I decided to condense this blog into two parts. Learning to reduce the info on blogs is half my battle! I learned a lot from shooting Film Festival red carpet premieres last month, and in both blogs I will share some of my experiences. Enjoy!
Lesson 1- I did not have the time to do video documentary posts, as I originally intended before beginning the event. It was rush, rush, rush, despite being stationed around the same Elgin Theatre location on Yonge Street. I was happy with this quieter area, away from the more crazy atmosphere along King West and the TIFF Lightbox building. Although I was not stationed at the large King street west premieres, it was satisfying shooting the events I did over the four days I worked for Getty Images.
Lesson 2- It is never too late in life to keep learning and challenging yourself in new areas of your field of work. Yes, I shoot many corporate events, but never specifically red carpet premieres. I found it a new challenge that pushed me to go beyond my comfort zone among the other experienced, red carpet photographers. One needs to be FAST! Celebs only pose for about 30 seconds to a couple minutes.
Lesson 3- I enjoyed the rush of shooting premieres. For 7 events over 4 days, it was enough for my first year shooting for Getty Images in LA as one of their official TIFF photographers. There is often alot of waiting for the talent to arrive, as typically they are late, but it gave me time to chat with other photographers and really 'take in' their advice and experiences. Both Canadian and LA photographers were usually there, and at least one other Getty Photographer, and it was great networking with the bunch.
Lesson 5- I had to 'let go' not having the time to edit the photos…as Getty needed the images up ASAP for worldwide display and purchase. I was not even as fast as I should have been……as the programming/uploading on the Getty site was a bit of a learning curve. Next year I'm sure the process would be much faster for me.
These photos/films are not in the order I photographed them.
Michelle Rodriguez is just cool. Period.
Actress Sigourney Weaver looking awesome!
This photo of Michelle Rodriquez sold on a few social media websites. Bloggers and magazines like when the full body is shown for display of their entire outfit. When the actor is looking directly at the camera, publications love these more intimate poses.
Actress Caroline Chan attends the '(Re) Assignment'. This girl rocked for posing!
Does it get any cooler than Actor Adrian Hough at the '(Re) Assignment' premiere. I'm digging this scarf and his glasses.
This film I'm so excited to see- Moonlight. It is already getting some 'Oscar buzz', and considered one of the best premieres at TIFF this year.
Update!! BEST PICTURE WINNER at the Academy Awards!
I can not wait to see this film out in November!!
Mahershala Ali, Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winner! 'Moonlight'.
Stay tuned for more next week….
—And please don't download and steal my photos. That would not be cool.
← Great feeling to see TIFF2016 photos out there.


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Плодоїд чорно-зелений (Pipreola riefferii) — вид горобцеподібних птахів родини котингових (Cotingidae). Мешкає в Андах.

Опис
Довжина птаха становить 18 см. У самців голова, горло і груди чорні, верхня частина тіла зелена, блискуча, третьорядні покривні пера крил мають світлі кінчики. Решта нижньої частини тіла жовтувата, поцяткована зеленими плямами або смужками, відділена від чорних грудей жовтою смугою. У самиць голова, горло і груди зелені, жовтий "комір" на грудях відсутній. Очі червонувато-карі, дзьоб і лапи оранжево-червоні.

Підвиди
Виділяють шість підвидів:
 P. r. occidentalis (Chapman, 1914) — Західний хребет і крайній південь Центрального Хребта Колумбійських Анд, західні схили Еквадорських Анд (на південь до Ель-Оро);
 P. r. riefferii (Boissonneau, 1840) — Центральний і Східний хребти Колумбійських Анд, Анди на заході Венесуели (Кордильєра-де-Мерида), гори Сьєрра-де-Періха на кордоні Колумбії і Венесуели;
 P. r. confusa Zimmer, JT, 1936 — східні схили Анд в Еквадорі і на крайній півночі Перу (захід Амазонасу);
 P. r. chachapoyas (Hellmayr, 1915) — Перуанські Анди (на схід від Мараньйону в Амазонасі і Сан-Мартіні);
 P. r. tallmanorum O'Neill & Parker, TA, 1981 — гори  і  в центральному Перу (Уануко);
 P. r. melanolaema Sclater, PL, 1856 — гори Прибережного хребта на півночі Венесуели.

Поширення і екологія
Чорно-зелені плодоїди мешкають у Венесуелі, Колумбії, Еквадорі і Перу. Вони живуть в нижньому і середньому ярусах вологих гірських тропічних лісів. Зустрічаються поодинці, парами або невеликими зграйками, на висоті від 1000 до 3500 м над рівнем моря, переважно на висоті від 1500 до 2700 м над рівнем моря. Живляться плодами.

Примітки

Котингові
Птахи, описані 1843
Птахи Венесуели
Птахи Колумбії
Птахи Еквадору
Птахи Перу
Птахи Болівії

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Electronic - The Virtual Tour Launch Event
Nightlife Architecture
Attend on Facebook Free to members
Thursday 17 December 2020, 20.00 GMT
Join electronic artist Daniel Avery, DJ, musician, and broadcaster Nabihah Iqbal, architect, researcher and teacher, Pol Esteve and design and nightclub historian Dr Catharine Rossi for this talk on nightlife architecture.
This an online event on Facebook.
Due to the most recent COVID-lockdown in London, we have taken the decision to pre-record the panel discussion 'Nightlife Architecture', rather than host a live in-person discussion from the Design Museum to ensure the safety of our panellists and staff.
To coincide with Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers - The Virtual Tour, this panel discussion explores how design and architecture have shaped nightclubs.
Drawing upon the spatial typologies, interiors, lighting, and sound systems of different clubs from around the world, and other environments where electronic music is experienced, the panel will discuss the significance of design in creating spaces for experimentation and alternative lifestyles, after dark.
Tickets for this event grant you access to the filmed tour of Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers
General Admission £7.99. Members FREE
How to join the event:
Buy one ticket per viewer via the Facebook Paid Online Event link. Access the Facebook event on Thursday 17 December at 20.00 GMT (Facebook will also notify you in advance on the platform).
Watch the panel discussion.
A link and password to watch an exclusive preview of Electronic: The Virtual Tour will be shared as part of the panel discussion.
Don't worry if you miss the panel discussion, a recording will be accessible by all ticket-holders until 27 December 2020, 18.00 GMT.
Ticket-holders will be able to watch the filmed tour until March 2021.
*Refunds policy: *No refunds. Automatic refunds will be issues in case of event cancellation.
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Electronic musician and DJ Daniel Avery released his third studio album Love + Light in 2020, a surprise release coming into existence at the beginning of lockdown. The record arrived just months after the full-length Illusion Of Time, a collaboration with Nine Inch Nails member Alessandro Cortini. Avery's seminal 2013 work Drone Logic is considered one of the most important techno albums of the last decade by critics and fans alike.
Dr Catharine Rossi
Dr Catharine Rossi is a design historian interested in socially and politically engaged approaches to design and design history. She curated projects on nightclubs at the Venice Architecture Biennale and London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, and most recently Night Fever with the Vitra Design Museum, which is next touring to V&A Dundee in 2021.
Nabihah Iqbal
Nabihah Iqbal is a musician, producer, DJ and broadcaster from London. Her debut album, 'Weighing of the Heart' was released in December 2017 and she is currently an artist-in-residence at Somerset House. Aside from working on her own music, Nabihah has hosted a bi-weekly show on NTS Radio, and has also been presenting shows on BBC Asian Network and BBC Radio 1.
Pol Esteve
Pol Esteve Castelló is an architect, researcher and teacher. He is a Studio Master in the Architectural Association and a PhD candidate at The Bartlett, UCL. He is cofounder of the architecture studio GOIG. His work has explored the relationship between space, technology and body, with particular interest in non-canonical histories.
Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers - The Virtual Tour
Join your own personal curated tour of the blockbuster exhibition from the comfort of your home.
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Embattled Houston Police officer Gerald Goines routinely claimed it was too dangerous to knock on a suspected drug dealer's home. Goines swore in search warrant affidavits that "knocking and announcing would be dangerous, futile," because he claimed a confidential informant had seen a gun inside. Those claims led judges to grant no-knock warrants, which accounted for 96 percent of all the search warrants he filed in the last seven years, a KHOU 11 Investigation has found.


