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William Johnson Stone papers, 1864-1953, 1864-1923 (bulk dates)
Stone, William Johnson, 1841-1923.
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Stone, Cornelia Woodford, d. 1906.
Goebel, William, 1856-1900.
McCreary, James B. (James Bennett), 1838-1918.
Morrow, Edwin Porch, 1877-1935.
Snook, Sudie Stone.
Snook, Sidney J.
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864.
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Kentucky.--General Assembly.
United States.--Congress.
Kentucky.--Confederate Pension Dept.
Confederate States of America.--Kentucky Cavalry, 2nd,.--Company C.
Agricultural depression--Kentucky.
Shiloh, Battle of, 1862.
Fort Donelson (Tenn.), Battle of, 1862.
Chickamauga (Ga.), Battle of, 1863.
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Kentucky--Politics and government.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Autobiographies.
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William Stone, born in what is now Lyon County, Kentucky, joined the Confederate Army at the beginning of the Civil War and was present at the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Chickamauga. While serving with General John Hunt Morgan's First Battalion, Company C, Stone received a severe wound in the fighting around Cynthiana, Kentucky which eventually led to the amputation of one of his legs. Stone married Cornelia Woodford, his nurse during recovery from his wound and surgery. After the war, Stone tried to assist his father in recouping some of the losses suffered by the family farm. Stone was elected to the Kentucky State legislature in 1867, 1875 and in 1883. In 1884 he was elected to represent Kentucky's First District in Congress, serving in that capacity until 1895.
Stone was one of the three Democratic gubernatorial candidates for governor in the 1899 Convention that eventually nominated William Goebel. Reportedly, Stone's supporters had made a deal with those of Goebel and were quite angry when Goebel's adherents failed to deliver what they had promised. Stone aided in lobbying for a Confederate Pension Fund in Kentucky. When this was established in 1914, Stone was appointed Commissioner of the Confederate Pension Department by Governor James B. McCreary. He remained in office until his death in 1923.
Stone's middle name has a variant spelling and is sometimes spelled: "Johnston".
The material is comprised of correspondence, clippings, receipts, information and statistics about the tariff, an autobiographical sketch and a printed address. The correspondence includes a few Civil War letters from Stone to his family, and, later, scattered business, personal, and political correspondence. Various Lyon County tax receipts are included as well as numerous tarriff schedules from Stone's years in Congress. Also included are his Commissioner appointments from Governors James B. McCreary and Edwin P. Morrow and a printed text of his address to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in favor of establishing a Confederate pension fund. Clippings about Stone, political issues, his death, his daughter, Sudie Stone Snook, and her husband, Sidney J. Snook, of Paducah, Kentucky, are present. A typed autobiographical sketch of Stone is part of the collection as well.

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Over two months after India's decision to stay away from SAARC Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan was virtually sidelined in the South Asian regional group; the Heart of Asia Summit on 3 and 4 December has further reinforced that when representatives from 14 countries gathered in Amritsar to enhance the south-south dialogue for regional cooperation.
Afghanistan is the permanent chair and India as a co-chair successfully used the summit to yet again focus spotlight on Pakistan's explicit connection with terror groups in fomenting trouble in both the countries. President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan, a firm believer that Pakistan does not support establishment of peace in his country has, set the tone of the conference.
The draft declaration on counter-terrorism circulated by Afghanistan has called upon Pakistan (without naming it) to stop harbouring and supporting terror groups on its soil. Both India and Afghanistan have joined hands to nail Pakistan on this issue once again at an international conference. Modi and Ghani have left no stone unturned to hold Islamabad responsible for poor connectivity in every sector across the South Asian region.
Pakistan's government under domestic pressure from sending a delegation to Amritsar Summit has decided to send just a two-member team headed by advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, former foreign secretary Sartaj Aziz.
Nawaz Sharif decided to send Aziz given the fact that 'Heart of Asia' is an international conference on bringing stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan believes it has an important say in that landlocked country's future. Aziz days before the summit publicly announced that Pakistan was in touch with "anti-India elements" to keep New Delhi under pressure on the Kashmir issue.
The Pakistani team arrived in India on December 4 for a few hours and as expected Sartaj Aziz raked up the issue of tension with India and blamed Indian Prime Minister Modi and his government for spiking tensions in the region.
After Arriving in India on December 3, President Ghani hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in the day in Amritsar, carefully selected to remind everyone that a city that stands on the historic Grand Trunk Road route that once linked Kolkata to Kabul via Delhi and Lahore, provides an opportunity to break connectivity barriers.
It will remind the world that as they gather in Amritsar, a city that sits on the now infamous GT Road, Pakistan remains a major obstacle in their dream to reconnect and rebuild Afghanistan with rest of South Asia.
Soon after his arrival, President Ghani lost no opportunity to emphasise Pakistan's continued support to terror groups operating in Afghanistan, the role of its military and ISI in their steadfast refusal to help connect his country with India across Pakistan.
The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process was founded in 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Heart of Asia, the official website claims, "provides a platform for sincere and results-oriented regional cooperation by placing Afghanistan at its center, in recognition of the fact that a secure and stable Afghanistan is vital to the prosperity of the Heart of Asia region".
The Heart of Asia has 14 participating countries, 17 supporting countries, and 12 supporting regional and international organizations.
On the eve of the summit the Afghan ambassador in India set the tone when he told journalists in Delhi that "as we all know, terrorism is a creation of this region and the solution lies within this region only". Therefore the upcoming Heart of Asia is very well timed and very well placed to discuss how we should find solutions to the theme that we have already put forward, he remarked.
Afghanistan is angry at Pakistan's continued refusal to allow India overland access to their country. At the last summit in Islamabad foreign minister Sushma Swaraj had asked for India's admission to Afghanistan Pakistan Trade and Transit Agreement but, that was turned down, as expected.
The Chahbahar Port agreement between India-Iran-Afghanistan is seen as a serious initiative to help landlocked Afghanistan to get access to global market by connecting Persian Gulf with Kabul and beyond to Central Asia through a road network.
Given its geography Pakistan has held Afghanistan to ransom, by controlling land access to and from the country and using unstable security situation over the decades to help and sustain terror groups in that country.
Afghanistan heavily leans on India today for its moral, diplomatic, political and material support as it seeks to fight Afghan Taliban, Islamic State groups and Pakistan's military establishment to rebuild a war-torn nation.


See section on Spain and the "Reconquista"
Letter to Prester John, in Latin.
WEB See Modern History Sourcebook: Early Modern World Page for more texts on early overseas exploration.
Christopher Columbus: Selections from Journal, 1492.
WEB Columbus and the Age of Discovery A splendid, and searchable, collection of over 1100 text articles on Columbus and the encounter of two worlds.
With maps of the various voyages.
Europeans were not the only ones to look at other cultures. This is a Turkish Admiral's account of his travels in the world of India and the Middle East.


