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The Senegal river
My name certainly rings a bell, and rightly so. I belong to the world's great rivers. I am the Senegal River, the umbilical cord between Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa; whose source lies in Guinea with the rivers Bafing and Bakaye that converge at Bafoulabé in Mali.
After having crossed the western part of Mali, I join the Falémé, my main tributary, and form for the rest of my course the border between Senegal and Mauritania. I then flow onwards to finally join the Atlantic Ocean at Saint Louis. I might appear rather big-headed but, between ourselves, my importance in a region hit by severe droughts quickly strengthened the need of the four countries of the basin to cooperate in favour of my development, to the point of setting up a unique international system, and still the only one of its kind regarding river governance. Would you like to know more?
What if we got to know each other better?
Discharge : 640 m³/s (from 3 m³/s to 5,000 m³/s)
Length : 1,700 km
Watershed : 337,000 km²
Countries crossed : Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania
Main tributaries : Kolombiné, Karakoro, Gorgol, Bafing, Bakoye, Falémé, Baoulé
I started attracting attention at the beginning of the colonial era in the first part of the 19th century. You wouldn't be surprised if I told you that my development gave rise to questions. It wasn't until 1892 that the first full studies on me were performed. From then onwards, several successive bodies brought together the neighbouring countries but no real progress was made until independence was achieved between 1958/1960.
In 1963 and 1964 conventions regarding my status and development were signed, signifying my arrival into the club of the great (rivers). This is without taking into account the episodes of severe droughts that hit the region between 1968 and 1973, and which strengthened the need for cooperation between the neighbouring countries.
In 1972, thanks to an agreement between Senegal, Mali and Mauritania, the World Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS), also known as your servant, was founded. Guinea quickly joined this organisation.
A unique model at the world scale, the OMVS has granted me the prestigious status of "international" resource. I have not only become polyglot, but I also provide unhindered navigation along my course and equality between countries regarding all the uses of my water. Who wouldn't want to get on board!
The OMVS was founded with three basic principles: the river and its tributaries are international property; the exploitation of their resources is shared communally; all the structures are owned in common. The goals of the organisation are to:
Achieve food self-sufficiency for the basin and the sub-region's populations.
Secure and improve their incomes.
Preserve the balance of the ecosystems.
Reduce vulnerability to severe climatic hazards.
Exploit the hydroelectric potential of the basin to the benefit of the member States.
Speed up economic development.
Over time, the OMVS has become a reference around the world. In 2016, it was named the best basin organisation in the world for the quality of its programmes and its model of shared water management in the framework of community cooperation. It provides the permanent secretariat of the African Network of Basin Organisations.
The flow of the Senegal River: user's data
What ?
The rainfall in the Upper Basin provides the main part of the river's flow regime:
July to October: rainy season, high water levels.
November to May/June: dry season, low flow.
Where ?
The Upper Basin (Fouta-Djalon to Bakel): the rains from April to October, occurring in the mountainous part at the most southerly point of the basin, cause annual flooding of the river. Annual rainfall varies from 700 to 2,000 mm.
Valley (Bakel to Dagana): this alluvial agricultural plain, bordered by semi-desert regions, is fertilised by the flooding of the river every year.
Delta: this vast flat area is submerged by salt water from the ocean during the dry season.
A source of life, I serve myriad uses
Agriculture and irrigation
My watershed is large (337,000 km²) and hosts three types of farming:
Under rain: in the upper basin, with mostly food crops such as millet, maize, sorghum (cereals, etc.) and water melon.
After subsidence: maize, aubergine, pumpkin, tomato, hibiscus (bissap), sorghum, rice, water melon and other local market garden products are the joy of the inhabitants of the surrounding towns and villages. This type of traditional agriculture is tending to lose importance due to the flood management policy, much to my dismay.
Irrigated land: I now provide water for 137,800 ha of land and the potential is even greater.
There are two predominating types of irrigated crops:
Cereals of which rice is by far the main crop.
Horticultural produce, especially onion, tomato, melon and gumbo.
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billion of m³ of water for agricultural production by 2025
Vital for the populations that live along my course and on the lands I cross: my water is a precious commodity.
Drinking water, for example, is necessary for my dear inhabitants. Thanks to the Diama dam, the drinking water of the large cities like Dakar, Nouakchott and Saint Louis is secured. Built in 1986, 30 km from the mouth of the river, it is used to stop the reflux of salt water and to store 500 million cubic metres of water. Since the end of 2011, I have supplied nearly all the needs of the city of Nouakchott, located some 200 km from the dam under a desert climate.
Livestock breeding, like fishing, is of primordial economic importance. It involves an average of 60% of the rural population in each of the neighbouring countries. As for its contribution to the GDP of the different countries, it varies from 4% to 12%. The development of livestock is one of the orientations determined by the member States of the OMVS, in the framework of the combat against poverty.
Let's be honest: the industrial fabric I am involved with is relatively weak. The Compagnie Sucrière Sénégalaise (CSS) is the only large company that operates in my basin (sugar cane and some tomato processing plants). Only the removal of the barriers (to the river's navigability, the construction of port infrastructures, etc.) will facilitate the exploitation of economic sectors in each of the three countries of my basin.
million m³ for drinking water consumption by 2025
million m³ of water for livestock breeding by 2025
million m³ of water needed for industry and mining in 2025
Although irrigation is the major challenge in the management of my waters, the member countries of the OMVS are increasingly staking on hydroelectricity. It even appears that it will help to offset their energy deficit, diversify sources of production and favour their industrial development. An infrastructure programme has been drawn up to regulate my discharges and produce energy with the construction of hydropower dams. Studies have allowed identifying the potential sites for the dams and begin their construction.
The OMVS currently has two hydropower structures:
The Manantali hydropower scheme (the dam and its power plant, 2002) located on the Bafing, in Mali. With an installed capacity of 200 MW, it produces an average of 800 GWh/year delivered to the national electricity companies of Mali (52%), Mauritania (15%) and Senegal (33%).
The hydropower plant of Félou (2013), also in Mali. This is a run-of-the-river plant with an installed capacity of 60 MW. It produces from 320 to 350 GWH/year which are injected into the grid of Manantali.
The energy produced is transported to the countries by the interconnected transport grid of Manantali (RIMA), 1,700 km long. To date, the total installed capacity of the RIMA is 260 MW. On the completion of the "second generation" projects which involve 5 new structures, the OMVS's energy system will reach an installed capacity of about 2,000 MW.
Hoist the mainsail
As far as the celebrity of rivers goes, I've had ups and downs. My hour of glory takes us back to the beginning of the 20th century, when I was considered as a flourishing means of transportation. The slump was sudden when, in 1970, this activity became scarcer until almost stopping, due to the total lack of investment to sustain competition with alternative transport modes (road, rail, etc.) and considerable variations in my hydraulic regime.
One of the OMVS's priorities is the restoration of durable navigation between Saint-Louis and Ambidédi, meaning a stretch of navigable path for 905 km! This implies major dredging works to develop the channel, building a river-maritime port at Saint-Louis, building or restoring wharves on both banks, and so forth. These projects have been studied for over 40 years and my managers hope to launch them soon to strengthen my role as a lever for the development of the regions I cross.
Hello, I invite you to consult the following page on the website of Initiatives for the Future of Great Rivers (IFGR):Senegal river https://www.initiativesrivers.org/rivers/senegal/ Best regards.


