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Anarchism: Past and Present, by Murray Bookchin
Note: This piece appeared as Vol. 1, No. 6 of Comment: New Perspectives in Libertarian Thought, edited by Murray Bookchin. Anarchism: Past and Present Note: The following issue of COMMENT was presented as a lecture to the Critical Theory Seminar of the University of California at Los Angeles on May 29, 1980. My remarks are intended to emphasize the extreme importance today of viewing Anarchism in terms of the changing social contexts of our era - - not as an ossified doctrine that belongs to one or another set of European thinkers, valuable as their views may have been in their various times and places. Today, more than ever, the viability of Anarchism in America will depend upon its ability to speak directly -- in the language of the Ameri... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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Chicago Martyrs, The, by Charlotte Wilson
When this number of Freedom appears, we shall be on the eve of anniversary which every worker, every lover of liberty, ought to engrave in fiery letters on his heart. On November 11, 1887, five Anarchists who bad been the most devoted champions of the workers' emancipation were put to death at Chicago, merely to give satisfaction to the capital-owners and labor-robbers of America, who loudly cried for their blood, hoping that that blood would extinguish the revolt of the labor slaves. On that day Parsons, Spies, Engel and Fischer were strangled on the scaffold by order of the middle class judges of Chicago. Lingg who was condemned to the same fate, deprived the bloodhounds of the pleasure of seeing his corpse, too, on the scaffold, and expl... (From : AnarchyArchives.)
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Communist Manifesto, The: Insi..., by Murray Bookchin
This article appears in Anarchy Archives with the permission of the author and New Politics. The Communist Manifesto: Insights and Problems Murray Bookchin [from New Politics, vol. 6, no. 4 (new series), whole no. 24, Winter 1998] Murray Bookchin is the author of numerous books on left social theory and history. His most recent work is The Third Revolution, a three-volume history of popular movements in the revolutionary era, Volumes 1 and 2 of which have recently been published by Cassell. IT IS POLITICALLY RESTORATIVE TO LOOK WITH A FRESH EYE at The Manifesto of the Communist Party (to use its original title), written before Marxism was overlaid by reformist, postmodernist, spiritual, and psychological commentaries. From an examination of... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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Defend the Civil Rights of Com..., by Elizabeth Gurley Fly...
Source: The Communist, Vol. XVIII, No.12, December 1939 Publisher: Workers Library Publishers, New York, NY Transcription/Markup: Brian Reid Public Domain: Marxists Internet Archive . You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work; as well as make derivative and commercial works. Please credit "Marxists Internet Archive" as your source. HUNGRY for huge war profits, the barons of Wall Street are speeding to involve the American people in the imperialist war raging in Europe. The blackout of civil liberties is part of Wall Street's war drive. Capitalist reaction is intent upon depriving the Communists of their civil rights as the preparation for an attack on the economic standards and civil rights of the trad... (From : Marxists.org.)
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German Social Democracy & E. B..., by Max Nettlau
Social Democrats in nearly all countries begin to reap what they have sown. For years the propaganda of principles has had to stand back before the reckless strife for votes to conquer political and municipal power, as the phrase goes. Their ranks were swelled on one side by masses of voters, whose real convictions and prejudices remained for the greater part untouched; on the other side, by politicians and self-seeking persons who were on the lookout for a party which would accept them as leaders. Among the inevitable consequences of these superficial flippant tactics are some apparent successes of a kind that makes sincere members of the party blush with shame--like the admission of Millerand, the French Socialist politician, to the Minis... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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Lessons of the Paris Commune, ..., by Alexander Trachtenbe...
From: International Publishers, International Pamphlets No. 12, sponsored by the John Reed Club, an organization of revolutionary writers and artists in New York. Third edition, 1934. On March 18, 1871, the revolutionary workers of Paris established the Commune. It was the first attempt at a proletarian dictatorship. Again and again the story has been told: how Napoleon III (the Little) attempted to bolster up the decaying regime of the Second Empire by declaring war on Prussia in July, 1871; how he met his debacle at Sedan and exposed Paris to the Prussian troops; how a bourgeois republic was proclaimed in September and a so-called Government of National Defense organized; how this Government betrayed the besieged city and how the Parisian... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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Libertarian Marxism?, by Daniel Guérin
"Be realistic, do the impossible" A Libertarian Marx? Marx's famous address "The Civil War in France", written in the name of the General Council of the International Working Mens Association two days after the crushing of the Paris Commune, is an inspiring text for Libertarians. Writing in the name of the International in which Bakunin had extensive influence, in it Marx revises some passages of the Communist Manifesto of 1848. In the Manifesto Marx and Engels had developed the notion of a proletarian evolution by stages. The first stage would be the conquest of political power, thanks to which the instruments of production, means of transport and credit system, would 'by degrees', be centralized i... (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)
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Marxism, Freedom and the State, by Mikhail Bakunin
Translated and Edited with a Biographical Sketch by K. J. Kenafick TO THE MEMORY OF J. W. (Chummy) FLEMING WHO, FOR NEARLY SIXTY YEARS UPHELD THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AT THE YARA BANK OPEN AIR FORUM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA -- K. J. Kenafick [First published in 1950 by Freedom Press. Scanned in and put in HTML format by Greg Alt (galt@facility.cs.utah.edu) on January 15, 1996. There was no copyright notice found in the 1984 printing by Freedom Press. All of the text except for the footnotes, foreword, and biography were written by Mikhail Bakunin and translated and edited by Kenafick. I have tried to fix all the errors resulting from scanning, but be aware that there are probably a few left{Dana Ward corrected html errors, December, 1999}] Table of... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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Michael Bakunin, a Biographica..., by James Guillaume
Written: August 1907; Source: Bakunin on Anarchy, translated and edited by Sam Dolgoff, 1971. James Guillaume, Bakunin's friend and comrade-in-arms, edited the last five volumes of the six-volume French edition of his collected works. Guillaume's biographical sketch of Bakunin, originally appeared in his introduction to Volume II of that edition. This sketch is a primary source not only on the life of Bakunin, but also on the most significant events in the socialist movement of that period. It incidentally contributes valuable background information for many of the other selections in the present volume. Guillaume, who did not limit himself to recording events but also took part in shaping them, had been inclined toward anarchis... (From : Marxists.org.)
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Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, by Elizabeth Gurley Fly...
Published: New Masses, May 2, 1939. HTML: for marxists.org in March, 2002. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, renowned labor organizer, surveys her memories of thirty-three May Days in America. The glorious pageant of American working-class solidarity. Thirty-three May Days have come and gone since my activities in the American labor movement began. In memory I view them – an endless procession of red banners, flying high and wide, in the eager hands of marching, cheering, singing workers. Banners of local unions and AFL central labor councils; three-starred IWW banners; banners of Amalgamated, of International Ladies Garment Workers, furriers, pioneers of unionism for the "immigrants and revolutionists"; banners of craft unions, independe... (From : Marxists.org.)
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Recollections on Marx and Enge..., by Mikhail Bakunin
