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Q: Flush output to drake::log() Is there a way to get drake::log() messages to flush to output?  I'm finding that in my use case the difference between the time a log message appears and the the time stamp of the message is on the order of minutes and I'd like a little faster logging response.

A: By default, each log message should already be flushed:
https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/blob/v1.5.0/include/spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks-inl.h#L32
There must be something else going on in your configuration.


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267 feet later, tethered by a harness, I was crawling around the roof top inspecting equipment and cables. Did I mention it was misting and the temperature was around 31 degrees. That's why I was crawling instead of walking. We eventually found the problem internet service was restored but that got me thinking.
The simple act of plugging your computer into a jack in the wall and magically you have internet, except it isn't magic. It's engineering and people willing to crawl on top of buildings in all kinds of weather and dig holes in all kinds of weather to make it work and people staying up all night troubleshooting problems to make sure that everything stays connected. The simple act of getting on the internet is the result of thousands of people making sure that it works.
Which brings me to my second point. When I was a software engineer, we had a saying, "Just Works is about 2 Man-Years of labor". In other words, nothing just works unless you have extensive testing and a repeatable process.
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Core city in Ch?goku, Japan
View of Fukuyama
Location of Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture
Location in Japan
Coordinates: 34°29?N 133°22?E / 34.483°N 133.367°E / 34.483; 133.367Coordinates: 34°29?N 133°22?E / 34.483°N 133.367°E / 34.483; 133.367
Ch?goku (San'y?)
o Mayor
Naoki Edahiro
o Total
(September 30, 2019)
o Density
900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
o Flower
UTC+9 (JST)
City hall address
3-5 Higashi-Sakura-cho, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken
www.city.fukuyama.hiroshima.jp
Fukuyama (, Fukuyama-shi) is a city located on the Ashida River in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
As of September 30, 2019, the city has an estimated population of 468,812 and a population density of 904.80 persons per km². The total area is 518.14 km2 (200.05 sq mi).
After Hiroshima, it is the largest city in Hiroshima Prefecture and is located on the far east side of the prefecture. The city's symbol is the rose and it holds an annual Rose Festival in the month of May. The official mascot of Fukuyama is an anthropomorphic rose child by the name of Rola. Fukuyama is a vital commercial, industrial and communications center. It produces machinery, koto (Japanese harps), rubber products, electronics, textiles, and processed foods.
What is today the city of Fukuyama was founded as a castle town in 1619 by Mizuno Katsunari,[1] a cousin of sh?gun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Mizuno was given command of a territory in western Japan consisting of southern Bingo Province and southwestern Bitchu Province. He built a new castle-town as his capital and called it Fukuyama.
After the abolition of the han system in 1871, Fukuyama Prefecture was founded. A short time later the prefecture was renamed Fukatsu. Fukatsu Prefecture was merged with Kurashiki Prefecture in 1872 to form Oda Prefecture. In 1875 Oda Prefecture was merged into Okayama Prefecture.
When the border between Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures was re-arranged in 1876, Fukuyama Town became a part of Hiroshima Prefecture.
Fukuyama Town became Fukuyama City on July 1, 1916. The population of the city at that time was 32,356.
Bombing of Fukuyama Station, 9 August 1945
On August 8, 1945 (two days after the atomic-bombing of Hiroshima), 91 American B-29 bombers made an air raid on Fukuyama, destroying much of the city.
Fukuyama was named one of the core cities of Japan on April 1, 1998.
City view from Fukuyama Castle
Mergers with surrounding towns
In 1933, 10 villages from surrounding Fukayasu District were merged into Fukuyama. Two additional villages from Numakuma District were similarly merged in 1942.
On March 31, 1954, several towns and villages in K?rimatsu District merged to found the city of Matsunaga. Matsunaga City would eventually merge with Fukuyama City on May 1, 1966.
Several towns and villages from the Fukayasu District merged into Fukuyama in 1956, and Fukayasu Town merged in 1962.
Several other surrounding towns and districts eventually merged with Fukuyama:
April 1, 1974, Ashida Town in Ashina District
February 1, 1975, Kamo Town, Fukayasu District and Ekiya Town, Ashina District
February 3, 2003, Utsumi Town in Numakuma District and Shin'ichi Town in Ashina District, thereby dissolving Ashina District
February 1, 2005 Numakuma Town, dissolving Numakuma District
March 1, 2006 Kannabe Town in Fukayasu District, dissolving the district
Fukuyama has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with very warm summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is somewhat lower in winter.
Climate data for Tateyama, Fukuyama, Hiroshima
(30.4) -0.5
Average precipitation mm (inches)
Average snowfall cm (inches)
143.6 134.6 173.1 184.2 210.6 167.4 200.5 228.4 162.7 174.4 153.6 143.7 2,076.8
Source: NOAA (1961-1990) [2]
The city is a regional rail hub and a stop on the coastal Sany? line as well as a terminus for the Fukuen line extending north into Hiroshima Prefecture. Additionally, four types of Shinkansen train on the Sany? Shinkansen line (limited express Nozomi, express Hikari, Kyuushu shinkansen and local Kodama) stop there, making the city easily accessible from anywhere in Japan.
Regional and city buses carry passengers throughout the city and link it to other cities in the region. Some of the cities reachable by highway bus are Hiroshima, Kobe, Kyoto, Matsue, Okayama, Osaka, Tokyo, Ehime's Imabari City & Matsuyama city and Yonago.
Fukuyama Station on the Sanyo Shinkansen
Fukuyama is home to some 70 elementary schools, several dozen junior high schools and roughly twenty high schools, both public and private. Fukuyama University is located in the northwestern district of Matsunaga. The university offers many courses of study, but is best known for its excellent pharmacology program. Fukuyama City Junior College for Women is located in the Kita Honjo district.
The Holocaust Education Center in Fukuyama, inaugurated on June 17, 1995, is dedicated to the memory of 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust. It has the distinction of being the first institution in Japan devoted to Holocaust education.
Fukuyama is home to several large department stores, including Lotz, Tenmaya, and Ito Yokado/Happy Town/Port Plaza. Kannabe-cho is home to the department store Fuji Grand. Many shops selling traditional Japanese goods can be found along the city's Hondori (covered shopping arcade), as well as throughout the city.
Further away from the center of town are the districts of Matsunaga, known for its traditional Japanese footwear, called geta, and Tomo-no-Ura, a fishing village known for its traditional sea bream netting display every May.
Fukuyama Rose Festival
Tomonoura - fishing port of numerous interesting temples and shrines; approximately 30 minutes south of Fukuyama by bus (14 km from Fukuyama).
Myin - Buddhist temple with two national treasures.
Taich?r? - temple hall on the hill behind the ferry terminal was built at the end of the 17th century to house a Korean delegation, which would at times pay its respects.
Uono-sato - snack-food factory that processes most of the locally-caught fish. One can observe workers make chikuwa (ground-fish snacks) and senbei (rice crackers).
Fukuyama Castle
Kusado Sengen, a medieval town excavated in the Ashida River
Twin towns/Sister cities
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada[3]
Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Pohang City, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Maui, Hawaii, United States
^ "Fukuyama Castle - Visit Hiroshima". Fukuyama Castle - Visit Hiroshima. Retrieved .
^ "Fukuyama Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2013.
^ "Hamilton Ontario Sister Cities". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved .
Fukuyama City official website (in Japanese)