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Q: Coding a forward pass of the Convnet I am given this set of parameters where I need to code into a forward pass.
model_list = [dict(type='Conv2D', in_channels=3, out_channels=32, kernel_size=5, stride=1, padding=2),
              dict(type='ReLU'),
              dict(type='MaxPooling', kernel_size=2, stride=2),
              dict(type='Linear', in_dim=8192, out_dim=10)]
criterion = dict(type='SoftmaxCrossEntropy')

    def __init__(self, modules, criterion):
        self.modules = []
        for m in modules:
            if m['type'] == 'Conv2D':
                self.modules.append(
                    Conv2D(m['in_channels'],
                           m['out_channels'],
                           m['kernel_size'],
                           m['stride'],
                           m['padding'])
                )
            elif m['type'] == 'ReLU':
                self.modules.append(
                    ReLU()
                )
            elif m['type'] == 'MaxPooling':
                self.modules.append(
                    MaxPooling(m['kernel_size'],
                               m['stride'])
                )
            elif m['type'] == 'Linear':
                self.modules.append(
                    Linear(m['in_dim'],
                           m['out_dim'])
                )
        if criterion['type'] == 'SoftmaxCrossEntropy':
            self.criterion = SoftmaxCrossEntropy()

And basically what I am trying to do is this
def forward(self, x, y):

        probs = None
        loss = None

        Conv2D_output = self.modules['Conv2D'](x)
        Relu_output = self.modules['ReLU'](Conv2D_output)
        MaxPooling_output = self.modules['MaxPooling'](Relu_output)
        Linear_output = self.modules['Linear'](MaxPooling_output)

        scores = Linear_output
        probs, loss = self.criterion.forward(scores, y)

        self.cache = (probs, x, y)
        return probs, loss

Is there anyway I could do it? Since the dictionary is appended as an object into a list?

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Female Rowers in Venice Are Delivering Groceries to the Elderly by Gondola
Cailey Rizzo
Cailey Rizzo is a contributing writer for Travel + Leisure. She specializes in reporting on travel, culture, and the arts. She is currently based in Brooklyn.
Photo: ANDREA PATTARO/Getty
As northern Italy, the origin of the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, prepares to return to real life as its quarantine lockdown lifts, women in Venice are delivering groceries to elderly people in the best way they know how — by gondola.
"Row Venice," an all-female non-profit dedicated to preserving traditional Venetian gondolier techniques, is delivering food to the elderly and families who cannot shop for themselves, according to The Associated Foreign Press.
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The gondoliers row along the canals of Venice, bringing organic produce to the Venetians who need them the most. The rowers are also acting as delivery people on behalf of a farmhouse outside of Venice. Venetians can order their produce online and have it delivered, the group explained on Instagram.
Venice has changed dramatically since the coronavirus arrived in the city in February. In a city that's been fighting overtourism for years, videos taken in March showed Venice's canals sparkling clean. As the canals continue to sit empty, marine life has began swimming into the city. Earlier this week, a jellyfish was spotted making its way through Venice's waters. https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/10159662677983812
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Italy has experienced at least 183,900 confirmed cases and more than 24,600 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Italy has been under lockdown since March 9, with strict limits on how often citizens are allowed to leave their homes. Anyone who leaves their home must be carrying a "self-certification" form, detailing the reasons they are outside. In some areas, it is mandated that people wear masks when they are out in public. The maximum fine for breaking lockdown rules is $3,250 (€3,000), according to The Local Italy.
Italy is expected to announce a plan to end its lockdown by the end of the week, according to The BBC. The lockdown is expected to lift May 4.
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Today, I have something really fun for you. If you have hung around here for any time at all, you know that I love Halloween. So, when Jason at Dealspotr.com asked me to collaborate with him on a Halloween post for their website, I was thrilled.
Dealspotr.com is the best community for finding and sharing deals. I used the resources on the Dealspotr website, and armed myself with great coupons for purchasing the supplies I would need. You can read more about that here–they helped me get a lot of Fright for very little Bite!
This DIY Halloween project is really very easy to create.
Take Glass out of picture frame. Clean Glass very well.
Tape the Inverse Image to the front or outside of the glass (image side facing the glass). This allows you to see exactly where your image will be once it is in the frame, and will help you during the spray painting.
Place glass image side down on your spraying surface. You can see the image through the glass.
Then add more paint in small spurts, especially to the areas around your image. You want there to be enough paint to create a mirror, but lighter paint on top of the image so that it shows through.
Remove the Inverse image from the front of the glass and clean glass carefully.
Place glass back into the frame–Glass side out, Painted side to the inside.
Clean the glass, then wipe it down with alcohol. Any fingerprints or oils will interfere with the paint sticking properly.
Areas not showing up well – I had a large white area on my image over about half the face. So, I used colored pencil to draw it in better.
White is showing up to bright – Again, this was the case for me, so I sprayed a light coating of the Looking Glass spray paint directly onto my image to tone it down. This worked great, and also gave the image another dimension.
So, just play around with it, until you reach your desired effect.
The reflection here is a hutch. It almost looks like the lady is pushing her way through the wood.
Imagine catching that face out of the corner of your eye…spine chilling.
I hope you have enjoyed our little Haunted Mirror Halloween DIY project. There was a lot of fun had while making it for you. Have a Hauntingly Spooktacular Halloween!
Be sure to come by and check them out!
How do you like to decorate for Halloween?
Do you have any Halloween DIY projects planned?
I feel like asking that mirror who the fairest of them all is! It's so lifelike and so spooky! You always come up with the best projects! This would be great at a Halloween party.
That turned out so creepy! I need some of that spray paint!!!!
That's really neat. I've never tried to make a haunted mirror and this looks like so much fun.
Yikes! How spooky! I love it! We're throwing a HUGE Halloween bash this year. I'll have to make one of these!
Ahhh this is great! Super creepy! Well done!
Brilliantly creepy!! Where did you find that image? We will have to try this.
Thank you for having us as co-hosts for the #HomeMattersParty Lorelai!
This looks so cool! What an awesome idea for Halloween!
So cool! I love this as a Halloween decoration. I think it would scare my kids…hee hee. So happy to be co-hosting #HomeMattersParty this month.
Ah! So creepy. I love that you were able to do this so simply and the tips are really helpful. I will definitely be trying this!!
OMG!! That is absolutely stunning and scary !! screams halloo-weeeen 😉 Love the way you used glass spray paint Lorelai. #HomeMattersParty.
This is so eerie! And perfect for this time of year. It's been fun being involved with the #HomeMattersParty with you!
This is so cool! My friend and I are hosting a scrapbooking event on Halloween and I really think we need to make some of these. Thanks for the awesome tutorial!
Good Morning Lorelai!! Just popping in to let you know your post has been picked as a feature at the Welcome Home Wednesday Link Party! Stop by this morning to see your feature and link up!
That's something I've never seen made before! So cool–and spooky! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
I love this and can't wait to make it…where can i find the picture?
This would definitely scare a lot of people. Such a neat project! Have a great day!
This is amazing! I love this and I am wondering if I can get a good spray with the humidity we have here in Florida. I also don't know how to print and inverse image. This is such a great project for Halloween. I will be pinning this and sharing at FB and Twitter. I would love it it you would stop by on Saturday after 8 PM EST and share this at Celebrate it Sunday!
Loreli, this is so cool! My girlfriend has a Halloween party each year, I will pass this great idea on to her!


