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Los Surcos del Azar
One of my very favorite things about translating is how hard it is. As any five translators to work on the same sentence and you'll get five different results, all of them perfectly legitimate and yet none the same. There are a ton of great translation theorists who talk about this (many of whom I've been teaching this semester in the phenomenal translation theory class I'm doing with the Low Residency MFA in Literary Translation at Mills College!), but that openness of the text, even a generally-perceived closed text, is one of the things that excites me most about working as a translator. It's most evident in poetry.
I've been translating graphic lit for the past few years, which I love more than anything else I've gotten to translate. It helps that my brilliant editor at Fantagraphics has impeccable taste and has picked some really exciting projects. I'm currently working on Paco Roca's Los Surcos del Azar, which is a historical narrative about a Spanish man who fought on the side of the Republic during the Spanish Civil war. The title is a quote from an Antonio Machado poem, Proverbios y Cantares, and the couplet it's taken from is the epigraph of the book:
"¿Para qué llamar caminos
a los surcos del azar?…"
Literally it is:
"Why call/name roads
to the furrows/wrinkles of chance/fate?"
So say you make all of the easy either-or choices based on dictionary definitions, you get:
"Why call roads
to the furrows of chance?…"
Of course, this isn't necessarily the best translation, though it is accurate. But to me this translation loses the music of the Spanish. Spanish poetry is generally syllabic, while English is metric, or stress-based, and so often when I'm working from Spanish into English I end up moving towards a kind of metrics that drives much of my own English-language poetry. The stress pattern in the original Spanish looks like:
/ u / u / u / u
u u / u / u /
The first line has 8 syllables organized in a rising and falling pattern of stresses that to an English-poetry reader could be organized into 4 iambs, and the second has 7 syllables which could be organized into 3 feet, an anapest and two iambs. So I want to prioritize a metrical correspondence in whatever I do.
There is an extant translation, from the book There Is No Road translated by Mary Berg & Dennis Maloney, available from White Pine Press which is Dennis's press. I know Mary and Dennis (the translation community is small) and I deeply admire their work. But I'm not quite satisfied that their translation works on the levels I think it needs to in order to stand alone as an epigraph. Theirs reads:
"These chance furrows
why call them roads?"
First of all, I'm sorry to lose the inverted syntax, which isn't all that exceptional in Spanish and is a bit jarring to the English contemporary poetic ear. But that jarring is something that I'm interested in preserving, because there are other things in the Machado that make it non-normative to the Spanish reader. So I'm going to keep the order of syntax as close to the original as I possibly can:
"Why call/name them roads,
these furrows/wrinkles of chance/fate?"
This means I need more prepositions in English than the modernist-trained contemporary English mode of poetry generally prefers. Concision, minimalism, imagism, etc. tend to be undermined by an excess of prepositions, but that is precisely what I want to do. Machado shouldn't sound like an American modernist, at least not in my opinion. So that little "of" that makes the phrase looser and less modern is actually doing something I really want.
Then I can start thinking about my word choices. For llamar I have given myself call/name, but once I move into English the choices multiply:
Why call them roads
Why name them roads
Why say they're roads
Why give the name roads
I prefer "call them" as Dennis and Mary did, so I'm going to stick with that for now. But I'm not loving "roads." Caminos most commonly is used to mean road, but can also mean path or way. And because of the context here, the idea that our lives are guided not by intent but by chance and we retroactively impose meaning and coherence to them, I think I prefer path. I think of "path" and not "road" when I think about the path of one's life, or the path one has gone down. And there's something echoing Longfellow's Dante:
"Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost."
Though I much prefer Mary-Jo Bang's contemporary translation of Dante, this canto has worked it's way into the English poetic subconscious and so "path" has a ring of familiarity, but is still perhaps a bit unfamiliar. So now I have two more choices to make, at least:
"Why call them paths
these wrinkles/furrows of chance/fate/fortune?…"
I was struggling with the choice between wrinkles and furrows, and so I called a dear friend and native speaker of Spanish, Lina Ferreira, and we talked about it. But the choice ended up being almost no choice at all, to her ear it was clearly furrows, like you would plant seeds in while farming, and that idea of fertility and growth made a lot of sense to me, even though furrows is not a particularly common word in contemporary English usage.
The real conversation ended up being about chance for azar. Azar evokes a sense of either good or bad luck, according to Lina, and is very commonly used. It contains both misfortune and good fortune inscribed in it, but it is more or less a-moral (in that it doesn't direct one to either moral or immoral, but is moral in the man-against-nature sort of way). And azar is a commonly used colloquial word in Spanish that often refers to the loteria and other games of chance. And we have that same connotation for the word chance in English, making it seem like chance is the obvious choice in the way furrows was. But then I go back to the sound of the poem, and to me "furrows of chance" is discordant, unlike "surcos del azar" which has that r carrying through it. So I start thinking about "fate" instead of "chance."
I like "fate" at first mostly for the sound "furrows of fate" which is alliterative in a way that draws on the repetition of the r sound of "surcos del azar" and also keeps the prepositional phrase that I want. I worry that it's too metaphysical though, and possibly overly poetic in terms of the register once we combine the abstract and weighty "fate" with the specialized and sonic "furrows." So clearly I need Jesus. Actually, literally. I turn to the next two lines, completing the stanza as a quatrain, which are:
"Todo el que camina anda,
como Jesús, sobre el mar."
Literally: "Everyone who walks walks / like Jesus, on the sea."
So the second couplet works against the notion of "fate" in a sense of predestined paths. It underscores the arbitrary and quotidian of the path, the randomness of it, and the absurdity, the longing for order that results in us calling these things paths as though they were intentional. So in some way, "fate" makes explicit the subversion of itself.
In any case, that's what Lina and I decided, and we decided we were metaphysically justified in terms of the register by the presence of Jesus.
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class Grid
    attr_accessor :cells

    def initialize(pattern: nil, coordinates: nil)
      if pattern
        @cells = build_cells_from_pattern(pattern)
      elsif coordinates.any?
        @cells = build_cells_from_coordinates(coordinates)
      end
    end

    def build_cells_from_coordinates(arr)
      arr = [arr] unless arr.first.is_a?(Array)
      arr.map { |coords| Cell.new(coords) }
    end

    def build_cells_from_pattern(pattern)
      coordinates = []
      pattern.lines.each.with_index(0) do |line, line_index|
        line.each_char.with_index(0) do |char, char_index|
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    def live_cells
      @live_cells ||= cells.find_all { |cell| cell.alive? }
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    def live_cell_neighbors
      @live_cell_neighbors ||= live_cells.map(&:neighbor_coordinates).flatten(1)
    end

    def cell_scores(coordinates)
      @cell_scores = live_cell_neighbors.reduce({}) do |score_hash, coords|
        score_hash[coords] = live_cell_neighbors.count(coords)
        score_hash
      end
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end