Can the Lumia 920 offer the standout Windows Phone 8 experience?
The Lumia 920 was the most feature-packed of the initial Windows Phone 8 line up, as Nokia looked to regain its dominance in the WP market and ride the new OS wave to success.
Since its launch in 2012 though, the company has superseded the model twice, initially with the Lumia 925, and more recently with the impressively specced Lumia 1020.
But despite more advanced models coming to the market, the Lumia 920 still manages to hold its own in a crowded marketplace, with impressive specs and a now reduced price point.
Available outright online for as low as $350, or for $0 up front on a $66 plan with Telstra, the Lumia 920 has quickly become an affordable premium device for anyone looking to spend time in the Windows Phone ecosystem.
The handset itself follows on from the design of the Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 900, the latter of which is the natural predecessor of the Lumia 920, offering up the Finn's big-screen Windows Phone experience.
Front on you'll be hard pushed to tell the difference between the Lumia 920 and Lumia 900; however the newer handset has a smaller bezel above the screen, but a larger one below it.
It's a strange decision and if we're honest the additional space below the three touch buttons; back, Windows and search, seems a little unnecessary - reminiscent of the Motorola Razr.
The Lumia 920 is pretty big as far a smartphones go these days measuring 130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7 mm, with the unibodied polycarbonate chassis providing a sturdy, premium finish – however its weight is noticeable.
Tipping the scales at 185g the Nokia Lumia 920 is unmistakably heavy, especially if you're coming from the 112g iPhone 5 or 133g Samsung Galaxy S3.
And while the weight may be a shock to start with we did become accustomed to it, and after a few days use it was honestly no longer a real issue – however those with smaller palms may still find it a bit of a struggle.
The rounded sides of the Lumia 920 make for a smooth, comfortable hold, as long as your hand is big enough to wrap round the handset, and with the physical keys all located on the right hand side, they're relatively easy to hit.
On the right there's the volume rocker switch, followed by the power/lock in the centre and a physical camera shutter button towards the base – a rarity among smartphones these days, but something Windows Phone handsets stick with.
The main feature on the front of the Nokia Lumia 920 is the 4.5-inch IPS TFT screen, which provides a crisp, bright display offering up an HD resolution of 768x1280.
It's not quite as large as the 4.7-inch display on the HTC One X+ or the 4.8-inch Galaxy S3, but it is one of the biggest Windows Phone 8 handset currently on offer, with the Windows Phone 8X clocking in at 4.3-inches.
On top there's a centralised 3.5mm jack, which Nokia claims makes it easier to slide into your pocket when you have headphones plugged in (it's certainly a better position that the side location on the Nokia N95), next to a microSIM tray which requires a little tool included in the box to pop open.
The presence of the SIM slot reveals there's no access to the 2,000mAh battery housed inside the Lumia 920, plus there's no SD slot to expand on the 32GB of internal storage.
The left side of the Lumia 920 is an uninterrupted slice of polycarbonate allowing you to marvel at the beautifully curved edge.
On the bottom you have a microUSB port flanked by a couple of speaker grills and two exposed rivets, similar to the ones on the base of the Google Nexus 4 and down the sides of the Motorola Razr i.
Place the Lumia 920 face down and it becomes even more difficult to differentiate it from the Lumia 900, with the centralised 8MP camera lens, sliver plate surround and dual LED flash the only features on the back.
The only clue that this is a different handset is the word Nokia in large text on the sliver plate, instead of Carl Ziess on the previous model, which has now been relegated to a smaller font next to the firm's name.
The matte black finish on our review model completes the minimalist industrial design, with the Lumia 920 is also available in grey, white, red and yellow which sport a glossy finish which we reckon looks a bit cheap.
As long as you can get over the size and weight of the Nokia Lumia 920 - we did after a few days - you'll find it's a robust device which certainly feels premium in the hand, with possibly only the iPhone 5 feeling classier.


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[ARCHIVED] Kenosha County Public Health providing MPV vaccinations to eligible populations
Kenosha County Public Health is one of 17 approved MPV (monkeypox) vaccination providers in Wisconsin that are currently accepting appointments from the public, Health Officer Dr. Jen Freiheit announced today.
KCPH has received a limited supply of vaccine from the state and now only has the ability to vaccinate the most at-risk individuals, Freiheit said. Therefore, KCPH is partnering with key community stakeholders to target the current vaccine to these high-risk populations.
These partners include the LGBT Center of Southeast Wisconsin, Vivent Health and Kenosha Pride.
"With a limited supply of vaccine at this time, we are following federal and state guidance and working to direct doses to populations believed to be at the highest risk for infection, and to close contacts of confirmed cases," Freiheit said. "As vaccine availability increases and we learn more about this evolving situation, we look forward to sharing more information with the public."
A vaccination clinic, open to eligible individuals, will operate from 3 to 7 p.m. today — Thursday, Sept. 8 — at the Kenosha County Job Center, 8600 Sheridan Road, Entrance B on the north side of the building.
A list of current vaccine eligibility criteria, as defined by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, is at the conclusion of this release.
Commonly known as monkeypox, MPV is a rare disease caused by infection with MPV (the monkeypox virus). Amid a growing outbreak in the United States and globally, the White House declared MPV a national public health emergency on Aug. 4.
As of Wednesday, Sept. 7, there were 21,274 confirmed MPV cases nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Wisconsin, there were 63 confirmed cases, including two in Kenosha County.
The virus is spread by skin-to-skin contact with an infected individual, contact with contaminated clothes or linen, and through saliva droplets if lesions are in the mouth.
The highest rate of current cases has been in men and trans women who have sex with men, however, any person, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation, can acquire and spread MPV. Prolonged close contact, face-to-face contact, or intimate physical contact with an infected person puts people at greater risk of infection.
Freiheit said it is important to receive and understand accurate information as it pertains to MPV. Communicable diseases can show up in all communities, and anyone is at risk of contracting MPV if they are in close contact with an individual who is infected.
While MPV is not a sexually transmitted disease, it appears to be transmitted at a higher rate through sex, which has a high rate of skin-to-skin contact. Any skin-to-skin contact with someone with MPV can lead to possible new cases of MPV.
Common symptoms of MPV can include fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash that can look like pimples or blisters and may be painful or itchy. The rash may be on the face, the inside of the mouth, hands, feet, chest, genitals, or anus. Symptoms are usually mild or moderate and a person is no longer infectious when their lesions have fallen off. MPV is rarely fatal.
Most people recover in two to four weeks without need for treatment, although vaccinations and antiviral medications can be used to prevent and treat MPV. Because of the current short supply of vaccine, the CDC requires a HIPPA-compliant screening tool when people inquire about vaccination eligibility.
More information about MPV is available from the CDC at https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html and from the Wisconsin Department of Health at https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/outbreaks/index.htm.
Current MPV vaccination eligibility guidelines
Wisconsinites who meet any of the following criteria can get vaccinated:
Known contacts who are identified by public health through case investigation, contact tracing, and risk exposure assessments.
Presumed contacts who may meet the following criteria:
People who know that a sexual partner in the past 14 days was diagnosed with monkeypox.
People who attended an event or venue where there was known monkeypox exposure.
Gay men, bisexual men, trans men and women, any men who have sex with men, and gender non-conforming/non-binary people who have had multiple sexual partners in the last 14 days.
People considered to have an elevated risk of exposure to monkeypox in the future:
Gay men, bisexual men, trans men and women, any men who have sex with men, and gender non-conforming/non-binary people who expect to have multiple or anonymous sex partners. This may include people living with HIV and people who take HIV pre-exposure because of increased risk of sexually transmitted infections.
Clinical laboratory personnel who perform testing to diagnose orthopoxviruses, including those who use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for diagnosis of orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus.
Research laboratory workers who directly handle cultures or animals contaminated or infected with orthopoxviruses that infect humans, including monkeypox virus, replication-competent vaccinia virus, or recombinant vaccinia viruses derived from replication-competent vaccinia virus strains.
Certain health care providers working in sexual health clinics or other specialty settings directly caring for patients with sexually transmitted infections.
In addition to eligible people getting vaccinated, the Wisconsin Department of Health advises everyone should avoid having close skin-to-skin contact with others who have new or unexplained rash. For those without a provider, help is available by dialing 211 or 877-947-2211, or texting your ZIP code to 898-211.
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I have to admit I love this outfit; this is the jumper I bought when we went to London and I am completely in love with it, it's so thick and cosy and it was only £25 which I think is really reasonable.
I have wanted a bright beanie hat for a while and this £2 bargain fits the bill. I like how it adds to the outfit and makes a slightly boring outfit more interesting.
This was an outfit I shot for my Autumn/Winter Lookbook video which went up today so that includes a few more outfits (which I will be posting soon) if you're interested.
Great outfits! now I wish it was cooler in Spain so I can wear winter clothes.
Gorgeous outfit Faye, love the beanie and the Monki jumper!
We have the same bag! Love the outfit!
I love your dip dye!


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Congratulations on the recent or upcoming birth of your new baby!
As parents who have experienced the birth of a child with Down syndrome, we know this is a time of very mixed emotions. When a baby is born with Down syndrome, so much is focused on the differences, medical issues, and challenges that lie ahead. In reality, your baby who has Down syndrome is more like other babies than different. Advances in research and healthcare have improved the lifespan of individuals with Down syndrome from 25 years in 1983 to 60 years today. Individuals with Down syndrome are now graduating high school, going to college, and giving back to society by working or volunteering. You may need time to process this unexpected news and settle in, but we are glad to be here for you, to offer guidance and information whenever you are ready. There are lots of resources online and a few of the ones we recommend are listed below, but some of the best information comes from other parents like you who have already been in your shoes. When you are ready – just contact us.
Brighter Tomorrows provides families with balanced information about receiving a prenatal or postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
For parents who receive a prenatal diagnosis, a downloadable book called Diagnosis to Delivery: A Pregnant Mother's Guide to Down Syndrome is available at DownSyndromePregnancy.org. Includes strategies for coping with a Down syndrome diagnosis, medical guidelines for the first year, and support resources.
The National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC) offers a wealth of information for expectant parents.
The National Down Syndrome Society's "A Promising Future Together" guide is written specifically for new and expectant parents.
Gifts: Mothers Reflect on How Children with Down Syndrome Enrich Their Lives, edited by Kathryn Lynard Soper. A book of love, joy, and hope that will bring hope to those new to the DS community.
Woodbine House Publishers specializes in books on a variety of developmental disabilities, including Down syndrome. They also offer discounts in the month of October for Down syndrome awareness month.
NDSC offers a reading list as well.


