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Chindit Chasing, Operation Longcloth 1943
The Chindit Society
Arthur Leslie Howney
A Daughter's Story
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Wingate and his Column Commanders
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Remembering Today
The Longcloth Family
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Chindit POW's
2nd Battalion, The Burma Rifles
The Gurkhas of 1943
Gurkha Personnel
Gallery Brigade HQ
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Gallery-ID Parade
Gallery Column 5
Gallery Column 7 >
Sources and Knowledge
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Flight Sergeant Alan Montague Fidler
Alan Fidler shortly after returning from Burma.
Alan Montague Fidler was born on the 10th January 1920 at a place called Steyning, a small rural town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex. He decided to join the RAF as a boy entrant at the tender age of just fourteen and trained as a wireless operator in England, before being posted to India in the late 1930's. Rising to the Rank of Warrant Officer (RAF Service number 550693) in India, he built up his required flying hours whilst stationed in the Sind District, which today forms part of Pakistan.
Alan Fidler is the paternal uncle of BBC War Corresponsdent, John Simpson CBE. In his book 'Days from a Different World', John remembered the first time he met Uncle Alan (his father's younger brother) in the autumn of 1945:
When I was six, Uncle Alan came home on leave, and I met him for the first time. He looked like everyone's ideal image of the empire-builder: handsome, immensely confident, with the kind of moustache that all colonial officers seemed to have in those days, broad-shouldered and dressed in an excellent pin-striped suit.
He had a blonde woman on his arm who seemed to me to be dazzlingly glamorous. The only way I could tell that he and my father were related was that they were the same size and general build, and their feet stuck out at an identical angle as they walked down the street laughing.
Flight Sergeant Fidler, always looking for excitement and a new challenge, volunteered for the first Chindit operation in the late summer of 1942. He had seen a notice back at his RAF station in India, asking for experts in ground to air communications to join a new and secret unit which was looking to develop new techniques in jungle warfare. Like many of the RAF contingent that signed up with 77 Brigade, Alan had absolutely no idea what he was letting himself in for.
He needn't have worried, he took to Wingate's methods and philosophies like the proverbial duck to water, sometimes quite literally. The emphasis on fitness, of both body and mind appealed greatly to Alan, who thrived during the weeks of training at the Saugor Camp. He was eventually attached to Wingate's own Brigade Head Quarters and it seems made quite an impression on his Brigadier. Wingate's ideas for Long Range Penetration would rely heavily upon the skills of the RAF Liaison section in each Chindit column, whose role was to guide the supply aircraft of 31 Squadron safely to the agreed drop zone once the Brigade was inside Burma.
It is probably safe to say that Alan idolised his commander. He was drawn, not only to Wingate's methodology and techniques, but also to his total belief in the attributes of the British soldier. There had built up, during the first two years of the Japanese advance across South East Asia, an impression that the enemy was invincible in the jungle, elevating him almost to the superhuman. Wingate saw the danger of this situation continuing:
"If the British soldier is allowed to get the notion that he cannot take hardships that men of other nations can, he had better reconcile himself to being a member of a third rate nation ... I personally am quite satisfied the British soldier has a better body and a better mind than average humanity. He can not only equal but beat the Japanese."
On the 18th November 1942, just before the final Chindit training exercise at the Jhansi rail terminus, Alan and a few of the other RAF recruits to 77 Brigade, were given special leave dispensation and travelled together to Bombay. This was to be their last chance to left off some steam, before the commencement of Operation Longcloth and the advance into Burma.
Seen below are two photographs depicting the same moment in time, differing only by a couple of frames from the camera that captured them. These images have appeared in many of the books concerning Wingate's first Chindit expedition of 1943, some profess them to be prior Operation Longcloth, while others suggest they were taken just after Wingate's safe return. Either way, I feel that the photographs illustrate the magnetism of the man and his ability to captivate an audience, including in this instance Flight Sergeant Alan Fidler, who is pictured in both images on Wingate's immediate right.
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Wingate holds audience with (L-R) Pte. Dermody, Signalman Sgt. Hutchins and Alan Fidler.
Moments later the image expands to include: Brigade Major G.M. Anderson (foreground) and Flight Lieut. Albert Tooth.
Wingate and his Brigade HQ moved through the jungles of Burma during the first few weeks of Operation Longcloth, orchestrating the Chindit columns of Northern Group as they carried out their various pre-arranged assignments and demolitions. For the most part things went well and the Brigade suffered only minor casualties. Alan Fidler, along with his RAF comrades in Brigade HQ, Albert Tooth and Squadron Leader Cecil Longmore, successfully delivered their side of the bargain and brought in the planes of 31 Squadron to feed and re-equip the marching Chindit columns.
By early April 1943, Wingate and his Brigade were planning their exit from Burma after six weeks of raiding behind enemy lines. On the 29th March three Chindit units (Columns 7 and 8, plus Brigade HQ) had massed on the eastern banks of the Irrawaddy River near the town of Inywa. The idea was to get across this wide expanse of water as quickly as possible and then, once over, move off westwards and return to India. Wingate had previously crossed the Irrawaddy at Inywa on the outward journey and thought the Japanese would not expect him to retrace his steps.
Unfortunately, the crossing was contested by a large patrol of Japanese soldiers positioned on the opposite bank of the river. The men in the leading boats soon came under severe machine gun and mortar fire, resulting in many casualties. Wingate, after a speedy consultation with his column commanders, decided to call off the crossing and the dispirited Chindits melted away into the jungle. Columns 7 and 8 soon moved away from the Irrawaddy, both heading roughly south-east. Wingate took his men deep in to the surrounding scrub-jungle close to Inywa, where they would wait patiently for several days until the heat had died down and the enemy had left the area.
During their time hiding out in the jungle, Wingate gave orders for the remaining mules to be killed and that the men should eat the mule flesh to bolster their depleted rations. He also split his Head Quarters up at this time into smaller dispersal groups of around 25-35 men per party. On 7th April, Wingate and his party made a second attempt at crossing the Irrawaddy, this time 25 miles south of Inywa. For two days they searched the riverbank for boats, but Captain Aung Thin of the Burma Rifles could only find one boat and this would take only seven people at a time. They began crossing late that afternoon, but when half of the party were over, automatic fire was heard from the north and the native boatman made off with his craft, leaving the rest of the men stranded on the east bank.
Those who successfully made it across the river included Wingate, Majors Anderson and Jefferies, Captains Aung Thin and Katju, and twenty-four Other Ranks. They were not, however, on the west bank of the river. They were, in fact, on an island in the middle of the Irrawaddy and so they immediately moved on towards the only village (Nyaungbintha) where they found another large boat and made the final crossing at dusk. Once over, they moved on for a couple of miles and then lay up for the night. The mosquitoes in this area were intolerable and they got very little sleep.
Signaller Eric Hutchins was in the last party waiting to cross the river, together with Squadron Leader Longmore, Flight Lieutenant Tooth, Flight Sergeant Fidler, Lieutenant Rose of the Gurkhas, Private Dermody and Private Weston of the King's. Eric remembered:
The first six boat parties made their way safely to the opposite bank. Eventually the boat returned for us, but when we reached the opposite bank we could find no trace of the others. Wingate's excuse when we met him later, was he 'thought' we had been captured by the Japanese, whereas he had abandoned us without maps or any means of finding our way back to our own lines.
So we set out west only to find we were on an island in the middle of the river. Our problems now really began, because we could not find a suitable boat. Eventually we found a boat that had seen better days and decided to take a chance crossing at night, using our rifles as oars. Of course the inevitable happened and the boat capsized.
I and others swam to the west shore, where we had to rescue two of our party who were clutching on to a floating plant because they could not swim. At light of day we found that Squadron Leader Longmore was missing. Later at the end of the war I found out that he had remained clutching the boat and floated down river and was eventually captured. We found we were on another island and right opposite a very large village and most of the inhabitants walked across the shallow water to the island, presumably out of curiosity.
We had lost everything when the boat capsized and had no arms to defend ourselves, except that I still had a hand grenade. We went with the villagers and enjoyed a meal of rice and obtained two sacks of rice, cooking pans, a flint stone to make a fire, salt and juggery, the latter unrefined sugar.
Suddenly there was a commotion in the village and the locals started to disperse, which was a signal to us that the Japs had arrived. We made a quick retreat and proceeded to climb the hills behind the village and make our way westwards. Our progress after that was mainly at night, avoiding paths and villages. I remember the beautiful clear moonlit nights with the stars to guide us. I often look for a constellation set at dead 270 degrees which we used as our direction arrow as we kept walking westwards.
Daytime was spent trying to sleep in the intense heat with no water, setting out at dusk to find water and cook a meal. I was suffering severely from dysentery, but somehow raised the strength to carry on. As we neared the Chindwin we found a small chaung in which were some pools of water containing fish. We caught one by swimming under water, but then became greedy and thought if we threw my grenade into the water we could have a real feast. This was not to be because the grenade failed to explode as I had forgotten to prime it.
On seeing the river valley of the Chindwin we now became over-confident and started to abandon our policy of avoiding footpaths. On rounding a bend we ran into a Japanese sentry guarding the path. We immediately plunged into the jungle to our left, but Weston was captured because he was too weak to react quickly. We were forced to stand in a marsh for thirty-six hours while the Japs set fire to it to try to draw us out. Meanwhile we could hear the screams of Weston as they slowly tortured him to death with their bayonets.
