Deadline to fix provisional ballots was 5 p.m. Thursday.
As Alachua County officials prepare for a recount to settle some still up-in-air races following Election Day on Tuesday, political parties are working to ensure votes on their sides are included.
Those who cast a provisional ballot had until 5 p.m. Thursday to correct their ballots if their eligibility couldn't be determined. Provisional-ballot voters were given written instructions how to check if their ballot was counted after they voted. If the ballot was rejected, or deemed illegal, voters had to go to their local elections office with an I.D. to correct the issue.
Alachua County had 550 provisional ballots cast for Tuesday's midterm elections. As of Thursday night, 549 had been accounted for with one requiring "special handling," according to the Supervisor of Elections Office.
A recount of those ballots will begin Friday at noon. A full recount of all Alachua County votes could likely be held Sunday.
The local Republican and Democratic parties have received lists of people who cast provisional ballots from the Supervisor of Elections office. Each party attempted to reach out to those voters in their respective parties before Thursday's deadline.
Tammy Prince, chairwoman of the local Republican Party, said she was given a list of provisional-ballot voters in Alachua County, along with contact information. She said the party worked with volunteers; Stafford Jones, the former head of the party; and Pat Bainter, owner of Data Targeting, to send out robocalls to contact those voters to making them aware of the deadline.
"We've been working on it since 5 a.m. this morning," she said.
Cynthia Chestnut, who chairs the local Democratic Party, said about 25 people were going through the list of provisional ballot voters and finding the Democrats.
Chestnut said she was able to match up voters through a database to find contact information and phone numbers for those people.
In at least two other Florida counties, campaigns officials for Rick Scott and Bill Nelson were denied provisional voter information by election supervisors, citing state law and the state constitution, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Scott and Nelson are contesting for Nelson's seat in the U.S. Senate. While Scott claimed victory on election night, the margin is so narrow an automatic recount appears necessary.
TJ Pyche, Alachua County SOE's director of outreach, said Supervisor Kim Barton's opinion differs from other election supervisors' because the information doesn't identify the choices voters made.
"Our concern is not that they don't know who voted a provision; it's how they voted," he said.
The information provided to local political party officials shows each provisional voter's name, voter I.D. number and address. The local political parties then used databases to search which party each person belonged to, then attempted to contact them.
Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections Paul Lux said his office rejected requests from Scott's and Nelson's campaigns. He said his county had 125 provisional ballots and that supplying information to identify those voters violates state law. He said the state, however, has left the law open to interpretation to whoever oversees those records.
As of Thursday evening, the U.S. Senate race between Scott and Nelson was separated by .22 percent, or 17,344 votes, with Scott in the lead.
When races are separated by 0.5 percent or less, state law requires a recount.
The commissioner of agriculture race was even more narrow with margin of about 4,000 votes, or .06 percent. Republican Matt Caldwell held the lead Nikki Fried in that race on Tuesday. But as of Thursday afternoon, Fried took a 575 vote lead.
The governor's race was separated by 0.52 percent, or about 43,000 votes. Democrat Andrew Gillum conceded to Republican Ron DeSantis late Tuesday, but on Thursday his campaign embraced a recount. The race is now within .47 percent, or 38,515 votes, and will go to a recount.
"On Tuesday night, the Gillum for Governor campaign operated with the best information available about the number of outstanding ballots left to count. Since that time, it has become clear there are many more uncounted ballots than was originally reported," Johanna Cervone, Gillum's spokesman said in an email.
The Alachua County Republican and Democratic parties each have statewide connections to candidates involved in the potential-recount races. Chestnut is a longtime family friend of Gillum. Jones and Bainter work with Republican candidates, including Rick Scott's campaign.
For more information visit votealachua.com/voters/provisional-ballots or call 352-374-5252.


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MIGA (The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group) – recently released its annual World Investment and Political Riskreport. This report highlights that political risk remains a major determinant of FDI flows. The report also shows the importance of FDI into Asia, from Asia, and within Asia.
If we take two recent high profile publications from the World Bank Group (Doing Business and Investing Across Borders) – the evidence on the relative political risk of Asia is mixed. Doing Business 2011 shows East and South Asia as two of the most reforming regions when it comes to facilitating business enterprises. In the areas of 'rotecting investors' and 'enforcing contracts' (two key political risks) – East and South Asia are the second and third most hospitable regions to investors.
Whereas, Investing Across Borders shows Asia performing poorly versus other regions and the global average when it comes to key risks for foreign investors: investing across sectors; starting a foreign business; and access to industrial land; arbitrating commercial disputes.
In sum, Asia provides investors with huge markets and high growth rates - which explains the rapid investment flows (portfolio and FDI) into these economies seeking higher returns. While the Doing Business indicators show Asia as a relatively safe investment destination, Investing Across Borders indicates that the region is not particularly hospitable to foreign direct Investment. Global investors should be aware of the distinction when deciding where to make long-term investments.


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Q: Building DC Dashboard with BubbleChart Overlay on Map - Better Example? I'm working on a visualization similar to this example, linked-to by the dc.js library example homepage. The page has some decent example starter code to go by, however I have a particular question about drawing a bubble chart over a map.
In the above example, it appears the author manually assigns the path to display the Canadian province shapes. The code then assigns a bubbleOverlay chart to a variable called caChart, which will contain the bubbles that are drawn at specific coordinates over the Canadian map. However, further down in the code it looks like the code manually assigns (x, y) coordinates on the webpage for each bubble to be drawn at instead of assigning their locations programmatically (see comments):
caChart.width(600)
            .height(450)
            .dimension(cities)
            .group(totalCrimeRateByCity)
            .radiusValueAccessor(function(p) {
                return p.value.avgTotalCrimeRate;
            })
            .r(d3.scale.linear().domain([0, 200000]))
            .colors(["#ff7373","#ff4040","#ff0000","#bf3030","#a60000"])
            .colorDomain([13, 30])
            .colorAccessor(function(p) {
                return p.value.violentCrimeRatio;
            })
            .title(function(d) {
                return "City: " + d.key
                        + "\nTotal crime per 100k population: " + numberFormat(d.value.avgTotalCrimeRate)
                        + "\nViolent crime per 100k population: " + numberFormat(d.value.avgViolentCrimeRate)
                        + "\nViolent/Total crime ratio: " + numberFormat(d.value.violentCrimeRatio) + "%";
            })
            // These points appear to be assigned manually
            .point("Toronto", 364, 400)
            .point("Ottawa", 395.5, 383)
            .point("Vancouver", 40.5, 316)
            .point("Montreal", 417, 370)
            .point("Edmonton", 120, 299)
            .point("Saskatoon", 163, 322)
            .point("Winnipeg", 229, 345)
            .point("Calgary", 119, 329)
            .point("Quebec", 431, 351)
            .point("Halifax", 496, 367)
            .point("St. John's", 553, 323)
            .point("Yukon", 44, 176)
            .point("Northwest Territories", 125, 195)
            .point("Nunavut", 273, 188);

I have time-stamped data at lat-long coordinates that I would like to plot over a similar map of the United States. The data roughly look something like:
device_id, timestamp, lat, lon
1, 2014-7-21, 40.7127837, -74.00594130000002
2, 2014-7-22, 40.8516701, -93.2599318

Is there a way to read these coordinates in to a crossfilter dimension, and programmatically plot these coordinates over a similar underlying map image without having to manually assign them? Any help here (including pointers to working examples) would be appreciated.