Holocaust Education Center, Japan
Fukuyama travel guide from Wikivoyage
Geographic data related to Fukuyama, Hiroshima at OpenStreetMap
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At the end of October, some of our donors joined leaders of The 5th Avenue Theatre on a Director's Trip to New York for the National Alliance of Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s New Works Festival.
This annual festival is one of the most anticipated events of the year in musical theater development, and offers eight writing teams of never-before-seen musicals the thrilling chance to showcase 45 minutes of their work for audiences, directors, and producers from around the country. After a very brief introduction from the writers, an incredible team of professional actors, musicians, and directors do their utmost to bring each musical to life.
After each presentation, audience members have the opportunity to meet the writers outside of the theater. This is always an exciting moment because often, new musicals are united with their most avid supporters at NAMT. For instance, when Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff—5th Avenue Theatre family members and producers of Come From Away—saw an early version of the show at NAMT in 2014, it was love at first sight! Marleen and Kenny, with their fellow producers of Junk Yard Dog Productions Randy Adams and Sue Frost, then shepherded that show from its developmental phases at The 5th through regional tryouts, a Broadway debut, and now several international touring casts.
Director's Trip attendees enjoyed dinner with Stephen Flaherty (seated, center left) and Lynn Ahrens (seated, center right) and learned about their rich life experiences in the musical theater business.
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We have been home for nearly a month now, and our guests are still commenting to us about how both this dinner and this trip fed their passion for musical theater and enriched the way they view every show on our stage now—especially the newest ones!
Invitations to Director's Trips such as this one are among the many benefits of joining our Director's Circle. For more information, please contact Jill Big Eagle at 206.971.7937.
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By Gerg, on June 23rd, 2015
Outcome: A nice fall, finally
A nice combination of falls, if somewhat wetter in parts than would have been preferred — like Friday, as predicted in several updates, and Sunday night, as foreshadowed (but downplayed) in update 6. NSW resorts claimed 45-50 cm aggregate snowfall (which looks about right); the main Victorian resorts a bit less. We'll have to wait to see if this coming week's light falls bring the overall gain up to my "dump" threshold, which is 50 cm week-on-week gain.
Here are the charts for Sunday morning:
JMA precipitation inferred from satellite imagery
BOM surface chart archive
(Mr Cowan's charts below are direct image links, and will progressively disappear as his monthly refresh cycle comes around.)
Update #6 (9 July):
My apologies for the endless updating, but the weather this year is as badly behaved as I can remember. Don't worry, this one is still solid. I'm just moving the dates (again*) to include Sunday, which should see some further nice falls as the low moves into the Tasman and deepens. Temperatures may become marginal for snow as the tropical feed wraps the developing low, but I'm not too worried. The timing is good (early Monday morning, the coldest part of the day), and the thing will probably move off quickly enough to avoid damage:
GFS for Sunday night, 12 July (Levi Cowan)
ECMWF for Sunday night, 12 July
But the follow-up next week is now less secure (in the other post):
* It's not at all unusual for modelled systems to drift later as reality approaches; it's one of the most persistent deficiencies of the current crop of weather models (they advance southern systems too rapidly). I allow a bit for that in making timing calls, but 4 day's shift over 2½ weeks is ridiculous. (A fair bit was due to my stupidly early call on this one, but what do you do with nothing on the ground at the end of June…)
OK, this is pretty secure now; the models agree. The first snow is showing Friday the 10th, from a rather wet little trough. The temperatures will be marginal — snow level perhaps 1600 m. The precipitation looks heavy, but the heaviest area will probably miss the alps to the north. Perhaps 10-15cm; less in Victoria:
GFS for Friday morning, 10 July (Levi Cowan)
BOM's ACCESS-R model for Friday morning, 10 July
Then the first phase of the main event arrives Saturday with a very cold south-westerly (though not as stupidly cold as at the last update!). There'll be snow to low levels, perhaps 20+ cm:
GFS for Saturday night, 11 July (Levi Cowan)
BOM's ACCESS-G model for Saturday night, 11 July
Then there's more action coming in the second phase. (The separation between the two is less distinct now, but there is divergence in the models after Sunday, so I'll stick with two separate posts.)
For clarity, there now appear to be two sizeable snow systems approaching, associated with the passage of a strong polar node (see the spaghetti plot) and a very strong pulse of western Pacific Madden-Julian activity. This post covers the first system, with the dates moved forwards another day to 9-11 July. The second system, targeting 13-15 July, will be in a separate post.
The first system still has the initial upper atmosphere-related northerly feed I wrote about yesterday, due on Friday. That is followed by an extremely cold south-westerly on Saturday. Aggregate snowfall could easily exceed 20 cm. Saturday evening looks like this on the models; note the thicknesses*:
GFS for Saturday afternoon, 11 July (Levi Cowan)
ECMWF for Saturday night, 11 July (Levi Cowan)
* The 500 – 1000 hPa atmospheric thickness is an approximate measure of average lower troposphere temperature, via the universal gas equation (PV=nRT; thickness is just volume, V, which is proportional to absolute temperature, T). A thickness of 5400 m (the blue "540" line on the plot) is usually cold enough for snow in our alps.
While others focus on the possible big follow-up system (13-15th July; post coming), this one is still alive and may yet surprise. On the American GFS model, the initial feed is wet and northerly, but the temperatures are just about cold enough to snow. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology's ACCESS-G model has a similar pattern, also nearly cold enough.
Of the little pre-events, the first (2-3 July) is already in, with 8 cm claimed at Perisher Valley. The second on 6-7 July has weakened a bit, but should still see some snow.
GFS for Friday 10 July (Levi Cowan)
ACCESS-G for Friday, 10 July (BOM)
Update #2 (30 June):
It looks like we may see a series of weak fronts over the first week of July, starting with up to 10 cm from one on 2-3 July. The main event is now showing about 2 days later than I had it, so I've shifted the dates to 8-10 July. The top models now agree on it, but they also did at this stage for the last system…
GFS for Thursday night, 9 July (Levi Cowan)
ECMWF for Thursday night, 9 July (Levi Cowan)
This has firmed nicely on the tail end of the European model (ECMWF); not so much on the US one (GFS — still there; just arriving later). Still a long, long way out; things could change:
GFS (Levi Cowan)
ECMWF (Levi Cowan)
Original post (23 June):
It's a long way out, but at this stage I'm ready to clutch for any straw in a westerly breeze. The famous spaghetti plot is back up after a long server outage, and suggesting some possible action for 6-8 July:
That would coincide with the tropical Madden-Julian oscillation being strongly in phase 6, which is usually positive for Australian snowfalls:
ECMWF Madden-Julian oscillation forecast
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Seminar: Dr Kenneth R. Richards, "An integrating framework for environmental policy implementation"
26 October 2011, 5:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Kenneth R. Richards is the James Martin Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Martin School. He is on leave from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana where he teaches environmental economics, energy law, cost-benefit analysis, and climate change policy. During his visit to Oxford he is working on a book manuscript focusing on comparative international environmental policy instrument choice.
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  $scope.htmlText=$sce.trustAsHtml(text);
}

