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Dinu Flămând () este un poet, eseist, jurnalist francez, diplomat, originar din România. Este de asemenea un traducător inspirat din literatura franceză, spaniolă, italiană și portugheză, precum și comentator politic al actualității în presa românească și în cea internațională. În ianuarie 2011 a fost distins cu Premiul Național de Poezie "Mihai Eminescu" pentru Opera Omnia.

Biografie
Este licențiat al Facultății de Filologie a Universiății "Babeș-Bolyai" din Cluj (1970). Membru întemeietor al cenaclului iar apoi al revistei Echinox.
A lucrat in diverse redacții de ziare si reviste din București, între care Amfiteatru și Secolul 20. În anul 1971 a fost transferat disciplinar de la Centrala cartii pentru ca a refuzat sa participe la acțiunea de epurare ideologica a cărților ; În anii 80 pleacă din țară și se refugiază în exil la Paris, de unde denunță, in presa scrisă și in emisiuni radiofonice, regimul de opresiune din România. Locuiește pînă în 2010 în Franța. A fost jurnalist bilingv la Radio France Internationale, între aprilie 1989 și aprilie 2009. Ulterior a început să realizeze emisiuni de pe teme de actualitate românească și internațională la diverse posturi de televiziune din România, mai cu seamă la B1 tv, în emisiunea de analiză social-politică "Pasul următor". Din august 2011 devine consilier al Ministrului de externe. Este numit în 2013 ministru consilier la Ambasada României de la Paris și reprezintă România la Organizația Internațională a Francofoniei până în noiembrie 2014. După căderea regimului comunist a fost reintegrat în literatura țării sale de origine. Volumele sale de versuri și de critică literară, dar și unele traduceri, au obținut mai multe premii naționale si internaționale. I s-au atribuit burse si participari la programe internaționale de creație: Yowa City,SUA,1983; Fundația Kalouste Gulbekian, Lisabona, Portugalia,1985; La Naplouse,Franța, 2002; Centro di studi ligure, Bogliasco, Italia, 2005; Sacatar Organisation, Salvador de Bahia, Brazilia, 2008. Doctor Honoris Causa al Universității de vest "Vasile Goldis" din Arad, 25.05.2010. Este cetățean de onoare al mai multor localități, între care al comunei natale. În 2019 i s-a atribuit premiul Nichita Stănescu, iar în 2021 premiul Lucian Blaga. Premiul Academiei Române pentru poezie (Om cu vâslă pe umăr), 2022.

Opera

Volume de poeme
 Apeiron, Ed. Cartea Românească, București, 1971
 Poezii, Ed. Cartea Românească, București,1974
 Altoiuri, Ed. Eminescu, București, 1976
 Stare de asediu, Ed. Cartea Românească, București, 1983
 Viață de probă, Ed. Fundației Culturale Române, București, 1998
 Dincolo/De l'autre côté, ediție bilingvă româno-franceză, în românește de Pierre Drogi, cu desene ale sculptorului Neculai Păduraru, Ed. Universalia, București 2000
 Tags, Ed. Dacia Internațional, col. "Poeții Echinoxului", Cluj-Napoca, 2002
 Migrația pietrelor, antologie cu o prefață de Ion Pop, Buc., Ed. Cartea Românească, București, ed. I, 2000, ed. a II-a, 2003
 Grădini/ Jardins, ediție bilingvă, traduceri în franceză de Claudia Fontu, Ed. Idea, Cluj-Napoca,  2005
 Frigul intermediar, Ed. Paralela 45, col. "Biblioteca românească", Pitești,  2006
 Opera poetică, 2 vol., col. "Poesis", Ed. Cartier, Chișinău,  2007
 Umbre și Faleze, ediție ilustrată de Savina Tarsitano, Ed. Brumar, Timișoara, 2010
 Biopoeme, antologie de autor 1970-2010, prefață de Eugen Negrici, Colectia 101 Poeme, Ed. Academiei Române, București, 2010
 Stive de tăcere, antologie și postfață de Ion Pop, Colecția Poeți laureați ai Premiului național de poezie MIHAI EMINESCU, Ed. Paralela 45, Pitești,  2011
 Stare de asediu, ediția a II-a, revizuită, prefață de Mircea Martin, Cluj-Napoca, Ed. Școala ardeleană, Cluj-Napoca, 2015
 Veghea și Somnul, un an de sonete, viziune grafică de Mircia Dumitrescu, tehnoredactare & editare imagini Orbán Anna-Mária, Editura Școala Ardeleană, Cluj-Napoca, 2016
 Primăvara la Praga, elegii, epigrame, satire, Editura Tracus Arte, București,  2017.
  Descos și țes, antologie de autor 1971-2017, vol.I,II, desene și coperta de Marcel Lupșe, "Colecția Echinox", Editura Școala Ardeleană, Cluj-Napoca, 2018.
  Om cu vâslă pe umăr, concepție grafică și desene de  Mircia Dumitrescu, Editura Tracus Arte, București, 2020.
  "Scaun la fereastră". Lisabona, jurnal de carantină, 2020-2021, Cu ilustrații de Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Școala ardeleană, Cluj-Napoca, 2022.

Traduceri ale poemelor sale în alte limbi

 Estado de sitio, traducere în spaniolă de Omar Lara, Ed. Lar, Madrid, 1983.
 Poeme în apnee/ Poèmes en apnée, antologie bilingvă, traduceri în franceză și prefață de Pierre Drogi, Ed. La Différence, Paris, 2004.
 De l'autre côté, în antologia "Eclats, 5 poètes roumains", traduceri în franceză de Pierre Drogi, Ed. Comp'act, Paris, 2005.
 În refracția realului/ In the Refracting Real, antologie bilingvă, selecție și traduceri în limba engleză de Olga Dunca, prefață de Nicolae Băciuț, Ed. Tipomur, Tg. Mureș, 2006.
 Corzi/Superstrings, ediție bilingvă, traducere în limba engleză de Olga Dunca, Ed. Ideea europeană, București, 2007.
 Exisă oare viață înainte de moarte?/ Haverá vida antes da morte?, ediție bilingvă, traduceri în portugheză de Teresa Leitão, cu o cronică-prefață de António Lobo Antunes, Ed. Quase, Porto, 2007.
 La luce delle pietre, Antologie 1998-2009, ediție bilingvă, traduceri în italiană și selecție de Giovanni Magliocco, Ed. Palomar, Bari, 2010.
 În amonte/En amont, ediție bilingvă româno-franceză, traduceri în franceză de Pierre Drogi și Claudia Fontu, însoțită de un C.D. cu poeme recitate de Dinu Flămând (în românește) și de Bernanrd Callais (în franceză), Ed. Charmides, Bistrița, 2011.
 Zona, ediție blingvă, antologie și traduceri în limba franceză de Claudiu Soare, Ed. Vinea, București, 2012.
 En la cuerda de tender, antologie 1993-2002, ediție bilingvă, traduceri în limba spaniolă și introducere Cătălina Iliescu Gheorghiu, Ed. Linteo Poesia,Ourense,Spania, 2012.
 Inatention de l'attention, traducerea în franceză (vol."Frigul intermediar") de Ana Alexandra Flamind, prefață de Jean-Pierre Siméon, dialog cu autorul de Thierry Renard, Ed. La Passe du vent, Vénissieux, Franța, 2013.
 El frío intermediario, traducctión de Omar Lara,  Valparaíso Ediciones, Ciudad de México, México, 2016.
 Sombras y rompeolas, introduction y traducctión de Catalina Iliescu Gheorghiu, collection "El oro de los tigres", antologie bilingvă, UANL, Nuevo Leon, México,2016.
 Schatten und Klippen, Aus dem Rümanischen von Edith Konrad. Illustriert von Sabina Tarsitano, Klak Verlag, Berlin, 2017.
 Sombras e falésias,PREFÁCIO DE ANTÓNIO LOBO ANTUNES, TRADUÇÃO DE CORNELIU POPA, ficção · poesia, Guerra &Paz Editora, Lisboa, 2017.
 "Ombre e Falesie"/Umbre și Faleze",ediție bilingvă, Traduzione di Smaranda Bratu Elian, Ilustrazioni di Savina Tarsitano, Raffaelli Editore/POESIA, Rimini, 2018.
 "Campos de cáñamo de mi Transilvania",Traducciones del rumano:Omar Lara y Catalina Iliescu Gheorghiu, Caza de Libros, Bogotà, Columbia, 2018.
 "Antología Poetica", Introducción Rolando Kattan, Traducciónes Catalina Iliescu Gheorghiu, Omar Lara, Gabriela Capraroiu, Mano Nostra, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 2019.
 "Cенки и Гребени" ("Umbre și Faleze"), traducere din română în macedoneană: Ермuс Лафазановcкu, Cлово, Скопје, 2019.
 "Ombres i Escullera",traducció al català de Corina Oproae i Jordi Valls, Balbec, Edició Café Central (Barcelona) en coedició amb Llibres del Segle (Girona), 2019.
 "Κατάσταση πολιορκίας και άλλα ποιήματα", Stare de asediu și alte poeme,antolologie note și traducere în neogreacă de Victor Ivanovici,Ekdoseis Govosti, Atena, 2019.
 "Zwischenfrost/Frigul intermediar",Deutsch/Rumänisch, Aus dem Rumänischen von Edith Konradt, Pop Verlag,Ludwigsburg,2020.
 "Tzlalím ve Metzukím", Umbre și Faleze, cu un interviu al autorului, Hebrew Translation Moshe B.Itzaki & Paul Farkas, Keshev de Shirá Publishing House, Tel Aviv, 2021.
 "Primavera en Praga", Traducción de Catalina Iliescu Gheorghiu, edición bilingüe, Colección Visor Poesía, Madrid, 2022.
 "Intimidade distante", Antologia (1983-2010), Traduções do romeno: Teresa Leitão, Sonia Coutinho, Corneliu Popa, Nuno Júdice, Nota introdutória de Marco Lucchesi, TESSERACTUM, Saõ Paulo, 2022.
 "Život na zkoušku" (Viață de probă), antologie, traduceri în limba cehă: Mircea Dan Duță, Jarmila Horáková, Libuške Valentová, Vydalo Nakladatelství Peter Stengl, Praga, 2022.

