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Intel and Standards
Enabling a Global Infrastructure for Products and Services
Overview of Standards and Initiatives
Standards and Business: Standards are a critical building block for the technology industry. They enable interoperable solutions, encourage innovation and competition, facilitate trade, provide consumers with more choice and purchase confidence, and contribute to healthy ecosystems with economies of scale. Intel participates in hundreds of standards bodies and industry groups worldwide and has played a significant role in bringing about globally adopted standards such as Ethernet, USB, and Wi-Fi. Whether you look to the future of cloud computing, Internet of Things, cybersecurity technology, autonomous systems or artificial intelligence, standards are the common tool to bring new innovations to global mass-markets.
Global Standards: The technology industry develops products and services via global supply chains and delivers them to satisfy global markets, which expect worldwide interoperability and compatibility. In this environment, voluntary global standards are critical.
Standards and Patents: Intel supports a balanced approach to including patented technologies in standards that appropriately rewards innovators for their inventions and assures implementers are able to negotiate licenses for those inventions on FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms.
Read more about Intel Standards Policies
Enabling the Industrial Internet of Things
Industrial applications for the Internet of Things have enormous potential to transform the business world from increasing business efficiency and enhancing system reliability to enabling new services. This trend, known as the Industrial Internet of Things, connects devices and equipment in a wide range of industrial environments: manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, smart cities, and healthcare and retail.
Universal Serial Bus (USB): Enabling a Global Ecosystem of Interoperable Data and Charging Solutions
For nearly two decades, USB technology has enabled a global market of solutions that allow consumers to transfer data conveniently; connect a broad range of accessories to PCs, mobile devices and consumer electronics; and charge devices easily. The next-generation of USB specifications will drive even more innovation and user convenience for data and charging applications.
Read about USB history
Read about SuperSpeed USB and beyond
Evolution of the Internet of Things
Interview with Brian McCarson (Intel CTO of IoT Strategy) discussing the development phases of the Internet of Things, important role of standards for ecosystem enabling, and transformational applications for consumer, business, and society.
Case studies on on-going industries or topics Intel serve.
Most people would never expect different answers to the same mathematical calculation performed on different processors, but before 1985, it happened all the time.
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The Digital Home
Intel's innovations lead to a vision for the completely networked home.
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Focused Initiatives
Advanced Configuration & Power Interface
ACPI interface discusses vendor specific OSPM capabilities interfaces and functional fixed hardware interfaces.
Serial ATA
Through industry leadership and innovation, Intel continues to pave the way for faster and more efficient data transfer by helping to define new standards for Serial ATA.
USB is the most successful interconnect in the history of personal computing, creating an ease of use that was previously unheard of.
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By KIK | November 4, 2021
Paula Patton says she had the opportunity to become "a boss" with her 'Sacrifice' character Daniella Hernandez
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Paula Patton says her role as successful entertainment lawyer Daniella Hernandez on the BET+ drama series Sacrifice was a rare opportunity to boss up.
"[I've] never had a character like Daniella come into my life, because she's just a boss," Patton tells ABC Audio. "She's this fierce, ferocious human that just sets her sights on her goals and accomplishes them and manipulates to make things happen. When…there's a knot that seems impossible to undo, and she figures out how to undo it."
Aside from the character's strong personality, Patton says she was also drawn to Daniella's complexity and her unbelievable resilience when defending her not-so-honest clients.
"Daniella is [also] that…scared little girl, who has suffered a lot. Who feels abandoned [after]…her parents have died," Patton explains. "She has just recently gotten sober. She had an addiction to alcohol. And now that she's sober, she's looking at her life going, 'Am I willing to sacrifice my soul to do the things I'm doing?'"
While the dangers of the music business often present a moral dilemma for her character, Patton says it's Daniella's desire to rise above her fractured past that she finds most admirable.
"She's on a journey of healing and self-discovery," Patton shares. "And that I found so compelling and interesting to play."
"So that was one of the big reasons. That, and the clothes," she adds.
Sacrifice, also starring Erica Ash, Willie Taylor and Veronika Bozeman, is now available to stream on BET+.

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Braves Designate Masset, Eveland for Assignment; Call-Up Carpenter and Vizcaino
The Atlanta Braves have designated Nick Masset and Dana Eveland for assignment, according to Mark Bowman of MLB.com. The team has also called up David Carpenter and Arodys Vizcaíno.
Masset and Eveland were DFA'd. Carpenter and Vizcaino are coming up.
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) July 5, 2015
The move comes after Masset gave up three runs on two hits and a walk in the tenth inning of Atlanta's game against the Phillies on Sunday. Masset, 33, pitched 15 1/3 innings for the Braves, posting a 6.46 ERA. Eveland, 31, on the other hand gave up the sac fly that scored the Phillies first run. He posted a 5.40 ERA in 3 1/3 innings for the Braves.
Vizcaino, 24, is coming off an 80-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy. He pitched one inning in a start for Triple-A, giving up two earned runs on three hits. This will be his first major league action since September 22nd of last year.
Carpenter, 27, has been great for Triple-A Gwinnett this season, posting a 0.73 ERA over 37 innings.
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Kroll: After strong start,
Cardinal offense shut down
PASADENA, Calif. – Stanford had to answer many questions about Michigan State's top-ranked defense since the 100th Rose Bowl matchup was announced a few weeks ago.
How would they score on a team that held six opponents to six points or fewer? How would a Cardinal team that thrives on its running game fair against an opponent that yielded only 80.5 yards per game on the ground?
Spartans ready to make most out of return
These were all valid questions that the Cardinal seemingly had plenty of answers for early on as they roared to an early 10-0 first-quarter lead – the most points Michigan State allowed in any stanza this season.
Stanford ran on five of the game's first seven plays, right into the teeth of the nation's best rushing defense, and completed a 43-yard pass on the second play of the game against a secondary with a "No Fly Zone" nickname. Seventy-seven yards later, the Cardinal were celebrating in the end zone in just three minutes and 44 seconds.
On its next drive, Stanford's Tyler Gaffney gained 47 yards on one rush – the fourth-longest against Sparty all season – en route to a 34-yard field goal.
"How was that so easy?"
"What defense?"
If you shut your televisions off or left the Rose Bowl at that point, you'd be left asking yourself those questions the rest of the night. But you'd be terribly surprised at what transpired. Gaffney's 16-yard touchdown run was the only Stanford offensive touchdown of the day in a 24-20 loss, ending Stanford's try for back-to-back Rose Bowl victories.
Stanford's offense seemed to disappear just as the Southern California sun did the same over the San Gabriel Mountains. Maybe the 78-degree air was too warm for the boys from East Lansing and they needed a little more crispness in the air. Whatever it was, frustrated Stanford to no end beginning in the second quarter.
"I don't want to say we were tourists in the first half, in the first part of it, but we didn't have our flash, emotions that we usually have," Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio said. "We recollected ourselves; we're a very resilient football team."
When they showed that "flash", they never relinquished it thanks to some in-game adjustments.
"We have a lot of experience," Dantonio said. "We have guys who have been there. Our coaching staff has been together so we're able to do adjust and tweak things mid-stream during games to create situations that will eliminate a play if it's made. We just tweaked things. Our scheme – our package – is versatile enough to move in different directions and change things and still do things."
Numbers never lie. After rushing for 91 yards in the first quarter against a team that hadn't allowed a team to rush for more than 100 yards until Week 12 against Nebraska, Stanford could only muster 10 in the second, 11 in the third and 50 in the fourth. Gaffney gained just seven yards on 13 carries after his long of 47.
Things through the air weren't much better for quarterback Kevin Hogan against a Michigan State secondary which came in allowing opponents to complete 23 percent of their passes thrown 15 yards or longer. Hogan completed only 10 passes for 143 yards. Take away his first pass of the game and his 51-yard completion later in the game, and he was 8-of-16 for 49 yards.
The big play just wasn't there.
"They have nine in the box," Gaffney explained about Michigan State's defensive front. "They leave their cornerbacks out there for one-on-one coverage, and maybe a couple more deep balls would have been helpful in the run game, but it just came down to they played well. They made adjustments after the first couple runs, first couple drives, and we didn't respond like we needed to."
Even when it seemed the Cardinal were catching a break, they weren't. Trailing 24-17 with a little more than four minutes remaining, a botched snap on a field goal led to what looked like an incredible first down. Holder Ben Rhyne rolled to his right and completed a pass to Trent Murphy inside the Michigan State 10-yard line.
But there was a flag on Stanford – illegal procedure – that negated the play. They'd settle for a 39-yard field goal from Jordan Williamson.
Despite complete offensive ineptitude for the better part of three quarters, Stanford's own defense gave its offense one last shot thanks to a quick three-and-out by quarterback Connor Cook and the Sparty offense.
Stanford still had a chance to win the Rose Bowl. Hogan and his offense took the field with 3:06 remaining on the clock at their own 25-yard line. The drive was a microcosm of almost every series the Cardinal had in the final three quarters. Four rushes for nine yards, including one final run by fullback Ryan Hewitt on fourth down when he was stuffed by MSU linebacker Kyler Elsworth – named the game's defensive MVP.
"It was the play call," Shaw said of the final play. "It looked initially like we were going to get the push, and then we got stopped up front. When I don't [run the ball on fourth down] everybody goes crazy. I'm going to put the ball in the hands of our guys and pit it on the offensive line. We got beat today by a really good football team."
The sun had completely set on the Rose Bowl and Stanford's offense.
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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!! Once Thanksgiving arrives, it feels like we officially enter the holiday season. And with all the holiday comfort foods spread on your table, a salad is necessary to balance it all! Arugula salad with apple and pecan is the perfect salad for your holiday table.
Let's talk about arugula. This was a green that I only discovered roughly 7 years ago. Yes, crazy!! I first discovered it when I lived in the UK. In the UK it is called "rocket" and it seems to be served in almost every salad or wrap or as a side in almost every dish… or so it seemed. I was so intrigued by this peppery, spicy green that I had never tried. What I found out was that among its many numerous and impressive record of health benefits, arugula is an anti-aging weapon! Excuse me while I grab seconds and reverse wrinkles at the same time!
Arugula salads have now become one of my go-to salads. The base ingredients that I use are arugula and a lemon-honey vinaigrette. Then, you can add whatever fresh ingredients you have on hand. It is that simple!! In the summer, I pair it with oranges. But in the fall, apples are the perfect addition. I also add some candied pecans to add a little bit of sweetness to balance out the other flavours. You can use any candied nut that you have on hand. Walnuts and almonds are 2 alternatives that I have used.
Crumbed feta cheese is also perfect in this salad, but of course it is the one thing I forgot to buy on my trip to the grocery store this morning. So I decided to make it without, and guess what? It still tastes pretty amazing!
The best fall ingredients come together in this arugula salad with apple and pecan, just in time for an appearance on your holiday table this year!
In a small bowl, mix together the olive oil, honey, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Pour the dressing into the salad and toss to combine.
This looks so delicious. The green apples make it so refreshing.
Would love to try this for my next dinner party!
It's so cool how places have different names for different things. I mean, a rocket salad has to be the coolest I've ever heard so far!!! That aside, this salad looks so delish! Pairing apples and pecans is such a tasty combo that it has to be even better when it comes in a salad. Great recipe!
Yummy! This looks really good! I'm gonna try this one out. Thanks for sharing!
This looks so yummy! Looking forward to trying it!
Your photos are gorgeous – this looks absolutely delectable! Will have to go on our menu this week!!
This looks so good! i love trying new salads. Especially love them with fruit added. THANKS so much for sharing!
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! As a Canadian expat living in the UK I can't believe ANOTHER year has gone by where I completely forgot to celebrate! This dish is definitely going on next year's table though. Gorgeous!
This salad looks amazing! I LOVE greens combined with fruit and nuts. I think this would be a fantastic salad to serve with pork roast. Can't wait to give it a try this weekend! Thanks for sharing.
This is a "must try." It looks so fresh. I usually have salad as part of my meal twice a day. I need to go shopping!
Sunday like a really great salad! I love adding apples this time of year!!
Nice salad. Good flavors and and ingredients. Sounds good.
Apples and pecans are magical together! Love this!
I discovered arugula while living in Ireland and gotta say that I did not like it back then :). It was only about a year ago when I re-discovered it again (more like re-tasted) and I fell in love with it. I like your vinaigrette dressing. Can't wait to try it!
Love apples and pecans in a salad! And this dressing- love the simplicity!


