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Sheffield Labour Council Slams Tory "Great Train Robbery"
Sheffield's Labour Council has blasted the eye-watering rise in ticket prices, which comes in to force today.
Rail fares will go up by an average of 3.4%, the highest increase in five years. Ticket prices have already risen by 27% since 2010, twice the rate of wages
Councillor Jack Scott, Cabinet Member for Transport at Sheffield City Council said:
"This price rise is a total disgrace and will hit hard-working Sheffielders in their pockets hard. For the tens of thousands of Sheffield people who use the trains, this 'Great Train Robbery' is an awful way to start 2018.
"Our railways are being run by greedy fat cats on ever higher salaries, when they should be run as a public service, for the public good, with money re-invested in the public interest. Our railway system should be run for the benefit of the many, not to enrich a privileged few."
"Fares have risen faster wages every year of this clueless government, but the Tories still have the cheek to say there isn't money to electrify the Midland Mainline, even though it would boost growth by £450 million and help to rebalance our economy."
"Privatisation has been a disaster for our railways, with higher fares, lower punctuality and a focus on short-term profit rather than long-term investment. Only Labour has the ambition and courage to deliver the railway the public deserves in 2018"
Irina Amelkina of Gleadless, Sheffield works in Nottingham and commutes every day. She said:
"It's absolutely absurd rail fares are going up yet again. It's completely unfair that shareholders and executives at the top are making so much whilst the rest of us are being squeezed and losing out. The railways should be nationalised. It's really galling to have to pay just to see companies make even more money for slow and unreliable services"
The RMT general secretary, Mick Cash, said:
"While workers are struggling, the private train companies are raking it in As we enter the 25th anniversary of railway privatisation legislation, the need for public ownership of rail has never been more popular or necessary."


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The latest Chicago store has a laptop-shaped roof. Once finished, the retail haven will resemble a giant transparent box, blurring the boundaries between inside and outside, architects have said. Whatever you think of the brand, it's hard to deny that Apple is a leader in redefining the brick-and-mortar shopping experience.
Apple's response to the rise of eCommerce is clear: Don't nix brick-and-mortar, reinvent it. Turn visits to your stores into adventures that let customers sample the latest bedazzling products without pressure from reps. Have associates forgo the sales-pitch. Invite customers to explore. The merchandise itself — along with its gallery-like presentation — will make the ultimate sale.
Apple has been redefining retail — offering classes, on-hand experts and lightning-fast salesfloor check-outs — for at least a decade. In 2007, Chicago's Michigan Avenue site was already a tourist attraction — and the tourists didn't just window shop. The store earned $14 million in revenue that year. The new Chicago store with its selfie-inspiring roof will undoubtedly surpass the old.
The company has also taken a new step in providing what it calls a "people-based" rather than "product based" experience. It's just introduced the Today at Apple program, a series of courses, like robot-coding for kids, designed to turn each of its 495 sites into a community hub.
"We're creating a modern-day town square, where everyone is welcome in a space where the best of Apple comes together to connect with one another, discover a new passion or take their skill to the next level. We think it will be a fun and enlightening experience for everyone who joins," said Apple's senior vice president of retail, former Burberry CEO, Angela Ahrendts in a release.
Apple "Creative Pros" teach the courses and attempt to bridge the gap between the store's "Geniuses" and everyday computer users. Some say this will help a neglected corner of the Apple market, tech-challenged baby boomers, feel more at home.
Think people, not products — If you want students to frequent your store, offer ways for them to connect under your roof: coffee, comfortable chairs, discussion-centered courses. Even video games can become communal in the right locale.
Allow play — A lot of products sell themselves if customers are not just permitted but encouraged to experiment on site. When we associate a product with a joyful moment of exploration, we're likely to return for more.
Don't underestimate the power of display — Stage your products with care and they will become an aesthetic experience students want to repeat.
Be audacious — If someone hasn't done it before, that's probably a good sign. Want to host a ramen-noodle cook-off, launch a wacky YouTube® show, host an all-night party for the sleepless during finals? Go for it. It doesn't have to be explicitly about sales to work.
Whether you choose to learn from Apple or not, their retail efforts offer good news: Brick-and-mortar retail isn't dying so much as changing. That which doesn't kill you might make you stranger — it can also make you more fun.


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Чечевичная похлёбка:
 Чечевичная похлёбка — разновидность супа.
 «» (чечевичное варево; «кушанье из чечевицы», ) — ветхозаветный сюжет, представленный также в живописи; фразеологизм, означающий «бесценок, почти даром».

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Note: Studied at Cooper Union, New York City, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in the early 1950s. He relocated to London in 1958, where he continued his studies at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford and the Royal College of London. His first solo exhibition was at Marlborough Fine Art, London, 1963. In 1976 he organized "The Human Clay" at the Hayward Gallery, London, in which he identified a 'School of London:' primarily figurative works by Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach, and Leon Kossoff. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1991. He returned to live in the United States in 1997 and remained there until his death.
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Indian Arts and Culture Buddhism
The Avatamsaka Sutra
The Flower Garland Scripture
Two of the "Three Worthies of Huayan," Manjusri and Vairocana. These are part of the Dazu rock carvings in Sichuan Province, China. The Dazu carvings date from the 9th to the 13th centuries CE. © Claire Plumridge / Getty Images
Origins and Developments
Figures and Texts
Becoming A Buddhist
Tibetan and Vajrayana Buddhism
Barbara O'Brien
Zen Buddhism Expert
B.J., Journalism, University of Missouri
Barbara O'Brien is a Zen Buddhist practitioner who studied at Zen Mountain Monastery. She is the author of "Rethinking Religion" and has covered religion for The Guardian, Tricycle.org, and other outlets.
The Avatamsaka Sutra is a Mahayana Buddhist scripture that reveals how reality appears to an enlightened being. It is best known for its sumptuous descriptions of the inter-existence of all phenomena. The Avatamsaka also describes the stages of development of a bodhisattva.
The title of the sutra usually is translated into English as Flower Garland, Flower Ornament or Flower Adornment Sutra. Also, some early commentaries refer to it as the Bodhisattva Piṭaka.
Origin of the Avatamsaka Sutra
There are legends that tie the Avatamsaka to the historical Buddha. However, like the other Mahayana sutras its origins are unknown. It is a massive text -- the English translation is over 1,600 pages long -- and it appears to have been written by several authors over a period of time. Composition may have begun as early as the 1st century BCE and probably was completed in the 4th century CE.
Only fragments of the original Sanskrit remain. The oldest complete version we have today is a translation from Sanskrit into Chinese by Buddhabhadra, completed in 420 CE. Another Sanskrit to Chinese translation was completed by Siksananda in 699 CE. Our one complete (so far) translation of the Avatamsaka into English, by Thomas Cleary (published by Shambhala Press, 1993) is of the Siksananda Chinese version. There is also a translation from Sanskrit into Tibetan, completed by Jinametra in the 8th century.
The Huayan School and Beyond
The Huayan, or Hua-yen, school of Mahayana Buddhism originated in 6th century China from the work of Tu-shun (or Dushun, 557–640); Chih-yen (or Zhiyan, 602-668); and Fa-tsang (or Fazang, 643–712). Huayan adopted the Avatamsaka as its central text, and it is sometimes referred to as the Flower Ornament school.
In brief, Huayan taught the "universal causality of the dharmadatu." The dharmadatu in this context is an all-pervading matrix in which all phenomena arise and cease. The infinite things interpenetrate each other and are simultaneously one and many. The entire universe is interdependent conditioning arising out of itself.
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Huayan enjoyed the patronage of the Chinese court until the 9th century, when the Emperor -- persuaded that Buddhism had grown too powerful -- ordered all monasteries and temples to close and all clergy to return to lay life. Huayan did not survive the persecution and was wiped out in China. However, it had already been transmitted to Japan, where it survives as a Japanese school called Kegon. Huayan also deeply influenced Chan (Zen), which did survive in China.
The Avatamsaka also influenced Kukai (774-835), a Japanese monk and founder of the esoteric school of Shingon. Like the Huayan masters, Kukai taught that the whole of existence permeates each of its parts
Avatamsaka Teachings
All reality is perfectly interpenetrating, the sutra says. Each individual phenomenon not only perfectly reflects all other phenomena but also the ultimate nature of existence. In the Avatamsaka, the Buddha Vairocana represents the ground of being. All phenomena emanate from him, and at the same time he perfectly pervades all things.
Because all phenomena arise from the same ground of being, all things are within everything else. And yet the many things do not hinder each other.
Two sections of the Avatamsaka are often presented as separate sutras. One of these is the Dasabhumika, which presents the ten stages of development of a bodhisattva before buddhahood.
The other is the Gandavyuha, which tells the story of the pilgrim Sudhana studying with a succession of 53 bodhisattva teachers. The bodhisattvas come from a a broad spectrum of humanity -- a prostitute, priests, laypeople, beggars, kings and queens, and transcendent bodhisattvas. At last Sudhana enters the vast tower of Maitreya, a place of endless space containing other towers of endless space. The boundaries of Sudhana's mind and body fall away, and he perceives the dharmadatu as an ocean of matter in flux.
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The Tibetan Buddhist Canon
Major Mahayana Sutras
History of Buddhism in China: The First Thousand Years
Shingon
The Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Canon
The Vimalakirti Sutra
Overview of the Lotus Sutra
Brief History of Buddhism in Japan
Manjusri, the Buddhist Bodhisattva of Wisdom
A Famous Verse From the Diamond Sutra
Biography of Kukai, aka Kobo Daishi

