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Thomas Lamb Eliot (far right) on a picnic with friends from the First Unitarian Church.
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Partner in Faith: Henrietta Eliot
Thomas Lamb Eliot fell in love at first sight with Henrietta Robins Mack in 1861. Her Congregationalist family, however, was opposed to Eliot's more liberal Unitarianism. Etta, as she was known, set out to bring Tom around. Instead, he got her to become a Unitarian.
Theirs was a strong partnership, and although Thomas, as a man, inevitably got much of the credit, Etta's role cannot be overstated.
First, she was willing to join him on his venture to Oregon—no easy undertaking. She took dictation of his sermons when his headaches made writing impossible. She was such an excellent writer that some even wondered whether she wrote her husband's sermons. She later published poetry, as well as two novels. She joined him in the many social causes he championed and was friendly with prominent figures such as women's suffrage leader Abigail Scott Duniway and mental-health advocate Dorothea Dix.
By all accounts, she was deeply devoted to her husband, and protective of him, too. Matthew Paul Deady, Oregon's first federal judge, described a lecture given by Eliot: "The little man was quite ambitious in some passages. His strong, resolute, nervous wife sat near me and I had a good opportunity to observe her. She never took her eyes off him during the hour of the lecture, and looked as if she was in labor every line of it."
Every day of his life, Thomas carried with him a scrap of fabric from a gingham dress Etta wore when they were courting. Throughout their lives together, he would surprise her with myrtle blossoms, a gesture that carried a secret significance.
Although there is no direct evidence, the friendship between Etta and Amanda Reed must have played an important role in Amanda's bequest. The two women sang together in the choir and exchanged regular letters after the Reeds moved to California. Both were intelligent, strong-willed women who were steadfast supporters of intelligent, strong-willed husbands.
"His sphere of activity was largely in the public eye, hers was largely behind the scenes," wrote Wilbur. "But in either case there was the fullest cooperation of the one with the other."
Eliot and Simeon Reed made strange bedfellows.
Eliot was a slight, courtly gentleman, scion of an eminent New England family (T.S. Eliot was his nephew). He was a family man, a teetotaler who liked nothing better than to wind down reading Dante, Cervantes, or Homer (he considered the Iliad the greatest book written and read it aloud to his children), even if it brought on headaches. He was "by natural instinct, aristocratic," Wilbur wrote, noting that he was "scholarly in his tastes, and of a poetic temperament."
Reed, on the other hand, was a burly, blustery swell who dressed in fancy suits, smoked big cigars, and sipped expensive whiskey. A self-made man who rose from lowly store clerk to control the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, which monopolized shipping traffic on the Columbia and Willamette for the most of the 1860s and '70s, he was one of the most successful businessmen in the West. He held investments in an array of business interests, from cattle to steel to racehorses. He never attended high school, let alone college.
Eliot was a high-minded social reformer, while Reed was a ruthless capitalist. But fortune had brought them together in the Unitarian Church, where Reed and his wife, Amanda, sang in the choir. Before long, as Orloff says, "They saw something in each other."
Reed would have admired Eliot's sense of purpose, Orloff suggests. And Eliot would have appreciated Reed's acumen.
Both men were brilliant in their own spheres, hardworking to the extreme, and obsessive about details. Neither minced words when it came to money. Eliot himself invested in real estate and owned several properties.
Over the years Reed occasionally sent Eliot checks for $100 or so to spend at his discretion on charitable causes. Eliot had bigger things in mind.
In 1887, Eliot wrote to Reed thanking him for a birthday gift and planted a seed: "There is always something to busy us, always something to develop. I want you to celebrate some of these birthdays by founding a Reed Institute of lectures and art and music and museum. It will need a mine to run it." Later he wrote again to Reed, urging him to consider "some noble and wise philanthropies or services of your time and country, especially of the city and people among whom you live."
Eliot was diligent in keeping up his courtship. When the Reeds moved to California, Eliot continued to visit. Simeon Reed died in 1895, Amanda Reed in 1904. When her will—providing the fantastic sum of $2 million for "an institution of learning"—was finally revealed, it caused a sensation up and down the West Coast. (The bequest was challenged in court by 11 of Amanda's heirs, who would almost certainly have succeeded were it not for the efforts of her devoted nephew, Martin Winch.) In 1906, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld Amanda's will and set the stage for the founding of Reed College.
But Eliot's work was not yet done.
Amanda's will stated that the college should have "for its object the increase and diffusion of practical knowledge among the citizens of Portland." But it also stipulated her gift should be dedicated to "general enlightenment, intellectual and moral culture, the cultivation and development of fine arts, and manual training and education." Depending on how one read the will, this directive was either ambiguous or contradictory.
John Sheehy '82, author of Comrades of the Quest, believes that Eliot, on his visits to California, persuaded Amanda to expand the possibilities for how the money might be used.
"Eliot had an invisible hand in Amanda's will," Sheehy says. "He really got her ear, and got her to put in some language that opened up the question."
Winch, who fought his own relatives to uphold Amanda's will, was convinced that the Reeds had envisioned a vocational school focused on "manual training." Eliot, however, was determined to shape Reed into a college of liberal arts and sciences in the mold of Harvard.
Sheehy is certain that Simeon Reed would have endorsed Winch's plan.
"The Reeds would have had a vocational school—there's no doubt in my mind," he says. "Simeon Reed dropped out of school at 13. He was opposed to public education and didn't necessarily believe going to college was that useful."
That wasn't going to stop Eliot. A shrewd political operator with years of experience in the public eye, Eliot outmaneuvered his rival. Winch didn't stand a chance.
Eliot recruited like-minded higher education experts from the East Coast, including his own cousin, Harvard president Charles Eliot, to bolster his case before the board of trustees, who approved the liberal arts concept. Bitter in defeat, Winch resigned from the board. One wonders if Eliot suffered any twinge of regret. As he had preached so many years before, either you do the work of God or the work of the Devil—"there can be no compromise."
Reed College finally opened its doors in 1911. Eliot, by then 70 years old, was named president of the board of trustees. Ever mindful of details, he had a hand in everything from the hiring of the college's first president, William T. Foster [1910–19], to designing the college seal to proposing a Latin motto—ut luceat omnibus, "light to all"—that was somehow never officially adopted (which may explain why the tongue-in-cheek parody "atheism, communism, and free love" is still around).
Eliot dropped into classes regularly to engage professors and students, though he left the day-to-day management of the college to Foster and, later, President Richard Scholz [1921–24]. He served on the board until 1924, when his health, always fragile, began to fail. For several years he retreated from public life, spending time at his homes in Hood River and Neah-Kah-Nie on the Oregon coast.
In June 1931, Eliot was persuaded to deliver Reed's Commencement address. The Oregonian reported on the event with a photograph of a white-whiskered gentleman dressed in academic robes and resting his hand on a walking stick. Eliot told the 40 members of the Class of '31 that he remembered the ups and downs of student life, empathizing with "the floundering proportionate to the seriousness with which they enter upon college work." After all, he had done some floundering himself as a young man.
In the midst of the Great Depression, he urged the graduates to persevere through hard times and to stay true to themselves, noting the importance of "concentration which becomes consecration and a sense of vocation."
The effort of speaking in public left the 90-year-old depleted. "I must not do it again," he told his family afterward. Several years later he suffered a severe coronary thrombosis, which rendered him an invalid until his death on April 26, 1936.
Thomas Lamb Eliot's legacy abides across Portland, and nowhere more so than at Reed.
Orloff sees his imprint on the college today, "in the sense of it being independent, of being different by sheer dint of energy and intellect."
As Sheehy says, "Eliot's vision is what puts everything into motion. He's really the intellectual founder of Reed."
Eliot himself set out his vision in an essay for the Oregonian in 1910: "[Reed's] service will be for every citizen; its influence is not for a day, nor year, nor for decades only, but for centuries, as a source, a promoter of high intelligence, an inspiration to the body politic, a provider of the highest forces of civilization, it ought to be and will be the crowning pride of this great metropolis. Its promise should be, and is, that the poorest boy or girl within our gates shall have an equal opportunity with the richest to gain the very best education, equipping them for efficiency, leadership among men and a realization of highest manhood and womanhood."
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The new Ferrari F12 TDF is almost too sinister. It's a faster, lighter, meaner version of what had been one of Ferrari's lairiest cars to date, the F12berlinetta. And this new TDF version is the 769-horsepower answer to a question no one was asking. LaFerrari brakes, faster shifts, four-wheel steering; a lily gilded in giallo modena, Dracula with an extra set of fangs. It's visage has haunted us for a week; now, we hear its gorgon yell.
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Q: Compile the Python interpreter statically? I'm building a special-purpose embedded Python interpreter and want to avoid having dependencies on dynamic libraries so I want to compile the interpreter with static libraries instead (e.g. libc.a not libc.so).
I would also like to statically link all dynamic libraries that are part of the Python standard library. I know this can be done using Freeze.py, but is there an alternative so that it can be done in one step?

