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Home Opinion Anderson-Clark Opinion Exchange
Afghanistan: Should U.S. have left? How did the evacuation go?
bySanpete Messenger
The question for this month has two parts: Was President Biden right to cut off American involvement in Afghanistan (a position also advocated by President Trump)? Or would it have been in the best interests of the United States and the Afghani people to leave a small American or NATO force in the country indefinitely, similar to Korea, to maintain stability?
Regardless of your position on staying or leaving, how would you evaluate the evacuation? Given the circumstances, was it a remarkable achievement or a debacle? If a debacle, what should have been done differently?
Steve Clark and Alison Anderson
I don't know a single military man who isn't relieved when the bullets stop, but let's be clear about this. America didn't lose the Afghan war, we won it. We and our allies swept into the country in October of 2001 and, in short order, overthrew the government and occupied 100 percent of the landmass.
Our problem in Afghanistan wasn't the ability to militarily defeat our enemies. It came after we tried to rebuild the nation in our own image. In doing so, we mistakenly believed we could change Afghanistan's basic culture and love of tribal warfare.
The Afghans didn't drive us out; we intentionally left. It was our manner of doing so that led to the impression of an ignominious defeat. (But that is the subject of the next question.) My answer as to whether we should have kept a presence in Afghanistan after the evacuation is a clear and resounding "No."
Let's say we kept the embassy, or Bagram Air Base. These would be islands at risk in a sea of bloodthirsty Muslim hostility. Remember the embassy at Tehran and Jimmy Carter's 444 days? Bagram would have faced snipers, suicide bombers, random incoming rocket and mortar fire and incessant guerrilla attacks. Our enemy could have surgically administered death by a thousand cuts.
It's simply not worth it, especially since America doesn't covet a single square foot of Afghanistan. Better to have our solders, sailors and marines safe at home than wasting their lives in a country that isn't worth the blood of even one more of our own. But if we are attacked from Afghanistan again, all bets are off.
Alison Anderson
As much as I would prefer to see the American military leave Afghanistan in a more stable state, I agree with Steve that even 20 more years and billions more American dollars would have been unlikely to make this goal a reality.
Yes, great strides have been made against the Taliban's pre-2001 repressive, violent regime. Girls have been educated, women have established careers and urban centers have thrived with commerce, steady services and cultural development. Food, electricity and clean water could be depended on.
But in rural areas, these benefits were never realized, and the moneyed urban elite siphoned off millions into luxuries and accounts in Dubai. Racketeering and tax evasion has run rampant, while Afghans in rural areas have continued to suffer and have turned to the Taliban for help.
Clearly, there is no political will to establish a western-style democracy in Afghanistan. The U.S. attempt to do so has failed. Getting out before more American lives were lost was inevitable. Last Monday, Aug. 30, the last of our military forces left, a day ahead of the deadline.
In the weeks prior to the deadline, more than 120,000 people were airlifted out, only 6,000 of whom were Americans. Most were Afghans who helped in our efforts there—so in spite of the appearance of chaos at the Bagram Air Base, the cooperation between the Taliban and the U.S. forces worked surprisingly well.
In the months ahead, we'll see whether the "new" Taliban will attempt to govern or revert to their former terrorist tactics, particularly as they cope with ISIS-K, al Qaeda, and other threats.
Steve's response:
Alison, President Biden has utterly failed as a military strategist. Only through the Taliban's self-interest were we able to extract most, but not all, Americans from Afghanistan.
Biden campaigned on getting us out of Afghanistan. Knowing that, why didn't he call Tony Blinken in on his first day in office and instruct the State Department to immediately start contacting Americans in Afghanistan to tell them to quietly and quickly pack up and get to an airport while access was still open?
We could have airlifted them out without the Taliban even knowing what we were up to, along with all the Afghanis who deserved to leave.
The first rule of strategy is, never tell your enemy what you intend to do or when you intend to do it. Biden publicly announced his intentions and gave the world a date. His announcement panicked the government, prompted the Afghan president to flee, and collapsed the Afghan military just when we needed them most.
Had Biden acted smartly, strategically, on Aug. 31, the Taliban would have been left holding nothing but an empty bag as the last C-17 disappeared into the sunset without the loss of a single drop of American blood.
Make no mistake, the war in Afghanistan is not over. As you alluded, Alison, it will now be fought between the Taliban, ISIS-M, the Haqqani network, al Qaeda, and the warlords whose tribes have been feuding continuously in Afghanistan for more than 2,000 years.
Our war is over, (for now), but we're still stuck with Biden, who, in my opinion, is strategically inept as commander-in-chief.
Alison's response
It's easy to blame Biden, Steve, and you can't assert the outcome would have been perfect had you been in charge.
Remember, he hasn't been in office a year, and he certainly has engineered this withdrawal with full support from the State Department and the U.S. military.
Yes, it should have begun many months ago. Our government had hoped that the Afghan leadership would hold its ground against the Taliban. Anti-refugee policy has exacerbated the problem—can you imagine what the far-right Republicans would have had to say about 300,000 Muslim immigrants?
Biden had the dirty job of ending 20 years of inconsistent, flawed, poorly executed policy in Afghanistan. When George W. Bush entered this war, he pledged that the U.S. would provide food, medicine and supplies to the Afghan people, and said "We will not waver, we will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail." These were lofty but unrealistic goals for a land war in Asia.
Obama also tried to continue the progress there, and dramatic improvements were made in literacy, health care and education for girls. A whole generation of young urban Afghans has embraced modernity.
Remember that Biden has simply honored the treaty that the former president negotiated. For 20 years, U.S. policymakers have tried their best to "carrot and stick" their way to safety from terrorists in this chaotic area of the world—and if anything, we're not one bit closer to it than we were on 9/11. Biden cannot be blamed for all of this.
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Transfer students find home in San Antonio
Claire Nakayama|August 17, 2017
While the first-years settle in and learn more about Trinity, transfer students are beginning their own first year at Trinity. Students transfer to Trinity every semester, looking for a community that will act as a second home for them. Students transfer for numerous reasons, including academics, school size and social life.
"I transferred from Grinnell College in Iowa. I was looking for a school with a good science program along with undergraduate research opportunities," said Hannah Cook, a senior biology major, in an email interview.
Hannah also played for Trinity's tennis team until spring of last year.
Annie Agee, a junior chemistry major, transferred from Virginia Tech after two years due to class size.
"I felt like I wasn't able to take anything away from lectures and that professors didn't always care about my progression as an individual in their class. I knew that I wanted to be somewhere smaller, preferably where the temperature doesn't drop to below zero in the winter," Agee said in an email interview.
Willa Rubin, a senior political science and environmental studies double major, transferred from the University of Washington at Seattle.
"My transfer was initiated by a series of different life events, but once I visited Trinity, I knew a small school closer to home was what I was looking for," Rubin said in an email interview.
Cook said having a small campus community in the big city of San Antonio creates a perfect balance.
"Both schools I have attended are small liberal arts schools so they are very similar in that regard. Grinnell is in a very small city surrounded by cornfields while Trinity is in a big city with cool places to go like the River Walk and the Pearl. In San Antonio, there is always something to do if you want to go off campus. The weather in Texas is also a lot warmer than Iowa. Being a native Texan I wasn't very used to the cold." Cook said.
For Agee, a small campus size ended up being just what she was looking for, as college turned from stressful to enjoyable once she transferred to Trinity.
"I think that there are definitely people who are better suited for larger schools and some people who can learn and thrive better in a smaller, more student-oriented environment. For me, the small classes, faculty accessibility and tight-knit community have completely changed my opinion of college," Agee said.
Rubin also loved the smaller student population Trinity had to offer, but doesn't regret going to the University of Washington.
"Recognizing most faces I see and having professors remember me was a welcome surprise after my transfer. UW is a beautiful school with amazing opportunities, but I love the closeness Trinity offers. Overall, I am glad to have had unique opportunities and experiences at both universities," Rubin said.
Although transferring to an entirely different school sounds like a challenge, students have found the process goes relatively smoothly.
"The transition has been great! Everyone was very welcoming and, at this point, most people don't even remember that I had transferred," Cook said.
"I can gladly say I am completely and happily immersed in the Trinity Community! That being said, coming into a school with incredibly tight-knit friendships is difficult. I'm glad to have found my groove with the help of warm friends, supportive professors and wholesome campus involvement," Rubin said.
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It's a clever spin on how Chuck Norris is renowned for been the best at everything, so much so there's a huge collection of jokes suggesting this, but now instead of him, Toyota have replaced him as the face of Toyota with the new truck named 'Truck Norris'.
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La rivoluzione anarchica spagnola del 1936 fu una rivoluzione sociale di ispirazione anarchica e libertaria che cominciò durante le prime fasi della guerra civile spagnola, seguita al colpo di Stato militare di Francisco Franco del luglio 1936 contro il governo repubblicano che porrà fine alla Seconda repubblica spagnola, per poi spegnersi, a partire dal 1937, incompiuta, infranta e tradita dallo stesso governo del Fronte Popolare. Le sue caratteristiche furono, tra altre: anticlericalismo nell'ambito religioso, orizzontalismo nell'ambito amministrativo, razionalismo nell'ambito educativo e collettivismo autogestito nell'ambito economico.

