A favorite meal of mine growing up was my mom's Mexican cornbread. She didn't use a top secret recipe but instead used the ultimate ingredient of all—love. I'd be lying if I said this Mexican cornbread in a mug came close to my mom's, but it's ready in minutes, has fewer calories, and was definitely made with love.
There are two slight variations of this mug cornbread but both call for just four ingredients and the same steps. They're as easy as mixing ingredients in a mug or bowl, popping in the microwave, and digging in. Whether you're having chili, soup, or need a savory snack, this recipe should hit the spot.
Thanks to ready made cornbread packets and a few other quick ingredients, this cornbread will be in the microwave in no time. One ingredient that may catch you off guard is canned pumpkin.
Pumpkin is a magical ingredient that works in everything from pumpkin mug cakes and chocolate protein brownies to even cornbread. It has a mild flavor that's hardly even distinguishable when combined with other flavors and mimics the effects of fat in recipes to a certain degree. In the case of this mug cornbread, that means you're left with a moist and fluffy piece of cornbread instead of a dry, hard corn disc.
But don't worry, I've included pumpkin substitutes in the recipe card's notes section below. Let's take a quick look at what you'll need for each cornbread in a mug recipe.
That's it. Easy enough, right?
If you make either cornbread in a mug recipes, I can't think of a better pairing than my High Protein Creamy Taco Soup. No matter what you pair your cornbread with, I'd love to see it. Snap a pic and tag @mugsformuscles on Instagram to show me what you come up with!
A 4-ingredient, lower calorie recipe for cornbread in a mug.
Mix the cornbread mix and pumpkin together in a mug or small bowl until smooth.
Fold the RO-TEL into the mixture and top with shredded cheese (cheese is optional).
Microwave for 2:30-3:00 or until the center is cooked through.
1 serving = half the recipe. This is a large piece of cornbread that you may want to share or save half for later. If you'd like, cut the recipe in half and reduce the cook time.
For a Chipotle Cheddar version, use the Chipotle Style RO-TEL and reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese instead. The macros for this version are almost the same.
Since you'll have pumpkin on hand, my pumpkin spice protein pancake bowl makes a great high protein breakfast.
And similar to cornbread mix, Carbquick is an easy ready-made biscuit mix that makes amazing creations like my low carb loaded omelet mug biscuit.


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Sin dejar huella és una pel·lícula road movie en clau de paròdia hispano-mexicana escrita i dirigida per María Novaro sota la producció de Mariela Besuievsky amb Filmográfica Tabasco S.A., TVE, Tornasol Films (productora madrilenya), Altavista Films i IMCINE, i distribuïda per Venevisión Internacional. Fou filmada en 35mm a l'octubre de 1999, en localitzacions de Ciutat Juárez, estat de Chihuahua, San Gerónimo (Chihuahua), Veracruz i Cancun (Quintana Roo), i que fou estrenada el 23 de març de 2001 a les sales de Mèxic.

Sinopsi
Sin Dejar Huella estrenada als Estats Units com Leaving No Trace o Without a Trace, narra la trobada la trobada de la mare soltera amb dos fills "Aurelia" (Tiaré Scanda ) i la traficant d'art prehispànic "Ana" (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón), dues dones que viatgen arreu del país des de Ciutat Juárez a Veracruz i a Cancún, perseguides per dos policies corruptes "Mendizabal" i "El chaparro" i per dos narcos "Saúl" i "El primo".
Una història que mostra el valor de l'amistat, la cerca d'un futur obert, el retrat d'un Mèxic contradictori, la força de la maternitat, la solidaritat, la naturalesa femenina, l'amor a la vida, l'engany, la supervivència i la tenacitat.

Repartiment
 Aitana Sánchez-Gijón… Ana
 Tiaré Scanda… Aurelia
 Jesús Ochoa… Mendizabal
 Martín Altomaro… Saúl
 José Sefamí… "El chaparro"
 Juan Manuel Bernal… "El primo"
 Edmundo Sotelo… "Tiro loco"
 Walberto Goldstein… Policia Judicial Federal.
 Rodolfo Rodobertti… Agente.

Nominacions i premis
 Guanyadora del premi a la crítica al Festival de Cinema de Sundance.
 Premi del públic al Festival Internacional de Cinema de Guadalajara.
 Nominada a la Conquilla d'Or com a part de la selecció oficial al Festival Internacional de Cinema de Sant Sebastià 2000
 En la XLIV edició dels Premis Ariel tenia cinc nominacions, i finalment va guanyar el Premi Ariel a la millor fotografia i als millors efectes especials.

Banda sonora
A la banda sonora hi ha un duet d'Ana Gabriel i Juan Gabriel, "Amor aventurero", a més d'altres temes de: Carlos y José, Exterminador, Los Tigres del Norte, Bronco, Chuchumbé, La Iguana, Jaime López, La guanabana, Son de madera. Disco azúcar, Juan Formell i Van-Van.

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Bibliografia
 Mobility and Modernity in María Novaro's "Sin dejar huella" per Claire Lindsay. A: The Journal of Cinema and Media, Vol. 49, No. 2 (FALL 2008), pp. 86-105 (20 pages)

Pel·lícules de Mèxic del 2001
Pel·lícules d'Espanya del 2001
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Cinnamomum glaucescens (Nepali:सुगन्धकोकिला, Sugandhakokila) is an evergreen tree native to Bhutan, India (Sikkim, Manipur and the Khasi Hills), and Nepal. The pericarp of the fruits can be distilled for an essential oil, sugandha kokila oil, which is used in perfumery and traditional medicine.

This species is diploid and can grow to an altitude of .  Cinnamomum glaucescens is recognized as an aromatic plant, meaning it has an elevated level of essential oil.

Cultivation
Cinnamomum glaucescens has been successfully cultivated, and promotes species conservation. A ranking scale was established, assessing mode of domestication, cultivation and social beliefs from farmer or forest users perspective, to rank the suitability of MAPs for farming. With the highest ranking being five, and lowest zero, sugandha kokila ranked four out of five. This demonstrate that Cinnamomum glaucescens is not only physiologically appropriate for cultivation but also has a high chance to be adopted by farmers, when compared with other MAPs.  Furthermore, the GEF Small Grants Programme ran a successful project mobilizing two indigenous Nepalese communities, promoting the knowledge and tools to cultivate sugandha kokila. The project amended the two involved communities' local forestry operation plan to include the conservation of Cinnamomum glaucescens. The two communities involved planted Cinnamomum glaucescens 13ha of community forests, in addition to 6ha planted on private land. Increasing the market demand of sugandha kokila oil will not only benefit the farmers and producers in Nepal but also encourage the conservation of Cinnamomum glaucescens. As the market grows, the plant will increase in value, encouraging more cultivation of the plant and therefore increase conservation efforts. Also, three women-run forest nurseries established, responsible for growing 30,000 seedlings of sugandha kokila, sapindus, cinnamon, zanthoxylum, lemon and asparagus. Creating women run nurseries empowered women to learn new skills and play an important role in the cultivation of sugandha kokila and other products. Additionally, 86 households were supported in developing suitable infrastructure for the processing of sugandha kokila. This project is an example of how the cultivation of sugandha kokila using a community approach can empower women and conserve this endemic plant.

