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East Bay teens on pandemics, protests, and the people in their lives
We asked eight teenagers in Oakland and Berkeley about their relationships, and how they've had to change.
by Ashley McBride and Natalie Orenstein July 1, 2020 July 1, 2020
Brothers Jasai and Noah Martinez. June 29, 2020. Credit: Pete Rosos
For teenagers, the coronavirus didn't just force the closure of school campuses and the cancelation of proms. The shutdown upended social lives and support systems. For some, the pandemic severed connections to dear classmates, family members, and teachers who played important parental roles. For others, the change of pace has brought new and unexpected opportunities for connection and discovery.
The Oaklandside asked teens in Oakland and Berkeley to share how their relationships and familial roles have changed during a few extraordinary months shaped by the global pandemic and national calls for racial justice. For these young people, sheltering in place and civil unrest have created both familial tension and opportunities to shine as leaders. But don't let us tell you about it. Here are eight thoughtful teenagers from your neighborhoods, in their own words.
Brianna Williams, 16, Oakland High School
Brianna Williams with her mother and father outside their home in Oakland. June 24, 2020. Credit: Pete Rosos
In March, they told us someone at our school had coronavirus. My sister came and got me and we left right away. The next day, they were saying it was fine, that they had cleaned the school and it should be safe for kids to come back. We were there for a couple days, then they told us we'd be gone for two weeks and we'd come back the next month. We never came back. Days and weeks started to pass and we realized we wouldn't go back at all. That's when I realized, "Okay, this is serious." They wouldn't have kept us out of school for that long if it wasn't.
My dad is older, so it's been hard to work stuff out all the time. There's a lot of problems that come with that. Usually I'm at school and my mom's at work, but now we're home 24/7. Now that we're here all the time, it seems like there's a lot more problems. When we get into an argument or a disagreement, he's upset, I'm upset, but I'm learning to be more patient with everything.
Since I'm an African-American female, I think it's important for me, any time I see an act of injustice, something that needs to be put out there about being Black in the Bay Area, I think it's important. What happened with George Floyd, it's been happening. We see it all the time, but people never wanted to realize it until it was right in front of your face, and everybody saw it on the video. People started to realize, this is really real, it's happening to these people. That's a big part of it, why it's such a big deal now. The protests, the riots, everything. It was just the last straw for people.
Carson Lamb, 18, Berkeley High School, Class of 2020
Class of 2020 Berkeley High School graduate Carson Lamb. June 30, 2020. Credit: Pete Rosos
When the pandemic started, I think I was a lot more cautious from the jump than other people. I was like, yeah, I'm staying inside. It settled in after a couple weeks. But still, no one really wants to think it'll last forever. I'll see people at protests and they'll be like, "Let's hang out when this is all over." It'll be a minute before I'll feel comfortable hanging out. In a weird way it's kind of faith-y; you have to believe there's a larger goal. There's so much more to be gained, ultimately, from everyone being safe than a couple occasions of danger.
"If there's something going on in the world we need to talk about, then we show out."
Carson Lamb
With all the protests going on, I was first like, "I'm not going outside." But partially just being from the Bay Area—and both my parents are activists—if there's something going on in the world we need to talk about, then we show out. It's so unsafe for some people to just exist in the world, mask or not, so for me, someone who it is safe to go out, I need to show out.
I went to the protest led by Berkeley High students. One of the people who organized it, Shayla, is in my dance company, Destiny Arts. We danced there. Being inside a drum circle, I'd kind of forgotten what it felt like to really dance. The feeling of dancing in community, it's something that's so tactile-based. Dancing on your own—I know a lot of people enjoy that. But also once you get comfortable "dancing like nobody's watching" when there are people watching, it's hard to go back! There is a lot of beauty in self-expression, that's why there are solo dances—it's self-care in a way—but even then it feels good to share that in a space where you have support. We still have Zoom rehearsals, and we're making a film. We believe so much in the work and the story. We're working in community with families who've lost children, some to gun violence. We were already working on this before the protests. If you're in any Black community, you recognize this isn't a new thing. This is part of the history of why, in the Bay Area, this is what it is.
Dainery Escalera, 16, Oakland High School
Oakland High School student, Dainery Escalera, 16. Credit: Dainery Escalera
I was in the kitchen with my mom. The school either called or emailed her and said school was supposedly going to go back on May 4. My mom and I were talking, and I was like, "I don't think we're going to go back. Why would we go back if there's only two or three weeks of school left?" That's when it really hit me, that this pandemic is really horrible and it's going to impact my life.
My sister and I have gotten way closer. She's 6. Usually, when I would get home from school I'd shut myself in my room and study or do my own thing. I wouldn't know what she would do after school. Now I'm here with her all day, and I know she likes to color, she likes music, and she likes watching Peppa Pig. We used to be really distant because we're 10 years apart.
Dainery Escalera with her little sister. Oakland, CA. Credit: Escalera family
I used to be more active with my parents—we used to go everywhere together and I would help out with groceries. My parents are really paranoid about the pandemic and worried about our safety. Now my responsibility is basically taking care of my sister until they're back with groceries.
My parents are really old-school minded. They really do not like the protests. They watch Hispanic news stations, which are usually focusing on the violence, looting, and rioting instead of actual peaceful protesting. I've been trying to tell them that most of the people looting are freeloaders who are using the protest as an excuse to do that, but they're still pretty mad about it. Plus, they see the protest as this violent thing, which honestly is true, but not on the protesters' part. The protesters are peaceful, but police can start throwing tear gas and everything.
The protests and everything are very important for me and my friends. I haven't had the chance to go to a protest because I have someone high-risk at home but I do my part and try as best I can to post on social media about protests and resources. I do feel it's my place to speak up and share information about police brutality. As a fellow person of color, it's really important because not only can it happen to others, but it can happen to me.
Muwazu Chisum-Misquitta, 17, Berkeley High School, Class of 2020
Class of 2020 Berkeley High School graduate Muwazu Chisum-Misquitta. June 29, 2020. Credit: Pete Rosos
I like to think realistically and try not to argue with things. I've had a pretty unorthodox way of growing up, and I've had to move a lot since I was 9, so the shutdown wasn't as hard as I definitely see it is for my peers. I've been going with the flow and playing it by ear because that's what the disease is. We can't set a definitive timeline. Convincing myself of that, and not having resistance, has helped me. But yesterday I was in the car with my dad and was like, wow, the world we know is gone.
My art teacher, Miriam Klein Stahl, she's been the hugest, most craziest support I've ever had in my life. She's more of a god-aunt type figure. I knew her before Berkeley High. She's been checking in, a few texts here and there, and sending me her art. It's really nice to see other art being created and to know that people are thinking of me. I borrowed her skateboard—it has her art on it—and she ended up giving it to me. She called me and was like, "You got a scholarship and you can have the board!" It was so kind. It's the High Hopes Scholarship. I'll be attending Mills College for child development. Miriam Stahl once took me and her daughter to Bay Area Skate Like a Girl, and I started roller skating with quads, and I got really into that and got my own pair. A friend recently told me she got skates because of me, since it seems like I really enjoy it. When I heard that I felt like I was going to cry.
"I was in the car with my dad and was like, wow, the world we know is gone.'"
Muwazu Chisum-Misquitta
I've been to a few protests. One at the lake was very powerful—there was a ceremonial dance. I think of my role as "songbird." I've been learning ukelele and bringing it to the summer camp where I work. It's brought a lot of smiles. I sang for my Black Graduation. It's a song from Steven Universe called "Here Comes a Thought." It's about darkness, and how you can dwell on it if you don't let it go. At the end there's resolution.
Evan Kleinhans, 16, St. Mary's College High School
Evan Kleinhans at Cordornices Park in Berkeley. June 24, 2020. Credit: Pete Rosos
I'm lucky enough to have six grandparents in my life. My grandpa is an older person and he's living at Rossmoor, in Walnut Creek. We can't really get near him, and we used to see him every weekend. It's really hard for us to see him all alone and not be able to do anything except stand 6 feet apart.
It's not even like he's just a grandpa to us, he's a real friend. Me and my sister, we'll go hang out with him on a Friday or Saturday night instead of our friends. A big thing for him is in the spring he gets to come to my baseball games and he really enjoys that. I was starting to learn how to fly a plane with him.
Evan Kleinhans, left, as a young child with his grandfather, right. Credit: Evan Kleinhans
It's cool to listen to his stories and learn from his mistakes and what he has to say. He was kind of an outlaw teenager. He's kind of a hippie but not a hippie. He has that mindset from the sixties still—he didn't need to go to the best school. Personally, that is what I want to do, like I want to play in college, I want to go to an Ivy. He's giving me that, "Look, that's good, but you also need to live your life. Go get in trouble on the weekend, go get those experiences, get a balance."
For me and my friends it's easy to stay in touch because of social media, and we all have our phones on us 24/7 anyway. But it's hard to think about with my dad's parents, they're older now, so I might not get to hug them again or be with them in that way again. Every Saturday we do a Zoom call with our whole family. It's brought us closer. At the beginning of the pandemic, we sat down as a family and said, "I don't care what you do normally, but we're all going to carry our load here and if someone asks you to do something, just do it for them."
Sandy Mach, 16, Oakland High School
Sandy Mach Credit: Sandy Mach
I watch documentaries for fun and when I first heard about coronavirus, I knew it was pretty serious. Around April, I started hearing about the violence towards the Asian American community and that's when I started realizing it would really start to impact people, especially people of color. I was scrolling through Instagram when I saw the explosion of posts about racism and violence. That's when I started to immerse myself into it and learn more about the violence against people of color in general instead of just Asian Americans specifically.
Sandy Mach, 17, and her mother, Phuong Trieu, at the beach in Half Moon Bay on Christmas in 2018. Credit: Sandy Mach
One major impact has been with me and my mom. We had a disagreement about the Black Lives Matter movement. We grew up in a house where it was normalized to dehumanize brown and Black people. I always knew that was wrong but when she admittedly said she didn't support it, that's when I started to realize the impact that my family's words have and how I would have to be the one to change their views in this house.
Recently, I've been putting on videos explaining, because I knew if I tried to explain, it'd just be a sympathetic type of connection, which I personally didn't want. I didn't want her to change her views because of me, but because she thought it was right. So recently I've been putting on these political videos supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and evidence to help change her mind.
I've been signing petitions in my free time and trying to see if I can donate to organizations and stuff like that. I think being in Oakland, since Oakland is so diverse and me being young and not really sure what to do right now, re-educating myself and my family and others is the best way for me to stay safe and also participate in the movement.
Jasai Martinez, 16, Leadership Public Schools Oakland
Jasai Martinez, 16, outside his home in Oakland. June 29, 2020. Credit: Pete Rosos
During the last week of school, they had given us computers and said we'd be working from home for two weeks. Once it got past those two weeks, and continued to go on longer, I was like, wow. It was shocking and unbelievable, like something none of us had experienced.
"We're learning to be respectful because who knows how long this will last?"
Jasai Martinez
Since we've been inside more and more, my brother and I have been very close and sometimes it's causing problems. We're pretty opposite: he's more into sports and is outgoing, and I'm more independent. Of course brothers fight and argue, that's just how it goes. We live in the same room. Sometimes he'll be playing games with his friends and it gets late and loud, and I just want to go to sleep. During school it was really complicated because we'd both have Zoom meetings constantly. My mom would be working in the living room too, and it would get really chaotic.
It has gotten better over time. We're making agreements. We got Disney+ to watch a movie together and just relax, and it was peaceful for once. We're learning to be respectful because who knows how long this will last?
Noah Martinez, 17, Leadership Public Schools Oakland
Noah Martinez, 17, outside his home in Oakland. June 29, 2020. Credit: Pete Rosos
At first I didn't really care much about the virus. I thought it was going to be something quick, like the flu. Then there was a case in California and it started going down in Alameda County. That's when it really hit me.
I have this one friend, Victor, we went to middle school together. We were mostly in the same classes and we played soccer together. We used to go to the movies a lot, the fair, the arcade, the mall. He's a caring person. He's funny, and he's supportive if a friend is going through a hard time. When we each have our own problems and issues we go to each other and talk it out to get it off our mind.
Victor is still working, so since we're apart from each other it's been hard to connect. We barely talk, except in the nights and late afternoons we sometimes Facetime. We kind of ignore everything that's going on and talk about other regular things to get our minds off it. I miss being outside though, it feels kind of like being homesick. Hopefully, soon, me and my friends can get connected again.
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Stream: Gorgon City's "Here For You"
U.K. production duo Gorgon City bring us their latest track with fellow Brit Laura Welsh for the enchanting track "Here For You". With Welsh's soulful vocals and GC's lush production, we might just have one of the first House anthems of Summer 2014. Be on the look out for their debut album coming this Fall, as well.
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This commemorative mug to celebrate the Royal wedding went on sale today with one glaring mistake – it features a picture of Prince Harry instead of Prince William.
The cup features a picture of Kate Middleton alongside her future brother-in-law above the words 'Will and Kate'.
Their website states: "Guandong enterprises has the greatest pleasure to present to you this beautiful cup to commemorate the wedding of HRH Prince William and his stunning lady bride to be, Miss Kate Middleton.
The website states that Guandong Enterprises is registered in England but is not clear whether the product is a spoof.


