The theme for the week for the MeMeTales Readathon is Character Development.
I blog most often about how we play and our homeschool journey. Both of those are important to me, but when I think about what is most important to me as a parent, what comes to mind first is teaching strong character. It will be great is my boys are good at math, eager readers, and creative thinkers, but none of that matters if their hearts aren't in the right place.
This week we read Good Habits to Have!
My parenting views lean strongly towards leading by example. I do my best to keep lectures to a minimum, and I refrain from unnecessary punishments and pointless rewards. I remind myself and my boys often that character is who we are when nobody is looking. I don't reward good behavior, because I believe that teaches children to do right when they think they will get something out of it. It also encourages good behavior only when someone is around to see it.
While natural consequences are often a reality, I limit punishments and do my best to keep the focus where it should be: the condition of the heart.
How do I teach character development without rewards or punishments? By example.
Am I perfect? HA! Far from it. I can't tell you how many nights I go to bed feeling like I failed in the example I set that day. Instead of getting defeated I am motivated to work on my weaknesses. I have four sets of eyes watching me, listening to me, learning from me. Of course they will learn from the other influences in their life, but I am the one who spends the most time with them. I hope that my boys see in me a humble spirit, always continuing to learn and grow.
To go along with the theme this week I created a quick and simple game to play with my older two. I printed a sheet of actions, some good, some bad, and we classified them.
I drew a happy face on one paper and a sad face on anther. The boys cut out each action, and they pasted them to the appropriate side. This was great fine motor practice in addition to a reminder in positive and negative behaviors.
I can't tell you how much it warmed my heart when I read the last card, "Taking the last cookie," and JZ said, "You could split in half and share!" Those are the moments I feel I'm doing something right.
If you missed the first two weeks of the MeMeTales Readathon, you can read about them here: Animals and Friendship.
It's not too late to join the Readthon. Please sign up today and help feed a hungry child!
What a great idea! I bet you had a wonderful discussion as you did this activity!
Oh I love this Allison! Such a great way to discuss positive and negative behavior!! I am definitely going to do this with my daughter...she loves faces, especially sad ones for some reason so I think this'll be right up her alley! Great post and activity!
I love this idea! Giving concrete examples of behaviors is such a great idea.
Congrats! Your post was the #2 most clicked link on Homeschooling on the Cheap last week! You are being featured on my blog and will get a shout out on Pinterest and Facebook/Twitter.
Have a super week, thanks for sharing and come on over to see your feature and link up something new! Love your blog!
a great activity to help children decode the meaning and consequences of their actions. thanks for linking it up to tip-toe thru tuesday!


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Q: Remove all span tags from SharePoint 2010 Rich Text Editor (RTE) I have users copying and pasting content from a webpage into a SharePoint 2010 RTE. Unbeknownst to them, they are also copying styles that the RTE converts to span tags.  Upon paste, I'd like to automatically remove any/all span tags but keep any remaining markup.  I realize that there will be other related issues but removing the span tags will get me much closer to where I need to be.
I've found a code snippet here that removes all markup upon paste.
//Disable the RTE paste option. Restricts to "Paste Plain Text"
function disableMarkupPasteForRTE()
{
 Type.registerNamespace("RTE");
 if (RTE)
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  if(RTE.RichTextEditor != null)
  {
   RTE.RichTextEditor.paste = function() { RTE.Cursor.paste(true); }
   // Handle Ctrl+V short cut options in rich text editor
   RTE.Cursor.$3C_0 = true;
  }
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}

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Is anyone able to modify the above code to only remove span tags?

A: The SharePoint RTE is nothing more than a suped-up ContentEditable div.  The solution is to bind a function onpaste to the editor and then manipulate the html directly.
$(document).ready(function() {
    $(".ms-rtestate-write").bind('paste', function(e) {
        var text = $(this).html();
        $(this).html(text.replace( /<\s*span.*?>/gi,"").replace( /<\s*\/\s*span\s*.*?>/gi,""));
    });
});

A: You can use Sharepoint paste method and modify the html like this:
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Halfway between Le Bourget airport and Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport, the new Parc des Expositions terminal is located in the municipality of Villepinte. It is part of three areas of activity in development: the Parc des Expositions, Paris Nord 2 and Aérolians Paris (new business district supported by Grand Paris Aménagement Plaine de France).
In connection with the RER B, the station offers a flexible and efficient transport offer to exhibitors, visitors and employees of the Parc des Expositions and reinforces its national and international dimension.
The station building is designed by DFA.
La galerie d'architecture is pleased to announce its second exhibition showcasing the work of the Franco-Austrian agency Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes. To be held in September 2011, ten years after the agency's first exhibition at the gallery, this new retrospective covers a rich period of creation, which began with the prestigious Simone de Beauvoir footbridge project in Paris. Dietmar Feichtinger opened his first agency in Paris, in 1994. However, it was in his native Austria that he was first able to express his architectural vision, designing spaces that enhance the well-being of their users and showing off his interest in construction techniques, details and materials.
Architect studios based in Paris (France) and Vienna (Austria).
January 6, 2012 in Architects.


We all know what it feels like to be stressed, especially as a university student.
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A good IT professional is well-rounded in various types of technology. If you only work with one thing you will miss out on many opportunities. At least that is what I told myself when I convinced that I'd be happy with a Mac. The dive was inevitable and rough at the same time. I am not the owner of a 15 inch, Mid 2014 Edition of the Mac Book Pro with the Retina display. Overall though, The potential is there in the software arena. There need to be more standard development tools available for developers that may not use that . When life gives you an apple you can make apple juice.
The one front I will and have ALWAYS given to apple that no one can touch them on is hardware. The Mac Book Pro 15″ Retina 2014 is just thin and gorgeous. The screen is spectacular and battery life is by far the best I have ever had. I again have never had any issue with any of their hardware. It's the software that is my headache. There is a great deal of quirks and procedures that Apple have forced is quite annoying and saddening.
With a laptop made of aluminum and that price point, I made good use of my Amazon Prime account and purchased 3 things for the Mac Book Pro: an adapter for Ethernet and VGA. Every techie knows that you will still need that Ethernet cord these days. The second item was a keyboard cover to protect the keyboard from wear and tear of the keys. Lastly and most noticeably, a carbon fiber vinyl cover to protect the Mac Book Pro from scratches. If I bought any thing else it would probably be a privacy screen.
I will still have my windows machine. One should be able to help in any arena.


Knowing mathematic terminology is vital for building a functional academic vocabulary. In this video, Sal defines number sets and the terms; natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, and real numbers. After defining each word, he considers 4 numbers and labels them according to the definitions he has established.
Given a replacement set of values, plug them in to find a solution set to this inequality expression.