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Women Get A Step Closer To Equality, Plus More
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Today we've got: Women's next push for equality, Will Ferrell gets booed, and a cute furry creature takes out the innovator of science
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1. Women Headed to the Draft
The Short of It:
Women's equality just got a step closer in the military game after the U.S. House Armed Services Committee approved a measure this past Wednesday requiring women to register for the draft.
The Longer Version of It:
Current law requires all men aged 18 to 26 to register for the draft with the Selective Service System and excludes women. Women have been kept out of the loop since the Supreme Court ruled in 1981 that they would not be included in the draft because they were also excluded from combat roles. The House plans to vote on the new measure, in May.
Something to Smirk About:
The amendment was proposed by Rep. Duncan Hunter (Republican-CA) who actually only brought up the amendment to make a point during a House Armed Services Committee hearing. The Representative is notoriously opposed to women in combat. In January of this year he stated that Navy Secretary Ray Mabus's efforts to create Marine combat positions for women made him a "a greater threat to the Marine Corps than ISIS.". Hunter's efforts to direct other lawmakers towards his side by offering amendment he didn't actually want to support, blew up in his face. The amendment passed Wednesday with 32-30 vote.
2. Will Ferrell
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According to Variety former "Saturday Night Live" cast member, Will Ferrell, will portray President Ronald Reagan in a satire that has people riled up.
The film "Reagan" is reported to begin at the former president's second term during his decline in health and struggle with dementia, "an ambitious intern is tasked with convincing the commander in chief that he is an actor playing the president in a movie." The project is not sitting well for those who are taking issue with the story of the president who struggled with Alzheimer's disease in his twilight years.
Reagan's daughter, Patti Davis, wrote an open letter to Ferrell on her website Thursday afternoon telling him, "Perhaps you have managed to retain some ignorance about Alzheimer's and other versions of dementia. Perhaps if you knew more, you would not find the subject humorous.
3. Trump Rally Gets Out of Hand
20 people were arrested, late Thursday night in Southern California after a Trump rally.
The Tid Bits:
Crowds of protesters appeared in the afternoon outside of a rally for the Republican presidential candidate at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa and quickly evolved into the evening. The scene remained generally peaceful throughout the night despite various struggles that occurred between protesters and Trump supporters until officers in riot gear and on horseback began to form lined in the parking lot and clear out the area outside of the rally.
Things went 0 to 60 real quick when more conflict broke out between Trump supporters leaving the rally and protestors accusing them of being racists. A police car, smashing its back window before jumping on it and kicking its doors. As a crowd formed around the car, police officers in tactical and riot gear moved into action, forming a circle around the crowd before forcing protestors to leave.
4. A Weasel Shut Down The World's Most Powerful Instrument
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A weasel took out the world's most powerful scientific instrument.
The Large Hadron Collider is the largest and most powerful particle collider in the world. The LHC's aim is to allow physicists to answer unsolved questions of physics.
The 17-mile superconducting machine went offline last night after a weasel gnawed through a power cable. Engineers investigating say scientists will have to wait for engineers work to bring the machine back online, it could take as long as mid-May to get it starting back up again.
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'There is a refugee and migrant crime wave ... no-one is doing anything about it'
Commentators slam courts for giving Chinese driver BAIL before his footpath rampage in Melbourne
A man who caused chaos in the heart of Melbourne after driving his car on footpaths and smashing into two banks before crashing into Crown Casino was on bail.
Chen Jie Xu, 34, believed to be a Chinese national, allegedly struck three buildings on Swanston Street, including the ANZ and Commonwealth banks, while driving on the footpath at 11pm on Tuesday night.
Commentators have slammed Victoria Corrections for not keeping the man off the streets, in light of a string of recent disasters in the city caused by criminals on parole.
'(Police need to) stop playing a PC game. There is a refugee and migrant crime wave in Melbourne, and no one's doing anything about it,' media personality Prue MacSween told 7 News.
'Mohammed Moron and Jihad Jerk will continue getting behind cars and using them as weapons until somebody recognises that we have a problem,' MacSween added.
'We also have people out on bail who shouldn't be out on bail as this bloke was.'
Questions have also been asked about why police waited for the man, believed to be a Chinese national, to race on foot into the foyer of Crown Casino before arresting him.
But Victoria Police Inspector Stephen Cooper defended the actions of responding police officers, saying 'our response was timely.'
'We made sure that we had a cordon up in place to ensure that the person wasn't able to leave any further places and impact on the public any further,' he said.
'(The car) did stop on three occasions to cause damage to three buildings.
'But we are assured because of the fact that the vehicle did stop that the intent was not to cause harm to any of the pedestrians.'
Xu stopped earlier for a pedestrian to let them cross, before continuing.
Police on Wednesday charged the 34-year-old with five counts of criminal damage, endangering life, dangerous driving and a weapons offence.
He was on bail at the time of the alleged offences, police said.
He was meant to face the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Wednesday but his appearance was moved to July 3.
It comes just a week after the city placed concrete bollards in Bourke Street Mall to prevent cars from being able to drive up onto the pedestrian area.
In January six people were killed when Melbourne man Dimitrious Gargasoulas allegedly drove onto the footpath near Bourke Street Mall in his car.
No free speech about the judiciary?
Members of Malcolm Turnbull's cabinet have rushed to the defence of their ministerial colleagues over remarks about the judiciary that have landed them in court and facing possible contempt charges.
Comments from three politicians criticising Victoria's judicial system could see them face contempt of court charges.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt, Human Services Minister Alan Tudge and Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar have been ordered to front the Victorian Supreme Court on Friday to explain "why they should not be referred for prosecution for contempt".
It is understood the ministers will not attend the Victorian Supreme Court on Friday, but will be represented by Commonwealth Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue, for whom taxpayers will foot the bill.
The matter relates to criticism of the Victorian judiciary made by the three men in The Australian newspaper, which were seen by the court as relating to a live Commonwealth appeal challenging the 10-year sentence of convicted terror plotter Sevdet Ramadan Besim.
Education Minister Simon Birmingham came to his colleagues' aid, insisting they had not just a right but a duty to represent their constituents' views on issues of importance to the community.
"I think when Australian people vote for their elected representatives, they expect their elected representatives to speak their mind, and they expect their elected representatives to stand up on issues that the community are concerned about, that the community might think are unfair or bad outcomes," Senator Birmingham said.
"That applies as much in relation to sentencing decisions of courts as to any other issue."
He conceded MPs needed to be "mindful of all of our different responsibilities", referring to the duty to not prejudice cases before a court.