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BRG launches EMEA real estate practice
Ian Mackie has joined Berkeley Research Group to launch its new London-based real estate and fixed asset...
Ian Mackie has joined Berkeley Research Group to launch its new London-based real estate and fixed asset valuation practice focusing on Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Having founded FTI Consulting's corporate and real estate consulting practice, Ian Mackie has a new launch on his hands as he takes the reins of Berkeley Research Group's (BRG) new real estate and fixed asset valuation practice which will focus on the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
The new practice will provide valuation, advisory and consulting services across the real estate sector for clients that include owners, investors and lenders.
Mackie explains to CDR that the United Kingdom will see an increasing number of real estate disputes in the coming months. "At the moment we are seeing a significant variation in performance between different asset classes, of which the retail woes have been the most prominently documented, but are by no means alone."
These variations in performance, coming on the back of a market which has seen intense investment competition from both UK and overseas money in the last few years for prime assets, are creating valuation and financing deficits which are leading to disputes and a need for independent expertise," he adds.
Mackie, who says the team is expected to grow "when the right talent becomes available", has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of fixed-asset finance, where he has built teams providing valuation services for real estate and fixed-asset investments for reporting and transaction advisory in contentious and non-contentious matters.
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Leading Change in the Digital Age with Anand Verma
Anand Verma
Co-Founder | LeapX
Imagine you're at the edge of a freezing cold plunge pool. Would you dive right in? Or would you hesitate and maybe just dip your toe in the water?
Our guest, Anand Verma, likes to dive right in! Anand is a visionary leader, award-winning digital innovator, serial entrepreneur, and investor–and he believes that if you want to innovate in the digital age, you have to dive right in and embrace change no matter how scary and uncomfortable it may be.
Anand is the Co-founder of LeapX, a Design and AI startup dedicated to creating a carbon neutral world. Previously, he was the Founder and CEO of Brilliant Basics, an award winning Global Digital and Innovation company that was acquired by Infosys. Anand also led Infosys' digital capabilities in EMEA and was a part of the Infosys leadership team. Prior to Brilliant Basics, Anand was one of the youngest CEO's at Interpublic Group (IPG) leading IPG Media brands Ventures in EMEA. He also held leadership roles at Sapient, AKQA and Modem Media.
Anand has a track record of leading through disruptive change. In this episode, he shares what it means to be entrepreneurial, how to navigate uncertainty, why companies must be purpose-led, and how to build winning teams. He is a passionate advocate for diversity as the fuel for innovation and a champion for women in leadership. That's why we are so proud to have him on the Beyond Barriers advisory board to guide us on our mission.
[03:07] Anand's story of entrepreneurship
[09:24] Most important lessons learned
[12:57] Being a builder vs an operator
[15:45] How confidence is built
[21:32] Anand's current focus – bringing AI and design together
[25:00] Gaining support from sponsors and advocates
[27:25] Why diversity matters
[35:54] Biggest trends to follow
[38:28] How to prepare for future trends
"Perfectionism is the biggest killer of any business." – Anand Verma
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Anand is the Co-founder of LeapX, a Design and AI startup dedicated to creating a carbon neutral world.
Prior to his recent ventures, he was the Owner, Founder and CEO of Brilliant Basics (acquired by Infosys), an award winning Global Digital and Innovation company headquartered in London with studios all over the world.
Successfully acquired by Infosys in 2017 to accelerate Design and Innovation for Infosys and its clients globally. Anand also led Infosys' digital capabilities in EMEA and was a part of the Infosys leadership team. He is also deeply involved with leading design school and university partnerships for Infosys.
Anand is a digital visionary, innovator and successful entrepreneur who understands new products and services, revenue growth, operations and people. He has over 20 years' experience in management consulting, digital and tech businesses. Anand has built a successful career by consistently delivering value through digital and customer-centricity. He loves creating value by reducing complexity in the digital world at both speed x scale.
Prior to founding Brilliant Basics, Anand was one of the youngest Presidents and CEO's at Interpublic Group (IPG) leading IPG Mediabrands Ventures in EMEA, a global advertising and media conglomerate where he led digital Operations, Innovative Products and Services and M&A. And previous to that he held leadership roles at Sapient (now a part of Publicis), AKQA (now a part of WPP) and Modem Media (now a part of Publicis).
Anand is an active investor, adviser, non-exec board director, academia, podcast host and speaker.
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The Listening Station is a sound installation of material gathered at a youth hostel on Droskyn Point in Perranporth, Cornwall. Alex Goodman devised the project inspired by the building's previous use as an experimental Listening Station. In 2016, hostel guests were invited to make recordings to collate a record of experiences on the site. Following this the hostel hosted two artist residencies in 2016 & 2017 to generate sonic responses exploring the psychogeography of the space, and the surrounding area. Artists and guests were encouraged to consider the cyclical nature of season, sleep and tide.
The building was originally built as an experimental Admiralty Station from 1955 to 1957 when hydrophones were placed on the sea bed spaced over ten miles in efforts to detect submarine activity. The Listening Station was a Top Secret site for research and listening, its activity only becoming public knowledge in recent years. Today the routing cables that connected the hydrophones to the building can still been seen running down the cliff to the sea where further evidence is uncovered by low spring tides.
Following a refurbishment of the hostel some of the original furniture has been salvaged and will be installed in the Brunswick basement to house the soundscapes captured both above and under the water, the cliffs and between the walls of a building where many travellers have slept overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
My professional life began in the world of physical theatre but I gradually migrated to the realm of visual arts. My work revolves around themes of childhood, place and belonging, and I work with people who find themselves on the margins for one reason or another. I develop flexible and responsive processes that allow us to think imaginatively with each other and see my practice contributing to a community of disciplines that embraces family support, academic research, and education.
For the last two years I've worked on AHRC project Daylighting Hidden Rivers, which has made me think about rivers much more and as I walk over the culverts I imagine them flowing under my feet. I have recently started a new piece of work, Tidal Village, out on the high tides of the Severn Estuary where I am exploring ideas and images about flooding and loss.
Drift comes out of having watched the turning tides on the estuary. I focused on the many and contrasting flows and rhythms of the water moving across one another in the Severn and wrote phrases that would constantly move against and past each other. I took information from tide charts (timings, tide heights etc.) and used this as the foundation of the piece. I want Drift to somehow describe the passing of time, the surface disruption of the water and the relentless tidal forces moving up and down the estuary.
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Palm Oil is part of a series of works exploring cycles and linearity, discreteness and continuousness, and the space between the human and the natural. Sound is generated and manipulated through processes that imitate ecosystems: musical ideas emerge, repeat and evolve within a sonic space that attempts to call on the spiritual experience of techno and the sublime experience of the natural world.
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Bring Back Reason
Mentor's Compass
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The Second Error Continued: "Objective" Science, "Subjective" Humanities, and the Eucharist
The Bring Back Reason Series Contents
What is Really Going on in Education Today?
Matter and Form, Substance and Accidents
Esse and Essence in Regards to Technology
A Defense of Common Sense
How to Educate Children for Realism: Up to Age 6