As far as learning was concerned, Marx was, and still is incomparably more advanced than I. I knew nothing at that time of political economy, I had not yet rid myself of my metaphysical aberrations, and my socialism was only instinctive. Although younger than I, he was already an atheist, a conscious materialist, and an informed socialist. It was precisely at this time that he was elaborating the foundations of his system as it stands today. We saw each other often. I greatly respected him for his learning and for his passionate devotion- thought it was always mingled with vanity- to the cause of the proletariat. I eagerly sought his conversation, which was always instructive and witty when it was not inspired by petty hate, which alas! was... (From : Marxists.org.)
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Socialism: Caught in the Polit..., by Emma Goldman
Legend tells us that healthy newborn infants aroused the envy and hatred of evil spirits. In the absence of the proud mothers, the evil ones stole into the houses, kidnapped the babies, and left behind them deformed, hideous-looking monsters. Socialism has met with such a fate. Young and lusty, crying out defiance to the world, it aroused the envy of the evil ones. They stole near when Socialism least expected and made off with it, leaving behind a deformity which is now stalking about under the name of Socialism. At its birth, Socialism declared war on all constituted institutions. Its aim was to fell every injustice to the ground and replace it with economic and social well-being and harmony. Two fundamental principles gave Socialism its ... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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Three Problems of the Revoluti..., by Daniel Guérin
Voline, libertarian chronicler of the Russian revolution, after having been an actor in and an eye-witness to it, writes: "We have been bequeathed a fundamental problem by preceding revolutions: I am thinking of the one in 1789 and the one in 1917 especially: largely mounted against oppression, animated by a mighty breath of freedom and proclaiming freedom as their essential objective, how come these revolutions slid into a new dictatorship wielded by other ruling, privileged strata, into fresh slavery for the popular masses? What might the conditions be that would enable a revolution to avoid that dismal fate? Might that fate be due to ephemeral factors and even quite simply to mistakes and shortcomings which might from now on be ave... (From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)
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Voice from the Dead, A, by Charlotte Wilson
'The last service rendered by Albert Parsons to the cause of the people, before he laid down his life on their behalf, was to put i together as well as the cruel circumstances of his imprisonment won -permit an explanation of the principles for which he died. This 1 book, compiled last autumn under the very shadow of the gallows, ties now been published by his devoted comrade and wife, Lucy Parsons, and we heartily commend it to our readers' attention. The first part contains an interesting summary by Parsons himself of the rise of capitalism in the United States. Until the tragedy of ,Chicago riveted our eyes upon the American labor movement, we European Socialists were too much inclined to ignore the extraordinarily ,rapid development of ... (From : AnarchyArchives.)
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What is Anarchism?, by Hippolyte Havel
PREFACE EVERY great movement since the beginning of history has been a movement to lift the bottom dog and put him on his feet. And every such movement has been led by extremists. All the great names of history have been the names of extremists. The brave pioneers who blazed the trail through the unknown forest had to fight their way against the many dangers of wild nature, wild beasts, and wilder men. The heroic men who first raised their voices in the cause of religious liberty had to pass through years of cruel persecution. They were hounded to the scaffold or the state with execration and abuse. The wheel slowly turns full circle, and the malefactor of yesterday become the hero-martyr of to-day, and the faithful tread weary miles to his... (From : Anarchy Archives.)
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Why Attack Emma Goldman?, by William C. Owen
The man is starving, but he may not pluck so much as a turnip to save his life. The wind cuts to the marrow of his bones, but out in the open he must he if he cannot purchase shelter. This is the lot of the modern proletariat reduced to destitution. It is the condition thousands of unemployed and penniless continually must face. This very day, in every " civilized" country, thousands will have gone without a meal. This very night thousands will shiver on park benches, or huddle themselves into a fitful sleep within some friendly doorway. A life no decent-minded man would wish his dog to lead. Even here we do not touch bottom. Not only must the man starve to-day; he must go on starving. This night he is shelterless, and for weeks and months ... (From : Google Books.)
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Fire and police use light touch to keep cyclists safe
Lights on bikes 3
(photos above show colleagues from fire and rescue and poilce fitting lights and giving advice to cyclists in Oxford)
Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service's Road Safety Education Team and colleagues from Thames Valley Police joined forces to raise the profile of cycle safety in Oxford last night.
Police stopped cyclists seen riding without lights but, in an effort to try and educate riders, instead of receiving a penalty ticket, they were offered a free set of bicycle lights, fitted by Fire and Rescue Service officers.
In the two hours from 7-9pm on Oxford High Street, 57 sets (front and rear) lights were given out to cyclists . All of those invited to take the lights and education message did so.
Shining a light on cycle safety
According to official figures in 2017, 300 cyclists were injured in Oxfordshire in a reported accident.
Over half of those injured in Oxfordshire where one of the causes listed was 'cyclist wearing dark clothing/cyclist no lights' were in the city of Oxford.
As well as posing a danger, cycling after dark without lights is also illegal and those breaking the rules face fines.
Reducing road casualties
Andy Ford, Road Safety Manager at the County Council's Fire and Rescue Service, said, "We are trying to reduce road casualties. There are lots of reasons for the cyclist casualties but, by ensuring cyclists have lights we can easily improve their visibility to other road users, reducing the risk they will be hit by drivers.
"We are beginning the campaign in Oxford because over half of those injured in Oxfordshire where one of the causes listed was 'cyclist wearing dark clothing/cyclist no lights' were in the city of Oxford.
"Those cyclists who have a free set bicycle lights fitted will be asked complete a short questionnaire. We are also keen to find out from adult cyclists if they'd be interested in practical training, to help improve their safety and confidence riding on busy roads."
Police will return
The police will be returning the following days to continue to not only raise awareness of the danger of not riding with lights after sunset, but also addressing driver behaviour around cyclists with their Give Space Be Safe Campaign, often known as close pass.
Road Safety Sergeant Rob Heard, from the Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit, said: "A close pass not only presents danger to the cyclist but it's also intimidating. Drivers should be allowing other road users as much room they would a car – but many seem to not know this, or choose to ignore it.
Be safe, be seen
As well as promoting the use of lights and high visibility clothing to cyclists, the Road Safety Team also encourage cyclists to ensure they have a properly maintained/road worthy bicycle, get more training if they feel they need it and wear a cycle helmet in case they fall off their bike.
In addition, the county council offers all primary schools in Oxfordshire the opportunity to provide cycle training to their 9-11 year old students.
Children taking part in cycle training (National Standard level 1 & 2) learn about rules of the road, rights of way and how to make safer decisions, on the move in traffic. Almost 2,600 children benefit each year from these vital safety lessons, with a further 185 youngsters receiving similar from the government grant scheme, Bikeability.
It is illegal to cycle on a public road after dark without lights and reflectors. Exactly which lights and reflectors, where to fit them and when to light up, is defined by the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations.
Essentially, the minimum is:
Lights (and reflectors) are required on a pedal cycle only between sunset and sunrise.
Lights (and reflectors) are not required when the cycle is stationary or being pushed along the roadside.
When they are required, the lights and reflectors listed below must be clean and working properly.
Any offences are dealt with in Thames Valley by way of a diversion course which is an on-line learning package which cost £30 or a fixed penalty notice of £50 with no option to do a diversion course.
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The timeless Chelsea boot is back in a sharp grey tone to honour new seasonal trends. Perfect smart casual style like Benedict by pairing with a shirt and black jeans.