"But our first responsibility as members of parliament is to the people who send us here, to the voters who send us here, and to stand up for their interests, for their expectations," he said. "And I'm quite confident that that is all my colleagues were doing."
Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos said he was "surprised" to see his colleagues hauled before a judge to explain themselves, because "this is a country which prizes free speech".
"Politicians from time to time will say some pretty colourful things and I believe that politicians should have the right to do so," he told ABC Radio National on Wednesday night.
"If they say something that's obviously defamatory or libellous or whatever, that's a separate matter, but politicians have got to have a right to make commentary on matters of public interest and public policy."
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce declined to comment other than to say: "the whole issue about contempt of court is you don't talk about court proceedings".
The ministers are believed to have the strong support of their colleagues from throughout the Coalition.
"We're all on the same page, this is outrageous," one MP said. "The judiciary is not above criticism. If they're suggesting they're above criticism that's a big problem in our democracy. I think they know this isn't contempt but I think they want to send a message."
The trio also won the backing of crossbench senator and free speech crusader David Leyonhjelm, who lambasted "unelected" judges as "dear little daffodils" who couldn't handle criticism.
"Frankly, I think contempt of the court is when you do a brown eyes," he said, referring to the practice of removing one's trousers and pointing one's posterior in someone's direction.
In a letter obtained by Fairfax Media, Judicial Registrar Ian Irving said comments by the three ministers published in The Australian, accusing the judiciary of going soft on terrorists, would appear to bring the court into disrepute.
Mr Hunt reportedly said: "The state courts should not be places for ideological experiments in the face of global and local threats from Islamic extremism that has led to such tragic losses."
Mr Sukkar was quoted as saying: "Labor's continued appointment of hard-left activist judges has come back to bite Victorians". He also said the soft attitude of judges "has eroded any trust that remained in our legal system".
Minter Ellison partner Peter Bartlett said judges were rightly subjected to public criticism from politicians and the community for their decisions.
But he said some of the ministers' comments had gone too far by suggesting the judges were ideologically motivated. "That's crossing the line. That's suggesting bias with judges," he said.
However, Mr Bartlett said it was disappointing the ministers had been required to explain their actions in the court. He believed it was unlikely they would be charged.
"I would hope that the ministers apologise to the court and get a rap over the knuckles and nothing more," he said.
It is understood Labor MPs have been told to exercise caution on the matter. But opposition whip Graham Perrett said the episode was at the very least a good lesson for all involved.
"Generally the Parliament and executive at any level of government should be respectful of the judiciary," he told Fairfax Media.
"Unless you are aware of the individual facts, how could you possibly comment with any authority on a decision handed down by the court?"
Greenies lose another attempt to block a mega coal mine
ANTI-Adani activists have lost another case in the courts after the Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal against the approval of the Abbot Point coal terminal expansion, near Bowen.
The expansion project, which went through three environmental impact studies, will be expanded as part of the $US16.5 billion Carmichael Mine, port and rail development.
The appeal was brought by the Whitsunday Residents Against Dumping, which said the decision meant it was a dark day for the reef.
The defeat of the appeal means that the only remaining case against the mine is the Australian Conservation Foundation's appeal against the Federal Government's environmental approval.
Native title issues were resolved by legislative amendments passed by the Federal Senate yesterday.
WRAD's spokeswoman Sandra Williams said her group would continue to fight for the reef, but her lawyers said it would have to consider the judgement before deciding on any further appeals.
Imbecilic call for all Australians to graduate High School
That one in eight fail to pass High School is pretty much what you would expect from the distribution of IQ -- so is changeable only by dumbing down the courses, which are already far too dumbed down
The latest report by Mitchell Institute at Victoria University finds large numbers of young Australians are not succeeding in education and training, and it's costing taxpayers billions of dollars each year.
The findings reveal one in eight Australians will never attain a Year 12 qualification, and some of these people make up the one in eight Australians who will be disengaged from the workforce for most of their lives.
Victoria University's Vice‐Chancellor, Professor Peter Dawkins said when young people aren't supported to find success later in life it leads to enormous costs for everyone – through wasted tax dollars and lost chances to build safer communities, a stronger workforce and a richer economy.
"When we fail to set young people up for success, they are not the only ones affected – the impact stretches to all corners of society," Professor Dawkins explained.
"The size of the impact, we've discovered, is staggering. Poor investment in our education system, especially in areas that help young people transition to careers, is costing our country billions of dollars every year."
The are problems in key areas of education that lead to more people entering a life of crime, clogging public health services and relying on government support payments to get by. This also means people pay less taxes, and make less of an overall contribution to our economy and communities.
The fiscal and social costs associated with these issues are enormous.
For taxpayers, having 38,000 people aged 19 who will never achieve Year 12 or equivalent costs $315 million each year, and more than $12 billion over a lifetime. Having 46,000 people aged 24 who will be disengaged for most of their lives costs taxpayers $472 million each year, and almost $19 billion over a lifetime.
From the social perspective, the group of early school leavers costs governments and communities more than $580 million annually and more than $23 billion over a lifetime. The figures are even larger for the disengaged 24 year olds – $1.2 billion each year and more than $50 billion over a lifetime.
These costs are based on cohorts from just one year and they are conservative: actual costs are likely higher.
Professor Dawkins said governments need to prioritise system changes to ensure all Australians have equal education opportunities, while industry leaders, educators and communities can also help drive change.
"Universities and training institutes can be part of the solution by partnering with employers, understanding community needs and providing better opportunities for more young people to gain the skills and knowledge they need to find success.
"It is a matter of urgency to pay attention to the problems in our system that are letting down so many people. In the meantime, we'll all keep paying the costs."
Counting the costs of lost opportunity in Australian education is available at www.mitchellinstitute.org.au
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New books, strange new people and work.
I went to Borders after work today to spend the gift card that my parents gave me for my birthday. I picked up Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by John de Graaf, David Wann and Thomas H Naylor and PHP for the World Wide Web by Larry Ullman.
Hopefully I'll get to put the PHP one to use on my website soon. I actually think I'm going to return it and get it on amazon for 1/2 of what I paid at Borders, though.
I met a strange guy at the bookstore tonight. He seemed really friendly but I think he is going to try to get me to sell energy drinks. We talked for a few minutes about our histories and he asked if I was interested in doing work outside of my current job and I said "possibly" when I should have said "no". He ended up giving me his business card and when I looked up his website when I got home it looked like a generic template that you get when you pay into one of those businesses that let you resell their crap products.