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Can Autoimmune Disease Be Reversed?
What is Big Pharma Trying To Keep Hidden?
Get Access to All 10 Full-Length Episodes in This Groundbreaking Docu-series Now!
What if the horde of horrifying and painful autoimmune diseases could be prevented and reversed through little-known protocols that you're not being told about by your doctor?
How It Affects Lives
Autoimmune disease can destroy your life.
It cripples and imprisons the elderly.
It robs childhood from children.
It takes the precious moments of sharing a meal with loved ones and turns that into a minefield with the reality that something you eat could leave you in agony.
It takes away the things you need most - time, memories, loved ones.
How It Affects Your Mental Health
It can fill your life with shame… the pain, the confusion, the question, why me? It can lead you to hide… and take a life that was meant to be lived in the light into the darkness, into the shadows of existence. The truth is, shame is a dark curse that follows disease.
The ugly horde of autoimmune diseases comes with many different names and forms.
Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, colitis, Crohn's, IBS, multiple sclerosis, and many scientists also class the neurodegenerative diseases we fear most, Alzheimer's and dementia as in fact autoimmune disease.
There are over 80 autoimmune diseases, and over 80 million people in America alone that suffer with one or more of those 80 diseases.
With a weakened immune system, we become extremely vulnerable to other chronic diseases, including cancer, a disease, which one in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will get in their lifetime today.
The truth is, it doesn't have to be this way.
You and your loved ones don't have to be a part of these horrible statistics. You have the power and tools to rise above the cycle of suffering and death that lurks all around you and those you love today.
It's simple, inexpensive, and extremely logical.
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Here Is a Peek At What You'll Discover...
Episode 1: Autoimmune Disease Exposed: Preventing & Beating All of the 80+ Autoimmune Conditions
This 5-step healing plan recommended by a naturopathic physician saved his life after just one visit. Following a series of personal traumas, Arthur's body could no longer handle the stress. He went to see over 15 doctors and none of the many medications they prescribed to him helped. Arthur was in chronic pain and no longer able to function at all. He left his job, moved back in with his parents and thought of ending his life every single day.
This heavy metal can directly provoke an autoimmune disease like multiple sclerosis. Discover how to protect yourself from the ravages of this heavy metal
What four (4) things Dr. Davidson warns against: How to prevent triggering your autoimmune response
Studies show that once diagnosed with autoimmunity, we are more likely to develop multiple autoimmune diseases. See what you can do to prevent your health from deteriorating fast.
Is autoimmunity inherited? Doctors have discovered that you need not be predisposed to these diseases just because they have run in your family. "It is reversible. We've seen it. We've got patients to prove it."
Episode 2: When Your Body Attacks: How to Win the War Against Lupus, Arthritis & Thyroid Disease
Alarming rates! Up to 90% of men and women in America exhibit a lower functioning thyroid due to autoimmune issues. Find out how to know if you have a thyroid condition and what you can do to heal…
What causes a leaky gut that, in turn, autoimmune disease? You'll see exactly how leaky gut happens and what you can do to heal the gut and reverse autoimmunity responses.
"Nutritional deficiencies can cause or trigger autoimmune disease or make existing autoimmune disease worse." Find out the simple dietary changes you can make to naturally correct these nutritional deficiencies.
Doctors recommend movement practices, medicinal plants, and a whole food diet to reduce the inflammation and pain caused by arthritis.
Doctors warn we are experiencing a massive fertility drop. Researchers identify reasons for infertility in women and why sperm count in men are at an all - time low. It seems that excess toxins, pathogens, and parasites in the body is to blame.
Episode 3: Missing Puzzle Pieces: Can Your Mind Be Restored? Exposing Alzheimer's & Dementia
This episode tackles the topic of neurodegenerative disease and shares HUGE breakthroughs. Doctorsidentify commonality between an autoimmune condition and neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's and dementia. Toxins are being added to foods while the medicinal features are eliminated. See what foods are creating this toxin epidemic!
You'll hear incredible testimonials from people, like Dr. John Gray (author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus), who actually reversed his neurodegenerative disease naturally.
Doctors say the number 1 reason for Alzheimer's and degenerative conditions of the brain is nutritional deficiency - a brain devoid of key nutrients like essential fatty acids, B vitamins, and other minerals.
Discover what you can do to heal your body from autoimmune diseases. "Our body is designed in such a beautiful way that we can eliminate toxins in so many different ways" – Dr. Sruti La
"Alzheimer's is preventable, completely preventable. And a lot of the early Alzheimer's is reversible because you dilate all those little tiny blood vessels up and then those parts of the brain stop functioning."
Episode 4: The Truth About Lyme Disease, Toxins & Parasites
Experts explain: "Lyme disease linked to heavy metal toxicity in the body", and reveal the 3 essential steps to recover
A 30-year old man ends up in a wheelchair after catching a cold - lab tests prove black MOLD in his apartment is to blame! Find out how detox was key in reversing his symptoms
Doctors warn people to minimize toxins exposure from these products. "We don't even realize the long term effects of this constant exposure to toxins." -Eric Zielinski
Experts discuss biggest autoimmune triggers Americans are exposing themselves to: Top concerns are a fast food diet, pharmaceutical drugs and antibiotics!
Autoimmunity diseases and conditions linked to parasites wreaking havoc in the body. Not sure if you have parasites? There are over 100 different species of parasites known to scientists. You might be infected and struggle with autoimmune disease right now. Doctors reveal an all-natural herbal route to detox and rid your body of toxic parasites. Find out how!
Episode 5: The Gut Brain Connection
Doctors share the extraordinary truth! Nutrition-based solutions and triggers for neurodegenerative conditions points to the Brain-Gut connection: Recent data is suggesting that 90% of the "happiness hormone" is made in the gut. Watch this if you're feeling sad, depressed, or lack energy.
What laws of health should we keep and break? 80% of chronic diseases in America are caused by conditions that have to do with our everyday food choices.
Leaky Gut: Find out what you can do to prevent and heal damage to your intestines. Doctors warn food not properly broken down enters the bloodstream and activate the immune system.
In fact, could your microbiome actually affect your ability to overcome addictions? Find out more in this incredible episode!
Episode 6: Autoimmune Connection with Obesity, Diabetes & Cancer
Discover the underlying autoimmune conditions that are responsible for keeping Americans Obese. Learn what nutrient-rich foods satiate your hunger and get healthy results.
Could other life-threatening chronic disease be autoimmune related? Find out what our doctors have to say.
"Yeast overgrowth and autoimmune disease often go hand in hand to exacerbate each other. Many people who are struggling with brain fog, digestive issues, fatigue, and sugar cravings are actually just struggling with yeast infections and they don't even know it." See how you can heal yeast overgrowth naturally.
Turning back to whole foods, vitamins and nutrients! Warning: The food industry has designed foods to be perfectly addictive… See how you can protect yourself and your family
What the hundred billion dollar weight loss industry neglects to mention: Right at this moment, More than 105 million people in the United States are on a diet and less than 1% of weight loss diets succeed long term. "What breaks my heart is how many people are suffering right now with excess weight and with a society that blames people, shames people, even tortures people for that weight that they're carrying...- Dr. OceanRobbins
Episode 7: Essential Oils, Innovative Dietary & Lifestyle Approaches to Autoimmunity
Balance your hormones with essential oils: They are part of the process of healing for asthma, breathing conditions, and various autoimmune conditions. See how you can use essential oils for managing autoimmune conditions
Are you getting enough of the right minerals in your diet? Statistics have shown that only 25% of the population in the United States is actually getting the required amount of magnesium. Magnesium deficiencies are attributed to anxiety, depression, pain and fatigue.
According to combined statistics from the CDC and the USDA, 92% of Americans suffer from some type of vitamin deficiency. Could something as simple as a vitamin deficiency trigger an autoimmune reaction?
"We use our essential oils as these medicinals that can have instantaneous impact on your whole immune system... the impact of these distilled parts of the plants that were there to give medicine through their scent." -Dr. Zach Bush
Find out how to get rid of toxins that are accumulated in your fat cells poisoning your liver and gallbladder.
Episode 8: The Answer to Neurodegenerative Decline, Feeding Gut Microbiome & The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis, Brain Exercises, Heavy Metal Detox, plus Vaccines & Autoimmunity
Experts discuss how to address the contributors to cognitive decline. From the standard American diet, stress levels, lack of sleep,exposure to specific toxins and pathogens, insulin resistance, ongoing inflammation, gut leak, to the importance of Brain Exercise: "We know that brain training actually inhibits the development of dementia." (Dr. Dale Bredesen)
Is it possible to have a fast and accurate brain all the way to 95 or even older? It seems unheard of with the current state of most Americans, but research is showing that it is possible and totally within our control!
Dr Ben Johnson: "Alzheimer's is preventable, and it is even reversible in the earlier stages."
What training your brain means and training the brain intensely and in appropriate ways will result in a reduction of the onset of dementia by about 50%.
"Studies show: Women whom have had six doses of antibiotics before their 18th birthday have a three-fold increase in breast cancer." Doctors share the scary truth about antibiotics.
Episode 9: Remarkable Dietary & Lifestyle Solutions & Preventions to Depression & Anxiety
"The brain can change. That's one of the most wonderful things about our human brain is it has a wonderful capacity for what we call neuroplasticity...through the process of developing habits that help the brain it's amazing what can happen in a matter of a few weeks, where that brain is totally transformed." (Dr Neil Nedley)
The gut brain connection, Science shows this habit increases your chances of depression by 25%
Doctors share their Lifestyle solutions: These programs achieving upwards of a 90% response rate to dramatic reduction and even complete eradication of depression and anxiety.
The best type of exercise that will boost your mental health rapidly – in just 30 minutes per day. Learn how to take advantage of the brain's neuroplasticity and heal your brain in weeks!
Episode 10: Nature's Weapons Against Disease: Healing Foods, Herbal Remedies & How to Recognize & Combat Triggers
"What are some of the biggest contributors to inflammation in the body? Discover the "toxic trifecta" and the pharmaceuticals that are producing inflammation in your body.
Why functional medicine is the future of true healthcare, leaving the traditional medical model behind as we realize the importance of really getting to the underlying root cause.
The whole foods diet that has been shown to protect against cancer finally revealed: How the green cruciferous vegetables are probably THE foods with the most powerful anti-cancer effects
"GMO foods have pesticides in them. They have Roundup, which will kill good bacteria. It also has the affect — I've seen this in scans — of opening the intestines up, so that you get leaky gut syndrome. Your undigested food comes, because you haven't fully digested it, and it leaks into your bloodstream. Once it enters your bloodstream, your body thinks it's an invader and triggers an autoimmune response." - Dr. John Gray
Do you wash your hands with antibacterial soap? It's doing more harm than good. "A couple of the big toxins that are so widespread are antibacterial products. Those that have triclosan, triclocarban, and other chemicals that are registered pesticides." - Dr. Eric Zielinski
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A polyglot public letter writer in Ho Chi Minh City bridges different worlds -- connecting people across the planet with his fountain pen. His profession may be dying, but in his 60 years on the job, he has created many marriages.
Letter writer Duong Van Ngo: "Love usually wanes between the continents."
The main post office in Ho Chi Minh City is close to the Saigon River in the quieter part of town, where skyscrapers don't yet jut into the clouds and where no mopeds buzz over the streets like swarms of hornets.
It lies across from Notre Dame cathredral and is housed in an old colonial building from 1886. It looks like the old market halls of Paris, painted apricot, with electrical fans humming between ornamental pillars and spots of sunlight falling through a window in the roof. It's a timeless place -- the most beautiful post office in all of Asia.
Duong Van Ngo, a wiry 77-year-old man, parks his bicycle in the shadow of the sycamore trees, whose trunks are painted white as if they were wearing gaiters. He greets the post card vendors and shuffles through the archway with the station clock. It's eight o'clock on a muggy February morning, the start of his workday.
Ngo sits down at the end of a long wooden table underneath a mural of Ho Chi Minh. He produces two dictionaries and a directory of French postal codes from his briefcase. Then he slips a red armband over his left sleeve to make sure he's recognized immediately. He sets up his sign: "Information and Writing Assistance."
The first person to come to his stand is a man from the Mekong Delta. He's got a letter with him, addressed to a businessman from Europe. He's his chauffeur, and he's been driving him to business meals and meetings for a year. He asks in writing if the man can get him health insurance and asks for a $200 advance. Ngo translates the letter into English. "Dear Sir," he writes with his fountain pen, "might I politely request, sincerely yours." Or would it better to say "affectionately"? No, that's too intimate. The man hands him a bill. Ngo slips it between the pages of his dictionary without ever looking at it.
Ngo is a mediator between worlds -- a professional letter writer of the sort that used to exist in the old days. He chooses each word carefully, formulates cautiously, polishes the style of the letter. He knows how important words are and what harm they can do. Ngo doesn't just translate. He bridges the distance between people, advises and comforts them, discreetly and with perfect attention to form.
Ngo has worked at the post office since he was 17. He says he never missed a day of work, not even during the wars. He speaks the languages of the former occupiers fluently to this day. He learned French in school and English from American soldiers.
The second person to come to his stand is a young woman with red lipstick, long gloves and a little hat to shield her from the sun. She hands Ngo her Nokia mobile phone and shows him some text messages. They're written in French and sound romantic. Ngo translates spontaneously: "When I come and visit you, you'll show me Vietnam and teach me your language, I can hardly wait." The woman smiles with embarrassment. She met the Frenchman via a contact Web site on the Internet. Tomorrow she'll come back and compose an answer with help from Ngo.
The women at the service counters call him the man who writes love letters. He's set up many a marriage, they say, and he's a poet. Well, says Ngo, "maybe two or three marriages. Love usually wanes between the continents, what with two languages, two cultures -- you know. It's not so easy."
Ngo has heard thousands of such stories, some beautiful and others tragic. He searched for the children of US soldiers and relatives of Vietnamese citizens who escaped as boat people after the war. He's witnessed much suffering. He's not giving any details. His customers pay him for his silence.
Sometimes Ngo receives mail himself. The thank you letters arrive from all over the world and they are addressed to "Letter Writer, Main Post Office, Saigon." Ngo never receives e-mails. He hates computers and mobile phones, too. "Words that come from a machine have no soul," he says, adding that people who use such machines have lost all politeness and sense of proper style. During his lunch break, Ngo walks along the street where Vietnamese who live abroad sit in cafes wearing large sun glasses. They've arrived for the New Year's celebrations. They order latte macchiatos as sprinkler systems spray cool water vapor on their faces. Ngo orders noodle soup at a food stall.
Japanese tourists arrive in the afternoon and photograph him as if he were a fossil in a museum. The ladies at the post office counters staple the pages of faxes together and chat. In the middle of it all, new customers wait to be helped at Ngo's desk. They hand him their address books, as well as parcels for their relatives overseas. "Vitogo," says a woman who works in the market and wears a rice straw hat. "The street is called Victor Hugo," he says and rolls his eyes briefly, "like the famous writer." He writes the address on the shipping ticket.
Would Ho Chi Minh up there on the mural have liked what he does -- "connecting people" via his fountain pen? Ngo smiles. Politics, he says, is outside his province. He says he used to be observed by the police because he was suspected of betraying secrets to enemies of the state. Thankfully, that's over, he says. Today, Ngo adds, Vietnam has gone global and the world has become a complex and unpredictable place. This also means that there is greater demand for his work these days than there used to be.
Ngo is now the last letter writer in the city formerly known as Saigon. The penultimate one, his colleague Lieng, died 10 months ago and was not replaced. Ngo thinks the world could use more people like Lieng and himself.
Alas, he says, "It just doesn't want to pay the money for us any longer."