Una rivoluzione sociale libertaria

Si tratta probabilmente della più importante esperienza libertaria di massa nella storia, dato che un ruolo politico e militare preponderante rispetto alle altre forze antifasciste (socialiste riformiste e rivoluzionarie, repubblicane, comuniste e autonomiste) fu inizialmente ricoperto dall'anarchismo, sia spontaneo che organizzato. Ad essere determinanti furono, da un lato, l'influsso e il peso di quel complesso di idee e di pratiche istintivamente o coscientemente anarchiche adottate dal proletariato spagnolo e, dall'altro, la forza agente delle sue espressioni più strutturate, ossia: l'organizzazione politica specifica Federazione anarchica iberica (F.A.I.), con la sua Federación Ibérica de Juventudes Libertarias (F.I.J.L.) e l'organizzazione sindacale Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (C.N.T.), che arriverà ad avere un milione e mezzo di lavoratori iscritti.
Secondo Guy Debord, che pure non ha lesinato critiche verso gli anarchici spagnoli, «Nel 1936 l'anarchismo ha realmente condotto una rivoluzione sociale e l'abbozzo, il più avanzato che mai si sia visto, di un potere proletario».

Effettivamente in questo tentativo storicamente rilevante di emancipazione dei lavoratori spagnoli ad opera di essi stessi, e non di uno stato o di un partito operaio agenti in loro nome, nonostante le gravi urgenze del contesto bellico si avviarono una serie di pratiche rivoluzionarie e si attuarono azioni dirette di massa, spesso spontanee e diffuse in diversi ambiti della vita sociale.

Per documentare precisamente la consapevolezza di chi all'epoca s'impegnò in questo senso si possono leggere diverse testimonianze di questo tenore:
«Noi anarchici non abbiamo fatto la guerra per il piacere di difendere la repubblica borghese [...] No, se abbiamo preso le armi, è stato per attuare la rivoluzione sociale».

L'aspetto militare nel quadro internazionale della guerra al fascismo è stato sempre quello maggiormente messo in evidenza, ma se si parla di rivoluzione sociale, e non solo di guerra civile spagnola, è soprattutto perché la maggior parte dell'economia spagnola fu messa sotto il controllo dei lavoratori in autonomia da uno stato allo sbando; nelle "roccaforti" anarchiche, come la Catalogna, la percentuale raggiungeva il 75%, ma era più bassa in aree con forte influenza comunista. Le fabbriche erano gestite tramite comitati di lavoratori, le aree agricole furono collettivizzate in parte e gestite come comunità libere.

Terra e Libertà

I terreni espropriati e collettivizzati furono il 70% in Catalogna, il 70% in Aragona, il 70% nella provincia di Badajoz, il 58% in Castiglia-La Mancia, il 49% in Andalusia e il 13 % nella comunità Valenciana.
L'antica questione agraria trovò così rapida soluzione con l'azione diretta dal basso dei contadini che, dopo le deludenti e timide riforme del governo repubblicano e socialista, presero in mano il loro destino senza attendere decreti di sorta e si appropriarono delle terre, ponendo fine alla gestione feudale e latifondistica. A differenza di quanto accadde con la direzione bolscevica della rivoluzione russa, non si trattò di una collettivizzazione delle terre centralizzata e statale, né tanto meno di una nazionalizzazione della produzione. L'influsso delle concezioni anarchiche fra i braccianti e i contadini insorti aveva spinto da subito i fatti verso una prospettiva totalmente diversa.

«Senza che "nessun partito, nessuna organizzazione" avesse impartito una consegna in questo senso, si costituirono anche collettività agrarie. Furono collettivizzati soprattutto i latifondi, i cui proprietari erano fuggiti nella zona franchista, o erano stati sommariamente giustiziati. Nell'Aragona, dove fin dal luglio 1936 i miliziani della colonna Durruti avevano dato impulso al movimento, furono coinvolti quasi tutti i villaggi: la federazione delle collettività arrivò a comprendere mezzo milione circa di contadini. Sulla piazza del villaggio furono raccolti e bruciati gli atti di proprietà fondiaria. I contadini consegnavano alla collettività tutto ciò che possedevano: terre, attrezzi, animali da tiro ecc. In alcuni villaggi il denaro fu abolito e sostituito da tagliandi. Non si trattava però di una vera moneta, dato che con quei buoni non si potevano acquistare mezzi di produzione ma solo beni di consumo, peraltro in quantità limitata. Il denaro accantonato dal comitato fu utilizzato per acquistare all'estero i prodotti mancanti che non potevano essere ottenuti con gli scambi.».

Nel quadro di una visione antiautoritaria della rivoluzione l'esistenza della proprietà agricola individuale, così come altri importanti nodi politico-sociali, fu affrontata secondo criteri differenziati in base a decisioni prese localmente dalle collettività o regionalmente, ed essa non fu sistematicamente abolita.
Non a caso Isaac Puente, uno dei principali teorici del comunismo libertario , precisava in linea di principio che «Non può essere oggetto di discussione il regime di proprietà della ricchezza e degli utili della produzione, che verranno amministrati dalla collettività e messi a disposizione di chi vorrà produrre. La soppressione della proprietà privata e dell'accaparramento della ricchezza costituiscono la garanzia imprescindibile della libertà economica. Ma questa intransigenza verso la proprietà privata non può essere estremizzata fino a negarla per le cose di uso personale, né per i prodotti dell'attività personale dell'individuo. La proprietà usufruttuaria non credo che possa essere negata per i mobili, i vestiti e le cose di dettaglio il cui possesso non implica né una spoliazione né un'ingiustizia. Rispetto alla proprietà della terra - "la terra per chi la lavora" - si deve distinguere fra la terra dedicata alla produzione del necessario da quella che serve per produrre alimenti o piante rispondenti al gusto individuale, come gli orti e i giardini, o le particelle sperimentali, su cui deve rispettarsi la proprietà usufruttuaria.».

Il congresso delle collettività agricole aragonesi del 1937, iniziativa federalista libertaria fortemente osteggiata dalle forze governative centrali, stabilì, fra l'altro, che chiunque non volesse partecipare al sistema agricolo collettivizzato poteva avere un terreno di proprietà individuale, a condizione che la sua dimensione non eccedesse quella che egli stesso poteva lavorare senza impiegare salariati.

Gaston Leval conferma che «I piccoli proprietari erano rispettati. Le tessere di consumatori fatte anche per loro, il conto corrente che era loro aperto, le risoluzioni prese a loro riguardo lo attestano. Soltanto s'impediva loro di aver più terra di quella che potessero coltivare, e d'esercitare il commercio individuale. L'adesione alle Collettività era volontaria: gli "individualisti" vi aderivano solo se e quando venivano persuasi dai migliori risultati del lavoro in comune.».

