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Together Towards Innovation
About France-Atlanta
Programs 2010-2019
Humanitarian Events
Film Screening | Triage, Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma
by Press Attaché | posted in: Events, Humanitarian Events | 0
France-Atlanta presents this special documentary film screening as part of its 2019 event series. Triage: Dr Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma follows the powerful odyssey of James Orbinski, a humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize-winning doctor, and former head of Doctors Without Borders, as he returns to Africa to ponder the meaning of his life's work and the value of helping others. Drawing on a lifetime of experience deep in the trenches of genocide and famine, this extraordinary individual relives the triumphs and tragedies of relief work in Somalia, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The film will unsettle and move as it pointedly asks disturbing questions at the heart of the humanitarian dilemma. What can any one individual really do to bring peace to those who suffer? Where does humanitarianism end and raw politics begin? How does the sight of unspeakable evil affect the soul? Smartly directed by Patrick Reed, this remarkable film provides no definitive answers, but celebrates the best in the human spirit while staring unblinkingly at the worst.
Organized by the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Tech Center For Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS), this documentary film screening will serve as a link between the health and humanity issues addressed during the 2019 France-Atlanta Humanitarian Forum (November 8) and the CHHS Health Systems Next Generation Forum (November 12).
FILM SCREENING: NOVEMBER 11, 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
LOCATION : GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
BILL MOORE STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER, 225 NORTH AVENUE
This event is co-organized by the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Tech Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS).
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Film Screenings | Night Replay & Reconstitution of a Hunting Scene
The films, Night Replay, produced in 2012 by the French author and filmmaker Eléonore Weber,...
Press AttachéAugust 26, 2019
Music & Technology | Loïc Guénin
Hovering between experimental rock noise with contemporary aesthetics and an electro-acoustic sound, Loïc Guénin's music...
Press AttachéOctober 4, 2019
Photography Exhibition | The iconic images of Henri Dauman
Henri Dauman's photography documents some of the most important events and personalities of the 20th...
Press AttachéSeptember 4, 2019
MATTERS | Theatre Research Residency
The French performer and artistic director Duncan Evennou and the researcher Clémence Hallé will present...
Education Series: Teaching students about humanitarian work in the Francophone world
Representatives from Atlanta non-governmental and humanitarian organizations who use the French language in their profession...
Girls, Women, Sisters | Guy Gabon – Artist Workshop
Clark Atlanta University Art Museum (CAUAM) artist-in-residence Guy Gabon will present a series of events...
Forum: Humanitarian logistics and supply chain management in emergencies
During this one-day forum which unites French and American NGOs and health experts, experts will...
Architecture | Mies van der Rohe Exhibition
This event showcases the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe...
France-Atlanta
Since 2010, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology have partnered together to present a multidisciplinary series of events each fall that is centered on innovation and designed to foster French-American cooperation and synergetic exchange in the U.S. Southeast: "France-Atlanta: Together towards Innovation".
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Apkallu (akad.) lub Abgal (sum.) – określenie odnajdowane w zapisach, zawierających się na tabliczkach klinowych, oznaczające "mądry" lub "mędrzec".

Zazwyczaj przez pojęcie Apkallu rozumie się siedmiu półbogów, czasami opisywanych jako częściowo ludzie a częściowo ryby, kojarzonych z ludzką mądrością; te nadprzyrodzone istoty są często określane w literaturze jako Siedmiu Mędrców. Mieli oni zostać zesłani na Ziemię w czasach przedpotopowych przez boga Enkiego (Ea), aby krzewić kulturę i ucywilizować ludzkość.

Mędrcy ci są przypisywani do poszczególnych przedpotopowych królów Sumeru. Ich imiona i nazwy siedmiu miast, z których mieli pochodzić są zawarte zarówno w neo-babilońskich, jak i w neo-asyryjskich inskrypcjach obrzędowych, jednakże istnieją różne tradycje, które nie są do końca spójne.

Apkallu występowali również po potopie, wraz z przypisaniem do panujących wtedy królów, jednakże Apkallu po potopie opisywani są już jako "ludzkiego pochodzenia" lub po prostu jako ludzie, a nie istoty nadprzyrodzone. W niektórych tekstach mędrcy występujący po potopie określani są nie jako Apkallu, a jako Ummanu.

Określenie Apkallu służy również jako przymiotnik dla królów i bogów, będąc oznaką mądrości i wiedzy.

Apkallu mieli wybudować mury Uruku.

Apkallu w literaturze
Odnaleziona przez niemieckich naukowców na przełomie lat 1959/1960 Urucka lista królów i mędrców w świątyni Anu w Bit Resz wymienia siedmiu królów i związanych z nimi mędrców. W następnej kolejności opisany jest potop, a następnie osiem kolejnych par królów i mędrców.

Orientacyjne tłumaczenie listy brzmi następująco:
Jak zauważa Lenzi, który jest autorem opracowania, lista jest sporządzona w taki sposób, aby przedstawiać panujące po sobie postaci w sposób chronologiczny. Prawdopodobnie miało to na celu udowodnić zasadność sukcesji królów, jak i wywodzi uczonych od ich przedpotopowych odpowiedników.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
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  DOI: 10.17613/9hjb-zq65

Bóstwa mezopotamskie
Legendarni władcy
Władcy sumeryjscy

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Coming soon to a computer near you is the new Google Calendar. For those of you who use Google Calendar on a mobile device this is going to be nothing new.
Here is a screenshot of the new calendar.
The first thing you will notice is the add button in the bottom right. It looks like the add menu in google classroom and lets you add events in a nice expanded dialog.
Google Calendar is helping many people organize their digital lives. The web calendar version allows you to see and display multiple calendars in one easy to use interface.
Don't want to see a calendar, simply click the checkbox in the sidebar and it is hidden. Want to add a coworkers calendar to your calendar page? Just type their email in the box at the top of Other Calendars.
Do you use both Google Chrome and Calendar? Need to quickly add a meeting to your calendar? Don't open a new tab and enter it manually… just add it right from Chrome's address bar!
This trick will take a few simple steps of setup, but once you're done, you can type an event in natural language right in the address bar—such as "Faculty Meeting on Thursday at 3 pm"—and a new event will be created. We will use Chrome's ability to have special search engines to set this functionality up.
First, right-click on the address bar and select "Edit search engines".
Once you get to the Search engines dialog box, under Other search engines, enter a name, such as "Add Event", in the first box. In the middle box, enter a keyword, such as "cal", to type into the address bar to activate this custom search engine.
Next, copy the following URL and paste it into the last box (it should be all on one line).
Press Enter when you're done.
Now, the custom search engine will appear under Other search engines. Click "Done" to close the Search engines dialog box.
Important: Before using this custom search engine to add events to your calendar, you need to make sure you're signed into the Chrome profile that matches the Google account to which you want to add events. If you need help doing this, watch this video.
Once you're signed in to Chrome, type cal (or the keyword you assigned to it) in the address bar and press Tab or the Spacebar. You'll see that "Search" and the name of the new search engine you created shows on the left side of the address bar. Using natural language, type the event you want to add to your calendar, like the screenshot below, and press Enter.