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YAPHANK, NYÂ March 18, 2016 Â Amidst Governor Cuomo's unprecedented efforts to improve New York's infrastructure, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) removed an obstacle to fulfilling modernization of the Long Island electric grid. Yesterday, FERC rejected PSEG-LI's request for rehearing FERC's September 30th decision that rejected PSEG-LI's criteria for determining the electric transmission upgrades required to reliably and safely interconnect new, clean, and efficient generation facilities on Long Island. FERC found PSEG-LI's guidelines violate FERC's Orders and the New York Independent System Operator's (NYISO) tariffs (Caithness Long Island II, LLC v. New York Independent System Operator, Inc.). FERC's most recent decision is a further repudiation of the special transmission interconnection requirements that PSEG-LI added onto the standard NYISO criteria for determining the upgrades required to connect power plants and undermines PSEG LI's invalid and unsupported claims that Caithness II would increase electric rates on Long Island.
As a result of FERC's action yesterday, there will only be minimal transmission upgrade costs, and the Long Island electric ratepayers will reap the benefits. Indeed, a study by General Electric Consulting has previously found that, due to its high efficiency, Caithness II is expected to save Long Island ratepayers an average of $192 million annually or over a billion dollars in wholesale energy costs over the first six full years of operation under the Caithness proposal that the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) management previously selected out of 45 projects in a competitive solicitation. Then PSEG-LI asked the LIPA board to put the brakes on it.
PSEG-LI keeps raising obstacles to our clean, efficient project that will save $190 million a year in energy costs, conserve water, reduce emissions, and improve reliability. PSEG-LI's empty allegations about the costs of Caithness II are an attempt to discredit the project, said Ross Ain, President of Caithness Long Island II, LLC. PSEG-LI has consistently failed to produce any evidence to back up its claims. Hopefully, this ruling is the final nail in the coffin regarding the alleged high transmission costs needed to connect Caithness II to the electric grid.
The reality is that Caithness II would lower rates, provide much needed local economic development, create hundreds of jobs, and increase tax revenues to support Long Island's schools, libraries, fire districts, and local government, Mr. Ain continued. The new plant will help make Long Island energy independent by substantially reducing imports of expensive off-Island electricity from power plants owned by PSEG and others in New Jersey, Connecticut, and upstate New York, as well as significantly reduce air and water pollution from the old, inefficient plants on Long Island. Importantly, the plant will also further the Governor's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2030.
This decision comes on the heels of a diverse group of nearly 30 elected, business, and community representatives sending a letter to Governor Cuomo urging him to step in and move Caithness II forward due to PSEG-LI's failure to modernize the region's energy infrastructure, protect Long Island's energy supply from the threat of extreme weather, improve Long Island's environment, and bring much-needed jobs and investment to the region.
LIPA management selected Caithness II in 2013 for its value to Long Island ratepayers and the environment. It is a combined-cycle 750-MW natural gas-fired plant that will be built adjacent to the existing Caithness facility in Yaphank. PSEG-LI recommended that the project be put on hold in August 2014. Caithness II has widespread support from environmental, business, government and labor leaders, and is expected to save ratepayers in excess of $192 million in annual wholesale energy costs, in addition to creating significant environmental and economic benefits.
Caithness Long Island, LLC, is a subsidiary of Caithness Energy, LLC, a privately held, New York-based independent power producer. For over 25 years, Caithness has been a pioneer in the development of clean, reliable energy. More information can be found at: www.caithnesslongisland.com.


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BLOG 19 – ONLY THE STRONGEST AND FITTEST
The Art of Co-Creating
BLOG 18 – THE SCIENCE OF BABY MAKING
BLOG 20 – BABY SHAPING: A SPELLBINDING PROCESS
Recap: Jake's love of technology leads him to a multimedia program explaining human attraction, conception and foetal development in terms of his and Zani's personal experience. Although he finds it rather freakish to hear a BBC-type voice speak of their pheromones, hormones and the like, he is fascinated.
The authoritative voice continues to trace the physical maturation that kicked off during Jake's puberty: It is the testosterone in Jake that made his voice 'break', his body grow hair and his muscles strong during puberty. In comparison to the 400 eggs Zani will produce in her lifetime, Jake is capable of producing 100 million sperm per day and he can keep that up well into his old age. (No wonder men are so proud of themselves – they are phenomenal production machines.)
"Awesome. That's more like it," Jake mutters to himself. "Phenomenal production machine. That's me."
He pumps the air with his fist. "Yeah, baby!"
The sperm takes roughly two months to mature and to migrate to the scrotum where the temperature is lower than in the rest of the body – a requirement that is important for sperm to be able to fertilise an egg.
When Jake and Zani have sex, roughly 250 to 500 million sperm are discharged, but about half of them have small defects and will never reach the egg. Every sperm is a six-hundredth of a millimetre long, and the head contains all Jake's genetic material as well as the X and Y chromosomes that determine the gender of the baby. (Not only are men phenomenal production machines, but they are the ones who determine if the baby is a boy or a girl.)
Nature determines that only the strongest and fittest sperm survive to ensure that a healthy and intelligent baby is conceived. To make sure that only the strongest, fittest and most intelligent sperm reaches the egg, Zani's egg plays a little hard to get and places many obstacles en route. The sperm need to swim through the life-threatening acidity of the vagina; they need to forge a pathway though the thick and protective mucus in the cervix and fend off the sperm-devouring white blood cells present when she has a mild infection. But, like men, sperm love gear and each sperm wears a helmet-like cap that contains enzymes that help fight off enemies and protect the head and its valuable contents on its way to the chequered flag.
When Zani's egg is nearly ready to be fertilised, her body releases a higher dose of oestrogen so that Zani feels sexier. And when she feels sexy, Jake doesn't stand a chance! Her body sends out pheromones (an intoxicating natural scent) to entice her man to make love to her. He picks up the pheromones and cannot stop himself losing his head – hook, line and sinker. By this point in the baby-making process, the egg is already waiting in one of the fallopian tubes. During sex, the sperm are ejaculated at great speed and are forced towards the far end of the vagina. Unhurried and stress-free love-making releases chemicals in the vagina that prep and boost the sperm before they start moving towards the uterus. It will take the tail of the sperm about a thousand strokes to drive forward by just one centimetre.
No couch potato or lazy dweeb will ever complete this race! The race is a mere 15 to 18 centimetres long (the distance between the vagina and fallopian tube), but it can take several hours to complete – although the egg is hoping for a top-notch, grade-A sperm that will reach the egg within half an hour! If for some reason there is no egg waiting, a sperm can swim around for up to five days waiting for its prize to make an appearance.
When the egg does decide to saunter in, it is surrounded by a halo of nutrient cells. But there's no stopping a determined sperm and it immediately starts to peel away the protective layers by drilling though the outer shell and, in doing so, also sheds its own protective cap, ready for skin-on-skin contact. Once the head has drilled through nearly all of the protective layer around the egg, the egg opens up to receive the sperm before the chemical make-up of its protective layer changes to make it impossible for other sperm to penetrate the honeymoon suite.
At this point, the sperm's tail is discarded and just the head approaches Zani's genetic material, deep inside the egg. Zani's egg and Jake's sperm are spontaneously drawn to each other and fuse together in a timeless dance to create a unique, one-of-a-kind human being.
This fusion can happen roughly 45 minutes after sex, but the following seven days are pivotal, and is a vulnerable time for the budding clump of cells.
"Forty-five minutes!" Jake is stunned. "Kid doesn't waste much time, does he? Now that's pretty cool."
A series of graphics pop up on screen, and he leans forward to take a closer look.
BLOG 27 – A WOMAN'S FOUR QUALITIES
BLOG 26 – HOW CAN THIS BE POSSIBLE
BLOG 25 – HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND

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5 Rabindranath Tagore Quotes To Help You Live Your Best Life!
Rabindranath Tagore's writings have inspired many generations. His words have the potential to mould your thoughts into a positive state. A Bengali poet and polymath, who was also addressed as Gurudev, he was philosopher as well as an artist who wrote dramas and novels. His literature was written in 19th century but are still relatable. These 5 quotes by him, are sure to help you lead a better and more meaningful life.
Any facts, figures or references stated here are made by the author & don't reflect the endorsement of iU at all times unless otherwise drafted by official staff at iU. This article was first published here on 9th April 2017.