I'm trying to display htmlText in an iframe when the modal is opened. I'm uisng $uibModal service for the modal. Everything works fine when I use div element with ng-bind-html instead of iframe. But I want to display the data in the iframe.
Please propose a solution, I have tried everything and wasted two days on this but not able to make it work. Thanks in advance.
I also tried directive approach but it is also not working. Can anyone please tell what am I doing wrong?
.directive("previewHTML", function () {
    function link(scope, element) {
        var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
        var element0 = element[0];
        element0.appendChild(iframe);
        var body = iframe.contentDocument.body;

        scope.$watch('content', function () {
            body.innerHTML = scope.content;
        });
    }

    return {
        link: link,
        restrict: 'E',
        scope: {
            content: '='
        }
    };
});

   <preview-html content="htmlText"></preview-html>

I'm getting iframe as follows:

A: I found the answer. Here it is
    .directive("previewHTML", function () {
    return {
        restrict: 'E',
        require: '?ngModel',
        replace: true,
        transclude: true,
        template: '',
        link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
            element.attr('srcdoc', attrs.iframeSrc);
        }
    };
})

HTML Markup

    <preview-html data-iframe-src="{{htmlText}}"></preview-html>

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Professor Peter Twumasi has been confirmed as the new Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA) by President Akuffo Addo.
In a letter released by the Ministry of Youth and Sports on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, confirms his appointment replacing Hon. Robert Sarfo-Mensah.
Abdul-Majeed Bawa who was the acting Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA) for the past eight months after the resignation of Hon. Robert Mensah is to revert to his position as the acting Deputy Director General of the NSA confirmed by the letter.