Ovviamente ciò non poteva dissolvere diffidenze e ostilità di quel ceto intermedio di piccoli proprietari o contadini mezzadri legato alla propria condizione e non impedì, dato che la rivoluzione sociale agraria fu lungi dall'essere indolore, il manifestarsi di una conflittualità anticollettivista che bloccava la collettivizzazione e che, in determinate situazioni locali quali il villaggio La Fatarella, poteva degenerare anche in lotta armata con morti e feriti.

Autogestione dell'economia e forme di organizzazione sociale antiautoritaria

La ricerca storica fornisce dati incompleti, parziali e non di rado discordanti sulla valutazione qualitativa e quantitativa del sistema economico e sociale durante le varie fasi nel periodo rivoluzionario.

È stato stimato da Sam Dolgoff, autore de I Collettivi Anarchici: autogestione dei lavoratori nella Rivoluzione Spagnola, che più di 10 milioni di persone parteciparono direttamente, o almeno indirettamente, nella rivoluzione spagnola. Sebbene con una diversa intensità e densità geografica nel territorio spagnolo, quasi ogni sfera dell'economia fu investita dal processo rivoluzionario e autogestionario. Esso si estese e spinse più avanti in Catalogna, dove il settore industriale come quelli dei trasporti, dei servizi e finanche il settore del commercio non furono affatto esclusi da queste forme di socializzazione. In alcuni casi perfino i taxi, gli alberghi, le barberie e i ristoranti furono collettivizzati e gestiti dagli stessi lavoratori. Nell'industria catalana la collettivizzazione riguardò circa 2.000 imprese di vari settori (tessile, metallurgia, chimica, edilizia, legno, servizi, spettacolo ecc.), mentre il controllo operaio vigeva in circa 4.500 imprese.

La rivoluzione sociale non si dimostrò invece efficace nel settore bancario che, forse per la scarsa presenza di sindacalisti radicali favorevoli alla collettivizzazione, finì per costituire uno dei suoi punti deboli cruciali, come già era stato durante l'esperienza rivoluzionaria della Comune di Parigi (1871). Il sindacato maggioritario in quel settore, l'Unione Generale dei Lavoratori (U.G.T.), era infatti vicino al governo a direzione marxista, più orientato verso la nazionalizzazione, ossia la gestione statale delle banche, il quale si servì del controllo del credito e delle riserve auree per circoscrivere e strangolare la dinamica rivoluzionaria, indirizzando politicamente i fondi pubblici per le spese, militari e non, dove non erano maggioritarie le componenti rivoluzionarie anarchiche o comuniste antistaliniste (soprattutto il P.O.U.M.). Onde evitare che oltre 500 tonnellate d'oro della Repubblica spagnola, confiscate alla Banca di Spagna, finissero direttamente in mano ai rivoluzionari spagnoli, il governo preferì trasferirne segretamente il valore nelle casse di Stalin, con lo scopo di ottenere il contributo bellico sovietico condizionato. E così egli poté impiegare quell'oro di Mosca a sua discrezione, con le conseguenze politiche e militari che si vedranno (controrivoluzione stalinista prima, vittoria del franchismo e fine della Repubblica poi).

Tuttavia una radicale trasformazione dei rapporti sociali e di produzione aveva potuto, se non altro, cominciare ad essere messa in pratica. In diverse collettività e in alcune transazioni il denaro fu abolito o parzialmente sostituito da forme non monetarie di retribuzione e buoni intransferibili, detti "vales".
«Ad esempio ad Asco, in Catalogna, i membri dei collettivi ricevevano una tessera di famiglia sul cui retro figurava un calendario per segnare via via le date di acquisto dei viveri, che potevano essere ritirati solo una volta al giorno nei diversi centri di approvvigionamento. Queste tessere erano di diversi colori, per permettere anche a chi non sapeva leggere di distinguerle facilmente. La collettività provvedeva a remunerare insegnanti, ingegneri e medici, che curavano gratuitamente i pazienti.».

Non utilizzata ovunque, questa sorta di salario familiare, per quanto ispirato ad un principio di uguaglianza, non andava certamente in direzione di una maggiore indipendenza della donna ed era in contraddizione con un certo progresso dell'emancipazione femminile nella rivoluzione in corso, dal diritto all'aborto alla parità nelle decisioni assembleari e nelle milizie.
Accanto alla lotta contro l'oppressione di classe e lo sfruttamento, comunque, la rivoluzione spagnola avanzò contro altre forme di dominazione. Le relazioni sociali gerarchiche in genere subirono trasformazioni radicali o, quantomeno, sperimentazioni innovative in senso egualitario e libertario, come notò per esperienza diretta George Orwell nel suo Omaggio alla Catalogna, a partire proprio dalla messa in discussione dell'ideologia maschilista del patriarcato e dal protagonismo attivo e organizzato delle donne in ogni aspetto della rivoluzione.

Sempre all'insegna di una cultura antiautoritaria, in campo educativo, fu varato un vasto programma di alfabetizzazione e venne intensificata l'attività degli Ateneos Libertarios; vennero portate avanti iniziative riconducibili all'attività passata del famoso maestro e teorico di una "Scuola Moderna" Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia; vennero fondate diverse scuole razionaliste, in un paese dove l'educazione era essenzialmente prerogativa della Chiesa cattolica, ed anche montessoriane.

In tutto il territorio della Catalogna il servizio sanitario fu garantito e riorganizzato sulla base di un progetto avanzato di socializzazione della medicina, si svilupparono pratiche mediche fondate sulla prevenzione e la terapia sociale. Figura chiave di questo progetto fu il dottor Félix Martí Ibáñez, impegnato sia sul terreno clinico che su quello culturale, che lavorerà anche alla legislazione sull'aborto stendendo la norma, in una delibera della Generalitat de Catalunya datata 25 dicembre 1936, per la quale alla donna spettava la libera scelta di proseguire o interrompere la gravidanza entro i primi 3 mesi.

La stessa organizzazione militare della guerra sociale antifascista fu improntata in chiave antimilitarista ed orizzontale con il rifiuto dell'esercito e la creazione di milizie e colonne, come la Columna de Hierro di Valencia (a Valencia c'è un intero spazio di programmazione di Radio Klara  dedicato proprio all'esperienza della Rivoluzione anarchica spagnola) o la più famosa Colonna Buenaventura Durruti, e l'abolizione di gradi e uniformi militari.
Così un delegato della formazione miliziana valenzana, che contava 3000 combattenti ed oltre 20.000 volontari, ne descriveva la struttura in un articolo dell'organo di stampa Linea de Fuego del 17 novembre 1936: «La costituzione del Comitato di Guerra è accettata da tutte le milizie confederali. Noi partiamo dall'individuo e formiamo dei gruppi di dieci, che si autogestiscono le piccole operazioni. Dieci gruppi formano una Centuria, che nomina un delegato per rappresentarla. Trenta Centurie formano una Colonna, che è diretta dal Comitato di Guerra, di cui fanno parte i delegati di Centuria.».
All'origine di questa forma di organizzazione erano quasi vent'anni di lavoro e di esperienze di vari gruppi d'azione come Los Solidarios, che difendevano gli attivisti sindacalisti e anarchici dalla violenza padronale dei pistoleros tra il 1917 e il 1923, ma soprattutto dei Comitati di Difesa della CNT, costituiti nel 1934.

Le cause della fine dell'esperienza rivoluzionaria

Ostacoli di vario genere al processo rivoluzionario, comprese contraddizioni interne e soggettive, contribuirono alla conclusione di questa esperienza storica e la storiografia sull'argomento è più vasta che quella sulle realizzazioni concrete. I fattori critici di tipo politico o militare, indiscutibilmente determinanti, hanno finito forse per oscurare altri elementi che entrarono allora in gioco e che, precisamente, qualificarono come anarchica questa rivoluzione infranta. La stessa storicità della rivoluzione sociale e libertaria qui illustrata corre il rischio di una dissolvenza, o di una vera e propria rimozione, quando ridotta esclusivamente entro altre categorie storiografiche come, ad esempio, quelle di guerra civile di Spagna o di frontismo antifascista.