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Q: override onClick and also using the default onclick I overriden the onClick(View) method, so that on click the view size will change.
The View is a webView that shows a browser web page.
I need that the click will change the size, but also that the browser will respond (Go to the Link that was clicked). In the current situation the user have to click twice - one for the size change and the other is for the respond of the browser, and thats not good enough.
How can I do it?
Thanks!
this is my code:
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A: Personally, I think that the proper way to add an event to a view isn't using a switch, why don't you try something like this:...So this will be your listener for the view, I hope to help
button1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
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A native of Southern California, Catherine Gillies was born on August 2, 1950. She was reportedly a Buffalo Springfield groupie before she joined the family sometime in 1968. As Charlie and the family looked for a new home, they learned that Catherine's grandmother, Arlene Barker, owned a ranch in Death Valley. In Charlie's eyes, Myers Ranch and the neighboring Barker Ranch, seemed to be the perfect home. In November of 1968, Manson gave Mrs. Barker a Beach Boys gold record, in exchange for permission for the family to stay at the ranches. The family lived at Barker and Myers Ranch on-and-off throughout 1968 and 1969. Manson wanted to own the Barker Ranch, but didn't have the money. At one point, there was allegedly an attempt to kill Arlene Barker for the ranch. As the story goes, a bunch of family members were on route to kill Mrs. Barker, but the mission was aborted due to a flat tire.
AKA: Cappy, Capistrano, Cathy Myers, Patricia Anne Burke, Patti Sue Jardin
DOD: 06/29/18
Cathy, or Capistrano as George Spahn called her, was arrested in both the Spahn and Barker Ranch raids. Venice Police also listed Gillies present when family member "Zero" supposedly killed himself. At the Tate/Labianca murder trial Catherine was a regular on the corner of Temple and Broadway. During the sentencing phase, Gillies testified that the murders were copycat killings committed in an attempt to get Bobby Beausoleil out of jail. She went on to say Charlie had nothing to do with the murders and stated that she wanted to go with the killers on both nights but was told that she wasn't needed. Cathy testified that the murders didn't upset her and she would willingly commit murder to get a "brother" out of jail. After the family broke apart, Gillies reportedly joined a motorcycle gang. She married, then divorced and for a number of years, lived near Death Valley with her four children.
Catherine Gillies passed away on June 29, 2018.


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What's bad news for motorists at the gas pump is excellent news for Missouri's AMTRAK trains that have been struggling with sagging ridership for months. AMTRAK ridership in Missouri had been declining because of nagging on-time problems on the Kansas City to St. Louis trains.
But as fuel prices have escalated this spring, ridership has taken off. The state transportation department's Rod Massman says ridership increased by 15 percent in April…and by 80 percent in May, even with continued scheduling issues. He says, "That kind of an increase pretty much can only be explained by the increase in gas prices."
He's waiting for the June ridership numbers. Even if they continue the trend , he thinks total ridership for the just-finished fiscal year will be about the same as the last year because of declines earlier. And for the next year? "If April and May are any indication….we could have a banner year in 2008 and beyond," he says.
He thinks ridership will keep increasing if fuel costs stay up and as track improvements are made that improve on-time performance.


Academics accounted for 50 percent of the schools' grades — with scores based on academic statistics and student, parent and alumni surveys. The remaining 50 percent of the grade is based on seven other criteria, including teacher quality, health and safety and resources and facilities.
Niche.com describes itself as a "content startup" that ranks K-12 schools, colleges and neighborhoods by gleaning ratings from students, parents and professionals.


This blog post is a bit different than most because we're not going to be talking about real estate. Instead, I decided to make a visit to Urgent Care of Rockbrook to chat with my friend Scott. I wanted my readers and clients to know where they could go to get their medical needs met in a professional, caring environment.
Urgent Care of Rockbrook covers a variety of medical needs from coughs and colds to sports physicals. They also do laceration repair and set broken bones. Because they have a digital x-ray system, all imaging can be sent directly to your personal care physician or other specialists in the event that you have to go to urgent care during the off hours.
This facility also has a very sophisticated lab where you get your results almost immediately. How frustrating is it to go to your regular doctor and have to wait days, if not weeks, for your lab work to be returned? When you go to Urgent Care of Rockbrook, most of your lab work will be returned to you almost immediately so that you can take it back to your doctor if needed.
Another perk of this facility is that they have electronic medical records. That means that your primary care doctor can easily access those to see what was done. Scott told me that they are there to help the primary care doctors, so they send all charts to the doctor at the end of the day.
Urgent Care of Rockbrook treats everyone including tiny babies all the way up to the elderly. They also do employer drug testing which the employer can see the results of online. In addition, they do pre-employment physicals and $25 sports physicals.
This facility is open from 8 AM to 8 PM Monday through Saturday and 10 AM to 6 PM on Sundays. They are open 365 days a year so that you can come when you need to. You don't have to take off work to see a doctor because they are they are there in the off hours to help.
Urgent Care of Rockbrook has three exam rooms as well as a radiology room and lab. They also offer preventative care such as flu shots.
When you need professional medical care, call on Urgent Care of Rockbrook. Of course, when you need help with your next real estate transaction, call me!
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The following is a general guide, things I've noticed, things I am still learning about and those that work for me that I know will fail without a passion for caring for green life. Be attentive. Observe your plant babies as they grow. Make notice of the leaves, the roots, the soil. Be sharp in your observation. Be decisive in your response to change. Most importantly green life requires patience, a keen eye and little to no expectation.
A name is knowledge. And Knowledge is Power. Knowing the name means finding out how to generally care for each and every plant is just a step away. Knowing how to generally care for each and every plant in your care means that learning the specifics for your plant, under your specific location and conditions is a simple transition. It will serve you well to be a on a mission to also learn the names, if not scientific names, the common names of each plant. Become friendly with the care takers in your local nursery. Talk to your mothers, grand mothers and other elders in your circles. Show interest, you'd see naturally the universe would deliver the information you seek. But first you must be keenly interested.
Plants serve various useful functions around your home or space. Caring for plants brings fulfilment. Caring for plants is a reminder that growth happens sometimes fast just as you may like but most times it's slow and consistent and daily. Whether you notice or not. Growth happens. I think this reminder is one of my faviourtes and one of the reasons why I am so passionate about my house plants.
Plants serve useful in keeping air clean, think Oxygen Cycle. While all of the above are true plants are also decorative, from the shades of greens, the homes we pot them in, to their various shapes...Plants are hugely decorative.
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My first suggestion is to utilise the Permaculture strategy of sectors and zones to manage plant care. What is Permaculture?
According to Deepgreenpermaculture.com Many people have never heard of it, and even those practicing it often have trouble defining it! So what exactly is Permaculture?
Permaculture is a holistic design system that emulates systems that exist in Nature to create sustainable human settlements and food production systems which integrate harmoniously with the natural environment.
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It was co-founded by Australian ecologists Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, in the 1970s.
The word "Permaculture" is a contraction of "permanent agriculture" or "permanent culture."
Permaculture is a movement concerned with sustainable, environmentally sound land use and the building of stable communities, through the harmonious interrelationship of humans, plants, animals and the Earth.
The focus of Permaculture design is on the relationship between all the individual elements and their placement in the landscape, to form stable, productive communities that replicate the synergy and efficiency of natural ecosystems, rather than the individual elements themselves.
Permaculture design is applicable to both urban and rural environments, and encompasses all ranges of scale, from an apartment balcony to a large scale farm or village.
...Permaculture can incorporate the techniques of organic gardening, biodynamic gardening, no-dig gardening, composting and a myriad of other sustainable gardening practices.
It can also use techniques of energy-efficient building design, water harvesting, waste water treatment and recycling for example.
Two terms which come close to defining Permaculture, as suggested by ATTRA (The US National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service) are "ecological engineering" or "cultivated ecology".
So, in a nutshell, that's what Permaculture is!
The fourth Permaculture Design principle is the principle of 'Zones and Sectors'. I adapt this to my gardening practice, Ask your self: How often we need to care for or keep an eye on the element (i.e. a particular plant?
I utilize this zoning principle in my plant care, for those plants that require daily, frequent attention and care, use Zone 1, an area that you always interact with, pass by often and can easily access daily, frequently. My Zone 1 is my bedside table and the kitchen windowsill.
For those that require less frequent attention, I keep them further and so on and so forth. Zone four are those kept outside under the shade cloth.
Choose a watering day. Depending on how you've created your zones. Your watering day can be one day per week for cetrain varieties and ever other day for others.
Keep a watering vessel read to go near each group of plants.
Keep plants with similar watering needs arrange in close proximity to each other.
Water each houseplant until the soil is moist. Re-water when the soil drys out. Based on experience this allows a three-day water, no water cycle.
Time: approx 1 minute per plant. This is a conservative time allocation and is often in reality much less.
My watering schedule is quite simple: Once a week water the succulents and air plants, preferably in the a.m. Mist the air plants with two or three pumps. For the succulents, refer to this guide.
All the other plants are watered basis needs. My routine with this is timed when soil dries out.
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One thing I love most about grooming is the spoils of the exercise. Keeping your cuttings and even leaves can also play a role in decorating your space.
No flowers this week, dried leaves are abundant though.
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Once a week groom your plants. You can groom them again based on your zones set out. At the end of a month you should have at least groomed each plant in each of your four zones. It's a managable cycle that keeps you up-to-date with your plants grooming.
Grooming includes clipping to promote lateral growth, removal of decaying and dried leaves to the compost, pinning the plants that run and vine to promote full, luscious pots, and training plants are they grow.
My grooming day varies but I do it at least once per week so by month end all my plants are in great shape and ready to welcome the month.
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Take for example these dried leaves and cuttings placed in vases. It is possible, to even propagate certain plants if cut properly. A win win situation to me.
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Re-pot plants either by replenishing entire pot with fresh, healthy soil mix, potting up those that have outgrown their pot environment or just topping up each pot with rich soil.
With potting up replenishing entire pot with fresh, healthy soil mix.
I re-pot once per year. If you can afford twice annually, go for it.