On the second night we came out of the marsh only to walk straight through the Jap occupied village. We walked on down the path leading to the Chindwin and then, practising the usual dispersal drill on leaving a path, hid in the jungle nearby. Within fifteen minutes a party of Japs came down the track, following our footprints by torch light. Fortunately for us they hesitated where our footprints finished and then carried on. This was our cue and we retreated deeper into the jungle.
Within half an hour they were back searching the spot we had left. We were now under real pressure and headed for the Chindwin, but could not find a boat to cross. We were walking along the path on the river bank and came to a small clearing with Lieutenant Rose leading. He suddenly turned round and yelled Japs' and in the sudden rush to retreat I fell over. I scrambled to my feet, leaving behind the rice sack I was carrying. The others had a good fifty yards' start on me and machine gun bullets were whizzing all around. I think I broke the world record for 200 yards and reached the jungle on the opposite side of the clearing before the others.
Here we lost Lieutenant Rose and I heard after the war he was later captured and also survived the prison camp. We decided to regain the hills and walk northwards hoping there would be fewer Japs to encounter in that direction. We came upon a hut in the middle of a paddy field and found a native sitting inside. He immediately beckoned us to lie down in the paddy and pointed to a road about fifty yards away where Jap lorries were moving. He indicated to follow him crawling on our bellies to a small copse, it was here that our miracle occurred.
He brought us food twice a day for three days while we got our strength back. He could not get us a boat but when we drew bamboo poles he understood and on each night visit he brought two bamboo poles. Finally we had enough to make a raft and took them down to the river at the dead of night and our saviour tied them together. We had no money and could not reward him, but gave him a note saying how he had helped us and that he should be rewarded by the British if he produced the document.
This man, a complete stranger, possibly a Buddhist, displayed all the ethics of a Good Samaritan and has remained in my deepest thoughts all my life. That day in 1943 on the banks of the Chindwin I learned to believe in miracles.
I was the only strong swimmer and pushed the raft from the rear. Some of the other survivors were too weak to swim and had to be hauled back on the raft. Eventually we reached the other side and rested for the night. In the morning we walked into the nearest village which was occupied by Gurkhas.
Wingate was my hero before the campaign, but after his deliberate abandonment on the east bank of the Irrawaddy I know he only considered his own safety and not others. He would deliberately abandon anyone whom he considered to be a handicap. This was proved later when our signals officer, Ken Spurlock, who was in Wingate's boat party, was abandoned in a village not far from the Chindwin because he was weak with dysentery. I was weak with dysentery but my companions never abandoned me.
To read more about Lieutenant Rose and his time as a prisoner of war, please click on the following link: Lewis William Rose
The jungle hideaway. Wingate and some of his dispersal party in April 1943.
In the book 'Days from a Different World', John Simpson describes his uncle's seemingly difficult relationship with the mules that carried the wireless set and other equipment. Three animals were required to carry the batteries, charger and the 1082/88 wireless set, which had been the standard set for the Blenheim Bomber during WW2. These mules tended to be the larger examples imported from Argentina and the United States, rather than the smaller specimens from India.
"Alan found his particular mules a serious nuisance. One of them tended to get excited in the claustrophobic conditions of the forest, and when a Japanese patrol passed by, it almost gave Alan's position away by braying noisily."
Also described in the book was an incident just before the aborted crossing at Inywa, when Alan and a Chindit companion became separated from Brigade HQ:
Sometimes the Japanese would dress the dead bodies of Burmese villagers in Japanese uniforms and tie them to the upper branches of trees in the firing position, as if they were snipers. Late one afternoon, as they were looking for a convenient place to set up their transmitting equipment, Alan and his partner spotted one of the supposed snipers and fired.
A six-man Japanese patrol, hiding close by, heard the shots and burst through the undergrowth, trapping them. Alan and his companion were seized and knocked to the ground. The Japanese tied their hands, then marched them triumphantly along the jungle path towards their base. Both men were determined to escape, and they walked slowly, so that a short gap built up between them and the Japanese soldiers in front.
Choosing his moment, Alan threw himself into the thick jungle to his left, and the other man followed him. Wingate had always taught them to move independently through the forest, and they headed off separately for the stream they knew would be somewhere ahead of them. The Japanese fired at random into the thick vegetation, but were reluctant to follow. Alan reached the stream, then walked down through the cool water to a convenient little beach on a bend. Within a couple of minutes his companion found him. They cut each other's ropes, and decided to hide out until the hunt had died down.
In telling the story during the years to come, Alan didn't try to present himself as the hero of the adventure; but he disliked his partner intensely. 'A real know-it-all', he described him, 'a line-shooter.'
They decided to wait until dark, and then head back to the place where they had hidden their mules and their equipment; they believed, rightly as it turned out, that the Japanese hadn't discovered these things. As they were walking silently through the trees they heard voices close by and saw lights. A dozen or so men were walking in line along a pathway, carrying lanterns.
'They're Burmese,' whispered the other man. 'Must be a funeral party. We should just slip out behind them and follow them. That way we can get closer to the village and save a bit of time.' Alan agreed. They waited till the last man had passed, then stepped on to the path behind him. Fifty yards farther down, the man ahead of Alan turned round and his lantern shone full on his face and uniform. They weren't following a Burmese funeral party; it was a Japanese patrol searching for them.
Alan was always quick-tempered. He said later that he shouted at his companion, 'You bloody idiot, these aren't Burmese, they're bloody Japs.' He probably didn't shout at all; but the Japanese were alerted anyway. Both men had to throw themselves off the path into the jungle once again, with more bullets cutting through the foliage about their heads, and they had to find the same stream all over again.
They got away successfully, and duly reached their mules and their equipment; but Alan couldn't stop belabouring the know-it-all for making such a mistake. After they rejoined the main column Wingate made Alan his personal wireless operator, and in spite of the difference in rank, the difficult jungle conditions brought them close together.
After Operation Longcloth was over, Alan spent many weeks recuperating back in India, including a stay in hospital at Imphal. Eventually he returned to his RAF unit, but his health did not improve enough for him to be considered for further combat duties. He would in fact suffer from recurring bouts of malaria for the rest of his life. In October 1943 Alan's mother, Eva Fidler, received a telegram from the War Office informing her that her son was recovering well and no longer on the seriously ill list.
The first Chindit operation was never regarded as being a triumph in military terms, indeed it had some very high profiled detractors and critics back at India Command. However, the mission had proved that the Japanese could be at least equalled in the Burmese jungle and the powers that be, including Winston Churchill looked to use the expedition as a propaganda tool in the British Press. An example of this came in the form a short article in the Daily Mail, dated 7th July 1943:
Wingate's Follies, Get Back From Jungle
These grinning, bearded men are back on British territory after three months spent behind the Japanese lines in the Burma jungle. They are members of Brigadier Wingate's famous expedition (Wingate's Follies) which penetrated more than 200 miles into Japanese-occupied land destroying dumps, cutting communications, and collecting valuable information. They lived on the country apart from supplies dropped by parachute in the jungle clearings.
Alongside the short article was a photograph of five members of 77th Indian Infantry Brigade, including 5 Column commander, Major Bernard Fergusson and Flight Sergeant Alan Fidler. A rather damaged example of this newspaper cutting can be viewed in the final gallery of images for this story shown below.
On the 24th March 1944, Alan received the news that Orde Wingate had perished in a plane crash whilst visiting the various forward bases in Burma during the second Chindit operation. Like many of the men who had served under this unconventional and eccentric leader, Alan was totally devastated.
Seen below is a final gallery of images in relation to this story, including portraits of some of the men that eventually crossed the Irrawaddy River with Flight Sergeant Fidler in early April 1943. Please click on any image to bring it forward on the page.
After the war, Alan joined the Malayan Police Force, working as a Senior Intelligence Officer during the Communist Emergency. On retirement he returned to England and became a leading figure with the Chindits Old Comrades Association, ensuring that the name of the Chindits and their originator, Orde Wingate was kept alive.
As with so many veterans from the Burma Campaign, and particularly those who had been held as prisoners of war, Alan maintained his mistrust and dislike of the Japanese throughout his life. A quote from another book written by John Simpson, 'Not Quite World's End', paints a fairly accurate picture of Alan's attitude to his former foe:
"To call Uncle Alan anti-Japanese scarcely began to touch his emotional response to country. I remembered coming home and telling him, after my first visit to Tokyo in 1979, what a wonderfully civilised place it was. I thought he was going to have a major infarction.
'Bloody animals,' he spluttered. It was some moments before he felt strong enough to pick up his gin and tonic again, and he scarcely spoke to me for the crest of evening."
Alan Montague Fidler passed away in December 1970, his death was registered in the council offices at Maidstone in Kent. In October 2013 I attempted to make contact with John Simpson via the BBC and by letter. Sadly, I was not able to reach him at that time. I sincerely hope that he will enjoy reading about his uncle on these website pages at some point in the future.
Copyright © Steve Fogden, with additional information from the books of John Simpson CBE. January 2016.


