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Band members have more questions than answers in proposed 1919 land claim deal
November 6, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Jennifer Denny, left, and Teresa Marshall examine land in Sambro, N.S. that's part of the 1919 land claim deal/Photo by Stephen Brake
Several members of the Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia have more questions than answers after examining one of the three parcels of land in Halifax County that's part of a $49-million land claim.
On Sunday, Jennifer Denny organized a day trip to Sambro, N.S., a fishing community located 25 km south of Halifax, so her fellow band members can see what they're being asked to give up in exchange for financial compensation from the federal government.
"It's a big eye-opener to see what the value of the land is for our own eyes and what we can see as the value instead of what's just on paper," Denny said.
"A lot of potential here for native people (like) fishing and it's a shame that we didn't know more about this long time ago," Millbrook band member Jim Johnson said.
"It's a gorgeous, gorgeous place and I feel we're all getting robbed," he said.
From left, Teresa Marshall, Jennifer Denny, Eileen Gloade, Dorothy Bohez and Jim Johnson examine the land in Sambro, N.S. that's part of the 1919 land claim/Photo by Stephen Brake
Band members of the Sipekne'katik and Millbrook First Nations are being asked to vote in a referendum either accept or reject land claim settlement agreement by the federal government. The referendum is scheduled to take place on Nov. 21.
"The communities and Canada have the fiduciary responsibility to provide us with the information on what we're voting on and I feel we haven't been provided with enough information that has gone in-depth to be able to make a prior informed decision going into the referendum," Denny said.
Research into the 1919 land claim began in 1985
The 1919 land claim involves three Mi'kmaw communities that were located in Sambro, Ingram River near Ingramport and Ship Harbour near Lake Charlotte. In 1919, the federal government took surrender of the lands from the Mi'kmaw families living there. The families were then forced to leave their homes and they eventually relocated to Millbrook First Nation near Truro and Indian Brook First Nation (Sipekne'katik) near Shubenacadie. The total size of the surrendered lands was 552.5 hectares.
In 1985, both the Millbrook and Sipekne'katik First Nations began research into submitting a joint land claim with the federal government. The claim proposal was officially submitted in 2005 and the federal government accepted it in 2007. Negotiations began on a settlement agreement for monetary compensation and an additions-to-reserve entitlement.
Sambro, Nova Scotia/Photo by Stephen Brake
In the claim, the two First Nation communities argued that the land surrender was invalid because the federal government misrepresented its intentions, failed to disclose its conflicts of interest, attempted to influence the outcome of the surrender and failed to comply with the 1906 Indian Act. As a result, the First Nations argued they were deprived of the use and benefit of the land since 1919.
Sipekne'katik and Millbrook submitted its latest proposed settlement to the federal government in July 2018. The federal government countered the offer in July of this year. According to a letter that was sent to Sipekne'katik band members on Oct. 10, the federal government's settlement offer is "consistent with the positions and valuations contained in the July 2018 settlement proposal."
Settlement agreement calls for a trust to be formed
The settlement offer includes $49-million in compensation minus $2-million to pay back a loan funding arrangement from the federal government for negotiations. Sipekne'katik would receive $27.8-million and Millbrook would receive $19.3-million. Band members in both First Nations would receive $3,000 each.
Each First Nation would be required to place the remainder of their compensation into a trust that would be administered by an appointed board of trustees. The money can only be used for projects and initiatives that would enhance economic development, infrastructure and housing. Each trust would be legally separate from the band and the band council would have no authority over it once it's established.
Sipekne'katik and Millbrook will each receive an additions-to-reserves entitlement to replace the land that was lost in 1919. Sipekne'katik will receive 302 hectares and Millbrook will receive 210 hectares. Each First Nation can select land anywhere in Nova Scotia to expand their communities.
In return, both First Nations have to surrender their interests in the three parcels of land and release the federal government from any future claims regarding the land claim and settlement agreement. The First Nations would also have to indemnify the federal government against any proceedings related to the agreement.
Sambro, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake
The chiefs and councils of both First Nations are recommending their band membership to accept the settlement agreement.
"After careful considerations, each of the Councils believe that it is in the best interest of our communities to put this claim behind us and to use the compensation package to help us continue to build a better future," Sipekne'katik Chief Sack wrote in a letter to band members.
In the same letter, Chief Sack explains that alternatives to the settlement such as court action or going before the specific claims tribunal "would be lengthy, costly, and there would be no guarantee that a better result, or even the same result, could be achieved."
Ku'ku'kwes News reached out to both leaders for Sipekne'katik and Millbrook. Sipekne'katik Chief Michael Sack did not respond to a request for an interview. Millbrook Chief Bob Gloade said he wasn't available for an interview due to the death of a family member.
"We're majorly being robbed." – Jennifer Denny
On Sunday, four other Millbrook band members joined Denny and her family in touring the land that's part of the settlement agreement in Sambro. The group crowded into a chartered minibus and drove down roads where residential development is currently underway.
Jennifer Denny refers to a map to examine the land in Sambro, N.S that's part of the 1919 Land Claim/Photo by Stephen Brake
Denny said the $49-million in return for the absolute surrender of the three parcels of land in Halifax County is not enough.
"I've done the numbers prior to this trip and the first appraisal that I did through my research findings online, looking at the lots and the average price per lot and it came to a total of $120,000 per lot," Denny said.
"So if you want to add that up and add up all these lots of land and then take into consideration the waterfront access, the proximity to a major tourist attraction, Crystal Crescent Beach, we're majorly being robbed," she added.
Denny wants to know why only gaming revenue was considered in calculating the loss of income for Sipekne'katik and Millbrook and not other revenue streams like fishing and tourism.
Mi'kmaw artist Teresa Marshall, who is also a member of the Millbrook First Nation, said she hasn't received enough information on the negotiations process to make an informed decision.
"There's just not enough answers for me about what's really going on here," Marshall said. "They're just expecting us to blindly go ahead and vote in their favour. It's crazy," she said.
Like Johnson, Marshall says Sambro is a beautiful community and she would like the option of living in the area as a band member instead of voting to give up her claim to the land in exchange for compensation.
"I would love to be able to live out here on the water," Marshall said. "Oh, it smells so great out here."
Jennifer Denny/Photo by Stephen Brake
Denny said she plans to vote against accepting the settlement agreement on Nov. 21. If the vote is in favour of accepting the deal, she won't accept the $3,000.
"I am a direct descendant of Jean Baptiste Cope who signed the earliest treaties on the Atlantic Coast. And as a treaty descendant, I feel it's my responsibility to be that one person that's not going to take the money," Denny said.
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Kashmir: The regional imperative
In the struggle between India and Pakistan over this disputed territory, the Kashmiri people have been ignored.
By Gautam Navlakha
Since 1947 India and Pakistan have fought three and half wars over Kashmir and held more than 60 rounds of talks to bilaterally resolve the dispute which has its origin in the partition of British India into two countries. There have also been several unilateral efforts by the Indian government to solve the conflict through some arrangement within the Indian constitution. All these efforts have proved incapable of resolving it. In six decades, reality has mutated, as a movement for independence has grown and the terms of public discourse over the right of self-determination in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have been expanded. And now the rulers of India and Pakistan are working out a deal on J&K, with the people of J&K reduced to being mere recipients of their decision.
Up until now, the only effort that appeared to break new ground was the back channel dialogue between the military regime of Pervez Musharaf in Pakistan and National Democratic Alliance and United Progressive Alliance governments in India between 2002 and 2007. It imagined a solution which would involve no change of border but some kind of joint control. However, the military regime's illegitimacy in Pakistan sank this effort.
Now India is attempting a mix of the two: it is resuming talks with Pakistan where they left off, while carrying on with unilateral efforts. While efforts to bring about a peaceful and democratic solution are necessary, this "peace process" is flawed on three counts. For one, it is not a "people's" agenda that is being promoted but rather a deal being thrashed out between India and Pakistan. This process has the blessing of the United States, which cheers these efforts even as the Indian government marches on with its own attempts to create new facts on the ground in the shape of a patchwork agreement with pro-Indian parties in Kashmir. In the second place, those who claim that self-determination is passé, for whatever reason, do not realize that what they are giving up is something which is not theirs to give away: the right of self-determination is a right of the people, not a commodity which can be bartered in exchange for what some believe is a realizable solution. Finally, and most importantly, the "peace process" will end up legitimizing and consolidating oppression.
The Indian government perceives itself as magnanimous in exploring solutions within India's constitutional parameters and agreeing to discuss a possible agreement with Pakistan, but it has not made a single gesture to show the subjugated people that it is even contemplating rolling back the repressive regime in J&K. Instead there is a lot of noise about "battle fatigue" and "the primacy of economics in today's international relations." If there is any "battle fatigue," it is probably over the vacillation of the various leaders rather than over the basic demand for realizing the right of self-determination.
An India-Pakistan solution imposed on Kashmir?
Now, through back channel diplomacy, India and Pakistan are trying to bridge the distance between them over the issue of the Line of Control – the ceasefire line brought about at the end of the war in 1971 – and joint control/management. India's offer of a so-called soft border and joint consultative mechanism falls short of Pakistan's position that the LOC cannot be made permanent and its insistence on joint control. Sultan Mahmood Chaudhuri, the former Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir (Pakistan-held Kashmir), pointed out on a visit to Srinagar on September 17, 2011, that "easing restriction on travel between both sides of LOC and pulling out troops from Kashmir are fine, but other elements of the proposal are unacceptable … because the proposal is in fact intended to turn the LOC into an international border, which is unacceptable to Kashmir."
