Voltairine De Cleyre (1900). The Worm Turns. Philadelphia: Innes & Sons. This pamphlet appears in Anarchy Archives with the permission of IISH.
And justice smites: the torturer shall die;"
The dead bodies hurled from beaks for slings.
Drink, and be poisoned! Ott, Herald, on!"
A cry hurled high 'gainst a scaffold's joist!
The Voice of Defiance-the loud, wild Voice!
(Breath 'round hot kisses) around a fire!
Ye chopper of necks, on your own! your own!
Bare it, Coward! On, Prophet, on!"
The silent dead-house! The " people's will"
Dearly ye'll weep that ye did not save!
It wafts o'er lifted hands.
White crests curl on the sea,-its voice grows deep.
Thundering the sea rolls o'er its shell-crunched wall!
Thou metest wage, 0 People.
SEA ISLE CITY, N. J., August, 1889.
Shone never on a braver scene than that.
" Curse as you will! I have been just this day."
Crowning thy dead with stone- caressing touch ?
Slain in our name, for that he loved us much ?
May we not linger till the day is broad ?
What use are these, 0 thou with dagger drawn ?
Ye melt, dissolving in a coward peace! "


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Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, także Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau (ur. 14 listopada 1663 w Lipsku, zm. 7 sierpnia 1712 w Halle) – niemiecki muzyk i kompozytor epoki baroku.

Był synem lipskiego dudziarza Heinricha Zachowa, który nauczył go gry na instrumentach będących wówczas w powszechnym użyciu, m.in. na skrzypcach, organach, klawesynie.

11 sierpnia 1684 Zachow otrzymał stanowisko organisty w kościele Mariackim w Halle. 24 października 1693 roku poślubił Marię Dorotheę Anschütz, córkę sędziego i burmistrza Eilenburga Georga Anschütza.

Jego najsłynniejszym uczniem był Georg Friedrich Händel, który w 1702 jako siedemnastolatek zastąpił Zachowa na jego stanowisku organisty.

Wybór dzieł
 Chorus ille coelitum, kantata (1698)
 Confitebor tibi Domine, kantata (1701)
 Danksaget dem Vater, Kantata (1702)
 "Missa super Chorale Christ lag in Todesbanden", msza (1701)
 Utwory na instrumenty klawiszowe
 Toccata C-dur
 Preludium C-dur
 Preludium F-dur
 Fuga C-dur
 2 fugi in G-dur
 Fantasia D-dur
 kaprys d-moll
 Suita h-moll
 Etliche Orgelchoräle
 Trio F-dur na flet poprzeczny, fagot i basso continuo

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne

Ludzie związani z Halle (Saale)
Muzycy związani z Lipskiem
Niemieccy kompozytorzy baroku
Urodzeni w 1663
Zmarli w 1712
Ludzie urodzeni w Lipsku

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Q: How to recognize if string is human name? So I have some text data that's been messily parsed, and due to that I get names mixed in with the actual data. Is there any kind of package/library that helps identify whether a word is a name or not? (In this case, I would be assuming US/western/euro-centric names)
Otherwise, what would be a good way to flag this? Maybe train a model on a corpus of names and assign each word in the dataset a classification? Just not sure the best way to approach this problem/what kind of model would be suited, or if a solution already exists

A: import nltk
from nltk.tag.stanford import NERTagger
st = NERTagger('stanford-ner/all.3class.distsim.crf.ser.gz', 'stanford-ner/stanford-ner.jar')
text = """YOUR TEXT GOES HERE"""

for sent in nltk.sent_tokenize(text):
    tokens = nltk.tokenize.word_tokenize(sent)
    tags = st.tag(tokens)
    for tag in tags:
        if tag[1]=='PERSON': print tag

via Improving the extraction of human names with nltk

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Ban me from the site if you want to censor playfulness. I am going to continue to have fun here and banter with other members otherwise. Censorship is offensive. In all my posts you can clearly tell I am engaging in light hearted joking and fun, making fun of myself as well in the process with reporting one of my own posts. I have already stated in a recent post I am done with posting on this site because of nonsense like this from moderators and its clear Kodiak just got you to do his dirty work for him. It sad really, members and moderators on this site used to be able to joke around and deal with a little bit of what you called "trolling." Requesting you just ban my account for good, I think it serves both sides best.
Its been great here on the forums for those of you that know how to take a joke and have fun with it. I have been gone for quite some time and wanted to check in but it seems the powers that be still do not appreciate my humor, so as soon as Kodiak hops on (actually he had Jpops do this for him and give me another warning point instead of banning me off this censored platform, which I have asked 3 mods including the both of them to do in the past.) my post will likely be gone as well as a possible ban, (I can only hope.) either way, I am saying good bye, whether I am banned or not. I wanted to leave you all with a few humor posts before we parted ways. See you all on the playing fields, and thank you to all those from the good ol days that know how to laugh! Stay cool! You will always hold a special place in my heart @Slasher_Clone 😛 ...Not really... I am loved by those I make laugh and disliked by those I challenge but still make laugh at the same time, the Irony!
A heartfelt thank you to the Mods that take care of this site.
haha...I reeled you in with eight responses, you already made yourself look like an idiot for responding past your first post. 8d fren, watch you post again to this one too! haha! 🤣 "Isn't a productive way to spend my time." Btw...but you did it anyways.
Why am I not banned yet Kodiak?
I love this edit! You are so kewl Brewster!
Landing a fish, for those of you that enjoy the sport.
The fish should be "played" or tired. If it is still making runs, let it.---let them make those runs fella's, with the slow reel you get the most satisfaction Bring the fish in close to your feet. Put the net in the water carefully, away from the fish. Pull the fish over the net, head first, by steering it with the rod:----this is key Quickly lift the net up and out of the water, netting the fish. Fishing is a fun pastime. Why didn't you lock this one and tag this as trolling as well Jpops? Clearly harmless playful humor is worth another point? Or what I covet, a ban? Please sir may I have another?
Fear not Fren, they are "working" on fixing this issue per a twitter post they made.


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Peter Gross a technology and energy internationally recognized expert whose career spans over three decades. He is presently the Managing Partner of PMG Associates a consulting and advisory firm. In addition, he sits on several boards of directors and boards of advisors for public, private and not-for-profit companies, and is the Chairman of SmartNations Foundation.
Until end of August 2019, he led the Mission Critical Systems group at Bloom Energy, the
premier manufacturer of solid oxide fuel cells. Prior to joining Bloom, he was the Managing Partner for HP's Carbon, Power and Critical Facilities Services where he was responsible for strategic technology planning and business development. He was the co-founder and CEO of EYP Mission Critical Facilities, Inc., the preeminent consulting and engineering firm dedicated to the design and operations of data centers. In this position, he has played a pivotal role in the rapid growth of EYP MCF's business since its founding in 1997, leading to its acquisition by HP in 2008.
Peter is recognized as a thought leader in the mission-critical information, communication and infrastructure design realm, has published numerous technical papers in the field and is a frequent speaker at international events. His focus centers on mission-critical facilities, high-reliability design, power quality, energy and sustainability. Peter has more than 30 years' experience in the engineering and design of power systems as applied to data centers, trading floors, command and control centers, and telecommunication and broadcasting facilities.
Peter has been at the forefront of many innovative concepts that have contributed to the data
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center architectures.
Peter is the recipient of 2010 Data Center Dynamics "Outstanding Contribution to the
Industry" award. He was quoted in many publications, including The New York Times, Businessweek and Computerworld.
A Senior IEEE Member and a Registered Professional Engineer, Peter was one of the contributors to IEEE Standard 3006.7-2013, "Recommended Practice for determining the reliability of 7×24 Power Systems in industrial and commercial facilities".
He is a member of the Advisory Board of UCLA's Institute of Environment and Sustainability
and of Southern Methodist University's Data Center System Engineering Board of Advisors.
He is also an Advisory Council Partner and a Master of Infrastructure Masons, and a member of the DCIRN Board of Directors.
Peter graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest with a degree in Electrical
Engineering and received an MBA from California State University.