John Isner defeated fellow American Ryan Harrison at the Atlanta Open on Sunday for his fourth win at the tournament.
Second seed Isner saved set point in both sets to claim a 7-6(6), 7-6(7) win over fourth seed Ryan Harrison in one hour and 47 minutes to add the 2017 title to his earlier ones in 2013-2015.
He has now reached the final in seven of the eight years the tournament has been played.
The win saw the big-serving American claim his 12th ATP World Tour title and climb to No. 18 in the ATP Rankings to be released on Monday.
The first set went with serve, before Isner found himself under pressure in game 12, but a big serve rescued him and took it into the tiebreak, which he won 8-6 with a forehand return winner.
Harrison finally managed to break Isner early in the second for a 2-0 lead, only for his opponent to immediately break back.
Harrison then saved a championship point in game 12 before earning a set point two games later.
As in the first set, he responded with a big ace to deny his opponent.
Isner then sealed the match and the title in the second tiebreak with a forehand winner up the line.


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Joined NDPP to strengthen PDA: Kaito
Dimapur, June 25: Former JDU Minister, Kaito Aye today said his decision to join the NDPP was not out of any political compulsion but to strengthen the PDA Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and work together for Naga unity.
"My decision to join the NDPP is selfless and not out of any political compulsion. Hence there is no cause for panic or disgruntlement. I reassure the Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) partners that this decision is but to strengthen the incumbent Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and work together for Naga unity," he said in a statement issued today.
The NDPP had claimed that Kaito joining the party was a merger of the JDU Nagaland Unit with the NDPP, and had welcomed the "official merger." But Kaito dispelled the NDPP's merger claim by stating that he joined the NDPP with some former candidates of Janata Dal (United) and a section of State JD (U) executive members.
"Keeping in mind the interest of my people, their sustenance and overall development, and further in the interest of the people of Nagaland, vis-à-vis the Naga peace process, I have taken the step to join the NDPP," he said.
"I owe responsibility to the people of Nagaland in ensuring a stable and progressive Government – a Government which can ensure peace and prosperity that comes with stability."
Kaito also stated that through his previous experiences as Home Minister and Political Affairs Minister with regard to the Naga political issue, he had come to realize that there is no other option but for Nagas to come together and make a unified stand on the issues we are faced with. He assured the people of Nagaland that he will work tirelessly for Naga unity and peace taking all stakeholders on board with a more holistic approach, and hoped to play a more valuable role "with my long years of experience as an elected representative of the people."
Kaito also appealed that "any unintended statement in previous press communiqués may be overlooked, and should not be considered otherwise." (Page News Service)
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Building relationships online and offline boils down to being authentic and generous with your network. This week in the Roundup, there's advice for brand management and a road test of the latest collaboration tools for your business.
The leadership track – Managing your personal brand and requesting regular feedback are two of the five items recommended to maintain your edge in the workplace. Read the article here: http://bit.ly/WzN0PL.
The business of you – The National Association of Women Business Owners encouraged members and participants of their Annual Women's Business Conference to be authentic and use who they are to their brand advantage. Read the SmartBrief blog here: http://bit.ly/PCcYBW.
Build with kindness – This author summarizes how the Dalai Lama's lesson on kindness applies to better business practices. Read the CBS MoneyWatch article here: http://cbsn.ws/TclWqA.
Social media relationships – Trying to figure out what to do with your likes and follows that will be meaningful to your brand? Read the SmartBrief article on building relationships with social media here: http://bit.ly/XoNZ51.
Social collaboration – Looking for an internal social chat tool to foster internal collaboration. This PC World blogger road tests three platforms to consider. Read the blog here: http://bit.ly/S3O8JC.