The Indian establishment sees a pressing need to reach a compromise because of their assessment that while they are able to contain militancy they have not won the battle for the "hearts and minds" of a large section of the people of J&K. They believe that they could win this battle were they to reach a deal with Pakistan, which is seen as being the key to both driving a wedge in the movement and subduing the recalcitrant population by convincing them that Pakistan, which for all these decades supported them, is ready for a compromise or has forsaken them. Further, the prospects of striking a deal have improved, in the Indian assessment, because the global "War on Terror" has placed Pakistan in the unenviable situation of coming under U.S. tutelage, constraining its room for manoeuvre vis-à-vis India on Kashmir. Thus, the "peace process" is taking place as the United States is breathing down the neck of Pakistan while helping India emerge as a great power.
Of course if two governments are determined then they can simply ride roughshod over people. They may even manage to deal a blow to resistance and cajole some leaders to come on board. But can a deal be imposed on an alienated and rebellious people? What happens if this deal fails to take wings? While it is the rulers' prerogative to ram down decisions, even the best laid plans can create a backlash if the popular mood remains defiant. We are already witnessing the growing emphasis within movement ranks on becoming self-reliant because overdependence on Pakistan can be fatal. After 22 years of both armed and peaceful resistance, contemporary J&K is unlike anything that preceded it between 1947 and 1989.
The issue of water sharing under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) illustrates what can happen when India and Pakistan come to an agreement over the heads of the people of J&K. In 1960 the waters of the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab rivers, which traverse J&K, were virtually handed over to Pakistan, while waters from the Sutlej, Ravi and Beas, which do not, were given to India. This meant that J&K lost its rights as the upper riparian state. Under the agreement, the use of water for irrigation or for harnessing power is restricted because the flow of water cannot be interrupted by building a reservoir or controlled by placing any impediment in the path of the water's flow. At the time the IWT was reached, there wasn't even a semblance of "represantative" government in either part of Kashmir. The agreement has been a continuing sore point and many political parties have pitched for compensating J&K for losses incurred because of the Indus Waters Treaty. Another area of conflict is the fact that in the last 60 years J&K, with enormous hydroelectric potential, has remained an "area of darkness." Even projects that do exist do not feed J&K's own needs.
Increasingly, "preempting" militants from taking advantage of fast-returning normalcy in J&K is cited as an argument for maintaining heavy troop deployment, although the presence of 600,000 soldiers against an estimated fewer than 500 militants makes little sense. Now the need to maintain tight control to impose any agreement that might be reached between India and Pakistan on a reluctant and defiant people is emerging as an additional argument for continuing with militarization. In any case, whatever the argument, it merely legitimizes the presence of the very security force that has earned notoriety among the people of Kashmir. Thus, the same Indian civilian and military authorities who occupy, own, manage and control the land and water of J&K, with the attendant financial dependence and corrupting influence, will also have the task of enforcing the "peace process."
Neither the current "peace process," the efforts of "interlocutors" nor the promotion of "peace through economic reconstruction" is capable of burying the right of self-determination or solving the problem that has defied solution for six decades. Even if the need to bring about "normalcy" is accepted, it cannot be delinked from the fulfilment of conditions that would enable people to freely express their will through a referendum. Normalcy cannot mean enabling the militarized authority to consolidate its rule in J&K. This delinking is the crux of the matter, undermining the peace process where it really matters: the battle for hearts and minds.
India's geostrategic interests
In searching for a solution, we need to situate the J&K dispute in its geostrategic context. A major complicating factor is the presence of U.S.-led NATO troops in Afghanistan and U.S. troops in Pakistan, bringing them very close to China and Central Asia. While it is true that the United States and NATO want to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014 and reach a tacit or explicit deal with what is called the Afghan Taliban, this will not mean a complete pullout insofar as they will retain a military foothold in Afghanistan – in their contention with China it does not behoove them to forego opportunities to establish bases in such a strategically important area.
From the Indian security perspective, this is a positive development, as the U.S.-NATO presence complements India's security buildup vis-à-vis China. However, in Indian strategic thinking, India ought to be allowed a larger role in Afghanistan and Central Asia rather than just playing second fiddle to the United States and NATO. To the extent that the United States must take on board Pakistan's concerns regarding India in Afghanistan – Pakistan is stridently opposed to Indian military trainers working with the Afghan army – India may not get its way. In fact, for Pakistan it is of vital importance that India does not get to play any significant role in the regional dialogue to reach a settlement between the Karzai regime and the Afghan Taliban.
While Pakistan tries to prevent an increased Indian role in Afghanistan, the growing Chinese presence in Pakistan-held areas of Kashmir is seen as a challenge for India. India has expressed concern over two projects in which China is engaged: Diamer Bhasha dam and the upgrading of the Karakoram Highway. India's contention is that such participation by China in Pakistan-held Kashmir amounts to taking sides in a bilateral dispute between India and Pakistan.
This issue has broader significance, as India and Vietnam are engaged in a search for oil in the South China Sea, where China claims it exercises "indisputable sovereignty" but both Vietnam and the Philippines contest the Chinese claim. China's emergence as both a military and an economic powerhouse has increased the Indian government's security anxieties, just as the simultaneous reemergence of a U.S. naval presence in the South China Sea has added to Chinese concerns. These fears and apprehensions and the uncertain future in Central Asia may well become an impediment to a democratic solution of the J&K dispute.
The regional situation gets further complicated by U.S.-NATO hostility toward Iran. In the late 1990s, Iran, Russia and India were on the same side fighting the Taliban. Now, not only are India's relations with Iran more distant, but its relations with Russia are not as close as they once were since India began to draw close to the United States. The shifting alliances and strategic thinking, with India seeing its future as a regional power tied to the United States and NATO, informs Indian perceptions of J&K.
Meanwhile, a very interesting shift has taken place in Pakistan's internal politics, in the form of a rift between the ruling Pakistan People's Party and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz Group) – the PML-N. The PML-N, which is strong in Punjab, the largest province in terms of population, has once again emphasized the need for rapprochement between India and Pakistan. Thus there is a strong constituency in Pakistan for taking such a course.
This line being promoted by the PML-N undercuts the Pakistani military's prime argument for its own preeminence: an inflated reading of the threat posed by India. The military's position enables it to stop the civilian government from adopting a course that could reduce threat perceptions. Even with a negligible Indian military presence in Afghanistan, this line adopted by the PML-N opens the prospect of Indian economic ties with Afghanistan on the basis of an overland route through Pakistan, and raises the possibility of promoting trade links with Central Asia. Since Pakistan has legal standing in J&K, such prospects would dramatically alter the uncertain regional scenario.
The beneficial fallout of a democratic solution
A resolution of the Kashmir issue would have beneficial fallout by easing tensions with Pakistan and making it impossible for China to play the dispute to its advantage against India. Reducing tensions between Pakistan and India over Afghanistan would prevent outside powers such as the United States and NATO from exploiting differences to gain a foothold in the area aimed against China (and to an extent Russia).Reducing tensions between Pakistan and India over Afghanistan would prevent outside powers such as the United States and NATO from exploiting differences to gain a foothold in the area aimed against China (and to an extent Russia). This could create opportunities for India to improve regional ties. For instance, India's relations with Iran have been at an impasse. Were the presence of the United States and NATO in central Asia to be reduced, their capacity for mischief against Iran would get blunted.
It would also open new possibilities for India and China to restart their regional search for commercial ties, exploration for oil and minerals or exploitation of water resources, all to become part of a negotiated solution. If there is a democratic solution of the Kashmir dispute, China will come under pressure on its lack of resolution of the Tibet issue. And it would be prudent on its part to seek an amicable solution in both South Asia and the South China Sea to ease the likely pressure over Tibet.
One fear that has been expressed is that emergence of another Muslim-majority state with a legal system based primarily on shari'a will encourage right-wing religious movements to gain the upper hand elsewhere. Thus, it could end up lending weight to Hindu fundamentalism in India, or legitimize Sinhala Buddhist chauvinism in Sri Lanka, or boost the morale of regressive religious groups in Bangladesh and Pakistan.
In reality, however, many momentous changes have eroded secular constitutional provisions where majoritarian interests have come to dominate. The only way out, I am convinced, is a process which would allow for a democratic way of ascertaining people's will. It is only when that is done that people's aspirations can be reconciled with geostrategic realities and historical dimensions of the dispute. Only when people are first allowed to express what they desire will the search for a solution be seen as legitimate. The resulting benefits to people through regional economic cooperation and the strengthening of democratic processes will far outweigh anything India believes it will lose or Pakistan will have to forego.
The immense untapped potential for regional cooperation has special meaning for J&K, whose traditional trade and ties were through northwestern and eastern routes to Central Asia. While trade with the south opened from 1848 on, after 1947 it turned into dependency on New Delhi which, for geostrategic reasons, curtailed J&K's interactions with the wider world through Central Asia. Conflict in J&K since 1947 and especially after 1989 was not entirely conducive to any cultivation of or efforts to renew these historical links. With trade between two sides of Kashmir across the LOC constrained as a result of the geostrategic approach of the Indian and, to a lesser extent, the Pakistani government, the possibility of J&K to trade or promote links with Central Asia is circumscribed.
For Kashmiri Muslims, especially after 1989, those who could sent their children outside J&K, often to India but preferably outside India. A recent news item reported that the Overseas Development and Employment Promotion Council under the labour ministry of Kerala state selected 180 doctors in Kashmir for employment in Saudi Arabia. While such recruitment will also take place in Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore, the important thing to note is that most of the 180 doctors selected in Srinagar were educated in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and China. The synergy in this three-way process indicates the far greater possibilities waiting to be tapped for regional cooperation. These possibilities can be unlocked through a democratic solution that would undercut fear and insecurity. And that can only happen through a major shift away from military suppression and silencing the aspirations of the Kashmiri people toward ascertaining the wishes of the people and then negotiating while addressing geostrategic concerns.
Gautam Navlakha
Gautam Navlakha is editorial consultant for the Mumbai-based Economic and Political Weekly and a convener of the International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-administered Kashmir. Read More