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By partnering with Trek, we believe in their good will and support the following entities below (scroll over). Bikes bring, joy, health and a better way of living to our communities and we're involved locally with our IMBA chapter as well, South Alabama Mountain Bike Association—SAMBA.
PeopleForBikes supports US local, state and national initiatives to improve biking through programs like the Green Lane Project, which helps US cities build better bike lanes to create lower-stress streets. By helping to unite millions of voices across the country, PeopleForBikes empowers riders everywhere to work towards the dream of safe, bicycle-friendly environments for all cyclists, regardless of experience or fitness. PeopleForBikes works to enhance the efforts of cycling advocacy groups throughout the country by bringing reinforcements, money, inspiration and positive publicity to local organizations.
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A businessman who had visions of bringing a casino to the area and a plan to introduce 12-hole golf to Wasaga Beach now faces fraud charges related to business dealings in the Bracebridge area.
John Simmonds, 65, of Uxbridge, was charged by the OPP's anti-rackets branch on Tuesday with two counts each of fraud over $5,000, theft over $5,000, money laundering, and possession of the proceeds of crime.
The charges are related to Simmonds' involvement in Fanotech, a Bracebridge company that manufactures waste management vehicles. Simmonds attempted to purchase the business in 2010, but the deal soon fell apart with allegations by Fanotech owner Gabe Tomassoni that Simmonds was attempting to raid his company.
In an interview request in 2015 on a related story, Tomassoni declined to comment, citing ongoing legal issues with Simmonds.
The OPP confirmed they're still investigating what happened to membership money Simmonds' Kwiklinks company collected from golfers in Wasaga Beach, after they were offered a chance to buy 2015 memberships to the three courses in town, as well as two in the Bancroft area, at discounted rates in 2014.
Simmonds arrived in the south Georgian Bay area in late 2012 with a plan to convert Collingwood's Georgian Manor Resort into a resort casino, complete with an entertainment venue that could be used by community theatre groups.
Three months after a presentation to Collingwood Town Council on his concept, Simmonds was no longer with the resort.
He returned to the area in mid-2014, this time as a partner in Wasaga Sands Golf & Country Club, and with a vision to merge Wasaga's three courses – including Marlwood and Links at New England – under one company with a resort casino on the east side of town.
Under Simmonds' concept, Wasaga Sands and Links would be converted to 12-hole courses, while Marlwood would stay at 18.
Six months later, that plan, too, was aborted, though not before memberships to his KwikLinks company were sold to former Marlwood Golf & Country Club members under a proposal they'd have access to five courses in 2015: Wasaga Sands, Marlwood, and Links at New England, along with two other courses in the Bancroft area – River's Edge and South Algonquin.
Wasaga Sands has since been purchased by another company, which has rebranded the course as Twin Creeks, while the Smardenka family were the successful bidders for Marlwood after that course went into receivership.
Around the same time as his involvement with the area golf courses, Simmonds was also involved in a Toronto-area specialty food business, Goudas Food Products and Investments Limited , a company he bought in early 2014 from founder Peter Spyros Goudas.
Six months later, that company was pushed into bankruptcy with accusations Simmonds-related companies obtained millions from the Royal Bank of Canada against artificial invoices issued by Goudas Food Products and Investments Limited under Simmonds.
That is now the subject of a statement of claim filed by the receiver of Goudas Food Products and Investments Limited in late 2014.
The allegations have not been proven in court, and Simmonds filed a statement of defence denying the claims.
Anyone with information or anyone who has had business agreements with BLVD Holdings or AC Simmonds Group are asked to contact Detective Ken Bardai with the York Regional Police Major Fraud Unit at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 6671, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, leave an anonymous tip online at www.1800222tips.com, or text your tip to CRIMES (274637) starting with the word YORK.


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@vincent, you need to finalize the method add_combined_reg and add_separate_reg using two parameters **model** and **param**, **param** denotes the regularization upper bound.

Training command:
python2 train.py --name=[name] --tensorboard --reg=[regularization parameter] --reg-method=[reg method number]

## reg method specification
1: for combined regularization
2: for separated regularization

# Set up tensorboard

In you want to watch the training progress, you can use the tensorboard.

First, you need to run the tensorboard in remote server
```
tensorboard --logdir [runs-name]
```
Second, you need to setup reverse proxy in your own computer
```
ssh -NL 6006:localhost:6006 [remote server confiugration]
```
Third, open your browser and visit localhost:6006 you will see the tensorboard pages.
# A PyTorch Implementation for Densely Connected Convolutional Networks (DenseNets)

This repository contains a [PyTorch](http://pytorch.org/) implementation of the paper [Densely Connected Convolutional Networks](http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.06993). The code is based on the excellent [PyTorch example for training ResNet on Imagenet](https://github.com/pytorch/examples/tree/master/imagenet).

The detault setting for this repo is a DenseNet-BC (with bottleneck layers and channel reduction), 100 layers, a growth rate of 12 and batch size 64.

The [Official torch implementaion](https://github.com/liuzhuang13/DenseNet) contains further links to implementations in other frameworks.

Example usage with optional arguments for different hyperparameters (e.g., DenseNet-40-12):
```sh
$ python train.py --layers 40 --growth 12 --no-bottleneck --reduce 1.0 --name DenseNet-40-12
```

## DenseNets
[DenseNets [1]](https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.06993) were introduced in late 2016 after to the discoveries by [[2]](https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.09382) and [[3]](https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.06431) that [residual networks [4]](https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.03385) exhibit extreme parameter redundancy. DenseNets address this shortcoming by reducing the size of the modules and by introducing more connections between layers. In fact, the output of each layer flows directly as input to all subsequent layers of the same feature dimension as illustrated in their Figure 1 (below). This increases the dependency between the layers and thus reduces redundancy.

The improvements in accuracy per parameter are illustrated in their results on ImageNet (Figure 3).

## This implementation
The training code in train.py trains a DenseNet on CIFAR 10 or 100. To train on ImageNet, densenet.py can be copied into the [PyTorch example for training ResNets on Imagenet](https://github.com/pytorch/examples/tree/master/imagenet), upon which this repo is based. Note that for ImageNet the model contains four dense blocks.

This implementation is quite _memory efficient requiring between 10% and 20% less memory_ compared to the original torch implementation. We optain a final test error of 4.76 % with DenseNet-BC-100-12 (paper reports 4.51 %) and 5.35 % with DenseNet-40-12 (paper reports 5.24 %).

This implementation allows for __all model variants__ in the DenseNet paper, i.e., with and without bottleneck, channel reduction, data augmentation and dropout.

For simple configuration of the model, this repo uses `argparse` so that key hyperparameters can be easily changed.