Sharp's most anticipated smartphone of the year, the Sharp Aquos S3 has been launched with the trending notch display. The company is known for making smartphones with different bezel-less screen.
But it seems they've decided to go with the current trend on the iPhone X-like notch. Apart from the notch, the Aquos S3 boasts of 4GB of RAM, 64GB storage and dual rear camera. Let's see what the device have in store for us today.
Sharp isn't ready to let go of their bulky design pattern just yet. Nonetheless, the Metal overall body is beautiful and stunning as usual. Going with the current trend of dual rear vertical shooters at the top left corner.
Under the shooters lies the dual-LED flash for night shots, while the fingerprint scanner is in its usual position. The device may be a bit bulky, measuring 7.9mm in thickness and weighing just 165g. The S3 was launched in only Gold and Black colours.
Comes with a bezel-less screen with the trending top-notch. The top-notch is quite refreshing to see on the Sharp Aquos S3 after the company has literally tried all kinds of style. Furthermore, the top bezel houses the usual features while the bottom bezel has another Sharp logo on it.
The 6-inch FHD+ IGZO capacitive touchscreen is quite unique and beautiful. Everything on the screen should be quite detailed and sharp with 2160 x 1080 pixels in resolution and 402 pixels per inch density. Impressively, the screen stretches up to 84.70% screen to body ratio.
Working underneath is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 chip alongside 8-cores processor and 64-bit CPU architecture. The processor reaches a speed of 2.2GHz and has an impressive 14nm process technology. Administrating graphics is the Qualcomm Adreno 508 graphics processor.
4GB of RAM space is available for all your heavy multitasking with a memory speed of 1.333GHz. While 64GB storage space is available to accommodate all files and apps. You can also upgrade up to 256GB as well, using a memory card. The smartphone runs on Android 8.0 Oreo with Smile UX 5.0 skin.
The dual 12MP + 13MP shooters at the rear have an f/1.8 aperture lens with 1.4 um Pixel Size and 6P lens. The cameras come with a dual-LED flash that helps to illuminate your photos in a dark environment. There is a 16MP selfie shooter with an f/2.0 aperture and face recognition technology as well.
The Sharp Aquos S3 is powered by a non-removable Li-Po 3200mAh battery with fast charging technology.
Sharp Aquos S3 will be available from April for $449 to $499, that's about (N150,000 – N180,000).


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The competition is brutal, partly because online listings generate most of the leads. Almost every property buyer today begins their search online. So, it can be really hard to stand out from the pack.
That's why differentiating property listings through high-quality photography and video pays huge dividends.
Today, the latest marketing weapon in real estate is the use of dramatic camera drone photography & video tours in online listings.
One day soon, drone video or photography in real estate listings may be a minimum requirement in many markets.
That's because from the top-down, the real estate industry is embracing drone/UAV photography as an important and valuable emerging technology.
Drone technology offers a tremendous opportunity for the business of real estate and the broader economy. That's why NAR continues to support the integration of drones into the National Airspace and a regulatory landscape that allows for the responsible and legal commercial use of drones.
Some agents claim that drones are the most important new technology to enter real estate marketing since the internet and it's easy to see why.
Camera drones and their ground-based cousins, Glidecams, are also being used to tour the inside of a home, creating flowing, whole-house motion tours in ultra HD that highlight more property features….landscaping, pools, walking paths and back yards are important to many buyers. So are nearby parks and schools. Aerial photos & video bring these advantages to life.
Using drone videos and photos to market your properties shows prospective sellers that you take advantage of every opportunity to make their property look awesome – and to stand out, however, realistically, getting high-quality drone shots will cost more than a land-based photographer, and shooting aerial footage takes more time than ground-based photo or video shoots.
The visual advantages of camera drones have most impacted the way that expensive luxury homes are presented on the MLS and on agent's websites. Buyers of multi-million dollar homes often shop online first, so they expect high-quality photography and video in the online listing or they won't bite.
It's hard to argue that in the luxury property market, drone photography has upped the real estate marketing game in a big way. Whether it's to highlight a gorgeous garden, or a really cool swimming pool, aerial drone photography captures the beauty and the utility of a home far better than ground-based photography or video ever could.
A person who operates a drone for any type of commercial purpose – which includes video and photos for a real estate listing, whether they are paid for it or not, must be properly certificated by the FAA. A person who doesn't have a current FAA certification in-hand is breaking the law when they take aerial photos and YOU could be held liable by the FAA!
Finally, don't forget that there is a lot of work after the actual drone shoot to complete your presentation for property buyers to view on your website or to use on MLS so make sure your drone operator has that post-production equipment and skills….ALWAYS ask to see samples of their work.


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Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 4, November 1718 - December 1722
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Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 4, November 1718 - December 1722. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1925.
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Journal of the proceedings of Her Majesty's Commissioners for promoting the trade of this Kingdom, and for inspecting and improving her plantations in America and elsewhere, from the twentieth of November, 1719, to the twenty-second December, 1720.
Journal, November 1719
November 20. Present:—Earl of Westmorland, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. Pelham.
Trade.
Letter to Mr. Wich.
Their Lordships, taking again into consideration Mr. Wicke's letter of the 30th of October, N.S., mentioned in yesterday's Minutes, and an answer thereto being directed to be drawn, the same was agreed and signed.
Letter from Mr. Tigh.
Woollen manufacture, Denmark. Sound duties.
Two letters from Mr. Tigh, Consul at Elsinore, the one dated the 4th of November, in answer to that writ him the 1st of October, 1719, relating to the woollen manufacture in Denmark, the other of the 18th of November, with an account of the amount of the Sound customs from the year 1706 to 1718 inclusive, were read, and directions given to the Secretary to acknowledge the receipt of the said letters and thank Mr. Tigh for the accounts he has sent.
Antigua.
Memorial, Brown and Elliot.
Act.
New Church Caveat.
A Memorial from Anthony Brown and John Elliot relating to an Act passed at Antigua for raising money to build a new Church in the Parish of St. Philips in the said Island, was read, whereupon ordered that the persons, who have entered a Caveat against the said Act, be desired to bring as soon as may be in writing what they have to offer on that subject.
Mr. West's report.
William Clarke, Philadelphia, Zachariah Richardson.
Mr. West's report upon an Act passed in Pennsylvania in 1718, for vesting the house and lot of ground in Philadelphia, formerly the estate of William Clarke, deceased, in trustees, to be sold for payment of his debts, was read; whereupon ordered that Zachariah Richardson, whose memorial relating to the said Act is mentioned in the Minutes of the 7th of the last month, have notices to bring in writing, on Thursday morning next, what reasons he has to offer against it.
Letter from Mr. Delafaye.
Memorial.
Mr. Cross.
Treaty with Spain.
A letter from Mr. Delafaye of the 28th of September last transmitting to this Board a memorial received from Mr. Cross, His Majesty's Consul at Tenerif, relating to several matters which concern the Trade of His Majesty's subjects with Spain, was read; and their Lordships gave orders for preparing an abstract of the said memorial, and agreed to consider thereof when another Treaty shall be negotiated between Great Britain and Spain.
November 24. Present:—Earl of Westmorland, Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Charles Cooke, Mr. Docminique, Mr. Pelham.
Letter from Mr. Oxenford.
Silk imported, re-exported.
Letter to Mr. Martyn.
Raw silk, Italy.
Wrought silk, East Indies.
Letter from Mr. Woolley.
A letter from Mr. Oxenford of the Inspector General's Office, dated yesterday, together with an account of the quantity of Raw, Wrought and Thrown Silk imported and re-exported for the year 1718, were read, whereupon ordered that a letter be writ to Mr. Martyn, Inspector General of the exports and imports, to know of him how much of the 5,500,862cwt. of raw silk was imported from Italy, and whether any and how much of the 53,423 7/16 pounds of wrought silk was imported from the East Indies.
Weavers' petition, Calicoes.
A letter from Mr. Woolley, Secretary to the East India Company, dated the 20th inst., together with the answer of the said company to the letters writ to the said Woolley upon the Weavers' petition relating to calicoes &c., were read.
New England.
Mr. Usher.
Treasurer.
Earl of Clarendon
General Nicholson.
Mr. Usher attending, according to appointment, and being asked whether he had anything further to the Board on the subject of his petition, relating to his accounts, as Treasurer of several Colonies in New England, referred to their Lordships, and mentioned in the Minutes of the 19th inst.; he said the Earl of Clarendon and General Nicholson were acquainted with the state of his case, and he promised to speak to them in order to their certifying to the Board what they know of that matter, and in the meantime he presented several papers relating thereto, which their Lordships agreed to consider at the first opportunity.
Mr. Mauvillian and others.
Representation.
Weavers' petition.
Mr. Mauvillian and several other printers of calicoes and linnen attending, presented to the Board their representation in answer to the Weavers' petition, which representation their Lordships agreed to consider to-morrow morning.
Montserrat.
Mr. Piers.
Title to a Plantation.
Proofs of his right should be made there.
Mr. Lewis Piers attending according to appointment, in relation to his petition, praying for letters patents to confirm his title to a plantation in Montserrat, as mentioned in the Minutes of the 19th instant, and their Lordships inquiring of him what proofs he had of his possession and right to the said plantation, as set forth in the petition, he said he could produce affidavits of several persons now in Ireland that were acquainted therewith; but it being signified to the Petitioner that due proofs of his right to the said plantation should be made upon the Island, before it would be advisable that a patent should be granted as he desires, either in the Leeward Islands or this Kingdom; and the Board having some further discourse with the said Mr. Piers thereupon, he promised to consider again of this affair and to acquaint their Lordships with his intentions herein.
Calicoe printers' Representation.
The representation of several printers of calicoes and linnen, presented yesterday in answer to the Weavers' petition, was read, and directions thereupon given for preparing the draft of a representation to His Majesty on the subject of the said petition and other papers, as well for as against the weaving of printed calicoes and linnen.
November 26. Present:—Mr. Chetwynd, Sir Charles Cooke, Mr. Docminique, Mr. Pelham.
Zachariah Richardson.
Objections to Act.
William Clarke.
Settlement.
Letters and Papers.
Zachariah Richardson attending, according to appointment, he presented to their Lordships objections in behalf of himself and wife against the Act of Pennsylvania, mentioned in the Minutes of the 20th instant, for vesting the house and lot of ground in Philadelphia, formerly the estate of William Clarke, deceased, in trustees, to be sold for payment of his debts &c., together with the copy of a Deed of Settlement of William Clarke, and likewise communicated some letters and other papers relating to the said Act; whereupon the said Richardson being withdrawn, ordered that he be desired to produce, as soon as may be, a copy of the said Deed attested by the proper officer, and that in the meantime the draught of a representation be prepared upon the said Act.
Nevis.
St. Christophers.
Letter from Mr. Stanhope.
Agent's petition.
Sufferers, French invasion.
Interest on Debentures.
List of those delivered.
Answer to Mr. Stanhope.
A letter from Mr. Charles Stanhope, one of the Secretaries of the Lords of the Treasury, inclosing a petition from one of the Agents for the sufferers by the French invasion of Nevis and St. Christophers in the year 1706, relating to the interest due upon several Debentures belonging to the said sufferers, and signifying the desire of the Lords of the Treasury to have a list from this Board of those Debentures issued since the last list transmitted to them, was read, whereupon directions were given for preparing such list accordingly, and an answer to Mr. Stanhope's said letter.
Letter to Mr. Stanhope.
The draught of a letter ordered at the last meeting to be prepared, in answer to that from Mr. Charles Stanhope, by order of the Lords of the Treasury, upon the petition of some of the Agents for the sufferers of Nevis and St. Christophers, by the French invasion in 1706, relating to the interest due upon several debentures belonging to the said sufferers, was agreed and ordered to be sent.