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Amar Mukherjee
Award Recipient
Amar Mukherjee (a.k.a. Amar Mukhopadhyay) received his D. Phil. (Sc.) degree from the University of Calcutta in 1963. He took a faculty position at Princeton University in 1963-64 with the Electrical Engineering Department and then joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai in 1964-66. He later joined University of Iowa during 1969-79 where he became a full Professor in 1973. He moved to University of Central Florida as a Professor of Computer Science in 1979 and is now with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He held Visiting Scientist/Professor positions with several universities, institutions and laboratories world wide; Stanford Research Institute(1968), IBM Research Center(1985), National Science Foundation (1994,1995) Hiroshima University(1982), LAAS, France(1974), GMD, Germany(1974), Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland (1990), Indian Institutes of Technology, (Kharagpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi), Jadavpur University and University of Calcutta(1989-90) and the Indian Statistical Institute (1982,1999), Technical University of Darmstadt and University of Karlsruhe(Germany). Dr. Mukherjee was a Fulbright Scholar (1989) and obtained a TOKTEN award from the Government of India. Professor Amar Mukherjee has pursued a distinguished career of teaching and research. His research included switching theory and logic design, cellular automata, graph theory, VLSI design, hardware algorithm for string matching and data compression, compressed domain pattern matching, search and retrieval, and bioinformatics.
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Saint-Gal-sur-Sioule est une commune française, située dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme en région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Géographie