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Lim's Lightning breaks tradition
Lim's Lightning producing more despite his 58kg top weight to beat Hard Too Think (No. 7) in yesterday's $1 million Group 1 Singapore Gold Cup over 2,000m at Kranji.TNP PHOTO: SALWA SUANDI
Trainer Daniel Meagher and jockey Danny Beasley after winning the Singapore Gold Cup with Lim's Lightning.TNP PHOTO: SALWA SUANDI
Meagher's Lion City Cup-Raffles Cup winner makes light of 58kg to win the $1 million Singapore Gold Cup
Tan Thean Loon
Racing Editor
Lim's Lightning not only beat a strong field, but also tradition, by asserting his superiority as Kranji's highest-rated galloper in the $1 million Group 1 Singapore Gold Cup yesterday.
The Daniel Meagher-trained and Lim's Stable-owned six-year-old Australian-bred made light of 58kg to deny Hard Too Think (52.5kg) of becoming the first to win the Singapore Derby, Queen Elizabeth II Cup and the Gold Cup in the same year.
The Stephen Gray-trained Hard Too Think started as the favourite but was overtaken in the final minute by Lim's Lightning, who paid $14 for a win. Hard Too Think showed $18.
It was certainly an amazing feat by Meagher to train the horse to win the Lion City Cup over 1,200m, the Raffles Cup over 1,600m and now the Gold Cup over 2,000m this year.
Lim's Lightning was expected to win the QE II Cup over 1,800m on Oct 16 but was scratched after sustaining abrasions from a walk on Cup eve.
The Gold Cup was the bay gelding's first attempt over the staying trip despite a two-month break. He also had to concede between 3kg and 8kg to his 15 rivals because of the handicap conditions of the race.
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Tradition has always been against the topweights, with the last-winning toppie being Smart Bet in 2002, but Lim's Lightning simply proved that it was just a myth. Class prevailed.
Besides superb training, jockey Danny Beasley also won accolades for his 10-out-of-10 handling of Lim's Lightning.
The 46-year-old Australian secured the lead after taking off brilliantly. He was unperturbed when Elite Incredible eyeballed him at the backstraight.The $259 menace was one of trainer Michael Clements' seven contenders, which also included last year's winner Big Hearted, who eventually finished sixth.
After shaking off Elite Incredible, Beasley again kept his cool when Marc Lerner brought Hard Too Think to challenge him on straightening.
But his mount found more to win by 3/4 lengths in 2min 02.25sec to give him his first Gold Cup victory.
Group 2 Stewards' Cup winner Mr Malek ($186) got up to beat Katak, a five-from-five South African winner, including three in Group 3, for third.
"The horse was really incredible today," said Beasley. "He didn't react to Elite Incredible, he didn't over-race and really stayed in his own rhythm. That's what won him the race."
The Australian was also "very mindful of the weight difference" when Hard Too Think charged at him. He told himself not to panic to help his horse in his first 2,000m attempt.
"So, the main thing was to keep him balanced and save a bit for the end," he said.
"I actually thought of changing the whip to the left, hoping to find a bit extra. But, at the 100m or 150m, I thought Hard Too Think was coming to the end of his run and my horse was getting the upper hand, and I was going to win.
"It was really a nice feeling in the last 20m. I knew my horse was going to win."
Meagher was worried when Hard Too Think loomed up and poked ahead of Lim's Lightning on straightening. He credited Lerner for a good fight.
"I thought mine would run second. But, when Hard Too Think came up to him, he fought on again," said an emotional Meagher.
"Marc rode his horse really well, because he had 52.5kg on his back and put pressure on Lim's Lightning at the top of the straight. But you cannot take anything away from Lim's Lightning. He carried 58kg and didn't race for two months.
"I'm an emotional mess. He's done an amazing job, winning the Lion City Cup, the Raffles Cup and now the Gold Cup despite the setback of not racing for 57 days and carrying the top weight. Credit to the horse, not me."
He also dedicated the win to his father John, who won the Gold Cup with Kim Angel in 2000 and to Lim's Stable's Lim Siah Mong, who savoured his first Gold Cup.
"I think of my dad. He's not in the best of health, so it's great to win for him. He's my mentor, he's my everything, so to follow him win the Gold Cup is very special. Mr Lim is holidaying in Spain. He's very happy. It is also very special for him," said Meagher.
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It's similar to the Puerto Rican Morcilla (blood sausage) which is sausage stuffed with glutinous rice, spices and pig's blood. It's served steamed and it's freaking delicious!
first of all, that was really well written. I love it. Second, damn it, we need this stuff in New York. Go learn how to make it and we'll start a street cart in Midtown. Forget your lawyerly dreams, I'm telling you. Taiwanese Pig's Blood Cake Cart is going to take over the world.
As far as making it... I don't know where we'll get pig's blood en masse, but my grandmother knows how to make it. It'll be like the new Baohaus, but better, and reasonably priced!
It actually sounds pretty appetizing once you hear what goes into it. I wonder if changing the name to something more pedestrian-friendly would make it more popular?
Angus - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! That would cheapen the experience lol!
I just tried to approximate a recipe as I couldn't find one online anywhere.
I did a cup of risotto rice (no short grain to hand) to 2 cups of pigs blood (it can be bought dried from sausage-making supply companies, in the UK at least). Cooked in a thermomix - about 40 minutes, speed 1, at 100c.
My assumption from the images I've seen is that the mixture must at some point be set so I turned out the resultant slop onto a greased sheet of silver foil. The goo is VERY sticky.
As it cooled, it did firm up but didn't get close to the "eraser" like texture described above.
I've tried steaming a piece but doing so caused it to soften up again - reverting back to a sticky goo.
The picture of them in the cart shows them lying on top of one another in a steamer - if I tried that with mine they'd clump together immediately.
I wasn't sure what would go in the hot sauce so I coated a piece in a thick mixture of gochujang and pork stock before rolling in coriander and ground peanuts.
They don't taste bad, but the texture is too gummy - they've got no bite to them.
I suspect that my blood-to-rice ratio is off for a start but has anyone got any ideas on how to get a more authentic result? Anyone else tried making them?
I'd guess you used way too much blood. Looking at the English blood cake recipes, it's 1 to ratio.