Environmentalist, economist and writer Winona LaDuke was born in Los Angeles in 1959. She specialises in rural development and issues surrounding land, food and sustainable farming are central to her advocacy.
While her mother was of European Jewish ancestry, her father was a Native American from the Gaa-waabaabiganikaag reservation in Minnesota, also known as the White Earth Indian Reservation. Gaa-waabaabiganikaag is home to a group of indigenous people – the Ojibwe nation. Because of her father's ancestry, LaDuke was part of the Ojibwe from an early age. However, she was raised between Los Angeles and Oregon, and did not live on White Earth or any other reservation until later in her life.
Influenced by her father's advocacy for the Ojibwe people, activism informed LaDuke's childhood and at 18, she became the youngest person to speak to the United Nations about American Indian concerns. And then, while studying economics at Harvard in the late seventies, LaDuke came into contact with a new generation of activists. She was invited to join a group of Native Americans students who campaigned against racism and discrimination on campus and beyond. For the first time, she found a sense of belonging among people who, like her, straddled two worlds: the native one, which had featured throughout her childhood in families and birthdays spent on reservations, and the new world of elite universities that had just started opening their doors more widely to non-white, non-Christian students.
Her meeting Jimmie Durham, an artist and activist who claims to be of Cherokee descent, was significant to LaDuke in her politicisation. Durham, as a member of the International Treaty Council, concerned himself with promises made by the government to indigenous people, and made LaDuke realise that the problems afflicting native nations were not endemic to the people but the result of centuries of governmental exploitation, abuse and poor policies. This understanding changed LaDuke's approach to her advocacy.
After graduation, LaDuke moved to the White Earth reservation. She started working as the high school's principal while completing a long-distance MA in Community Economic Development. Despite not knowing the Ojibwe language and initially struggling to gain the trust of the community, she soon became involved with a lawsuit to recover lands promised by an 1867 federal treaty to the Anishinaabeg people (a group which comprises several groups of indigenous peoples across the United States and Canada).
When, in 1989, the lawsuit was dismissed, LaDuke founded White Earth Land Recovery Project, which focuses on the recovery, preservation and restoration of both land and traditional practices, with the aim to strengthen spiritual and cultural heritage of the Anishinaabeg people. She was executive director for twenty-five years. To this day, the project secured the return of 1,400 acres of land stolen from native people.
Underpinning much of LaDuke's work is the belief in the Anishinaabe prophecy that their people are living through an age which asks them to choose whether to continue treading on "the scorched path" they have thus far pursued, or, conversely, choosing "the green path". For LaDuke, the green path looks like a post-petroleum, land-based economy which has moved on from fossil fuels and plastic, and instead focuses on an harmonious intergenerational and interspecies co-existence. With this in mind, in 1985 LaDuke also founded the Indigenous Women's Network, which focuses on giving visibility and empowering indigenous women to participate in political, social and cultural change.
In 1993, together with folk music duo the Indigo Girls, LaDuke founded Honor the Earth, a project which aims, through the use of the arts, media and "indigenous wisdom", to raise awareness of native environmental issues, thus helping native communities to survive. She became executive director of Honor the Earth and worked on a national level to create public support and funding for native environmental groups.
In the late 1990s, LaDuke started farming on White Earth and other tribal land. In the last twenty years, part of her work has focused on campaigning against the introduction of genetically modified rice on native land, as well on the construction of several pipelines. She was an important coordinator at Standing Rock, where in 2017, the Sioux Tribe and supporters fought to protect the tribe's drinking water and ancestral lands from the Dakota Access pipeline.
LaDuke is also a two-time vice-presidential candidate, having joined Ralph Nader on the Green Party ticket in 1996 and 2000. In 2016, she became the first Native American woman to receive an Electoral College vote for vice president.
An indefatigable activist, farmer, author and public speaker, LaDuke has received several awards throughout her career including the Ann Bancroft Award for Women's Leadership Fellowship and the Reebok Human Rights Award. In 1994, she was nominated by TIME magazine as one of America's most promising leaders under forty. As of early November 2017, she is raising funds to buy land on which she aims to create a hemp and heritage food farm in order to create local wealth and train young people in farming indigenous food.
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Q: MySQL optimization on filtering key-value pairs as records I've got a DB structure that is designed to store attributes for specific objects in an easily extendable manner.
There is an "Objects" table.
+----+----------------------
| id | ....(name, type, etc)
+----+----------------------

Next, I have an "Attributes" table.
+----+------+
| id | Name |
+----+------+

And finally, a "Relations" table, used to keep all the data as the attribute-object pairs (as a primary key) with the corresponding values.
+--------+---------+-------+
| id_obj | id_attr | value |
+--------+---------+-------+

I need to fetch IDs for objects that meet several conditions at once. For example, I have attributes named "Type" and "City", and I need to fetch IDs for the objects where the corresponding values for these attributes are "Apartment" and "City b".
The best solution I managed to come up with after banging my head against the wall since yesterday (well, the only good thing about this query is  that it actually works and fetches the records needed):
SELECT objects.id
FROM (attributes INNER JOIN relations ON attributes.id = relations.id_attr)
  INNER JOIN objects ON relations.id_obj = objects.id
WHERE objects.id
IN (
 SELECT objects.id
 FROM (attributes INNER JOIN relations ON attributes.id = relations.id_attr)
  INNER JOIN objects ON relations.id_obj = objects.id
 WHERE attributes.name = 'Type' AND relations.value = 'Apartment'
)
AND objects.id
IN (
 SELECT objects.id
 FROM (attributes INNER JOIN relations ON attributes.id = relations.id_attr)
  INNER JOIN objects ON relations.id_obj = objects.id
 WHERE attributes.name = 'City' AND relations.value = 'City b'
)
GROUP BY objects.id ASC
LIMIT 0 , 20

The thing is, the amount of data stored may potentially become somewhat large and I'm afraid that all these subqueries (there might be need to specify some 10-15 filters), each one parsing the whole DB, may cause serious performance issues (not to say that even with my limited SQL skills I'm pretty sure that there must be a better way of doing what I need to do).
On the other hand, drastic changes to the DB are not really an option since the code working with it depends heavily on the current DB structure.
Is there a way to check the attributes the way I need it in a single query, with a limited amount or no changes to the stored data structure?