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The Sacred Depths of Nature – An Abstract
By Ursula Goodenough on October 11, 1998 in Essay
The Sacred Depths of Nature, by Ursula Goodenough. Oxford University Press, 1998. 218 pages. ISBN 0-19-512613-0
How This Book Is Put Together
I. Origins of the Earth
II. Origins of Life
III. How Life Works
IV. How An Organism Works
V. How Evolution Works
VI. The Evolution of Biodiversity
VII. Awareness
VIII. Emotions and Meaning
IX. Sex
X. Sexuality
XI. Multicellularity and Death
XII. Speciation
Emergent Religious Principles
Notes and Further Reading
Abstract (from "How This Book Is Put Together")
"A Lutheran friend who read an early draft of this book remarked that it was set up like a Daily Devotional booklet. A Daily Devotional, he explained, contains a collection of short stories, each story followed by a religious meditation on the story's theme. Not being Lutheran, I wasn't familiar with the genre, but that's basically how this book is constructed.
The text is divided into twelve chapters. Each begins with a short story about the dynamics of Nature. Most of these stories are about biology, since this is what I best understand, and most are about biology at the level of molecules and genes and cells, since this is what cries out to be understood. The stories walk through the Epic of Evolution: the origins of the universe and the planet; the origins of chemistry and life; the workings of cells and organisms; the patterns of biological evolution and the resultant biodiversity; awareness and emotion; sex and sexuality; multicellularity and death; and speciation. Throughout, I have done my best to bridge the two cultures. For readers not versed in scientific concepts and terminology, I have made every effort to render the accounts understandable, accurate, and meaningful. Those who know the terrain will, I hope, find themselves engaged by the analogies and narratives that are used to explain the familiar.
Then, at the end of each story, I offer a short religious response, the analogue of the Lutheran meditation. In some cases these responses draw on traditional religious concepts, most often from the Judeo-Christian tradition since that is what is most familiar to me. But for the most part each response is personal, describing the particular religious emotion or mental state that is elicited in me when I think about a particular facet of the evolutionary story. For example, the evolution of the cosmos invokes in me a sense of mystery; the increase in biodiversity invokes the response of humility; and an understanding of the evolution of death offers me helpful ways to think about my own death. If religious naturalism is to flourish, it will be because others find themselves called to reflect on the dynamics of Nature from their own cognitive, experiential, andreligious perspectives — in which case this book will become one of an emergent series of Daily Devotionals.
Human memory, they say, is like a coat closet: The most enduring outcome of a formal education is that it creates rows of coat hooks so that later on, when you come upon a new piece of information, you have a hook to hang it on. Without a hook, the new information falls on the floor. Some readers with scanty scientific backgrounds have told me that at the time they were reading one of my stories about Nature, they felt like they understood everything I said, but the next day they couldn't remember a thing about it. No hooks, I explain. Then I remind them that there isn't going to be a test, and that as they were reading the story they were in fact creating hooks for their next encounters with scientific explanation. And then, the most important part: The point of hearing a story for the first time is not to remember it but to experience it."
Portion of Reflection from Chapter V, "How Evolution Works"
"Life, we can now say, is getting something to happen against the odds and remembering how to do it. The something that happens is biochemistry and biophysics, the odds are beat by intricate concatenations of shape fits and shape changes, and the memory is encoded in genes and their promoters. We read the notes, we hear the emergent chords and harmonies, and we marvel at the emergent musical experience.
To understand how this all came to be, we can compare the history of life with the history of music. The music of a composer like Brahms did not spring from his brain de novo. A good musicologist can go through a Brahms score and point out a Bach-like fugal texture here, a Handelian cadence there, a Hungarian fold melody somewhere else. As Brahms composed, bits of the old were woven together with the new to generate the next musical legacy.
In the history of life, the evolution of life, it is the same. A good biochemical idea — a protein domain that binds well to a promoter, a channel that's just the right size for a calcium ion — gets carried along through time, tweaked and modulated to best serve the needs of the current composition/organism but recognizable throughout evolutionary history. These conserved ideas combine with novelty to generate new directions, newways of negotiating new environmental circumstances.
Evolution can be minimally defined as changes in the frequencies of different sets of instructions for making organisms. So, to understand evolution, we need to understand how the instructions become different (mutation) and then how the frequencies of those instructions are changed (natural selection). And then we can take in how this process has created a deeply interconnected web of life."
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"Fellowship and community are central to the religious impulse. Children of Israel. United in Christ. Umma in Islam. A friend who was raised Roman Catholic and who travels frequently to foreign cities tells me that she often seeks out the local church when she arrives, finding there the shared ritual, the known liturgy and prayers, the haven. Those of us who find a religious home feel deep affinity with those who have moved through with us and before us, congregating, including, supporting. We offer and receive sympathy and affection. The musicians sing their hushed responses or chant their solemn rhythms and we breathe together, sense our connectedness, heal.
Religion. From the Latin religio, to bind together again. The same linguistic root as ligament. We have throughout the ages sought connection with higher powers in the sky or beneath the earth, or with ancestors living in some other realm. We have also sought, and found, religious fellowship with one another. And now we realize that we are connected to all creatures. Not just in food chains or ecological equilibria. We share a common ancestor. We share genes for receptors and cell cycles and signal-transduction cascades. We share evolutionary constraints and possibilities. We are connected all the way down.
I walk through the Missouriwoods and the organisms are everywhere, seen and unseen, flying about or pushing through the soil or rummaging under the leaves, adapting and reproducing. I open my senses to them and we connect. I no longer need to anthropomorphize them, to value them because they are beautiful or amusing or important for my survival. I see them as they are; I understand how they work. I think about their genes switching on and off, their cells dividing and differentiating in pace with my own, homologous to my own. I take in the sycamore by the river and I think about its story, the ancient algae and mosses and ferns that came before, the tiny first progenitor that gave rise to it and to me. I try to guess why it looks the way it does — why the leaves are so serrated and the bark so white — and imagine all sorts of answers, all manner of selections and unintended consequences that have yielded this tree to existence and hence to my experience….
Blessed be the tie that binds. It anchors us. We are embedded in the great evolutionary story of planet Earth, the spare, elegant process of mutation and selection and bricklayer. And this means that we are anything but alone."

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Rhytiphora rugicollis är en skalbaggsart som först beskrevs av Johan Wilhelm Dalman 1817.  Rhytiphora rugicollis ingår i släktet Rhytiphora och familjen långhorningar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Entertainment, bargains and community spirit were all on show in Thetford market place as the summer night markets returned.
People poured in to see live music, browse the stalls and enjoy refreshments at the event on Friday.
Started two years ago, the joint initiative between Thetford Town Council and Sort-It continues to be a success according to Terry Jermy, organiser.
"We're delighted with the success of the first Summer night market. The crowds that attended demonstrate just how keen people in Thetford are for events such as this to occur and not only did people have a great time but a number of charities and small businesses were supported in the process," he said.
The event was the first of three night markets to be held this summer, with more planned on August 22 and September 12.
For more about the night markets, contact Angus Dixon on 07446 876954.


A great, easy recipe for Leftovers Day!
In a large bowl, mix together the curry powder, Branston pickle and mayonnaise. Add the turkey and toss to coat the meat completely.
In a small bowl, mix the olive oil and lemon juice with a little seasoning.
Halve the cucumber lengthways and use a teaspoon to scoop out all the seeds. Chop into half moon slices.
Divide the watercress and cucumber between two plates. Dress with the olive oil and lemon juice mixture then top with the coronation turkey.
Finally, scatter with the almonds and serve with crusty bread.