Localisation
Saint-Gal-sur-Sioule est située au nord du département du Puy-de-Dôme. Cinq communes sont limitrophes, dont une dans le département de l'Allier :

Voies de communication et transports
Le territoire communal est traversé par les routes départementales 15 (vers Marcillat) et 16 (vers Pouzol et la  pour Chouvigny).

Urbanisme

Typologie
Saint-Gal-sur-Sioule est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

La commune est en outre hors attraction des villes.

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (63,9 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (64 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante : prairies (53,3 %), forêts (36 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (10,6 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Toponymie
Le nom de la commune provient de saint Gal (autrement appelé Gallus de Clermont) qui fut évêque de Clermont de 525 à 551. L'église du village possède une statue de son saint patron.

Le nom du village est Sent Giau en parler du Croissant, zone où la langue est de transition entre langue occitane et langue d'oïl.

La terminaison du toponyme fait référence à la situation géographique. En effet, la rivière de la Sioule constitue les limites nord et est du territoire communal.

Histoire

Politique et administration

Découpage territorial
La commune de Saint-Gal-sur-Sioule est membre de la communauté de communes Combrailles Sioule et Morge, un établissement public de coopération intercommunale (EPCI) à fiscalité propre créé le  dont le siège est à Manzat. Ce dernier est par ailleurs membre d'autres groupements intercommunaux. Jusqu'en 2016, elle était membre de la communauté de communes du Pays de Menat.

Sur le plan administratif, elle est rattachée à l'arrondissement de Riom depuis 1801, à la circonscription administrative de l'État du Puy-de-Dôme et à la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Elle faisait partie, jusqu'en , du canton de Menat.

Sur le plan électoral, elle dépend du canton de Saint-Georges-de-Mons pour l'élection des conseillers départementaux, depuis le redécoupage cantonal de 2014 entré en vigueur en 2015, et de la deuxième circonscription du Puy-de-Dôme pour les élections législatives, depuis le dernier découpage électoral de 2010 (sixième circonscription avant 2010).

Élections municipales et communautaires

Élections de 2020
Le conseil municipal de Saint-Gal-sur-Sioule, commune de moins de , est élu au scrutin majoritaire plurinominal à deux tours avec candidatures isolées ou groupées et possibilité de panachage. Compte tenu de la population communale, le nombre de sièges à pourvoir lors des élections municipales de 2020 est de 11. La totalité des onze candidats en lice est élue dès le premier tour, le , avec un taux de participation de 69,18 %.

Chronologie des maires

Population et société

Démographie

Économie

Tourisme
 Base de canoë-kayak sur la Sioule.

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments
 Gorges et rives de la Sioule (site classé depuis le 23 novembre 1987). Les gorges de Chouvigny ont été classées en ZNIEFF (Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique ; outil de connaissance du territoire français sans protection réglementaire) dès les années 1970 et tout le bassin de la Sioule est en zone Natura 2000 (zone de protection réglementaire des milieux et espèces menacés, rares, remarquables ou représentatifs de la biodiversité européenne).
 Église Saint-Gal.

Personnalités liées à la commune

Héraldique

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Peigue, Morts violentes ou anormales de Saint-Gal-sur-Sioule, le Gonfanon 21, Association de recherches géographiques et historiques sur l'Auvergne (Argha).