A: You could bypass the bubble overlay altogether and just use
mapChart
.on("renderlet", drawSomething)

in the drawSomething method you can programatically draw your bubbles like i outlined here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/35476690/2795423

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Preheat the oven to 200°C, gas mark 6. Grease and flour a large baking sheet. Sift the flour, salt and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Add the butter to the flour and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Mix in the mustard and 50g of the Cheddar. Coarsely grate the unpeeled apple into the bowl, discarding the core and any pips. Mix well to coat the apple in the flour. Gradually pour in the milk and mix with a knife to make a soft dough.
Turn out onto a well-floured surface and roll out until about 2cm thick. Using a 4-5cm round cutter, stamp out about 12 rounds, re-rolling the dough if necessary. Place onto the baking sheet and sprinkle the tops with the remaining Cheddar.
Bake for 15 minutes, until well risen and golden. Leave to cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or cold, split open and topped with Waitrose British Dry Cured Applewood Smoked Gammon Ham, a slice of apple, and a spoonful of Waitrose Apple And Walnut Chutney.


News: Why Are Enterprise Applications So Dumb?
Why Are Enterprise Applications So Dumb?
In general Enterprise Applications rely on human intelligence - Humans must use dashboards and reports to learn from their data, most decisions are managed with work lists, someone has to log on and act-on work list items before a process continues, and most alerting and monitoring functions are focused on telling someone what has happened rather than on doing something about it.
These applications have been built around a mindset that automates the data collection and dissemination an organization requires and not much more - decisions are left to people.
When Enterprise Applications are designed to automate a decision, this automation is typically limited in scope, hard to configure to a company's unique approach, frail in that change tends to break it and difficult to verify or regulate.
This reliance on people for all decision-making is a serious limiting factor for the long term growth of Enterprise Applications.
• It means that improving operational, high-volume transactions with analytic insight is almost impossible.
In addition current investments in Complex Event Processing/Business Activity Monitoring will not realize widespread ROI unless systems can respond intelligently and automatically to most events and this means making decisions about how to act without this reliance on people.
Not only do these limitations prevent companies from maximizing the value of their enterprise applications, where industries already have high levels of decision automation (such as in insurance underwriting or claims, marketing, credit originations, fraud detection) enterprise applications will struggle to attain penetration without strong decision automation.
If your business uses mainstream Enterprise Applications today, you should be investigating Enterprise Decision Management for tomorrow.


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When Hawaiians move away from the islands in order to buy their own homes, there's a good chance that their destination is Las Vegas AKA "the 9th Hawaiians island". If you've been to Hawaii and tried out some of our local cuisine then you can only image what it's like to be away from it. Luckily, locals are opening up restaurants all over Vegas where we can get our fix.
Kualei is a new company run by a ohana of cooks. I'm talking about home style local food that you can only get at Papa's house for family potluck. I'm so excited that Sarah & Sam are able to share with everyone their ono food. Check out their website and give them a call for your next pa'ina.
I'm going to be a Grandma.
A lot of time has passed and there have been so many things happening in life, hence the months of not posting. I found out in October that my oldest child, Maui, is going to be having a baby in May. When he first told me, I lost my mind. I cried and cried. He's only 19 and going to be a dad. I felt like all my dreams and all of my hard work raising him and trying to provide the very best for him just went down the drain. It was heartbreaking! I had Maui when I was 18 and know first hand how it is to be a young parent and how much harder you have to work to provide. School was harder because along with school there's work on top of taking care of a baby who demands so much attention.
It took a while for me to finally see the positive and realize that everything happens for a reason and that a baby is the ultimate blessing that one can receive. Of course I still worry about the road ahead for Maui, but I know that with the support he has, he will be ok. The only thing to do is pray.
We recently found out that ITS A GIRL! I am way too young to be called Grandma so I've been thinking of a cute nickname. I'd love any suggestions. Some that I'm considering are… cookie, lovey, kissy and toots.
Hi everyone! I know that it has been so long since I wrote, but life has been so busy and there's been so many changes! I've been struggling with my anxiety and depression. I'm going to be completely honest and say that I've spent so many nights just laying in bed and feeling like I'd just like to sleep the day away instead of getting up and going to work or making breakfast for my kids. My kids are all doing great and I have so much to be grateful for but the thing is, it just takes something that gets me frustrated to feel so overwhelming that I do get really depressed. I'm working really hard on trying to do things differently and take more time for myself and actually allow people to help instead of not wanting to burden anyone.
One thing that I absolutely loved, was writing blog posts and I've decided to set some time aside everyday so that I can do this. I'm looking forward to sharing more with all of you and visiting your sites as well. I hope that this is the one resolution that I can keep, the others I've already failed at.
Hawaii Missile Error. I've never been so scared in my life!
Suddenly all of the other phones in my house started blaring and we all went into panic mode because we had absolutely no idea what to do. I grabbed my 2 year old, buckled her into her car seat and Kahele and Kūha'o got in the car and we drove to the nearest high school to seek shelter. My 10 year old daughter had stayed with my mom last night and my 19 year old slept out. I called my mom and told her to go to the nearest grocery store and called Maui and told him to go to the mall which was 5 minutes away from where he was. All the while in my head all I could think was "this is it I'm never gonna see my 2 kids again".
We parked the car in the lot of Aiea high school, still wondering why we weren't hearing the sirens. I grabbed my daughter and we started walking to the gym. At this point it's 8:28. We're waking to the gym (still in a panic and alternating calls to Maui and Téa) to find that the gym is locked up. We start running back to our car. The emotions that were going through me was something I never want to experience again. At one point I just stopped walking because when I looked to my left I saw Pearl Harbor and thought 'we're dead' and just squeezed my 2 year old and buried my face in her neck and just prayed. I don't remember what I was saying while praying but I do know that I've never prayed so hard and with so much feeling in my life. My dad called me at that moment and said that there was an alert saying it was a false alarm. I told him I didn't believe it while sobbing. He said the alert came Tulsi Gabbard. Then people around us started yelling out "It's a false alarm!". I still didn't believe it, how could that be a false alarm and why did they wait so long to get that alert out? 13 year old just hugged me and said it's ok Mom you can calm down. I received the official alert on my phone soon after.
I was in a complete daze as we walked back to our car. We all got in the car and I just had a complete mental break. I couldn't get myself under control. I called my mom and she had ended going to a store in Kailua and Maui had just ended up going into the concrete addition of my dads house, which was safer than where we were.
When we got home we sat for a little bit still crying and decided to still take Kūha'o for his interview. I'm glad we did because it was a much needed distraction even though I kept having these moments of anxiety and crying. We picked up my daughter from my mom and my son from my dad and just spent the day at home together watching the news alerts and interviews and just being thankful to be alive. We are planning to make emergency kits for everyone tomorrow that we will have ready in case this happens again. We also are going over where the best place to go will be. This was a huge wake up call to us all.
I'm so upset that they're saying a "wrong button" was pushed! Are they serious?! A wrong button?! Can we please see a picture of this button? Is it some big red button? Is it next to the false alarm button? But that's a rant for another post.
We've been hearing stories of the experiences of people all around the island and thought that this was a good place to document mine. I hope that I will never have to experience the fear that I had today ever again! God bless you all!
Here's a picture of our sunset this evening. That's Pearl Harbor to the left. That line of lights are the bridge lights to Ford Island.
I really wanted to give a personalized gift to my mom and MIL for Mother's Day. I also love to get my daughter involved whenever I do anything crafty.
I've been seeing all over Pinterest and blogs about how to use sharpie pens on mugs to personalize them. Then by baking them in the oven they become permanent. So, I decided to give it a try.
We started with some plain white mugs that I already had and made sure to get them really clean and ready for the markers by wiping them down with rubbing alcohol. Next I let my daughter get to work on the decorating. We used oil based sharpie pens (because that's what multiple sources suggested). When there was a mistake, using an alcohol soaked q-tip took care of it.
Next we baked them in the oven for 250 degrees for 2 hours and let them cool completely.
To finish the project, we cut the stems and arranged the roses to fit nicely into the mug. Being that this was our first attempt, I thought they came out really nice. I can't wait to try this diy again.
Hi everyone! I haven't posted in a little bit because so much has been going on. I quit my job 2 weeks ago and I've been so busy just trying to sit and figure out what's next. I quit because the company I was at for over 11 years wasn't giving me what I needed as far as compensation or a fair working environment. It's been taking a toll on me mentally and emotionally for a while and recently I started to bring that stress home with me. So yes, it was time to go.
I'm so excited to see where the road will take me. I'm someone who is so interested in EVERYTHING that I have so many routes that I can go as far as a career. But, that doesn't help when I'm not sure what the heck it is I really want to do. I love office jobs (because I'm super organized and a fast worker) however I'm debating on going back to esthetics full-time. Or, I could also go back to a career in behavioral health. I JUST DON'T KNOW!!!! So many possibilities, so you can see that I'm more excited than scared even though I am unemployed.
I'm submitting applications for anything that sounds interesting and hoping that whatever is meant to be will be. Until then, I hope to start posting and getting a little more serious about my blog. Hopefully I'll be getting more traffic and maybe even make a little bit of side money from it? We'll just have to see!
Until then I've been enjoying my time at home with my baby girl. I wish I was able to stay home with her until she enters preschool.
Games, Burgers, Fries, Milkshakes and… A BAR! There's fun for everyone at the new Rock N Fun, located at Ka Makana Ali'i in Kapolei. Last night we were invited to the soft opening of this new venue that combines Fun Factory and Johnny Rockets. Here on the island, we associate E. K. Fernandez with all things fun. They've provided family entertainment through their Carnivals and Fun Factory game rooms for what feels like forever (since I was a little girl). So we were so excited to learn that they'd be collaborating with one of my "must-eat" restaurants whenever we travel to California.
I'm not too sure about the actual Grand Opening, but I'm assuming that the date will be within the next couple of weeks.
The food was so good! Kahele and the kids are definitely Burgers & Fries lovers, so they filled up til satisfied. My favorite burger at Johnny Rockets is the patty melt and a chunk of my afternoon was spent craving it! When I took my first bite it was exactly what I'd been wanting. Of course the shakes were awesome. I love how the adults are able to get their grub and drink on while the kids are in watching distance playing arcade games. It really is the best of both worlds.