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We've been teasing Star Trek The Visual Dictionary for a few months now, sharing preview pages and tipping fans off about a contest to win free copies of the DK tome, which is a visual exploration of the Star Trek universe, spanning all five of the Star Trek series (and the first 10 feature films) and veering from A (for Andorians) to V (for Vidiians). Well, it'll be out on March 18, and today we're pleased to present an interview with the book's author, Paul Ruditis.
How did the opportunity to write Star Trek The Visual Dictionary come about for you?
Ruditis: CBS Consumer Products very kindly suggested me for the book. It was one of those rare, wonderful situations where I woke up one morning to find an email from an editor I've never met before offering me a job. That's a really nice way to wake up.
How well do you know Star Trek? Were you a fan? If so, which shows/movies, characters/ships do you personally like most?
Ruditis: I'd say I'm fairly familiar with Star Trek. My father started me watching the reruns of the original series when I was really, really young. He used to try to convince my mom it was the monsters on Sesame Street giving me the nightmares, not the Gorn. I didn't really become a fan though until The Next Generation came out when I was a teen. That's when I truly understood what Star Trek was about, so I'd say that's the series I connect with the most.
What of the more obscure elements of the Star Trek universe did you love, that you were eager to write about? And what elements did you maybe not know, that intrigued as you did your research for the project?
Ruditis: Tuvix. I SO wanted to put Tuvix in the book, but there were so many other topics to cover that we couldn't find a way to justify doing it. I was glad I got to explore more of Star Trek: Enterprise. I sort of fell off watching that series shortly after I wrote the "Shockwave" novelization. I regretted that since I knew they explored a lot of the mythology of the Star Trek universe in the later seasons of the show. Since that mythology was so important to writing this book, it gave me a reason to reconnect with Enterprise.
Speaking of research, what did you use as your resources to keep it all within the Trek canon?
Ruditis: Well, it all starts with the show itself. Thankfully everything is available on Netflix now, because my old VHS tapes are totally warped to the point the episodes are beyond recognition. I also have so many of the wonderful official reference books on my shelf that any time I had a question, there was a resource to confirm or contradict what I already knew…or didn't remember correctly.
You're writing for a younger audience. How did you go about finding the right tone to your prose, so that it spoke to the reader, not at him or her?
Ruditis: I've written a lot for children and teens -- one of the reasons I suspect CBS suggested me -- and I've never found this to be a problem. I don't really think about it too much. It's just a matter of knowing your audience and what their interest is in picking up this book. Children's interests are just as diverse as adults, so the tone has to fit with that diversity. When you're talking about a Star Trek visual dictionary that is geared toward a younger audience, it's not like you're going to suddenly fill every page with Tribbles simply because they're kids. I've found that children interested in Star Trek already tend toward a more mature reading level anyway.
What was the process? Were you handed photos and then went off and wrote about them, or did you also have a hand in choosing what Trek elements were covered in the book.
Ruditis: It started with DK sending me an outline that covered pretty much every page of the book. I tweaked the outline to add things that I felt were more important and remove things I didn't consider crucial information. When you're putting together a visual book that covers over seven hundred hours of television and movies, it's impossible to include everything. There has to be some give and take in choosing the importance of a subject. Once we came up with the outline, CBS had some additional input then I set about pulling the photos.
How ready are you for fans to get their hands on Star Trek The Visual Dictionary?
Ruditis: I can't wait. I was talking with the John Van Citters at CBS about the book back at the beginning of the project and he summed up the project best. He's got all these great Star Trek reference books in his office, but he can't really share them yet with his youngest son. The Star Trek Encyclopedia, for example, is a fantastic reference book that I have used many, many times over the years, but you're not necessarily going to hand that to a small child for some light reading. The Visual Dictionary can be a good way to introduce his son to Star Trek, beyond the episodes themselves, of course. I hope other parents can use it for that purpose as well.
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When I inherit Class2 from Class1 is it possible not to inherit all these classes but replace with new? So all methods that used these class variables will use only objects in inherited class. Or exists another way?
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A: Anything private can never be inherited in a sub class.