Further, this implementation supports [easy checkpointing](https://github.com/andreasveit/densenet-pytorch/blob/master/train.py#L136), keeping track of the best model and [resuming](https://github.com/andreasveit/densenet-pytorch/blob/master/train.py#L103) training from previous checkpoints.

### Tracking training progress with TensorBoard
To track training progress, this implementation uses [TensorBoard](https://www.tensorflow.org/get_started/summaries_and_tensorboard) which offers great ways to track and compare multiple experiments. To track PyTorch experiments in TensorBoard we use [tensorboard_logger](https://github.com/TeamHG-Memex/tensorboard_logger) which can be installed with
```
pip install tensorboard_logger
```
Example training curves for DenseNet-BC-100-12 (dark blue) and DenseNet-40-12 (light blue) for training loss and validation accuracy is shown below.

![Training Curves](images/Fig4.png)

### Dependencies
* [PyTorch](http://pytorch.org/) 0.1.9 (Feb 17th 2017)

optional:
* [tensorboard_logger](https://github.com/TeamHG-Memex/tensorboard_logger)

### Hot Fix for issue with older PyTorch versions of grad_output of cuDNN convolution
__UPDATE__: The new version 0.1.9 of PyTorch has been released. Make sure you have the newest version of [PyTorch](http://pytorch.org/) installed.

The `pip` version (0.1.8) of PyTorch has an issue with the grad_output of cuDNN convolutions followed by a `torch.cat`. A [fix](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/708) has been merged with the PyTorch master branch on Feb 9th 2017.

As a hot fix to be compatible with older PyTorch versions, include a dummy operation (dropout with droprate 1e-7) between `conv` and `cat` laeyers.

### Cite
If you use DenseNets in your work, please cite the original paper as:
```
@article{Huang2016Densely,
  author  = {Huang, Gao and Liu, Zhuang and Weinberger, Kilian Q.},
  title   = {Densely Connected Convolutional Networks},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.06993},
  year    = {2016}
}
```

If this implementation is useful to you and your project, please also consider to cite or acknowledge this code repository.

### References
[1] Huang, G., Liu, Z., Weinberger, K. Q., & van der Maaten, L. (2016). Densely connected convolutional networks. arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.06993.

[2] Huang, G., Sun, Y., Liu, Z., Sedra, D., & Weinberger, K. Q. (2016). Deep networks with stochastic depth. In European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV '16)

[3] Veit, A., Wilber, M. J., & Belongie, S. (2016). Residual networks behave like ensembles of relatively shallow networks. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS '16)

[4] He, K., Zhang, X., Ren, S., & Sun, J. (2016). Deep residual learning for image recognition. In Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR '16)

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Q: zc702 not BOOTing up my yocto created build Any possible solution in this regard should be appreciated, I have yocto gatesgarth version running on Linux 20.04, have compiled my build successfully with no error messages  but while trying to boot it up on board it does not blink blue led(not loading my build image). have tried by keeping all files in Boot partition and rootfs in root partition but it doesn't even boot (blinked blue LED )
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i have tried with putty but it do not even display any single character on screen.
IS MY BOOT.BIN HAVE BIT FILE IN IT ? how i can confirm that

A: This is working fine now. i just have made my BOOT.bin with petalinux and uses my yocto build rootfs as ROOT this is working fine on my board.


The research from Europcar Mobility Group UK found a quarter of businesses had still not made plans for the ULEZ by last month while more than one in 10 (12%) either weren't sure what the requirements of the ULEZ will be or had never even heard of it; only 36% said that they fully understood the impact in terms of vehicle emissions standards.
The survey of fleet operators also found 92% of those surveyed said they had vans on fleet that were more than three years old while 59% use their vans every day of the week; with a daily charge of £12.50 for non-compliant vans, this could equate to fines of more than £4,500.
And it's not just London-based operators being affected; more than a quarter (27.9%) of businesses spread across the UK said that between 11% and 50% of their fleet travel into London on a regular basis, with 36% of businesses from as far as the East Midlands travelling into London at least once a week.
Stuart Russell, director commercial vehicles, Europcar Mobility Group UK, commented: "The regulatory changes that the ULEZ is set to bring are going to have a significant impact for businesses around the UK, not just those that are based in London. Many businesses trade within this zone and could be liable to this daily charge.


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Sensing Nature 1972-2022
Krijn Christiaansen & Cathelijne Montens
KCCM (member of the LAPS knowledge network of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie) explores the ways public spaces and landscapes are made by, used by, lived in, transformed and shaped by people. 'Sensing Nature (1972-2022)' focuses on the history of the Amstelpark that was established for the horticulture exhibition, the Floriade 1972. In the Orangerie the fieldwork and archival research that forms the bases for several spatial reconstructions in the park will be exhibited. In workshops, debates and events a renewed relation to the cultivated urban nature will be developed in the Amstelpark with an eye to the upcoming Floriade in 2022. This exhibition is part of the summer program of Zone2Source in the Amstelpark in Amsterdam.
June 21: Reconstruction #3:
In one of the small original Floriade pavilions, designed by Oyevaar Stolle Van Gooi Architects, a new species of lily was baptised 'Princess Gracia' by the princess of Monaco on September 14, 1972. The cultivar was bred by the firm De Jong Lelies in Andijk. During a flower arranging demonstration with lilies in the same pavilion we will review the status of the lily at present. The flower arrangements that are created during the demonstration will play a role in the Midsummer Nights Dream Solstice Performances Event.
June 28: Viervoeters Doggy Marathon 2015:
Portraying (owners with) dogs is a habit during this yearly event in the Amstelpark. The reconstruction of the VU Hortus contribution to the Floriade 1972 in the Orangerie will be used as a backdrop for dog portraits.
July 4:
Presentation and debate about the meaning and role of Floriades in the past, present and future moderated by Jeroen Boomgaard (LAPS).
July 12: Reconstruction #4:
Only a fragment of the original Rosarium is visible today. In the layout of the Floriade 1972, a vast pattern of diagonally positioned rectangles was spread over the area between the restaurant and the Orangerie. This pattern will be reconstructed with chalk lines that will be coloured by tuned cars in rose tints.
August 9: Reconstruction #5 (tentative):
Among the pavilions that were built for the Floriade 1972, one pavilion is missing. It turns out that it was buried in the eighties to improve the security in the park. This activity is an attempt to excavate the French Pavilion with the help of amateur archaeologists and other enthusiasts and to think of future scenarios for this pavilion.
The control room of 'Sensing Nature (1972-2022)' in the Orangerie will be open from Friday to Sunday, 13:00 – 17:00
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Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Noord-Holland, Stichting Stokroos, LAPS, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
VU Hortus, Noord-Hollands Archief, KAVB, Kwekerij Groot-Vriend Lutjebroek, Kwekerij Aad Hogervorst Noordwijkerhout, Doggy Marathon, Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsdeel Zuid
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In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren't strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient. Origami Yoda predicts the date of a pop quiz, guesses who stole the classroom Shakespeare bust, and saves a classmate from popularity-crushing embarrassment with some well-timed advice. Dwight's classmate Tommy wonders how Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless. With contributions from his puzzled classmates, Tommy assembles this first case file in the blockbuster bestselling Origami Yoda series, written by Tom Angleberger, author of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side, and hailed by School Library Journal as "honest, funny, and immensely entertaining."