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Vernell Eufaye "Bimbo" Coles (born April 22, 1968) is an American retired professional basketball player. He received his nickname from a cousin in reference to a country music song of the same name.

Coles was a standout at Greenbrier East High School in Lewisburg, West Virginia. At Greenbrier East, Coles played basketball, baseball and football. Coles was more heavily recruited to play college football than basketball before announcing his intent to play basketball in college. In football, he was twice named all-state and once named All-America. As a shortstop and outfielder, Coles claimed to be selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1986 Major League Baseball draft. He was recruited to play college basketball at Virginia Tech, Maryland and West Virginia.

He played his college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies for four seasons from 1986 to 1990. Coles set the school and Metro Conference records for career points and the school record for career assists. He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame and West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He was a member of the United States national basketball team which won a bronze medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Despite not having played baseball since high school, Coles was drafted by the California Angels in the final round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft.

His NBA career started when he was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1990 NBA Draft, and immediately traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for veteran guard Rory Sparrow. After Coles' first of two stints with the Miami Heat, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors, and also played with the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Boston Celtics. He was utilized primarily as a backup point guard.

Coles' brother, Sidney, played basketball for two years at Memphis and for two years at Marshall, one of which was under head coach Billy Donovan. In 2000, Sidney was hired as an assistant coach at Wyoming under head coach Steve McClain.  Until 2021, Coles coached at his alma mater of Greenbrier East High School in Lewisburg, West Virginia.