Prezență în antologii internaționale
 "Engel in het raam op het oosten; Hedendaagse poëzie uit Roemenië",  trad. Jan H.Mysjkin,  Poëzie Centrum,Gand, Belgique, 2010.

 "La Mesa del Silencio. Once poetas rumanos contemporáneos" , selección y traducción de Omar Lara, Circulo de Poesia, Ciudad de Mexico, 2010

 "Miniaturas de tiempos venideros, Poesía rumana contemporánea", trad. Catalina Iliescu Gheorghiu, Vaso roto ediciones, Madrid, 2013.

 "En el ombligo de la luna, Antología de poetas del mundo", Valparaíso editora, México, 2015.
Testament - Anthology of Romanian Verse - American Edition - monolingual English language edition - Daniel Ionita (editor and principal translator) with Eva Foster, Daniel Reynaud and Rochelle Bews - Australian-Romanian Academy for Culture - 2017 - ISBN 978-0-9953502-0-5

 "Apă strânsă-n căușul palmei", Antologia Poeziei Echinox, traducerea în ebraică: Moshe B. Itzaki și Paul Farkas, prefață: Ion Pop, cuvânt înainte: Moshe B.Itzaki și Paul Farkas, selecția  poeților din antologie: Radu Țuculescu, KESHEV Publishing House, Israel, 2018.
 "Antologia de Poesia Romena Contemporânea", bilingue português/romeno, 600 p.Tradução e notas Corneliu Popa, Guerra&Paz editores, Lisboa, 2019.
 "Semillas de piedra. Poesia rumana contemporánea". Selección y traducción de Gabriela Căprăroiu, Circulo de Poesía Ediciones, Ciudad de Mexico, 2021.
 "Schwebebrücknen aus Papier", Anthologie rumänischer Lyrik, Heurausgegeben von Hellmut Seiler, Noack & Blokc, Berlin, 2021.
 "Anthologie de poésie mondiale", Les Editions Caractère, Paris, 2022.
 "La estafeta del viento, Antología, La poesía del siglo XX en RUMANIA, Traducción de Corina Oproae, Prólogo del Ion Pop, Colección Visor de Poesía, Madrid, 2022.

Ediții bibliofile

 Circular/Circulaire, ediție bilingvă româno-franceză, cu fotografii de Roland Castro, traduceri din franceză de Pierre Drogi, Universitatea de Artă și Desing, Cluj-Napoca și Les Editions Signum, Paris, 2002
 Peisaje verticale/ Paysages verticaux, ediție bilingvă româno-franceză, bibliofilă, col. "Biblioteca Bucureștilor", traduceri din franceză de Pierre Drogi, cu desene de Mircia Dumitrescu, Buc., Regia autonomă Monitorul Oficial, 2003
 Lenticula, ediție trilingvă, traducerea în franceză Pierre Drogi, în neerlandeză de Jan Mysjkin,cu gravuri și bronzuri de Klasien Boulloud, 5 exemplare, Editions TranSignum, Paris,  2005
 În burta calului troian / In the Trojan Horse belly, english translation by Olga Dunca, cu ilustații realizate de Részegh Botond, Editura EISART, Iași, 2008

 Eseuri critice

 Introducere în opera lui G. Bacovia, Ed. Minerva, București, 1979
 Ascunsul Bacovia, a doua ediție revizuită și completată, Ed. Pergamon, Bistrița, 2007
 Intimitatea textului, Ed. Eminescu, București, 1985
 Ediții și prefețe la Ion Barbu, Anton Pann, George Bacovia. Prefețe la scriitori străini traduși în românește: Jean-Louis Curtis, Bojin Pavlovski, Blaje Koneski, Besiki, Pascal Quignard, António Lobo Antunes, Hugo Mujica ș.a.. Cooptat în colectivul de autori pentru Dicționarului scriitorilor români, coordonat de Mircea Zaciu, Marian Papahagi și Aurel Sasu.

Traduceri în limba română
 Martin Booth, "Polenul insidios", traduceri din engleză, selecție și note în colaborare cu Liliana Ursu, Ed. Univers, București, 1977.
 *** "20 de poeți latino-americani contemporani", antologie, selecție și traduceri din spaniolă, portugheză și franceză în colaborare cu Omar Lara, prefață Andrei Ionescu, Ed. Dacia, Cluj-Napoca, 1983.
 Fernando Pessoa, "Cartea neliniștirii", 2 vol., traducere din portugheză și note de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Fundației Culturale Române, București, 2000.
 Dominique de Villepin, "Napoleon. Cele o sută de zile sau spiritul de sacrificiu", traducere din franceză de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Dacia internațional, Cluj, 2001.
 Fernando Pessoa, "Odă maritimă și alte poeme", selecție, prefață, traduceri din portugheză și note de Dinu Flămând, cu o prefață de José Auguso Seabra, Ed. Univers, București, 2002.
 Philippe Sollers, "Războiul gustului", traducere din franceză de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Polirom, Iași, 2002.
 Jorge Semprun, "Mortul care trebuie",traducere din franceză de Dinu Flămând,  Ed. Dacia internațional, Cluj-Napoca 2002.
 Fernando Pessoa (Ricardo Reis), "Ode și alte poeme", traduceri din portugheză de Dinu Flămând, col. Gemini, Ed. Paralela 45, Pitești, 2004.
 Samuel Beckett, "Poezii urmate de Mâzgâlituri", traduceri din franceză și note de Dinu Flămând, col. Gemini, Ed. Paralela 45, Pitești, 2005.
 Jean-Claude Guillebaud, "Gustul viitorului", prefață și traducere din franceză de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Paralela 45, Pitești, 2006.
 Umberto Saba, "La capra e altri poemi/Capra și alte poeme", ediție bilingvă, selecție și traduceri din italiană de Dinu Flămând, cu o prefață de Margherita Ganeri, îngrijirea ediției și cronologia de Smaranda Bratu Elian,
Ed. Humanitas, București, 2009.
 Fernnando Pessoa, "Cartea neliniștirii", ediție revizuită și completată, traducere din portugheză, prefață și note de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Humanitas Fiction, București,2009, a doua ed. 2010.
 Jean-Pierre Siméon, "Lettre à la femme aimé au sujet de la mort/Scrisoare despre moarte adresată femeii iubite", ediție bilingvă franceză-română, prefață, traduceri din franceză de Dinu Flămând,
Ed. Limes, Cluj-Napoca, 2010.
 Fernando Pessoa, "Opera poetică", selecție, prefață și traduceri din portugheză de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Humanitas fiction, București, 2011, a doua ed. 2013.
 Omar Lara, "Scrisori din Drumul Taberei/Cartas de Drumul Taberei", ediție bilingvă româno-spaniolă, traduceri în colaborare cu Maria Elena Răvoianu, Ed. Timpul, Iași, 2011.
 Carlos Drummond de Andrade, "Mașina lumii și alte poeme", selecție, prefață, traduceri și note de Dinu Flămând,  Ed. Humanitas fiction, București, 2012.
 Antonio Gamoneda, "Claridad sin descanso/Claritate neostenită", ediție bilingvă spaniolă-română,selecție și prefață de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Eikon, Cluj-Napoca, 2012.
 Fernando Pessoa, "Ultimatum și alte manifeste",selecție, prefață, traduceri (în colaborare cu Micaela Ghițescu) și note de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Humanitas Fiction, București, 2012.
 Fernando Pessoa, "Ora absurdă/ Hora absurda", ediție bilingvă româno-portugheză, selecție și prefață de Dinu Flămând, viziune grafică și ilustrații de Mircia Dumitrescu, Ed. Câinele pe acoperiș, București, 2013. A doua
ediție ed. Institutul Cultural Român, București, 2014.
 Fernando Pessoa, "Cronica vieții care trece", selecție, prefață, traduceri din portugheză (în colaborare cu Micaela Ghițescu) și note de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Humanitas Fiction, București, 2014.
 António Lobo Antunes, "Inima inimii" (din "Livro de crónicas I"), selecție, traduceri din portugheză, prefață și note de Dinu Flămând, Ed.Humanitas, București, 2014.
 Pablo Neruda, "Nu există lumină pură", antologie, traduceri din spaniolă, prefață, tabel cronologic și note, Ed. Art, București, 2015.
 Fernando Pessoa, "Quaresma, descifrator", proze polițiste, selecție, prefață, traduceri din limba portugheză și note de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Humanitas Fiction, București, 2015.
 Luis García Montero, "Sonată tristă pentru luna din Granada/Sonata triste para la luna de Granada", antologie, selecție și traduceri din limba spaniolă de Dinu Flămând și Cătălina Iliescu-Gheorghiu,
ediție bilingvă, Editura Timpul, Iași, 2016.
 *** "Spinul din floare" poeți mexicani contemporani, antologie,traduceri și note de Dinu Flămând și Marilena Răvoianu, cuvând înainte de Dinu Flămând, prefață de Luis David Palacios,
viziune grafică & gravuri în lemn de Mircia Dumitrescu, tehnoredactare & editare imagini Orbán Anna-Mária, editura Școala ardeleană, Cluj-Napoca, 2016.
 Fernando Pessoa, "Vecin cu viața", poezia ortonimă, 1911-1935, antologie, traduceri din portugheză, prefață și note de Dinu Flămând, Ed.Humnitas Fiction, București, 2017.
 António Lobo Antunes, "Pe râurile ce duc...", traducere din portugheză, prefață și note de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Humanitas Fiction, București, 2018.
 Marco Lucchesi, "Meridian celest & alte poeme",ediție bilingvă, traduceri din portugheza braziliană, prefață și note de Dinu Flămând, Ed. Tracus Arte, București, 2018. Publicată și în ediție electronică de
Editura TESSERACTUM, São Paulo, 2022.
 Vinícius de Moraes, "Tristeza feita dança/Tristețea-dans",ediție bilingvă, antologie, selecție, traduceri, note asupra ediției, cuvânt înainte și cronologie de Dinu Flămând, Baroque Books&Arts, București, 2018.
 António Lobo Antunes, "Până ce pietrele vor deveni mai ușoare ca apa", roman, traducere din portugheză și note de Dinu Flămând și Anca Milu Vaidesegan, prefață de Dinu Flămând, Humanitas Fiction, București, 2019.
 Marco Antonio Campos, "Viernes en Jerusalén y otros poemas/Vineri la Ierusalim și alte poeme",antologie, traduceri din spaniolă, prefață și note de Dinu Flămând, Tracus Arte, București, 2019.
 Mario Luzi, "POESIE/POEZII", antologie, selecție, traduceri, note și cronologie de Dinu Flămând, Introducere de Stefano Verdino, ediție bilingvă italiano/română,  col. "Biblioteca italiana" coordonată
de Smaranda Bratu Elian, Humanitas, București, 2019.
 Jean-Pierre Siméon, "Politica frumuseții" (și "Scrisoare despre moarte adresată iubitei",(text revizuit),traduceri din franceză, prefață, biografie și note de Dinu Flămând, Tracus Arte, București, 2020.
 Fernando Pesssoa, "Marinarul (și alte ficțiuni)",Selecție, traduceri din portugheză, prefață și note de Dinu Flămând, Humanitas fiction, București, 2022.
 José Luís Peixoto, "Morreste-me/ Mi-ai murit", ediție bilingvă, traducere din portugheză Dinu Flămând & Cristina Dăscălescu Dordea, cu 5 gravuri în lemn de Mircia Dumitrescu, Editura Charmides, Bistrița, 2022.
 César Vallejo, "Trilce", Poemas/Poeme, ediție bilingvă, traducere din spaniolă, prefață, tabel cronologic și note de Dinu Flămând, Cartier popular, Chișinău, 2022.
 César Vallejo, "A murit eternitatea mea",  Opera poetică completă, traducere din limba spaniolă, prefață, tabel cronologic, notă asupra ediției și note explicative de Dinu Flămând, Pandora, București, 2022.