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Wales captain Siwan Lillicrap announces her retirement from international rugby
30 Nov 2022 2 minute read
Wales' captain Siwan Lillicrap. Photo Simon Galloway. PA Images.
Wales captain Siwan Lillicrap has announced her retirement from international rugby.
Lillicrap has been Wales' skipper for the last three years, including at the recent World Cup in New Zealand.
A versatile back-five forward, she won 51 caps and was among the first 12 players to receive a full-time contract with the Welsh Rugby Union.
"I am well aware that rugby careers don't last forever, and I would never want to give the jersey any less than 100 per cent," Lillicrap, 35, said in a statement released by the WRU.
"It feels the right time to make this decision and step back as an international player ahead of a new Rugby World Cup cycle.
"We all put so much into the last year getting ready for Rugby World Cup, and I am grateful to have had the chance to fulfil my dream as a full-time athlete for the last 10 months.
"It meant the world to be given the captain's armband in 2019, and that honour was never lost on me.
"Every single match, even the tough losses, mean so much to us as players, and that was the case for me.
"I cherished every moment, and I feel proud to have contributed towards the future, too, and leaving the programme in a better place for the next players to come through."
Lillicrap will continue to play for Gloucester-Hartpury in the Allianz Premier 15s competition.
Wales head coach Ioan Cunningham added: "Siwan has played a huge part in the development of our programme and has ensured the future of the game is in safe hands.
"On top of her undoubted playing ability, Siwan has excellent leadership skills and her commitment to the jersey is second to none.
"She inspires the next generation, and I am sure we will work together again in the future."


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Islam and the West ( 12 Dec 2016, NewAgeIslam.Com)
Trump Can't Fight Islamic State without Wading Into Syria's War
By Mohamad Bazzi
Over the course of the U.S. presidential campaign, Donald Trump changed his mind on many issues. But he's been consistent on one foreign policy question: he wants to end American support for Syrian opposition groups fighting Bashar al-Assad's regime. Trump argues that the United States should expend all of its efforts on fighting Islamic State instead.
"I've had an opposite VIEW of many people regarding Syria," Trump told the Wall Street Journalon Nov. 11, in his first interview after he won the White House. "My attitude was you're fighting Syria, Syria is fighting ISIS, and you have to get rid of ISIS. Russia is now totally aligned with Syria, and now you have Iran, which is becoming powerful, because of us, is aligned with Syria. … Now we're backing rebels against Syria, and we have no idea who these people are."
Even if Trump goes ahead with his threat to cut off aid to Syrian rebels fighting the Assad regime – especially those supported by a covert CIA program which provides training and anti-tank missiles – the president-elect will face another major test of his Syria policy soon after he's inaugurated on Jan. 20. The United States is supporting two military campaigns simultaneously in Syria: one against Assad's government and the other against Islamic State. Trump has made clear that he doesn't view the fight against Assad as a U.S. priority. But will Trump continue a separate Pentagon support and training program for the Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of rebel groups, which is leading a ground offensive to oust Islamic State from the city of Raqqa, capital of its self-proclaimed caliphate?
That campaign started on Nov. 6 with a mobilization of about 30,000 rebels to encircle Raqqa and cut it off from all sides, to deny Islamic State the ability to resupply weapons and fighters. The battle to push the jihadists out of Raqqa could take months. If it falters under a fledging Trump administration, Islamic State would have a safe base from which it would unleash new attacks in Syria and Iraq, and against the West.
U.S. military planners pushed for the Raqqa offensive to start soon after the long-awaited invasion to recapture Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, from the militants began in mid-October. Pentagon officials say they fear that Islamic State operatives, including some who fled the Mosul offensive, will use Raqqa to plot attacks against Western targets. "There's a sense of urgency about what we have to do here because we're just not sure what they're [jihadists] up to, and where, and when," the TOP U.S. military commander in Iraq, Lt. General Stephen Townsend, said at a news conference on Oct. 26 in Baghdad. "But we know that this plot planning is emanating from Raqqa."
Trump says he wants to avoid direct U.S. involvement in the Syrian conflict, which has expanded into a regional proxy war. Russia and Iran, along with allied militias like Lebanon's Hezbollah, are helping Assad consolidate control and recapture territory he lost to the rebels and jihadist groups. Assad and his backers have rarely fought directly against Islamic State, which controls Raqqa and other parts of eastern Syria. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United States are backing various rebel factions that are fighting Assad and his allies, and, at times, Islamic State.
Under Barack Obama's administration, the CIA has funneled up to $1 billion a year in weapons, including LIGHT arms, ammunition and anti-tank missiles, to Syrian rebel groups fighting the Assad regime that were deemed moderate by U.S. officials. But some of these rebels have been forced into battlefield alliances with jihadists, including al Qaeda affiliated groups.
While the offensive against Islamic State in Raqqa began in the waning days of the Obama administration, it needs support from the incoming Trump administration to bear fruit. But the Raqqa operation is already alienating American allies, especially Turkey, which is critical of the Syrian Democratic Forces. The SDF is a coalition of Kurdish, Sunni Arab, Christian and Turkmen rebel groups that is anchored by the People's Protection Units (known by its Kurdish acronym, YPG), which includes thousands of Syrian Kurdish fighters.
Turkish leaders VIEW the YPG and other Syrian Kurdish groups as allies of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (known as the PKK), which has waged an insurgency against the Turkish government since the 1980s, seeking autonomy for Kurdish areas. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insists that Washington must not allow the YPG to take a leading role in expelling Islamic State from Raqqa, a largely Sunni Arab city.
During the presidential campaign, Trump argued the United States should arm and help Kurdish factions, both in Iraq and Syria. "I'm a big fan of the Kurdish forces," he said in July. If Trump follows through on his praise of the Kurds, that would be good news for the SDF and its largest militia, the YPG.
But once in office, Trump would also have to balance the objections of allies like Turkey and Erdogan, its increasingly autocratic president. Among his first TOP appointments, Trump named Michael Flynn, a retired general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as his national security adviser. Flynn, who once worked as a paid lobbyist for a prominent Turkish businessman, has expressed strong support for Erdogan's government and argued that Washington should be more sympathetic to its concerns.
In late August, Turkey sent several hundred of its special forces into Syria, and began carrying out air strikes to help rebel factions allied with Ankara consolidate control of territory near the Turkish-Syrian border. The Turkish-backed rebels have fought both Islamic State jihadists and occasionally the U.S.-backed YPG militia.
In October, Erdogan said he told Obama in a PHONE call that Turkey was capable of ousting Islamic State from Raqqa on its own. Other Turkish officials argued that the campaign to retake Raqqa should not begin until Iraqi forces complete their offensive against Islamic State in Mosul, which has slowed in recent weeks.
But U.S. officials are keen to isolate Raqqa and use Syrian forces to encircle it, mainly because of worries about Islamic State operatives fleeing from Mosul and plotting new attacks against the West. That concern is genuine because the jihadist group – even as it was weakened over the past year, after intensive U.S.-led bombing and defeats by its opponents in Iraq and Syria – has shown a significant ability to adapt and inflict new terror.
In the coming months, Islamic State will find new ways to endure an American-orchestrated offensive on Raqqa. It will try to take advantage of the change in U.S. administration. And once he's in office, Trump will discover that fighting and containing Islamic State inevitably means wading into Syria's complicated war.
Mohamad Bazzi is a journalism professor at New York University and former Middle East bureau chief at Newsday. He is writing a BOOK on the proxy wars between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Source: reuters.com/article/us-trump-syria-commentary-idUSKBN13W1U9
URL: http://www.newageislam.com/islam-and-the-west/mohamad-bazzi/trump-can-t-fight-islamic-state-without-wading-into-syria-s-war/d/109359