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ConTeXt
mtx-context     | ConTeXt Process Management 0.63
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mtx-context     | main context file:
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mtx-context     | current version: 2016.07.18 16:46

Inkscape
Inkscape 0.92pre1 unknown (Jul 30 2016)

I'm not sure if this version of Inkscape is at fault.
Minimum Working Example
ConTeXt Code (./test.tex)
\setupexternalfigures[
  order={svg,pdf,png},
  location={local,default,global},
  directory={images},
  frameoffset=.5em,
  maxwidth=\makeupwidth,
  width=\makeupwidth,
]

\starttext
    \placefigure{}{\externalfigure[images/drawing.svg]}
\stoptext

SVG File (./images/drawing.svg)
Any SVG file will do.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<svg
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
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   id="svg8"
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   viewBox="0 0 210 297"
   height="297mm"
   width="210mm">
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    <rdf:RDF>
      <cc:Work
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        <dc:type
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/>
  </g>
</svg>

Error Message
Running context test.tex produces:
... logging ...
** (inkscape:19807): WARNING **: File path
"--export-pdf=/home/username/temp/images/m_k_i_v_drawing.svg.pdf"
includes directory that doesn't exist.
... more logging ...

Work Around
It is possible to avoid the error and produce the expected output by first converting the images from SVG to PDF:
$ cd images
$ inkscape -z drawing.svg \
--export-pdf=/home/username/temp/images/m_k_i_v_drawing.svg.pdf

Then:
$ cd ..
$ context test.tex

No errors.
Question
Any ideas how to fix, without manually converting each file first?

A: To debug what is happening, run with:
context --trackers=graphics.conversion test.tex

The console output shows:
...
graphics        > inclusion > checking conversion of 'images/drawing.svg', fullname 'images/drawing.svg', old format 'svg', new format 'pdf', conversion 'default', resolution 'default', arguments ''
graphics        > inclusion > converting 'images/drawing.svg' ('images/drawing.svg') from 'svg' to 'pdf'
graphics        > inclusion > running command: inkscape "/tmp/images/drawing.svg" --export-dpi=600 -A --export-pdf="/tmp/images/m_k_i_v_drawing.svg.pdf"

** (inkscape:7970): WARNING **: File path "--export-pdf=/tmp/images/m_k_i_v_drawing.svg.pdf" includes directory that doesn't exist.

graphics        > inclusion > file 'images/drawing.svg' is bugged
...

Thus, the command that is being run is:
inkscape "/tmp/images/drawing.svg" --export-dpi=600 -A --export-pdf="/tmp/images/m_k_i_v_drawing.svg.pdf"

Running this command through the command line also gives the same error message.
Based on this stackexchange question, it appears that -A and --export-pdf specify the same option. So, when inkscape -A --export-pdf="..." is used, inkscape thinks that --export-pdf="..." is the name of the file. So, inkscape should be called without the -A argument.
To do so, add the following at the top of your .tex file:
\startluacode
 figures.programs.inkscape = {
     command  = "inkscape",
     pdfargument = [[
         "%oldname%"
         --export-dpi=600
         --export-pdf="%newname%"
     ]],
     pngargument = [[
         "%oldname%"
         --export-dpi=600
         --export-png="%newname%"
     ]],
 }
 \stopluacode

I'll also send a bugfix to the ConTeXt mailing list.

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ATLANTA, Aug 29, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Georgia Power today asked the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for approval to expand its Green Energy program to include additional options for customers.
Born out of direct feedback from customers and environmental groups, the expansion of Georgia Power's Green Energy program redesigns the current program to make it more cost-effective while also providing additional discounted options for retail customers that are high-volume energy users.
Electricity generated for the redesigned Green Energy program would help grow the renewable resource base in Georgia and the Southeast and expand the market for renewable energy credits (RECs). RECs are created when a renewable energy facility generates electricity or uses renewable fuel. Customers who purchase RECs through the Green Energy program are paying for the benefit of displacing other non-renewable sources from the electric grid.
Premium Green Energy – At a cost of $4.50 per 100-kilowatt-hour block, this option will retain a 2 percent solar resource requirement.
Green Energy – Priced at $3.50 per 100-kilowatt-hour block, this option will not include a solar or wind resource requirement.


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Good afternoon everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful Saturday so far. It is August which means two things, one more month until weather starts cooling back off and back to school time. This time of year is a great time to stock up on clothing thanks to great deals, take advantage of no tax weekends, and for the ones with kids….a break from all the running! This year SinfulColors is releasing a 27 piece collection just in time for school. The Class Act Collection has an extensive array of fresh shades that are perfectly on trend with the latest fall fashions and will ensure your mani is top of the class. I have the pleasure of sharing 10 of these shades with you. We will look at half today and half tomorrow, this way I don't overload you with too much awesomeness.
First up we are going to take a look at Summer S-cool. This is a lovely robin egg blue creme that is a must for any collection. Application was super smooth and the formula just perfect. In my photos I am wearing just two coats of Summer S-cool.
Next for a fun glitter topper. Late Night Haute is a lightly tinted blue base with blue to green iridescent glitters in hexes, bars, and shards. Application was easy and the glitter distribution was great. I will note the shards will stand up a little if you are not cautious in application and you will want to use a top coat to help smooth things out. In my photos I am wearing one coat of Late Night Haute over Summer S-cool and sealed with a coat of Gelous.
Next up we have a fun pink. 24/7 is a lovely hot pink creme that is just perfect. Color, application, and formula were all amazing. In my photos I am wearing three coats of 24/7.
Now for another great glitter topper. Sinful Sunrise is a very lightly tinted pink base with pink to yellow to blue iridescent glitters in bar, hex, and shard form. Application was easy and the glitter played nicely. In my photos I am wearing one coat of Sinful Sunrise over 24/7 and topped with a coat of Gelous.
Lastly for today we have Chalk It Up. This is really pretty pistachio green creme in their demi-matte finish. It did apply a little patchy but as it dried it smoothed out nicely. In my photos I am wearing just three coats of Chalk It Up.


We had our dog stay here for three nights for a fairly reasonable price. I didn't meet the male worker who is mentioned in the other reviews. However, the female owner was very nice, accommodating and helpful. She is obviously a dog person. We are quite particular with our (very spoiled) little dog and wouldn't allow him to stay at any random place. We got him back in one happy piece and we would likely use this kennel again in the future.


Fifty-six percent of those who made inquiries to a Seattle Southside Visitor Center ultimately visited the area. Compared to the H2R industry norm of 33% for destinations across the United States, this is very strong. Visitors who inquire tend to stay longer and spend more than the average visitor to Seattle Southside. They typically stay 3.54 nights and spend $1,007.
Shuttle riders spend approximately $172 per person on their free trip from their SeaTac hotel to Westfield Southcenter; shuttle riders from outside the United States spend more money ($190 vs. $158) and more time (approximately three hours) at the shopping center.
Riders were very satisfied with their experience on the bus. More than nine in ten riders indicated that they were somewhat or very satisfied with the friendliness of the driver, the cleanliness of the shuttle and the comfort of the ride. Additionally, 85% indicated that they were satisfied with the timeliness of the shuttle.
A majority of the Seattle Southside website visitors had already decided to make a trip to the area when they visited the site. These website visitors were searching for area information (68%), activities (56%) and hotels (39%) for their trip.
The Seattle Southside website has a conversion rate of 34%. This means that more than one-third of website visitors booked an overnight trip to the area after visiting the website.
Fifty percent of website visitors said their visit to the website persuaded them to visit attractions or restaurants they had not planned to visit, while 20% said they decided to visit Seattle Southside instead of another destination, and 10% said the website persuaded them to stay longer than planned.