Dear Russia: this is how you do it.
Elon Musk and his pet SpaceX project have been working on the goal of reusable rockets for some time now in a bid to make space travel more economical and ecological.
There have been a bevy of tests on the Grasshoper craft over the years, but this is the first with incredible new sensors that allow the rocket to take off to over 1000 feet, hover for a moment before gently coming back down to Earth, kissing the ground with pinpoint accuracy.
What's even cooler is how this video was shot: by a camera attached to a hexacopter flying above the launch site. Can we just make that the standard for shooting launches from now on?


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MINI Vision Urbanaut previews an autonomous micro-minivan future
Chris Davies - Nov 17, 2020, 9:03am CST
MINI has revealed its newest concept, and the MINI Vision Urbanaut takes the brand about as far from its heritage styling as we've seen since BMW acquired it back in 2000. Unveiled as part of BMW NEXTGen – which also saw the new BMW iX electric SUV shown off for the first time last week – the MINI concept is an exploration of how electrification and autonomous driving could help shape new vehicle interiors.
It's not, to be fair, a new consideration among concept cars. Many automakers have rolled out futuristic visions that promise to sketch the next evolution of the car cabin, when traditional controls and drivetrain intrusions are no longer a consideration.
Like many of those, the MINI Vision Urbanaut is a blimp-like little pod, the exterior shape and dimensions being led by what MINI's designers wanted to do inside. It's taller than the automaker's production cars but fairly short at around 14.5 feet. Like the original Mini took advantage of a breakthrough in compact gas engine design for its diminutive size, the MINI Vision Urbanaut taps electrification's new packaging.
Since all of that can be hidden away under the flat floor of the cabin, the whole interior is opened up to new designs. There's a large sliding door on the side for easy entrance, with a four seat layout inside. The front seats rotate around to make it more like a lounge area – and indeed MINI envisages the concept car being used as a portable room, part of the destination as much as the way to reach it – while the rear seat either folds or rotates. That way, they can be combined into a daybed area.
The windshield is designed to lift up, when the car is parked, to make what MINI describers as a "Street Balcony"; LED backlit panels include controls, while a worry-stone sized MINI Token is a way to load user presets. That can include the three preconfigured "MINI moments" of Chill, Wanderlust, and Vibe when placed in the appropriate slots, each with different lighting, music, fragrance, and other settings.
Outside, meanwhile, there's an evolved interpretation of the MINI grille and headlamps. The milled aluminum fascia is octagonal, and includes all the front sensors for autonomous driving. The headlamps are only visible when switched on, glowing through slotted openings; the rear lights, meanwhile, are hidden behind aluminum covers, and are multicolor dynamic matrix panels.
A gradient paint-job changes from metallic green to grey, with blue hints, while the windows are also given the ombre treatment. Ocean Wave turquoise blue wheels have an abstract Union Jack profile and a skateboard-esque design; they can also change color according to the MINI moment selected.
As for driving, while there are manual controls – a simple steering wheel and pedals – they can retract when the MINI Vision Urbanaut it in autonomous mode. Trips can be planned using a retractable driver display, with other graphics communicated through projections and animations. A personal journey planner could use suggestions from the MINI Community, the automaker says, as well as personalized POIs.
For the moment, MINI only has one production EV in its line-up, and it's not talking about any plans to take the MINI Vision Urbanaut from concept to retail. Nonetheless, the idea of a compact electric "MINI Microbus" is an intriguing one, and with VW planning to reboot its classic Microbus on top of the all-electric MEB platform in the next few years, that wouldn't necessarily be a bad idea.
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Publication information: Article title: Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations. Contributors: Rhodes, Lynn - Author. Journal title: Comparative Civilizations Review. Issue: 72 Publication date: Spring 2015. Page number: 169+. © International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.


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By Phil Muncaster on May 1, 2009 10:18AM
The number of web-based threats soared by nearly two-thirds in April, according to new figures from managed security vendor Network Box, with Australian-developed threats moving up the rankings.
The firm said that the 63 per cent rise in internet threats was due in large part to phishing attacks, which represented one in four of the threats.
Simon Heron, internet security analyst at Network Box, warned that users should be on high alert. "The level of malware has leapt up, and we expect to see a high level of attacks continue," he said.
"A poor economy always leads to higher levels of malware aimed at scamming money from victims. Huge increases in social media use, with platforms that are not built primarily with security in mind, also open the door to hackers."
Most viruses were tracked down to two countries, according to the research, the US accounting for 14.99 per cent and Korea 7.78 per cent. Australia just pipped China to third place with a 5.89 per cent share.
The US and Korea swapped places in terms of top sources of intrusions, however. Korea ranked first with 35.46 per cent and the US had a 10.6 per cent share.
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El Concierto Mágico es un concierto para guitarra y orquesta del compositor catalán Leonardo Balada. La Orquesta Sinfónica de Cincinnati y la Orquesta Sinfónica de Hartford le encargaron la obra, que el autor completó el año 1997; la Orquesta Sinfónica de Cincinnati fue la encargada de estrenarla el 13 de marzo de 1998, bajo la dirección de Jesús López-Cobos y con el virtuoso Ángel Romero como guitarrista solista. Se trata de un concierto con un alto carácter folclórico español.

Estructura

Se trata de un concierto en tres movimientos, titulados de la siguiente manera:

 I. Sol
 II. Luna
 III. Duende

Este concierto ha significado una ruptura con el estilo del resto de conciertos para guitarra y orquesta, puesto que presenta muchos más rasgos folclóricos, y fue escrito en una época en la que Leonardo Balada se dedicó por completo a escribir obras de carácter folclórico español. En el primer movimiento, la orquesta simula la sonoridad y el ritmo del folclore español, haciendo que se mantenga un timbre similar al repique de palmas en la música gitana. En algunos fragmentos, la línea melódica de la guitarra se vuelve flamenca, algo que Balada considera que "está en contra de la identidad del instrumento". El segundo movimiento, como también ocurre en el Concierto para piano No. 3, aporta un tono misterioso a la obra. El tercer movimiento es un zapateado y usa estructuras rítmicas en conformidad con el estilo de la pieza.