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes du Puy-de-Dôme

Liens externes
 Site de la mairie

Notes et références

Notes et cartes
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 Cartes

Références

Commune dans le Puy-de-Dôme
Commune dans l'arrondissement de Riom
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Seeking Asylum in Karnes City
An up-close-and-personal view of family detention in a for-profit lock-up in South Texas.
''Resident advisors'' stand just outside a security gate at the Karnes County Civil Detention Center in Karnes City, Texas. Bob Owen / San Antonio Express-News/ZUMA Wire
Victoria Rossi Feb 2, 2015, 1:27 pm CST
To get to Karnes City, we drove through a town that smells of smoking beef and a town that smells of oil. We passed muddy cotton fields, four Dairy Queens and rusted pumpjacks that bobbed against the horizon like hungry birds. In Luling, they've decorated those pumps—one as a family of ducklings, another as a high school quarterback hurling a football. Approaching Karnes City, we passed eternal-seeming flames spouting from far-off drilling rigs and trailer parks that house the people who work on those fracking sites.
We were headed to an outpost of another big Texas industry—the Karnes County Residential Center, a civil detention center run by the private prison corporation GEO Group Inc. This is where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) keeps women and children who have come to the United States without permission. Most of the women at Karnes are asylum seekers from Central America. That means they fled their homes because of something horrible that happened to them or their children. They've been raped, beaten, harassed, or had their lives threatened by husbands or boyfriends or gang members, and they are asking the U.S. government for help.
Virginia Raymond, the immigration lawyer I work with as a paralegal, makes the two-hour drive from Austin to visit clients here once or twice a week. I'd come along this time, in November, to help with interviews and to share the driving. Most of the time I see clients in our office. I interview them, help with their immigration applications, and sometimes drive long distances to file court papers. This was my first visit to Karnes.
Growing up, I always heard that immigrants came to this country "in search of better lives," for "more opportunities." They wanted to make money and to educate their kids, I was told. But the people in Karnes are scared. They're running from something.
I'd seen the women of Karnes on TV. In September, I'd accompanied Virginia to an immigration court in San Antonio. She was requesting bond for a client and wanted me to see how it worked. We sat in the courtroom gallery and the judge sat on his bench. A clerk sat to his right and a Spanish interpreter sat to his left. We all looked at a TV screen showing rows of weary women sitting in Karnes. The judge called their alien-registration numbers and read their rights (much fewer than a U.S. citizen would have) and the charges against them (illegal entry, mostly). If a woman's lawyer was in the courtroom that day, the judge pressed a button or pulled a lever to turn the screen toward the counsel's table, so that the client in Karnes and the lawyer in San Antonio could wave at each other. Many of the women at Karnes did not have lawyers. One right that detainees lack is a court-appointed attorney, and so the screen these women looked at showed only the judge.
We'd driven to Karnes because a family we represent—Reza and her daughters, Julie and Dalia (not their real names)—was scheduled to be released that night. Though a judge had set their bond impossibly high—impossible, that is, for an impoverished Honduran woman—we'd cobbled together the funds from individual donations and the San Antonio-based Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. An $8,000 money order had been deposited at an ICE office in San Antonio that morning. Now it was 3 p.m.; if everything went smoothly, Reza, Julie and Dalia would be free by nightfall.
The imminent release felt like a small miracle. The asylum officer who first questioned Reza in her "credible fear" interview determined that she did not have a legitimate fear of persecution in Honduras, but after hearing her story a judge reversed the officer's findings. This surprised everyone. Virginia was sitting with Reza in Karnes when the judge issued his decision from the screen. She says even some of the prison staff cried.
"I am troubled by your case," the judge had told Reza. "I don't know how to rule, and so I think you deserve to go through the full asylum application process." Virginia said it was one of the more humble decisions she'd seen from an immigration judge, many of whom rarely reverse negative credible-fear findings, and some of whom deny every asylum claim they hear. The ruling allowed Reza to request her release on bond. Once released, she'd still pursue her asylum claim—she just wouldn't be locked up during the process. People leave Karnes for a number of reasons. ICE might release them on bond or grant them parole. Some receive asylum. Others are transferred to other facilities. But for every five people released from Karnes, one gets deported by bus or by plane.
This is a thought that sticks with me: What must those flights be like for these once-hopeful immigrants, the grittiest and bravest, and also the most desperate, poor and terrified, their hopes now dashed? Many, I imagine, would be taking a plane for the first time. The engines would bellow around them, and they'd feel the wheels lift into the air while their stomachs stayed on the ground. To get here they'd have walked, ridden on the roofs of trains, crammed into trucks or buses for thousands of miles, for weeks or months. People die on the trip up here. These women and kids made it. But their return journey is fast, a matter of just hours by air back to Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador. What do the people in those planes imagine lies ahead of them?
I didn't work on Reza's case, so I don't know what happened that made her want to leave Honduras for the United States. I do know that cases like hers are on the rise.
I didn't work on Reza's case, so I don't know what happened that made her want to leave Honduras for the United States. I do know that cases like hers are on the rise. In 2014, border apprehensions of Central Americans outpaced those of Mexicans for the first time in more than 20 years. Nearly 69,000 families were apprehended attempting to migrate—more than triple the number in 2013, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection report.
Though overall immigration numbers are down, according to a Congressional Research Service report, the number of credible-fear claims in the United States nearly tripled between 2012 and 2013. Most of the claimants are from Central America.
Growing up, I always heard that immigrants came to this country "in search of better lives," for "more opportunities." They wanted to make money and to educate their kids, I was told. But the people in Karnes are scared. They're running from something. And they're not running just to the United States. According to the U.N., asylum applications to countries surrounding violence-torn El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala increased by 712 percent between 2008 and 2013. What happened on the U.S. border last summer was not, as some have said, an immigration crisis. It was a refugee crisis.
We pulled up to Karnes County Residential Center, the 532-bed lockup that until July 2014 housed undocumented immigrant men. Since the women and kids began arriving in August, it's been outfitted with some homey trappings. In front of the otherwise flat facade, GEO Group has built a new stucco portico and painted it institutional blue to match the new blue plastic benches beneath it and the "GEO Group, Inc." flag that hangs next to those of the United States, Texas and the Department of Homeland Security. I did not know that private prison companies have their own flags. The GEO Group houses some 80,000 people worldwide.
Inside, we faced a long white hallway blocked by a metal detector and a receptionist whose white smock and teased hair in this context couldn't help but evoke Nurse Ratched. Lockers to our right would store our phones and laptops. To our left, the wall was hung with prints of southwestern landscapes and informational flyers. One showed two hands reaching for each other, à la "The Creation of Adam," and the words "Don't let go of hope."
The "GEO Group, Inc." flag hangs next to those of the United States, Texas and the Department of Homeland Security. I did not know that private prison companies have their own flags.
"Is it quiet in here today?" Virginia asked, handing over our IDs.
The receptionist shook her head. "It's been pretty steady all afternoon. People keep coming in one by one." She sighed. "Wish it would stop. It'd be nice just to pause for a minute."
"Oh," Virginia said in a high, tight voice. "I'm sorry."
The receptionist asked me to fill out a form confirming that I hadn't been exposed to Ebola and gave me a red visitor badge in return. As Virginia listed the names and alien-registration numbers of the five women she planned to visit, ICE guards and GEO staffers passed through the metal detector. "Heading home?" the receptionist asked. "Lucky."
"Could I call Reza first?" Virginia asked.
"Reza?"
"Yes, she's supposed to be let out today. I'd like to see her first."
"I don't think we can do that. They'll need to put her in holding."
"Holding?"
"Yeah, the room where they wait to get let out."
"Could I talk to her before then?"
"I don't know if there'll be enough time."
"I just want to talk for 15 minutes." It was 3:30. Reza was supposed to be let out around 5, or maybe 6.
"She might already be in holding."
"Could you check?"
"Once she's in holding, that's it; she can't come back out."
"Yes, but could you check to see if she's there yet?"
This conversation continued in a restrained, polite back-and-forth. Eventually the receptionist addressed the question into a walkie-talkie and received a crackled, unintelligible response. "We'll see what we can do," she said. We passed through the metal detector.
The Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas. Bob Owen / San Antonio Express-News / ZUMA Wire
I could understand Virginia's urge to see Reza. Karnes seemed like the sort of place where things could go wrong. Phones weren't allowed past the metal detectors. There is no Internet access inside, and all the walkways and buzzers and antechambers separating the receptionist's desk from the visiting area meant that communication with the outside world was difficult. Virginia had already missed a meeting with a translator of Ki'che', a Mayan language spoken by indigenous Guatemalans. He'd sat outside the prison, waiting for her, while she'd sat inside the visitors room waiting for him.
At the end of the hallway, a woman sat behind glass in a dark room that looked like an airport control tower. Virginia waved for her to buzz us in to the visitors area and she waved back. We fiddled with a thick metal door until it opened into an antechamber barred by another metal door. I felt dizzy trying to remember the procedure for each new chamber—did I buzz, turn the door handle, smile politely and wait?
A guard let us into a big white room containing empty plastic tables and chairs. A blank flat-screen TV hung on the wall, framed by more southwestern prints. At the far end, windows opened onto three private rooms, in one of which a lawyer consulted with his clients. A guard's desk faced another windowed room, and Virginia peered in. A few women and kids sat in chairs lined against the wall. Two of our clients were already waiting.
Many indigenous detainees speak only Mayan languages, and with the logistical obstacles and high costs involved in finding Ki'che' interpreters, they're often the last to receive legal assistance.
"I see Olivia and Mateo," Virginia reported to the guard. "Do you know when Reza's coming out?"
He glanced down at his binder. "She's not on my list."
"Oh. I wrote her name down outside."
He shrugged. "I didn't get it."
Virginia wrote out Reza's name and alien-registration number again.
The guard unlocked the waiting-room door for Olivia and Mateo [not their real names], who smiled shyly in greeting. The four of us walked through the visitors area and crowded into one of the tiny private rooms.
Olivia and Mateo would be released soon on bond, and would stay with Olivia's friend near Amarillo while they attended to their court dates. Mateo translated our halting Spanish for his mother, a bright-eyed Guatemalan woman who spoke only Ki'che'.
This was our last meeting together. Virginia explained that their case would be transferred to Dallas, not Amarillo, because there are no immigration courts in the Panhandle. To comply with the terms of their bond, Mateo and Olivia would have to take a bus more than 350 miles to a Dallas court. Mateo didn't understand the distance, so Virginia sketched a map of Texas on a yellow legal pad. She fussed with the drawing, trying to get the shape just right. Slowly, the distance seemed to sink in. As Mateo translated for his mother, their faces grew grim.
"Do you have any more questions?" Virginia asked.
"Can you see Diana today?" When we'd first walked in, as Virginia scanned the waiting room for Reza, we'd seen another woman sitting next to Mateo and Olivia. Diana [not her real name] had smiled hopefully behind the thick plastic window and Virginia had sighed. Like Olivia, the woman spoke only Ki'che', and we didn't have an interpreter with us. Many indigenous detainees speak only Mayan languages, and with the logistical obstacles and high costs involved in finding Ki'che' interpreters, they're often the last to receive legal assistance.
"I'm so sorry, but I don't know how I'd speak to her," Virginia said. Mateo and Olivia said nothing.
As parting gifts, Virginia gave Mateo and Olivia each a journal. She flipped through the pages to reveal photos of protesters shouting and waving signs. "These people were just outside," she said. "They don't think it's right that you're kept here.
"Good luck," she added. "I hope that from now on, this country treats you better."
I work mostly with asylum seekers, and from the months of waiting they endure, the bureaucratic inconsistencies they navigate and the callous responses of government officials to the traumatic stories they're forced to tell again and again, it seems our immigration system is designed to discourage them, not welcome them. Once, during an asylum interview, one of our young clients told an immigration officer about the day her family was ambushed on the road by armed men. Her sister, shot in the head, had died in her lap. "But you weren't hurt?" the officer asked brightly. "Well, weren't you lucky!"
In the hour or so that had passed since we'd entered the visitors area, we'd seen no sign of Reza or her daughters. I walked back to the receptionist to check on them. No, I was told, we wouldn't be able to see them before they were released. They were already in holding. "They'll be out at 5," the receptionist said. "Maybe 6."
When I came back, Virginia was talking to someone new.
"I never thought we'd be in here this long," the woman said, putting her face in her hands.