Live Science—The study, published in the journal Science Advances, analyzed sleep data from more than 8,000 people in 100 countries. The average amount of sleep people get each night varied from country to country, with people in the Netherlands getting the most shuteye (about 8 hours and 12 minutes per night) and people in Singapore and Japan getting the least (about 7 hours and 24 minutes per night).
Medical News Today—Researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have found that, while human skin is home to huge numbers of bacteria, fungi, and viruses, the unique "fingerprint" of each person's skin microbiome remains remarkably unchanged over time.
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In this engaging biography of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, known during the days of the freedom struggle, as the Frontier Gandhi or Badshah Khan, Rajmohan Gandhi gives many anecdotes and fresh insights into the life and personality of a great legend of our times.
Around fifty years ago this Badshah of the Peshawar valley, "an immensely tall figure with an absolutely straight back, a great nose, kindly eyes and an aura of non-violent defiance" was the real face of the Pathans, Pakhtuns or Pashtuns.
Badshah Khan spent twenty-seven years in prison (twelve years under the British and an additional fifteen years in Pakistan) fighting for justice for his people.
He passionately strived to find an answer to revenge. He believed forgiveness was part of Islam.
His attitude to non-Muslims set him apart. He would protect the interests of Hindus, Sikhs and Christians living in the overwhelmingly Muslim North-West Frontier Province.
He wanted the Pashtun women to study, work and lead. In 1932 he sent his teenage daughter Mehr Taj to study in England.
He was proud of his region's older Buddhist history. When Kamalnayan Bajaj, and his sister Madalasa, children of his old friend Jamnalal Bajaj, visited him in Kabul, he joyfully took them to view the Buddha statues of Bamiyan, which were later sadly destroyed by the Taliban.
Addressing India's Parliament in 1969, Khan said, "You are forgetting Gandhi the way you forgot the Buddha". He was horrified that no one had been punished for rioting or killing in the communal riots that had disfigured the cities including Ahmedabad, Jabalpur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Jamshedpur, Indore and Malegaon. "Your laws are only for show," he added.
One of those motivated by Ghaffar Khan's realistic non-violence was the Palestinian-born academic and activist, Mubarak Awad who started a network called 'Non-violence International' to promote social change and international peace…"Khan's life has a role in the radical rethinking by radical Islamists… His bridge-building life is a refutation of the clash-of-civilization theory." His life has "the capacity to speak meaningfully" to everyone. Here's a book no one should miss reading.


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Q: Bounding using Kantorovich inequality In my homework, I've made it to the point where I obtained this value
$$\frac{(v^Tv)^2}{v^TQvv^TQ^{-1}v}$$
where $v \in \mathbb{R}^n$ and $Q\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ and $Q$ is symmetric positive definite.
I know I have to use Kantorovich's inequality:

For $v_1, \ldots, v_n >0 \ : \ v_1 \leq v_2 \leq \ldots \leq v_n$ and $w_1, ... w_n \geq 0 \ : \ w_1 + w_2 + \cdots w_n=1$, then,
  $$(\sum  w_i v_i)(\sum w_i v_i^{-1}) \leq \frac{(v_1+v_n)^2}{4v_1v_n}$$

I am confused with how to proceed though. I know one of either $v$'s or $w$'s is the elements of the sum $v^Tv$. My main problem is finding what is $w_i$ and $v_i$

A: Let $Q=U^TD U$ be the symmetric eigenvalue decomposition with sorted eigenvalues. Let $r=Uv$,
\begin{align}
\frac{(v^Tv)^2}{v^TQvv^TQ^{-1}v} &= \frac{(v^Tv)^2}{v^TU^TD Uvv^TU^TD^{-1} Uv} \\
&=\frac{(r^Tr)^2}{r^TD rr^TD^{-1} r} \\
&= \frac{(r^Tr)^2}{\left(\sum_{i=1}^nd_ir_i^2\right)\left(\sum_{i=1}^nd_i^{-1}r_i^2\right)}
\end{align}
Hopefully you can take it from here.


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module FbGraph
  class Photo < Node
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    include Connections::Likes
    include Connections::Likes::Likable
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        @created_time = Time.parse(attributes[:created_time]).utc
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Despite the brutal weather and the threat of the worst snowfall in the US capital in some 90 years, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, clergy and seminarians, and faithful from across the country took part in the annual March for Life here on Friday, January 22, 2016.
Metropolitan Tikhon was accompanied by His Eminence, Archbishop Melchisedek of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, and His Eminence, Archbishop Michael of New York and New Jersey. Also participating were His Eminence, Metropolitan Evangelos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey and His Grace, Bishop John of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of Worcester.
The March marked the 43rd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States.
Metropolitan Tikhon [far right] with [from left] Bishop John; Fr. Eric G. Tosi, OCA Secretary; Metropolitan Evangelos; and Archbishop Melchisedek during opening prayer.
During the pre-March rally, Metropolitan Tikhon was among the hierarchs on the stage as Metropolitan Evangelos offered the opening invocation. Marchers representing the pan-Orthodox community braved the cold, carrying icons and "Orthodox Christians for Life" banners and signs. At the conclusion of the rally, marchers made their way to the US Supreme Court while Metropolitan Tikhon offered prayers for those who have fallen victim to abortion.


