fun hour-and-a-half of chatting with fellow CofC staff members and earning a little Cougar swag for your efforts.
The Fall Staff Drop-in on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, in Stern Student Center Ballroom brought staff from across all areas of campus together for a little bit of time away from the job. Clad in CofC gear for Cougar Spirit Day, staff mixed and mingled and cheered as lucky winners walked away with raffle prizes such as a CofC beach towel, a coffee mug, reusable water bottles and gift certificates for events at the Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina.


1. Make your own rabbit kit from Miko design, 2. Organic sleeping bunny pillow from All wild Co, 3. Bunny ears ring from Hide n seek, 4. Bunny plushie from Cheeky little beast, 5. Roughian - Rabbit art by Amber Alexander, 6. Set of 2 ceramic rabbits from Eco elements.
Roni! I love the bunnies!!! Thank you for including our ceramic rabbits!


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Q: Pushing registers to memory stack When we are pushing a register to the  memory stack, what does it enable us to do?Does it just simply help us perform operations which dont fit in the AL,AH registers?
I had to write a program for a computer which has the x8086 processor and I had to find the equivalent time in hours of 35600 seconds so the AL,AH registers were to small to perform the division 35600/3600

A: There's quite a few things you can do with push:

*

*Storing a value so that you can use it later.

On the 8086, you can only bit shift or rotate by either 1 or the value in the CL register. This can become a problem if you're using CX as a loop counter but you're trying to bit-shift during your loop. So you can fix it with this:
foo:
push cx
   mov al,[si]
   mov cl,2
   shl al,cl
   mov [di],al
pop cx
loop foo

*

*Reverse the order of letters in a string.

.data
myString db "Hello",0
.code

mov si,offset myString
mov ax,0
mov cx,0
cld

stringReverse:
lodsb          ;read the letter (and inc si to the next letter)
cmp al,0       ;is it zero
jz nowReverse  ;if so, reverse the string
push ax        ;push the letter onto the stack
inc cx         ;increment our counter
jmp stringReverse

nowReverse:
mov si,offset myString  ;reload the pointer to the first letter in myString

loop_nowReverse:
jcxz done               ;once we've written all the letters, stop.
pop ax                  ;get the letters back in reverse order
stosb                   ;overwrite the old string
dec cx
jmp loop_nowReverse
done:

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Q: Java: queue isn't displaying all records I am trying to add patient records into a queue and then display all the records on the screen but I am not getting them.. I guess the display method isn't working for me.. I probably made a mistake.. Here is my code for queue of the patients.
public class Patient_Queue {

    private LinkedList list;

    public Patient_Queue()
    {
        // Create a new LinkedList.
        list= new LinkedList();
    }

    public boolean isEmpty()
    {
        return (list.size() == 0);
    }

    public void joinQueue(Object item)
    {
        list.add(item);
    }

    public Object Consultation()
    {
        Object item = list;
        list.remove(0);
        return item;
    }

    public void display() {
        for(int q=0;q<list.size();q++)
        {
            System.out.println(list.get(q));
        }
    }

    public int size(){
        return list.size();
    }

    public void clear()
    {
        list.clear();
    }
}

A: It seems to be a mistake here:
public Object Consultation()
{

    Object item = list;

    list.remove(0);

    return item;
}

Corrected version:
public Object Consultation()
{

    Object item = list.get(0); // fix

    list.remove(0);

    return item;
}

Note that LinkedList implements Queue interface and you can use its Queue methods directly.


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While creating a Managed Services Agreement, there are certain things which you should not miss out; let's go through them in detail.
The agreement should clearly define the duration of which you will be responding to an issue brought up by your client. Make sure to specify your business hours and if you will be providing services in addition to those business hours. If yes, then whatever extra charges would be applicable for that or not.
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Your agreement should document expectations relating system performance with clarity. It is especially helpful if you are dealing with services related to hardware, workstations and third-party systems.
It is possible that your clients may trouble you with petty issues and make them seem as urgent. To avoid this scenario, you must define your priorities without any confusion. It gives your client a clear idea of what problems can be stated as urgent and which of them can wait a little longer for solutions.
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Named by Lt James Grant in December 1880 after his friend Captain William Albany Otway of the Royal Navy, Cape Otway was originally inhabited by the Gadubanud people with evidence of their campsites contained in the middens throughout the region.
Australian Wildlife is in abundance throughout the areas, especially koalas, birds and wallabies which are a popular attraction for visitors to the region.
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Nestled in the Great Otway National Park this protected beach adjoins the Blanket Bay Camping/Picnic area. There are lots of great rock pools for children to explore at either end of the beach. Take care when swimming because this unpatrolled beach can get choppy and may have rips.
Parks Victoria maintains a secluded campground at Blanket Bay, utilised by Great Ocean Walk hikers and car campers looking to escape the more developed camping areas. The campground has 22 unpowered sites and non-flush toilets.
Blanket Bay is 35km from Apollo Bay. Take the Otway Lighthouse road exit off the Great Ocean Rd before turning left on to Blanket Bay Rd.