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Parish Clerk: Laura Storey
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Derbyshire DE1 0ZU
Date of next meeting 14 January 2021 7.30 pm via Zoom
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5R – wagon towarowy, przeznaczony do przewozu ładunków płynnych. W 1949 roku opracowano projekt cysterny 73W, która później otrzymała oznaczenie 5R. Projekt opracowało Centralne Biuro Konstrukcyjne Nr 1. Została zaprojektowana do przewozu stężonego kwasu siarkowego. Typ 6R różnił się tym, że nie był wyposażony w ogrzewanie zbiornika i załadunek odbywał się tylko przez górny właz. Z kolei w odmianie 5R/1 produkowanej od 1958 roku znormalizowano części biegowe oraz wprowadzono zmiany w systemie hamulcowym i kosmetyczne jak drabinka na pomost hamulcowy.

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Q: From a "low-level" point of view, is the curvature form a covariant exterior derivative? Let $(\mathcal E,\pi,M)$ be a G-vector bundle with a linear connection.
On the associated principal bundle, it is true that $\Omega=d_\omega\omega$, where $\Omega$ is the curvature form, $d_\omega=d\circ h^*$ is the covariant exterior derivative and $\omega$ is the $\mathfrak g$-valued connection form.
On the other hand, if we consider the vector bundle $\mathcal E$ only, if $\psi$ is a section, we can describe its covariant derivative locally as $$ d_\omega\psi=d\psi+\omega\psi. $$
Here $\omega$ is a local Lie-algebra valued 1-form. If we ignore its pathological transformation properties under the change of a local trivialization, we may see $\omega$ as either a local section of the adjoint bundle (adjoint bundle as in $P\times_{Ad}\mathfrak g$ where $P$ is the associated principal bundle), or as a local section of $\mathcal E \otimes\mathcal E^\ast$.
The action $\omega\psi$ is understood naturally if we go with the $\mathcal E \otimes\mathcal E^*$ view, otherwise if $G$ acts on the model fibre $E$ via a representation $\rho$, we may understand the action $\omega\psi$ to be happening through the corresponding Lie algebra representation $d\rho_e$.
We may extend the covariant exterior derivative to an $\mathcal E$ valued $k$-form as follows: If locally $$ \psi=\sum_{\mu_1<...<\mu_k}\psi_{\mu_1...\mu_k}dx^{\mu_1}\wedge...\wedge dx^{\mu_k}, $$ then $$ d_\omega\psi=\sum_{\mu_1<...<\mu_k}d_\omega\psi_{\mu_1...\mu_k}\wedge dx^{\mu_1}\wedge...\wedge dx^{\mu_k}. $$
We may also extend $d_\omega$ to $k$-forms which take their values in the tensor product bundle constructed out of $\mathcal E$ and $\mathcal E^*$.
Particularily, for a $\mathcal E \otimes \mathcal E^*$-valued $1$-form $\lambda$ we have $$ d_\omega \lambda=d_\omega\lambda_{\mu}\wedge dx^\mu=(d\lambda_\mu+\omega\lambda_\mu-\lambda_\mu\omega)\wedge dx^\mu=d\lambda+(\omega_\nu\lambda_\mu-\lambda_\mu\omega_\nu)dx^\nu\wedge dx^\mu=d\lambda+\omega\wedge\lambda+\lambda\wedge\omega.$$
If we apply this to $\omega$ itself, we get $$ d_\omega\omega=d\omega+2\omega\wedge\omega, $$ on the other hand, the curvature form is $$ \Omega=d\omega+\omega\wedge\omega. $$
So questions:

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*Is the curvature actually the covariant exterior derivative of the connection? Doing this on the principal bundle says yes, the derivation here says no.

*If so, how come I get that factor of 2 here? Did I make a mistake or what? Is the covariant exterior derivative of an adjoint-bundle valued form not the same as the covariant exterior derivative of an $\mathcal E \otimes \mathcal E^*$-valued form?

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The Cavaliers have lost nine of their last 13 games, and they know something has to change.
According to the New York Times, Cleveland is pursuing separate deals for both Clippers center DeAndre Jordan and Kings guard George Hill. The report also says the Cavaliers have their eyes on Lou Williams.
Jordan, 29, is currently averaging 11.8 points and 14.9 rebounds per game. The Cavs have struggled in the paint this season, so Jordan's physical presence and elite rebounding could eradicate that weakness.
Hill became available by the Kings after they decided to rest two veterans every game for the remainder of the season. Hill is averaging over 10 points per game this season.
The NBA trade deadline is February 8. If the Cavs make a move for Jordan is would likely make them the favorites in the Eastern Conference.


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Maull is a surname. Notable people named Maull include:

Henry Maull (1829–1914), British photographer
January Maull (1800s), state legislator in Alabama during the Reconstruction era
Joseph Maull (1781–1846), American physician and Governor of Delaware
Otto Maull (1887–1957), German geographer and geopolitician

See also
Maul (disambiguation)
Surnames from nicknames


To provoke the LORD God to anger, to do evil in the sight of the LORD, is to lead people into idolatry—the worship of other gods that don't exist; it's to embrace and value the creature over the Creator; it's the snubbing of our nose to God by embracing acts of worship that deny His name—Elohim, Yahweh (16).
These words come from one greater than the king, they are sourced in Yahweh, in God who owns Israel and everything on earth. At a time when idolatry was at an all-time high, God is faithful to bring His word, He does not leave himself without a witness—from a word man.
The colorful and dramatic unfolding of Elijah's story is fascinating. First, God provides food through a raven (a bird) and a widow (weak woman) to demonstrate to Elijah that God's sovereignty over all creation includes Him feeding His own in famine. Here we see that "lack" plus "God" equals "I shall not want" (consider Psalm 23).
Second, idolaters despise God's heralded word. The truth of God's word to the non-believer is an abomination to them (18:17) but Elijah pushes back with whose really the abomination; "you [King Ahab] have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and you have followed the Baals." (18:18).
Third, worship that's acceptable to God is specifically revealed by Him. God will not be approached cavalierly through the whims of the creature revealing both God's holy character and skill for design (18:22-46). That is, because God is creator of everything, by divine right he says what worship is and how it is to be done. To rebel against Him is to embrace death, and each one of us will give a personal account to Him who is!


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Business coalition demands tax powers for English regions
Siemens makes wind turbine blades in the UK
Christopher Williams, Chief Business Correspondent
14 May 2017 • 9:37pm
The next Government faces increasing pressure from business hand powers over taxes to English cities to boost regional growth.
In a joint letter to the main political parties, the lobby groups London First and the North West Business Leadership Team and the think tank Centre for Cities attacked progress on devolving control of local taxation in England.
The trio, which represent hundreds of big companies, said the process should be accelerated so local authorities can offer tax breaks and borrow against future revenues to invest in infrastructure.
The letter told political leaders: "We ask you to commit to speeding up the process of devolution in England and, in particular, to give those parts of the country with suitable local institutions greater control over the revenues from locally raised taxes."
Under proposals, the London mayor would gain control of stamp duty and business rates Credit: David Rose
The groups said recent proposals from London's City Hall for the mayor to gain control of stamp duty and business rates should be replicated across the country, replacing central Government funding pound for pound.
They said: "At a time when central government is rightly focused on the Brexit negotiations, there is a strong case for government to push the delivery of economic growth to devolved institutions, and to give these the powers and resources to build on their strengths and address their weaknesses."
"Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have much more substantial powers to drive local decision-making than exists in England."
The North West Business Leadership Team is backed by the German industrial giant Siemens, which has expressed confidence in Britain through Brexit.
Juergen Maier, chief executive of Siemens UK, said the election of mayors in Birmingham and Liverpool was an opportunity for us to work much more closely together to develop the strong regions we need if we are to effectively deliver on the promises of the Government's forthcoming Industrial Strategy".
The Conservatives are due to unveil their plans for devolution as part of their manifesto launch today [MON].
The leaked draft of Labour's manifesto last week included proposals for devolution of economic development and said "necessary funding" would be provided without giving details of taxation powers.