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Review: How Eve's Matter Accessories Work With a HomeKit Setup
Smart home company Eve in December began rolling out a firmware update that adds Matter support to the Eve Energy, Eve Motion, and Eve Door and Window. I have been testing the new Matter integration to see how the devices work with a standard HomeKit setup.
I have the Eve Energy, Eve Motion, and Eve Door and Window accessories, all of which have been out for some time but have been updated to work with Matter. If you're not familiar with Matter, it is a newly released smart home standard that's been adopted by Apple, Samsung, Google, Amazon, and other smart home manufacturers. Matter is designed to allow smart home accessories to be added to any smart home platform that supports the Matter standard.
So Matter-enabled devices from Eve can be added to HomeKit, or can be used with Google and Amazon's smart home platforms, and iPhone and Android smartphone users in the same household can control the accessories with their respective devices. HomeKit, meanwhile, is Apple only and needs to be accessed from an Apple device.
I don't want to go into too much detail on the specifics of the Eve accessories since this review is mostly for the Matter experience, but I'll give a quick rundown. The Eve Motion is a motion detector that is designed to allow you to activate lights and other devices when motion is detected. Eve Door and Window attaches to a door and can let you know when the door is opened, both for alert purposes and to activate other accessories in automations. Eve Energy is a smart plug, so you can plug anything in and then control it with your Apple devices and Siri commands.
All three of these have Matter support, but right now, Matter needs to be added through a firmware update. So if you already own these devices or buy them with the intention of using them with Matter, be prepared to add new software. Assuming new in the box devices, the first step is to add them to HomeKit.
Adding them to HomeKit requires opening up the Home app and scanning the QR code, and it's the same as it is for any HomeKit product. Once that's done, the Eve app is required, and you'll need to give it access to your Home setup. Matter support is not yet officially available, but Eve has a TestFlight version of the app that users can sign up for to test Matter through the Early Access Program.
In addition to one of Eve's supported devices and access to the Eve TestFlight app, a device running iOS 16.2 is required, as is a Home Hub, which includes the HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K.
With the TestFlight version of the Eve app and an Eve Door and Window, Eve Energy, or Eve Motion device added to HomeKit, the Eve app can download a firmware update to install Matter. Transitioning to Matter is a one-time irrevocable swap, so once you upgrade your Eve device to Matter, there's no going back.
The upgrade process isn't difficult, but it's also not super simple. The Eve app will walk you through the steps, starting off with generating a new Matter QR code. The Matter QR code looks similar to the HomeKit QR code used to set up a HomeKit device, but it is Matter and not HomeKit. This code entirely replaces a HomeKit code, so you need to make sure to save a copy of it, which the Eve app reminds you of multiple times.
In fact, you can't go through the setup process without printing or saving a copy of the new Matter code, and you're going to want to hold onto it similar to HomeKit codes. Since the Matter code replaces the HomeKit code, your existing HomeKit code is no good. In the future, Matter codes will be printed on device like the HomeKit codes, but right now for firmware updates, it's important to keep Matter codes extra safe.
Setup will require a printout of the Matter QR code or a secondary device because after getting the new code, you need to scan it with your primary device to connect the Eve product to Matter. After that, there is a HomeKit to Matter migration process, which took about 10 minutes in my testing.
When Matter-compatible devices are on store shelves and don't require firmware updates anymore, setting up devices will be much simpler. In fact, it's basically going to be the same as setting up a HomeKit device right now, so it should be fairly painless if you're already familiar with HomeKit setup.
In the Home app, Matter devices work just like HomeKit devices, and I can't tell a difference in the functionality. In the Eve app, I can see that a device is "Matter" and not "HomeKit," but the Home app gives me no particular indication.
Controlling a Matter device is indistinguishable from controlling a standard HomeKit device, which is how it's all supposed to work. Automations, scenes, and schedules continue to work as expected, both in the Home app and through the Eve app. I do want to point out that Eve devices are Thread enabled, and are meant to offer better integration with Thread devices than standard Bluetooth.
I've been using the Eve devices with Matter for over a week, and the performance is about the same as I get with HomeKit, but I am having an ongoing issue with the Eve Energy. It disconnects every day or every two days, and it stops communicating with my home setup and becomes inaccessible in the Home app. I have this problem with HomeKit-enabled smart plugs too, but not usually with this frequency. I asked Eve about the issue, and was told that it is a known problem that will be solved with upcoming updates.
This is indeed a known problem with the current combination of home hub software versions and our accessories. In most cases the accessory can still be reached for custom functionality, such as ID feature in the Eve app. We're working closely with Apple to identify what's wrong, but in the meantime, usually rebooting the home hubs will help for a while. Removing the accessory from home and adding it back may help on the short run, but they will likely drop off after sometime later again. Overall, future updates of iOS and the Eve app with the firmware should alleviate the problem over time.
I'm an Apple user with a HomeKit setup so I don't have insight into how Eve's Matter devices work with other platforms like Google Home and Samsung SmartThings, but for HomeKit users, I can confirm that Matter is essentially the same experience as HomeKit, with no major changes to expect from the cross-platform Matter devices.
There is, however, one exception. You can use HomeKit products without a Home Hub (HomePod mini or Apple TV) but these are required for Matter because Matter devices need a Matter controller. So you shouldn't pick up Matter accessories or upgrade your HomeKit devices to Matter without one.
If you have someone in your home who uses an Android smartphone and hasn't been able to access smart home products, Matter will make a major difference. Likewise, Android users who have wanted access to products like Eve Energy and Eve Motion will now be able to use these devices that were once Apple Home exclusives.
From HomeKit, you can add a second platform like Google Home to your home setup to allow your devices to be controlled though Google hubs or Android smartphones. Just open up the Apple Home app, long press on the tile for the Eve product, select the settings, and then tap on "Turn on Pairing Mode." You will need a Matter controller from the other smart home platform, so if you want to use your Matter devices with HomeKit and Google Home, for example, you'll need a HomePod mini/Apple TV and something like a Nest Mini or Hub Max.
Amazon hasn't implemented full Matter support yet (setup works on Android smartphones), but many Echo devices will work with Matter, so in the future you'll be able to control smart home products with your iPhone and your Amazon Echo/Nest Hub. Matter will be most beneficial to those who use two smart home platforms, but it will expand the number of smart home products available to HomeKit users, and so far, it doesn't look like there will be any major hassles to deal with when transitioning.
Starting in late March, Eve will sell Matter-enabled devices that work right out of the box and that don't need to have their firmware updated before the Matter integration works, which will be more convenient. Later in the year, Eve also plans to update other Thread products with Matter support. Eve's Matter-compatible devices can be purchased from the Eve website or from Amazon.
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The silent killer of Teesside men that could be detected in just 10 minutes
Men in Middlesbrough are not getting themselves checked out, even though health chiefs say it is vital
Mike BrownSenior Reporter/Content Editor
Men in Middlesbrough aged 65 and over have the lowest uptake of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening in the North-east (Image: PA Wire/PA Images)
Health officials are advising of the dangers of a silent killer and the lifesaving screening which could detect it just ten minutes.
Medical experts have warned men in Middlesbrough aged 65 and over have the lowest uptake of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening in the region.
In 2018/19 just 65.6% of men who qualified for the free screening programme attended for a scan - well below the regional figures of over 80% attendance.
Emma Golightly, of the North East and North Cumbria AAA Screening Service, said: "An AAA is a bulge or swelling in the wall of the aorta, the main blood vessel that runs from the heart down through the chest and stomach.
"In most cases there are no noticeable symptoms and most people with an AAA won't be aware that they have one, but over time the aneurysm can expand and burst without warning causing potentially life-threatening bleeding."
Figures from Public Health England's NHS AAA screening programme estimate that one in every 70 men aged 65 years and over has an abdominal aortic aneurysm which if left untreated can rupture.
Eight out of every ten people with a ruptured AAA die before they reach hospital, or don't survive the emergency surgery.
Early detection and diagnosis enables the aneurysm to be monitored and treated.
The only way to find out if you have an AAA is to have an ultrasound scan.