The working query, equivalent to the one above but much better optimized, credits to DRapp :
SELECT STRAIGHT_JOIN
      rel.id_obj
   from
      relations rel
         join attributes atr
            on rel.id_attr = atr.id
   where
         ( rel.value = 'Apartment' AND atr.name = 'Type'  )
      or ( rel.value = 'City b' AND atr.name = 'City' )
   group by
      rel.id_obj
   having
      count(*) = 2
   limit
      0, 20

A: This should get you what you need... Each of the "OR"d where clause conditions, you can just keep adding to as a qualified item.  Then, just adjust the "Having" clause to meet the same number as criteria you are allowing...
I've put the relations table first as that would have a smaller matched set on the "Value" of City or type values... Ensure you have an index on the relations table on the "VALUE" column.
SELECT STRAIGHT_JOIN
      rel.id_obj
   from
      relations rel
         join attributes atr
            on rel.id_addr = atr.id
   where
         ( rel.value = 'Apartment' AND atr.name = 'Type'  )
      or ( rel.value = 'Some City' AND atr.name = 'City' )
   group by
      atr.id_obj
   having
      count(*) = 2
   limit
      0, 20

If you want all the actual object data FROM this results, you would wrap it something like...
select obj.*
   from
      ( complete SQL statement above ) PreQuery
         join Object obj on PreQuery.id_obj = obj.id


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Microsoft issues security advisory; Spoofing vulnerability affects all operating systems
On Tuesday , Microsoft issued an out-of-band security advisory warning of a problem with some digital certificates that were improperly issued from the MSC Holdings Certification Authority. This could affect users of all currently supported Windows operating systems, along with all other major operating systems.
The bad news is that these certificates could be used for a variety of nefarious purposes, including the spoofing of content. An attacker could also use one of these spoofed certificates to implement a phishing attack or a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. The good news is that the certificates can't be used to sign code nor to issue other certificates.
So how did this happen and why are Windows users affected? The MCS Holdings CA issued SSL/TLS website certificates to some entities that are not the owners of those sites identified in the certificates. MCS apparently stored the private key in a proxy that was given the same authority as a public CA, something that is a violation of secure CA practices.
Some of those sites for which certificates were issued are Google sites, and certificates might also have been issued to additional sites (not known at this time). The affected sites include the following: google.com, google.com.eg, g.doubleclick.net, gstatic.com, www.google.com, www.gmail.com and .googleapis.com. An attacker could use the certificates to spoof the content of any of these sites or to attack the sites using MITM methods by intercepting traffic sent between users and the spoofed web site. There would be no warning dialog box and the impersonation would be undetectable by users.
The MCS Holdings CA is an Egypt-based certification authority that is subordinate to the China Internet Information Center (CNNIC). That's where the problem comes in: CNNIC's root certificate is in the root certificate store in Windows and other OSes. All major web browsers trust the root certificate; however, certificate pinning can prevent some browsers from accepting the Google site certificates. Certificate pinning (a.k.a. SSL pinning) checks the web site's certificate against a stored copy of the validation information and if they don't match, rejects the certificate. Chrome contains validation data for the google.com certificate and so Chrome browsers rejected the improper certificate.
The CNNIC root certificate is just one out of many that are trusted by the major operating systems. A CA that is subordinate to any of those root CAs can be compromised in this way and issue certificates that will then be trusted and can put unsuspecting users at risk.
Google blocked the MCS Holdings certificate in Chrome, and Mozilla announced they would revoke the intermediate MCS Holdings certificate in Firefox v37. Microsoft is updating the Certificate Trust List (CTL) in the Windows operating systems' root certificate stores. Most Windows client and server operating systems are using the automatic updater of revoked certificates, which is included in Windows 8/8.1, RT/RT 8.1, Server 2012/2012 R2 and Windows Phone 8 and 8.1. If you're running Vista, Windows 7, or Server 2008/2008 R2, you can install the automatic updater of revoked certificates, which is available for download on Microsoft's Support web site. Those who are using the automatic updater don't need to take any further action. The CTL will be automatically updated.
For more information, including instructions on how to verify that the CTL has been updated, see Microsoft Security Advisory 3050995.


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A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and flooding rain. A tropical cyclone feeds on heat released when moist air rises, resulting in condensation of water vapour contained in the moist air. The term "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively in tropical regions of the globe, and their formation in Maritime Tropical air masses. The term "cyclone" refers to such storms' cyclonic nature, with counterclockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise rotation in the Southern Hemisphere. Depending on their location and strength, tropical cyclones are referred to by other names, such as hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression and simply cyclone.
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. Tornadoes come in many sizes but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris. Most tornadoes have wind speeds between 40-110mph, are approximately 250feet across, and travel a few miles before dissipating. Some attain wind speeds of more than 300mph, stretch more than a mile across, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles. Although tornadoes have been observed on every continent except Antarctica, most occur in the United States. They also commonly occur in southern Canada, south-central and eastern Asia, east-central South America, Southern Africa, northwestern and southeast Europe, Italy, western and southeastern Australia, and New Zealand.
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Musk Should Sell 10% of His Tesla Stock, Twitter Users Say
Sunday, 07 November 2021 02:47 PM
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk should sell about 10% of his Tesla stock, according to 57.9% of people who voted on his Twitter poll asking users of the social media network whether he should offload the stake.
"I was prepared to accept either outcome," Musk said, after the voting ended.
The world's richest person tweeted on Saturday that he would offload 10% of his stock if users approved the proposal.
The poll garnered more than 3.5 million votes.
"Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock," Musk said on Saturday, adding that he does not take cash salary or bonus "from anywhere," and only has stock.
U.S. Senate Democrats have unveiled a proposal to tax billionaires' stocks and other tradeable assets to help finance President Joe Biden's social spending agenda and fill a loophole that has allowed them to defer capital gains taxes indefinitely.
Musk has criticized the proposal saying, "Eventually, they run out of other people's money and then they come for you."
As of June 30, Musk's shareholding in Tesla came to about 170.5 million shares and selling 10% would amount to close to $21 billion based on Friday's closing, according to Reuters calculations.
Including stock options, Musk owns a 23% stake in Tesla, the world's most valuable car company whose market value recently exceeded $1 trillion. He also owns other valuable companies including Space X.
His brother Kimbal Musk on Friday sold 88,500 Tesla shares, becoming the latest board member to offload a large number of Tesla stocks which hit record highs.
A week ago, Musk said on Twitter that he would sell $6 billion in Tesla stock and donate it to the United Nations' World Food Program (WFP), provided the organization disclosed more information about how it spent its money.
Musk has previously said he would have to exercise a large number of options in the next three months, which would create a big tax bill.
He also said he did not want to borrow against stock to pay taxes because stock value could go down. If he sold some of the stocks, that could free up funds for the tax bill.
"(It) seems crazy to borrow that much to pay taxes, so I have to assume he'd need to liquidate a substantial amount of the shares purchased from the option exercise to pay taxes," said Bryan Springmeyer, an attorney at San Francisco-based law firm Springmeyer Law.
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk should sell about 10% of his Tesla stock, according to 57.9% of people who voted on his Twitter poll asking users of the social media network whether he should offload the stake.The world's richest person tweeted on Saturday that he would offload 10%...
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Why Study Languages? What our students say…
As promised, then, as well as having gathered responses to questions about language learning (which ones, why, why not, why keep going with them…) from colleagues, we've also been delighted to receive (and to continue to receive!) a number of responses from our students. We'll post a couple of these separately but, without further ado, here are some of the initial thoughts and experiences from students across different years and different programmes:
For David, who is in the first year of a BA Hons in French with us, French started at the age of 13 at secondary school but, in his words, he was 'a bad student and count only count to 10 by the time [he] left.' He then restarted learning French at the age of 50 and is now, as I say, in his first year with us. The motivation for taking up French again came from David having had to stop work and he says that 'French is not an easy subject but a great challenge due to its difficulty, beauty and culture.' He also did Beginners' Spanish in an access course last year but didn't continue with it because he found that it was too difficult to be learning two languages at the same time.
Catriona is also a mature student, studying French with us who explains: 'I started learning French in 1st year at high school, aged 11. I think that was in 1968! I remember being delighted when I realised I could understand the French bit of the Beatles' song 'Michelle'!' In her 3rd year, she took up German as well and did two years of Latin in 1st and 2nd year. Her mum had also enjoyed French and German at high school (both to Higher) so she wonders whether that influenced her though she points out 'it didn't have the same effect on my brother so maybe that's not the cause!' She liked French and found it fairly easy ('probably because I liked it') and the same applied to German. She would also have liked to have done Russian or Spanish but neither was available. Having done Higher French and German, Catriona then pursued a career in nursing but has done various continuing education courses in both languages over the years. She's doing French now because 'I still like learning it and don't want to forget what I know. I like the country and the culture and like being able to speak to the people in their own language and read things I see when on holiday etc. I suppose I've got a bit of a fascination with foreign languages and learning them.'
Chelsea is a final year student whose dissertation happens to be looking at language learning, anxiety and motivation in secondary schools so she has been particularly interested in the news coverage. She started learning French aged 10 (in P6) and initially, very honestly, continued learning it because she had to study a language up until S4. Chelsea's decision to study Higher French was largely based on getting good grades and she says: 'I didn't actually start to enjoy French until I was studying it at Higher.' She went on to take it at Uni because she enjoyed learning it and was good at it but also because she wanted to improve her spoken French. She also took Beginners' Spanish in first year but had to stop because it didn't fit any more into the structures of her degree.
Chloe is in the first year of her degree in Primary Education with a Specialism in Modern Languages, having started learning French in P7 when she was about 10. Her initial motivation for continuing with it came partly from needing a qualification in French to get into her University course as she wanted to do languages teaching and enjoys learning languages. She travelled to Romania and had to learn the basics of Romanian to get by there but found that she would get it confused with her French so stopped it after that particular trip.
Like Chloe, Lauren is also in the first year of a degree with Education but, in her case, our Professional Education (Secondary) programme with French and Spanish. The first language she learned that wasn't her own was French and she started learning it at 4 years old. At that age, her grandparents got her involved with a French class outside of school but she stopped aged 8 after her teacher fell ill. She started another one around a year later and her teacher was a franchisee of La Jolie Ronde. Lauren says she kept up with her languages due to the influence of her grandparents: 'my 84-year-old grandpa often texts me in French and we have conversations in French at dinner times whenever I visit.' Lauren decided to study languages at University as 'it's the one passion I've had since I was little that hasn't changed and has been ever present in my life.'
As is the case for those of us teaching French at Stirling, those studying it with us come from a range of backgrounds, having taken up languages for all kinds of reasons. We'll keep adding any responses that come in from other students over the days ahead and we'd like to thank all those who've already been in touch!
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'Studying a language is awesome!'