The Brisbane region contains some fantastic food and wine destinations which are only a 60-90min drive from Brisbane. This region includes the Lockyer Valley, Ipswich, Somerset, Moreton Bay and the glorious Scenic Rim areas.
The Scenic Rim region is set at the foot of the Great Dividing Range and is synonymous with great food and wine. It's a popular tourist destination offering spectacular rural landscapes with its six National Parks and world heritage rainforest, wineries, paddock to plate restaurants, and gourmet value added products such as cheese, olives and relishes/jams. The Lockyer Valley is a fertile farming region known as one of the salad bowls of Australia for its vegetables (particularly onion), paddock to plate restaurants, smoked meats, chilli chocolate and its roadside produce stalls.


This week, we experienced State Fair Science as our family made our yearly trip to the Illinois State Fair. It's a day we look forward to all year. Usually, we meet friends and relatives and spend the day exploring the fair together. We always avoid the rides and vendors and head for our favorite attractions, most of which are great science lessons! Our first stop was the Ag-tivity tent geared toward young children. It was full of hands-on, agriculture based experiments.
Right outside the Ag-tivity tent, we got to visit the farrowing house. My daughter loves to see the newborn piglets each year. These were just a day or two old.
Next, we were on to the livestock barns. We had to stop by the Hall Of Champions to see those animals judged to be the best of the best at the fair. These are champions, people!!
Each year, the kids have to milk the cow.
You mean you don't go to the hog judging at the fair? We always hit the cattle and hog judging. It's amazing what goes into making champion livestock.
Conservation World at the State Fair has been one of my favorite parts of the fair since I was young. Kids can get up close and personal with wildlife, learn about nature, talk with conservation professionals and scientists. We picked up all kinds of ideas for future study.
A major highlight for my daughter is the horses. She loves horses of all kinds, especially the draft horses. We follow her through the barns marveling at the size and beauty of the Persherons, Belgians and Clydesdales. The day we go to the fair is usually show day for the teams, so we get to see the horses all dolled up in shiny ornamented harnesses. Inspired by theses horses, our daughter has become sort of a horse expert. I think she has an entire bookshelf devoted to them. Someday, she'll have horses of her own.
Do you go to your state or county fair? What is your favorite part? Have you thought of fairs as inspiration for science?
We love the fair! My guys have entered exhibits the past 2 years and look forward to it every year. We avoid the rides and spend most of the time in the ag exhibit too.
I am starting a new link up called Field Trip Friday to showcase learning through experience. I would love it if you would share this post! Thanks!
We haven't been to the county fair here, and maybe we should go this fall.
What a great experience for you!
Oh my word! I love this! I miss State Fairs! But next month we're moving into our first home – out in the country. Our neighbor has sheep and chickens. So, I'll get to see farm animals everyday. I seriously can't wait. 🙂 Thanks for linking up!!! I hope you'll link up again tomorrow at Mommy Teaches!
We love the fair!! We go to the Little State Fair aka Brown County Fair in Ohio. We have our own pigs, chickens and turkeys. There are longhorns in the 50 acres behind us and come right up to our fence so the kids are pretty used to the animals but they still love to go! I can't wait for ours, it's at the end of Sept.


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Q: Elasticsearch SQL-Query not possible I got a ElasticSearch Instance running locally which works fine. Now I want to query an index using SQL. I tried it with the NodeJS-Client (v7) and normally via the REST-Api.
Rest call:
POST http://localhost:9200/_sql
{
   "body": {
       "query": "DESCRIBE indexname"
   }
}

And via nodeJS:
elasticClient.sql.query({
    format: "json",
    body: {
        query: "DESCRIBE indexname"
    }
}).then(result => {
    console.log(result);
}).catch(reject => {
    console.log(reject);
});

Both give back the same error:

Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/_sql] and method [POST], allowed: [GET, HEAD, PUT, DELETE]  status: 405

Can anyone help?
Cheers!

A: Try
GET http://localhost:9200/_sql
{
   "body": {
       "query": "DESCRIBE indexname"
   }
}

A: This issue is normally caused by the incompatibility of your elastic/elasticsearch module. What is your ES version? Try to upgrade your NodeJS version to your ES version.
Check the compatibility here.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@elastic/elasticsearch


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Tweets From Tahrir
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BOB GARFIELD: Last week, Brooke reported from Cairo on the Egyptian media, post-revolution. This week, we return to the early days surrounding the ousting of Hosni Mubarak with a new book called Tweets From Tahrir, a collection of tweets sent from the epicenter of the revolution. Now, a book composed entirely of months-old, 140-character-or-fewer dispatches may sound, frankly, kind of pointless. But the book actually tells a compelling and unique story of the popular uprising that rid Egypt of a three-decade-long dictatorship in just 18 days. The tweeters featured in the book had no idea they'd be successful, and yet throughout it seems as though their resolve for change builds upon itself. Nadia Idle is one of the book's editors. She grew up in Egypt and now lives in London. She says that when the revolution began, she watched Al-Jazeera for the pictures, but she was getting her news from Twitter. Her goal for the book was to capture a very specific moment in Egyptian history.
NADIA IDLE: We've got 55 tweeters who are part of the book and a few of them are sort of the main characters that we follow all the way through, for different reasons. Some of them are very emotive and were sort of very expressive in the way that they described things. Others were very technical and providing very specific information about what's, what's going on. And some were incredibly funny. And what we wanted to do was really capture a picture, an image, a snapshot of our experience on Twitter.
BOB GARFIELD: Give me an example of funny and, and while you're at it, maybe one of poignant or especially shocking.
NADIA IDLE: I'll give you a funny one I've got in the beginning, and this is really a comment on Tunisia. Mosa'ab Elshamy writes, "Dear people watching Arabs Got Talent, there's a better show [BOB LAUGHS] going on called Tunisia's Got Freedom. Watch that."
[BOB LAUGHS] There's also funny, but also poignant, in a sense. Egyptocracy says, "I told my mother I will be on the street on Friday and she didn't try to stop me as usual." And then there's the tweet on the fourth of February by Mohammed Yahia saying, "No one can imagine the beautiful feeling one gets as you enter Tahrir Square. It's like coming home and being surrounded by loved ones." There's also some really sort of dark moments. On the third of February, Monasosh reported that "Two of my friends confirm another one is shot through the head, dead. My friend called me crying. This is awful. Something has to be done." So that gives you, I hope, an idea of all sort of the different sorts of tweets that we had. And as the, the drama changes, slows down and speeds up, you also read the book at that pace, as well.
BOB GARFIELD: Revolution in 140 characters or, or fewer.
NADIA IDLE: Absolutely.
BOB GARFIELD: Now, I, I still have to ask you this, 'cause there's – there's something nagging about the whole idea of printing tweets on paper, which to me is like something along the lines of taking songs off your iPod and then burning them onto a CD, or maybe even pressing them into a vinyl record. It's retro-technological. It just - it seems like it's, I don't know, going backwards and forwards at the same time.
NADIA IDLE: The thing is, each individual tweet is not only of individual significance. It's of a historical significance. So what this, what this exercise is, is to document history. If you now try and go back to the time of the revolution and try and use hashtag #Jan25, it's a very, very difficult thing to try and load all the old tweets. It's not the same as taking a piece of music and moving it from one format to the other because when you listen to it, now, you might say the quality might not be the same on one format as it is on the other. But, in fact, in this situation, that story is lost, in effect.
BOB GARFIELD: Did you include any feeds from Mubarak loyalists?
NADIA IDLE: No, we didn't, for a simple reason. Frankly, they weren't on Twitter very much. And also, we wanted to make a book about the people who change the world and, and not the people who are [LAUGHS] against it, in a sense. But it is, is a fact that, that there were very, very few antirevolutionary voices on Twitter.
BOB GARFIELD: You've mentioned more than once that you believe that this book tells the story of these remarkable 18 days that shook Egypt. What is the story, in the end? Was there one tweet that you think particularly distills it into 140 characters or less?
NADIA IDLE: There are so many good tweets, but I think there's one that stands out, and it's the one that goes: "I'm scratched. I'm beaten. My face is covered in blood. But this is the best day of my life." And I think that distills how so many people felt. They felt they had one chance, one chance to throw everything at the possibility that they would be able to be part of the future of their country, that they would be able to be part of the building of a democracy with some kind of equality for the 80 million people who lived in that country, that that was it, and that it was worth throwing everything at, despite the violence, despite the insecurity and despite not knowing what the outcome would be.
BOB GARFIELD: Nadia, thank you very much.
NADIA IDLE: Thank you.
BOB GARFIELD: Nadia Idle is an editor, along with Alex Nunns, of Tweets From Tahrir, out now from OR, that's O-R, Books.