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UK signs E-7 airborne early warning contract
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed plans to acquire five Boeing 737-based E-7 airborne early warning and control system aircraft, with the platforms to be modified by Marshall Aerospace & Defence Group.
The E-7 system – already operated by the Royal Australian Air Force, plus South Korea and Turkey – is based on the 737NG airframe, and powered by CFM International CFM56 engines. Its mission equipment includes a Mesa active electronically scanned array produced by Northrop Grumman, plus onboard operator stations.
Each E-7 will be flown with a crew of two pilots and 10 mission operators, according to the MoD. It describes the type as having an operating ceiling of 41,000ft, and a range of up to 3,500nm (6,470km). The type also will feature commonality with the RAF's future fleet of nine 737NG-based P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, the first of which is scheduled for delivery later this year.
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(1) The simulative and predictive skills of the tropical Pacific SST were investigated with the ICM. The ICM can successfully depict a dominant four-year oscillation period of ENSO cycle and phase locking. The high prediction skill region is located in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. Similar to other ENSO models, the "spring predictability barrier" (SPB) is also strong in the ICM.
(2) The optimal initial condition errors (as represented by CNOP-I) in sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTAs) and sea level anomalies (SLAs) were obtained with seasonal variation. The CNOP-induced perturbations tend to evolve into the La Niña mode beacused it casuses the Bjerknes-like positive feedback and thermocline feedback. The CNOP-I was found to induce the SPB phenomenon. Based on the characteristic distributions of the CNOP-I, it implies that the upper layer in the central equatorial Pacific and subsurface in the eastern Pacific are the most sensitive areas for El Niño prediction in the ICM. Given the season-dependence of the CNOP-I, targeted observing strategies are suggested to be implemented seasonally.
(3) The extent to which ENSO predictions can be improved by removing CNOP-related initial condition errors in the ICM was investigated. Observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) indicate that additional obsevations in the central equatorial Pacific are more effective for improvement of prediction skills than in other areas: The forecast errors can be reduced by 25%. It is worth noting that removing initial errors in certain areas may worsen the prediction due to the imbalance of initial fields. Further, CNOP-I-related targeted observation strategies are employed. It was found that seasonal varying observational network can effectively limt the prediction error growth: On the premise of the central Pacific observations, an additional observation in the easern Pacific during April to October can futher improve the forecast skills by more than 62%. Particullarly, CNOP-I-related targeted obsevation can weaken the SPB phenomenon and vice versa.
(4) The roles playe by model parameter errors [relative ocean-atmosphere coupling coefficient ( ) and thermocline effect ( )], initial condition errors and their optimal combination in ENSO prediction uncertainties were investigated. It reveals that the prediction errors induced by CNOP-P, which are found to be depedent on El Niño itself, show great uncertainties. However, despite all that, CNOP-type parameter errors have localized distributions: the component errors are mainly located in the central equatorial Pacific, whereas component errors are mainly located in the eastern Pacific cold tongue region. CNOP-P can strengthen the Bjerknes feedback and subsurface thermal forcing to surface, so that the prediction results are deviated from the reference ENSO events. Furthermore, the optimal combinations of parameter and initial condition errors (C-CNOPs) were calculated. Seasonal C-CNOPs-induced error evolutions are similar to those of CNOP-I but have larger amplitude for their intensified Bjerknes feedback and thermocline feedback. Addtionally, more significant SPB phenomena are induced by C-CNOPs than by CNOP-P, CNOP-I or even CNOP-P+CNOP-I (the simple combination of the CNOP-I and CNOP-P). It indicates that the coexisting initial and model errors are more likely to lead to a significant SPB phenomenon, thus contaminating the prediction results.
(5) Revealing a new way to improve the ENSO prediction skill on model perspective. The parameter errors derived frome C-CNOPs or CNOP-P dominate a few areas: errors are concentrated on the central equatorial Pacific, and errors are mainly in the eastern Pacific cold tongue region. That is to say, the El Niño simulations and predictions are significantly sensitive to the ocean-atmosphere coupling in the central Pacific and thermocline effect in the eastern Pacific. Therefore, except for providing accurate observations, improving these two dynamic representions in the central and eastern Pacific, especially their parameterization in numerical model, can more effectively enhance the El Niño prediction skills.
GB/T 7714 陶灵江. 基于条件非线性最优扰动方法和IOCAS ICM的ENSO可预报性研究[D]. 北京. 中国科学院大学,2017.


NERA is investigating the power of, and potential, for establishing innovation clusters in Australia across the energy resources sector.
In the first instance, NERA is exploring the potential for a SME focused cluster in the oil and gas operations and maintenance sector, to identify business opportunities and to maximise commercialisation of innovation, value creation and export opportunities through collaboration.
Internationally over the last decade and more, innovation and industry focused clusters have successfully fuelled significant innovation, improved commercial outcomes from industry-SME-research sector collaboration, created new business opportunities, fostered strong technology and entrepreneurial SMEs and reinvigorated industries.
For Australian oil and gas, clusters can concentrate investments where the industry already has strengths and focus collective efforts on some big ticket areas where we can create transformational change in efficiency and technology uptake. Clusters can help the industry scale the next generation of global companies with the greatest potential to drive innovation, export growth and attract talent.
The outcomes of the recent NERA Innovation Cluster Workshop and presentations are now available for download.
As part of the next steps towards establishing a cluster, NERA will run a workshop for service and technology SMEs interested in collaborating and working within the oil and gas sector.
The workshop will assist SMEs to identify business opportunities through an innovative and collaborative approach. A panel discussion on the benefits of collaboration will also be held.
This is the first phase of NERA's Opportunity Knocks SME program, to assist SMEs ensure their business has the commercial and technical capability to partner effectively with major oil and gas operators and contractors.
The workshop will be held on February 23 at the Collaboration Forum, within the AOG Expo at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. If you are interested in attending then register here.


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from __future__ import print_function
import sys
sys.path.insert(1, "../../../")
import h2o
from tests import pyunit_utils
from h2o.utils.compatibility import str_type
from h2o.estimators.coxph import H2OCoxProportionalHazardsEstimator
from h2o.two_dim_table import H2OTwoDimTable

def coxph_summary():
    heart = h2o.import_file(pyunit_utils.locate("smalldata/coxph_test/heart.csv"))

    coxph = H2OCoxProportionalHazardsEstimator(start_column="start", stop_column="stop")
    coxph.train(x="age", y="event", training_frame=heart)
    coxph.show()

    assert isinstance(coxph.get_summary(), str_type)

    # legacy behaviour
    summary = coxph.summary()
    print(summary)
    assert isinstance(summary, H2OTwoDimTable)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pyunit_utils.standalone_test(coxph_summary)
else:
    coxph_summary()

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Sheezus ist das dritte Studioalbum der britischen Pop-Sängerin Lily Allen.
Es ist der erste Tonträger der Sängerin nach ihrer verkündeten Musikpause 2010.

Zum Album

Am 20. Juni 2012 teilte die Sängerin mit, dass sie zusammen mit Greg Kurstin an neuer Musik arbeiten würde. Allen wollte nach ihrer Hochzeit auch ihren Künstlernamen zu Lily Cooper ändern, dieses Anliegen wies ihre Plattenfirma jedoch ab, da man befürchtete, dass der Erfolg des zukünftigen Albums unter der Namensänderung leiden könnte.

Im Dezember 2013 wurde die Sängerin als neueste Künstlerin des Warner Bros. Records Labels angekündigt, da ihre alte Plattenfirma Parlophone von jener übernommen wurde. Im Februar 2014 gab Allen in einem Interview in der Graham Norton Show Sheezus als den Titel für ihr Album bekannt. Dies sei eine Anlehnung an Kanye Wests Studioalbum Yeezus, da sie für diesen großen Respekt empfände. Außerdem verkündete sie den 5. Mai 2014 als Erscheinungsdatum des Albums in Großbritannien.

Titelliste
Quelle iTunes:
 Sheezus (3:54)
 L8 CMMR (3:24)
 Air Balloon (3:28)
 Our Time (4:19)
 Insincerely Yours (3:39)
 Take My Place (3:31)
 As Long As I Got You (3:23)
 Close Your Eyes (3:36)
 URL Badman (3:39)
 Silver Spoon (3:37)
 Life for Me (4:00)
 Hard out Here (3:31)

Andere Versionen
 Bei der Deluxe-Version gibt es folgende Bonustracks:
 Wind Your Neck In (3:19)
 Who Do You Love? (3:26)
 Miserable Without Your Love (3:23)
 Holding On to Nothing (2:59)
 Somewhere Only We Know (3:28)

Auskopplungen
Hard out Here wurde als Leadsingle für das Album gewählt und erschien am 17. November 2013 weltweit, im deutschsprachigen Raum am 17. Januar 2014.