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// Disallow direct access to this file
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

jimport( 'joomla.application.component.model' );

class CommunityModelMultiProfile extends JModelLegacy
{
	/**
	 * Configuration data
	 *
	 * @var object	JPagination object
	 **/
	var $_pagination;
	/**
	 * Constructor
	 */
	public function __construct()
	{
		$mainframe	= JFactory::getApplication();

		// Call the parents constructor
		parent::__construct();

		// Get the pagination request variables
		$limit		= $mainframe->getUserStateFromRequest( 'global.list.limit', 'limit', $mainframe->getCfg('list_limit'), 'int' );
		$limitstart	= $mainframe->getUserStateFromRequest( 'com_community.multiprofile.limitstart', 'limitstart', 0, 'int' );

		// In case limit has been changed, adjust limitstart accordingly
		$limitstart = ($limit != 0 ? (floor($limitstart / $limit) * $limit) : 0);

		$this->setState('limit', $limit);
		$this->setState('limitstart', $limitstart);
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves the JPagination object
	 *
	 * @return object	JPagination object
	 **/
	public function &getPagination()
	{
		if ($this->_pagination == null)
		{
			$this->getFields();
		}
		return $this->_pagination;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns multi profiles
	 *
	 **/
	public function getMultiProfiles()
	{
		$mainframe	= JFactory::getApplication();

		static $fields;

		if( isset( $fields ) )
		{
			return $fields;
		}

		// Initialize variables
		$db			= JFactory::getDBO();

		// Get the limit / limitstart
		$limit		= $mainframe->getUserStateFromRequest('global.list.limit', 'limit', $mainframe->getCfg('list_limit'), 'int');
		$limitstart	= $mainframe->getUserStateFromRequest('com_community.multiprofile.limitstart', 'limitstart', 0, 'int');

		// In case limit has been changed, adjust limitstart accordingly
		$limitstart	= ($limit != 0) ? ($limitstart / $limit ) * $limit : 0;

		// Get the total number of records for pagination
		$query	= 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ' . $db->quoteName( '#__community_profiles' );
		$db->setQuery( $query );
		$total	= $db->loadResult();

		jimport('joomla.html.pagination');

		// Get the pagination object
		$this->_pagination	= new JPagination( $total , $limitstart , $limit );

		$query	= 'SELECT * FROM ' . $db->quoteName( '#__community_profiles' ) . ' '
				. 'ORDER BY ' . $db->quoteName( 'ordering' );
		$db->setQuery( $query , $this->_pagination->limitstart , $this->_pagination->limit );

		$fields	= $db->loadObjectList();

		return $fields;
	}

	public function &getGroups()
	{
		static $fieldGroups;

		if( isset( $fieldGroups ) )
		{
			return $fieldGroups;
		}

		$db		= JFactory::getDBO();

		$query	= 'SELECT * '
				. 'FROM ' . $db->quoteName( '#__community_fields' )
				. 'WHERE ' . $db->quoteName( 'type' ) . '=' . $db->Quote( 'group' );

		$db->setQuery( $query );

		$fieldGroups	= $db->loadObjectList();

		return $fieldGroups;
	}

	public function &getFieldGroup( $fieldId )
	{
		static $fieldGroup;

		if( isset( $fieldGroup ) )
		{
			return $fieldGroup;
		}

		$db		= JFactory::getDBO();

		$query	= 'SELECT * FROM ' . $db->quoteName( '#__community_fields' )
				. 'WHERE ' . $db->quoteName( 'ordering' ) . '<' . $db->Quote( $fieldId ) . ' '
				. 'AND ' . $db->quoteName( 'type' ) . '=' . $db->Quote( 'group' )
				. 'ORDER BY ordering DESC '
				. 'LIMIT 1';

		$db->setQuery( $query );

		$fieldGroup	= $db->loadObject();

		return $fieldGroup;
	}

	public function getGroupFields( $groupOrderingId )
	{
		$fieldArray	= array();
		$db			= JFactory::getDBO();

		$query	= 'SELECT * FROM ' . $db->quoteName( '#__community_fields' )
				. ' WHERE ' . $db->quoteName( 'ordering' ) . '>' . $db->Quote( $groupOrderingId )
				. ' AND `published`=' . $db->Quote( 1 )
				. ' AND `registration`=' . $db->Quote( 1 )
				. ' ORDER BY `ordering` ASC ';

		$db->setQuery( $query );

		$fieldGroup	= $db->loadObjectList();

		if(count($fieldGroup) > 0)
		{
			foreach($fieldGroup as $field)
			{
				if($field->type == 'group')
					break;
				else
				 	$fieldArray[]	= $field;
			}
		}

		return $fieldArray;
	}

	public function getProfileTypes()
	{
		static $types = false;

		if( !$types )
		{
			$path	= JPATH_ROOT . '/components/com_community/libraries/fields/customfields.xml';

			$parser	= new SimpleXMLElement( $path , NULL , true );

			$fields = $parser->fields;

			foreach($fields->children() as $field)
			{
				$data[(string) $field->type] = $field->name;
			}