Wednesday night, the Overwatch Twitter teased a new seasonal event based around the Chinese New Year, called Year of the Rooster. Given its proximity to the Winter Wonderland event, which just wrapped up in early January, it's somewhat surprising another seasonal event is already here — but we're not complaining!
If you, like us, are clamoring for more details, we've got you covered. Here's when you can expect more news on the Overwatch Year of the Rooster update.
Overwatch Year of the Rooster: When will we know more?
For the Winter Wonderland event in December, Blizzard teased the event with a tweet one week before it started. Then, on the day of the event, Blizzard released a more detailed trailer with a more thorough look at all the included skins, map designs, etc.
So, it's likely the Year of the Rooster event will follow suit. In that case, don't expect any more official trailers from Blizzard until the day of the event — that's Tuesday, Jan. 24.
That said, there were several leaks and data mines ahead of the official Winter Wonderland reveal that gave fans some clues about what to expect, so perhaps some Year of the Rooster details will leak ahead of schedule, too.
As jocar101 pointed out on the Overwatch subreddit, the two skins above appear to have been teased in their Winter Wonderland ornament sprays.
Therefore, it's possible there are some additional skins on the way that will be similar to other Winter Wonderland ornament sprays.
For example, we might get a Year of the Rooster skin of Genji in his kimono.
As more details about the Year of the Rooster roll in, Mic will let you know.


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Q: Is it possible to process Multipart CSV File uploaded from web application using Spring Batch? I want to convert csv file contains student data to List and insert into database.  I have gone through many examples from various sources, none of them provides answer for batch processing csv files uploaded from Web UI using spring batch. All examples process csv files located in resource folder (classpath).
Please help me to process csv files uploaded using Post Method as below.
@PostMapping("/save")
public ResponseEntity saveStudentDetails(@RequestParam("file") MultipartFile studentCSV) {
   //code to initate batch processing for studentCSV file
}

Thanks in Advance.

A: Controller
@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, value = "/save")
        public ReturnFormat uploadCSV(@RequestParam("files")  MultipartFile file )
        {
            return uploadingService.uploadCSV( file );
        }

Service class will be like
    public void uploadCSV (MultipartFile multipartFile)
    {
        ReturnFormat rf = new ReturnFormat();
        SuccessErrorList selist = new SuccessErrorList();
        try
        {
            File file = convertMultiPartToFile( multipartFile );

    }

    private File convertMultiPartToFile( MultipartFile file ) throws IOException
    {
        File convFile = new File( file.getOriginalFilename() );
        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream( convFile );
        fos.write( file.getBytes() );
        fos.close();
        return convFile;
    }


Dr. Manoj Soni, former Vice Chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, took the Oath of Office and Secrecy as Member, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
The Oath was administered by the UPSC Chairman Prof. David R. Syiemlieh.
The Union Public Service Commission is India's central recruiting agency. It is responsible for appointments to and examinations for All India services and group A & group B of Central services.
While Department of Personnel and Training is the central personnel agency in India.
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Finally the Green Wave House (international office, eco-inspiration home and permacultural farm), has made a soft opening to the public in January with a debut hosting of an "seed blessing and intentional planting" with the California based nonprofit, Groundswell. Women placed healing intentions upon mucuna seeds to be planted next to struggling trees that would benefit from the nitrogen fixing powers of the mucuna plant.
At the beginning of March, the Green Wave house then hosted the Playa Hermosa School (thanks to a teacher and Wild Sun volunteer bringing over his students). Children learned about the solar carport so the house does not use any fossil fuels. They were shown the veggie oil car and oil filtration station and were exposed to the idea of making trash into treasures through wearable art and also functional furniture through ecobricks.
On March 14th, the Green Wave house hosted a meeting for two educators from Futuro Verde with the founder of Escuela de la Jungla. The meeting was about how to introduce and apply permacultural principles and action into Futuro Verde. We look forward to continuing to consult our projects on how to work together, inspire others, and collaborate to make green waves of change in their surrounding communities. A model for collaboration is what we are working on (through ambassadorship programming) that we hope will be replicated globally.


This page shows the latest EY news and features for those working in and with pharma, biotech and healthcare.
demonstrable value," says Aaron Bean, EY, Life Sciences, UK &Ireland.
These include Steve Varley, EY chairman and managing partner for the UK and Ireland, Richard Gnodde, chief executive of Goldman Sachs International and Paul Polman of Unilever.
Pharma has historically focused on 'input' measures," says Aaron Bean, director and commercial life sciences lead, EY UK &Ireland.
shake off its old public image, says Aaron Bean, EY, Life Sciences, UK &Ireland.
Today it's a whole new ball game. "Creativity is much broader than the tactics of a marketing campaign," says Aaron Bean, Life Sciences, EY UK &Ireland.
He has also had experience agency-side holding roles for EY, both in France and the US.
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1] EY Life Sciences Global Corporate Divestment Study -2016 .
EY serves all of the Forbes Global 2000 top 10 life sciences companies and audits 26% of the global life sciences companies on the list. ... In addition, EY audits 30% of revenues of the global life sciences companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list.