Die Premiere der zweiten Single, Air Balloon, fand am 13. Januar 2014 auf BBC1 statt. Die Erstveröffentlichung ereignete sich am 31. Januar 2014.

Die dritte Auskopplung Our Time wurde samt Musikvideo am 10. März 2014 veröffentlicht.

Am 26. Mai 2014 kündigte die Sängerin URL Badman als vierte Single des Albums an, welche am 13. Juli 2014 erschien, kurz darauf gefolgt von As Long As I Got You.

Weitere Singles
Am 23. April 2014 wurde das Musikvideo zur Promotion-Single Sheezus ins Internet gestellt.
Der Titelträger des Albums wurde allerdings nicht als offizielle Single veröffentlicht, Grund dafür sei das Wort Periode, welches sich in der zweiten Strophe des Textes befindet.

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At least 3,000 Sri Lankans are among 50,000 illegal immigrants whom the British Immigration authorities have lost track of.
The shambles in the British Border Agency, which was brought directly under the Home Office after a series of scandals rocked the institution, were exposed last week in a report by the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons.
The figure of 3,000 Sri Lankans is speculative as the immigration authorities have no clear idea of how many are here illegally. The figure of 3,000 has been suggested to Sri Lankan consular officers as a minimum they think are evading arrest and deportation.
Immigration authorities who carry out raids on shops, restaurants and other business places have picked up Sri Lankans who have overstayed after their student or holiday visas had expired or in violation of their student visa conditions which limit the number of hours they are entitled to work. Those caught are usually deported as soon as possible after their Sri Lankan status is established.
But unless such raids result in illegal workers being picked up or Sri Lankans arrested for criminal offences, immigration officials do not seem to have the resources or the data to round them up.
While the mess in the immigration system continues to bedevil the authorities, Sri Lankans still arrive in Britain seeking asylum and compounding the problem. But the number of persons seeking asylum has dropped sharply during the past few years.
Last month a Tamil youth from Bandarawela arrived at Heathrow without any valid documentation. His agent who came on the same flight left him there.
He is said to have claimed asylum on arrival. His family is said to have paid Rs. 2.5 million to an agent who had only asked him to provide four photographs of himself.
According to information available to the Sunday Times he had travelled directly from Sri Lanka and was to say he is going for studies. But immigration officials at Heathrow were not offered any documents to prove this. The agent had left him at the airport and decamped with what are believed to be doctored travel papers.
It is understood that Sri Lankans living here illegally belong to all three major communities — Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim — a conclusion based on the names of those who have already been deported to Sri Lanka in the past three to four years.
In September, the Border Agency deported about five Sri Lankans who had overstayed their visas and were working illegally. Authorities believe that many of those sought by immigration officials are overstayers who arrived on student visas and dropped out of the educational institutions after registering themselves or continue to live here and work illegally after their visas expired.
They are said to be mainly Sinhala youth, some of whom had obtained entry to dubious educational institutions in Britain. This loophole has been largely covered with British authorities now scrutinising the authenticity of the institutions and restricting the number of institutions than can accept overseas students.
Some students have been duped by dubious institutions which closed down forcing some of the students onto the streets as they could not afford to pay rising fees to join other institutions.
Among those illegally here are asylum seekers, mainly Tamils, whose claims have failed and should be deported but cannot be traced as they are not at the addresses they are supposed to be living at.
In 2012/13, the immigration authorities sent deportees on charter flights to Colombo. Sometimes as many as 30-40 were sent on one flight accompanied by security guards.
But after the British media gave prior publicity to these planned flights and lawyers intervened on behalf of some failed asylum seekers and secured court orders to stop the deportation, these flights were suspended at the end of 2013.
Now Sri Lankans, like other illegal foreigners here, are deported as and when they are taken into custody once Sri Lanka accepts them as its citizens and provide them with one-way travel certificates.


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Peter Andrew Gibson Gowland (3. dubna 1916, Los Angeles – 17. března 2010, Pacific Palisades) byl americký glamour fotograf a herec.

Život a dílo
Gowland nasnímal více než tisíc fotografií pro titulní strany různých magazínů. Většinou fotografoval glamour snímky ženských modelek ale často také portréty celebrit. Pracoval například pro časopisy Rolling Stones, Playboy nebo Modern Photography. Stal se známým pro své sestavování fotoaparátů a příslušenství pro své fotografie hvězd či plakátů s odhalenými modelkami.

Je považován za jednoho ze zakladatelů tvorby plakátů s odhalenými modelkami (tzv. pinup) a v 50. a 60. letech 20. století byl jedním z hlavních a nejznámějších představitelů tohoto fotografického směru. Na konci 50. let 20. století sestrojil kameru Gowlandflex se dvěma objektivy. Tuto kameru později používali i jiní fotografové, například Annie Leibovitz a Yousuf Karsh. Sám Gowland vyrobil a prodal okolo 1 500 speciálních fotoaparátů.

Gowland vyrostl v rámci filmového prostředí, kde se v dětství naučil osvětlovat a taktéž zde získal své první modely. Oba jeho rodiče, otec Gibson Gowland a matka Sylvia Andrew, byli herci. Sám Peter Gowland hrál ve svém mládí v nejméně 12 filmech, ovšem v nevýznamných rolích. V malé roli vystupuje také ve filmu Občan Kane. Na konci a krátce po druhé světové válce pracoval jako fotograf a fotolaborant ve službách amerického letectva v Německu.

Gowland sám, respektive jeho pojetí fotografií, byly příčinou neúspěchu americké lékařské knihy The Anatomical Basis of Medical Practice (Anatomické základy lékařské praxe), která vyšla v roce 1971 a obsahovala Gowlandovy fotografie povrchu lidských těl. Vydání této knihy profesorů R. Fredericka Beckera, Jamese S. W. Wilsona a Johna A. Gehweilera vyvolalo skandál a bojkot jejího prodeje ze strany feministického hnutí, neboť fotografie byly nafoceny ve stylu glamour.

Peter Gowland je autorem zhruba sto tisíc fotonegativů a 26 knih fotografií nebo instruktážních knih o fotografování. Byl ženat s Alicí Adams, která mu po celý život pomáhala v jeho podnikání. Zajímavostí je, že jejich první milenecká schůzka se uskutečnila 7. prosince 1941, v den útoku na Pearl Harbor. V rámci manželství se jim narodily dvě dcery. Zemřel ve věku 93 let ve svém rodném státě Kalifornie ve Spojených státech amerických.

Bibliografie
 Classic Nude Photography,
 Peter Gowland's New Handbook of Glamour Photography,
 The Secrets of Photographing Women
 Gowland's Guide to Glamour Photography
 How to Photograph Women 1954 Crown, 7 výtisků
 Art & Technique of Stereo Photography 1954 Crown, LCCN 54011184
 Stereo Photography 1954 Crown, LCCN 54006642
 Figure Photography 1954 Fawcett, 600,000 sold
 How to Take Glamour Photos 1955 Fawcett
 Glamour Techniques 1958 Fawcett
 Photo Secrets 1958 Whitestone
 Glamour Camera 1959 Fawcett
 Face & Figure 1959 Fawcett
 How to Take Better Home Movies 1960 ARCO
 Guide to Electronic Flash 1960 Amphoto
 Photo Ideas 1961 Whitestone
 Peter Gowland Photographs the Figure 1962 Whitestone
 Camera in Hawaii 1963 Whitestone
 Camera in Japan 1964 Whitestone
 Figure Quarterly 1965 Development Corp
 Guide to Glamour Photography 1972 Crown, 16 výtisků
 Electronic Flash Simplified 1976 Amphoto, 7 výtisků
 Basic Glamour 1979 School of Modern Photography
 The Secrets of Photographing Women 1981 Crown, 6 výtisků
 New Handbook of Glamour Photography 1988 Crown - Random House
 Henry Miller Portfolio 18 výtisků 2000 Roger Jackson Publisher
 Classic Nude Photography 2001 Amherst Media, Inc.