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The following were answers provided by 6th graders during a history test.
Watch those spell checkers! Some of the best humour is in the misspelling.
hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. The climate of the Sarah is such that all the inhabitants have to live elsewhere.
2. Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where they made unleavenedbread, which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. He died before he ever reached Canada.
10. It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented removable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood. Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes and started smoking. Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
14. Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent. Lincoln's mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by signing the Emasculation Proclamation. On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theater and got shot in his seat by one of the actors in a moving picture show. They believe the assinator was John Wilkes Booth, a supposingly insane actor.
15. Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a largenumber of children. In between he practiced on an old spinster which he kept up in his attic. Bach died from 1750 to the present. Bach was the most famous composer in the world and so was Handel. Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was very large.
17. The nineteenth century was a time of a great many thoughts and inventions. People stopped reproducing by hand and started reproducing by machine. The invention of the steamboat caused a network of rivers to spring up. Cyrus McCormick invented the McCormick raper, which did the work of a hundred men. Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for rabbis. Charles Darwin was a naturalist who wrote the Organ of the Species. Madman Curie discovered the radio. And Karl Marx became one of the Marx Brothers.
HA!HA!HA!HA! This is amusing. I remember those days. The blissful ignorance of youth; how I miss it.
I remember some of the misconceptions I had when I was growing up and some of them were damn funny. I wish i was 6 again just for a day to see what it was like!
Haha. What would life be like without the 6th graders? jcdux, where'd you find all those things?


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Andrew C. Meyer, Jr. knows this firsthand. Meyer, a founding partner of Lubin & Meyer PC in Boston, has been involved in many cases with record-setting verdicts, including one of the largest personal injury awards in Massachusetts history. But when you speak with him, Meyer doesn't tout his monetary accomplishments in the courtroom; instead, he's most proud of how he's not only transformed the lives of the individuals and families he's represented, but also helped to protect others by enhancing the quality of medical care in the community.
"Litigation is really one of the only ways in Massachusetts that patients and consumers can be sure that whatever dangers exist in a particular area — either medicine or products — that those practices become safer," said Meyer.
• New hospital procedure implemented: An elderly woman went in for a routine hip replacement. The surgery was successful, but as she was being moved from the surgical table to the gurney, the woman fell to the floor and sustained a head injury. After brain surgery, she died. Part of the settlement involved an agreement with the hospital that it would adopt a procedure called "steps to exit," to ensure that when a patient is being transferred, appropriate protection and coordination is undertaken, including seat belts to secure the patient.
• New safety locks installed: Meyer won a $6.1 million verdict in a case involving a bus accident at a golf tournament. The victim was on a bus, riding back to his car in the parking lot, when a gate swung open in the lot, piercing the bus and severing the leg of the victim. He later died. A result of that case: The stadium installed locks on its parking gates to properly secure them and prevent similar accidents.
• Training programs implemented: A 40-year-old woman undergoing treatment for cancer developed an infection that led to her death, resulting in a $13.5 million verdict. As a result of that case, the facility instituted training programs, created a lecture series in the name of the victim to improve the treatment of the disease with which she was afflicted and also dedicated an area in a new hospital wing to her.
• New policies, new technology, retraining of staff: A seven-year-old boy in the hospital for an appendectomy received an intravenous saline solution meant for an adult. Although alarms went off on the computer to alert hospital personnel that a mistake was made, they were overridden. The child subsequently died. In addition to compensating the family, the hospital agreed to retrain those involved, changed its policies so that alarms could not be countermanded and improved training. The hospital also dedicated a room to the boy who lost his life that stands as a memorial to him.


Every home has its own unique collection of noises that are perfectly normal for the building. This may include the rattle of tree branches on a window in stormy weather, the subtle click of your HVAC system turning on and off, or the sound of running water as your ice maker gets to work. If you notice a noise that doesn't belong to your Indiana home's usual symphony, however, it's important to track down the source. These sounds can offer an important warning about the condition of your house.
This common bubbling or popping sound comes from your water heater. It may sound like something sinister is brewing inside, but the noise is actually quite common. Over time, sediment builds up on the bottom of the tank. This will happen faster if you have hard water that's rich in minerals. When your water heater tries to heat water, it has to first heat through that layer of sediment, which is what's bubbling and popping as water bubbles try to escape.
Your water heater has to work harder than usual to heat properly with a layer of sediment on the bottom, so this isn't the ideal condition for your tank. In the short term it simply means poor energy efficiency, but over time sediment buildup can shorten the life of your system. Contact a professional to flush out your water heater and get rid of the sediment.
The harsh sound of metal scraping on metal is just as alarming as it seems. If you hear this noise coming from your HVAC unit, it probably means you have loose parts in your blower wheel. It could be anything from the blower wheel itself to the entire motor mount that's scraping and screeching in your system. Turn the system off immediately and contact your HVAC technician for a prompt repair.
There are two times when you will typically hear a loud bang, pop, or rattle from your furnace. The first comes from the air ducts, so you may hear it anywhere in the house. This is a perfectly normal sound that happens when your air ducts expand and contract. It's common in early fall when you turn your heat on for the first time.
If the sound is a single loud bang from the furnace when it turns on, you have a bigger problem. This could be the sound of excess gas igniting when the heater turns on. This type of bang is actually a small explosion. It usually happens when dirt accumulates on the furnace burners, causing delayed ignition. Regular maintenance will prevent this problem. Any time you hear this type of bang from the furnace, you should contact a professional immediately.
It may take you a while to track down the source of the unsettling wheezing noise in your home. When you do, you'll probably find yourself looking at a dirty filter. If you don't change your filter regularly, it will get clogged. The results in a wheezing or even whistling noise as your HVAC system struggles to pull air through the dirt.
Fortunately, the solution is a quick and easy DIY job. Just slip out the dirty filter and slide in a clean one. This takes just seconds and is something you should plan on doing once a month going forward.
High-pitched squeals or whines are extremely annoying, so you probably won't need much encouragement to call a technician. This sound is usually caused by a loose or damaged belt, broken blower motor, or dry shaft bearings. While you can keep running your system until you can make an appointment with a technician, you don't want to neglect this warning noise. It can lead to a bigger and more expensive problem if left untended.
If you need help identifying or eradicating unusual noises in your home, contact Comfort 24-7 at 855-GET-COMFY(855-438-2663). We can track down problems with your air conditioner or heater and get your system back in shape for quiet, safe, and efficient operation.