Referencias

Composiciones de Leonardo Balada
Balada
Composiciones de 1997


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Air Peace launches Ibadan operations as Makinde pledges support
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Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State at the launch of AirPeace scheduled flight operations in Oyo State
Nigeria's largest carrier, Air Peace, on Tuesday, launched scheduled flight operations to Ibadan Airport as the airline was received by the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji at the Airport.
The inaugural flight, operated with the airline's brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft, touched down at about 11 am and was greeted with a water cannon by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, fire service unit.
In his welcome address, Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State said the coming of Air Peace airline to the state is a big relief to the teaming city travelers as the airline has immediately "crashed the airfare from Ibadan to Abuja to affordable level".
Makinde, who said the state would make the route an economically viable one for the airline, added: "The coming of Air Peace will strengthen and enhance the economy of the state. We have a dry Port here that will facilitate the clearing of goods in record time. This will take the stress off importers in the state and neighboring states and save them the stress of going to Lagos port to clear goods".
Read also: Here's why Green Africa may not be Nigeria's cheapest airline
Speaking, Allen Onyema, the Chairman of Air Peace, promised to link Ibadan to every geo-political zone of the country. He also said the opening of the Ibadan route is part of the airline's "no-city-left-behind" aimed at interconnecting various cities across.
Onyema asserted: "Plans are already on to commence Port Harcourt to Ibadan flight. Abuja, Ibadan to Kano flight is also already in the pipeline. I believe in the oneness of Nigeria. As a nationalist, I am going to connect all cities in the country.
"I will link Ibadan to the South-South, South East, North East, North West and every part of the country. I believe in the unity of the country", he disclosed.
Other dignitaries who witnessed the inaugural flight of Air Peace included officials of the Oyo State Government, former National Assembly members, including Senator Kola Balogun and Chief Lekan Alabi who delivered the Olubadan welcome address.
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1. The Modern Interfaces of Intermarium and the Fight against Destiny
Author: Adrian Popa, Cristian Barna
Content Type: Journal Article
Journal: Warsaw East European Review (WEER)
Institution: Centre for East European Studies, University of Warsaw
Abstract: Russia's recent buildup of A2/AD (anti-access/area denial) forces in Crimea and Kaliningrad, coupled with its increasingly confronting rhetoric in the Black and Baltic Seas, pose a serious challenge for the NATO's Eastern flank countries. While the mare sui generis status of the Black Sea might be altered under the expected inauguration of Canal Istanbul in 2023 as it would probably require the revision of the Montreux Convention, the mare liberum status of the Baltic Sea might also be questioned as Russia contests NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence in this region. Facing this challenging geostrategic context, Pilsudski's ideas of Intermarium seem to have revived within the Central and Eastern European countries under modern interfaces such as the Bucharest Nine and the Three Seas Initiative. This paper proposes a comparative analysis between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea in terms of their newly-emerged geostrategic context, discusses the feasibility of the recent endeavours to promote cooperation within the Central and Eastern European countries and not ultimately, highlights the utility of a regional military alliance in support of NATO.
Topic: NATO, Diplomacy, International Security, International Affairs, Geopolitics
Political Geography: Russia, Europe, Asia, Crimea, Baltic Sea, Baltic States
2. Stronger Together: NATO's Evolving Approach toward China
Author: Naďa Kovalčíková, Gabrielle Tarin
Content Type: Policy Brief
Institution: Women In International Security (WIIS)
Abstract: The rise of China poses a strategic challenge for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Alliance needs a comprehensive political, economic, and security strategy to deal with China's growing global power. The more assertive a role China plays in world affairs, the more it could undercut NATO's cohesion and military advantages by translating commercial inroads in Europe into political influence, investing in strategically important sectors, and achieving major breakthroughs in advanced digital technologies.
Topic: NATO, Science and Technology, International Security, Digital Cooperation , Digital Policy
Political Geography: United States, China, Europe
3. Power and Profit at Sea: The Rise of the West in the Making of the International System
Author: J.C. Sharman
Journal: International Security
Abstract: The making of the international system from c. 1500 reflected distinctively maritime dynamics, especially "gunboat diplomacy," or the use of naval force for commercial gain. Comparisons between civilizations and across time show, first, that gunboat diplomacy was peculiarly European and, second, that it evolved through stages. For the majority of the modern era, violence was central to the commercial strategies of European state, private, and hybrid actors alike in the wider world. In contrast, large and small non-Western polities almost never sought to advance mercantile aims through naval coercion. European exceptionalism reflected a structural trade deficit, regional systemic dynamics favoring armed trade, and mercantilist beliefs. Changes in international norms later restricted the practice of gunboat diplomacy to states, as private navies became illegitimate. More generally, a maritime perspective suggests the need for a reappraisal of fundamental conceptual divisions and shows how the capital- and technology-intensive nature of naval war allowed relatively small European powers to be global players. It also explains how European expansion and the creation of the first global international system was built on dominance at sea centuries before Europeans' general military superiority on land.
Topic: International Cooperation, International Security, Military Strategy, Military Affairs, Navy, Law of the Sea, Maritime
Political Geography: United States, Europe
4. Regards sur l'Eurasie - L'année politique 2018
Author: Anne De Tinguy, Annie Daubenton, Olivier Ferrando, Sophie Hohmann, Jacques Lévesque, Nicolas Mazzuchi, Gaïdz Minassian, Thierry Pasquet, Tania Sollogoub, Julien Thorez
Institution: Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales
Abstract: Regards sur l'Eurasie. L'année politique est une publication annuelle du Centre de recherches internationales de Sciences Po (CERI) dirigée par Anne de Tinguy. Elle propose des clefs de compréhension des événements et des phénomènes qui marquent de leur empreinte les évolutions d'une région, l'espace postsoviétique, en profonde mutation depuis l'effondrement de l'Union soviétique en 1991. Forte d'une approche transversale qui ne prétend nullement à l'exhaustivité, elle vise à identifier les grands facteurs explicatifs, les dynamiques régionales et les enjeux sous-jacents.
Topic: Defense Policy, Corruption, Democratization, Economics, Health, International Security, Natural Resources, Conflict, Multilateralism, Europeanization, Political Science, Regional Integration
Political Geography: Russia, Europe, Ukraine, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan
7. Western Foreign Fighters: The Threat to Homeland and International Security by Phil Gursky
Author: Houssem Ben Lazreg, Phil Gursky
Journal: Fletcher Security Review
Institution: The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Abstract: Islamic State (IS) has demonstrated unprecedented capabilities in attracting foreign fighters, particularly from Western countries. Between 2011 and 2015, Western foreign fighters coming from North America, Europe, and Australia traveled to Iraq and Syria in order to join IS and the Al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Al-Nusra. As IS has been significantly weakened, authorities in many western countries are increasingly worried that returning fighters will come back to their home countries radicalized, battle hardened, and eager to commit terrorist attacks. This concern is clearly manifested in Phil Gursky's book cover which features a striking image of a Belgian returnee from Syria, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who has been named by security officials as one of the architects of the attacks in Paris in 2015.  In Western Foreign Fighters: The Threat to Homeland and International Security, Phil Gursky, a former analyst at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, elaborates on the phenomenon of 'Western Foreign Fighters.' This book aims at addressing two fundamental issues: "why people leave their homeland to join terrorist groups?" and "do they pose a threat upon their prospective return?"[1] To answer those questions, Gurski relies not only on a detailed analysis of the excerpts and statements by the fighters recently engaged in violent extremism at home and overseas, but also on accounts that delineate historical parallels and differences with previous conflicts sharing similar dynamics.  Gurski divides his analysis into eight substantive chapters, an appendix, a glossary and a suggested reading list, using accessible, non-academic prose. He conducts the majority of his historical analysis in chapter three. His discussion of western volunteers—mainly Canadians and Americans—and their involvement in previous conflicts such as the Spanish Civil War and the Boers Wars provides informative and engaging insights, mostly for a general readership.[2] It also sets the stage for shedding light on why Westerners join terrorist groups like IS, and what threat they pose to homeland/international security. Obviously, these issues will be of most interest to intelligence officers, policy makers, scholars, and practitioners...
Topic: Terrorism, International Security, Violent Extremism, Islamic State, Homeland Security, Book Review
Political Geography: Iraq, Europe, Middle East, Syria, North America, United States of America
8. EU cyber partnerships: Assessing the EU strategic partnerships with third countries in the cyber domain
Author: Thomas Renard
Institution: EGMONT - The Royal Institute for International Relations
Abstract: The European Union is increasingly active on cyber issues internationally, guided by its various foreign policy documents and strategies, including its 2013 Cybersecurity Strategy and the 2015 Council conclusions on cyber-diplomacy. In line with these documents, the EU has deepened its bilateral ties with a number of key countries, resulting in a network of cyber partnerships. This article explores these partnerships in depth. It seeks to explain the different types of purposes that they fulfil, and the various mechanisms that underpin them, based on an ambitious mapping exercise. In essence, it is argued that the EU's cyber partnerships aim not only for bilateral cooperation, but also for 'reflexive' results (whereby the EU aim to develop its cyber and diplomatic agency) and 'structural' results (whereby bilateral partnerships aim to strengthen the multilateral fabric and global internet governance). Once assessed against these multiple and intertwined purposes, these cyber partnerships appear more useful than meets the eye.
Topic: International Security, Cybersecurity
9. A European Peace Facility Could Make a Pragmatic Contribution to Peacebuilding around the World
Author: Mark Furness, Julian Bergmann
Institution: German Development Institute (DIE)
Abstract: The question of how the EU should finance peacebuilding in developing countries has challenged policy-makers and pundits for many years. At one level this is a technical and legal issue of budget lines and financing rules. It nevertheless touches on the much deeper political and even moral issues of whether the EU should use development aid to finance security provision, how best the EU can respond to the legitimate needs of partners in conflict-affected countries and what kind of civil and/or military engagements the EU can support as part of its external relations. The question has come to resemble the proverbial can being kicked along the road by successive European Commissioners, Council working groups and parliamentary committees. It has come to a head again because intra-EU negotiations for the next Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 are starting in earnest. This time, a sensible proposal is on the table which can potentially provide a pragmatic and workable solution, at least for a while.
Topic: International Security, International Affairs