How to Educate Children for Realism: Older than Age 6
Educating Teenagers for Realism
The Root of the Educational Problem
The Cartesian Divide
The First Error: "Everything is Composed of Little Particles"
The First Error Continued: An Example and a Challenge
The Second Error: "There is No Substance"
The Third Error: There Are No Such Things as Natures
The Third Error Continued: Loving Nature and Knowing Why
The Fourth Error: Living Things Are Machines
A Problem for Science or for Education?
Educating for Realism
From the Bring Back Reason series.
Trying to have it both ways: on "objective science" and "subjective humanities"
This absence of metaphysical thinking is a serious problem, for scholars and non-scholars alike. People tend to forget about wholes when they narrowly focus on the component parts of things, practically viewing reality as if the whole is not more than the sum of its parts. And so under this softer Heraclitian cosmic soup conception of reality that is all too common today, people simultaneously hold divergent perspectives. On the one hand it is acknowledged, perhaps in a vague and somewhat tacit way, that the objective world is basically a mechanical configuration of particles and nothing more. The classical meaning of the word substance and many other rich concepts about reality are obscured.
But on the level of human culture and thought, which is considered as relative to the human subject and in this sense "subjective," it is more than appropriate to think of human realities, the humanities, in rich and even romantic terms. Some people are seen as gifted with an artistic temperament and refined sensibilities. They may have a keen grasp of human culture and expression, including poetry and art that highlights aspects of nature, or perhaps a more non-natural modern culture. Sure the world basically runs on practical "scientific" principles and to get the job done a successful businessman will model his practices on factual empirical data. But it is great that in our spare time as a culture we have those "on the fringes" whose profession is to have an appreciation of "higher things." These people can help us better understand their insights when we listen to them being interviewed on public radio so that we can dabble in "culture" when our real work is done.
Behind this type of toxic thinking looms the Cartesian division between the objective world and the human subject as an autonomous thinking self. The objective world is mechanical, flat, deterministic, passive, and governed by abstract laws external to it; in a word it is "formless" and as such lacks any internal directedness or finality. According to this worldview, any real human meaning must exist within the human subject, an individual coexisting with other autonomous monads, who together define "culture" relative to the human subject in a manner detached from nature and the objective world around us. On an intellectual level this means that human values become increasingly detached from being and the science by which being is known, namely from metaphysics.
More will be said about this later but for now I simply want to conclude this section with an image of the modern embodiment of this reductive perspective taken from Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited. Without abandoning any of his sharp humor and wit, Waugh presents a horrifying vision of reductive modern man in the character of Rex Mottram. Rex is a successful businessman who can "get things done." Upon learning that he would need to become Catholic to have a wedding with "guys dressed in red" present (he once saw such a wedding in Spain and thinks it would be stylish to have such a wedding himself), he tells his fiancé, Julia, that he is more than happy to "join" the Catholic Church. Rex starts to meet with a priest, who patiently attempts to teach the faith to him. The priest becomes increasingly baffled at the agreeableness of his student. Rex basically tells him he is ready to accept "whatever you say, father." In his concern for the truth the priest becomes worried. Talking about the Trinity does not seem to be working so he takes a different tact. He asks Rex what he would think if the Pope said that it was raining outside but it was actually sunny. Rex replies that then it must be "raining spiritually." Later, in an attempt to justify allowing Rex to be Baptized, the priest considers the possibility of treating Rex as one who is mentally handicapped, an idiot of sorts.
A Eucharistic Example
Is the tendency today to accept the Cartesian division between the objective world and the world of the human subject that different from Rex's outlook? Before you dismiss this analogy as too extreme, consider what is really meant today by claiming that something is objectively true, such as, for example, what Catholics believe about the Eucharist. I am not trying to argue that Catholics are correct in their belief (although as a Catholic I do believe this) but am rather using this as an example of the importance of the classical meaning of substance to be able to correctly express certain truths about reality. Catholics believe in the real presence of Jesus Christ, God and man, in the Eucharist from the moment that the priest pronounces the words of consecration. The language that has traditionally been used is one of substance. The doctrine has been presented technically as "transubstantiation," or the changing of the substance of the bread and wine to the substance of the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ. As such there are actually three miracles that take place in every Mass at the consecration:
The first miracle is the change of the substance of the bread and wine to the substance of Jesus Christ. The bread and wine no longer exist. What exists is substantially the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity become man.
The second miracle is that the accidents of Jesus are withheld so that our senses are not able to identify Him. Our senses of sight, smell, touch, and taste are all deceived in that they fail, as senses, to grasp the reality of Jesus. In considering this it is somewhat ironic that the instances in history where the host has actually appeared as human flesh (sometimes tested in laboratories and determined to be flesh from a human heart) are called "Eucharistic Miracles." These relatively infrequent manifestations are technically a lack of the full miracle of the withholding of the accidents that is typically happens at each Mass.
The third miracle is that the accidents of the bread and wine are preserved so that to our ordinary senses we perceive the same bread and wine. The Eucharist is the only objective material reality that has accidents that are not rooted in its substance.
In recent times, the question has arisen as to whether this doctrine can be understood without appealing to the category of substance. This has been seen as important at least in part because it has been recognized that much of the meaning of words rich in metaphysical content like substance has been lost. The project of helping people to again understand these words properly is a difficult one. In this context the Church after the Second Vatican Council was struggling to determine how necessary it is to present traditional formulations of doctrine in technical philosophical language. As many attempted to present the faith in other ways it became common to use the word "symbol" to discuss the Eucharist. There is a correct meaning of the word symbol that can be applied to the Eucharist in the sense that it makes present what it signifies, as explained in sacramental theology. Even so there was a reaction against the use of the word symbol in the sense many understood by this language something that simply represents to us a reality that is not necessarily there. Those with faith quickly recognized how dangerous it is to think that the important thing is not the objective existence of the Eucharist but rather merely what is presented to us. In the absence of the language of substance, some even realized that even the words "real presence" were not adequate to clearly distinguish the presence of Christ in the Eucharist from His presence in all of creation.
It is not clear that a catechesis that deemphasized such rich classical concepts like substance has been able to convey the fullness of the content of the doctrine of the Eucharist.* And so while it may be difficult to teach people today about metaphysics, it seems that if we do not do so it will become increasingly difficult to convey certain truths, such as the doctrine of the Eucharist. Many other examples could be used, some from the Christian faith (for example, the Incarnation, one Person and two natures), and others that simply relate to the natural world around us (as the difference between a living organism and a machine, more to follow). To the extent that we fail to understand reality on a metaphysical level we will end up relegating the content of faith and even human values to the same level as artistic sensibilities, as something that cultured people can appreciate. We will end up with people who would join a religion for little more than the image such membership conveys or for some other practical benefit, even if just to have people dressed in red at one's wedding.