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The A-Group culture was an ancient culture that flourished between the First and Second Cataracts of the Nile in Nubia. It lasted from  3800 BC to  3100 BC.

Overview

In 1907, the Egyptologist George A. Reisner first discovered artifacts belonging to the A-Group culture. Early hubs of this civilization included Kubaniyya in the north and Buhen in the south, with Aswan, Sayala, Toshka and Qustul in between.

The A-Group population have been described as ethnically "very similar" to the pre-dynastic Egyptians in physical characteristics. The A-Group makers maintained commercial ties with the Ancient Egyptians. They traded commodities like incense, ebony and ivory, which were gathered from the southern riverine area. They also bartered carnelian from the Western Desert as well as gold mined from the Eastern Desert in exchange for Egyptian products, olive oil and other items from the Mediterranean basin.

Excavation findings

The A-Group makers left behind a number of cemeteries, with each necropolis containing around fifty graves. Most of what is known about this culture has been gleaned from these tombs, over 3,000 of which have been excavated. The burials are of two kinds: a more common oval pit, and a similar pit featuring a lateral funerary niche. Skeletons found within these graves were observed to be physically akin to their peers in Upper Egypt. The specimens typically had straight hair of a black or dark brown hue. On average, the men were 169.9 cm in height and the women stood around 155.5 cm. Some individuals were wrapped in leather and positioned on reed mats. All of the tombs contained various burial items, including personal ornaments, utensils and ceramics.

Dental trait analysis of A-Group fossils found affinities with populations inhabiting Northeast Africa the Nile valley, and East Africa. Among the sampled populations, the A-Group people were nearest to the Kerma culture bearers and Kush populations in Upper Nubia and to Ethiopians, followed by the Meroitic, X-Group and Christian period inhabitants of Lower Nubia and the Kellis population in the Dakhla Oasis, as well as C-Group and Pharaonic era skeletons excavated in Lower Nubia and ancient Egyptians (Naqada, Badari, Hierakonpolis, Abydos and Kharga in Upper Egypt; Hawara in Lower Egypt).

In 2007, Strouhal et al described the physical features of ancient A-Group Nubians as "Caucasoid" which were "not distinguishable from the contemporary Predynastic Upper Egyptians of the Badarian and Nagadian cultures" based in reference to previous anthropological studies from 1975 and 1985.

In 2020, Kanya Godde analysed a series of crania which included two Egyptian (predynastic Badarian and Naqada series), a series of A-Group Nubians, and a Bronze Age series from Lachish, Palestine. The two pre-dynastic series had strongest affinities, followed by closeness between the Naqada and the Nubian series. Further, the Nubian A-Group plotted nearer to the Egyptians and the Lachish sample placed more closely to Naqada than Badari. According to Godde the spatial-temporal model applied to the pattern of biological distances explains the more distant relationship of Badari to Lachish than Naqada to Lachish as gene flow will cause populations to become more similar over time. Overall, both Egyptian samples were more similar to the Nubian series than to the Lachish series.

Excavations at an A-Group cemetery in Qustul yielded an old incense burner, which was adorned with Ancient Egyptian royal iconography. However, further research established the antecedence of the predynastic Egyptian regalia:
More recent and broader studies have determined that the distinct pottery styles, differing burial practices, different grave goods and the distribution of sites all indicate that the Naqada people and the Nubian A-Group people were from different cultures. Kathryn Bard further states that "Naqada cultural burials contain very few Nubian craft goods, which suggests that while Egyptian goods were exported to Nubia and were buried in A-Group graves, A-Group goods were of little interest further north." Nubian excavations in Serra East found that the bodies buried in the A-Group cemeteries would lay on either side with their head facing south or east. Similar to that of a curled-up position, their hands could be found near the face and their legs folded-in upwards. Leather wrappings were also found in the burials as a means of clothing and bags. However, this leather wrapping was not typically found in more lavish cemeteries, such as  L at Qustul. As for distinct pottery styles, decorative vessels were more likely to be found in larger tombs at Qustul, whereas simpler burial arrangements contained ripple-burnished or simple vessels. However, the archaeological cemeteries at Qustul are no longer available for excavations since the flooding of Lake Nasser.According to David Wengrow, the A-Group polity of the late 4th millenninum BCE is poorly understand since most of the archaeological remains are submerged underneath Lake Nasser.

Oshiro Michinori argued, in reference to the A-Group culture, that the external influence from Nubia on the formation of Ancient Egypt in the pre-dynastic period to the dynasty period predates influence from eastern Mesopotamia.  He notes an increase in the appreciation of the contribution of Nubia in the south to Ancient Egyptian culture at the time of his writing.  According to him, chiefs of the same cultural level as Upper Egyptian powers existed in Lower Nubia and exhibited pharaonic iconography before the unification of Egypt.

A-Group linguistics
The linguistic affinity of the A-Group culture is unknown, but, according to Claude Rilly, it is unlikely to have spoken a language of the Northern East Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan. Beyond this Rilly states that "the range of possibilities remains wide" and includes: a language belonging to another (non-Northern East Sudanic) branch of the Nilo-Saharan family, a Cushitic language, or other Afro-Asiatic language.