A: Using freeze doesn't prevent doing it all in one run (no matter what approach you use, you will need multiple build steps - e.g. many compiler invocations). First, you edit Modules/Setup to include all extension modules that you want. Next, you build Python, getting libpythonxy.a. Then, you run freeze, getting a number of C files and a config.c. You compile these as well, and integrate them into libpythonxy.a (or create a separate library).
You do all this once, for each architecture and Python version you want to integrate. When building your application, you only link with libpythonxy.a, and the library that freeze has produced.

A: I found this (mainly concerning static compilation of Python modules):

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*http://bytes.com/groups/python/23235-build-static-python-executable-linux
Which describes a file used for configuration located here:
<Python_Source>/Modules/Setup

If this file isn't present, it can be created by copying:
<Python_Source>/Modules/Setup.dist

The Setup file has tons of documentation in it and the README included with the source offers lots of good compilation information as well.
I haven't tried compiling yet, but I think with these resources, I should be successful when I try. I will post my results as a comment here.
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To get a pure-static python executable, you must also configure as follows:
./configure LDFLAGS="-static -static-libgcc" CPPFLAGS="-static"

Once you build with these flags enabled, you will likely get lots of warnings about "renaming because library isn't present". This means that you have not configured Modules/Setup correctly and need to:
a) add a single line (near the top) like this:
*static*

(that's asterisk/star the word "static" and asterisk with no spaces)
b) uncomment all modules that you want to be available statically (such as math, array, etc...)
You may also need to add specific linker flags (as mentioned in the link I posted above). My experience so far has been that the libraries are working without modification.
It may also be helpful to run make with as follows:
make 2>&1 | grep 'renaming'

This will show all modules that are failing to compile due to being statically linked.

A: You can try with ELF STATIFIER. I've been used it before and it works fairly well. I just had problems with it in a couple of cases and then I had to use another similar program called Ermine. Unfortunately this one is a commercial program.

A: CPython CMake Buildsystem offers an alternative way to build Python, using CMake.
It can build python lib statically, and include in that lib all the modules you want. Just set CMake's options
BUILD_SHARED                     OFF
BUILD_STATIC                     ON

and set the BUILTIN_<extension> you want to ON.

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Wynwood is attracting another kind of smaller, home-grown business. David B. Haber, founder of the law firm Haber Slade, is relocating his office from its longtime location in downtown Miami to a 7,400 square-foot building at 251 NE 23rd St. he purchased in 2017 for $6.5 million. The property had previously sold in 2014 for $2.5 million.
Haber said moving to Wynwood will give a boost to his 23 employees, who can partake of the nearby restaurants and bars, and the clients who dreaded navigating Biscayne Boulevard during rush-hour traffic.
But Haber admits the new location also made sense as a financial investment.
"We're directly across from Wynwood Lofts and Moishe Mana's property, which is going to be an exciting place," Haber said. "So it's a financial bet as well as a bet that our employees will be happier and stay with the firm longer."

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New York Times Admits That Virtually Every Major News Organization Allows The News To Be Censored By Government Official
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In one of the most shocking articles that the New York Times has ever put out, a New York Timesreporter has openly admitted that virtually every major mainstream news organization allows government bureaucrats and campaign officials to censor their stories. For example, almost every major news organization in the country has agreed to submit virtually all quotes from anyone involved in the Obama campaign or the Romney campaign to gatekeepers for "quote approval" before they will be published. If the gatekeeper in the Obama campaign does not want a certain quote to get out, the American people will not see it, and the same thing applies to the Romney campaign. The goal is to keep the campaigns as "on message" as possible and to avoid gaffes at all cost. But this kind of thing is not just happening with political campaigns. According to the New York Times, "quote approval" has become "commonplace throughout Washington." In other words, if you see a quote in the newspaper from someone in the federal government then it is safe to say that a gatekeeper has almost certainly reviewed that quote and has approved it. This is another sign that "the free and independent media" in this country is a joke. What we get from the mainstream media is a very highly filtered form of propaganda, and that is one reason why Americans are turning away from the mainstream media in droves. People want the truth, and more Americans than ever realize that they are not getting it from the mainstream media.
The following quote comes from the recent article in the New York Times mentioned above and it is absolutely jaw dropping….
The quotations come back redacted, stripped of colorful metaphors, colloquial language and anything even mildly provocative.
They are sent by e-mail from the Obama headquarters in Chicago to reporters who have interviewed campaign officials under one major condition: the press office has veto power over what statements can be quoted and attributed by name.
Most reporters, desperate to pick the brains of the president's top strategists, grudgingly agree. After the interviews, they review their notes, check their tape recorders and send in the juiciest sound bites for review.
The verdict from the campaign — an operation that prides itself on staying consistently on script — is often no, Barack Obama does not approve this message. Click here to continue reading this article.
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Delhi Police books Umar Khalid & Jamia students under UAPA for Northeast Delhi violence
In the FIR, Delhi Police claimed the communal violence was a 'premeditated conspiracy' which was allegedly hatched by Khalid and two others.
PTI 21 April, 2020 9:06 pm IST
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New Delhi: Delhi Police has booked Jamia students Meeran Haider and Safoora Zargar under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, said a lawyer.
Haider and Zargar, arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to incite the communal riots in February, are in judicial custody. While Zargar is the media coordinator of Jamia Coordination Committee, Haider is a member of the committee.
The police has also booked Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid under the UAPA in the case, said advocate Akram Khan who is representing Haider in the case.
Haider (35) is a PhD student and the president of RJD youth wing's Delhi unit, while Zargar is an MPhil student of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university.
Also read: 'Never felt unsafe, now I'm scared' — Northeast Delhi residents pack bags for safer places
In the FIR, the police has claimed that the communal violence was a "premeditated conspiracy" which was allegedly hatched by Khalid and two others.
The students have also been booked for the offences of sedition, murder, attempt to murder, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and rioting.
Khalid had allegedly given provocative speeches at two different places and appealed to the citizens to come out on streets and block the roads during the visit of US President Donald Trump to spread propaganda at international level about how minorities in India are being , the FIR alleged.
In this conspiracy, firearms, petrol bombs, acid bottles and stones were collected at numerous homes, the FIR claimed.
Co-accused Danish was given the responsibility to gather people from two different places to take part in the riots, the police alleged.
Women and children were made to block the roads under the Jafrabad metro station on February 23 to create tension amidst the neighbourhood people, it said.
Over 20 film personalities, including Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bhardwaj, Mahesh Bhatt and Ratna Pathak Shah, on Sunday had released a statement raising their voice against the arrest of the students and activists by Delhi Police for protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and demanded their release.
Following this, the police had said investigations into the JMI violence and northeast Delhi riot cases were done impartially, and arrests were made after analysis of forensic evidence.
In December last year, the police had allegedly entered the JMI campus after protests over the CAA, being held a few metres away from the varsity, turned violent.
Rajya Sabha MP and RJD leader Manoj Jha had tweeted, "Delhi Police called him for investigation and then received orders from above and arrested Meeran Haider, who has been helping people during the time of coronavirus outbreak."
The Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), a group comprising students and alumni from the varsity, had condemned the arrest and demanded his immediate release.
"The country is facing a massive health crisis, however, the state machinery is busy harassing and framing student activists in false cases to suppress voices of dissent," they said.
The JCC said Haider was diligently working to provide ration to the needy during the lockdown. Communal clashes had broken out in northeast Delhi on February 24 after violence between citizenship law supporters and protesters spiralled out of control leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.
Also read: Why Northeast Delhi violence is India's first Hindu-Muslim riots with guns
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Sanjay Mishra 26 April, 2020 At 3:56 pm
Umar Khalid should have been given the death penalty a long time ago.
Sandeep Kumar 26 April, 2020 At 8:44 am
UAPA IS AGAINST FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IT VIOLATES FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION
Jagjit 23 April, 2020 At 3:39 pm
What a PhD & M.Phil, students have to do with politics ? apart becoming party members, focus should be on studies, research,.
I think they have lost sense of direction and know not where their hard work is needed.
Film fraternity, consider themselves to be intellectuals, but hardly show maturity ,they should stick to making better movies than what crap already is being made by them and cheap acts they do only to draw media attention.
Anyone performing unlawful acts deserves the treatment / punishment, any acts disrupting public peace, tranquility, compromising safety is not allowed, freedom of expression rights, does not give them right to misuse it for ulterior motives.
Be careful, not all Bhartiya / Indians are going to accept it.
Indianlad 22 April, 2020 At 12:12 pm
The only thing they are good at is protesting on streets and provoking illiterate people with fake news against the government. Did they win any nobel prize or science awards? Obviously not. So what do you expect the government to do? Build a throne?
SANJIV BHATLA 22 April, 2020 At 9:05 am
Modi-Shah government is so innocent/naive in giving away its desperate hatred for the Muslims SO EASILY. Two Muslim leaders are booked for a protracted riot in which MUSLIM homes were blown up by exploding LPG cylinders! of course, there were losses on the Hindu side too. Statistics will tell which community caused more destruction to the opposite side, and therefore was more organized to cause the mayhem; ordinary TV viewing indicated that the Muslims suffered more; but in the stringent UAPA booking there is not a single conspirator from the Hindu side! Wouldn't you call this childlike, or innocent foolishness of the highest order?
It is for such "transparent" reasons that Islamic entities like OIC have started voicing their concerns in favor of Indian Muslims. When Modi was new as the PM, the same OIC had invited Sushma Swaraj at one of their meets, ignoring Pakistan's protests. UAE has always been good to India, yet recently their Princess took note of Muslim-hatred being propagated in India.
By not being impartial to all communities as can be expected of the leader of a secular country, Narendra Modi is doing immense harm to india's image abroad. It will trickle down to hostility towards Indians living in other countries, over time.
Soumendranath Kar 22 April, 2020 At 1:14 am
Great job by Delhi Police !! Appreciate their Impartiality and Technology based scientific approach to maintain Law & order of Delhi. 🙏🙏
Dr.Yogesh Sharma 21 April, 2020 At 9:23 pm
This is very good and very necessary. Great job done by Delhi government and Delhi police. Such elements must be arrested under non-bailable NSA. They are big danger to the nation and people. Long live Delhi police.
Anwar 22 April, 2020 At 7:11 pm
Sangu Dr Yogesh, what about Kapil Sharma..?
Jaffar 22 April, 2020 At 11:01 pm
It's Kapil Mishra, not Kapil Sharma !!!
And Kapil Mishra, Anurag thakur and Parvesh Verma are social workers of Modi and Amit Shah. Whatever criminal activity , hatred, hate speeches, inciting violence is a social work for BJP government….so what you expect from this biased investigation and injustice done ???