*In no way do I want to bring into question the legitimate need to use rich Scriptural images and the insights of the sciences that inform good educational practices (child psychology, sociology, educational theory) in catechesis. The recognition of the need to do this is a positive fruit of the Second Vatican Council. My concern here is that we also use correct philosophy when appropriate.
A native of Rochester, NY, Michael Moynihan earned B.A. degrees in history and science pre-professional studies with a concentration in the Honors Program from the University of Notre Dame. He graduated Summa Cum Laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After teaching for one year and earning a master's degree in theology from The Catholic University of America, he joined the faculty of The Heights School in 1995. He has taught chemistry, Advanced Placement chemistry, eighth grade science, ethics, math and religion, has coached The Heights' cross-country team and founded The Heights Mountaineers program. Michael was named Head of the Upper School in 2002. He and his wife, Angela, have eleven children, with four sons here at the School.
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Runway debris costs about $14 billion in damages yearly. That's why the FAA likes an Israeli system to detect birds and metal fragments 24/7.
Lots of people complain about airplane food, but what about FOD?
That acronym, which stands for "foreign object debris," refers to stuff on the runway – birds, small animals and fragments that break off planes – causing far more dangerous problems than rubbery rolls on your dinner tray.
The Israeli company XSight Systems has swooped in to prevent harm in a unique way that's already been adopted at international airports in Boston, Paris, Bangkok and Tel Aviv.
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Using integrated radar and electro-optical sensors in a fixed installation on the runway, XSight's FODetect system "was able to detect the objects of various shapes, sizes, and materials on runway surfaces and perform satisfactorily in nighttime, daytime, sun, rain, mist, fog, and snow conditions," according to a US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report issued in June.
Ever since FOD-related damage caused the supersonic jetliner Concorde to crash in 2000, killing 113 people, the race has been on for a solution to this problem. And the made-in-Israel sensor system, tested at Boston's Logan International Airport since 2007, meets all FAA criteria.
That's quite a coup for the manufacturer, XSight Systems of Rosh Ha'Ayin, in the north of Tel Aviv. The company began only in 2005 and employs just 55 people.
Boston to Bangkok
FODetect resulted from about two years of R&D carried out by six Israelis involved in developing remote sensing guides for the Israeli military industry.
XSight's FODetector at work on the runway.
"As opposed to other companies that used existing technology for this purpose, we started at square one and ran through various technologies to find the best solution," says Aviv Goner, XSight's vice president for research and development.
Aiming to offer a product for commercial airports, they came up with a device that integrates radar and electro-optical sensors in a fixed installation on the runway.
Boston was the first airport to test it out, and following an advisory circular from the FAA at September 2009, the device was bought by international airports in Paris, Bangkok and Tel Aviv. Others are expected to follow.
Goner says that aside from its sophisticated technology, the key to FODetect's success is its positioning on the runway edge lights. "Where to put the sensors was the start point," he tells ISRAEL21c.
This is what made it stand out from three other ideas the FAA tested. Two of them, like FODetect, function 24/7 but had to be affixed to towers. The fourth idea was a mobile unit mounted on cars doing a four-time-a-day patrol of the runways. The fact that FODetect works continuously, right on the runway, made it a winner.
Chief technology officer Oded Hanson says the technology involves high-grade radar and video sensors for detecting FOD. "Each one has pros and cons, so we use both," he explains.
Tremendous cost reduction
It's estimated that FOD annually costs about $14 billion in direct damage to aircraft and indirect damage including insurance and liability costs, flight delays, passenger rerouting and accommodations.
In 2002, when an investigation committee concluded that the cause of the Concorde disaster was a foreign object dropped onto the runway by a DC-10 airliner just before the Concorde's ill-fated takeoff, the future founders of XSight took note.
"The committee recommended looking for solutions for automatic monitoring, and we started looking into it," says Goner.
Quantifying the savings realized by FODetect is difficult because so many factors are involved, including secondary expenses impossible to measure — such as the effect of delays on an airline's reputation.
"There are several links in this chain: airlines, equipment companies and the airports themselves. We know that the system is detecting many objects in all these airports," says Goner. "It's obvious that if you can prevent one accident, even without casualties, you can cover the cost of the system."
FODetect has other significant advantages for airport management in surveillance and security, Hanson points out. "We provide them with eyes they never had before, even aside from detecting FOD. If they have a request to see something on the runway, they can get live video without going there physically."
Goner notes that any kind of airport is a likely customer. "The whole aviation industry is a potential market for FODetect regardless of location, and regardless of whether it's for military or civilian airports," he says. "This is just about airplanes on runways."
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Dalglish's left-back conundrum
Date:16th July 2011 at 10:00pm
Written by: Kristian Johnson
Despite spending over £100m since taking charge of Liverpool in January 2011, Kenny Dalglish has found it increasingly difficult to acquire a left back.
With Paul Konchesky's Anfield nightmare finally resolved, Fabio Aurelio is the only senior left back at the club. Whilst he is a very good player, his injury problems mean he cannot be trusted to hold down the position for a whole season. Jack Robinson is the only other available left back, but at the tender age of 17, he isn't quite ready to fill the role on a regular basis. Dalglish was even forced to play the likes of Glen Johnson and Daniel Agger in an unfamiliar position last season in order to plug the hole.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a wealth of world class left backs, and those that are around seem determined to play in Europe. Gael Clichy, a superb signing at just £7m, decided to join Manchester City due to their involvement in next season's Champions League. For weeks, speculation was also rife that the Reds would be signing Benfica full back Fabio Coentrao, but he has since moved to Real Madrid for big money.
The two left backs most recently linked with a move to L4 are Newcastle's Jose Enrique and Lyon's Aly Cissokho. Both are relatively young, 25 and 23 respectively, and would provide good quality going forward with their pace and delivery. With the acquisition of Stuart Downing from Aston Villa, either full back could form a lethal left side partnership – a prospect which would leave Andy Carroll drooling.
Crucially, the price tag of either would be considerably lower than the €30m paid by Madrid for Coentrao and may even allow Dalglish to make further signings to strengthen the squad.
Whoever Dalglish decides upon will need to slot into the set up quickly, which may sway Dalglish in the favour of Enrique, due to his experience in the English game. And whatever the decision, it is critical that Liverpool sign a specialist left back this summer.
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 * @param  {Object}   oauthCreds - An object that contains the OAuth 1 keys and secrets for the LiveEngage API you would like to call. This object needs to contain
 *                                 the following parameters: 'consumer_key', 'consumer_secret','token', and 'token_secret'.
 * @param  {Function} callback   - An optional callback function that is called when the API call is complete. The function will pass the following arguments (err, data).
 */
Utils.prototype.getRequestWithOAuthCreds = function(url, oauthCreds, callback) {
	callback = (typeof callback === 'function') ? callback : function() {};
	request.get({
    url: url,
    oauth: oauthCreds,
    json: true,
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
	}, function(error, response, body) {
		/* check for any errors */
	  if(error){
		  callback(error, null);
	  }else{
	  	/* make sure the response is not undefined */
	  	if(response != null){
	  		/* check for a 200 response */
		  	if(response.statusCode == "200"){
			  	callback(null, body);
			  }else{
			  	callback(body, null);
			  }
		  }else{
		  	callback(body, null);
		  }
	  }
  });
}