Debate about the origin of the first pharaohs
In 1980, archeologist Bruce Williams conducted an excavation titled "The Lost Pharaohs of Nubia," arguing that the Egyptian pharaonic monarchy was situated in Nubia, rather than in Egypt during the times of the A-group. He based his discoveries at the Qustul cemetery on three archaeological finds: the size of the tombs, their plethora of contents, and royal iconography (such as pottery vessels and stone censers). His claims, however, lead to criticism and defense from scholars such as William Y. Adams and Maria Carmela Gatto, respectively. Gatto argued that Bruce Williams explicitly denied making such a sweeping claim, saying that he was only trying to "raise the strong possibility that Egypt's founding dynasty originated near Qustul and that the unification was accomplished from Nubia." Gatto added that "Whatever the claim, the (for some scholars) inconceivable idea of a primary role for Nubia in the rise of the Egyptian monarchy has been reconsidered after more recent finds in Upper Egypt dating back to the Naqada I period the early manifestations of elite iconography." while noting "That the tombs found in Qustul were exceptional and comparable to those of the earliest Egyptian rulers remains, nevertheless, a fact." While Gatto mentions that the tombs found in Qustul were comparable to that of Egyptian ruler's tombs, William Y. Adams suggests that the large size and contents of their grave support an approach different from that of Bruce Williams. He states that "The large tombs and their abundant contents may argue for a more stratified society than we had previously envisioned in the A-group period, but they are not evidence for a monarchical state." Adams also argues that the Qustul incense burner found in the cemetery may be better suited to prove that the monarchy was situated somewhere near the Nile Valley instead of the monarchy being initially situated in Nubia.

Existential crisis of the B-Group
The A-Group culture came to an end around 3100 BCE, when it was destroyed, apparently by the First Dynasty rulers of Egypt. Following the A-Group culture, Reisner originally identified a B-Group and C-Group culture that existed within Nubia. However, this theory became obsolete when Henry S. Smith demonstrated that the "B-Group" was an impoverished manifestation of the A-Group culture. With the existential crisis of the B-Group, it is suggested that these burials were simply poorer versions of A-group burials and that the span of the A-group culture lasted beyond 3100 BCE.

References

External links

 Regional variations in the so-called "A-Group" Culture of Lower Nubia
 Hans-Åke Nordstrom : The Nubian A-Group
 Maria Gatto: Hunting for the Exclusive Nubian A-Group People; Renée Friedman: Setting the Scene
 Nubian Cultures: A and C-Group

 The Exhibit of Nubian Antiquities
 Nancy C. Lovell: Nubian A- and C-Groups
 Maria Carmela Gatto: The Nubian A-group: a reassessment

History of Nubia
Neolithic cultures of Africa
4th-millennium BC establishments
4th-millennium BC disestablishments
1907 archaeological discoveries
Archaeological cultures in Egypt
Kerma culture

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Melanie Büttner (* 1972) ist eine deutsche Sexualtherapeutin sowie Fachärztin für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie. Sie hat mehrere Bücher veröffentlicht und moderiert seit 2017 den Podcast Ist das normal? in dem sie gemeinsam mit Sven Stockrahm Themen der Sexualität diskutiert.

Biografie
Melanie Büttner wurde im Jahr 1972 geboren und bezeichnet sich selbst als Arbeiterkind. Ihr Abitur erlangte sie im Alter von rund 30 Jahren, danach studierte sie Humanmedizin in München. Zwischen 2007 und 2021 arbeitete sie am Münchener Klinikum rechts der Isar, erst als Doktorandin, dann als Ärztin und Wissenschaftlerin.

Wirken
Melanie Büttner ist in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sexualforschung ausgebildete Sexualtherapeutin und Sexualmedizinerin und auch in der Supervision tätig. Sie ist Inhaberin einer eigenen Praxis für Sexual-, Trauma- und Psychotherapie und Dozentin für verschiedene Fortbildungsinstitute.

Verschiedene Medien haben Interviews mit ihr geführt, darunter Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, littleyears.de oder the Curvy Magazine. Im Fernsehen war Büttner bei Stern TV und der WDR-Sendung Ohjaaa! zu sehen. Sie moderierte die siebte Lange Nacht der Zeit.

Im Jahr 2015 interviewte sie die Band Tocotronic für Die Zeit.

Veröffentlichungen
Büttner hat mehrere Beiträge zu Fachbüchern geleistet und zwischen 2014 und 2021 zwölf Beiträge in Fachzeitschriften veröffentlicht. Dazu ist sie Herausgeberin des Handbuchs Häusliche Gewalt (2020), in dem 48 Personen verschiedener Berufsgruppen mit Kontakt zu häuslicher Gewalt ihre Expertise teilen. Bereits 2018 veröffentlichte Büttner einen Sammelband Sexualität und Trauma – Grundlagen und Therapie traumaassoziierter sexueller Störungen,

Das mit Sven Stockrahm und Alina Schadwinken verfasste Buch Ist das normal? Sprechen wir über Sex, wie du ihn willst war auf der Auswahlliste zur Auszeichnung "Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2020" der Stiftung Buchkunst. Das Buch behandelt über sechs Kapitel verschiedene Facetten der Sexualität.

Werke
 Fachliteratur
 Melanie Büttner: Sexualität und Trauma – Grundlagen und Therapie traumaassoziierter sexueller Störungen. Klett-Cotta, 2018, ISBN 978-3-608-43188-9.
 Melanie Büttner: Handbuch Häusliche Gewalt. Klett-Cotta, 2020, ISBN 978-3-608-40045-8.

 Buchbeiträge (Auswahl)
 M. Büttner, C. Dobos: Störungen der Sexualität. In: K. Fritzsche, C. Lahmann: Basiswissen Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie. Springer, 2020.
 M. Büttner: Sexual Disorders. In: K. Fritzsche, S. McDaniel, C. Wirsching, C. Lahmann: Psychosomatic Medicine. Springer, 2020.
 M. Sack, M. Büttner: Traumafolgestörungen. In: W. Rief, P. Henningsen (Hrsg.): Psychosomatik und Verhaltensmedizin. Schattauer, 2015.

 Sachliteratur
 Melanie Büttner, Alina Schadwinkel, Sven Stockrahm: Ist das normal? Sprechen wir über Sex, wie du ihn willst. Beltz Verlag, Weinheim 2020, ISBN 978-3-407-86592-2.

Weblinks
 melanie-buettner.de, persönliche Website
 zeit.de/ist-das-normal, Website zum Podcast Ist das normal?

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Psychosomatiker
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Hospitality House was one of the first organisations in San Francisco to start working with people facing dual diagnosis, whereby the person affected suffers from a combination of mental health issues and substance abuse. Ivan Vera, Studio Manager at their Community Arts Program (CAP), explains that this policy is central to their mandate. It recognises that mental health and substance abuse can often "come hand in hand" and that is why the staff at the CAP studio say "we'll meet you where you're at".
Painting by Larry Clark. Image courtesy of the artist.
This low threshold policy has thus revealed that the studio can be a hugely effective way of introducing people to other support services, either within Hospitality House or connections elsewhere. This has meant that the studio has introduced people from off the street, who might not have otherwise got involved, to the organisation. Some have then gone on to form significant and long lasting relationships with Hospitality House's wider network.


The world is busy scarfing up sales for "black Friday" but we know that the Church has begun a new liturgical year and the beautiful season of Advent is upon us. Advent is really the season of contemplatives for it is about waiting, or really, learning how to wait. Throughout the season, the liturgy, especially through the readings from Isaiah and Jeremiah, hollows out our souls so that we can become more and more receptive for our Lord when he comes "in the fullness of time". The hymns especially go back and forth between a yearning and desire for the Beloved and the joy that "He is coming; He will not delay!"
It's rather easy to live Advent in the monastery for the whole life is really an expression of this longing. We don't go shopping although we do prepare gifts, mostly homemade things, for the people who work for us and certain benefactors but this isn't a big deal. It is a challenge to keep Christmas at it's proper time because, well, we are still a part of the world, and many wonderful people like to stop by before Christmas to wish us the blessings of the feast and to leave many wonderful goodies. So, the temptation can be to put decorations up early, especially when someone says, "Oh, you don't have your wreath up on the door yet!" For us this provides an opportunity to explain why we don't but sometimes it can be tempting to just hang it early and be done with it!
Waiting until the beginning of the Christmas Novena (when we sing the O Antiphons) to start decorating also means a lot of stuff happens at the last minute! This year will be particularly challenging as it seems that we will be moving into our new kitchen and refectory at the LAST MINUTE, too! We've begun to line shelves and sort through what goes where. No easy task for 18 women!