A: If you're looking to inherit "methods, logic of work, but not data structures", you need to use interface more and composition rather than inheritance.

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Killing the Love of Reading in Kids
I read an article that stated seven ways that schools kill the love of reading in children. It was a rather long article and to be truthful, the second half really didn't keep my interest because it became more about how schools operate, rather than reading. What stuck out to me was how many points I disagree with.
Quantify their reading assignments
The article states that assigning kids a set time or amount to read makes them turn pages and not develop a love of reading. I assign my daughter thirty minutes of reading per night. It can be a magazine, online articles, graphic novels, books of her choosing. I disagree that it is making her hate reading. There are times when she reads well over her assigned thirty minutes and when she does that, it makes my heart soar. Of course, the majority of the time it's the opposite - the timer goes off and she slams the book shut, mid-sentence, even mid-word and I can tell she is glad to be done with the chore of reading. But I don't believe it is making her hate reading. She still asks to go to the library. She still spends birthday money on the next book in the series she's into. She still enjoys listening to audio books with me. And, she is a good reader to boot.
Of all the assignments I had as a child, I don't recall being told that I had to read for a certain amount of time. I recall being assigned chapters in my textbooks, but not that I had to read a book of my choosing for XX minutes per night. I am thankful for that because in elementary and high school, I had a ton of homework to deal with as it was, so adding reading time would have put my bedtime at around midnight.
But, times have changed. My daughter goes to an IB school that prides itself on its innovative, global curriculum, high tech classrooms, and small class sizes. She loves it. Yet, she hasn't had a homework assignment in three years. That blows my mind. In the real world, there are hardly any careers that are done within the confines of the job hours. Most dedicated professionals dedicate time outside their office hours to getting the job done. Yet, my daughter believes that she can get everything done during the school day and that is enough. While I vehemently disagree and feel that she is being groomed to be an under-achiever, I'll leave that for another post, and get back to my point. Making a child read does not lead to their hatred of the written word. It opens them to books they wouldn't otherwise know they like, or genres they may not try if not looking to fulfill a timed requirement. Like anything else required on a regular basis, it can feel tedious and some freedom should be allowed so they can explore writing in different forms, and keep it interesting.
Make them write reports
Writing book reports was listed as a way to make children hate reading. Again, I disagree that simply making a student write something in response to what they read is going to make them hate reading. There are many people who would not have digested a book and found their love of reading if they did not have to think about it for an assignment. Many reluctant readers who have had books forced on them via a book report have found a favorite book, author or hobby because of a book report. Rather than the assignment, I believe what the child is asked to read makes a difference in how the report influences their opinion on reading.
I had to read a ton of books and write many essays on those books during high school. When the books were harder to grasp, like Dante's The Inferno, I wasn't excited to write an essay. But as we discussed the book in class and understood it better, I was able to write the reports and maintain my love of reading. That's not to say that the assignments were easy. But, having to articulate my understanding of the book via a book report did not diminish the act of reading, or the enjoyment the book brought.
Offer them incentives
The article says that incentives for reading make children hate reading. Did the author of the article never earn a BOOK IT pizza from Pizza Hut?! Those things were the BOMB when I was growing up. We didn't have a lot of extra money to go have pizza so earning a free personal pan pizza by doing something I loved was definitely a motivator for me. I don't offer my daughter a pizza at the end of the month, but I do gather things I know she's into, like funky socks, nail polish, and earrings and toss them in a prize box that she gets to choose from at the end of the month for reading. She decorated the box and looks forward to the prizes in it, which I rotate to keep it fun. She looks forward to choosing a prize and I love rewarding her for something that I love so much as well.
I don't think that incentives will make kids hate reading for the reason the article lists. I think it's more a sign of the times. When I was young (writing that makes me feel old), we didn't have the means or access to getting what we wanted when we wanted it. We got toys and treats when we earned them, or as gifts for holidays and birthdays. Today, kids get stuff for no reason. A kid doesn't expect to wait to earn the newest Iphone, they expect they will get it when it comes out. Their expectation of instant gratification makes working to earn an incentive outdated and unreasonable to them. It has nothing to do with the task that leads to the reward.
Like anything else, I believe that positive reinforcement works when mixing kids and reading. It gives them something to achieve, something to work towards and that's a valuable lesson we owe our kids.
There are some points that I agree can make reading feel like a chore, rather than a pleasant experience, and the article does a good job capturing them.
Isolate them
Reading is a lonely task. As a child, I preferred to read out loud to an audience. I also loved to hear what my peers thought about the book. I have fond memories of the round-table discussions I had in my high school English class where we talked about really challenging books. I loved talking about them in a group because it made the books feel more palatable. Taking the isolation out of trying to figure out what the author intended in classic literature, or what characters in contemporary novels is a great way to make young readers feel like there is a greater purpose to reading.
I would love for there to be more book groups for kids in my area. The library offers one for teens, but that is the only book club I know of for kids. I believe that if children see other kids get excited about books and characters they will get into them, too. It creates an environment of acceptance of books that is rare for kids.
I know that enticing your kids to join a book club probably sounds like a difficult task, but I am not one who believes that kids should have too many choices anyway. I'd take the approach of signing up my daughter, and making her attend at least three sessions before deciding if she doesn't want to do it anymore. By then she'll meet the other kids, make a friend, and find something she likes about the group that will make her want to stick to it. I believe this can be true for kids who struggle with reading as well. Just because a child struggles with reading, doesn't mean he doesn't like it. If put in an environment of patience and support, even a kid who reads below his grade level can develop a love of reading, and find characters he loves. If more schools offered reading time more like small book groups among kids who read at the same level and choose what they read, perhaps the statistics in the infographic above would improve.
Focus on skills
I'll be the first to admit that I never took to the Classics. I never became a fan of Poe, Shakespeare, or the Bronte Sisters. Mostly because of the way I read their books. They were assigned reading in high school and we broke down nearly every line, dissecting how it was written and the brilliance of the language. There was no focus on how we could relate to the writing or how it fit into the world we were facing. The books were read to teach vocabulary, sentence structure and other literacy skills that made reading these books feel like a lesson, rather than feeling like a connection between me and the words on the page. It made it an exhaustive experience, and it was certainly a turn off. I understand why experiences like that turn kids off to reading.
Prepare them for tests
It was clear when a teacher presented a book solely to prepare the class for some standardized test. I think most books I read in middle school were for that purpose. When the focus was more on expanding vocabulary and not on expanding my world view, I was instantly disengaged in the book. It didn't make me hate reading, but I definitely didn't look forward to it, or care what happened to the characters.
I agree one million percent with James Patterson. I think that the main reason children decide they hate reading is because they don't find a book that draws them in. That is why I find it so imperative that reading materials - from magazines, to comics to e-books and blogs be offered as reading options to kids. If a kid is more visual, there are comic books and graphic novels. If a child loves facts or real world scenarios, they can read National Geographic for kids on their tablet or phone. Kids who have trouble reading can listen to audio books.