			$types = $data;
		}
		return $types;
	}
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Wicked Playing 11 Shows in Centennial Concert Hall August 2011
A new Broadway blockbuster musical will make its Winnipeg premiere at the Centennial Concert Hall on August 24, 2011.
"Wicked" is the untold story of the witches of Oz and based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One — born with emerald green skin — is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. Wicked tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
Wicked has received rave reviews by Variety and The New York Times and continues to thrill audiences around the world. There are currently seven productions of the musical touring the globe, including a Dutch-language production to launch in 2011.
Wicked musical will conclude at the Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall on September 4, 2011.
Wicked is Touring Western Canada starting June 1st, 2011 in Vancouver and moving to Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg.
Tags: Wicked Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall Tickets, Wicked Western Canada Tour, Wicked Western Canadian tour, Wicked Winnipeg MB Canada Tickets
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Selected Skirmishes: Rates of Kahn
All Aboard Air Al!
Thomas W. Hazlett | From the November 1995 issue
I hate flying Southwest Airlines, a company which intentionally discriminates against important people such as myself. The method: Rather than assigning seats like a civilized air carrier, they distribute numbered passes on a first-come, first-served basis.
Arrive at the airport two hours early, you get to be No. 13. Get there 90 seconds prior to take-off, you're Mr. 128. Once I got my act together and showed up more than 10 minutes before scheduled departure, a Hazlett World Record. I moved all the way up to No. 122. Traditionally, I'm wedged into a center seat between the 300-lb. truck driver and the young mother with a 6-month-old screamer on her lap.
This happens to me all the time, by the way. Despite the psychological trauma of such torturous in-flight conditions, it turns out that Southwest has such convenient flights that I can't afford the luxury of shopping for more humane conditions. It really pains me, you know, to do this–but I've got to be in San Diego by 4 p.m. and I can't possibly leave before two o'clock. Dial 1-800-IFLYSWA.
Despite my personal torment, I can see the bigger picture. In San Diego, for instance. While awaiting a return flight to Sacramento last June, I began staring at the folks crowded around the Southwest terminal at Lindbergh Field. Not your normal business traveling bunch. No sir. These were the folks who couldn't raise Greyhound fare: families, the very young, the very old, guys who thought about driving the 500 miles but couldn't afford a big enough cooler for the beer.
And I suddenly felt warm for Alfred Kahn. Author of the preeminent textbook on economic regulation and professor emeritus from Cornell, Kahn served his country with distinction as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Most distinctly, as the last chairman of the CAB.
Professor Kahn came to Washington during the Carter administration and rearranged the federal agency that regulated the nation's interstate airlines. He saw that CAB's safety functions could be shipped over to the National Transportation Safety Administration and that the allocation of take-off and landing slots could be done by the Federal Aviation Administration. What CAB held onto was the ability to regulate (read: limit) competition. And then Chairman Kahn shut it down.
I doubt if many of the $79 (unrestricted) fares flying Southwest from San Diego last June paid Professor Kahn much attention, but it would have been entirely appropriate if they had hoisted a beer in his honor. His policy spade work allowed upstarts like Southwest to challenge established firms and drive prices down. Economists inform us that consumer savings since air deregulation have been in the billions and billions, but not even Carl Sagan seems much impressed. Indeed, I suspect that Professor Kahn flies under an assumed name, because most of what the industry has to say about the enhanced competition wrought by CAB abolition would make even that 300-lb. trucker sitting to my left wince.
The connection between those who harvest the fruits of successful public policy and those who laboriously–and bravely–tend the garden is tenuous. In a just, not to mention more efficient, world, Alfred Kahn would get a kopek for each transaction he makes easier, each family reunion his transportational reforms make possible.
Moreover, those who, unlike Mr. Kahn, come to Washington and really foul up do not seem to suffer. Just the reverse. As when a champion of some ill-thought intervention into the U.S. economy cleans up as an expert consultant–there's always healthy demand for help in dealing with a very bad law.
The disconnect between individual action and public policy success underlies so much of the mess we're in. I recently read an editorial in my learned local newspaper, the Sacramento Bee, roundly denouncing the undeserved antitrust exemption finagled lo these many years by Major League Baseball. They cited the horrors that such coddling had created–including the ugly, disloyal treatment of cities, with franchises moving cross-country at the drop of a municipal stadium subsidy.
The great irony is that baseball, because of its antitrust exemption, has not been the offender. When the National Football League, for instance, did try to block the Raiders from jumping to Los Angeles from Oakland in 1983, the league lost a $33 million verdict on antitrust grounds. Now, football teams hop around to new cities almost as fast as their tailors can produce new uniforms: Los Angeles lost both its franchises this year (the Raiders back to Oakland, the Rams to St. Louis). The NFL–or the NBA–is helpless to stop individual franchises from playing cities against each other; it would be an illegal restraint of trade!
It's complicated charting policy effects as they dribble out into the real world. Which is why when one guy figures it out and does the right thing, like our pal Alfred Kahn, I think we ought to do something special. Treating him like just another smart scholar doesn't get there. Awarding him a lifetime No. 1 pass on Southwest might do the trick.
Contributing Editor Thomas W. Hazlett (hazlett@primal.ucdavis.edu) teaches economics and public policy at the University of California at Davis.
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Thomas W. Hazlett is Hugh H. Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics at Clemson University. His most recent book is The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology, from Herbert Hoover to the Smart Phone (Yale University Press).
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This family-run pizzeria evolved from a Sicilian immigrant's dream to a San Diego success story.
After Sicily native Salvatore "Sam" LoMedico emigrated to Detroit in 1939, he worked in the restaurant/bar biz with his brother—and knew immediately that he wanted to open his own place. Finally, after starting a family, serving in the military and migrating to sunny San Diego, he realized his dream in June 1954, opening Venice Pizza House (venicepizzahouse.com). The Italian restaurant served up a simple menu with a few pizzas, pastas and sandwiches (including many recipes culled from the family archives), and Sam worked 15-hour days alongside his wife, Prudie, making sure customers were satisfied. "They never advertised, relying only on word-of-mouth," says Bill LoMedico, general manager and Sam's grandson. "To this day, our advertising budget is zero."
Sam retired after 17 years in the business and eventually passed away, but the family atmosphere of the pizzeria and an obsessive attention to customers kept business booming. Today, Bill's father (Sam's son-in-law), makes meatballs and homemade sausage daily ("He's a machine!" laughs Bill), while Bill's mother hosts and his sister regularly visits to check on the business. Meanwhile, customers and employees alike have become de facto family; regulars make up a large percentage of the business, and many workers have been with the restaurant for more than five years. "I sincerely want to know what's going on in our customers' lives, and I love when they're happy," Bill says. "When they come in, we know their names and where they want to sit, and our portions are like you'd get at your parents' house. Our family atmosphere always came naturally."
Like many historic pizzerias, Venice Pizza House strives to maintain the delicate balance between tradition and innovation. With today's fiercer competition, Bill actively attracts a younger clientele through Facebook and Yelp while catering to regulars who have come to expect the restaurant's quality and consistency over the decades. Meanwhile, the 60th anniversary next year will usher in a new logo and minor renovations to freshen up the restaurant's decidedly old-school interior. "Overall, we're just proud we've been able to please our customers for this length of time," Bill says. "We don't do anything spectacular—we just do everything well." —Tracy Morin
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The review of police operations is closely linked with the principle of policing by consent. It is also a feature of the statement of mission and values. Hence, public confidence in policing can be influenced by a range of issues, including the perception that the police response was inadequate, inappropriate, or otherwise had a significant impact on the confidence of victims, their families and/or the community.
1 Different types of review processes
2 Role of independent advisory groups
3 Post-incident procedures
3.1 Post incident manager
3.2 Progress of the inquiry
3.3 Post-operation debrief
3.3.1 Officers conferring
3.3.2 Recording discussions
3.3.3 Debriefing procedure
3.4 Cases resulting in death or serious injury
3.5 Cases that reveal failings in command
4 Multi-agency considerations
4.1 Memorandums of understanding
4.2 Agency primacy
5 Types of review processes
6 Complaints and self-referral
6.1 Public confidence
6.2 Explaining actions
6.3 Article 2 of the ECHR and the duty to investigate
7 Public inquiry
7.1 Calling a public inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005
7.2 When an inquiry is called
7.2.1 Managing the force response to a public inquiry
7.3 Basic principles for dealing with public inquiries
8 Learning lessons
Different types of review processes
Policing operations can involve multiple agencies and are regularly subjected to various types of review process that result from complaint or concern from the public or other internal and external stakeholder(s). Police reviews may also be self-generated for the purpose of learning lessons, peer review and continuously improving performance.
A review may take place several weeks or months after the closure of the incident and recollection may be difficult. It is, therefore, important to keep full records of operational decision making and actions.
Role of independent advisory groups
APP on independent advisory groups
Using independent advisory groups (IAGs) during police operations or as part of the review process can be a positive step in improving transparency, as they have been shown to improve communications and engagement with communities.
The primary role of an IAG is to act as a critical friend to the police service and other responding agencies. It can provide real-time critical appraisal of police actions from the perspective of a recipient of policing services and a member of the community.
Post-incident procedures
Where an incident or operation has had a significant impact on a community, post-incident procedures should be instigated. These involve the formal, independent review of police operations by a relevant investigative authority. Post-incident procedures should commence when an operation or critical incident:
has the potential to cause serious damage to confidence in policing
has resulted in death or serious injury
has revealed failings in command, and/or
where police actions may have caused danger to the officers or the public.
A post incident manager (PIM) should facilitate the investigation and keep the parties involved up to date with the progress of the inquiry.
Post incident manager
Where the criteria for commencement of post-incident procedures apply, a PIM should be appointed to facilitate the investigation and ensure integrity of process. The PIM also ensures that the needs of the principal officer are addressed in a manner which does not compromise the investigative process.
A police manager who has not been involved in the incident, but is trained in post-incident management procedures, should undertake the role.
Progress of the inquiry
Section 21 of the Police Reform Act 2002 for England and Wales requires that all interested persons should be kept informed of the progress of a post-incident investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) or other appropriate authority. Procedures should be put in place to ensure that regular updates are provided, by either the PIM or by a force liaison officer.
Normally, the independent investigative authority briefs the force concerned on the current status of the investigation, and this must be done at least every 28 days.
Post-operation debrief
This type of debrief should be arranged, where practicable, as it enables all information relating to the incident to be recorded and learnt from.