Note

Legături externe
  Volumul Tags la editura Liternet
  Alex Găină: Patru scriitori români la Moscova
 ES http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2012/12/29/actualidad/1356792081_294776.html

Interviuri:
  "Am ieșit din depresie cînd am început să public din nou poezie în România", Ovidiu Șimonca, Observator cultural - numărul 479, iunie 2009
  DINU FLAMAND - "Poetul e un mare cersetor de iubire", Corina Pavel, Formula AS - anul 2010, numărul 917
  Premiul National "Eminescu" pentru poetul - Dinu Flamand, Corina Pavel, Formula AS - anul 2011, numărul 953
 PT    Inerviu presa portugheză http://observador.pt/especiais/dinu-flamand-o-companheiro-de-armas-de-lobo-antunes/
 PT   Interviu Diario de Noticias https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=diario+de+noticias+dinu+flamand&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#
  "Raport asupra melancoliei",Interviu TV Trinitas cu Cristian Gava [http://www.trinitas.tv/category/emisiuni/
Referințe critice:
 "Dinu Flămând și exercițiile de libertate, Studiu monografic și antologie" de Roxana Sicoe-Tirea, Ed. Eikon, Cluj-Napoca, 2014. Ediția a II-a, Editura Școala ardeleană, Cluj-Napoca, 2015
 Jordi Valls Pozo, El frío intermediario, Circulo de leitores, Mexico,   https://resenariopoesia.wordpress.com/2016/12/11/la-noche-que-ya-no-se-va/
 https://ionline.sapo.pt/artigo/559005/dinu-flamand-o-poeta-romeno-que-lobo-antunes-teve-refugiado-em-sua-casa?seccao=Mais_i
 Marco Antonio Campos, Una antologia poética de Dinu Flamand, La Otra, ano 12, nr.147, julio 2019
 Alexandre Marzullo, Intimidade distante, resenha, Revista Humanitas, 156, p.44, 2022, Editorial Escala, Brazilia.
Ion Pop, "Biopoemele" lui Dinu Flămând, Tribuna, nr. 200, 1-15 ianuarie, 2011
 David Dorian, Recitindu-l pe Dinu Flămând, Medalion 75,  Răsunetul, vineri 24 iunie, 2022.