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These strange merchants ended up in Traverse Town like many others who managed to survive the destruction of their worlds. Some of them run the Synthesis Workshop at the First District where Sora can trade in items that they use as raw materials to make new creations.
Word of advice, though: Don't ruffle their pompoms like Pinocchio does.
Out of fear of another pompom ruffle, these adorable creatures opt instead to hang back at their home base while their equally cute holograms run the shops across the worlds. You can try to touch it, but don't be disappointed when your hand passes right through them!
This slick Moogle merchant somehow managed to make his way into the Castle That Never Was, even wearing the signature Organization XIII coat, no less. Out of all the Organization's members, Roxas is undeniably his best customer, mainly because he is naïve enough to pay any ridiculous price he names. But, in turn, he always notifies Roxas whenever a new shipment of goods arrives in stock. (Wherever it is these items ship from is a complete mystery.) Because none of the other members would agree to his enormous fees, he follows Roxas to Twilight Town when he leaves the Organization, and continues to operate his shop from there.
A small piece of trivia: When the Moogle and Roxas first meet, he tells him that his "name is of no importance, kupo," a parody of Xemnas' lines from the scene "The Dark Margin".
If you're looking for goods, just head over to your local Moogle shop. They have all kinds of merchandise, but you would probably be most interested in deck commands. Most of the shops are run by holograms, except for the one at Radiant Garden. There's also a Moogle in Mirage Arena who runs a special "Medal Shop" where you can redeem various rewards in exchange for the medals you gain from the Arena games.
Somehow these cuddly creatures have made their way into the Sleeping Worlds, but is that really a surprise at this point?
Moogles are more than happy to assist you with all your item needs, but also run the Coliseum in the fourth district of Traverse Town.


At the moment, you may have heard, the field of psychology is grappling with a so-called "replication crisis." That is, certain findings that everyone had assumed to be true can't be replicated in follow-up experiments, suggesting the original findings were the result not of actual psychological phenomena, but of various flawed methodologies and biases that have crept into the scientific process.
One of the major contributing factors to the replication crisis, which is centered mostly on social psychology, is human nature. Humans, being humans, do not like hearing that ideas they've worked on for a long time might have to get tossed in the bin, or at the very least revised significantly. That's why some researchers — though by no means all of them — have responded to good-faith critiques of their work by attempting to derail the conversation, calling their critics crazy or mean or attributing to them dark ulterior motives. The researchers who attempt such derailings tend to be established, well-respected ones who have benefited from the old regime — the regime that led the field into its current, precarious situation, and which is now threatened by a growing reform movement.
The implicit association test, co-created by Harvard University psychology chair Mahzarin Banaji and University of Washington researcher Anthony Greenwald, is an excellent example. Banaji and Greenwald claim that the IAT, a brief exercise in which one sits down at a computer and responds to various stimuli, measures unconscious bias and therefore real-world behavior. If you score highly on a so-called black-white IAT, for example, that suggests you will act in a more biased manner toward a black person than a white person. Many social psychologists view the IAT, which you can take on Harvard University's website, as a revolutionary achievement, and in the 20 years since its introduction it has become both the focal point of an entire subfield of research and a mainstay of diversity trainings all over the country. That's partly because Banaji, Greenwald, and the test's other proponents have made a series of outsize claims about its importance for fighting racism and inequality.
The problem, as I showed in a lengthy rundown of the many, many problems with the test published this past January, is that there's very little evidence to support that claim that the IAT meaningfully predicts anything. In fact, the test is riddled with statistical problems — problems severe enough that it's fair to ask whether it is effectively "misdiagnosing" the millions of people who have taken it, the vast majority of whom are likely unaware of its very serious shortcomings. There's now solid research published in a top journal strongly suggesting the test cannot even meaningfully predict individual behavior. And if the test can't predict individual behavior, it's unclear exactly what it does do or why it should be the center of so many conversations and programs geared at fighting racism.
This is the definition of a derailing tactic — shift the focus from critiques of the IAT itself, some of which in this case appeared in a flagship social-psych journal, to the ostensible moral and psychological failings of the critiquers.
It's highly plausible that the scientists who created the IAT, and now ardently defend it, believe their work will change the world for the better. Banaji sent me an email from a former student that compared her to Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bryan Stevenson, and Michelle Alexander "in elucidating the corrosive and terrifying vestiges of white supremacy in America." || Greenwald explicitly discouraged me from writing this article. "Debates about scientific interpretation belong in scientific journals, not popular press," he wrote. Banaji, Greenwald, and Nosek all declined to talk on the phone about their work, but answered most of my questions by email.
The idea that journalists shouldn't write about scientific controversies would have been highly questionable even before the replication crisis exploded onto the scene, but it's hard to fathom why anyone would take this argument seriously in 2017. After all, the replication crisis was spurred in part by opaque research and peer-review processes, by people not sharing data, by social and professional structures that sometimes had the effect of short-circuiting real debate about the merits of ideas — particularly popular ones of the sort that often get glowing write-ups in, well, the "popular press" (Greenwald, of course, doesn't appear to have any problems with positive coverage of the IAT). Journalism, when it's done well, can serve as a useful check on all these tendencies. To be fair, Greenwald isn't the only one who thinks that science should only be critiqued by those very close to a given controversy — this is an idea that seems to sometimes pop up among defenders of the old, deeply flawed social-psychological ways — but that isn't how things should work.
Even more surprising, though, is an email Greenwald wrote to Goldhill which read, "The IAT can be used to select people who would be less likely than others to engage in discriminatory behavior." This might come across as a fairly banal defense of his research project, but it isn't: It's the continuation of a very slippery pattern I identified in my article.
I referred to this as a "Schrödinger's test" situation in which the test both does and doesn't predict behavior at the same time. When the test's creators are addressing lay audiences unfamiliar with its problems, it does predict behavior; when they're addressing academic audiences familiar with what is now a years-long controvery, they acknowledge that it doesn't. Greenwald's quote to Goldhill just marks the latest example.
Banaji and Greenwald in 2013, to the public: Our test has been shown, reliably and repeatedly, to predict behavior.
Banaji and Greenwald in 2015, to academics: Our test doesn't predict behavior.
Greenwald in 2017, to the public: Our test predicts behavior.
So, once more: I disagree with Greenwald. Society desperately needs more open scrutiny of scientific claims, not less, whether in scientific journals, the media, or anywhere else. Especially when it comes to claims that seem to change every two years.