È da tenere presente che già la sezione spagnola della Prima Internazionale (A.I.L.) era schierata su posizioni bakuniniste e che questa, nelle sue evoluzioni successive alla rottura con i marxisti, aveva elaborato una propria teoria rivoluzionaria basata sulla pratica dell'azione diretta, sull'organizzazione e sul federalismo. Date queste premesse il corso del movimento rivoluzionario, che per sua natura era antistatalista e vedeva un protagonismo sociale autonomo dei lavoratori, non poteva non incontrare dinamiche politiche inerziali o contrarie, provenienti sia dal campo reazionario che dall'arco di forze antifranchiste al governo, incluso, in parte, lo stesso movimento anarchico; e se molteplici furono le cause della fine dell'esperienza rivoluzionaria, di varia origine politica furono, dunque, anche le opposizioni allo sviluppo di quel corso.

Controrivoluzione e repressione

La necessità di accelerare e completare la rivoluzione rivendicata da parte della sinistra libertaria e poumista, venne avversata dai comunisti, appoggiati dall'Unione Sovietica, e dai repubblicani democratici; i primi perché contrari all'opportunità di affrontare una rischiosa rivoluzione sociale, nella quale non avrebbero potuto assumere una posizione egemone, i secondi perché spaventati dallo sconvolgimento economico che ne sarebbe derivato. I rivoluzionari ribattevano che solo la mobilitazione rivoluzionaria delle classi subalterne avrebbe fornito lo slancio necessario in termini anche di alto morale alla popolazione per sconfiggere il fascismo.

Con il progredire della guerra, il governo e i comunisti furono in grado di fare leva sul loro accesso alle armi sovietiche per ripristinare il controllo politico, sia con la diplomazia che con la forza. Nelle giornate di maggio del 1937, i contrasti all'interno del campo antifascista esplosero in conflitto aperto quando i comunisti cercano di conquistare militarmente il controllo degli edifici pubblici di Barcellona, difesi dagli anarchici, arrestandone e fucilandone i dirigenti. Già precedentemente il Partito Comunista, per sconfiggere Franco, aveva sostenuto l'opportunità di un blocco sociale il più esteso possibile rinviando quindi ogni prospettiva rivoluzionaria alla fine della guerra. Inoltre la necessità dell'Unione Sovietica di rimanere l'unico punto di riferimento politico ed ideologico per i comunisti di tutto il mondo spinse Stalin ad opporsi anche militarmente alla componente anarchica e a quella trotskista e "dissidente" (come il POUM, il Partito Operaio di Unificazione Marxista), dello schieramento repubblicano. Paradossalmente quindi, furono i comunisti filosovietici a battersi contro l'abolizione della proprietà privata.

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Bibliografia

 Protesta davanti ai libertari del presente e del futuro sulle capitolazioni del 1937 di un "Incontrolado" della Colonna di Ferro, Nautilus, Torino, 1981. Testo anonimo di un ex-miliziano della Columna de Hierro disponibile in rete
 Aa.Vv., L'Adunata dei Refrattari, Barricate e Decreti. Spagna 36-37 la Rivoluzione infranta, Gratis edizioni, Torino, 2013.
 Anthony Beevor, La guerra civile spagnola, BUR, Milano, 2007.
 Camillo Berneri, Guerra di classe in Spagna, Pistoia, Ed. RL, 1971.
 Sam Dolgoff, The anarchist collectives: workers' management in the Spanish revolution 1936-1939, New York, 1974.
 Cedric Dupont, Ils ont osé. Espagne 1936-1939. Chroniques, témoignages, reportages... de l'époque, Los Solidarios, éditions du Monde Libertaire, Paris, 2002.
 Fréderic Goldbronn e Frank Mintz, Un'utopia realizzata. Quando la Spagna rivoluzionaria viveva in anarchia, Spagna 1936: gli anarchici, la guerra, la rivoluzione, Le Monde Diplomatique, dicembre 2000.
 Agustín Guillamón, I Comitati di Difesa della Cnt a Barcellona (1933-1938), All'Insegna del Gatto Rosso, Milano, 2013.
 Gaston Leval, Né Franco né Stalin: le collettività anarchiche spagnole nella lotta contro Franco e la reazione staliniana, Istituto editoriale italiano, Milano, 1952.
 George Orwell, Omaggio alla Catalogna
 Abel Paz (pseudonimo di Diego Camacho), Durruti e la rivoluzione spagnola, Pisa, Ragusa, Milano, Biblioteca F. Serantini, La Fiaccola, Zero In Condotta, 2 voll., 1999 e 2000.
 André e Dori Prudhommeaux, La Catalogne libre, Editions Le Combat Syndicaliste, Parigi, 1970.
 Isaac Puente, Il Comunismo Libertario e altri scritti, Quaderni di Alternativa Libertaria, Fano, 2011. II testo dell'opuscolo è tratto e tradotto da Isaac PUENTE, El comunismo libertario y otras proclamas insurreccionales, Edita Likiniano Elkartea, Bilbao 2003. Premessa e traduzione a cura di Pier Francesco Zarcone.
 Vernon Richards, Insegnamenti della rivoluzione spagnola (1936-1939), Vallera, Pistoia, 1974.
 Carlos Semprun Maura, Libertad! Rivoluzione e controrivoluzione in Catalogna, Elèuthera, Milano, 1996 (1974).
 Claudio Venza, Anarchia e potere nella guerra civile spagnola (1936-1939), Elèuthera, Milano, 2009.

Filmografia
 Terra e libertà (film)

Voci correlate
 Rivoluzione sociale
 Anarchia
 Anarco-comunismo
 Socialismo libertario
 Giornate di maggio
 Radio Klara

Collegamenti esterni

 Cronologia essenziale a cura di Claudio Venza, tratta dal libro Libertad! Rivoluzione e controrivoluzione in Catalogna di Carlos Semprun Maura, edizioni Elèuthera, Milano, 1996 (1974).
 La pagina italiana del sito Anarchopedia.org sulla rivoluzione spagnola
 Rubrica con numerosi documenti dedicata alla rivoluzione spagnola sul sito-archivio della Fondazione Pierre Besnard
 Fury over Spain -Spagna 1936: l'utopia si fa storia, documentario video con commento in italiano, a cura del Centro Studi Libertari-Archivio G. Pinelli

Anarchia
Anarco-comunismo
Guerra civile spagnola
Rivoluzioni
Storia dell'anarchismo