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These are available for all men aged 65 and over who are registered with a GP practice. Men are automatically invited in the year they turn 65.
The National AAA Screening Programme has screening centres across the country and within the North-east and North Cumbria service there are 38 screening clinics including the Resolution Health Centre in North Ormesby, Middlesbrough and Redcar Primary Care Hospital.
"Accepting an invitation to attend a screening could prove to be life-saving," said Emma.
"An AAA is detected through lower abdominal ultrasound screening, just like a pregnancy scan, they are completely painless and take just ten minutes.
"It is a one off scan and results are available the same day straight after the scan."
A consultation meeting at Freebrough Enterprise Centre, Linden Road, Brotton. Getting local residents views on changes to the NHS. GP Janet Walker.
NHS South Tees Clinical Commissioning Group GP Dr Janet Walker is supporting all services trying to get the vital message across.
"It is extremely worrying that men aged 65 and over in Middlesbrough have the lowest uptake for screening in the region," she said.
"We really want to work with the screening service to encourage people to attend their appointments where a simple ten minute scan really could prove to be lifesaving."
Anyone who has missed their AAA screening appointment can contact the screening service on 0191 4452554 to re-arrange a scan.
For more information, including details of your local clinic, please visit here.
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Former KDF officer now takes fight for land to the cartels
Kennedy Gachuhi 14th Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Human rights activist Moses Gitonga.
Land matters are ranked the most emotive issues in post-colonial Kenya. The demand for land, one of the most preferred forms of investment, has seen the increase of land grabbing cases.
In most cases, the perpetrators are people considered untouchable in the society.
Those who speak out against these ills face all manner of threats and chicken out while others are forced to flee from home for their own safety.
However, Mr Moses Gitonga, 65, is a daring human rights defender who speaks for the oppressed land owners in Nakuru County.
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The retired Kenya Defence Forces officer is a frequent visitor to the Lands offices.
"I was a Lieutenant in the military during the Ogaden War. After the short service commission, I resigned to concentrate on other issues. I'm now fighting a different war," he said.
Values instilled by the Defence Forces would come in handy decades later, when facing land cartels in Gilgil and surrounding areas.
"If it were not for my military background, I wouldn't have had the courage to face some land grabbers," said Gitonga.
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He has walked along the corridors of the Ministry of Lands offices in Nakuru County since 2008 to conduct land searches on behalf of the community and individuals who have lost property to cartels.
The peace and security in Gilgil after the 2007/2008 post-election violence led to scramble for land in the area which attracted cartels keen to make quick cash
This saw an influx of people from other areas leading to increased land subdivision that was exploited by cartels.
"There were many parcels of land earmarked for public utility but were yet to be developed. Some were developed but had not been fenced off. Schools were the most targeted by land grabbers," said Gitonga.
Seeing the growing interest in public land by cartels, he decided to stand up for the community.
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The affected schools include DEB Primary School and the secondary school, St Patrick Primary, Woodard Secondary and Kiambogo Primary School whose land was on the verge of being grabbed.
"At DEB Primary its 3.5 acres was subdivided. A senior county council official directed that I be allocated one of the plots but I declined. We organised demonstrations and it was later reverted to the school," he said.
In 2010, officials of the defunct Nakuru Municipal Council mooted a plan to grab prime land belonging to pensioners of a government parastatal.
The pensioners had purchased 25 acres of land and planned to construct residential and commercial buildings in Gilgil town.
To silence Gitonga, a senior county council official informed him that he had been allocated three quarters of an acre of the said land.
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"The land had been illegally sold. The buyers wanted to develop but feared what would happen later. I was offered part of the land worth Sh14 million but this was not enough to buy my silence. I turned down the offer," he said.
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The pensioners have since moved to court seeking to reclaim their land where a 50 by 100 feet plot today is valued at Sh20 million.
In 2013, a private developer encroached St Patrick Primary School and constructed a house. This came to the light after plans to construct a road through the school emerged.
Gitonga mobilised parents and teachers to uproot at least 20 beacons that were demarcating plots within the school.
In 2012, Langalanga area in Morendat Ward had no public school forcing children to walk for kilometers to access education.
A donor came to their rescue by offering the community Sh40 million on condition that they acquire at least ten acres of land to construct a school.
A broker entrusted with the process purchased ten acres but grabbed half of it when he realised that there were no funds to develop it.
The broker was forced to give up the land which had been subdivided ready for sale after Gitonga threatened to sue him.
Local administrators backed him in the quest to secure the land.
"The then area District Commissioner Elmi Shaffi gave support whenever I raised the red flag. At times I endangered my life but he was there for me and the people of Gilgil constituency," said Gitonga.
Shaffi who is now Nakuru West Deputy County Commissioner lauded Gitonga for speaking for the voiceless.
"I have known Gitonga since 2011 and he has never given up in championing the poor people's rights. He is a very shrewd, committed and persistent man who goes an extra mile to ensure public land remains public land," he said.
The Deputy County Commissioner recalled how the activist helped secure the land where the Gilgil CDF and DO's office stand today.
"He was the first activist I came to know when I was transferred to Gilgil in 2011. An acre belonging to the public works at the heart of Gilgil town had been grabbed and subdivided. He marshalled residents to the recover the land," said Shaffi.
He recounted how Gitonga assisted a Jua Kali Traders Association recover two acre piece of land along the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway which had been grabbed and structures illegally erected.
"There was a plot owned by Maasai herders for animal holding in the town which he assisted in recovery.
"There are many other private plots in Loresho that had been grabbed and he filed cases against the culprits. Some have been recovered and other matters are pending in court," said Shaffi.
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When I was little, we lived in a small, rural community of fewer than 2,500 people. In that town, there were two grocery stores and then a larger "chain" store about 20–30 minutes away. My mother shopped only at one, the local Shop Rite. I remember asking her once why she chose to shop there. They never had the largest selections or the best prices, and it always smelled weird.
To me at the time, it just didn't make sense, but what she said has stuck with me since that moment. "I shop there because they care about me and make me feel I am appreciated for spending my money there." Powerful words. Fast forward a few years to when I started working as a waitress, and then later in customer care. Those words have been my anthem ever since.
I want to make customers feel that I care about them, that they matter to me, because at the end of the day they do. They are also the ones making it possible for me to earn a paycheck and, in turn, allowing me to take care of my loved ones. So, in theory, my customers are part of my family.
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So I say, out with the new and in with the old!
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St. Bart's Youth Experience the Anglican Church in Historical and Modern Contexts
Seeking to provide the young people at St. Bartholomew's, Pewaukee with experiences in daily prayer and knowledge of the long and rich Anglican Christian history as well as learning about opportunities for extended prayer and service that exist in different communities, the youth leaders planned an extensive and varied pilgrimage to a few places around England. They wanted the youth to pray, worship, and encounter God and the works of God's people throughout history in England.
Thirteen St. Bart's youth and leaders departed for their journey in mid-July and traveled first to Lastingham. Lastingham is a village in the North Yorkshire Moors and site of Church of St. Mary and its famous Norman crypt.
While in Lastingham, their guides were Bishop H. William and Judith Godfrey. Fr. Joel and Tammy Prather were acquainted with Bishop and Judith Godfrey from their missionary work in Peru. They had been missionaries in South America for thirty years where they planted the thriving Anglican Diocese of Peru, which grew from one congregation upon their arrival in 1998 to roughly sixty congregations with an array of social outreach ministries and two seminaries. Bishop and Judith retired from Peru returning to their home in England, where they now serve four congregations in the Benefice of Lastingham, and have created the St. Cedd Centre, which offers retreats and the Festival of Northern Saints for pilgrims coming to see one of the key holy sites in the founding of Anglican Christianity.
The crew from St. Bart's served as volunteers for the Festival of the Northern Saints. They repaired fencing, painted sacristy and altar walls, and oiled the pulpit among other tasks.