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By Joe Gorman | August 8, 2018 at 12:09a.m.
Authorities say a man in the Mahoning County jail charged with four counts of compelling prostitution is part of a human-trafficking investigation that so far has at least 80 victims.
Maj. Jeff Allen of the Mahoning County Sheriff's Office said Ronald Hellman, 50, of Irma Avenue, was part of a group of people who preyed on young women and juveniles, especially people who had drug problems.
The victims would be taken to his South Side house, where they were filmed performing pornographic acts, Allen said.
Hellman was arraigned Monday in Mahoning County Area Court in Austintown on four counts of compelling prostitution. Court records set the date of the offenses all at April 4. Judge David D'Apolito set Hellman's bond at $100,000.
Allen said an investigation is ongoing, and he expects more people to be charged. He did not want to comment on how investigators became aware of Hellman's activities.
"We expect more charges," Allen said.
Hellman is familiar to law enforcement. A search of county court records for Hellman turn up more than 45 traffic or criminal cases.
In the current case, Allen said he had information that Hellman was planning on leaving town, so he decided to charge him now so he can be held while the investigation takes its course.
Allen said Hellman often supplied drugs to control victims or also used "force" to control them.
"Typically, they were women that a lot of times are drug dependent," Allen said of Hellman's victims.
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The FBI launched a new investigation into the Clinton Foundation for alleged corruption, according to U.S. media reports Friday.
The investigation will determine whether the Clinton's non profit foundation accepted donations in exchange for political favors while she was secretary of state.
Clinton has been accused of so-called "pay-to-play" politics, which requires people to contribute big figures in exchange for political favors.
The investigation began in 2015, but the inquiry was put on hold due to the election a year later. It is now reportedly being led by FBI agents from Little Rock, Arkansas, where the foundation was founded.
Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill criticized the FBI's new inquiry, saying the goal is to distract people from the Trump-Russia collusion investigation.
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Adoptive Movie Guide: Moonrise Kingdom
Sam is spending time with the Khaki Scouts, taking a break from living at his foster home. His parents died recently. His behavior in the home, and at the camp, has been problematic. He feels unpopular, but he has made one friend. Suzy, the daughter of two belligerent local lawyers, also acts out. She is replaced in a church play, and is crushed to find that her mother is reading a book about raising "your very troubled child." Suzy feels alone, but she has made one friend. Sam and Suzy have secretly exchanged letters for a year. They finally agree to meet. They each run away – Suzy from home, Sam from camp, and both from their experiences of loneliness.
How is This Relevant to Adoption / Foster Care?
Sam is in foster care because his parents died. Citing Sam's behaviors as their reason, his foster parents decide that they will not allow him to return to their home after camp. Social Services is coming to take Sam back to a group home, but a local adult cares about Sam and offers to foster him. Sam seeks for belonging (and finds it with Suzy, some scouts, and his final foster dad.)
Moonrise Kingdom depicts feelings of discouragement, the struggle to find belonging, and a cause for hope. Sam is able to stay in his city because one of the men in town cares about him and decides to foster him.
Sam confronts one of his tormenters directly, asking, "Why do you consider me your enemy?" He doesn't get a good answer, and ends up fighting the boy – but his directness in asking the question is admirable.
This movie has the potential to be painful, and the potential to foster a lot of positive discussions. Sam is unpopular at camp; he is awkward (think Dwight Schrute), and many of his fellow Scouts seem to dislike him. When he runs away from the camp, he expresses,"the rest of the troop is probably glad that I'm leaving." These emotions and thoughts – feeling unwanted and unliked - are familiar to many kids in foster care. The movie eventually shows many scouts deciding to help Sam, an adult deciding to foster him, and a girl falling in love with him.
Kids talk insensitively about the intimate details of Sam's life, speculating about the death of his parents. This will ring true to many folks connected to foster care and adoption.
In one scene, Suzy tells Sam, "I wish I was an orphan. Almost all of my favorite characters are. It seems like your lives are more special." This reminds me of Deanna Shrodes' post about things you should never say to adoptees. Sam responds, "I love you, but you don't know what you're talking about."
Social Services is portrayed by Tilda Swinton (the White Witch from Narnia), and although she's a bit brusque and rule-bound, she's not as bad as other professional social-worker-type characters I've reviewed. (Despicable Me's MissHattie comes to mind.)
Sam and his new foster father have a trusting, mentor-like relationship, but some elements of their relationship aren't so good: the man offers Sam beer and also sneaks him into his girlfriend's house.
Sam feels as though he is getting close to having a family at his foster home; unbeknownst to him, they've already decided to have him removed from their care. For kids who've been bounced between foster homes, this could be traumatic. Kids feel rejected when they're moved from home to home to home, and young viewers of this film will need to be reassured that there is nothing they can do that would make them lose their place in your family.
Come to think of it, whether you're a foster parent or an adoptive parent, please make a commitment not to have kids moved from your home. Fostering (and especially adopting) are supposed to mean treating a child as your own. You wouldn't kick out your own child for swearing, saying hateful things, or breaking some heirlooms – so you shouldn't kick out a foster or adoptive child either.
There's lots of tobacco use and some underage alcohol use. There are some non-life-threatening injuries, and one character is struck by lightning (but not injured.) Sam and Suzy both running away from home could also be troubling to some viewers, and some parents will object to their children seeing Sam and Suzy's explorations of each other. (They are 14, and they see each other in their underwear.) A dog is killed. Suzy and Sam are (unofficially) married by a Scout employee. Suzy's mom is having an affair with the police chief. Suzy knows. Kids are mean.
There are some parts of Moonrise Kingdom that will be objectionable to parents of young kids, but the movie is shot and presented in a way that at least feels innocent – and maybe a little bit "off." It's rated PG-13. With parental guidance, the film could be powerful for kids ages 12 and up.
How do you think Sam and Suzy felt right before they ran away? How about at the end of the movie?
Suzy views the world through binoculars to make the world seem closer, even when it's not physically far away. Why do you think she does that?
Have you ever felt like your life story was talked about by lots of people? How did you feel about that?
When have you wanted to tell someone, "I love you, but you don't know what you're talking about."
Sam felt alone – did you see anyone in the film who cared about him? (Suzy, Scoutmaster Ward, The Captain Sharp, Other Scouts, maybe even Social Services.)
How does Social Services compare with social workers you've met?
Sam and Suzy both want to go on adventures when they grow up - -to avoid getting stuck in one place. But really, when they say that, neither one of them is stuck; in fact, they're floating loosely. What do you think's going on? (They might be saying this to protect themselves from the pain of feeling like they don't belong anywhere.)
Why did Sam's foster parents decide not to have him back? What other decisions could they have made? What would have been the right thing for them to do?
Find this review helpful? You might also like these other Adoption Movie Guides:
Lori Lavender Luz March 18, 2013 at 2:04 PM
How timely -- my family and I watched this just last night. And your synopsis and recommendations are spot on.
I thought it interesting that the film anthropomorphized Social Services as a person. I mean, that was the name of Tilda Swinton's character! I liked the scene where she and the police officer started throwing their respective books at each other.
I wonder if sometimes folks view social workers as "the system" rather than as individual human beings. And honestly, I wonder how often social workers view themselves that way, too. And how often they view their clients as "clients" rather than as individuals. Colbert had the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" - maybe social workers & their clients can have a "Rally to Restore Individuality and/or Understanding."