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I was thinking of that hilarious, bizarre quote from Admiral Stockdale — Ross Perot's 1992 running mate — as I sat down to write this. Why is the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, a budget watchdog that focuses largely on issues like affordable housing and human services, showing up on the DC Environmental Network blog? Was this some kind of mistake?
Actually, there are lots of reasons to be here, and I appreciate the opportunity.
People like you who are passionate about improving DC's environmental health should get to know more about the DC budget — and we at DCFPI are happy to help. And there are many times reasons that environmental advocates may want to lock arms with advocates for the poor. Here are a few.
Open and Transparent Government: This year, advocates led the cause to get the DC Council's crucial final budget deliberations open to the public. They were televised, which was a step forward though not perfect. The streetcar fiasco could have been avoided if the Council had released its proposed final budget a few days before the vote — instead of a few hours. I look forward to working with DCEN members to make DC's budget documents and budget process more open and transparent.
Business Tax Subsidy Accountability: Before you say "huh?," consider this: The Mayor and DC Council award millions in tax breaks each year to a wide array of development projects. I am thinking of the $25 million offered to Northrop Grumman and a pending proposal to exempt the retail activities in Union Station from property taxes forever. Every dollar of wasteful tax breaks is a dollar that is not available to meet real DC needs.
Friends of the Earth was one of the leading groups to challenge DC's $700 million baseball stadium boondoggle, and together we almost succeeded in forcing the stadium to be built with a serious private contribution rather than being entirely financed with public funds. It was fun, too.
Revenue Increases: The Great Recession has devastated DC's finances and forced cuts across the board. The budget crisis is likely to continue for some time. Environmentalists and advocates for the poor can work together to promote a balanced approach to the recession — one that includes revenue increase to help keep important services and programs from being cut.
Environmental Justice: Low-income communities often suffer the most from environmental negligence, and thus have a lot to gain from better environmental stewardship.
So, thanks for having me. I look forward to getting to know you!
Cori Lombard, Natural Resources Defense Council – Cori will be writing about Anacostia River restoration issues.
Councilmember Mary Cheh, DC Council– Mary will be writing about the Council's exciting work to green the District.
Brent Blackwelder, President emeritus, Friends of the Earth – Brent will be sharing his vast experience and passion on many environmental issues of concern to the region and planet.
Jennifer Chavez, Attorney, Earthjustice – Jennifer will be sharing why litigation is an important tool for advocacy on behalf of area watersheds including the Chesapeake Bay, Anacostia River, Potomac River and Rock Creek.
Mark Buscaino, Executive Director, Casey Trees – Mark will be sharing how important trees are to restoring rivers, cleaning up our air and fighting global warming.
Ed Lazere, Executive Director, DC Fiscal Policy Institute – Ed will be talking about how important it is to expand our coalitions beyond the traditional environmental community in order to effect change. He will also use his extensive budget expertise to help us define the funding issues of our time.
Maria Fyodorova, Environmental Communications Consultant – Maria will challenge the environmental community to look inward and come up with ways to increase our legitimacy and credibility.
Our website will try and show the face of the local environmental community. I am hoping you will help in developing our site more with your creative suggestions and engagement.
SPECIAL INVITATION: I want to invite you to an upcoming DC Environmental Network Luncheon on "How Green is the District's Development Future" this Thursday the 29th at noon at Friends of the Earth, 1100 15th Street NW, 11th floor. The face of our neighborhoods could change for the worse unless the environmental community gets involved in shaping how new development projects are planned. Badly planned developments can pollute our rivers and air, destroy marshlands and trees and contribute to global warming. Well planned developments can grow our city, protect our environment and improve our quality of life. I believe this is an issue of critical importance to all metro based environmentalists.
Most of us think of rain as cleansing – it washes away all the dirt and grime and leaves everything fresh and clean. But have you ever considered where all that dirt and grime go? When rain falls or snow melts on roads and buildings and parking lots, its natural path into the ground is blocked. Instead of being absorbed like it would be in nature, the stormwater runs off those impervious surfaces, picking up pollution along the way. From there, the pollution/stormwater mix runs into storm drains and gets dumped, untreated, into the Anacostia, Rock Creek and Potomac.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long understood how damaging stormwater pollution is to water quality. Under its Clean Water Act authority, EPA issues permits that require cities to take steps to reduce stormwater runoff. EPA recently issued a draft of the DC stormwater permit, which is called a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System or MS4 permit.
The best way to deal with stormwater is to mimic what happens in nature, by putting that water back into the ground where it falls, rather than funneling it into drains and pipes. This is achieved through "green infrastructure" measures like rain gardens, green roofs, tree cover, permeable pavement, rain barrels, or anything else that keeps rainwater from running off into our sewers. Not only is this a very effective way to deal with stormwater pollution, but increasing vegetation and green space improves air quality, reduces energy costs, and increases property values. The draft DC MS4 permit contains specific targets for implementation of green infrastructure controls in the District and this is good news.
EPA's draft permit requires all construction, whether it's new or rebuilt from existing development, to retain the first 1.2 inches of stormwater on-site during any storm. Retaining stormwater on-site prevents runoff from washing pollutants into the waterways and denigrating water quality. Studies have shown that a 1.2 inch retention standard in the District is feasible and cost effective. In fact, federal buildings in the District have to meet a much higher standard, retaining the first 1.7 inches inches of stormwater on site.
However, Mayor Fenty's District Department of the Environment (DDOE), one of the agencies responsible for implementing the permit, wants a lower standard with more readily available waivers for developers. Actually, DDOE doesn't want EPA to issue a retention standard at all, they want to do it themselves. There's just one problem – by law, DDOE should have already implemented a stormwater retention standard, but they never did. DC City Council passed a law in 2008 requiring DDOE to implement a one inch retention standard for the Anacostia Redevelopment Zone. The deadline for implementation was fall 2009. It's now summer 2010 and DDOE has issued no standards. In light of its past performance, DDOE's promise to promptly issue stormwater standards for the entire District lacks credibility. DDOE should support the fair and reasonable retention standard EPA adopted in the draft MS4 permit.
The ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has painfully highlighted the consequences of our reliance on fossil fuels. Over the years, the District has worked hard to implement a progressive energy policy, including my Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008. That Act established a Sustainable Energy Utility, an innovative approach modeled after states such as Vermont and Delaware. When the SEU ramps up in 2011, it will offer programs for the promotion of renewable energy, energy efficiency, green jobs, and a responsible energy policy for the District.
When the proposed Fiscal Year 2011 budget was sent to the Council, I was concerned that this reform would be stopped in its tracks. The proposal cut sustainable energy spending by half: from $23 million to $10 million. It also essentially eliminated the SEU, which was supposed to be funded at $7.5 million, not the meager $1 million in the budget.
After consulting with members of the SEU Advisory Board, who opined that this cut would have a destructive chilling effect on competition for the first 5-year term of the SEU, I made it a priority to restore needed funding.
Fortunately, with the help of DCEN and my colleagues, I'm happy to report that we were able to restore the entire SEU budget. But it serves as a lesson that we must be ever vigilant to ensure long-term sustainability in the District.
Have you ever sat on a porch to relax or read a book and been driven indoors by sonic booming lawn mowers that make you feel part of the runway at National Airport? If this is not enough, how about adding a few leaf blowers into the mix as you stroll through your neighborhood and you might as well be operating a jack-hammer.
Did you ever wonder about the ecological cost of modern lawns beyond the noise and pollution from mowing. I'm talking about the pesticides, fertilizers, and water needed for maintenance and the subsequent runoff into rivers and streams, bays and estuaries.
When looking at greenhouse gas emissions, off-road machinery and vehicles annually produce 220 million tons of carbon dioxide. Of this total from off-road vehicles, over half comes from mining, construction, and farm machines. Surprisingly, lawn and garden equipment like mowers and leaf blowers produce about 12% or 26 million tons of the total. Air quality in urban areas can suffer greatly in hot weather as a result.
Fortunately, a number of organizations such as Beyond Pesticides have been promoting alternatives to lawns and safer lawns and have a superb website with numerous fact sheets covering some of the points I am making. One organization SafeLawns.org has featured the slogan: "Time to Get Your Grass Off Gas"—most fitting as the BP spill is the latest in the ongoing oil spills, leaks, and other fiascoes attributable from our dependence on oil.
By growing a smaller lawn and/or switching to organic lawn care you can reduce or even eliminate many of these gas guzzling components.
Switching to efficient Energy Star electric mowers or battery-powered cordless mowers can get rid of oil spills, save on trips for fuel, and reduce noise.
In addition to the reduction of gasoline usage, there are great health benefits for your family such as less asthma and other diseases, reduction in leukemia rates in your pets, and fewer contaminants entering the Chesapeake Bay. Studies find that pesticides such as the weedkiller 2,4-D pass from mother to child through umbilical cord blood and breast milk. A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that household and garden pesticide use can increase the risk of childhood leukemia as much as sevenfold.
Getting rid of noisy and unnecessary machines would make for a salubrious city. Over 100 cities have ordinances restricting leaf blowers.
Botany Professor Douglas Tallamy at the University of Delaware has pointed out the great opportunity to reverse declining biological diversity in the United States by converting numerous urban lawns into attractive native shrubs, bushes, and small trees. With native bushes and shrubs which are pest resistant, you don't have lots of maintenance that consumes energy, water, pesticides. And you can get a lot more butterflies in your yard.
Have you ever gone out to enjoy a paddle or a walk along the shores of one of our local streams, particularly in the days after a storm, and found yourself discouraged at the state of the water? Perhaps as your hands dipped into the water along with your paddle, you wondered whether the oils, chemicals, and other urban runoff were endangering your health. Perhaps you spotted one our area's rare eagles and wondered whether it too is being exposed to all this urban gunk.
For years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed that these pollution incidents are okay, as long as the waters were, on average over the course of the year, meeting water quality requirements. Members of the Anacostia Riverkeeper, Potomac Riverkeeper, and Friends of the Earth thought this was wrong, and took the issue to court. Represented by Earthjustice, they filed a lawsuit under a provision of the Clean Water Act that requires EPA to adopt pollution limits called "total maximum daily loads" for waters that are impaired – like the Potomac River, Rock Creek, and Anacostia River are – by pollution from urban runoff and combined sewer overflows.
Earlier this year, a court ruled that EPA must not only adopt these legally required "daily" pollution limits, but must do so within a set schedule. As a result, the District's waters will soon be covered by daily pollution limits for bacteria, metals, and harmful organic compounds. This was a simple but important win for all of us who treasure our local water resources and want to see them restored within our lifetime.
The Urban Forest Preservation Act, passed in 2002 with a wide coalition of government, non-profit and individual supporters, set the groundwork for preserving the District's tree canopy. For those wishing to remove trees over 18" in diameter (56" in circumference), they must first either pay a fee (or fine) into the Tree Fund, or replant a specified number of replacement trees, to make up for the canopy lost.
The Tree Fund was intended to be a "safe" place to deposit any fees/fines which were then to be drawn upon for planting replacement trees. The Act states that moneys in the Fund shall not revert to the General Fund of the District of Columbia for any purpose.
Despite these safeguards, DC's FY 2011 budget emptied the $539,000 in the Tree Fund and deposited it into the General Fund. That means 2000 trees will not be planted, and those who contributed to the Fund under the assumption that their moneys would be used to plant trees have been mislead.
This is a lesson that we should not forget. Trees and the legal structures created to preserve them are only as effective as the residents who care about them. To that end, I ask that you read our "Call to Action" on page 4 of Casey Trees' July/August Newsletter. Contact your elected representative and let them know that trees are important to your neighborhood, and that the Tree Fund moneys should be restored. DC is known as the City of Trees – let's keep it that way.
How Green is the District's Development Future?
The DC Environmental Network Invites All Metro-Based Environmentalists to a BROWN BAG LUNCHEON.
How development projects at Poplar Point, Ft. Lincoln, McMillan Park and other sites around the District will shape our communities.
Even as the national economy continues to suffer developers and government agencies are positioning the District of Columbia and surrounding region to move as quickly as possible on numerous development ventures both new and old including projects at Poplar Point, Ft. Lincoln and McMillan Park in the District. Depending on how carefully Mayor Fenty and the DC Council shepherd plans for these new developments the District could either see well designed livable communities and businesses or projects that negatively impact the health and economic viability of our city.
Many in the Districts environmental community are particularly concerned about urban green spaces. Urban green spaces play a key role in improving the livability of our towns and cities. The quality of life and viability of cities depend largely on the design of urban green as well as open, public spaces in order to fulfill their role as an important component of our city. Urban green spaces are seen by many as an important contribution to the sustainable development of cities.
However, based on preliminary plans and visioning some of us have seen so far for Poplar Point, Ft. Lincoln and McMillan Park, the potential benefits of green spaces are not being adequately prioritized.
Join us as our panelists discuss strategies for strong, economically viable communities and protection and expansion of urban green spaces in a way that grows the District.
Each panelist will speak for 5-10 minutes. We will then convene a discussion open to all participants.
PLACE: Global Green USA,1100 15th Street NW, 11th Floor.
Please remember to bring a picture ID to get in the building.
Take Action: Ask Mayor Fenty to Follow EPA's Lead AND Protect Our Rivers and Creeks!
Ask Mayor Adrian Fenty to Follow EPA's Lead on Stormwater Retention Standards to Protect Our Rivers and Creeks!