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Raffaella Hanley (b.1989, USA) grew up in New York where she now runs a couture fashion line, Lou Dallas, that was nominated by in 2019 by the CFDA. Her education at Rhode Island School of Design pushed her to take a sculptural approach to clothing making which she began in her teens. Cinema, especially the science-fiction, magical realism kind, has always enjoyed a central influence in her work including the brand's name. She is currently working closely with the costume designer of HBO's Euphoria and hopes to continue her adventures in the land of the moving image.
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YISD has achieved a Superior rating for fiscal responsibility and transparency, the highest rating given, since Texas implemented the rating system in 2004.
Citizens 65 and over will see no tax increase as a result of Bond 2019
Since its founding in 1915, Ysleta ISD has grown from a small, rural district to more than 40,000 students across 60 campuses and seven learning communities.
For the 14th year in a row, Ysleta ISD earned a Superior Achievement designation - the highest rating available - on SchoolFIRST, the accountability system developed by the Texas Education Agency.
Even with the implementation of the 2015 bond program with new facilities and important renovations being completed recently, Ysleta ISD has lowered the tax rate for 3 years in a row!
Ysleta ISD is the only school district in the area to give all homeowners a 20% homestead exemption.
Ysleta ISD was just named the best school district in the region by Niche
Ysleta ISD has the highest overall percentage of students in the region meeting or mastering standards in English II and Algebra I.
Last year, 7 campuses received all available distinctions from the Texas Education Agency for outstanding test results. That's an honor given to only 5% of public schools in Texas!
Our high school graduation rate exceeds 90% and last year our seniors earned over $299m in financial aid and scholarships.
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Q: Redux: getState in action I change the general state through other actions and when I need to fetch posts I'm doing this:
export const fetchPosts = () => (dispatch, getState) => {

  let state = getState().postReducer
  let options = {
    order: state.order,
    page: state.page,
    per: state.per,
    search: state.search
  }
  let params = generateParams(options)

  return fetch(`${BASE_URL}/api/posts?${params}`)
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(response => dispatch(receivePosts(response)))
}

Is it ok or not?

A: Using getState to get the state and use as you did is ok. Nothing is wrong about it. Even I find it easier to maintain rather than getting the redux state and passing to action creators from components.