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 Oficiální stránky Petera Gowlanda
 nekrolog Peter Gowlanda v The New York Times
 nekrolog Peter Gowlanda v The Los Angeles Times

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Narození v roce 1916
Narození v Los Angeles
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C20 disappointment at second Central Hill Estate listing rejection
Photo: Central Hill estate
Photographed by Grace Etherington
The Twentieth Century Society is deeply disappointed that Historic England has turned down a second application to list the Central Hill Estate in Gypsy Hill, Lambeth. The Society wrote to support this second application, calling on Historic England to list the estate at Grade II. Historic England has rejected the application at validation stage, concluding that "We do not believe that the estate has evident significance".
An application was made to list Central Hill in 2016 but this was unsuccessful. Historic England decided not to recommend the estate for listing, stating in its Advice Report that "Central Hill relies on the drama of its topography for much of its effect, rather than the virtuosity of its architecture, blocks are repetitious and lack the formal complexity and quality of detail which marks listed examples out as special […] the overall layout of the estate […] lacks sophistication and aesthetic variety [and] the estate reflects, rather than pioneers, ideas relating to the provision of mass housing which were evolving at this time." It claimed that "Whilst Central Hill has many merits, it falls short of the very high bar for listing post-war housing estates." See C20's response at the time here.
In its recent response, Historic England said "As five years has passed since that decision, we have considered very carefully all of the points raised in a recent further application, to determine whether the estate should be reassessed for listing." "We have concluded that the claims made about the architectural and historic interest of the estate were addressed in our 2016 advice, and no substantive new information that may be considered in a listing assessment has been presented so we will therefore not be taking this application further." It added that "Should circumstances change in the future, we may reconsider this position."
The C20 Society calls on Historic England to review its recommendation, arguing that Central Hill is clearly of evident significance and that appreciation for the estate and its architects has grown since 2016 and this should be taken into account. Central Hill is under serious threat of demolition and should be treated as a priority case.
Central Hill was built as a public housing estate in 1970-74 by Lambeth Borough Council. The estate was designed and constructed by the Lambeth Architects Department under Edward (Ted) Hollamby, Director of Development and former Borough Architect. The team leader was Rosemary Stjernstedt and the assistants were Brian Roberts, Frank de Marco, Adrian Sansom.
Hollamby was a significant figure in the development of post-war social housing. He moved to the London Borough of Lambeth in 1963, initially as Borough Architect and later as Director of Development. Over the following two decades, under Hollamby's direction Lambeth acquired a national reputation for its public housing schemes. Stjernstedt moved to Lambeth in the early 1960s, having previously worked in Stockholm and for the London County Council (LCC), where she was the first woman to obtain Grade I status.
The C20 Society considers Central Hill to be an important example of post-war social housing. It is an exemplar of high-density low-rise development, and a mixture of dwelling sizes (from 1 person flats to 6 person houses) are provided. Houses—which are modest and well-finished, with brick external walls and exposed board-marked concrete details—are planned in terraces running parallel to the slope, with units stepping down one below the other, giving a strong overall cohesion to the development.
Appreciation of Central Hill and its architects has grown in recent years. Central Hill is called "wonderful" in Rowan Moore's Slow Burn City (published in 2017), it is celebrated by John Boughton in Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing (2019), and is described as "the perfect modernist suburb" by Jason Okundaye in Owen Hatherley's The Alternative Guide to the London Boroughs (2020). It has also positively featured in articles, and is described by Phineas Harper (Director of Open House London) as "one of Britain's few modern masterpieces" in the Guardian (March 2021). Interest in Stjernstedt's life and work is also increasing and new evidence is being unearthed: the RIBA, for instance, published her lecture at 'Pioneers: Women Architects and Their Work' from 1986 on International Women's Day 2021.
C20 Director, Catherine Croft, says "This time Historic England has thrown the application out at the very first hurdle. It's tragic that this might now lead to demolition. It's not just the C20 Society that believes Central Hill has the "evident significance" which HE thinks it lacks. As it gets more publicity, more and more experts are rating it extremely highly, and the residents confirm what a great place it is to live too."
Lambeth Council approved the demolition and rebuilding of the estate in 2017. In 2019, the council announced that the estate would be regenerated by its in-house team, led by Homes for Lambeth. Truslove House on Roman Rise, a 4-storey block built to accommodate nurses, is set to be demolished and replaced by a BTPW-designed building providing 31 dwellings. The demolition of Truslove House will be the first phase of the site's redevelopment. The C20 Society takes the view that the estate should be refurbished rather than demolished, and strongly opposes Lambeth Council's plans for redevelopment.
For more information contact Coco Whittaker, Caseworker at the Twentieth Century Society: coco@c20society.org.uk


Warmington is an attractive Conservation village situated between Banbury, Stratford upon Avon and Warwick. It is a quintessential English village, with mainly stone and thatch cottages, a duck pond, traditional pub and Norman church. It sits within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the lee of historic Edge Hill.
outbuildings, a number of trees and some fenced and hedged boundaries.
Mains water is connected to the site and mains sewer is available on site and permission has been granted to connect it and all connection fees have already been paid. Electricity is believed to be available via the electricity pole adjacent to the boundary of the adjoining property. Purchasers should make their own enquiries on the availability of services.
Ground Floor: Hall, sitting room, kitchen/dining room, utility room, study and cloakroom.
First Floor: Master suite with en-suite shower room and dressing room, 2 further double bedrooms, family bathroom.
Second Floor: Double bedroom with en-suite bathroom.
Outside: Gardens and parking with turning space.
The property is subject to a Section 106 agreement. Fisher German has been informed by Bower & Bailey LLP Solicitors that the restrictions in the Section 106 agreement apply only to an interest in a completed local market unit. As such the dwelling can be developed before the restrictions contained within the Section 106 agreement apply. Buyers should rely upon the legal pack and their own investigations in regard to the Section 106 agreement.
Stratford-on-Avon District Council, Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6HX. T: 01789 267575. F: 01789 260444.
Strictly by appointment through the selling agents, Fisher German LLP. T: 01295 271555.
From Banbury take the B4100 Warwick Road out of the town following the signs to Warmington. Turn right on the hill into Warmington and continue down the hill passing the pub on the left and the duck pond on the right. At the next junction turn right signposted to Mollington and the building plot will be found on the left-hand side just before the bend. A sale board has been erected.
This property is available for sale by online auction. Interested buyers will need to register in advance and complete an ID verification before being able to place a bid. Buyers should allow sufficient time to complete this process before the time period expires. The information contained under 'Other key information' is not a legal document and shall not form part of the auction legal pack or any contract or offer. Buyers should not rely on the information in this section as statements of representation and should check that the information is correct by inspection or otherwise. Where there is a conflict between the contents of the legal documents and this section or the particulars, the information contained in the legal documents shall prevail.
All properties available for sale by Fisher German's online auction are traditional (or unconditional) online auctions; exchange occurs at the end of the auction. This means that if the reserve is met or exceeded and the auction timer reaches zero, the successful bidder is legally obliged to pay the purchase price and the seller will be legally obliged to sell the property. The successful buyer will be charged a holding deposit online, with the amount being held in a secure client account, pursuant to the terms of a holding deposit agreement. By 12pm the next working day the successful buyer must pay the balance of the deposit to total 10% of the purchase price.
Fisher German and Bamboo Auctions shall not be liable for any inaccuracies in the fees stated on this description page, in the bidding confirmation pop up or in the particulars. Buyers should check the contents of the legal pack and special conditions for accurate information on fees. Where there is a conflict between the fees stated in the particulars, the bid information box above or the bidding confirmation pop up and the contents of the legal pack, the contents of the legal pack shall prevail. Stamp Duty Land Tax or Land and Buildings Transaction Tax may also apply in some circumstances.
The winning buyer is charged a sum of £5,000.
For properties where the opening bid is less than £40,000 there is a buyers fee of £1,200 (including VAT) retained from the £5,000 figure by Fisher German/Bamboo Auctions as a contribution towards online platform costs. Therefore £3,800 is payable towards the purchase price.
For properties where the opening bid is more than £40,000 there is a buyers fee of £2,400 (including VAT) retained from the £5,000 figure by Fisher German/Bamboo Auctions as a contribution towards online platform costs. Therefore £2,600 is payable towards the purchase price.
Bamboo Auctions and Fisher German Online Auction shall not be liable for any inaccuracies in the fees stated on this description page, in the bidding confirmation pop up or in the particulars. Buyers should check the contents of the legal pack and special conditions for accurate information on fees. Where there is a conflict between the fees stated in the particulars, the bid information box above or the bidding confirmation pop up and the contents of the legal pack, the contents of the legal pack shall prevail.
All information relating to this property, including descriptions, pictures and other related information has been provided by Fisher German Online Auction. All legal documents in relation to this property have been provided by the Vendor's solicitor. Neither Bamboo Auctions or any individual in employment with Bamboo Auctions makes any warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the property information.