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Andrea J. Johnson. Agora, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-951709-08-2
During a trial in Delaware's Trident County Superior Court, court stenographer Victoria Justice, the narrator of Johnson's fast-paced debut and series launch, recognizes the defendant, Langley Mulligan, who's charged with felony drug possession, only when Langley laughs. Ten years earlier, Langley, then the head cheerleader at their high school, laughed as she pushed Victoria into the school pool. Since Victoria was wearing a heavy mascot costume, EMTs had to save her from drowning. Langley escaped responsibility because no one witnessed the incident and the other cheerleaders gave her a false alibi. When evidence tampering leads to the dismissal of the current charges in the middle of the trial against Langley, Victoria is outraged. Soon afterward, a court officer involved in the trial, who's Victoria's mentor, is murdered. When the police fail to delve effectively into the crime, Victoria is driven to find the culprit. Victoria's transcript of the trial, she comes to realize, just may hold the clue to the killer's identity. Readers will cheer the plucky Victoria every step of the way to the shocking ending. Hopefully, she'll be back soon for another adventure. Agent: Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary. (Sept.)
Reviewed on : 09/15/2020
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
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Elvira on Her Memoir, Career and, Yes, Coming Out
by Greg Mania
Halloween Would Suck Without You, Elvira
I'm a 30-year-old queer in Bushwick. Of course, I love Elvira. The Mistress of the Dark is an icon and personal hero for many among the LGBTQ+ community, transcending generations during her almost 40-year-plus career. But fewer know the genius responsible for conjuring everyone's favorite ghoulish goddess, actor and comedian Cassandra Peterson. Until now.
In her debut memoir, Yours Cruelly, Elvira, Peterson, who just turned 70 (and looks better than I do), shares all the stories and secrets that I suspect were under what Elvira affectionately dubs as her "knowledge bump." But beyond creating the character who has become known as the Queen of Halloween, Peterson takes us to the beginning. Manhattan, Kansas, to be exact.
From an accident that resulted in third-degree burns covering more than 30% of her body, to discovering a nascent love of horror, to leaving home at 14 and by 17 performing as a showgirl in Las Vegas, Peterson arrives at a crossroads: considered way past her prime by Hollywood standards (she wasn't even... 30), she considers throwing in the towel until she auditions for a local LA channel called KHJ as a late-night horror hostess. And the rest is history.
Related | Boo Ah! Kim Petras Gets Spooky With Halloween Icon Elvira
And, yes, if you're on the internet in the year of our lord 2021, you saw the news that The Advocate broke on late Tuesday, about Peterson coming out in her book and revealing a 19-year-relationship with a woman. A slew of other outlets have picked up the story since, resulting in a celebration rivaling Pride itself. (I mean, Is there any better way to usher in Halloween?)
PAPER spoke to the living legend herself over Zoom about living in secrecy with her partner, the genesis of Elvira and the process of compiling a decades-long career into a book.
Why was now the right time to publish your memoir?
I've actually been thinking about doing this forever. I've been kind of working on it for 15 years, just writing down notes and little stories and things like that. And then it got to the point of if not now, then when?
For those who don't know, a lot of time goes by between writing a book and publishing it. Did the onset of the pandemic have anything to do with your decision to write your memoir?
I did write most of it during the pandemic. It turned out to be good for me in a way because it kept a lot of the other stuff I've been working on at bay; it gave me the time I needed to sit down and write for eight hours a day. I'd go to a little coffee shop and just write. It became my job.
You've lived such a rich life. What was it like organizing all of your stories for a book?
It was a job! [Laughs] This is hard work, I'm not kidding. Honestly, the hardest part was editing them all, because by the time I had all of them compiled, the book was as long as the Bible. I had to start cutting stories, which will hopefully end up in a book one day — if I can make it through this one, first. I have a lot to talk about!
I want to talk about the intersection of funny and sexy. You write, "Women were allowed to be sexy or funny, but not both." What was it to create a character who existed in that intersection?
When I was growing up, there weren't that many comedians who were women. But the ones that were— — ike Phyllis Diller, Totie Fields and Joan Rivers — were categorized as "funny-looking." I can't tell you, even in the '70s, how many auditions I've done that were for comedy roles and they would take one look at me and reject me before I could even read for the role. They were like, "We aren't looking for pretty, we're looking for funny." I'm glad that's not the case anymore, but it was such a weird thing, you know?
"I had [Elvira: Mistress of the Dark], but things started going downhill from there. And not only me, but all horror hosts. No one was hiring us anymore."
Enter Elvira.
I was really lucky. I was performing with the Groundlings back then, in the late '70s and early '80s, always playing the sex symbol. But I still got to do comedy. When I got the part of Elvira, I tried to instill the role with as much comedy as I could because that's what I wanted to do: comedy. Then I also included my showgirl past, too, with that dress. I combined the two to make [Elvira].
I'm very much obsessed with persona: it started with Phyllis Diller for me, and then, of course, I stumbled upon Elvira and there was no turning back.
And you became gay.
Correct. You write that Elvira "became everything Cassandra wanted to be." Initially, the idea for the character was ushered in by the station that was looking for a new horror hostess and, eventually, Elvira became your own. Can you tell me when she felt more like an extension of you as opposed to a job you were hired to do?
For a long time, I would dress up in this wacky outfit and do a job. People used to ask me, "Do you and Elvira share any similar characteristics? Are you two alike?" And I'd say, "No, I am me, and Elvira is a character I play." And, as time went on, I suddenly discovered what Elvira really was: she is me when I was a teenager. I was this cocky, know-it-all smart ass, didn't take any crap from anyone — that was me when I was 15, 16 years old. I had no fear. Elvira is that part of me that was a teenager — a part of it never went away.
What's it like to reflect on creating this character now in the age of the internet, when everyone seemingly inhabits a persona, either consciously (like comedians such as myself) or unconsciously (succumbing to social pressures to curate the best possible versions of their lives)?
It was quite a trip, but I have to tell you: the internet came along and saved my ass.
Well, TV, and sometimes radio, was my only medium. And I had [Elvira: Mistress of the Dark], but things started going downhill from there. And not only me, but all horror hosts. No one was hiring us anymore. And if it wasn't for the internet, my career would be long over. I know that. Once the internet came, I was able to step things up with social media and really kind of revive my whole career. So many more people became aware of Elvira. And without them, I would have been long gone.
Photography: Pamela Littky
Was there ever a time that you felt a pressure to always be "on"? Have you ever had trouble separating Cassandra from Elvira? If so, how did you find a way for the two to co-exist, if indeed that was the capacity you were thinking in?
I know a lot of comedians — many of whom are "on" all the time — but I don't feel like I'm one of them. They're hard to be around [Laughs]. I never felt that pressure, especially because I look so different. It was easy to separate myself from the character because I never get recognized. I'm a lucky actor — I don't think anyone has it better than me or Pee-wee Herman because we can be completely different people. I don't feel a pressure to be on or funny or look a certain way.
Did that help with the book-writing process, that ability to separate?
It did. The hardest part to write of the book — not emotionally — was to write about when Elvira started. It felt like I was writing my resume. It got tedious. Obviously, the fans are going to want to know that stuff, but for me it felt like I was reporting.
Beyond that, you reveal that you've been in a relationship with a woman for almost 20 years now. What was it like to write about it in such a public capacity?
It was hard. I feel embarrassed that I hid this. I had to come out with this at some point because I just can't stand hiding it and not being able to be myself. And my poor partner has to live in secrecy, too. I had to come out about it. I'm worried that I'll lose some fans because Elvira is this sexy lady who's always after men, which is what I've been like my whole life [Laughs] and then suddenly this happens, and it feels like I've been lying — both to my fans and myself. I'm going to be so relieved that everyone knows.
You wrote that the only reason you didn't come out sooner was because you were protecting Elvira.
That was the one and only reason: I was protecting a character. I don't care about myself, but Elvira has this reputation as a big horn dog and she's always after guys, you know?
"I sort of hate labels! When friends ask me, 'When did you know you were a lesbian?' I respond with, "I didn't." I've never considered myself a lesbian; I just have a relationship with a woman. I'm still attracted to men, too."
But I feel like if we were to extract Elvira from you, she would applaud you.
That's true. Elvira would be like, "This is awesome!" I just hope that I don't get any flack from my LGBTQ+ fans. I just feel hypocritical, you know? I just want them to know that I hid this for so long because I was trying to make a living. I didn't want the character to disappear.
I like that you don't put a label on it: you never explicitly say you identify as gay, queer, pan, or what have you.
Right. I don't want to put a label on it. I sort of hate labels! When friends ask me, "When did you know you were a lesbian?" I respond with, "I didn't." I've never considered myself a lesbian; I just have a relationship with a woman. I'm still attracted to men, too. Not that anything is wrong with being a lesbian, I just don't happen to feel that way. Maybe I am! Who knows. And if I am, I'm happy with that, too.