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 Undergrundsloven, som er lovgrundlaget.
 Tilladelsen, som er retsgrundlaget, se modeltilladelse  på Energistyrelsens hjemmeside med tilhørende arbejdsprogram.
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IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BRIAN, THANK YOU. WE START NOW, THOUGH, WITH BREAKING NEWS. THREE PEOPLE DEAD, ANOTHER HURT AFTER A SHOOTING ON PITTSBURGH'S NORTH SIDE. THE SHOTS RINGING OUT JUST BEFORE TEN LAST NIGHT ALONG CEDAR STREET IN EAST ALLEGHENY. THIS IS BETWEEN EAST OHIO STREET AND STOCKTON AVENUE. INVESTIGATORS SAY TWO FEMALES AND A MALE ARE AMONG THE DEAD. ANOTHER MALE VICTIM SHOWED UP TO THE HOSPITAL CURRENTLY IN STABLE CONDITION. WITNESSES TELL PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4 THEY HEARD 14 TO 15 SHOTS FIRED. THEN SAW A CAR TAKE OFF FROM THE AREA. POLICE SAY THEY DON'T FEEL THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS IN ANY DANGER. WE HAVE THIS PRETTY LOCKED DOWN AT THIS POINT AND I WOULD SAY THERE'S REALLY NO CONCERN AT THIS TIME FOR ANYBODY IF OBVIOUSLY IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WE PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOU. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IF THERE IS ANY RELATION BETWE
Three people are dead after a shooting in the East Allegheny section of the North Side Saturday night, police said.Two females and one male died and a second male was wounded, according to Major Crimes Commander Richard Ford.One person died at the scene while the other two died at Allegheny General Hospital shortly after the 10:05 p.m. gunfire barrage. The wounded male walked into AGH a few minutes after the shooting.No identities were immediately available.Ford said no one was in custody, there are no suspects at this time and the investigation is ongoing.Shots rang out along the 300 block of Cedar Avenue between Stockton and East Ohio streets, near the Giant Eagle.Dozens of police officers and numerous EMS units swarmed to the scene. Officers and paramedics along Cedar and in the park area around the Sue Murray Pool.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
PITTSBURGH —
Three people are dead after a shooting in the East Allegheny section of the North Side Saturday night, police said.
Two females and one male died and a second male was wounded, according to Major Crimes Commander Richard Ford.
One person died at the scene while the other two died at Allegheny General Hospital shortly after the 10:05 p.m. gunfire barrage. The wounded male walked into AGH a few minutes after the shooting.
No identities were immediately available.
Ford said no one was in custody, there are no suspects at this time and the investigation is ongoing.
Shots rang out along the 300 block of Cedar Avenue between Stockton and East Ohio streets, near the Giant Eagle.
Dozens of police officers and numerous EMS units swarmed to the scene. Officers and paramedics along Cedar and in the park area around the Sue Murray Pool.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.


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# Snap.svg resources
Snap.svg is a new SVG library targeting modern browsers. It is an open source project released by Adobe, and created by [the same developer](https://github.com/DmitryBaranovskiy) that created [Raphael.js](https://github.com/DmitryBaranovskiy/raphael).

Snap.svg does not support some older browsers, which allows it to support newer SVG features like masking, clipping, patterns, full gradients, groups, etc.

Below is a collection of resources useful for developing with Snap.svg. It's still early in the project's life, and we'll keep adding to this list as new tutorials and other resources are created, and as new versions of Snap.svg are released.

### Snap.svg project website
[snapsvg.io](http://snapsvg.io)

### Getting started tutorial
[snapsvg.io/start](http://snapsvg.io/start/)

A really straightforward tutorial that will help you get a solid understanding of how Snap.svg is used.

### API documentation
[snapsvg.io/docs](http://snapsvg.io/docs/)

Dig into the documentation here.

### GitHub repository
[github.com/adobe-webplatform/Snap.svg](https://github.com/adobe-webplatform/Snap.svg)

Star, fork, and contribute to Snap.svg. Note that a [Contributor License Agreement is required](http://snapsvg.io/contributions/).

### npm page for Snap.svg
[https://npmjs.org/package/snapsvg](https://npmjs.org/package/snapsvg)

Snap.svg is currently on npm, but it is not currently useable within node.js/CommonJS modules.

### Snap.svg on twitter
[twitter.com/snapsvg](https://twitter.com/snapsvg)

Get all the tweets from Snap.svg

### Snap.svg Google Group
[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/snapsvg](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/snapsvg)

### StackOverflow threads tagged with Snap.svg
[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/snap.svg](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/snap.svg)

Read questions and answers about Snap.svg.

## Posts about Snap.svg: tutorials, background, etc.

### Introducing Snap.svg: The Next Generation JavaScript Library for SVG Graphics
[blogs.adobe.com/webplatform/2013/10/23/snap-the-javascript-svg-library-for-the-modern-web](http://blogs.adobe.com/webplatform/2013/10/23/snap-the-javascript-svg-library-for-the-modern-web)

Adobe's announcement post for Snap.svg.

### Animated SVG icons with Snap.svg
[http://tympanus.net/codrops/2013/11/05/animated-svg-icons-with-snap-svg/](http://tympanus.net/codrops/2013/11/05/animated-svg-icons-with-snap-svg/)

A very useful tutorial showing the creation of animated SVG icons. A great rundown on the basics of using Snap.svg.

### Getting Started with Snap.svg
[http://www.i-programmer.info/programming/javascript/6537-getting-started-with-snapsvg.html](http://www.i-programmer.info/programming/javascript/6537-getting-started-with-snapsvg.html)

A good introductory post about using Snap.svg.

### Using Snap.svg with Browserify

[http://learnjs.io/blog/2014/02/20/using-snapsvg-with-browserify/](http://learnjs.io/blog/2014/02/20/using-snapsvg-with-browserify/)

Interested in using Snap.svg with Browserify or Node.js? This gives an overview of how that can currently be done.

## Videos

### Getting Started with Snap.svg
[youtube.com/watch?v=hyaiFapVOek](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyaiFapVOek)

A great introductory video tutorial from Adobe about getting started with Snap.svg

## This post is open source
Add new resources to this list by forking the repository, making changes and making a pull request. Here's the file in the site's repo: [github.com/learn-js/learn-js.github.com/blob/master/_posts/2013-11-30-snapsvg-resources.md](https://github.com/learn-js/learn-js.github.com/blob/master/_posts/2013-11-30-snapsvg-resources.md)