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Business / Economy Medical / Health
Unemployment Claims hit Record Levels with COVID-19 Shelter Orders (Video)
by Nigel Duara/CalMatters
The number of Californians filing for unemployment benefits eclipsed the state's highest number on record, dating back to the aftermath of the Great Recession.
Experts fear that the worst is yet to come, especially for sectors of the economy still reeling from the state-ordered closure of non-essential businesses to reduce the spread of the coronavirus pandemic
The California Employment Development Department announced Thursday that unemployment claims reached 186,809 for the week ending March 21. The week before, it was more than 58,000 claims. For context, in all of March 2019, there were 40,000 new unemployment claims in the state. The prior weekly record of 115,462 was set in January 2010 at the height of the Great Recession.
"It is all hands on deck to deal with this historic claim load," EDD deputy director Loree Levy told CalMatters in a live broadcast on Thursday.
On Wednesday, a day before the EDD released the number of claims for California, Gov. Gavin Newsom said 1 million Californians had filed claims since the pandemic.
The EDD counts processed claims, while Levy described Newsom's number as "an estimate" of all claims submitted, whether they had been processed yet or not.
Levy said her department expects the numbers to continue to break records.
"We can't make predictions," Levy said. "We continue to receive historic levels of claims on an ongoing basis. We're looking at all kinds of strategies [to process claims] on a daily basis."
Locally, the Times-Standard reported Thursday that an economic damage assessment conducted by the Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services found that local businesses had lost an estimated $2.7 million in revenue as a result of the COVID-19 disease and the associated shelter-inlace order, leading to the loss of more than 700 local jobs. Eight local businesses have also been forced to close, the paper reported.
The California Bureau of Labor Statistics had to recompose its weekly jobless claims graph because Thursday's numbers dwarfed previous jobless numbers.
A Washington Post-ABC News nationwide poll found that about a third of people have been laid off or had an immediate family member laid off. Another half reported a cut in work hours or pay for someone in their family.
On March 15, Newsom ordered all bars in the state to close, creating the first ripple in a tidal wave of state-ordered closures of all non-essential businesses. Employees from a variety of industries found themselves out of work or having their hours significantly reduced.
Now unemployed people are worried about making their April rent. Levy said that claims are usually processed within three weeks, but she could not guarantee that the same timeframe will hold true during the pandemic.
"I don't think any state has ever been prepared for an economy to come to a standstill like it has," Levy said. "We know these payments got to get out to people as soon as possible."
The state has taken steps to ease the financial burden on the unemployed, chiefly by waiving the one-week waiting period to collect benefits. For those who qualify, their first payment should be for two weeks instead of the typical one week.
Unemployment insurance is paid by employers, so the pot of money from which recipients collect does not come from the state directly. If the claims exceed the unemployment insurance fund and the state becomes insolvent — as it did during the Great Recession — the state will likely take a loan from the federal government.
"As long as someone is [entitled to benefits], they'll receive them," Levy said. "It's just a matter of what it will cost the state in the long run" to pay back a federal loan.
The Associated Press reports that the number of jobless people in the U.S. has already exceeded the height of the Great Recession, which lasted from 2007 to 2009, although the economic impacts hit California the hardest in 2010.
According to Labor Department records — which date back to 1967 — the largest seasonally-adjusted one-week number of new unemployment claims was 695,000 in October, 1982. Back then, the unemployment rate was about 10 percent.
New unemployment claims in California reached more than 375,000 in January 2010, the highest monthly total on record. Three of the top-five highest months came during the Great Recession. The other two months with the most claims came during the recession of the early 1990s.
Before the onset of the pandemic, the U.S. unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, a 50-year low. The current rate has not been calculated.
Business / Economy Medical / Health COVID-19 businesses closures unemployment


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Fortnite Is About To Get More Bots
Ed Orr September 24, 2019 News
Fortnite is about to get even more botters. Don't worry, this time it's official. In a new update, Epic released a ton of balance changes that include the introduction of bots into matches.
The Rise Of The AI
In a recent post, Fortnite's development team addressed some of the action title's biggest ongoing issues. The stale matchmaking, that has plagued the games since 2017 is now about to get a massive shakeup. As part of the next Fortnite update, players can expect improved matchmaking logic. This change is intended to bring players of similar ability together and allow the game to appeal to players who might otherwise find themselves being repeatedly crushed by the same squad for an evening of misery.
Rolling out slowly, in the wake of Fortnite's 10.40 update, the new changes will also unleash the AI swarm of players. This is not anything akin to Horizon Zero Dawn's ecological disaster. Instead, it is a range of bots designed to recreate human player behaviour. These new additions will hit battle royale game modes as season 11 of the game kicks off. Alongside the new matchmaking, these bots should actually improve the experience for various skill levels, which sounds like the oddest thing I've ever had to say about any botter.
While these modifications will appear in the general game, they will not impact the game's competitive arenas. We haven't got a date for the rise of this AI or the start of season 11 yet but it shouldn't be far away now. I am also sure that no matter how hard Epic try their bots will never be as stupid as real-life team mates. At least we've got the machines beaten on one front. If you want to find out more about the changes coming in update 10.40 or the introduction of new matchmaking then head over to the official website for more details. Fortnite is out now across PC, Playstations 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android and iOS devices for free.
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The first version of this game, Spellbind, was created in 2004. My goal was to make a simple strategy game that my kids could play in the back seat of the car when we were traveling. I was inspired by the old "Travel Bingo" games that I used to play when I was a kid (with translucent red plastic windows that would slide down to mark that you were first to spot a cow, a stop sign, or a train).
The game design itself was finalized in only a few days. But, it took over a month to do the paper engineering and construction. All the pieces had to be cut out by hand with an Xacto knife. The interior of the card contains hidden layers of guides and wheel axles. It's quite intricate and required a lot of patience and precision to glue it all together. I never thought it could be mass-produced.
Luckily, in 2017 I had the opportunity to meet with the excellent team at Chronicle Books in San Francisco. Chronicle has a fantastic catalogue of books and games and I knew right away that it would be a perfect match. They did all the hard work of figuring out how to manufacture the game cards, as well as finding the awesome Hayden Aube to create the distinctive art for both the cards and the packaging.
It's been 15 years in the making, and now I'm humbled to see this unique game come to market! I hope your kids enjoy playing it as much as mine did!