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REDWOOD FALLS – Jackson County Central took both ends of a Big South Conference softball doubleheader from Redwood Valley Tuesday, winning 15-0 in six innings and 11-0 in five innings.
In the first game, Mady Hamlett three hits including a double and five runs batted in for the Huskies..
Keylee Rossow, Jordan Rogotzke and Jordann Schneekloth each had two hits with a double. Abagail Turner also had a double.
Blaney Johnson was the winning pitcher, allowing no runs on three hits, walking one and striking out 10.
Hamlett had two more hits and three RBI in the second game for JCC.
Makenzie Moss had two hits including a double. Also recording two hits apiece were Johnson, Schneekloth and Haley Tvinnereim. Getting doubles were Rogotzke, Rossow and Turner.
Ashley Heinrichs was the winning pitcher, allowed two hits while striking out nine.
Jackson County Central (3-1) is scheduled to host Windom Tuesday.


D.R. Haney is the guest. He's the author of the novel Banned for Life (And/Or Press) and the nonfiction collection Subversia, now available from TNB Books.
Topics of conversation include: city buses, alienation, poor people, fistfights, male vanity, cocaine, acting, cinema, horror, Marlon Brando, Roger Corman, Jason Voorhees, OCD, Charles Manson, Virginia, The Nervous Breakdown, Williamsburg, Serbia, agents, Montgomery Clift, day jobs, night owls, bipolar disorder, editing, therapy, and the Lower East Side.


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Did Alaska Just Adopt a Cure for US Elections?
Voters put the 49th State in the forefront of democracy reform in America.
Alaskans say yes to better elections! Did they just adopt a cure for US elections?
Author: Jeannette Lee
(@JLee907) on November 17, 2020 at 5:29 pm
In a trailblazing win for election reform, Alaska voters passed an initiative that introduces ranked choice voting to all general elections, starting in 2022. The measure also institutes open top-four primaries and brings more transparency to the identities of donors funding political campaigns.
The success of Ballot Measure 2, also called the "Better Elections Initiative," puts Alaska in position to become a national model for fixing polarized politics by incentivizing candidates to draw votes from a broader segment of the political spectrum. And it clears the way for Alaskans to support Independents and smaller political parties in general elections without fear of "wasting" their votes.
In a trailblazing win for election reform, Alaska voters passed an initiative that introduces ranked choice voting to all general elections, starting in 2022.
Passage was never a given. After all, reform is a hard sell. And prominent members of both parties opposed the measure, saying voters would be confused and turnout would suffer. But other key Democrats and Republicans also came out in favor. With representatives of the two major parties staking out positions in both the Yes and No camps, voters could not rely on the usual partisan cues in choosing which bubble to fill.
Ballot Measure 2's success was based on Alaskans' fundamental dissatisfaction with the way the current election system serves their interests. Voter education was critical in showing them a credible way to alleviate issues like extreme partisanship and highly negative campaign tactics. Alaskans for Better Elections, the well-funded campaign to advance the measure, played a critical role in effectively highlighting its merits.
The campaign attracted a broad mix of support from respected Alaskans all over the state, including former state senators Albert Kookesh, a Democrat, and Lesil McGuire, a Republican. The nonpartisan League of Women Voters independently vetted and ultimately supported the measure. The right-leaning editorial board of the Anchorage Daily News did the same. And so did indie rock band Portugal. The Man, whose members hail from Wasilla.
Ballot Measure 2 passed on Tuesday, 50.5 to 49.5 percent. The margin could change slightly as the Division of Elections counts remaining ballots.
Open Top-Four Primaries
For two decades, Alaskans have voted in either the Democratic and Republican primaries, but not both. This "closed primary" process tends to attract highly partisan voters. In some cases they have sent candidates into the general election whose politics were more extreme than the views of most Alaskans.
Top-four primaries will reduce the ability of a sliver of the electorate to select the menu for their more moderate neighbors in the general election. With the passage of Ballot Measure 2, there will no longer be separate primaries in statewide races for governor, Congress, and state legislature. Instead, Alaskans will vote in a single primary open to all candidates and all voters. The top four winners then move on to a ranked-choice general election. The presidential primary format will not change.
The tug of war over open versus closed primaries has a long history in Alaska. In the current closed system, political parties can choose each election season which voters can participate in their primaries, based on party affiliation. In 2020, Republicans, with 140,000 registered voters, iced out Democrats, while Democrats, with 77,000 registered voters allowed all voters to participate. The 371,000 Alaskans who were undeclared, nonpartisan, or registered with smaller parties had to choose between the two major parties in order to participate. They won't anymore. With all voters involved in a single primary, candidates with the broadest appeal will move on to the general.
Ranked Choice Voting
Statewide general elections for governor, state legislature, the White House, and Congress will take place using ranked choice voting. Voters have the option to rank as many or as few candidates as they wish, in order from most- to least-favorite. If a candidate earns a majority of first-place votes, they win. If no candidate has more than 50 percent, the last-place candidate is eliminated and their ballots are reallocated to voters' second choices. The process continues until a candidate crosses the 50 percent threshold. For some voters, ranking candidates can be confusing, but research shows voters adapt.
In addition to ensuring that no candidate can win with less than half the vote, research suggests that ranked choice voting incentivizes politicians to run less polarizing campaigns and the playing field becomes more level for women and people of color. Voters can also choose less-popular candidates without fear of throwing away their vote.
Maine is the only other state to use ranked choice voting statewide, although not for the governor's or state legislative races. Local governments in multiple states, including Utah, Florida, Tennessee, Oregon, California, and Michigan also use ranked choice voting. A ranked choice voting initiative on the Massachusetts ballot in 2020 failed, 55 to 45 percent.
Right now, much of the money flowing to Alaska's races cannot be traced to their original donors. Ballot Measure 2 requires political campaigns for state-level races to reveal their identities. While not all campaigns will be required to unmask their political contributors, Alaskans will know more than they know now about who's peddling influence in state races.
The Fight Isn't Finished
Ballot Measure 2 faced headwinds early on, when the State of Alaska sought to halt the signature-gathering process required for the initiative's inclusion on the 2020 ballot. The state argued that the measure violated the section of the state's constitution that limits ballot measures to a single subject. A Superior Court judge ruled that the measure was indeed within the bounds of a single subject—election reform. The state Supreme Court upheld the lower court's ruling in June 2020.
If Maine is any indicator, Alaska can expect additional lawsuits attempting to derail reform. (A lawyer who worked on the initiative said he expects the Republican and possibly Democratic parties to file suit.) But Mainers have shown that it's possible to fend off post-passage political and legal challenges. When the Legislature attempted to repeal ranked choice voting, it was blocked by a "people's veto," a petition signed by more than 80,000 Maine residents. And in September, the Maine Supreme Court considered the issue, ultimately ruling that the presidential election could proceed using ranked choice voting.
Opponents may want to consider whether challenges in any form are worthwhile. After all the hoopla, Maine had no need to implement ranked choice voting in either its US Senate or presidential races. US Senator Susan Collins, a moderate Republican, fought off a competitive bid by the Democratic challenger, Sara Gideon, squeaking by with 51 percent of the vote. President-elect Joe Biden won three of Maine's four electoral votes, with President Trump netting the fourth. Alaska's election reforms may not change voters' political views, but they could win hearts and minds by giving voters more voice and more choice in elections, while ensuring candidates must seek broad support in order to take office.
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Two observations about ranked-choice voting based on 2020 election results:
1) Ranked choice is not biased towards either party, and can sometimes benefit Republicans. For instance, Biden's margins in both Georgia and Arizona were much less than the libertarian party's vote share, which suggests that Trump might have actually won both states, had ranked-choice voting been used. At a minimum, ranked-choice voting would have almost certainly re-elected David Perdue, in Georgia, without the risk of a runoff (since he was so close to 50% to begin with).
This is important because, if ranked-choice is to gain momentum, it must be supported on both the left and the right. So far, most of the institutions that have advocated election reform (including Sightline) have been left-leaning, but in order for it to happen in Republican-leaning states, it needs support on the right as well. And, what better way for conservatives to drum up support for it than to argue that it would have helped Donald Trump (even though Biden would have most likely still won the election, it could have been much closer).
2) The reported margins between the top-two candidates can be misleading. For example, in Maine Susan Collins cleared 50%, causing the 2nd choice votes from Lisa Savage to go uncounted. Had they been counted, they would have probably broken for Sara Gideon, resulting in a final margin that looks a lot closer than the media has been reporting.
While it doesn't change who wins, it would be nice if states would go ahead and continue re-allocating votes of lower-tier candidates, even after a candidate clears 50%, just to get a truer picture of what the margin is between the top two. Similar to how, in a traditional election, states don't simply stop counting, once the leading candidate's margin of victory exceeds the number of ballots remaining. (Ideally, the counting would be automated enough that reporting this extra data would not be a burden on taxpayers).
Thanks, Jeannette! As a former long-time Alaskan, I appreciate your in-depth article. Since TAPS changed the character of the state in the 70s (IMO), I'd about given up on the Alaska electorate (see D Young). This gives me hope. Fingers crossed that the initiative holds.
I haven't asked any of my family members who live in AK (Wasilla…) what their thoughts are about the initiative. We've avoided talking politics the past few years.
Ted Getschman
RCV is a very effective tool at ending costly, vitriolic, ill-attended runoffs, which is why the folks in San Francisco created it. I was unaware, however, that Alaska had been plagued with such problems, and your article seems to indicate that expensive, vitriolic, ill-attended runoffs are not your problem. If not, and even if they are, RCV may not help you achieve the goals you are looking for.
For example, "it clears the way for Alaskans to support Independents and smaller political parties in general elections without fear of "wasting" their votes." Although voters can feel good about ranking independents and small parties on their ballot, RCV ensures they are no more electable than under plurality. RCV using the same mechanic of one-voter-one-candidate, which is why independents can't be elected today. If you look at the results of the San Francisco elections since 2004 (the first election where RCV was used) compared to those before, you will see that there has been no change in election results–every seat is won by a Democrat with a Republican coming in second.
This doesn't mean RCV favors one of the two major parties over the other, it doesn't. But it does favor those parties over all others and ensures a two-party lock on government.
So if you are a die-hard Republican or Democrat, enacting RCV should be one of your main goals as it will ensure we keep the status quo of gridlock and polarizations, but with less cost and yelling.
Otherwise, you may want to look at score voting. Any kind of election system (to include approval voting, STAR voting, or just simple score voting) where every voter scores every candidate and the high score wins (no runoffs!) will ensure candidates representing the center-majority are elected. The system favors the center-majority the same way RCV and plurality favor the two parties.
Glad, however, that Alaska is showing that it IS a leader in working toward voting reform–I just hope it isn't cosmetic reform that doesn't reward the citizens of the state and all of those who worked so hard to create meaningful change.
Thanks to Larry Gray for supporting a sustainable Northwest.