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The COVID Spring
Posted by Marissa Carter | Nov 22, 2020 | Strategic Solutions, Inc. Updates | 0
Vaccines for COVID-19.
There has been a lot of good news on the vaccine front. First, Pfizer announced that its BNT162b2 vaccine was 95% effective against COVID-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose;170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were evaluated, with 162 observed in the placebo group versus 8 in the vaccine group.
The math: (risk among placebo group – risk among vaccinated group)/risk among placebo group;
If I had all the numbers, I would calculate it for you).
Data for the Pfizer BNT162b2 vaccine also showed:
Efficacy: p<0.0001 for primary endpoint (a very statistically significant indication of the efficacy of vaccine)
Efficacy was consistent across age, gender, race and ethnicity demographics; observed efficacy in adults over 65 years of age was over 94%
Safety: The data milestone required by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) has been achieved.
Data demonstrate vaccine was well tolerated across all populations with over 43,000 participants enrolled; no serious safety concerns observed; the only grade 3 adverse event greater than 2% in frequency was fatigue at 3.8% and headache at 2.0%.
Moderna also reported results of its Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273, as the trial met the statistical criteria pre-specified in the study protocol for efficacy, with a vaccine efficacy of 94.5%. The primary endpoint of the Phase 3 COVE study is based on the analysis of COVID-19 cases confirmed and adjudicated starting two weeks following the second dose of vaccine. This first interim analysis was based on 95 cases, of which 90 cases of COVID-19 were observed in the placebo group versus 5 cases observed in the mRNA-1273 group, resulting in a point estimate of vaccine efficacy of 94.5%.
We Should Be Very Concerned About the New SARS-Cov2 B.1.1.7 Strain
Data for the Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine also showed:
Efficacy: p <0.0001 for primary endpoint (a very statically significant indication of the efficacy of the vaccine)
The 95 COVID-19 cases included 15 older adults (ages 65+) and 20 participants identifying as being from diverse communities (including 12 Hispanic or LatinX, 4 Black or African Americans, 3 Asian Americans and 1 multiracial).
Safety: The interim analysis did not report any significant safety concerns. A review of solicited adverse events indicated that the vaccine was generally well tolerated. The majority of adverse events were mild or moderate in severity. Grade 3 (severe) events greater than or equal to 2% in frequency after the first dose included injection site pain (2.7%), and after the second dose included fatigue (9.7%), myalgia (8.9%), arthralgia (5.2%), headache (4.5%), pain (4.1%) and erythema/redness at the injection site (2.0%). These solicited adverse events were generally short-lived.
Results from AstraZeneca's AZD1222 Covid-19 vaccine (a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vector based on a weakened version of a common cold adenovirus containing the viral spike protein) were also reported November 23rd. The comparator was a meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY) in two trials and for the first dose of the third trial (saline placebo was used as the comparator in the last dose). Again, these data are not peer reviewed.
The trial used two dosing regimens: (a) a half dose followed by a full dose one month apart; and (b) two full doses one month apart. The efficacy of these dosage cohorts was 90% (n=2,741) and 62% (n=8,895), respectively. The combined analysis resulted in an average efficacy of 70%. All results were statistically significant (p<=0.0001). In addition:
The analysis met its primary endpoint
No serious safety events related to the vaccine have been confirmed.
AstraZeneca will now seek an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization for an accelerated pathway to vaccine availability in low-income countries.
The big question is why there is such a large difference in efficacy between the two dosage regimens. One potential explanation according to Dr Gillies O'Bryan-Tear, Chair, Policy and Communications, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, is that the body is mounting an anti-vector immune response to the second dose [meaning the adenoviral vector rather than the spike protein genetic material), which is lower if the first dose is reduced; such an immune reaction could reduce the efficacy of the vaccine.
All of this is good news, the more so because both these vaccine approaches are relatively new in the vaccine world.
How long will the protection of the vaccine last?
If you get the vaccine, how long will the protective effect last? A new UK study further suggests that for individuals who have been infected with COVID-19, re-infection may be relatively rare because helper T cells continue to protect most people against the virus for at least 6 months. But, compared with individuals who experienced no symptoms, the T cell responses of those who had symptoms were 50% stronger. Helper T cells, you will recall, not only help activate B cells to secrete antibodies and macrophages to destroy ingested microbes, but also help activate cytotoxic T cells to kill infected target cells. While I think 1 to 2 years immunity is probable, we won't know for another year or so whether that assumption is correct.
Vaccine Implementation
Both Pfizer and Moderna expect to have tens of millions of vaccine doses available by the end of the year. The first real problem is that the transition in the White House will likely delay rollout. The current Trump administration plan to distribute and give the vaccines to priority groups is not fully fleshed out, and a new administration may be unlikely to implement a previous plan, which means preparations may have to start over after the transition. The second problem is more worrisome.
The past several months we have been concerned about the high percentage of individuals who would refuse to take a COVID-19 vaccine, or were sitting on the fence because of worries about its effectiveness. There is some good new on this front. Recent Gallup and Axios/Ipsos polls conducted in the USA show an increase of about 7-8% in terms of Americans who would get the vaccine once it's made available. The absolute numbers vary according to how the questions were asked but they're moving in the right direction, and given the most recent results about safety and effectiveness of the vaccines, it's likely that those numbers will be up further by the spring of 2021, which should push us toward the magic number of 70-80% immunized (by vaccine or naturally) needed to get R0 of the virus below 1. So, spring of 2021 is a time to look forward to.
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Dortmund has become a center of high-tech industry, but back in the day, it was one of Germany's first brewing centers, and Dortmunder beer is definitely worth tasting in a local bar. Visit the Reinoldkirche or the Marienkirche, or venture south of town to the ruins of Hohensyburg Castle.
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24MIRI needs an Office Manager (aka Force Multiplier)6y
33One Year of Pomodoros7y
11Karma awards for proofreaders of the Less Wrong Sequences ebook7y
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Then you should definitely apply!
The salary range is "competitive" given the job and the bay area. It depends a lot of past experience and job performance. You should be able to afford to live in Berkeley, especially if you're a dual-income family.
To echo what ciphergoth said, if you're the right candidate, we would definitely make it work.
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The book looks great!
A bunch of inter-book links such as ...
D'oh. It's all good in the epub, but something broke (for very dumb reasons) converting the mobi. It's fixed now. If you've already bought the book though Amazon or e-junkie, you'll have to re-download the file to get the fixed one (in a few hours, while Amazon approves the new book). Sorry about that.
The difference between a link going to the web and one going to a location within the book aren't obvious: one is only a slighter darker grey than the other. In Calibri the links are a nice green/blue, but my kindle doesn't have colours.
Not much we can do about this. Amazon is very restrictive in how you can modify the styling of links. It works fine for displays with color, but people with e-ink displays are out of luck. :-(
Yup, but those are convenient distribution platforms.
Just a reminder that mistakes/problems/errors can be sent to errata@intelligence.org and we'll try fix them!
Approximately 600,000 words!
From Amazon, 30% goes to Amazon and 70% goes to MIRI.
From e-junkie (the pay-what-you-want option): 100% goes to MIRI, minus PayPal transaction fees (a few %).
HPMOR Wrap Parties: Resources, Information and Discussion
(Habryka here. My account still appears to be broken)
I want to outline my thinking a bit, about why I decided to organize all of this with so much reliance on Facebook:
The attendance at these events heavily relies on networking effects and reducing trivial inconveniences. I did consider organizing it on LessWrong, but it's just less integrated into most peoples life as Facebook is. This was the easiest way for people to invite their friends, get notified of new parties, spread information and, most importantly, get interested in the event if you so far haven't been completely hooked on the book.
This is the last obvious big opportunity to get more people to read the book. Sending people to LessWrong, a website they've never been to and often only tangentially heard off, to then send an email to the current organizer, not really knowing who else of their friends will be there, if any, and then add that event manually in their own calendar, just seemed like a path that too many people would not bother to go.
I don't like Facebook. I don't like their stance on privacy, and I don't like the social pressure that drives everyone to sign up for it. But I think the stakes on this are high, and the potential positive impact on the world is large. And I think the number of people who are shied away from this because of its reliance on Facebook is smaller than the number of people who would not otherwise come.
This is the reason why I made all information available outside of Facebook and spent multiple hours copying details from the Facebook events into the spreadsheet. Because I want to make sure that if someone doesn't have Facebook, and wants to attend, that they will be able to. But the need to reduce trivial inconveniences for that category is a lot lower, as I think most would be willing to jump through a lot of hoops to be able to attend these.
I don't think the decision was completely clear, but I did make the decision consciously and tried my best at weighing the benefits and drawbacks. I am interested in anyone's thoughts on this.
(Writing from this account, since through some strange bug my original account can't comment on this post):
I just added the Spreadsheet to the list of resources, and am just in the process of getting everyone's contact information. I hope this helps everyone who doesn't have Facebook to find the details for the parties in their area. I think posting every wrap party individually is probably a bad idea.
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The plan is to do both.
Hopefully by the end of the year.