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CHAPTER 7 WAR WITH JAPAN, 1936–1945
7.10 Mao Zedong Thought (Maoism) Russian socialists were critical of Mao's version of socialism, but it was more than his reliance on peasants as the vanguard of the revolution. After all, Lenin had changed Marx's spontaneous mass revolution into a planned event led by one party. They were critical of Mao's understanding of the nature of classes and the Marxist stages of revolution. They were especially critical of Mao's emphasis on national goals rather than international ones. Aspects of Maoism: 1 Mao seldom quoted or sought inspiration from socialist writings. He was more inspired by Chinese texts such as San Guo (Three Kingdoms), The Annals of Twenty-Four Dynasties, and Sun Zi's (AKA SunTzu's) The Art of War. He used these texts on the political manoeuvrings of Chinese rulers and their battle tactics to guide him.
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2 Practice overrides theory. Empirical evidence (what actually works) guided many of Mao's actions. In a 1963 interview to a 'foreign visitor' Mao said: We [China] tried peasant uprisings; they failed. We tried a bourgeois revolution with Sun Yatsen [Sun Yixian]. But that didn't work either. So what to do? We tried various forms of communism, too, various strategies. None worked. There really is no theory at all of what to do, no special theory at all. You have to think about the specifics of your own country. There is nowhere else to go.
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3 Contradiction was a theme of Mao's. This was possibly a defence against his own theories being accused of contradiction. KEY QUOTE
The Day of the Tiles was an important event that took place in 7 June 1788 in the regional city of Grenoble, which had a city government that was sympathetic to liberal and reformist ideas. The Day of the Tiles began as a protest in response to the king's order to the parlement to register the May edicts; when the parlement did not register, the king attempted to send the members of the parlement into exile, but the revolutionary crowd was fully in support of the parlement's stance, and took over the centre of the city and the Town Hall. After royal troops were sent in, the crowd retired to the roof of the building and hurled roof tiles onto the soldiers below, with deadly effect – four people were killed and some forty were wounded.
4 Violence was a key weapon in Mao's arsenal. In stating 'A revolution is not a dinner party … ' and that 'political power grows from the barrel of a gun', Mao was not just being hypothetical. From his delight in witnessing the violence of the Hunan peasants in the 1927 uprising to his savage treatment of the dissident Futian Red Army officers (both in Chapter 4) and even his Rectification Campaign, Mao justified violence within his own party.  Source 7.18 A young Mao Zedong
Source 5.16 La Journée des tuiles en 1788 à Grenoble (The Day of the Tiles in Grenoble, 1788) by Alexandre Debelle
Similar protests happened elsewhere, such as in the towns of Pau, Toulouse, Besançon, Metz and Dijon. Historian William Doyle describes how the revolutionary crowd in Rennes took over the city for almost two months and the city government could not restore control. lettres de cachet letters or orders for arrest as signed by the king of France and closed with the royal seal
The king responded to these protests by sending out volleys of lettres de cachet. Brienne, judging that the situation was uncontrollable, distracted public attention by announcing that he would call the Estates-General.
The Day of the Tiles was the first violent popular demonstration by a crowd in the French Revolution. As such, it was very new and very frightening. Indeed, the lawyers and judges of the parlement left the city, hoping to calm the popular unrest. Like many law-abiding people, they were alarmed by the force of the popular action.
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his fifth wife, Wang Guangmei. She was incarcerated for a decade, whereas Liu lasted only until 12 November 1969, dying naked in Kaifeng prison after being denied diabetes medication and treatment for pneumonia. He was cremated under a false name and his family did not find out about his death for another three years. News of his death was made public 10 years later. In 1980, Deng Xiaoping had him posthumously rehabilitated and exonerated.
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Exam-style questions and assessment tasks
Debate: Did the Provisional Government need to be overthrown? Should the Bolsheviks' rise to power be considered favourably or not? Name: China Miéville
Use information from this chapter to define these terms.
Kornilov Affair
The environmental impacts did not end with the 1788 storm. The onset of winter later in the year was especially harsh, with the lowest temperatures for decades. Now, the rivers froze, meaning that there was Analysingwater cause andto consequence no running turn the millwheels. Sacks of grain sat unopened, because it was not possible to grind it into flour to make bread. Heavy falls of snow continued into the first months of 1789, covering areas that did not usually receive snow. Helpful book: October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (Verso, 2017)
Lenin's April Theses
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Provisional Government
Use evidence from this chapter to write short paragraph answers.
1 How did Lenin's return from exile in April impact the politics of 1917? 2 Why did the Provisional Government fail to win support?
3 How did the Kornilov Affair allow the Bolsheviks to regain popularity? 4 Explain Kerensky's rise and fall from power.
Use quotes as evidence KEY Historian Simon Schama has vividly described and quantified the impact of the bread STATISTIC shortage on working people. In normal times, 75 per cent of French people relied on bread to survive, and on average they spent 50 per cent of their income purchasing it. But now prices soared: from 8 sous (French coins) in mid-1787 to 12 sous by October 1788, and then to 15 sous by February 1789. These loaves of bread weighed four pounds and a family of four would need to buy two of them each day. Yet, a poor worker only earned 20 to 30 sous a day. Write a sentence using a short phrase from one of the quotes below or contrast the views from a few quotes. You can also use any of the quotes in this chapter. Quotes can be used directly or paraphrased in your own words.
Source 9.24 China Miéville
It was a paradoxical situation: in order to survive the Provisional Government had to keep Russia in the war, but in doing so it destroyed its own chances of survival. Michael Lynch, historian
Miéville's leftist sympathies mean that he argues empathetically that the world's first socialist revolution should be celebrated. His enthusiasm for revolution means that he believes that revolution is a good thing in general, and that the Bolsheviks' road to revolution in 1917 was a particularly positive story.
Russia is sinking in a bloody ditch, and he (Kerensky) is to blame. Zinaida Gippius was a poet and editor in Russia in 1917 and this was from her 'Diary of Gippius'
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The Provisional Government was so politically isolated and the insurgents enjoyed such overwhelming support that they were able to elbow the Government out of existence with a slight push. Isaac Deutscher, historian
Miéville focuses on the dramatic narrative of 1917: strikes, protests, riots, looting, mass desertions from the army, land occupations by hungry peasants and pitched battles between workers and Cossacks, not just in Petrograd but along the length and breadth of the vast country.
Among the socialist parties, only the Bolsheviks had overcome Marxist scruples, caught the mood of the crowd, and declared their willingness to seize power in the name of the proletarian revolution. Sheila Fitzpatrick, historian
The early days of revolution were remarkable for how submerged and scattered that hard right was … In those days everyone was, or claimed to be, a socialist. No one wanted to be bourgeois.
The great storm also caused unemployment; thousands of poor workers used to walk from village to village getting casual work bringing in the harvest. Since so much of the harvest was destroyed, there was little work, and the labourers were left penniless and hungry. Schama rightly contends that, by the time it came to asking people to draw up lists of their grievances, these questions were being put to a population largely traumatised by food anxiety andSong employment anxiety, both caused by1966 these devastating environmental Source 11.20 Mao, Liu Shaoqi and Qingling at Tian'anmen Square, October impacts. The Provisional Government had expired even before the Bolsheviks finished it off. S.A. Smith
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Source 9.25 October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (2017)
Miéville is a British urban fantasy author and comic book writer who identifies himself as part of the New Weird movement.
There was nothing preordained about the collapse of tsarist autocracy nor even of the Provisional Government. S.A. Smith, historian
The events of 1917 were filled with might-have-beens and missed chances. Sean McMeekin, historian
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Define key terms
Democracy was a sociological term in Russia in 1917, denoting the masses, the lower class, at least as strongly as it did a political method. For many in those heady moments, Kerensky exemplified "the democracy". The revolution is the possibility of possibilities.
What's your point of view?