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Q: Need help understanding the order of tracing code in a while loop I am trying to trace the code of a while loop and I'm stuck. How do i deal with the !result. If result = false, then !result = true, so after the first loop, the result then = true. the next time the loop is repeated, does !result = false?
EDIT - what i'm really asking is after the first loop, will the result change? because at the end of the first loop the result is true, so the next time you reach !result does that make it false?
boolean result = false;
int i = 0;

while (i < arr.length && !result) {
    if (arr[i] == val) {
        result = true;
    }
    i++;
}
return result;

the array is {3, 7, -2, 8, 4}

A: This can be re-written as
while (i < arr.length && result == false) {
    ..
}

Alternatively you could use a break within the if
while (i < arr.length ) {
  if (arr[i] == val) {
      result = true;
      break;
  }
  ....
  i++;
}

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November 22, 2017 - No Politics With My Turkey, Please, U.S. Voters Tell Quinnipiac University National Poll; Most Dislike Player Protests, But Many Will Watch
American voters say 63 - 26 percent they hope to avoid discussing politics when visiting with family or friends this Thanksgiving, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.
Voters 18 to 34 years old say 72 - 22 percent that they don't want a side dish of politics with their turkey, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds. Men want to avoid politics 58 - 30 percent and women say can the controversy 67 - 22 percent.
The way people talk about politics is contributing to violence in the U.S., American voters say 69 - 27 percent.
American voters disapprove 52 - 42 percent of some National Football League players choosing to kneel during the National Anthem. Men disapprove 54 - 39 percent while women disapprove by a narrow 49 - 44 percent.
But voters say 67 - 31 percent that NFL players have the right to protest by taking a knee. There is virtually no gender gap, but a wide partisan gap: Supporting players' rights are Democrats 88 - 11 percent and independent voters 69 - 29 percent. Republican voters say 58 - 39 percent that players do not have the right to protest.
Sandwiched in with the turkey, 44 percent of American voters, including 50 percent of men and 39 percent of women, plan to watch football this Thanksgiving.
Because of the NFL player protests, 27 percent of voters are watching less football these days, while 66 percent say they are watching about the same amount.
"Fed up with the daily dose of political heartburn and starving for a little holiday harmony, American voters say feed me turkey not politics," said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. "The holiday season begins with a conflict-weary public.
"Most voters don't approve of NFL players taking a knee in protest, but two-thirds say players have a right to protest and 27 percent of voters/viewers are exercising their right to turn off the game."
Only 17 percent of American voters say they are less likely to watch football because of reports of severe brain damage among NFL players.
There is a wide gender gap as voters say 50 - 45 percent that if they had children they still would let them play full contact football. Men say 60 - 35 percent they would let their children play. Women say no 53 - 41 percent. Feeling Thankful About the Economy
A total of 74 percent of American voters describe their personal financial situation as "excellent" or "good," while 25 percent say "not so good" or "poor." President Donald Trump's policies are helping their personal finances, 21 percent of voters say, as 23 percent say these policies are hurting them and 54 percent say Trump policies are not making much difference.
A total of 58 percent of voters say the nation's economy is "excellent" or "good," while 41 percent say the U.S. economy is "not so good" or "poor."
Former President Barack Obama is more responsible for the state of the nation's economy, 43 percent of voters say, while 41 percent say President Trump is more responsible.
The state of the stock market is "excellent" or "good," 72 percent of voters say, while 14 percent say "not so good" or "poor." Trump is more responsible for the state of the stock market, 50 percent of voters say, as 28 percent say Obama is more responsible.
A total of 66 percent of American voters say the nation's job market is "excellent" or "good," while 31 percent say "not so good" or "poor." Trump is more responsible for the state of the job market, 45 percent say, while 41 percent say Obama is more responsible.
Only 44 percent of voters say the state of wages in the U.S. is "excellent" or "good," while 53 percent say wages are "not so good" or "poor." Trump and Obama share responsibility for the state of wages, as 38 percent point to Obama and 36 percent say Trump is more responsible.
From November 15 - 20, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,415 voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points, including the design effect. Live interviewers call landlines and cell phones.
The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts nationwide public opinion surveys, and statewide polls in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa and Colorado as a public service and for research.
3. In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in the nation today; are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?
Very satisfied        7%    11%     2%     9%     9%     5%     5%     9%
Very satisfied        8%     7%     7%     6%    10%     5%     7%     -      9%
Smwht satisfied      22     25     25     27     33     25     29     13     16
Smwht dissatisfied   42     28     25     23     29     29     29     22     32
Very dissatisfied    26     39     43     43     26     39     33     63     40
TREND: In general, how satisfied are you with the way things are going in the nation today; are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied?
Very    Smwht   Smwht   Very
sat     sat     dis     dis     DK/NA
Nov 22, 2017          7      25      29      38       1
Oct 11, 2017          3      24      29      43       1
Sep 27, 2017          2      22      33      41       1
Aug 24, 2017          3      19      27      50       1
Jun 28, 2017          4      27      26      41       1
May 24, 2017          4      29      29      37       2
Apr 19, 2017          7      26      27      38       2
Mar 22, 2017          5      26      27      39       2
Feb 22, 2017          6      25      28      39       2
Jan 26, 2017          6      26      30      36       3
Link to full trend on website
6. Would you describe the state of the nation's economy these days as excellent, good, not so good, or poor?
Excellent             9%    18%     2%     7%    13%     5%    11%    10%
Good                 49     59     39     52     57     41     59     50
Not so good          29     17     40     27     21     36     23     27
Poor                 12      5     19     11      9     16      7     10
DK/NA                 1      1      -      2      1      2      1      2
Excellent             9%    10%     7%    10%    15%     6%    10%     2%     7%
Good                 40     47     57     49     61     49     55     30     45
Not so good          35     29     24     27     18     32     25     43     29
Poor                 14     13     12     13      6     11      9     25     19
DK/NA                 2      1      -      2      -      2      1      1      -
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME..........  ECONOMIC CLASS.......
30-    50-    100-                        Upper
<30K   50K    100K   250K   >250K  Wrkng  Middle Middle+
Excellent             3%     9%    10%    12%    14%     7%     9%    12%
Poor                 23     20      8      6      -     19     10      7
TREND: Would you describe the state of the nation's economy these days as excellent, good, not so good, or poor?
Exclnt  Good    Good    Poor    DK/NA
Oct 11, 2017          9      52      28       9       2
7. Who do you believe is more responsible for the current state of the economy: former President Obama or President Trump?
Obama                43%    39%    47%    44%    42%    44%    46%    41%
Obama                50%    48%    43%    35%    42%    45%    43%    41%    48%
Trump                34     35     43     50     44     40     41     40     39
TREND: Who do you believe is more responsible for the current state of the economy: former President Obama or President Trump?
Obama   Trump   DK/NA
Nov 22, 2017         43      41      16
Aug 17, 2017         50      38      12
Jun 28, 2017         51      34      15
May 10, 2017         58      29      13
Apr 20, 2017         59      27      14
Mar 22, 2017         63      22      15
8. Would you describe the state of the stock market these days as excellent, good, not so good, or poor?
Excellent            27%    42%    16%    27%    34%    20%    38%    26%
Not so good          12      6     19     11      9     15      7     10
Poor                  2      -      3      3      1      3      1      1
DK/NA                14     10     16     12     11     16      7     18
Excellent            16%    27%    30%    35%    40%    24%    32%    11%    16%
Not so good          17     10      9     12      7     10      9     23     21
Poor                  4      2      1      3      1      2      1      4      6
DK/NA                25     14      8     11     10     16     13     11     21
Not so good          26     11      7      8      2     17     11      5
Poor                  6      2      -      1      -      3      3      1
DK/NA                20     17     10      7      1     19     12      9
9. Who do you believe is more responsible for the current state of the stock market: former President Obama or President Trump?
10. Would you describe the state of the nation's job market these days as excellent, good, not so good, or poor?
Excellent            11%    17%     4%    11%    15%     6%    12%    12%
Poor                  6      2     10      6      4      8      4      5
Excellent            11%    10%    11%    11%    18%     6%    12%     3%     9%
Poor                  6      9      6      5      4      6      5     10     10
Excellent             6%    11%    11%    16%    12%    10%    10%    14%
Poor                 16      8      3      2      1     12      4      2
DK/NA                 2      3      3      2      -      1      3      3
11. Who do you believe is more responsible for the current state of the job market: former President Obama or President Trump?
12. Would you describe the state of wages in the United States these days as excellent, good, not so good, or poor?
Excellent             3%     6%     1%     2%     3%     2%     4%     3%
Poor                 16      3     21     18     13     18     12     13
Excellent             4%     2%     2%     3%     4%     3%     3%     -      -
Poor                 19     16     15     15     12     12     12     28     20
Poor                 25     16     13     12     13     20     14     12
13. Who do you believe is more responsible for the current state of wages: former President Obama or President Trump?
14. Would you describe your financial situation these days as excellent, good, not so good, or poor?
Not so good          17     10     23     15     14     19      7     19
Poor                  8      6     13      6      6     10      3     11
Excellent            11%    15%    15%    15%    18%    15%    16%     6%     8%
Poor                 10      9      7      7      6      9      8     16      6
DK/NA                 2      1      1      1      -      2      1      2      -
Excellent             3%     5%    11%    26%    53%     4%    10%    37%
Not so good          33     27     10      4      3     28     15      3
Poor                 30      4      1      2      -     17      4      -
DK/NA                 -      2      1      -      -      1      1      1
TREND: Would you describe your financial situation these days as excellent, good, not so good, or poor?
Nov 22, 2017         14      60      17       8       1
Oct 11, 2017         12      61      20       6       1
Aug 17, 2017         13      61      17       7       2
Jun 28, 2017         15      62      14       8       2
May 10, 2017         13      60      19       7       1
Apr 20, 2017         13      63      17       7       1
15. Do you think President Trump's policies are helping the nation's economy, hurting the nation's economy, or aren't making much of a difference?
Helping              36%    73%     7%    35%    44%    28%    36%    49%
Hurting              31      5     55     26     22     38     30     20
Helping              23%    41%    39%    37%    51%    35%    43%     7%    23%
Hurting              33     28     32     30     18     31     25     58     33
Helping              27%    29%    44%    38%    36%    37%    33%    39%
Hurting              39     33     25     28     32     29     31     31
16. Do you think President Trump's policies are helping your personal financial situation, hurting your personal financial situation, or aren't making much of a difference?
DK/NA                 1      1      3      3      3      2      3      -      2
17. Do you think President Trump has made the right decisions about the nation's economy, or not?
Yes/Right decisions  42%    79%     8%    45%    51%    33%    40%    59%
DK/NA                 8      8      5     11      7     10      8      9
Yes/Right decisions  35%    44%    44%    43%    60%    41%    50%     5%    31%
DK/NA                 7      9      7     10      6     11      9      6     10
Yes/Right decisions  35%    38%    49%    45%    38%    44%    39%    44%
18. If you are visiting with family or friends this Thanksgiving, are you looking forward to discussing politics, or are you hoping to avoid discussing politics?
Looking forward      26%    30%    26%    22%    30%    22%    29%    25%
Hoping to avoid      63     55     66     65     58     67     59     64
NOT VISITING(VOL)     1      1      2      1      1      2      1      1
NEITHER(VOL)          8     10      4      9      9      6      8      7
Looking forward      22%    26%    30%    23%    33%    21%    27%    27%    15%
Hoping to avoid      72     60     58     64     55     67     62     68     67
NOT VISITING(VOL)     -      2      1      2      1      1      1      1      4
NEITHER(VOL)          4      9      9      8      8      7      7      3     11
19. Have politics in the United States over the last year changed how you feel about discussing politics with your family and friends for the better, for the worse, or not changed how you feel about discussing politics?
For the better       11%    17%     7%    11%    14%     8%     8%    15%
For the worse        39     28     49     40     33     45     46     32
Not changed          47     54     42     46     51     44     44     49
For the better       14%     9%    10%    13%    16%     8%    12%    10%     8%
For the worse        39     43     38     37     31     45     39     42     47
Not changed          47     47     48     46     51     43     47     48     42
DK/NA                 -      1      4      4      2      3      3      1      3
20. Do you think that the way people talk about politics these days is contributing to violence in the U.S., or don't you think so?
Yes/Contributes      69%    62%    73%    69%    65%    72%    73%    64%
Doesn't contribute   27     32     23     28     30     24     23     30
Yes/Contributes      72%    72%    69%    63%    66%    70%    68%    65%    78%
Doesn't contribute   26     27     25     30     30     24     27     32     19
TREND: Do you think that the way people talk about politics these days is contributing to violence in the U.S., or don't you think so?
Yes/    Doesn't
Contrib contrib DK/NA
Jun 28, 2017         79      17       4
21. Are you planning on watching football this Thanksgiving, or not?
Yes/Watching         44%    44%    48%    43%    50%    39%    44%    44%
Yes/Watching         45%    47%    45%    40%    50%    38%    44%    54%    41%
22. As you may know, some NFL players are choosing to kneel during the national anthem as a form of protest. Do you approve or disapprove of this form of protest?
23. Regardless of whether or not you approve of the protests, do you think NFL players have the right to protest in this way or not?
Yes/Right to protest 67%    39%    88%    69%    67%    68%    72%    51%
Yes/Right to protest 82%    71%    61%    57%    62%    60%    61%    92%    74%
No                   16     27     36     41     35     38     37      7     25
24. Do you watch more football these days due to the protests, less football due to the protests, or do you watch about the same amount of football these days?
More                  1%     1%     2%     1%     1%     1%     1%     1%
Less                 27     52      8     26     30     23     26     36
Same                 66     42     81     69     63     68     69     56
More                  1%     2%     1%     1%     2%     -      1%     2%     1%
Less                 16     30     31     28     37     27     32      8     19
Same                 78     63     63     60     57     67     62     79     71
DK/NA                 6      5      5     11      4      6      5     11      8
25. Have reports of severe brain damage in NFL players made you less likely to watch football, or not?
Yes/Less likely      17%    12%    23%    16%    15%    19%    22%    13%
Yes/Less likely      22%    17%    16%    16%    15%    19%    17%    13%    19%
26. If you had children, would you let them play full contact football or not?
Yes/Let them play    50%    58%    44%    49%    60%    41%    38%    54%
Yes/Let them play    63%    53%    44%    44%    57%    37%    47%    62%    60%