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Those panels are stunning and look to be in great condition. It is wonderful that even an image can give so much pleasure.
They are worth a lot of money and maybe a museum would be interested in acquiring them. Send some pics to the Corning Museum of Glass.
WOW! Those are incredible. Let us know what you discover!
The pictures do the panels no justice. They are absolutely amazing in person!!! The images are etched and sandblasted into the glass giving them a three dimensional feel.
It would be great if you could contact me via. my private message account , I would love to talk to you about them.
Thank you all for your great comments!!! I have sent a few pictures to the Corning Museum. I have yet to hear back fom them yet.
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Girls (Season 5) TV Review
I review a whole season rather than individual episodes, so there is a chance of spoilers. If you haven't watched the whole season yet, stop reading now!
Lena Dunham has managed to create a series which almost entirely based around obnoxious characters but still remains compelling. In fact, Season 5 is more compelling than most other seasons, getting back to the quality that launched the series in the first place. This is despite the fact that the four central characters couldn't be less welcoming or more annoying, something that isn't rectified this season either.
Not that it should be. This season is the beginning of the end for the show and any actual growth for the characters would be against the realism and drama that Dunham has made the trademark of the series from the beginning. This means Dunham's Hannah is still selfish but it does begin to occur to her that it may alienate others, Jemima Kirke's Jessica considers the feelings of others when deciding on her relationship with Adam while Zosia Mamet's Shoshanna has a culture clash in Japan.
The female characters are as obnoxious as they always have been
The only character which doesn't seem to make any "progress" is Allison Williams' Marnie. She has always been the least likable character and shows very few redeeming qualities here either. This isn't a huge issue with her three co-characters but Marnie is also the least entertaining. In small doses she offers a character you enjoy disliking but in this season she gets her own episode and it makes for one of the weakest of the season.
That's quite a complaint considering the season has been so strong. Dunham has managed to balance the humour and the character-arcs perfectly. Their stories are interesting without being too outlandish and the story-lines are ones you can actually care about rather than watch, ambivalent to what is happening next.
The male characters feel stronger than the women
Like previous seasons, this has weirdly been down to the male characters. Although the series is called Girls, the more interesting elements have come from Adam Driver, Alex Karpovsky and even Andrew Randells who gets a whole season storyline of his own involving House of Cards and Ant-Man alumni Corey Stoll. It's quite an achievement for Dunham to write such diverse stories for varied characters and keep strong actors, like Adam Driver who is on the cusp of Hollywood super-stardom.
That is why it is a smart move for Dunham to begin to draw a close on the series. Next season will be the show's last and the final episode of this season pushed at least Hannah in an interesting direction. This was the highlight of the season, when the lines seemed to blur slightly between Dunham and her "main" character. Her final monologue is a perfect summation of the character so far, as well as what we can maybe expect for the final ten episodes that will close this unusual but solid series.
Hannah's end of season monologue is a highlight
Overall, Girls fifth season has been a return to form, focusing on each character with interesting stories and expanded season-arcs. Lena Dunham has juggled the season well and proved that even the most obnoxious of characters can be effective and interesting. It makes you wonder where the season will eventually end-up.
Best Episode – I love you baby: The final episode of the season closes some stories nicely and gives Lena Dunham's Hannah a great monologue moment.
Best performance – Adam Driver as Adam
Should there be another season? – Yes, but the decision to bring it to a close next season is a smart one.
Season Rating – 4.5
(1 – Awful, 2 – Average, 3 – Good, 4 – Great, 5! – Must See)
The decision to end the series with the next season is a welcome one
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Great post. I nominated you for an award. https://rratedreviews.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/my-liebster-award/
Thank you very much. Will do my Liebster post soon.
I am looking forward to your answers!!!
Thanks for the warning about spoilers. I just finished Season 3 a few weeks ago. I'm a big fan of these characters
No worries. I hate knowing about story points before watching a series.
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Q: What can I put in my microwave oven that won't get warm? I have a fuzzy understanding that microwaves heat food because the waves interact with polar molecules in the food, causing them to vibrate, and the vibrations are heat? Correct me if I'm wrong.
To this end, I placed an empty plate (ceramic presumably) for 2 minutes, and it was hot to the touch... so that was a fail.
Is there some common item/material that can be placed in the microwave oven that won't heat up proving this property of microwave oven heating?

A: As a rough approximation, the energy pumped out by a microwave will bounce around until it gets absorbed by something.  If there is something in the oven cavity which readily absorbs energy, the energy won't bounce around very long before it gets absorbed.  If some objects in the cavity absorb energy, but not as readily, the signals will bounce around longer but still end up getting absorbed.  The trays that are included with many microwave ovens are often designed to absorb energy, but not too readily.  If nothing in the cavity absorbs energy, it may eventually get absorbed by parts of the oven itself, in ways that may damage it.
If you want to operate a microwave oven without heating a particular object inside it, and without damaging the oven, you should place something in the oven which absorbs energy more readily than the other object.  That won't shield the object from all of the effects of the microwaves, but it will be heated far less than if it were the only thing in the cavity.