And not to beat a dead horse, but if a kid doesn't relate to the characters, they are less likely to create an affinity to books in general, which is why diverse books is so important. I am willing to bet that kids seeing characters like them in print, or headlines that reflect the world as they live it, are more likely to develop a love of reading than those who are only given the option of reading about the world from a place or time of privilege. The real culprit negating reading habits among our children is not that we set an expectation of reading, or reward them for it. The true transgression is when they are force fed the materials for purposes other than the expansion of their world from a lens of understanding.
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Dr. Lee is a holder of prestigious Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Diploma in Wines and Spirits and is a Certified WSET Educator. In addition, he has completed the French Wine Scholar (FWS) program and the Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) program from the Society of Wine Educators (SWE) and the Certified Specialist of Spirits (CSS) program. Future plans include the preparation for the Master of Wine program (MW) in 2012. Dr. Lee speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Tomonari Machida got involved in the alcohol beverage industry through his family�s restaurant business and working for various chain restaurants.� He holds two Bachelor�s degrees; one in Education and the other in Management.� With over a decade of retail experience in the Canadian wine and liquor industry as a manager and various experiences in the international market, he is the Director of Education for Vinoscenti � Canada.
Mr. Machida has completed the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Wines and Spirits, the WSET Wine Service Assessor program,� and the Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) as well as for the Certified Specialist of Spirits (CSS) from the Society of Wine Educators (SWE).
He has attended many industry seminars and trade tastings as well as for given many lectures.� Mr. Machida is currently in the process of completing the WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines and Spirits program.� Future educational plans include the Certified Wine Educator (CWE) program through the SWE, certification through the Court of Master Sommeliers, and both Certified Sake Professional (CSP) and Advanced Sake Professional (ASP) through the Sake Education Council.� He is fluent in English, Japanese and French.
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Mr. Chen has travelled extensively around the world to various wine producing countries and has spent a few vintages working as a cellar hand at a winery in BC�s Okanagan.� He has also tried his hand at producing his own wine at a commercial level.
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The next generation of nighttime entertainment kicks off atDisney's(NYSE: DIS)Florida resort tonight. The theme-park giant is teaming up with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), sending a fleet of 300 illuminated drones up in the air for a nightly spectacle at its Disney Springs shopping and entertainment complex.
Disney received clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration to use drones for entertainment purposes earlier this month, and after a few test runs in recent days we've arrived at tonight's debut of "Starbright Holidays -- An Intel Collaboration." The show features the drones with multi-colored lights forming swirling versions of Christmas trees, doves, and other pieces of illuminated art, synchronized to a soundtrack of classic holiday songs.The shows will run at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. nightly through Jan. 8.
The show will take place over the lake that wraps along the perimeter of Disney Springs, offering decent viewing angles through most of the property. Keeping the drones over the lake also helps with safety concerns, as drones that fail during a performance would simply fall into the water. The drones are all backed with sensors so they don't collide with one another.
Disney recently updated what used to be called Downtown Disney, adding several new high-end restaurants and stores to what was renamed Disney Springs earlier this year. This nightly holiday show will be successful, and it's safe to say that it will morph into a non-holiday drone show come January.
The world's largest theme-park operator was struggling with Disney World attendance issues earlier this year, but it's fair to say that Disney Springs is drawing better now than Downtown Disney was in the past. Now that Disney's theme-park attendance turned around in Florida during the summer quarter and on-site hotel bookings are starting to pick up it sets the stage for a strong showing at Disney World in general and Disney Springs in particular during the peak holiday shopping season when it matters the most. Disney's drone show takes flight tonight, and if the media giant's aim is true, it will be the only thing that's still up in the air.
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Interest age: 5+
Personal/social issues
Author: Raymond Briggs
The Man is a dialogue between a boy, John, and a tiny naked man who appears in John's room in the middle of the night, demanding clothes.
Despite the man's cantankerous demands, a bond forms between the two as John hides him from his parents.
The Man won the Kurt Maschler 'Emil' Award in 1992 and it is well deserved: the book is visually spectacular. Images such as the Man wearing a digital watch as a belt are testament to Briggs' extraordinary imagination. There is no narration, but it is a complete contrast to the wordless The Snowman.
Speech bubbles occasionally cut across the main dialogue from the cartoon-style drawings. The book is dialogue-heavy, but the two voices are distinct and expressive, and perfectly capture an enchanting friendship.
What The Man lacks in subtlety, it makes up for in message: kindness, acceptance of strangers, intolerance of prejudice. You'll never look at everyday household objects in quite the same way again…
Raymond Briggs
Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists. Born in Wimbledon in 1934, he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and went on to produce a treasure trove of work. He has created characters that are now icons for generations of children, including Fungus the Bogeyman, Father Christmas and, of course, the beloved Snowman. His original Mother Goose was published in 1966 and won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. His work has won numerous awards and been adapted for film on several occasions, including, most recently, Ethel and Ernest.
Raymond Briggs was given the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.
Raymond Briggs: a lifetime in books
Raymond Briggs has just won our Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 - and with very good reason. If you only know a couple of Raymond Briggs' works, you're in for a treat...
Jane, the Fox & Me
Author: Fanny Britt Illustrator: Isabelle Arsenault & Translator: Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou
This thought-provoking graphic novel by Fanny Britt, exquisitely illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, is a real visual delight
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Earthling!
Author: Mark Fearing
Bud misses his own school bus, but accidentally catches the space bus to Cosmos Academy, the best school in the galaxy. He soon makes friends with Gort and other alien children. He even plays anti-gravity ZeroBall.
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What is your personal opinion, how BAS should be transformed?
Nothing of what is written as text in the proposed bill I do not share. Since, as I said, from the opinions received from the ministers themselves, they do not understand what will happen with BAS. We are talking about scientific institutes. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is a living organism, composed of its research institutes. In this living organism, if you cut off the limbs, the living organism ceases to exist.
The opinion that I received after the session of the Commission from the Minister of Regional Development, who is principal of the state property, is quite disturbing. He was supposed to give expert opinion on this state property and the status of the research institutes. In his letter he says that the research institutes henceforth cease to be scientific organizations, and become institutions under the State Property Act, i.e., government offices. A scientist, who becomes part of the executive power, ceases to be a scientist. In the best case he will be an expert at the corresponding Directorate, which will put in the required form management decisions. But this is not science.
And only one word, is it necessary to reform or not BAS at this stage?
Undoubtedly it is necessary, but not in this direction. Because indeed BAS is currently at a crossroads, but this bill does not lead it in the right track, it rather crashes BAS.