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Uniform, Equipment and Tack requirements for the unit.
The 17th attended the battle of Germantown in Philadelphia PA Oct 1st. Despite the weather it was a good turnout.
We took pictures of Sgt Clive wearing the short green coat that appears in the Della Gatta painting of the battle of Germantown.
This will be part of our uniform that we will wear at Philadelphia campaign events.
Members of the dismounted detachment of the 17th Light Dragoons attended the British Brigade/Continental Line sponsored event at Mt Vernon earlier this month.
It was a very well attended event both by reenactors and visitors to one of the most iconic historical sites in North America.
Both Mounted and dismounted troops are preparing for the next event at Monmouth Courthouse, N.J. in June.
235 years ago, General Cornwallis led his hungry, tired and poorly supplied troops to Guilford Courthouse in present day Greensboro North Carolina.
Unable to be resupplied and strengthened by fresh troops, every British Soldier lost meant 1 less man in Cornwallis' Army.
At Guilford Courthouse, a short but very vicious battle pitted desperate forces on both sides, with the Crown Forces outnumbered by more than 2 to 1. At the end of some bloody hand to hand fighting, the British Forces won the battle and held the ground, but suffered horrendous and crippling losses of more than 27% of their forces. This marked the end for Cornwallis and his depleted Army, his only hope was to head to Yorktown, Virginia, for rescue by the Royal Navy. Unfortunately for them the French Navy got there first.
With Cornwallis, attached to Tarleton's British legion was a detachment of approx. 50 17th Light Dragoons. The only regular cavalry attached to the Army, the men of the 17th were still proud of who they were and the regiment they represented. They refused to be recognized as Loyalist troops of the British legion by wearing the green coats of the Legion. Instead the 17th patched their ragged red coats and continued to wear the distinctive uniform and headgear unique to the regiment.
At the 235th Anniversary of the battle this year, members of todays recreated 17th Light Dragoons were present to reenact the battle.
The anniversary this year also marked the unveiling and dedication of the Crown Forces Monument at Guilford Courthouse National Battlefield Park. We were proud to be at the ceremony to represent the members of the regiment who fought and died at the battle. All the regiments of the British Army present at the battle, including German and Loyalist units are engraved on the monument to be remembered for their dedication, and bravery.
We are working on updating and improving our website. Recently added are contemporary paintings and drawings of British Light Dragoons.
We are also adding photos of period weapons and equipment.
Although we try to research and be as accurate as possible in our posts and captions, we may let something slip by, so we would be happy to hear from you with input.
In the meantime, our members are working on preparing their kit for the upcoming season, and we have some new impressions that we would like to field this year, including a mounted and dismounted trumpeter. We are always looking to fill the ranks, so whether dismounted or mounted, take a look and see if you are interested in us.
We are always looking for potential new recruits for both the mounted and dismounted sections.
Mounted recruits should have their own horse, or have access to one that they can use. The rider should be competent and confident enough to walk, trot, canter and gallop in a controlled situation amongst other horses. The horse should be likewise, and also be ok among other horses, both on the battlefield and on the piquet line in camp. If you are working with a horse, we can still accommodate you but may have some restrictions early on to ensure the safety of the rider, the horse, other members of our unit, and other units. We are happy to work with you and we understand the time and effort involved in working with a horse new to reenacting. A few of our members are professional horsemen from various disciplines, so we are a great source to help you with safely integrating you and your horse on the field. You must be 16years of age or older to ride a horse on the battlefield, and to use weapons at events. If you are training your horse to work with gunfire, we can offer suggestions on how to go about it. The key to any good training is patience and consistency. Horses can be of any breed, but must be of solid colour to historically portray the animals used during the American Revolution. (no obvious paints, appaloosas or palominos please). You will need to be able to neck rein your horse and use a Pelham style bit on him/her. Stallions are not permitted for safety reasons. We will integrate new riders and horses into events depending on ability and safety. We can help you aquire tack, kit and weapons and may have some loaner equipment available until you re fully kitted out..
We also have members who can ride, but don't not have a mount currently. We would still happy to have you, if that is the case, and you can work on getting your kit together and field with our dismounted unit until you have found a new horse.
Historically, the 17th LD were augmented with dismounted dragoons before they left Ireland to come to America. We have an accurately kitted out troop of dismounted dragoons, that at events, generally act as detached light infantry troops who work closely with our Horse. Although similar, the kit of the dismounts is less cumbersome and more adequate for working on foot.
Members of the dismounts work on British Army weapons drill and light infantry tactics, and are generally in the forefront of the battlefield and in the thick of the action.
Once again you must be over 16 years of age to handle a weapon on the field. You should be prepared to be able to walk and occasionally run short distances over various types of terrain.
We do have some equipment and weapons that we can loan out while new members are acquiring their kit.
Both units camp together, and we generally have a campaign style camp that includes the horses, and we all chip in to take care of camp, food, and the horses.
and Success to British Arms!
It's been a fairly quiet year event wise for the 17th, but we are preparing to head to Fort Ticonderoga, NY Sept 12th & 13th.
It's an awesome spot, so can't wait to see it.
We are excited to have some new recruits joining us, including a trumpeter for our dismounted unit. We are also looking forward to meeting some more potential recruits during the weekend. We are always looking for new members both mounted and dismounted, so contact us if you have any interest.
Members have been working on getting their kit sorted out and ready for battle.
Our dismounted unit headed by the indomitable Sgt Clive will be sporting their new helmets, and blazing the trail!
If you are going to be there stop by and say hi to us and the horses!
Welcome 17th Light Dragoons website!
We are a British Cavalry reenactment unit that portrays 1 of only 2 regular British Army Light Dragoon regiments that served in America during the Revolution. The 17th arrived in America just weeks before the battle of Bunker Hill, and were some of the last troops to leave America in 1783.
The regiment served in all areas of conflict during the war including Boston, New York and Philadelphia, and served with distinction with Colonel Tarleton and the British Legion during the Southern Campaign.
We are proud to represent a regiment with a long history that has spanned centuries, and is still an active serving tank regiment almagamated with it's sister regiments as the Queens Royal Lancers. They still carry the skull and crossbones and Motto Or Glory on their cap badges. A badge that was designed by the founder of the regiment colonel Hale after the death of his friend General Wolfe at the Battle of Quebec in 1759 and in honour of the General.
Our unit members are based in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York , Tennessee, and Maine; We travel to various 18th Century Living History events and Reenactments up and down the East Coast.
Take a few moments to peruse the site. If you think you have what it takes to serve as one of His Royal Majesty's Dragoons, and are interested in accepting the King's Shilling, go to the Recruiting area for more details!
Although this is the proposed schedule, other events may be added during the year if interest is shown.
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Chuck Grassley: What's Right With Him, Sort Of
Here, as promised, are all the good things I can think of about Chuck Grassley as a candidate for senator.
This is in keeping with the Thumper Rule: "If you can't say something nice, shut your rabbity mouth."
Let me note first that plenty of good things could probably be said about Chuck Grassley as a father, a family man, a teacher, a factory worker, a non-Harvard grad, and so on.
None of that concerns me. Let's look at three nice things about Chuck that relate to his senatorial potential: 1. He talks like he's from the Midwest. Listen to Chuck's r's and l's sometime. "And I'm herrre to tell you that I'm rrright." That's the way most of us talk out herrre, and Chuck has it down.
2. He dresses like he's from the Midwest. His Sunday-go-to-Washington clothes are sheer flatlands: clip-on ties, white socks, shiny black leather flat shoes. All sensible; no fancy windsor knots or cordovans for Chuck. 3. Finally, he has the right name for an Iowa senator. Remember Bourke Hickenlooper, a former representative? Then there was Gross, another perfect name.
With Grassley, we have a name that's earthy, one that could use and even produces at times, fertilizer. His barber must joke about having to mow the Grassley. So would other senators, maybe. There never accuse me of negative political criticism. I've found good even where it's least expected.
Invitation from 'Glo-Worms' almost breaks Cawelti's rule
Most people have a few simple built-in rules by which they live.
"Do it right the first time so you don't have to do it again" ; "You get what you pay for."
Nothing worthwhile comes easily"; and almost all of the Ben Franklin rules are common words to live by.
Rarely something happens which challenges a long-held rule. But when that happens, one must either break the rule or change it. One rule I've believed for years has just been challenged and I'm somewhat shaken. The rule: "If it looks too good to be true, it is too good to be true."
For years, that little rule has guided me steadfastly through cons and con-persons, through phone sales and trumped-up huggermuggery of all varieties.
Now I'm wondering if it's always right. The challenge just came in the form of an invitation from "Karen M." I'm looking at it now. It's printed on a soft light blue stationary, bordered by fuzzy curlicues, the top one of which is a little drawing of two love-birds nuzzling. Rather cute.
The letter is dated "3:15 a.m. Saturday," and between every other printed paragraph, Karen has hand-written a message in blue felt-tip pen. The messages read, in order, "and I do mean enjoy!" — "You lucky dog..." "...don't stop!" — "...someone like you?" — "...turn me over."
Which I do, and there on the letter's backside is a quote from the Master, Kahlil Gibran: "It is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower, but it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee."
The letter is signed "Bye for now, Karen." with a flourish.
WELL NOW. Karen tells me that some woman sent my name to her "because you have something that our members want..." But I'll never know who sent it in, or exactly what she wants. Indeed, Karen says rather disarmingly, "Rather than drive yourself crazy trying to figure out who it was, why not just be glad that someone out there seems to think that you have what it takes!"
Ahem. Only those who are chosen by a female member of the group are invited to join, and from then on, if you pardon the expression, it's gangbusters. If it's true, that is...
Oops. There are two catches. Membership is $20, or $30 for "Executive," and $40 for the "Executive Bonus" membership: That last one probably includes trapeze privileges.
BUT $20 isn't all that much, even if Karen only notates more letters.
It's the other catch that's stalling me. The name of the group is "The Glo-Worm Society." Now, "Men Alive!" or "The Swinging Fingers" or "The Yes-Yes Club" would be tolerable. But "Glo-Worms"? I mean, that's Mills Brothers stuff, late '40s (pap, not pop) music. Besides, it creates a downright grotesque image.
So I'm passing up my chance to become a Glo-Worm. I suppose they have honorary non-voting memberships, or short-term Glo-Away arrangements, but still I'll pass. I can't imagine some sweet thing asking whether I'm interesting in Glo-ing out without me guffawing rudely.
So my original rule stands; but for a name, it might have fallen. Thanks to whoever named the "Glo-worms"; they made my rule prove exceptional.


Every chocoholic needs a no-fail healthier brownie recipe! This recipe was created because I had tried so many and they were either too this or too that, and honestly weren't quite up to my standards.
These are perfect IMO. You better believe they are every chocolate lovers dream. They have been tested multiple times and are amazing. So, have at it sister! Oh, and these would be a perfect dessert to make for Thanksgiving or other holiday gatherings. If you're hosting, you are going to need to check this post out. Thank me later!
Because every chocoholic needs a no-fail healthier brownie recipe in their home!
Blend bananas in blender until liquid.
Add all of the other ingredients except the chocolate chips, blend until combined.
Add in chocolate chips last and blend lightly.
If you want them to be even better use this cacao powder, its my fav!


Pharmacology is the part of science worried about the investigation of medication activity, where a medication can be extensively characterized as any man-made, regular, or endogenous (from inside body) particle which applies a biochemical or physiological impact on the cell, tissue, organ, or creature (now and again the word pharmakon is utilized as a term to include these endogenous and exogenous bioactive species). All the more particularly, it is the investigation of the connections that happen between a living life form and synthetic compounds that influence ordinary or strange biochemical capacity. On the off chance that substances have therapeutic properties, they are thought about pharmaceuticals. Pharmacology has main two parts, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. Pharmacodynamics thinks about the impacts of a medication on organic frameworks, and Pharmacokinetics ponders the impacts of natural frameworks on a medication.