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9 March, 2018By Carrie Bone
A review into the packaging recovery note (PRN) scheme is to be carried out by the National Audit Office (NAO) following concerns that the system is opaque and could be subject to fraud and non-compliance.
The Government has acknowledged the need to reform the PRN scheme. During recent inquiries, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) raised concerns about the lack of transparency over how recovery note revenue is spent and the lack of incentives for eco-design.
There are also worries about how exported waste is treated once it arrives in destination countries.
The EAC has asked the NAO to assess whether the Government has good oversight of the PRN scheme's performance against its objectives, and whether it has taken a robust approach to preventing fraud and non-compliance.
Mary Creagh, EAC chair, said: "Packaging waste is contributing to the ever-growing levels of plastic pollution in the UK and abroad. PRNs are intended to make companies do their bit for recycling, but there is significant concern that PRNs are distorting the market in favour of exports rather than reprocessing in the UK.
"The NAO review will give my committee an insight into the effectiveness of the PRN system, enabling us to assess whether the Government is taking the right action to ensure high levels of recycling in the UK."
Robbie Staniforth, policy manager at compliance scheme Ecosurety, was "extremely pleased" by the review.
"We have often felt like a lone voice bringing this debate to the surface in the past three years. But we felt it was absolutely necessary, with our unique vantage point inside the waste and recycling industry, to explain the frustrations that many of our producer members felt about the inefficiencies of the current system."
He added they were willing to work with civil servants to improve the system.
Before the announcement of the review, a report by Eunomia earlier this week disputed the accuracy of packaging recycling data, sparking a row.
Samantha Harding, litter programme director of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, said: "These money-making compliance schemes have always avoided being transparent about how they operate. It is critical that the Government investigates this now, because we must be able to trust the figures that are influencing important policy decisions, such as whether England will join Scotland in having a deposit return scheme."
But Valpak, the UK's largest compliance scheme, said there was no evidence that producers or their compliance schemes were under-reporting packaging returns.
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By: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
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Jupiter: The Ruthless One. Mars: The Doomed One. Sun: The Fiery One. Saturn: The Beautiful One. Pluto: The Mysterious One. We're living through an extraordinary time of exploration. A fleet of space probes are continually beaming data from their sensors back to Earth. Hidden in this stream of code are startling new discoveries about the worlds we share with the Sun. We will piece together these remarkable and often surprising findings to tell the greatest science story of them all - the life and times of the Solar System.
A fantastic review of the solar system
Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond
Narrated by: Feodor Chin
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku, read by Feodor Chin. Human civilisation is on the verge of spreading beyond Earth. More than a possibility, it is becoming a necessity: whether our hand is forced by climate change and resource depletion or whether future catastrophes compel us to abandon Earth, one day we will make our homes among the stars.
womderful collection of wisdom
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
By: Steven Novella
Narrated by: Steven Novella
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is your guide through this maze of modern life. It covers essential critical thinking skills as well as giving insight into how your brain works and how to avoid common pitfalls in thinking. They discuss the difference between science and pseudoscience, how to recognise common science news tropes, how to discuss conspiracy theories with that crazy colleague of yours and how to apply all of this to everyday life. As fascinating as it is entertaining, this enthralling audiobook is your essential guide to seeing through the fake news and media manipulation in our increasingly confusing world.
By John Trimble on 28-01-2019
Welcome to the Universe
An Astrophysical Tour
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott
Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all - from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes, wormholes, and time travel.
The Varieties of Scientific Experience
A Personal View of the Search for God
By: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan - editor
Narrated by: Adrienne C. Moore, Ann Druyan
The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, Sagan presents his views on a wide range of topics, including the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets, creationism and so-called intelligent design.
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
By: Richard P. Feynman
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman, from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science - a life like no other. From his ruminations on science in our culture to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will delight anyone interested in the world of ideas.
Surprisingly Good
Ripples in Spacetime
Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy
By: Govert Schilling, Martin Rees
Narrated by: Joel Richards
Ripples in Spacetime is an engaging account of the international effort to complete Einstein's project, capture his elusive ripples, and launch an era of gravitational-wave astronomy that promises to explain, more vividly than ever before, our universe's structure and origin. The quest for gravitational waves involved years of risky research and many personal and professional struggles that threatened to derail one of the world's largest scientific endeavors.
Professor Brian Cox uncovers some of the most extraordinary natural events on Earth and in the universe and beyond. From the immensity of the universe and the roundness of Earth to the form of every single snowflake, the forces of nature shape everything we see. Pushed to extremes, the results are astonishing. In seeking to understand the everyday world, the colours, structure, behaviour and history of our home, we develop the knowledge and techniques necessary to step beyond the everyday.
summary of formation of life
The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality
By: Don Lincoln, The Great Courses
Narrated by: Don Lincoln
At the end of his career, Albert Einstein was pursuing a dream far more ambitious than the theory of relativity. He was trying to find an equation that explained all physical reality - a theory of everything. Experimental physicist and award-winning educator Dr. Don Lincoln takes you on this exciting journey in The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality. Suitable for the intellectually curious at all levels and assuming no background beyond basic high-school math, these 24 half-hour lectures cover recent developments at the forefront of particle physics and cosmology.
Bit complicated
Them: Adventures with Extremists
By: Jon Ronson
Narrated by: Jon Ronson
Them began as a book about different kinds of extremists, but after Jon had got to know some of them - Islamic fundamentalists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klansmen - he found that they had one oddly similar belief: that a tiny, shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room. In Them, Jon sets out, with the help of the extremists, to locate that room. The journey is as creepy as it is comic, and along the way Jon is chased by men in dark glasses, unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp, and more.
The truth is out there! Really out there... No, really, really out there!
By Lawrence on 20-01-2016
In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us. These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind, posing such fascinating questions as how did the universe originate and how will it end, and how can we meld science and compassion to meet the challenges of the coming century? Here, too, is a rare, private glimpse of Sagan's thoughts about love, death, and God as he struggled with fatal disease. Ever forward-looking and vibrant with the sparkle of his unquenchable curiosity, Billions & Billions is a testament to one of the great scientific minds of our day.
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Clear and concise.
Reading this reminded me how much I mourn Sagan's passing. His level of understanding and clarity of voice are sadly missed.
I only wish he could have read his own work.
Luke Thomson
Incredibly moving
Wonderful collection of assorted works by Carl Sagan. The epilogue by Ann Druyan is extremely touching. Would highly recommend for any fans of Carl Sagan or science in general.
And vice versa
Our generation's most pressing issues
Don't be put off by the first couple of chapters. The nature of the book becomes clear as you go along. These are somewhat randomly chosen topics, but their existential relevance ties them together. Sagan is both prescient and, sadly, overly optimistic in his treatment of global warming. He brings nuance - yes, nuance - to the usually thumbs-up, thumbs-down topic of abortion. By the end, you will have thought more deeply and become more informed about humanity and the universe. It is a wonderful encore.
A valuable, broad perspective on humanity
The content of Carl Sagans words in this book are detailed, with an eloquent passion and concern for our species and the ones we share this planet with. This final piece of his life's body of work has emphasised what his previous work has done for me personally, inspired a will to question, be inquisitive as to the truth of matters, not shrouding in mystecism... and above all, to acknowledge the intrinsic connection, web that we live within this cosmos.
Courtney Cowan
Sobbed like a baby
The book was absolutely amazing. When it got to Carl's final days the story became heart wrenching. And listening to Ann's recalling of Carl's final moments, taking his death with such dignity was tough but astounding.
Bookworm O'Nerd
A good listen
The book encapsulates Carl Sagan's thoughts on very various topics, and is an easy, satisfying listen.
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$7.5M for biomass company
Nexterra to expand syngas technology with help from BDC
by CanadianManufacturing.com Staff
biomass-combined heat and power (CHP) system
Nexterra
VANCOUVER—Nexterra Systems Corp., a biomass gasification company in Vancouver, B.C., has scored $17.5-million in equity financing from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), the Tandem Expansion Fund and ARC Financial.
Nexterra will use the financing to advance its heat and power-generation technology.
Currently, one of the company's largest projects is the installation of a biomass-combined heat and power (CHP) system to the University of British Columbia—the first installation of its kind in North America.
The new CHP system will convert urban wood waste into clean burning synthetic gas (syngas). It's scheduled for commissioning in the final quarter of 2011.
Nexterra has also recently earned contracts with the US Department of Energy, Johnson Controls, the University of Montana, and Kruger Products.
The company's technology involves bottom-feeding wood waste into the centre of a dome-shaped, refractory lined gasifier. Combustion air, steam and/or oxygen are introduced into the base of the fuel pile.
Partial oxidation, pyrolysis and gasification occur at 815 to 980 degrees Celsius, converting the fuel into syngas and non-combustible ash.
The ash migrates to the base of the gasifier and is removed intermittently through an automated in-floor ash grate.
Tony Van Bommel, Partner, BDC Energy/Clean Technologies Venture Fund said the market for onsite biomass heat and power systems is poised for serious growth in the coming years.
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More and more companies are utilizing printed circuit boards inside of the electronic equipment they create and use. They're doing it, in large part, because printed circuit boards allow for them to fit large circuits into small boards that don't take up much space. Take a look at some of the other benefits these companies are taking advantage of with printed circuit boards.
Printed circuit boards are cheap to produce.
Printed circuit boards have risen in popularity in recent years because they're cheaper to make than traditional circuit boards. Companies can have them made using mass production, which cuts costs significantly. This allows them to place printed circuit boards into equipment without spending a fortune. These boards are also easy to repair if any problems pop up.
The circuits on them do not move around.
All of the various components that are included within a printed circuit board are connected directly to the board through solder flux. This prevents the parts on a printed circuit board from moving around. Therefore, if you use printed circuit boards in a piece of equipment, you won't ever have to worry about a particular component coming free and moving around inside of it.
The circuits also don't produce much electronic noise.
When the components on a printed circuit board are all laid out the right way, there won't be much electronic noise created when you're using an electronic instrument. The components should be situated so that electronic currents can take short paths to get to where they need to go. This cuts down on radiation and electromagnetic waves, which will result in less electronic noise overall.
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The publicity shot: J. Pierpont Finch (Jeffrey Post) hopes to land the top job, and Rosemary Pilkington (Caroline Huntoon) hopes to land Finch.
This article in Current does a great job of articulating the unique combination of qualities that makes the Burns Park Players so valuable to its members and to the Ann Arbor community more generally — many thanks to Sandor Slomovits. Gosh, we're so fortunate to have moved into this neighborhood!
Once again, I'll be posting a selection of my behind-the-scenes photographs in the hallways outside the Tappan auditorium. For now, here's a sneak peek at some of the kids getting ready for opening night.
Tickets are $5 and will be available only at the door, starting at 7pm.
The first graders convincingly transport us back to Finch's childhood, to where it all begins.
In the weeks leading up to opening night, the kids spend their lunchtime rehearsing in the Burns Park Elementary School Auditorium. Here, the second graders are put through their paces.
Max, now a second grader, is mesmerized by all the action. | The fourth grade boys, who play 1920s-era college football players, wait for stage directions.
The fourth grade girls cheer for the Old Ivy Groundhogs from the sidelines. The aerodynamic properties of their 1920s flapper hats really help them fly!
The way the fifth grade boys are incorporated into their number is absolute genius. But don't take my word for it!