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Navaratri has started and everybody will be making different varieties of sundal every evening. My mom makes ellu urundai during navratri, especially on Saturday evening. So here i am with Ellu urundai / sesame ladoo recipe.This this a simple one and can be made in a jiffy and doesn't involve addition of ghee or oil.
Roast the sesame seeds in a pan till it crackles. Take care not to burn this.
Run this in a mixer coarsely.
Add the jaggery to this and run it in the mixie into a fine powder.
Transfer this to a plate and make it into a medium sized balls.
The sesame seeds will leave oil while grinding, this will be helpful in grinding.
This measurement yielded 6 balls .
I used white sesame seeds. Black sesame seeds can also be used.
Happy Navratri to you and your family.Another recipe which is tasty and your notes will help any of us to make it.
thats perfect urundai...first click looks really beautiful!
looks quiet easy and yumm!!!
Perfect even i am going to make this today.. Happy Navarathri!!! do u keep golu at ur place.. do share pics.. even i hv started posting for navarthri ..
Nutty & delicious laddoos!!! Happy navaratri to you!!
One of my favorites and happy navrathri to you.
Happy navratri......laddos look so mouthwatering.....thanks for sharing.
My husband loves this... but since I'm not a fan i hardly make it.
This looks yummy, I never knew that it can be made by powdered seasme seeds. i've only had the one with whole seeds. I should give this a try.
Happy Navaratri wishes Jeya, delicious ellu urundai,feel like grabbing some..
Calcium and Iron rich snack!!
Happy Navratri to you and your family Jeyashri ~ the recipe sounds festive n super delicious!
Happy Navratri to u n ur family, ellu urundai looks so delicious n yum..nice clicks..
Two year back I had them which was prepared my granny. They looks so yumm and delicious.
One of my all time fav...made perfectly Jeyashri..the click looks beautiful.
wow..looks so tempting...and perfectly doe...nice clicks too.
This looks so delicious and divine Jaishree...yummy!


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Runaway goat gives officers chase in Brooklyn before being lassoed by a former African goat herder
By Nina Golgowski
Published: 18:36 EST, 7 February 2013 | Updated: 18:41 EST, 7 February 2013
A runaway goat on the streets of Brooklyn sent police officers on a frantic chase before meeting its match in a former African goat herder - or so a wild night in New York City goes.
The goat believed to have escaped from a nearby slaughter house surprised residents around 1am on Friday morning while thrashing through the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant and banging into doors.
'I come around the corner and the next thing I know I see a goat coming around my way, galloping toward me,' a witness told CBS.
Chase: This runaway goat on the streets of Brooklyn, New York led police officers on a wild chase early Friday morning before its capture in a parking lot
Lassoed: The goat finally met its match in this lassoing security guard who previously herded goats in his native country of West Africa
Hide and seek: The goat is seen with some rope around itself next to Seydou Ndiaya after ducking relentless between parked cars
The boat was described as possibly disoriented according to one witness who described it as 'banging his head against two doors, to no avail, then it started running 'cause the cops were after it.'
Half a dozen police officers were on its tail after a patrol officer spotted it and called in backup.
Giving chase, the goat took the officers into a parking lot where it tried ducking between cars before catching the attention of a Seydou Ndiaya, a lassoing hospital security guard originally from West Africa.
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'I told them "Do not harm the animal, it's an easy animal, it's very friendly but it just was a little scared,"' Mr Ndiaye told CBS.
Mr Ndiaye, who previously herded goats in Africa, grabbed some rope and did his best to try lassoing the frightened animal.
The guard finally grabbed it by the horns allowing police to tie it up.
Captured: Seydou Ndiaya, now working as a hospital security guard, eventually got close enough to grab the goat by its horns and turn it over to officers
Hauling away: The goat was tied up by its hooves and carted off by a half-dozen officers but fortunately for it not back to the slaughter house it's believed to have escaped from
Clean break: The goat is seen placed in the backseat of a police cruiser before it will be taken to a farm sanctuary in upstate New York
Officers laughed about whose police cruiser the goat would ride in but it was one of their cars it was eventually stuffed in the backseat of.
The animal, found with a tag on its ear indicating it most likely escaped from a slaughter house, was taken to Animal Care and Control.
But instead of returning the goat back to the slaughter house, the goat's daring escape ended up paying off after all.
ABC reports that it will soon be taken to a farm sanctuary in upstate New York.
Watch the video here:
Runaway Goat Cornered In Brooklyn Parking Lot - CBS New York
Brooklyn hospital worker helps catch escaped goat


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Factoring women into succession planning
An underrepresented demographic that's critical to the future health facilities management
Beth Burmahl
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Along with targeting the youth segment, hospital facilities departments seeking strong future leaders should also consider another underrepresented demographic: women.
"We are seeing more women entering degree programs that lend themselves to careers in health facilities management," says Tim Adams, FASHE, CHFM, CHC, director of member professional development, American Society for Healthcare Engineering. "Some of our premier success stories are from women who have graduated with these types of degree programs and gone onto leadership roles in hospitals," Adams says.
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One example is Rachel Woznicki, who landed her job as a project engineer of design and construction at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, in 2016 after earning a degree in computer graphics technology with a specialization in health care construction management from Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind.
Woznicki says she wasn't dissuaded from entering a field traditionally dominated by men. In fact, she saw it as an opportunity.
"The fact that most of these positions are held by men was a factor in my career path," says Woznicki. "I saw a gap in the industry and I have a love for the work, so it all lined up perfectly."
The Purdue School of Construction Management is forging new ground in closing the gender gap, says Brad Benhart, assistant department head and associate professor of practice at Purdue.
"Women in our program have been hugely successful in what traditionally has been a male-dominated market segment," he says. "They tend to be very committed to health care and have a vision for how they want to positively affect the health care built environment."
Woznicki says she happened on the health care construction specialization by chance, "and I ended up loving it."
"I quickly developed a passion for the quality of work needed to create a safe and relaxing patient experience," she says.
Women like Woznicki, who is not the only female in her department, should be on the radar of hospitals seeking to factor diversity into their future pool of leaders, Benhart says. "Any firm that has a succession plan and is actively mentoring young people, men or women, is going to be successful."
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International Do's and Don'ts For the Traveling Entrepreneur
4 Min. Read Starting By: Scott Girard
Doing business on an international scale is very exciting. But, it can also be overwhelming. Not only should you bring your "A-game" from a professional standpoint if you want to close the deal, you also have to bring it culturally as well. One misplaced word, hand gesture, or even inaction can deeply insult your overseas customer or partner. As such, the stakes are high, and you'll need to know what you're doing.
The bottom-line best advice I can give you on this is simple: Do your homework before the test.
Before you travel overseas for business, it's smart to know a little something about that country's culture, especially business culture. When to shake hands, make eye contact, bring a gift, compliment your host's food, compliment your host's wife or home, inquire about the well-being of his or her family, can all sink a business deal if done incorrectly…or not at all.
While many international professionals understand that not everyone comes from the same place, in today's global marketplace, there's a certain expectation that new players who have joined the game have done some homework.
This doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming. When you know you're going to be doing business in another country, you should spend some time on the internet learning the basic do's and don'ts for the specific country to which you'll be traveling.
If a business knows it's going to be doing extensive work overseas, it may even be worth hiring a native "cultural advisor," either full time or temporarily. If a company is going to be establishing an office in another country, it's best to focus your cultural education efforts on the staff who will be living and working in-country first.
The handshake
The infamous handshake between Bill Gates and South Korean President Park Geun-hye. Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP.
If you're from a "Western country"—North America or the UK—chances are, a good firm handshake says, "I respect both of our organizations, you, myself, and our future, and I've come to do some business." However, in Japan, Saudi Arabia, and even France, it means something different.
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Beyond that, what is your left hand doing while your right is shaking? Never thought about it? It matters. A perfect example: Bill Gates once shook hands with the President of South Korea (pictured above) and he absent-mindedly kept his left hand in his pocket.
As you can see from other images, Gates always has his hands in his pockets; however, this seemingly insignificant detail landed him on the front page all over the world for committing a major greeting faux pas in his host country. Don't believe me? Google "Bill Gates handshake" and see what comes up.
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Put boots on the ground
It may not be necessary for you to open an office in a non-native country. However, if you work in manufacturing and/or outsourcing, it may be worth opening a very small office for a sourcing specialist to your native country to work alongside a sourcing specialist from the country in which the office is located.
It's best to hire someone from your country that speaks the language where you're doing business, and to hire another person from that country who speaks your native language, if possible. This way, they can work as a cultural fusion team to ensure all goes well between your company, and the companies native to the country in which you're now doing business.
Learn at least the language basics
While many of us don't speak multiple languages, people in many foreign countries do, and more often than not, the "other" language they speak is English.
As such, you may not have time to learn a whole new language, but you really should commit to learning the very basics of the language of the country to which you're visiting for business.
Make an effort to learn phrases like "yes," "no," "please," "thank you," "I'm sorry, I don't speak _______," "I look forward to a continued business relationship," and so on.
Even if you screw it up, your hosts will likely be honored that you at least made an attempt. Even if you, or they, provided an interpreter, it's still a classy move to learn a few words in their language; it shows them that you respect their language and country, and if there's one thing that translates in all languages, it's respect.
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In closing, I really can't emphasize the importance on doing a bit of research on the country in which you're planning on doing business before you go. This is simply because they are so different from one another in creative and business culture.
While I've attempted to hit the few generally across-the-board rules, each country is unique when it comes to customs and courtesies. The information is out there and easily accessible; when in doubt, just go the conservative route and take cues from your host.
Have you had experience running your business internationally? Did you make any cultural mistakes? Let us know in the comments!
Scott Girard
Scott L. Girard, Jr. is the Editor-in-Chief of ExpertBusinessAdvice.com, and co-author of "International Business Basics: Learn What You Need in 2 Hours," and five other titles in the Crash Course for Entrepreneurs book series.
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HELP US STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN AFRICA
ADDI COVID-19 Task Force
Objective: To mobilize African Diaspora and friends of Africa to start a Fund Raising Campaign to support frontline healthcare workers in Africa.
Plans: Raise funds to purchase the following supplies
N – 95 face masks
Non-contact Thermometers
Goggles and other miscellaneous supplies
Medications needed to treat Covid- 19 infected patients
The pandemic is already in Africa and we are yet to see the worst of it. On a regular day, no African Country has enough ventilators to manage the sick who need ventilators. When this pandemic peaks in Africa, it is going to be catastrophic. We need to be ahead of this situation.
We are calling on all who care about Africa to stand up and contribute whatever you can in order to save lives. Let us join hands and prevent an imminent catastrophe.
ADDI Team
The African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI) under the leadership of Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao has embarked on diaspora mobilization for the purchase of masks, gloves, ventilators and other necessities required to fight and prevent the spread of COVID 19 in Africa. Through an ongoing collaboration with the Economic Association of Zambia (EAZ), Zambia has been chosen as receiving and distribution point for Southern Africa. The EAZ will coordinate this effort with the Diaspora through its New York based Diaspora Chairperson Mr Savior Mwambwa. Further information will be posted on the ADDI and EAZ websites and Facebook pages.
The Economics Association of Zambia would further like to inform the general public that due to the ongoing developments with regards to the prevailing COVID-19 global pandemic, the planned summits i.e the Diaspora Wakanda1 Homecoming Summit and the National Economic Summit for the year 2020 will still be held albeit at later dates which will be communicated in due course. Zambia now, more than ever before, needs multisector planning and stakeholder engagement with COVID 19 creating a huge dent in both the global and national economic development agenda. Ours has always been an optimistic approach towards Zambia's national economic development agenda.
The Economics Association of Zambia would also like to commend government under the leadership of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zambia, Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu for progress made thus far in the fight against the COVID 19 pandemic. Our hope is that Zambia comes out of this with minimum or no loss to both human life and businesses.
The EAZ would also like to commend all its corporate members that have made donations towards the fight against COVID 19 especially ZANACO Bank, NERIA Investments, NAPSA and Delta Energy who were also major donors to the fight against cholera in Lusaka a few years ago. Other members both corporate and individual are equally encouraged to contribute directly to government in whatever means or form towards our nation's fight against COVID-19.
The EAZ would like to appeal to the general public to adhere to all guidelines prescribed by the government to ensure victory over the pandemic. We would like to ask business owners and suppliers of goods and services especially pharmaceuticals to avoid speculative pricing as this will greatly compromise the fight against the Coronavirus.
Lastly, we would like to appeal to all political formations to avoid politicizing the fight against COVID 19 but instead work together in unity. Victory over COVID 19 depends on our collective effort.
Lubinda Haabazoka, PhD
EAZ President, on Behalf of the Board
ADDI Operations Fund