Maria Estela could pay them, he said, or she could give them her daughters as MS-13 girlfriends, who are often raped as part of the gang's initiation. "That would be the best payment," he said.
Her son was epileptic and the setting was starting to rattle him. He'd had a seizure as they crossed into the United States, and she couldn't sleep for fear that he would have another one here.
No, she said, he hadn't seen a doctor yet.
I was exhausted. The fluorescent lights had begun to spot the corners of my vision, and each time we left the private visitors room to call another client, more time seemed to have passed than I'd expected.
Still, I was excited to meet Maria Estela and her three daughters. I'd spent the last month talking with their cousin and aunt, who own a mom-and-pop diner in Virginia and were eager to give "the girls" a home. Vanessa, their cousin, seemed especially excited. "I'm going to be the big sister!" she told me on the phone. She wanted to teach the girls English, to help them adjust to school. But first, Vanessa noted, she'd teach them to cook the very first American-style food she'd learned to make: Mickey Mouse pancakes. Vanessa and her mom had already started buying school supplies and winter clothes. She sent me page after page of documents to show a judge that she and her mom were fit to house them. Most people send me tax returns and utility bills. Vanessa added her babysitting certificate and a good-behavior report from middle school. She even put together a statement from the diner customers welcoming the girls to town.
The girls came out of the waiting room in matching pink Converse shoes. Melissa, the oldest, held pages torn from a legal pad in her hands. I wanted to compliment their shoes—they hinted at a kind of sassy, sisterly solidarity, I thought—but something in their faces stopped me. I'm not sure what I was expecting from them—some familial trace of Vanessa's bounciness, I suppose. It wasn't there, at least not today.
Virginia noticed too. Maria Estela hugged Jackeline, the littlest, in her lap. Melissa and Carmen, 15 and 13, sat with their arms crossed, staring at their laps. "Why does everyone look so sad?" Virginia asked.
Maria Estela smiled apologetically. "Our story. Melissa wrote it just before you got here. It's upset her."
"Oh Melissa," Virginia said, getting up to wrap her arms around the teenage girl. That was the tipping point; Melissa's tears came down fast.
"Do you want me to read it now?" Virginia asked. Melissa nodded. The room was quiet as Virginia scanned the pages. She'd asked Melissa to write down why they'd left El Salvador for the United States. Virginia wanted to make their story public.
Maria Estela's situation was tricky. She'd been deported once before for trying to enter the United States. This time, she and her daughters had fled their town after two MS-13 gang members broke into their home and put a gun to Maria Estela's head, attempting to collect an extortion she couldn't pay. I read about this later, the scene recorded by Melissa in her careful, looping script.
In the six months since Karnes has been open to families, MALDEF, Human Rights First and other legal groups have filed complaints alleging sexual abuse, extortion and harassment of the women and children detained there.
Holding a gun to Maria Estela's head, the two men had laughed at the three crying girls. Then one stopped and looked Melissa up and down.
If they didn't like those options, the other added, the extortionists could rape and kill them all right then.
"Yes," Maria Estela said, agreeing to give them her daughters. "Yes, that's fine."
The men said they'd come back. Maria Estela and the girls left before they could make good on the threat. Despite this story, the ICE official who interviewed them determined that Maria Estela did not possess a "reasonable fear" of returning to El Salvador, which, according to the United Nations, has the highest rate of femicide in the world.
Virginia stopped reading. "This is very difficult," she said to Melissa. "May I read the rest later?"
Melissa nodded and again the room fell silent. "How is everything else?" Virginia asked.
Jackeline wriggled in her mother's arms. "She's cold," Maria Estela said. "We're all cold." They each wore a sweatshirt, but I could see why that wouldn't be enough in a semi-heated building surrounded by 40-degree November weather; I was wearing my winter coat and I didn't feel warm, either. Maria Estela had heard that if they were released, their sweatshirts would be taken from them. "They say they're loans, that they're not ours to keep."
"Some people have to leave this place almost naked," Melissa said, wide-eyed.
"Well," Virginia said, "I was going to give you this." She pulled off her sweater, a blue and black knit from Ann Taylor, and handed it to Jackeline. "Here you go." The sweater hung huge on the little girl, who tucked her knees up into it. I offered my thin cardigan and Virginia added her red puffy vest. Melissa and Carmen swapped sweaters to better match the clothes they were wearing. They wanted to look as if they hadn't just received new clothes, so the guards wouldn't confiscate them.
Stories of such small cruelties are common to Karnes. There are more serious allegations, too. In the six months since Karnes has been open to families, MALDEF, Human Rights First and other legal groups have filed complaints alleging sexual abuse, extortion and harassment of the women and children detained there. Similar complaints surfaced at the T. Don Hutto Family Residential Center in Taylor, which forced that facility to stop holding migrant families in 2010. For four years, Texas had been free of family detention centers, but family detention is back. In December 2014, a new private detention facility opened in Dilley, southwest of San Antonio. Built to house 2,400 people, it is by far the largest family detention center in the country.
I can't remember why I left the visiting area again. Virginia asked me to call someone, or put something in our locker, or maybe I just needed to use the bathroom.
Nurse Ratched must have heard my footsteps down the hallway, because she turned to me and shouted, "Hey! Tell your friend they're letting them out."
"Now?" I froze.
"Yeah, right now. Y'all need to get out here quick."
I buzzed and tapped until the guard let me back in. Virginia was talking with two new people. I opened the door.
"Virginia, they're letting them out."
"Right now, actually. Sorry. The receptionist says we should get out there."
I had no idea what time it was. Without my cellphone to use as a watch, time seemed to have sped up in the white, clockless room.
"I'm so sorry," Virginia said to her two clients, "but they're telling me I have to go. Do you know Reza? Dalia? Julie? They're being released right now."
We hurried to the exit. The guard didn't look up from his binder. I buzzed; no response. I buzzed again. The door wouldn't open. "Excuse me?" I said to the guard. "Do I buzz?" He sighed, closed his binder, and got up to open the door.
Reza and her daughters were scheduled to be released that night. She, Julie and Dalia would be free by nightfall. The imminent release felt like a small miracle.
We walked into the hallway just as another door opened to reveal a small group of women and girls flanked by guards. I smiled at them, searching their faces. I'd never met Reza; was it her? Virginia walked ahead of everyone, hell-bent for the receptionist's desk.
"Virginia?"
She turned around. "Oh!"
"Abogada!" A high, young voice bounced off the white walls. A tiny girl sprinted from a tangle of taller legs, her long brown hair flapping behind her like a banner. Her mouth was wide open and bright red, as if she'd just swallowed a huge piece of candy. "Abogada!"
This was Dalia, a friend to prison guards and pro bono attorneys alike, a 6-year-old who would lie in wait for Virginia under the tables and chairs of Karnes' visitors room and leap out to shriek "Boo!" She'd grown skinny at Karnes, her mother later told us, echoing other parents' claims. Dalia wouldn't eat in there. The food was spiced too heavily for a 6-year-old. The meat tasted rancid.
We stepped easily through the metal detector. We hugged and laughed. We returned our visitors badges, gathered our IDs, and pulled our laptops from the lockers. The detached half-smile I'd worn through all the buzzing and the chambers and the walkways no longer felt necessary. It melted away, replaced by a confusing surge of elation and then dismay. Because this is how our country treats refugees.
The reception area was full. Pastor Rosemarie Doucette of San Antonio's Good News Lutheran Church was there to pick up the other women who'd been let out along with Reza's family. This was her first time at Karnes, too, but she'd done this before, in the 1980s, when civil wars and genocide sent nearly 1 million Central Americans to the U.S. border seeking asylum. At the time, Rosemarie had been part of the Sanctuary Movement of religious and political groups that offered safe haven to refugees, sometimes in defiance of government deportation orders. She'd lived in Chicago then, and she remembers how the kids staying at her church would go nuts at their first sight of snow. "Go on," she'd say, nudging them outside. "You can eat it." She'd recently become involved again, in what some are calling the New Sanctuary Movement. On her drive to Karnes, she said, she'd repeated a Bible verse to herself: "The prisoner is soon to be set free."
I watched Julie, 15, a quieter counterpart to her little sister. She wore skinny jeans and a brown hoodie. Her wrists were wrapped in friendship bracelets she'd learned to weave from the Salvadoran kids she'd met in Karnes. Julie smiled shyly at everyone, but mostly stared at the floor. When she looked up, it was toward the prison's glass doors. It was now past 6 p.m., and there was nothing to see beyond them but blackness tinged by fluorescent light. She put her hand to her mouth and her face crumpled. She reached for her mom, and for a few moments the two of them stood there watching those doors.
"Our friends," Reza said, looking back down the hall. "What will happen to them?"
"Listas?" Virginia said. "Ready?" She opened the door.
The wind whipped across the flat black parking lot. In the distance, fracking flames glowed under a half moon. It was dark and cold and there wasn't much to see. But for me, a night has never felt more wild. Virginia let out a loud whoop, and then we all did. We raised our fists and howled into that cold night, walking toward Virginia's car, feeling like the wildest, freest creatures on earth.
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I've been on the hunt to find some type of art or project to put above the tv in our living room because that wall looked so sad and blank. I got an Ikea magazine in the mail and was basically drooling over all the beautiful rooms wishing that they were all in one house that I could buy. Fat chance, right?
Over the past year and a half, I've found little ways to make my apartment feel more like mine. When I moved in, we had very little furniture and of course, our funds were very tight. We used the two broken wood chairs found in our crawlspace as seats in the kitchen with a tupperware bin as our table. Typical post grad apartment. Now, we actually have some kitchen furniture, our living room is becoming a more comfortable and relaxing place, and we have some handmade art hanging on our walls to add personality. However, all of this took so much time.
I go to thrift shops every once in awhile to see what I can find- clothes, curtains, shelving units, anything I can use to make my life feel more livable and normal. I hit gold the last time I was there! I found an old shadow box with a few scratches for $1.99 as well as this bag filled with small wooden boxes that had chinese characters written on the sides for $1.99 as well. An idea sparked and $4 later, I walked out with determination and a project in mind.
Thankfully the scratches on the shadow box weren't too bad or else I would've had to sand them down a bit. Outside, I then spray painted each other the boxes and let them dry for an hour or two between each side. Once these were dry, I took a quick trip to Home Depot to find something called an L bracket. L brackets line up to the wall and then have the other flat side against the box or whatever you are trying to hang that protrudes off of your wall. I found ones in the correct sizes for about $5 total. You will also need appropriate size screws, a drill and drill bits, a ruler, a stud finder and a level to finish this project!
One of the most important things to do is to first measure your wall space and find what's center of the area where you want the structure to go. Using a ruler, I marked where I was interested in hanging each item. Next, using a stud finder I would check all markings to see if you would be drilling into a wooden beam or just through the dry wall. Once you hit a wooden beam, it becomes very difficult to drill through. Once all of the markings are double checked, prepare your drill with a drill bit which measures appropriate size to the screws. I would always recommend going a size smaller than the screw so there screw isn't loose and holds it's spot in the wall.
Pre-drill holes where each of the screws are going to go. Change the head of the drill to match a Phillips head screw (the one that looks like an X). At this point, I then drilled half of the L brackets into the pieces I planned on attaching to the wall. For the shadow box, I used 2 L brackets to help sustain some of the anticipated weight but for each small box, I only found it necessary to use one.
Before lining the boxes up to the wall, I would use a level to draw a line to make sure the box will remain straight when drilling into the wall. Like I said, the level and the stud finder really would've helped me! At this point, I just continued to drill each one into the wall, analyzing when I was close to tightening the screws as much as possible to make sure it was even. With the shadow box, I made sure to discard the glass so I would have easy access to the plants!
Once I was done, all I had to do was add plants! Succulents are not only very popular at the moment, but also really easy to maintain. My living room gets a range of lighting and succulents can thrive even in the worst conditions. I ended up buying 4 air plants at $5 a piece, a couple cacti and a few hanging plants for a good arrangement. Every couple of weeks, I'll have to pull down the plants to water and drain them before placing them back to keep them healthy. Air plants are also great because they can get moisture from the air and only need to be placed in an inch or two of water every couple of weeks.
I'm so so happy with the finished project and it really adds a nice living and green touch to the living room. Overall, the materials only cost me $9 or $10 dollars but the plants were $60 making this project under $75 to make. This is definitely a project that can travel with me to any other house to add some life to a new place!
There are a few other ways to make a succulent wall using an old picture frame that takes a little more work. I found links on other websites for how to create that kind of DIY; check it out here or buy it from here!