ms. marginalia March 20, 2013 at 10:24 AM
When I saw this film and Suzy said that horrible line about wanting to be an orphan, I took a pained, deep breath in. I was *very* pleasantly surprised with Sam's response, "I love you, but you don't know what you're talking about." I wanted to thank Roman Coppola and Wes Anderson for writing that line; we need more of that type of response out there. Problem is, this is a "quirky" movie, and can Sam's responses be written off as just odd? Not to mention, this film probably won't appeal to the kind of people who need to hear that line, anyway. It's preaching to the choir, probably, although I do have many new acquaintances tell me how "lucky' I am to be adopted, etc.
Addison Cooper March 21, 2013 at 8:22 AM
I thought Sam's responses was perfect. "You're not a bad person. I don't hate you. But... seriously?" It is a really quirky film, but somehow, that one line rang out as way more "true" than "quirky."
So how to get this film into the mainstream?
grace crawford December 8, 2013 at 7:13 AM
How Wes Anderson stitches it all together is far beyond the reach of most filmmakers. His approach is artful without pretension, gorgeous and composed without feeling forced, charming and innocent but never trite.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners partners up with Forestalia for the investment in a portfolio of more than 1GW of onshore wind farms under development in Aragon, Spain
Forestalia and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) are pleased to announce an agreement to invest in a portfolio of 27 onshore wind farms under development. The portfolio, located in the Spanish province of Teruel, Aragon, is expected to have a total installed capacity of more than 1GW.
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This transaction represents a new investment for Copenhagen Infrastructure IV (CI-IV), the latest energy infrastructure fund managed by CIP. CIP has recently announced that CI-IV has reached an intermediate closing at EUR 4 billion, rapidly approaching its target fund size of EUR 5.5 billion.
This latest transaction builds on the proven partnership between Forestalia and CIP, which has already led to the successful investment in the development and construction of the Monegros portfolio comprising of 12 onshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of 487 MW also located in Aragon, Spain. The construction phase of Monegros is progressing well and, despite the challenges caused by Covid-19, it remains on time and on budget. Commercial operations date (COD) has been achieved for the first wind farms in the Monegros portfolio and the remaining ones will gradually reach COD over the next months. The power output from the Monegros portfolio has been secured through a long-term PPA and earlier this year a consortium of six banks has committed a debt package of approx. EUR 380 million available for drawdown upon the wind farms reaching COD.
"It's very exciting to continue building on our successful partnership with Forestalia for this new portfolio of more than 1GW of high quality onshore wind projects in Spain. We have shown that Forestalia and CIP together have the right competences to successfully deliver such projects, and we are convinced that, together with local and industrial partners, we will be delivering these windfarms to the highest standards", says Christian Skakkebæk, Senior Partner at CIP.
"This new agreement with CIP guarantees very important investments for the province of Teruel, as the plants will create jobs in a territory that needs new opportunities for the future. Renewable energy has a great importance for rural areas. Forestalia is developing its entire portfolio, of more than 6GW, together with top-level international partners. It's very exciting to strengthen our alliance with CIP", says Fernando Samper, Chairman of Forestalia.
Watson Farley & Williams and FIH Partners advised CIP on the transaction. Clifford Chance advised Forestalia.
Kelly Bork, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Email: cip@cip.dk
About Forestalia
Forestalia is a business group dedicated to renewable energies (wind, photovoltaic and biomass). It started in Zaragoza in 2011, as result of the extensive business experience of Fernando Samper Rivas, the president and founder of the group. From its Aragonese roots, Forestalia has now grown to have strong presence in the Spanish energy market and is continually working internationally too. Forestalia's current project portfolio is 6GW of renewable energies, of these, nearly 2 GW were won in the Ministry of Industry 2016 and 2017 auctions – where Forestalia was the largest bidder. For more information about Forestalia, visit www.forestalia.com
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is a Danish fund management company specialized in investing in the energy infrastructure sector. The company was established in 2012 and is today a global leader, market pioneer and the largest financial sponsor with a dedicated energy infrastructure focus. CIP has approximately 130 employees and offices in Copenhagen, New York, London, Hamburg, Utrecht and Tokyo.
CIP has seven funds with around EUR 12 billion in commitment under management. The funds have made more than 20 investments in large scale energy infrastructure assets totaling almost 8 GW in capacity across the US, the UK, Germany, Spain, and Taiwan. In addition, more than 15 greenfield energy infrastructure projects are in process to reach final investment decision and start of construction within the next 2-3 years. Investors in the funds include several blue-chip institutional investors from the Nordics, Continental Europe, the UK, Israel, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, and multi-lateral organizations e.g. EIB. The investors in CIP's funds comprise mainly pension and life companies and large family offices.
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Oreo is already teasing its new cookies for Halloween and Christmas
Kaitlin Gates,
Oreo's holiday collection features five different designs printed on the cookie.
Nabisco has already announced their new maple creme Oreo hitting shelves at the end of this month to celebrate fall.
Now, they are also giving fans a sneak peek at the Halloween and Christmas Oreos, because it is never too early to start celebrating.
The Halloween Oreos will be launching in mid-August and the winter Oreos will hit shelves at the end of October.
According to the calendar and the weather I am feeling (and avoiding) outside, it is definitely still summer. We have nearly two months still before we can officially say it's fall, but we all know the pumpkin spice lattes will start flowing before it's even September.
And I don't mind at all. Come Sept. 1 (at least I wait until then), all of the soap and candles in my house Cinderella their way into pumpkin scents. Clearly, I am not alone. Bath and Body Works released their new fall scents in July, and M&M just launched a new Creepy Cocoa Crisp flavor that sounds perfect for Halloween. And it looks like Oreo isn't waiting for autumn, either.
Nabisco announced they'll have a new maple creme flavor out at the end of this month, and they're also giving us a sneak peek at their Halloween and even their Christmas Oreos.
Hey, it's never too early for some holiday cheer!
The new Halloween Oreos will be available starting in mid-August nationwide, for a limited time while supplies last. Nabisco says the cookies will taste just like regular Oreos, but they'll have orange-colored creme and five Halloween designs stamped into the crunchy cookie, such as a spiderweb, a witch on a broomstick and a jack-o'-lantern.
Before Halloween even comes to an end, Oreo's new winter cookies will hit shelves, at the end of October (again, for a limited time, while supplies last). These Oreos will also taste exactly the same, but they'll have red-colored creme and five winter designs: a penguin, snowflake, mittens, snowman and the words "Snow Day!"
These new Oreos are just a small selection of ones they've been releasing all spring and summer. The new Maple Creme Oreos will be available by the end of August. The Oreo cookies are golden Oreos and inside is syrupy sweet maple-flavored crème.
One serving, or two cookies, is 140 calories, 2 grams of saturated fat, and 12 grams of sugar.
Food blogger @junkbanter initially broke the news about the new flavor on Instagram this last spring. "Bring on the new Maple Creme Oreos, debuting some time this year (I'd have to guess this will be a late summer release in advance of the fall season)," the caption read.
My mind and soul may be ready for spring & summer, but my body is permanently ready for fall. Bring on the new Maple Creme Oreos, debuting some time this year (I'd have to guess this will be a late summer release in advance of the fall season). Not exactly the most creative flavor, but Oreo should do a good job with it. I'm thinking like the Waffles & Syrup Oreos without the butter flavor, and a more intense maple. 🍁 Call me crazy but I'm sure we're not too far away from a Maple Bacon or Chicken & Waffles Oreo.
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It goes on to read, "Not exactly the most creative flavor, but Oreo should do a good job with it. I'm thinking like the Waffles & Syrup Oreos without the butter flavor, and a more intense maple."