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2016 Fr 14 92 6.6 2 20 10.0 0 2 0.0 3 4 75.0 6 9 0.6 10 2 3 1 1 7 0.5
2017 So 31 193 6.2 14 28 50.0 3 8 37.5 6 17 35.3 14 25 0.8 26 6 8 1 5 37 1.2
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Nov 16 Coppin State * 8 1 3 33.3 1 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Nov 22 Gonzaga * 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
Nov 23 USC * 11 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 24 Grand Canyon * 13 0 5 0.0 0 3 4 75.0 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 3
Nov 29 Yale * 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 2 Morehead State * 6 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dec 6 Fairleigh Dickinson * 15 1 4 25.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Jan 3 Kansas * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 6 Kansas State * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 16 Kansas * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 2 Texas Tech * 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 Kansas State * 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 1 Iowa State * 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
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Nov 12 Charleston Southern * 16 3 3 100.0 1 1 100.0 1 2 50.0 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 8
Nov 15 Howard * 11 1 2 50.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 19 Coppin State * 10 0 0 0 0 1 2 50.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
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Dec 17 Longwood * 12 2 5 40.0 0 2 0.0 1 3 33.3 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 5
Dec 21 Mount St. Mary's * 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
Dec 29 TCU * 11 1 1 100.0 0 0 2 2 100.0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 4
Jan 1 Kansas State * 10 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Jan 8 Oklahoma * 5 1 2 50.0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 11 Texas Tech * 3 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 14 Texas * 5 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 18 Kansas * 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 29 Texas * 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Feb 4 Iowa State * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 11 Oklahoma State * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 18 Iowa State * 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 22 TCU * 7 2 3 66.7 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
Feb 27 Kansas * 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mar 4 Oklahoma * 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mar 5 Texas * 8 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
Mar 6 Baylor * 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 17 Elon * 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 19 Maryland * 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 10 Central Connecticut
Nov 14 Sacramento State
Nov 19 North Florida
Nov 23 Butler
Nov 24 Drexel
Nov 25 Virginia Tech
Dec 3 Texas A&M
Dec 7 Pitt
Dec 10 Coppin State
Dec 16 Radford
Dec 18 Morgan State
Dec 21 Morehead State
Jan 7 Iowa State
Jan 17 Oklahoma State
Jan 20 Iowa State
Feb 5 Texas
Feb 10 Texas Tech
Feb 14 Kansas
Feb 26 Baylor
Mar 3 Oklahoma State
Mar 15 Bucknell
Mar 18 Saint Joseph's
Mar 23 James Madison
Mar 25 St. John's
Mar 28 Virginia Tech
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Points 8 November 12, 2016 Charleston Southern W 88-38
FG Made 3 November 12, 2016 Charleston Southern W 88-38
FG Attempts 5 November 24, 2015
December 17, 2016 Grand Canyon
Longwood W
FT Made 3 November 24, 2015 Grand Canyon W 68-50
FT Attempts 4 November 24, 2015 Grand Canyon W 68-50
3-pt Field Goals Made 2 December 10, 2016 USC Upstate W 91-33
3-pt Field Goal Attempts 2 December 10, 2016
Rebounds 4 November 12, 2016 Charleston Southern W 88-38
Offensive Rebounds 2 November 24, 2015
TCU W
Defensive Rebounds 2 November 23, 2015
January 18, 2017 USC
Kansas L
Assists 2 November 24, 2015 Grand Canyon W 68-50
Turnovers 2 November 24, 2015 Grand Canyon W 68-50
Blocks 1 November 16, 2015
January 29, 2017 Coppin State
Texas W
Steals 1 December 6, 2015
January 4, 2017 Fairleigh Dickinson
Baylor W
Minutes Played 16 November 12, 2016
January 4, 2017 Charleston Southern