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Counting down Iowa's most-tantalizing 2021 football games: No. 11 Colorado State
Hawkeyes and Rams have never met. Not even briefly.
Jul. 19, 2021 9:26 am, Updated: Jul. 19, 2021 12:53 pm
This is the second in a series of 12, ranking the most-tantalizing games on Iowa's football schedule. I started at No. 12 for, you know, the super-duper suspense.
No. 12: Kent State
Now, here's No. 11:
Sept. 25: Colorado State
They never met, not even briefly
I know what you thought, you thought that they might
Now what was the problem, the problem was chiefly
She worked the day shift, and he worked the night — "They Never Met," Martin Mull
You don't think of mountains when you think of Iowa. I can explain that in two words. It's Iowa.
The Hawkeyes football team has been a virtual stranger to the Mountain West Conference since its formation in 1999. The only time Iowa has played a team that was an MWC member at the time they met was Wyoming in 2017.
Iowa has never played seven of the MWC's 12 teams. It has only played two of them in this millennium.
Why? I don't know. The league has as much or more football cache as any non-Power 5 conference, Boise State, amirite?
Wyoming was supposed to be good when it came to Kinnick Stadium four years ago. It had quarterback Josh Allen, who has made Buffalo Bills fans happy so far.
Allen averaged a puny 4.5 yards per pass attempt with two interceptions in a 24-3 loss. His quarterback rating was a dismal 48.8. Iowa linebacker Josey Jewell had a day. He went on to Mountain West territory with the Denver Broncos.
Under Kirk Ferentz, the Hawkeyes have played Maine and Florida International, Central Michigan and Western Michigan, Buffalo and Montana. But Iowa and Colorado State. They've never met. Not even briefly.
Until September. The Rams come to Kinnick this year. This is a program that hasn't been great, but it's had an abundance of competence in its history. It went to bowls each year from 2013 to 2017. It won three of the first four MWC titles, but no more since 2002.
After going 3-9 and 4-8 in 2018 and 2019, respectively, CSU fired coach Mike Bobo, and hired Steve Addazio, who was the Boston College coach when Iowa defeated BC in the Pinstripe Bowl four years ago.
Coincidentally, Colorado State's last road win over a Power Five team was against Addazio's Boston College team in 2014. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
As for whether CSU-Iowa is something to anticipate, the answer is "Not really."
The Rams will probably be competitive this season after going 1-3 last year. But they're 1-11 all-time against Big Ten teams, and Iowa hasn't lost to a non-Power 5 team since North Dakota State in 2016.
Iowa wishes it could sing "They Never Met" when referencing the Bison of Fargo.
Addazio's first CSU team played three road games last season and lost all, by an average of 21.3 points. It had four games canceled. It was a season that really wasn't one.
Over its last two games, the Rams allowed touchdowns via a 93-yard kickoff return, a 90-yard punt return, a 91-yard blocked field goal return, a 20-yard blocked punt return, and a fumble recovery in the end zone.
Holy Schnikes!
Colorado State had winning seasons from 2013 through 2017, playing in bowls in each of those years. Fort Collins, the home of CSU, ranked 17th in the U.S. News and World Report's list of 150 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2021-2022.
It's not the hardest place in the Group of 5 (non-Power 5) conferences to attract players. Current Rams are from 23 different states. Ten are from Florida, eight from California, seven from Georgia, five from Louisiana.
If Colorado State were in the Big Ten, I'd rank it the best place to visit in the conference. And I've never even been there.
But this is football, not day-tripping. And this game is one Iowa either wins, or spends a long time wondering why it didn't win. 'Tis far, far better to bring in a Mountain West team than some of the nonconference tomato cans that have passed through Kinnick over the years.
Nonetheless, this is a home game and home gate for the Hawkeyes, and not a lot more.
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