You also do a great job writing about how emotional abuse is blind to its victims: no matter how self-actualized you are, or how confident, it can still pull the rug out from underneath you. It's been about 20 years since your divorce to your ex-husband. What's it like to write about it now, 20 years later?
It's a really hard thing to write about. But it's my life and I had to write about it. So many women whom I've met and know — and men, too — have experienced [emotional abuse]. So many people don't fully understand what verbal and emotional abuse is. They don't see any scars or black eyes, and think that those experiencing it should build a thicker skin. It's so much more soul-crushing than these people who think that way realize. And it's really hard to get over. I had the same relationship with my mother — she was physically abusive, too — but the part that stayed with me much longer in my life than any bruise was the emotional and verbal abuse. And that happened when I was seven years old. Writing this book helped me with that.
Can you share how?
I think that, by the end of the book, I learned how to forgive and forget. I had a very difficult relationship with my mother for all of my life. I was able to work through it in the book. In the end, I realized she was just doing the best she could. She had a hard upbringing: she was in foster care her whole life because her mother died when she was nine. She had a lot of issues and she took it out on me. I got away from it, luckily, when I was 14. My two sisters did not — and, consequently, they died from drug and alcohol abuse. I learned that people mostly do the best that they can do at the time with what they have. It wasn't like my mother was a horrible monster. Her friends thought she was a saint and to other people she was. But that's not the part I knew. Through the book, I was able to work through that, her passing and our relationship. Writing this book saved me a million dollars in therapy [Laughs].
Is there anything else you want to talk about? I have literally all day for you.
[Laughs] I think people will be very interested in the things that are in the book because they're things that I've never really mentioned. I think people will be surprised, and I hope it will give people inspiration and teach them that you can come from nothing and realize that it's not just about hard work, but perseverance.
I have one more question: before we part, can you do it?
[Winks] Unpleasant dreams...
Photos courtesy of Elvira
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What does Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo mean for class actions?
By Andrew J. Pincus on March 23, 2016
Posted in Class Certification, Employment, Predominance, U.S. Supreme Court
The class action plaintiffs' bar celebrated yesterday's Supreme Court's decision in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo (pdf), rejecting Tyson's challenge to class certification. One lawyer called it "a huge David v. Goliath victory."
But when plaintiffs' lawyers wake up this morning and focus on the details of the Court's opinion, they are in for a serious post-celebration hangover.
The Court's reasoning for the first time maps a clear route for defendants to use in challenging plaintiffs' use of statistical evidence in class actions. It also provides important guidance for defendants about preserving the ability to challenge plaintiffs' reliance on statistics.
Supreme Court affirms certification of FLSA collective action in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo
By Tim Bishop & Chad Clamage on March 23, 2016
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3), a court may certify a suit for damages as a class action when "there are questions of law or fact common to the class" that "predominate over any questions affecting only individual members." Similar certification standards apply when a plaintiff seeks to certify a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Yesterday, in its highly anticipated decision in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo (pdf), the Supreme Court affirmed the certification of an FLSA collective action where the evidence tying class members together was a study of a representative sample of similarly situated workers.
Supreme Court Hears Argument in Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo—and a Blockbuster Class Certification Ruling Seems Less Likely
By Tim Bishop & Archis A. Parasharami on November 11, 2015
Posted in Class Certification, Employment, U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral argument in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, No. 14-1146, a case that has been closely watched for its potential to narrow the circumstances in which a class action may be certified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 and a collective action for unpaid wages certified under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). We previously described this case in prior blog posts. One of us attended the argument, and the other closely reviewed the transcript (pdf). Our combined reaction: The anticipated decision in this case may focus on an FLSA issue and, if so, then it seems unlikely to mark a sea change in the rules governing Rule 23 class actions.…
Can an Offer of Judgment to the Named Plaintiff Moot a Class Action? Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez
By Archis A. Parasharami on October 15, 2015
Posted in U.S. Supreme Court
Can a named plaintiff press ahead with a class action if he or she "won't take 'yes' for an answer"? That colorful question, which Chief Justice Roberts asked counsel for the respondent during oral arguments yesterday in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, is at the heart of the debate over whether offers of judgment can moot class actions. By the end of the oral argument (pdf), it seemed clear that a number of the Justices were concerned about allowing a plaintiff whose individual claims would be fully satisfied by an offer of judgment to nonetheless invoke the machinery of the federal courts.
Supreme Court to Revisit Class-Certification Standards in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo
By Tim Bishop, Archis A. Parasharami & Chad Clamage on June 8, 2015
Posted in Class Certification, Commonality, Predominance, U.S. Supreme Court
Today, the Supreme Court granted review in what may be a major decision on the standards for class certification, Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, No. 14-1146.…
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Fair Labor Standards Act Requires Compensating Employees for End-of-Shift Security Screenings
By Brian Netter on March 4, 2014
Posted in Employment, U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court makes its biggest headlines when it wades into the biggest issues of the day. But the Supreme Court also maintains a substantial docket of seemingly small—but ultimately important—technical questions.
In recent years, the Court has been particularly interested in defining precisely when an hourly employee is on and off the clock. For…
Do Employers Have To Pay Unionized Workers For Time Spent Donning and Doffing Safety Gear? Supreme Court Says No.
By Archis A. Parasharami & Kevin Ranlett on January 27, 2014
In recent years, one of the hottest types of collective actions against employers under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") is what is commonly called a "donning and doffing claim"—a lawsuit for unpaid wages for time employees spent changing clothes for work, such as putting on uniforms, safety gear, and the like. In a recent decision, Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp. (pdf), No. 12-417, the Supreme Court unanimously clarified the rules for these collective actions.
One of the major fights in donning and doffing suits is over the meaning of a key provision of the FLSA that exempts employers from having to compensate employees for off-the-clock "time spent in changing clothes … at the beginning or end of each workday" (29 U.S.C. § 203(o)) if a collective bargaining agreement so provides. Many agreements do exactly that.
Nonetheless, parties have litigated for years over what activities are exempt under Section 203(o). The plaintiffs' bar typically takes a very narrow view of what constitutes "changing clothes" under the statute. The Court's decision today takes a far more practical view of the statute. Sandifer makes clear that time spent donning or doffing protective gear that is (1) designed and used to cover the body and (2) commonly regarded as an article of dress—including hard hats, protective jackets, and protective coverings for the arms and legs—is exempt if the employees' collective bargaining agreement so provides. In addition, minimal time spent putting on or removing other protective gear (such as safety glasses and earplugs) during this time is likewise exempt. Sandifer is therefore likely to reduce the number of circumstances that would allow plaintiffs to succeed in bringing donning-and-doffing lawsuits under the FLSA.
We provide more details about the decision in Sandifer after the jump.
The Fate of Hollywood Internship Programs May Rest With the Second Circuit
By Kevin Ranlett on December 19, 2013
Posted in Employment, Predominance
Former interns used to get revenge against their employers by writing tell-all blog posts and memoirs. Now, they're lending their names to plaintiffs' lawyers, who then file wage-and-hour class or collective actions alleging that interns must be paid like hourly employees.
The unpaid internship is among the hottest areas in wage-and-hour litigation. Two of the…
Supreme Court Holds that Plaintiff Whose Individual Claims Were Mooted by an Offer of Judgment Lacks Standing to Maintain FLSA Collective Action
By Kevin Ranlett on April 16, 2013
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ("FLSA") permits an employee to file a "collective action" for damages against an employer individually and on behalf of other "similarly situated" employees who later choose to join the lawsuit. 29 U.S.C. § 216(b). In Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, before any other employee had opted…
Supreme Court to Decide Fair Labor Standards Act Case
By Kevin Ranlett on February 19, 2013
Employers frequently face "donning and doffing" collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In these lawsuits, plaintiffs accuse employers of failing to pay employees for off-the-clock time spent doffing and donning uniforms or safety gear at the beginning and end of every shift. Today, the Supreme Court granted review in Sandifer v. United …