Examine any recent mainstream media story about Mark Brand in the Downtown Eastside, and you'll find some version of the same myth-hype. (The word here is hype, but it could have been type.) Almost-still-a-boy with heart-of-gold overcomes outsized obstacles while building an entrepreneurial empire whose main purpose is to help the local poor. The problem is, when the separate stories are looked at together, they do not add up. But in the world of business — the world that is always presented as Brand's theater of action — the bottom line demands that everything does add up.
The title of the latest episode sounds good on the spinning surface: Gastown Restauranteur Cooks Up a Deal . Do nothing more than eyeball that headline, and you may think that go-to-guy Brand is making even more things happen. Brokering a deal, the article says. But wait. Can you really connect all the bits of the narrative and still see Brand as exercising any agency other than reactive desperation and attempted salvage?
Start off with Brand's personal debt "to the tune of about $1-million" and his simultaneous juggling of nine businesses . Then go back to earlier news about how the four floors of Save-on-Meats were destined to become "the headquarters for his budding empire" . The "million-dollar facelift" of what "sounded like a pipe dream" resulted in a ground-floor of "airy space" with lots of elbow room — complete with commissioned artwork, custom steel for the counter, handworked brick restoration, etc. "The attention to detail was costly" . Toss in a biofuel diesel engine and three rooftop hothouses heated by repurposed energy, items designed to cast a greenish hue over the megaproject .
According to the older news, Brand controlled the 22,000 square feet  of the entire building on a 20-year lease . Now he hangs onto the ground floor only (out of the four floors), still pays one-third of the rent, and is tied to "a five-year locked-in agreement." The conditions are that "he'll reduce his kitchen operation to the ground floor only, where he'll reduce the butcher shop and increase the diner and kitchen" . Notice that the word reduce pops up twice in the same sentence. According to the press release of the acquisitor: "Anthem has plans to renovate the building, and will consolidate the Save on Meats businesses onto the ground floor retail level" . The future for the one Save-on-Meats floor that remains to Brand sounds far less airy and spacious than it used to.
On 13 March 2013 Anthem Properties Group Ltd. announced its acquisition of Save-on-Meats at 43 West Hastings Street in Vancouver. The press release  says that the acquisition was completed on 28 February 2013. The new owner anticipates using the bulk of the building to "create new, loft style, office space" which it anticipates providing for occupancy "as early as August 2013."
The Vice President of Investments and Communications says Anthem is pleased to add another building to its downtown eastside portfolio which includes recent purchases: 190 Alexander Street and 425 Carrall Street (the former BC Electric Building).
In the past, Anthem has also been involved with the development of 611 Alexander Street. The Anthem web site  lists around 125 current and past holdings and projects. Save-on-Meats is listed as two separate projects — "shopping centres" and "office." It seems clear that Anthem views Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as an ongoing profit opportunity.
In 2009 the Vancouver Sun ran touching coverage  of the 78-year-old former owner of Save-on-Meats. Al DesLauriers had put his building up for sale at $3 million and was hanging on to hopes that a way could be found to have the familiar core business live on. Eventually the building was bought by Steven Lippman, after DesLauriers rejected other bidders who would not commit to "continuing the street-level operation" . The selling price has been reported as $2.36 million , which suggests that the wishes of DesLauriers led him to forego hundreds of thousands of dollars.
By late 2010, a "new future" was said to be in the works, with Mark Brand standing at the forefront .
One key to the complicated deal was a hand-over of $35,000, dredged up from one of Vision Vancouver's little City-of-Vancouver stashes .
Aside: The use of a neighbourhood house to execute top-down policy while pretending to have a local area base is a nasty new administrative trend to keep a sharp eye on.
Another piece of the wheeling and dealing was a package of $665,000. VanCity and Building Opportunities with Business were two of the major participants in that creative bout of financing .
By mid-2011, feel-good hype about "a million-dollar facelift and a whole new vision" plastered thick goo all over the front page of the Vancouver Sun business section . Meanwhile Mark Brand is quoted as insisting "he doesn't want to gentrify the city's poorest neighbourhood; he wants to work with residents to improve it." Even though he is taking "a big gamble in what is still a very edgy location." As the Vancouver Sun promo piece tails off, Brand stands "passionate about helping to revive the historic strip."
A check-in story in early 2012 finds Brand "juggling cash, trying to figure out which funds we can drain" . But in the background, four months of filming for a reality TV series casts an aura of glamor over his epic entrepreneurial struggle. In one refreshing bit of honesty, Brand admits that an element of his "affection for the Downtown Eastside" traces to "the business perspective of cheap rent."
As of late 2012, the Globe and Mail purveys unwitting irony with its title for a piece that follows Mark Brand around as it attempts to gauge "the quickening pulse of an area in transition": Downtown Eastside is Open for Business . Francis Regio of Cork & Fin restaurant on Carrall remarks that "a range of retailers have lured shoppers from across Vancouver by offering everything from designer clothing to $3 doughnuts" . This is what revitalization for the Downtown Eastside is supposed to look like?
Without further research, it can be seen that Save-on-Meats went on the market in 2009 at $3 million, and was then acquired at $2.36 million, seemingly with an understanding that the meat business would continue. To know the acquisition price paid by Anthem would be interesting. It would also be interesting to know the extent to which the apparent $640,000 good-will discount is in the process of evaporating — if not already, perhaps within the coming five years? Factor in the $35,000 gift from the City of Vancouver and the "package" of $665,000 and then wonder what those funds have come to. Don't forget the unintentionally humorous façade grant mentioned in passing by the City of Vancouver report . When you try to follow the money in Vancouver, you are forced to grasp at inklings.
Nobody's talking now about how the purported 80 employees  are going to squeeze onto the main floor of the building while making room for the increased diner space. No talk either about the efficiencies of renovating the expensive new renovation.
VanCity has gone over the top in exploiting the Mark Brand story to plug its own social relevance. VanCity customers are routinely force-fed video propaganda that plays in the background as they stand in line at the branches. There's also a promo spot on the web site , and a one-pager that has been laminated and laid out in customer's faces at teller windows . It's a real question whether the "Resilient Capital" partnership with the Vancouver Foundation is panning out in this case. But that program is still showcasing Save-on-Meats as an example of "organizations with proven business models" .
Mark Brand has been widely touted as heroic rescuer of an historic Vancouver retail icon — and a caring saviour of local social enterprise to boot. Considering the business transaction that has just taken place, it could be that Brand will discover that he unwittingly signed up to star in a diversionary melodrama. The best actors embed their roles in their brains and try to live them out from the heart. Meanwhile the studio bosses focus on the take and treat their stars like meat. The Vancouver gentrification machine has swarmed all over this narrative, a fairy tale that might help diffuse that harsh and sudden shift from stalwart old-school community-friendly business to maximized naked opportunity for investment profiteering.
Hypocrite politicians toss a few nickels and dimes at a problem that they hope will somehow go away. A community credit union scrapes up a few spare quarters. Then the big boys with the real money swoop in to make their killing, but only after a good deal has already been set up for them, complete with public relations wrapper.
Where will Anthem strike next in the Downtown Eastside?
Just wanted to give you props for delivering facts.
I'm wondering if you'll be doing a piece on the gongshow also known as the Waldorf Productions now Arrival who have joined up with another DTES "hero" David Duprey. There has been a lot of misinformation regarding the closure of the Waldorf and their failings as business people.
As soon as I read about Anthem's acquistion of Save-on-Meats, I felt seized. Like I could see the story in one blinding flash. Some of the grist was sedimented in memory. Getting back to the earlier material that I thought existed panned out. The piece took an insane amount of time.
I could get seized by Waldorf, but that doesn't seem likely. (1) I lack the sediment, which already says something. (2) I'd be surprised if the mainstream journalistic record holds as much meaty detail. (3) Arts-as-enterprise fundamentally gives me the willies. (4) When power and privilege spew around trendy crisis, I want to be somewhere else – and I was.
If someone else makes the Waldorf thing critically comprehensible, let me know. I'd go out of my way to read the piece.