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Apple Watch Series 7 review: The best just got better
£389.00FromAmazon
A little bit bigger and a little better, the Apple Watch Series 7 is still the best smartwatch around
Bigger display
More durable
Faster charging
Same short battery life
The Apple Watch Series 7 is one of those products that you could almost take for granted was going to be good. Building on the success of its predecessors, it doesn't do anything radically different; instead, its improvements are subtle – subtle enough that you may not even notice them if you didn't know they were there.
That's not to say the Series 7 isn't great. Unequivocally, it is. It's the best smartwatch on the market for iPhone owners and streets ahead of anything Android phone owners have available to them. But if you already own an Apple Watch Series 6, SE or 5, you'll struggle to find anything here that will entice you to upgrade.
READ NEXT: Our guide to the best smartwatches money can buy
Apple Watch Series 7 review: What you need to know
There are two main changes for the Apple Watch Series 7. The screen is 20% larger and the watch comes with a USB-C charger that tops up the battery a claimed 33% faster than before.
It still has the same battery life – Apple quotes this at a fairly unambitious 18 hours with the always on display enabled – and it's still available in two sizes, although the case dimensions have increased by 1mm to 45mm (the model I've been sent to test for this review) and 41mm.
The only other notable changes for the Watch Series 7 are that it is now rated as dust resistant (to IP6X) and it is also a touch more durable, thanks to thicker cover glass.
Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS, 45mm) - Green Aluminium Case with Clover Sport Band - Regular
Apple Watch Series 7 review: Price and competition
Let's face it, there IS no serious competition for the Apple Watch in the smartwatch space. If you want a wearable with a vibrant app-based ecosystem that works seamlessly with your phone and that does everything you'd expect a smartwatch to do – and you happen to be an iPhone user – this is still the smartwatch to buy. The price reflects that with the 45mm starting at £449 and the price for the smaller 41mm model at £419. Cellular connectivity can be added for £100 extra.
If you're willing to set your sights a little lower when it comes to smart features, there are plenty of alternatives, though. If you're thinking of picking up an Apple Watch Series 7 mainly for the fitness features, you might consider switching your attention to one of Garmin's sports watches – it'll save you a fair bit of money. One of our favourite mid-priced Garmins is the Forerunner 245 Music for £300 but you could pick up a Garmin Fenix 6 for £324 that does a bit more.
Garmin fēnix 6, Ultimate Multisport GPS Watch, Heat and Altitude Adjusted V02 Max, Pulse Ox Sensors and Training Load Focus, Silver with Black Band
For less than this, there's the Fitbit Sense at £249, which offers a smaller set of features focused on wellbeing but with better battery life than the Apple Watch, and for fitness fanatics on a budget, you can't get much better than the Coros Pace 2.
COROS PACE 2 Premium GPS Sport Watch with Silicone Band, Heart Rate Monitor, 30h Full GPS Battery, Barometer, ANT+ & BLE Connections, Strava, Stryd & Training Peaks (Navy - Silicone Band)
Plus there's always the Apple Watch Series 3, which misses out on features such as ECG, blood oxygen monitoring, always-on display and fall detection, but only costs £200, or the Apple Watch SE, which has a larger screen than the Series 3 but also misses out on key features, for £249.
2020 Apple Watch SE (GPS, 44mm) - Space Grey Aluminium Case with Black Sport Band
There's also a whole army of Wear OS watches to choose from at around the £200 mark and below, such as the TicWatch E2 at £129 and we also think it's worth considering some of Huawei's smartwatches such as the Watch GT 2E and the Watch 3. They don't have the broad sweep of smart features and or the broad app ecosystem as the Apple Watch but battery life is far better, they come with a decent selection of fitness and health features and they cost significantly less.
HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e Smartwatch, 1.39 Inch AMOLED HD Touchscreen, 2-Week Battery Life, GPS and GLONASS, Auto-detects 6 Sport Modes, 15 Sport Activities Tracking, SpO2, Heartrate Monitoring, Lava Red
Apple Watch Series 7 review: Design
Although the differences are fairly subtle, if you sit the Series 7 and the Series 6 watches right next to each other, you do notice the bigger screen. A 20% boost in display area is not insignificant and it's nice that the borders around the edges are slimmer, too.
This isn't just for aesthetic effect. It has a knock-on effect on usability, with larger buttons across the UI and enough screen area now to introduce a full QWERTY keyboard for replying to messages directly on the screen of the watch. This works as well as you could possibly hope, although using dictation via Siri remains the most effective means of text entry on the Apple Watch.
One final note on the larger display. It also has a thicker crystal (50% thicker in some parts according to Apple) that has "refractive" edges that bend the light, allowing you to get a glimpse of the very edge of the display when viewed from side-on. Top that off with a slightly rounder, softer overall shape and the Series 7 is nicer looking than the Series 6 as well.
Elsewhere, the display technology has been upgraded, which is evident in a bump in brightness when the watch is in "wrist down" mode. Again, a fairly small change but it makes the always-on display more readable if you're just glancing down to check the time.
Finally, there's a completely new colour – green – while some of the other hues have been tweaked. The existing blue and red tones are a tiny bit different, the silver option has been replaced with "Starlight" (a very light gold), and "Space Grey" has gone in favour of "Midnight", which is more of a matte black than dark grey.
The green 45mm Apple Watch I was sent for review is very dark, to the point at which you'd have to be told it was green if you hadn't seen it in just the right light. I'd have liked it to be a tiny bit lighter in tone, if nothing else to differentiate it a bit more from the midnight model.
Apple Watch Series 7 review: Battery life, charging and sensor accuracy
Disappointingly, Apple hasn't done anything to improve battery life. It's still quoted at 18 hours with the screen in always-on display mode and, in my experience, that's pretty much spot on. If you disable always-on display you can stretch it out to nearly two days, although I found that using the watch to track a run would cut it down to a smidge over 24 hours.
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You do, however, get faster charging with the Apple Watch Series 7, thanks to a redesigned USB-C charging plate. The improvement, Apple says, is 33%, so where the Series 6 might take as long as an hour and half to charge from zero to full, the Series 7 only takes an hour and it will charge from zero to 80% in around 45 minutes. (If you use an Apple Watch charger from an older watch, however, the Series 7 will still charge but at the slower rate.)
In my experience so far, Apple's claims have proved pretty accurate and it does make a difference, especially if you're using the watch for sleep tracking. Pop it on the charger after waking up and you're far more likely to reach 100% by the time you've finished making and eating breakfast and are ready to leave the house than with the Series 6.
It's also good to see that the Apple Watch's GPS and heart rate monitor are both as accurate as ever. I compared the GPS traces to those produced by a Garmin Enduro and the Apple Watch Series 7 performed exceptionally well, producing smooth traces that rarely cut corners or wandered significantly off track.
Distance and pace accuracy couldn't quite match that of my Stryd foot pod but, then, I've found no GPS device that can, especially under heavy tree cover and the Apple Watch was as close as the best GPS fitness watches I've tested in this regard.
The same goes for heart rate monitor accuracy. In general, I've found it to be very reliable, and whenever I checked it during workouts, it was within a few beats per minute of the chest belt I was wearing for comparison. Averages, maximums and minimums all matched up well, too. It suffers with the same issues that all optical, wrist-worn monitors do, though: there is a little lag in the readings compared with a chest belt, which can make exercising to a set heart rate zone during interval sessions a challenge; and on cold days it can take a while to latch on to your heart rate at the beginning of a run. That said, it's not quite as bad as some, though, and never locks on to your running cadence instead of your heart rate.
Apple Watch Series 7 review: What else is new?
Not much else has changed, truth be told, although there is a small selection of software-based features that come along with Watch OS8 and that are exclusive to the Watch Series 7. The first is the aforementioned QWERTY keyboard. The second is a couple of new watchfaces, including the rather dapper Contour, which puts the watch numbers right out on the edge of the screen so you can catch a glimpse through the refractive edge.
There are, of course, plenty of other new features in WatchOS 8 that aren't exclusive to the Series 7, but are worth a mention. On the fitness side of things, for instance, the Apple Watch's automatic workout detection has been extended to take in cycling – if you forget to start a workout, the watch will ask if you want to do that after around three minutes of pedalling.
Staying on the cycling theme, there's also now auto pause and resume for cycling workouts and the Apple Watch Series 7 can also detect if you're riding an e-bike instead of a regular bike, and adjust your calorie burn numbers accordingly. There's also fall detection for more activities, including cycling, although I didn't fancy putting that to the test.
Finally, and not before time, you now have the ability to set multiple countdown timers (and name them). Now, how about a similar update for the iPhone, Apple?
Apple Watch Series 7 review: Verdict
The Apple Watch Series 7 is a very good smartwatch. In fact, it's the best smartwatch you can buy. It does everything the Series 6 did only slightly better, with a larger screen, a sleeker look, better durability and faster charging. I'm not happy that Apple hasn't upgraded the battery life at all but it seems, until something drastic happens, that Apple Watch users are stuck with one to two days between charges.
If you can live with that, then the Apple Watch Series 7 replaces the Series 6 as the de facto best smartwatch money can buy. You probably shouldn't splash out if your Series 6 or Series 5 is still going strong but if you're buying your first smartwatch as an iPhone user or your current Apple Watch is showing signs of wear and tear, then it's pretty much a no brainer.
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Hyaline membrane disease develops in premature infants as a result of an immature pulmonary epithelium. In utero fetal injections of glucocorticoids accelerate the maturation of the alveolar epithelium. Recent studies indicate that maternal injections of certain glucocorticoids may also be effective. To examine this further, pregnant New Zealand white rabbits were injected (2 mg/kg) with Solu-Medrol (methyl-predisolone) on various days near the end of the gestation period. Two days after injection the fetuses were removed and tissue from the middle portion of the right lobe was processed for electron microscopy. A total of 100 Type I, Type II, and cuboidal cells without inclusions from each fetus was counted. In addition, three morphologically distinct types of osmiophilic inclusions found in the Type II cells were totaled. Using this information, the state of fetal lung maturation was compared in 24 experimental and 12 control fetuses at 24, 26, 28, and 30 days gestation. No significant increase in the number of Type II cells was found, but this might be due to the small size used. The number of Type II cells without inclusions decreased, but the number of Type I cells increased. The number of osmiophilic inclusions in Type II cells was greater in experimental fetuses at 28 and 30 days gestation that in control fetuses. These changes suggest that maternal injections of Solu-Medrol stimulates fetal alveolar maturation.
Ancy, John Joseph, "Accelerated Maturation of Fetal Alveolar Epithelium in New Zealand Rabbits After Single Maternal Injections of Solu-Medro" (1975). MSU Graduate Theses. 633.