When officers have been involved in an incident or critical operation and are required to provide an account of the event, they should avoid conferring with other officers. For sharing lessons, where incident requires a multi-agency debrief, see Joint organisational learning and JESIP for further information.
Officers conferring
The dynamic nature of many police operations may prevent officers from being able to complete personal records fully or to remember every detail of the operation or incident. During a major incident, it may be personnel other than the ground officers (eg, drivers) who are better placed to record operational detail.
However, as a matter of general practice, an officer should not confer with other officers prior to making their personal account. This applies whether an initial or subsequent account is to be provided or not. The officer should individually record what their honestly held belief of the situation was at the time the event took place.
Recording discussions
If for any reason a need to confer should arise, a conferring officer should ensure transparency. Public confidence is maintained by documenting any discussion that has taken place, including:
time, date and place where conferring took place
the issues discussed
with whom
the reasons for such discussion.
The issue of whether and under what circumstances officers should be allowed to confer with each other is highly important. Recognising that an officer regrouping may be unavailable, an individual officer may wish to consider their personal position before deciding whether or not to confer with colleagues.
Debriefing procedure
Where practicable, a post-operation debrief to collect and record all the information available is a crucial element in information and intelligence gathering, and in identifying good practice and lessons to be learned. Regrouping also provides the opportunity to provide medical aid to officers, if required.
Only in exceptional circumstances should debriefing take place when the criteria for post-incident procedures have been met, and prior agreement of any investigative authority involved must be obtained.
Cases resulting in death or serious injury
IOPC Statutory Guidance
Mandatory referrals to the relevant independent investigative authority include cases which result in death or serious injury. The IOPC is the relevant authority for England and Wales.
Cases that reveal failings in command
APP on armed policing – post deployment and detention and custody – statutory duty to refer to the IOPC
Cases that reveal failings in command, have caused danger to the public, or are in the public interest should be voluntarily referred to the relevant independent investigative authority. For further information, refer to force policy and/or the relevant investigative authority for the criteria for voluntary referral.
Multi-agency considerations
In some cases the police have worked in partnership with other agencies during an incident that then generates a complaint and/or review. Those agencies may also be involved in trying to identify issues that affect public confidence. When working with other agencies in these circumstances, the issues may centre on accountability and information sharing.
MoUs have been developed with most partner agencies to facilitate the free flow of information. Any liaison should be carried out through a single point of contact (SPOC) and, where meetings take place, the officers involved must have the authority to act on behalf of their force.
Agency primacy
Where more than one agency is involved, it must be established who has primacy during a review and which agency is responsible for liaising with the individual(s) raising the complaint or concern. The responsibility for resolving or investigating complaints, recordable conduct matters and death/serious injury matters is set out in law by the Police Reform Act 2002.
Types of review processes
In the case of emergency or major incidents, reviews may take the form of government-led public inquiries, judicial reviews and local public inquiries. Other forms of review, such as police-led peer reviews, may assist the police in learning lessons from past operations that will improve future operational performance.
Following critical incidents, the police may also voluntarily refer the incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for independent review.
Complaints and self-referral
There will be occasions when the reason for police action may not be apparent to the public. This may give cause for concern or anxiety, for example, to onlookers, relatives, neighbours and those innocent of any wrongdoing.
Public confidence
Unless effective and consistent post-incident review processes are in place prior to the closure of an operation (eg, community surveys, IAG review), there may be no indication that public confidence has been damaged until the victim or other interested parties bring the matter to the attention of the force. This may be days or even weeks after the end of the incident itself.
Explaining actions
In such circumstances, commanders should consider providing a suitable explanation for the actions taken. Depending on the effectiveness of the operation, forces may wish to ensure that the people affected by an incident or operation are aware of all the support and rights available to them. They should be made aware of their options for seeking redress (eg, the police complaints process) where applicable.
Article 2 of the ECHR and the duty to investigate
Under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), there is a positive duty on the State to ensure that where a death occurs at the hand of the State, an effective and independent investigation takes place. This includes any death caused by or brought about as a result of police action (Article 2 of the ECHR, and Schedule 1, Article 2 to the Human Rights Act 1998).
The European Court of Human Rights has held in Jordan v UK [2003] 37 EHRR 2 and Edwards v UK (2002) 35 EHHR 487 that the investigation must:
be on the State's own initiative (eg, not civil proceedings)
be independent, both institutionally and in practice
be capable of leading to a determination of whether the force used was justified in the circumstances, and to the identification and punishment of those responsible
be prompt
allow for sufficient public scrutiny to ensure accountability
allow the next of kin to participate.
These principles were approved by the House of Lords in the case of R (ex parte Amin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] UKHL 51 (the Zahid Mubarek case).
The requirements under Article 2 of the ECHR are relevant and can extend to any situation in which death or serious injury occurs during a police operation.
Public inquiries do not take place without warning. There will be a history of dissatisfaction which could have extended over several years. The matter will probably have generated wide public interest with comprehensive, and often critical, press coverage. During the intervening years, the police may have been required to respond to a range of matters, such as:
complaints from the victim, their family and the community
letters from members of parliament
questions asked in parliament.
In spite of this, interested parties still feel that the only way to resolve outstanding questions and issues is by a full independent inquiry open to public scrutiny.
Calling a public inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005
A public inquiry can be called by a government minister. Such a decision is not be taken lightly. A minister will call a public inquiry only where:
particular events have caused or are capable of causing public concern, or
there is public concern that particular events may have occurred.
A number of basic principles for dealing with public inquiries have to be followed when one is called.
When an inquiry is called
This is usually several years after the incident which led to it. This time delay places additional pressure on the force concerned because police officers or other members of police staff involved in the original incident may no longer work for the force, they may have retired or even died. Irrespective of this, the force concerned is still accountable for the decisions and actions of those officers present at the time.
Managing the force response to a public inquiry
The chief officer tasked with managing the force response to a public inquiry may not have been in post or even in force at the time of the incident. They must, therefore, approach the process and the management of the incident with an open mind. It is important that they do not defend the decisions of their predecessors without first reviewing those decisions and how the incident was managed as a whole.
Basic principles for dealing with public inquiries
Avoid assumptions and stereotyping – as with any incident, every effort must be made to avoid early assumptions or stereotyping about the individual or groups from which dissatisfaction or concern about the police has originated. Concerns must be managed in a proactive, open, honest and realistic manner.
Ensure the independence of the chief officer managing the process – the chief officer assigned to manage the public inquiry process should not have been directly or indirectly involved in the original incident.
Assess the impact of an inquiry on the relationship between the force and Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) – the local PCC will have a significant interest in the proceedings and outcome of a public inquiry. Where applicable, there should be a consistent and coordinated response by the force and PCC. However, in some cases this may not be appropriate.
Provide a dedicated inquiry team – chief officers should assign a dedicated inquiry team to ensure that the force response is informative, consistent and coordinated. The team should be committed to managing the process through to the conclusion of the inquiry, and should consist of officers with experience relevant to the incident but who, ideally, were not directly involved.
Consider victim care – as part of the police response to the inquiry process, it may be necessary to provide care to the victim of the incident and their family. Support should also be provided to witnesses (including police officer/staff witnesses).
Implement a media strategy – the incident which triggered the public inquiry will already have a high media profile and a media strategy should be in place. To ensure that a coordinated and consistent message is conveyed to the media, it is essential to have a strategy agreed between the lead chief officer, the legal services department and the police inquiry team.
Involve the community – involving community representatives and IAGs may help to restore communication processes between the police and the community.
A review will evaluate the police response and determine whether:
it conformed to nationally approved standards
it was thorough
it was conducted with integrity and objectivity
any investigative or other opportunities were overlooked
good and bad practice was identified.
In some cases a review of the original police response shows that everything that could have been done was done.
ACPO (2006) Murder Investigation Manual
Forces frequently invite operational counterparts and specialists from neighbouring forces to evaluate their operational performance. Peer reviews support the principle of police interoperability, continuous improvement and information sharing.
Police practitioners participating in a police review (eg, 28-day review of a major crime) may examine any aspect of the force's operation, investigation or other police process related to the incident.
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The first day visit of 2019 took place on an unseasonably mild Thursday in February. On arrival at Tate Britain we disgorged from the coach to be met by Luke, the Tours Coordinator, who guided us to the Clore Auditorium for a fascinating illustrated lecture by Peter Scott.
Burne-Jones never attended art school, but after schooldays spent in Birmingham, went up to Oxford and there met William Morris. Although, in the lecturer's view, he was too young to be considered a true pre-Raphaelite, Burne-Jones' was to lead the movement into new symbolist directions. Nor was Burne-Jones solely a producer of fine art, being equally at home in the creative arts, designing stained glass, embroidery, tapestry, furniture and jewellery.
Drawing was the basis of Burne-Jones' craft and the exhibition included some beautiful examples of his detailed pencil studies, produced when preparing for his larger works.
There were also examples of his comic drawings, included in a letter to a grandchild or to amuse a friend, in which he treated himself as the object of a joke.
Peter Scott encouraged us to look for the artist's exquisite rendition of birds and flowers in both his watercolours and oil paintings. In Leading the Pilgrim there are several individual birds around the feet of the angel and the pilgrim, as well as a flock of birds over the head of the angel. We were also invited to examine some of the ways in which Burne-Jones brought his own unique approach to a scene, including the small fire in the nativity scene in a triptych painted for a Brighton church. Burne-Jones' portraiture was also unconventional, capturing the inner feelings of family and friends with the minimum of props and accessories and avoiding society commissions.
After enjoying Burne-Jones' large scale and dramatic narrative cycles: Perseus and The Briar Rose, the exhibition's final room revealed a breathtaking tapestry of the Nativity.
With its fresh and vibrant colours and flowers redolent of a country garden, the work provided an uplifting finale to an exhibition which for many, exceeded our expectations.