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Hello Everybody! Despite the fact that the weather can't decide if it wants to be fall or winter, there has been a lot of progress made on the jet this week.
How great does that look??!! I was so excited when I saw the picture because it shows that the wing spars are together and holding as they should. I can't wait to see this jet's maiden flight! It's going to be awesome.
This week you can also see that Jay added the Points of Death!
Isn't that the cutest little gun that you've ever seen? Jay did a really great job on it.
Do you see that little notch underneath the eyes in the front? That's where the nose gear will be going, but I didn't want to pick the plane up and turn it over because I would have felt guilty if I had somehow caused more work for Jay. Just take my word for it that it looks like a deep well for the nose gear to sit in.


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Rare 'Condition RED' extreme forest fire warning issued as heatwave continues
Dublin Fire Brigade: Twitter
Independent.ie Newsdesk Twitter Email
June 26 2018 4:34 PM
The Department of Agriculture has issued a Condition RED warning for fires due to current dry conditions and forecast high temperatures.
https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/forestry-enviro/forestry/rare-condition-red-extreme-forest-fire-warning-issued-as-heatwave-continues-37052120.html
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Temperatures are due to remain in the mid 20s for much of this week and the fire warning is to remain in place until 12pm on Friday, June 29.
Condition RED is the highest level and extremely rare for Ireland. The red status warning replaces an orange alert issued yesterday. The department has highlighted the extreme danger posed to both resources and public safety arising from vegetation fires, especially gorse fires, with particular reference to fires close to heavily populated areas.
it also noted that fires at this time of year can have a "devastating impact on wildlife and habitats, especially fledgling birds and young mammals living in affected areas."
Dublin Fire Brigade have also asked people not to light barbecues outside of designated areas and to always take care when disposing of cigarettes.
Forest fires pose a serious health and safety risk to the public and to people working in the forest sector. They are very difficult to control and put firefighters and forest personnel at great risk in their efforts to extinguish them.
They also cost significant amounts of money to Coillte and private forest owners; in the costs of operations to control the blaze, in the loss of the value of the standing timber and the additional costs in managing and replanting the burnt areas.
With the red weather warning in place, it is very likely that there will be more forest fires and Coillte asks people to remain vigilant and report any fires they see to the local fire brigade.
The Department of Agriculture has asked the public to be vigilant and issued a number of guidelines to be followed.
Do not cause or light fires in and around forests or open land.
Dispose of smoking materials responsibly.
Do not attempt to intervene or fight fires under any circumstances.
Gather all family/group members and move to a safe fuel-free location such as a car park, upwind of the fire.
Telephone Fire and Rescue Services via 112 and report the fire and its location.
Evacuate if instructed to do so. Co-operate with all Emergency Service Instructions.
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Addressing it today to you, I want to notify you about the decision of the Council of Elders of our community. Thus it was historically formed, that the separated Mari settlements because of their misfortunes and unhappiness had to search for patronages and protection by a powerful prince, fighter-bogatyr Chumbylat. In the hearts of people he deserved a special respect, with the lapse of time a national hero became as a Mari public Divinity A Nemda Kuryk Kugyza. Our ancestors began to come to the bow to Chumbylat's stone to ask for the help and to thank for it.
Even during the years of persecutions nothing could destroy the faith of people. In our days ancient traditions unite from a year to year more and more Mari people. We call on you not to forget about your historical native land, remember your roots and traditions of your nation. And let A Nemda Kuryk Kugyza to unite us, will give us powers in the present time and in the future!
If you hear the call of heart, then let Osh Kugu Jumo to light up your way to the holy place. On the 4th of July 2008 in the praying grove on Chumbylat will be take place a sacrament contact with the Godfather.
With respect the Leader of the "Mari community "Marij Kumaltysh"
Я жалею о том, что перевела дту статью на английский язык. Обещаю впредь дтого не допускать. Админ, удали мною переведённые статьи на английском языке.
Хватит уже о религиях статьи помещать, не надо народ звать в секту! Лучше бы о Марийском языке побольше бы информации или книг загрузили.
А вместо них построим школы иль дадим бездомным кров!
Конец пришёл насильно созданным религиям!!!
�ми достаточно всем нам промыли мозг!
� нет им дела до людей, что ими обворованы!
Мы учим до сих пор урок эСэСэСэРовских времён!
Не должно быть ни одной религии и ни одной веры, ни одной мечети и ни одной церкви, т.к. с их помощью в мире идут ВОЙНЫ!!!
МАР�ЙСК�Й "ВАТ�КАН" вы создать не хотите, чтобы обворовывать чужих, а не своих, так вот тогда и не должно быть и нашей Марийской веры. Оставьте только марийский язык, очистите его от всех заимствований и развивайте его! Пока существует чистый Марийский язык - тогда будет существовать и вся Марийская нация!
Зачем российской школе воспитывать пиратов?
Когда закончится мировой финансовый кризис?
» Сайту Mari-El.name – РѕРґРёРЅ РіРѕРґ!!!
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Don3D: Video game demos: Help or hurt?
Anticipation for a game is never higher then upon knowing that it's a mere 2 or 3 months away from its official release. Usually during this time most developers will release a demo of said game to the public. There was a time when you needed access to a gaming magazine like EGM or GamePro(yes I was one of the five people who had a subscription to GamePro) in order to get a preview of an upcoming game; if one was in luck that magazine would contain a demo for a high profile game that many were foaming at the mouth to play. Now with the advent of Xbox Live and the Playstation Network it's almost common place for developers to release demos for their games to the general public -- If only just to gage a reaction.
Then it is a valid question to ask: do video game demos hurt or help? Two examples come to mind that raise this conundrum. Both game demos released on the same day in-fact: Bulletstorm and Crysis 2.
Bulletstorm is not unlike Duke Nukem -- the classic shooter from the 90's. Bulletstorm is surprisingly similar. It is all about over-the-top action and a "how can I kill this guy in the awesomest (it's a word in the Urban Dictionary so I'm going to use it) way possible?" mentality. It's fun! At least for the first couple of minutes, then you realize that aside from the whip (a weapon that allows you to toss around enemies and perform some of the games more elaborate combos) there really isn't much to offer that hasn't been featured in other shooters. I had high hopes for Bulletstorm, yet after playing the game I'm torn. Game demos are supposed to make me want to play the game. Shooters are a dime-a-dozen; Bulletstorm features little that sets it apart from the pack. Some interesting concepts like the aforementioned energy whip are cool touches but an interesting weapon doesn't make me jump up and want to cough up 60 bucks. Instead I became less excited about the premise that Bulletstorm offered as a whole. The reaction of discontent I had with the demo isn't what the developers intended, I'm sure that is safe to say.
Of course a demo isn't the finished product. Many changes can be made before the release of a game. We don't even know how long ago this demo was put together, it could have been something cobbled together during the early stages of development. Still the general audience (which is me) may just pass on a game if they don't get immediate gratification even in the early stages. There are just so many other games out there to spend time on…if a game doesn't catch my eye right away, I'll just go onto the next one that does.
The same can be said of Crysis 2: the visually stunning futuristic FPS. The demo that was released was a sample of the multiplayer online component; set to be featured in the final game. Once again demos are supposed to make me want to play the final game…I'll pass on Crysis as well if the demo is indicative of the final game. You see the multiplayer isn't without some nice tweaks to the standard formula. We have super-powered soldiers that have abilities ranging from supers-speed, strength, stealth, and armor. The armor abilities are an intriguing wrinkle that livens up seemingly standard shooter fare. I have to say I need more though. The armor options are nice; but in the end Crysis 2 just offers a simple XP and create a class system that has become a staple of many of the online games of recent memory. Call of Duty offers a similar experience; many FPS's offer the same multiplayer formula as well. I'm not like some, I won't shell out the money for a car that looks and drives the same, but has a shinier coat of paint.
Then again am I just expecting Crysis to reinvent the proverbial FPS wheel? No, I'm not asking that! What I am asking is why not just release a demo to select members of the public? Such as people who have already preordered the game. Then once the game is close to release allow the public to have access to it. Sure this sounds like a shrewd way of doing business, and the gamer in me hates this idea in truth; but I think developers want to show their games in the best light. A demo 2 or 3 months away from a games release is not the way to illicit a positive reaction in most cases. Heck I think Crysis 2 and Bulletstorm are good examples. Both games will be passes for me upon their respective releases. That doesn't mean that I'll never come back to them and play them in the future. It's just that I'll probably play them only after I've discovered them at the bottom of a bargain-bin! Sad but true!
Note: At the time of writing this article the Crysis 2 demo was still available on Xbox Live; it has since been removed.
I believe it helps in the way in getting their demo product out there for the masses to see if it buyable (playable) or find out it's broken like NBA Elite 11 which EA ultimately canned.