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Q: How to set Custom View as Default View for SharePoint List? I Have Created 2 View for List now i want to set the Different view as default on different Login.
I want to do this using c# code
For Example:
Views are as Following:

*

*AllItems

*UserView

Then
If Admin Log in then List's Default View is AllItems
If User Log in then List's Default View is UserView
How Can I do this using C# code?
Code Snippet:
                SPUser LoggedInUser = web.CurrentUser;

                SPList CurrentList = web.Lists[ListName];

                if (LoggedInUser.LoginName == LoginUser)
                {
                    web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
                    CurrentList.Views[AllItems].DefaultView = false;
                    CurrentList.Views[UserView].DefaultView = true;
                    CurrentList.Update();              // Error here
                    web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;

                }
                else if (LoggedInUser.LoginName == LoginAdmin)
                {
                    web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
                    CurrentList.Views[AllItems].DefaultView = true;
                    CurrentList.Views[UserView].DefaultView = false;
                    CurrentList.Update();               // Error here
                    web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
                }

Above Code is Give the Error : "Unable to evaluate expression because the code is optimized or a native frame is on top of the call stack."

A: You have to call Update method on SPView object too.
SPView yourView = CurrentList.Views[UserView];
yourView.DefaultView = true;
yourView.Update();

A: I keep this method in my extension methods
public static void SetAsDefaultView(this SPList self, string viewName)
    {
        if (!self.Views[viewName].DefaultView)
        {
            self.DefaultView.DefaultView = false;
            self.Views[viewName].DefaultView = true;
            self.Update();
        }
    }