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The men's 73 kg competition at the 2021 European Judo Championships was held on 17 April at the Altice Arena.

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Last four decades has witnessed a phenomenal increase of meditation entering the mainstream of modern western culture. It is being prescribed by physicians and practiced by everyone from business executives to artists, scientists to students, teachers, military personnel, and – on a promising note – politicians included.
The Art of Meditation is an ancient mind and body practice focusing on the interactions among the brain, mind, body, and behaviour through observation of breathing.
Scientists all over the world have found tremendous benefits of meditation from offering vision of greater clarity in mind to improved health and freedom from stress, tension and anxiety. Meditation changes the quality of life from poverty, emptiness and suffering to fulfilment and happiness.
Despite the growing popularity of meditation, prevailing misconceptions about the practice is serving as a barrier that prevents many people from trying meditation and receiving its profound benefits for the body, mind, and spirit.
Here are eight most common myths about meditation and the real truth behind them.
Truth : Meditation is a simple, natural, effortless technique that allows the mind to experience the subtler levels of thinking. It takes you beyond the noisy chatter of the mind to a place of absolute stillness. You can practice meditation without having to believe in anything.
It is beyond religious lines – A Christian or Muslim or even an atheist and agnostics can practice it. When I spoke to Sarah James, who has been practicing meditation for more than 10 years in Canada told me" I started because I wanted help to quit smoking".
My Christian partner practices meditation twice a day for about 20 minutes because it calms the nerves. Practicing meditation will not make you religious or a yogi. Many people practice meditation exclusively for health and well- being benefits. Meditation enriches our lives enabling us to enjoy whatever we do in life more fully and happily – whether it is to play sports, taking care of children or advancing our careers.
Truth : As explained above meditation can be practised independent of religious contexts. Only those who meditate as an extension of their religious practice may use the above. I have practised Hindu religious texts and Zen Buddhism in the context of meditation and that required me to burn incense sticks.
Otherwise, it is perfectly fine to practice without them in a clean and comfortable environment. The only real prerequisite is to have bathed and be perfectly clean both in body and in mind. It is also vital to practice meditation in a place where people will not disturb you.
Truth : Although the body and mind are intimately connected, for the sake of clarity lets divide the benefits into – mental benefits and physical benefits.
Research conducted by University of Leiden shows that meditation done twice a day for 20 minutes can greatly increase general fluid intelligence, which enables the mediator to respond to new situations with greater adaptability, creativity and comprehension as opposed to non-mediators.
Meditation develops creative intelligence and it will improve the overall performance of any activity you do thereby increases happiness quotient in life.
The benefits and the time taken to reap those benefits are misconstrued. A landmark study led by Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital found that even 8 weeks of meditation helped people experience decreased anxiety and greater feelings of calm; it has also been in the areas of memory, empathy, sense of self and stress regulation.
Truth : Although a nightly sleep dissolves some fatigue and stress, the degree of rest is not complete enough to move more deep rooted stress.
A daily cycle of deep rest provided with meditation develops the ability of the nervous system to adjust to change with minimum consumption of energy; normalisation of weight and improved athletic performance.
Truth : It's true that meditation deeply helps people who have some deficiency and problems that they weren't able to cope otherwise. But it is incorrect to assume that meditation is only for them. It is not necessary to have a deficiency in order to practice meditation. No matter how energetic, intelligent and creative we are, we enjoy life only when we become more energetic; creative and intelligent.
Truth: If your goal with meditation is simply health improvement and relaxation, then you don't need a teacher. Learning from a book, video course or workshop can be enough. Then go on by yourself.
However, if you wish to practice deeper and your goal is emotional healing, balance or spiritual growth, then meditating in a group or being in contact with other experienced mediators will support your practice. A teacher will be capable of helping you understand what you're experiencing during the process and help overcome those roadblocks leading to a nourishing daily practice.
According to Neha Yadav, a busy entrepreneur who practices meditation in her busy day's schedule says "today the knowledge of yoga and meditation is readily available everywhere be it in YouTube videos or books and I can learn from them whenever, wherever it is convenient for me".
Truth: If you feel that you are part of a hectic schedule, even a few minutes of meditation in a day is beneficial. In the morning, setting your alarm just a few minutes earlier than usual can make all the difference.
I have felt personally that when I spend time meditating, it has transformed the way in which my day turned out even on one of the most stressful and hectic days in my working life. Sticking to my usual meditation ritual made me feel that I was able to accomplish more while doing less, instead of struggling hard to achieve my goals.
Truth: There are several benefits of meditation and some people have claimed to have experienced feelings of bliss and oneness. But the real benefits of meditation are what happens in the other hours of the day when during the daily chores of life. After meditation, the experience of stillness and silence in practice allows me to be more creative, compassionate, and loving myself and everyone around me more than ever. So, if you have a transcendent experience - excellent. Otherwise it is not compulsory but you will still be reaping several benefits when it is practised.
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If you're a newcomer to the Delta Quadrant, you need to be on your guard: it's not the greatest neighborhood. There are kleptomaniac Caretakers stealing people from all corners of the galaxy, the Krenim keep trying to rewrite the local space-time continuum, and oh, yes -- you're also in the backyard of the Borg Collective. As if that weren't enough, you also have to worry about the Vidiian Sodality. Infected centuries ago by the Phage, a devastating and incurable plague that rotted their organs, the Vidiians did what any other ruthless society with an array of astounding medical technology would probably resort to eventually: commit themselves to becoming a race of ghoulish flesh marauders, running around stealing the organs right out of people's bodies. It's one thing to shoot somebody and then take their wallet, but picture shooting someone with a combined phaser and transporter beam that snatches their lungs from their ribcage!
Whatever organs the Vidiians manage to steal are then grafted onto their own bodies in a desperate bid for survival against the Phage. As you can imagine, it doesn't win them any beauty contests.
Actually, Vidiian organ-harvesting doctrine calls for them to get what they need from cadavers first and foremost, making them at least slightly less terrifying, but they're not above looking for live targets if their need is great (and it usually is). Eerily enough, that's something with which we humans in the 21st century have a lot of familiarity: anytime a major organ breaks down, we need a replacement from either a living human or someone who died under very specific circumstances. We get what we can from cadavers -- tissues and such can be put in storage for a long time before they go bad -- but for a whole and functioning organ, that's usually just not an option. The current state of our technology actually prevents us from rising to the level of Vidiian medical ethics, which is a weird thought.
But we're making progress! Last fall, Australian surgeons successfully performed three heart transplants using hearts that came from fully dead people. Hearts are by far the hardest thing to transplant: typically, a heart has to come from a person who's been confirmed to be brain-dead but whose heart is still beating. Once such a donor is located, their heart is removed, put on ice for up to four hours for transit, and implanted in the waiting recipient. The Australian technique took hearts that had actually stopped beating for up to 20 minutes, put them in a special machine that kept them in a warm nutrient bath, and implanted them. Not only did the patients live, one even reported feeling years younger.
This is a fantastic breakthrough for cardiac patients the world over; as you can probably imagine, the people waiting for a new heart vastly outnumber the ones who fit the criteria for donating them, at least by current standards -- you must be brain-dead, but your heart must still be beating. Imagine if instead, the requirements were "you must have died no more than 20 minutes ago." That would widen the field of available donors considerably! Of course, this assumes you'd be okay with surgeons breaking you down for parts a mere 20 minutes after you died. Any Klingon warrior worth his or her d'k tagh would agree -- to them, the body is a mere hollow shell after the spirit departs for Sto-vo-Kor anyway.
But of course, opinions may vary from person to person. I personally would side with the Klingons, and at least one forensic pathologist makes the case that it's actually immoral to require consent for cadaver organ donation. This is a question we're going to need to figure out how to answer eventually; as techniques like the Australian one are adapted and improved for other organs, we'll all need to sit down and really think about what we want done with our bodies after we die. If your family wants to bury you intact, but doctors can use your organs to save the lives of five people in dire need of transplants, who should win? As someone once said, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few," but pure Vulcan logic doesn't always stand up to the power of human grief.
All debate aside, we'll at least be in fairly good shape someday soon from a purely technological standpoint to do well should something like the Vidiian Phage ever decide to pay us a visit.