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Peterbilt garners two Texas clean air honors
The North Texas Clean Air Coalition (NTCAC) has recognized Peterbilt Motors Co. with its 2009 Clean Air Champion award for the second consecutive year. In addition, the organization presented Peterbilt with its Innovative Business of the Year award at the NTCAC Annual Awards presentation in Fort Worth. Among the initiatives undertaken by Peterbilt are employee commuting programs, no idling regulations
The North Texas Clean Air Coalition (NTCAC) has recognized Peterbilt Motors Co. with its 2009 Clean Air Champion award for the second consecutive year. In addition, the organization presented Peterbilt with its Innovative Business of the Year award at the NTCAC Annual Awards presentation in Fort Worth. Among the initiatives undertaken by Peterbilt are employee commuting programs, no idling regulations on company property, and ozone-restricted landscaping.
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from Gartner Newsroom
Gartner predicts fifty percent of citizens in large cities will share personal data with smart city programs by 2019
Via Gartner Newsroom
Egham, U.K., December 15, 2016
Twenty Percent of All Local Government Organizations Will Generate Revenue Through Open Data by 2020
Analysts Will Discuss How to Generate Value From Data at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summits, February 20-21 in Sydney, March 6-9 in Grapevine, Texas, March 20-22 in London, March 23-24 in Tokyo, June 6-7 in Mumbai and June 20-21 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
The rapid pace of technological and societal change has given government CIOs a new sense of urgency and a willingness to experiment with smart city and open data initiatives, according to Gartner, Inc. If managed effectively, this shift will position governments at the core of technological innovation in society.
"As citizens increasingly use personal technology and social networks to organize their lives, governments and businesses are growing their investments in technology infrastructure and governance," said Anthony Mullen, research director at Gartner. "This creates open platforms that enable citizens, communities and businesses to innovate and collaborate, and ultimately provide useful solutions that address civic needs."
As a result, Gartner predicts that by 2019, 50 percent of citizens in million-people cities will benefit from smart city programs by voluntarily sharing their personal data. The volume and diversity of the data generated by citizens will continue to grow in line with the proliferation of consumer devices and the IoT. Citizens will experience some of the benefits of sharing data passively, through government and commercial collaboration. As this hyperconnectivity picks up pace, however, citizens will become more aware of the value of their "life data" and will be willing to proactively exchange it for "in the moment" value.
This process of data sharing is being accelerated by the demand for efficiency and convenience. For example, one of the major barriers for citizens interacting with government is the complexity of engaging via a variety of touch points. A simple question such as "Am I eligible to vote?" can lead citizens through complex processes and rules and onto a variety of websites.
Citizens, therefore, are turning to conversational platforms like virtual personal assistants and messaging bots over traditional apps and websites. Governments are also adapting to this change. For example, the Utah Department of Public Safety provides a practice exam for its driver's license via Amazon Echo, and Singapore is collaborating with Microsoft on its "conversation as a platform" initiative to develop chatbots around a number of public services.
One consequence of this is that the volume of machine-readable data generated on how citizens interact with government and their city is rapidly growing, creating a huge opportunity to develop open data portals that can increase efficiency, improve citizen experience, drive innovation and generate revenue for government organizations.
"Open data portals in cities are not a new thing, but many portals today have limited machine readability and therefore limited business value," said Bettina Tratz-Ryan, research vice president at Gartner. "The city becomes 'smart' when the data is collected and governed in a way that can produce valuable real-time streams, rather than just backward-looking statistics or reports."
Some cities are already building data marketplaces, especially in light of the increasing streams of data from the IoT. One early mover is Copenhagen Data Exchange, which takes the very first steps of connecting citizens to data, providing online city records and a mix of lenses through which to view the information.
The next step in building a true marketplace is to present and orchestrate this data for more business-oriented benefits. Gartner predicts that 20 percent of all local government organizations will generate revenue from value-added open data through data marketplaces by 2020. The key to monetization will be automating and extending the user experience to allow citizens and businesses to discover and prepare data, and to find patterns and share them within their community or organization.
"Users will have a number of options to 'pay' for data access depending on the use case," said Ms. Tratz-Ryan. "A normal citizen may simply participate via data democracy and have free access in return for providing their own data, whereas commercial use may require sharing revenue with the data owner, or buying a license to access an enriched data source."
Gartner clients can read more in the research note "Predicts 2017: Government CIOs Are Caught Between Adversity and Opportunity."
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Ragina Johnson
How do we stop capitalism from killing the planet?
The destruction of the environment has its roots in a market system that puts profit ahead of people and the planet. Ragina Johnson writes about what we can do about it.
CALIFORNIA IS burning — again. Sights that were once only imaginary scenes in post-apocalyptic movies are now a regular occurrence.
On July 26, firefighter Jeremiah "Jeremy" Stoke died when he was engulfed by what the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection described as a "massive fire tornado," about the size of three football fields at its base, with winds up to 165 miles an hour."
"[T]he tornado was so ferocious it pulsed with 2,700 degrees of heat," the San Francisco Chronicle reported. "It ripped roofs off houses and flung cars, power line towers and a steel shipping container into the air."
Not only was this "raging cyclone of flame" the worst tornado of any kind in California history, but Stoke is the latest of six firefighters who lost their lives this year attempting to contain the most intense wildfires in California history.
An entire neighborhood in the city of Santa Rosa was wiped out by the fires in 2017
One of the fires spanned a record-breaking 300,000 acres. That's the size of Los Angeles. Another first: Since last year, the fires have increasingly swept through more populated areas — like the Napa and Sonoma County blazes last year that killed at least 41 people and destroyed parts of the city of Santa Rosa.
The disasters aren't confined to California. Greece has been battling raging wildfires near Athens that have killed almost 100 people. The drastic austerity measures imposed on the country led to cutbacks in spending on firefighting and fire prevention.
But there is another not-at-all-natural factor that is a constant from Greece to California and beyond: global warming and the extreme weather patterns that result from it. Each day's news seems to bring new examples and evidence:
The five warmest years in history have all come in the 2010s.
Glaciers are melting and causing sea levels to rise faster than scientists' predictions.
Species are dying off at a pace that has led scientists to conclude that the earth's sixth mass extinction is already underway.
An algae bloom along the Gulf Coast of the U.S. has killed 267 tons of marine life, with carcasses washing up on beaches and causing respiratory problems for residents.
Massive floods sweeping through Kerala, a state in southern India, have killed more than 350 people and displaced 800,000.
JUST AS there can be no doubt that a climate change disaster is already taking place, there can be no doubt about its cause: capitalism.
The source of environmental destruction, spreading pollution, immense waste and the failure to address the long-term effects of all of these is an economic and social system that prioritizes the profit and power of a few over the needs of the many.
But when you read mainstream news reports about the capitalism-made disaster in California, you're much more likely to see blame heaped on individuals — those who might have set a fire, others who accidentally dropped a lit cigarette, or even a flat tire on a car that caused sparks in a dry area.
Even when news reports mention "climate change," they don't focus on any kind of thoroughgoing critique of the free-market system and its in-built dynamics that lead to environmental destruction.
On the contrary, all too many mainstream media features reduce even system-wide climate change to a problem "we all caused" through our consumption patterns.
If we are ever going to reverse course for the sake of the world's people and the planet, we have to name the system of capitalism in order to understand what we're struggling against. Only from here can we start to put forward real solutions to the ecological crisis we face today — and begin to envision what a different world we could live in if human and ecological needs were put ahead of profits.
THE ECOLOGICAL crisis we face is rooted in the way the capitalist system works.
Capitalism is driven by the endless pursuit of profit. It is a system that has no consideration for the long-term health and well-being of the vast majority of people on the planet, let alone the natural world — the land we live on, the water we drink, the air we breathe.
Expropriation and exploitation of both land and labor are vital to capitalism. They are turned into commodities to be bought and sold on the market. As Chris Williams writes in his book Ecology and Socialism, Karl Marx described how capitalism's robbery of both the worker and the soil together was the "original source of all wealth."
The history of the U.S. demonstrates this violent truth. Capitalism in the U.S. was born out of a colonial settler state that stole, expropriated and accumulated Indigenous communal lands, and that kidnapped Africans and forced them to provide labor. The U.S. also relied on one of the world's most exploited working classes to create the wealth needed to become the number-one economic and military power in the world.