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Tag Archives: American literature
August Reads
Excited to report that I completed my 52-books-in-2016 challenge this month!
But now onto the August reads…
At Home in the Law: How the Domestic Violence Revolution is Transforming Privacy by Jeannie Suk (YUP 2011)
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance (Harper 2016)
After reading the author's interview with the New Conservative, this got bumped to the top of the list. I laughed a lot more than I thought I would (some of the dialogue reminded me of what I heard as a kid, and reading about it somehow elicits, among other things, laughter). Instead of some memoirs where you either feel like the author barely sees him/herself as an agent (which then leaves you feeling depressed and helpless as well) or where the author tells a story of triumphing over all with god/John Galt-like control (unrealistic and fails to appreciate how we all depend on those around us, and how important it is to have support – as a kid and as an adult) this was much more in the middle. He acknowledges how some members of his family not simply "saved him" but, better than that, provided him with the conditions from which he could go on to succeed. Also, a refreshing comment on how the military can turn lives around (I don't think people in elite institutions often understand how someone screaming at you, making you do what they say, can really *increase* agency, but Vance explains how much of a difference his time there made). (note: both my parents were in the Air Force and I'm pretty sure my dad would agree. Mom is a different story) In short: really enjoyed, very quick read, and I suspect will give a lot of people an insight into a culture of which they are ignorant but, if this election cycle has shown anything, they should not be.
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon (Scribner 2000)
Atlas is not an inaccurate description. This book is massive, 570+ pages. And the font is small! Parts I enjoyed. Other parts, less so. If you want a now-slightly-outdated encyclopedic understanding of depression, here's your book. Chapters go into detail about the author's own experiences, the history of different drugs and treatments, the history of how we've understood depression over the centuries (I liked that part), and an unfortunately short look at what it's like to deal with mental illness for those who don't come (in contrast to the author) from such privileged backgrounds.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (originally Putnam's Sons 1966)
A gift with high praise from Will B., though he hadn't read the thing since he was a kid. Libertarians will enjoy. Enjoyed the alternate family structures, the conscious computer (Mike!), and the political and revolutionary strategy. A quick-witted sort of tone. No Ursula K. Le Guin (Dispossessed is better) and no Octavia Butler, but good. And let's be real: that is an awesome title.
This entry was posted in Book Reviews and tagged American literature, anarchy, bibliophilia, Book Reviews, classism, depression, domestic violence, empathy, feminism, fiction, First Amendment, History, libertarian, mental health, non-fiction, philosophy, science fiction, selfhood on September 1, 2016 by heathermichellewhitney.
July Reads
With the move back to Cambridge, writing, the start of GRE prep, and two weeks of fantastic cycling in Montana with The Cycling House (100% recommend them), reading was a bit light this month.
The Epistemology of Resistance: Gender and Racial Oppression, Epistemic Injustice, and Resistant Imaginations by José Medina (OUP)
Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work by Gillian Thomas (St. Martin's Press)
Was putzing around the MIT coop bookshop and stumbled upon this. Started reading a few pages and decided I just had to finish it. If you like the Law Stories Series of books, you'll enjoy this. Would be a great optional reading recommendation for students in an Employment Law-type class.
Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit (originally published by Nation Books in 2004 but my version, with a new foreword and afterword, was published by Haymarket Books [check out their site for lots of great reads] in 2016)
I was feeling a bit depressed and decided to read something with a, well, more hopeful tenor than my newsfeed. Good tidbits on narrative ethics, conflict, clashing conceptions of self, epistemic injustice, and the necessity of imagination/role of imagination in social progress.
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Unbelievably good. The first Hesse I've read and I had to stop myself from taking pictures of every single page and sending them to friends. For those interested in narrative, multiple identities/selves, etc. this is absolutely positively amazing.
This entry was posted in Book Reviews, Labor Law and tagged academia, academica, American literature, bibliophilia, Book Reviews, civil rights, classism, education, empathy, epistemic injustice, ethics, feminism, fiction, History, identity, love, non-fiction, philosophy, racism, selfhood, Title VII on August 1, 2016 by heathermichellewhitney.
June Reads
House of Holes by Nicholson Baker (Simon & Schuster)
What is the relationship between fantasy and reality? Here I have in mind two different kinds of fantasy: (1) alternative worlds we gain exposure to through, among other things, stories; (2) the fantasies we have in our heads.
As for version (1), I've been thinking about/reading about whether we have a duty of epistemic resistance (borrowing philosopher José Medina's term from The Epistemology of Resistance).The idea here is something like: each of us needs to cultivate epistemic openness to alternative points of view and ways of knowing because it is through confrontation with these alternative perspectives that ethical learning happens. Part of cultivating this openness is engaging in the kinds of self-interrogation that make us feel perplexed and self-estranged. From that space of perplexity and alienation-from-self, we are able to take seriously – listen truly – to the views of others. And the reason: because we are less stuck in our own perspective. We've seen the contingencies, conflicts, problems, latent in the mosaic of beliefs and commitments we have. (I know very little about the tradition, but, relying on Medina again, this is all part of the Pragmatist tradition espoused by Dewey, Jane Addams, and others.). Given how this works, we should affirmatively look for ways to confront ourselves with radically different views and possible worlds. (This is, for what it's worth, part of why I think science fiction *can* be so important – some authors, like Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler, and Marge Piercy, create worlds that really do jolt us/confront us with something uncomfortably different, thereby inviting us to question everything that seems axiomatic in our own lives and worlds).
As for version (2), what's the relationship between those fantasies and our ethical commitments? Take sexual fantasies. If one is turned-on by depictions of women being degraded or humiliated, does that necessarily say something about one's views and ethical commitments about women "in real life"? Some feminist theorists think the line between fantasy and real life is illusory – porn of men degrading women cannot but negatively effect the treatment of women. Others think there's at least the possibility of compartmentalization. (think of violent video games – most (?) seem to think there's no necessary relation between entering into those fantastic worlds and being violent in real life.) I don't know, though I tentatively think it's unlikely there's a hermeneutic seal between the ethical and fantastical. It seems like our aesthetic preferences/responses, like emotions, are at least in some sense formed by/guided by/influenced by/responsive to our ethical commitments. For instance, imagine the creation of totally computer-generated child pornography. That is, no children were involved, it's all animated, etc. etc. I suspect that most people would find the idea of being turned on by that repugnant, even though it's not real, and even though it's just fantasy. They think people should not be turned on by depictions of that thing. Ever. And yet… people don't seem to have that same no-go response to depictions (even if those depictions are fake in some sense [though I don't think they're very fake]) of women being humiliated and/or dominated, though they swear up and down they think the subordination of women "in real life" is wrong. What's the difference? A response might be: even fake child porn is a depiction of someone doing something to someone who we think just cannot consent, whereas a woman can consent to being humiliated. So it's sexy because there's consent? Perhaps. But the turn-on is the humiliation and degradation — the consent just seems to be what then might make being turned on by that "ok" in some sense.
Another thought: there might be a lot else going on in what makes something we think ethically problematic fodder for fantasy. The taboo generally might work, and that subordination is now supposedly taboo, that might be a partial explanation. (though that doesn't seem to work for fake child porn!)
One more thought I've been mulling over: thinking back to fantasy version (1), we have radically different understandings and perspectives depending on where we stand in relation to others. Different perspectives give us access to different kinds of knowledge, different insights. What if playing out different roles (sexual being just one example, though an area where I suspect adults feel more free to play than they do (sadly) otherwise) can give us access to different understandings. Could a man, for instance, ever play out a submissive, dominated role in one area as a way of coming to understand a bit more what that is like for groups that are more oppressed generally? We know that acting, even for a short time, can lead us to really embody those roles (think Milgram experiment). And what if that might be a good thing, at least sometimes?
That's all a long introduction to House of Holes. This book, I had hoped, would speak to both versions (1) and (2). Alas, not so much.
The premise is something like this: ordinary objects, like dryer and golf holes, are occasional-portals, transporting everyday people to The House of Holes, a magical, carnivalesque sex resort where any and all sexual desires can be fulfilled… for a price.
Re: Fantasy (1) (exposure to new ideas)
As I said, I was under the impression that the book would make space for imagining different kinds of sexuality outside the everyday heteronormative stuff we are all exposed to. In short, I thought it would be like SF — enter an alien world and, through exposure, be changed a little. Or learn something new and weird about yourself. But no. First, how odd that there was basically zero same-sex sex. How is that possible? More than that, the vast majority of the fantasies were just the same old heteronormative tropes on steroids. Granted, lots of steroids. Lots and lots of steroids, but the underlying idea of what was sexual was fundamentally and almost always centered on women as sex objects, men turned on by doing things to them, and women being turned on by being used. Even the economy of House of Holes seemed saturated in the same old gender awfulness: when men wanted something, they had to pay money or temporarily give up a body part (like an arm, in exchange for a larger penis). When women wanted something — for instance, a woman who wanted to have sex with a tree — you know what she had to do? Guess. Yep — perform some sort of sexual act for a man. When women wanted something they almost invariably had to pay with sex. Men (at least, only men had them) could also buy butt-grabbing passes. One in possession of such a card had the right to go up to any woman and demand the right to grope her bottom (they could also demand to do what they wanted with said bottom out in public or require her to go back to their rooms, for instance). Women were forbidden to refuse, on pains of (if I remember correctly) all their clothes disappearing, forcing them to walk around naked. Like… is that supposed to be paradise for women? I don't deny that some women will like some (or all) of what the book depicts, but I found the sexual politics not so great and, more to my original point, not the kind of mind-bending experience I was hoping it would be. That's not to say that some of the book wasn't fun at times, and I certainly appreciated female characters who fully and openly embraced sex, but, again, this was not a whole new world.
Re: Fantasy (2) (ethics and aesthetics)
The above pretty much captures my issues. What was fascinating to me: of all the reviews I read on this book, none seemed to mention these potential critiques. Everyone cheered that it was "sex positive." And perhaps they are right, in some sense. Some women, some of the time, want to be subordinated in sex. And if it just so happens that every woman depicted in House of Holes had that view, then I suppose it was positive for them. The question might be (1) should we worry about what people fantasize about and (2) is it problematic when we only depict one kind of fantasy/way of being sexual? It would have been much neater to see a woman who enjoyed subordination sometimes but other times took on the dominant role. It also would have been great to see some sex that wasn't so focused on power-as-sexual-fuel at all. Though perhaps Baker is sympathetic to, or at least finds descriptively accurate, Oscar Wilde's view: "Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power."
40. Consumption and the Making of Respectability, 1600-1800 by Woodruff Smith (Routledge)
41. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit (updated edition, Haymarket Books)
This book is a collection of essays, the most famous among them: Men Explain Things to Men — the essay known for leading to the creation of the term "mansplaining". (Tidbit: the author notes in a postscript that she has "doubts" about the term: "it seems to me to go a little heavy on the idea that men are inherently flawed this way, rather than that some men explain things they shouldn't and don't hear things they should. If it's not clear enough in the piece, I love it when people explain things to me they know and I'm interested in but don't yet know: it's when they explain things to me I know and they don't that the conversation goes wrong." (13). I agree with her there.