/**
 * Performs a GET request with a Bearer Token to the URL that is passed to this method.
 * @exports Utils
 * @function getRequestWithBearerToken
 * @param  {String}   url        - The URL that is used in the GET request.
 * @param  {String}   bearerToken - A Bearer Token that is passed as an Authorization header to the request.
 * @param  {Function} callback   - An optional callback function that is called when the API call is complete. The function will pass the following arguments (err, data).
 */
Utils.prototype.getRequestWithBearerToken = function(url, bearerToken, callback) {
	callback = (typeof callback === 'function') ? callback : function() {};
	request.get({
    url: url,
    json: true,
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': 'Bearer '+ bearerToken
    }
	}, function(error, response, body) {
		/* check for any errors */
	  if(error){
		  callback(error, null);
	  }else{
	  	/* make sure the response is not undefined */
	  	if(response != null){
	  		/* check for a 200 response */
		  	if(response.statusCode == "200"){
			  	callback(null, body);
			  }else{
			  	callback(body, null);
			  }
		  }else{
		  	callback(body, null);
		  }
	  }
  });
}

/**
 * Performs a GET request to the URL that is passed to this method.
 * @exports Utils
 * @function getRequest
 * @param  {String}   url        - The URL that is used in the GET request.
 * @param  {Function} callback   - An optional callback function that is called when the API call is complete. The function will pass the following arguments (err, data).
 */
Utils.prototype.getRequest = function(url, callback) {
	callback = (typeof callback === 'function') ? callback : function() {};
	request.get({
    url: url,
    json: true,
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
	}, function(error, response, body) {
		/* check for any errors */
	  if(error){
		  callback(error, null);
	  }else{
	  	/* make sure the response is not undefined */
	  	if(response != null){
	  		/* check for a 200 response */
		  	if(response.statusCode == "200"){
			  	callback(null, body);
			  }else{
			  	callback(body, null);
			  }
		  }else{
		  	callback(body, null);
		  }
	  }
  });
}