If it's not Venice's best restaurant today, Il Ridotto certainly has the city's most interesting and inventive food. The small dining room offers a gourmet dining experience enhanced by fine ingredients and a fairly priced, well thought out wine list.
Located not far from piazza San Marco, Il Ridotto, which translates in Italian to "reduced" is in fact a small restaurant with only two rooms and just a few seats for patrons. Reservations are essential. The decor is strikingly modern and minimalist. Given the small size of the place, tables are tucked close to each other and wines kept on a main ledge far away, which is far from an ideal situation, since wine glasses invariably linger empty before waiters pass by to fill them. However, the food is the main attraction, as it's the most inventive in Venice. The fairly priced wine list (by Venice standards) is rich in many interesting and varied choices.
Although the food is plated in a nouvelle cuisine style, portions are copious while the flavors are intense and savory. You won't walk away hungry. The black spaghetti with sea urchins, candied bell pepper and friggitelli was an outstanding start to the meal. Briny sea urchins added zip to the perfectly cooked black squid ink spaghetti that benefitted from an added crunchy twist thanks to the friggitelli. The black rice couscous with sautéed vegetables and fish catch of the day was similarly successful, with each ingredient standing out on its own but also part of a harmonious whole.
The suckling pig filet with bean purée and raspberry sauce and guinea fowl were perfect foils for the Grange, although both dishes packed noteworthy savoriness, and may not be to everyone's palate. I especially enjoyed my dessert, which showcased a lovely balance between sweet and acid elements.
It tells you something about the cuisine at Il Ridotto that the food wasn't at all overshadowed by the star studded lineup of wines I chose to drink. The 2005 Fontaine-Gagnard Criot-Bâtard Montrachet was rich and creamy; and though I have had more refined vintages of this wine, it was well balanced and flavorful, while showing no signs of premox. It certainly stood up well to the wholesome, rich spaghetti and couscous dishes.
The 1991 Penfolds South Australia Shiraz Grange is an iconic wine that I always enjoy tasting, but on this night I found its extremely ripe, almost jammy flavors a bit too much and overpowering for the delicately nuanced, savory meat dishes I chose. The wine was undoubtedly striking in its depth and richness, and I can see why many have extolled this vintage's virtues over the years. That said, I suspect those of us who prefer slightly more nuanced, vibrant wines will be less impressed. Personally, I had trouble drinking more than a glass and a half. I closed things off with another beauty, the 1995 Chateau d'Yquem. Less rich and jammy than some other vintages of this starred property, its interplay of tropical fruit and saffron, buoyed by hints of lemony botrytis and well balanced acidity proved the ideal tonic by which to call it a happy night and brave beautiful Venice's bone chillingly cold winter wind.


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Microsoft Forms Academic Advisory Board
As an extension of its ongoing effort to improve the security of its products, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced that is has formed an academic advisory board to offer advice and comments on Trustworthy Computing issues. The board comprises 14 professors from universities all over the world and includes some of the best-known names in computer security research. Among the members are Jeannette Wing of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Fred Schneider of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and Eugene Spafford of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Microsoft officials said they envision using the group as a sounding board for ideas around its Trustworthy Computing program and will depend on it for honest critiques and analysis. The Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board, as it's called, is having its first meeting this week at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash. Board members say they're hoping to provide more focused and credible advice to Microsoft than the typical generic criticisms that the company's products need to be more secure. Full Story


Collins Booksellers - Finch by Penny Matthews, 9781760650759. Buy this book online.
This coming-of-age novel for middle-grade readers is about accepting and celebrating differences.
Audrey is used to not fitting in. She knows she's different – even her little sister calls her "Nerd Girl". When her family moves to the country to live on a vineyard property, Audrey makes a secret friend: a boy, Finch, who seems to understand her as nobody else can. But there's something mysterious about Finch. Who is he, really?


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Childrens illustrations – All Alone..?
This series of illustrations, created using pen and watercolour, follow a young girl who thinks she is all alone in the world. Along the way all kinds of animals help her, without her knowing. In the end she realizes that she is never alone and even when she may not be able to see them, there is always someone watching over her.


"Teachers have not taught unless the student has learned."
Teachers represent the collective wisdom of our culture. English teachers should understand the relationships among reading, writing, and oral language; science teachers should know about the roles played by hypothesis generation and experimentation in science; mathematics teachers should know the modes of justification for substantiating mathematical claims; art teachers should understand how visual ideas are generated and communicated; history or social studies teachers should know how historians use evidence to interpret past events; second language teachers should understand how language and culture interact and fuse; and special education teachers should understand skill development to maximize independence in the lives of their students with special needs. All teachers are challenged to create excellence in education (NBPTS, 2010).
Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek is seeking individuals that understand that a quality education for all children is a civil right and a moral imperative. We seek teachers who are inspiring and supportive in their work with children, who are willing to create extended learning experiences that teach beyond the classroom, and who share our belief in the values of collaboration, respect, and diversity.
Cultural Arts Academy Charter School has a longer school day and school year than traditional schools. CAACS teachers will participate in a mandatory 60-hour professional development series each summer, daily common planning, weekly professional development workshops and a mentoring program with continuous development of a professional portfolio. As educational professionals, teachers will be observed, guided, and coached regularly as a standard operating procedure to relentlessly improve their practice and strengthen our professional learning community.
Has positive expectations for student success and allows students to excel to their highest abilities.
Exhibits enthusiasm for teaching and learning that motivates students to be interested in class discussions and classroom activities.
Communicates in a clear and animated manner.
Designs and implements standards-based lessons.
Reflects on whether or not students have mastered the lesson.
Full NYS certification and licensing.
Employ multiple methods for measuring student growth and understanding and can clearly articulate student performance to parents.
Integrating the arts into daily instruction enriches student learning across all subject areas. The classroom teachers and teachers of subject areas other than the arts must provide a vital support for the arts learning. In particular, they must address strands 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Blueprint—all strands of arts learning except the Arts Making strand, which often are more effectively taught by certified arts specialists and teaching artists.
Initially, Candidates should submit a résumé, the names and contact information of three references, and a letter of intent describing their experience and interest in the position. Please e-mail inquiries and application materials to caacs@caa-ny.org (please add name of position to the subject line of the e-mail message). We accept resumes only by e-mail. No telephone calls please. Thank you for your interest in our school.
Cultural Arts Academy Charter School offers a competitive compensation package and comprehensive health benefits for each position.