The collection is great. My favorite two: Woolf's Darkness: Embracing the Inexplicable and Cassandra Among the Creeps. Cassandra deals with what Miranda Fricker would call epistemic injustice, mostly testimonial injustice specifically. In contrast to the Boy Who Cried Wolf, who was believed and believed until finally he wasn't, Cassandra is the story of a woman who has the power of true prophecy but was cursed by Apollo (as punishment for refusing to have sex with him) so nobody would ever believe her. From there, Solnit discusses the harms we experience when others fail to take us seriously and fail to hear us. "Silence, like Dante's hell, has its concentric circles." (107). From talking about silencing, invoking both Judith Herman and Susan Brison's work in this area (both scholars I respect immensely), she talks about the power of language, narrative construction, and how how words help us both describe and reshape our world. Like Fricker, the concept of sexual harassment is discussed. A great read on the heels of Consumption and the Making of Respectability.
Another interesting bit related to Respectability and the question of whether it can be used for subversive purposes (as question Smith raised): here, Solnit discusses the los desaparecidos (the disappeared) during Argentina's "dirty war" (1976-1983) and the success the mothers had in raising awareness and pushing for change. As Solnit understands it (and I just don't know nearly enough to comment on this), the mothers used the respectability that they had in virtue of motherhood (itself a result of the respectability women are given in the domain of femininity, domesticity, emotions, etc.) to be taken seriously. Whereas others fighting against the regime were brushed aside and delegitimized as Radical, the same could not be done to mothers who invoked the revered concept of motherly love. Here, we might say that the respectability women get through domestication, while subordinating in some (most) ways, was also itself a tool they could use for subversive ends. It gave them a narrow way to enter public spaces, where they might usually be excluded, to push for justice.
42. Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America by Dana Frank (originally South End Press, though I read the Haymarket Press version – purchased at the Chicago Lit Fest!)
I'm writing this on a plane without the book so I don't have access to my notes! Short version: interesting and mind-opening.
43. The Wild Girls by Ursula K. Le Guin
44. From Slavery to the Cooperative Commonwealth: Labor and Republican Liberty in the Nineteenth Century by Alexander Gourevitch (Cambridge University Press)
Absolutely worth reading. I did not before this understand the relationship between the concept of Solidarity and the neo-republican conception of freedom. It goes a long way toward explaining why, historically, collective action was considered masculine, whereas today it seems to invoke the feminine. I'd like to understand more how that shift to the feminine occurred. Perhaps it tracks declines in unionization?
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May Reads
Another month of good reads (speaking of which, friend me on goodreads!)
The Language Animal by Charles Taylor (HUP)
Continuing my reading in the epistemic injustice area. From HUP, "For centuries, philosophers have been divided on the nature of language. Those in the rational empiricist tradition—Hobbes, Locke, Condillac, and their heirs—assert that language is a tool that human beings developed to encode and communicate information. In The Language Animal, Taylor explains that this view neglects the crucial role language plays in shaping the very thought it purports to express. Language does not merely describe; it constitutes meaning and fundamentally shapes human experience. The human linguistic capacity is not something we innately possess. We first learn language from others, and, inducted into the shared practice of speech, our individual selves emerge out of the conversation."
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
This is the first fiction work of hers I've read (shamefully enough). Absolutely remarkable. I'm tempted to read it again in a few months. The first book I can recall where I felt compelled to take photos of passages and send them to my sister! A certain Proustian sensibility in it (she was a huge fan of his) but with its own unique voice. Loved it.
The Secrete Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us by James W. Pennebaker
More in the epistemic injustice space, I thought this would be a good for thinking more about how the way we communicate shapes how others perceive/siganls our place in social hierarchies. This book could have been a bit shorter, I'd say. But, nonetheless, enjoyed.
The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith
Just received the Man Booker International Prize a few weeks ago. Great story about how it got translated – Smith was a PhD student, read it in Korean, loved it, and decided it just had to be translated. She spent the next year learning Korean better, translated ten pages, sent it to a publisher, publisher loved it, and the rest is history!
As I've said before, it is tragic how little opportunity English speakers have to read translations of Asian authors. Kang, a woman author from South Korea, is one of the very very very few South Korean authors we have access to. The loss is ours. The way she writes about relationships (indeed, the family dynamics especially), the way her characters see the world, the symbolism, themes, etc., all open up new ways of being and thinking.
The Workplace Constitution from the New Deal to the New Right by Sophia Z. Lee (CUP)
So great – I only wish I had read this before I taught private discrimination this quarter. Broadly, the book looks at the history of constitutional rights in the workplace. Today, in the private sector, most of us are under an at-will employment regime. We can be fired for almost any reason or no reason at all. While most Americans *think* their constitutional right to free speech and, more at stake in this book, a Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment right to not be wrongfully discriminated against, are protected in the workplace, that's just not true. This book traces the battles that got us to this point. It's a fascinating combination of labor, race, and the rise of the New Right. And what I really enjoyed — a fantastic explanation of the pros and cons of an expansive state action doctrine. Originally, pro-labor wanted an expansive doctrine so the constitution could reach the workplace. Then, as the New Right gained power (esp. with Rehnquist and the Burger Court), the move to a colorblind Constitution meant that an expansive state action doctrine would preclude some of the affirmative action policies workplaces adopted. Expansive state action also meant government intervention in the inner-workings of unions, which itself gave industry a new and powerful anti-unionization tool (companies argued that if unions were discriminatory, the NLRB couldn't certify them as workers' exclusive representative as it would violate the Fifth A) [state action = certification as exclusive rep]). I have pages and pages of notes and questions. If you're interested in state action, labor, civil rights, the history of right to work (the Right's adoption of an expansive state action doctrine), and rights in the workplace, this is a must read.
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February Reads
February was another good month of books. In chronological order:
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson (Graywolf Press)
Winner of tons of awards, The Argonauts is a powerful book in the memoir/digester-and-reflector-of-culture vein. Reading, you feel the force of Nelson as she fluidly thinks through her own intellectual development, relationships, sexuality, gender fluidity, family, motherhood, art, and what one woman's attempts at a happy life looks like.
Side note: I'm a big fan of Graywolf Press and I highly recommend you take a look at some of their catalogs the next time you're looking for something worthwhile to read.When I get their catalogs, it's always a big treat to see what they've got coming out. They also published The Empathy Exams, which I wrote about a while back and two other book I read this month.
A Theory of Discrimination by Tarunabh Khaitan (Oxford University Press)
I'm teaching a seminar this spring on private (that is, non-government) discrimination and writing an essay examining and ultimately rejecting the autonomy argument against government regulation in that space (much inspiration drawn from Susan Brison's work); this is one of the many books I've read in preparation for the class and for the paper. Helpful read though the section on private discrimination (framed as a discussion of the duty bearers of antidiscrimination laws) wasn't ultimately of much help. The author more or less attempts to philosophically ground the status quo without questioning whether it really is justifiable. Nonetheless, helpful. Surprising number of typos.
A World of Letters: Yale University Press, 1908-2008 by the one and only Nicholas Basbanes (Yale University Press).
I love Nicholas Basbanes. Love. If you have any interest in books, libraries, book collecting – frankly, if you have any interest in joy – you must read his books. All of them. His writing is one gorgeous love letter to books and, more than that, book people. Here he writes about the history of Yale University Press. Not my favorite of his books but still totally enjoyable. Through this I also learned the controversy surrounding the publishing of A Long Day's Journey Into Night – and now I've got it to read and tickets to see the play this month! If you enjoy learning a bit about the history of the spread of ideas and how publishing houses contribute to that, I recommend!
The Life of an Unknown Man by Andreï Makine; Translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan (Graywolf Press)
Saw this while perusing Graywolf Press's site. I found it so depressing. Here's the description: "Shutov, a disenchanted writer, revisits St. Petersburg after twenty years of exile in Paris, hoping to recapture his youth. Instead, he meets Volsky, an old man who tells him his extraordinary story: of surviving the siege of Leningrad, the march on Berlin, and Stalin's purges, and of a transcendent love affair. Volsky's life is an inspiration to Shutov—because for all that he suffered, he knew great happiness. This depth of feeling stands in sharp contrast to the empty lives Shutov encounters in the new Russia, and to his own life, that of just another unknown man." What I wrote in the back: "Shutov is this passed-his-prime writer who a young aspiring (woman) writer idolizes until she realizes he isn't the literary master she imagined. He is then supposedly transformed by his encounter with Volsky but it isn't so clear how that transformation happens. We hear the same story Shutov hears but it never felt like I knew Shutov well enough to fill in the gaps and credibly imagine how he understood that story." I will say that the Volsky story was moving and awful. Through him we see this meaningless nightmare merry-go-round where we eternally repeat (contrast Mila Kundera) awful, awful things. He is subject to the merry-go-round but stands outside it, content to live a simple life with his love, Mila. Mila and Volsky vaguely reminded me of Axel and Beatrice from The Buried Giant. There's this stillness, the deadness of winter that kills everything. Then, a finding of another, and the fragile tenacity of that connection. And yet here, in contrast to The Buried Giant, that stillness and fog seems to only contain the two of them – the rest of the world standing in violent relief. In the end: I'm mixed on the book and had to take a break from fiction afterward. I can only feel so sad for so long!
On Liberty by Mill
For my essay on the autonomy defense
Curiosity by Alberto Manguel (Yale University Press)
Came across this on YUP's site. Then read a recommendation that said if you like Nicholas Basbanes, you'll love Alberto Manguel. Totally agree. This book is nothing if not a long beautiful musing on curiosity and language, using Dante's Divine Comedy as a backbone for the journey.To say more than that is hard. I've never read Dante (shame, I know) but reading this has forced it onto my list. I have pages of notes! I wish I was as widely read as Manguel. Hopefully there's still time!
Cities I've Never Lived In by Sara Majka (Graywolf Press)
Just published Feb. 16 of this month, I got my copy that day. So so so depressing. If you've read Dept. of Speculation, it shares something with it — that New England cold, still, icy blues and gray kind of loneliness. The book will make you physically ache. Hurt. Ugh. Proceed with caution.
The Imperative of Integration by Elizabeth Anderson (Princeton University Press)
I had the great fortune of meeting and eating dinner with Liz Anderson when she presented at the Law & Philosophy workshop this month. I read a few chapters of her book for the workshop and then decided I needed the whole thing. Really enjoyed this (and more pages of notes!) and it'll be required reading for my students this spring. Inspiring to see work in non-ideal theory that really engages with the facts on the ground while maintaining such clarity of thought. I aspire!
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Richard recommended and I loved it! Super fun and clever. If you like Cory Doctorow, I think you'd like Robin Sloan. And if you're from the Bay Area (or ever worked at Google), you'll love all the references. Fun fun fun and happy. A good way to end the month!
This entry was posted in Book Reviews and tagged academia, academica, American literature, bibliophilia, Book Reviews, fiction, non-fiction, philosophy on March 2, 2016 by heathermichellewhitney.