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Authorities responded to reports of an accident around 10:00 p.m. near the intersection in Vancouver. A BMW sedan with two men trapped inside with two other lying on the roadway.
Public Information Officer for the Vancouver Fire Department Joe Spatz stated that firefighters removed the two men from the car. Joe Spatz also stated that two men were pronounced dead at the scene while the other two were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
One of the men died upon arriving at Peace Health Medical Center. Authorities closed off the road for hours as debris strewn across the road needed to be cleared.
The BMW crashed into a patio just outside of the Igloo Restaurant; it is still unclear on whether the restaurant building was struck by the car. The cause of the accident is unknown and being investigated by the police department's traffic unit.
Speed was a major factor, but it's not clear if alcohol or drugs were involved.


As one peers down upon Marching Mizzou from the Memorial Stadium stands, the storied band is constantly morphing — from the Show-Me State outline on the field to the block M that crowns most features in the Sports Park at Mizzou. But you'll have to zoom in to see the band's most recent alteration.
New uniforms will debut at the first home football game Sept. 3, 2011, when the Tigers host Miami of Ohio. The sleek redesign features a shoulder-enveloping gold M, rhinestone buttons and the roaring Tiger Athletics logo that tops a patent leather-brimmed hat.
The outfit includes a hat and plume, coat, trousers, gauntlets, shoes, socks and gloves. With about 300 members, Marching Mizzou ordered 400 uniforms to plan for future expansion. In 2012, the growing group will showcase its new look at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland.