The early history of the "world's greatest democracy" was one of conquest, genocide, enslavement and imperial war. The exploitation and oppression continue to this day, in different forms, because they are built into the system.
Capitalism is based on a minority owning and controlling both the "means of production" (the factories and offices and land) and what the working class produces with its labor. The profits are privatized while costs are socialized. Capitalists accumulate as much wealth as possible, while taking no responsibility for the negative consequences for society, including environmental devastation.
The whole world suffers the destruction and chaos of living under extreme conditions of climate change caused by a capitalist system that chooses short-term profit over long-term sustainability.
There is also an inbuilt destructiveness to the system because of endless competition among capitalists as they attempt to capture markets and profits. One consequence of this is that the militaries of different states compete by means of arms — to win geopolitical influence and gain access to natural resources, cheap labor and markets.
Under capitalism, new technology is only used if it is profitable to do so. Its purpose is not first of all to meet more people's needs more efficiently, but to help businesses get ahead of their competition and seize the market. As a result, overproduction and endless waste are an inherent part of capitalism.
For instance, the goal of producing homes under capitalism is not to house more people, but to make the most money for the people who own — and if that means leaving some completely built homes empty to raise the price, so be it.
The disregard of the 1 Percent for the long-term consequences of their actions is stunning. One case in point is the U.S. energy industry over the past decade.
It has been indisputable for 10 years and far longer that the extraction and burning of fossil fuels is causing rising global temperatures, which leads to all kinds of ecological destruction. But instead of reversing course — and using the technology that already exists to produce sustainable energy — the U.S. expanded its production of oil over the past 10 years.
The main reason for this is the boom in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — a process in which a toxic mix of water and chemicals is pumped into shale rock at high pressure to release natural gas and oil deposits.
The extraction boom — which took place even as scientists were detecting ever-more alarming evidence of ecological crisis — was about getting cheaper energy for U.S. industry and also exporting oil and gas on the world market. U.S. rulers have enjoyed record profits during this decade, in part because of the extraction boom, while they continued to push austerity measures onto ordinary people.
TODAY, A lot of attention is focused on what the Trump administration is doing to the environment. And for good reason: the administration is gutting the Environmental Protection Agency, threatening to withdraw from climate change treaties, attacking the emissions control programs in California, stripping the Endangered Species Act and more.
But we shouldn't forget that the fracking boom that helped drive the U.S. economy forward for the past 10 years began under the presidency of Barack Obama — with his encouragement.
If the Democratic Party is the champion of the environment, as it claims, then why did the Democratic National Committee (DNC) overturn a ban on candidates taking contributions from fossil fuel companies? In reality, both the Republicans and Democrats represent a ruling class agenda that prioritizes the accumulation of more and more wealth from our labor, alongside the extraction of the earth's precious and limited resources.
Leaders of the Democratic Party like Obama and California Gov. Jerry Brown are credited as being groundbreakers against climate change. But Obama's embrace of an "all of the above" energy policy that encouraged the extraction boom proves otherwise.
Where he took some pro-environment measures, the pressure of a movement demanding climate justice has never been far behind. For example, Obama canceled the permit for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline only when activists committed to protest and direct action refused to be silent.
At the end of Obama's presidency, he blocked the Dakota Access Pipeline. But this followed a historic struggle led by the Lakota (the Standing Rock Sioux), with the support of other Indigenous nations here and around the world, along with tens of thousands of non-Native activists, who all came together at Standing Rock.
In California, Gov. Brown has at least continued to press for increased use of renewable energy to meet targets for lower CO2 emissions — but one motivation is to allow for continued oil and gas extraction and production. California is the fourth-largest producer of fossil fuels among the 50 states, after Texas, North Dakota and Alaska.
Brown's true record isn't lost on climate justice activists and organizations. This September, during the Global Climate Action Summit that Brown will host in San Francisco, climate justice organizations are calling global days of action to "demand our elected leaders commit to no new fossil fuels and a just and fair transition to 100 percent renewable energy."
EVERY YEAR, an environmental NGO calculates "Earth Overshoot Day" — the day when humans have consumed more resources than the planet can regenerate in a year. This year, that was August 1 — just one month past the midpoint of the year.
But you could calm your worries about this alarming statistic by reading Business Insider's four pieces of advice for saving the planet:
1. Take the carbon out of your commute.
2. Strive for zero waste.
3. Eat less meat and more veggies.
4. Tread lightly when you travel.
Unfortunately, these individual solutions so popular with the mainstream media won't solve the climate crisis.
Why not? Take another California example: The state has suffered an ongoing cycle of droughts, which has put freshwater aquifers in jeopardy. The solution put forward by political and business leaders is for individuals to consume less water — and many working class people have happily done so, with the state meeting community conservation targets.
But big agriculture and industry are responsible for consuming the vast majority of the world's water: over 90 percent. Ordinary people have no control over that at all. Instead of blaming them for supposedly consuming too much, we need to question how food is produced as commodities and how these commodities are transported.
What we need is a rational agriculture system that takes into account conservation and sustainability. You can only truly do this under a social and economic system that is planned, where everyone has a democratic say in how resources are used.
It's also impossible to have a sustainable society without ending the poverty and inequality rooted in this system. The focus on individual consumers as the source of environmental problems doesn't account for the fact that millions of people are already living with less and struggling to survive.
It isn't possible to build a utopian oasis in our neighborhoods when almost half of the world's population — over 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day.
Even in the U.S., one in six people live in poverty, according to the government's vastly understated official statistics — and nearly half fall in the struggling-to-get by category of up to twice the official poverty line. If you are a woman, Native American, Black, Latino, an immigrant or LGBTQ, you are even more likely to live in poverty.
Meanwhile, the level of inequality is growing on a daily basis in the U.S. The latest calculation is CEOs and the country's biggest corporations make 312 times the average worker's wage every year.
INSTEAD OF individual solutions, we need to work toward systemic changes to the whole way our economy is designed and how production works. Once we understand individual solutions aren't enough, we can discuss the social forces and struggles necessary to bring about system change.
Sean Sweeney, a leader in Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, points to the role of workers in ending climate change:
The problem is not emissions, the problem is capitalism. The climate issue is like every other issue. It's very important to working people, poor people, people around the world. It threatens their food, their water, their lives.
Extending the political and economic influence of workers is crucial to solving the climate crisis. If workers extend their control and power over politics and economic decision-making, I very much doubt, if it goes to the full process and conclusion, that what's left standing would be called capitalism.
Any solution to climate change requires a reasonable, democratic and planned economy that stops making products to sell for a profit, that ends wars, that radically curbs waste and pollution and that transforms all the other things keeping energy and transportation demands so high.
This would have to begin with people organizing throughout society, especially in their workplaces, to have a say in what we produce and how we produce it. We need a revolution of the vast majority in society that takes political and economic power away from the rich — and that transforms ourselves and our way of life.
Chris Williams describes our vision for a socialist future:
Every single facet of industrial life — energy production most urgently, but also transportation, housing, trade, agriculture, manufacture of commodities, and waste production and treatment — all require gigantic systemic change and complete structural reorganization. It will be nothing short of totally remodeling the world on a social, political, technological, cultural and infrastructure level...
We cannot make these changes as individuals. The reconstruction of agriculture along sustainable lines, along with the expansion of alternative energy-harnessing technologies is a social project. These are the kinds of changes that need to occur to actually make a difference on the required socio-ecological level.
With a socialist society and a planned economy, some changes would be a longer process — like reimagining the very way our cities are built, our connections to where we work, how we build shelters and produce our food.
But other changes could be made in a shorter time span — for instance, moving to full renewable energy sources like wind, solar, tidal and geothermal — if the majority of people control society to meet their needs, not for profit.
THIS IS a long-term vision of a different world, but that doesn't mean our struggles should wait. We need to fight for reforms today that could slow the climate disaster and elevate the worst circumstances for people whose communities are deemed sacrifice zones by capitalists and corporations.