The holiday season and limited tenant options led to new letting in Grade A office space dropping by about 40% m-o-m in December last year, according to JLL's research report of "Hong Kong Property Market Monitor".
With availability in the city's traditional core business areas standing at just 1.6%, about half of all new lettings were realised in non-core business areas such as Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan. The vacancy rate in the overall market remained largely unchanged from the previous month to end the year at 2.9%, while the vacancy rate in Central was also unchanged, ending the year at just 1.2%.
In Central, a net withdrawal of 7,100 sq ft was recorded as several leases expiries returned vacated space to the market. Demand for office space was largely underpinned by smaller requirements. The most notable transaction involved Standard Bank leasing 9,800 sq ft at Two Pacific Place in Admiralty for expansion and consolidation purposes.
Led by increases at the top-end of the market, rents in Central's Grade A office market edged up by 0.8% m-o-m in December, lifting full-year growth to 13.3%. This was the largest rental increase in a year since 2010. All other office submarkets also recorded marginal growth against a tight vacancy environment.


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It may be a quiet street at 10am on a Monday but what is it like in the evenings or at the weekend when most of the residents are at home?
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99% will be distributed, but most of it have already been distributed via not-campaings. The first address is the only one that holds what remains to be distributed: almost 33.5% of the coins.
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Please try again "Check my account".
Periodically, you will receive rewards proportional to your contribution to World Community Grid project under the account.
Today it works My WCG Account is now successfully linked and i joined the Team ByteBall.
Is the Reward calculated proportional to the Run Time or to returned Results/generated Points?
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Are there any news about the WorldCommunityGrid bot integration and when it starts? I read some days ago that a user is almost done with the bot.
By the way, how can I get an invitation for the Byteball Slack?
which is the bot. It will walk you through linking your wallet with your WCG account.
Did anyone tried that? Sure it depends on the electricity cost but I wonder if World Community Grid activity will pay for itself at least.
Proportional to the WCG points.
This bot is there for a test and the reward is just some dust.
For the real distribution, you will need to link using the bot announced by Tony.
If I get a new unused address in the client, can somebody find out the older addresses I used with the account/seed?
Example: I have used address 1 for all my Byteball transactions so far. Now I want to seperate new transactions from the older ones and to create a new address 2. If someone know my address 2, can one find out what address 1 was? Or do I need to use a complete new seed to seperate it?
We should make promotion for this. Outside the crypto community. Any ideas?
What is your CPU load when doing that task? I guess it should depend on CPU model. Which is yours?
I use an older iMac from 2012. You can set up your workload in the settings. I set up 20% of my processor to use when my computer is busy with other things (like browsing etc) and 80% when it is not busy. Theoretically you can set up to only use 1% of your processor. Does not make sense but possible. It runs in the background and I do not notice any slowdown. I can normally work on other things.
Are you able to save proprietary information in Byteball's DAG that is stored in a certain amount of memory (GBYTES) and sell those related GBYTES for crypto or fiat?
It's really nice to see that the idea was implemented so quickly. Big praise to Tony and the developer of the bot. Good job!
I just signed up and will buy bytes. The ios app wallet is not available in the app store, is that correct?
The past week has been great for the Byteball holders as we continue to witness the increase in price of it together with BTC. I know that most of you are here in this thread with questions regarding the technology behind this coin or other stuff but I just can't contain myself due to its price right now. It really appears that we have hit the bottom and is looking for a great reversal in the coming weeks (if BTC doesn't f*ck this up).
Looking forward to see this in ATH in the very near future.
The whole market grown up considerably, so Byteball is not exception.
However, it is definitely good to see Byteball rose significantly in recent days, in both trading pairs (BTC and fiat). I believe that with lots of promising features which Byteball can bring to community, the coin has high probability to keep growing in the future.
Let's support the project and stay tuned for more good news from its team and upcoming price movements (hope that upward movements).
It might be extremely good news for Byteball project, and its community (including supporters, investors, traders) if the coin can hit its new all time highs. Its old all time high stays somewhere around $900, that means if the coin hit its new ATH, my current portfolio will see four- or five-fold increases.
Just wait to see its new all time high (I hope it will occur this year).
That's possible for gbyte to hit it's all time high, this year will be for sure I'm trying hold my gbyte until it goes for that. Well, from the last price I seen it 0.025btc from the start of marketing now it is 0.032btc, what an incredible increase. Besides, 3 days ago they have added buying gbyte with Visa or Mastercard so this also helps the rise of price. Hoping it will continue for greater profits.
WCG Account is now inked and i joined the Team ByteBall too even its just 18 members.