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NMSU Volleyball Swept At Arizona
Sat, 09/21/2019 - 6:39am by Sam Wasson Tags:
Volleyball Match Recaps
Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State volleyball continued the Wildcat Classic with a match against Arizona at the McKale Center on Friday. The Aggies fell to the Wildcats 25-19, 25-19, 25-22 in the tournament match.
"I wish we would have gotten this effort during this morning's match. It takes a shame that it takes a good team to bring that sort of effort out in us," head coach Mike Jordan said. "There were some good things, Katie [Birtcil] blocked a few balls and Analyssa [Acosta] had some quality digs but we still have a lot of work to do."
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NMSU Women's Soccer Falls To UNM 1-0
Fri, 09/20/2019 - 8:38pm by Sam Wasson Tags:
Women's Soccer Recaps
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Dmitri Fong tied a career-high with 13 saves but the New Mexico State women's soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision to Battle of I-25 rival New Mexico on Friday at the Soccer Athletic complex.
The Lobos (4-3-0) brought the pressure early, testing Fong in the 6th minute but she was there to make the stop. New Mexico continued to dominate the ball and push it into its offensive third, forcing saves in the 16th, 20th, and 27th minute.
Then, Ely Gonzalez had the Aggies (1-4-2) first opportunity at a goal but her shot from distance went just over the crossbar in the 27th minute. With the Lobos' attack gaining momentum, Fong continued to play well as the redshirt junior made two more saves in the 30th and 31st minutes. From there, both sides struggled to create for the rest of the half and the rivals were tied 0-0 at halftime. Continue Reading This Post >>
NMSU Football Signs Six Year Deal With New Mexico Bowl
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - New Mexico State Director of Athletics Mario Moccia announced an agreement with ESPN Events on Friday, securing the postseason future for Aggie football through the 2020-25 bowl game cycle alongside Jeff Siembieda, the Executive Director of the New Mexico Bowl game, at the Bosque Brewing Co. Public House on Nob Hill. Continue Reading This Post >>
NMSU Volleyball Falls To Sacramento State In Five Sets
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State volleyball began the Wildcat Classic from the McKale Center with a match against Sacramento State on Friday. The Aggies fell to the Hornets 25-19, 19-25, 24-26, 25-20, 15-17 to open the tournament.
"Even if we had won the match, I would not have been happy, based on the effort I saw from the team, today," head coach Mike Jordan said.
Savannah Davison Named WAC Offensive Player Of The Week
Tue, 09/17/2019 - 4:59am by Sam Wasson Tags:
DENVER, CO – Savannah Davison was named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. This is the first-ever weekly honor for the outside hitter and the second-straight weekly award taken home by a New Mexico State player.
Davison averaged 4.10 points and 3.70 kill when the Aggies went 2-1 at the NM State SpringHIll Suites Invitational last weekend. She tallied 11 kills against both Grambling State and Portland while also hitting .476 against the Tigers. In the tournament finale, Davison finished with 15 kills with a .361 hitting clip to help the Aggies take down Lamar in four sets. She also posted a double-doubles in the matches against the Pilots and Cardinals.
New Mexico State heads to the Wildcat Classic this weekend. The Aggies face Alabama State, Sacramento State and tournament host Arizona from Sept. 20-21.
NMSU Volleyball Bounces Back With Pair Of Victories
Sun, 09/15/2019 - 9:27am by Sam Wasson Tags:
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State volleyball team continued the NM State SpringHill Suites Invitational with a match against Grambling State at the Pan American Center on Saturday. The Aggies defeated the Tigers 25-11, 25-14, 25-18 for the squad's sixth sweep this season.
"We were able to give a lot of people an opportunity to play today," head coach Mike Jordan said. "I was pretty happy with our defense but we need to set it better. Hopefully, we can keep improving."
NM State (7-1) jumped out to a hot start, holding 6-0 advantage over GSU (1-7) in the opening set. The Crimson and White continued to cruise and kill by Julianna Salanoa kept the Aggies ahead 17-5. The Tigers burned a timeout with New Mexico State leading 21-7 but the break did not stop the fiery offense and the NM State squad claimed the first set 25-11. Continue Reading This Post >>
NMSU Football Drops Home Opener 31-10 To San Diego State
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Aggie offense, led by the arm of redshirt sophomore quarterback Josh Adkins and the hands of graduate transfer wideout Tony Nicholson, hit its stride in the second half, but it was too little too late.
Plagued by turnovers and silenced by the Aztec defense throughout the first half, NM State finally found its way in third quarter, cutting its deficit to two scores in the frame's final minute. The Aggies (0-3) would not get any closer, however, falling 31-10 to San Diego State (3-0) Saturday night in the home opener inside Aggie Memorial Stadium.
Adkins, the Aggie signal caller, accompanied his 299 total yards of passing with a 35-yard touchdown toss, linking up with junior wide receiver Robert Downs III in the third quarter. It was Adkins' second of the season and the first touchdown-scoring grab of Downs III's career. Continue Reading This Post >>
NMSU Volleyball Drops First Match Of The Season In 3-0 Loss To Portland
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State volleyball team began the NM State SpringHill Suites Invitational with a match against Portland on Friday night. The Aggies dropped their first match of the season, falling to the Pilots 25-19, 25-22, 25-22.
"We passed the ball poorly and did not get enough offensive production out of enough people today," head coach Mike Jordan said. "We made some changes and gave people opportunities but it just didn't go our way tonight."
NMSU Women's Soccer Falls To Rival UTEP 2-1 In 2OT
Fri, 09/13/2019 - 4:47am by Sam Wasson Tags:
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State women's soccer team battled for 106 minutes against Battle of I-10 rival UTEP on Thursday at the Soccer Athletic Complex but fell on a golden goal, 2-1, in double overtime.
NM State nearly got on the board in the 5th minute when a streaking Hannah Leitner fired a shot on goal but Emily Parrot made the save. The Aggies continued to attack, registering three more shots in the first 20 minutes before saves by Dmitri Fong in the 13th and 15th minutes. As NM State pushed UTEP's defense, Alexa Barrera nearly put the Aggies in front in the 20th minute, however, her shot was stopped by a diving Parrot.
Then, New Mexico State's aggression payed off as they forced a handball in the box in the 20th minute. Shea O'Connor stepped to the spot, froze Parrot and finished left for her third goal of the season and a 1-0 Aggie lead. Continue Reading This Post >>
Juliana Salanoa Named WAC Volleyball Defensive Player Of The Week
Mon, 09/09/2019 - 11:15am by Sam Wasson Tags:
DENVER, CO - Julianna Salanoa was named the Western Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. This is the first weekly honor for New Mexico State this season and the second of Salanoa's career.
The Olympia, Wash. native was named to the Borderland Invitational All-Tournament Team following an impressive weekend where she helped the Aggies remain undefeated this season. Salanoa averaged 1.45 blocks per set with 16 total blocks for the three-day tournament. The middle blocker posted eight blocks in the squad's sweep of Pacific and also tallied six digs in the match. Against UTEP, Salanoa recorded five crucial blocks that helped the Aggies take down the Miners in the five-set thriller. Continue Reading This Post >>
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Keith has agreed to be a contributor here at Advanced NFL Stats this season. He's been doing his own modeling and analysis at his site Drive-By-Football for several months. I was so impressed, I sought out Keith before my call for writers last week.
Keith won't be confined to the GWP, WPA, AYPA environment. He has adapted his own Expected Points model (which has a clearer name--Net Expected Points).
So please welcome Keith. We can expect his first post very soon.
On another note, I have only begun reviewing all the responses for my call for writers. I was overwhelmed with all the interest. I intend to select an additional writer or two later this week.