Nabisco later confirmed that the new cookies will hit shelves sooner rather than later.
In addition to the maple flavor for fall, other new flavors include Marshmallow Moon, mint chocolate chip, latte crème Oreo Thins and s'mores. Just like holiday cookies, they will not be around forever, so get them while you can.
Who's ready for fall? I say, bring it on!
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Fashion Challenges Stereotypes of Muslim Women
BY	Duygu Cakir
Fashion-conscious Muslim women have created a platform on blogs and social media, sharing fashion- and beauty tips amongst themselves. However, these activities are not merely about designer headscarves and clothes. Fashion has become the medium through which fashion-conscious bloggers challenge stereotypes of Muslim women. The author of this article examines Muslim fashion and its agendas in her master's dissertation, entitled 'Fashion with Faith – Re-Imagining the Veil. How Modest Fashion in Turkey is Changing the Narrative of Muslim Women'.
We are constantly hearing stories about her, reading, and speaking about her. Much has been written on The Muslim woman, the theme is forever debated – not least concerning the issue of the Muslim headscarf, which has over the years become a highly politicised piece of fabric. The headscarf has been subjected to critique by many Westerners for being fundamentally at odds with modernity and Western values, positing the Muslim woman as backward and oppressed.
However, the noticeable surge in fashion-conscious Muslim women demonstrates how Muslim women – not unlike many other women – live in consumerist societies and concern themselves with beauty and aesthetics, thereby challenging stereotypes.
Bloggers' Universe
Duygu Cakir holds an M.A. in Middle East studies and works as a freelance journalist.
She has written articles on Islamic fashion and Turkish politics, writing for the programme Panorama on Danish Radio One, Berlingske and Kristeligt Dagblad daily newspapers, and Danmission.
Furthermore, Duygu Cakir blogs as an op-ed contributor against discrimination for ActionAid Denmark and has lived in Istanbul.
When, a while ago, H&M launched an advertising campaign featuring a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf as their front-page model it was a source of much debate in the media, including various Danish newspapers. The Muslim model was interesting, modern, and progressive and thus celebrated for her fashion choices.
Many readers were probably unaware of how fashion-conscious Muslim women were already engaged with fashion through a sub-culture of blogs and social media, which offer a platform managed by the individual Muslim woman.
The expansion of the bloggers' universe on social media has transposed Muslim women to a new forum, using terms of reference such as hijabi-, hijabista-, or turbanista blogger to indicate fashion bloggers dressed in the hijab or a turban.
These Muslim bloggers share fashion- and beauty tips with their Muslim followers and are considered influencers within their consumer demographic. The American magazine, Fortune, cites a 2013 report from Thomson Reuters, estimating global Muslim consumption of clothes and footwear at $ 266 billion. This number is expected to reach $484 billion by 2019.
Fashion blogging took off in 2012 in the Arab world, primarily in the Arab Gulf States, where prominent bloggers such as Kuwaiti Ascia, who boasts more than 2 million followers on Instagram, opened the door to the everyday life of Muslim women.
Muslim women also caused a stir in Europe, where Anglo-Egyptian London fashion blogger, Dina Tokio, who musters 1 million followers on Instagram, has paved the way for other bloggers and transformed her hobby into a business where she cooperates with various fashion designers.
Thus, it was merely a question of time before the great fashion houses noticed the large untapped market constituted by Muslim women. Previously, mainstream brands such as Mango and Zara had already caught on to this market and released dedicated Ramadan fashion collections for Muslim women. Italian high-end designers, Dolce & Gabbana, soon followed suit by launching a hijab- and abaya collection aimed at Muslim clients in January 2016.
Critique From All Sides
About the masters dissertation
The masters dissertation, Fashion with Faith – Re-Imagining the Veil. How Modest Fashion in Turkey is Changing the Narrative of Muslim Women is a study of the instrumentalisation of fashion, which contributes to new understandings of Muslim women.
The dissertation offers a critical reading of articles, op-ed pieces, and news stories concerning Islamic fashion, interviews with staff from Turkey's first Islamic fashion magazine, Âlâ, and store managers from the conservative Fatih district in Istanbul as well as observations carried out in this area.
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Muslim women were placed firmly on the global fashion agenda by 23-year old Mariah Idrissi, the Muslim model from H&M's fashion campaign, whose photo was proliferated on social media.
Idrissi's photo went viral, gaining more than 12.000 tweets with two days. This exposure suggests a very interesting political development – in the world of fashion as well as political debate. While some people admired H&M for the diversity message, others criticised the campaign.
Laurence Rossignol, French minister for women's rights was a noticeable opponent of the campaign. Rossignol compared Muslim women who voluntarily don Islamic dress to pro-slavery African-Americans and she criticised fashion houses for the promotion of clothes, which confine women's bodies. Concomitantly, conservative Muslims criticised Muslim women for succumbing to materialism and initiated a debate on female piety and modesty in Islam.
The H&M fashion campaign and the debates concerning fashion collections aimed at Muslim women by various fashion designers suggest the emergence of new perspectives and narratives on Muslim women. Previously, the headscarf had been associated with current debates on Muslim women, namely how the headscarf equals female subjugation.
Fashion, on the contrary, introduced Muslim women to a new public arena, offering women wearing the headscarf new possibilities as modern urban women. Simply put, the surprise elicited by the overwhelming focus on Islamic fashion suggests a hitherto simplistic image of Muslim women.
Fashion Et Cetera
The notion of a Muslim woman interested in fashion was, to many people, a fascinating subject not merely in numerous articles and social media posts but also in op-ed pieces from prominent Arab and European Muslim bloggers published in newspapers and women's magazines. It suddenly befell fashion-conscious Muslim women to explain the crux of this wave. Many spectators were surprised by the compatibility of fashion and Islam. Debates on the Islamic headscarf were no longer one-dimensional. The trope of 'the Muslim woman' and fashion assumed a positive edge.
Elisabeth Wilson and Fashion Theory
In her book, Adorned in Dreams, Fashion and Modernity, Professor Elizabeth Wilson, London College of Fashion, proposes a fashion theory, which posits fashion as a universal concept inherent in human culture.
The book is a study of fashion as cultural phenomenon and aesthetic medium for the expression of ideas and experiences regardless of the cultural backgrounds of individual fashion users. Rather than putting forth a specific ethnocentric perspective on fashion, she seeks to understand fashion devoid of exoticisations, without rendering fashion too Islamic, too political, and – even – too Oriental.
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Edward Said and the Cultural Construction of 'The Muslim Woman'
The masters dissertation references Edward Said's 'Orientalism' as an important study while maintaining a critical and reflective stance vis à vis categorisations of The Muslim Woman in the constructed narratives on Islamic femininity.
The importance of not merely considering Muslim women and their choices, viz. fashion choices, as a cultural struggle is argued since doing so serves to uphold these very structures. Muslim women's fashion represents individual reflections on beauty and aesthetics.
In a November 2015 interview in the Berlingske daily newspaper, Zaineb Oussaidi, @zizi on Instagram, whose 160.000 followers make her one of Denmark's most successful hijabi-bloggers, explained that she often elicited positive responses on account of her fashion choices.
Many people who were curious about her style would reach out, asking questions about her clothes. Zizi believed fashion-blogging served to dismantle prejudices about Muslim women because it elicited a more curious approach to the headscarf and fashion. Concurrently, the debate on 'the Muslim woman' suggests that this trope is considered more interesting and approachable when referencing a well-dressed modern woman. The debate also demonstrates a dual attitude to modernity as Muslim women are increasingly considered within the context of fashion and modernity.