That means stopping pipeline projects, coal export terminals or the new uranium and gas extraction projects located in the Navajo and Pueblo Nations. It means fighting for clean water in Flint, Michigan, and for an expanded and efficient public transportation system everywhere. It means requiring the military clean up its immense waste and trying to stop new dam projects that steal Indigenous lands and flood communities.
We also need a movement based on solidarity that aims to address the historic injustices suffered by Indigenous peoples — by returning lands that were stolen and cleaning up those that have been polluted. In the process, we can open up the possibility of learning from Indigenous cultures, including their conservation practices.
And we have to organize for justice for immigrants and refugees who are going to continue to be on the move around the world, due to the unfolding climate crisis among other reasons.
Socialists want to build a culture around a reconnection to the land — based on the knowledge that humans are not separate from nature.
We need global solutions and coordination to combat climate change and build a sustainable world. That means working now in all the struggles taking place in society, but with the vision of a socialist future ahead.
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It is also the knowledge that you are working with others to achieve a positive and lasting outcome to the benefit of those you are serving. It brings the best out of you and also allows you to contribute in a social and practical way to the achievement of your organisation. It gives a sense of being able to look back on the growth of your organisation and think of the outcomes you have played a part in achieving.
Being a board member of an effective, fully functioning, and efficient group of like-minded individuals is a rewarding and most pleasant way of giving the most valuable thing you have to offer (your time) in a non-payment, making a difference, contribution to your fellow mankind.
Claire was the first tenant and woman to be elected chair of Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd (CCG).
Brought up in the Llŷn Peninsula, I've been a tenant at Mynytho for seven years where I live with my husband and three children.
I was delighted and honoured to be elected as Chair of CCG. The association has homes across Gwynedd providing affordable, quality homes to those in housing need – something I am very proud of.
I recently graduated as a mature student with a law degree from Bangor University. I am now studying to become a social worker. I'm also a member of the Wales Tenants' Advisory Panel and sit on the housing Regulatory Advisory Group. I get valuable experience and training as a CCG Board Member. As a tenant on the board, it's very important that tenants' voices are heard within CCG, and my hope is that we can attract more tenants to participate and engage with us.
CCG board members attend six full board meetings a year, as well as committee meetings on finance, audit, operations and HR. Like other associations in Wales many challenges lie ahead, not least in the shape of further welfare reform. CCG is embarking on an exciting new phase as we reach the end of our £136m WHQS programme. Key projects include building new homes and developing services.
Retired housing officer Keith Abdi is a tenant board member.
I became a Taff tenant in 2011 after being with the council for many years. I moved in with my extended family to a new build home in Grangetown. Having grown up in Cardiff, I know the areas covered by Taff very well. We get lots of information about events and groups at Taff's offices and in the community, and I started going along to a few of them (Disability Awareness and BME Groups, the Residents' Association and the Newsletter Editorial Panel). This was a great way to get to know people, and everyone was very welcoming. Things like the 'Have Your Say' group and Taff Tenants' & Residents' Association (TTRA) were very interesting, especially as I worked as a Housing Officer for many years before retiring.
Every year, Taff puts on a Summer School for any tenant interested in becoming a board member. This covers all the duties and responsibilities of being a board member, like legal duties to do with health and safety, employment and so on. It also covers how to interpret reports and what kinds of questions to ask, and outlines what each department does. For example, a board member must be aware of the difference between capital and revenue, cashflow, how development is funded and managing risk.
I attend board meetings once a month, as well as away days and small groups working on particular tasks. I like the strategy days because it gives us a good chance to talk about the future and the important challenges we face.
Retirement brought new challenges in social housing for Nick Hoskins.
Eight years ago I returned to Mid Wales to retire, but I soon missed the adrenalin of business after years of executive management. My plans changed when I spotted an advert for members for the board of Mid Wales Housing Association.
I have always given commitment to every role I've done, but I soon learnt to really excel in this new environment which required bucket-loads of passion. Being a board member is suited best to people, irrespective of background, who have the ability and desire to bring about meaningful change to those who deserve better. In the process, they can contribute their own experience to become a critical friend to both management and tenants alike.
During my time at MWHA I have been fortunate to be part of a board that has gone out of its way to ensure that the competencies of its members fit together like a jigsaw. With a diversity of interests, we do not always agree on matters and often engage in robust debates. This is part of the democratic process which allows us, with our staff, to run a successful housing association. Having been Chair for four years I recognise that all boards are a dynamic entity – we must constantly adjust to meet the needs of our own local market. We also by necessity deal with the wider issues of economic change, social reform, increasing regulation and governance. I'm part of a group of equally determined volunteers who have collective capability to bring about change and relish that our joint endeavours help to improve lives.
Nicola Evans has enjoyed an enriching experience by joining a board.
When I joined the board of Merthyr Valleys Homes, it was mainly for reasons of self-interest! As a policy officer working for a not-for-profit membership organisation representing organisations working with vulnerable people, I wanted to step out of my 'policy geek ivory tower' and gain a better understanding of how services are actually delivered on the ground. Merthyr Tydfil is my home town, so when Merthyr Valleys Homes advertised for an independent board member it seemed like a perfect opportunity. I didn't actually make it onto the board on my first try – something about favouring a person who had financial experience! However, I was co-opted onto the board – which was the perfect learning opportunity – and then became an independent board member and eventually Chair of the board.
I am continually surprised by the number of people that haven't considered joining a board as it has given me such a rich learning experience and helped progress my career. Learning to think strategically and to provide effective scrutiny and challenge are just two of the many skills I've learned since becoming a board member, in addition to the general knowledge a board member gains from being part of a service delivery organisation. The skills and experience I've developed through being on a board has added another dimension to my understanding of policy and its practical implementation, and I've gained a more grounded approach to my work as a result. The management experience that I've gained through my role as Chair has allowed me to take the next step in my career, as well as build my professional confidence.
The formality of a board can be daunting to newcomers and I'm sure many people will admit that it takes a while to fully understand all conversations and feel confident enough to make a contribution. I'm extremely lucky to be part of a welcoming and mutually respectful board and a staff team that is incredibly supportive and encouraging. I know I'm going to be a serial board member for many years to come and I wholeheartedly encourage others to do the same.
I became a tenant board member of Wales & West Housing in 2014. My decision to be a part of the board was largely down to my own personal experience with social housing and the lifeline that it provided for me and my family in 2008.
I wanted to be able to give back to the sector so I saw being a board member as an ideal opportunity to do this. Being a part of the board has given me a really valuable insight into how the organisation works on behalf of tenants and has given me the information necessary to answer neighbours' questions and queries about the association when they arise.
It has been a big learning curve. There's a lot to take in and a lot of decisions to be made but it has been a very enjoyable and worthwhile experience overall. I attend meetings every 6-8 weeks and preparation for that involves reading through a substantial amount of papers in the week or so beforehand. One of the challenges is being able to digest and understand a significant amount of information from finance to strategy to development to community engagement, but breaking down that information and being able to understand the impact on the ground is vital.
I have felt very welcome on the board and my questions, queries and input are valued by the other members and staff. The training that has been provided has been really valuable and has given me a great deal more confidence in areas that I felt I lacked, both for the board role and outside in my working life.
Julie swapped education for housing when she joined the Board of Management at Grŵp Cynefin.
Following early retirement, after working full time in the education sector for 31 years, I was pleased to be invited to apply for a non-executive member position for the newly formed Grŵp Cynefin board. A successful interview led to me joining the board in September 2014.
I was made extremely welcome by the other board members, the leadership team and staff of the association. The comprehensive induction programme for all members of the newly formed board, which included tours of offices, housing and projects as well as meeting the majority of the staff, as well as the presentations and background information supplied, provided me with an excellent introduction to a sector which was new to me and gave me an ideal preparation for my new role as a co-opted board member.
This has given me confidence that my transferable skills and experience will be valuable when applied to the social housing sector and that I will be able to make a good contribution and hopefully help to make a real difference.