In addition to their time in Lastingham, the youth also visited and worshipped other churches throughout England including York Minster, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Bath Abbey, and Lambeth Palace. In addition to praying the Daily Office, the youth experienced a variety of worship services at the places of worship they visited — Evensong, informal evening service, Holy Eucharist.
Another highlight of their trip was being received at Lambeth Palace by Dean Simon Lewis to learn about the Community of St. Anselm. The Community of St. Anselm was started by Archbishop Justin Welby "to give young people a profound experience of prayer, service and living in community." Members between the ages of 20 and 35 live and worship at Lambeth Palace for one year, serving the most vulnerable locally as well as receive Christian leadership and service training from world-wide speakers each week.
Below are pictures from their travels as well as captions and commentary from Fr. Joel Prather, rector of St. Bart's.
Bishop Godfrey and his fun-loving dogs led us on a three-mile hike "over the Moors." This beautiful trail from the Village of Rosedale to Lastingham goes through the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors National Park and is the same path saints such as Cedd and Chad would have taken into Lastingham on their way in from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.
On our hike, Bishop shared a beautiful teaching on prayer with us describing how whenever our Lord Jesus prayed in the Gospels, he always opened with "Father…" and how we too can turn anything we're thinking or feeling into a prayer — anger, frustration, worry, joy, need — simply by adding the Name of the Father to beginning of what we're feeling. For example the sigh of, "I'm so worried about what's going to happen tomorrow" immediately becomes a prayer when we add, "Father, I'm so worried about what's going to happen tomorrow." This teaching made a huge impact on us and we prayed this way together praying for the remained of our pilgrimage.
Part of our pilgrimage was our service for the Festival of Northern Saints. Our group was divided into three teams to assist with projects at St. Mary's Lastingham, Rosedale Abbey and St. Gregory's Cropton. Typically our days began at 8:30 am, after prayer and breakfast, at our worksites until mid-afternoon when we would then head out to pilgrimage sites that included Hadrian's Wall and Whitby Abbey, the site of the Synod of Whitby in 664 A.D. which was a watershed moment on history of Anglican Christianity.
Fr. Joel, Jude, and Dietrich removed a fence to make way for the new fencing at St. Mary's.
Tammy and Laylo oiled the altar and painted altar-wall at Rosedale Abbey, which was founded in 1158 A.D. (now the Parish Church of St. Mary & St. Lawrence).
Paw Nyaw Htoo, Terkweley and Raylo oiled the pulpit and painted the altar-wall at Rosedale Abbey.
St. Bart's pilgrims pictured with Judith and Bishop Godfrey (front left) and their three dogs at the entry to the village of Lastingham.
On Wednesday of our first week in Lastingham, we had the privilege to worship in the Crypt Chapel of St. Cedd, which is below the Parish Church of St. Mary. This is the chapel founded by St. Cedd in 654 A.D., as described by the Venerable Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Worship has been offered in this holy place continually since it founded by St. Cedd — over 1,300 years!
Bishop Godfrey invited Tammy Prather to read the Scriptures and Father Joel Prather to celebrate the Holy Communion at this Eucharist. Pictured in the photo is the stone altar, which is over 1,000 years old. The red sanctuary light and icon at the foot of the altar indicate that St. Cedd is buried directly below the altar.
Praying Compline in the cool night air in front of our Youth Hostel in London.
Each day we prayed the Daily Office informally together as a group in all manner of settings as well as attended daily worship in some of the most historic Churches in English Christianity, including Evensong at Westminster Abbey, York Minster, St. Paul's London; the excellent informal evening service at Bath Abbey; and Eucharist at Lambeth Palace. A special highlight was worshipping in the Crypt Chapel of St. Cedd in Lastingham, which dates back to 654 A.D.
St. Bart's Pilgrims were thrilled to be received at Lambeth Palace by Dean Simon Lewis to learn about the Community of St. Anselm, which he leads with the Archbishop of Canterbury. We had an amazing tour and joined community members for the Eucharist that the bishop at Lambeth, Tim Thornton, celebrated and preached on the Feast of William Wilberforce.
Pay Nyaw Htoo gathered the youth in Trafalgar Square spontaneously to pray for the Rhythms of Life Ministry of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields Church (red t-shirts) and those they were providing meals for (pictured right). Paw Nyaw Htoo is one of the Karen Refugees from Myanmar St. Bartholomew's sponsored ten years ago to come to the U.S. and is now one our the dynamic members of our congregation and Youth Ministry.
St. Bart's Pilgrims in front of the Modern Martyrs over the Great West Doors at Westminster Abbey where they attended Evensong.
This trip was the fruit of a great deal of hard work and planning by Tammy Prather, Ilse Frayer and Karl Mueller from St. Bart's and Mary Pettitt from the St. Cedd Centre.
To learn more about the St. Cedd Centre and how you might make a pilgrimage of your own to Lastingham, you can contact their amazing coordinator Mary Pettitt at and visit www.LastinghamFriends.com.
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September 2, 2011 / 8:17 PM / 8 years ago
Folate tied to lower colon cancer risk
Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who eat plenty of folate had a lower risk of colon and rectal cancers in a new study that examined the effects of folic acid fortification in the United States.
In addition, the study did not find any extra cancer-related danger at very high levels of folate — as some researchers have worried — over close to a decade.
The benefit and possible harm of folate is "definitely still an open question," said study author Todd Gibson, from the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland. But, he said, "there seems to be an association between people who report higher folate with those people who have a lower risk of colorectal cancer."
In the late 1990s, the U.S. and Canadian governments began requiring that folic acid (a synthetic form of folate) be added to grain products in order to prevent some birth defects that had been linked to low folate levels in pregnant women.
While previous studies have generally suggested that a diet rich in folate decreases the risk of colorectal cancer as well, most of those were done before fortification started, Gibson said. To see if the government mandate affected that link, the researchers used data from a diet survey started in 1995 that included more than 500,000 middle-aged and older U.S. adults.
At the start of the study, participants filled out a questionnaire about their normal eating habits and any supplements they took regularly. From that, the researchers were able to calculate how much folate they got on a typical day before and after fortification started.
For the next ten years or so, they tracked cancer registries to see which participants were diagnosed with colorectal cancer. They found a total of about 7,200 cases in their original sample, including about 6,500 that were diagnosed after the start of the fortification program.
People who ate the highest amount of folate each day (at least 900 micrograms post-fortification) were 30 percent less likely to get colorectal cancer than those who got less than 200 micrograms each day, the researchers reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
That was after taking into account weight, smoking, physical activity, and certain other aspects of diet. Still, Gibson said that the findings can't prove that increased folate drove the cancer benefits, because "people who report high levels of folate tend to be healthy in other ways," possibly including some the researchers didn't record.
The recommended daily allowance for folate is 400 micrograms for most adults and 600 micrograms for pregnant women. Along with fortified cereals and other grains, vegetables and beans are good sources of folate, a type of B vitamin.
As a result of fortification, the average person's folate intake through foods increased by about 100 micrograms.
Gibson's study did not find any upticks in cancer rates at folate levels far above that recommended daily allowance.
Concern over the possibility that too much folate could raise cancer risk had mostly come from studies in animals, said Dr. Young-In Kim, a nutrition and cancer researcher from the University of Toronto.
Those studies suggested that "in normal tissues, giving folate or folic acid can ensure DNA replicates and cells are grown properly," he explained. "But once cells are pre-cancerous, giving folate can increase the progression of these cancer cells."
In other words, it's possible that if someone already had cell changes that are precursors of colorectal cancer, too much folate could make the cancer grow faster.
The current findings, he told Reuters Health, are "reassuring" that fortifying grains with folate did not seem to lead to a spike in colorectal cancers. However, Kim added, "there's still a concern that those taking really high levels of folic acid (in supplements) may be detrimental."
Gibson agreed that the new report doesn't close the door on that possibility, especially because some cancers take many years to develop. More studies will have to look at the risk of colorectal cancer over longer periods of time, he said. But, so far "we don't see any evidence of increased risk," he added.
To be safe, Kim said that people who do have colon cancer should not take extra folate, and that others shouldn't see any need to overdo it.
"If people take 400 micrograms a day, I think that's going to be sufficient to meet your health benefits from folate," he said.
Based on the current study, "people don't need to change their current activities" with respect to folate, Gibson said. "Most people are getting what is considered the adequate amount."
SOURCE: bit.ly/rkRtC0 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online August 3, 2011.