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The Villainess is Crown Prince's Political Opponent
Fantasy Historical Tragedy
Broken Engagement Female Protagonist Oneshot Reincarnated in a Game World Villainess Noble Girls
Rating(3.3 / 5.0, 55 votes)
5 31% (17 votes)
3 16% (9 votes)
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The woman who has reincarnated into the villainess of an Otome Game has been falsely charged and waited for execution.
At that time, the ghost of her mother appeared.
悪役令嬢は王太子の政敵
The Male Lead's Villainess Fiancée (1)
02/21/18 Shinsori Translations oneshot
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New	Beccablue rated it
Well.... There is not really much to say about this story.
It is very short. No character development or story that would be engaging. It's almost like it is a description of a novel. Like, if you wanted to describe your story succinctly, this would have been the way you described it. But it just ended up being the story itself.
It could have been the rushed start to a ghost or zombie revenge story. Or a reincarnation novel. Instead, it's just.... There.
Not really something to read. It's kind of unfuilfiling and... more>> disappointing. <<less
AC253 rated it
Status: oneshot
My review contains my own personal opinions, so if you want to read it without the influence of another's thoughts beforehand, please go read the story before you look at my review.
Maybe it's just me (and my Eliza-obsessed self), but the setting reminded me of Eliza. Except here, the protagonist is much less flawed, being amazing at both the feminine and masculine arts of the medieval times. The story tries to point out the s*xism of an era that mirrors Europe's own medieval times, but the protagonist's unawareness contradicts her... more>> own capacities stated outright in the novel. It undermines the message. I wish there was at least an attempt to make her less of a contradiction and more of a realistic character fitting to her setting, but I guess that's too much to ask. The appearance of the mother was new, but nothing much was done with it anyways.
There's so much left unexplored, plot holes everywhere, and too many questions left unanswered. Apparently this is a part of a series, not just a one-shot, but I'm judging it as it's translated here. No complaints about the translations though; the group knows what they're doing. I'm thankful for their work.
If the full series ever gets translated, I may change my rating, but as a standalone one-shot, this isn't much. <<less
Dragon_Reader rated it
It's an atypical story that stands out brightly from the other run of the mill villainess reincarnation stories.
But it's a tragedy. It is sad. I would have given 5 stars for both the story as well as the translation except I dislike tragic endings. So 4 star it is. I wish the one shot was turned into a short story with before and after consequences though.
RagnMunkeez rated it
This story is a sloppy plagiarized combination of "Destruction Flag Otome" and "Common Sense of a Duke's Daughter" with a bad ending. It goes so far as to use names and events from both stories, but tries to alter them a little to avoid suspicion. It even came out the year after both of them. It also throws a little of the elements of "Eliza" into it.
Trust me, this is a waste of time. You're better off reading the aforementioned series and staying far away from this dumpster fire of... more>> a story. <<less


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Excellant store, helpful and friendly staff.
I will try and never enter a poundstretcher shop again. Given the clutter and rubbish strewn around the shop floor I thought I had accidentally walked in when the shop was shut for their team to replen.
A lack of staff seemed apparent although the lack of customers would explain the need for less staff although shop floor standards would need a small army to recover.
Less clutter and a better replen strategy would better serve the customer here.
Excellant store, helpful and friendly staff. Everything easy to find. Also great prices.


Welcome to our new website and blog. It is my hope that this blog will open up candid conversations of interest about human resources practices and processes and human resources issues. To commence with, it has always staggered me how people with very little knowledge about HR feel they can comment, yes even slander the poor HR folks. Further, it surprises me that people with very little skill decide that they are human resources experts. Like any profession, you will have your good to great practitioners and your not so good ones!
In defence of the poor HR practitioner, who usually chooses to not respond to such comments, as it would be seen to be poor form, it must be realised that HR practitioners are in the business of providing advice. This is achieved through consulting with others, collaboratively arriving at decisions within the context of very complex workplaces and challenging industrial laws or agreements.
I am always intrigued by the way people refer to human resources as the soft side of the business. Be rest assured, there is nothing soft about attending an industrial commission. There is nothing soft about having to terminate someone's employment, particularly in a redundancy situation where you know you will be changing that person's life forever. There is nothing soft about having to terminate employment due to performance related issues even though, on occasion, you may take the view that the person deserves termination.
Over the course of my career, I know I have made people happy, and been the good guy, when they have obtained a favourable decision about a matter close to their heart. Conversely, I have felt the wrath of disenfranchised staff, and been the bad guy, when they don't get their own way.
It has been wonderful to receive a sincere, heartfelt thank you knowing that some of the small things you do to make employees feel valued, is appreciated. Yet quite by contrast having people ring you at 2.00am abusing you is not much fun nor are implied threats of physical harm. All of which had been part of my very long HR career.
No More Performance Management - You have got to be kidding me!
You're never too old to learn new things!


We can select all cells with formulas that refer directly or indirectly to cells in our specific selection using the select all dependents shortcut in Excel. In straightforward steps, we will learn how to use this shortcut.
We will set up a data list as shown in figure 2.
Column C will contain our list of dates.
Column D will contain a presumed list of Weekdays.
We will press the Windows shortcut key.
When we do this, Cell C7 and D7 will get highlighted.
Figure 4 – Applying the Select all dependents shortcut.
Dependent cells are cells that are affected by your active cell depending on the formula contained in those cells.
In this case, we are using the EOMONTH function which returns with the last day of the month. When we use the shortcut, it will add the selection cells which are directly or indirectly correlated with the formulas in the active cell, which in this case is Cell E7.
Enter a lookup function in cell E5 that returns the tax deduction amount for the number of dependents listed in the cell C5. Use the table in range H13:I17 to complete the function. The maximum deduction is $500.00; therefore, employees with more than four dependents will receive no additional deductions.
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Enter a lookup function in cell E5 that returns the tax deduction amount for the number of dependents listed in cell C5. Use the table in range H13:I17 to complete the function. The maximum deduction is $500.00; therefore, employees with more than four dependents will receive no additional deductions.
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Question 1: Using the concepts of chapter 16 in the Winston text and the Prodmix.xlsx file (you may have to save a picture of the results as they go away when you change sheets): - determine the precedents of profit - determine the dependents of amount of Product 1 produced - using the Inquire add-in to diagram the dependents of Product 1.
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Determine the precedents of profit, Determine the dependents of amount of Product 1 produced, and using the Inquire add-in to diagram the dependents of Product 1.
I have census information in which dependents are tied to their fathers' IDs. I want to create a formula which will indicate how many dependents each individual father has.
Create a formula in cell H5 to calculate the taxable pay. Multiply the number of dependents (column B) by the deduction per dependent (B24) and subtract that from the gross pay. With two dependents, Abrams taxable pay is $417.40.