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Fleeing the wildfires in California, I was relieved to go it alone
On Dec. 11, Thomas Fire burned in the hills of Montecito, Calif., just north of the author's home. She evacuated for 9 days. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
Dec. 27, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
What makes people who live alone happy and healthy? Nina Tamminen, a researcher from Finland, had come to the United States to learn more about that, and on Dec. 4, she was interviewing me. I've studied single people for decades, and from the moment I started my first job, I've lived alone my entire life.
We chatted over lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Pacific Ocean. I chose it to show off the beauty and serenity of Santa Barbara, Calif. We made a plan to meet again in a few days; maybe I would include among our stops the tiny nearby town of Summerland, where I live.
That second meeting never happened. By then, Southern California was ablaze with wildfires, I was stuffing as many of my worldly belongings as I could fit into my car, and Tamminen took an early flight back to Helsinki.
I know the story I am supposed to tell as a single person living through a natural disaster. This should be my moment of reckoning, when I realize that it is just too scary to be by myself. I should be pining for a partner who will make sure I wake up when disaster draws near. I should be so hungry for the security of other humans that I would go to a shelter and sleep on cot rather than stay in a room by myself. With a fire headed my way, I should be especially susceptible to the story so often told to terrify single people — that I will die alone. Only in this version, it will be even worse — I will burn to death alone.
Well, it was my moment of reckoning. Once again, I realized that I didn't need a spouse to wake me — no one could have slept through the evacuation warning that blared over my cellphone when the fires approached my neighborhood. I was hungry for human contact — and I got it in the evenings over dinner with friends, after spending the earlier parts of the day on my own.
When I got that alert to "EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY," a knot of terror grew in my gut, but I knew what to do. I had made a list of last-minute items to pack, and I just followed my directions. As I opened my garage door to leave, I could see the neighbor behind me doing the same.
Power was going out throughout the county. I drove 10 miles through the smoke-saturated, pitch-black roads to my friend Karen's house. She lives by herself and had called earlier to say that I was welcome to come to her place any time of the day or night and to stay as long as I wanted. When I got to her home at 3 a.m., she showed me to the guest room by flashlight and offered me every comfort — her kindness, most of all. Neither of us slept much. We had our laptops out checking the most up-to-date wildfire reports. The local news station was broadcasting continuously.
There would be no second evening at Karen's. As night fell, the fire was getting ominously close to her home, too. We did a quick search for a motel that had two rooms free and joined the growing masses of evacuees as we headed another seven miles away.
By the morning, we had both come to the same conclusion: We were not going to stay another night in a motel, with all our stuff visible inside our cars. The next stop was a place with enough space for the things we had brought with us.
From then on, fire dictated my life, and its unpredictable path wasn't making it easy to plan. It did, though, make national and international news. Family members, colleagues and friends from every part of my life called or sent texts or emails. They offered well-wishes, plane tickets, money and meals.
They also offered shelter. "The spare bedroom has a Sleep Number bed," said one single woman. "It's just me and my cat in a two-bedroom bungalow with a working Internet," said another. "There's nothing easier than having a solitude addict in the guest room," added a third. The latter two were people I had never met in person.
It was complicated, I told them. I couldn't just hop on a plane, because what would I do with the things in my car?
Really, though, it was the person who called me the solitude addict who nailed it. In a time of turmoil, what I wanted more than anything else was a place that was totally my own. I set up a workspace in my suite and re-created the reassuring routines of my everyday life. Writing my blog posts, book reviews and articles was the best antidote to the haunting awareness that my home could burn to the ground at any moment. Residents for miles in all directions were cautioned to stay inside with the windows and doors shut, but I couldn't bear that. I went out for a walk every day.
My friend Nancy invited me to dinner with her family one night; she made the soul-soothing spaghetti dinner that was a staple of my childhood. Another night, I met fellow evacuees Rebecca and her husband at a restaurant we had all been wanting to try; I savored my mussels in a red curry coconut sauce.
It almost seemed festive, if I could ignore the fact that what would soon become the biggest fire in California history was barreling through the southern part of the state, with smoke clogging the air, ash raining down and people walking around with face masks, as if they were actors in an apocalyptic thriller.
I learned later, much to my astonishment, about two couples who ignored that high-decibel order to EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY. One woman, who lives just a few blocks from me, said that her husband is from Australia, where wildfires are commonplace, and he was not about to start panicking. She had wished he would at least pack up a few things. The dynamic was similar for the other couple: She wanted to bolt; he wasn't quite ready. I felt grateful that I got to make my own decision and didn't have to argue or persuade anyone else to leave with me.
In the middle of an afternoon, after nine nights away, the evacuation order for my neighborhood was lifted and I headed home. My house was smoky and dirty from the ash; it looked a little empty and sad. But it was in one glorious piece, and finally, I was home.
I wished Nina were still in town, so we could continue our conversation on the social science of single life. But now I have reaffirmed my answer to her question of what makes solo dwellers happy and healthy. What makes me happy is living in a town that is warm and beautiful, even if not as reliably serene as I had believed just a few weeks ago. It is having a home of my own and a life of my own, with all the autonomy and solitude that comes with them. Happiness is work that I pursue with a passion – and that, just barely, affords me the life I love. It is the embrace of my family and friends.
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Every 19 seconds, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer and her life and those around her change forever. It's spine-chilling when you realise 1 out of every 15 women will come to suffer from this disease, but regardless of the age at which it's detected, with care and attention, it can be prevented.
The numbers in the last three decades have improved considerably, but we need to continue informing us of ways to act on time, as this can make a big difference in the life of a person with cancer.
Each year the fight against this disease is commemorated in October (#pinktober) and multiple brands join the cause through campaigns and fundraising. In 2018 there are three in the fashion industry that stand out for their enthusiasm and feminine solidarity.
E S T É E L A U D E R
In 1992, Evelyn H. Lauder co-created the iconic pink ribbon that gave a path to The Estée Lauder Companies to commit to the fight against breast cancer. Through its annual campaign (which to date has raised $76 million) manage to finance treatments, medical research and awareness of this tragic disease that affects the life of many women.
This year they seek to inspire action by illuminating buildings and monuments in pink around the world (such as the Eiffel Tower or the Empire State Building), distributing informative brochures, raising funds and inviting us to share photos with a pink heart-shaped bow on social networks accompanied by the hashtag #TimeToEndBreastCancer.
M A N G O
Once again and with the purpose of the International Day of Breast Cancer, Mango has released a collection for women and men of which 100% of the profits will go to the Fero Foundation to promote oncological research. The products range from sweatshirts, T-shirts and limited editions vanity bags that are available both in the physical store and online.
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Berlei launched the campaign #ITouchMyself with important figures as ambassadors such as Serena Williams, who this October joined forces with the brand to raise funds and promote educational spaces that teach women to care for and examine themselves.
The brand of Australian underwear launches, as part of the campaign, a bra inspired by the rocker Chrissy Amphlett of The Divinyls, who died of breast cancer in 2003. The brassiere of snakeskin print carries the message "I Touch Myself" in the inner lining to remind women to self-examine regularly or visit their doctor. 100% of the benefits will be granted to the Australian Breast Cancer Network.
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Although #pinktober retakes popularity year after year, I want to share that writing this article wasn't easy when looking for brands committed to the cause. Maybe it's time to interpret this as a call to action for both brands and ourselves, because while it's nice to buy things that benefit us and share a social retribution at the same time, there are many ways to get involved in solidarity with breast cancer. Whether it's participating in pink marathons within our city, donating hair (it will grow back!) or contributing as little or as much as we can to the associations that are responsible for oncological research. Breast cancer isn't just a pink month, it's a permanent commitment and a constant struggle of which we are all part.
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Malaysia's next election: Why Najib dithers
Wan Saiful Wan Jan For The Straits Times
Oct 5, 2017, 5:00 am SGT
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Malaysia has been in general election fever for almost a year, if not more. The power to dissolve Parliament, which will lead to a general election, lies with Prime Minister Najib Razak. He has been very busy touring the country to give speeches that can easily be taken as campaigning. But he does not seem ready to make the actual call.
Some say that Datuk Seri Najib is strategising and waiting for the right time. Others suggest that he is dithering because he is not sure if he can produce a sufficiently good electoral result to secure his own premiership for the foreseeable future. And some say that indecisiveness is his trademark.
Whichever it is, Mr Najib does have good reasons to dither. The best time to call an election was probably last year, when the opposition block was in tatters.
But Mr Najib missed the opportunity and now he has to carefully weigh the risks.
The opposition parties are slowly and gradually uniting under the newly formed Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. And Umno is being rocked by Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM), led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, former prime minister and former Umno president, and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who was deputy prime minister and Umno deputy president until he was sacked by Mr Najib last year.
Even though PH's registration as a political party has not been approved yet, Dr Mahathir has been named as the coalition's chairman. Interestingly, he is now working with Anwar Ibrahim, a former deputy prime minister whom he sacked back in 1998. Anwar is PH's overall leader, or ketua umum.
The new partnership between these two old foes creates a lot of uncertainties, adding to Mr Najib's dithering.
For the upcoming general election - known as GE14 because it will be Malaysia's 14th - Barisan Nasional (BN), the Umno-led ruling coalition, looks confident at the federal level. But the situation is less certain if we examine the situation state by state. Under Dr Mahathir's aggressive drive, PH is making headway in quite a few states.
In the northern state of Kedah, many are saying that PPBM has a good chance because it is Dr Mahathir's home state. He and his family are well liked there. His son, Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir, is vice-president of the party and is the leading candidate for chief minister if they win. That has a lot of traction among voters, especially the younger ones.
PH is also making headway in the relatively more multi-ethnic Perak. The state was won by the opposition coalition in the 2008 General Election, only to see Umno taking over after defections in the state legislative assembly a year later. Umno retained the state in GE13, but their majority is a wafer-thin three seats. The opposition remains popular. When Dr Mahathir toured Perak last month, thousands gathered to hear him.
A surprise is perhaps in the offing in the southern state of Johor. Traditionally known as an Umno bastion, Johor has suddenly turned risky. Dr Mahathir chose this state for his first speech after being named chairman of PH. Many of the Malay villagers I met at that event in July in Kota Tinggi said they are Umno members and will not leave the party for fear of victimisation. But they will vote for PPBM as they are upset with the way Mr Najib treats Mr Muhyiddin, a Johorean. Mr Muhyiddin, as Johor state chairman for PH, has been mobilising his people and quietly penetrating Umno strongholds. The strength of the silent protest is difficult to measure and that is why things have become risky for Umno there.
The biggest question mark hangs over Sabah and Sarawak. These two states have been BN's vote bank for years. But state nationalism is strengthening in both states. The locals are demanding greater autonomy from Peninsular Malaysia. PH is riding on this wave by allowing local opposition parties and local figures to lead their campaign there, without demanding that they officially join the coalition. This helps create the impression that their movement is local to the states, rather than being led by Peninsular politicians, as is the case for BN component parties over which Umno has an iron grip.
In 2008, then Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi led Umno to retain the federal government, but lost four states to the opposition. Umno subsequently pushed Datuk Seri Abdullah out of office and Mr Najib was the main beneficiary from that putsch. But that was also a lesson to Mr Najib, who knows it is not enough to win the polls at the federal government level because if Mr Abdullah was forced to resign after performing badly in the states, then he is also at risk of becoming a victim of the precedent that he himself set.
That is why Mr Najib needs to improve the outlook for state-level polls before calling a general election. He is working hard to ensure just that and there are indications that his strategy may be working. He has successfully pulled the Malay-majority Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) out from PH by dangling issues like the supremacy of Islam and Malays as carrots.
Mr Najib does not need PAS to join his BN coalition. He just needs to be confident enough that PAS will put candidates in as many seats as possible, therefore creating three-cornered fights nationwide. Such a situation will split opposition votes and that is a sure tactic to benefit Umno and BN. Once he can confirm that, there will be no more reason to dither.
The writer is visiting senior fellow at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute and chief executive of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, Malaysia.
SEA View is a weekly column on South-east Asian affairs.
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This article presents the results of a study of 19 species carried out in the framework of a LIFE Project called "Reed Bed Bird Life in the Haine Valley" from 2002 to 2005. The birds involved were exhaustively censused in the various marshes studied (Harchies, Hensies, Pommeroeul, Hautrage, Douvrain, and Marionville). The results of this research are presented as well as a history of each species in the study zone. Two species are considered to be former nesters (the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus and Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides), five species are decreasing, four are stable, six are increasing, and two are either passing migrants or wintering birds. This publication presents the situation during the LIFE Project. It would be interesting to repeat such a study in order to measure the impact of a favourable management of the reed beds on the bird life.