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America's Social (Justice) Credit System
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Writing on Arc Digital, Tomás Sidenfaden says that we watch with horror what China is doing with its "social credit" system of implementing state control over culture and society, but we ought to be aware that the US is doing the same thing, in its own way. Excerpts:
China's draconian censorship efforts appear a world apart from the freedom of speech protections tenuously preserved in American society. But as the two world powers evolve the similarities are becoming just as striking as the differences. While their social designs diverge, their intended results do not: both seek to shrink the Overton Window in favor of what the governing class considers a healthier, more orderly, more moral discourse.
In China, censorship isn't just limited to critiques of the government. It also includes what the ruling party considers moral rot. Underage drinking, drug use, violence, and hyper-sexualized content get scrubbed from media and film. This top-down social engineering finds its shape in the country's new social-credit system, which punishes undesirable behavior like canceling dinner reservations or jaywalking by restricting travel rights or access to (financial) credit.
Far from feeling threatened by this development, ordinary Chinese seem to actually welcome it. A 2017 Ipsos poll revealed that 47 percent of the population regards moral decline as the country's biggest threat and an astonishing 87 percent believe the country to be heading in the right direction. According to the same poll, only 43 percent of Americans feel their country is heading in the right direction, and most would argue we are undergoing a moral reckoning. (It is important to note that a cross-national comparison of survey results is complicated by China's punitive monitoring of criticism.)
The pattern is predictable: targets are identified based on their statements or positions, their offenses are amplified on social media, and then a litmus test is presented.
Companies overwhelmingly respond by capitulating. Universities respond by de-platforming speakers, or students drown them out with protest. Though universities have historically been the bastions of rigorous intellectual debate, they are also, like businesses, adapting to their new boundaries. Media entities, especially mainstream ones, more often than not succumb to calls for eliminating perspectives that fall afoul of the approved discourse.
In Stalinist Russia, citizens were encouraged to report their neighbors for "counter-revolutionary" thought or behavior. Mere accusations were often enough to ensure the banishment of the state's "enemies" to gulags to die of torture, starvation, and disease.
The United States is not Soviet Russia or Maoist China. Neither is modern-day China. Nevertheless, both share outcasting as a potent social and economic weapon. The ruling class in Russia and China was of course the government. In the U.S., where the government is regularly refreshed, our ruling class is comprised of those who define our accepted modes of discourse through the institutions—many of them non-governmental—that they control. While no one serious has suggested the transgressors of today be sentenced to hard labor in a gulag (though certainly some non-serious individuals have), it is alarming how accepting many have become to inflicting on these transgressors a direct hit to their careers as just punishment for their wrongthink. Today's mob scans and censors the citizenry like past regimes have, except businesses and academia are the enforcement mechanism. This dynamic will continue to evolve.
Read the whole thing.
I mentioned yesterday that the BBC's plan to invite its employees to wear a badge that identify themselves as LGBT "allies" is a form of social control designed to identify and marginalize those who are not "social creditworthy." Wearing that badge does not signify anything other than that you hold the correct opinions, or are too afraid of being seen as holding incorrect opinions, as defined by the cultural elites.
It's horrifying what China is doing, but I can understand why so many people there find it appealing. The country has undergone a staggering amount of social change and dislocation within the past few decades. People can't be blamed for feeling insecure. At some point in the middle of the last decade, I went to a conference in Dubai on the media in the Arab world. A prominent Lebanese journalist — a liberal — explained to me why so many in the Arab world regarded the media with suspicion. It wasn't simply a matter of authoritarian political and religious figures wanting to clamp down on dissent. He said that Arab societies were undergoing the kind of change that took a century to unfold in the West, all in a very short period of time. And not only that, they were dealing with that as societies that are quite rigid and conservative to begin with. The rate and content of change that we in the West perceive as normal is not remotely normal to most people in the Arab world. This is the context within which the Arab public's attitude to mass media has to be understood, he said.
Heaven knows this is no defense of what China is doing, but it is necessary context within which we should attempt to make sense of it.
But in the West? It is undeniably the case that we are disintegrating, but it ought to scare the hell out of us that we are developing a system — without government control, mind you! — within which people can lose their jobs, even their careers, for having expressed a single opinion despised by the progressive mob. This is exactly what people raised under communism, but now living in the West, keep warning us about: it's coming here, and it's not being imposed on us by the government, but emerging all the same.
Let us think, and think hard, about the fictional greengrocer in Czech anti-communist dissident Vaclav Havel's essay, "The Power of the Powerless." Excerpt:
The manager of a fruit-and-vegetable shop places in his window, among the onions and carrots, the slogan: "Workers of the world, unite!" Why does he do it? What is he trying to communicate to the world? Is he genuinely enthusiastic about the idea of unity among the workers of the world? Is his enthusiasm so great that he feels an irrepressible impulse to acquaint the public with his ideals? Has he really given more than a moment's thought to how such a unification might occur and what it would mean?
I think it can safely be assumed that the overwhelming majority of shopkeepers never think about the slogans they put in their windows, nor do they use them to express their real opinions. That poster was delivered to our greengrocer from the enterprise headquarters along with the onions and carrots. He put them all into the window simply because it has been done that way for years, because everyone does it, and because that is the way it has to be. If he were to refuse, there could be trouble. He could be reproached for not having the proper decoration in his window; someone might even accuse him of disloyalty. He does it because these things must be done if one is to get along in life. It is one of the thousands of details that guarantee him a relatively tranquil life "in harmony with society," as they say.
Obviously the greengrocer is indifferent to the semantic content of the slogan on exhibit; he does not put the slogan in his window from any personal desire to acquaint the public with the ideal it expresses. This, of course, does not mean that his action has no motive or significance at all, or that the slogan communicates nothing to anyone. The slogan is really a sign, and as such it contains a subliminal but very definite message. Verbally, it might be expressed this way: "I, the greengrocer XY, live here and I know what I must do. I behave in the manner expected of me. I can be depended upon and am beyond reproach. I am obedient and therefore I have the right to be left in peace." This message, of course, has an addressee: it is directed above, to the greengrocer's superior, and at the same time it is a shield that protects the greengrocer from potential informers. The slogan's real meaning, therefore, is rooted firmly in the greengrocer's existence. It reflects his vital interests. But what are those vital interests?
Let us take note: if the greengrocer had been instructed to display the slogan "I am afraid and therefore unquestioningly obedient," he would not be nearly as indifferent to its semantics, even though the statement would reflect the truth. The greengrocer would be embarrassed and ashamed to put such an unequivocal statement of his own degradation in the shop window, and quite naturally so, for he is a human being and thus has a sense of his own dignity. To overcome this complication, his expression of loyalty must take the form of a sign which, at least on its textual surface, indicates a level of disinterested conviction. It must allow the greengrocer to say, "What's wrong with the workers of the world uniting?" Thus the sign helps the greengrocer to conceal from himself the low foundations of his obedience, at the same time concealing the low foundations of power. It hides them behind the facade of something high. And that something is ideology.
Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them. As the repository of something suprapersonal and objective, it enables people to deceive their conscience and conceal their true position and their inglorious modus vivendi, both from the world and from themselves. It is a very pragmatic but, at the same time, an apparently dignified way of legitimizing what is above, below, and on either side. It is directed toward people and toward God. It is a veil behind which human beings can hide their own fallen existence, their trivialization, and their adaptation to the status quo. It is an excuse that everyone can use, from the greengrocer, who conceals his fear of losing his job behind an alleged interest in the unification of the workers of the world, to the highest functionary, whose interest in staying in power can be cloaked in phrases about service to the working class. The primary excusatory function of ideology, therefore, is to provide people, both as victims and pillars of the post-totalitarian system, with the illusion that the system is in harmony with the human order and the order of the universe.
We all like to think of ourselves as the kind of person who would have the courage to be Havel's greengrocer, if put to the test. We all flatter ourselves. Me too. You'd better start thinking hard about the greengrocer, because sooner or later, you'll be put to the test by the American social credit system.
UPDATE: I cite the greengrocer story so often that I forget that not everybody knows it. In The Benedict Option, I summarize the lesson of the rest of the greengrocer story:
Every act that contradicts the official ideology is a denial of the system. What if the greengrocer stops putting the sign up in his window? What if he refuses to go along to get along? "His revolt is an attempt to live within the truth"— and it's going to cost him plenty.
He will lose his job and his position in society. His kids may not be allowed to go to the college they want to, or to any college at all. People will bully him or ostracize him. But by bearing witness to the truth, he has accomplished something potentially powerful:
He has said that the emperor is naked. And because the emperor is in fact naked, something extremely dangerous has happened: by his action, the greengrocer has addressed the world. He has enabled everyone to peer behind the curtain. He has shown everyone that it is possible to live within the truth.
Because they are public, the greengrocer's deeds are inescapably political. He bears witness to the truth of his convictions by being willing to suffer for them. He becomes a threat to the system—but he has preserved his humanity. And that, says Havel, is a far more important accomplishment than whether this party or that politician holds power (a fact that became painfully clear during the debasing 2016 U.S. presidential campaign).
"A better system will not automatically ensure a better life," Havel goes on. "In fact the opposite is true: only by creating a better life can a better system be developed."