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Newport-Mesa's school board has laid all the options on the table for tightening school security after a shooting at Fashion Island Saturday and a deadly shooting in Connecticut Friday.
After the Sandy Hook tragedy in which 20 children and six adults were killed at a school and an incident in which a man allegedly let of 50 rounds from a handgun in Newport Beach, Newport-Mesa Unified School District trustees asked staff and law enforcement officials to brief them on safety plans.
Over the next few months, trustees will weigh options on how campus security can improve. And Tuesday, they left nothing off the table, including the possibility of arming teachers.
"I just wondered what your opinion is as a police force, having people who would volunteer to have training to have guns in schools," board Vice President Karen Yelsey asked.
Newport Beach Deputy Chief David McGill hedged his response.
"Arming teachers, that again, is something worthy of discussion," McGill said. "I come from that world of being trained and carrying a firearm. ... In this situation I don't want to commit to it and say it's the right thing to do because I'm not sure it is."
Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers President Kimberly Claytor objected to the idea, telling the board to instead advocate for stricter gun regulations and focus on material improvements to school sites such as insuring all classrooms have functioning doors and locks.
While guns were briefly mentioned, trustees spent the majority of their time hearing about possible communications and infrastructure improvements like adding fencing, installing security cameras, funneling school access to one point or building a silent-alarm system.
"Every little bit that you add and is seen by somebody on the outside as a measure to increase safety — it's just like any criminal out on the street, they'll go to an easy target," McGill said.
The board will consider concrete plans at a later meeting when staff returns with suggestions.
One firmer development is the likely return of Costa Mesa school resource officers who would work with students, assess safety and work on campuses full time.
Costa Mesa Police Chief Tom Gazsi announced he plans to restart the program in spring as staffing levels rise, and the district is ready and waiting for that to happen.
Money is still in the budget for two Costa Mesa SROs to match the two already in Newport Beach, Deputy Supt. Paul Reed said.
Costa Mesa has been without any SROs since 27-year-veteran Officer Jess Gilman retired in October.
As for structural improvements, Reed said trustees will have to weigh the benefit of each possible plan. He advised that most suggestions will be one-time installation expenses but cautioned that money is still tight.
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Kurt Nii, whose son attends Sonora Elementary School in Costa Mesa, demanded that the district lay out some timelines by the end of the year.
During public comment, he pleaded with board members to remember human costs over financial ones.
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Smart City: A new Urban form for Sustainable Development
Prem Narayan
Deputy Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
Urbanisation is a science devoted to add value to the territory in the sectors including water, power, mobility and green spaces whereas a city is a hub of urbanisation and made up of environment, infrastructure, public spaces, nodes and information network. Due to these challenges and trends, the cities of future have already started working on managing the urban infrastructure and buildings the smart way, writes Prem Narayan, Deputy Director General, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
"Wind, water and the sun are well known sources of sustainable energy. Biomass, a source of sustainable energy from organic materials, is less well-known sources of sustainable energy."
The concept of smart city puts emphasis on the idea that information technology and digital data can make our cities far more efficient. A smart city brings together different parties on a common platform with an aim to initiate projects and activities to make living, working, mobility, public spaces and connectivity more efficient for its citizens.
The Vision of a Smart City
Livability: Cities that provide clean, healthy living conditions without pollution and congestion.
Workability: Cities that provide the enabling infrastructure – energy, connectivity, computing, essential services – to compete globally for high-quality jobs.
Sustainability: Cities that provide services without stealing from future generations.
Essentials for a Smart City
A smart city capable of becoming both environmentally sustainable and attractive to citizens and businesses requires a new kind of intelligent infrastructure — an innovative, open platform based on smart technologies that can help forward-looking cities more predictably integrate a complex suite of services cost-effectively, at pace and at scale.
Services – Services to the inhabitants in a smart city include hospitals for healthcare, schools for education, sports centres, city hall for administration, police station for security, museum for cultural activities, shops for commercial uses and courts for delivering justice so that overall objective of complete infrastructural facilities is fulfilled.
Use of Sensor Technology – A smart city can create an efficient and smart services delivery platform for public and municipal workers by installing sensors in the city and to create platforms that allow the share of information and give it for proper use to the public, city managers, businesses and professionals.
Remote Control Network – An integrated control network which has a common data transmission infrastructure that monitors all the municipal and supply networks of the service companies involved in the project.
Information and communication Technology – ICT improves the way cities function and communication flows increase the sustainability of cities as it gives people the appropriate information to make well informed decisions.
Smart Mobility – It is extremely important to ensure availability of open public data for its analysis and onward distribution to its users for the use of colleagues and friends and public at large for smooth mobility.
Waste to Energy – Wind, water and the sun are well known sources of sustainable energy. Biomass, a source of sustainable energy from organic materials, is less well-known sources of sustainable energy.
Adoption of Bio-climatic Principles – Applying bio-climatic principles in architectural design in a smart city is when we design a building based on and incorporating the micro climate conditions of a given site aiming to secure comfortable internal climatic conditions (thermal comfort, visual comfort and good quality of internal air) and to minimise energy consumption and utilise renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, water or geothermal energy.
Smart Cities Mission
In the approach to the 'Smart Cities Mission', the objective is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of 'smart' solutions. The Smart Cities Mission was launched on 25th June, 2015. The focus is on sustainable and inclusive development and the idea is to look at compact areas, create a replicable model which will act like a light house to other aspiring cities. The mission is an innovative and new initiative by the Government of India to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people by enabling local development and harnessing technology as a means to create smart outcomes for citizens.
Financing Of Smart Cities
The Smart Cities Mission will be operated as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) and the Central Government proposes to give financial support to the mission to the extent of Rs 48,000 crores over five years, i.e., on an average Rs 100 crore per city per year.
This is the first time a Ministry of Urban Development programme is using a competitive method to select cities for funding and using a strategy of area-based development. This captures the spirit of 'competitive and cooperative federalism'.
States and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) will play a key supportive role in the development of Smart Cities. Smart leadership and vision at this level and ability to act decisively will be important factors determining the success of the mission.
The Smart Cities Mission requires smart people who actively participate in governance and reforms. Citizen involvement is much more than a ceremonial participation in governance. The participation of smart people will be enabled by the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) through increasing use of ICT, especially mobile-based tools.
Smart city is an integration of technology to ensure a balance of competing goals of sustainability, citizen well-being and economic development. Smart city is an open platform and Smart living and smart working is possible by empowering people through three means – Inform, Inspire and involve. For the Smart City to be sustainable, it is essential that robust systems on infrastructure services monitoring as well as financial resources generation is in place.
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Among the highlights of my early adulthood were the times spent lying on the campus lawns at the Johannesburg College of Education while reading and discussing the Scriptures with fellow students. We had no program, no leaders guide, and no set time for our meetings. No one told us to do it. We simply had a desire to get together, open the Scriptures, read and debate. It was organic, compelling, and Spirit empowered. Along with, and spawned out of our Bible reading and discussion, we provoked and encouraged one another to love and good deeds. Our campus lawn meetings usually lasted for a few hours. Generally we'd read a whole book in one sitting (we chose the shorter ones). To this day I still remember our lively deliberations as we reflected on the prophecy of Hosea.
The Bible reading and discussions on the campus lawns resulted in significant outcomes. It deeply informed our faith development, and for many, clarified God's calling on our lives. Several members of the group have served, or are serving, as full-time vocational missionaries, pastors, evangelists or teachers in Singapore, Egypt, South Africa, USA and Canada.
One of the characteristics of the church should be community. Yet individualism is often deeply entrenched in the church. Bible reading and reflection are a case in point. A strong person centred approach is the hallmark, particularly of Evangelicals. That's not to say there's anything wrong with personal Bible reading and reflection – far from it. But it is to say that the fullness of Bible engagement comes into being when we read the Bible in community. This shouldn't surprise us. God is shaping me as a person; but more importantly He is calling, gathering and forming us as a people. We're in Christ together. That's why life with God, by definition, is life shared with God's people.
Read, discuss and live out the Bible at the dinner table. Families should crack open the Bible together. The starting place for reading the Bible in community should be the home. God placed us in families. One of my highlights most every evening is reading and chatting about God's Word with my wife, mother-in-law and children.
Read the Bible in a Bible reading small group. Now there's a unique concept! Many church small groups are program centered or needs oriented but rarely Bible-centric. Imagine a small group where the primary focus is reading and listening to the Scriptures. Why not give it a try – it changed my life!
Read the Bible publicly. The norm for most Christians, historically and biblically speaking, is listening to God's Word. Some local churches have strayed from these roots. When we gather to worship, the Bible should be read "not as information, not just as instruction, but as a summons to assemble together" Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams.
Categories: Relationship | Tags: Bible engagement, Bible reading, community, family, Public reading, small groups | Permalink.
I don't understand it. It's intimidating. This is usually tied to difficulties comprehending the language the Bible is written in. The language problem is often associated with the use of older translations like the King James Version. The use of a contemporary English version goes a long way toward addressing this problem.
It's boring. Some folk begin reading the Bible with the best of intentions then hit Numbers and their days are numbered! Admittedly there are portions of the Bible that a first time reader may find tiresome or uninteresting. But let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. The Bible, in large chunks, is anything but boring. If it was, it's unlikely that it would have informed and undergirded the major themes and stories that define culture and life today.
I don't need to. The thinking behind this reason is that the pastor/priest is better equipped to read and explain the Bible, so why not just let them do it. This line of thinking is sometimes tied to the struggles that people experience in interpreting the Bible and the recognition that we need theological help. This is one of the reasons why it's so important for us to use Bible reading guides, commentaries, or other helpful resources.
I don't know if I can trust it. Was the world really created in six 24 hour periods? Doesn't science prove that some of the things in the Bible aren't true? Why are there so many conflicting interpretations? These and many other questions raise doubts or skepticism. Not understanding the different genres of the Bible and attempts to read all of it literally may also cultivate confusion that leads to distrust.
I don't have time. This reason tops the list. I personally think it's a smokescreen for the real reasons why Christians don't read the Bible. After all, we're rarely too busy to surf the internet, watch television or go to the coffee shop. The fact is we think we have better things to do and choose to prioritize our time for what's most important to us.
It should serve my needs. In a culture of consumerized Christianity many people think the Bible should primarily provide guidance on how to behave or what to do in life. Outside of some favourite texts and passages the Bible doesn't do much of this. It is not a user-friendly owners manual for successful living. So when it doesn't make us feel good about ourselves, we don't read it.
I'm fine thank you very much! Ultimately we may shy away from reading the Bible because we try to sustain our lives in our own strength. Our independent spirits don't want to confess the need to be dependent on God. Pride, lack of obedience, an unwillingness to submit, and a skewed view of God; in short, sin, results in a Bible reading disconnect.
It's work. "Here then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull or boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy." R. C. Sproul.
There you go. Can you confirm or refute the reasons? Would you add or subtract anything from the list? Have your say . . .
Categories: Transformation | Tags: Bible, Bible engagement, Bible reading, Disconnect with Bible | Permalink.