The Adelaide Zero Project has been a collaborative effort since its inception and the development of this Implementation Plan continues that effort. Phase 1 has determined how the Functional Zero approach from the US can be implemented in Adelaide, including establishing goals, structures and timelines.
The Adelaide Zero Project Implementation Plan sets out the next steps in the development of the project, the timeline for key activities and, crucially, which organisations will take responsibility for delivering the various elements of the project.
More than 30 organisations from across the public, private, community and university sectors have collectively taken up the challenge to achieve Zero Functional Homelessness in the Adelaide CBD, by the end of 2020, through the Adelaide Zero Project. The Don Dunstan Foundation is coordinating the Project.
The Mechanisms and Accountability Framework outlines the actions which need to be taken (Mechanisms) to achieve Functional Zero Homelessness, and who is the lead agency responsible for driving the implementation of the mechanism, building on the foundation of the Project's Core Components. The development of the Adelaide Zero Project is informed by a research team made up of academics from The University of Adelaide and Flinders University.


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This article was originally published in Medium. It is reposted here with permission from the author.
Ripple is a cryptocurrency platform for payment systems, which focusses on transactions without chargebacks to proceed payments directly, secure and very fast. The protocol supports cryptocurrencies, tokens and many other objects (for example points, frequent flyers miles and minutes of mobile communications).
The cryptocurrency of the Ripple network is XRP and one of the main features of Ripple is the Consensus ledger, more about this can be found in the whitepaper.
Exchange network and payment protocol have been created by Ripple Labs, the US company based in San Francisco and the CEO is Brad Garlinghouse.
The fundamental difference between Ripple and Bitcoin is that, while Bitcoin was created as an alternative payment system between users without the need of a third party, Ripple was founded as an alternative way of payment for the banking system, (although to be fair it is still possible for users to use XRP currency for payments too).
Advantages of Ripple compared to BTC and ETH — include Ripple's transaction time, being only 4 seconds. The times for ETH and BTC are usually 2 minutes and 1 hour.
Another advantage, or better to say another difference, is that Ripple is not using the standard blockchain, instead, transactions are confirmed by the consensus of network participants, which is a big plus for many banks and payment networks in terms of confidence.
Next good thing is that payments using Ripple can be made in arbitrary asset (fiat currency, cryptocurrency, token, commodity, Amex points, etc.).
Potentially Ripple can create a network of banks and financial institutions ( = "the Internet of value"), which could dramatically lower the costs of payments and decrease the time of payment settlements from current 3–5 days (banks) to seconds.
Next big advantage is that Ripple — compared to Bitcoin — is willing to cooperate with traditional finance, and hence is generally better accepted by global financial institutions.
Finally, Ripple has already a working platform, which reflects in its valuation.
In terms of speed, BTC handles around 7 tps, ETH — 15 tps, and XRP — up to 1500 tps (transactions per second).
Disadvantages of Ripple compared to Monero and Zcash is the fact that Ripple is not anonymous.
Compared to Ethereum and similar platforms, Ripple does not support smart contracts.
There are already XRP 100 billion (there is no mining), and currently, we have approximately 40 billion in circulation. Supply of XRP is largely controlled by Ripple (a single company), which can release up to XRP 1 billion a month, which seems to me as a not very "decentralised" solution at all.
Another subtle point is the commission model and the deflationary model of XRP (which is not a disadvantage by itself; it depends on your point of view).
So, for each transaction user usually pays XRP 0.00001 what is not really a commission in my view, but more an anti-spam measure for the system payments are burnt after, leading to a decrease of total coins. In such a way the model is deflationary (total amount of coins will decrease over time, meaning the price of a coin will increase). Also, it is a sort of anti-attack measure, as loads of transactions during an attack will cost a lot.
Finally, I see a slight disconnection between the interests of the parties: Ripple as a company wants probably higher XRP price, but users and software developers would appreciate lower price!
Ripple can get money by unlocking XPR it holds (currently XRP 60 billion). The most important event happened in 2016, when Ripple raised $55 million from very solid organisations, including Google.
The price of XRP was volatile in both BTC and USD in the last year, and it is currently (13:30 UTC 18/11/18) worth $0.510072 or BTC 0.00009126 (=1/10958) with a market cap of just over $20 billion and circulation supply of approximately XRP 40 billion, which places XRP as the 2nd biggest crypto as of today, the 18th of November 2018. Three days ago, on Nov, 15th of 2018, XRP has overtaken ETH by market cap, which is now the 3rd largest crypto.
There are many potential ways to value Ripple, both as a company and as XRP currency itself.
One alternative for the company valuation, is similar to, for example to the valuation of Facebook to project the future annual revenue by geography/type using Ripple revenue build (most of them would be payments for software for banks), then using inputs (costs, margins) from the historical and projected financial statements, value them, discount and add to the residual value.
Another way is to take an amount of XRP, that Ripple holds and estimate it based on market value. In this case, we are coming at around $28 billion as of 11:30 UTC November, 19th 2018.
There are many ways in-between, but, in my opinion, we would need to use several valuation techniques when working with blockchain companies, and the traditional methods of valuation should be adjusted. The exact methodology of crypto valuation is out of the scope of this article.
Finally, the crypto market is heavily connected with behavioural finance, and we need to take into consideration behaviour (and behavioural biases), both when actively trading and passively investing in cryptocurrencies and in digital assets in general.
Ripple has no direct competitors in crypto space, as it is fundamentally different from the most cryptocurrencies: it's more centralised, totally currency agnostic and uses probabilistic voting (and not PoW) to confirm transactions. Interestingly, SWIFT could be considered a competitor.
There are no direct options, but investors, that consider investment in XRP, might pay attention to BTC.
XRP is, in my opinion, a solid long-term HODL investment. XRP is generally less risky than the majority of cryptocurrencies, as it is backed by real projects and strong ties in the traditional world banking system.
On the other hand, XRP is not a "classical" cryptocurrency, it has not a fully decentralised nature and it's created with a different philosophy than most cryptos.
Finally, after the recent run, it might be technically overbought.
In my (HODL) view, XRP is a good investment to add to other crypto assets, as XRP covers a totally different angle and has different drivers of returns, hence adding XRP to a portfolio of traditional, alternative and crypto investments can be a good idea also in terms of diversification.