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Highlander Partners Acquires Majority Stake in RMS Beauty
October 13, 2021 BeautyMatter
Highlander Partners has acquired a majority stake in clean beauty brand RMS, founded by Rose-Marie Swift.
WHO: Founded in 2009 by makeup artist Rose-Marie Swif, in Charleston, SC, RMS Beauty is a line of living-ingredient-based products that offer true artist-quality performance. The company has been setting the standard for clean ingredients since its inception. Today, RMS Beauty is a leader in the clean beauty movement, with products distributed globally.
Highlander Partners is a Dallas-based private investment firm which manages over $2 billion of its own proprietary capital. The firm focuses on making investments in businesses in targeted industries in which the principals of the firm have significant operating and investing experience. Highlander Partners employs a buy-and-build investment approach, creating value by helping companies grow both organically and through acquisitions.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: David Olsen, Managing Director Highlander Partners, commented, "Like Rose-Marie herself, the RMS brand is unique. It was the prescient first-mover in clean beauty and continues to push the industry with its formulation standards. Yet it also creates the highest quality and most effective products, as you'd expect from a master makeup artist. With these attributes, RMS has an opportunity to scale considerably. We intend to revamp the brand, strengthen and expand RMS' extensive retail relationships, drive the DTC business, and enhance and broaden the product assortment."
Rose-Marie noted, "I am beyond excited to partner with Highlander. Over the years, many firms have tried to invest in our brand, but we've been self-funded and profitable since day 1, and we were able to be patient and wait for the perfect fit. Highlander's operational expertise and creative approach to investing are unique and unparalleled, and they believe in our core ethos. I look forward to a great partnership."
Jeff L. Hull, President and CEO of Highlander Partners, added, "We have been exploring the beauty and personal care category in a meaningful way for the past two to three years. All of our efforts in assessing the beauty industry have led to an ideal investment with RMS. We believe RMS is the pioneer and leader in clean beauty and has significant growth opportunities, while also giving us optionality to create a larger clean beauty platform. It is our intention to continue to grow in this category through additional acquisitions."
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but WWD reported that industry sources said RMS has about $30 million in sales.
RMS has been self-funded and profitable since its launch. This deal represents the first outside capital for the business.
David Olsen, Managing Director at Highlander and former Chief Executive Officer of Cos Bar and former Global Vice President at Net-a-Porter, will immediately assume the role of CEO of RMS.
Elaine Sack will move to the Chief Strategic Officer role and work hand in hand with Rose-Marie and David through the transition. Ben Slater, a partner at Highlander, will serve as Chairman of the Board.
Katten served as legal counsel to Highlander. William Blair & Company, LLC served as the exclusive financial advisor and Giannuzzi Lewendon served as legal counsel to RMS.
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Adding automatic region sorting to Playerunknown's Battlegrounds was supposed to solve the problem of jerks disrupting games by connecting to distant servers where they'd lag around with high pings. In reality, last week's update caused more problems. Players could find themselves sorted–and locked–onto servers that clearly weren't in their local region, and in laggy games with folks thrown in from all around the world. Not the best. Developers PUBG Corp today admitted that yeah, they muffed it up, and say they're trying to fix it. A partial supposed fix has already gone live, and the full fix is due to be in place next week. Deary me.
"The improved system is intended to automatically send players to the region that provides the lowest ping, but unfortunately an error related to ping calculation occurred and the player's location wasn't being identified correctly, resulting in them being placed into matches in a region that didn't provide the optimal gameplay experience," PUBG Corp said in today's statement.
They say they have already put live "an initial fix to prevent players from connecting to the wrong local region", and they expect to fix the remaining issues next week. One change planned is having the matchmaking for filling squads pick squadmates who speak the same language.
The autosorting system is also supposed to be kind to players in less-populated regions. "In the event of excessive queue times due to a small matchmaking pool, the next closest region will be chosen to ensure players aren't stuck matchmaking indefinitely," the devs explain.
Region-locking has long been requested by vocal players to help clear out cheaters and laggers, with Chinese players in particular being scapegoated for the game's troubles. I don't think region-locking is the panacea some would suggest (nor that it is all down to China), but I do welcome automatic sorting to help cut out laggy distant players. If the system works properly. Which it doesn't yet. The FIX PLUNKBAT campaign continues.
PUBG Corp are also once again testing adding flare guns as a regular drop. As seen in the Metal Rain event mode (though not as common a drop as they were in there), they can call in an armoured vehicle or an extra-large supply drop. They're again being tested in a short event mode, which is live until the wee hours of Sunday.
"We've looked at your feedback from the last round, but want to gather a little more data before we pull the trigger on any changes or deploy the item to live," they say.


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A ten-years-later continuation of Hal Hartley's "Henry Fool", where Fay Grim (Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Goldblum) to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband... Read allA ten-years-later continuation of Hal Hartley's "Henry Fool", where Fay Grim (Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Goldblum) to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband (Ryan). Published in them is information that could compromises the security of the U.S.,... Read allA ten-years-later continuation of Hal Hartley's "Henry Fool", where Fay Grim (Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Goldblum) to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband (Ryan). Published in them is information that could compromises the security of the U.S., causing Fay to first head to Paris to fetch them ...
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Fay Grim was shot almost exclusively using Dutch angles (tilting the camera off to the side).
Fay Grim: Why is it, when someone starts talking about civilization, I hear the sound of machine guns?
Followed by Ned Rifle (2014)
Classic Hartley -- Posey shines.
I'm an admirer of Hal Hartley's films, especially 1997's "Henry Fool." "Fay Grim" is a sequel to that film, and has a similar style and sense of humor. The plot, however, is completely different. Fay Grim (played brilliantly by the iconic Parker Posey) tries to track down her missing husband's notebooks, and finds herself amid conspiracies and espionage. The supporting cast (most of the folks from the first film as well as Jeff Goldblum, Saffron Burrows, and a much-welcomed return from 90s indie-darling Elina Lowensohn) is excellent and the film has lots of surprises. The director claims this is part of a "Star Wars"-like trilogy, serving as the "Empire Strikes Back" of the series If this is true, I can't wait to see the third installment! I just hope I don't have to wait 10 more years for it.
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September 27, 2007 (Portugal)
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7. As part of the clean-up process, the program will automatically generate a .csv file (same as the .txt log file) and backup file with the .BAK extension. This file is the bilingual file, i.e., it has both the original and target text and is simply a safety measure so that you don't lose the bilingual file in the clean-up process.


I have a strong belief that it's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
With most restaurants glazing over the final touches of food, service and presentation and embellishing on the overall outlook I became accustomed to all the "za za" but no "zoom".
Therefore when I arrived at the hyped-up new Botanist on Deansgate I couldn't help but be attracted to the stunning features of the decor. If you have ever visited the building's predecessor, Label, you would think you had entered a completely different premises - gone is the dark, dull gloom of the interior and in its place is a spacious, welcoming bar area and separated dining room.
The opening area was spectacular, after being welcomed by a host at the door my eyes were immediately drawn to stunning chandelier above the long, well-lit bar filled with reams of every liquor imaginable - which really didn't help my indecisive nature.
Beyond that, separated by an arch, was what I can only describe as an intimate dining room with both twinkling lighting and greenery which reminded me of the most beautiful mid-summers' eve.
Once escorted to our seat I realised just how much thought had gone in to every inch of the venue's design.
Not only did the furnishings resemble a peaceful secret garden but the menu's were so delicately and prettily contrived to incorporate the theme.
So after I stopped gushing about the premises and actually took time to study my menu I saw an array of comfort food and as it was a Sunday it incorporated the mother of all dishes - the traditional Sunday roast.
But despite temptation (after the neighbouring diners were tucking into what looked - and smelled - like the perfect roast with all the trimmings and the largest Yorkshire pudding I have seen in my life) I was feeling adventurous and go for a mix of different dishes.
Something I always look for at any food establishment - nothing can put you off your food quicker than a scowling waitor or waitress clearly hating life because they have to interact with people - who would have thought it working at a restaurant? And I was most impressed with the kind waitress whom explained in detail any choices on the menu I was unsure of.
Following on with the quirky, homely, country theme the china which held the food was mis-matched and reminded me of my regular summer stays with grandparents - cosy, comfortable and convenient. It was the type of personal touch which immediately brought back fond memories from my youth.
Calamari, being one of my consistant favourites lived up to expectations. It was full flavoured without being too chewy or tough and the hint of lemon in the mayonnaise complimented it perfectly. As with the chipolatas, there was no tough gristle in the meat and it literally oozed with just the right amount of flavoured juices. It was the kind of foods you craved after a long day in the office - home comforts and filling - something your 80-year-old nan would be proud of serving up on a crisp Autumn afternoon.
Next I chose the smoked haddock rarebit with spinach, tomato and piri piri dressing whereas my dining partner went opted for the thai green curry with coriander rice - although changed it to boiled rice on order.
Having actually never tried rarebit in my life I must admit I was slightly dubious about the outcome - the dish sounded like a far cry away from my 'comfort zone' amongst the array of comfort food.
With a mix of flavours amonst the soft middle I was in Sunday heaven. It was just the type of delicacy needed to warm your insides at the end of a manic week. I was content and I couldn't get enough of this ambience of mid-summers' delight.
My dining partner, despite regularly claiming her fullness couldn't stop eating her dish, even stating it was one of the best thai curries she has tried in years.
I actually didn't want the supply of food to end. But it did - it all disappeared much to my huge disappointment.
Usually I adore chocolate ice cream - I'm a female what do you expect?! But after feeling all warm and fluffy after my cosy meal I just felt a bit deflated. It was slightly tasteless and bland. Although the vanilla was more inviting it still didn't ignite any senses. Not bad. Just not what I was expecting after my last hour of restaurant gushing. It was like The light, fluffy, creamy goo just transpired into a watery mess. But it didn't rain on my parade - the whole experience was like my butter to my bread - not always needed but oh so very necessary to help forget the working week blues.
Feeling like a spoiled grandchild back in my grandad's cosy kitchen I thoroughly enjoyed every single minute of the magical mid-summer's dining extravaganza. It was a Sunday sensation on every level.