/**
 * Performs a POST request to the URL that is passed to this method.
 * @exports Utils
 * @function postRequest
 * @param  {String}   url        - The URL that is used in the POST request.
 * @param  {Object}   body       - The body that is sent as part of the POST request.
 * @param  {Function} callback   - An optional callback function that is called when the API call is complete. The function will pass the following arguments (err, data).
 */
Utils.prototype.postRequest = function(url, body, callback) {
	callback = (typeof callback === 'function') ? callback : function() {};
	if(body == null || body == undefined) {
		callback("You must pass a valid body object.", null);
	}else{
		request.post({
	    url: url,
	    json: true,
	    headers: {
	      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	      'Accept': 'application/json'
	    },
	    body: body
		}, function(error, response, body) {
			/* check for any errors */
		  if(error){
			  callback(error, null);
		  }else{
		  	/* make sure the response is not undefined */
		  	if(response != null){
		  		/* check for a 200 response */
			  	if(response.statusCode == "200"){
				  	callback(null, body);
				  }else{
				  	callback(body, null);
				  }
			  }else{
			  	callback(body, null);
			  }
		  }
	  });
	}
}

/**
 * Validates that the param that is passes is a string that is not empty. This is a private function.
 * @exports Utils
 * @function validatePassedString
 * @param  {String} param - The string object that we are validating.
 * @return {Boolean}     - Returns true if the string is valid, otherwise it returns false.
 */
Utils.prototype.validatePassedString = function(param){
	if(param == "" || param == undefined || param == null || typeof param != "string"){
		return false;
	}else{
		return true;
	}
}

/**
 * Validates that the OAuth Credential object has all of the required properties before calling the LivePerson APIs.
 * @exports Utils
 * @function validateOAuthCreds
 * @param  {Object}   oauthCreds - An object that contains the OAuth 1 keys and secrets for the LiveEngage API you would like to call. This object needs to contain
 *                                 the following parameters: 'consumer_key', 'consumer_secret','token', and 'token_secret'.
 * @param  {Function} callback   - A callback function that is called when the check finds an error, or when it completes.
 *                                 The function will pass the following arguments (err, data).
 */
Utils.prototype.validateOAuthCreds = function(oauthCreds, callback){
	if(!oauthCreds.hasOwnProperty("consumer_key")){
		callback("The consumer_key is missing from your oauth credentials.", null);
	}else if(!oauthCreds.hasOwnProperty("consumer_secret")){
		callback("The consumer_secret is missing from your oauth credentials.", null);
	}else if(!oauthCreds.hasOwnProperty("token")){
		callback("The token is missing from your oauth credentials.", null);
	}else if(!oauthCreds.hasOwnProperty("token_secret")){
		callback("The token_secret is missing from your oauth credentials.", null);
	}else{
		callback(null, "The credentials are valid.")
	}
}

module.exports = Utils;

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An itinerary that uncovers a country with a fascinating and troubled history, from ancient dynasties to Communism, here's our History school trip in China at a glance:
Days 1-3 in Shanghai: Shanghai Museum, The Bund, Lujiazui (financial district), Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Urban Planning Museum, Yu Yuan Gardens, Yu Yuan Bazaar, Huangpu River cruise, Former French Concession, Propaganda Poster Museum, fast train to Nanjing, historical film screening
Day 4 in Nanjing: Nanjing Massacre Museum, city walls, Zhonghua Gate, Confucius temple, Qinhuai river
Days 5-6 in Xi'an: city walls biking, dance performance, Terracotta Warriors, calligraphy lesson, Muslim Quarter market, night train to Beijing
Days 7-9 in Beijing: hutong tour, Mao-era restaurant, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Great Wall, acrobatics show, kung fu lesson, Temple of Heaven, Old Summer Palace
Like what you see? Discover the fascinating and troubled history of China in our detailed itinerary below! But remember, all our school trips are completely customisable.
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Day 1: Shanghai's Glitz and Glamour
Step off the plane and jump on the transfer to your city accommodation. On the way, listen up as you get some general knowledge about Shanghai.
After you've settled in, introduce yourself to Shanghai's history with Chinese artifacts in Shanghai museum. Take a walk around The Bund and learn about China's rapid urban development from your guide.
Day 2: Shake Hands with Old Shanghai
On your first morning in China, you're taking a tour of Shanghai's fancy financial district, Lujiazui. Head up the Pearl TV Tower for a view of the whole city you're about to explore. Don't forget to stop in at the Shanghai Urban Planning Museum, just under the Pearl Tower, too.
For lunch, try Shanghai's famous Xiao Long Bao dumplings. Send us a snap on Twitter if you want to be on the receiving end of some serious food envy! Once you've refueled, take a chilled afternoon strolling around the Yu Yuan Gardens to learn more about Chinese garden art. Yu in Chinese means pleasing and satisfying – and you'll see why. Think lush greenery, serene waters and ornate pavilions. Then, try local delicacies or pick up some last-minute souvenirs at the Yu Yuan Bazaar, the heart of old Shanghai.
Enjoy an evening cruise on the Huangpu River to witness Shanghai's stunning skyline.
Day 3: Colonialism, Communism
Start your day off with a 2-hour walking tour of the Former French Concession's Art Street to learn about colonial Shanghai. Discover colonial mansions and hear the who-what-where-when-why of the formation of the French Concession. Visit quirky cafés and hip restaurants, concept bars and eclectic breweries, pop-up boutiques and experimental art galleries. Then, learn about China's communist history at the underground Propaganda Poster Museum.
Leave Shanghai for Nanjing – you're taking a fast train, so you'll be there in an hour to watch the film 'Nanjing, Nanjing' in the evening. It will give you an introductory understanding of the history and background of the city.
Day 4: Nanjing
Spend the morning at Nanjing Massacre Museum to find out about the atrocities of war.
Then, head outside after lunch to explore the ancient city walls, Zhonghua Gate and the Confucius temple.
Take a leisurely walk along the serene waters of the Qinhuai river, also known as the mother-river of Nanjing.
Day 5: Ancient Xi'an
Morning/Afternoon
Jet off on a 2-hour flight. Hit the ground running (or cycling) with a bike ride around the top of Xi'an's ancient city walls. Look over the city and try to spot the next few locations you're visiting.
At dinner, sample the unique flavours of Hui Muslim food, before finishing the day off with a Tang Dynasty dance and music performance.
Day 6: Terracotta Warriors
No trip to Xi'an would be complete without heading out of the city and delving into the ancient past of the Terracotta Warriors. Thousands of terracotta warriors were buried with the emperor, as there was a belief that they would come alive and protect him in the afterlife.
Spend the rest of your afternoon taking a calligraphy lesson at a local museum and exploring the Muslim Quarter market.
That's it, tick Xi'an off your bucket list! Take advantage of the 13 hours on the night train to get some rest so that you're ready to start Beijing right.
Day 7: Authentic Beijing
Save the tourist hotspots for later. First, you're learning about Beijing through the eyes of a local. Go on a 2-hour guided walking tour through one of Beijing's ancient hutong areas. Hutongs are the traditional courtyard-based residential streets of Beijing and will give you a real insight into local life.
You've been up and about the whole morning, so take it easy at a teahouse where you can experience a Chinese tea ceremony.
Treat yourself to lunch at a Mao-era themed restaurant, complete with propaganda posters, communist imagery and, of course, great food.
Once you've eaten your weight in Chinese food, learn about China's fascinating imperial history at Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City is the world's largest imperial palace and has been the home of 24 emperors! Stroll out to the former imperial gardens, Jingshan Park, for spectacular panoramic views of Beijing.
Day 8: The Great Wall, minus the crowds
Make your way to the outskirts of the city and take a 2-3-hour hike to a secluded and fantastically beautiful section of the Great Wall. This is one of the most famous sites in the world – but we know China's ins and outs, so today we're sidestepping the big tourist crowds.
It's been an active day, so sit back and relax. It's time to get inspired at a spectacular acrobatics show.
Day 9: Imperial China
Start the day bright and early with a kung fu lesson in the park. Then continue on to the Temple of Heaven to admire classic imperial Chinese architecture.
After lunch, check out the Old Summer Palace, a unique imperial garden with a troubled history. It was destroyed by the British and French armies during the Second Opium war, and now, only ruins remain.
There's no better goodbye to Beijing than a magnificent Peking roast duck banquet for dinner – Peking is the romanized name for Beijing.
Day 10: Bye, Beijing!
It's home time, but it's not over. China's history will follow you back to the classroom….and beyond.
Identify and describe several of the dynasties in ancient and imperial China.
Understand the causes and effects of the transition from the Qing Dynasty into the Republic of China.
Recognise how China's history has influenced its arts and culture.
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"'Will Freedom Survive?': Reconstruction, Self-Disciplined Democracy and the Stirring of a New Right in Canada, 1943-1954." In Constant Struggle: Histories of Canadian Democratization, edited by Julien Mauduit and Jennifer Tunnicliffe, Ch.9. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021.
"International Development and the State in Question: Liberal Internationalism, the New Left, and Canadian University Service Overseas in Tanzania, 1963-1977." In Undiplomatic History: The Study of Canada in the World, edited by Asa McKercher and Philip Van Huizen, 184-205. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.
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A police officer in the northern city of Hai Phong has been arrested for being part of a group that helped a former state corporation chief wanted in a multi-million dollar graft case flee the country last May.
Pham Dinh Nghien, deputy police chief of An Tho commune in An Lao District, was taken in for abetting the escape of Duong Chi Dung, former head of shipping giant Vinalines and the Vietnam Maritime Administration.
Nghien said he and his chief Vu Van Sau had helped a former Hai Phong customs official obtain a fake ID for Dung to exit Vietnam.
Sau was arrested last month while the police put out a warrant in October for the customs official, Dong Xuan Phong, who was already wanted by the Ho Chi Minh City police for smuggling. He remains at large.
Colonel Vu Tien Son, head of the Hai Phong city public order police department, was arrested earlier this month for helping organize the escape.
Dung, 55, himself was apprehended by Interpol in a Southeast Asian country in September and extradited to Vietnam.
Investigators had gone to Dung's house in Hanoi May 18 to arrest him but he had fled the previous day.
He has been charged with "deliberately violating state economic regulations causing serious consequences" while at the helm of Vinalines between 2005 and February 2012.
He was later appointed head of the maritime department.
State inspectors found several irregularities and fraud committed by Vinalines officials between 2007 and 2010, including in the purchase and inefficient use of old ships.
Several have already been arrested.
The firm incurred losses of more than VND2.6 trillion (US$24.7 million) last year and VND1.2 trillion in 2010, but falsely reported profits.
A government report in June said the corporation was in a "very difficult" financial situation, with debts totaling more than VND43 trillion ($2 billion).