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"About three years," says AppNinjas CEO John Waldron, when I asked him how long his group of companies have been providing mobile payments solutions to merchants. Three years. That makes them tribal elders when it comes to the nascent arena of mobile payment acceptance. When I say group of companies, I mean the conglomerate of AppNinjas and MerchantFocus whose services work together to enable Swipe—yet another solution out there that lets you accept credit cards with a mobile device. See my video demo and interview with John below for more details.
We first let you know about Swipe last year during the acquisition of AppNinjas by MerchantFocus and Inner Fence. Since then their iOS app—which now uses a provided card reader to enable merchants to accept credit card payment via mobile devices—has picked up some steam. It will invariably invite comparisons to systems developed by Square, Intuit and AprivaPay among others. Truth be told, there are many companies out there doing this kind of thing. Within retail environments, Apple is the early and most visible leader at accepting credit cards via mobile devices, however even traditional brick and mortar stores like Nordstrom and The Gap are piloting their own scenarios using hardware like the Linea Pro by Infinite Peripherals and others. Apart from the in-store retail experience, Square still seems to have captured the most name recognition for being able to enable "in-the-field" credit card transactions (mostly because of their fast account set-up, which eliminates the need for a traditional merchant account) however small businesses that already have merchant accounts and their slightly better transaction rates still have other options like the previously mentioned Intuit GoPayment solution, AprivaPay and now Swipe by AppNinjas, based right here in beautiful Columbus, OH.
Swipe works as you might expect; you plug a free mag stripe reader into the bottom of your iPhone or iPod Touch (Android coming soon) and use their $0.99 app to accept credit cards, sign and email receipts. Easy-peasy.
Customer Service – John characterized one of the company's biggest benefits to merchants as customer service. In our video interview, he indicatated that AppNinjas strive to provide a high level of customer service with regard to transactional needs.
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NFC – This is an obvious question and John and I discussed this a bit offline. As a processor, he says they are planning for integration when it makes sense to do so (probably whenever enough issuers are on board to cause a demand). He sees small merchant adoption of NFC being 3-5 years out. I tend to agree with this. Even though there have been many "announcements" lately within the sphere of large retailers considering NFC for enabling mobile transactions—Google Wallet, ISIS, etc—anyone in the payments industry will tell you there are still many practical features and value propositions missing from this ideal scenario. It's still a few years out.
Seeing another processing service like Swipe come to market…what means to me, systemically, is that mobile payments systems are becoming part of the norm. Companies already in the payment processing business are seeing and meeting consumer and merchant desire for a solution. I think we will see more variations of this from other companies and will begin to think of it less as fringe or even the vanguard and more as a capability channel required for doing business.