People dream about have their own home, especially millennials who already work and earn some money. How people save some money to buy their dream home while they have daily needs?
Instead of save some money, most people tend to spend their salary to hangout from one to another café. In fact, the easiest way to save some money from your salary is set aside (some amount of money) right after pay day. You can choose term deposits with auto debit. Usually, time deposits has a minimum period, 12 months and maximum period, 240 months. Every month, bank taking out money from your account.
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Mix the powder and the liquid in the denture repair kit according to the directions on the package. Different brands have different ratios, so be sure to read the kit carefully even if you have used another brand in the past.
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Use a small instrument to carefully pick away any excess cement that may be remaining on the bridge, then wash the bridge.
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If you feel pain or discomfort after you replace your dental bridge, call your dentist. Your teeth can become damaged or broken by wearing an appliance the wrong way.


BEYOND WORDS – Roberto Molar C.
As digital communications coordinator at the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, I've created visuals to communicate our latest research on astrophysics, geophysics, and geo- and cosmochemistry. My work has have been featured in the likes of The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Scientific American, Popular Science, Nature Geoscience, and Science.
An animation explaining the discovery of Jupiter's 12 new moon used as part of Carnegie Science Press Release "A Dozen New Moons of Jupiter Discovered, Including One 'Oddball'." Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa, Carnegie DTM.
Scott Sheppard, the Carnegie DTM astronomer who led the discovery of 12 new moons of Jupiter, discusses his discovery. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa, Carnegie DTM.


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Dhaka Lit Fest 2016
Thursday 17 November 2016 to Saturday 19 November 2016
Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) was organised from 17 to 19 November 2016. The British Council was the gold partner of the event. Inaugurated by Noble prize-winning British author Sir V.S. Naipaul, this year's DLF featured more than 60 international authors, including 20 British writers, demonstrating its resilience to the current security climate and its continued support of cultural exchange through literature. Events ranged from discussions amongst international and Bangladeshi dissident poets to Baul performances to debates on women's rights. AMA Muhith, Finance Minister, Bangladesh and Asaduzzaman Noor MP, Cultural Affairs Minister, Bangladesh also attended the inauguration ceremony.
The British Council collaborated with Dhaka Lit Festival through an outreach programme and roadshow by bringing British authors Steven Fowler and Evie Wyld for talks and workshops, connecting British music writer Simon Broughton with emerging Bangladeshi cultural journalists and through the acquisition of books by the British and Bangladeshi authors featured in DLF for our libraries' permanent collections, making the work accessible throughout the year.
Steven J Fowler was welcomed for a talk at International Islamic University of Chittagong (IIUC), where 500 students and faculty were present. He spoke about sound poetry, Asemic writing, Oulipo and constraint. He talked about how he came to know about renowned poets like Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam. He was very surprised with the questions that came up to him after his talk, such as "whether he supported Donald Trump?"
At the end of his talk, he went to a seminar with the faculties of the university. He had a funny and lively chat with them for a few hours talking about poetry. You can read more about Steven's trip on his blog here.
Kendall Robbins, Director Arts, British Council, Bangladesh, conducted a conversation with Evie Wyld at Chittagong Independent University. There were more than around 160 guests from different universities present at the conversation. After the discussion was over, questions from the audience were welcomed and audiences were eager to hear from the experience of an international author. After the conversation, there was a rush among the students who came to the British Council Library in Chittagong to look for Evie's novel. Evie was delighted with the enthusiasm of the students and faculties of Chittagong.
The workshop led by London-based freelance journalist and filmmaker Simon Broughton, took place at the Dhaka University campus office with 22 journalists, where they talked about cultural criticism and arts journalism. At the end of the session, he wanted to have feedback and suggested to meet him on the last day of DLF to discuss short pieces they had written. Overall, the event was celebrated with great enthusiasm.


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Garfield County energy producers required to conduct leak detection, repair inspections more frequently
Ray Erku
rerku@citizentelegram.com
Members of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission visit a Terra Energy Partners site in Battlement Mesa in western Garfield County in November.
COGCC staff/Courtesy photo
Operators of Garfield County's gas production sites must begin to bolster safety measures, a new statewide rule adopted Friday by the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission says.
The new statewide code requires oil and gas companies to conduct leak detection and repair inspections more frequently on any facilities within 1,000 feet of homes and schools in disproportionately impacted communities. The new rule also requires an increase in overall inspections for low-producing wells.
Matt Sura, an attorney for energy regulation advocacy group Western Colorado Alliance Oil and Gas Committee, said thousands of low-producing wells in Colorado haven't been inspected since 2016.
Now, Colorado oil well operators that fall under this umbrella are required to use special cameras and other methods to conduct monthly inspections. Meanwhile, repairs are required whenever emissions leaks are discovered.
Battlement Mesa in Western Garfield County, a region consistently entrenched in oil and gas litigation due to production being close to residential zones, is legally considered a disproportionately impacted community. Following much debate, Colorado lawmakers agreed places like Battlement Mesa and Commerce City in the Denver Metro are "less prosperous and racially diverse."
Western Colorado Alliance Oil and Gas Committee Chairperson Roger Steen praised the new rule, saying it's critically important for Western Colorado.
"All wells need to be inspected for leaks and all people deserve protections from toxic emissions, no matter where they live," he said in a Friday news release. "The rules protect people, keep our air clean, and reduce methane emissions to help us limit the impacts of climate change."
Garfield County commissioners have over the years spent millions of dollars fighting oil and gas regulations. In response to 2019's approval of Colorado Senate Bill 181, a statewide regulation that bars oil and gas production from within 2,000 feet of homes and schools, the commission has put at least $1.8 million from its $16 million oil and gas mitigation fund toward a coalition made up of 23 counties and municipalities that opposed the bill.
The Western and Rural Local Governments Coalition uses those funds on resources such as Denver-based attorneys and public relations agencies to combat oil and gas regulations.
Garfield County Commissioner John Martin, a strong advocate for oil and gas production, did not express total opposition to the AQCC's new rule, saying he hopes it creates safer conditions. His main concern, however, is that it may further drive consumer prices up.
"Is your utility bill going to go up? Absolutely," he said. "Companies already have so many fees attached to the bill, so the natural gas is going to pass on to the customer."
While the new regulation aims to cut emissions, Garfield County still produces more than 500 billion cubic feet of gas annually. Two years ago, production saw more than 800 billion cubic feet of gas production, Martin said, and what once was at least 22 energy companies operating in the area has dropped down to about three.
The decline in production triggered a domino effect on local revenue. The county and its political subdivisions have seen at least 60% declines in revenue, Martin said. One example saw the Colorado River Fire Rescue district, a consortium of fire stations that cover an 851-square-mile area, close one of its stations, cut staff and sell apparatus to remain financially viable.
In November, district voters passed a property tax increase to help replenish at least $3 million in CRFR's budget.
"The county's political subdivisions, schools, hospital districts have lost 60% of its revenue in the last three years, so you're talking a couple hundred million dollars, and it's continuing to go down," Martin said. "You're going to see higher and higher property taxes based on the survival of these special districts, and it's passed on to the landowner because there is no backfill."
Healthy Air and Water Colorado Director Sabrina Pacha said doctors, researchers and public health officials agree that poor air quality is disastrous for health.
"I applaud the AQCC for taking action to implement direct regulations to curb harmful methane emissions," she said in the Friday news release. "Climate change, and the consequences that come with it, is having a dire impact on our health today, and without decisive action we are on the path toward catastrophic public health impacts."
Grand Valley Citizens Alliance Chairperson Leslie Robinson, who helped lead the charge against oil and gas production for Battlement Mesa, agreed the AQCC's new regulation will help further protect the public from methane pollution.
"Everyone wants to breathe clean air free from pollution and industry should do the work to ensure people living next to these facilities are safe," she said in the Friday news release. "These are common sense rules. People on the Western Slope deserve the same level of protection as people living on the Front Range."
Reporter Ray K. Erku can be reached at 612-423-5273 or rerku@postindependent.com
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The discipline of neurological semiology is based on knowledge of the neurological signs and/or symptoms of the various diseases of the nervous system. The diagnosis demands logical consideration of the patient's history and neurologival examination, sometimes with recourse to imaging techniques in order to confirm the diagnostic hypothesis.
The distinctive feature of this book is the presence ot two versions – Italian and English – on facing pages. This allows the Italian reader to improve his knowledge of the English language and, in particular, of neurological terminology in English; meanwhile, for the foreign student following courses here in Italy, this book is a valuable resource which provides an account of Italian neurology in the world's most widely spoken language.