Supreme Court allows children's indirect testimony in CA Cases | NOT IN MY WORLD!!!!
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that teachers' reports of child abuse based on conversations with young children can be admitted as testimony, despite a defendant's constitutional right to confront his accuser.
The unanimous judgment came in the case of a 3½-year-old Ohio boy whose wounds were visible to teachers at his day care center. Upon questioning, he said his mother's boyfriend was to blame.
Although the boy was too young to testify reliably in court, the teachers' reports were admitted at trial, resulting in Darius Clark's conviction and 28-year prison sentence. Clark was sprung in 2012 when Ohio's Supreme Court ruled that allowing the teachers' testimony violated his constitutional rights under the 6th Amendment's confrontation clause.
Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court's majority, said that the teachers' "primary purpose" in asking about the abuse was not to help the prosecution, so allowing their testimony did not violate Clark's constitutional rights.
When police take children's statements out of court and present it as testimony at trial, it can violate the confrontation clause. But in this case, Alito said, the child spoke to teachers immediately after his wounds were discovered, in an emergency setting on school grounds — not in preparing courtroom testimony.
Ohio, supported by the federal government and 42 other states, had contended that an adverse ruling would make it more difficult to prosecute child abuse when the child is the only witness but cannot testify in court. They said teachers should not be equated in those cases with police.
Attorneys for Clark argued that they should get equal access to the boy before statements made to the other side are allowed in court. Only then can the reliability of the child's story be tested, they said.


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Jim Langevin
Represented Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District. This was his 9th term in the House.
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Represented Virginia's 6th Congressional District. This was his 13th term in the House.
Jim Langevin and Robert W. Goodlatte are from different parties and disagreed on 70 percent of votes in the 115th Congress (2017-18).
Dec. 21, 2018 — National Flood Insurance Program Extention Act
Dec. 21, 2018 — Correct Enrollment to S. 3628
Dec. 20, 2018 — Taxpayer First Act
July 26, 2018 — National Defense Authorization Act FY 2019
July 17, 2018 — JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018
June 14, 2018 — Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act
May 24, 2018 — National Defense Authorization Act FY 2019
May 17, 2018 — Foxx of North Carolina Amendment No. 1
May 16, 2018 — Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act
May 10, 2018 — Titus of Nevada Amendment No. 3
April 26, 2018 — Lynch of Massachusetts Part A Amendment No. 87
April 26, 2018 — Lipinski of Illinois Part A Amendment No. 78
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Jan. 19, 2018 — Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, of high misdemeanors
Dec. 18, 2017 — Keep America's Refuges Operational Act
Dec. 18, 2017 — STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act
Oct. 31, 2017 — South Carolina Peanut Parity Act of 2017
Oct. 4, 2017 — Grijalva of Arizona Substitute Amendment No. 1
Sept. 13, 2017 — Murphy of Pennsylvania Amendment No. 155
Sept. 6, 2017 — Brooks of Alabama Part B Amendment No. 33
July 27, 2017 — Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania Part B Amendment No. 12
July 13, 2017 — Blumenauer of Oregon Part B Amendment No. 13
July 12, 2017 — Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act
June 28, 2017 — Barr of Kentucky Amendment No. 5
June 23, 2017 — Krishnamoorthi of Illinois Amendment No. 4
June 7, 2017 — Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act
May 19, 2017 — Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017
March 20, 2017 — DHS Acquisition Authorities Act of 2017
March 20, 2017 — DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017
March 20, 2017 — Reducing DHS Acquisition Cost Growth Act
Feb. 28, 2017 — DeSaulnier of California Amendment No. 2