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Posted on July 30, 2013 by Theatre Room Asia
As a child I remember watching a puppet show with my grandfather. Nothing unusual in that, except it was on a beach. I can't recall it very clearly except that I didn't like the major character, who frightened me. As I have been exploring puppet theatre across the world I have steadfastly ignored this experience until a colleague pointed out that Punch and Judy was as much a legitimate world theatre form as Wayang Kulit. So I was prompted to dig deeper, and even more so when the image below, taken two weeks ago, appeared in the british press.
And the one below is from late nineteenth century.
I hadn't realised quite how old the form was, or that it had its roots in Commedia dell'arte – although now that seems really obvious. Punch and Judy is one of the world's most famous and long running puppet shows. It is essentially linked with England but Punch and Judy can be found just about wherever the colonial English decided to 'set up home' and english is spoken as a first language, America, Canada, Australia. Here is a great history of the form, written by Keith Preston, an Australian Punch and Judy man.
Punch and Judy has its origins in the commedia street theatre of medieval Italy and Punch arrived in England in 1663 from Italy as the marionette Pulchinello (noted by the famous London diarist Samuel Pepys). The character evolved into Punch over the next century and Punch appeared extensively both as a marionette and as a comic actor and slowly acquired a more English character that was a cross between the English Jester, Fool and the Shakespearean comic characters. In the late 1700's the London puppet theatres closed and Punch and Judy as we know it appeared as a busking act on the streets of London as a portable hand-puppet show.
To entertain its new audience of street-wise townsfolk this new form of puppet theatre needed to be fast, loud, action-packed, comic and portable. Punch and Judy was all of these and more. The show started with the bottler (assistant who carried the bottle for the money donations) banging a drum and playing the pan pipes. The Punch-Man (later to be called a "Professor of Punch") stayed inside the booth and operated all of the puppets and most notably the character of Punch whose shrill shrieking voice was created with a special reed inserted in the throat (known as the swazzle).
The early puppeteers led a gypsy style existence moving through the streets of London and also taking the puppet show to fairs and events. When Londoners began to travel to the seaside towns by train in the 1840's the Punch Professors followed and soon the Punch and Judy Show became a seaside institution. Some beaches and cities have had a Punch and Judy show every year for well over a hundred and thirty years. The Punch Professors guarded their shows fiercely and only passed on the secrets of puppetry to a son or nephew and kept the business 'in the family'.
The show itself has changed enormously over the last two hundred years. The first written scripts appear around 1830 but illustrations of shows actually appear in the 1770's. By the time the first scripts are found the Punch and Judy show has already been around for fifty years and has had a chance to develop into a fully fledged puppet show. While the story is new and reflects the life of the then modern Londoner, the script is also full of references to the early years of Punch, to the Medieval mystery plays and to the symbolic dramas, themes and characteristics of England.
The early shows feature Mr Punch , a hook-nosed comic figure with a stick who is a cowardly braggart but strangely likeable. He hides, lies, cheats, steals, beats, boasts eats, drinks and loves his way through a difficult life. He is a rascal but is also an "Everyman" figure in that he represents the average person. In the old storyline he has an argument with other characters, fights them, sometimes he kills them, is chased by the law, taken to jail, but beats the hangman and the devil and ends as triumphant anti-hero. In between, the whole drama is treated as a total farcical comedy with lots of action, routines, jokes and slapstick moments. Other characters include Judy his wife and their Baby, Scaramouch the neighbour and his dog Toby (often played by a real dog) Joey the Clown, The Beadle or Policeman, The Quack Doctor, The Crocodile, Sweet Polly the Mistress, The Hangman, The Devil. In particular the characters of Hangman and Devil owe their origins to the medieval English dramas and early theatre of the Elizabethan period.
Obviously much of this is black-humour but with the comic drama, Punch and Judy acquired a symbolic status as a drama about life itself. Punch and Judy was a hugely popular entertainment for ordinary people on the street but also was often invited into private homes and mansions of the aristocrats.
It is interesting to note that a similar evolution of the commedia/marionettes also happened in other parts of Europe around the same time or slightly later and in Germany we have a similar hand-puppet show-Kaspar, in France – Guignol, Petrushka in Russia, Punchinello in Italy as well as links to the Greek shadow puppet theatre.
Punch and Judy emigrated with the English to America, Australia and other parts of the world in the Nineteenth Century but by the 1940's was in decline with the advent of films and other aspects of popular entertainment. As with many other forms of traditional performance such as Vaudeville, Circus, Fairs and so on Punch and Judy was able to reinvent itself and had a revival in the 1960's with the new emphasis on community arts, national pride, tourism and so on.
However over the years the Punch and Judy Show has also adapted and changed. In some cases it has become more of a children's entertainment, far removed from its origins as a street-play. The rough and tumble violence has been changed and Punch is very much less of a sinister figure than he was in his early days. Some performers however do present shows that portray old-style performances still to this day.
To me it all seems terribly dated, but it clearly lives on. In an article in the Smithsonian Magazine by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie earlier this year the question is asked, Are Punch and Judy Shows Finally Outdated? It would seem not, although Rodriguez McRobbie does talk about the violence (and murder!) in the shows:
The violence, of course, has remained—and for that reason, Mr. Punch's influence on children has understandably long been a source of worry. A New York Times article from February 11, 1896, describes children enjoying a Punch show on West 135th Street in Manhattan—and one "grave gentleman," who resembled Punch "as if they were brothers," grumbling at the policeman-beating scene and declaring, "It is a shame to show such things to children! How can you expect them to have any respect for the law?"
In 1947, the Middlesex County Council in England banned Punch and Judy from schools, prompting wide outcry from Punch fans and his eventual reinstatement. More than 50 years later, in 1999 and 2000, other councils in Britain considered banning Punch and Judy shows on the claim that they were too violent for children; they didn't, but it was close……Punch defenders claim that's just modern oversensitivity. "Although adults get very upset about the violence, the bashing the baby, it's no more real to a child than watching a cartoon, like 'Tom and Jerry,'" says Cathy Haill, curator of popular entertainment for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. "Ninety-nine percent of children will roar with laughter [at 'Tom and Jerry'] and not think 'Oh, I've got to write to the society for prevention of cruelty to cats'…Nowadays, people are far more— and I hate this term—politically correct and get ridiculously worried about things like this, in my view."
Interestingly though, Punch has been reinvented in a number of ways. In 1994 The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch appeared as graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. Last year Improbable Theatre created one of its most famous pieces, The Devil and Mr Punch:
There are two excellent pieces from Exuent that look at this particular show, The Immortal Mr Punch by Gareth Martin, and an interview with Julian Crouch (Designer and Director) by Tom Wicker.
And to finish, a delightful interview from 3 days ago, entitled Keeping Punch and Judy in the family, by Giulia Rhodes for the Guardian, where she talks to three generations of a Punch and Judy family.
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These Paleo Almond Butter Cups are easy, have only 5 ingredients, and are a healthy version of the popular candy. Gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and addictively good!
These Paleo Almond Butter Cups have quickly become a favorite in our house. I love how easy they are to make and being able to control exactly what goes in them. Only a few ingredients are needed to make a truly delicious treat!
Using almond butter for the inside makes these paleo, and you can even use sunflower seed butter to make them nut free. They are naturally gluten free and are also dairy free and vegan. Don't let those titles fool you into thinking they aren't good though! They are sweet, rich, and will satisfy your sweet tooth. These are the perfect healthier homemade alternative to Reese's. You will love them!
The homemade chocolate is so easy to make and naturally sweetened. The directions say 2-3 tablespoons because that is kind of personal preference. I made a batch for my dad and I used 3 tablespoons because I know he likes things a little sweeter, but the batch I made my husband I only used 2 tablespoons and they came out more like dark chocolate which is what he prefers. If you want them like the store bought kind then use 3 tablespoons.
To make this recipe keto friendly could you substitute swerve for the maple syrup?
If so, how much swerve/ 1/3 c almond butter?
Hi Rebecca- yes, that would work great! You can taste as you go. I wrote 1 tablespoon for the filling, but if you want it sweeter go ahead and add more. I hope you try them!
I had a problem with the maple syrup separating from the bottom chocolate layer.
Hi Jessica- I'm sorry about that! Did you mix it really well? I haven't has that happen. I hope it still tasted okay.
They were still delicious, just a little sweet and gooey on the bottom!
I just made these with a pinch of baking soda in the filling. I really like how light and airy it made the filling.
These are so fun to make and eat for a 'picker-upper". I popped mine in the freezer for 18 minutes while I did some kitchen clean-up, then ate one as a treat. So yummy!