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"Ptooey!" I gagged as I sprayed the comics with a mouthful of steaming coffee.
Excuse me. But from what I could see, he had enough entertainment already.
"I almost swallowed something!" I babbled as I raced to clean up Peanuts, Dilbert and Garfield, the offending bug soaking into the print.
I looked at the blob closely.
So I guess in retrospect, my fly incident wasn't all that bad.
But some days it's easy to focus on the "fly in the ointment" -- stuck in rush hour traffic, an unexpected bill, delicate laundry dried on high heat -- and feel like the whole day is ruined.
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Dell Technologies predict 8 Tech Trends for 2018
Gazing into the crystal ball, Dell Technologies make some bold predictions for the next 12 months.
As organisations face into a new year of digital disruption, Dell Technologies has today announced its predictions as to how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality, the Internet of Things and cloud computing, will transform our lives and how businesses will operate in Ireland in 2018.
In the coming twelve months, significant progress will be witnessed in embedding near-instant intelligence in IoT-enhanced cities, organisations, homes and vehicles. As every object will become smart, technology will function as an extension of ourselves.
Unveiling the predictions today Aisling Keegan, Vice-President and Commercial General Manager of Dell EMC Ireland, said: "Emerging technologies have the potential to solve some of the intractable problems faced by humanity and offer the opportunity to increase productivity for business. To help organisations throughout Ireland prepare for the digital transformation happening around, we've compiled our predications to explore what innovations will come to the fore in 2018."
"From the explosion in the number of connected devices, the widespread adoption of AI, the journey towards the 'mega-cloud' and the enhancement of cybersecurity technologies, 2018 will be a year of epic transformation. Organisations must act on this change or be left behind. Dell EMC Ireland is strongly positioned to lead and help organisations to undergo IT transformation from edge to core to cloud. As 2017 comes to a close we want organisations to take the time to become aware of the new trends surrounding them and plan their organisations future with technology at the heart of it."
Top 8 predictions detailed below:
Prediction 1: AI will do the 'thinking tasks' at speed Over the next few years, AI will change the way we spend our time acting on data, not just curating it. Businesses will harness AI to do data-driven "thinking tasks" for them, significantly reducing the time they spend scoping, debating, scenario planning and testing every new innovation. It will mercifully release bottlenecks and liberate people to make more decisions and move faster, in the knowledge that great new ideas won't get stuck in the mire.
Prediction 2: Embedding the IQ of Things Starting in 2018, we'll take gargantuan strides in embedding near-instant intelligence in IoT-enhanced cities, organizations, homes, and vehicles. With the cost of processing power decreasing and a connected node approaching $0, soon we'll have 100 billion connected devices, and after that a trillion. The magnitude of all that data combined, processing power with the power of AI will help machines better orchestrate our physical and human resources. We'll evolve into 'digital conductors' of the technology and environments surrounding us. Technology will function as an extension of ourselves. Every object will become smart and enable us to live smarter lives.
Prediction 3: We'll don AR headsets It also won't be long until the lines between 'real' reality and augmented reality begin to blur. AR's commercial viability is already evident. For instance, teams of construction workers, architects and engineers are using AR headsets to visualize new builds, coordinate efforts based on a single view of a development and train on-the-job laborers when a technician can't be on site that day.
"In the future it won't be a question of people or machines, the magic is people and machines. We're entering the next era of human-machine partnership, a more integrated, personal relationship with technology that has the power to amplify exponentially the creativity, inspiration, intelligence and curiosity of the human spirit." - Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell Technologies
Prediction 4: A deeper relationship with customers Dell Technologies' Digital Transformation Index shows that 45% of leaders in mid to large organizations believe they could be obsolete within 5 years and 78% see start-ups as a threat to their business. It's never been more important to put the customer experience first. Over the next year, with predictive analytics, machine learning (ML) and AI at the forefront, companies will better understand and serve customers at, if not before the point of need.
Prediction 5: Bias check will become the next spell check Over the next decade, emerging technologies such as VR, AI, will help people find and act on information without interference from emotions or external prejudice, while empowering them to exercise human judgment where appropriate. In the short-term, we'll see AI applied to hiring and promotion procedures to screen for conscious and unconscious bias. Meanwhile VR will increasingly be used as an interview tool to ensure opportunities are awarded on merit alone, e.g. by masking a prospective employee's true identity with an avatar.
Prediction 6: Media & Entertainment will break new ground with esports In 2018, we'll see increasingly vast numbers of players sitting behind screens or wearing VR headsets to battle it out in a high-definition computer-generated universe. As hundreds of millions of players and viewers tune-in, esports will go mainstream.
Prediction 7: We'll journey toward the "mega-cloud" Cloud is not a destination. It's an IT model where orchestration, automation and intelligence are embedded deeply into IT Infrastructure. In 2018, businesses are overwhelmingly moving toward a multi-cloud approach, taking advantage of the value of all models from public to private, hosted, managed and SaaS. However, as more applications and workloads move into various clouds, the proliferation of cloud siloes will become an inevitability, thus inhibiting the organization's ability to fully exploit data analytics and AI initiatives. This may also result in applications and data landing in the wrong cloud leading to poor outcomes. As a next step, we'll see the emergence of the "mega cloud", which will weave together multiple private and public clouds to behave as a coherent, holistic system. The mega cloud will offer a federated, intelligent view of an entire IT environment. To make the mega cloud possible, we will need to create multi-cloud innovations in networking (to move data between clouds), storage (to place data in the right cloud), compute (to utilize the best processing and acceleration for the workloads), orchestration (to link networking, storage and compute together across clouds) and, as a new opportunity, customers will have to incorporate AI and ML to bring automation and insight to a new level from this next generation IT environment.
Prediction 8: The year to sweat the small stuff In this increasingly interconnected world, our reliance on third parties has never been greater. Organizations aren't simple atomic instances; rather, they are highly interconnected systems that exist as part of something even bigger. The ripples of chaos spread farther and faster now that technology connects us in astonishing ways. Consider that one of the most substantial data breaches in history occurred because attackers used credentials to log into a third-party HVAC system.
Due to our increasingly interwoven relationship with machines, small subtle failures can lead to mega failures. Hence, next year will be a year of action for multinational corporations, further inspired by the onslaught of new regulations such as GDPR.
For more information on Dell Technologies 2018 Predictions, Check the Dell Technologies Post.
If you would like to chech out how Dell did with their 2017 predictions, you can check the list in the below video.