Dr. Samantha Crites, Mon Health Cardiologist, and Dr. Shane Prettyman, Mon Health OBGYN, weigh in on a rare, but sometimes silent and deadly threat to pregnant and postpartum women.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is heart failure that occurs during pregnancy or immediately after childbirth. It is rare and varies in severity—with mild cases ending in a quick, full recovery and the most severe cases requiring a heart transplant.
According to Mon Health cardiologist Dr. Samantha Crites, the disease is rare in the United States, affecting a little over 1,000 people a year. But it's symptoms can mimic those in third trimester pregnancy, so it's important for expecting mothers to be aware.
Scientists aren't sure what causes some women to develop heart failure during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth. But most experts agree that genetics may play a role, in addition to certain risk factors that increase a woman's chances of having PPCM.
Dr. Shane Prettyman, a Mon Health OBGYN, says PPCM can be diagnosed during a routine pregnancy or postpartum exam, or after delivery when symptoms become much more obvious and severe.
Treatment differs based on severity and medical history. Some cases can be treated with medication, while others require more invasive procedures.
Can I prevent peripartum cardiomyopathy?
Unfortunately, you can't always prevent heart failure. But making small, healthy decisions in everyday life can go a long way in decreasing your chances, according to Dr. Crites.
To learn more, visit our blog post for tips on staying healthy during pregnancy.
Schedule an appointment with Dr. Crites.
Schedule an appointment with Dr. Prettyman.
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So maybe "need" is too strong of a word. Perhaps you can do everything I will suggest as reasons to be involved with social media without social media (Although I would question how well you can these days) but I don't think anyone could argue social media is not a large part of our culture today. Because it is such an influence, today's successful leaders, including those in the church, must figure out how to make it work for them and make their ministries even more successful.
Networking with people who are making a difference. I get to interact with and learn from church leaders who have already walked where I am walking. Most of these connections would never be possible apart from social media.
Go where people are. The number one way my church contacts me is through Facebook. The people I'm trying to reach and minister to spend more time on Facebook than they do in the church on Sunday.
You'll meet great friends. I have met some of my closest friends in ministry these days through social media. No, we don't keep the friendship to an exclusive online friendship, but the friendships did begin online.
Keep updated on breaking news. Although I have limited time to keep up with all the latest fads, by following the right people and blogs through Twitter, I know quickly what is taking place around the world in the fields of politics, technology, and ministry.
Breaks down barriers between people. It seems harder to get to know people today. They are more guarded and less trusting. When I Tweet (which updates my Facebook) People get a glimpse into the real me and I become more personal to the people in my church and online community. In turn, people are more likely to allow me into the deepest parts of their life when they see me as authentic and approachable.
Stay current with culture. Like it or not, culture determines much of how we are able to reach people. People are doing social media. To continue to allow culture to work for Kingdom grown rather than against it we must remain current with social media.
That's some of my reasoning. Why and how do you use social media?
Ron, I found you from looking at my who my pastor follows on Twitter. I have been working to improve my leadership skills for my family, church and career (engineering). Your blog posts have helped me to apply Godly principles to all three of these spheres of my life. Although sometimes I feel like getting away from social media, I remain on Facebook and Twitter for many of the same reasons you list. Thank you for your ministry!
This comment encourages me Chris. Thank you.
Social media has its good and bad points. However, I've greatly benefited having access to wise Christian leaders, like yourself, through social networking.
I completely agree, but I'll add one more thing. Our youth will share FAR more on facebook, twitter, or even text than they will in person or even in a phone conversation. It also lets us see what our youth are really doing throughout the week. For some reason, no matter how much we try to explain otherwise, they seem to believe there are no consequences to what information they post online. One of the things I do value about this is I get to see who their friends are, how they interact, and have the ability to talk to them about the situation before it starts to affect our group or the effects become blatantly obvious (at which point the situation has usually turned very severe).
I am trying my best to prepare for the coming information age and cope with changes as they occur, but it still weirds me out!
Good add. I completely agree.
Thanks for sharing Josh. I'll check it out.
Ron, so many people look at these things as a waste of time. When they do that they miss an entire group of people. Even if it is not the lead pastor that does the social networking all the time. It needs to be done and kept up with as mentioned by @SLiton.
Thanks Steve. I completely agree.
*it has become a invaluable way to communicate quickly. Example when we had to cancel services due to the Nashville flood.
*and…it is an amazing way to communicate about prayer needs and celebrate when prayers are answered.
You're a great leader Michael. Thanks for your influence online.
Thanks, Ron. I would add that you won't recognize those reasons until you fully commit to social media. Sending a sporadic tweet without engaging will show no return. Too often I speak with leaders who say, "I tried it and I don't get it." And often I find that "tried" is a really loose term.
Wow! That's good. I think this works for a lot of life! Thanks!
I love reading your blog. It's helped me tremendously. It's a weird time for me. As long as I've walked with the Lord, I've always been able to connect with a great home church. Where I live, there aren't any churches I feel connected to. I'm a member of a Church here. I don't like it much. I serve at local street ministry which isn't a church but a non-profit. And feel more connected to you & Pete Wilson as pastors and Joyce Meyer as a teacher. It's an interesting time in Christianity. Most churches I've been to have said "church is not the building but the people." It's interesting connecting with Christians around the world on-line EVERYDAY of the week vs. Sunday at the building or Saturday night when I serve.
Thank you! You certainly know how to encourage. I understand what you are talking about. That's one reason we started Grace and why it's been so successful. Amazingly, we spend, as a church, more time ministering outside of Sunday morning than we do there. It amazes me how many are looking for what you describe. And…that non-profit…probably is very close to church!
Thanks David. Campus ministry is a perfect example of this.
I started blogging because I had a bunch of stuff in my head. It then went to twittering because I was curious.
It has turned into something in which I can encourage and connect with people. I never would have dreamed that people would read or be encouraged by what I wrote. Praise God for that.
Thanks Michael! Blogging is where much of the stuff in my head goes too. It's helpful to me to write it whether or not others read it.
Thanks Brian. Send me a link and I'll add it to my Google Reader.
It's great knowing you,a pastor who is current and godly.More grease to your elbow.
Your right – I'm a PA in a church and the amount of counseling and pastoral opportunities that come out of facebook is amazing. People tend to be very honest in their facebook status & that it is a remarkable insight into the ups and downs of church members lives.
Yes, we get so many ministry opportunities through Facebook. Thanks!
" Thank you for the varied quotes and tweets that you share. I read and digest them. Sometimes they are just what I needed to hear and are always a blessing. Keep this ministry going for the people like me who look for the Lords' word but not so much in a group setting . It takes alot for me to quiet my mind and connect with the Holy Spirit. I can often do this after reading some of your blogs. I thank you"
This was refreshing for me to read. Sometimes I question my time spent online — even though my purpose is to reach out and encourage others. It doesn't seem as crucial as time spent face to face. But in my current situation it's ideal because it lets me reach many more people.
I recently read a blog post where a woman wrote about how she came to faith in Christ through a friend's blog. It changed her life and everything in her world. Only God knows the effects of our presence online. I think we'd be amazed if we could see it all. I like your point about going where the people are. You're right. Many of them are here.
Thanks. I agree…I've questioned my involvement too…even more I've been questioned…which prompted the post. You have to learn to work smart about it for it to make sense I think.


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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars presents Labrinth, live at Saatchi Gallery
In a candid interview following his gig at the debut of Inside Rolls-Royce at Saatchi Gallery, London, British singer-songwriter Labrinth discusses his 'painstaking' pursuit of musical perfection.
Inside Rolls-Royce is a series of interactive exhibitions created to allow the marque to engage directly with fans new and old of the brand. The exhibition presents an engaging sensory journey through the craftsmanship, design and engineering that goes into creating the world's finest motor cars.
"Strive for perfection in everything you do", a quote attributed to Rolls-Royce founder Sir Henry Royce, resonates strongly with the inimitable artist. The musician and record producer discusses his desire for people to look back at his music in years to come and hear and appreciate the attention-to-detail, which consumes his life.
The video, which documents the run up to his performance on 14 November 2014 to a capacity crowd at the exhibition, features hit-single Let it Be and is available to view online on the YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/rollsroycemotorcars.
Inside Rolls-Royce will continue its global tour by visiting Berlin in January 2015.
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Q: NodeJS MongoDB Projection not working I made a findOneAndUpdate on NodeJS with the following Code
var themessageid = "ID of message A"
workstreamchat.findOneAndUpdate(
    { 'chat.sidmessage': themessageid },
    { '$set': {
        'chat.$.linkinfo': linkinfo
    } },
    { returnOriginal: false },
    function(err, res) {
        console.log(res);
    }
);

e.g of document returned
{
    "_id": "mongoid",
    "chat": [
        {
            "sidmessage": "id_of_message_A",
            "usersid": "38jrc05h14avm14e",
            "messageinfo": {
                "text": "Message A"
            },
            "linkinfo": "something"
        },
        {
            "sidmessage": "id_of_message_B",
            "usersid": "38jrc05h14avm14e",
            "messageinfo": {
                "text": "MessageB"
            }
        }
    ]
}

It works flawlessly and returns the updated document with the updated specific object in the whole array.
The problem is I wanted to use projection to return the chat array only with the updated document. I have tried
{ projection: { 'chat.$': 1 }, returnOriginal: false }

and
{ projection: { chat: chat.$ }, returnOriginal: false }

But everytime this kind of projection with returnOriginal returns null.
e.g of expected document
{
    "_id": "mongoid",
    "chat": [
        {
            "sidmessage": "id_of_message_A",
            "usersid": "38jrc05h14avm14e",
            "messageinfo": {
                "text": "Message A"
            },
            "linkinfo": "something"
        }
    ],
}

Notes:
The documentation I am using.
My npm version is 6.4.0
My MongoDB driver version is 3.1.4

A: I managed to find the answer after testing multiple cases.
What i needed was.
{
     projection: {
          chat: {
              $elemMatch: { sidmessage: new ObjectId(id_of_message_A) }
          }
     },
     returnOriginal: false
}