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California Deputy Public Defender Slain on Mexican Vacation: Officials
An attorney working for the Orange County Public Defender's office was killed on Saturday while celebrating his first wedding anniversary with his wife in Mexico, California
officials said. Elliot D. Blair, a 33-year-old assistant public defender, died in Rosarito Beach, a popular resort town close to Mexico's northern border, county Public
Defender Martin Schwarz said in a statement given to The Orange County Register. It was not immediately clear how Blair was killed, but a GoFundMe set up on behalf of his
family said he had been the victim of "a brutal crime." "Elliot was known as a patient and caring advocate," wrote the page's author, Annie Rodriguez, another staffer in the
public defender's office. "He was the best of us and was loved by countless members of our office and the Orange County legal community. We are heartbroken." His wife,
identified on the fundraising page as a woman named Kim, was not involved in the incident. She was also a public defender, according to Rodriguez. "There are not enough
words to express the level of love he had for Kim," Rodriguez added. "Kim was his life... Kim's heart is shattered." Kim and Blair's other loved ones were in the process of
negotiating the repatriation of his body to the United States on Sunday. A Spanish-language report from Rosarito outlet Noticias B.C. attributed Blair's death to a fall from
a fourth-floor balcony at Las Rocas Resort and Spa, a local hotel. A police writeup of the incident reportedly detailed how municipal officers were summoned to the scene and found
a man, later identified as Blair, unresponsive and face-down around 1 a.m. Saturday.


We thought we'd start our interview with Steve Boser, Sensenich Wood Propeller's Chief Engineer, with a waist-high fast ball. He swung at it, and connected: "One big reason is economy. Wood is the least-expensive suitable material, with good strength-to-weight; it's light weight; they're pretty easy to install -- six bolts at the right torque range -- it's pretty easy." In two words: "They're simple."
There's more, too. Wood is great stuff. "Compared with other materials, wood, with its inherent damping, tends to run smoother. It's also the material you want, if you have a tip strike; it acts as a 'fuse' when you get a tip strike -- the strike makes a bunch of toothpicks; but your engine probably won't be wrecked -- it's cheaper to replace a prop than a crankshaft."
...and it's pretty. "They also look authentic on classic airplanes, and particularly show airplanes."
There's also the abrasion resistance factor. "If you fly through rain, for instance, you'll erode the wood." Different types of flying call for different approaches to rain resistance: "On little ultralights, for example, there's little rain-flying; a urethane tape on the leading edge may suffice. In experimentals, a urethane resin is popular." What's the difference? "We carve out a section of wood, and fill it with a urethane resin. It will handle light rain, and it's very economical. After that," he said, things get serious: "you may use a metal leading edge; it was the primary protection for wood props for a long time. It's expensive, though, and it doesn't breathe -- so inspections are more-critical."
Of course, if you plan on flying in the rain a lot, or in severe showers, the Chief Engineer said, there is the old standby. "A metal prop is better in rain, of course." What about composite props? They're good for a lot of things, "...but a composite prop, without a metal leading edge or urethane on the leading edge, will erode pretty fast, too," he said. Other than for rain flying, why consider a metal prop?
"Metal props can be made thinner than a wood prop, so they can be a little more-efficient," Mr. Boser reflected; and he added, "They may give you a little more speed; they don't need to re-torqued; they're more-durable for abrasion." ...and the downside? "The downside is: they're heavy -- aluminum is typically 4X heavier than [the same volume of a typical] wood; even taking account the thinness, they're still 2-3x heavier." There are other things, too: "They're more expensive." This is due to more than just the cost of materials. Because of some of metals' inherent properties (fatigue, for instance), "There's a lot of testing involved. Metal has essentially no inherent damping, so metal props will fatigue with use." Some arrangements are worse than others: "The worst things for them are the engine's compression ratio (worse in a diesel), and the arrangement of the cylinders."
Most aircraft piston engines are opposed and flat, and many have four cylinders. In a flat four engine, the crankshaft actually stops and starts momentarily, twice each revolution, as the pistons go to the tops and bottoms of their bores. The resulting vibration is really effective at exacerbating metal fatigue. Even worse, Steve explained, "The metal prop is like a tuning fork -- at some frequencies, some locations on the blade will maintain a harmonic. That's why there's extensive testing of a metal prop before it's released."
All that testing isn't just expensive. It also means that many innocent-looking modifications can easily ruin the prop; and testing can also reveal certain operating limitations: "Sometimes you'll see placards -- rpm range, no cutting down, etc; and they're very specific to the application of the engine and airplane," Steve told us. "Therefore, for a custom application, a wood prop will be much quicker-designed and cheaper."
"Composite props are in the middle," we were told. "They're usually available as ground-adjustable, or even as variable-pitch. They are generally more-durable than wood, not quite as durable as metal. They're more-resistant to harmonics than metal, but they can be sensitive to it -- certain engines can cause trouble. Because they're ground-adjustable, they're pretty versatile." Steve offered a caveat for newbies or do-it-yourselfers: "If you design a blade for a particular application, the blade may be pretty good, at a significant variation in pitch. Stay in one design 'family,' though," Steve warned. A prop design that works great on a geared engine, for instance, may disintegrate in a direct-drive application.
"The main means of getting your engine torque to the prop is friction" between the prop's mounting face and the prop hub face, Steve reminded us. "If you over-torque the prop bolts, you'll crush the wood; then it may shrink or swell faster. If you under-torque, the prop will literally jiggle back and forth; you'll get broken bolts, a broken hub; or even a scorched hub, or possibly a fire. Once it starts to heat up, it will shrink the wood that much faster, making even a looser fit. There have been cases when that has happened, and the pilot will see the smoke." Sometimes the evidence isn't apparent until the prop is removed for some reason, and there's a coating of charcoal on the mounting face. Good-bye, prop.