I love this book. We got it from the library and though it is wordless, it has a fantastic message and beautiful illustrations. I enjoyed Mark Pett's last book, The Boy and the Airplane, but this book (Amazon affiliate link) prompted me to sit down and write a review for Vegbooks so I could share it with all of you.
A young girl and her brother (who is eating an ice cream cone) are walking on the street and she spies a beautiful green bicycle in a shop window. Rushing home, she scrapes together all the change she can (piggy bank, couch cushions, etc.), before moving on to opening a lemonade stand and selling old toys to raise money. She comes up with the idea to rake leaves and goes door to door asking neighbors if she can help with their yards. Finally, an older woman takes her up on the offer.
Seasons change and the girl continues to help in the yard and house of the older woman. She dusts, shovels snow, gardens, and tidies. At last, she has saved enough for the bicycle and rushes to the store to claim her hard earned prize. What happens next is touching. My almost 4-year-old and almost 6-year-old loved the book, as did I. Highly recommended.


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Mavis Staples Headlines Historic Academy of Music Theatre's First Public Event
The Academy Center of the Arts has announced Mavis Staples, Grammy award-winning R&B-gospel singer and civil rights activist, as the headlining artist the first event of the Historic Academy of Music Theatre's Opening Week Activities on Thursday, December 6, 2018, at 7:30pm.
"The evening will celebrate the integration of the Historic Academy of Music theatre, a space that was previously segregated when it closed in 1958," said Geoffrey Kershner, Executive Director of the Academy Center of the Arts. "We chose Mavis Staples as our headlining artist for this event because of her significant accomplishments as a civil rights activist and her continuing efforts to serve as a positive force for social equity".
Mavis Staples began singing with her family, The Staple Singers, in Chicago in the 1940s, later performing in Montgomery, Alabama for none other than Martin Luther King, Jr. Lauded as one of the greatest gospel singers of all time, her powerful voice has underscored some of the United States most pivotal and dramatic periods of social change, weaving herself into the very fabric of gospel, soul, folk, pop, R&B, blues, rock, and hip hop over the last 60 years.
Mavis Staples is both a Rock and Roll and a Blues Hall of Famer, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, a National Heritage Fellowship Award recipient, and a Kennedy Center Honoree. Rolling Stone listed her as one of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time." Her album, You Are Not Alone, won the Grammy for Best Americana Album in 2011; in 2016 she won Best American Roots Performance for her song "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean." In 2015, Mavis was awarded the Woody Guthrie Prize, given to the artist who best exemplifies the spirit and life work of Woody Guthrie by speaking for the less fortunate and pushing for social change in America. She continues this legacy in her latest album, 'If All I Was Was Black', her creative response to recent events.
Devon Gilfillian, rising Capital Records blues artist, will open for Staples. The Diamond Hill Baptist Church choirs will perform a selection of songs to celebrate and acknowledge the occasion of the theatre's first night being an integrated space.
Emcee Leland Melvin, former NASA astronaut and community member, will kick off the December 6th event by recognizing the contributions of community members who have made invaluable contributions to arts and culture in Lynchburg by presenting three community awards, the Lottie Payne Stratton Award, and two Academy Cultural Impact Awards.
"The Academy and the arts community is indebted to the efforts of black leaders and artists," said Evan Smith, Director of Community Outreach at the Academy Center of the Arts. "We want to ensure that the cultural contributions of past and present community members would not be forgotten so that present and future generations would know who paved the way."
Award recipients include Anne Spencer, Reverend Haywood Robinson Jr., and Michelline Hall.
Anne Spencer will be posthumously recognized with the "Academy Cultural Impact" award for her contributions as a renowned Harlem Renaissance poet, community activist, and librarian for the formerly all-black Dunbar High School.
Reverend Haywood Robinson Jr. will be posthumously recognized with the "Academy Cultural Impact" award for his efforts as an esteemed community leader and for his vision for the Academy as an inclusive center of expression for all.
Michelline Hall will be recognized with the "Lottie Payne Stratton" award for continued behind-the-scenes dedication to the Lynchburg community as a photographer, arts instructor, and advocate for accessible arts programming for youth.
"The Historic Theatre's history invokes memories of a thriving arts community in the early 1900s, which we plan to bring into the present day," said Smith. "However, we must also remember the theatre's past as a segregated space during Jim Crow, which relegated black citizens to the second balcony and forced entry into the facility from a side door. The Academy hopes to both celebrate the Opening of the space while also remembering and bringing to light the history which motivates us to strive towards an accessible theatre for all."
The Academy's Opening Week of activities include a wide range of offerings and price point options to ensure that the gift of this restored theatre can be shared with as many in our community as possible.
Tickets to Opening Week events and performances are on sale at academycenter.org or at the Box Office, located at 519 Commerce St. and by phone at (434) 846-8499. Limited tickets will be available for each event.
Opening week events are supported by Cary & Robert Roberts, Jill & John Fees, Foster Fuels, Baird, WSET ABC-13, WVTF Music / Radio IQ, Watts Creative Studios, Vistagraphics, and other community partners.
For more information, contact our Box Office at (434) 846-8499.
Historic Academy of Music Theatre Opening Week Events
Academy Presents: "In Unison": A Concert Event Featuring Mavis Staples and Devon Gilfillian
Celebrating the Integration of the Historic Academy of Music Theatre
Thursday, December 6, 2018 | 7:30PM | Tickets: $25 – 182
https://academycenter.org/event/in-unison/
Holiday Movie Marathon
Saturday, December 8, 2018 | 10:00AM – 2:00AM | Tickets: $5.00 all day access, sold day of
https://academycenter.org/event/holiday-movie-marathon/
Mickey's A Christmas Carol: 10am-10:30am (G)
Frosty's Winter Wonderland: 10:35am-11:05am (G)
How The Grinch Stole Christmas: 11:10am-11:40am (G)
Disney's Frozen: 12pm-2pm (PG)
Elf: 2:15pm-4:05pm (PG)
It's A Wonderful Life: 4:20pm-6:55pm (PG)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: 7:10pm-9pm (PG-13)
Love Actually: 9:15pm-11:50pm (R)
Bad Santa: 12:05am-1:55am (R)
Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra Presents: There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays!
Sunday, December 9, 2018 | 4:00PM | Tickets: $25 – 36
https://academycenter.org/event/no-place-like-home-lso/
A Legacy Celebration: A Showcase event featuring the Resident Companies of the Academy Center of the Arts
Resident companies include: Charlottesville Ballet, Endstation Theatre Company, Jefferson Choral Society, Opera on the James, and Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 | 7:30pm | Tickets: $14 – 56
https://academycenter.org/event/a-legacy-celebration/
Academy Presents: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis' Big Band Holidays
Thursday, December 13, 2018 | 7:30PM | Tickets: $72 – 282
https://academycenter.org/event/wynton-marsalis/
Charlottesville Ballet Presents: The Nutcracker
Saturday, December 15, 2018 | 2:00PM & 7:00PM | Tickets: $15 – 75
https://academycenter.org/event/the-nutcracker-cville-ballet/all/
Lynchburg Symphony Youth Orchestra Presents: Sounds of the Season
Sunday, December 16, 2018 | 3:00PM | Tickets: $10 – 16
https://academycenter.org/event/sounds-of-the-season/
Academy Presents: New Year's Eve Bash featuring No BS! Brass and Apple Butter Soul
Monday, December 31, 2018 | 7:30PM | Tickets: $25 – 107
https://academycenter.org/event/new-years-eve-bash/
The Academy Center of the Arts, anchored by the historic Academy of Music Theatre, is greater Lynchburg's multi-facility center for arts, culture, and community building, occupying 1.25 blocks on Main Street in downtown Lynchburg. The Academy Center of the Arts, previously known as the Academy of Fine Arts, was formed in 2003 from the merger of the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center and the Academy of Music Theatre, Inc. Built in 1905 and closed in 1958, the Theatre is one of the few surviving Beaux-Arts style theatres in Virginia. For more information, visit www.AcademyCenter.org.
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"[…] We propose that as teacher research of various kinds accumulates and is more widely disseminated, it will present a radical challenge to current assumptions about the relationship of theories and practice, schools and universities, and inquiry and reform"1.