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Q: What is a realistic example showing the need for a Money class? I've always heard that you should use a money class due to floating point inaccuracy. However, it is astonishingly hard to find any example where floating point inaccuracy actually leads to a wrong result.
My programming language of choice is Python. To test if the result is different from the expected, I use:
expected = '1.23'
result = '{:0.2f}'.format(result)
assert expected == result

So while the following is a good example for floating point inaccuracy, it is NOT an example for the need of a money class using a rational number class (like Pythons fractions) for most use-cases:
a = 10.0
b = 1.2
assert a + b - a == b

The best thing I could come up with is
result = (a + b - a) * 10**14 - b * 10**14
expected = 0

but multiplying something money-related by 10**14 seems really made-up.
Now I wonder if there are any realistic examples showing the need for a money class or if everything is "captured" by simply rounding to two digits.

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it is astonishingly hard to find any example where floating point inaccuracy actually leads to a wrong result.

I would not say it is astonishingly hard. A famous real-world example, albeit not involving money was that the Patriot missile system code accumulated a floating point rounding error of 0.000000095 seconds per second; if the system was not rebooted every five days, it would be off by a fraction of a second.  Since the missiles it intercepts can move several thousand meters per second, it would miss.
At least 28 people died as a result of this floating point error.
We can demonstrate the Patriot error without putting more lives at risk. Here's a little C# program.  Suppose we are adding up dimes; how many do we have to add before we get a significant error?
    double sum = 0.0;
    long k = 0;
    long report = 1;
    while (true) {
        k += 1;
        sum += 0.1;
        if (k == report) {
            Console.WriteLine($"{k} {k / 10.0 - sum}");
            report *= 10;
        }
    }

Let it run as long as you like.  The output on my machine started:
1 0
10 1.11022302462516E-16
100 1.95399252334028E-14
1000 1.406874616805E-12
10000 -1.58820512297098E-10
100000 -1.88483681995422E-08
1000000 -1.33288267534226E-06
10000000 0.00016102462541312
100000000 0.0188705492764711
1000000000 1.25458218157291
10000000000 -163.12445807457

After only a hundred million computations -- so, $10M -- we are already off by two cents. By ten billion computations we are off by $163.12.  Sure, that's a tiny error per transaction, and maybe $163.12 is not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things compared to a billion dollars, but if we cannot correctly compute 100 million times 0.1 then we have no reason to have confidence in any computation that comes out of this system.
The error could be guaranteed to be zero; why would you not want the error to be zero?
Exercise: You imply that you know where to put the roundings in to ensure that this error is eliminated. So: where do they go?

Some additional thoughts, inspired by your comment:

while I think a decimal data type certainly is required for a money class, I don't think it is enough. I think a money class should also (1) prevent adding non-money numbers (2) prevent adding two different currencies (3) not allow taking the power / roots.

If what you want is real-world examples of money errors involving units of measure not being trapped by the type system, there are many, many such examples.
I used to work at a company which writes software that detects software defects. One of the most magical defect checkers is the "cut and paste error" detector, and it found a defect in real world code like
dollarTot = (euros1 + euros2) * dollarEuroRate;
pesoTot = (euros3 + euros4) * pesoEuroRate;
... dozens more like this...

And then later on in the code
dollarTot = (yen1 + yen2) * yenDollarRate;
pesoTot = (yen3 + yen4) * pesoEuroRate;
...

Oops.
The major international trading house that had that defect called us up and said that the beer was on them next time we were in Switzerland.
Examples like these show why financial houses are so interested in languages like F# that make it super easy to track properties in the type system.
I did a series on my blog a few years ago about using the ML type system to find bugs when implementing virtual machines where an integer could mean an address of a dozen different data structures, or an offset into those structures.  It finds bugs fast, and the runtime overhead is minimal.  Units of measure types are awesome, even for simple problems like making sure you don't mix up dollars with yen.


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New York Times – Charlie Victor Romeo Review
Drama Where You'd Want It the Least: In the Cockpit
'Charlie Victor Romeo' Depicts Doomed Flights
By A. O. SCOTT, JAN. 28, 2014
A scene from the film directed by Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels, and Karlyn Michelson.
The visible action in "Charlie Victor Romeo," a new 3-D film adaptation of a stage play first performed in 1999, consists of unfamiliar actors in familiar uniforms reciting verbatim dialogue from official transcripts. Directed by Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels and Karlyn Michelson, it is a curious hybrid of documentary and experimental theater. It is also one of the most terrifying movies I have ever seen.
This is because the spoken words are drawn from the cockpit voice recorders of doomed airline flights, the devices usually referred to as "black boxes" in news articles about plane crashes. (The film's title refers to the aviation industry jargon for the recorders.) The final moments of six emergencies are re-enacted, after which a note on the screen dryly provides the cause of the accident and the number of survivors.
Most members of the small cast appear in several roles — in effect, returning from the dead — which adds an eerie, haunting detachment to an already nerve-racking experience. The 3-D makes the figures on the screen at once more real and more ghostly. They hover in darkened space, trying to fight off the final and inevitable blackout.
The sets are minimal: Doors and instrument panels evoke cockpits, and we never see into the passenger cabins where most of the future fatalities are sitting, their panic the invisible mirror of our own. Occasionally, a flight attendant or an air traffic controller will appear as a disembodied mouth speaking into a microphone. But mostly, we stare head-on at the flight crew, as if peering in through the front window of the plane.
And we watch as calm routine escalates from anxiety into terror. Sometimes that takes a long time, as when the pilots of a flight out of Lima, Peru, discover that none of their equipment seems to be working, or when a crippled United Airlines flight prepares for an emergency landing in Sioux City, Iowa. Other episodes are shockingly brief. It takes just a few seconds for a couple of errant geese to bring down an Air Force plane in Alaska.
The principal actors — Mr. Daniels, Irving Gregory, Noel Dinneen, Sam Zuckerman, Debbie Troche and Nora Woolley — do a good job of conveying professionalism under duress. A few of the scenes begin with playful banter, and even a hint of flirtation between a pilot and a flight attendant. As things go wrong, the language is dominated by a mixture of technological jargon (heavy on numbers and abbreviations) and profanity. Jaws clench, beads of sweat appear on brows, and breathing accelerates.
You might have a similar reaction. Whether you will find it pleasant, cathartic, thrilling or just dreadful is another question. After the third chapter of this 80-minute movie, my screening companion, a somewhat nervous flier, excused herself and went to wait for me in the Film Forum lobby. It was not only duty that prevented me from joining her, but also a morbid fascination with catastrophe.
There is something else that makes "Charlie Victor Romeo," horrifying as it is, weirdly soothing as well. All of the accidents it recreates are drawn from the 1980s and '90s — in other words, before the Sept. 11 attacks added a grisly new dimension to our fear of flying. The crews in this movie must grapple with bad weather, mechanical failures and human error, which have terrible consequences but are not in themselves evil.
And the movie, while effectively scary, has a curiously abstract feel, and an almost banal mood. It gives us a detailed elaboration of what we already knew, which is that air travel is tedious and, for the most part, safe, until those rare, unimaginable moments when it is suddenly none of those things.
Charlie Victor Romeo
Opens on Wednesday in Manhattan.
Directed by Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels and Karlyn Michelson; written by Mr. Berger, Mr. Daniels and Irving Gregory; 3-D production by NHK Cosmomedia; edited by Ms. Michelson; music by James Malloy, Brett Merrit and Kevin Reilly; produced by Caterina Bartha, Mr. Berger and Mr. Daniels; released by Collective: Unconscious and 3-Legged Dog. At Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street, west of Avenue of the Americas, South Village. Running time: 1 hour 20 minutes. This film is not rated.
WITH: Patrick Daniels, Irving Gregory, Noel Dinneen, Sam Zuckerman, Debbie Troche and Nora Woolley.
A version of this review appears in print on January 29, 2014, on page C1 of the New York edition with the headline: Drama Where You'd Want It the Least: In the Cockpit.
Link to original article posted January 29th, 2014
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