On Gruen Planet this week, we ask why advertising is turning into a giant episode of Candid Camera. Why are so many brands pranking people and putting the resulting videos on YouTube? Also, we take a trip to South Australia to pull apart the 'Barossa Be Consumed' ad, the one featuring Nick Cave's 'Red Right Hand' on the soundtrack. Is it just us or is SA wooing the usually ignored murder demographic?


The proposal of your dissertation is important because you will present the extract of you're a work to the audience at this stage. It is critical because the audience is the official committee members of your university who will approve or reject your paper based on your ideas and the proposal you submit. You should be clear about the problem you will address in the paper, why it is important and how will you address the gap that exists in previous writings. A cover page is not a mandatory part of work in most cases, but it improves the overall presentation of your work. You can create a strong impression on your audience if you start with a good cover page.
These are the only mandatory parts of a cover pages if there are no specific requirements from your teacher. You can look at a sample if you need any further assistance but a cover page should be simple and easy to write.
You can use both bold and regular styles for your text in the cover. Make sure that the font size is readable and font type is legible. Do not use fancy fonts on the cover of your paper.


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Adams County Board discusses how to spend $12.7 million in pandemic relief money
The County Board also approved a resolution telling Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly that they're opposed to Senate Bill 1602. That bill would override a county board's ability to create local ordinances towards wind farms, including zoning.
Credit: by KHQA Staff | Tuesday, May 11th 2021 | khqa.com ~~
QUINCY, Ill. (KHQA) – The Adams County Board has a new member, as the County starts to decide how it will spend some of the pandemic relief money it will get from the federal government.
According to WTAD, the County Board approved the appointment of Travis Cooley to represent the Fourth District on Tuesday night.
He takes the place of former County State's Attorney Barney Bier, who resigned after the April meeting.
That resignation was submitted after the board voted to recommend that he be removed from his committee assignments, including the chairmanship of the Legislative and Judicial Committee.
Board Chair Kent Snider said Cooley, the Senior Vice President of Liberty Bank, was the only candidate selected by County Republicans.
"The Republican Party sent him to us," Snider said. "They all met and honestly, he was the only candidate, but a great guy."
Cooley will serve the remainder of Bier's term until next November.
The board voted to accept just over $6.3 million from the American Recovery Plan legislation passed by Congress.
County Finance Chairman Bret Austin says that the County will get just over $12. 7 million over the next two years, with a 2024 deadline to spend it.
He told the Board that County department heads have already submitted their wish lists.
Austin said after the meeting that there are numerous ways the County could spend the money.
"We wanted to hear from all the department heads, county board members, there are some discussions ongoing with some joint city council projects that could be really beneficial for the area, but none of that is decided, we just had some initial meetings," said Austin.
The County Board also approved a resolution telling Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly that they're opposed to Senate Bill 1602. That bill would override a county board's ability to create local ordinances towards wind farms, including zoning.
Adams County doesn't have any county-wide zoning ordinances.
Source: by KHQA Staff | Tuesday, May 11th 2021 | khqa.com


Since 1.990, Vefca SL has worked on railway sector, where we want to improved our services and strengthen our customer and suppliers engagements.
Quality is a key and crucial factor in our firm, and it must be take into account by every single member in the working team.
At Vefca SL, quality at products and services execution will be involved in a continuous improvement process. We will firmly learn about our mistakes and try to avoid committing them anymore.
Perform our tasks so that they meet our customers' requirements, both in terms of quality and delivery times.
Improve continuously our effectiveness to increase our customers' satisfaction.
Implement and keep an effective quality system according to that required in UNE-EN-ISO 9001:2008.
Firm's management is conscious of its main responsibility in terms of quality. For this reason, all necessary human, economic and technological resources will be sought.
Since 1990, Vefca SL has worked on railway sector, where we want to improved our services and strengthen our customer and suppliers engagements.
For this reason, Vefca SL makes a great effort in order to reduce as much as possible damaging environmental impacts. Firm's management is seriously involved in closely meeting these requirements.
As a consequence, Vefca SL performs its activities trying to cause as few injuries as possible to environment.
Vefca SL is proud of its achievements, what shows our serious and constant commitment of obeying environmental laws and regulation.
Equipments and machinery will be safely manufactured taking into account employees, customers and neighborhood's security.
Pollution prevention is crucial when talking about machinery maintenance.
Continuous improvements in terms of processes and emergences as well as effectiveness in terms of control and security.
Implementing more important requirements related to environment and security.
Progressing when meeting environmental aims, taking into accound impact and damages.
Vefca SL extends these policies to every customer, supplier, worker and anyone interested. They are periodically updated trough system checks in order to take into account all the requirements.


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Q: Store a folder in svn I have a bunch of files and folders which I want versioned in svn.
The installed svn is 1.7, we recently upgraded from 1.6. I have a repository made in 1.6 that contains some of the files and folders I currently have. I checked out the repository and added the other files and folders to it, but now it can no longer update or commit. It says my version is out of date. When I try to upgrade it says the working copy is not pre-1.7.
Another solution would be to create the existing folder into a new svn repository, how would I do that?
I don't care about the history up to this point.
When searching for add folder to repository I get stuff about adding another folder to an existing repository, can't do that.
I just want to turn a random folder into a revisioned folder on svn.

A: My best guess is that you've already upgraded to 1.7 your repo, but copied some files from a 1.6 working copy. See this other thread.
Because if I understand it well :
- You have a repo r1 in 1.6, not upgraded
- You checked out another repo r2, which is therefore in 1.7
- you copied some folders from r1 to r2, without removing the .svn, which is 1.6
- you end up with a 1.7 working copy containing 1.6 information.
- So you cannot commit, update and everything
- But you cannot upgrade, as it is already a 1.7 working copy
Hope this helps

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Materials Science is inherently an interdisciplinary field. It combines theories, principles, and techniques in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Engineering to design and fabricate new and novel materials, structures, and systems and to study the behavior and dynamics of devices made up of these various material components. In NAIST, students in the Division of Materials Science are exposed to interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary materials research through the Photonic Nanoscience Special Lectures (PNSL). The PNSL traces a long history of research talks given by esteemed researchers within Japan and from foreign universities and research institutes.
The 405th Photonic Nanoscience Special Lecture delivered by Dr. Andreas Berger and entitled "Ellipsometric analysis of magneto-optical effects in thin films, nanostructures and spin transport devices" focused on magneto-optical effects and characterization techniques in different magnetic nanoscale systems. Dr. Andreas Berger is the Research Director of CIC nanoGUNE, the Nanoscience Cooperative Research Center, located in San Sebastian in the Basque region of Spain. He was invited by Assistant Professor Satoshi Tomita of the Quantum Materials Science Laboratory (QMSL).
In the second part, as leader of the Nanomagnetism Group, he discussed the specific area of research that his group is interested with. The group is conducting both basic and applied research in magnetism in nanoscale systems, magnetic characterization, and magneto-optical effects. He discussed the basic theory of magneto-optical effects and later on dove into his group's previous and ongoing research on magneto-optical characterization of thin films, nanostructures, such as wires and spirals, and other spin transport devices. It was such a treat to see the application of the theory of electromagnetism that I learned in my bachelor's and master's degree!
After a very informative lecture, the floor was opened for questions, comments, and clarifications. Prof. Hisao Yanagi and Associate Prof. Hiroyuki Katsuki, also from QMSL, both asked questions that led to further discussions and exchange of ideas.
Special lectures like this by professors from other universities within Japan and abroad give both the faculty members and the students the opportunity to expand their horizon in terms of research themes and theoretical and experimental approaches in materials science. These lectures also allow us to see the connection between one field and another, paving the way for collaborative, interdisciplinary research.