Democrats in Olympia have rarely found a problem they couldn't solve by taking more of your money.
In the years before Republicans took control of the Senate with the Majority Coalition Caucus, Democrats held control of both houses of the Legislature and the governor's office, so there was nothing stopping them from increasing the tax burden on constituents rather than better spending the money they already have.
State Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, is among the reasons why this practice has been slowed in recent years. As a chief budget writer, he's helped craft legislation that creatively and efficiently funds government. The Democrats, meanwhile, would rather tax you more than manage your money better. The best example is in the House's proposed budget, which includes $8 billion in new taxes the Democrats were unwilling to support with votes.
Sure, there was a certain amount of political gamesmanship in the Senate's demand for a vote on the individual taxes rather than rubberstamp approval of its proposed budget, but such maneuvers are useful and illuminating when the other side seeks to impose new taxes they themselves are unwilling to support publicly.
No one should be pleased with the routine special sessions required in recent years as lawmakers on each side of the aisle have been slow to find budgetary compromises, but consider the alternative: Democrats repeatedly increasing your taxes because it's easier than finding reasonable solutions.
A pair of protesters demonstrated at Braun's business in Chehalis last week. It was a stunt meant to oversimplify the current situation in Olympia, and it was conducted at the expense of facts or reason.
Democrats are reluctant to compromise because for years they never had to. Republicans are now insisting they do so, and the process of reaching a bipartisan solution has therefore been time-consuming.
The direct criticism of Braun is insincere and incorrect.
Braun has been one of the best representatives of the 20th Legislative District in history. His background in business has provided the expertise needed to protect the taxpayers of Washington from unnecessary money grabs statewide. Meanwhile, he's provided incredible support and results for local projects and initiatives with the help of his counterparts State Reps. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, and Richard DeBolt, R-Chehalis.
The special sessions do indeed cost taxpayers money, but it's a pittance when compared to the costs of a Democrat-controlled government left unchecked by a conservative chamber of the Legislature.