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Africa's democratic trajectory: the impact of development aid and democracy assistance
UNU-WIDER / Dec 2013
The question of how aid impacts democracy in sub-Saharan Africa is important for both normative and instrumental reasons. Civil and political rights are a part of human freedom and the lack of them constitutes a major deprivation. Furthermore, some research suggests that democratic regimes are more likely to be interested in the developmental outcomes of their citizens.
Aid and democratic transition
The most direct way in which development aid has influenced democratic transition is through donor leverage on recipient policy making through political conditionalities attached to development aid. The emergence of this type of conditionality was stimulated by the end of the Cold War and reflected a changing attitude towards the importance of democracy among key donors. By the mid-90s bilateral donors such as Britain, France and the USA also made statements which emphasized the importance of democracy human rights and good governance.
This shift in attitude was reflected in the actions of many donors and during the 1990s, a number of recipient countries faced aid sanctions due to human rights abuses, military coups, rampant corruption or civil conflict. Aid conditionalities were more effective in some contexts than in others as aid interacted with other circumstances to facilitate, or prevent, democratic transitions. Not surprisingly, aid sanctions were typically most effective in countries where an economic crisis or domestic dissent concurrently existed. In addition to this, a high level of dependency on aid was an important factor in determining the effectiveness of these conditionalitieson influencing democratic transitions. Consequently, countries such as Nigeria and Gabon, with access to oil revenue, were less susceptible to being influenced by aid sanctions. Coordinated, rather than unilateral, donor action was also instrumental in influencing political liberalization.
Development aid also influenced democratic transition indirectly through conditionalities that required unpopular economic reforms and therefore fostered domestic discontent which often led to movements for political change. For example, in the mid-1980s austerity reforms in Benin caused wide spread protests that prompted President Kerekou to call a national conference which ultimately paved the way to the country's effectively first multi-party election. Democracy aid in the form of financial support provided to fund elections also helped some countries, such as Mozambique, make the transition to democracy. Democracy assistance also played an important role in establishing electoral commissions, training electoral monitors, and supporting political parties.
Aid and democratic consolidation
While development aid undoubtedly assisted with democratic transitions in some African countries, there is widespread agreement that it has been less successful in creating a firm ground for democratic consolidation. The paper discusses the role of aid with respect to avoiding erosion and looks at two sub-components of deepening democracy; vertical and horizontal accountability, and competitive party systems.
Avoiding erosion
Democratic erosion often is indicated by deterioration in civil liberties or a lack of disrespect for key institutions, such as the constitution. Given that democracy assistance comprises only 4 percent of total overseas development assistance (ODA) commitments to Africa and that development aid is much more important for governments' public policy initiatives, the latter has played a much larger role in preventing democratic erosion than the former.
Donors have threatened to reduce or rescind aid in a number of cases where democratic erosion has seemed likely, for example when some presidents have sought to extend term limits or elections have been rigged. Donor leverage has proven more effective when donors act together and less effective when countries have alternative access to finance. Leverage is likely to be particularly effective in countries which have a high dependency on aid in the form of general budget support as withdrawal of this kind of aid can be highly disruptive and because non-traditional donors, such as China and India, do not provide this type of funding.
A role for democracy aid? - Vertical and horizontal accountability
Democracy aid aims to enhance accountability by increasing the capacity of key political actors and institutions such as the judiciary, legislature, and civil society organizations, as well as mechanisms of transparency such as the media. A significant amount of democracy aid also goes towards supporting electoral commissions, voter registration, and voter education. Since aid aimed at supporting elections generally requires confronting a similar set of challenges across countries, donors are often able to draw on the same set of tools in different contexts.
One criticism of the way in which democracy aid is distributed is that there is an overemphasis on elections to the detriment of other elements of democracy. To be effective, opposition parties and civil society organizations need to have the capacity to hold governments accountable between elections, as well as around election time. Moreover, the decision by donors to work with civil society, rather than political officials, can legitimize civil society groups at the expense of elected officials.
It is often argued that development aid acts as a 'strategic rent' and creates a disincentive for governments to raise revenue by taxing their citizens. Consequently, governments possess little reason to be accountable to their citizens. However, some development aid has been used directly to bolster tax systems. Furthermore, the conditionalities attached to development aid differentiate this resource flow from strategic rent such as oil revenue.
While the findings on vertical accountability remain mixed, there is some evidence that development aid may indirectly undermine horizontal accountability. Aid in the form of budgetary support is rarely approved by national parliaments. Governments may inform parliamentarians of donor arrangements through the budget but will often leave parliamentarians with little time to discuss the budget in committee meetings or to obtain access to technical advice. For example, the World Bank's evaluation agency found that its budget support rarely involved consultation with legislatures or civil society. This has the effect of altering the balance of power inside countries in favor of executives.
Competitive party systems
As with accountability, democracy aid plays a more direct role in fostering competitive party systems while development aid has a more indirect effect. The aims of democracy aid in this area are to reinforce parties' organizational and financial capabilities, foster transparent and democratic modes of selecting party leaders, assist with the development of party platforms, and create a well-defined membership base and grassroots networks.
The main difficulty with party promotion is that it requires donors to tackle the inherent power asymmetries both between and within political parties. This can often provoke negative reactions from host countries. Furthermore, party aid is often given to parties who have some representation in parliament, including ruling parties, which can have the effect of maintaining or reinforcing existing inequalities between ruling parties and the opposition.
Many donors adhere to the division between civil society organizations and political parties. The support to the former is much higher. Consequently, democracy aid has done little to improve the relationship between the two. This is detrimental to party competition since without greater linkages to civil society; parties fail to establish the grassroots support they need to expand their bases. In addition, party aid is often viewed as highly electoralist and is therefore provided within a very short time frame around elections.
Development aid is not intended to affect political parties but it can have some indirect negative influences on the competitiveness of the party system. Incumbents can take credit for donor projects around elections, general budget support can allow governments to increase expenditure before elections and, if fungible, allow incumbents to purchase campaign resources which give them an advantage at election time.
This brief is based on UNU-WIDER working paper 2012/15 'Foreign Aid in Africa: Tracing Channels of Influence on Democratic Transitions and Consolidation' by Danielle Resnick.
Foreign Aid in Africa: Implications for Democratic Transitions and Consolidation
Economic aid vs. democracy aid: democratic consolidation in Africa
Research brief - Africa's democratic trajectory the impact of development aid and democracy assistance.pdf