Thus, modernity is a pivotal factor whose expression is promoted not merely by Muslim women but by fashion designers, stylists, and brands. The empirical findings of the masters thesis, Fashion with Faith – Re-Imagining the Veil. How Modest Fashion in Turkey is Changing the Narrative of Muslim Women also supports this understanding.
The empirical data consists of an in-depth analysis of Turkey's first Islamic fashion magazine, Âlâ, and interviews with the magazine's editor-in-chief, Gülsüm Çiçekçi in Istanbul and store-managers from clothes shops in one of Istanbul's conservative districts, Fatih, which is renowned for housing a number of large and small shops aimed at a Muslim clientele. The interview subjects repeatedly refer to Muslim women as modern and urban.
This notion of modernity and urbanity is expressed through the cut of the cloth and Muslim women's ever-evolving ways of tying the headscarf. Muslim women thus adhere to the notion of modernity, distancing themselves from the previous generations by presenting a more playful approach to the headscarf and by wearing trendier clothes.
Fashion thus becomes the medium through which Muslim women are able to transform or re-narrate their own narratives. Furthermore, Muslim women's consumption and the increasing commercialisation of clothes designed with Muslim women in mind demonstrates how Islamic fashion has transcended the geographical boundaries of the Islamic world and achieved a global reach.
The Commercialisation of Islamic Clothing
The commercialisation of Islamic clothing and products has paved the way for many Muslim women's consumption of fashion and make-up. While many Muslim women also wear non-Islamic clothing brands there has been an upsurge in the choice of clothing brands addressing the needs of fashion-conscious Muslim women. A primary example of this trend is the use of popular Muslim bloggers for branding purposes in the advertising campaigns of fashion brands of all sizes.
Turkey is one of the countries, which has paved the way for the commercialisation of the headscarf and Islamic dress. Turks were introduced to consumer culture due to the economic and trade liberalisation policies of the 1980s when PM Turgut Özal opened Turkish industry to foreign investments and privatised previously state-run industries. The numerous companies, primarily in the conservative industrial towns of the Anatolian peninsula, benefited from the new economy and gave rise to a new Islamic bourgeoisie.
In Turkey, a more public Islamic lifestyle has concurrently gained ground due to the increasing industry of Islamic culture, which has promoted Islamic consumerism, e.g. shisha-smoking, halal coffeeshops, branded headscarves, and Islamic fashion magazines, in major towns and cities.
Although the majority of the Turkish population is Muslim, the headscarf has been highly politicised and banned in public institutions due to the secular status of the modern Turkish nationstate. The disputed ban, similar to the ban in France, was lifted in some state institutions, such as universities, in 2010. The ban was similarly lifted for members of the Turkish police in August 2016.
The politicisation of the headscarf thus plays an important role in the history of modern Turkey and the understanding of Islamic fashion since they are intricately engaged with the cultural constructions of 'the Muslim woman'.
A Culture War
On account of the politicisation of the headscarf – often based on Orientalist notions of the headscarf and 'the Muslim woman' – culture and our understandings of culture also play a prominent role.
Danish sociologist, Henning Bech, assumes a critical stance vis-à-vis our understandings of culture. With what he calls a life-oriented concept of culture, Bech emphasises that culture should not necessarily understood as a sign of struggle or as oppositional, but rather that culture reflects life as it is lived and our life experiences.
In a similar vein, fashion-oriented Muslim women express a choice by their expressions of self through fashion. This conceptualisation of culture, thus constitutes the analytical point of departure of the masters dissertation, inasmuch as Muslim women – like other women – understand and experience fashion as a personal experience rather than necessarily a cultural battle.
This point constitutes a pivotal part of the critical analysis. Muslim women's identities, in a setting where the headscarf is subjected to constant political debate, are often defined by society at large, and themes such as Islamic womanhood are often defined by understandings of the Islamic headscarf. Consequently, cultural constructions of 'the Muslim woman' are often founded in classic Orientalist stereotypes, wherein the Islamic headscarf is associated with oppression and alienation.
There is an inherent ambivalence in the favourable view on Muslim women considered more modern due to their fashion-conscious style. This understanding is problematic inasmuch as it posits Muslim women squarely within an understanding of modernity as a construction of Western hegemony. Orientalist discourses are reproduced by creating the separate categories of modern and traditional Muslim women.
One may also ask whether Islamic fashion, which is explicitly marketed to Muslim women, contributes to the status of Muslim women. On the other hand, this is a point in time where modernity, various forms of headscarves, and the cut of clothes are continuously re-interpreted by Muslim women and debates on modernity are constantly valued and re-defined among Muslims.
The fashion-conscious Muslim women express themselves through the medium of fashion and demonstrate the non-existence of a wider Muslim collectivity and a collective 'Muslim woman'. Muslim women are thus, through their fashion choices, contributing to a redefinition of stereotypes repositioning Muslim women as modern and urban. Muslim women's personal experiences with the Islamic headscarf and their fashion choices occurs within the realm of their own personal experiences and history.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. –– United Methodist Men gave $168,196 to Meals for Millions in 2010, a mission project begun by the men in 1989 to raise funds for the Society of St. Andrew's potato and produce project.
Wade Mays, an executive with the society, told the National Association of Conference Presidents, meeting March 3-6 in Nashville, that they had increased their 2010 giving by some $4,000, the first increase in several years.
West Virginia Conference increased its giving by the highest percentage, by leaping from $4,684 in 2009 to $17,195 in 2010. "We just found the right two guys to lead the effort," said Wayne Custer, president of the Northeastern Jurisdiction of UM Men and a resident of the state.
The award for the highest amount given to Meals for Millions went to Detroit Annual Conference with a gift of $20,741.
"I worked on a staff at a large church for seven years," said Mays, "but I had not done one thing to help the poor in America. I had led a mission trip to Mexico and gone a trip to Kazakhstan, but I had not turned my nose to those here. I think we need to do both.
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Fred Lee Jackson
August 3, 1951 — January 13, 2023
Fred Lee Jackson Sr. was born on August 03, 1951 in Nashville, Tennessee to the union of Robert L. Jackson Sr. and Maggie L. Jackson. He departed this earthly life on Friday, January 13, 2023 at AHC Vanco Manor in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.
Fred was educated in Nashville Davidson County Public School Systems. After graduating from High School, he enlisted in the United States Army, receiving an honorable discharge.
Fred was self-employed, for many years he worked as a carpenter and painter in the construction field. He enjoyed football "his favorite team was the Titans", and he loved spending time with his family and his grandchildren.
Fred was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Maggie Jackson; siblings, Robert L. Jackson Jr., Eunice Primm, Doris Carter, Janice Stewart; and wife, Aldine Jackson.
He leaves to cherish his loving memories children, Archie L. Gupton, Moniquca Jackson, Lee Ann Jackson, LuKesha Jackson, Constance Hendon Jackson, Derric Hendon Jackson, Christina Jackson, Kristin Jackson, Chelsea Jackson, Fred Lee Jackson Jr. (1st), Robert L. Jackson, Michael L. Jackson, Fred Lee Jackson Jr. (2nd), Shateeka M. Jackson, Cedrick Jackson; siblings, Joyce Gordon, Earl Jackson, Daphne Davidson; grandchildren, Terrell Ford, Cameron Ford, Philander Hopkins, Dakota Hendon, Mason Hendon, Jamari Jackson, Jazmin Green, King Green, Prince Green, Royal Green, Rashad Slay, Raymond Griffin, Rasheeda Griffin, Raheem Slay, Rahmel Slay, Malachi Jackson, Anabelle Jackson; Wife (2nd), Adrieene Jackson; friends, Terri, Cherry Ann; and a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, friends close and far, and dear acquaintances. So many there will never be enough paper and ink. Fred was loved by so many, and he gave love, kindness and would give the clothes of his back to anyone. Thanks to everyone who came, reached out, gave their token of love. Now it's time to celebrate you daddy! Dance with mom, your sisters, and brother. Ancestors have welcomed you home. Now be with God, rejoice.
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