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If you're gay in Iran, please don't make too much noise (per 'gay rights' activists)
I just received an email from Nick Cook of DNA, the largest gay magazine in Australia, saying that I have been entirely removed from a (larger) piece on the situation of gays in Iran because – get this – 'Several of the other people [he] spoke to in the story convinced [him] to remove [me] from it because they are concerned about the gay community being linked to the political movement to overthrow the Government. Their fear is that if gays become seen as agitating for revolution, the crackdown against them will be even harsher.'
Frankly, I am not sure how much harsher it can get. I mean being gay is already punishable by death under Sharia law. So is defending gay rights or any rights for that matter. Just being interviewed by DNA magazine is an offence in Iran, which might be why some of 'the others' quoted have not even given their full names though they live abroad. After all, there are 130 offences punishable by death in Iran and many other offences for which one can be imprisoned and so on.
Despite all this, these 'other people' are implying that agitation (or at least my sort of agitation) is what causes crackdowns and not the existence of an Islamic regime of Iran! I mean really? If they actually believe that they can lessen the crackdown on gays by behaving a certain way, then maybe they could stop being gay or having sex and hope it will all just go away...
Seriously though, this shows an important difference in our politics that reveals itself in various ways. I can't see how gay rights activists can defend Iranian gay rights without asking why gays need their rights defended in the first place. You can't merely complain about the situation of gays in Iran and your having to flee the country when gay teenagers are being strung up in city centres and killed in broad daylight.
Of course these activists have a right to express their views and organise in any way they want. I don't agree with their politics and they don't agree with mine. But unlike them I would never ask their views to be censored, which interestingly DNA magazine has happily complied with (since unlike the people of Australia we foreign type are all one homogeneous group that have the same opinion on everything including gay rights).
Anyway I am reprinting the bits I have been quoted in below (from the original draft):
Maryam Namazie is spokesperson of One Law For All, a lobby group that campaigns against the Iranian regime. She says Sharia law, the strict Islamic code of ethics and behaviour that is in force, is the main reason Iran is so violently homophobic. "Homophobia exists everywhere, but when the state actually has a law that says gay people should be killed, it's a very different and dangerous phenomenon. And it exists in places primarily where religion and Islam are in political power."
...In 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad famously declared, during a speech at New York's Columbia University, that "in Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country." Against a backdrop of boos and howls from the audience, he went on. "In Iran we do not have this phenomenon, I don't know who has told you that we have it." It is, of course, a ludicrous statement. As Maryam says, "There are as many gays in Iran as anywhere else in the world."
While several hundred gay Iranians manage to flee each year, there are countless thousands left behind. They need help, but the best way to assist them is not certain. Iranian Railroad For Queer Refugees director Arsham Parsi says there is no quick political fix and that even if the Islamist regime were toppled tomorrow it would not immediately help. "Society and culture are more important than politics," he says. "If gay marriage were legalised tomorrow there would be many people protesting against it. We need to put more effort into cultural change before political change."
Maryam disagrees. She says, "In any society, even when homophobia is banned, it still exists but a change in the law is an important first step. Changes in law help to change culture and society. In Iran, to change Sharia law one must get rid of the Islamic Republic of Iran. How can a regime that thinks gays must die, women are sub-human and children are on par with animals be reformed or remain in power?"
One of the great difficulties for the international LGBT community, which watches developments in Iran with ever-growing horror, is knowing what can be done to help... Furthermore, the Government can use protests by gay groups in the West to defend its iron-fist policy on homosexuality, arguing that as the protector of the Iranian cultural and religious traditions, it has the mandate to eradicate these 'social ills'."
Maryam strongly disagrees with that line of thought and urges ever more action. "I don't know when good old-fashioned international solidarity became unhelpful," she says. "I think such a position is nonsense and only helps to justify inaction in the face of brutality. People have a moral duty to intervene and assist their fellow human beings. How can that be unhelpful? We're not talking about US-led militarism and regime changes from above, but people-to-people solidarity that has always helped change things for the better."
According to Maryam, there is a groundswell of support for democracy in Iran. "Even though 70 percent of the population in Iran were born under the Islamic regime, a large majority don't want it. There is a huge anti-Islamic backlash in Iran. The regime wants to blame the West, but it has only itself to blame. It is antithetical with 21st Century lives."
She says there is plenty the international gay community can do to help, including raising awareness of the issues within the wider community and galvanising support against the execution of gays and others. "We also need to show real solidarity with the movement there that is aiming to get rid of the regime."
Posted by Maryam Namazie at 12:44 pm
DNA magazine needs another response - Ideally from their readers - or perhaps other gay people like myself.
I can appreciate their concerns about not wanting to make the situation worse for the persecuted in Iran, but women and homosexuals are always the first victims of fundamentalism and there is no hiding from it.
You are correct when you say that you don't know when good old-fashioned international solitarity ever became unhelpful.
I don't know when it ever became unhelpful either.
solidarity amongst ordinary people - whever we may reside - is the most powerful weapon we'll ever have when facing such totalitarian movements and whether DNA realises it or not, they are doing the people of Iran a huge disservice by removing your piece.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll gladly e-mail DNA with my personal thoughts.
Do gay people in Iran show their solidarity to women now? Iam sure there are more gay and women and if they get together they will get this abuse to stop
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Single mothers hit by the Benefits Cap, and their supporters, once more descended on Edinburgh Council on 3rd October. [Photo shows a previous protest in May 2017.] Demonstrators protested outside the City Chambers on the Royal Mile and then all moved into the public gallery to support the deputation addressing the Council committee meeting.
"Scrap the Benefits Cap" and "Stop the Evictions" demand the campaigners. The Westminster government's benefits cap is drastically cutting the Housing Benefit paid to many families, especially – but not only – lone parents. This inevitably causes rent arrears and several families in Edinburgh have been evicted by private landlords. The problem is Britain-wide and the Edinburgh campaigners have received solidarity from London – WinVisible and Single Mothers' Self-Defence – Dundee and Glasgow.
"The Benefits Cap is imposed by Westminster, but the Council could – and must – act now to stop the evictions," explain the demonstrators. "The Council must pay full Discretionary Housing Payment to cover the benefits shortfall – and the Scottish Government must pay the Councils sufficient funds so that DHP can automatically cover the Benefits Cap.
The campaigners also demand more social housing – e.g. the demolition and rebuilding in Muirhouse is resulting in a 70% reduction in council tenancies. The movement insists on an end to the bad conditions in temporary housing, regulation of private sector rents, and for the Council to do repairs promptly and eradicate dampness. There must be an end to the inhuman practices of refusing to allocate homeless people temporary accommodation and telling them to come back next day, and of telling homeless people to report to the council office on eviction date and wait indefinitely for temporary accommodation.
The protests have forced the Council to make some concessions. They promise to pay more tenants DHP, admitting they are on course for a DHP underspend, and offering meetings with managers and councillors to resolve cases. They are taking steps to apply to the Scottish Government for rent regulation powers. They say they will stop turning away homeless people from the homeless office. They promise to give homeless people appointments in advance of the eviction date to find accommodation, recognising people become legally homeless within 56 days of their eviction date.
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Celebrating the Heritage of Hispanic Foods
Topic: edibles, culture
The ingredients in our favorite foods have deep roots and fascinating histories.
Exploring a region's cuisine with your students gives them a window into its culture, traditions, and social and agricultural history. For example, what do tamales, guacamole, and champurrado — dishes often associated with Mexican cuisine — have in common? Their signature ingredients are crops native to the Americas: corn, beans/tomatoes, avocados, cacao, and squash. The history of these crops goes back thousands of years to the region's indigenous peoples. Corn, for example, was domesticated about 10,000 years ago by Olmec and Mayan peoples in the region we now know as Mexico.
September is National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the histories and contributions of a diverse group of people who have ties to Spanish-speaking cultures. Many of these cultures can be found in Latin America — Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean Islands — and one of the ways we can celebrate and honor various cultures is through their traditional foods.
Experts suggest that up to 3/5 of the crops regarded as dietary staples worldwide originated in what is today Latin America. These include corn, potatoes, tomatoes, many types of beans, chili and bell peppers, wild rice, squash and pumpkins, sweet potatoes, sunflower seeds, avocados, peanuts, and pineapples, as well as cacao and vanilla. Let's look deeper into the histories of a few of these.
One of the oldest domesticated crops, corn (Zea mays) is a member of the grass family. The name "corn" was given to the crop by English settlers. The word is likely derived from an ancient word that referred to any type of grain, and the name stuck, at least in the English-speaking parts of the United States, Canada, and Australia. Elsewhere, it goes by the name maize, which is derived from the Spanish pronunciation of the word mahiz, the name used by the Taino, an indigenous people of the Caribbean.