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Infotainment Interesting Facts That Indian's Surely Didn't Know Before
Interesting Facts That Indian's Surely Didn't Know Before
Sudeep Singh
THE SHOE BRAND YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT WAS INDIAN ISN'T AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST RENOWNED CAFE CHAIN IS INDIAN !!
Bata was founded by three siblings with a small inheritance in the town of Zlin, Czechoslovakia on August 24, 1894. It was one of the world's first shoe "manufacturers"; a team of stitchers and shoemakers creating footwear not just for neighbors, but for distant retail merchants.
Café Coffee Day
Café Coffee Day (abbreviated as CCD) is an Indian café chain owned by Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company. Amalgamated bean coffee trading company (ABCTC) is a Chikmagalur (which is a district in the Indian state Karnataka) based company which grows coffee in its own estates of 12,000 acres (4249 hectares). It is the largest producer of Arabic beans in Asia exporting to various countries including the USA, Europe, and Japan.
Mohun Bagan A.C., an Indian football club based in Kolkata is older than some of the European giants like Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, and PSG.
The iconic club was founded in 1889. On September 25th, 1977, Mohun Bagan A.C. played a friendly match at the Eden Gardens against the star-studded New York Cosmos, a team from the original North American Soccer League that comprised of legendary players such as Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto and Giorgio Chinaglia. The match ended in a 2-2 draw with the Indian players receiving a lot of praise for their performance. Moreover, it was only a last gasp penalty from the striker Chinaglia that denied the Indian club a historic win.
Such was the quality of Indian football until the early 1980's.
Here's a glimpse of the match with legendary Pele with the players of Mohun Bagan.
Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala is the richest temple in the world. It is dedicated to lord Vishnu of Hinduism.As per the findings, it has assets worth more than 19 billion US dollars or 1.2 trillion INR.
The world famous 'JAMES BOND' theme song is actually inspired by the song ' Good sign Bad Sign' sung by Indian characters in the novel 'A House for Mr. Biswas '. The song is composed with Tabla.
Its composer Monty Norman explains its evolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F05E2zo0Ylg
INDIAN-ANTARCTIC PROGRAMME
Starting from 1981 we have been doing Expeditions to Antarctica. We have constructed Antarctic Research Base DAKSHIN GANGOTRI in 1983 and MAITRI in 1990 and thus set to join an elite group of 9 countries which have multiple bases in Antarctica.
Col. Jatinder Kumar Bajaj, a member of one of the Indian expeditions to Antarctica, standing at the South Pole (17 January 1989)
Pics of "Bharati' & "Maitri"
India guzzles 50 percent of the world's whiskey
I knew we Indians drank too much but this much quantity was just mind boggling. According to Quartz.com, India is far and away the world's biggest guzzler, owing in part to its large population. Roughly half of the world's whiskey is drunk by the sub-continent. Most of it is made by UB India, the world's largest whiskey company by volume.
Indian Railways has total 1.4 million employees which are more than population of some countries
The number of employees in Railways is equivalent to the entire population of many countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Estonia, Mauritius, Bahrain, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Vatican City and more.
Indian housewives hold 11% of the World's gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
Hope you enjoyed this interesting information about India, don't forget to share with your friends.
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Please find our comments attached.
Thank you for the work being done to help victims of human trafficking.
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Charles Clarke loses democracy debate at University of East Anglia
UEA Debating | 21.11.2005 14:20
Clarkes Clarke debated the motion 'Democracy is on its back in the UK'.
Clarke Debating
The Home Secretary Charles Clarke took part in a guest debate at UEA on Friday 18th and after a rigorous exchange was beaten when the motion 'Democracy is on its back in the UK' was carried by an audience vote.
The debate, hosted by the UEA Debating Society, took place in a University common-room packed to its 100 person capacity and saw Mr Clarke argue against a panel of two students with both sides taking questions from the audience.
Jack Guest, President of UEA Debating Society and member of the Green Party opened the debate arguing that democracy was on its back in the UK because of globalisation and global economics, the role of the party whip in parliament and the media's coverage of political news; the combined effect of which has driven ideology from politics and created voter disillusionment and apathy.
Mr Clarke responded by arguing that although democracy faces problems in the UK it is not as bad as 'on its back', that there are strong ideological differences between the main political parties and that the recent Government defeat in the House of Commons shows that the party whip is not all powerful.
Consensus between the panels was reached on a number of issues, including a personal preference expressed by Mr Clarke for an alternative to the 'first past the post' voting system and the need to get more people active and inspired in politics; but when the audience voted to decide the outcome of the debate, a previous majority of abstentions was turned into a majority agreeing with the motion.
Jess Durant, second year Culture Literature and Politics student and vice-president of UEA Debating Society joined Jack Guest to comprise the panel arguing for the motion against Charles Clarke's who sat on a panel with Owen Bryant, a second year Philosophy, Politics and Economics student.
Jack Guest said: "The outcome of this debate demonstrates a real emerging consensus that democracy in the UK needs a lifeline. Our politicians must do more to inspire us and to get people involved in the democratic process, and as citizens we must become more idealistic and driven to tackle the local and global problems we face."
Charles Clarke MP said: "It was a pleasure to take part in this event with
UEA Debating Society and I was thrilled to be invited. I think the passion
and quality of the discussion proved that democracy in the UK is indeed
alive and well."
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Homepage: http://www.ueadebating.co.uk
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So after this week of shock and awe and feuding like the Hatfield's and McCoy's, I decided it was time to dance.
Come on and dance to Yanni's World Dance. It is a little bit Greek and a little bit Irish, so put on your dancing shoes and get ready to burn a lot of calories. If you are not awake now, you will be after this video.