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Dr. Dekleva is the McKenzie Foundation Endowed Chair in Psychiatry I, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Psychiatry-Medicine Integration, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. The views expressed in this paper are entirely his own and do not represent the official views of the U.S. Government, the U.S. Department of State, or UT Southwestern Medical Center.
The election of President Trump has led to interest in his mental health and has resulted in heightened scrutiny regarding the American Psychiatric Association's Goldwater Rule, with its prohibition on opining psychiatrically on the mental health of public figures whom one has not examined in person. This article highlights the historic, methodological, forensic, and ethics challenges regarding psychiatric approaches to leadership analysis, and how these can offer policy makers options regarding national security decision-making.
The 2016 campaign and election of President Trump has led to a flurry of interest in not only his mental health,1 but more generally, in the mental health of world leaders. This has resulted in extensive scholarly commentary regarding the American Psychiatric Association's Goldwater Rule,2 with its prohibition on opining psychiatrically on the mental health of public figures whom one has not examined in person.3,–,7 This article, by a psychiatrist who has published numerous profiles of world leaders,8,–,15 outlines challenges regarding psychiatric approaches to leadership analysis.16 Overall, political psychology approaches to leadership analysis are but one piece of a larger, more complex analytic puzzle, which can serve national security interests in understanding the psyches of our adversaries, allowing policy makers greater options regarding decision-making in a variety of diplomatic and public policy settings.
In 1965, Post joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he founded a unit for the analysis of the psychology of world leaders. Over the next several decades, Post followed Langer's model, leading a team of psychiatrists, internists, psychologists, anthropologists, historians, and intelligence analysts, who developed classified leadership profiles of various world leaders for the intelligence community and senior U.S. policy makers.16,19 A high point involved the declassified "Camp David Profiles," in which individual psychological assessments of Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat helped U.S. President Jimmy Carter achieve an understanding of negotiating tactics and unique circumstances, which paved the way for a successful outcome: the 1979 Camp David peace accords.20 In 1986, Post retired from the CIA and continued his career at George Washington University, where he and his associates published numerous leadership profiles, including those of Saddam Hussein,21 Bashar al-Assad,22 Kim Jong Il,23 Muammar Gaddafi,24 Hugo Chavez,25 Fidel Castro,26 Vladimir Putin,27 Osama bin Laden,28 Radovan Karadzic,8 and Slobodan Milosevic.9 Such profiles often attracted controversy, because of Post's use of diagnostic categories such as "malignant narcissism," and the labeling of many such people as "rogue leaders."29,–,31 But Post's methodology, like that of Langer, entailed a close examination of the leader's childhood, young adulthood, transition to midlife, relationships, speeches, collateral data, and writings. Post did not shy from predictions, some of which turned out to be wrong, but the greater emphases in such portraits involved a psychological understanding of a given leader's traits and political behavior and how such understanding might prove useful in diplomatic negotiations. Like Langer before him, Post emphasized the close relationship, almost a lock-and-key fit, between charismatic, narcissistic leaders, and their impassioned followers.
In March 2017, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) affirmed its position regarding the Goldwater Rule, in response to a flurry of publications regarding the psychology of President Donald Trump.32 While the organization's focus has appeared to reflect its concern for embarrassment to the profession, in his recent review Dr. Paul Appelbaum cites other dangers.3 Psychiatrists publishing profiles of world leaders should be concerned not only with potential lawsuits, but also the risk of being reported for ethics violations or licensing board complaints.33 In any legal setting, it remains unclear whether such leadership profiles could pass a Daubert test, which involves the admissibility of expert scientific testimony.34 If practitioners and their customers in the policy, national security, and diplomatic communities believe that such profiles have value, then the Goldwater Rule may have a chilling effect and may serve to dissuade subsequent generations of younger practitioners from entering the field.
Academic institutions may be sensitive to the media image created by work involving the intelligence community. Similar public relations concerns have at times dogged psychiatric and psychological researchers involved in studying military survival-evasion-resistance-escape (SERE) psychology, interrogation, and other topics involving national security.38 Academic practitioners of leadership analysis and political psychology might consider consulting their parent institution's public affairs offices before publication of such profiles.
In the absence of overt mental illness (and most leaders profiled do not have mental illness), current methodology emphasizes the description of a leader's psychological traits, rather than DSM-V diagnoses. As Allen Frances has noted, most potential diagnoses of world leaders lack validity, not only because of the absence of a face-to-face evaluation, the problem explicitly addressed in the Goldwater Rule, but also because the leader likely evidences no clinical distress or dysfunction because of his purported symptoms and signs.44 Calling leaders narcissistic becomes a bit like calling bright persons smart.
A larger problem involves estimations of potential leaders' intellectual abilities, emotional intelligence, and IQ, based on inferences, often linked to their use of language and level of education, as well as accomplishments.45 Although potentially useful, such data can have methodologic pitfalls as well. A risk of cultural, implicit, and hindsight biases can easily bedevil the authors of such profiles. This is true, not only of IQ tests and of estimates of leader performance, but also of hypothetical psychological tests applied at a distance. Many such tests were developed and normed for a white, Western, male population, and norms for other cultures may not exist. Cross-cultural and implicit biases can thereby present formidable challenges to leadership analysts. Hence, deep understanding of a given leader's language and culture (including political culture) is critical in preventing cross-cultural or linguistic misunderstanding.
Predicting long-term health prognoses for leaders remains fraught with difficulty. Much of the epidemiologic literature regarding risk factors for cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, neurocognitive impairment, and mental illness is based on Western or U.S.-based norms.47 This becomes no less salient when one recognizes that most of the leaders of today's G-20 are in their 60s or 70s. Assessment of such risks may be mitigated by the fact that leaders tend to have access to state-of-the-art medical care, although Post and Robins have argued that being a national leader often predisposes one to getting less-qualified medical care, because of the psychological dynamics involved and the fact that the leader's physician(s) may have little meaningful influence on a given leader's health habits.48 Medical professionals, especially psychiatrists, are uniquely versed in understanding neuropsychiatric illness and behavior and the psychological overlay of medical/surgical illness. In 2010, President Clinton's personal physician accompanied him to North Korea, where he was included in Clinton's meetings with Kim Jong Il, which allowed for closer observation of the latter's purported residual neurologic and neurocognitive deficits after his stroke in 2008.49,50 Medical leadership analysis also requires understanding of a given leader's protective health factors, including genetics, psychological resilience, health habits, hobbies, and relationship with intimates, family, friends, and colleagues.
Novel quantitative approaches such as intelligence forecasting,51 psycholinguistic analyses,52 operational code analyses,53,54 and quantitative prediction55 may offer ways of predicting leadership behaviors differently from traditional, qualitative medical intelligence approaches, as has been highlighted in the work of Dr. Phil Tetlock56 and his colleagues in the Good Judgment Project, which is an intelligence community-sponsored project using crowdsourcing to forecast world events. Such approaches, combined with novel artificial intelligence (AI) approaches, may offer new insights into leadership behavior.57,58 Overall, this highlights the importance of leadership analysis and political psychology as one piece of intelligence analysis and as one piece of a larger methodological puzzle. It behooves psychiatrists and psychologists who perform leadership analyses to have some exposure, familiarity, and professional experience in intelligence analysis, international relations, and quantitative research methods, as noted above.
Finally, the work of Post (and others using similar methodology) has not been subjected to rigorous scientific outcome measures. Such criticisms are not new and have been noted in published critiques of the CIA's work in this field.59 In addition, senior leaders and policy makers, as well as media personalities and corporate executives, may have greater personal access to a given leader during summits, negotiations, and conferences, offering them raw data unmatched by the data presented in leadership profiles. Psychiatrists and psychologists working in this field should be able to anticipate and manage such methodological concerns.
A more complex concern involves the degree of influence (and how this in turn relates to underlying methodology) of such leadership profiles, which is impossible to measure and to separate from methodology, per se. The gold standard in the U.S. government would be for a profile, or components thereof, to be included in the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB).60 But the PDB is a heavily edited and carefully revised living document, and elements of a given profile may be enhanced, diluted, or even taken out of context. The question of degree of influence may be even more the case when customers (including senior leaders) in the diplomatic, intelligence, and policy communities express a distrust of such analyses, either because they trust their own instincts and political judgments, or because they have an inherent distrust of psychiatric and psychological approaches to understanding political and leadership behavior.
What does the future hold for psychiatrists' roles in leadership analysis and political psychology? I would offer that the Goldwater Rule requires further revision to account for contemporary methodological, legal, and ethics concerns in leadership analysis and political psychology profiling, as noted above. It can serve as a useful set of guidelines and ought to allow for media activity and academic publishing, while encouraging practitioners to understand similar ethics, legal, and methodologic cautions and limitations as seen in the practice of forensic psychiatry. The answer, as in forensic psychiatry, lies in setting high, continuously evolving standards of education, scholarship, and peer review. There is an ongoing need for more education and formal training in the field of leadership analysis and political psychology, and professional psychiatric organizations should support such continuing education activities. Novel quantitative and AI methodologies can be expected to shape the field in many ways, given the rapid and amazing advances in such technologies. Forensic psychiatric researchers can follow in the rich legacy of Drs. Langer and Post and play an important role in leading this discipline through the 21st century.
The author thanks Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Ambassador John Beyrle, Graham Fuller, Dr. Marc Sageman, and Dr. Paul Appelbaum for their thoughtful comments regarding this paper.


Dr. Rachel is a practising doctor and healthcare innovator, with a special interest in wellbeing and mental health. After full recovery from an accident that broke her back and neck, she is focusing on increasing empowerment - in mental and physical health - through technology and education.
She is passionate about encouraging women into areas such as Science, Technology, and Engineering. And about challenging stereotypes, having moved to London from Sydney as a model.
She studied Medicine and Surgery at Oxford University, and is currently completing a Masters in Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health at Kings. She completed Biomedical Engineering (Hons 1) and Science degrees at Berkeley and Sydney University.