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Looking Ahead to the Future of Grocery Delivery in a Post-COVID-19 World
The past 20 years have brought the idea of home delivery from the realm of occasional catalog orders to an everyday occurrence for American consumers. The advent of online shopping, a wider range of available products, and faster shipping have encouraged many consumers to opt out of visiting brick-and-mortar stores in favor of placing a quick order for various items they might need around the house. One area where in-person shopping has remained dominant, though, is grocery shopping.
Grocery delivery has been on the rise, with Business Insider citing that the industry's value doubled between 2016 and 2018. Still, the overall market share of grocery deliveries remained minor compared to traditional grocery shopping. In a recent panel hosted by Home Delivery World ahead of their 2020 conference, host Benjamin Lee, former Head of Logistics and Supply Chain for Sun Basket, noted that deliveries were hovering at around 10% of the overall grocery spend for American shoppers—but is that all about to change?
A Shifting Landscape During COVID-19
The panel, which focused on the impact of COVID-19 on the grocery delivery market, saw Lee joined by Matt Van Gilder, Director of eCommerce for SpartanNash, a Midwest grocery distribution company operating 160 retail locations along with curbside pickup and delivery; Ben Jones, Founder of Skipcart, a white label on-demand delivery driver solution; and Valerie Metzker, Head of Partnerships and Enterprise Sales for Roadie, a nationwide, crowdsourced delivery platform.
To project what we might expect after COVID-19 has passed and we collectively begin a return to normalcy, we first need to fully recognize the impact that COVID-19 has had on grocery delivery. It doesn't take an industry expert to note that shelter in place orders have inspired many consumers to try grocery delivery for the first time or to place orders more consistently than in the past. But just how drastic has the spike been? Van Gilder notes that it has been significant, with SpartanNash consistently seeing a 4,000% increase in new customers week-over-week during the pandemic.
Roadie has been seeing a drastic increase in new customers as well, with Metzker noting that the pandemic has brought grocery delivery from being a convenience to being an essential service for many individuals. With so many first time users placing grocery delivery orders during the COVID-19 crisis, she anticipates that many will be more comfortable with the process of ordering online and will continue to order even after shelter in place orders and social distancing precautions are lifted. The panel collectively agreed that they would expect 25-50% of consumers to switch to grocery deliveries on a regular basis.
The Challenges of Sudden Growth
Even prior to the advent of COVID-19, many industry experts expected a boom in grocery delivery in the coming years; in early 2019, Forbes cited a study that expected the industry to more than double by 2021. While many grocery stores and distributors likely planned to break into delivery and curbside pickup in the coming years, COVID-19 forced many to accelerate those plans or to be left behind; Jones notes that Kroger's plan to convert some of its stores to pickup-only locations, known as dark stores, was drastically accelerated to accommodate demand during the pandemic.
The result of this sudden demand for grocery pickup and delivery has been a practical study in the impact of that shift, with different pieces of the delivery machine encountering different stumbling blocks during the sudden ramp in demand. While Jones, Van Gilder, and Metzker agree that the biggest hurdle for the industry as a whole has been suppliers trying to match the demand from grocers and customers, they also note that they've encountered unique issues of their own.
Van Gilder points out that for SpartanNash, the largest issue hasn't been a lack of staff but a lack of resources for pickers (employees who physically retrieve groceries for an order from the store shelves) and drivers to use. Items like external batteries for charging tablets, smartphones, and scanners throughout the day have been in high demand, as the devices are used for everything from accepting jobs and pulling up order-related information to accessing directions and optimized delivery routes. As demand stabilizes, though, he anticipates that companies like his will be able to equip their teams for the long term to eliminate this issue.
Throughout the industry, health concerns for drivers and pickers have been paramount. Customers order groceries to avoid the risks associated with visiting the store, and those who handle the deliveries assume those risks instead. Jones and Metzker both point out that in addition to providing their employees with ample personal protective equipment (PPE), they've changed their delivery models to make contact-free delivery the standard rather than a selectable option on the customer's end. Jones also notes that Skipcart has been batching orders together whenever possible, minimizing person-to-person interactions by helping to reduce the number of trips that pickers need to make to the store.
Looking Ahead to Long Term Changes
While ramping up to meet the increased demand for grocery delivery during COVID-19 has involved its share of challenges to overcome, most of them have been situation-specific and aren't likely to extend beyond the pandemic. Issues like hiring drivers, for instance, have only been problematic in cases where potential drivers are hesitant to sign up due to pandemic-related concerns; in a post-COVID-19 environment, resources like Roadie are perfectly suited to help suppliers and delivery services like SpartanNash to find drivers as quickly as they need to in order to scale along with the growth of their delivery infrastructure. Grocery delivery software like WorkWave Route Manager is also perfectly suited to help delivery companies fulfill more orders with the same amount of drivers thanks to more efficient routing and processes.
Challenges that are likely to be present in the long term are those which are more indicative of the state of the industry as a whole. Some more rural areas, for instance, are less likely to see an increase in grocery deliveries because the service simply isn't offered. However, Jones notes that many smaller grocers have seen a surge in customers during COVID-19 due to mainstream supermarkets being unable to keep high demand items in stock.
That isn't to say that areas where grocery delivery isn't available won't be seeing it sooner rather than later, though. Van Gilder noted that he's seen a drastic uptick in mom and pop grocery stores that are not only eager to get e-commerce up and running, but are looking to do so as quickly as possible. They've been working with clients like these to accelerate the process of setting up e-commerce, which typically takes 6-8 weeks, to help these stores provide their customers with curbside pickup and delivery options right away.
The timeline for the grocery delivery boom will likely vary widely depending on population density and the role it plays in when different areas will be allowed to open. We can almost certainly expect a restaurant boom to precede it since, as Van Gilder points out, people will be chomping at the bit to dine out again when they get the chance. When that novelty fades and Americans begin to settle into their new normal, though, a newfound comfort and familiarity with the grocery ordering and delivery process is sure to result in a drastic increase in how many Americans begin placing grocery orders on a routine basis.
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Located inside Komazawa Olympic Park, this branch of Mr Farmer is the fourth outpost of the somewhat pricey health food chain. Known for their wide variety of figure-friendly grub, from salads to sandwiches and omelettes, they also aim to make vegans, vegetarians and celiacs happy with diet-specific offerings. If you're looking for that extra health boost, know that cold-pressed juices and high-protein, low-calorie options tailored for sports buffs are available as well.