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How can you rent a home for 30% below market rates?
Some apartments in these schemes will cost you 30% less than prevailing market rates
Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien: A spokesman for Clúid says it is "very conscious" of the increasing need for one-bed homes in Ireland. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Fiona Reddan
Mon Apr 4 2022 - 06:00
Did you know that you can now earn more than €80,000 and still benefit from State support which could see your rental costs slashed by potentially as much as 30 per cent?
Yes, thanks to a scheme launched last year, middle-income earners, who would traditionally have been outside the scope for State support, can now benefit from below-market rents. Not only that, but if and when your income should rise, you can remain in your home, as tenancies are secured for six years and will automatically roll over thereafter unless there are issues.
With more cost-rental homes coming on to the rental market this year, we take a look at how the scheme works, its benefits, and its challenges.
State supports
Traditionally, social housing supports have been aimed at those on lower incomes. To qualify for social housing or the housing assistance payment (HAP) for example, whereby the State pays a fixed amount of the monthly rent and the tenant finds the property themselves, fixed ceiling caps apply.
In more urban areas like Dublin and Cork city for example, if you're single, you can earn up to €35,000 and will qualify; if there are two adults and four children, you can earn up to €40,250 and be eligible, or income of €42,000 is allowable where there are three adults.
This falls to incomes of €30,000 (single) and €36,000 (family) in places like Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford, and it reduces again to €25,000 (single) and €30,000 (family) in counties like Roscommon and Sligo.
But, given sharply rising housing costs, this leaves a sizeable cohort between those who earn more than these limits – the average annual income is about €45,000 according to CSO figures for example – but still find it difficult to rent or buy their own home.
Into this breach comes the cost-rental initiative, which is aimed at helping those who don't qualify for social housing, but who still find housing unaffordable in the open market.
Cost rental
The scheme, inspired by the Vienna model of housing, aims to provide affordable homes to generations of individuals and families, while at the same time exerting a stabilising effect on the housing market. Its focus is on offering those on lower to middle incomes a long-term secure tenancy that is more affordable than market rates.
As pointed out by St Vincent de Paul in a recent report, the basic idea of cost rental is that a social-housing provider raises the finance to provide accommodation and charges rents that are sufficient to cover current and capital costs - rather than be focused on profit generation.
Under the Government's Housing for All plan, there are plans to deliver about 18,000 cost-rental homes between now and 2030, averaging about 2,000 a year. Last year, 65 homes were occupied under the scheme – 25 at Taylor Hill in Balbriggan and a further 40 at Barnhall Meadows in Leixlip, both by Clúid Housing. About 700 have been approved for completion this year.
Supported by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, rents are typically pitched at rates of about 25 per cent below the market – and sometimes at even greater discounts.
The schemes are being run by approved housing bodies, such as Clúid, Respond and Tuath and, thus far, the schemes are in the greater Dublin area, Cork and Wexford, but housing bodies see potential to cast the net much more widely.
Respond, for example, is currently looking at how it can deliver homes not just in the greater Dublin area, but also in Cork city, Galway city, Limerick city and "other major gateway towns".
The key advantage of cost rental is lower rents. Residents of one of Ireland's first cost-rental scheme, on the Enniskerry Road in south Dublin, are set to move into their new homes this month. Woodside is a development of 155 homes, 50 of which are cost-rental and 105 social, managed by Tuath and Respond.
A two-bed apartment in the scheme will rent for €1,200, compared with about €2,000 in the nearby Rockview development, for example.
Computer-generated image of Parklands, Citywest: The cost-rental initiative is aimed at helping those who don't qualify for social housing, but who still find housing unaffordable. Photograph: Tuath Housing
Clúid meanwhile has a scheme at Barnhall Meadows, Leixlip, Co Kildare, comprising 56 terraced and semi-detached houses, including six two-beds and 50 three-beds. The houses are unfurnished but come with flooring, blinds and white goods.
The properties rent for €900 a month for a two-bed, and €1,250 for a three-bed. You'll also need a deposit of one month's rent less €50, so €850 for a two-bed.
In Cork, Clúid has 73 cost-rental homes at Lancaster Gate, where one-beds will rent from €990 and two-beds from €1,100.
One of the greatest advantages of the schemes is the security of tenure they offer; tenancy is for an initial period of six years, and will automatically roll over after that provided there are no issues.
Not only that, but you won't be kicked out, even if your income increases substantially. Thus the savings can be substantial for long-term renters.
In addition, the more cost-rental schemes there are – targeting and delivering solutions to middle-income earners – then the greater downward pressure on rents this may exert on the private sector.
As SVP said in its note: "Over time as that sector of the rental market builds up it is also intended to have a moderating influence on the overall rental sector."
Not just for families
With more single people likely to be looking for their own home, on the back of shifting demographics, cost rental is also hoping to meet their needs.
A spokesman for Clúid says it is "very conscious" of the increasing need for one-bed homes in Ireland and it will be delivering 11 one-bed apartments at its scheme at Lancaster Gate in Cork city, to be allocated later in 2022. Its upcoming scheme in Newbridge will also feature one-bed apartments.
"Furthermore, we have factored the growing need for one-bed homes into our cost-rental delivery plans for the future," he said.
To qualify for such schemes, your net household income must be below €53,000 a year. Remember, this figure is the one most used to advertise the scheme but it is net, and doesn't include tax. Therefore, those on significantly higher incomes can qualify – a family with one earner, for example, may be able to earn about €80,000 and meet the requirements. Housebuilder Glenveagh, which is building schemes incorporating a cost-rental element in Ballymastone and the Oscar Traynor Road, both in north Dublin, has put a top figure of €82,273 on the amount a household can earn and qualify for the scheme.
To check if you might qualify, have a look at your latest earnings details from Revenue (via MyAccount) or use a tax calculator such as this one: pwc.ie/issues/budget-2022/income-tax-calculator.html
Other requirements include not owning a property; not being in receipt of any social housing supports; your household must match the size of the home; and you must only apply for one property.
The upsides of the schemes are clear; nice, new homes, at below-market rents. Moreover, eligibility is far wider than many people may have expected.
However, while the rents are competitive, you'd still struggle to label them as "cheap", particularly given that schemes to date have been on the outskirts of urban areas.
A scheme at Kilcarbery in Clondalkin, Dublin has prices starting at €245,600. Tuath chief executive Seán O'Connor says "when you say the rents out loud, it still makes me draw breath a bit". Photograph: Tuath Housing
Tuath chief executive Seán O'Connor alluded to this recently when he noted that "when you say the rents out loud, it still makes me draw breath a bit".
And it seems that certain schemes may offer better value than others. Consider the development at Barnhall Meadows. A one-bedroom cost rental apartment was available for €900; however a one-bed apartment in the same town on the open market was advertised for €975 on Daft.ie. Impossible to compare on a like-for-like basis but worth noting.