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For April Fool's Day, Google Sends Us on an Epic Journey
Gotta Catch'em All!
By Andrew Dodson on March 31, 2014 at 4:59pm
Google is well known for its clever little tricks and games that it plays on the public on April Fool's Day. GooglePaper, in 2007, had us believe that Google was starting a paper, snail-mail service. GoogleGulp, in 2005, made us think that they were getting into the energy-drink-filled-with-neurostimulators business. Just last year in 2013, we were informed that YouTube was actually a massive video contest and it was now closed for submissions (I'm pretty sure those judges are still working on that one....).
This year, however, Google is sending us out into the world on our Pokemon adventure. I think I speak for anyone who happened to be about 10-12 years in the late 90s, early 2000s, when I say: "Finally."
So, if we take that video seriously, as we should, Google is looking for a Pokemon Master to join its ranks as an employee. All you have to do is climb dangerous mountains, sail out into the lonely sea and drive across vast fields in order to catch Pokemon using what looks like an insanely awesome augmented reality game that utilizes our phones/tablets. You catch all 150, you go to the Googleplex and battle your way to your new job at Google.
Again, speaking for 10-12 year olds that were alive in the late 90s, early 2000s, we have literally been training our entire lives for for this.
Sadly, the game is not an awesome augmented reality system that uses our phones and forces us to leave our comfortable homes for the dangers of a Pokemon-filled wild. It is, instead, more of a "scroll-around-Google-Maps" kind of game, and when you see a Pokemon, you tap it and push "Catch." Really easy, and more than a little disappointing.
It's still fun exploring new places on Google Maps, and if I happened to catch a Charizard or a Farfetch'd while doing it, well, that'll be just fine.
So, before you embark on your Google-fueled Pokemon Adventure, I'll quote the great Professor Oak and ask: "Are you a boy or a girl?"


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Bike valet service is available
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Val, with Bikes del Pueblo, repairs a customer's bike. (Courtesy of El Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement Association)
By Margie M. Palmer
Biking to work just got easier for residents of Uptown and Mid-City.
On Dec. 2, the El Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement Association launched a free bike valet parking program for residents in the vicinity of "The Boulevard" and Interstate 15.
The pilot program takes place every Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at PopUp15, adjacent to the El Cajon Boulevard Transit Plaza at the northeast corner of El Cajon Boulevard and I-15. The experiment will continue for the next couple of months, although the site will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 18 to Jan. 3.
The association obtained a lease from the city of San Diego this year with the goal of transforming the lot into a space that engages the community, said Beryl Forman, the group's marketing and mobility coordinator.
"The idea [for the bike valet] has been in the works since we got the lease in May. I had remembered this cool project in Long Beach, where there is a bike station and a building that supports bike storage," she said. "I was realizing the success of other cities that have bike storage next to the transit facilities and we realized that PopUp15 was a great place to test this model."
The bike valet program includes the participation of Bikes del Pueblo, a nonprofit, educational bike collective that provides tools and knowledge for basic bike repairs and maintenance. The organization doesn't charge for its services but accepts donations to stay operational. No one is ever turned away for lack of money, Forman said.
"Bikes del Pueblo was setting up once a week at the City Heights Farmers Market and when we got the lease, we knew they could grow to PopUp15. Now they have a container there; they have bike parts and a service station," Forman said. "They're there three days a week and with that, they are providing the bike valet service.
"They're a notable group of young people who have a vision for the biking community. It feels like a friendly environment. There's even a coffee cart there that's on the back of a bicycle. It's creating a culture where you can drop your bike off, grab coffee, and get your bike serviced while you're at your job."
Although some may question the need for a bike valet service, those who bike and bus throughout the city understand how difficult it is to do so during peak travel times.
"I personally used to commute by bike and bus to San Diego State University and there have been many times when I was waiting on a transit deck with my bike, and when the bus comes there are already two bikes on it, which is frustrating," Forman said. "MTS doesn't have the capacity to accommodate more than two bikes at a time. In other cities, people are able to ride their bikes to the transit, leave them there and get onto the transit. This provides that alternative."
If the pilot program is successful, it could be extended. The association will also evaluate whether to expand the bike valet to other days.
"Extending to other days could definitely be an option," she said. "We started with Friday because Bike to Work Day is on Friday. We don't expect that people will be on board with stopping driving, but that they might consider a multi-modal model of transportation. A lot of people in the Mid-City live close to the Boulevard Bridge Deck and [the bike valet] an help people make that connection."
—Margie M. Palmer can be reached at margiep@alumni.pitt.edu.
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Modeling the climate impact of road transport, maritime shipping and aviation over the period 1860–2100 with an AOGCM
The evolution of the global aerosol system in a transient climate simulation from 1860 to 2100
Summertime cyclones over the Great Lakes Storm Track from 1860–2100: variability, trends, and association with ozone pollution
Analysis of present day and future OH and methane lifetime in the ACCMIP simulations
Preindustrial to present day changes in tropospheric hydroxyl radical and methane lifetime from the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP)
The Tropical Tropopause Layer 1960–2100
Sensitivity studies of oxidative changes in the troposphere in 2100 using the GISS GCM
Tropospheric ozone changes, radiative forcing and attribution to emissions in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP)
Tropospheric ozone changes, radiative forcing and attribution to emissions in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Inter-comparison Project (ACCMIP)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) & Discussions (ACPD) 2012
Climate versus emission drivers of methane lifetime against loss by tropospheric OH from 1860–2100
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-12021-2012
J. G. John,A. M. Fiore,V. Naik,L. W. Horowitz
With a more-than-doubling in the atmospheric abundance of the potent greenhouse gas methane (CH4) since preindustrial times, and indications of renewed growth following a leveling off in recent years, questions arise as to future trends and resulting climate and public health impacts from continued growth without mitigation. Changes in atmospheric methane lifetime are determined by factors which regulate the abundance of OH, the primary methane removal mechanism, including changes in CH4 itself. We investigate the role of emissions of short-lived species and climate in determining the evolution of methane lifetime against loss by tropospheric OH, (τCH4_OH), in a suite of historical (1860–2005) and future Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) simulations (2006–2100), conducted with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) fully coupled chemistry-climate model (CM3). From preindustrial to present, CM3 simulates an overall 5% increase in τCH4_OH due to a doubling of the methane burden which offsets coincident increases in nitrogen oxide (NOx emissions. Over the last two decades, however, the τCH4_OH declines steadily, coinciding with the most rapid climate warming and observed slow-down in CH4 growth rates, reflecting a possible negative feedback through the CH4 sink. Sensitivity simulations with CM3 suggest that the aerosol indirect effect (aerosol-cloud interactions) plays a significant role in cooling the CM3 climate. The projected decline in aerosols under all RCPs contributes to climate warming over the 21st century, which influences the future evolution of OH concentration and τCH4_OH. Projected changes in τCH4_OH from 2006 to 2100 range from 13% to +4%. The only projected increase occurs in the most extreme warming case (RCP8.5) due to the near-doubling of the CH4 abundance, reflecting a positive feedback on the climate system. The largest decrease occurs in the RCP4.5 scenario due to changes in short-lived climate forcing agents which reinforce climate warming and enhance OH. This decrease is more-than-halved in a sensitivity simulation in which only well-mixed greenhouse gas radiative forcing changes along the RCP4.5 scenario (5% vs. 13%).