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How can I do that? Presume the select element has the id currencySelect.

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Please come out and help support Jeremy's Eagle Project. We will be moving large amounts of dirt and debris, digging postholes with an auger, and rebuilding a firepit. Please bring your own water, and any shovels and/or work gloves if you have any.
This Saturday and Monday from 9:30 to 3 (both days) at North Raleigh UMC.
Location is North Raleigh United Methodist Church at 8501 Honeycutt Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615.


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We have been supplying cash tills and registers for the hospitality industry for many years. These establishments include cafes, restaurants, hotels, clubs, pubs and more. We find that many companies in this sector can be oversold with expensive machines with far more features than would ever be required.
Listed below are some suggestions, features, and explanations for the less expensive machines. These are still suitable for this trade which we hope can protect your profits, and still enable you to run a profitable business.
If you need further clarification please do not hesitate to call us on 01403 710711.
This feature allows operators to overlap each other when business is very brisk. For example cashier 1 logs on serves the customer, during the transaction another member of staff needs to serve another customer, this operator then logs in as cashier 2, serves their customer. In the middle of this transaction cashier 1 can return log in on their number and their pending transaction reappears, this cashier can now enter more transactions and complete the sale. Cashier 2 can then login complete their transaction and complete the sale. This can be repeated numerous times with as many cashiers that are allocated to the particular cash till.
Prevention of over and under rings is very important in any business. This feature allows word description and price of the product to be programmed in to a button on the keyboard, all the operator need to do is press the product description on the keyboard, and the word and price immediately appear on the screen, this information is also shown on the customer receipt.
Taking an X read at any time will print out the quantity of products sold per item, together with the total amount of revenue taken on that product, but will not clear the readings. Taking the Z reading will show you the total taken up to this period and automatically clear the reading back to zero, ready for the next day's transactions.
Running tables is very convenient enabling you to track the various items they order over a period of time, for example, starters, mains desserts. This data is retained until they wish to pay, whereupon simply press the customer's table number on the till, and the machine can the print receipt with full details.
Cash registers are significantly lower in price than touchscreen models, less than £400 + vat in total.
All the models we supply have large clear double sided displays, and are extremely simple to operate. They are all supplied with drawer attached, and there are no hidden extras such as licence fees etc. We always give you the option for us to program the tills to your specific requirements, if you take this option we also provide 1 year's free telephone support.


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After working with Garden House to design, compile and install the display panels for their interpretation room, Graphic Words was commissioned to produce a 48-page book to accompany the exhibition and be available as a souvenir to visitors.
The book included the information presented in the interpretation room, supplemented with additional detail about the garden's history and development. Additional images – both historical and illustrating the modern garden – were also included.
Graphic Words designed and laid out the book, edited photographs , created sketch maps and assisted with editing text as required. We created the print-ready artwork and oversaw printing and production of the book through to its delivery to the Garden House in late 2016.


Leading Asian shared holiday ownership programme Anantara Vacation Club (AVC), has partnered with Spanish-based NH Hotel Group to enhance the European travel destinations available to its eligible Club Points Owners.
In 2018, Anantara Vacation Club's parent company – Minor Hotels – acquired a 94.1 per cent stake in the NH Hotel Group, which currently operates three brands including NH Collection, NH Hotels and nhow and offers a portfolio of more than 350 hotels in key destinations across Europe and Latin America.
The NH Hotel Group holds the third spot in the European ranking for business hotels and is listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange. It was founded in 1978 and has since grown to include more than 53,000 rooms across 29 countries.
Anantara Vacation Club's new partnership with the NH Hotel Group brings significant flexibility to its eligible Club Points Ownership base, who can now make use of their Club Points to further their European travel adventures more than ever before.
Alongside the likes of Minor Hotels' Anantara, AVANI, Oaks, Tivoli, Elewana Collection, Niyama Private Island Maldives and Naladhu Maldives brands, NH Hotel Group joins Diamond Resorts, Embarc Resorts, Dorsett Hospitality, Travily and The Crane Resort Barbados as the latest Anantara Vacation Club partner to allow eligible Owners to use their Club Points to visit the globe's most sought-after luxury travel destinations.