As term limits prevent me from seeking re-election, I would like to encourage the voters of House District 123 to support Scott Hamann as their new state representative. Scott embodies all the qualities that I would love to see in my representative, and he will make sure that the voices of the citizens of our community are heard in Augusta. Scott is a smart, energetic, principled young man whose commitment to making things better for all of us has led him to pursue public service. Please vote for Scott Hamann for state representative.


Newcastle United's decision to charge the press for access to their players is in some respects unsurprising when we consider their recent behaviour towards their local newspaper, the Chronicle, which was banned from St James Park following a spat, the true nature of which has never been made fully clear. What today's announcement confirms is that the club now considers itself at the vanguard of a new form of relationship between clubs and the media, one in which only tame voices are heard, dissent against the club becomes a thing of the past, and the press pays for access to players and staff that it has enjoyed free of charge for many years.
The reflex reaction to this over the course of today has been mostly a combination of outrage and shock at a football club behaving in this respect, but it doesn't have to be this way. We might contend, for example, that Newcastle United are, in just about the most backhanded way possible, to be thanked for showing up the senior management of the club for what they are in just about the most public way possible. A lot of football clubs cloak themselves in the dark arts of public relations, paying considerable amounts of money to companies whose job it is to spin their news in the most positive manner possible. Newcastle United don't really need to do that any more. Their behaviour towards the Chronicle in recent weeks and today's announcement tells us everything that we need to know about those running the club. We can join the dots from here, thank you very much.
In an even broader sense than this, it is to be hoped that seriously limiting access to players might force the media to consider a different way of reporting the game. For far too long, too much football coverage in this country has consisted of soundbites from players, managers and the like which tell us little of any value. Why this pattern has been so closely followed for so long isn't difficult to understand. On the one hand, the audience has been conditioned to expect this and the post match press conference has become an event in its own right off the back of a general expectation of hearing the apparently great and good pass comment upon what has immediately preceded. On the other hand, from a newspaper's perspective, it's easy. String a handful of quotes together into something approaching a narrative, add a small comment of your own, and hey presto, tomorrow morning's copy appears before your very eyes.
Restricting this easy option for the press, then, might even carry some benefits for the audience. Instead of relying on other people's words, talented journalists – and, though we frequently criticise them, you don't get to the effective Premier League of football journalism without considerable talent – might be persuaded to view their work through a different prism, to analyse in a different manner, to write about football rather than write about people talking about football. If this were to come to pass, supporters might be offered a fresh insight into the machinations of professional football that we often seem to be denied. This isn't meant as a criticism of the football press, necessarily – the pressure to deliver what people expect quickly is obvious, after all – but might yet be a golden opportunity to remove the shackles of the expected and apply a fresh approach instead.
None of this is to say that those running Newcastle United aren't a pack of wretches, of course. The club's handling of whatever its dispute with the Chronicle is has been a series of one PR disaster after another, and today's announcement is really the cherry on a particularly revolting looking cake in that respect. Perhaps other clubs will follow them down this route. It is entirely possible that the possibility of a few more pounds in the bank and the seld-importance of modern football enough persuade them to pay up and shut up. Perhaps, though, other clubs will look at this petulant, childish behaviour and will seek to distance themselves from it all in a belief that, quite frankly, this is no way for grown adults, never mind a business, to carry on. We shall see.
The biggest media outlets can doubtlessly afford the ransom that Newcastle United will be charging to hear their staff state the bleeding obvious or the wilfully disingenuous – as seems to be the case in most post-match interviews – and they may well do so. Local newspapers, however, do not necessarily have pockets this deep. Just this week, for example, the venerable Liverpool Post confirmed that it will be closing after 158 years because of a calamitous fall in demand with regard to advertising and circulation. Yet local newspapers, freed from the one size fits all approach which national newspapers need in order to pull in the casual readers, offer a valuable independent voice, and at football clubs at which genuine, existence-threatening crises have arisen in recent years – Chester City, Wrexham and Portsmouth all spring immediately to mind – the local press was critical in making stories public which needed to be told. At such clubs, it suits an obvious agenda for dissenting voices to be silenced. They shouldn't be, though.
The Newcastle Chronicle should – and surely will – continue to report on its local football club and, with the fear of what the club might do to it removed, it may even take on a new lease of life without any concerns regarding official sanctions that can be levelled at it by Newcastle United's senior management. It is, of course, for clubs to decide whether they wish to follow this path, and similarly it is for the press to subsequently decide whether they will pay this money in return for the continuation of a regular supply of hot air from the inside tracks of the clubs themselves. If the result is a different perspective on football writing, then we might all have cause to be glad. And in the meantime, Newcastle United probably need a small reminder that hell hath no fury like a journalist scorned. Mike Ashley may well be used to it by now – and he may well not even care – but it seems unlikely that he will receive too much flattery in the national press in the near future.


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2. Practice\Accounting for the Dead
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Rule 116 (current)
Practice Relating to Rule 116. Accounting for the Dead
Section A. Identification of the dead prior to disposal
Ireland's Geneva Conventions Act (1962), as amended in 1998, provides that any "minor breach" of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, including violations of Articles 16 and 17 of the Geneva Convention I, Articles 19 and 20 of the Geneva Convention II, Articles 120 and 121 of the Geneva Convention III, Articles 129 and 131 of the Geneva Convention IV, and of the 1977 Additional Protocol I, including violations of Article 33, are punishable offences.
Ireland, Geneva Conventions Act, 1962, as amended in 1998, Section 4(1) and (4).
Section B. Recording of the location of graves
Under Ireland's Geneva Conventions Act (1962), as amended in 1998, any "minor breach" of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, including violations of Article 17 of the Geneva Convention I, Article 120 of the Geneva Convention III and Article 130 of the Geneva Convention IV, is a punishable offence.
Section C. Marking of graves and access to gravesites
Ireland's Geneva Conventions Act (1962), as amended in 1998, provides that any "minor breach" of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, including violations of Article 17 of the Geneva Convention I, Article 120 of the Geneva Convention III and Article 130 of the Geneva Convention IV, and of the 1977 Additional Protocol I, including violations of Article 34, are punishable offences.
Section D. Identification of the dead after disposal
Ireland's Geneva Conventions Act (1962), as amended in 1998, provides that any "minor breach" of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, including violations of Article 17 of the Geneva Convention I, and of the 1977 Additional Protocol I, including violations of Article 34(4), are punishable offences.
Section E. Information concerning the dead
Ireland's Geneva Conventions Act (1962), as amended in 1998, provides that any "minor breach" of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, including violations of Articles 16 and 17 of the Geneva Convention I, Article 19 of the Geneva Convention II, Article 120 of the Geneva Convention III and Article 130 of the Geneva Convention IV, and of the 1977 Additional Protocol I, including violations of Article 33(2), are punishable offences.


AForGeN's annual meetings are held in (remote) Alpine areas. They normally constitute of each one day of science, excursion, and business meeting.
The AForGeN meeting 2019 will take place 12.-14.6.2019 near Mont Ventoux in France and organized by Bruno Fady and his team from INRA Avignon. More information here!


The beautiful greater grebe that swims in the Trasimeno lake. In the reproductive period these birds are adorned with a nice tuft and a beautiful reddish collar.
San Tomaso Agordino . Close up of well-known mouflon sheep .


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alternatively, if you know of any other plug-in where I would be able to crop/rotate / edit the image that would be greatly appreciated.
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Mr Drake was appointed as Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at East and North Herts NHS Trust in 2005. He studied medicine at first at Oxford University and then at Kings College Hospital School of Medicine in London graduating in 1990. He trained in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton and St Mary's Hospital in Portsmouth. He trained as a cancer surgeon at St James's Hospital in Leeds.
He performs major surgery including fertility sparing treatments for cervical, ovarian, uterine and vulval cancers at the Beds and Herts Cancer Network centre in Watford where he is the lead surgeon. He has been a BSCCP accredited colposcopist for over 20 years. He trained in minimal access and laparoscopic surgery and can perform many operations laparoscopically including treating endometriosis and performing hysterectomy.
He has been Clinical Director for Gynaecology since 2010. He works closely with clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure that our gynaecology services meet national standards and the needs of our patients to be cared for safely and effectively. He has been Chairman of the Beds and Herts Cancer Network (formerly Mount Vernon Cancer Network) since 2008. He leads in maintaining high standards of supportive and effective modern gynaecological cancer treatments in all the network services across Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire.
Mr Drake understands that listening and caring are as essential as giving clear information. He teaches advanced communications skills to doctors and nurses and is a nationally accredited facilitator.


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