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The Barbarian Group, in partnership with Super Size Me creator Morgan Sprulock and creativity tools company Aviary, has created NoAd: New York, an internet-based effort to remove all advertising from New York's Times Square.
Spurlock was inspired by Sao Paulo's ban on all outdoor advertising since 2007. He then contacted The Barbarian Group to develop NoAd: New York.
Using the tool, all of the ads in Times Square can be edited out. Of course, this has no effect on the real world ads that plaster Times Square and show no signs of disappearing anytime soon. After all, as much as Spurlock tried to convince us fast food is bad for us, have we really seen an reduction at all in the proliferation of McDonald's or Burger King?
- The Bees Awards, celebrating successes in international social media, is looking for sponsors for its upcoming awards event.


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Argentine Tango - History and Styles
Music of Argentina would not be the same without tango, an incredibly significant style of music genre and accompanying social dance that is defined by the feelings of 19th-century immigrants of South America who helped to infuse this musical style with elements of sensuality, nostalgia, sadness, and closeness. Birthed in the late 19th century in the booming territory of Río de la Plata, Argentine tango managed to quickly expand from its status as a music and dance style of the "unprivileged" and transform into phenomenon that has not only reached all four corners of the world, but has managed to have an significant influence on the history and social development of Argentina itself.
Argentine Tango uses 2/4 or 4/4 rhythm with two upbeats and two downbeats, and songs (fully melodic or with vocals) are usually consisting from two or three parts that are repeating in patterns such as ABAB or ABCAC. Tango is a music style that builds upon the foundation of the underlying beats, and it is very rare to find tango music that consists only of beats. Since it was created with the influences of several Argentine folk dances, music influences from African slaves and Jazz, both traditional and newly developed tango styles allow for some amount of improvisation in both playing and dancing. Argentine tango music is well known for its sudden changes in dynamics, use of staccato, glissandi slides of notes, melancholic but intense mood, and the distinctive presence of small button accordion called bandoneon. Bandoneon differs from traditional European "constantina" by having the ability to produce diatonic (non-chromatic, bi-sonorous or bisonoric) sounds, meaning that each key on both treble and bass side of the instrument can produce two distinct sound, depending on whether the bellows are contracting or expanding.
The expansion of tango's popularity enabled many working-class composers and performers from Argentina to achieve international fame, including names such as Carlos Gardel, Ástor Piazzolla, Juan D'Arienzo, Carlos Di Sarli, Osvaldo Pugliese and Francisco Canaro.
Influences of such artists, changes in the social structure of Argentina and fashion styles enabled tango to morph into dozens of different styles, both domestically in Argentine and in the rest of the world. However, many of those styles are 'additive', meaning that they just introduced new elements while keeping many of the traditional tango elements untouched. This enabled tango to remain closely connected to the Argentine nation, preserving the original element of "lunfardo" - a mixture of expressions that were all infused into creation of this music by the millions of immigrants who came to the shores of Argentina and Uruguay (it's poorer and working neighbourhoods more precisely) seeking a better life and infusing the soul of colorful, highly diverse and transitory lower class and marginalized population into music style and dancing that provided them a small measure of distraction and leisure.
Passionate, sensual and instinctive, Argentine tango remains the most captivating dance of modern time
History of Argentine Tango
Tango initially emerged as the " music of the unprivileged' in the working-class neighborhoods Buenos Aires and Montevideo in late 19th century Argentina and Uruguay, fueled by the mix of the countless European immigrants, influences from African slaves, and dances and music styles from native settlers of Central and South America. This mix eventually formed into a new musical genre and social dance that remained a close companion to the struggles and desires of the lower classes until it eventually managed to reach higher circles of Argentine society which has managed to recognize the appeal of this phenomenal music. Even though Tango music quickly managed to become a point of national pride in Argentina, outside of this country it led to morph into several new styles that are still practiced to this day.
An important point in the history of tango happened between 1890 and 1910 when many of the Argentinian artists strived produce stage shows, theatre presentations, and gramophone records were focused on the promotion of tango music and tango dance. This birthed new musical stars (both composers and artists) and led to the establishment of worldwide stars such as Carlos Gardel (who found great success in Hollywood), and Ástor Piazzolla who developed a new style of Tango Nuevo.
The traditional form of Argentine Tango is not only danced in its native country. This dance is regularly enjoyed in countries such as France, United Kingdom, USA and many others. It can also be observed in the multitude of films, TV series and opera productions.
Since tango as a style is very susceptible to changes and evolution into other related styles, it is not strange to see that modern tango is much more diverse than other dances. While the majority of people around the world knows about the most popular variant of tango music, the tango dance, this musical style managed to diversify into many forms that were popularized by everyone from individual artists to large ensemble orchestras who all had their own stylistic differences.
The popularity of tango music in Argentina has not only created this diversity, but also several specific tango music schools that are preserved to this day by several families who are working as orchestras that promote tango music and tango dance. Those families are Di Sarli, d'Arienzo, Troilo and Pugliese, and all are descendants of the Italian immigrant families who became part of rising tango scene in late 19th century.
While the so-called "The Golden Age of Tango" is now a distant past (it lasted between the 1930s and 1950s), the modern generations of Argentine Tango have access to many more styles of this music. This includes not only the tremendous exploits that Ástor Piazzolla has created in his tango nuevo style, but also many modern genres such as electro-tango, and tango that incorporates elements from other styles such as rock, hip-hop, blues, world music and others.
Tango Dance and Argentine Tango Styles
Tango dancing is incredibly diverse, which is attributed to the ability of this musical and dancing style to quickly adapt not only to musical styles in the place where it is practiced, but also social changes, clothing fashion styles (which may restrict usage of some dance moves) and even the amount of crowding in the dancing venues. Since tango music is based on clear and repetitive 2x4 pulse or beat, clarity, articulation and counterpoint marking, the resulting dance of such music is also very distinctive.
Modern versions of tango dance are danced with both open and closed embrace, or anywhere in between, with dancers responding emotionally and sometimes instinctively to the emotion found in the beat and music. Speed is also very important, with dancers transmitting their feeling of music quickly to their partner, who must react instantly. Footwork in tango dance is usually very close to the ground (rarely with weight being placed on both of the feet), but some tango dance styles include raising of the feet or entangling feet around the legs of dancing partners.
Traditional Argentine dance is performed counterclockwise , with dance pairs forming lines of traffic that cut not across, but flow around the dance floor. The basic elements of every Argentine tango dance are the embrace, walking, figures, dancing codes and the underlying type of music (traditional tango, Vals, and milonga).
While many international tango dance styles have managed to solidify their rules into fixed tradition (such as ballroom tango), the traditional Argentine tango still fully supports improvisation, emotional interpretation, and evolution that continues to change this dance into new forms even today.
Most popular Argentine tango styles are:
Tango traditional
Salon tango
Tango canyengue
Tango orillero
Tango apilado/confiteria
Tango nuevo
Tango con corte y quebrada
Tango de fantasía
Show tango
Stage tango
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Overland Park-based Sprint and T-Mobile shares fell after a Wall Street Journal report cast doubt on the likelihood of government approval of their $26.5 billion merger.
In a meeting earlier this month, Justice Department staff members laid out their concerns with the all-stock deal and questioned the companies arguments that the combination would produce important efficiencies for the merged firm, the people said.
It cited people familiar with the matter.
T-Mobile US and Sprint are facing potential rejection of their proposed merger at the US Department of Justice. DOJ spokesman Jeremy Edwards declined to comment on an ongoing investigation. A number of state attorneys general are also reviewing the deal.
T-Mobile and Sprint did not immediately answer messages. There's a possibility that T-Mobile and Sprint will offer concessions to ease the government's worries. T-Mobile and Sprint are smaller players in a market led by Verizon and AT&T, but T-Mobile has surged in recent years by offering more customer-friendly deals than the two biggest carriers. The officials are also reportedly prepared to sue T-Mobile and Sprint if federal officials don't help them to challenge the proposed merger.


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