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What Are Dhurrie Rugs?
You've been shopping for a new rug for a while and you haven't found one that caught your attention. Sure, you've seen plenty of rugs that are nice looking and would fit the decor of your home, but you're looking for something a little different. You have unique tastes, so you want to find the type of rug that people will comment on when they enter your home. You want a rug that has a history behind it. Does such a rug exist?
We're here to tell you that it definitely does. It's called a dhurrie rug, and it's perfect for anyone with unique taste. But, what exactly is a dhurrie rug? What's it made of? Is there more than one type of dhurrie rug? If you are unfamiliar with dhurrie rugs, you've come to the right place.
Read on to learn everything you need to know about dhurrie rugs.
What is a Dhurrie Rug?
Let's start by addressing the main question on everyone's mind- what exactly are dhurrie rugs? To put it simply, a dhurrie rug is a thick flat woven rug or carpet. While dhurrie is the main spelling, you will also see it spelled dhurri, durrie, or durry. While these rugs can now be found all over the world, they were traditionally used in India, and regions of Burma, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
Typically the rugs are woven using a loom, and the weaving style incorporates techniques that have been used for thousands of centuries. Needless to say, dhurrie rugs have a rich history.
As we said, dhurrie rugs originate from India and the surrounding area. Even though the dhurrie rug has been around for thousands of years, it wasn't until the 20th century that the rug was considered stylish and attractive. Before then, the rug was mainly considered a functional piece. In those days, dhurrie rugs tended to come in dull designs and patterns, and the colors tended to run together. Dhurries were commonly placed on beds as blankets, hung on walls, or used as mats during meditation. Interestingly, dhurrie rugs were used by both commoners and royalty.
It wasn't until the partition of India that the dhurrie rug really started to evolve into what it is today. During this time, certain inhabitants of India began to flock to Panipat where the ancestral craft of weaving really started to flourish. However, a problem soon developed between the local weavers and the big textile mills. The mills were able to manufacture dhurrie rugs in a shorter amount of time and therefore sell them at a cheaper price. With the threat of losing their income, local weavers then began incorporating intricate patterns, colors, and designs that could not be replicated by a machine.
Panipat also happened to be one of the leading producers of wool at the time. Because of this, the material used for weaving dhurrie rugs gradually began to switch from cotton to wool, although today you can find dhurrie rugs made from a variety of materials.
The Weave
What's so unique about the weave of the dhurrie rug? The dhurrie rug is made of a flat, no pile weave. While some may see this as a downside, many enjoy the fact that the rug can be flipped over for a fresh surface. Plus, dhurrie rugs are rather durable due to their tight weave. Because the rugs are not made with a backing, they're much easier to shake out when you want to do a quick cleaning.
Another unique part of the dhurrie rug weave is that it is always weft-faced. This means that the warp, or the lengthwise thread of the rug, is never visible, just at the fringes. Dhurrie rugs are also impenetrable to parasites, making them an excellent option for those looking for a durable and low-maintenance rug.
Just like they did centuries ago, dhurrie rugs still have a wide variety of uses for the modern home. While styles and patterns can vary greatly, sizes remain pretty consistent. At their smallest, dhurrie rugs are 12"x12". Obviously, this is too small to be used as a proper rug, and instead should be used as a table cover. The largest size is 20'x20′.
Depending on the material, dhurrie rugs can be used year-round. Dhurrie rugs are usually made out of cotton or wool. Both of these are excellent year-round materials, although cotton is typically considered the best material for year-round use.
In addition to cotton and wool, some dhurries are made from jute and silk. You will see some rugs are made out of just one of these materials, while others are made of a combination.
If you want a rug that's easy to maintain, is machine washable and can be used year-round, a cotton dhurrie rug is probably your best bet. Cotton rugs have a great feel and warmth to them that some materials don't offer.
Plus, cotton rugs are neither synthetic nor made from animal fur, so they're a great option if you're looking to avoid both of those things. Cotton rugs are also extremely versatile and easy to place.
If you want something a bit more luxurious, silk is an excellent choice. While it may not be the strongest material, it comes with its own unique advantages. In addition to being an excellent decorative piece, silk is also light and smooth. If you want a rug that your feet will love, silk is an excellent choice.
Plus, silk can easily be combined with other materials. This means that its lack of durability will be less of an issue when combined with another material like cotton or wool.
As we mentioned earlier, artisans switched from cotton to wool once India became one of the leading sources of wool. It's no wonder that wool dhurrie rugs are popular because there are many advantages. Wool rugs are extremely resilient. They make great rugs for high traffic areas as even with thousands of footsteps they still have no problem bouncing back to their original shape. Wool rugs are also great for homes that have children and pets, as they have a natural ability to resist staining and soiling. In fact, wool rugs are known to have a 30 percent higher stain resistance than rugs made from other materials.
Because wool is one of the most commonly used materials, it's quite easy to find wool dhurrie rugs in a variety of sizes, shapes and patterns.
While jute dhurrie rugs are the least common, it's still fairly easy to find a dhurrie rug made out of jute. But, why? For one thing, jute dhurrie rugs are an excellent option for anyone trying to be eco-friendly. Jute is biodegradable, renewable, and carbon neutral. Jute is also one of the least expensive natural fiber options.
For anyone looking for a rug that comes in a neutral pattern, a jute dhurrie rug is an excellent option. Most rugs made from jute are brown, beige, tan, or some other neutral color. Jute is also a fairly low-maintenance material. Its natural fibers do an excellent job of repelling dirt and dust, and vacuuming is typically enough to keep a jute rug looking fresh.
Keep in mind, however, that jute rugs should not come in contact with water, as this can cause staining and rotting.
Patterns and Colors
The colors and patterns of dhurrie rugs used to be a bit dull. But, thanks to the competitive nature of local artisans in India, dhurrie rugs now come in a wide variety of colors and patterns.
In terms of patterns, stripes, geometric designs, and Islamic images (like minarets and mosques) are considered to be the most traditional options. This is due largely to the fact that these patterns were easy to weave onto horizontal looms.
However, when Britain's influence began to grow in India in the 19th century, Western patterns, such as floral, chevrons, medallions, and squares became much more commonplace.
Again, thanks to the competitiveness of local artisans at the turn of the 20th century, dhurries tend to be remarkably colorful. In fact, the vivid colors of dhurries are considered to be one of their defining characteristics.
The most traditional dhurrie rugs come in shades of white and indigo, which is considered to be the most precious of all Indian dyes. The creamy white combined with the elegant, deep shades of indigo helps to create a timeless, luxurious combination that's suitable for any space.
Dhurries are created manually by skilled artisans who use either a vertical or a horizontal loom. Of course, there are dhurries that are advertised as authentic from mass manufacturers, but it's important to note that these aren't as authentic, stylish, or durable as the ones that are handmade. Where you buy the dhurrie will determine how it is manufactured. For example, in Rajasthan, pit looms are used to weave the dhurrie rugs together. During the process, the weaver sits in a pit and feet are used to do part of the weaving. Typically, the maximum breadth you will find in dhurrie rugs from Rajasthan is 24"x24".
Another major dhurrie making center of India is in Uttar Pradesh, a village located in the region of Khairabad. Dhurries in this area are referred to as Sitapur dhurries, and they are made on horizontal looms using a flat weave technique. In addition to cotton and jute, Uttar Pradesh also makes dhurries made from rayon and chenille. Chenille is a yarn that is made from a combination of cotton, wool, silk, rayon, olefin, and acrylics. People describe its texture as similar to that of a caterpillar's. Dhurrie rugs from Uttar Pradesh are sourced all over the world.
Other regions that manufacture dhurries include Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh. These regions make distinctive types of dhurries, and in some states, dhurries are included in a dowry that is given at the time of a daughter's marriage.
Types of Dhurrie Rugs
In addition to distinguishing dhurries by color, pattern, material, and region, there are also general types of dhurries. Let's take a closer look at the four main types.
The Panja Dhurrie
This dhurrie is made specifically by women living in and around villages of Panipat. Many believe that these dhurries were specifically made to be included as a part of a dowry for daughters. Panja dhurries are created on small to medium frames. They get their name because they are made with the help of a panja. A panja is a heavy metal fork that has many prongs. Panja is a word that comes from the local dialect, and the tool is used to make dhurrie rugs as well as other light woven rugs.
To make a panja dhurrie rug, an artisan will choose a specific number of threads on the warp and interlace them with color strands to form a weft (crosswise threads over and under which other threads are used to make a cloth). Panja dhurrie rugs are made from cotton or wool, or a combination of the two materials.
The Handloom Dhurrie
You will find that the handloom dhurrie tends to come in thicker and bolder designs. And, unlike the Panja dhurrie, which is made by using a weaving frame, the handloom dhurrie is woven on a very large loom.
An artisan makes a handloom dhurrie by coiling the threads of the weft onto a shuttle. Then, they slide the crosswise through the warp. Typically, handloom dhurrie rugs are made from cotton or wool. However, jute is also sometimes incorporated.
The Chindi Dhurrie
The Chindi dhurrie is a relatively new kind. While we're not sure on its exacts origins, many believe that it's the invention of a very resourceful homemaker.
Chindi dhurries are also referred to as rag rugs because they're made from scraps of recycled fabric woven into the warp of a cotton thread. Chindi dhurrie rugs tend to be produced in large quantities and come in a wide variety of colors.
Designer Dhurries
These rugs are typically used as highly decorative floor coverings. They come in a wide variety of materials, including cotton, wool, and silk. Even though they are decorative and lavish, designer dhurrie rugs are also extremely affordable.
They also tend to be a more reasonable option than installing carpet, as they are inexpensive, lightweight, and versatile. Plus, let's not forget that dhurrie rugs are reversible, which means you're technically getting two rugs for the price of one.
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At the same time, a certification from Business Permits and Licensing Office of Marikina City dated November 25, 2014 revealed that the city has no record at all of 10 EN1 Trading.
James' entry was appropriately titled, No 1, Eco Avenew, Environment, GRE EN1 and beat off competition from children as old as 17.
It's made by PBI Home and Garden Ltd, Unit 1, Martinbridge Trading Estate, Lincoln Road, Enfield, EN1 1SP.


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Everquest should be subtitled Strategies against Ennui. The real innovation of the game isn't that it's massively-multiplayer – MUDS have been massively multiplayer for some time, and like a palimpset, MUD logic and technology underlies Everquest. It's not in the social aspects of the game – in fact, conviviality was one of the casualties in the diaspora from text to graphic interface, as hands moved from the keyboard to the mouse, from descriptions to hotkeys. What is remarkable is the use of two institutions to prevent complete anomie and boredom from driving everyone away: the quest, and the hard-won discovery of other zones.
Quests motivate each player to right-click on each possible non-player, hoping to be recruited for some template purpose. Nominally, the reward of the quest is the power-up – a "material" pay-back which enhances the ability of the player character to – do what? embark on more quests. The enhancement of the character is the nominal pretext for most every action, but that enhancement rings hollow and unsatisfying without a structured context in which to appreciate it. Thus, quests. It gives people something to do. Without these local structure micro-games, the environment itself would become charmless and tedious quite quickly.
Do Sim-Orcs Dream of Electric Sheep?
The kingdom of the simulacrum.


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Winter is a time that has much appeal, it is also a time that brings much hardship. It is a time that sparks our memory and plays with our senses. When we feel it we remember. The bite of a cold morning wake up, the mysterious hanging mist, the richness and warmth that is brought by the sunrise and then the setting of the sun, a ball of fire that warms the earth then disappears below the skyline and with it brings the darkest, coldest night. Winter is a time where animals spend much of their time in search of vital resources like water and food. There is no rainfall and the grass is brittle and dry.
Winter for me is a time of colour and light. The caramel grass and burnt orange teak leaves, the shades of rust, copper, gold and brass, the rich golden morning light and the pale blue skies. A withdrawn sunset that fills the sky with a palette of colours only the naked eye can behold and cherish. Once you have managed to deal with the icy cold mornings and open your mind to what can be achieved, winter is the most amazing space.


First, I apologize for necro'ing a 6 year old thread.
I ran across mention of two additives to an Alker type mix that would extend the working time before it set up.
Working time before it sets up is around 2 hours 15 minutes.
Should produce a brick that has about 620 psi on a crush test, or about double adobe.
I'm fairly new to permiculture so the observation I'm about to make may be off base, but I'd be a bit concerned about where you have the swales in relation to your home....specifically your partial basement. IIRC, swales will stop/slow surface runoff and let it soak deeply into the ground. Excellent for plant life, but not so wonderful if that water ends up penetrating your basement or crawlspace.
Hopefully someone with more knowledge then I will chime in about this. My concern is that if the swale does end up causing flooding/moisture problems under your home it may not occur until long after you've planted them and if the swales need to be moved you'll have lost the time and effort.