On the other hand in Cork, a two-bed at the Lancaster Gate development is listed for rent at about €1,700 – some 35 per cent more than the cost-rental scheme, while a one-bed is on for €1,473.
And cost-rental apartments are not immune to rent increase pressures; rents can go up, as they will be linked to inflation rates, and in particular, the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices –- which is currently up by 5.7 per cent on an annual basis – or 2 per cent, whichever is lower.
Moreover, the schemes are quite limited, given the obvious demand to fill them. More than 1,000 potential tenants applied to live in the first 25 cost-rental homes for example – that's a lot of disappointed people.
Unsurprisingly, given the discounts at hand, there is an element of inflexibility; you won't be able to sublet a property, so if a relationship breaks up, you might have to move out, or if you want to rent with friends, you will likely find this difficult.
How to get a property
One of the biggest challenges of the scheme is getting a property. The housing bodies say they don't take waiting lists, which means you must simply apply next time around if you fail to secure a home first time out.
So to find out what's coming on stream, you'll need to keep an eye out on tuathhousing.ie; cluid.ie and respond.ie.
In the case of Woodside on the Enniskerry Road, for example, these units were advertised on Daft.ie and on the Respond website and the Tuath website for seven days. A spokeswoman for Respond says its advice is to keep an eye on its website for updates, while Clúid adds to also watch its social media channels for updates.
If you do qualify, an independent lottery system is then used to select all successful applicants.
Middle-income earners: Other housing supports
- The affordable purchase shared-equity First Home scheme, which is due to get off the ground this May. "An affordable housing scheme which is open to FTBs with a household income of up to €73,362. A scheme of three-bedroom duplex houses at Kilcarbery in Clondalkin, Dublin, was just launched in this scheme with prices starting at €245,600.
- An expanded Local Authority Home loan, which allows home buyers borrow more than they otherwise might be able to through the banking sector. Single buyers on incomes of up to €65,000 and couples on income of up to €75,000 qualify.
- The Help to Buy scheme, which offers a tax rebate of up to €30,000 on the purchase of a new home.
Fiona Reddan is a writer specialising in personal finance and is the Home & Design Editor of The Irish Times
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Dear Leah, It is now over six and a half months since you were abducted by Boko Haram along with other 109 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe state, all in your quest to better yourself through education.
The abduction should never have happened in the first place due to the presence of heavily armed soldiers in Dapchi town but they were suddenly redeployed to another location leaving only the police who claim they were given no notice.
Until now, military authorities have yet to provide any credible explanation regarding the redeployment of the soldiers or why the police in Dapchi town and the Yobe state governor were not put on notice regarding the redeployment of the soldiers.
But suffice to say that on the day you were abducted along with the other 109 schoolgirls, you were all left unprotected, making the abduction very straightforward exactly as happened when Boko Haram abducted Chibok girls some few years back.
Typical of the hue and cry that accompanies such an occurrence, the outrage expressed locally and internationally over the Dapchi girls' abduction was of earthquake proportions and the federal government swung into action.
The immediate response to rescue the abducted Dapchi girls promised by President Buhari yielded fruit on March 28 when Boko Haram released all the other abducted girls but held onto you for the fact that you refused to renounce your Christian faith.
I can imagine your joy at learning that your government had been able to secure, from Boko Haram, the release of the abducted Dapchi girls and your eventual personal horror and pain in discovering the release did not extend to you.
I know you must have cried your heart out as you watched all the other Dapchi girls but you board the vehicles that took them out of Boko Haram captivity and back to the arms of their parents, families, friends and other school girls.
I know that every day after March 28 has left you with a heavy heart as you now no longer have the other Dapchi girls to keep you company and worse still, wondering why your Christian faith should be the basis of your continued captivity.
That the federal government has not been able to secure your release from Boko Haram captivity almost seems to give credence to the fact that you have been left to your fate, and it would seem now that the ball is fully in your court.
Some people have even suggested that you renounce your Christian faith and embrace Islam to secure your freedom from Boko Haram captivity and on your release you can revert to Christianity.
I honestly cannot say what I would have done if I were the one in your position but the real tragedy is that your government has put you in the unfortunate position where you are even faced with such a terrible choice at such a young age.
Such a decision regarding renunciation of faith should ordinarily not be made while one is in captivity and worse while under the age of 18, and that is why your continued captivity continues to minister as proof of your unyielding faith in Christ Jesus.
The United Nations recently released a report that said the federal government paid a ransom for the release of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls which leaves us wondering whether the negotiation and ransom payment to Boko Haram excluded you.
The government could not have gone into a negotiation with the abductors of the Dapchi schoolgirls knowing you were going to be held back, meaning the payment of the ransom was for all of you, so why are you still in captivity? The government has now come out to say through Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media, that only God can tell when you will eventually be released from Boko Haram captivity.
Adesina was responding to news reports that Boko Haram had recently released an audio clip of a recording you made where you were appealing to the Buhari government not to forget you in captivity and to take steps to secure your release.
The implication of this statement is that if ransom was paid for the release of the other abducted Dapchi schoolgirls, it is either Boko Haram is asking the federal government the impossible for your release or insisting that you renounce your Christian faith first.
Whatever the condition the simple reality is that to all intents and purposes, other than your faith in God to intervene in your release which is backed by the prayers of well-meaning people, you are on your own in the lions' den.
So around you now is darkness but your stand for Christ Jesus has become light for others in the world and however this ends, your place in the Hall of Christian fame is assured and even Heaven is applauding your testimony.
Don't shed any more tears, Leah, remain bold and courageous, and you remain in our thoughts as we carry you in our hearts, while those of us much older than you are now the ones drawing inspiration from your unyielding faith in Christ Jesus.


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Once you have your wireless going and would like to limit the access of your internet etc, there are some things you can consider.
1) Don't use dhcp on the wireless side, statically assign all ends.
3) Run squid proxy transparent and assign ACLs ( access lists) to only only certain ip/mac addresses to have web internet access.
4) Run a dhcp server for your local LAN and assign specific IP address for all known clients (this helps in step 3).
All these measures can be easily setup if you are running *nix as your wireless gateway. Running squid proxy has the added advantage of saving internet bandwitdh by caching web pages etc. You can also install ad-zapper on squid redirects to stop unwanted ads and enhance web page loading.