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Americans to Eat 1.3 Billion Chicken Wings for Super Bowl 50
High resolution photos of chicken wings are available to download here and here. Infographics of this data are available to download here and here.
National Chicken Council predicts Panthers' victory based on wing consumption
Washington, D.C. – Yes, that is 1.3 billion, with a "b." With the second biggest eating day of the year after Thanksgiving upon us – Super Bowl Sunday – there's no hotter time of year for chicken wings, America's new favorite party food.
According to the National Chicken Council's 2016 Wing Report released today, 1.3 billion wings will be eaten next weekend leading up to and during Super Bowl 50, as fans watch the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos battle for the Lombardi Trophy. That figure is up 3%, or 37.5 million wings, from last year's big game.
It comes as no surprise that chicken wings have become a staple on Super Bowl menus as Americans' demand for them continues to soar. Wings recently flew to the top of the rankings of The Today Show's "Super Bowl Snack Bracket," handing a snack smack-down to nachos, guacamole, salsa, chili and other popular menu items.
Because you've never really thought about that many wings…
1.3 billion chicken wings is enough for every man, woman and child in the United States to have four wings each.
If 1.3 billion wings were laid end to end, they would stretch from Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina to Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver almost 53 times.
That is enough wings to put more than 600 on every seat in all 32 NFL stadiums (Not including London, of course).
Weighing in at about 162.5 million pounds, 1.3 billion wings weigh 6,325 times more than the combined weights of the Panthers and Broncos entire 52-man rosters.
If one of the three Power Ball winners spent his/her entire lump sum on chicken wings (which we think they should), they could buy about 123 million lbs of wings, or only 76% of the 1.3 billion wings eaten Super Bowl weekend.
3 billion wings would stretch 10,468 times from the deepest part of the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean to the surface.
"Any way you measure it, that's a lot of freaking wings," noted Tom Super, senior vice president of communications at the National Chicken Council. Download an infographic of this data by clicking here.
National Chicken Council predicts Panthers' victory
Overall, during the 2016 NFL playoffs, in cities where chicken wings sold higher than their opponent, the city with higher wing sales won 7 of the 10 playoff games, and 4 of the 5 past Super Bowl games. If the same holds true for Super Bowl 50, the Panthers will roll over the Broncos – selling wings at nearly a 3 to 1 pace.
source: NFL.com
According to market research firm IRI Freshlook, in Charlotte (Panthers), $1,400 of chicken wings are sold for every million dollars of grocery sales. That compares to Denver (Broncos) who sells only $480 dollars per million dollars of grocery sales. (Essentially for every million dollars that goes through the register at grocery, how much of that is chicken wings.)
"It would be nice to see Peyton Manning go out with a victory lap like Elway, but the numbers don't lie," Super said. "Dick's Sporting Goods made their predictions based on jersey sales, and although they nailed the Wild Card round, they have the Patriots taking home the Lombardi trophy. So if history holds true, hopefully wing sales will prove to be a better 'scientific method' of predicting the winner. Follow the chicken."
Where will Americans get their wings?
The National Chicken Council estimates that of the wings eaten during the Super Bowl, 75 percent will come from food service outlets and 25 percent from retail grocery stores. According to CHD Expert's foodservice database, Easy2FIND, over 300 new Chicken Wing restaurants opened in 2015, including more than 30 in December 2015.
According to CHD, the top five chicken wing chains in the United States in terms of number of units and market share are Wingstop (44%), Pizza Hut's WingStreet (25%), Hurricane Grill & Wings (6%), Wow Café & Wingery (4%), and Wing Zone (4%). As for Buffalo Wild Wings, their 1,100+ full service restaurants with full bar, are classified as a Bar & Grill, however be assured there are plenty of wings on the menu.
Chicken wings sold at grocery stores and supermarkets skew towards households with three people or more, younger Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and females 35-54, according to IRI FreshLook Household Panel Data. "Each one of these categories presents an attractive target for retailers," Super noted.
Wing-onomics
The average price (wholesale, not retail) of whole wings is currently about $1.78/lb, down from around $2.oo/lb at the same time last year, according to the Daily Northeast Broiler/Fryer Report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Marketing Service.
Wing prices traditionally go up in the fourth quarter of the year as restaurants and supermarkets stock up for the Super Bowl, and prices usually peak in January during the run-up to the big game.
"A chicken only has two wings; therefore, the supply of wings is limited by the total number of chickens produced," Super pointed out.
"Chicken production last year was up around four percent, and USDA is predicting another two-plus percent increase in 2016. So an increase in supply, coupled with exports being down, means there are more wings on the market trying to find a home; and hence, at a lower price."
Buffalo Chicken Wing History
Deep-fried chicken wings have long been a staple of Southern cooking. But the concept of cooking wings in peppery hot sauce was born in 1964 at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, when co-owner Teressa Bellissimo cooked leftover wings in hot sauce as a late-night snack for her son and his friends. The guys liked them so much that the Bellissimos put them on the menu the next day. Served with celery slices and bleu cheese sauce, "Buffalo Wings" were an instant hit.
Dick Winger, who sold hot sauce to the bar, went on the road with Dominic Bellissimo, the owners' son, to promote the item and sell hot sauce, and the item gradually caught on with restaurant operators around the country. The concept hit the big time in 1990, when McDonald's began selling Mighty Wings at some of its restaurants. KFC rolled out Hot Wings a year later, and Domino's Pizza introduced its own wings in 1994. They've remained hot ever since. McDonald's was back in the wing business in 2013, and its Mighty Wings were featured nationwide at most restaurants through the first quarter of 2014.
Chicken Wings and Football – A Love Story
The rise of the chicken wing and its correlation to American football all had to do with timing.
Cooking the whole bird was trendy in the sixties and seventies, but in the eighties U.S. consumers started preferring boneless-skinless breast meat, and wings became an inexpensive byproduct for chicken producers. Restaurants and bars realized they could charge low prices for the relatively inexpensive protein, and due to the spicy/salty nature of the sauce, they discovered that beer sales would go through the roof when customers ate wings.
At the same time, sports bars with multiple TVs and satellite dishes were becoming more and more common in America thanks to rapidly developing technology; and the most popular sporting event to watch with friends in bars is football. Wings were easily shareable and affordable, a great "group food" to eat with other people, and are the perfect pairing with a pitcher of beer. And so the pigskin-chicken wing bond was born.
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To finish our look at 1 Timothy 2:15, we will examine the various ways Scripture speaks of salvation. As a synonym for justification, the once-for-all declaration that we are righteous in Christ, salvation can describe a past event — "by grace you have been saved" (Eph. 2:5). But salvation can also summarize the whole package of regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. Thus, it can also be ongoing since sanctification (growth in holiness) continues until we die — we "work out" our salvation (Phil. 2:12–13). Paul seems to use saved this way in 1 Timothy 2:15. Women cannot be elders, so pursuing this office hinders their spiritual growth (vv. 12–14). Instead, motherhood is their primary calling (v. 15). In raising godly offspring and overcoming the stigma of Eve, women obey the apostolic word and are sanctified. The key point is that men and women alike mature in Christ as they follow God's guidelines for their gender, for many women are not mothers and many men are not elders.
It takes more than just being a male Christian to be an elder, as Paul begins to reveal in 1 Timothy 3:1. First, note that the term overseer here does not translate presbyteros, the normal Greek word for elder, but episkopos, from which we also get the term episcopal. An episcopal form of church government puts final decision-making for one or more geographic areas into one overseer's hands. The terms episkopos and presbyteros are actually used of the same office in 1 Timothy 3:2 and 5:17 and in Titus 1:5, 7, and the Bible pictures a council or session of several episkopoi or presbyteroi governing each local church (Acts 20:17). John Calvin says the word bishop [overseer] is merely another title for a minister, pastor, or elder.
Paul calls the work of an elder a "noble task," probably for several reasons. In the early church, being an elder made a man a more visible Christian and more apt to be persecuted. A reminder of the nobility of eldership could assuage any fears a man might have about being ordained. More importantly, elders shepherd the flock of the Lord, leading them in the way of salvation through prayer, teaching, and counsel (1 Peter 5:1–3). What could be more noble than that?
John Chrysostom notes that in wanting the office of elder "what is terrible is to desire the absolute authority and power of the bishop but not the work itself" (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, NT vol. 9, p. 168; hereafter ACCNT). Men who desire to be ordained need to take care that they are not craving power for power's sake. Decision-makers in the church should likewise watch out for this when they gather to call a new pastor.


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Team breaks 114 year old North Atlantic rowing record
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With big smiles, strong arms and "unsteady" legs, Don Lennox, Livar Nysted, Ray Carroll and Leven Brown exult. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The four-man crew from Artemis Ocean Rowing were in their boat for six weeks Team broke North Atlantic rowing record set in 1896 Boat traveled from New York to islands off England RELATED TOPICS Rowing London, England (CNN) -- Proving that records are meant to be broken, even after 114 years, a British-led rowing team Saturday won bragging rights for crossing the North Atlantic. The four men, who left New York City on June 17, completed their journey at St. Mary's Harbour on the Isles of Scilly after rowing, rowing, rowing and more rowing for almost 44 days, the Ocean Rowing Society International reported. The Artemis Ocean Racing team, led by Leven Brown, finished in 43 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes and 48 seconds, knocking more than 11 days off the 55-day record set by a pair of Norwegians in 1896, according to the UK Press Association. Dozens of people lined up at the dock and crowded on to boats in the harbor to witness the team's arrival. Other members of the crew are Ray Carroll of Ireland, Don Lennox of Britain and Livar Nysted of Faroe Islands. "The funniest thing for me was walking up the quayside -- after more than six weeks of not walking, my legs felt more than a bit unsteady," Brown, 37, of Edinburgh, Scotland, told the BBC.
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Bastard Keith
Burlesque performer and MC who invented 'Burletiquette' and has emceed events for Vice and Bacardi
http://twitter.com/BastardKeithhttp://www.bastardkeith.com/
Bastard Keith has been on 1 show
KATG 2051: Asshole Keith
With Bastard Keith – Gender fluid; married OITNB writer learns she's gay; masturbating in public; U2 made $100 million; No Good Deed and The Drop; Keith's new Steelers friend; Adrian Peterson; Oscar Pistorius guilty of manslaughter; Kanye West yells at physically handicapped September 14, 2014
— Second Banana: Bastard Keith, whose name is 100% a show-business name, is in studio
— Citizen Them: Chemda interviewed Bastard Keith's gender fluid wife, Rosebud, for What's My Name
— Very Sympathetic: A transgender girl was crowned homecoming princess of her high school to the support of most and the anger of few
— Gay Is The New Straight: One of Orange Is the New Black's head writers left her husband after realizing she was a lesbian from her writing. She also fell in love with one of the show's stars.
— What A Jerk: 11% of KATG's audience has masturbated at work in the open. Keith remembers that he did, in fact, masturbate at work in the open as well.
— Nothing Means Anything: Keith recorded an episode of My Name Is Keith with Justy Dodge where Justy believes that Keith is hiding his true self
— Tuesday Bloody Tuesday: People are upset that the new U2 album automatically showed up in their iTunes accounts. Apple paid U2 $100,000,000.
— The Voice: Keith reviews No Good Deed and The Drop
— Steeler Magnolias: Keith made a new friend he saw wearing a Pittsburgh shirt. Keith, Ray DeVito, and Ray's anti-Semitic friend watched the Steelers lose to the Baltimore Ravens.
— Switch-Hitter: Adrian Peterson was indicted on child abuse charges after he beat his 4-year-old son and returned him to his baby mama still bleeding. Keith's view on physically punishing children contrasts with Chemda's and BK's.
— Modelslaughter: Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide, South Africa's version of manslaughter, in the death of his girlfriend
— The Fucking Bible: Everyone is excited for Keith's re-telling of The Bible
— That's So Kanye: Kanye West called out 2 fans for not standing at one of his shows before learning that one had a prosthetic limb and the other was in a wheelchair