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Q: HTML Purifier - how keep css "margin-left: calc(25%)" I'm using HTML purifier in a wysiwyg editor and inline css rule like "margin-left: calc(25%);" is being removed. If the rule is "margin-left: 25%;" it is not removed, however this rule is set automatically by the editor.
I dont know how config the HTML purifier to not remove the margin if it has a calc function.
If it matters, I'm using Yii2 and \yii\helpers\HtmlPurifier https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/2.0/yii-helpers-htmlpurifier
that uses HTML Purifier (http://htmlpurifier.org)
I also tried to keep all inline css with following code, but nothing has changed.
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Ps.: I tagged csstidy because could be some config in it.(internally used from HTML Purifier)


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[OPINION] Sudan's Revolution is Your Revolution
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June 18, 2019 Marwa Eltahir
Marwa Eltahir (far left) and her family in Oumdurman, Sudan mid 1990s
Often when we talk about violence perpetrated outside of the United States, specifically in Africa, we feel paralyzed by the extent of terror we face. As a protective response to witnessing immense violence and secondary trauma we convince ourselves these atrocities are too vast and devastating to address. Or, in today's age of technology, we share a few posts on Instagram or Facebook, pat ourselves on the back for raising awareness and continue aimlessly scrolling down our feeds. While social media has undoubtedly been a valuable tool for raising the visibility of human rights violations around the world, it has simultaneously had the adverse consequence of numbing our capacity for empathy.
In the case of the Sudan Uprising movement, similar to the initial momentum of the Arab Spring, the overwhelming show of support, advocacy, and solidarity on social media channels illuminated the grave violence and injustices perpetuated by the Janjaweed militia and Transitional Military Council forces. Even when they attempted to squash the voice of the rebellion by cutting nearly all Internet outlets in Sudan, the international community continued to use their online platforms to amplify the voices of Sudanese activists on the ground.
However, while this show of support is encouraging, online activism still fails to expose how this thirty-year long pattern of violence in Sudan, and throughout other African nations, has devastated communities, fractured families, and scarred individuals living through it. The images of poor, dead Black bodies has inundated our social feeds so often that it has become normalized. We have become numb to the dire human suffering of Black bodies. The multilateral web of the media only reaffirms and exacerbates these images, creating the illusion that death and dying is somehow innate to the African mentality, lifestyle, and condition.
The violence in Sudan is part of a larger legacy of colonial imperialism that separates us from them, and justifies the oppression of Black bodies. It teaches us to sympathize rather than empathize and creates a vacuum of emotional intelligence that falls upon us to fill. Choosing to feel the plight and pain of others is no easy task because it asks us to first acknowledge the biases in our perspectives. That work is a necessary foundation to the emotional, spiritual, communal empathy with people outside of our immediate environment.
Here are some ways I have galvanized my empathy and found myself reflected in the Sudanese Revolution:
Sudanese girls listen to the speech of Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, during a rally to support the new military council that assumed power in Sudan after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, and o protect the people's revolution, in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, June 16, 2019. Sudanese officials say al-Bashir is being taken to the prosecutor's office for corruption probe. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Understand Context Before Jumping to Action
When faced with situations of intense conflict our initial reaction is to seek ways to immediately resolve this tension. However, before jumping to saving the day, and acting from a reactionary place, it is vital to understand the context we are working within. In the case of Sudan, the recent Sudan Uprising movement is born out of a long and tumultuous history spanning decades of dictatorial oppression and mass violence against innocent civilians. This revolution did not appear overnight and its foundations have been built by countless activists that have given their lives in the pursuit of a free, representative democracy. Understanding the complex and nuanced political, cultural, social, economic, religious pieces that have led to this breaking point is the first step to becoming a supportive ally to the Sudanese community. Action without intention is counterproductive. Begin by doing your homework, like reading useful articles such as this piece via The Root, watching Hasan Minhaj's episode "Protests in Sudan" on the Patriot Act, and attending community meetings on the issue. After building your knowledge base, you can begin to leverage the networks and skills in your own life to uplift the Sudanese revolution.
Disrupt the Monolithic Representation of Us vs. Them
One of the tried and true strategies of war is to divide and conquer. Colonizers have used it time and time again to polarize, split, and dominate indigenous communities to steal their land and resources. This pattern was repeated in Sudan and also adopted by recently ousted President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir. One of the reasons the Sudan Uprising movement has been successful thus far has been its ability to shed this fallacy and unite Sudanese people across ethnic, religious, racial, linguistic, and economic backgrounds. Following in their example, it becomes imperative for us to do that same work beyond the African continent. The Sudanese revolution is a mass movement of people who have had enough of the senseless killing of their bodies and are standing against systemic, institutional violence. Sound familiar? In innumerable ways the Sudanese Revolution is reflected in the Black Lives Matter movement, the Occupy movement, the Immigration Reform movement, the Black Transgender Women's movement, and many more. If you care for any of these or other collective movements for justice and anti-oppression then this is your revolution too.
Seek and Be Present with Activists
Even as a Sudanese person with family currently in Sudan I too have numbed myself to the senseless violence I experience second-hand from my cozy Brooklyn apartment. Therefore, I was excited when a Sudanese friend invited me to a show that showcased a piece by Ahmed Umar, a Norweigan-Sudanese visual artist making sense of the world in his own way. His performative installation, "if you no longer have a family, make your own with clay" closed out the show in an immersive, personal story of healing and play. Ahmed laid pieces of clay in front of each attendee and after a short introduction opened the space to us to make our families with our own hands. I began gently kneading the clay, and before I knew it, I was pounding it into the ground, hot tears streamed down face as I dug into the clay with my nails and spread it apart with force, reshaping it against my skin. My anger, frustration, and loneliness came outpouring and for the first time since the deadly crackdown on Sudanese protestors that killed hundreds, I truly felt the pain of my people.
While it is true that it is not the responsibility of oppressed people to explain their oppression to you, in the appropriate time and place, seek the voices of those willing and ready to share their narrative and perspective. More than pictures on a screen, take a chance and make yourself uncomfortable. Take your shame and guilt and find the avenue that will translate that into building your reservoir of empathy.
Start with Yourself
Last, but not least, start with cultivating empathy in your own family, community, job. As the well-known proverb reminds us, you cannot pour from an empty cup. So, whatever that may look like for you, begin by flexing your empathy muscle in small but intentional ways in your everyday life. The people of Sudan, those on the ground and beyond, are reflections of our collective humanity. See them, and bear witness to their pain, their kindness, and their determination in its fullest extent. See them in yourself and go from there.
TODAY @theafricacenter 4-7 pm free and open to the public. If you want to learn, if you want some actionable steps, if you want to connect with the Sudanese community, if you want to be an ally.. come one and all.
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