This section prohibits (1) the seizing or detaining of an individual, (2) coupled with a threat to kill, injure, or continue to detain that individual (3) in order to compel a third person or a governmental organization to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the detained individual. See United States v. Carrion-Caliz, 944 F.2d 220, 223 (5th Cir. 1991), cert. denied, 503 U.S. 965 (1992). The seizure or detention contemplated by the statute includes both physical restraint -- confinement against the victim's will -- as well as non-physical restraint, such as the victim's detention through fear or deception. Id. at 225.
It is clearly the intent of the Congress that the statutory phrase, "third person or a governmental organization" include everything covered by the term "third party" used in the Hostage Taking Convention. The term "government organization" covers national, State, and local governments as well as international governmental organizations. See 18 U.S.C. § 831(f)(2). The term "person" covers "corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals." See 1 U.S.C. § 1.


Too many recipes are there in the pipeline to be downloaded and I am so busy wrapping up the last few pages of the book I am currently reading that I don't get enough time to post them. So I will try to keep the prelude short here in minimum words.
This Potato curry made in South Indian style infused with the fragrance of curry leaves is one of my favourite aloo preparations, I first having tasted it on our trip to Hampi. There was a small shack restaurant near to the hotel we were staying in Hampi with thatched roof and minimal furniture sparsely arranged inside that drew our attention in the very morning we reached there. Hungry and tired of the overnight journey, we were craving for a fulsome breakfast. Hence instead of searching for an aesthetically appealing and tastefully furnished eatery, we went into the one that was within our walking distance.
Twinged by the hunger pinch, growing larger every passing minute, we waited patiently for at least over 45 minutes for the breakfast to be served, the tea arriving within 15 minutes of our placing the order. The hot cups of tea in the cold wintry morning helped us remain tolerant to the delay while patiently counting minutes for the meal, which, at a time we were forced to think, was being arranged from scratch by someone rushing to the market to do the groceries few moments after we placed the order.
Notwithstanding the delay in serving, the food was really scrumptious. The potato curry accompanied by soft puffed-up puris made up for all the grievances and fumes that the long period of waiting caused in our minds. I swear this potato curry albeit simple in concoction is robust in flavour with high potency to win anyone's heart.
3) Add the onions and fry till onion changes color.
4) Toss in the potatoes and shallow fry. Add turmeric powder, dry red chilli powder, green chillies and salt.
6) Serve hot with roti or chapati.


How does the transfer market influence the integrity of football?
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The recent Telegraph sting which led to the departure of the England manager Sam Allardyce; including how would the Allardyce situation be handled in other professions?
The prevalence of "under the table" deals which are either in breach of the regulation or at least present a real or potential conflict of interest and/or loyalty in football?
How much does the current transfer system encourage some of these rouge practices?
What action would you like The FA, UEFA & FIFA to take to create a more transparent and robust regulatory system in football such as regulating agents and third parties?
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MANILA—After building a record-setting 15-game winning streak, Makati suffered the worst two-game skid it could get as the team kissed its Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League hopes goodbye.
Quezon City completed a shock 2-0 sweep of Makati in the first round of the Northern Division Playoffs with a 77-74 Game 2 win at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City on Monday night.
The seventh-seeded Capitals recovered from an early blitz by the second-seeded Skyscrapers and eventually soared over them to become the second lower seeded team to enter the league quarterfinals.
Looking to bounce back from its stinging Game 1 defeat, Makati went on a 13-4 run to start Game 2.
But QC slowly bounced back and went full throttle in the second quarter with a 27-15 romp to go up, 42-35, at halftime.
The Capitals held the Skyscrapers at bay for most of the third quarter and finally pulled away with a 10-point advantage, 71-61, with 2:35 to play before holding their opponents off in the end.
Andoy Estrella fired 19 points, one rebound, and six assists for QC.
Jomar Santos added a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds with one assist and one steal.
Ced Ablaza and Jaycee Asuncion each fired 15 markers for Makati, whose debut season highlighted by a league record 15-game winning streak came to an abrupt end.


USDA's Joint Ag Weather Facility says on the Plains, cool, dry weather prevails. "In the wake of last week's snow storm, which provided beneficial moisture and insulation for the central Plains' winter wheat crop, this morning's snow depths included 9 inches in Denver, Colorado, and 7 inches in Omaha, Nebraska," USDA explains. On the northern and southern Plains, however, wheat remains exposed to potential weather extremes, according to USDA.
In the West, USDA reports generally cool, dry weather prevails in advance of an approaching Pacific storm system. "The water content of the high-elevation Sierra Nevada snow pack stands at just 6 inches, only about 35% of average for early February," USDA says.
In the Corn Belt, mild, tranquil weather regime continues, USDA reports. "Snow still covers portions of the southwestern Corn Belt, in the wake of last week's storm, with 4 inches reported on the ground this morning in Des Moines, Iowa," USDA adds. Much of the remainder of the Corn Belt remains largely free of snow, although dry conditions in the upper Midwest contrast with soggy conditions in the Ohio Valley, according to USDA.
In the South, USDA says a few light rain showers dot Alabama and Florida. "However, drought remains a significant concern across the lower Southeast as the planting season approaches," USDA explains.
In its outlook, USDA says during the next five days, relatively tranquil weather will prevail nearly nationwide. "Along the California Coast, however, a Pacific storm may produce more than an inch of rain by mid-week," USDA adds. Farther inland, only light precipitation can be expected in key watershed areas of the Sierra Nevada, according to USDA. It continues, "Generally light precipitation will also occur across southern Texas and the Pacific Northwest. Elsewhere, mild conditions early in the week across the Midwest and East will be replaced by colder conditions at week's end."


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Jerusalem Post Health & Wellness
Teen injured in J'lem bus attack regains consciousness in Hadassah trauma unit
"The Hadassah teams do holy work for Jerusalemites and Israelis in general, and now we have been given the opportunity to be a partner for this work."
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Published: MAY 3, 2016 03:32
Updated: MAY 3, 2016 03:31
Doctors oversee patient
(photo credit: DANI MACHLIS/BGU)
Two intensive-care trauma rooms at Hadassah-University Medical Center at Jerusalem's Ein Kerem were dedicated on Monday, the product of a $600,000 gift by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, whose founder and president, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, was in attendance.
Eckstein visited one of the survivors of last month's terrorist attack on a No. 12 bus in Jerusalem, 16-year-old Eden Levi, who had been put under anesthesia and attached to a respirator at the unit after the attack. She is now fully conscious and able to communicate with her family.
"The Hadassah teams do holy work for Jerusalemites and Israelis in general, and now we have been given the opportunity to be a partner for this work," Eckstein said.
The hospital has a number of intensive care units, including for neurosurgery, cardiology, pediatrics and a general unit that recently moved to its new quarters in the Davidson Tower that includes 16 treatment rooms, including those that specialize in dealing with physical trauma.
Hadassah Medical Organization director-general Prof.Zeev Rotstein said that "Eckstein and his family get stronger from such a moving and special tribute." He thanked the US-born rabbi for his help not only to Hadassah, but to many other institutions and individuals in Israel and abroad. Also present was Prof.Vernon van Heerden, head of the critical care medicine unit.
The IFCJ's donation was used to buy monitors, respirators, lifesaving carts, pain-relief injectors handled by the patients themselves and other equipment. The IFCJ is already considering donations of more money to Hadassah for lifesaving projects.
Eckstein said his "deep ties with Hadassah began with his friendship with Prof. Avi Rivkind – head of the department of general surgery and the trauma unit – many years ago. "We all need you. Don't stop even for a moment your activity and