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Journal of Palestine Studies Vol.32 No. 1-
The Resolutions of the Thirty-Fourth World Zionist Congress, 17-21 June 2002
Walid Khalidi
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This year, from 17 to 21 June, the Congress of the World Zionist Organization (WZO) was held in Jerusalem, the thirty-fourth such congre ss to be held since the World Zionist Movement was launched in Basel, Switzerland, by Theodor Herzl in 1897. At first the Congress met annually, then biennially, in various European cities, but since the establishment of Israel it has been meeting every four years, always in Jerusalem. The WZO can be said to have created the Jewish state, and its importance has continued to this day as a major fundraiser and mobilizer of support; the Congress is its highest legislative body. According to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA); (18 June 2002), the Congre ss is "the parliament of the Jewish people, which determines the policies and programs of world Jewry." As such, its resolutions and proceedings, largely ignored in the Western media, deserve close attention.
The thirty-fourth WZO Congress was immediately followed by meetings of the Assembly and Board of Governors (BOG) of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI). These two organizations have been inextricably intertwined since the establishment of the Jewish Agency in 1929 under the British Mandate. The basis for the Jewish Agency's establishment was Article 4 of the League of Nations' Mandate for Palestine (1923), which recognized "a Jewish agency" as "a public body for the purpose of advising and cooperating" with the Mandatory (Britain) in the establishment of the Jewish National Home. Article 4 recognized the WZO itself "as such agency," empowering it to secure the cooperation "of all Jews" willing to assist in the establishment of the Jewish National Home. Six years later, the WZO created a separate body to assume this function, the Jewish Agency (its name was changed in 1959 to the Jewish Agency for Israel), and the two bodies have existed side by side ever since. Both share the same chairman (Sallai Meridor), the same treasurer (Haim Chesler), and the same offices in the United States, and both have their headquarters in Jerusalem. In 1960, JAFI was granted tax-exempt status in the United States.
The 34th WZO Congress was attended by 1,200 delegates and alternates from Israel and other countries, while 300 "activists," mostly young leaders, attended as observers. The 548 official delegates represented thirty-three different countries, though in essence the WZO Congre ss is largely an Israeli-American body, with 66.6 percent of the official delegates coming from Israel (190) and the United States (145). (Also from the United States were thirty-two Hadassah delegates who were not part of the official delegation.) The rest of the country delegates came from the thirty-one other countries in the following descending order: Former Soviet Union (32), France (24), Canada (19), England (18), Argentina (17), Australia (12), Brazil (10), Hungary (7), etc. There was only one delegate from Africa (South Africa) and one from Asia (India). Twelve other European and Latin American countries sent one delegate each.
Elections in the United States for the delegates to the 34th Congre ss took place in April 2002 under the auspices of the American Zionist Movement (whose president is Moshe Kagan) using on-line registration for the first time. According to the JTA (3 August 2002), all American Jews are eligible to vote if they subscribe to (1) the "Unity of the Jewish people and centrality of Israel in Jewish life"; (2) "the ingathering of the Jewish people in the historic homeland . . . through aliyah from all countries"; (3) "the strengthening of the State of Israel based on the prophetic vision of justice and peace; (4) "the preservation of the identity of the Jewish people through the fostering of Jewish, Hebrew and Zionist education . . ."; and (5) "the protection of Jewish rights everywhere." According to the Jerusalem Post Web site, 112,292 American Jews registered to vote for the 34th WZO Congress; 88,750 (79 percent) actually voted. This compared to 149,371 who registered to vote for the 33rd Congre ss in 1997 (the centennial anniversary of the 1st Congress), of whom 107,822 (72.19 percent) voted. According to the same source, one of the candidates in 2002 was a U.S. congressman, Representative Benjamin Cardin (D-MD).
The 145 official American delegates chosen for the 34th Congre ss came from eleven slates—three representing religious organizations, eight representing secular ones. The three broad religious movements—Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox— together accounted for 84 percent of the total delegates. Though Reform was the largest group, with 42.24 percent, its numbers decreased compared to the last Congress in 1997, as did those of the Conservative movement. The Orthodox movement, on the other hand, registered significant gains, accounting for 20.23 percent of the total delegates in the 2002 Congre ss. The remainder of the delegates— only 16 percent of the total—was made up of secular groups. Of these, Meretz USA had the most delegates, followed by the Labor Zionist Movement, though the "left wing" lost delegates vis-`a-vis the last Congre ss, while the representation of the right wing increased. A new American group, Herut USA, allied with the Likud, was represented for the first time.
The JAFI Assembly meetings that followed the WZO Congre ss ran from 21 to 24 June and had as its theme "Israel and the Diaspora: One Family, One Future." Five hundred participants from Israel and abroad attended. According to the JAFI Web site (27 June 2002), the Assembly called on JAFI to play a leading role in the fight against "anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, and Holocaust denial." A meeting of the JAFI Board of Governors followed the Assembly gathering. Half of the 120 members of the BOG are from the WZO. Of the remainder, 20 percent are chosen by Keren Hayesod, the worldwide non-American central Zionist financial institution, and 30 percent from United Jewish Communities (UJC), the umbrella group of North American Jewish federations that underwrites the JAFI budget of more than $350 million per annum (according to the JTA of 18 June 2002) for expenditure on immigration and settlement and worldwide religious and political programs.
The opening of the 34th WZO Congre ss was presided over by the president of Israel, Moshe Katzav, accompanied by the mayor of Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert. The Congress was addressed on successive days by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, National Security Council head Maj. Gen. Uzi Dayan, and leading opposition MK Yossi Sarid. Speakers from abroad included Professor Arthur Hertzberg of New York University and the Anglo-Jewish historian Sir Martin Gilbert. The Congre ss celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the Mizrachi Religious Movement (as a member of the WZO) and of the establishment of Keren Kayemet (the Jewish National Fund), the central WZO land colonization institution.
The 34th WZO Congre ss passed eighty-five resolutions subsumed under the eleven rubrics listed in the preamble. Only thirty-one of the eighty-five resolutions are reproduced below because of space constraints, but the titles of the other resolutions are provided. (For the full text of the resolutions, see http://www.azm. org/ election/resolutions.html.)
The resolutions do not by themselves give full account of the true intent and policy of the Congre ss or its main components. For a more accurate picture, the minutes of the congressional discussions (not yet available) are essential, as are the accompanying media comments. The resolutions on aliyah (Res. 10–17), for example, give the impression of a consensus, whereas the issue remains divisive. According to Forward (21 June 2002) and JTA (18 June 2002), the WZO/JAFI treasurer, Chaim Chesler, goaded the Orthodox on 17 June with a statement to the effect that "one-half Jew [i.e., a non-convert from the former Soviet Union] living in Israel is as good as a Jew who prays three times a day but stays in Brooklyn." This caused Orthodox delegates to storm the stage en masse.
Similarly, the resolutions on the "democratic" character of Israel (Res. 2–9) as well as on "pluralism" and "freedom of religion" (Res. 71–82) conceal hidden nuances and contradictions. According to Ha'Aretz (19 June 2002), when High Court president Aharon Barak on 18 June lectured the Congre ss on the need for equality of treatment between the Jewish and non-Jewish inhabitants of Israel, he was heckled by delegates of the National Religious Party and by secular right-wing ones. According to the same source, "members of the Zionist movement" are concerned by moves to make Israel "a state of all its citizens" rather than the state of the Jewish people. According to JTA (11 June 2002), Harvey Blitz, president of the Orthodox Union USA and a delegate on the Religious Zionist Movement slate, opposes "any resolution that endorses equal rights for all denominations [ e.g., Orthodox, Conservative, Reform] and religions" in Israel. To Blitz, "a Jewish state has not just ethnic meaning but religious meaning." It should be noted here that the term "democratic," which occurs frequently in the resolutions, does not so much refer to relations between Jews and Gentiles (in this case, the non-Jewish inhabitants of Israel) but is rather used in opposition to the term "halachic" (Jewish religious law) in the intra-Zionist dialogue concerning inter-Jewish relations (Res. 71–82).
The nuances of the WZO resolutions are most apparent in those relating to settlement (Res. 18–22). Here there are two-layered implications. The reader initially has the impression that WZO is exercising self-restraint by confining its colonization effort to the Galilee, Negev, and Arava—all regions within Israel—only to learn from Ha'Aretz (16 June 2002) that the motivation is "concern about Arab and bedouin growth in these regions." Similarly, the reader would assume, from repeated references in Resolutions 18–22 to these regions inside Israel as the only ones subject to colonization, that the WZO opposes colonization in the occupied territories. But from Forward (21 June 2002), we learn of "new" WZO/JAFI programs "to transplant entire Jewish communities from the Diaspora to Israel" and that of nine groups slated for resettlement in the initial phase, three are due to settle in the West Bank. Forward (21 June 2002) also informs us that a cornerstone ceremony of one of the communities, a group of seventy families from Monsey, New York, led by Rabbi Mordechai Tendler, was scheduled to be held at the settlement of Kochav Yaakov, near Ramallah, during the very week the WZO/JAFI meetings were held. We also learn from the JAFI Web site (27 June 2002) that Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, president and founder of International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, presented the JAFI BOG with a check for $2 million earmarked for bringing Jews to Israel from all over the world. One wonders whether Ha'Aretz (17 June 2002) was alluding to these efforts when it reported at the opening of the 34th WZO Congress that "groups of new immigrants encouraged by the Zionist Movement and with financing from Christian fundamentalists are being sent to set up communities in Judea and Samaria."
Two issues addressed by the 34th Congress deserve close attention. Resolution 36.4 calls for the establishment of "working groups" in every country "which will work with members of the legislature to bring about legislation that will outlaw [sic, emphasis added] anti-Semitism, and anti-Zionism, and Holocaust denial." Resolution 54 specifically "calls upon the President of the U.S., Mr. George W. Bush, to pardon Jonathan Pollard and free him." It further calls upon "all Jewish and Zionist activists in the world, and in particular in the United States, to participate in the activities to free Jonathan Pollard from continued imprisonment."
The WZO Congre ss has a good track record in translating its resolutions into U.S. legislation and policy. This is attested by the adoption of the Zionist policies of opening the doors of the former Soviet Union to the mass emigration of Jews to Israel and of moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to "united" Jerusalem. Both these policies, initiated by the WZO, found their way in a relatively short time to Capitol Hill and Pennsylvania Avenue. It will be interesting to see how WZO Congress resolutions 36.4 and 54 will fare in comparison. The latter issue has been on the WZO agenda for at least the last two Congre sses, and it seemed within reach in the final days of the Clinton administration. It will also be interesting to see how the definition of "anti-Zionism" will be handled. Will we all, for example, have to acclaim Ariel Sharon as a "Man of Peace," or will the charge apply only to negative accusations of him as state terrorist?
Neither the elections in the United States for the 34th WZO Congress nor the week-long meetings of the Congre ss and the JAFI Assembly and BOG that followed warranted a single line or a single reference in, for example, the New York Times. The reason cannot be that the New York Times considers the affairs of the "parliament of the Jewish people" to be of no concern to the American Jewish community or to observers of the Middle East or to the American public at large. Is it not "news fit to print" when a U.S. congressman is standing for elections to the World Zionist Congre ss or when U.S. Christian fundamentalists are funding the transplanting of whole Jewish communities in New York and New Jersey to the West Bank? Whatever the reason for the media's silence, Middle East scholars, and particularly graduate students, in U.S. universities and abroad are strongly urged to explore the fascinating universe of the WZO/JAFI: its ideology, relationship to the "homeland," its rituals, its interlocking institutions, its political vocabulary, and its points of similarity and divergence in tactics, resources, access, and influence with the organizational arms of other ethnic pressure groups in the United States (Armenian, Cuban, Greek, Irish), and the bearing of all of this on U.S. national interest and foreign policy and on the peace and security of the Middle East.
Walid Khalidi, a founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies and its general secretary, is a former professor at Oxford University, the American University of Beirut, and Harvard University.
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In the history of Marvel Comics, characters have been brought back to life in hundreds if not thousands of different ways, from dimensional shifts to miracle cures to time travel. Agent Phil Coulson, however, is perhaps the first to be brought back thanks to the power of the popular social media site Twitter.
Those of you who have watched the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. know the true answer behind Coulson's resurrection in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (following a stab wound in the heart courtesy of Tom Hiddleston's Loki), but on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night, Clark Gregg revealed that he believes Twitter - specifically the hashtag "#CoulsonLives" - is the reason why his character was both brought back to life and given his own show. Discussing being at places like San Diego Comic-Con and interacting with fans, the actor said,
"It's fun for me to go to Comic-Con. Because Agent Phil Coulson - now Director Phil Coulson - is a bit of a nerd. He had an awkward man-crush on Captain America. When he died, the nerds brought him back to life with a hastag, #CoulsonLives. The nerds, my people, as a nerd, they have a real connection with Phil Coulson. So when I go there, it's real fun."
Coulson has been a fan favorite character ever since he was first introduced in Iron Man, and his clout only grew thanks to his appearances in other Marvel movies like Thor and Marvel One-Shots. Naturally, fans were pretty shocked when Joss Whedon decided to kill him in The Avengers, but fortunately it didn't take that long for that narrative decision to be reversed. Marvel Studios was quick to hear and process outcry from fans, and as it was at New York Comic-Con in October 2012 - just seven months after Coulson's death - that his return was announced for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Of course, now that the fall has arrived fans can get a weekly dose of Director Coulson, as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. just started its second season last week and will be airing its second episode - titled "Heavy Is The Head" - tonight at 9pm ET/PT on ABC. We still can't say what the film future holds for the character, but hopefully Joss Whedon has found a way to squeeze him (and perhaps some of his TV co-stars) into The Avengers: Age of Ultron, which wrapped production this summer and will be in theaters on May 1, 2015.
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