console= should not be specified at all.
should be added to the append line in the generated elilo.conf.
add the support for doing this previously because of weird ia64 behavior.
What _is_ the console device on these systems now?
forward into the newly created elilo.conf on the installed system.
determine what the console is.
how the kernel automagically determines the console device.
they won't be able to install and will say "oops I forgot my console= argument".
console tty port to use.
but I'd want confirmation that it's not going to break non-HP ia64 platforms.
we get this behavior on the RHEL5 alpha now as well.
But I'm not just going to go and irresponsibly break all other ia64 systems.
don't mean to create busy work.
will test this ASAP once I know what to do with this.
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 604, in ?
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 31, in ?
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/bootloader.py", line 31, in ?
console= (which is ttyS1 in this case) and both cases work perfectly.
confidence that this will not case any problems on non HP hardware.
I really appreciate the attention paid to this issue, thanks.
anaconda proper at this point?


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For more than 125 years, CII has been engaged in shaping India's development journey and works proactively on transforming Indian Industry's engagement in national development. CII charts change by working closely with Government on policy issues, interfacing with thought leaders, and enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and business opportunities for industry through a range of specialized services and strategic global linkages. It also provides a platform for consensus-building and networking on key issues.
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text:
package server

import (
	"crypto/tls"
	"crypto/x509"
	"encoding/json"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"path"
	"regexp"
	"sort"
	"strings"

	"github.com/cesanta/docker_auth/auth_server/authn"
	mapset "github.com/deckarep/golang-set"
	"github.com/docker/libtrust"
	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
)

type Config struct {
	Server     ServerConfig                   `yaml:"server"`
	Token      TokenConfig                    `yaml:"token"`
	Users      map[string]*authn.Requirements `yaml:"users,omitempty"`
	GoogleAuth *authn.GoogleAuthConfig        `yaml:"google_auth,omitempty"`
	ACL        []*ACLEntry                    `yaml:"acl"`
}

type ServerConfig struct {
	ListenAddress string `yaml:"addr,omitempty"`
	CertFile      string `yaml:"certificate,omitempty"`
	KeyFile       string `yaml:"key,omitempty"`

	publicKey  libtrust.PublicKey
	privateKey libtrust.PrivateKey
}

type TokenConfig struct {
	Issuer     string `yaml:"issuer,omitempty"`
	CertFile   string `yaml:"certificate,omitempty"`
	KeyFile    string `yaml:"key,omitempty"`
	Expiration int64  `yaml:"expiration,omitempty"`

	publicKey  libtrust.PublicKey
	privateKey libtrust.PrivateKey
}

type ACLEntry struct {
	Match   *MatchConditions `yaml:"match"`
	Actions *[]string        `yaml:"actions,flow"`
}

type MatchConditions struct {
	Account *string `yaml:"account,omitempty" json:"account,omitempty"`
	Type    *string `yaml:"type,omitempty" json:"type,omitempty"`
	Name    *string `yaml:"name,omitempty" json:"name,omitempty"`
}

type aclEntryJSON *ACLEntry

func (e ACLEntry) String() string {
	b, _ := json.Marshal(e)
	return string(b)
}

func matchString(pp *string, s string) bool {
	if pp == nil {
		return true
	}
	p := *pp
	var matched bool
	var err error
	if len(p) > 2 && p[0] == '/' && p[len(p)-1] == '/' {
		matched, err = regexp.Match(p[1:len(p)-1], []byte(s))
	} else {
		matched, err = path.Match(p, s)
	}
	return err == nil && matched
}

func (e *ACLEntry) Matches(rq *AuthRequest) bool {
	if matchString(e.Match.Account, rq.Account) &&
		matchString(e.Match.Type, rq.Type) &&
		matchString(e.Match.Name, rq.Name) {
		return true
	}
	return false
}

func makeSet(ss []string) mapset.Set {
	set := mapset.NewSet()
	for _, s := range ss {
		set.Add(s)
	}
	return set
}

func (e *ACLEntry) Check(rq *AuthRequest) error {
	if len(*e.Actions) == 1 && (*e.Actions)[0] == "*" {
		return nil
	}
	requested := makeSet(rq.Actions)
	allowed := makeSet(*e.Actions)
	missing := requested.Difference(allowed)
	if missing.Cardinality() == 0 {
		return nil
	}
	missingStr := []string{}
	for e := range missing.Iter() {
		missingStr = append(missingStr, fmt.Sprintf("%q", e.(string)))
	}
	sort.Strings(missingStr)
	return fmt.Errorf("%s not allowed", strings.Join(missingStr, ","))
}

func validate(c *Config) error {
	if c.Server.ListenAddress == "" {
		return errors.New("server.addr is required")
	}
	if c.Server.CertFile == "" || c.Server.KeyFile == "" {
		return errors.New("server certificate and key are required")
	}

	if c.Token.Issuer == "" {
		return errors.New("token.issuer is required")
	}
	if c.Token.Expiration <= 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("expiration must be positive, got %d", c.Token.Expiration)
	}

	if c.Users == nil && c.GoogleAuth == nil {
		return errors.New("no auth methods are configured, this is probably a mistake. Use an empty user map if you really want to deny everyone.")
	}
	if gac := c.GoogleAuth; gac != nil {
		if gac.ClientSecretFile != "" {
			contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(gac.ClientSecretFile)
			if err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("could not read %s: %s", gac.ClientSecretFile, err)
			}
			gac.ClientSecret = strings.TrimSpace(string(contents))
		}
		if gac.ClientId == "" || gac.ClientSecret == "" || gac.TokenDB == "" {
			return errors.New("google_auth.{client_id,client_secret,token_db} are required.")
		}
		if gac.HTTPTimeout <= 0 {
			gac.HTTPTimeout = 10
		}
	}
	if c.ACL == nil {
		return errors.New("ACL is empty, this is probably a mistake. Use an empty list if you really want to deny all actions.")
	}
	return nil
}

func loadCertAndKey(certFile, keyFile string) (pk libtrust.PublicKey, prk libtrust.PrivateKey, err error) {
	cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(certFile, keyFile)
	if err != nil {
		return
	}
	x509Cert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(cert.Certificate[0])
	if err != nil {
		return
	}
	pk, err = libtrust.FromCryptoPublicKey(x509Cert.PublicKey)
	if err != nil {
		return
	}
	prk, err = libtrust.FromCryptoPrivateKey(cert.PrivateKey)
	return
}

func LoadConfig(fileName string) (*Config, error) {
	contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fileName)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read %s: %s", fileName, err)
	}
	c := &Config{}
	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(contents, c); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse config: %s", err)
	}
	if err = validate(c); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid config: %s", err)
	}
	c.Server.publicKey, c.Server.privateKey, err = loadCertAndKey(c.Server.CertFile, c.Server.KeyFile)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load server cert and key: %s", err)
	}
	if c.Token.CertFile != "" && c.Token.KeyFile != "" {
		c.Token.publicKey, c.Token.privateKey, err = loadCertAndKey(c.Token.CertFile, c.Token.KeyFile)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load token cert and key: %s", err)
		}
	} else {
		c.Token.publicKey, c.Token.privateKey = c.Server.publicKey, c.Server.privateKey
	}
	return c, nil
}