Today, many people think of corn as plump yellow kernels lined up in neat rows on large ears. However, corn didn't start out looking like this. The ancient plant produced small ears with just a few rows of widely spaced seeds. It was only through the agricultural expertise of the Aztec and Mayan peoples — who for generations saved and replanted seeds to produce plants with larger, fuller ears — that corn was transformed into the crop we now know.
Not only did these indigenous cultures modify the plant to be more productive, but they also developed a process that improved the kernels themselves. In a process called nixtamalization, dried corn is boiled and then soaked in an alkaline solution containing calcium hydroxide, also known as slaked lime or pickling lime. The resulting kernels are tastier, more nutritious, and easier to transform into forms that are easily stored and transported like tortillas or arepas. The process remains essentially unchanged to this day.
Now a productive and nutritious crop, corn became a staple food for these ancient cultures. It's easy to see how subsequent cultures in Latin America readily adopted this versatile ingredient and transformed it into dishes: tacos, tostadas, pozole, sopes, pupusas, tamales, and elotes to name a few.
Dry beans, such as pinto beans, navy beans, kidney beans, and black beans, were first domesticated thousands of years ago by the indigenous peoples of Latin America. An important source of protein, beans are familiar in many cuisines of these regions.
The dry beans mentioned are varieties of the species Phaseolus vulgaris (in contrast to garbanzo beans, soybeans, and green beans, which are different species). There is a vast assortment of varieties, many with colorful names such as calypso, appaloosa, tongues of fire, and orca.
Beans are a type of legume, indicating that, unlike most plants, they're able to "fix" nitrogen. The roots of the plants, in association with certain soil bacteria, can convert nitrogen in the air into a form usable by the plant. Beans are high in protein but lack one important amino acid, methionine. Corn, on the other hand, is rich in methionine but lacks other amino acids. Combined, the two provide all the essential amino acids, making them a "complete" protein. Although this fact makes beans and corn ideal nutritional partners, their complementary textures and flavors — along with creative cooks — have made them culinary staples in many dishes.
Charro beans, feijoada, frijoles de la olla, baleadas, habichuelas guisadas, frijoles negros, and gallo pinto are a few traditional Hispanic dishes containing beans.
The familiar fruits we know as peppers, (variously called chilies, chiles, bell peppers, etc.) are members of the Solanaceae family, a family that also includes tomato, potato, eggplant, tomatillo, tobacco, and deadly nightshade. Many of these plants contain bitter-tasting chemicals called alkaloids that may function as a deterrent to pests. Capsaicin is a fiery-tasting alkaloid found primarily in the fruit of peppers (Capsicum genus) and that is likely an adaptation to deter mammals from eating the plants.
Found in Central and South America, the earliest ancestor of peppers produced small, red berries. Birds, which don't have taste receptors for capsaicin, readily ate the berries and spread the seeds and plants throughout the region. The relationship between peppers and humans dates back thousands of years. Indigenous peoples in what is now Mexico used them as far back as 5000 BC as food and medicines, as well as in rituals and ceremonies. The word "chili" derives from the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs.
What this culinary staple is called varies around the world. In the U.S., large, mild-flavored peppers are usually called bell peppers, while varieties with hot/spicy flavors are called chili peppers or hot peppers. In Mexico, the term chile is used for hot peppers, in contrast to heatless varieties, called pimientos.
The name "pepper" was given to the plant by Christopher Columbus, who perhaps likened its heat to that of the highly valued black pepper (Piper nigrum). Peppers (Capsicum genus) and black pepper are unrelated, a misnomer that has lasted to this day.
Over many generations of cultivation and selection, a great diversity of pepper varieties has emerged, with widely varying degrees of heat. In addition to providing plants with some protection from pests, capsaicin has antibacterial properties. The ability of capsaicin to help rid foods of pathogens could explain, at least in part, why spicy fare became so popular in regions with hot climates where food would otherwise quickly spoil.
Chiles (to use the Spanish name) are an important part of Hispanic culture, featuring prominently in food and art. Vibrant, decorative ristras — chile fruits that have been strung together and hung outdoors to dry — adorn porches and entryways, where the fruits can be plucked as needed for use in the kitchen.
Recipes featuring chiles abound: chiles rellenos, chiles toreados, and chiles en nogada, to name a few. Mole sauce, the national dish of Mexico, always contains chiles — though there are countless regional variations and family recipes that may include a dozen or more additional ingredients, see below to learn more.
The avocado tree (Persea americana) is a medium-sized, evergreen tree native to South Central Mexico, where indigenous peoples of the region began consuming its delicious fruit up to 10,000 years ago. In addition to providing an important source of nutrients and calories, the avocado was believed to possess mythological powers. People began cultivating the crop about 7,000 years ago and it became a staple of their diet.
Avocados' popularity continued throughout the ages, and it still plays a role in cuisines of the region. The beloved, avocado-rich dish called guacamole likely has roots as far back as the Aztec culture, because the name comes from the Nahuatl/Aztec word ahuacamolli. It's a must-have accompaniment to many dishes.
Nutritionists recommend avocadoes for their wealth of essential nutrients and important phytochemicals, including potassium; magnesium; vitamins A, C, E, K1, and B6; lutein/zeaxanthin; and monounsaturated fats.
Mole: One Sauce, Hundreds of Variations
A traditional sauce used throughout Mexico and Central America, mole (MOH-lay) commonly contains chiles, fruits, nuts, and spices. However, the variations are endless, with each region — and sometimes, each household! — boasting its own unique recipe. Some recipes contain up to 30 ingredients (the term mole is an ancient word for mix). Researching these variations and their unique ingredients offers insights into a region's history. Mole recipes usually include a variety of ingredients native to the Americas. Some, however, also include non-native ingredients, indicating they were developed after those ingredients were introduced to the region via trade.
Just like our communities are strengthened when diverse cultures are represented, traditional cuisines have benefited from the addition of new flavors from other locales. Plants native to other parts of the world made their way into Latin American cuisine, such as cumin (the seed of a plant native to the East Mediterranean and South Asia) and cinnamon (derived from the bark of a tree from Sri Lanka). Thus, foods we think of as distinctive of a cuisine are almost always a product of many cultures coming together, exchanging ingredients, and adopting new cooking techniques.
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If you love utility jackets and are looking for a winterized version, this affordable option from H&M comes in 6 colors with hundreds of good reviews! Cozy features include a shearling-like "pile" lining along the torso (not at the sleeves), and the hood has a removable fluffy faux fur trim. If you want something different from the usual green and black utility jacket, the dusty rose option is very pretty against the beige faux fur and gold hardware.
And on the topic of "pile," if you have a little one, these pile bear coveralls (also in "natural") are amazing! I probably ordered similar furry bear suits from 5 different brands before finding the best one that's easy to wiggle baby in and out of (thank you, FULL length zipper), super warm, and nice quality. I love the foldable mitt (a little long on her arms) and footie flaps and the cotton lining. Nori is always toasty when we take her out of this after a stroll in frigid temps, and she often dozes off in it.
Other features of this jacket include adjustable drawstrings at the waist and bottom, zipper + snap front closure, a slightly lower dipped back hem, and front pockets that can be accessed from either the side or top. It's labeled as a parka, but I found it to be more of a warm jacket and not heavy like a true dead-of-winter parka (such as this weighty LOFT option).
Fit-wise, H&M usually runs a little small, and their sizes shifted down in recent years so I used to wear a 2 and am now a 0 there. Size 0 in this fit well on me with the sleeves being a tad long. Note I am trying on size 2 in the rose and green, and size 0 in the black.
I also saw this very soft faux fur jacket that's slightly reminiscent of a longer jacket I have. Color is beige with a feminine hint of light pink. I love the luxe look of jackets like this paired with trousers or ankle pants, or a dressier ensemble for cocktail attire. Size XS is slightly big on me. I couldn't find this one in stores, but how fun is this spotted faux fur option!
I can't find this jacket online at the moment (saw it earlier!), but there were a couple at the Boston Newbury St store in size 0. This edgier jacket is currently on sale and features a plush faux shearling lining all around the torso in addition to at the generous collar and cuffs.
I'm on a rose kick and was hoping this jacket would be the perfect addition pre-spring, but I wasn't in love with the material. The color was beautiful and the jacket was warm, but the fabric is a "felted" material whereas I'd prefer something textured or leather-like. I'm trying on size 2 (smallest that was in store) and the sleeves are very long on me – a 0 would fit better on someone similarly sized.
Awwwww man! I really want that faux shearling moto jacket. It looks great on you and I've been wanting one like that.
Love all of these parkas <3 🙂 I'm a big fan of the utility jacket, since it works so well for the colder and wetter months! That dusty pink option is gorgeous!
Oh I just love the faux fur beige one as well as the shearling lined camel colored one! And how adorable are these little teddy bear suits for the littlle one!
so helpful…i can dress so much better. you are inspiring. very classy, understated but fun. thanks!!
Thank you sharing your thoughts on all these jackets and coats, Jean! I think I'll get the LOFT one you shared. Wow it looks like they're almost completely sold out in the vintage garland color.
Hi Jean, thanks for the affordable options! Petite coats are so hard to find. Did you think the fur on the hood looked cheap or good quality? Hard to tell in pictures. Thanks!
Hi Lindsay! I thought the faux fur on the hood looked fair for the price. It didn't stand out to me as bad looking as sometimes faux fur gone wrong does.
I love the parka! Light pink is my fave!
Love ♥the light sweet baby pink colour jacket … very lovely look!
Very pretty, thank you for sharing! I actually just ordered another one from Blank NYC in a rose color and hope it works out.
I hope that works but it's the Tiffany Young collection. I'm hoping it's the right one.
I always try to incorporate one outfit from your blog into my wardrobe each time I visit your site. Maybe not the exact brands, but the style combination. Being petite has its challenges, but your blog provids solutions!!