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The impact of food prices on the October days In his impatience to 'Catch Up with Britain' and free his country from debt to the Soviet Union, Mao The Parisian crowd was also angered by rising bread prices later in 1789. Prices had temporarily fallen chose to exploit China's greatest resource – its population. He launched the mass campaign to popularise in July and August, but by mid-September had risen again. This was not caused by the king, but by hot communes and the decentralisation of industry. Unfortunately, Mao was no economist or steelmaker. Despite weather and a lack of water to turn the mills. Shortages soon caused riots in market places and petitions his rural origins, he did not know peasant farming well enough. Furthermore, his intolerance of dissent meant from to city authorities to control ofdisaster: bread. The events 5 October 1789 actually thatwomen it was some time before he was aware ofthe therising extentcost of the a famine of of epic proportions, began protestThe by shortmarket women at the town about bread prices, then escalated into a broader even as foraChina. and long-term effects of hall this disaster occupy the following chapters. campaign against the king and the National Assembly. Lafayette had to use his National Guards to protect bakers' shops. Use the QR code or visit the digital version of the book and watch the video summarising the chapter.
THE STORY SO FAR By mid-1789, it was clear that the popular movement could, and would, take action on its own, both in the cities and in the countryside. The rural popular movement proved that it could cause widespread rebellion, and threaten the security of all landowning people, bourgeois and noble alike. Despite these violent episodes, the revolution was relatively stable, and was ready to define its main principles and then reorganise France based on those ideals. Use the QR code or visit the Interactive Textbook and watch the video summarising the chapter.
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Analysis Activity answers Background: China's Characteristics Analysis Activity 0.1 (p13) 1
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Identify the poisonous drug referred to here. Opium
Identify the negative term Commissioner Lin uses to describe Westerners. Barbarians
Summarise the moral argument used by Lin Zexu. The moral argument by Lin is twofold. First, Lin is making the argument that while China suffers harm from the importation and use of opium, in western countries it is banned. Further, he argues that the trade relationship is immoral as while western nations benefit from the opium trade, the products that China exports do no harm.
In your opinion, propose why Queen Victoria did not react to this letter.
End of Chapter answers Chapter 1: Fragile Republic to Warlord Era, 1912-1927 Define key terms Tongmenghui A revolutionary alliance formed by Dr Sun; forerunner to the Guomindang (GMD) also known as the Nationalist Party
Queen Victoria did not react to this letter for a couple of clear reasons. First, by identifying only 'western nations' the author does not specifically blame Britain for the problems cause by the trade in opium. Secondly, Victoria knew that militarily, any confrontation with China would easily result in a British military victory.
San Min Zhuyi (Three People's Principles) advocated nationalism, democracy and people's livelihood Guomindang National People's Party founded by Sun Yixian
Background: Fall of the Qing Dynasty, 1851-1912 Analysis Activity 0.2 (p21) 1
Huangpu Military Academy A military academy set up by Sun with Soviet backing
Identify the parts of China where foreigners had the greatest impact. Foreign powers have a significant influence along the southern and eastern coasts of
Warlord Someone with military command under the Qing, who established personal control by force over a part of China following the collapse of a central government
China. The area toward the northeast was also important as was the island of Formosa. 2
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Propose why you think these areas were occupied. These coastal areas were vital for international trade. Especially so given the reliance on maritime shipping and the importance of maintaining a strong navy to defend each nation's interest.
Why do you think the United States is not featured significantly?
Establishing historical significance Outline the ways in which Yuan Shikai was a warlord. The main characterisation of Yuan Shikai as a 'warlord' stems from his suspicion of the
The United States didn't feature significantly due to China not being considered as part democratic process. After assuming power following 1911, Yuan's series of political of its sphere of influence before the 1890s. Its relatively small navy was preoccupied withappointments (including the influential ministries of Foreign Affairs and War) spoke to a nepotism typical of the warlord era. Furthermore, Yuan's successful negotiation for a preserving U.S interests in Latin America.
'reorganisation loan' which he completed without the consent of parliament, bespoke of his contempt for consultative politics. Yuan's dissolution of national and provincial parliaments in February 1914 also eroded his position as a statesman and his self-appointment as Emperor in early 1916 confirmed this. Finally, Yuan's construction of the 'constitutional compact' – seen as a replacement for the provisional constitution – strengthened his reputation as a warlord. His dependence on loyal military subordinates also belies his dictatorial tendencies. Analysing cause and consequence 1
Explain why Sun Yixian, after working so hard for the revolution, handed power over to Yuan Shikai.
CONTENTS ANALYSING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION FOURTH EDITION Available July 2021
ANALYSING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION SECOND EDITION Available August 2021 Area of Study 1 Causes of revolution Timeline of key events, 1607–4 July 1776 1 Brief background to America in 1763 2 Growing opposition to Britain, 1763–1766 3 Britain's folly, 1767–1773 4 Britain's 'Vietnam', 1774–1776 5 Area of Study 1, 1754– 4 July 1776: Exam questions and answers Area of Study 2 Consequences of revolution Timeline of key events, 1776–1789 6 The War of Independence, 1776–1783 7 The new nation, 1783–1787 8 The United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, 1787–1789 9 Area of Study 2, 4 July 1776–1789: Exam questions and answers 10 The Diverse Experiences of Different Social Groups in the American Revolution 11 Who's Who of the American Revolution
ANALYSING THE CHINESE REVOLUTION THIRD EDITION Available June 2021 Background: China's characteristics Background: Fall of the Qing Dynasty, 1851–1912 Area of Study 1 Causes of revolution Timeline of key events, 1911–1949 1 Fragile republic to warlord era, 1912–1927 2 New popular movements, 1915–1927 3 The Guomindang, 1923–1928 4 The Chinese Communist Party, 1920–1934 5 The Nationalist Decade, 1927–1936 6 The Long March, 1934–1936 7 War with Japan, 1936–1945 8 Civil war to Red victory, 1946–1949 Area of Study 2 Consequences of revolution Timeline of key events, 1949–1976 9 'Liberation': The early years, 1949–1956 10 Hundred Flowers, 1957–1958 11 The Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine, 1957–1959 12 Mao moved aside, 1959–1965 13 Cultural Revolution 1: Chaos unleashed,1966–1969 14 Cultural Revolution 2: Fall of Lin Biao, 1969–1972 15 Cultural Revolution 3: Mao's death, 1972–1976 16 The Diverse Experiences of Different Social Groups in the Chinese Revolution 17 Who's Who of the Chinese Revolution
Area of Study 1 Causes of revolution Timeline of key events, 1774 – 4 August 1789 1 The political order in France before the revolution 2 The social order in France before the revolution 3 Significant ideas: The influence of the Enlightenment 4 How did radical ideas mobilise society and challenge the existing order? 5 How France's financial crisis became a political crisis, 1774–1789 6 How the political crisis became a revolution, 1789 7 The outbreak of popular revolution, 1789 Area of Study 2 Consequences of revolution Timeline of key events, 5 August 1789 – November 1795 8 The development of significant revolutionary ideas, 1789–1791 9 The role of popular movements, 1789–1791 10 Creating a new society, 1789–1791 11 Sources of disunity in the revolution, 1789–1791 12 The revolutionary events of 1792 13 Creating the new society, 1792–1794 14 The new society: Challenges and responses, 1792–1794 15 The role of Maximilien de Robespierre and other significant individuals, 1792–94 16 The role of the sans-culottes in the French Revolution, 1792–1795 17 The role of women in the French Revolution, 1789–1794 18 The final settlement: The conservative republic of 1795 19 The diverse experiences of different social groups in the French Revolution 20 Who's Who of the French Revolution
ANALYSING THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION FOURTH EDITION Available August 2021 1 What makes good History? Area of Study 1 Causes of revolution Timeline of key events, 1896 – October 1917 2 Russia under Tsar Nicholas II 3 Opposition to tsarism: Revolutionary ideas and leaders 4 Opposition to tsarism: Revolutionary political parties 5 Opposition to tsarism: Popular movements of 1905 6 Stabilising tsarism 7 World at war 8 Year of revolutions, 1917: The February Revolution 9 Crisis of dual authority 10 Year of revolutions, 1917: October Revolution 11 Thematic analysis, 1896–17 Area of Study 2 Consequences of revolution Timeline of key events, October 1917-1927 12 Consolidating power: The first six months 13 Civil War 14 Government crises: War Communism and the Kronstadt Uprising 15 Government response: New Economic Policy, 1921–27 16 Lenin's final years and key debates 17 Thematic analysis, 1917–27 Contents are subject to change prior to publication.
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