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by Linda Li, executive director and chief strategy officer at Li Tong Group
Today's accelerated pace of innovation in the enterprise and the consumer domains is resulting in an unprecedented proliferation of technological devices. Concurrently, there is also a shrinking inventory of the raw materials required to make them. This bottleneck of raw materials is becoming a crisis on a global scale and represents the requirement for manufacturers to innovate their logistics and supply chain processes.
A comprehensive, closed-loop recycling approach reduces the demands for raw materials used to make electronic components.
Traditionally, electronics and high-tech manufacturers have used conventional recycling methods as a means to dispose of end-of-life technology. These methods are called cradle-to-grave or down-cycling where the process degrades the quality of materials over time, eventually resulting in waste. This process, while effective for returning technology to its raw material state, is environmentally taxing and can be a burden on a company's bottom line.
A comprehensive, closed-loop recycling approach reduces the demands for raw materials to produce a new product by using cradle-to-cradle or reusable materials harvested from end-of-life assets/surplus inventory and strategically introducing them into the forward supply chain.
How the Tech Industry is Adapting
OEMs are releasing new products at a faster rate than any other time in history and older models are subsequently reaching the end of their life quicker. On average, between five and seven percent of the typical OEMs' annual shipment volume becomes obsolete before it is sold or reaches the consumer.
Recycling and re-use have become strategic decisions at the earliest stage of product development and at the highest levels of the corporate organization. Through RSCM, OEM's can harvest parts and components from these obsolete assets and excess inventory and inject them into the manufacturing networks of new products—eliminating waste reducing manufacturing costs.
The strength of an effective and profitable RSCM program lies in the depth of its engineering expertise. Engineers must consider the aftermarket value for devices, the primary market value for component parts such as screens, switches, and chips, as well as the recycling value of metals, and extract the usable elements for repurpose through a partner network. Remaining non-usable parts are disposed of via highly regulated, compliant systems.
Reverse Logistics in a Device-Driven World
Because devices are so highly integrated — not your traditional PC or laptop — they are very small and difficult, if not impossible, to take apart. If the device is broken or defective, the whole thing has to be taken back.
On average, the typical lifespan of a mobile device can vary between three to five years. Consumers, however, choose to change or upgrade their products after using them for a year and a half, even if the devices are still highly functional. This has led to a significant increase in product trade-ins and aftermarket/third party refurbishing businesses.
When it comes to properly managing a reverse supply chain or reverse logistic service for devices, it's important to note that most device manufacturers are smaller OEMs, perhaps even start-ups, and it's costly for manufacturers of this size to design and deploy their own RSCM programs. It is neither economical nor efficient for small OEMs to build their own reverse logistic network. It is strongly suggested that smaller OEMs partner with established RSCM providers and leverage their knowledge, experience and existing omni-channel take back platforms.
A good RSCM partnership will allow the device OEM to focus on what they do best — designing innovative products and getting them out the door — while also delivering a return service that their customers demand and fulfilling compliance obligations.
There are limited processes for OEMs, historically speaking, when it comes to dealing with post-consumer and industrial recycling of electronic devices; none of them are environmentally sustaining, including selling to less developed markets to recover value and minimize e-waste and recycling to recover raw materials where possible.
Closed-loop RSCM reduces the carbon footprint of manufacturing through the recovery, reuse and remanufacturing (3R) of end-of-life technology and its components. The 3R approach can reconcile consumer demand and the shrinking inventory of materials needed to meet it by linking reverse supply chains with forward supply networks. Transferable components can be re-programmed so that they can have a second life in alternative applications. Remanufactured parts can either go back into the OEM's original forward logistics supply chain or it can be sold or remarketed in another market.
The key to the popularity of these programs among consumers is that they give credit for old devices that can be applied to new ones. If an OEM offers an incentivized program, owners of mobile phones that are about to become obsolete can trade their phone in for credit toward the new model. In fact, the volume is 10 to 20 times higher than that experienced by programs that do not offer an incentive.
These programs benefit the OEM in several significant ways. First, it helps focus the consumer's attention on devices offered by that particular manufacturer, rather than competitors. If a consumer can apply the value of the phone he's using today toward the phone he wants to use tomorrow, he is far less likely to check out what other vendors are offerings. Second, an incentivized take-back program serves as a great way to prevent second-hand devices from being sold into the emerging markets that are strategically important for the OEM. Skillfully executed take-back programs help keep devices out of the unofficial channels that often cannibalize new products and markets.
The world's leading technology brands win business by providing their customers with a brand experience that extends beyond hardware, UX and support, and also extends to what happens once the product needs to be replaced and recycled. Well-planned RSCM programs provide confidence to the brands and the consumer the product will be taken care of in the most responsible way possible and valuable components will not simply be destroyed or sent to landfill, but re-used in a progressive and intelligent way.
Strong RSCM programs enable all companies to deepen their customer relationships, strengthen their organizational and culture initiatives, maintain the highest levels of compliance and turn a profit. It's a win-win for the brand, the customer and the environment.
Eliminating Parts Shortages
As with the tragic tsunami that hit Thailand in 2004, there can be drastic disruptions to the global supply chain. In the case of the Thailand disaster, the entire global supply of hard drives was disrupted for several months. Supply chain disruptions are very costly to an OEM, and even an entire market.
Imagine if OEMs instead had programs in place for harvesting components from older generations of devices. With a process where the device is properly de-manufactured, harvested components — such as hard drives — can be reused and repurposed as a back-up supply for repairs and other uses, providing a level of protection against the fluctuation of global markets.
This strategy could turn reverse logistics or reverse supply chain into a profit center; it represents real money savings. The parts harvested from older-generation devices have already been paid for, and don't need to be paid for again. Simply pay for the service to harvest them out of the device. If a company were to smelt the entire motherboard from an older-generation product, there would be little to no financial recovery, depending on the precious metal commodities market. But if an SSD is harvested and reused, for example, that's a gain of about $20 U.S.
Finding the Right RSCM Partner
Enabling standardized service in the U.S. and markets around the globe is critical for OEMs. They need to ensure the products moving through the reverse supply chain are handled and treated according to the same standards, while also complying with local laws and regulations. One of the best ways to achieve both goals is to engage with an RSCM service provider that has global coverage and facilities that maintain the same service standard for quality, security and compliance to the extent that both platform development and management capability are as strong as its technical processing capability worldwide.
The cradle-to-cradle concept is an approach to designing products with the entire lifecycle in mind. Leadership and engineering expertise are required to enable the technology community to capitalize on cradle-to-cradle manufacturing and support economic development and environmental sustainability. Engineering teams must consider the aftermarket value for devices, the primary market value for component parts and extract the usable elements for re-sale to a global partner exchange.
Taking care of the logistical, compliance and industrial issues of deploying technology take-back initiatives can be a considerable barrier for brands seeking to do better. Leaders in Reverse Supply Chain Management (RSCM) today are providing technology brands with much-needed solutions to complex issues, and are also helping them turn cost centers into profit centers by dismantling obsolete technologies and re-purposing valuable components into new devices.
Linda Li, executive director and chief strategy officer at Li Tong Group
Tech companies need to seek out an RSCM partner that understands the importance of technology developed for closed-loop systems as companies begin to rethink design and begin integrating repurposed or re-usable components. Not only is it good for the environment, but also it can drive economic growth by demonstrating manufacturers' commitment to long-term sustainability efforts. With Cradle-to-Cradle manufacturing in mind, companies can develop products that can be fully recycled into materials they can use for products in the future.
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Indie developer Wadjet Eye Games is treating gamers this Halloween to a free download of their recently updated, retro-styled point-and-click adventure game, Blackwell Deception. Simply head over to http://www.rosablackwell.com , hit the Buy Now button, and enter Boo in the discout code area, and its all yours. This deal appears to be good through the end of Friday EST, so act fast!
Point-and-click adventures always hold a special place in my heart, and how could you pass up free? Also, if you find this treat to be particuarly delicious, you may want to consider supporting this indie developer by checking out their other games, including other titles in the Blackwell series at (http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/blackwell-series.html).
"Wadjet Eye's Blackwell adventure games star Rosa Blackwell, a spirit medium committed to helping troubled souls cross over, and her spectral sidekick Joey Mallone. The duo has appeared in four indie adventure games since 2006: The Blackwell Legacy, Blackwell Unbound, Blackwell Convergence, and Blackwell Deception. Their fifth and final adventure, The Blackwell Epiphany, will release for PC and iOS early next year.


An awareness of the impermanence of all experiences and memories, an almost nostalgic, wistful acceptance of that which cannot be forever held onto. The phrase has become an aesthetic sensibility in Japan, an understanding that this beauty can only be ephemeral. Traveling personifies this, no matter how many photographs one takes, the more time slips the less of that experience can be recalled. Shot around central and southern Japan / Okinawa, the series by Gabriella Achadinha shows day and night photographs of spaces and individuals that stood out from the time there. Marlize Eckard has added her touch by creating the 'fleeting impermanence' via acrylic paint with additional strokes that create the smudging, lapsing memory.