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As a sequel to "Selling at Combat Speed," Mike takes the same concepts and applies them specifically to the senior living industry. In "Stop Selling and Start Caring," you will be introduced to new concepts and skills that will require you to change your current habits and ways of thinking. The stories and statistics are real. The results are real. The challenging yet rewarding journey is real. The transformation of the industry starts with a personal commitment to change. It will not be easy. You will fail along the way. Few will reach their full potential. Those who learn how to fail and accept failure as a natural stepping stone to success will be victorious. The choice is yours and yours alone. Today is the day. Right now is the time. Be bold. Be different. Choose to stop selling and start caring.
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The first chapter is the introduction. The second chapter presents a review of the literature. The third chapter describes the methodology used. The fourth chapter constitutes a specific analysis of all the data withdrawn from the books about great leadership's importance. Finally, the fifth chapter includes a summary, proposed recommendations for resolution, and conclusions that can be drawn.
However, this book is strongly recommended to anyone who wants to be an efficient leader in any field, because it can help develop qualities of good leadership essential for career success.
I recently had the privilege and pleasure of reading a profoundly informative book: "Importance of Positive Leadership in Today's Health Care Management", written by Josie D. Menelas, M.D., M.H.A. As I read it, one of the first things I noticed was the highly appropriate subtitle: "A True Weapon to Conquer the Future". This book is packed with excellent information regarding leadership and management, along with their responsibilities in the health care industry. More importantly, from cover to cover, its pages contain an amazing wealth of knowledge that the readers can apply not only to their particular professional endeavors, but also to their roles in life. Whether the reader finds himself or herself serving as a political official, the director of an important health care organization, a highly respected dean of a major university, the pastor of a local church, or even a housewife, he or she will acquire important tools for successfully securing the future.
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Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Tigana
Author: Guy Gavriel Kay
Publisher: Roc
Blurb (GR): Eight of the nine provinces of the Peninsula of the Palm, on a world with two moons, have fallen to the warrior sorcerers Brandin of Ygrath and Alberico of Barbadior. Brandin's younger son is slain in a battle with the principality of Tigana, which the grief-stricken sorcerer then destroys. Years later, a small band of survivors, led by Alessan, last prince of Tigana's royal house wages psychological warfare, planting seeds for the overthrow of the two tyrants. At the center of these activities are Devin, a gifted young singer; Catriana, a young woman pursued by suspicions of
her family's guilt; and Duke Sandre d'Astibar, a wily resistance leader thought dead. Meanwhile, at Brandin's court, Dianora, his favorite concubine and--unknown to anyone, another survivor of Tigana--struggles between her growing love for the often gentle tyrant and her desire for vengeance. Gradually
the scene is set for both conquerors to destroy each other and free a land.
While reading this book over the past month, I thought a lot about the differences between youth and adulthood, between young beliefs and mature ones. And I think that maybe our youth is the only time that we can hold simple, firm convictions. Maybe it's the only time that it's possible to believe completely that love will conquer all, or that there are good guys and bad guys, or that if we try hard enough, we can achieve anything we dream about. In our youth, we can say things like, "I would never…" and feel completely certain that it's true. I think that a lot of maturing into an adult involves being proven painfully wrong, again and again.
I feel like I lost a bit of my youth while reading this book. Don't get me wrong; I loved it. It's going on my favorites shelf and I'll probably re-read it dozens of times. But I hate it a little bit too, because it has now rendered so many of my favorite fantasy novels (some that I used to even consider grey and nuanced) flat and simplistic by comparison.
This is the most adult fantasy novel I've ever read. And I don't just mean that in the sense that it contains sex, violence, and heads exploding like rotten fruit. I mean that in the sense that nothing in this book is black and white, nothing is simple, nothing is held sacred. Fantasy used to be a genre where I could sometimes comfortably escape into a few simple ideals, but this book has proven to me that even a fantasy novel can be gritty and realistic. And now I feel like nothing less will do.
If this were a typical fantasy, it would be about a rag-tag band of comrades coming together to make a long journey and reclaim their home from the curse of some distant, evil goliath. The foes battled along the way would be disposable creatures – orcs, giants, spiders, dragons – beings that are murdered with little compunction. The final battle would end in a massive celebration and all would be right with the world.
But this is not a typical fantasy. This book is about an entire generation robbed of its very identity. It's about the
children born to the losing side of a great war, and the terrible legacy that they must bear. It's about collateral damage – not just faceless creatures, but people with homes and families, friends, the one you love, yourself. It's about how a fight for peace can necessitate horrible violence. It's about the never-ending nature of war.
It's about this:
"The lesson of her days, Dianora thought, was simply this: that love was not enough. Whateverthe songs of the troubadours might say. Whatever hope it might seem to offer, love was simply not enough to bridge the chasm in her world."
"'The land is never truly dead. It can always come back. Or what is the meaning of the cycle of seasons and years?' She wiped her tears away and looked at him.
His expression in the darkness was much too sad for a moment such as this. She wished she knew a way to dispel that sorrow, and not only for tonight. He said, 'That is mostly true, I suppose. Or true for the largest things. Smaller things can die. People, dreams, a home.'"
"He carried, like baggage, like a cart yoked to his shoulders, like a round stone in his heart, images of his people, their world destroyed, their name obliterated. Truly obliterated: a sound that was drifting, year by year, further away from the shores of the world of men, like some tide withdrawing in the grey hour of a winter dawn. Very like
such a tide, but different as well, because tides came back."
The "heroes" are deeply flawed – capable of violence, enslavement, and the sacrifice of thousands of their own people in battle in the pursuit of their goal. The "villain" is a very grey character and in the end, is just a man. A man with too much power perhaps and too much grief, but still a man, capable of feeling great love and deserving of sympathy.
The relationships are intense and heartbreaking and I wept ugly tears more than once. I love that we get to see the conflict through the eyes of the long-toiling Baerd and Alessan, but also through the eyes of the youthful and naively passionate Devin. And we get to see Devin mature in all the hardest ways
possible:
"Devin suddenly felt as if he could not bear it anymore. Alessan's quite acquiescence was as a final blow in his own heart. He felt torn open, wounded by the hard truths of the world, by the passing of things. He lowered his head to the windowsill and wept like a child in the presence of something too large for his capacity."
Dianora broke my heart the most though, with her systematic destruction of her own self, her own happiness,
all in the name of this terrible legacy:
"She stopped and looked down at the flowers, their fragile petals shaken by the breeze; but her thoughts were back with Brandin's fairy tale of the far away princess born under summer stars, cradled on such flowers.
She closed her eyes then, knowing that this would not do. And slowly, deliberately, searching out pain as a spur, a goad, she built up a mental image of her father riding away, and then of her mother, and then of Baerd among the soldiers in the square. When she opened her eyes to go on there were no fairy tales in her heart."
Obviously I loved the writing. If I could find a way to include five or six more quotes in this review, I probably would. His prose is powerful and lyrical and incredibly evocative. This is a real, heavy duty, dense, you're-going-to-need-to-look-at-that-map kind of fantasy and I hesitate to recommend it to those who only enjoy the "lighter" fantasies. However, I think that if you enjoy capital F Fantasy even a little bit, this book is definitely not to be missed.
Oh, okay. One more quote.
"His intelligence stretched her to the limits, and then
changed what those limits were."
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