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Q: How to register a renderer for a class in JSP/JSTL? I was wondering if there is a way to register default renderer for a particular class in JSP/JSTL.
I am on my page displaying a tabular report where each table row arrives as generic List<Object>. Since I don't know the type of particular item in advance I am outputting the value with <c:out ...>. This does toString() as far as I know.
Now I want to change the format based on the class of the item e.g. change the format of decimal numbers. Of course I can't use <fmt:formatXXX ...> because I don't know the type in advance.
I believe this is possible in JSF. But is there a way how to achieve this in JSP?
My best shot sofar would be to convert the List<Object> to List<String> and applying the formatting  in my controller class but this is slightly less elegant than register a renederer IMHO.

A: JSP has no notion of "renderers", it's not a component based MVC framework. But you could create a custom tag for this.
Alternatively, you can do something like this with plain JSTL, it's possible to figure the class of an EL object by just checking Object#getClass():
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BackYou are here: Int'l Campaign Solidarity Statements To All Who Are Concerned About the People of India
To All Who Are Concerned About the People of India
Add Your Voices to Stop the War on Indian People
Once it was Operation Blue Star, now it is Operation Green Hunt.
The Indian government has declared war against its own people? It is called Operation Green Hunt. According to the government they have deployed 150,000 troops in India's central and eastern states. Independent witnesses say the numbers are closer to 250,000. This is more than the number of US troops in Afghanistan. This is war on the Indian people.
Recent statistics show 37% of the country's people suffer from chronic malnutrition and 50%are undernourished. The government's response?
To sign MoUs with large foreign and Indian companies to grab land from people, to displace them, so that corporations can prosper. The government introduced the Special Economic Zones Act in 2005 which allows large companies to acquire land, exempts them from tax, foreign exchange laws, labour and environmental laws, agricultural laws and special protections for indigenous peoples.
That nearly a third of India is under army occupation with no democratic freedoms? That all over India arrests, detentions, disappearances have increased to alarming levels since the people began resisting the corporate take over of India?
The People's Response?
The people of India, in particular the Adivasis (tribal people), peasants in rural areas are resisting the displacement, evictions and the military occupations. Since 2005 a series of struggles have broken out throughout in India. The landmarks include Kalinganagar (January 2006), Singur (May 2006), Nandigram (March 2007) Lalgarh (November 2008) Jagatsingpura (Feburuary 2009) (Narayanpatna (November 2009). Within India, government's military offensive, Operation Green Hunt, has aroused widespread opposition from democratic and progressive sections of the people committed to justice for the oppressed.
At this crucial juncture, it is vital that all progressive and democratic minded people outside India rally behind the people of India in their opposition to the war and the destructive economic policies pursued by the government.
The numbers of people affected by this full scale war are several times larger than the whole population of Iraq and Afghanistan put together. The people of Britain have a long and enduring relationship with the people of India. British people committed to democracy and a just society stood by the Indian people in their struggle for independence, in their struggle against the Emergency in 1975. Indian people are once again fighting against tyranny and injustice. We call on all people in Britain to join together and raise their voice against the Indian government's war against the Indian people. We call upon British people to support the just struggle of the most dispossessed and poorest people on earth that have dared to challenge the might of the international monopolies and corporations.
For more information on the Indian government's war on the Indian people visit International Campaign Against War on People of India: www. icawpi.org
Let us lend voice to the international demands:
Immediate cessation of all armed operations against the people.
Immediate suspension of land acquisitions and displacement
Stop extra judicial killing
Release all political prisoners
Get Involved. Contact: Indian Workers Association (GB)
iwagb1938@hotmail.com
Release All Activists of the PFI Charged Under UAPA and Sedition Immediately and Unconditionally!
Retract the Renewal of Ban on RDF in AP
No more a war on adivasis alone... It is now an all out war on all the oppressed people of the sub-continent!
On the Attack on Ganti Prasadam
Condemn Strongly the Ghastly Murder of Ganti Prasadam, the Vice President of RDF by State-Sponsored Vigilante Gangs!
Background Note: Decentralisation, Indian State and the Question of Asom's Self-Determination
Background Information on Repressive Laws in India
ICAWPI Primer: Operation Green Hunt, the People's Struggle in India, and the International Campaign
Fact Finding Report on the Anti-Displacement Movement in Central and Eastern India
War of the rich vs the poor - tribal village struggle in India: Arundhati Roy
'You only serve the party here, not the people
Al Jazeera Video on the Indian Counter-Insurgency Campaign
Your Mama! or the Blitzerization of Indian TV
'Caste and Culture in India'
Let's Stand Against the Indian State's War on People
The dead begin to speak up in India
India is a Corporate, Hindu state: Arundhati
The Jury Verdicts of Indian People's Tribunal on Operation Green Hunt, Ranchi
The worse off the poor become, the richer India's Ministers get
Abduction of the District Collector of Sukma, Chhattisgarh--Response of the Indian State
Corporates are the new zamindars of India: Land reforms activist
Tribal weapons ban in Indian state of Chhattisgarh
India's record on custodial torture dismal
Lecture on "Imperialist War on Indian Masses, Challenges before Revolutionary Movement"
NY Times: India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech
London: Boycott India's 63rd Republic Day and stand against sexual assaults on women
24 April Public Meeting : Indian State's War on People and the Assault on Democratic Voices
February 27 Press Conference Opposes the Vilification Campaign against Civil Rights and People's Organizations
The International Campaign Against War on the People of India - Launched
Independent People's Tribunal on Land Acquisition, Resource Grab and Operation Green Hunt
Odisha: Nov 21 conference in Bhubaneswar to target Indian state's war on people
Statement of Solidarity from Greece to the People of India
Indonesia: Solidarity Message to the Indian People's Struggle!
Immigrants from Turkey in Europe Call for Solidarity with the People's Movement In India
Report from India: The Struggle Against Displacement and the Resistance to the Indian State's War on People
Jharkhand: Independent People's Tribunal delivers verdict on Operation Green Hunt
Public Meeting 21 May 2011: "STOP ARMY ENCROACHMENT IN BASTAR! OPPOSE INDIAN STATE'S WAR ON PEOPLE!"
Indian government rejection of Vedanta bauxite mine a "landmark victory" for Indigenous rights
RDF: "OBSERVE ALL INDIA WORKER'S STRIKE ON 20 AND 21 FEB. 2013!"
From Italy: Statement in support of People's War of the Indian popular masses
Hyderabad Bomb blasts - Media houses, stop Media Investigation – stop terrorizing Muslim community and hatred among people
RDF Condemns Bomb Blasts at Hyderabad
Preliminary Report on the Fact Finding in Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh
Report on the first All India Conference of Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF)
Observe 'Bharat Bandh' on 16 May against the proposed fascist NCTC, against continued assaults on the people by the government armed forces under Operation Green Hunt and against the deployment of Indian Army in Bastar!
Release Debolina Chakrabarti, a social activist and people's leader!
Let's Intensify our Opposition to the Indian State's War on the People
CRPP: On the Occasion of the acquittal of people's cultural artist Jiten Marandi and 3 others from death sentence by the Ranchi High Court
Long Live the United Struggle of the People for the Acquittal of People's Cultural Activist Jiten Marandi and others!
Oppose the Death Sentence on People's Cultural activist Jiten Marandi and others!
PEOPLES' ARTIST JEETAN DEMANDS JUSTICE!
OPPOSE THE MURDER, RAPE AND ARSON COMMITTED BY THE INDIAN STATE'S ARMED FORCES IN DANTEWADA!
STOP ARMY ENCROACHMENT IN BASTAR! OPPOSE INDIAN STATE'S WAR ON PEOPLE!
Release All Political Prisoners Unconditionally! Remove All Armed Forces from Areas of People's Movements!
FORUM AGAINST WAR ON PEOPLE: "OPPOSE THE MURDER, RAPE AND ARSON COMMITTED BY THE INDIAN STATE'S ARMED FORCES IN DANTEWADA!"
Public Meeting Against Military intervention in Central India
CRPP: Condemn the fascist designs of the Indian government to silence voices of dissent!


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